U P Seeks Permission To Close Lodgepole Station
Union Pacific Railroad asks the State Railway Commission to discontinue its Lodgepole agency station. The case is set for July 22, 1967, with Chappell and Sidney offices able to handle accounts and service. Freight revenues for 1964 1965 and 1966 are cited, and public comments are invited before the hearing.
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Union Pacific Railroad
State Railway Commission
Lodgepole
Chappell
Sidney
Funeral set for Jerry Oliverius in Cheyenne County
Funeral services for Jerry Charles Oliverius 37 of Cheyenne County will be Tuesday at two from Gehrig and Son Funeral Home with Rev Henry York officiating. Interment follows at Greenwood Cemetery. He was born July 19 1929 in Lodgepole and lived on a Sunol area farm with his father. His mother died in 1963, a brother in 1959. Survivors include his father a niece and a nephew. He farmed except for two years in the Armed Forces. The family suggests Holy Trinity Lutheran Church for memorials.
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Gehrig and Son Funeral
Jerry Charles Oliverius
Cheyenne County
Henry York of
Gurley
Greenwood Cemetery
Holy Tinity Lutheran Church
Mr. Oliverius
Lodgepole
Joseph J
Josephine Oliverius
Sunol
Hog Bids Are Safe Feature at Sidney Sale
The Saturday sale at The Sidney Livestock Sales Pavilion featured strong hog prices with 215 lb hogs toping at 22.30 while 200 to 240 lb hogs sold 21.80 to 22.15. Sows ranged 16.10 to 17.50, feeders 22 to 27.50, and average weaners 11.25 to 13.75 per head with smaller ones 3 to 7.
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Sidney Livestock Sales
Panhandle Weather Forecast Sees Showers Then Fair Conditions
A late afternoon thunder shower risk persists with fair weather through Tuesday. Lows tonight 45 to 55, highs Tuesday 70 to 80, rain chance 20 percent. Five day outlook predicts near normal temperatures 80s highs with 55 to 65 lows, scattered afternoon and evening storms through the period. Courtesy Frontier Airlines.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Mrs. Radcliffe Dies Suddenly at 70 in Yuma
Mrs. Clayton S. Radcliffe 70 died unexpectedly in Yuma Arizona over the weekend. A Sidney native, she moved to Yuma a year and a half ago. Funeral from Christ Episcopal Church Thursday at 10 AM. Interment Greenwood Cemetery. Survived by two daughters, two brothers and six grandchildren. Active in Christ Episcopal Church Kings Daughters PEO. Memorials to Christ Episcopal Church.
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Clayton S
Myrna) Radcliffe
Yuma
Ariz
Radcliffe
Sidney
Christ Episcopal Church
Max Kors
Greenwood Cemetery
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
J. C. Swatzlander
Iowa
John Stewart
Lincoln
Philip Howard
Kings Daughters
PEO
Kimball Trooper Recovers Stolen Car in County
Nebraska Safety Patrol Trooper Larson of Kimball stopped a stolen 1962 Corvair west of Kimball and arrested two suspects, David Schrum of Hollywood California and Joseph Taylor of Jacksonville Florida. Schrum claimed hitchhiking before Taylor hid in the back seat. In a separate patrol incident a crane truck rolled into a ditch causing $1,000 damage. Perry L. Brown of Cheyenne Wyoming, driving a 1965 International, pulled near the shoulder to meet oncoming traffic 1.6 miles east of Gurley.
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Nebraska
Larson
Kimball
Kimball County
David Schrum
Hollywood
Calif
Joseph Taylor
Jacksonvill
Fla
Stockton
Schrum
Taylor
Iback
Perry L. Brown
Cheyenne
Wyo
Gurley
Weather Conditions Ease Yet Hail Strips Nag East Dalton
Cheyenne County faces a 13 percent 1968 wheat planting cut, amounting to about 23 876 acres, with national allotment set at 59.3 million acres down from 68 million this year. Sec Freeman says smaller acreage can meet domestic and foreign needs. plans to boost wheat and grain shipments to India are under study. He also defends farm payment disclosures as cost of production subsidies.
