Senior Citizens Seek Answers At Nebraska Aging Forum
Western Nebraska seniors voiced needs at a Sidney session, urging local to federal action on driver exams, in home help, meals on wheels, transportation, housing, and nutrition. Testimony will feed transcripts for the Governor’s Conference on Aging and a White House exhibit in 1971.
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Nebraska
Sidney
Norbert Tierann
A.E. Tennant
Leslie Elrod
Kimball
Sidney Senior Citizens Center
Kimball County
Kimball City
Charles Deaver
Charles Glaubitz
Senior Citizens Center
Hattie Bennett
Scottsbluff
Scottsbluff-Gering
Albert Ruttner
Freda Brotherson
Robert L. Clark
C.B. Dorwart
Governor's Committee On
Margaret Nagengast
Charles Esterly
Sally Ditmar
Community Action Agency
Scottsb
Sen
Clark
Robert Hossle
Douglas Boyd
Henry Haupt
Dorwart
Jack H. Lowe
Jensen
Ft. Sidney Motor Hotel
Dana Roper
Lynn Gottschalk
Lester Boehm
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Curtis Asks Nixon For Probe Of Air Services
Senator Carl Curtis urges President Nixon's Domestic Affairs Council to study rural airline service amid subsidies cuts. He warns of a transportation crisis threatening the heartland economy and development as Nebraska routes, including Sidney with Frontier, face curtailments. The Sidney City Council backs restored subsidies, currently 27 million, by January 1.
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Curtis
Nixon
Air Services
Carl Curtis
Domestic Affairs Council
America
Nebraska Air Service
Frontier
Sidney
Western Nebraska Seniors Call For Living Costs And Center
At a Wednesday forum western Nebraska senior citizens voiced concerns over high housing costs and taxes, need for low cost public housing, home health services via community hospitals, and the desire to raise Social Security earned income limits. They supported a senior center to foster togetherness and urged flexible retirement ages to allow older workers to stay employed.
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Western
Nebraska
Senior Citizens Center
Sidney
Kimball
Scottsbluff
Frost Whispers Across Sidney as Tomatoes Largely Unharmed
North Platte Valley farmers report light frost with official 29 degree readings tied to a first sub-freezing moment of the season. Tender plants, including cucumber vines nearby, show minor nip while tomatoes largely escape damage. Overall, crops look mixed with beets and corn touched in lower areas but higher ground spared. winds rise, temps swing, and more rain is forecast tonight.
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Sidney
Doyle Foland
21St Ave
North Platte Valley
Alliance
Scotts Bluff
Panhandle Weather Forecast For Weekend Turnout
Fair this afternoon with increasing clouds and light rain possible Saturday. Much colder with strong winds on Saturday. Southerly winds 15 to 25 mph this afternoon shifting to northwesterly Saturday. Highs in the 80s this afternoon, 40s to 50s tonight, 50 to 60 Saturday. Rain chances near zero this afternoon, 10 percent tonight, 20 percent Saturday. Extended: cooler Sunday to Tuesday with showers possible and highs in the upper 50s and 60s, lows 35 to 45.
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Panhandle
Scottsbluff Weather Bureau
Elks Clinic Sept 19th at Sidney Elks Lodge
The crippled children’s clinic will be held at the Sidney Elks Lodge on Saturday Sept 19. Registration runs 7:30 until 10:30 a.m. The program targets new and active patients with orthopedic issues and other crippling conditions referrals accepted. Two orthopedists and a pediatrician lead the clinic.
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Sidney Elks Lodge
Seminar Planned On Sales Seminar Planned On Sales
The Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce retail committee sponsors a sales personnel seminar starting September 15 at Fort Sidney Motor Hotel with five daily sessions. Lincoln experts Charles Chace and M J Graham lead topics on selling psychology public relations and service. Open to all employers and employees with no fee.
