Medal ceremony honors Lt-Commander Richard Schaffert at Miramar
Lt Com Richard W Schaffert receives gold stars for second and third Distinguished Flying Crosses and a twelfth Air Medal during a June 12 1968 ceremony aboard Naval Air Station Miramar California. The honors cover a July 1967 to January 1968 Vietnam deployment with Fighter Squadron 111 aboard USS Oriskany.
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Naval Air Station
Miramar
Calif
Richard W. Schaffert
E. G. Fairfax
Uss
Oriskany
North Vietnam
ONE Hundred Eleven
Lcdr Schaffert
Co Trai
Hanoi
Phuc Yen
Etherton Awarded Five Air Medals for Vietnam Service
Sgt Raymond P Etherton son of Mrs Phil Etherton of Sidney has five Air Medals for meritorious service while a U S Air Force loadmaster at Phan Rang AB Vietnam He earned four medals at McChord AFB Wash for outstanding airmanship and courage on hazardous missions He served in the Dominican Republic Crisis and is a McChord Military Airlift Command member The veteran attended Sidney High School and Vallejo Junior College His wife Arbie is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Osborne Bakersfield Calif
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Lcdr Schaffert
North Vietnam
Lcdr
R. W. Schaffert
LeRoy Hadden
Sidney
George Nieman
Jackson Street
Sidney High School
San Diego
California
Tacoma
Wash
Raymond P. Etherton
Phil Etherton
Ninth Ave
McChord Afb
Etherton
U.S. Air Force
Phan Rang AB
Vietnam
Mc~ Chord
Mil
Car vandalism reported in Sidney with Buick damage
Yrannie Haworth of 2446 Coronado Sidney told police Sunday morning someone tore distributor wiring and spark plug wires from a 1965 Buick and stole wheel covers.
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Yrannie Haworth
Coronado
Sidney
Czech Picnic, Old Timers Join Cheyenne County Fair
South Divide Czech Dancers announce a Czech picnic at Legion Park on Sunday August 11 starting 12 noon. The group will perform at 4 30 pm during the official opening of the four day fair. Old Timers registration returns at the Post Commander's Home Monday August 12 after the parade, with ribbons denoting years in the community.
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Cheyenne County
Legion Park
Sales Pavilion Opens Saturday in Sidney
The Sidney Livestock Sales Pavilion will re open Saturday August 3 after a two week closure during peak harvest. Sale starts at 1 p.m. with 300 to 400 head of cattle expected.
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Sidney Livestock Sales
Unidentified couple jailed after high speed chase wrecks nearby
A high speed chase ended in a serious wreck 6.5 miles east of Potter on Highway 30. A man and a woman, jailed in City Jail, refused to identify themselves. car plates were stolen in California and the vehicle may be stolen. Trooper Larsen pursued a 1968 two door at 110 mph, near Potter, as it passed other cars. The car struck a semi trailer driven by Charles Surface, causing the truck to leave the road. The occupants ran but were caught after a warning shot. The truck sustained front right damage while the car had heavy rear damage. If stolen, this would be Larsen’s fourth stolen car find in a little over two weeks.
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Lcdr Schaffert
Phuc Yen
Hoa Lac
United States Naval Service
Sidney
Telegraph
Richard Larsen
Nebraska State Patrol
Potter
California
Larsen
Charles Surface
Winfield, W
David Hanson
Hurricane W. Va
Jensen
San Marino
Lodgepole Road
10Th
Forrest
Elmer N. Barret
Midwest Implement
Gottschalk Buys Wyoming Printing Firm
Joan Gottschalk announced the acquisition of Cheyenne Star Inc., publisher of three Cheyenne papers with circulations of 18,000, 3,650 and 2,000. The firm will be renamed Star Publications and printed on Telegraph equipment in Sidney. No personnel changes now. relocation to Cheyenne planned. Gottschalk to run Telegraph Printing. Ken Geiger remains Star Publications GM.
