Real Estate Tax Levels in Nebraska Under Study
State Tax Commissioner Murrell McNeil reports Cheyenne County assesses real estate at 29.30 percent of actual value, with most counties between 25 and 30 percent while law requires 35 percent. The study cites tentative sales assessment ratios from 1966, subject to change with justified adjustments by local officials.
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Cheyenne
Nebraska
McNeil
State Board of Equalization
Adams
Box Butte
Buffalo
Dawson
Dodge
Douglas
Gage
Hall
Jefferson
Keith
Kimball
Lancaster
Lincoln
Madison
Nuckolls
Otoe
Phelps
Platte
Red Willow
Scotts Bluff
Talking Books Now Open to Physically Handicapped Readers
The Nebraska State Services for the Visually Impaired expands the Talking Books program to include arthritics and others unable to hold books. The service, free of charge including postage, offers best sellers fiction and non fiction, history, biographies, classies, the Bible, major magazines, and more. Applicants should write for records to the Library for the Blind and for machines to the Services for the Visually Impaired both at State Capitol Building, Lincoln.
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Nebraska State Services For
State Capitol Building
Lincoln
Kimball Library Dedication Set For April 30th
Kimball Library will be dedicated Sunday April 30 at 2 30 p m in the new building across the alley from City Hall. The ceremony includes remarks by Mayor Melvin Hensley architect Howard G Duncan and Dr Joseph K Hichar with Father John Schlaf and Rev Frank D Medsker officiating. An open house and buffet supper honor the Nebraska State Library Commission and participants.
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Kimball
City Hall
Bill Galloway
John Schlaf
J. J. Cromie
Kimball Library Trustees
Howard G. Duncan
Melvin Hensley
Joseph K. Hichar
Hiram Scott College
Frank D. Medsker
Nebraska State Library Commission
Sidney High Leads Class A in district music contest
Sidney High School topped Class A at the District VI music contest in Scottsbluff, earning 19 superior ratings among six competing schools. Superior honors went to the Sidney High Band and multiple soloists and ensembles across woodwinds brass strings and chorus, with further results to be published Wednesday.
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Sidney High School
Scottsbluff
Sidney High Band
Harvey Herman
Ellis Vaughn
Debbie Thayer
Bruce Cutright
Jeanette Jones
Julianna Narjes
Nancy Meier
John Lindell
Rose Hochman
Penny Pedersen
Connie Fisher
Susan Fitzgerald
Tammy Schilreff
Cynthia Schmale
Clare Mnet
Jeanie Olson
Janie Oliverious
Jim Ellison
Kathy Owens
Rita Underdown
Linda Abrams
Henry Loebe
Lee Goodwin
Tom Edwards
Connie Fleener
Barbara Christ
Leslie Robinson
DeAnne Thies
Patty Jelinek
Pam Himes
Charlotte Colling
Pam Hahler
Ric Beese
Schou
Wayne Cornelius
Ron Skarka
Scout Troop 4 to Organize in Lorenzo School Meeting
Scout Troop 4 for the Lorenzo area will be organized at a Lorenzo School meeting on Wednesday night at 8 oclock. Gene Goben, Scout field executive, says present will be Charles Griffin assistant national director of rural service of the Boy Scouts of America. All boys ages 11 to 18 inclusive urged to attend with parents.
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Lorenzo
Lorenzo School
Gene Goben
Charles Griffin
Rural Service
Boy Scouts of America
Sidney Telegraph Tops Nebraska Non-Daily General Excellence Winners
The 93rd press convention honored eight Nebraska non daily newspapers with first and second in four classes. Sidney Telegraph led in the largest class published by Mary Jane Gottschalk and Jack H Lowe for a sixth time. Wayne Herald, Burt County Plaindealer, Bridgeport News Battle, Springfield Monitor, Wauneta Breeze, Comstock News and Springview Herald also earned top or second places, with bronze plaques for winners and framed certificates for runners up.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Lst
Sidney Telegraph
Mary Jane Gottschalk
Jack H. Lowe
Telegraph
Wayne Herald
J. Alan Cramer
South Dakota
Burt County
Plaindealer
Tekamah
al Zink
C. D. Beaver
Omaha World- Herald
Bill Lally
Bridgeport News-Battle
George Miller
Springfield Monitor
Wauneta
Jiggs
Bill Clapson
Wauneta Breeze
Comstock News
Edw
Avery Mullin
Potter Public School fills most staff for 1967 68 term
Superintendent A J Mason reports the Potter district has a near complete faculty for 1967 68 with only a guidance director outstanding. James Wheeler was hired as social studies instructor and basketball coach replacing Phil Cronk. Returning staff include Alan Combs principal and math, and multiple teachers across grades and subjects.
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Potter Public School
A. J. Mason
James Wheeler
Phil Cronk
Wheeler
Vona
Colo
Norma Mantley
Dix
Helen Winter
Bridgeport
Sioux Army
Ardis Smith
Potter
Helen Mundell
Lois Gustafson
Doris Craig
Bonnie Gibbins
Arline Ulrichson
Gladys Hathaway
Alan Combs
William Hicks
Harold Massie
Richard Marker
Mason
Herb Pabst
Leora Thies
Bob Howell
Kay Call
Alice Lee
Potter High Honor Roll list announced by Supt Mason
Potter High School announces honor roll standings for the fifth six weeks led by seniors Duke Anderson and Cary Spencer with top grades. The list includes multiple students across grades from freshmen to eighth, highlighting A and B averages and several with mixed marks.
