Medicare Arrives at Memorial Hospital Sees New Rules
Medicare started today at Memorial Hospital and nationwide. 22 eligible patients at Memorial have been readmitted on paper to meet rules. Hospital administrator Darold Hendee notes a Medicare card must be shown at admission for benefits to be mailed within 24 hours. Memorial Rest Home residents are not eligible yet. extended care begins January. The hospital will run dual books and undergo multiple audits. Six-part forms, physician certification, prior residence checks, patient authorization, payment assignment, diagnosis, and admission to a Medicare approved facility are required. Medicare covers only part of hospital fees and cannot pay for extras. The staff already uses a regional data system in three age groups and expects smoother operations as procedures mature.
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Memorial Hospital
Darold Hendee
Hendee
First Patient Admitted Under Medicare at Memorial
Mrs Esther Swanson is the first patient processed at Memorial Hospital under the new Medicare program. She is pictured signing up with hospital staff member Mrs Wilma Adams who will oversee Medicare locally. Swanson is among 22 hospital patients eligible for Medicare, with registrations requiring prior dismissal and reentry on paper.
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Memorial Hospital
Esther Swanson
Wilma Adams
Adams
Swanson
Telegraph
Joseph A Johnson 78 Potter area resident dies in Lusk
Joseph A Johnson 78 of Lusk Wyoming died early Thursday morning in a Lusk hospital. Services Saturday at 2 p.m. from Potter Methodist Church with the Rev Ervin Kehl officiating. Burial in Potter cemetery with graveside rites by the Potter Masonic Lodge. Born February 6 1888 in Scandia Kansas he homesteaded in Kirk Banner County Nebraska. He ranches near Potter 1908 to 196? moved to Lusk seven years ago. Survived by his widow two brothers and a sister plus a son who died in Germany in 1945 with the US Army.
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Joseph A. Johnson
Lusk
Wyo
Potter
Potter Methodist Church
Masonic Lodge
Eastern Star
Garetha Josephine Wilson
Kimball
Potter Church
Joseph Robert
Germany
Clarence
Lincoln
Ned
Fred C
Oakland
Calif
Leola Dybdahl
Santa Cruz
Realistic Appraisals In Other Counties Is Asked Of State Board
Cheyenne County officials urge the Nebraska State Board of Equalization to require neighboring counties to align their property valuations with Cheyenne County. They note a 1956-57 reappraisal set true values maintained since 1957, with reductions only via board hearings. They argue other counties’ reductions depart from actual value, hurting comparability and state tax fairness.
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Cheyenne County
State Board of Equalization
Cheyenne
State Board
County Board of Commissioners
County Board of Equalization
Nebraska
State Tax Commissioner
Mrs. Dickinson of Lodgepole Dies Thursday
Mrs. George Dickinson of Lodgepole died Thursday morning at Miller Memorial Hospital in Chappell after a brief illness. Funeral services will be Saturday July 2 at 2 p.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church Lodgepole with Rev. Lewis Meissner officiating. Burial will follow in Lodgepole cemetery. Born May 14, 1902 in Racine Wisconsin to Fred and Fredricke Brown, she married George Dickinson on September 2 1930 in Sidney. The family farmed near Lodgepole 1936 42 then six years in Devel County. In 1951 they moved to Lodgepole. Survived by her husband, one son Billie, and sister Mrs. Freda Peterney of Regina Canada. Craig Mortuary in charge. Memorials designated to Immanuel Lutheran Church.
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George
Gracy Ruby) Dickinson
Lodgepole
Miller Memorial Hospital
Chappell
Dickinson
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Lewis Meissner
Racine
Wisc
Fred and
Fredricke Fredrickson Brown
George Dickinson
Sidney
Devel County
Billie
Freda Peterney
Regina
Canada
Craig Mortuary
Zip Codes Needed for Sidney Telegraph Delivery
Under Postal Department ruling all subscribers must have ZIP Code in address after Jan 1 1967. For cities with multiple ZIP zones please send name address and ZIP Code to ensure prompt delivery of Sidney Telegraph. The Publishers.
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U.S. Post Office Department
I-80 Bid Letting Sets Pace Toward Paxton in Nebraska
The Nebraska State Department of Roads called for bids July 21 on more than 4 million dollars of road work on Interstate 80 extending west to Paxton. The project includes 13.3 miles from Sutherland to Paxton with a minor Scotts Bluff County project in the panhandle.
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Nebraska
Paxton
State Department of Roads
Sutherland
Scotts Bluff County
Panhandle
Panhandle Weather Forecast With Thunderstorms
Panhandle region forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with afternoon and evening thunderstorms today and tonight into Saturday. Tonight low 55 to 65, Saturday high 85 to 95, precipitation chances 70 percent today and 30 percent tonight and Saturday. Five day outlook shows temps averaging over normal by six degrees through Wednesday, cooler weekend, then warmer again with highs in the 90s and lows in the 60s. Scattered thundershowers expected during the period. Courtesy Frontier Airlines.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Seal Coats May Cover 40 Blocks In City Street Work
City street department launches an ambitious seal coating program potentially resurfacing up to forty blocks before summer ends. Manager George Felsch says warm, dry weather is crucial. delays from rain or cool spells could curb progress. Completed work includes 11th Ave between Illinois and Jackson Sts and ongoing reuse of old oil mix for a new process on 10th Ave near the Union Pacific tracks.
