Parades and Events Begin as Cheyenne County Fair Opens
The Cheyenne County Fair starts with 70 parade entries, exhibits, rides, and concessions. Fair Board members, judges, 4-H workers, and exhibitors worked long hours setting up before today’s open class horse show and cattle judging. The parade runs at 10 am along Jackson Street with judges and announcers named, as the fair traces its 86 year history from Farmers Days to a 4-H dominated showcase. The rodeo, horse racing, and 4-H contests fill the weekend schedule, culminating in Monday’s livestock show and tractor pulling contests.
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Cheyenne County Fair
Justin Tubb
Jackson St
21St Ave
8Th Ave
Fair Board
Chuck Lafler
Stewart Brown
Emmett Clark
Madline Aufdengarten
Jean Kelley
Kay McCumber
Wes Jensen
Sidney Telegraph
Cheyenne County
Gering
North Platte
Sterling
Rodeo Cowboys Association
The
Potter Barbeque Committee
All County Lions Clubs
Sidney Residents See Tax Levy Cut Amid Valuation Rise
County Assessor Ed Swanson reports higher property valuations for Sidney Cheyenne County and School District No 1. Unofficial figures show the combined levy around 937 mills, down from 975 last year, with school district cuts offset by new community college funding and district increments.
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Sidney
Ed Swanson
Robert Hossle
Cheyenne County
Educational Service Unit
Natural Resource District
County Ambulance
Community College
Deuel County
Hossle
Ed Prince
Hessle
Swanson
Julie Nixon Eisenhower Leaves Alliance Airport for Florida
Julie Nixon Eisenhower departed Alliance Municipal Airport around 5 30 p m Thursday after an overnight stay at Deer Creek Ranch near Gordon. Two Lockheed Jetstar aircraft refueled earlier, and a car carrying Mrs Eisenhower arrived at 5 30 p m with security tight as she boarded the plane bound for Florida.
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Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Alliance Municipal
Robert Milligan
Deer Creek Ranch
Gordon
Don Brown
Don's Air Service
Nixon
Dix Man Treated In Kimball Crash
Max Wurdeman of Dix received head injury treatment at Kimball County Hospital after a bus car collision in Kimball. He was released. no other injuries reported. Wurdeman was a passenger in a car driven by Donald Mahaffey of Kimball. the Greyhound bus was turning onto 1st Street from Elm, driven by William E. Lairent of Cheyenne.
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Max Wurdeman
Dix
Kimball County Hospital
Kimball
Wurdeman
Donald Mahaffey
1St
Greyhound
Elm William E. Lairent
Cheyenne
Trails pickup rescheduled for Sidney High students
Sidney High School announces another chance for students to pick up the TRAILS yearbooks on Saturday from 8 to 10 a.m. and after the Cheyenne County Fair Parade until 1 p.m. Yearbook sponsor Linda E. Janssen says 232 yearbooks were picked up Wednesday and 35 remain available for purchase.
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Sidney High School
Cheyenne County
Taxable Retail Sales Up In Mid Year Nebraska
The University of Nebraska Lincoln report shows Nebraska's dollar volume rising from April to May driven by higher farm marketings and price increases. May 1973 over May 1972 saw a 16.1 percent dollar rise while nonagriculture sectors gained 10.9 percent in dollar volume.
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Nebraska
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Cheyenne
Devel, and
Kimball
Bureau of Business Research
Crash near Chadron Claims Two Lives
A one car crash about 1.2 miles south of Chadron on Route 385 killed Doris E. McClelland 53 of Pinehurst Idaho and Virginia May McFadden 54 of Hot Springs South Dakota. State Trooper Morris McKillip identified the victims late Thursday night.
Wheat price steadiness amid rising world demand and export outlook
Ray Davis of Potter argues high world demand and a limited U S supply will keep prices steady after recent gains. He notes methodical exports drive the U S balance of trade, while USDA data shows large contracted wheat for 1973-74. US policy avoids export controls unless critical shortages arise.
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Davis
McCook
USDA
Sidney Public Schools Pre School Registration Schedule
Registration begins Monday August 20 and runs through Tuesday. Pre registered students may pick up schedules Monday for certain grades, with new students to register Tuesday. Elementary and ward changes register Monday or Tuesday in the Principals office. assignment depends on class size.
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Sidney Public School
Sidney Public Schools
Sidney
Tedesco Named To Oil Council
Lincoln Governor J James Exon announced the appointment of Donald Tedesco of Sidney and Bill Whitaker of Kimball to the Interstate Oil Compact Commission. They replace Frank Barrett and J. J. England, who recently relocated from Nebraska.
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Lincoln - Gov
James Exon
Bill Whitaker
Kimball
Donald Tedesco
Sidney
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Frank Barrett
J. J. England
Nebraska
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R.C.A
St. Patrick's High School
RCA
Julie
Panhandle
Alliance
Dix Man
Jeff Cook
Parkview
Cook
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Potter Barbeque Club
Fairgrounds
Clif Herboldsheimer
Telegraph
David Hendee
Ray Davis
National Association of Wheat Growers
U.S
North Dakota
Agriculture Secretar Buzz
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
NAWG
Extension Service
USD
Rapid City
Pendleton
Ore
Tedesco
Oil Council
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