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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1951
Page
5
A concise note records a track title related to Sidney with unclear OCR artifacts. The readable fragment notes the event or item context without full clarity on date or place. The available text hints at a title linkage rather than a completed story or report.
Sidney wins the Sidney Invitational track title by edging Minatare 4814 to 40, Oshkosh 2514, Julesburg 2515, and Kimball 1515. Records fall as Richard Stockton of Oshkosh sets a shot put mark of 47 feet 5 inches and Jerry Strasheim of Kimball breaks the 180-yard hurdles record in 21.5 seconds. Competing athletes include Kroeger and Rogers of Oshkosh, Collins of Julesburg, Harden of Sidney, and Stockton winning the shot.
Sterling Frosh defeated Sidney underclassmen by 54 margin as Sidney rallied late to cut lead. Meet featured meets records by Niekum and Rhodes with Sidney reserves led by Anderson and Taylor scoring key wins. A Senior High meet between Sidney reserves and Kimball 8th and 9th graders scheduled at 2 p.m. today amid expected excitement.
Sheriff Schulz and Jim Frandsen of Dalton appear in Alliance for the hearing on George Sparky Slaughter linked to the Hallowe en night theft of the Frandsen Liquor Store in Dalton. Slaughter previously absolved in Sidney. new charges allege possession of stolen property.
Nebraska fishing remains hampered by cold rainy weather reports from district wardens. Warmer conditions are needed to boost fishing, especially warm water species, though trout remained the most abundant catch with Steele Verdigre Plum and Pine creeks near Fremont cited as productive waters.
Readable fragments list water bodies including lakes Nos. 4 and 5 in Louisville lake No. 2 McConaughy reservoir Ogallala lake Rock Creek lake and trout streams in Scotts Bluff and Morrill counties west half.
Reports indicate a pike run from Maloney lake to Sutherland with several prize fish hauled ashore. Ed Porter of North Platte landed a 4% pound brown trout from the Maloney lake outlet, Pete Crités nabbed five walleyes at Hershey, John Bauer of Mc Cook caught a 54 pound rainbow from the Palisade sand pit, and Bert Urban of O’Neill hooked a 6% pound bass in the Atkinson Stuart gravel pits.
W S Rodman a leading western Nebraska businessman died after a stroke in Kimball on Friday. Funeral services were held Sunday. He served as president of The American National Bank at Kimball for many years and owned extensive city and farm real estate holdings.
Paul Ehlers from the North Platte Experiment Station visited Cheyenne County to establish a spring grain variety plot on the Erich Brauer farm seven miles south of Col tin Four. Four varieties of spring wheat eleven of barley and fifteen of oats were planted for observation and yield tests.
A regular meeting of the Big Seven Minneapolis Moline dealers will be held tonight in Big Springs. President Doyle Foland of Sidney will conduct the annual election meeting with special guest C A Johnson of Omaha the division manager. Accompanying Foland will be Bill Burleson and B O Tracy.
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