Western Outlook gains readers with new papers
The November issue of Western Outlook boosts its reach by adding five newspapers to the original eight, placing it among the state’s top paid circulations after Omaha and Lincoln. It highlights hunting stories, a Broken Bow pheasant event, a Gering river ranch, elk antelope tales, a 82,000 capacity chicken house in Sidney, rodeo winners, a long cattle drive, water projects, oil prospects, and an I-80 aerial survey across western Nebraska.
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Western Outlook
Outlook
Omaha
Lincoln
Outlook Group
Gering
Nebraska
Sidney
Buffalo Gap
S. D
Crawford Chadron
Armistice Day Echoes in Sidney Parade and Peace Cheer
On the 90th anniversary of the 1918 Armistice Sidney celebrates with a city whistle, a Kaiser funeral parody, and a two stage parade. Notable figures include Dave Brewer Rev William Downey and Exy Burgess Columbia, while crowds, bands, flags, and a torches parade mark the peace jubilation across streets and post office corner.
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Sidney
Sidney Telegraph
Telegraph
Alsace
Lorraine
Luxemburg
Rhine
Bucharest
Brest-Litovsk
East Africa
Dave Brewer
Kaiser
William Downey
Floyd Dresser
Casey Jones
Chuck Daugherty
Donuts Bieternitz
Jim McIntosh
Lloyd Aldrich
Paul Bartholomew
Babe Schroeder
Israel Snyder
Paul Vath
Harry Marsh
Rose
Lincoln
Berlin
Columbia
Exy Burgess
Railroad
Mary Nolan
Liberty
General Foch
Crown Prince
Local Postage Rates Change at Sidney Nebr Office
Public notice notes second class mailing term for Sidney Nebraska subscribers with a $8 yearly carrier subscription, referencing standard regional postal handling and the year of establishment 1873. The fragment signals a community circulation update for local residents.
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Sidney
Nebr
Farm Group Favors Two Percent Sales Tax
Kenneth Nienhuser of the Nebraska Farmers Union urges dropping the sales tax to two percent, opposing Governor Tiemann’s plan to keep it at two and a half. He argues for balance between sales and income taxes and says Elton Berck will pursue the issue with Lincoln leaders and possibly seek help from the Agricultural Council.
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Nebraska Farmer’s Union
Kenneth Nienhuser
State Farmers Union Board
Nienhuser
The
Telegraph
Tiemann
Farmers Union
Elton Berck
Lincoln
State Farmers Union
Dora Frahm Wins The Sidney Telegraph Scoring Contest
Dora Frahm Box 524 Sidney wins last week’s The Telegraph football score guessing contest after missing three games. She correctly picked Penn State over Miami in the tie breaker. Her misses included Kansas-Oklahoma Nebraska-Kansas State and Brigham Young-Utah State.
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Sidney Telegraph
Dora Frahm
Sidney
Penn State
Miami
Kansas
Telegraph
Elizabeth Engel Rites Are Tuesday At Funeral Home
Elizabeth E. Engel age 81 a former Gurley resident died at her Denver home Friday after shopping. Funeral services set for 2 PM Tuesday at Gehrig and Son Funeral Home with Rev Henry York officiating. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery Sidney. Survivors include sisters Mrs Charles Gabriel Gurley Mrs Emma Clements Bloomfield Neb Mrs Ella Luckstorf Denver and French Engel Perris Calif plus 14 nieces and nephews. Preceded by parents a sister and two brothers.
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Elizabeth E. Engel
Gurley
Denver
The
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Henry York
Greenwood Cemetery
Sidney
Miss Engel
Reinbeck
Iowa
Franz
Kathryn Klingbeil Engel
Charles Gabriel
Emma Clements
Bloomfield, Neb
Ella Luckstorf
French Engel
Perris
Calif
Weather Panhandle Forecast Fair and warmer this afternoon
Panhandle forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions this afternoon and tonight into Tuesday with highs near 50 today and 50 to 60 Tuesday. Lows range 20 to 30 with precipitation under five percent. Five day outlook shows temperatures 2 to 10 degrees below normal, cooler later, with chances of snow at period start and again late week. highs in 40s and lows 10 to 20.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
H. W. Montgomery Dies in Fort Collins
H W Montgomery died this Monday morning in Fort Collins Colorado after long illness. Funeral and burial will be in Sidney with the Rev Darrell Davis of Light Memorial Presbyterian Church in charge. He was a longtime Sidney resident and retired from the N W Bell Telephone Co.
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H. W
Monty) Montgomery
Fort Collins
Colo
Sidney
Darrell Davis
Light Memorial Presbyterian Church
Montgomery
N. W. Bell Telephone Co
Justice Named Head of Patrol Communications
Sgt. Dale Justice, a Nebraska Safety Patrol veteran, is appointed to lead patrol communications for the North Platte, Sidney and Scottsbluff offices, succeeding the late Lt. Jerry Vavrina. He will be headquartered in Sidney and plans to move with his family from Alliance.
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Dale Justice
Nebraska Safety Patrol
North Platte
Sidney
Scottsbluff
Jerry Vavrina
Sgt
Justice
Alliance
Value Days Are Coming to Sidney This Week
Value Days sweep through Sidney Thursday to Saturday alongside Golden Gift Days running until December 20. A 20 page Value Days tabloid appears in Wednesday's Sidney Telegraph. stores stay open Thursday nights to eight. Shoppers earn tickets for Golden Gift Days awards totaling over 2500 dollars this year.
