Sidney Raiders open season vs Gordon at Weymouth Field
The Sidney High Red Raiders host Gordon tonight in a Western Conference opener at 7 30 p m. Coach Bob Roach names probable starters led by quarterback Bob Schilreff and backs Gene Lodes Larry Young and Larry O Holleran with a 176 pound line and 170 pound backfield. Gordon counters with a feared lineup and the game carries big early impact for both schools.
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Sidney High Red Raiders
Gordon
Weymouth Field
Raider
Bob Roach
Sidney
Rick Seidel
Jay Curless
Lawrence Humphrey
Dan Peetz
Jim Cunningham
Bob Hickman
Jan Headley
Bob Schilreff
Rick Britton
Randy Lubash
Gene Lodes
Seidel
Cornelius
Humphrey
Broken Leg Sidelights Cowboys Top Rival Mahan
Larry Mahan of Brooks Oregon suffered a spiral fracture of the right tibia from a bareback bronc kick at the Ellensburg Washington rodeo over Labor Day weekend. Doctors say he will wear a cast through October ending his bid for a sixth straight world all around title. He has earned over $300000 since 1963 and stood third in RCA standings with $31040 this season behind Phil Lyne and Bob Berger.
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Larry Mahan
Brooks
Ore
Ellensburg
Wash
Mahan
Sidney
Cheyenne County Fair Rodeo
Phil Lyne
George West
Texas
Bob Berger
Norman
Okla
Scottsbluff and Gering Chambers Plan Unification
Scottsbluff and Gering chambers announce a unanimous move to merge their organizations to unify leadership, funding and promotional efforts. Scott sbluff president Max Coppom and Gering president Ernie Taylor set a Sept 28 member meeting to vote on the merger with a focus on coordinated industrial prospecting and community advocacy.
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Scottsbluff
Scottsbluff and
Gering
Scottsbluff Chamber of Commerce
Scottsbluff and Gering Chambers of Commerce
Scottsbluff-Gering
Futhermore
Scottsbluff Gering
NU Stadium to be sold for Easter Seal fundraiser
The University of Nebraska Memorial Stadium will be raffled off for one day to raise $750,000 for Camp Easter Seal near Agnew Seward County. About 51,000 tickets go on sale with 22 high school bands already aboard and Coach Bob Devaney backing the effort. The winning stub drawn October 29 grants ownership for a day at the Nebraska Colorado game with autographs and a deed to the stadium.
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University of Nebraska
Memorial Stadium
Robert Kerrey
Nebraska Easter Seal Society
Easter Seal
Agnew
Seward County
Kerrey
Nebraska
Colorado
Lincoln
Marrey
State
Easter Seal Society
Dewey Ave
Omaha
Walker Cup Golf Competition Description
The Walker Cup is a biennial golf series pitting American amateurs against British amateurs. It showcases team match play with top amateurs vying for national pride and prestige in a storied transatlantic rivalry.
Irish Host Lyman In Sat. Game
St Patrick's prepares for a season opener against Lyman at Weymouth with Ward McGowan naming probable starters. Key players include Pat Heaton Paul Conrad John Deaver Mike Rae Jerry Deaver and Pat Weiser on offense while Thorpe Deaver Dominguez Colling Rocha Heaton John Deaver Weiser Beyer Rae and Steve Ringleman anchor the defense. Gene Weimer of Lyman is noted as a standout back who rushed for 1150 yards and 84 points last season on a 7-20 team.
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St Patrick's Irish
Ward McGowan
Lyman
Weymouth
Pat Heaton
Paul Conrad
Joe Dominguez
Jack Thorpe
Bob Colling
Rich Rocha
Kent Schlaman
Conrad
Schlaman
John Deaver
Mike Rae
Pat Weiser
Jerry Deaver
Weiser
Rae
Dominguez
Colling
Pat Beyer
Steve Ringleman
Lyman Wildcats
Sidney
Gene Weimer
Nebraska Railway Commission Sets More Phone Rate Hearings
The Nebraska Railway Commission announces additional hearing dates for Northwestern Bell Telephone rate increase. A closed session in Alliance is set for September 28 at 10 a.m. in the courthouse. Additional hearings will be held in South Sioux City West Point Norfolk North Platte and McCook.
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Nebraska Railway Commission
Northwestern Bell Telephone
Alliance
South Sioux City
West Point
Norfolk
North Platte
McCook
School Board Adopts Free Lunch Policy
The Sidney Public Schools Board adopts new Federal National School Lunch Program guidelines at the August meeting. Letters with eligibility scales and application forms will go home August 30. Parents must apply per building. reduced meals cost 20 cents. income definitions are in the letter.
