Bridgeport Theater Closes After Long Run
Bridgeport Trail Theatre owner Dorrance Schmidt announced the business would close effective Monday. Equipment was sold to Durwood Theatres of Kansas City and will be moved there. Funeral services for Gust P Anest were held in Bayard at 10 a m. for the 71 year old Greek native who died July 26 in a Scottsbluff hospital. He came to the U S in 1911, farmed near Bridgeport since 1927, and left a son Pete and brother James.
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Bridgeport
Dorrance Schmidt
Trail Theatre
Schmidt
Durwood Theatres
Kansas City
Bayard
Gust P. Anest
Mr. Anest
Scottsbluff Hospital
Pete and
Adhasia
Adrouthos) Anest
Magoula
Messinas
Greece
United States
Sidney
Pete
James
Scottsbluff Maps 20 Year Growth Plan By City Commission
A detailed 200 page development report for Scottsbluff was presented to the Planning Commission. It predicts population growth to 18,000 by 1985 and about 25,000 in the city school system. The plan, three years in the making, was prepared by Henningson Durham and Richardson Co. of Omaha for $13,175.
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Scottsbluff
Five vie for Miss Deuel County Centennial Queen
Beta Pai Sorority of Big Springs sponsors the Miss Deuel County Centennial Queen Pageant to pick Deuel County's official representative to the State Centennial Queen Pageant. Five contestants named Judith Jackson Sherry Mauser Julie Taylor Vickie Sample Phyllis Marshall. The event is set for August 27 with tickets to go on sale soon and prizes donated by the sorority and local businesses.
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Big Springs
Deuel County
Judith Jackson
Sherry Mauser
Julie Taylor
Vickie Sample
Phyllis Marshall
Chappell
Beta Pai Sorority
Beta Pai
Leslie Farlin
Development Delayed For Kimball Recreation Project
The joint city county recreation board voted to halt plans to begin east Kimball area construction this fall after weeks of delays awaiting federal state signoffs. First phase includes a golf course. ground work would only be feasible if approvals arrive by Aug. 15, with seeding in spring or fall. A water well contract will be let soon. Lane Western Company of Denver was the low bidder.
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Kimball
Harry Meister
Lane-Western Company
Denver
K-12 School Board Elects Officers in Chappell
The CHAPPELL K-12 Board organized appointing Louis Vance president and Don Criswell vice president with Norris Johnson secretary and Bill Hughes treasurer. Six members include Darrell Rabe and Kenneth Hansen. Regular meetings set for the first Tuesday monthly. The 1966 67 budget of 19806271 was approved, about 18000 less than prior district requests, with buses planned for 1967 under county reorganization.
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Chappell
Louis Vance
Don Criswell
Norris Johnson
Bill Hughes
Sixman
Darrell Rabe
Kenneth Hansen
Library Move Delayed in Scottsbluff
Scottsbluff city librarian John L Kopischke says the move into the new Scottsbluff Public Library is postponed two weeks. The library had planned an Aug 6 closure but will now close the week of Aug 22 as sub contractors need more time for interior work including ceiling and lighting.
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Scottsbluff
Scottsbluff Public Library
John L. Kopischke
Kopischke
Holy Land Trip Planned by Hay Springs Couple
The Rev and Mrs James Lane and their daughter plan a 22 day Holy Land and Near East tour with 25 other Methodist delegates from North Central Texas. They depart New York August 3 led by Rev Gaither L Day from Everman Tex and will visit Rome Cairo Lebanon Syria Jordan Israel Greece France and England returning August 28 to Hay Springs Nebraska.
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Hay Springs
James Lane
Holy Land
Near East
James
North Central Texas
Hospital Receives 110000 Land Gift for Expansion
Scottsbluff given land valued about 110000 to West Nebraska General Hospital. The gift by Emil Kopac from near Oshkosh will fund a fifth floor addition to the hospital under construction. Land totals roughly 630 acres southwest of Oshkosh and 160 acres in Jones County.