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Sidney
Sidney Telegraph
Nebraska oil production hits 1.06 million barrels in September
Nebraska Oil and Conservation Commission reports September output at 1,060,764 barrels averaging 35,359 barrels daily. It marks the last month with complete figures. For October, 15 wildcat and nine field development permits were issued, Cheyenne County accounting for four wildcat sites and the Thompson No. 1 discovery near Sidney by Double M. Oil Co.
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Nebraska
Nebraska Oil and Conservation Commission
Cheyenne County
Thompson
Sidney
Double M. Oil Co
Two-State Wheat Growers Convention Program Featured
The Sidney Telegraph previews the Wyoming Nebraska Wheat Growers convention with a complete official program printed in this issue on Page One, Section Two. Readers are invited to also check the editorial page for The Telegraph's piece The Wheat Convention.
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Sidney Telegraph
Telegraph
Larger Wheat Surplus Envisioned Next Year
The Agriculture Department forecast a possible wheat carryover of up to 737 million bushels by July 1 if exports fall, with a 750 million bushel export target for the current year. Stronger prices are tied to export activity and government loans, while a 1968-69 average near 1.25 per bushel is expected amid a 1.6 billion bushel crop and rising world supplies. The 15th annual Nebraska Wyoming Wheat Growers Association convention, with Wheat Hearts, will be held in Sidney this week at Fort Sidney Motor Hotel, featuring talks, elections, speakers including Ed Jaenke, and a queen contest.
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United States
Agriculture Department
Department
India
Nebraska/Wyoming Wheat Growers Association
Sidney
Wheat Hearts
Convention Central
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Ed Jaenke
Legion Club
Wheat Heart Queen
Billie Oakley
Gooch Millis
M. Thomas More
Dude’s Steakhouse
Francis Hruska
Harold Schuessler
Potter
Fort Sidney
Wheat Grover
Ray Davis
Funeral Set Tuesday For S. J. Flora
S. J. Flora 91 a Cheyenne County resident for 64 years died Friday night at Pioneer Memorial Hospital Dalton. Services 10 am Tuesday Grace Lutheran Church Gurley Rev Henry York. Burial Greenwood Cemetery Sidney. Craig-Holechek Funeral Home. memorial to Grace Lutheran Church. Survivors include two sons George R. of Santa Cruz Dale of Dalton. three daughters Clara Lessig Jo Ahlschwede Eula McRoberts. two sisters Nora Flora Georgia Plunkett. 19 grandchildren seven great grandchildren. Preceded by wife 1950 son John 1966 and seven siblings.
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Cheyenne County
S. J. Flora
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
Dalton
Grace Lutheran Church
Gurley
Henry York
Greenwood Cemetery
Sidney
Craig-Holechek
Stephen Jairus Flora
Boones Mill
Schuyler
Neb
Bessie Riggs
Cozad
Lexington
Merino
Colo
Grace Lutheran Church of
Harmony Lodge
Af&am
Cheyenne County Historical Society
George R
Santa Cruz
Calif
Dale
Earl Lessig
Clara
Harold Ahlschwede
Kenneth McRoberts
Eula
Nora Flora
Rockymount
Georgia Plunkett
John
Husband of former Sidney resident dies in plane crash near Victoria
The husband of former Sidney resident Marilyn Maley Donnely, 24, was killed Friday night when his single engine plane crashed two miles east of Victoria Kansas after taking off from Robinson. Passenger John F. Guthrie, 25, of Denver also died. The couple’s daughter Kim survives with Mrs. Donnely’s parents Rae and Mrs. Jones. Funeral plans were to be set in Boulder Colorado.
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Sidney
Victoria
Kaw
Robert Hugh Donnely
Marilyn Maley
Kim
Donnely
Rae Jones
Boulder
Colo
John F. Guthrie
Denver
U.S. 40
Robinson, Sr
Fort Collins
Donnelys
Ilinois
Council To Meet Wednesday Night
The Sidney city council plans an awards night with W. J. Robinson to receive a planning board service certificate and the city to receive an American Water Works Association award. Items include demolishing the Commercial Hotel for a future off street parking lot, a Frontier Airlines service curtailment discussion, and the city manager’s report.
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W. J
Bill’ Robinson
Heavy Damage In Accident Near Kimball
A 1967 Chevrolet sustained an estimated 1500 in damage with no injuries after a one car crash on Highway 30 near the Wyoming line. Marvin D. Moench 25 of Kimball drove west as the icy wet road caused the car to roll onto its top. Kimball residents Gretchen Biltjin tis 22 Kathy Lewis 30 and Odis Lewis 32 were the other occupants. The wreck was found abandoned by the Nebraska Safety Patrol at about 2 p.m. Sunday.
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Chevrolet
Wyoming Line
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Marvin D. Moench
Kimball
Gretchen Biltjintis
Kathy Lewis
Odis Lewis
Accident Victim Not From Sidney
Mr and Mrs Herb Statler deny any kinship to Ronald Lee Statler the Denver victim of a weekend auto crash though the names are similar. Their son Ron Statler resides in Arvada while the deceased lived in Wheatridge.
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Herb Statler
Ron Stateler
Denver
Ronald Lee Statler
Statler
Ron
Arvada
Wheatridge
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Torrington
Wyoming
Julesburg
Colorado
Grit Advocate
Gordon Journal
Sutherland Courier
Gothenburg Times
Union Pacific
McAdoo
Sidney, Nebraska
United Fund
LaVern Draper
Elizabeth Engel
Funeral Home
H. W. Montgomery
S, J
Flora
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