Uni Chiefs See Sidney Ag Station Visit by Nebrska Regents to High Plains Station
Four Nebraska University Board of Regents members led by President Dick Adking visited Sidney to tour the High Plains Agricultural Research Station northwest of town. The group, joined by university officials, examined dry land cropping studies and lab work, met local leaders at lunch, and planned to depart for Lincoln after about two hours.
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Nebraska University Board of Regents
Sidney
Western Nebraska
Scottsbluff
Alliance
Dick Adking
Dick Herman
Omaha
Robert Raun
Mineden
Ed Scwartzkopf
Lincoln
Jack Eliott
Bln. Greenburg
York
High Plains Agricultural Research Station
Town
University of Nebraska, College of Agriculture
Gerald Moline
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Red Barons
Merk Hobson
G. Robert Ross
Joseph Shosnik
All Out State University
Cecil Wattson
Medical College
E.F. Frolik
College of Agriculture and Home Economics
George Round
Hobson
Nebraska
Regents
Experiment Station
Charles Fenster
Scotts Bluff
Moline
Ray Cruise
University OF Nebraska Board of Regents
Gromleft
University
Dick Adkins
Board of Regents
Ed Schwartzkopf
Rob Raun
Minden
Interstate 80 signing contract awarded for Big Springs to Paxton
The Department of Roads contracted highway signing on Interstate 80 from Big Springs to Paxton to V.C. Wrenn and Son Company, Inc. of Grand Island. The award names the firms and places the project under state roadwork.
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Big Springs
Department of Roads
Paxton
V.C. Wrenn and Son Company, Inc
Grand Island
Firemen Praised For Good Record In Sidney
The city council lauded Sidney Volunteer Fire Dept for its competition success in regional tournaments and requested a letter of appreciation. The latest win came about ten days ago at Bayard. A new library trustee, Leonard Fine, was appointed to a five year term, replacing J H McNish who declined reappointment. The council postponed gas-rate talks with Kansas Nebraska Natural Gas Co until July 25 due to the city attorney being unavailable, noting a wide gap on rate structure.
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Sidney
Bayard
Library Board
Leonard Fine
J.H. McNish
Fine
Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Co
L.M. Clinton
Police investigate two car crash in Sidney
Sidney Police probed a two car crash Tuesday on 13th to 14th Avenues. John Brotherson of 731 Linden attempted to exit a parking space and struck a parked auto owned by Thelma Spackman of Casper Wyoming. About 135 dollars damage was done to the Spackman vehicle. the other car had no damage.
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Sidney
Finois
14Th Avenues
John Brotherson
Linden
Thelma Spackman
Casper
Wyo
Spackman
Sidney Municipal
Safeway
John Baudek
Panhandle Weather Forecast With Warm Temperatures Ahead
The Panhandle forecast calls for fair skies this afternoon tonight and Thursday with northwesterly winds 15 to 25 mph. Highs near 80s today, lows around 50, Thursday highs around 90. Rain chances near zero. Five day outlook shows temperatures a few degrees above normal through Monday, warmer late week and cooler early next week. Highs 85 to 95, lows 55 to 65 with scattered showers and thunderstorms the period.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Break In Hot Spell Arrives At 8 30 This Morning
A cool air mass arrived overnight bringing 66 degrees in Sidney and winds that hint at a front behind the first cool spell. Official highs reached 106 in western Nebraska with 108 unconfirmed in the Panhandle. Ogallala logged 107 Friday afternoon as hot winds affected crops and people, while Cheyenne County Fair held steady with carnival income as a major factor.
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Panhandle
Ogallala
Cheyenne County
Calf Sale Tops Market by Three Dollars Per Cwt
Reeves auctioned livestock at the annual 4 H Livestock Sale during fair week. Calves averaged 3.00 cwt above market with a Grand Champion at 49 per cwt and a Reserve at 45. Bank clerks reported 98 calves sold for 30,712.92 total, 33.63 cwt average. Hogs of seven head averaged 32.72 cwt, lambs 37.68 cwt across 28 head.