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Potter High School
A. J. Mason
Duke Anderson
Cary Spencer
Mary Ann Hilpert
Peggy Slama
Kay Carlson
Dick Musil
Debbie Thurson
Ronald Kiel
Connie Benish
Dick Stull
Donna Aurich
Cathy Spencer
Rita Carlson
Billy Nish
Steve Walters
Robert Benzel
Patrice Herboldsheimer
Chevy Kehl
Richard Larson
Patricia Policky
Mirla Thies
Danny Nagengast
Duane Anderson
Vern Nelson
Jean Kiel
Paul Benish
Janet Larson
Jerel Walters
Susan Herboldsheimer
Cindy Juells
Daryl Meyer
Patti Vetter
Keven Gadeway
Wheat Growers Association Meeting Set For Apr 25
The Cheyenne County Wheat Growers Association will hold its regular meeting on Tuesday April 25 at 8 pm in the offices of the Wheatbelt Public Power District.
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Cheyenne County Wheat Growers Association
Wheatbelt Public Power District
Printing firm offers big and small jobs with fast delivery
The Sidney Telegraph advertises printing services for a range of jobs from large to small. It promises quality work and quick turnaround, highlighting dependable service for customers seeking rapid results.
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Sidney Telegraph
Earl Blanchard Dies Pioneer Cattle Producer
Earl G Blanchard 73 one of Nebraska leading Hereford cattle producers died Friday in Denver He started his herd in Saline County in 1908 Married Isabelle Krebs on June 11 1919 they lived near Friend for four years Moved to Oshkosh in 1923 Purchased Camp Clarke Ranch near Bridgeport in 1944 with daughter and son in law Survived by two daughters Helen Hursch Denver and Lindgren Bridgeport one sister and five grandchildren He served 12 years on the American Polled Hereford Association board Named to the Polled Hereford Hall of Fame in December 1966 Funeral services held in Oshkosh today.
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Oshkosh
Earl G. Blanchard
Nebraska
Denver
Blanchard
Saline County
Isabelle Krebs
Friend
Camp Clarke
Bridgeport
Carl Lindgren
Helen Hursch
Lindgren
Bessie Rule
American Polled Hereford Association
Services Tuesday For Mrs. Bourret
Mrs. Jennie Bourret 88 of Sidney and Kimball died at Memorial Hospital. A pioneer western Nebraskan, she helped homestead near Harrison in 1896 and belonged to Church of the Nativity. Survived by four children, two brothers, twelve grandchildren, twenty five great grandchildren. funeral Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Harrison church. Interment Harrison Cemetery. Memorial to Kimball County Hospital.
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Jennie Bourret
Sidney and
Kimball
Memorial Hospital
Harrison
Niobrara
Bourret
Church of the Nativity
Francis Bourret
Chadron
James L. Bourret
Rexroth and Snyder Lead District 4-H Public Speaking Winners
Rollie Rexroth representing Cheyenne County and Miss Holly Snyder of Keith County won top honors at the district 4-H Timely Topics Public Speaking contest in Bridgeport. Candi Radtke, Cheyenne County, earned a blue ribbon among 11 girls and four boys. District winners advance to the state competition during 4-H Club Week in June at Lincoln.
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Rollie Rexroth
Cheyenne County
Holly Snyder
Keith County
Bridgeport
Candi Radtke
Lincoln
State Award Winner General Excellence Contest Nebraska
Nebraska journalism circles celebrate winners in the State Award General Excellence Contest conferred by the Nebraska Press Association. Awards honor outstanding reporting, editing, and overall newsroom performance highlighting the state’s press corps.
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Nebraska Press Association
Frontier extends Nebraska air service to St Louis
Frontier Airlines announces new daily service from Nebraska to St Louis starting June 13. The expansion extends the morning Denver to Nebraska route to St Louis via Kansas City for central Nebraska cities including Scottsbluff North Platte Grand Island Lincoln and Omaha and adds southern cities McCook Kearney Hastings to connect through Kansas City to the 99 passenger Boeing 727 Arrow Jet.
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Denver-Nebraska
Frontier Airlines
St. Louis
Kansas City
Lewis W. Dymond
Denver
Grand Island
Lincoln
Omaha
Nebraska
McCook
Kearney
Hastings
Frontier
Printing needs ad from The Sidney Telegraph
An advertisement from The Sidney Telegraph promotes printing services at 83 Fifth Avenue offering local printing solutions.
Freedom Shares bonds offered with Series E bonds
The Treasury offers Freedom Shares as a bonus to Savings Bond buyers, available May 1 through payroll or Bond-a-Month plans. They yield about 4.74 percent to maturity in 4½ years, cost $20.25 per $25 face value, and can be purchased only with Series E Bonds within regular saving plans.
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Treasury Department
Freedom
H. G. Spearow
Cheyenne
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Kimball Library
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Potter High
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M.J.P. Nissen
Satintone
Satin Tone
Sale
Hoster
15Th & Quince
Burlington Tracks
Don Foxhoven
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