Sidney Eyes Industrial Comeback for Former Sioux Depot
Local residents expect economic revival as Sidney bids $1.325 million for about 16 000 acres and buildings on the old Sioux Army Depot. The purchase proceeds through Congress after General Services Administration approval, with bidders keeping identities private and plans for immediate industrial and agricultural activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Trade Area
Old Army Grounds
Carl T. Curtis
General Services Administration
Sidney
GSA
Congress
Sioux
Knights Mark 50 Years Of Service In Sidney
Sidney Knights of Columbus Council No. 1861 celebrated a 50 year history with a Saturday event at the Youth Center. Charter members from Sidney included Michael Peetz Peter Peetz Joe Ruttner Peter Lenzen and Fred Beyer with others from Laramie Wyoming and North Platte. The program featured P J Heaton Sr master of ceremonies and State Deputy Leonard Feehan of Columbus who noted the council was the 29th chartered in Nebraska and urged service to family justice and peace alongside prayers and masses. A dance followed the banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Knights of Columbus
Fred Beyer
Pete Lenzen
Peter Peetz
Mack Peetz
Joe Ruttner
Matt Treinen
Hugh Cortney
Leonard Feehan
Vincent J. Pelster
Hoto
Sidney Council
Knights of Columbus
Michael Peetz
Peter Lenzen
Sidney
Frank Trienen
Laramie
Wyo
George Vogler
Lisco
John Vogler
North Platte
P. J. Heaton, Sr
C. B. Dorwart
J. L. Thorpe
Leonard Freehan
Columbus
Nebraska
Feehan
Knights
Breakin Report Near Gurley Seeks Clue on Missing Items
Cheyenne County sheriff investigates break in at an unoccupied home 19 miles northeast of Gurley owned by Robert Miller. Entry gained by breaking a rear door lock on Thursday or Friday. Missing items include a small drapery piece and an old oil pump that was not functional.
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Cheyenne County Sheriff’s Office
Gurley
Robert Miller
Sidney Milford Get First Call
Lincoln Nebraska The State Board of Education was told that vocational training expansion will strain money this year. Cecil Stanley Assistant State Education Commissioner said federal funds will not cover all costs and districts must fund more locally. The first claim on federal funds of 433350 this year would fully match state money for Milford and Sidney trade schools.
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Lincoln
State Board of Education
Cecil Stanley
Central
Nebraska Area
Hastings
Stanley
Milford
Sidney
Nebraska trio eyes Brazil peace corps mission
Grand Island and Gurley youths join Rev. Tom Krupski in Almeirim Brazil to set up schools, a brick factory, and a medical dispensary. They seek $20,000 to fund two years of service as agronomist and nurses, with language study in Denver before departure next February.
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Grand Island
Nebraska
Almeirim
Amazon
Brazil
Tom Krupski
John Krupski
Krupski
United States
Dean Thede
Mary Ann Eggling
Gurley
Father Krupski
Thede
Miss Egging
Bill Burke
Amazon Project Inc
Denver
Lincoln Tax Penalties Draw Critical Fire
State Tax Commissioner Murrell McNeil cites about four percent of roughly 50 000 licensed retailers facing penalties for late or incomplete filings and no fund checks while 96 percent comply. He defends penalties as automatic for failure to file on time partial payments and similar violations and notes few object.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Murrell McNeil
McNeil
Sidney Man Aids Apollo Recovery
Ronald L. Mason of Sidney served as a crewman aboard the USS Bennington during the recovery of the Apollo 4 unmanned spacecraft. The Bennington waited northeast of Midway Island as Apollo circled Earth and reentered, testing the Saturn V and the heat shield amid temperatures around 6 000 degrees.
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Uss
Bennington
Ronald L. Mason
USN
Robert L. Mason
Sidney
Midway Island
Pacific
State Wheat Growers Set For Meeting in Alliance
The 14th annual Nebraska Wheat Growers Association convention opens in Alliance for three days with topics on production costs and farm bargaining power. Notables include NAWG president C Allen Tom and governor Norbert Tiemann. The 1968 Wheat Queen will be crowned Thursday at Alliance High School Auditorium.
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University of Nebraska
Glen Vollmer
Nebraska
Norbert Tiemann
Wheat Hearts, Women’s Auxiliary
NWGA
Indiana Man's Body Returned for Burial in Michigan City
Garrett Hartky, 67, of Michigan City Indiana, whose body was found in his car last Friday near Potter, was returned to Indiana Saturday for services and burial. Authorities say he died of a heart attack after his car ran off the road into a pond.
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Garrett Hartky
Michigan City
Indiana
Gehrig and Son Funeral
Sidney
Hartky
Potter
Panhandle Weather Outlook
Partly cloudy today and tonight with a cool low around 25 to 35 degrees. Tuesday highs near 55 to 65 and precipitation chance under five percent. Five day forecast shows temperatures two to eight degrees above normal then turning colder with scattered rain or snow toward week end. highs in the 50s and lows in the 20s.
