Snow Pack Up in Region Brings Mixed Outlook for Nebraska
Heavy March and April moisture improves rangeland in western Nebraska but raises irrigation concerns as snow pack climbs to around 130 percent of normal in the North Platte watershed. Soil moisture remains deficient, likely limiting runoff benefits, while cattle losses were light and calf prospects look favorable despite hay shortages and heavy feeding in parts.
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Nebraska
Nebraska Panhandle
North Platte ‘River
Wyoming
Colorado
James Pringle
Farmers Irrigation District
Scottsbluff
Nebraska Federal Division of Agriculture Statistics
Panhandle
Sand Hills
Range
Grain Markets No 1 Wheat Price Report
No 1 Wheat stands at 202 per bushel and No 2 Wheat at 201 per bushel. The market shows steady pricing across the grain futures.
Fake license plates trap self-styled geophysical boss Willis James Shanks
Willis James Shanks 48 alias C F Gardner jailed 15 days in Cheyenne County Jail by County Judge C W Smith on charges of driving with fictitious plates. He claimed ties to Geophysical Exploration Co with offices in Dallas Ft Worth and planned to hire space for three seismograph trucks and 36 men. Cars from Colorado and Utah plates found, with pay stubs from a Dallas firm. Wisconsin felony warrant tied to a bad check for a plane title and Shanks had used multiple addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis James Shanks
C. F. Gardner
Cheyenne County
C. W. Smith
Shanks
Sidney
Geophysical Exploration Co
Geophysical Outfit
E. J. MacDonald Construction Co
Gardner
Colorado
Sheriff's Office
Colorado Springs
Talent
Ore
Holbrook, Ariz
Farmington
N. M
Craig
Cole
Utah
Oregon
Dallas
Colo
Balsam Lake
Wis
Bart Taylor
Taylor
Wisconsin
Potter man dies of heart attack at 40
Fredrick D. Hruza 40 of Potter died last night at Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital after a two week illness from a heart attack. He worked as an interviewer at the Nebraska State Employment Service. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at First Lutheran Church Potter with burial in Potter cemetery. Memorial contributions may be given to the Heart fund. He was born May 3 1916 on a farm near Potter and is survived by his wife Elsie Virginia Nelson of Denver, a son Michael 12, sister Phyllis Hruza of Dix and brothers Francis of Peetz Merle of Potter and Rodney of Licite Wyo.
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Fredrick D. Hruza
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
Hruza
Nebraska State Employment Service Office
Sidney
First Lutheran Church
Potter
A. J. Wacker
Craig
Heart Fund
Fredrick Dewain Hruza
Frank and
Isabelle Pieron Hruza
Navy
Elsie Virginia Nelson
Denver
Michael
Phyllis Hruza
Dix
Francis
Peetz
Merle
Rodney
Licite
Wyo
Michigander Pleads Innocent To Charges
John C. Boettcher, 46, of Menominee Michigan, pleaded innocent in Cheyenne County Court Saturday to petit larceny and becoming habitual criminal. He was arrested March 26 for allegedly stealing gloves in a Sidney clothing store.
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John C. Boettcher
Menominee
Mich
Cheyenne
Boettcher
Sidney
Lorenzo Voters to Decide on $15,000 School Bond
Patrons in the Lorenzo school district will vote tomorrow on a $15,000 bond issue to build a one room addition and relocate the cafeteria. Bonds carry 2.75 percent interest. Polls open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Lorenzo school house.
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Lorenzo
Lorenzo School House
Judge Fines Sidney Woman for Yield Violation
A Sidney housewife Mrs Fern Lambert was fined 25 dollars and costs by Police Judge Glenn Greenlee after being found guilty of failure to yield the right of way. The collision occurred Friday on Illinois Street near 20th Avenue when Lambert turning left from the far lane struck Ralph Guerra 39 of SOD in the inside lane. Damage totaled about 75 dollars, confined to Lambert’s car.
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Sidney
Fern Lambert
Glenn Greenlee
Lambert
Illinois Street
20Th Avenue
Ralph Guerra
Spring Arrives with Mild Weather in Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County welcomes spring as fair, mild conditions return after weeks of moisture and cool temperatures. The Scottsbluff Weather Bureau forecasts daytime highs in the 60s and overnight lows in the 30s with light showers possible Friday and Saturday.
