Pope Trial Set In Deuel County Courthouse Events
The State of Nebraska vs Duane Pope, convicted slayer and Big Springs bank robber, will be heard November 5 and 6 in Chappell Deuel County Courtroom. District Judge John Kuns will preside after Pope waived trial by jury. Prosecution by Robert Richards and defense by Robert Crosby and Wallace Rudolph will argue and review evidence.
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Devel County
Chappell
State of
Nebraska
Duane Pope
Farmers State Bank
Big Springs
John Kuns
Kuns
Pope
Robert Richards
Robert Crosby
Wallace Rudolph
Plane Upsets in Airport Mishap Involving Father Phillips
Reverend Lambert Phillips, pursuing a private pilot’s license, was practicing takeoffs Monday when a downwind miscalculation left the plane owned by Overland Air Service breaking through a fence and into a ditch along old Highway 19. He escaped with a black eye and minor injuries, planning to continue flying.
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Lambert Phillips
Father Phillips
Overland Air Service
Welcome Rain Snow Covers County Area
Rain starting just before midnight Tuesday turned to wet snow and deposited .34 inch by noon today. More precip expected tonight. Temperature ranges reported by FAA flight service: Monday 28 45, Tuesday 33 39, Wednesday 30 36. Scottsbluff Weather Bureau notes precipitation on edge of a snowstorm moving from eastern Colorado and southeastern Wyoming. Scottsbluff totaled .20 inch by noon. Chadron and Alliance reported .02.
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Federal Aviation Agency Flight Service Station
Scottsbluff Weather Bureau
Colorado
Wyoming
Scottsbluff
Chadron and Alliance
Panhandle Forecast Says Snow Likely This Afternoon
Occasional snow mixed with rain and drizzle this afternoon and night with warmer conditions on Thursday. Highs 35 to 45 this afternoon, 20 to 30 tonight, 40 to 50 Thursday. Precipitation chance 90 percent this afternoon, 70 percent tonight, near zero Thursday. Five day outlook shows below normal temps by 2 to 10 degrees through Monday, then warming briefly before a weekend cool spell with possible rain or snow.
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Panhandle
Scottsbluff Weather Bureau
New Airport Terminal Is Going Ahead
Sidney city council approved plans for a new municipal airport terminal after reviewing options. The project will be funded by the city, State of Nebraska and Federal government with Frontier Airlines as a tenant. In other business, the council accepted Nienhaeser Construction Co. bid of 16,380 to replace dilapidated downtown dips and sidewalks, due by May 1 if weather allows.
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State of
Nebraska
Sidney
Frontier Airlines
Frontier
Nienhaeser Construction Co
Council
Chief Bauer Heads State Police Group
Chief Roy Bauer of Sidney was elected president of the Police Officers Association of Nebraska at the Hastings convention. He succeeds Wayne Police Chief Vern Fairchild as the group's leader and will preside over the 1970 convention in Sidney.
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Police Officers Association of
Nebraska
Roy Bauer
Sidney
Hastings
Bauer
Vern Fairchild
Wayne
Fred Whitt
Fremont
Joseph T. Carroll
Lincoln
Robert Beers
The
Police Officers Association
Nebraska Peace Officers and Sheriffs Association
Rites Thursday for Gurley Lady Pauline Schwartz
Pauline Korthale Schwartz 96 a Gurley resident for 25 years died Monday in Anoka Minnesota where she had lived four years Funeral services set for 2 30 p m Thursday at Salem Lutheran Gurley Rev Bruce La Kamp to officiate Burial in Salem Lutheran Cemetery Gehrig and Son Funeral Home in charge She was born November 14 1872 in Germany to Herman and unknown Korthale came to Fairbury as a young woman moved to Gurley in 1916 married William Schwartz in 1917 They farmed west of Gurley moving into Gurley in 1947 Mr Schwartz died in 1951 Surviving are two stepsons Louis Schwartz Gurley and Mrs Anna Haack Stewartville Minnesota two sisters Mrs Robert Schmuelle Jansen Nebraska and Mrs William Braasch Fairbury Also deceased were two sisters and one brother.
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Gurley
Pauline Schwartz
Anoka
Minn
Salem Lutheran Church
Herman Korthale
Fairbury
William Schwartz
Schwartz
Louis Schwartz
Anna Haack
Stewartville
Robert Schmuelle
Jansen, Neb
William Braasch
Sale of Buddy Poppies Honors War Dead Tradition
The sale of VFW Buddy Pop pies precedes Veterans Day as a traditional fundraiser to honor fallen service members. Buy a Buddy Poppy this weekend and wear it proudly to show support for veterans.
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America
Refunds Offered After SWCD Program Cancellation
Tickets purchased for the Tuesday evening program by Prof Arne Larson may be refunded by contacting the Cheyenne County Soil and Water Conservation office by 5 p m Friday. Weather forced the cancellation of the flight, and the SWCD board chair announced that county band students who sold advance tickets will receive their commissions.
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Arne Larson
Cheyenne County Soil and Water Conservation Office
11Th
Alvarado
Larson
Robert Spearow
SWCD
United Fund At 5 298 Plateau
The 1970 Sidney United Fund Drive nears halfway as total deposits from eight member organizations reach 5298.05, about 700 short of the midway goal of 12200. The drive continues with lagging business participation and door to door soliciting. residential contributions have risen though envelopes from volunteers are not all tallied yet.
