NBC Teams Install Phones at Sidney Polling Places
The Sidney Telegraph reports NBC plans direct line phones at three Sidney polling sites on Nov 3 to outpace rivals CBS and ABC in early election calls. Installations target Eastward and Southward schools and the National Guard Armory, linking to NBC News in New York for near real time results.
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Sidney
NBC
New York
National Guard
California
CBS
ABC
Johnson
Huntley
Brinkley
Recalcitrant Drivers Now Repeating In County Jail
Nebraska Safety Patrol reports two intoxicated drivers on Wednesday near Sidney. Harvey Vernon Blanton, 34, Hastings, jailed after fines for driving while intoxicated and procuring liquor for a minor. two hitchhikers rescued. Eddie Cordova, 24, Sidney, fined for DWI, liquor procurement, no license, jailed until fines paid and sentence served.
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Nebraska Safety Patrol
Mel Busekist
Busekist
Sidney
Borrow Pit
George Kavanaugh
Harvey Vernon Blanton
Hastings
Minnesota
Blanton
C. W. Smith
Nebraska
del Shipley
Brownson
Brownson Tavern
Sgt
Busckist
Eddie Cordova
Tom Campbell
Spruce
Campbell
Maxine Thompson
Cordova
Jones Receives Lions Certificate of Appreciation
Sidney Lions Club ladies night honored Carl C. Jones with a Lions Certificate of Appreciation for his valuable community service. Rudy Munderloh presented the award in a ceremony with a photo provided.
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Sidney Lions Club
Carl C. Jones
Lions
Rudy Munderloh
Mr. Jones
Lions Club
Explosion at Huntsman plant blamed on human error
Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Co. blamed human error for an explosion and fire at the Huntsman gas plant last Monday. A valve repair and failure to inspect equipment led to gas escaping into the engine room. ignition source remains unknown. Two men were burned. Kenneth Keith died at 27, and Jack Riley, 25, survived with serious burns. Plant shutdown did not affect service to Sidney or nearby customers.
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Huntsman
Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Co
Kansas-Nebraska
Ted Kennedy
K-N
Hank Wagner
Kenneth Keith
13Th Ave
Jack Riley
Sidney
Keith
Riley
Harvey Vizina
VFW Poppy Sale Planned for November 7
Porter Mc Guver Post discussed the annual Buddy Poppy Day set for Saturday November 7 at the Post Home. Marion Whitaker led the Poppy Day effort with auxiliary partners. A food stand at Cheyenne County Fair was proposed pending Fair Board approval. a special VFW meeting was called for Friday October 30 at 5 30 p m at the Post Home.
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VFW
Porter McGuver
Post
Marion Whitaker
Cheyenne County Fair
Fair Board
Vernon Anderson
Phil Etherton Rites Pending
Funeral services are pending for Philip E. Etherton 78 who died at Memorial Hospital after two days of hospitalization. He lived in Sidney 47 years and worked as a Union Pacific car inspector until retirement in 1954. Born July 11 1886 in Roca Nebraska he married Ethel Graves in 1912. Surviving are his widow two sons two daughters and four grandchildren with two sons in the U S Air Force serving abroad. He was preceded in death by a daughter and a son.
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Philip E. Etherton
Memorial Hospital
Gehrig & Son Funeral Home
Sidney
Etherton
Union Pacific Railroad
Roca
Neb
Daniel S
Phoebe Clark Etherton
Mullen
Ethel H. Graves
Vivian Kretz
l+c
Raymond P. Etherton
Polk Air Force Base
Fayetteville
N.C
Daniel J. Etherton
Woodbridge Air Force Base
England
Woman Dies In Chappell Crash. Driver Faces Homicide Charge
Santana Flores of Ovid Colorado was charged with motor vehicle homicide in county court for the death of Virginia Rios near Chappell six miles west of town. Flores pleaded not guilty with a hearing set for October 27 and bond at $2000. he fled the scene after the crash, later seeking help, while Rios lay dead in the vehicle.
