Blizzard Ends. Plains See Snow Drifts and Cold
A spring blizzard surged across the Great Plains bringing heavy snow, icy roads, and stranded travelers. Snow began around 3 a.m. Thursday, escalating to zero visibility by midday with winds 28 mph gusting to 40. The storm ended by 6:30 p.m. with melt under way and a five day forecast predicting below normal temperatures, highs near 40, and scattered snow early next week.
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Federal Aviation Agency
Scottsbluff Weather Bureau
Heavy Cheyenne County Snow Fluxes Through Thursday
Snow in Cheyenne County reached eight inches with over an inch of moisture in Dalton area amid dense fog and poor visibility. Officials reported hazardous roads, a stuck county vehicle, buses breaking trails, and school trips canceled to Chadron. moisture readings ranged from .14 to .28 inches at locations including Potter Lodgepole and Sidney, with temperatures 17 to 38 degrees and sun by late morning.
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Cheyenne County
Dalton
Don Dey Ermand
Dey Ermand
Chadron
Charles Eckert
Potter
George Coulter Jr
Henry Jenik
Lodgepole
FAA
Dave Elis
Sidney
Winter Storm Strands Buses and Blocks Nebraska Highways
Northeastern Colorado swarmed by heavy snow and blizzard conditions. Scottsbluff recorded .03 inch precipitation while Kimball Alliance and Akron show several inches of snow. Grand Island Norfolk and Nebraska City measured moisture and snow, with Big Springs Junction clogging traffic as trucks and cars stalled. Buses and travelers spent the night in cafes or rented rooms as crews cleared highways for the return to normal after the storm.
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Colorado
Here
Scottsbluff
Kimball
Alliance
Akron
Grand Island
Norfolk
Nebraska City
Nebraska
Big Springs Junction
Junction
Chappell
Greyhound Depot
Sidney
Gerry Wolf
Patrol Car Hit By Skidding Vehicle In Storm Crash
A highway patrol car driven by Trooper Paul Manley was struck as a car skidded out of control in storm conditions east of Sidney. No injuries were reported, and complete details were unavailable at press time.
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Paul Manley
Sidney
Western Nebraska eyes I 80 restudy push
Observers urge reevaluation of Interstate 80 priorities in western Nebraska with Kimball Sidney and Ogallala leading. The impetus follows The Omaha World Herald campaign and Gov. Morrison support, aiming for action before the state highway commission long range review. Local chambers split on timing and impact on business along Route 30.
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Nebraska
Kimball
Sidney
Ogallala
Omaha World Herald
Nebraska Panhandle
World Herald
Frank Morrison
Nebraska Highway Commission
Sidney Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
John Hossack
Lincoln
Chamber of Commerce
Jack Pollock
Keith County News
Kimball Chamber of Commerce
Inter State
Highway 30
Wyoming
Eckert Funeral To Be Saturday
Charles William Eckert 57 of Dalton died last Monday in Pioneer Memorial Hospital. Funeral services set for 2 p m Saturday at Dalton Trinity Lutheran Church with Rev. Lee Nelson officiating. burial in Dalton Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Surviving: two sons Tom and Jerry, mother Bertha Brown, four brothers and nine sisters.
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Charles William Eckert
Dalton
Eckert
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
Lee Nelson
Dalton Presbyterian Church
Dalton Trinity Lutheran Church
Dalton Cemetery
Craig Mortuary
Herbert Bowman
Ross Bayne
Leonard Bayne
Bing Miller
Laurence Miller
L. A. Schroeder
Dixon Nebr
Charles
Bertha Brown Eckert
Dalton Cooperative Association
Tom
Hurley
Scotland
Jerry
Great Lakes
Chicago
Bertha Brown
Fremont
Nebr
Weather outlook with winds fading this afternoon
Weather note reports winds diminishing this afternoon with fair skies tonight and tomorrow. Low temperatures tonight around 10 to 20. Highs tomorrow forecast between 40 and 30.
Postal rates and address change request notice
Sidney Nebraska edition lists second class postage paid at Sidney, Nebr. Change of address should be sent to Post Office Box 219, Sidney, Nebr. Subscription rates are eight dollars per year inside a fifty mile zone and nine dollars outside, eight dollars per year by carrier. Single copies cost ten cents. Friday March 20 1964.
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Sidney
Nebr
Nebraska
Noted Juvenile Judge Featured Speaker For Youth Council Parley
A District V Youth Conference will be held tomorrow at Sidney Junior High with over 100 registrations. Judge Philip B. Gilliam of Denver Juvenile Court will headline the morning session while State Senator Albert Kjar of Lexington gives the keynote.
