Local Businesses Support County Progress in 1970
Special section credits numerous Sidney area businesses for backing countywide progress in 1970. Listings include Ranch Motel, Deluxe Motel, Decker's Market, J and M Trucking, Ken's Car and Truck Emp, Fort Sidney Motor Hotel, and others along 9th 10th and Jackson avenues, with telephone numbers.
Dairy Farming Grows in Cheyenne County
The Cheyenne County farm scene shows dairy farming gaining importance with John Treinen of Sidney beside automated dairy cows. Farmers in Cheyenne and neighboring counties adopt modern, fully automated facilities as milk is routed to a cheese factory in Chappell.
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Cheyenne County
John Treinen
Sidney
Treinen
Cheyenne
Chappell
Hogs Raised In Sioux Depot Igloos
Concrete and steel igloos built to store war materiel at Sioux Army Depot in the 1940s now house hogs as Cheyenne County farmers expand livestock born of the abandoned site. Hog numbers rise, with pigs thriving in clean, spacious surroundings once part of a vital defense complex.
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Sioux Army Depot
Sioux
Cheyenne County
ABM Program Seen as Local Employment Boost
President Nixon's ABM program targets the Warren Air Force Base complex in Cheyenne with hundreds of millions in spending. The plan protects two hundred Minuteman missiles in Nebraska and Colorado, creating temporary construction jobs and permanent operations staffing for the region.
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Nixon
Congress
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
Warren Air Force Base
Cheyenne
Kimball
Banner
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Illinois
Ilinois
Decker’s Market
Jackson
J & M Trucking
Ken’s
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Federal Land Bank
Hardy Clark Furn
Sidney National Bank
Sears Ruth
MERC
Harlan’s Bakery
Kokjer Motor CO
Jack & Jill
Bauman Lody Shop
Army Depot