Good Old Days 01-02-15

Compiled By The Sidney Sun-Telegraph Staff

These stories from the past first appeared in The Sidney Telegraph. Original writing is preserved, though some stories were shortened for space reasons.

50 years ago

'Community Mourning Loss of Mark J. Benz and Gary J. Weimer'

Dec. 31. 1964

Tragedy struck in two Sidney homes last night when a car accident in Sterling, Colo., claimed the lives of Mark J. Benz, 20, and Gary J. Weimer, 23. Sterling Police said that the accident happened at 11:45 p.m. Tuesday in south Sterling.

The men were in a 1965 Mustang owned by Weimer and they had just came to Sterl...