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Cheyenne County
Scottsbluff Weather Bureau
Ft Sidney Days Rodeo Set for June 22 23
The first Amateur Championship Rodeo in years will open during Ft. Sidney Days in Sidney on June 22 and 23 at 1 30 p m at the Lodgepole Valley Saddle Club grounds. Five events listed bareback riding saddle bronc Brahma bull dogging bull riding and calf roping with Hadley Barrett as announcer and Dave Loos providing comedy. Entries may be mailed to S C Fisher 2204 Newton Sidney or called in. entry closes June 21.
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Sidney
Ft. Sidney
Ft. Sidney Days
Lodgepole Valley Saddle Club
Nebraska Amateur Cowboy Association
Jack Glenn
Merle Bobo
Sidney Jaycees
Saddle Club
Joe Dodds
Loring Tobler
Charles Fisher
S. C. Fisher
Newton
Hadley Barrett
North Platte
Dave Loos
Ft. Morgan
Colorado
Rep Miller Named Irrigation Leader in Congress
Rep. A. L. Miller of Nebraska was named chairman of the irrigation and reclamation committee of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress. The panel will report policy matters to the May 16 convention. Judge Guy C Jackson Jr is vice chairman and Ival H. Geslin is secretary. Pete Padura of Ashton also joins the committee.
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A. L. Miller
R-Neb
Cnaiijuaia
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Rep. Brooks
D-La
Congress
Brooks
Guy C Jackson Jr
Anihuac
Texas
National Reclamation Assn
Ival H
Nebraska Highway Revenue Bills Push Interstate Expansion
Two Nebraska Legislature revenue bills could add about $6 million yearly to highway funds, aiding construction and maintenance across the state and potentially expediting an interstate extension westward once policy is set. Analysts caution the interstate reach may take years even with favorable finances.
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Nebraska
Highway Department
Monroe Bixler
Harrison
Revenue Committee
State Highway Department
Civil penalties for soil bank violations explained by Nebraska official
Potter farmer Wilfred Nelson, chair of the Nebraska Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation committee, warns that civil penalties up to 50 percent of the compensation would be imposed for knowingly violating soil bank acreage reserve rules. Violations include grazing or harvesting in reserve acreage or harvesting more than the permitted allotment.
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Soil Bank
Wilfred Nelson
Potter
Nebraska Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Soil Bank Act
Nelson
Youth Given Five Day Jail Sentence For Reckless Driving
A 16 year old Ordville youth Richard Kierman was jailed five days and fined $25 in Sidney Po lite Court for reckless driving. He struck a bed of Lodgepole Creek after his 1953 model car veered off 19th Avenue with lights off. Passenger Ronald Prue was uninjured and the car totaled.
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Kierman
Ex Sidney resident dies in Montana motorcycle crash
Merwin C. Niemoller, 46, formerly of Sidney, was killed in a motorcycle crash about 40 miles from Great Falls, Montana. He worked as a car body repair man in Great Falls and funeral arrangements are pending at Gehrig and Son Funeral Home. He was born December 9, 1910, in Belgrade Nebraska and grew up in Sidney. Survivors include his parents and a brother. a brother and sister preceded him in death.
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Merwin C. Niemoller
Sidney
Great Falls
Mont
Thomas W. Niemoller
The
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Merwin C Niemeller
Belgrade
Neb
Gordon
Early Grads To Be Recognized At Party In Sidney
Graduates and former teachers from the Sidney school system are invited to a 7 45 p m program at the junior high school auditorium marking the 100th anniversary of the National Education Association. The Sidney Educators Club sponsors a birthday style event with candle lighting and a coffee hour. Five representatives from all classes will be honored on stage along with Mrs Frances Knox an early teacher and county superintendent.
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Sidney
National Education Assn
Sidney Educators Club
Valeska Neubauer
Charles Fred Parks
Guy V. Doran
Paul L. Martin
C .S. Radcliffe
Frances Knox
Illinois Street Power Line Relocated for West Illinois Street
The Sidney electrical distribution department finished relocating a power line previously along the north side of Illinois Street from 19th Avenue to 23rd Avenue. Installed in 1929 by Western Public Service Co. the line now runs on Hickory Street to better serve businesses on west Illinois Street.
