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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1966
Page
1
Partly cloudy conditions expected this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with westerly winds 10 20 mph this afternoon diminishing tonight. Low tonight around 20 30 with Tuesday highs reaching the 50s. Rain and snow chances near zero through Tuesday. Five day outlook calls for near normal temperatures through Saturday with frequent changes.
Nebraska Department of Roads seeks sealed bids on nine miles of I 80 between the Brule and Big Springs interchanges in Deuel and Keith counties. Projects cover grading gravel surfacing culverts fencing paving and four bridges as part of a four lane highway linking to Colorado. The roadway runs southwest from Brule, joining the Colorado line near Sterling. A ceremony in Aurora on Dec 3 will open Omaha to North Platte travel as 18 miles from Giltner to Henderson also debuts with a plaque ceremony.
The Rev. Drexel von Forell, pastor of the First Christian Church for two and a half years, resigns to become senior resident counsellor at the Job Corps Center in Camp McCoy, Sparta Wisconsin. He departs February 1 with Mrs. von Forell and daughter Nancy, after leading a successful church fundraising drive for a new building slated to begin July 1. He has been active in Lions Club Band Auxiliary and the Sidney Ministerial Association.
Pam Thompson, a sixth grade student at Central School, found fossil teeth near Sidney. W. T. Miller identified them as oreodont teeth from Leptauchenia, dating to the late Oligocene about 20 million years ago. University of Nebraska museum officials, including director C. Bertrand Schultz, expressed interest in visiting the site and preserving specimens, and sought the legal locality description for research records.
The Nebraska Grain Improvement Assn reminds growers the 1967 Nebraska Wheat Show will be in Sidney on November 2. Holdrege hosted the event this year as promotion begins to urge farmers to save their best new crop grain for the show. Top honors went to eastern Nebraskans this month. Panhandle growers will seek laurels next year.
Gary and Karen Lisec file a civil action in Chadron district court naming Chadron Community Hospital and Dr A J Alderman as defendants. They allege a December 1964 blood transfusion injured Mrs Lisec and caused the premature birth of their son Scott.
A brief entry notes Monday November 28 1966 as the date of the issue, part of the archival newspaper record. No further readable details are provided in the fragment.
The Sidney Youth Council and volunteers are converting the former American Legion and Moose Lodge on 10th and Illinois into a teen center above J M McDonald store. They renovated over the weekend and aim to open soon with plans for a New Year Eve grand opening dance. Memberships may be $3 yearly for high school students and $1 for juniors with specific weekday use. supervision will be provided.
The Sidney Livestock Sales Pavilion lists 300 head for next Saturday’s sale including 165 choice stock cows and 100 fancy black calves with more animals added this week. Last Saturday Roy Nelson’s hogs led at 19.50 for 233 pounders. bulk 19 to 19.35. Steer calves sold 29.15 to 30.50. heifer calves 27 to 27.75. stock cows 167.50 to 192.50 per head. feeding cows 12.50 to 15.90 per cwt.
Sidney police responded to an elderly man who fell near the Standard Oil Station at 9th and Illinois on Thanksgiving. Anton Masse of Sidney slipped and cut his head around 1 p.m. He was transported to Memorial Hospital in Sidney for treatment.
University of Nebraska scientists will outline goals to boost Nebraska calf crop by one percent and calf weights by five pounds at the Range Cattlemen Roundups in Sidney on December 8 and Chadron on December 9. Rancher Merlyn Carlson will open with The Rancher's Stake in Research, stressing efficient management and future needs through 2050.
Col J H Scherer of Loveland Colorado assumed command of Marine Aircraft Group 33 at El Toro California on November 7 succeeding Col D L Lengel. A former Wing Inspector with the Third Marine Aircraft Wing he brings wartime flight and Pacific theater experience to MAG 33 which trains for Marine Corps Readiness.
Seventy one Nebraska beauty queens will gather in Lincoln for the Miss Nebraska Centennial Queen contest at Peishi ng Auditorium December 6. Winners from 71 county pageants join the University of Nebraska Men's Glee Club and 20 Nebraskan musicians with music by Dr. James E. Thayer of Sidney. The event, touted as the Midwest or nation’s largest beauty pageant, offers a 1967 car, wardrobe, luggage, jewelry, a Rose Bowl TV appearance, an Alaska Centennial trip, scholarships and more. The queen will also commit to not marry for a year and to participate in Centennial functions in 1967.
The 100th anniversary of the Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons of Nebraska will be observed December 6 and 7 at the Masonic Temple Omaha with guests from the U S and Canada. Grand High Priest Lillard S. Jensen will preside and Carl L. Nelson will lead the Thanksgiving service at 2 p m assisted by Harold H. Thom.
About 33,000 Nebraska veterans widows orphans and parents receive VA monthly benefits. Over 16,000 will get a questionnaire with their December 1 check. Return by January 31 1967 or February payment is withheld. Cheyenne County Veterans Service Officer Leo M. Gorman offers help. office hours 1 to 5 daily at the courthouse.
Leslie Bosley a Cheyenne County deputy sheriff has been hired as a deputy sheriff for Dawes County and will move to Chadron to assume duties by year’s start Sheriff Marvin Wohlers announced his appointment Bosley will replace James E Locke who is retiring locally in Chadron
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