Dalton Second Sidney Third In Fire Tourney
Dalton and Sidney finished second and third behind Bridgeport in the North Platte Valley Fire Tournament in Bridgeport. Bridgeport swept several events, upset Cheyenne County teams, and set a 20.4 record by Sidney in the cellar event after Dalton led early with two wins before fading in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Sidney
Gurley
Bridgeport
Cheyenne County
Gering
Chadron
Scottsbluff
Minatare
Mitchell
Ted Bules
Wayne Russell
Telegraph
Mike Hartzler
Steers and Heifers Set Omaha Market Record Prices
Record prices were paid for steers and heifers on the Omaha market today. Steers topped at 55.00 with seven loads at the top, while heifers peaked at 53.00, according to the Associated Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Associated Press
County to open bids for sheriff cars and hear reports
Cheyenne County commissioners will consider using 185 722 dollars in revenue sharing for 1973 74 and open bids for three new sheriff cars at the regular meeting Tuesday. They will also hear the county fair annual report veterans service office quarterly report and consider several correspondence items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Sheriff's Department
Veterans Service Office
Panhandle Mental Health Center
Chamber Plans End of Interstate 80 Dedication Events
County officials met in Lodgepole to map dedication ceremonies for the completion of Interstate 80 in fall 1974. Cheyenne County Chamber leaders and local officials discussed invitations to governors, Highway Patrol, contractors, state legislators, and trucking firms, with plans to coordinate with Cheyenne, Deuel, and Kimball counties and arrange a Sidney visit by Governor Exon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodgepole
State Highway Department
E. K. Yanney
Thomas Dorwart
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Aaron Harman
Prone
Chamber
Bill Meusberger
Transportation
Doug Reetz
Sidney
John Gottschalk
Edward Bauman
Gene Lienemann
Clarence Kripal
Robert Hossie
Ed Cole
John Schneider
Cheyenne
Toca
Devel
Kimball
Interstate Highway Commission
Yanney, Dorwart and
Cole
California man dies after Cheyenne County collision
A 73 year old California man died from injuries from a one vehicle crash July 20 near Sidney Nebraska. Larence Nowell of Palisades California was driving a pickup with a camper top pulling a boat when the vehicle left U S Highway 30 six miles west of Sidney. The crash caused about 25000 in damage to the boat camper and pickup. Nowell was treated at Memorial Hospital Sidney for head lacerations then hospitalized in Cheyenne after an apparent stroke.
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California
Cheyenne County
Nebraska State Patrol
Larence Nowell
Palisades
Calif
U.S. Highway 30
Sidney
Nowell
Memorial Hospital
Cheyenne
Two Accidents Reported on I 80 and US 30
A Denton Texas man, William G Defoore 24, fell asleep at the wheel near Bushnell on Interstate 80 and rolled his 1973 Volkswagen causing $1,200 damage, without injuries. Later on US 30 near Sidney a rear collision involved two 1968 Chevrolet trucks towing trailers and combines. drivers Randall L Barnes 18 Courtenay North Dakota and Vernon R Ross 18 Claflin Kansas were uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton, Tex
Barrow Pit
Bushnell
Interstate 80
Nebraska State Patrol
William G . Defoore
Sidney
U.S 30
Randall L Barnes
Courtenay
N.D
Vernon R. Ross
Claflin
Kan
Wheat Soars to All Time High as Export Demand Shines
Wheat closes at 4.04 a bushel on the Chicago Board of Trade, marking a sixth consecutive limit up amid strong export demand. Cash wheat in Sidney runs 3.75, Sterling elevators pay 3.55, with buyers including China, Colombia, Morocco, Argentina. Local harvests finish in southern Panhandle while Cheyenne County yields fade in context of high prices.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Sidney
Sterling
Colo
John Santomaso
Rb&h
China
Columbia
Moroco
Agentina
U.S
Santomaso
Cheyenne County
City Council Awards Bids I 80 Interchange Water Sewer Casing
The City Council held a special meeting today at 1 pm to award bids for water and sewer casing at the southeast I 80 interchange and to accept a grant exceeding $5,000 from the Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice to hire an extra dispatcher for the police department. Bid results were not available at press time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Commission On Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice
County Road Closure Near Mayfair Station for I-80 Work
County road south of the Mayfair Service Station will be closed today to allow grading for the Interstate 80 roadbed, announced by County Highway Superintendent F. B. Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Thompson
Manuel Dominguez
Mayfair
Boardings Rise as Sidney Airport Sees Clear Skies Ahead
Frontier Airlines serves Sidney with four daily flights averaging near seven passengers as boardings rise since January. New Beechcraft 99s and Twin Otter schedule boost, with security upgrades and fencing funded by a 59 cent per ticket surcharge to offset costs. City officials stress safety improvements over hardware fixes amid FAA requirements.
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Sidney Municipal Airport
Sidney
Dale Kindred
Frontier Airlines
Frontier
Kindred
Lloyd Carr
Carr
Overland Air Service
Ed Prince
Federal Aviation Agency
Prince Said
Barbara Frem Cheyenne County Rodeo Queen Heads Nebraska Circuit
Barbara Frem, Cheyenne County Rodeo Queen, will compete in Miss Rodeo Nebraska at Burwell midweek with judging on perseverance personality appearance and horsemanship. She aims for Miss Rodeo America in Las Vegas and will promote Cheyenne County Fair and Rodeo through parades and public appearances while wearing her banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Barbara
Bebbi” Frem
Burwell
Perse
Las Vegas
Marcy Bauman
Ogallala
Sterling
Colo
Miss Fromt
Trailblazers 4-H Club
Bud From
Lodgepole
Bobbie
Duis-Wright
Compromise Farm Bill Forwarded To Nixon
Congress passed a compromise farm bill with new price support concepts and food stamp provisions. Nixon expected to sign. Target prices set for 1974 75. payments offset market drops. annual farmer limit lowered. wheat cotton corn figures included. Food stamp changes extend program four years with semi annual COLA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Nixon
Senate House
Senate
Partsch Heads Press Group's West Division
Partsch, editor of The Sidney Telegraph, elected president of the Nebraska Press Association's western division at the midsummer meeting in Ogallala. James Kirkman named vice president. Ed Sykes and others noted. 1974 midsummer meeting will be held in Sidney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Partsch
Sidney Telegraph
Nebraska Press Association
Ogallala
Ed Sykes
Western Outlook
James Kirkman
North Platte Telegraph
Lake McConaughy
Joe Alverson
Cozad
Keith Kemper
Alliance
Dee Hull
Chadron
Dick Fleming
University of Nebraska In
Lincoln
Partsch
Sidney
Train Accident Claims Two Union Pacific Workers
Two Union Pacific Railroad workers Kenny Meerkatz 28 of Polk Nebraska and Junior Pinto 51 of Schinle Arizona were killed when struck by a westbound freight train about three miles east of Potter. The men were cleaning a site for new rails as the locomotive approached a sharp curve at Buffalo Bend and blew its horn. The bodies were taken to Sidney for autopsy.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Potter
Kenny Meerkatz
Polk, Neb
Junior Pinto
Schinle
Arizona
Buffalo Bend
Omaha
Sidney
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Commission of Aging
The
Resource Conservation Development and Planning Council
Bruce Juelfs
Juelfs Grain Co
Panhandle
West Kimball County
Flight Service Outlook
Transportation Department
FAA
Sidney Municpal
Press Group
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