Mike Wilson Wins Fort Sidney Amateur Golf Title
Mike Wilson, 17, of Sidney captured the fifth Fort Sidney Amateur Golf tournament by one stroke, finishing 29 holes at four over par with a 112. Jim Roudebush of Scottsbluff and Bill Balling of Denver trailed closely, as divisions across seven flights crowned winners from Denver, Sidney, North Platte, Ogallala and beyond.
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Fort Sidney
Mike Wilson
Sidney
Young Wilson
Sidney High School
Hillside
Jimn Roudebush
Scottsbluff
Bil Ralling
Tin Branch
Denver
Dean Wilson
Mike
Tom
Bill McNaught
York
Ken Mangels
Warren Allen
Carl Faddis
Sidney Golferu
Chuck Ballngar
al Schneider
North Platte
George Kurkowski
Ogallala
Wayne Smith
Kimball
Carl Schwartzkopf
Gering
Bill Christ
Shrine Bowl Benefits Crippled Kids in 1969 Lincoln Game
The 1969 North-South Shrine Bowl raises funds for the Shrine Hospital for Crippled Children in Minneapolis. Sixty six all star players visited the hospital before the Memorial Stadium match, flying in on a Frontier 727 jet. John O Connell of the North team, likely a defensive starter, may also play quarterback. the Aug 23 game at Memorial Stadium Lincoln begins at 2 p.m.
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Shrine Hospital
Minneapolis
Memorial Stadium
Lincoln
Sidney
John O’connell
Jerry Akerman
Jerry
Johnny
Fremont
O’connell
Fish Movement Being Observed At Mace Lake
Movements of fish in Lake McConaughy are under study during August and September as part of a three year project by the Game Commission and the U S Bureau of Fisheries to assess commercial potential of rough fish and other Nebraska impoundments. Netting will mark and release fish to map movement patterns and later upstream spawning traps will help identify origin. Tagged channel catfish will receive colored tags and anglers are urged to return tags or contact officials. Boaters and fishermen should not tamper with nets.
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Lincoln
Lake
McConaughy
Big Lake
The
Game Commission
U.S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
Nebraska
North Platte River
Lewellen
North Platte
Baseball Board To Meet Soon
Fort Sidney American Legion Baseball announces a Board of Directors meeting on Thursday Aug 21 at 7 30 pm in the Sidney City Office Building. All directors and interested persons invited. The session will cover past season operations and future plans with financial reports on the past season.
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Fort Sidney
American Legion Baseball
Sidney City
Les McConnell
Hernandez Loses Close Contest With Griffith
In Sioux Falls a 10 round non-title bout saw Emile Griffith win a narrow decision over Art Hernandez of Omaha. A 45 minute purse hold raised crowd to about 1,000. Griffith weighed 151 pounds to Hernandez’s 156, with Griffith praising Hernandez as a top class opponent and hinting at Napoles as a possible future foe.
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Sioux Falls
Emile Griffith
Art Hernandez
Omaha
Hernandez
Sid~ney
Griffith
South Dakota
Him
Gil Clancy
Jose Napoles
Hunting Seasons Dates Set By Game Commission Hearing
Lincoln public hearing on upcoming hunting seasons will cover turkey waterfowl upland and small game. Commissioners will set bag limits possession limits permits and unit openings for pheasants quail grouse cottontail squirrel waterfowl and turkey. Lottery based permit draws begin August 22 with later periods for residents and non-residents. opening dates set include grouse September 20 and turkey October 25.
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Lincoln
The
Game Commission
Senate
State Capitol
Turkey
Bonus Scaup Season Possible for Scaup Duck Hunters
The Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife recommends a special 16 day scaup season in Atlantic Mississippi and Central Flyways with a daily bag of five and possession limit of 10. Proposed dates and limits vary by flyway including Central and Mississippi options for ducks geese and other waterfowl totaling a 2.167 million mallards quota nationwide without upsetting population balance.
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Washington
Atlantic
Mississippi
Central
Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlire
Bureau
John Gottschalk
Louisiana
Nebraska Birding and Angling Notes Highlight State Record Bass
Nebraska prairie chickens and sharp tailed grouse are seen on grassy hills enjoying the breeze. Rex Tovera of Brewster Kansas holds Nebraska's state record striped bass, a four pound fish caught at Lake McConaughy on August 5 1969.
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Nebraska
Rex Tovera
Brewster
Kan
Tovera
Lake McConaughy
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John Clarkson
Larry Pippitt
Ron Detlessen
North
Abe Leninger
Larry Wilcox
Jim Roudebush
Bill Balling
Telegraph
Will
Sidney High
Suzie Thompson
Kathy Loewe
Barb Abrams
Rhonda Peetz
Kathy Wright
Joyce Foland
Yellebelles
Lincoln High
Belden
Soap Box Derby
Bradlee Belden
Akron
Ohio
Tom Kokjer
Chevrolet
Bradlee
Ben Belden
Benna Belden
Chuck Connoers
Hugh O’brian
Noel Harrison
Mark Slade
Lorne Green
Scaup
Oliver Farm Machinery
Foland
Mach
Forrest - Sidney
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