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Sidney Electrical Distribution Department
Illinois Street
19Th Avenue
23Rd Avenue
The
Western Public Service Co
Hickory Street
West
Local Mail Carriers Face Heavy Load After Saturday Closure
Sidney city mail carriers were loaded with backlog as the post office closure on Saturday disrupted home and business delivery. Acting postmaster Weldon Stewart said priority remains first class mail and newspapers while emergency funds are debated, and windows opened late and closed early to handle the Saturday accumulation.
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Sidney
Arthur Summerfield
House
Postal Department
Summerfield
Weldon Stewart
Potter FFA honors from State contest compiling awards
Potter FFA unit earns multiple honors at the State FFA contest. Poultry judging: Superior team for Musil Lee Wills with Lee and Wills winning excellent and good individual awards. Livestock judging: good team Langley Dindinger Jung with Langley superb individual. Crops soils: excellent team Holliday Jung with Holliday excellent individual. Tractor maintenance: good team Moench Wills. Crops judging: good team Holliday Lovell with Lovell good individual. Delegates Van Raay Lovell Holliday. Jim Winn in state FFA band.
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Potter
Future Farmers of America
Louis Piva
Potter Poultry
Larry Musil
Robert Lee
Richard Wills
Lee
Wills Livestock
Harvey Jung
Russell Langley
Tom Dindinger
Langley
Francis Holliday
Holliday
Wesley Moench
John Lovell
W. Holliday
Lovell
Francis van Raay
Jim Winn
FFA
Chadron State Shows Area Artists Work
Chadron State Teachers College art department begins exhibits by local artists. Connie Swanson of Chadron opens the show, followed by Ivan and Caroline Metzler of Newcastle Wyoming with western life scenes in watercolors oils pastels linoleum prints and temperas at Memorial Hall gallery.
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Chadron State Teachers College
Connie Swanson
Chadron
Ivan
Caroline Metzler
Newcastle
Wyo
Memorial Hall
Deep Oil Test Nears Dry Hole Label In Ohio Co
Oil-Gas notes report Mary Egging No. 1 deep test in Cheyenne County near 6,931 feet shows no new oil in deep sands aside from two minor stains in Topeka formation. Deep tests remain noncommercial, Shell’s Kimball County probe below 7,000 feet ongoing. Two new wildcat locations announced in Cheyenne and Kimball counties with multiple operators.
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Ohio Oil Co
Topeka
Ohio
Cheyenne County
Nebraska Panhandle
Shell Oil
Shell
Kimball County
Champlin Oil & Refining Co
Buhrdorf No. 1
Olsen
Sidney Junior High wins music honors Saturday
The Sidney Junior High Band and Mixed Chorus plus instrumental groups and a soloist earned top ratings at the junior high and grade school music contests in Sterling. Rodney Vaughn on oboe won superior plus as outstanding soloist. Mixed chorus was excellent. Western Nebraska and northeastern Colorado entries totaled 169 band members under George Hinn and Roger Epley. six member mixed chorus led by William Fankhauser.
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Sidney
Sterling
Rodney Vaughn
Nebraska
Colorado
George Hinn
Roger Epley
Prominent Alliance Citizens Die in Week
Last week Alliance mourned two prominent residents. Walter J. Jones, 56, former mayor for four years and eight years on the City Council, longtime realtor and secretary treasurer of Alliance Building and Loan for a decade, funeral held Saturday. Dr George J. Hand, 81, physician in Alliance from 1904 to about three years ago, funeral held today. He once conducted Alliance boxing classes attracting hundreds of youths to the sport.
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Alliance
Walter J. Jones
Jones
Alliance Building and Loan
George J. Hand
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Fred Hruza
Michigander
Rep. Miller
Roun
Beatrice Bentzinger
Gordon Printz
Gary Porter
Vergal Winn
Harold Kieselhorst
Kenny Kieselhorst
Thompson
Sen. Bixler
Sidneyite
Illinois Street Power Line
Granite
British - American Oil Prod. Co
Peterson
Banner County
Wildcat
Earle F. Wakefield
Garden County
Johnie S. Carter
Rodgers
M. P. Gilbert Semler
Schrack Field, Petroleum, Inc
Plumbly
Kimball, County
Lowell J. Williamson
Wyoming Western Oil Co
Wichman
Davis Oil Co
Flaherty
Sioux County
Superior
Judy White
Sharon Beck
Jeanie Whitmire
Virginia Foland
Cheryl Johnson
Beverly Paris
Helen Jorgenson
Marilyn Maley
Judy Ziegler
Peggy Hakes
Cynthia Grimm
Corrine Vizina
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