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Cheyenne County
Charles Chace
Lincoln
Nebraska Petroleum Council
M.J
Bub
Graham
Retail Merchants Association of Nebraska
Ed Cole
Rites Monday For Rapp Infant Kendal Marsh Rapp
Funeral services are set for Monday morning at St. Pauls Lutheran Church for Kendal Marsh Rapp six month old son of Mr and Mrs Daryl Rapp who died Friday at Memorial Hospital The Craig-Holechek Funeral Home handles arrangements Burial will follow in Potter cemetery He is survived by his parents one brother Troy grandparents Mr and Mrs John Herboldsheimer Emerald Rapp Delores Rapp and Mrs Delores Rapp and great grandfather Joseph Green of Sidney
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Kendal Marsh
Emerald Rapp
Las Cruces
N.M
Delores Rapp
Denver, Colo
Joseph Green
Sidney
Oil discovery west of Dalton hints at new Nebraska field
Oil activity expands across Cheyenne and Dundy counties with the No 1 Benoit wildcat eight miles west of Dalton indicating possible commercial production after tests. New rigs are planned in State No 1 State and Robertson fields while Kimball and Banner counties report wildcat and extended-field drilling.
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Dalton
Cheyenne County
Sundance Oil Co
Southwest Gas Producing Co
Benoit
Nebraska
Enbrook Oil and Gas Co
NW SE
Harper Oil Co
Sidney
Robertson
NW NW
Dundy County
Sam T. Harrison
Star Brosius
Murfin Drilling Co
Kimball County
Kissinger
Continental Resources Corp
Durland Trust
Hoatby
Banner County
Sage Oil Co
van Pelt
Stauffer
Longtime Resident Dies Here
Mrs Alfred Sprenger 74 died Wednesday at Memorial Rest Home where she had lived 22 months. Funeral 10:30 a.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church with Rev Stanley Ganzel officiating. Burial Greenwood Cemetery. Craig-Holechek Funeral Home in charge. Memorials to United Methodist Church in Sidney or Rest Home. Survived by widower son Keith three brothers David Harold and William Ells all of Sidney and three grandsons and three granddaughters.
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Alfred Sprenger
Memorial Rest Home
First United Methodist Church
Stanley Ganzel
Greenwood Cemetery
Craig-Holechek
United Methodist Church
Sidney
Mabel L. Ells
Schuyler
David and
Lula Ells
Mrs Bickel Dies at 53 in Memorial Hospital Sidn
Vera Beth Bickel, 53, died Friday morning at Memorial Hospital in Sidney. Funeral arrangements were pending at Allen Funeral Home in Kimball. A full obituary will be published Monday.
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Vera Beth Bickel
Memorial Hospital
Sidney
Allen Funeral
Kimball
Extra Milk Fee To Stay At 2 3 Cents In Lunches
Supt Russell Pedersen said extra pints of milk with school lunches would rise to seven cents without aid. An extension keeps the 2 cents one month and 3 cents the next through Oct 15 while Congress acts. About 300 pints are served daily. the higher charge could burden families.
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Supt Russell Pedersen
Congress
Supt Pedersen
New Member on FFA Staff Arrives in Kansas City Area
Marvin Walker joins the Federal Aviation Agency flight service station as an air traffic control specialist in Kansas City Missouri this week. He replaces Ken Nordmeyer who moved to Indianapolis in March. The Walkers reside on the Dorman lease north of Sidney.
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Federal Aviation Agency
Marvin Walker
Kansas City
Mr. Walker
Ken Nordmeyer
Indianapolis
Walkers
Dorman
Sidney
Retired Dalton Broadcaster Honored After Air Farewell
Fall-seeded winter wheat in Nebraska faces grasshopper damage this year. University of Nebraska Extension entomologist Bob Roselle says Thimet granules applied at planting protect marginal field areas for three to four weeks. Granules should be placed beside seeds with a seeding attachment, not mixed with seed, and grazing restrictions apply to treated wheat.
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Nebraska
University of Nebraska Extension
Bob Roselle
Roselle
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