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Joan Gottschalk
Cheyenne Star, Inc
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Cheyenne Star
Warren Air Base Sentimel
Wyoming State Employees Association
Telegraph
Sidney
Gottschalks
Star Publications
Gottschalk
Telegraph Printing Company
Ken Geiger
Sidney Girl Injured In Bicycle Car Crash
A seven year old Sidney girl sustained a broken hip when her bicycle entered the path of an eastbound car on Lodgepole Road near 11th Avenue. Nancy Palmer, 7, was placed in a full hip cast at Memorial Hospital after the 8:36 p.m. collision, while the driver was Randall L. Richards of Sidney. she was transported by Gehrig and San Ambulance.
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Sidney
Lodge= pole Road
11Th Avenue
Palmer
Randall L. Richards
Lodgepole Road
Gehrig
San Ambulance
San Marino
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Mrs. Duffy Rites Held Here Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Ernest Duffy age 70 were conducted at Gehrig and Son Funeral Home with Rev. John Stagton officiating. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery. She moved to Gering in 1963 and is survived by two sons, two daughters, four sisters and seven grandchildren. Her husband died in 1962. Memorials go to the Heart Fund.
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Ernest Duffy
Scottsbluff
Gehrig and Son Funeral
John Stageton
First United Methodist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Heart Fund
Ada Schimps
Carleton
Neb
Kimball
Sidney, Kimball
Sidney
Duffy
Union Pacific Railroad
Ernest E. Duffy
Larry Roman
Ogden
Alice Roman
Utah
Sacco
Clara Horn
Kohl
Rebeca Kurth
Lulu Steele
North Platte
Verna King
Naponee
Winds and Hail Strike Cheyenne County Crops
A Sunday evening storm in Cheyenne County brought high winds and hail, uprooting trees and damaging crops and farm buildings. Reports from Sidney and Gurley describe millet losses, wheat stubble damage, and scattered rainfall, with wind gusts around 51 mph and local property harm including two cars and a broken tractor windshield.
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Cheyenne County
Sidney
FAA
Sam Countryman
Earl Nightingale
Nighingale
Jack McVicker
Gurley
Earl Lessig
Potter
Doug Reetz
Trooper Manley Transferred to Scottsbluff Office
Trooper Paul Manley of the Nebraska State Patrol will be assigned in September to the Scottsbluff office to lead the Safety Education program for the Panhandle. He will develop defensive driving courses and safety talks for schools churches and civic groups. Manley joined the patrol in 1955 and came to Sidney in 1960 with limited highway patrol duties in his new full time post.
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Paul Manley
Nebraska State Patrol
Scottsbluff
Felix Koenig
Sidney Station
Panhandle
Manley
Sidney
Alliance Patrol
The
Patrol
Koenig
Humid Weather Strains Wheat Harvest in Nebraska Panhandle
Western Nebraska farmers struggle as rain wind and high humidity threaten the Panhandle wheat harvest. A Dalton cloudburst dropped over two inches of rain with reports of a possible plane crash later debunked by rescuers. Uncut wheat remains a small portion of acreage but quality suffers under humid conditions. Ground now airily ready for fall wheat planting, acreage adjustments show the usual overplanting pattern before spring deadlines.
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Nebraska
Panhandle
Cheyenne County
Dalton
Don Dey Ermand
Short Change Artist Fined in County Court
A short change artist pleaded guilty in county court to defrauding two Cheyenne County businesses of 30 dollars. James E. Williams, 29, of Ruidoso New Mexico, faced two counts, was fined 25 dollars, ordered to pay 15 dollars court costs, and to make restitution totaling 50 dollars. He pulled the scheme at Jack and Jill Market in Sidney on July 24 for 20 dollars and at Frass Sundries in Lodgepole on July 26 for 10 dollars. He was arrested in Kimball after attempting the same gimmick there by the sheriff’s office.
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Cheyenne County
James E. Williams
Ruid Rose
N. M
Jack and Jill
Sidney
Frass Sundries
Lodgepole
Williams
Kimball
Sheriff's Office
Panhandle forecast shows isolated storms and mild temps
The Panhandle will see a few late afternoon and evening thunderstorms otherwise fair weather with little temperature change through Tuesday. Highs near 90, lows around 60, rain chances about 10 percent each day.
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Panhandle
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Richard Sheaffert
Schaffert
Adm
Sgt
Sgt. Etherton
Fair Stampede
Mrs. Duffy
Ada Duffy
Trooper Manley
Ony Abe
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