Telegraph Expansion Campaign Nears Conclusion in Spirited Race
Mrs. Dan Markel leads the $3,000 Sidney Telegraph circulation campaign in its second week with 2 990 000 votes. Close contenders include Mrs. Marge Dougherty, Mrs. Lloyd Goranson, Mrs. Joy Hare, and others as candidates vie for top spots and new subscribers.
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Dan Markel
Lodgepole
Sidney Telegraph
Mary Jane Gottschalk
Jack H. Lowe
Markel
Marge Dougherty
Sidney
Lloyd Goranson
Peetz
Joy Hare
Cecil Hume
Florence Ludeman
Gurley
Margaret McCabe
Dalton
Ruth Wicks
The
Telegraph
Telegraph Office
George
Ay Hare
Ethelmae Cr
Sidney National To Sponsor BankAmericard Plan In Area
Sidney National Bank announces it will issue BankAmericard credit cards to area residents with good credit. The card will be accepted by many local merchants and in 21 other states, offering flexible repayment and a broad retail use beyond travel and entertainment.
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Sidney National
Bank
Sidney Trade Area
Leo Krieger
Sidney National Bank
Bank Americard
Krieger
BankAmericard
California
Civil Trial in Sidney Seeks Damages Over Tear Gas Wound
The Landmesser case opens in District Court with eight to ten witnesses called. Lesle Landmesser Jr. seeks 175000 for injuries from a June 1964 tear gas projectile. Defendants include six law enforcement officers and city entities previously dismissed by Judge Kuhns.
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Landmesser
Cheyenne County
Gladyce Brush
Bonnie Ewing
Grace Marx
Kathleen Miller
Gladys Rybolt
Helen Sterling
Lesle Landmesser, Jr
Sidney
Ron Ahlberg
Sanford
Pillars salvaged to link old court house with future site
County commissioners decided to save the pillars from the old 1911 court house and arrange for their removal by a demolition firm. The plan is to reerect the pillars at the fair grounds as a gateway linking past and future, with placement and cost details to be decided after talks with the fair board.
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Old Court House
Fair Grounds
Court House
William Smith
Potter
Fairgrounds
Fair Board
County Board
Cheyenne County Delivers Strong Kennedy Nixon Margins
In Cheyenne County Nebraska RFK tops the Democratic primary with 612 votes or 59.7 percent of 1025. Nixon dominates Republicans with 1237 votes or 81.7 percent of 1514. Reagan nets 22 percent statewide but 15.6 locally as Nixon supporters claim county confidence and Kennedy supporters vow impact on the Democratic convention.
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Robert F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Cheyenne County
Kennedy
Nixon
Ronald Reagan
California
Cheyenne
John Kennedy
RFK
Bunkerhill
Gene McCarthy
Otto Aufdengarten
Nebraska
Indiana
Aufdengarten
John Gottschalk
Dick Nixon
Johnson-Humphrey
Sidney
Central School
Gow
Rockefeller
Humphrey
McCarthy
Johnson
Reagan
Stassen
Americus Liberator
Potter Liquor Vote Ends In Tie At 59 To 59
Potter voters split on liquor by the drink with a 59 59 tally. County Clerk Ralph Englert declined to reveal the postcount procedure and noted no absentee or disabled ballots from the village could alter the result after an official recount.
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Potter
Ralph Englert
Retirement Fund Approved by County Employees in Primary
County employees voted two to one in favor of a retirement fund. The plan withholds three percent from earnings, matched by the county. Unofficial totals: 1356 for, 696 against, with district results showing varied support across communities.
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Brownson
Bunkerhill
Chambers
Colton
Davison
Eagle
Gurley
Huntsman
Lodgepole
Lorenzo
Ordville
Potter
Sidney
Sidney Rural
Trognitz
Union Valley
Huff Defeats Fenske In Three Precincts For Commissioner
Paul Huff of Lodgepole defeated incumbent Albert Fenske in all three precincts of the first commissioner district on the Republican ticket. Unofficial tallies show Huff leading, with Crosby narrowly ahead of Treblik on the Democratic side. official results from the clerk’s office awaited.