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Cheyenne County
Sec. of Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Lawrence Thompson
ASC
Thompson
Freeman
Israel
Mideast
India
Sen
John J. Williams
R-Del
Mrs. Neal Craig Elected President of VFW Auxiliary
Mrs. Neal Craig was installed state president of the Nebraska Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars during a three day state convention in Fremont. Joe Sedlacek Clarkson became district commander as the 1967-68 auxiliary year began.
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Neal Craig
Ladies Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Department of Nebraska
Fremont
Nebraska
VFW
Joe Sedlacek Clarkson
Craig
Victor Nelson
Sidney
Marion Whitaker
Whitaker
Military Order of Cooties
Jack
Bradley
Kathleen
Cpl Marty Joins Vietnam Team In Combined Warfare
Marine Lance Corporal Roger M. Marty of Sidney completed the Combined Action Company school at Phu Bai Vietnam. CAC Marines fight alongside Vietnamese village forces as an integrated unit training locals in combat and civic action.
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Phu Bai
Vietnam
Roger M. Marty
O. M. Marty
West Highway 30
Mary E. Cox
Charlotte Drive
Sidney
Third Marine Division
Combined Action Companies
CAC
Death of Mrs Mary Esther Davison Mother of Mrs Triska
Mrs Mary Esther Davison mother of Mrs Clarence Triska of Sidney died at Memorial Hospital after a three day stay. A native of McQuan Neb she was daughter of William and Mrs Johnson and married William Davison on December 25 1888 at Alma Neb. She belonged to the Methodist Church and Rebekah Lodge. Funeral at Ogallala Methodist Church Wednesday at 2:30 with burial in Ogallala Cemetery. Gehrig and Son Funeral Home in charge. Survived by son Bruno Tacoma Wash a daughter Mrs Triska nine grandchildren 17 great grandchildren 14 great great grandchildren.
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Mary Esther Davison
Clarence Triska
Sidney
Memorial Hospital
McQuan
Davison
William Johnson
William Davison
Alma
Neb
Methodist Church
Rebekah Lodge
Methodist
Ogallala
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Bruno
Tacoma
Wash
Triska
May E and H Bond Sales Reach $36,307 in Cheyenne County
E and H Savings Bonds sales in Cheyenne County totaled 36307 for May raising January May to 324627 per H Glenn Spearow county chairman. By end of May the county hit 35 percent of its yearly target as state sales reached 5386970 in May and 34230166 for five months equaling 46.7 percent of the 1967 goal.
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E and H
Cheyenne County
H. Glenn Spearow
Harvest To Run Later This Year In Nebraska
State Department of Labor announces the year’s Nebraska wheat harvest will start one to two weeks later than normal. Cutting expected in Red Willow County by July 1 if weather dries. Temporary registration offices for custom wheat cutters set for McCook June 26 Benkleman June 28 Imperial June 28 and Grant and Ogallala around July 3.
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State Department of Labor
Nebraska
Red Willow County
McCook
Benkleman
Imperial
Grant and
Ogallala
Interstate 80 design worries Panhandle leaders in Big Springs
Panhandle communities fear the I-80 and I-80S routing near Big Springs will divert eastbound traffic into Colorado. Sidney officials condemn the plan while highway officials defend it as necessary for maximum speed and note two interchanges near Sidney.
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Big Springs
Panhandle
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Sidney
Sidney Telegraph
Denver
Highway Department
Town
Omahia
Lincoln
Dan Ramsey
Scottsbluff
Colorado-Nebraska Line
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Siders
Jezebel
Minely Kintner
Telegraph
U. P
Jerry Oliverius
Kimball Trooper
East Dalton
Dalton
Sidney Draw
Kimball-Cheyenne-Deuel
Mrs, Neal Craig
Cpl
Marty
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