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Panhandle
Sidney Junior High
Sidney Youth Council
C. B. Dorwart
Elmer Hartmann
Jack Knicely
Barbara McIntosh
Bill Eddy
Philip B. Gilliam
Denver
Sioux Army Depot
Gilliam
Albert Kjar
Lexington
Susanne Plum
Lincoln
Nebraska Council of Youth
William E. Nichol Jr
Scottsbluff
Otto G. Hoiberg
Hall of Youth
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Robert McKinnon
Omaha
United Community Services
Dale Bree
Division of State Parks, Game, Forestation and Parks Commission
Stanley Matzke Jr
Milford
Nebraska Vocational Technical School
Sidney Adult Resource
Paul Moss
Sidneys High School
William Fankhauser
Sidnes High School
Harold Chaffee
Chester Hickman
Nebraska State Employment Service
Ivan]iljegren
Cheyenne County
Dorothy Gray
Miss Plum
Ann Miller
Diane Tobin
Mike Janda
Barbara Holmes
Cheryl Miniken
Judy Karnik
Bob Eddy
Walt Griffiths
Dan McKay
Bob Fry
Steve Harlan
Dave Hruska
Linda Hietz
Cindy Peetz
Sharon Wood
Virgil Knackstedt
Colleen Christ
Mary Lu Dorwart
David Ruttner
Kathy Schwartz
Donna Hruska
Karen Deaver
Rita Helf
Kjar
Judge Gilliam
Env
Tape planned for KSID talk by Judge Gilliam
The Very Rev Vincent Pelster will give the benediction at the event. Friday arrivals for the conference may register tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Senior High School office. Saturday registrations will be serviced at the Junior High School. Conference fee is 3 dollars including luncheon.
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Vincent Pelster
V. F
St. Patrick Catholic Church
Wheat Bill Nears Vote in Washington D C
Cheyenne County Wheat Growers Assn spokesmen say the wheat-cotton support bill, backing about 2.5 to 3 million dollars in annual farm income for Cheyenne County, likely moves from House rules today and to a floor vote early next week in Washington. Representatives Curtiss of Dalton and Maas of Potter visited D C to push for passage as opposition exists and calls to action rise to Congress by week’s end.
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Cheyenne County
Washington D. C
House
Phil Curtiss
Dalton
Ron Maas
Potter
Washington
Wheat Growers Organization
Harold Cooley
House Agricultural Committee
Congress
Sale Postponed for Theodore Brauer Farm Near Sidney
The Theodore Brauer farm sale, six miles south and five east of Sidney, was postponed yesterday due to bad weather and rescheduled for Monday, March 30 at 10 30. The action affects local buyers and nearby farms seeking his listed stock and acreage.
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Theodore Brauer
Tive
Sidney
Mondas
State Tax Chief to Lead Cheyenne Hearing on Tax Exempts
State Tax Commissioner Forrest Johnson will personally lead a hearing in Sidney on March 27 to reexamine tax exempt status for at least six properties in Cheyenne County. Hearings across Nebraska run March 24 to April 1 with sessions in Sarpy and Cheyenne counties and a schedule listing Boone Colfax Frontier Hamilton Perkins Red Willow March 24 and others through April 1.
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Sidney
Cheyenne County
Forrest Johnson
Sarpy
Ralph Englert
Western Construction Co
Gulley
Country Club Heights
First Methodist Church of
Grabill
Boone
Colfax
Frontier
Hamilton
Perkins
Red Willow
Cedar
Cheyenne
Nance
Dundy
Pierce
Sheridan
Arthur
Blaine
Dodge
Holt, Merrill
Phelps
Polk and Stanton
Rex Butte
Butler
York
Gurley Legion Hall Hosts Joint 45th Anniversary Event
The Gurley American Legion Hall hosts a Saturday celebration marking the 45th anniversary of the national organization and the mortgage burning. Nebraska State Commander Jerry Henn leads a program after a 6:30 dinner, with many Legion and Auxiliary officers and guests from Weyerts Post 137 and nearby communities in attendance.
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Gurley American Legion Hall
Gurley Hall
State and County Legion and
Weyerts
Frank Dee
Hemingford
Glenn Patrick
John Elwell Sr
Sidney
Ivan Walker
Dalton
Gurley Post
Lee Foster
Elmer Freudenberg
Voting set for April 7 city and school races
Voting continues April 7 for city council four year and two year terms, school board seats, and police judge in Sidney. Incumbents Dorwart CorneliUS Jr Thorpe Fish and Ferris Preble Arlo Jones Hossle vie for open seats. Gurley to vote on liquor by the drink petition.
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Sidney
Drs
C. B. Dorwart
C. J. Cornelius Jr
J. L
Kermit L. Moore
Donald Heath
Denver
Roy Gish
James E. Edwards
Joanne L. Goodwin
James O. Thompson
Gurley
Beet Top Silage Value Is Shown
MITCHELL Calves on wilted beet top silage gained faster and needed less feed per pound of gain than those on unwilted silage or pastured tops. Preliminary data from a calf wintering experiment at Scotts Bluff Experiment Station were reported by Larry Tittenhouse to stockmen at feeders day. Rittenhouse described three groups of Hereford calves fed wilted, unwilted, and pastured beet tops.
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Mitchell
Scotts Bluff
Larry Tittenhouse
Rittenhouse
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Three City
Unity Vital Now
Youth Council
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