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Scottsbluff
West Nebraska General Hospital
Scottsbluff Hospital
Emil Kopac
Oshkosh
Jones County
Hemingford Dairy Show Chairman Named for 1966 District
JESS Vetter of Hemingford High School Vocational Agriculture is named by Hemingford Chamber of Commerce as chairman of the 1966 District Dairy Show. The Iowa Nebraska shows are sponsored by Omaha Chamber of Commerce Knights of Ak Sar Ben and dairy interests with Extension Services. Shows run August 1 in Seward and continue at Fremont South Sioux City Norfolk Grand Island Beaver City North Platte Beatrice and Hemingford closes August 24. The events are open to 4 H and Future Farmers with dairy cattle and heifers. purple and blue winners may enter the Ak Sar Ben Dairy Show in September.
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Hemingford
Jess Vetter
Hemingford Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Knights of Ak
Beaver City
North Platte
Beatrice
Panhandle
4-H
Farmer of America
Extension Service
P. H. Cole
Ak-Sar-Ben
Jet Service to Sidney Chadron May Start in October
Frontier Airlines plans Convair 580 jet service to Sidney and Chadron in October, but airport upgrades must begin now. State officials say completion by October is unlikely if winter delays occur. FAA review slow. Senators Curtis and Morrison press for faster action.
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Lincoln
Sidney
Chadron
Frontier Airlines
Walter J. Kreuscher
U. S
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
Frank Morrison
Federal Aviation Agency
State Aeronautics Commission
Nebraska
Frontier
Runaway Youth Injured in Crash East of Chappell
Las Vegas youth Terry Lee Wright, 16, is hospitalized at Fitziimons in Denver with multiple compound fractures after a 1962 Austin-Healy veered out of control and struck an oncoming car on Highway 30 east of Chappell at 5:45 am. Wright had run away seeking his father in Columbus, Ohio. The vehicle belonged to Marine Corporal William E. Grove, 19, of Winlock, Washington, who was en route to a new base in Kansas City.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Chappell
Terry Lee Wright
Fitziimons
Wright
Columbus
Ohio
Cpl
Grove
Kansas City
Little America
Wyo
Frontier plans temporary DC-3 service to Sidney and Chadron
Carlson said Frontier can fly DC-3 aircraft to serve Sidney and Chadron through year-end with temporary federal permission to overfly communities.
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Carlson
Frontier
Sidney
Chadron
Sidney Becomes Hub for New State Power Lines
Nebraska grid gains 120000 kilowatts after Consumers Public Power District switches in at North Platte. Interconnection ties Sidney North Platte line with Stegall linkage, enhancing eastern Nebraska supply while completion of a north Sidney substation awaits steel delivery. Additional context covers nearby Stegall interconnection and Bureau of Reclamation transmission.
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Telegraph-Bulletin
O. H. Brand
Nebraska Public Power System
North Platte
Consumers’ Public Power District
J. G. Ekstrand
Consumers
J. F. Mesmer
Platte Valley
Sidney
Consumers Public Power District
Nebraska
NPPS
Sidney-North Platte
Stegall
Rural Electric Association
Tri
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Quahe
South Dakota
Water usage in the United States exceeds 260000 gallons daily
Daily water consumption in the United States surpasses 260000 gallons for domestic and industrial purposes, underscoring the scale of the national water demand.
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U.S
Glaciers Cover One Tenth of Land Says Nat Geo
National Geographic reports glaciers occupy about ten percent of Earth's land surface and hold nearly one percent of global water. The finding highlights vast ice reserves and potential climate implications for sea level rise and freshwater supply.
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Ethiopia
National Geographic
Meeting to form Sidney Chamber auxiliary group
Lloyd Carr announces a Tuesday Aug 2 7 30 p m meeting at Fort Sidney Motor Hotel to form a Chamber of Commerce Auxiliary. The group will include wives of chamber members and women in the community, with its own by laws and officers. Women interested in joining urged to attend.
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Lloyd Carr
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Chamber
Sidney
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