Ten Sidney firms host weekend Boat-Sport-Travel Show
Ten Sidney businesses join for a two day Boat Sport Travel Show on Jackson Street south of Kokjer Motors. The event features golf gear motorcycles cameras boats motors camping diving and more with prizes including golf irons an outboard motor and a Polaroid camera. Displays run 10 am to 8 pm with demonstrations and an educational truck hardware exhibit by Chevrolet.
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United States
Kokjer’s
Chevrolet Motor Co
Sidney Telegraph
Soldier Fatally Hurt in Auto Crash
BROADWATER Chief Petty Officer John H. Schlieker 28 formerly of Broadwater died at Little Rock Arkansas from injuries after a car accident. He was born January 2 1938 in Scotts Bluff County and educated in Madison and Broadwater. He entered the Navy in 1957 and was recently promoted. He married LaVon Baker in 1958. Survivors include his widow Lorraine two sons Curtis and Donald and a daughter. Rosary tonight at Holewhek Bridgeport. military funeral Thursday at Holechek Bridgeport with burial in Dalton Cemetery.
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Broadwater
John H. Schlieker
Little Rock
Ark
Scotts Bluff County
Madison and
Navy
LaVon Baker
Sandia Naval Base
Albuquerque
N.M
Joint Task Force I
Holechek Funeral Home
Robert Miller
Dalton
Dalton Cemetery
ICC to hold hearing on Burlington trains 42 43
Alliance hearing date set for June 14 on Burlington Railroad application to remove trains 42 and 43 between Alliance and Billings Mont. Northwest Nebraska Community Action Council receives 11533 from OEO for a Headstart program in Crawford Gordon Hemingford with centers in three towns and enrollments.
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Alliance
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Alliance Chamber of Commerce
Washington D. C
Burlington Railroad
Here
Billings
Mont
Chadron
Northwest Nebraska Community Action Council
Office of Economic Opportunity
Crawford, Gordon and Hemingford
Crawford
Hemingford
Gordon
New 420 Foot Bridge Opens Between Minatare and Melbeta
B C Inness of the State Highway Department says the 420 foot bridge over the North Platte River between Minatare and Melbeta is complete and the 26 foot wide structure replaces the old 18 foot bridge. Backfilling remains and asphalt work on two miles of road should finish in June. Bids may be sought this fall for Highway 92 work between Gering and Melbeta, delayed by a highway budget cutback.
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Minatare
North Platte River
Melbeta
B. C. Inness
State Highway Department
Scottsbluff
Inness
Gering
Chappell Senior Barry Bruns Earns Air Force Academy Appointment
Chappell High School senior Barry Bruns has been accepted for entrance to the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Appointed by Congressman Dave Martin last fall, he awaits scholastic and physical ratings. Barry, an honor student and National Honor Society member, won the 1967 Regent's Scholarship and letters in football.
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Chappell
Barry Bruns
United States Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Dave Martin
Barry
South Platte Valley
Scottsbluff
Dale Bruns
Bridgeport selects new superintendent for public schools
A. N. Ostdiek of Brainard Nebraska has been hired to lead Bridgeport Public Schools for the 1967-68 year, succeeding Bernard Scheer. Ostdiek, a Lawrence Nebraska native, earned a BS in 1953 and an ME in 1962 from the University of Nebraska Lincoln, served in the Army 1953-55, taught in Lawrence 1955-59, led Platte Center Public Schools 1959-61, and led East Butler Public Schools at Brainard 1961 until his resignation this year. he and his wife have six children.
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Bridgeport
Bridgeport Public Schools
A. N. Ostdiek
Brainard
Neb
Bernard Scheer
Ostdiek
Lawrence
University of Nebraska At Lincoln
Platte Center
Nebr
East Butler
Planning Meeting Set For North Platte Valley Joint Plan
Scottsbluff Public Library hosts a May 11 meeting to discuss forming a North Platte Valley Joint Planning Commission. County commissioners this week discussed joint action to solve municipal and rural problems and to develop regional assets inviting Banner Morrill and Scotts Bluff County participants.
