02 Oct 1970
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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1970
Page
1
Community appeals for donations to benefit nine local organizations in the Sidney United Fund drive. Residents are urged to contribute to support programs in health education and public welfare across Sidney, with emphasis on sustaining community services this year.
Major Albert C Jerman of the US Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine will headline the West District Dental Society meeting in Sidney this weekend. The schedule features an Apollo 11 NASA film, golf at Hillside, a Dutch Lunch, a 2 pm program by Dr Jerman on Dentistry in the Aerospace Age, a banquet with Dr Doug Parks speaking, and a Monday morning session concluding at noon.
Cheyenne County Farm Bureau schedules its annual meeting for next Tuesday evening at 7 30 in the Kansas Nebraska Gas Co meeting room. Robert A Thompson Nebraska Farm Bureau executive secretary treasurer will be main speaker. Francis H Runge will conduct the meeting and report on the year. Officers delegates policy recommendations and nominating committee report to be discussed. Coffee and rolls to follow.
Temperatures dipped to 39 degrees at night with no further fall, while daytime highs reached 80 on Wednesday, 77 on Thursday, and 74 by noon today. The FAA flight service station notes calm conditions and no precipitation across the period.
The new Head Start headquarters on First Street in Sioux Villa opens this Sunday from 2 to 4 pm to mark Head Start Week October 5 to 9, proclaimed by Mayor Bob Hossle. Coffee, cookies, and a door prize welcome the public as twenty preschoolers, mainly four years old, prepare for school.
The Western Nebraska Observer reports I-80 work from Bushnell to Kimball advancing with concrete finishing this fall and the six mile west of Kimball to Wyoming nearing opening next July. Bridge work on Highway 71 progresses toward fall opening while sand and limestone stockpiles near Kimball await paving. Governor Norbert Tiemann says Nebraska will be first to finish its Interstate system, with completion early in 1973.
Membership in the community concert association in Sidney offers access to at least fourteen concerts through Reciprocal agreements with nearby towns. Sidney plans include William Warfield The Randolies and The Romeros, with potential additions. Other venues feature Bruce Yarnell Don Shirley Trio Patricia and Howard duo-pianists and more acts to be announced.
A new La Pettite Health Center will open in Sidney Monday October 5 at 821 12th Ave offering separate ladies and men’s hours. Ladies use 8 am to 4 pm while men use 4 pm to 8 pm. The facility features seven large machines for weight loss and body toning, plus a sauna, a roller massager, vibrator belt, trim cycles, electro-cycle, setup boards, weight lifters, and a jogger guided by Mrs. Ken Pittam, Mrs. M. Evane, Bob Roach, and Bob Selzer.
Generally fair this afternoon tonight and Saturday. Westerly winds 10 to 20 mph this afternoon. Highs 70 to 80, low tonight 30s to 40s. Rain chances near zero through Saturday. Extended outlook calls for fair Sunday, partly cloudy cooler with scattered showers Monday and Tuesday. Highs 65 to 75, lows in 30s. Courtesy Frontier Airlines.
James M. Walker 86 a Lorenzo resident died Thursday morning at Memorial Hospital He had lived at the Rest Home. Funeral at 10 a m Saturday First Christian Church Rev Ellis Votan officiating Burial Greenwood Cemetery Craig-Holechek in charge Memorials to First Christian Church and Memorial Rest Home Surviving Vernon son two granddaughters two great grandchildren two sisters Mrs Harold Spiker Sidney and Mrs Alex Distel Boulder Colo Preceded in death by five brothers.
Nebraska's latest oil find in Morrill County shows Ackman Schulein Roosevelt and Associates recovered 1,400 feet of oil and about 300 feet of water in a J sand drillstem test. Production casing has been run to test the well's potential. The No 1 Durnal sits SE NW Sec 30 20 52, ten to twelve miles west of Bridgeport Field.
Mrs Haven Smith left Tuesday for Richmond Virginia where she addressed the National Convention of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons at the John Marshall Hotel. Speakers included Dr Philip Crane Senator Jack Miller and Robert J Myers. She spoke on Profile for Progress and returns to Chappell on Friday.
Cheyenne County farmers posted a total gross income of 22 099 000 for 1969, up 39 percent from 1964. Strong livestock demand and rising meat prices boosted earnings, while grain income grew slowly. Half of receipts came from crops and the rest from livestock poultry and dairy, with government payments and on-farm consumption added.
The aeronautics department at Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School received a military DC3 for campus display and hands on study. Air Force pilots from Minneapolis delivered the heavy twin engine plane, with plans for a D18 Beechraft from Sioux City and jet aircraft arrivals later. The runway is being upgraded for safety and the school seeks Unicameral funds for dust control.
Alliance reports the wheat referendum threatens farmers with large losses whether they vote yes or no. Howard Watson notes a yes vote could trigger 150 million in income loss and a no vote 640 million, with penalties for over planting. Great Western Sugar stations plan Oct 5 opening, with Gering and Scottsbluff to begin Oct 6. campaign expected 100–110 days. Beets will be dug and delivered with no piling before Oct 9. sugar content depends on weather.
CHAPPELL The city council refused to approve Class C liquor licenses for liquor by the drink at a Sept 29 special meeting and will urge the state liquor commission to reject the requests. Sidney Fire Department was busy in September answering four rural calls causing $1,075 in damage, two city calls totaling $3,000, one false alarm, and one rescue. They tested 4400 feet of 24 and 800 feet of 11 hose. Also announced Oct 15 six weeks of First Aid classes.
Bernard Bolke 78, longtime Sidney resident since 1919, died at Memorial Hospital after two days illness. Funeral 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Patrick's Church, burial Greenwood Cemetery. Rosary 7:30 p.m. Monday at the church. Memorials to St. Patrick's. Born Aug. 16, 1892 Arcadia Iowa. Surviving wife Mary Rezanina. two sons Joseph Kokomo Indiana and Edward Salt Lake City Utah. four daughters Agnes Karr Denver Marjorie Weaver Sidney Jeanne McClenehan Omaha Helen Kitt Sidney. 19 grandchildren, two sisters Clara Peetz Sidney Caroline Hargens Omaha. one brother John Sterling. Preceded by parents, four brothers, one sister and a son Robert (d.1946).
Alliance farmer Arch Daugherty sold 100 antique tractors to Earl Mahanka of Dowagha Michigan. Mahanka already owns 50 tractors and aims to create the United States’ largest farm museum. An Alliance antique tractor firm formed four years ago to fund the project, but financial troubles prevented completion.
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