Expanded Memorial Hospital Plans Public Showing This Sunday
Nebraska’s largest hospital under one management west of Grand Island announces a public open house this Sunday June 16 from 1 to 5 p.m. to preview an 18 bed ward and a new kitchen as part of a 60 000 square foot facility expansion totaling about 11 1/2 million dollars. The project includes a modern dining area, upgraded patient rooms, new staffing suites, and improved food service for a 200 bed hospital, with ongoing renovations to the west wing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Grand Island
Memorial Hospital
Darold Hendee
Sidney Federal Boosts Passbook Rate to 4.75 Percent
Sidney Federal Savings and Loan Association announces a 4.75 percent rate on open passbook accounts retroactive to January 1, the second hike in a year after a 4.5 percent rate on June 1, 1967. The credit institution notes $861,787 in local loans since June 1967 and emphasizes community support and elevating savings to spur growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Sidney Federal
Beet Labor Shortage Sparks Summer Jobs Boom in Region
Beets labor shortage hits Nebraska Wyoming and Colorado with farmers like Ross Glassburn advertising for beet thinning help. Wages run 15 to 20 dollars daily with some teens earning 30, as import bans shift migrant labor and local youths fill the need. The beet crop value near Sidney could lose several hundred thousand dollars without help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Bob Schilreff
Dale Kahl
Telegraph
Ross Glassburn
Lodgepole
Governor’s Office
Glassburn
Hospital Open House Set For Memorial Hospital Wing
Public showing Sunday June 16 from 1 to 5 pm highlights Memorial Hospital and Home new 18 bed wing kitchen and dining area. Mrs C B Dorwart dietician and Gene Schlotfeld hospital engineer supervise final inspection of a food cooler before service next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital and
C. B. Dorwart
Gene Schlotfeld
Telegraph
Flora Is Chosen Lay Delegate To Lutheran Session
J. Dale Flora of Dalton is named one of nine Nebraska lay delegates for the Lutheran Church in America fourth biennial convention in Atlanta in June 1927. The gathering will review the church’s two years of work and set policy for 1927–29 including three main issues and a youth ministry plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Dale Flora
Dalton
Nebraska
Lutheran Church In America
Atlanta
Grace Lutheran Church
Kansas City
Board of Social Ministry
Commission On Youth Activities
Luther League
Commission On Youth Ministry
High Plains Sets Field Day At Agricultural Lab
The High Plains Agricultural Laboratory schedules a field day for June 27 at 1 30 p.m. Gerald Moline says the event invites all to view new test plots from wheat to ornamental trees and grasses. Meet at the office at 1 30 p.m. with transport provided. late entries may visit tests at the depot gate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Plains Agricultural Laboratory
Gerald Moline
High Plains
Moline
Sioux Army
Huntsman
State Tour Set For July 14 18
The Nebraskaland Tour will be renewed this summer announced by Gov. Norbert Tiemann. It will run from July 14 to 18 with a western Nebraska stop at the oil well discovery historical market near Gurley on July 17 morning and a luncheon at Ft. Sidney Motor Hotel noon. Reservations are due by June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norbert Tiemann
Nebraska
Oil Well Discovery Historical Market
Gurley
Ft. Sidney Motor Hotel
Trooper Seizes AWOL Army Soldier at Fort Carson Stockade
Trooper Richard Larsen of the Nebraska State Patrol arrested Army soldier Allen Maas, 26, Thursday on Highway 30 near Kimball after a motorist helper noticed a passenger in fatigues. Maas was AWOL from Fort Carson stockade and jailed in Kimball County awaiting return to Colorado authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Carson
Colorado
Richard Larsen
Nebraska State Patrol
Kimball
Highway
Allen Maas
Larsen
Maas
Kimball County
Panhandle Weather Looks Fair With Scattered Thunderstorms
Panhandle forecast calls for generally fair weather through Saturday with a chance of thundershowers this afternoon. Highs near 70 today, 70 to 80 Saturday, and lows 45 to 55. Rain chances 5 percent today and under 5 percent tonight and Saturday. Five day outlook shows temperatures a few degrees below normal through Wednesday, then warmer midweek, turning colder late week with scattered showers and thunderstorms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Telegraph's timing questioned over recounting redistricting tale
The Sidney Telegraph admitted poor timing in a June 10 report on a rumored lawsuit to force county commissioner redistricting. The board had already voted unanimously to proceed and adopted a resolution, and the apology noted that the story did not reflect the actual sequence of events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Telegraph
Telegraph
Board of County Commissioners
Manhole Covers Damages Car and Garage Theft Reported
Florence N. Miles of Sidney told police she ran over a raised manhole cover on Illinois Street at 1 31 p m causing about 15 in car damage with no injuries. Robert Drisner reported theft from his garage of two chrome mirrors a chrome brace and a jack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence N. Miles
Sidney
Illinois
Robert Drisner
Manor Road
Krause to Join Chadron State College Staff
Richard Krause, former Dalton Consolidated Schools superintendent, is named director of admissions and instructor of education at Chadron State College. He will start July 1, succeeding Dr. D. L. Deselms as Dean of Students. Krause holds a BA and MA from Kearney State College and has coaching and teaching background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Krause
Dalton Consolidated Schools
Chadron State College
Edwin C. Nelson
Krause
Dalton
Oxford
Chappell
Kearney State College
D. L. Deselms
Nelson
Western Nebraska wildcat drilling active in multiple counties
In Potter Nebraska residents watch an Exeter Drilling Co. rig on No. 1 Herboldsheimer in Sec 31, while other wildcat wells pop up in Kimball Frontier Red Willow and Morrill counties. Operators include Townes and Associates, K and M, and Carlyle Oil Producers with several new locations and abandoned wells noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter
Cheyenne County
Patrick A. Doheny
Nebraska
Mr. Doheny
Exeter Drilling Co
Panhandle
Kimball County
Tomich
NW NW
K & M Associates
South Texas Development Co
Alliance- Western Inc
Braden-Gear Drilling Co
Southwestern
Frontier County
Red Willow
McNerny
Townes and Associates, Ltd
Stoeppelworth Drilling Co
Red Willow County
Silver Creek
Platte Valley Oil Co
Bainesberger
Carlyle Oil
Heidemann
Kimball
Stahla- Vowers
Morrill County
King Resources
Miller
Allison Drilling Co
Stuarco Drilling Co
Larson
Banner County
Champlin Petroleum Co
McMillen
Winches and bolts stolen from Chappell tower site
Delco Construction of Salt Lake City reported two large winches and about $500 in tower bolts stolen from the AT&T marked communications tower site ten miles east of Chappell. Sheriff Floyd Stahr noted the winches were large enough to require a lift for removal, with each winch valued at about $1,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chappell
Delco Construction Company
Salt Lake City
Deuel
Floyd Stahr
At&t
Nebraska county wheat price support rates listed for 1968
Nebraska county by county wheat price support rates for 1968 range from 1.11 to 1.31 per bushel. Rates align with a national average of 1.25 and vary by county due to freight to markets. Rye and barley rates are 0.89 to 1.05 and 0.78 to 0.91 respectively, with western counties generally lower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Nebraska Wheat
ALCS
Banner
Kimball
Cheyenne
Scotts Bluff
Sioux
Dawes
Morrill
Box Butte
Garden
Deuel
Sheridan
Grant
Arthur
Keith
Perkins
Chase
Dundy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hendee
Ray Cruise
G. C. Olsen
Elizabeth Schwasnick
R. C. Cunningham
Robert Hossle
Brachtenbach Construction Co
Howard Duncan
Scottsbluff
Flora
J. Dale
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!