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Panhandle
October Gas Tax Distributions Across Nebraska Cities
Lincoln Sidneys share of October gas tax was 1904 dollars as state data show. Under the 820 city county split the October distributions totaled 231412 to cities and 57853 to counties with Hastings Alliance Kearney Portsmouth and other cities receiving varying amounts. Omaha led with 71767 and Lincoln with 30582 while several smaller cities earned amounts ranging from about 1000 to 12000 dollars.
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Lincoln
Sidney
Wayne Swanson
Hastings
Alliance
Kearney
Portsmouth
South Sioux City
Chadron
Fremont
Omaha
Beatrice
Norfolk
Nebraska City
Holdrege
Columbus
McCook
Falls City
Bellevue
Gering
Scotts Bluff
Seward
Blair
Wayne
York
Longtime Potter Resident Anna Nelson Dies at 89
Anna Rebecca Nelson 89, longtime Potter resident, died Sunday evening at an Oshkosh Hospital after a long illness. Funeral services set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at 1st Lutheran Church Potter with Rev. Paul Reimers. burial in Potter Cemetery. Craig-Holechek Funeral Home in charge. memorial to the church. More obituary to appear in Wednesday Telegraph.
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Anna Rebecca Nelson
Potter
Oshkosh
1St Lutheran Church of
Paul Reimers
Craig-Holechek
1St Lutheran Church
The
Telegraph
Hereford and Frontier sales and music convention in Sidney
The issue details multiple livestock sales across Nebraska with 50 bulls and seven females at Oshkosh, Schaffert's 53 bulls near Alliance, and the Eastern Wyoming Hereford sale near Torrington. Frontier Airlines shows Sidney and Columbus surging boarding and passenger miles. A three clinician concert and large convention will bring about 9850 Nebraska high school musicians to Sidney for the Nebraska Music Educators Association conference.
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Tom Allington
Sunol
Oshkosh
American Hereford Association
The
Hereford Journal
Record Stockman
Nebraska Hereford Association
Dick Kane
Allington
Schaffert
Alliance
Corkle and
Stratheide
William T. Schaffert
Wyoming
Hereford Associatin
Stockman’s Livestock Commission
Torrington
Western Nebraska Hereford Assn
Alliance Today
Harmonius
Nebraska
Nebraska Music Educators Association
Sidney
Wichita Brass Quintet
Charles Leonhard
Eva Mae Struckmeyer
James L. Bixby
University of Illinois
Columbia University
Horace Mann Junior High School
Wausau
Wisc
Miss Struckmeyer
University of Wisconsin
Music Educators’ Associations
American Music Conference
New York City
Chicago Tribune
Detroit Times
United Press International
Bixby
Steer Calves and Heifers Peak at Sidney Sale Prices
At the Sidney Livestock Sales Pavilion calf and yearling sale top prices reached 300-lb steer calves at 33.00 with 80 head at 400-lb bringing 32.60. Heifers 318-lb topped at 28.40, yearlings 23 to 25 for steers and 20.75 to 22.50 for yearlings. butcher cows 15 to 16, thinner cows 13 down. fat hogs 16.75 to 17.50. sows 14.35. feeders 13.50 to 22.
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Sidney
Benzel Rites Held Friday
Funeral services for R. Harvey Benzel 41 a Potter area farmer were held at St. Pauls Lutheran Church with Rev. Lester Boehm officiating. Burial followed in Greenwood Cemetery. Gehrig & Son Funeral Home directed arrangements. Pallbearers included Rodney Mathewson Earl Gell Verne Sharman Bill Schnell Elmer Schubarth and Walter Hilpert.
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St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
R. Harvey Benzel
Potter
Memorial Hospital
Lester Boehm
Greenwood Cemetery
Gehrig &Son Funeral Home
Rodney Mathewson
Earl Gell
Verne Sharman
Bill Schnell
Elmer Schubarth
Walter Hilpert
Sound of Music Draws Large Crowds at Fox Sidney
The Sound of Music continues a two week Fox Theatre run in Sidney into its sixth day drawing big crowds. Matinees on Saturday and Sunday at two, with evening shows at 8 15. Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer star in this acclaimed family favorite known for scenic beauty and memorable melodies.
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Fox Theatre
Sidney
Fox
Vern Austin
Julie Andrews
Christopher Plummer
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US Army
Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School
Hi-Plains Agricultural Research Station
Knights of Columbus Charter Members
Pope Paul
St. Patrick’s Parish
Breakin
Vo-Tech Fund
Mary Ann Egging
Sidney Man
Apollo Recovery
Frontier Airlines
Scottsbluff
Frontier
Central Airlines
United Fund
Union Pacific Railroad
P. J. Heaton
Sidney United Fund
Don W. Jorgenson
Lewis Wilson
American National Bank
Ada Hansen
Wheatbelt Public Power District
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