Western Nebraska leaders push united I-80 timetable revival
Kimball Sidney and Ogallala business leaders seek a unified push to accelerate I-80 construction in Nebraska’s Panhandle. They envision two west segments linking Wyoming and Ogallala Big Springs to keep U.S. 30 traffic in state and attract tourists, with state planners and Gov Morrison lobbied for support.
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Kimball
Sidney
Ogallala
Nebraska Panhandle
North Platte
Wyoming Line
Chambers of Commerce
Sidney and
Nebraska
Ogallala-Big Springs
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraka
Big Springs
Kimball to-Wyoming
Panhandle
U.S
Denver
Western
Frank Morrison
Platte River
John Hossack
Ogallala, Chappell, Sidney and
U.S. 30
Telegraph pricing error corrected for flour ad
The Telegraph mispriced a 25 lb bag of Pillsbury Flour at 79 cents in Wednesday’s Rudy’s Market ad. It should have been 1.79. An earlier correction was not run after Thursday notice. staff acknowledge the error and apologize.
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Telegraph
Rudy
States Use License Plates for Commercial Advertising
Thirty states employ their license plates as moving billboards for state branding. The practice leverages vehicle registration to promote tourism and commerce, placing slogans and symbols on plates visible to the public and travelers nationwide.
A Time To Meditate Lent Messages In Sidney Telegraph
The Sidney Telegraph prints a special five part Holy Week series titled A Time To Meditate authored by Rev. John S. Moore Minister Emeritus First Reformed Church Hawthorne NJ. Three messages appear this week to inspire readers to join Holy Week services at their churches.
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Sidney Telegraph
John S. Moore
First Reformed Church
Hawthorne
N. J
Associated Press
Sidney
First Queen Is Nominated For Ft. Sidney Days
Miss Glenda Printz, 17, is nominated as Miss Fort Sidney Days 1964. A Sidney High School senior, she plays the clarinet, leads Pep Club, heads the Distributive Education Club, and serves as class representative, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Printz.
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Fort Sidney
Glenda Printz
Victor Printz
Printz
Sidney High School
Miss Printz Crowned Sidney High Queen Candidate
Miss Printz is the Sidney High School Sweetheart candidate for the state convention in Omaha. She has lived in the area and makes her home at Sioux Army Depot where her father works. Her May 9 Queen Pageant talent will be a reading.
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Printz
Omaha
Sioux Army Depot
Shelters To Be Stocked Soon For Civil Defense
Chief Sol Willis said supplies for five local fallout shelters will arrive this week totaling 162 packages weighing 3,830 pounds. Deliveries come from O'Hare Air Base Chicago. Stocking will begin at National Guard Armory J M Mc Donald store post office Fort Sidney Motor Hotel and Farmers Coop Grain elevator east of town.
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Sol Willis
Willis
O’hare Air Base
Chicago
National Guard
J. M. McDonald
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Farmers Coop
Three Missouri youths paroled on theft charges
Harold Fuller Jr. 17 William Woodall 15 and Danny Brown 16 pleaded guilty to car theft in district court and were placed on two years probation. They were caught near Sidney driving a car owned by Mrs. Martin Anderberg. Parents arrived Monday to take them home to Independence and Kansas City. The trio had run away hitchhiking to California when they decided they had harmed enough.
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Chappell
Missouri
Gas Tax Receipts Rise in Cheyenne County in March
Cheyenne County Treasurer Mable Jorgensen reports March gas tax and mail route receipts totaling 15,959.43, up from 13,244.42 a year earlier. Distribution across funds shows increases in County Mail Route, County road, and other roads. Lodgepole declines. Population shifts since 1960 affect allocations. no county road tax is levied.
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Cheyenne
Mable Jorgensen
County Bridge
Sidney Road
Dalton Road
Gurley Road
Potter Road
Lodgepole Road
State Auditor
Lincoln
Lodgepole
Cheyenne County
Iowa Captive Admits Local Breakin Jobs
Sheriff says the Miller Implement Co and Larson Machinery breakins are solved. Robert Saunders, awaiting a ten year sentence in Sioux City, Iowa, admitted many breakins after a lie detector test. He recalled entering Miller through a rear window and taking $30 to $40. He claimed Larson theft involved no cash but rummaging the office. Saunders listed breakins across Minnesota, Wyoming, Nebraska, and Iowa.
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Miller Implement Co
Larson Machinery Co
W. W. Schulz
Schulz
Sioux City
Iowa
Robert Joseph Saunders
James O’keefe
Saunders
Sidney
Larson
Minnesota
Wyoming
Nebraska
Two Signed For School At Sunol
Two vacancies on the Sunol Public School staff were filled by Alvin Mapel and Glen Bale. Mapel becomes math teacher after teaching at Crawford, with a BA from Colorado State College earned in December 1963. Bale, from Lodgepole, takes the third and fourth grade posts after rural Devel County experience and study at Kearney and Chadron. Larry Delinger returns as part time music instructor. Two teaching positions remain open for coaching social sciences and science.
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Sunol
Francis Cortney
Alvin Mapel
Crawford
Mapel
Colorado State College
Greeley
Glen Bale
Lodgepole
Kearney State Teachers College
Chadron State Teachers College
Larry Delinger
Council Meets Tonight in Regular Session
The city council will meet in regular session tonight at 7 30 p m with a brief agenda and little business anticipated.
