Trading stamp battle grows in Sidney with Mor-Valu entry
Mor-Valu Stamps announced five Sidney merchants will issue its stamps, expanding the local trade war alongside S&H Green Stamps and Gold Bond. The move follows years of stamp use by Homntown and other shops, and broadens competition for Sidney shoppers with a new redemption store planned on West Lincoln.
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Sidney
Mor-Valu Stamps
Mor-Valu
Decker’s AG Market
Town and Country
Northside Market
Janda-Tobin Drug Store
Sidney 66 Oil Co
West Ilin
Moore
Photo
Gibson Ford- Mercury
S&h
South Texaco
Jack and Jill
Lockwood’s
Western Drug
Greenlees
Bagby’s Texaco
East Side Bay Service
Mayfair Service
Sidney Conoco
Sidney Flooring and Supply Co
Frank Loch Electric
Edward Schinzel
Gundy’s
Gail’s Gas Service
Bert’s
West Texaco
Kirby Sales and Service
Meadow Gold Dairy and Merchants Transfer
Safeway
Ois St
Sidney Mayor Seeks Reversal of Postoffice Window Cuts
Mayor J L Thorpe protested two-window closure at Sidney postoffice after postal receipts rose from 23000 in 1940 to over 130000 last year. He contacted Sen Carl T Curtis and Rep Dave Martin to demand full department explanation and warned substitutes may face reduced hours. The Sidney Telegraph echoed the protest, urging adequate service without seeking profit.
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Sidney Postoffice
J. L. Thorpe
Thorpe
Carl T. Curtis
Dave Martin
Post Office Department
Sidney
Ferris Preble
Chamber of Commerce
Curtis
Martin
Sioux Army Depot
Sidney Telegraph
the Telegraph
Postoffice Department
Bentzinger Rites To Be On Friday
Funeral services for Albert Bentzinger 85 who died at Memorial Hospital in Sidney will be held Friday at 3 p.m. from Gehrig and Son Funeral Home with Rev. Lester Boehn officiating. Burial will be Greenwood Cemetery. Pallbearers: Ray Nicholson Wilbur Bennett Louis Bennett Sol Willis Robert Thorpe Wilbur Thorpe. Survived by two daughters two sons two brothers and one sister along with 14 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. He had lived in Cheyenne county since 1945 and worked at Sioux Army Depot and Sidney sanitation. Born April 18 1881 in Dennellson Iowa. He married Amelia Miens December 28 1910 in Tekamah Nebraska.
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Albert Bentzinger
Memorial Hospital
Sidney
Gehrig and Son Funeral
Lester Boehn
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Ray Nicholson
Wilbur Bennett
Louis Bennett
Sol Willis
Robert Thorpe
Wilbur Thorpe
Bentzinger
Cheyenne County
Sioux Army Depot
City of Sidney
Dennellson
Iowa
Jacob
Katherine Frank Bentzinger
Chase County
Amelia Miens
Tekamah
Neb
Glen Wilcox
Vallejo
Calif
Lavern
Hayward
Dean
Carter Lake
August
Seward
Arthur
Lincoln
Elizabeth Courant
Kansas
Scout Wheat Improvements Highlight New Scout 66 and Guide
Dr. John Schmidt announced at the Nebraska Crop Improvement Days in Lincoln that Scout 66 offers more uniformity and yield, winter hardiness and other traits matching or surpassing the first Scout line. A second variety, Guide, is released for seed production to combat rust, designed to yield like Triumph though possibly less grain than Scout and Gage.
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Cheyenne County
Nebraska
John Schmidt
Center For Continuing Education
Lincoln
Schmidt
University of Nebraska
Panhandle Snow Outlook with Cold Night Winds
Frontier Airlines reports a Panhandle forecast of light snow with possible blowing snow late tonight. Partly cloudy Thursday with a northerly wind 20 to 30 mph late tonight, low 10 to 20, high 20 to 30. Snow probability 50 percent tonight, 10 percent Thursday. Wind chill as low as minus 17. Five-day outlook shows near normal temperatures with small daily changes, highs around 40, lows 10 to 20, light snow scattered through the period.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Budgeters Plan Visit To Western Nebraska Voc Tech
Nebraska Legislature's budget committee will tour western Nebraska to inspect state-supported institutions. Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School at Sidney seeks 600000 in state funds for two years and expects 150 to 200 students in its second year next October. The trip may also review Sioux Army Depot activities turned over to the University of Nebraska agricultural center and consider locating a state rehabilitation school for the handicapped at Sioux.
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Nebraska
Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School
Sidney
Western Nebraska
Vo-Tech
Sioux Army Depot
University of Nebraska, College of Agriculture
Sioux
License Plate Sale Progress Reported in Cheyenne County
Milt Nissen, Cheyenne County treasurer, said on Monday Jan 23 that about 2600 license plates had been sold. With over half the time for 1967 plates elapsed, the conservative estimate is that only about a quarter of plates have been picked up.