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Paul Huff
Lodgepole
Albert Fenske
Colton
Eagle
Muriel Crosby
Floyd Treblik
Crosby
Treblik
Huff
Fenske
Floyd Wise
Eagle Precinct
Wise
Martin secure GOP primary win with wide margin
Dave Martin led a Republican primary victory with 1164 votes across 21 Cheyenne County precincts. Challenger Roger Green trailed with 205 and John Langford had 125 votes. J. B. Dean ran unopposed on the Democratic ballot and received 633 votes.
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Dave Martin
Congress
Washington
Cheyenne County
Roger Green
Scottsbluff
John Langford
North Platte
J. B. Dean
Delegates Yet To Be Totals Delayed By Clerk
No totals were available at press time on delegate to national assembly voting. The clerk's office expects to complete forms today or Thursday. Ballots were too extensive for accurate counting on election night.
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National Assembly
Machines Pay Off In First County Voting Machine Trial
Ralph Englert reported optimism after Cheyenne County first trial with voting machines. Unofficial Sidney ballots 2 498 versus 2 505 in 1966 primary. Machines enabled precinct totals to be reported by 1 a.m. statewide, with counties completing returns early. Officials and voters voiced favorable opinions and machines saved counting time.
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Ralph Englert
Cheyenne
Sidney
Englert
Allan Beerman
Nebraska
Kahl Wins Educational Service Unit 19 Race
Duane Kahl led Robert Reed in unofficial returns for the Educational Service Unit 19 board with 1075 votes to 888. Virgil Walters led the weed authority race with 1454 votes, followed by Jack McVicker 1353 Robert Lafler 1300 and Charles Mayer 1173. Earl Gell led Wheatbelt Public Power District with 563 votes over Theodore Houser 246. University of Nebraska Board of Regents sixth district sees Jack Elliot top with 743 to Milton Green 468. Ellis Ru by 276. Max Brown 234. Joseph Dye 173. John Swanson won the railway commissioner post from the fifty district with 1068 votes over Lesle S. Taylor 229.
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Duane Kahl
Robert Reed
Educational Service Unit 19
Reed
Virgil Walters
Weed Authority Board
Walters
Jack McVicker
Robert Lafler
Charles Mayer
Earl Gell
Wheatbelt
Theodore Houser
Jack Elliot
University of Nebraska Board of Regents
Milton Green
Ellis Ruby
Max Brown
Joseph Dye
John Swanson
Lesle S. Taylor
Swanson
Taylor
Unopposed slate fills local, state posts in district race
Three candidates ran without opposition. Robert Clark seeks the 47th District state legislature seat, J B Dean runs for Congress on the Democratic ticket, and Sydney G Finch is endorsed for county judge. Dean totaled 633 votes, Clark 1542, and Finch 2010. Clark will fill the vacancy from Senator George Fleming retiring this year in Sidney.
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Robert Clark
J.B. Dean
Congress
Sydney G. Finch
Dean
Clark
Finch
George Fleming
Sidney
Cloudy Panhandle Forecast With Intermittent Showers
The Panhandle forecast calls for considerable cloudiness with showers this afternoon tonight and Thursday. Northwesterly winds 15 to 25 mph this afternoon. Highs 50 to 60 this afternoon with tonight’s lows 30 to 40. Thursday highs 50 to 60 and precipitation chances 50 30 and 20 percent respectively. Five day outlook shows temps 60 to 70 with 35 to 45 lows and frequent day to day changes.
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Panhandle
Sidney Youth Charged With Grand Larceny
A 14 year old Sidney boy, Robert Lopez of 1645 Forrest Street, is charged in District Court with grand larceny for allegedly stealing 167 dollars from Paul Hecker Jr. and the Green Lantern Cafe on May 10. He was bound over to District Court after a County Court hearing with a $1000 bond, and he was arrested by Sidney police.
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Sidney
Robert Lopez
Forrest St
Paul Hecker, Jr
Green Lantern Cafe
County wheat in good shape but cutworm risk remains
County agent Ivan Liljegren reports the wheat crop is rated good overall though cutworms are still active. He warns farmers to inspect fields, as many have misidentified cutworm damage as hail from a storm that was extensive four to eight miles wide.
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Ivan Liljegren
Liljegren
Potter
Weyerts
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John E. Ehmke
Robert Dodds
Fred H. Henning
M.E. McNurlin
Robert Poppins
Elmer Weber
Ballot
Potter Liquor
Kahl Wins Educational Unit
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