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Board of Education
Sidney Public Schools
R.J. Pedersen
Sidney
Northeastern Junior College plans area vocational school start
NJC to develop an area vocational school offering 15 programs in five occupational areas for secondary post secondary and adult students. The plan aims to broaden occupational training access and was reviewed by NJC staff with SBCCOE tentative approval awaiting Colorado Commission on Higher Education final action. The effort follows Northeastern's 1962 expansion of programs and 1969 high school cooperation. The note mentions the old St Andrews golf course built in 1552.
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Sterling
Northeastern Junior College
Jim Wilson
Occupational Education Division
State System of Community Colleges and Occupational Education
Wilson
NJC
Sbccoe
Northeastern
Area Vocational School
Colorado Commission On High Education
Oshkosh Chamber Plans Protest Over Highway 26 Hydroplaning
The Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce vows action after multiple crashes on Highway 26 caused by water on the roadway. At Thursday’s meeting a resolution will be drafted to forward to the governor, state senators, and the highway department to push for safety measures and data collection.
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Oshkosh
Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce
Highway Department
UP Requests Depot Closure at Lewellen Nebraska
Union Pacific Railroad seeks permission from the Nebraska State Railway Commission to discontinue agency service and close the Lewellen depot. Written protests are due by October 4. If closed, Oshkosh would handle Lewellen accounts and operations, with hearings to follow if protests are sufficient.
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Lewellen
Union Pacific Railroad Co
Nebraska State Railway Commission
UPRR
Oshkosh
O'Fallons
O’fallons
Union Pacific
Railway Commission
Graham Film tickets on sale for Sept twenty second to twenty eighth
Advance tickets for the film For Pete's Sake go on sale with 16 showings from Sept 22 to 28. Tickets cost 1.25 for adults in advance, 1.50 at the box office, and 0.75 for children at the box office. Showings include matinees on Sept 25 and 26. Local church chairmen and stores in Sidney offer advance tickets. The kickoff booth opens Sept 21 with reduced prices.
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Marie Nicholson
World Wide Pictures
Bill Graham Organization
Kimball, Potter, Chappell, Lodgepole and Gurley
Sidney
Made O' Day
Laura’s Gift Floral & Party Shop
Jack and Jill Store
Fix Pharmacy
Cheyenne
Kimball
Devel
Keith
Denver
Rocky Mountain
Nebraska
Panhandle
Laverne Couch
Elmer Hartmann
Harlan Brei
Jerry Dykman
Joe Conaway
Miss Nicholson
Bill Fankhauser
J.W
Planning Commission Denies Rezoning Petition in Sidney
A Sidney reader complains the planning commission denied Leon Lafler’s request to rezone Block 1, Country Club Heights from R-1 to C-11, delaying development near I-80. He argues the ruling harms property value and local progress, noting costs already sunk and tax burdens.
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Planning Commission
Llth
Pasadena Place
Leon Lafler
Country Club Heights
Sth
Sidney
Fox Theatre Highlights New and Classic Screenings
At the Fox Theater new double feature "Escape From the Planet of the Apes" with Kim Hunter and Roddy McDowell is showing in the top left. Top right showcases "Belle Starr Queen of the West" with Pat Quinn and "Zacharia" starring John Rubenstein opening Sunday. Also on the slate is a late night presentation tomorrow at 11:00 featuring "Frankenstein" paired with "Dracula" for the Midnight Show.
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Fox Theatre
Kim Hunter
Roddy McDowell
Belle Starr
Pat Quinn
Zacharia
John Rubenstein
Journey to Pine Ridge and Wounded Knee Murals and Cemeteries
The writer describes a trip via Highway 87 to Pine Ridge Nebraska visiting White Clay near the Indian Reservation. They see shabby houses and beer cans, meet a pleased pastor at a mission, tour a cemetery where Chief Red Cloud and later Chief Big Foot and his followers are buried, visit the Wounded Knee Museum and Trading Post, then stop at a hill church and burial grounds before returning to Dalton around 8 30 pm.
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Sidney Telegraph
Chadron
Highway 20
Rushville
Neb
Pine Ridge
White Clay
Chief Red Cloud
Wounded Knee
Midwestern States
Canada
Chief Big Foot
Dalton
Munshaw
Doctor Shortage Leads Ocean City Interview Drive
In Ocean City Maryland two dozen young women were hired to interview vacationers to ease the strained medical facilities. The town has only five physicians serving a summer population of about 100 000.
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Ocean City
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