Marine Bruce Wright Tells Of Orphans Making Christmas Happier
Pfc Bruce Wright writes from a hill in South Vietnam about a Christmas spent with Vietnamese orphans singing carols. He describes conditions, caution about VC truces, rains, mosquitos, and a rotted rack, and hopes to return home by mid year. He recalls family, life at Sidney High School, and his part in keeping the USA free.
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Marine Bruce Wright
Lonesome Hill
South
Viet Nam
Pfc
Bruce Wright
Jack Wright
Sidney
Bruce
Marine Corps
Sidney High School
Corps
R. B. Wright
7Th Marines
C-O Fpo
San Francisco
Calif
Binkson
Catholic Orphan Age
Hruska
Hanoi
Hawaii
Old USA
State Orders Investigation of Insurance Promoters in Nebraska
Nebraska's Insurance Director Frank Barrett announced an inquiry into reports from western Nebraska about sales pitches for a "special contract" life insurance policy. Some materials promised a $6,800 investment returning $146,000 in 20 years. Barrett warned against treating life insurance as an investment and said the department will act against misrepresentation.
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Frank Barrett
Nebraska
Barrett
West German families show camera ownership lead over bikes
In Wiesbaden, 80 percent of middle income West Germans own at least one still camera per a Federal Office for Statistics survey. Twelve percent own a slide projector and 3.2 percent own a movie camera and projector, ranking ahead of bicycles and TVs but behind radios, vacuum cleaners, and refrigerators.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
West Germany
Federal Office For Statistics
Chase of a guaranteed sum on contingency
A quote notes a guaranteed sum payable only upon a stated contingency, reflecting a conditional payout arrangement referenced in the report. The remark suggests the philosophical or legal framing of contingent payments in the discussed contract or agreement context.
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Chase
Freak fire burns 10-year-old at Sidney farm home
David Lenzen, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lenzen, suffered third degree burns to his head and neck Friday evening at about 5:15 p m. in a freak accident at their farm home southeast of Sidney. While lying on a nylon rug, friction with a scuffling dog ignited his wool shirt. his father tore off the flaming garment and extinguished the flames. He was taken to a doctor, then Memorial Hospital, and is reported in satisfactory condition.
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David Lenzen
Tom Lenezen
Sidney
David
Memorial Hospital
Sidney Postoffice Seeks Substitute Clerk and Carrier
The Sidney Postoffice invites applications for Substitute Clerk and Substitute Carrier positions. Open to men and women, starting pay is $2.57 per hour with annual raises for six years to $2.99 and further increases every three years to $3.50 per hour. The post office offers up to
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Sidney Postoffice
Rites Tuesday For Bordeauxs In Sidney
Services for Mr and Mrs Billie P Bordeaux of Sidney will be held Tuesday at 1 30 p m from Gehrig and Son Funeral Home with Rev John E Stayton of First Methodist Church officiating Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery Mr Bordeaux 51 was found Friday west of Sidney a double death by own action with his wife He was born May 29 1913 in Tompson Texas and had lived in Pendleton Oregon and Omaha Nebraska before coming to Sidney two years ago where he was an instructor at the training center at Sioux Army Depot Survivors include three brothers and one sister Mrs Margaret L Bordeaux 60 was born October 31 1905 at Spokane Washington Survivors include one sister Leona Levhlett of Garden Grove California and one brother Clarence Walters of Spokane Wash SELL IT FAST . WITH A WANT-AD! PHONE 254-5555
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Billie P. Bordeaux
Sidney
Gehrig and Son
John E. Stayton
First Methodist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Bordeaux
Tompson
Tex
Pendleton
Ore
Omaha
Neb
Sioux Army Depot
Margaret L. Bordeaux
Spokane
Wash
William Walters
Leona Levhlett
Garden Grove
Calif
Clarence Walters
Job Benefits Offer at Omaha Post Office
A job notice describes 26 days vacation and 13 days sick leave yearly, an excellent retirement plan, group life and comprehensive health insurance, plus other benefits. Application forms are available at the Post Office or from the Board of US Civil Service Examiners, Post Office Department, Omaha Nebraska 68102.
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Board of Us, Civil Service Examiners
Post Office Department
Omaha
Nebraska
South African gangster hires man to serve nine month sentence
In Cape Town a gangster reportedly hired a substitute to serve his nine month jail term for firearm possession. A detective spotted the substitute walking, and guards found a switch when checked. Both men face fraud charges as they await court.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Cape Town
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