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Sidney United Fund
J. D. Olinger
United Fund
Speaker Explains Food Stamp Program At Center
Glenn Weller announces a U S Department of Agriculture representative will outline how to obtain Food Stamps at the Senior Citizens Center Thursday. The talk follows prior county briefings and answers public questions about the program. Nebraska counties adopting Food Stamp reach 74 of 96.
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Consumers Council
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Senior Citizens Center
Glenn Weller
Weller
Nebraska
Sidney Boyls Injured Tuesday in One-Car Crash
A two year old Sidney boy named Tommie Mitchell was injured Tuesday night in a one car crash on Osage Street near Memorial Hospital. Police reports say Diane K. Mitchell 23 of 2417 El Rancho Road was driving east and struck a bridge abutment causing about $900 damage. Mrs. Mitchell said the child slipped from his seat and she reached over to grab him. Tommie Mitchell was taken to Memorial Hospital.
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Sidney
Memorial Hospital
Diane K. Mitchell
el Rancho Road
Osage Street
VFW Buddy Poppies Surpass 13 Million This Year
More than 13 million VFW Buddy Poppies have been assembled this year for sale by VFW and Auxiliary members nationwide, supporting veteran programs and scholarships through the annual initiative.
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VFW
Conservation Awards Announced At District Meeting
The 23rd annual Cheyenne County Soil and Water Conservation District meeting proceeded with a banquet and awards program as Prof. Arne Larson could not attend due to icing en route from Vermillion. Conservation pictures were awarded to the Mahr and Sanders families, with presentations by the Sidney New Car Dealers Association and the Potter Bank officials.
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Albert Mahr
Bill Maddox
Sidney New Car Dealers Association
Cheyenne County Soil and Water Conservation District
Tiemann
North Platte
Arne Larson
Larson
Vermillion, S.D
Carl Mahr
South Divide
Ed Sanders
Potter
D. Fred Enevoldsen
Potter State Bank
Keith Sprenger
Robert Spearow
First Bids Opened On Electric System Work
Westinghouse Electric of Omaha bid the lowest at 116,900 for transformer equipment to update Sidney’s electrical system as part of Bureau of Reclamation power purchase plans. Nine bids were received. highest was 122,959. Project cost about 500,000. financed from electric reserves with no tax or bonds.
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Westinghouse Electric Co
Omaha
Sidney
Bureau of Reclamation
Westinghouse
John Baudek
Mrs. Kathryn Kratz Dies at 82 in Sidney
Kathryn Mary Sharmer Kratz, 82, lifelong Sidney resident, died Tuesday at Memorial Rest Home after a long illness. Funeral Friday 11 a.m. at Gehrig and Son Funeral Home with Rev. Max Kors officiating, burial Greenwood Cemetery. Born in Sidney to Joseph and Katharine Sharmer, she married Earl Kratz in 1918 in San Francisco. She ran the family abstract business after her husband’s 1947 death and was a member of Order of Eastern Star and King's Daughters. Surviving: a niece in San Francisco, plus two other nieces and two nephews.
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Kathryn Kratz
Sidney
Memorial Rest Home
The
Gehrig and Son Funeral
Max Kors
Christ Episcopal Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Kathryn Mary Sharmer
Joseph
Katherine Conner Sharmer
San Francisco
Calif
Earl Kratz
Wheat Crop Looks Good
Lincoln reports Nebraska grain sorghum harvest lagging as grain dries slowly. Winter wheat generally good to excellent with adequate topsoil moisture. Sorghum 35 percent complete versus 60 normal. corn about 25 percent. soybeans 80 percent. Sugar beet and potato digging resumed after muddy fields slowed activity.
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Lincoln - Nebraska
State
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Rites Set At Dalton For Elmer Graff
Elmer E. Graff 73 died after a long illness at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Dalton. Funeral set for 10 am Friday at Dalton Presbyterian Church with Rev. Richard A. Brown officiating. burial in Dalton Cemetery with American Legion military rites. Craig-Holchek Funeral Home in charge. Memorial to Dalton Presbyterian Church. Survivors: widow Mary L. Graff. daughters Peggy Brestel of Dalton and Arlene Martin of Gervais, Oregon. brother Raymond of Dalton. nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
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Dalton
Elmer E. Graff
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
Dalton Presbyterian Church
Richard A. Brown
Dalton Cemetery
Dalton American Legion
Craig-Holechek
Goehner
Neb
Seward County
Mary L. McRae
Veterans of
Dalton Lions Club
Mary
Peggy Brestel
Arlene Martin
Gervais, Ore
Raymond
Wheatbelt Receives Honor From NRECA Meeting
Wheatbelt Public Power District of Sidney will be honored at the four state regional NRECA meeting in Casper Wyoming for collaboration with the NRECA international program and the U S agencies to train electric system leaders from developing nations. Wheatbelt hosted Latin American electrical personnel last year and two Philippine groups this year.
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Wheatbelt Public Power District
Sidney
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
NRECA
Casper
Wyo
Nebraska
Nreca International Program Division
U.S. State Department
Agency For International Development
Wheatbelt
Philippines
Poppy Rememberance Inspires VFW Fundraiser
The Poppy became the flower of rememberance after the poem In Flanders Fields by Col. John McCrea who died in World War I. VFW Buddy Poppies go on sale in Cheyenne County on Saturday to aid disabled and needy veterans locally and in hospitals nationwide.
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VFW
Cheyenne County
Porter McGuver
Flanders Field
Flanders Fields
John McCrea
Cheynne
United States
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Ayr Iaye
Sidney Draw
Sprenger
Sanders
Soil District
Sidney Boyls
Elmer Graff
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