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George Felsch
11Th Ave
Ilinois
Jackson Sts
10Th Ave
Union Pacific Railroad
13Th Ave
King St
13Th
15Th Ave
Felsch
Wittrock Rites Saturday At 10
Funeral services for Elmer F. Wittrock 61 will be held Saturday at ten a m from St Pauls Lutheran Church northeast of Potter. Born October 6 1904 in Sweet Springs Missouri he moved to Nebraska area in 1923 and to Kimball County in 1948. Survivors include his widow a son a daughter five brothers a sister and one grandchild. Burial will be in the church cemetery with Allen Funeral Home of Kimball directing.
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Kimball
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Poteter
Elmer F. Wittrock
Kimball Hospital
Walter Klipp
Albert Prouty
Church
Allen Funeral Home
Mr. Wittrock
Sweet Springs
Sidney
Pauline Kammerzell
Laurel
Mont
Kimball County
Ronald E
Brenda
Walter
Seward
Louis
Clarence
Carpenter
Wyo
Arnold
Gurley
Fred
Dix
Nora Madden
Potter
Cheyenne County Residents Eat Well in 1965
Cheyenne County residents spent more on food in 1965 than 1964, with grocery stores and food emporia totaling 4.617 million dollars for take-home food. The average spend per family would be 942 dollars if evenly divided.
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Cheyenne County
Standard Rate and Data Service
SRDS
Sald
West North Central States
Wheat Crop In Area Ripening Fast Fourth Of July Cutting
Weather and harvest reports highlight fast ripening wheat in Cheyenne and Deuel counties with Fourth of July celebrations planned in Potter Dalton. Fireworks displays supervised by local fire departments, with gatherings at Point of Rocks Buffalo Bend Legion Park and Legion Day activities in Dalton including a Junior Legion baseball game and Lions Club treats. Harvest progress delayed by a Thursday shower, but moisture generous and forecasts indicate activity around the weekend. June rainfall totals improve conditions. temperatures run high nineties recently, with humid mornings and showers lingering in scattered areas.
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Potter Volunteer Fire Department
Point of Rocks
Buffalo Bend
Dalton
Dalton Junior Legion Squad
Lyman
Legion Park
Lions Club
Cheyenne County
Chappell
Lodgepole
Crook-Iliff-Sterling
Kansas
Nebraska
Cheyenne
Devel
Panhandle
Deuel County
Federal Aviation Agency
Don Dey Ermand
Kimball Woman Loses Suit Against City and Officer
A Kimball woman, Geraldine Borchers, had sought 26666 dollars in damages from the City of Sidney and Patrolman Charles Cady after an Oct 21 1964 intersection crash. A district court jury denied the claim after ten hours of deliberation.
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Kimball
City of
Sidney
Charles Cady
Geraldine Borchers
Richard Ernest
Warren Nelson
Earl E. Cruise
Richard Hernbloom
Leslie R. Black
James Lauer
Paul Larson
Joseph Hahler
William Lee
Switchboard Closure at SAD Ends Old System
Sioux Army Depot has phased out its telephone system and shifted to Northwestern Bell lines. Lt. Col. Cyril P. Williams and Jack Pfeifer announced the change, effective with a Thursday cut over. Each depot department now uses direct dialing with 256 prefixes, about 90 lines including 84 business phones. Information can be obtained by dialling or using the former 254 4513 number to reach an operator. New phone books with all numbers will arrive by end of July and the system remains in place until the depot closes in June 1967.
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Sioux Army Depot
N. W. Bell Telephone Co
Cyril P. Williams
Sioux
Jack Pfeifer
Sidney N. W
Set Aside Grain For Wheat Show In Nebraska
Cheyenne County agent Ivan Liljegren urges wheat growers to save a peck of grain for entry in the Cheyenne County wheat show and the Nebraska Wheat Show at Holdrege on November 3. He says the county has wonderful grain and it should compete for awards. The 1967 state wheat show is set for Sidney, with the Centennial show returning to the original wheat competition community.
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Cheyenne County
Ivan Liljegren
Holdrege
Liljegren
Sidney
Patrol Will Be Vigilant Over Fourth of July Weekend
The Nebraska Safety Patrol will be on alert throughout the Fourth of July weekend to curb traffic accidents and highway deaths. Sgt. Felix Koenig says radar and the patrol airplane will be used and all troopers on duty. Motorists are urged to use headlights during daytime.
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Nebraska Safety Patrol
Felix Koenig
No Paper Monday Observed July Fourth Holiday
The Sidney Telegraph will not be printed next Monday July 4 as it is observed as a legal holiday. Articles usually found in the Monday edition will appear on Wednesday. The long July 4 weekend invites outings at Nebraska lakes recreation areas and in the mountains.
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Sidney
Nebraska
No Sale Saturday at Sidney Livestock Sale
No sale will be held this Saturday at the Sidney Livestock Sales Commission Co due to the long holiday weekend. The regular sale will be held on Saturday July 9th.
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Sidney Livestock Sales Commission Co
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Medicare
Joseph Johnson
Kirk
Mrs. Dickinson
West
Wittrock
Lth
P. O. Box
Potter, Dalton
Qréer
Sidney Masonic Temple
Supreme Council of Nebraska
Tom Edwards
Larry Talich
Dan McKay
Tom Wilson
Cliff Webster
Advisory Council
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