Cornhuskers Join Orange Bowl Bid For Sid Hi Band
Nebraska's No 2 team accepts Orange Bowl invitation while Sidney High School Band won a spot among 12 out of state groups. The band, led by Larry Pippitt, prepared with fundraisers and a $32,500 trip plan for 103 students 21 sponsors and two directors.
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Nebraska Cornhuskers
Alabama
Nebraska
Sidney High School
Larry Pippitt
Cornhuskers
Pippitt
EE Seiler
Enid
Texas
George Hinn
Washington
Phelps
Duane Johnson
Hastings College
Pasadena
Mike McDowall
Minneapolis
Wyoming
Colorado
Bill Peterson
Greenlees
Denver
Disney World
Orlando
Florida
Art Johnston
C. B. Dorwart
Dorwart
C. J. Cornelius Jr
J. E. Thayer
Turkey On Jail Menu At Cheyenne County Jail
Five prisoners at Cheyenne County Jail will eat turkey with all the trimmings on Thanksgiving Day per Sheriff Kermit Brumbaugh. Prisoners in the city jail may or may not receive outside fare. no television is available in jail cells. They can listen to the Nebraska Oklahoma game on the radio.
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Cheyenne County
Kermit Brumbaugh
County Road Director Named On State Board
Cheyenne County Highway Superintendent F Blaine Thompson was named to Nebraska’s Board of Public Roads Classifications and Standards by Governor Exon. Thompson is among five new two year members, the sole county official, with others from Dixon and Sarpy counties and various state and municipal offices. The board, meeting monthly, approves highway work statewide.
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Cheyenne County
F Blaine
Tommy) Thompson
J James Exon
Board of
Public Roads Classifications and Standards
Nebraska
Department of Roads
Thompson
Dixon
Sarpy
Vacant Potter County Farm Homes Vandalized
Sheriff Kermit Brumbaugh reports two empty farm homes near Potter were vandalized with windows shot and stones. He says the crimes are under investigation and urges owners of unoccupied properties to check them frequently to deter further damage.
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Kermit Brumbaugh
Potter
Marine Sgt Weoten to Visit Counties from Abilene Roots
Native of Abilene Texas Marine Sgt Weoten will visit about ten counties with stops from a base likely at the selective service office. He joined the Marine Corps on December 7 1956 and has served in bases in California and North Carolina with two Vietnam tours. He started recruiting October 8 and moved to Scottsbluff the same month. He is married with two daughters.
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Scottshiuff
Selective Service Office
Abilene
Texas
Sgt. Weoten
Marine Corps
California
North Carolina
Vietnam
Scottsbluff
Weekend Showers Then Colder Conditions Forecast
Forecasters predict a pleasant start to the week with a warm notes through Thursday. Thanksgiving weekend may end with a cold wet spell as rain or snow showers develop. Panhandle will stay fair and warmer into Thursday with highs 40 to 50 and lows in the 20s. Thursday highs near 50. Rain chances near zero.
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Panhandle
Dinner Takes Second Place On Thursday
The piece notes Thanksgiving plans centered on the Nebraska-Oklahoma football game. Former editor Jack H. Lowe recalls a Denver lunch where a waitress laments limited time off to watch the game, joking about quitting if they cannot view it.
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Jack H. Lowe
Denver
Box Butte Rejects County Hospital District Proposal
Box Butte County voters narrowly defeat a plan to form a hospital district with authority to issue up to 1 750 000 in bonds for a new hospital. In the special election 1 742 opposed and 1 568 supported the measure with 191 absentee ballots pending Friday. The county is served by St Josephs Hospital, built in 1913.
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Alliance
Box Butte County
St. Joseph's Hospital
Christmas Opening Friday Santa Will Make His First Visit
The Sidney Telegraph reports the start of the Christmas shopping season with stores open until 8 30 pm Friday as Santa arrives for the first visit of the season. Shoppers can register at participating stores for free turkeys to be given away on Saturdays for three weeks with Friday drawing nights.
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Sidney
Santa Claus
Sidney Leaders Fill Five Seats On Chamber Board
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce announced five new directors from Sidney after a record mail vote. New directors are Dan Rowan Powell Hardware Bill Meusburger Sidney Ford Mercury Henry Zich NW Bell Tom Dorwart Sidney attorney and Ray Josten Josten Construction. Ed Cole praised broad participation and said the Sidney slate will organize the board before year’s end.
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Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Toady
Dan Rowan
Powell Hardware
Bill Meusburger
Sidney Ford-Mercury
Henry Zich
NW _ Bell Telephone Co
Tom Dorwart
Sidney
Ray Josten
Josten Construction
Ed Cole
Chamber of Commerce
Panhandle Expressway Approved Across Nebraska Panhandle
The State Highway Advisory Commission approved a 71 mile Freeway Expressway through Nebraska’s Panhandle. The $288 million route runs from Broadwater to Bridgeport then Scottsbluff and west to the Wyoming border. Construction could start within four years with the initial 12.69 mile Mitchell to Scottsbluff segment costing $82 million and completion targeted for 2000.
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State Highway Advisory Commission
Nebraska
Panhandle
Broadwater
Bridgeport
Scottsbluff
Wyoming
G.C. Strobel
Mitchell
First Panhandle R C And D Project Ready For Construction
Sidney City Council authorized project documents for the Verde Lane Dam flood protection project marking the first completed Panhandle RC and D project of the year. Construction is slated to start early next spring per Soil Conservation Service official Roger Plantz.
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Verde Lane
Sidney
Roger Plantz
Soil Conservation Service
Bacme
Panhandle
Nebraska League of Municipalities
John Baudek
Kansas-Nebraska
Promotion plans for tourist growth on Highway 385 discussed
The International Highways Association fall workshop in Lodgepole and Sidney gathered 22 officials from states along Highway 385 to map promotional projects. E.K. Yanney and Lew Quinn led sessions at First State Bank in Lodgepole, with Ed Cole of Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce delivering the keynote. A hospitality theme and trailer park project were highlighted as ways to attract travelers, with a banquet at Fort Sidney Motor Hotel and a Sunday breakfast at the Coffee Cup. The spring meeting will be in Littlefield, Texas.
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International Highways Association
Lodgepole
Sidney
E.K. Yanney
Nebraska
Lew Quinn
International Association
First State Bank
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Mexico
Canada
Ed Cole
Cheyenne
Littlefield
Texas
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