Windy Gales Fracture Scottsbluff Area Weather Edge
The Scottsbluff Weather Bureau notes a be prepared mood as a westward storm center drifts in. Cheyenne County endures a gusty windstorm with a 33 mph high and 48 mph gusts, 20 degree temps, while Rushville Gordon and Hay Springs face a blizzard reducing roads to impassable. The forecast calls for 10 to 15 degree below normal temperatures through Saturday with highs 30 to 40 and periodic snow. Tonight and tomorrow will be cold and windy.
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Scottsbluff Weather Bureau
Rockies
Panhandle
Cheyenne County
Federal Aviation Agency
Here
Rushville
Gordon
Hay Springs
Bootleg Cigaret Probe Is Pushed
Western Nebraska retailers were asked to help detect contraband cigarets as three border patrolmen visited shops. Richard Shugrue, tax director, noted cigaret tax is a major Nebraska revenue source. Referrals said cigarets from Colorado, which has no cigarette tax, are involved. Nebraska imposes a six cent per package levy.
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Nebraska
State Agriculture Department
Border Patrol
Richard Shugrue
Colorado
Weather Panhandle Update With Cold Winds And Snow
Weather panhandle warnings continue with very cold and windy conditions through tomorrow. Blowing and drifting snow over the northern portion this afternoon and tonight. Elsewhere fair and cold. Cloudy and cold with light snow and strong northerly winds tonight and tomorrow. Low tonight near zero, highs tomorrow 15 to 20.
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Panhandle
Potter Talent Winners Are Named Friday
Potter will be represented at the District 38N Talent Show by three winners chosen Friday night from among 35 entrants in the local competition. First place: Susan Sprenger piano solo Marching Together in junior division. Yvonne Minshall top routine in intermediate. The Sophisticates trio Valerie Lamm Joan Schnell Melinda Kehl first in senior division singing My True Love and Never On Sunday. Cash prizes presented by Lions Club president William G. Smith.
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Potter
Susan Sprenger
Yvonne Minshall
Valerie Lamm
Joan Schnell
Melinda Kehl
William G. Smith
Lions Club
Brenda
Cindy Spencer
Lonnie Thies
Jeff Reetz
Businessmen Meet in Kimball on Interstate Construction Push
A group of Sidney businessmen traveled to Kimball this morning to confer with Kimball商 businessmen on accelerating Interstate construction in the region. The trip was led by Robert Clark, a candidate for the …
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Unicameral
Nebraska
Clark
Kimball
Tom Hennig
Bob Decker
John Elwell Jr
Warren Ellison
Matt Janda
Jack Knicely
Dave Young
Lawerence Wamsley
Jack H. Lowe
Bob Lloyd
Dean Wilson
E.R. Jimerson
Wayne Moran
Bill Peterson
Claude Wuthier
Guy F
Jeff) Bush
Clark Wicks
W. J. Robinson
Sidney
Robert Clark
Youth conference calls for faster I 80 in Nebraska Panhandle
Youth delegates at the District V Conference of Youth passed a resolution to send to Governor Morrison urging quicker construction of Interstate 80 across the Nebraska Panhandle. The plan favors simultaneous east west construction from Big Springs Junction and the Wyoming border, aiming for earlier western access and benefits for the entire state. Judge Philip B. Gilliam of Denver urged extraordinary youth leadership and decency, praising the gathering and stressing responsibility, discipline, and religious values.
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District V Conference of Youth
Frank B. Morrison
Nebraska Panhandle
Big Springs Junction
Wyoming
Nebraska
Sioux Army Depot
Sidney
Philip B. Gilliam
Denver
Gilliam
America
House of Grief
House of Sorrows
Tax Hearing Wednesday in Sydney on Six Tax Exempt Parcels
State Tax Commissioner Forrest Johnson will preside in Sidney on Wednesday for hearings at the courthouse starting at nine a.m. on six parcels previously certified tax exempt. He plans to dispose of one case every half hour, part of a statewide reexamination to ensure compliance with tax laws. The six parcels are being reviewed after removal from the file by the tax commissioner's office, though no specifics were given. The public is invited to attend.
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Forrest Johnson
Sidney
Court House
Johnson
Ralph Englert
Board of County Commissioners
Mary And Martha Local Women Star In Holy Week Play
Two Sidney area housewives active in local affairs perform as Mary and Martha in On The Third Day at the Senior High School auditorium tomorrow and Tuesday. The Easter production by the Sidney Ministerial Association starts at 8 p.m. with free admission. Mrs Weert Frerichs directs, with Mrs George Taylor stage manager and a full church group assisting in lighting, properties, and crew.
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leBaron Goodwin
Jett
Gerald Matzke
Mary
Martha
Sidney Ministerial Association
Weert Frerichs
George Taylor
Claude Wagner
Roger Planty
Mae Hedges
Rowena Zutek
Richard Burr
Connie Fleener
Paul Moss
John Frerichs
George Loaris
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Nebraska Committee For Children and Youth
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Scottsbluff
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Milford
Nebraska Vocational Technical School
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George Hinn
William Fankhauser
Harold Chaffee
Chester Hickman
Nebraska State Employment Service
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Sidney Youth Council
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