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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1968
Page
1
The article lists vote tabulations and standings with candidates such as Margaret and Cecil Mure leading in a heated race. It notes figures in hundreds and thousands, showing shifts as supporters finance campaigns and stir public interest.
A local Head Start program announces Clinton will lead outreach and training efforts. The plan includes a series of sessions May 27 to May 29 with consultants from multiple centers to improve early education services.
A chaotic clipped OCR recounts signing and announcing a university baseball intent, noting a standout leader building team momentum. It references a 480 mark and mentions progress through a post-season arc, with emphasis on a pivotal turning point and expected impact on the season.
Police described a minor Thursday traffic mishap with light damage to several cars north of Linder. The report notes injuries but provides limited readable details and names.
Rose McFadden 84 a native resident of Sidney is dead after a long life in the area. She operated a Sidney millinery shop for 45 years before retiring. Survived by sister Grace, one niece Miss Jean McIntosh of Cheyenne and two nephews Clifton McIntosh Fremont Neb and Cameron Johnston Richmond Va. A more complete obituary will appear in Monday's Telegraph.
Funeral services for 83 year old Charles T. Jameson will be Saturday at 2 PM at Getrig & wt Funeral Home with John Stayton officiating. Burial is followed by cremation in Denver. Born May 4 188? in Sherman County Nebraska he lived in Alliance and Sidney before retiring in 1951. Surviving are four daughters and a son and several grandchildren. Memorials may be sent to Memorial Hospital and Rest Home in Sidney.
The report covers bids for star route operations and a tentative tenant alliance. It notes Western Nebraska fares and a 119.9 mile route with daily and Sunday service. Schedule shows departures from Salt and arrivals at Sterling and Sidney with overnight timing and a 2 47 a m arrival in Sterling.
Fragmentary forecast notes a mix of mostly cloudy conditions this afternoon with light rain and possible late day and night thunder showers. Saturday expected partly cloudy with some thunder chances, highs near 40, and uncertain precipitation details due to damaged text.
Citizens in Sidney and Lodge Pole join about 20 million Americans this Saturday in wearing memorial poppies from the American Legion Auxiliary. Volunteers from AudMary and partner groups will be on the streets to collect funds for disabled veterans and for children and widows of war dead.
The Sidney Kiwanis Club will conduct Lodgepyle Creek cleaning next Monday in Came rala under the Cheyenne County Extension Office. President Benny Hochman says dinner at 6 p.m. and work at 6 30 p.m. in the area east of Foster Lumber Company with about eight members already involved.
Sidney Jaycees vote to send four golfers to the state junior golf tournament June 8 and 9. Local entrants should contact tournament Chairman Carl Faddis. Gerald Tremain named Jaycee of the Month for May for Safe Driving efforts. A $50 bond will be awarded to Miss Congeniality in the upcoming Miss Cheyenne County Pageant. New member Dan Roberts welcomed. Steve Groshans to attend the Hig Brother ethnags.
Cheyenne County reports 1332 farms signed for 1968 ASC wheat and feed grain programs. Feed grain signups total 564 farms diverting 12399 acres. wheat signups 1326 farms covering 157065 acres. Price support for wheat is 1.12 dollars per bushel, with terminal rates noted and changes since 1967.
Sidney resident and former district superintendent for The Marathon Oil Co died early today after long illness. He served as director of The Sidney National Bank since his Marathon days in Sidney and retired in 1963 to Powell. A longtime community worker and Light Memorial Presbyterian Church board member, he was a Marathon veteran who rose from field work to executive authority. Funeral services will be Monday at 130 from the Powell Presbyterian Church with burial at Cady, Wyoming.
Two new oil drilling locations were announced in Cheyenne County and adjacent Kimball County. Bander and Couch with Toltek Drilling Co begun No 1 Farr ESW Sec 2 16 52 NW county area. Regal Oil Co engaged Braden Gear for No 1 Weyerts in Clara Field about six miles west of Gurley. Sundance Oil Co enlarged Bertramson Field No 1 Schmid in Kimball County. Petroleum Inc No 3 Nelson in Sec 7 13 53. Carlyle Oil Co location No 1 Stahla Powers in Heide Mann Field. Pronghorn Petroleum Corp drilling Banner County wildcat No 21 19 Young. Gulf Oil Corp Sioux County wildcat at 5900 feet. Prairie Drilling Co cited without details.
Former Sidney resident Louie Sebold died May 1 in Denver at 74 after long illness. Services were held Monday at Chapel of the Chimes with Rev. Thomas J. Nurnan. Interment at Memorial Gardens in Denver. Survived by wife Emma, four sons and seven daughters.
Nebraska highway officials call for bids on 9.8 miles of I-80 east of Chappell toward Oshkosh, including grading gravel surfacing detour culverts and fencing. A second bid package covers two bridges near Sidney Big Springs, and a third covers seeding guard rails and incidental work on Brule Big Springs.
Hospital remodel and enlargement by architect Monasid Duncan is nearly finished at a projected cost around 200000 dollars. Several minor plumbing and electrical tasks remain, with painting planned for summer. Administrators expect improved facilities and higher patient capacity by fall, noting April census at 45.8 and occupancy at 61.8 percent with bills totaling 68379.50 dollars.
Mrs. John Fiwell Jr leads a county petition drive to place a partisan legislature on the November ballot but has not received word on whether the drive will continue. The resignation of state drive chairman Bruce Haymeiser raises doubts about continuation. Fiwell urges petition workers to keep gathering signatures until state guidance arrives.
Six counties in the Lodgepole Valley RCD Alliance meet in Sidney at 7 p.m. to finalize plans for local project submissions. The 12-county Panhandle group aims to win federal funds via loans and grants for natural resource development with broad citizen participation.
Governor Norbert Tiemann endorsed the 12 county Resources Conservation Development program saying he is wholeheartedly in favor. Developers sought his backing to apply for federal funds. The Lodgepole Valley section will meet Monday at 7 p.m. in Sidney at Dude's Steak House for a dinner meeting.
Sidney youths Siines Fourhorn, 14, and Daniel Stark, 16, appeared in juvenile court and received distinct outcomes. Fourhorn was sent back to the Training School in Kearney, while Stark received six months probation for charges involving burglary at D& Weve and Western Te and Storage. Additional items remain missing.
Police are checking leads in three thefts reported Thursday morning in Sidney. The Sidney Redi Mix yard near 19th Street and the Burlington tracks lost blocks sand and plywood. Residents Joe Sully and Rick Artz report thefts from their 1967 Chevrolets including headlights and various wire from Artz’s shack.
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