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Reeves
American National Bank
Nebraska Oil and Gas Commission holds hearings on unorthodox drill sites
The Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission schedules hearings for August 26 on special-allowance drilling in Cheyenne and Richardson counties. Marathon Oil seeks an unorthodox Cheyenne site in Sec 35 15 49. Ambage Field and Barada Field in Richardson County involve Barada Sec 36 3 16 and Ambage Sec 29 14 52. New fields named Becky in Cheyenne and Upland in Banner, Basin in Kimball, with discovery wells Nos. 1 Ladine GE NW 32-16-50, Nos. 13 Terman GW SW 29-14-52, Nos. 1 Wyatt C WW NW 35-19-56, Nos. 1 Sehmid GW NW 26-16-57. Known producing limits extended in Sand Creek Endo Hale Fields in Cheyenne. Abandoned No. 1 Hetrick in Dawes. will drill No. 1 Ben Heckman in Dawes.
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Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Cheyenne
Richardson
Marathon Oil Co
Sec
Stahl Petroleum Co
Richardson County
Barada
Cheyenne County
Becky
Ambage
Banner County
Upland Field
Kimball County
Basin Field
Sand Creek
Endo
Hale Fields
G. S. Campbell and
Brinkerhoff Drilling Co
Dawes County
Hetrick
Ben Heckman
No. 1 Cowboy Hero Wheat灾age in Panhandle Nebraska crops
A weather system with two June freezes sharply reduced Panhandle winter wheat yields this year. Across eleven counties the crop fell from hopeful early estimates of 18 million bushels to just under 15 million, with losses ranging up to four million bushels. Deuel Cheyenne counties held higher averages while Kimball Banner Box Butte suffered severe damage.
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Nebraska Panhandle
Panhandle
Kimball
Banner
Box Butte
Deuel
Cheyenne
Cheyenne County
Sheridan
Dawes
Garden
Morrill
Scotts Bluff
Sioux
Devel
Devel County
County Fair Sets New Mark For Attendance and Quality
The 1969 Cheyenne County Fair drew large crowds despite heat, with about 4,000 fed at a Sunday barbecue and 6,000 at the rodeo grandstand. Monday rodeo and Thrill Show each drew 4,000, and a Thrill Show ended the fair Tuesday. Exhibits were strong, merchants space mostly filled, and a nearly $12,000 rodeo purse set a record amid 235 Cow boys.
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County Fair
Cheyenne County
Fair Board
Stewart Brown
Merchants Building
Sterling, Colo
Cheyenne County Fair
Logan County Fair
Sterling
Mr. Brown
Tourist Autos In Sideswiping Mishap Monday
A sideswiping collision on the overpass east of Sidney Monday at 7:15 a.m. caused heavy damage but no injuries. Westbound 1964 Chevrolet driven by Ancil Davis, 43, Des Moines Iowa, and eastbound 1966 Plymouth driven by Jerry Crews, 26, Merced California, sustained $850 total damage. both cars were drivable after repairs.
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Sidney
Max Ibach
Nebraska State Patrol
Ancil Davis
Des Moines
Iowa
Jerry Crews
Merced
Calif
Antique Cars Shine in Cheyenne County Parade
A large turnout of antique cars, dating from 1898 to 1937, drew cheers at the Cheyenne County Fair parade. Ninety percent were driven by Trailblazers Antique Car Club members, with Dan Binger and Earl Cheney among those traveling long distances to display restored classics.
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Cheyenne County Fair
Trailblazers Antique Car Club
Dan Binger
Cheyenne
Earl Cheney
Haxton
Cole
Ervin Fischer
Acreage Cut In Wheat Program For 1970 Announced
The Nixon administration announces a 12 percent reduction in wheat acreage allotments for 1970 to 45.5 million acres, the smallest on record, to curb rising surpluses. Cheyenne County could lose 16,703 acres and the Nebraska Panhandle 74,428 acres if an across-the-board cut occurs. Exports lag, with 542 million bushels shipped to June 30, and carryover rising to 811 million bushels.
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Nixon
Clifford M. Hardin
Cheyenne County
Nebraska Panhandle
U. S
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