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Chappell
Santana Flores
Ovid
Colo
Puerto Rico
Sterling, Colo
Flores
Virginia Rios
Rios
Fred Rocker
Bob Huff
Lodgepole
Memorial to Hoover Scheduled at Sioux Army Depot
Memorial services for former President Herbert Hoover will be held at Sioux Army Depot on Sunday in front of the Headquarters Building. Hoover will be buried in West Branch, Iowa, with a 21 minute gun salute at noon and a 4 pm retreat followed by a 50 gun salute to the Union. Salutes to be fired by Battery A, 2nd Howitzer Battalion, 168th Artillery Group, Nebraska National Guard, from Ogallala, color guard by Battery B, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 168th Artillery Group, Nebraska National Guard, of Sidney. Public invited.
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Herbert Clark Hoover
United States
New York City
Sioux Army Depot
Hoover
West Branch
Iowa
168Th Artillery Group
Nebraska National Guard
Ogallala
Sidney
Panhandle Weather Forecast Warmer With Fair Skies
Panhandle forecast calls for generally fair weather and warmer conditions through Saturday. Lows tonight 20 to 30 degrees, highs in the 60s, with highs in the 60s and lows 30 to 35 through Wednesday. Little if any precipitation expected as temperatures run slightly above normal with daily changes.
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Panhandle
Mail Appeal For Cheyenne County Museum Levy
Cheyenne County Historical Association plans a Nov 3 levy vote seeking 1/10 mill for Fort Sidney Museum and county historical sites. About 4,000 mail letters signed by Roy L. MacAdam urge residents to vote YES, outlining past restorations and proposed museum use and annual income of about 4500 dollars.
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Cheyenne County Historical Association
Cheyenne County
Roy L. MacAdam
Cheyenne County Historical Assn
Fort Sidney
Four Generations Admitted To Memorial Hospital
Four generations of the Rezac family were admitted to Memorial Hospital over a week. Five-year-old Bobbie had a tonsillectomy, grandfather Bill came in for x-rays, and later Don and great‑grandfather Joe were both admitted for surgery.
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Memorial Hospital
Bobbie Rezac
Bill Rezac
Bobbie
Don Rezac
Joe Rezac
Mr. Rezac
Personal tax notices mailed from Cheyenne County office
Mrs. Mable Jorgensen, Cheyenne County treasurer, said tax notices will go in the mail Friday. She noted fewer envelopes used this year as clerks Virginia George and Louise Cortney assemble all of One Mun’s fares in one envelope.
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Mable Jorgensen
Cheyenne County
Treasur
Jorgensen
Virginia George
Louise Cortney
Services Are Held For Kenneth Ray Keith
Kenneth Ray Keith 27 died Wednesday at Memorial Hospital. Services were held in North Platte at First Lutheran Church with Rev Slice. burial planned there. Keith, born March 10 1937 in North Platte, married Lois Mae Thompson in 1955. Survived by wife, two daughters, parents, and three brothers. He had worked in Gurley and Sidney and for Kansas Nebraska Gas Company.
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Sidney
Kenneth Ray Keith
Memorial Hospital
Craig Mortuary
Harold Johnson
Gurley
Lois Mae Thompson
North Platte
Keith
Kansas Nebraska Gas Company
Lois Mae
Janie Marie
Julie Ranne
Wesley
Denver
Melvin
Los Angeles
Ronald
Fullerton
Neb
Frontier Airlines reveals new schedule effective Sunday
Frontier Airlines announces schedule changes per local manager Dale Kindred. Eastbound flights shift to late afternoon departures from here. northbound now departs in the morning. New timetables list flights from Denver to Sidney and return, with intermediate stops at Scottsbluff Alliance Chadron Rapid City and Omaha Lincoln Hastings Kearney McCook McCook and Denver. The changes aim to ease airline traffic flow from Sidney amid rising inquiries.
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Frontier Airlines
Dale Kindred
Sidney
Denver
Scottsbluff
Alliance
Chadron
Rapid City
Omaha
Lincoln
Hastings
Kearney
McCook
New Air Mail Schedule Set
Postmaster Leo Gorman announces new air mail routes effective Sunday October 25 with latest mailing times at the Sidney post office. Trip 51 goes south to Denver at 9 adel, Trip 42 north to Rapid City, Trip 54 east to Omaha and Lincoln at 4 15 p.m, Trip 45 south to Denver at 5 p.m.
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Sidney Post Office
Air Mail
Leo Gorman
Denver
Gradual United Fund receipts show discouraging response
By noon today about $6,000 of $17,125 had been turned in. Those in charge are hopeful that those who have not yet given will contribute at once.
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United Fund
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Youth Council
American National Bank
A. J. Jorgenson
Frontier
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