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Scottsbluff
Scottsbluff Public Library
North Platte Valley
Joint Planning Commission
Scotts Bluff County
West Nebraska Sportsmen oppose LB683 control shift
The West Nebraska Sportsmen Association urged letters opposing LB683 which would place the state game commission under legislative control. Members discussed possible higher antelope permits, watershed fish stocking, and state hunting and fishing law questions. Thirty attended.
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Nebraska Legislature
Capitol Building
Lincoln
Neb
Game Commission
Father Kintz Succumbs in Nebraska Parish Service
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Lawrence A. Kintz 68 of Kimball died in Council Bluffs Iowa. He was born December 19 1898 in Latrobe Pennsylvania the eighth of nine children. Ordained June 22 1924 at Latrobe he served in Nebraska after 1924 including Kimball St Joseph parish for 39 years and prior posts at Oshkosh St Elizabeth and Seneca.
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Kimball
Lawrence A. Kintz
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Latrobe
Msgr
Kintz
St. Vincent College
St. Francis College
Loretto
St. Francis Seminary
Milwaukee
Wis
St. Vincent Archabbey
Hugh Boyle
Pittsburgh
Grand Island
Nebraska
St. Libory
Chadron High School bids awarded for construction project
Three firms submitted apparent low bids for Chadron High School. L R Foy Construction Co. Hutchinson Kansas won general contracting, Platte Valley Plumbing and Heating Scottsbluff won mechanical, and ABC Electric Chadron won electrical work. Furnishings bids withheld for adjustments to fit the 900000 bond funds.
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Chadron
Chadron High School
L. R. Foy Construction Co
Hutchinson, Kans
Chadron State College
Platte Valley Plumbing and Heating Co
Scottsbluff
ABC Electric
H. A. Schroeder
Street Closed for Sports Boat and Travel Show
City of Sidney closes Jackson Street between 12th and 13th Avenue to traffic Friday and Saturday for displays at the Sports Boat and Travel Show. Ten local merchants organize the first event of its kind, emphasizing indoor and outdoor recreation with street and showroom displays. Police will rope off the street late Thursday for setup. several hundred visitors are expected if weather cooperates.
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Sidney
Jackson St
12Th
13Th Ave
Kokjer Motor Co
Gurley Public School Seeks Three New Faculty Members
Gurley Public School plans to hire three teachers to complete the faculty. A part time Kindergarten instructor, a combined math and science teacher for the high school, and a combined second and third grade instructor are needed. Frank Madison will become superintendent, replacing retiring principals.
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Gurley Public School
Rae Prickett
Gurley
Frank Madison
Harrisburg
Leola Moreton
Shirley Beyers
Chadron State College
Winifred Peterson
Gordon
Harrach
Gothenburg
Myrtle Higgins
Arleta Rohde
Clara Lessig
Lucille Larson
Joan DeLong
Verdell Lessman
Earl Belden
Janet Welch
Judith Creamer
Darrell Eckhardt
Ronald Oliver
Car strikes deer near Brady kills deer in Nebraska
North Platte safety patrol reports Merle A. Rudebusch of Sidney drove a car that struck and killed a deer near Brady Friday night. The vehicle suffered extensive damage but no injuries occurred. Rudebusch is director of the Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School.
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North Platte
Merle A. Rudebusch
Sidney
Brady
Rudebusch
Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School
Public Hearing Set Over Union Pacific Broadwater Station
A public hearing is scheduled for May 23 in Broadwater on Union Pacific's plan to discontinue agency service and close the Broadwater station. The action affects local rail service and requires regulatory review by officials.
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Broadwater
Union Pacific
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the Photo Center
Maddox Sport Center
Bauerkemper’s
Cedar Lanes
Midwest Divers Supply
Sidney National Bank
American National Bank
Nebraska Panhandle
Dial
Crawford- Crawford
H. R. Zich
Northwestern Bell
Harrison and Whitney
Zich
Crawford and Whitney
Harrison
Bruns
Air Academy
Telegraph
Lockwood’s
S&h
10Th Ave
Kansas-Nebraska
Kansas - Nebraska Natural Gas Company, Inc
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