Commander's Home Readied For Flow Of Summer Visits
The Cheyenne County Historical Association opens the Fort Sidney Post Commanders Home on Sixth Avenue for summer visitors from May 28 to Sept 4, daily 2 to 7 p.m. Group tours available by contacting Harold J Kuhns at 254 4833. Hosts Mines Helen Hiner and Opal Frenzel supervise visits. Over 100 Sidney grade school students have visited already this month as cleaning continues.
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Cheyenne County’ Historical Association
Fort Sidney
Sixth Avenue
Sidney
Harold J Kuhns
Mines
Helen Hiner
Opal Frenzel
Kuhns
Harold Kunns
Cheyenne County Historical Association Board
Lewellen School
City to poll residents for summer recreation program
Sidney initiates a citizen survey to shape a 10 week summer program. City Manager Ed Prince says Scott Cook will survey students, tabulate results, and plan offerings including low activity programs like retirement planning and lectures. Deadline for questionnaire returns is May 26.
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Sidney
Sidney Telegraph
Ed Prince
Scott Cook
Sidney High
Cook
Prince
Scott
State Economy Booms Across Nebraska February 1973
Nebraska and national economies show continued expansion with a 1.6 point rise in the dollar volume index and a 6.5 point gain in manufacturing from January to February 1973. Retail sales up 17 percent nationwide and 14 percent in Sidney area. farm prices up 32.7 percent from February 1972.
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Nebraska
Nation
Bureau of Business Research
University of Nebraska Lincoln
Sidney
Marathon Move Reorganizes Marathon Oil Sidney Office
Sidney councilman Bob Wait heads to Casper Wyoming as part of Marathon Oil Co. office shakeup. Patterson and England also transfer to Casper and Denver respectively while Walden shifts to Casper and Wilcox becomes field superintendent at McFadden Utah?
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Bob Wait
Sidney
Marathon Oil Co
Casper
Wyo
Wail
Wait
M. J. England
Sidney District Petroleum
Denver Research Center
Littleton
Colo
R. P. Walden
R. E. Wilcox
Sidney Area
McFadden
St Patrick's Graduation Set With 29 Seniors
Bishop John J Sullivan will address 29 graduates of St Patrick's School Sunday at 8 p.m. in St Patrick's Auditorium. A 10:30 a.m. graduation mass will be held at the church. Kristine Schlaman is valedictorian and Judith Lenzen is salutatorian. Schlaman speaks on The Future Tense. Lenzen reads an original poem.
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John J Sullivan
Grand Island
St. Patrick’s
St. Patrick's Auditorium
Kristine Schlaman
Judith Lenzen
Peetz High School Class Of Six To Graduate Tonight
Valedictorian Steven Fehringer and salutatorian Barbara Barton lead Peetz High School graduates in an 8 p.m. ceremony. Fehringer, son of Mr and Mrs Walter Fehringer, was president of the Students Exploring Educational Careers chapter and a 1972 Boys State delegate. Barton, Head Girl, active in student government band Pep Club FHA FTA and a Girls State attendee, will attend nursing school in Scottsbluff. Other seniors are Dave French Gene Schumacher Jerry Segelke and James Sperry. Mayor Earl Franklin of Sterling will speak.
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Steven Fehringer
Barbara Barton
Peetz High School
Fehringer
Walter Fehringer
Colorado State University
Miss Barton
Girls State
Western Nebraska General Hospital School of Nursing
Scottsbluff
Dave French
Gene Schumacher
Jerry Segelke
James Sperry
Earl Franklin
Sterling
Colorado
Chappell Hope Rises to Save SCS Office
South Platte NRD directors plan Monday meeting to craft a plan to keep the Soil Conservation Service office in Chappell open. A June 30 closure had been proposed, with services moved to Sidney, but a campaign in Devel County prompted reevaluation. About 50 people met with Sen. Ramey Whitney and state conservationist Keith Myers, who deferred a final decision to May 30 pending an NRD plan.
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South Platte Natural Resources Board of Directors
Soil Conservation Service
Chappell
Sidney
SCS
Devel County
Ramey Whitney
Keith Myers
NRD
NRD Group Names Lee Orton Executive Director
The Nebraska Association of Resources Districts in Lincoln hires Lee Orton a Lincoln attorney as its Executive Director. The nonprofit org serves Nebraska land and water resource development for the public good and includes most natural resources districts as members.
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Nebraska Association of Resources Districts
Lincoln
Nebraska
Lee Orton
Bridgeport Equipment Eyes Sidney Move
Bridgeport Equipment Co a 30 year old Bridgeport family business and largest local dealer for International Harvester may relocate to Sidney The Bridgeport News Blade quoted owner August Gold saying he is tired of being pushed around Officials complain about inventory storage on rented lots and Sydney area land has been offered to move the business The Sidney Telegraph noted local politcal pressure and urged quick action to improve the economic impact and beautification.
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Bridgeport Equipment Co
International Harvester
Sidney the Company
Bridgeport
Mailer
Bridgeport News-Blade
August Gold
Sidney Telegraph
Goltz
Sidney
Gold
Surprise fete honors Tobin for 27 years as city clerk
Gordon Tobin recalls Thursday’s surprise events honoring his 27 years as city clerk. The celebration began with a Wednesday night reception for about 60 officials and dignitaries followed by a breakfast and a luncheon with city department heads. Tobin received a City plaque and letters of congratulations and was named an Admiral in the Mythical Nebraska Navy.
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Gordon Tobin
L. M. Clinton
Nebraska
Supreme Court
Lincoln
Tom Coffey
Fort Collins
Colo
J. Fred Thompson
Portales
N M
Tobin
Panhandle Forecast Sunny Mild This Afternoon
Weather outlook shows sunny skies and mild temperatures this afternoon with highs in the mid 80s. Tonight and Saturday remain partly cloudy with highs around 80 and lows near 45. Westerly winds 5 to 15 mph diminish tonight with a 5 percent precipitation chance through Saturday. Extended outlook calls for fair conditions Sunday and Monday with a chance of showers Tuesday and highs in the 70s to low 80s and lows around 45 to 55.
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Panhandle
Fascination Under Production Plans Ten Plus Factory Sites
Production of the Fascination automobile is underway at the Highway Aircraft Corp. plant north of Sidney with two cars to be finished in 60 days. Paul Lewis, inventor and president, cites plans to license 12 or more manufacturers nationwide and place plants in 12 states producing 250 cars daily.
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Highway Aircraft Corp
Sidney
Paul Lewis
Lewis
Visioneering Co
Detroit
Egging Co
Gurley
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Peetz
NRD Group
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Air Stream
Don Jackson
Lompoe
Calif
7Th
Minois
U.S. Rubber
Highway Aircraft
Sion
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