Root damage in Cheyenne Kimball counties prompts survey
Cheyenne and Kimball counties report widespread wheat root deterioration after recent rain. Agent Ivan Liljegren checked 45 fields across eight precincts, noting damage 15 to 66 percent, with some revival in Gurley area after rain then decline. Experts from the College of Agriculture will publish survey results.
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Cheyenne
Kimball
Ivan Liljegren
Potter
Liljegren
College of Agriculture
Drs. Bousalis
Allington
Panhandle
Cheyenne County
Colton
Gurley
Bunker Hill
Huntsman
Davison
Pleasant View
Chambers and
Kimball County
Hundreds of CAP planes join Sidney search training
Some 200 Nebraska Civil Air Patrol members and 75 to 100 airplanes descend on Sidney for a weekend SAR mission code named Operation SARCAY. The exercise, run with ARS, simulates an actual missing craft search, including a Saturday briefing, cadet drill, Sunday breakfast, and a public watch appeal. Local Chamber of Commerce coordinates housing and meals while CAP and officials from Omaha wing supervise the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Air Patrol
Nebraska
Sidney
CAP
Lowry Air Force Base
Sarcap
Sidney Municipal Airport
North Platte
10Th Avenue
Jackson and
King
Yendis
Chamber of Commerce
Air Rescue Service
ARS
Sidney Cap
Omaha
Omaha. These Will Be Sgt
Dudley
Sgt
Anderson
Major Critchfield
CAP and Air Force
Col. Reynolds
Col
Fuller
Verbeck
Wayne Ayres
Ron Barker
John Hanner
Forrest Belieu
Ralph Thompson
Abe Miller
Merle Bobo
Faye Young
John Treinen
Paw Yeeman
Godfrey Laper
Joseph Haugen
Juanita Maddox
Eva Reed
Coulter And Fleming Seek Re election As County Officials
George A. Coulter the incumbent Third District County Commissioner filed for re election on Tuesday in the office of County Clerk I L Pindell. George Fleming the incumbent in the Second District also filed on Wednesday in Sidney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Coulter
Potter
I. L. Pindell
George Fleming
Sidney
Ammunition Seminar Planned At Sioux Ordnance Depot
Col. L. G. Smoak announces an Ammunition Seminar at Sioux Ordnance Depot during May 10 14. Ward Olson leads plans with ten depots from west of the Mississippi to standardize storage methods and improve operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux
L. G. Smoak
Ward C. Olson
Field Service Division
Ordnance
Olson
Mississippi
Ordnance Corps
Farm Worker Hurt In Truck Accident At Ray Jessen Farm
Robert Guinn, a Ray Jessen farm employee, suffered a mangled right wrist last week while sowing oats. The truck box, raised to fill drill boxes, malfunctioned and dropped, pinning his hand between the box and frame. His wife assisted in freeing him and he received medical care in Dalton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Guinn
Ray Jessen Farm
Mr. Guinn
Gainn
Dalton
Rudy's Downtown To Undergo Remodelling
Rudy's Downtown Food Market formerly O. P. Skaggs will be closed most of next week for remodelling and modernization work. Owner Rudy Munderloh said closure likely Monday through Thursday, with plans to reopen for the Friday Saturday weekend trade after finishing touches are applied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudy
O. P. Skaggs
Rudy Munderloh
Mr. Munderlach
Showers Aid Wheat and Grass Across the Area
Fairly cool conditions and light rainfall touched Cheyenne County and Sidney as intermittent showers lifted wheat and pasture prospects. Monday's .12 inch moisture varied, with hail and brief drizzle noted in town. Nebraska crop updates show steadier wheat despite mixed regional conditions and strong rains needed for alfalfa and forage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Sidney
South Potter
Nebraska
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Panhandle
Kimball County
Bridgeport
Larry Jones Receives ROTC Minute Man Award at NU
Larry L. Jones of Sidney was honored with a Minute Man Award for high character citizenship and patriotism during the retreat parade in which 1 700 University of Nebraska Army and Air Force ROTC cadets participated Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry L. Jones
Sidney
University of Nebraska Army and Air Force
Mystery glass shatters on 1954 Chevrolet at Schlumberger car
A back window of a Schlumberger Oil Well Survey car, a 1954 Chevrolet owned by Schlumberger, cracked and dropped into many pieces while observers watched. Kokjer Motor Co. reported glass fragmentation, with Schlumberger denying any impact. The incident mirrors similar mysterious breakage seen in Washington and Oregon, usually occurring while the car sits outside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oregon
Chevrolet Company
Schlumberger Oil Well Surveying Corp
Kokjer Motor Co
County Loses 126 Thousand School Funds
Cheyenne County loses about 126000 dollars in the apportionment of the temporary school fund announced by State Supt. F B Decker. The county will receive 30215.58 of a total 1988331.55 while school lands added 156000 dollars to the fund. The article notes a proposed constitutional amendment to keep school money where lands are located and details distributions to districts and per person counts from the last census. A western Nebraska meeting with State Senator Monroe Bixler discussed reversing land value reappraisal increases and forming a statewide organization to challenge valuations.
