Pre-Fair Events Continue at St Patrick's High School
Pre-Fair schedule shows home economics judging on Friday with advanced clothing judging and comments by entrants. The 4-1 Homeliving Tour was canceled with exhibitors entering items in regular fair. The 4-1 Song Contest attracts more groups and will be heard tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the St Patrick's High School Auditorium. Style Revue judging and 4-H clothing entries begin Wednesday at 8 a.m. with fair entry day Thursday 8 a.m. to 12 noon and judging afterward.
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St. Patrick's High School
St. Patrick’s Fair
Nebraska crops give hopeful corn outlook amid delayed planting
USDA estimates show Nebraska corn near record yield at about 90 bushels per acre with 5.1 million acres planted and total production around 459 million bushels despite weather delays. Winter wheat yields are seen at 37 bushels per acre with total wheat about 94.6 million bushels, far below past 100‑million plus years.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
US Department of Agriculture
USDA
James Tippett
Federal-State Bureau of Agricultural Statistics
Yanney Urges Students to Solve Nation's Problems at Chadron
E K Yanney president of First State Bank Lodgepole tells Chadron State College graduates 114 that new thinking is needed to tackle national issues. He urges beyond 9 to 5 work and notes his Distinguished Service Award for public service and impact on Nebraska education.
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E K. Yanney
First State Bank
Lodgepole
Yanney
Chadron State College
Chardon State
Nebraska Education
Kearney State College
Banking School
University of Colorado
Institute For Financial Management
Graduate School of Business
Harvard University
Graduate School of Banking
Rutgers University
Nebraska State Colleges
Western Nebraska Bank Auditors and Comptrollers
Edwin C. Nelson
F.K. Yanney
Volunteer Wheat Destroyed Over Mosaic Carrier Threat
The High Plains Experiment Station warns all volunteer wheat exposed to hail damage should be destroyed promptly due to wheat streak mosaic carried by the wheat curl mite detected in local volunteer fields. Nebraska Extension speakers at Fall Field Day stressed field management to expand livestock feed crops like sorghum and millet and to improve pastures with new grass varieties for Western Nebraska.
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John Weighing
High Plains
Weighing
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Agricultural Extension Service
High Plains Agricultural Laboratory
Don Burzaloff
Nebraska
Buralaff
Panhandle
Burzlaff
Paul Guyer
Scotts Bluffs
North Platte
Guyer
L.C. Newell
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Newell
Lincoln
Lyon
Sidney
Corad
Sidney Telegraph Nears Centennial Birthday
The Sidney Telegraph marks 98 years of publication and will reach 100 in August 1973. Publisher John Gottschalk says centennial activities will be planned in the next year, including a special edition and community events for the 1973 74 publication year.
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Sidney Telegraph
Nebraska
Telegraph
John Gottschalk
Sidney shows large retail sales jump in May
UNL Bureau of Business Research reports May retail sales up from a year earlier with dollar volume rising 13 percent and physical volume up 7.4 percent. Growth driven by a 49 percent surge in construction. state consumer prices up 3.2 percent. Regional gains vary, Sidney and Kimball up 177 and Scottsbluff 111 percent respectively.
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Lincoln
Neb
University of Nebraska- Lincoln
UNL Bureau of Business Research
Omaha
South Sioux City
Nebraska City
Fremont
West Point
Falls City
Seward
York
Columbus
Norfolk
Grand Island
Hastings
Beatrice
Kearney
Lexington
Holdrege
North Platte
Ogallala
McCook
Sidney
Kimball
Scottsbluff
Alliance
Chadron
O'Neill
Hartington
Broken Bow
Panhandle Weather Outlook Hints Hot, Showers Likely
Forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies and hot temperatures through Tuesday with a 20 percent chance of scattered thundershowers this afternoon tonight and Tuesday. Highs mid to upper 90s, lows 60s, extended outlook shows mid 80s by mid week and a slight cooling trend with more showers possible over parts of the state.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Sidney Council Eyes Paving Bids and Liquor Licenses
The Sidney City Council meets at 7 30 p m to open bids for four paving districts and four smaller projects exceeding 100 000, consider a Dorwart Addition sewer line, two liquor license matters, a public hearing for Charles L Liess package license, and hearing date for Leroy L and Betty L Hadden on sale beer license.
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Sidney
Dorwart
Charles L. Liess
Moecker
Discount
Leroy L
Betty L. Hadden
Carl Christ Coast Co
Library Board
Panhandle Wheat Output Seen Near 27.7 Million Bushels
A Panhandle survey estimates 1972 wheat production in 11 counties will dip slightly from last year's record with about 27.7 million bushels. Poor harvest conditions, scattered hail, and set aside program effects contribute to the forecast, while prices rise and state totals show mixed county outcomes.
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Jennifer Scott
Panhandle
Cheyenne County
Airfare Hikes Approved. Frontier Sees Tiny Effect
The Civil Aeronautics Board approved domestic fare increases up to 27 percent with airlines preparing new tariffs. Frontier Airlines cites a negligible impact on sales while planning to raise prices amid a weak industry economy.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
CAB
Frontier Airlines
Nebraska
Raymond Chanaud
Powers Buys Western Auto Store in Millard
Harold and Colleen Powers of Millard purchase the Sidney Western Auto Associate store from Dick and June Putnam. The couple will run the business together and take over on a tentative Tuesday changeover. They have two children, Tom and Rhonda, with Powers previously working in Omaha and eastern Nebraska, most recently at Tractor Supply Co.
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Sidney Western Auto Associate
Harold and
Colleeen Powers
Millard
June Putnam
Powers
Tom
Rhonda
Nine Powers
Iowa
Omaha
Nebraska
The
Tractor Supply Co
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