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Milt Nissen
Cheyenne
The
Telegraph
LBJ Budget Adds Big Nebraska Power Projects
President Johnson proposed a 7.5 million reclamation bureau appropriation for Nebraska and 756 thousand for shared projects as part of a 312 million budget request. Key Nebraskan items include 6.083 million for transmission lines and the Fort Thompson to Grand Island 257 mile line plus related substations.
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Washington
Johnson
Reclamation Bureau
Nebraska
Congress
Bureau
Fort Thompson
Grand Island
Gering
Sidney
Ogallala
Stegal
Ainsworth
Farwell
Sargent
North Platte
Hugh Butler Lake
Nebraska Basin
Missouri River Basin
Sheep Creek
Sunbeam
Kansas
Bostwick
Beets Excellence Awarded at Sunol and Sidney Stations
Garcia and Benzels top sugar beet producers for The Great Western Sugar Co in the Ovid District last year. Garcia, farming land for Portrey and the Benzels on Haupt land, averaged 18.49 tons per acre at 16.5 percent sugar for a total 6,086 pounds. The Benzels averaged 20.18 tons per acre at 16.4 percent sugar for 6,635 pounds.
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Ben
S. Garcia
L. A. Portrey
John
Alex Benzel
Henry Haupt
Sunol
Sidney
Great Western Sugar Co
Ovid
Garcia
Benzels
Inductees and physicals move in Cheyenne County
Mrs. Louis Johnson, clerk for the Cheyenne County Selective Service Board, says Ricky Nelson of Potter left for basic training at Fort Bliss, Texas. A total of 28 inductees and physicals were sent out this month, with 17 from here and 11 from other points, including many college students. Two inductees were reported for February and three for physical examinations.
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Louis Johnson
Cheyenne
Brockelsby Rites Are On Saturday
W E Brockelsby died at Memorial Rest Home today after a long residence there since 1965 He was born February 5 1883 in Mahomett Illinois He moved with his parents to Richland Nebraska as an infant He married Minnie Wertz on December 24 1906 They lived in Huntsman from 1917 to 1965 Survived by his wife and 12 nieces and nephews Services Saturday at 2 pm from First Methodist Church Rev John E Stayton officiating burial in Greenwood Cemetery
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W. E. Brockelsby
Memorial Rest Home
Mr. Brockelsby
Mahomett
William Brockelsby
Richland
Neb
Minnie, Wertz
Huntsman
Adrian
Minnie
First Methodist Church
John E. Stayton
Greenwood Cemetery
One Day Blitz Helps Sidney Chamber Sign Up 314 Members
A Tuesday citywide one day blitz for the Chamber of Commerce resulted in 314 new or renewed memberships, with 83 new members. Teams led by Merle Bobo and Ed Haupt signed up 217 on Tuesday and added to 97 already paid, amid praise from Stan Larabee for community solidarity and progress in 1967.
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Chamber of Commerce
Merle Bobo
Ed Haupt
Bobo
Haupt
Dude’s Steak House
Stan Larabee
Chamber
Larabee
Sidney
C of C
Bob Bauerkemper
Bauerkemper Motor Clinic
Kokjer Motors
Bob Buecker
Farmers National Co
Jum Brumfield Sidney National Bank
al Bruns Insurance Center
Jeff Bush
Bob
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Total Chamber
Alliance to Host 1967 State Wheat Growers Convention
The Wheat Growers Alliance will host the 1967 state convention in Alliance. The announcement came at the regular meeting of the directors Monday in Ogallala. Nebraska received a citation for having the most members attend the National Convention in Seattle, Washington.
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Alliance
Ogallala
Nebraska
Seattle
Wash
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Gamble’s
Laura’s
Sidney Furniture
the Gift Shop
Model Cleaners
Born’s Skelly Station
Fine’ Ss
Winter Drug
Pioneer Press
Dalton School
Language Classroom
Dalton
Eddie Schmitt
Debbie Panas
Ken Moomey
Postoffice
Bentziner
Scout
Gage
Brockelsby
Dude’s Steakhouse
Decker - Decker
Larry Doyle
Cedar Lanes
LaVern Drapers
John Elwell
Elwell Motors
van Fehringer
Culligan
Orville Filsinger
Bill Folkerts
Bill’s
Don Foxhaven
Foster Lumber
Star Market
Harvey Heintz
Tri State Supply
Ron Heit
Business Institute of Sidney
Jim Hendricks
Sidney Neon Co
Francis Hiner
State of Nebraska Employment Service
Paul Husmann
American Mutual Life
Dude Jelinek
Tony Kaus
Triangle Motel & Panhandle
Dale Kindred
Jerry Krutsinger
Kansas Nebraska Natural Gas
Bill Lenz
Sidney Glass & Paint
Lowery Lindell
American National Bank
Bob Lloyd
Fines & Snyders
Mel McCoy
McCoy Shoes
Larry McMillan
International
Farmers Coop
Ken Wichstrom
Silver Dollar
Jim Williams
Williams Larabee
Bert Young
Bert
Texaco
Wheat Meeting
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