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A. A. Fenske
the Telegraph
Fenske
Lincoln
Nebraska
Sen
Duis
Gothenburg
Sen. Liebers
State Board of Equalization
Sen. Carpenter
Scottsbluff
Crosby
Carpenter
Omaha
Cheyenne County
F. B. Decker
Panhandle
Western Nebraska
Monroe Bixler
Harrison
Alliance
Broox Butte
Morrill
Sioux
Dawes
Cherry
Bixler
Civic Club To Meet At Soa Depot
Two big May projects will occupy Sidney Chamber time after the SARCAP meeting. An overnight stopover of most Nebraska chamber managers and a Public Relations Banquet at Sioux Ordnance Depot Cafeteria on May 25 at 7 p.m. are planned with speakers Everett Conover and J R Pratt.
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Chamber of Commerce
Nebraska
Sioux Ordnance Depot
George Kolzow
Sidney Chamber
Scottsbluff
Lincoln
York
Grand Island
Kearney
Lexington
North Platte
Ogallala
Sidney
Kolzow
Everett Conover
Colorado Springs
Conover
J. R. Pratt
Northwestern
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Oil Line Plant At Gurley To Be Enlarged
The Platte Pipe Line plans a major expansion to raise daily hauling capacity to 195 thousand barrels. President Millard K. Neptune announced a 2.7 million dollar program to build four new stations, enlarge five existing ones, and perform work to reach the summer goal. New sites include Moorefield Nebraska Deshler Nebraska Hiawatha Kansas and Bostworth Missouri. Enlarged stations near Gurley Kansas and Gower Missouri will be remotely controlled from Platte’s Kansas City headquarters. The line, completed December 1952, has grown since. Holdrege Nebraska and Gower Missouri stations are under construction, targeting 145 thousand barrels per day upon completion.
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Gurley
Millard K. Neptune
Moorefield
Nebr
Deshler
Hiawatha
Kans
Bosworth
Gower
Ernest Smith Found Dead in Sidney
The body of Ernest T. Smith, 60, was found at about 11:30 Thursday morning in his small house east of Sidney. Cause of death was a heart attack. He operated a machine shop north of the Mayfair Station and was seen earlier that morning. He was found by Doyle Sizemore and Everett Shelley. He has a brother Ote Smith of Sidney as his only immediate survivor. The body is at The Gehrig and Son Funeral Home.
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Ernest T. Smith
Sidney
Mr. Smith
Mayfair Station
Doyle Sizemore
Everett Shelley
Ote Smith
The
Gehrig & Son Funeral Home
Circus Theme Dazzles Neeley School Dance Recital
The fifth annual Neeley School of Dance recital, Circus Daze, uses a Big Top theme at City Auditorium starting 8 P.M. It features a three part program with monkeys, elephants, acrobats, can-can dancers, clowns, seals, trapeze artists and riders and lists dozens of participating performers led by instructor Jo Neeley.
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Neeley School of Dance
City Auditorium
Jo Neeley
Patricia Rhoades
Barbara Holmes
Judy Spotts
Patsy Foster
Carol Bucker
Connie Bruns
Ernestine Childers
Diane Puffer
Susan Montgomery
Rita Johnson
Judy Ziegler
Ava Lyn Schmidt
Vickie Yanken
Linda Grimm
Ellen Kay Olsen
Kay Stevenson
Judy Johnson
Barbara Jo Childers
Marcie Wedberg
Marcel Richards
Gloria Graham
Cherie Miller
Nancy Kastens
Peggy Jelinek
Judy
Jane Meyer
Sherry Jimerson
Karen Searles
Margie Gillham
Linda Schmale
Beverly Hobson
Jolene Block
Virginia Foland
Beverly Dorwart
Karen Hruska
Helen Jorgenson
Marilyn Maley
Jeanne Miller
Pamela Puffer
Barbara
Kathleen Knoche
Judy Kirk
Michalle Oaks
Judith Troxel
Priscilla Empson
Cecelia Ann Palmer
Johnny Helms
Clinker Dorwart
Jackie Dorwart
Dianna Hinrichs
Laura Gaddis
Cherie Lang
Peggy Sue Hutchison
Phyllis Madsen
Beverly Markel
Connie Walsh
Rene Hoyt
Joyce Glassburn
Marilyn Black
Jane Gillham
Jane Raddatz
Patricia Mahaffey
Réxie Olsen
Geraldine Spotts
Loretta Reineka
Naomi Bruns
Betty Short
Ann Bruns
Cheryl Schnell
Judy Maddox
Vickie Sample
Berneit Smith
Jill Clark
Charlene Anthony
Connie Hansen
Nancy Voran
Fair Acres Motel Sold To Knights
A sale of the Fair Acres Motel east of Sidney closed Wednesday with new owners Mr and Mrs P H Knight assuming ownership on May 1. The transaction transfers full control to the Knights who plan to manage the property locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Acres
Knights
Sidney
P. H. Knight
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Don Kline
Nebraska State Education Association
Kline
Chhosen
I. A. Caldwell
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Lodgepole
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Bill Harris
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Soa Depot
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