Cheyenne County Fair Opens With Judging and Grandstand Debut
The 1972 Cheyenne County Fair kicks off with judging for 4-H horse show entries and exhibits, live entertainment, and a rodeo slated for the weekend. Stonewall Jackson opens the grandstand, parade draws 60 plus entries, and over 200 stock head for the rodeo with purses reaching up to $14,000 in past years.
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Fair Board
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Stonewall Jackson
Cheyenne County Fair
Jack Bruns
Sidney High School
Jackson St
Cheyenne County Court House
Jackson
Sidney Federal Savings and Loan
VFW
the Fair Board
Cheyenne County Commissioners
American National Bank
Sidney National Bank
R.C
Fair Office
Loring Tobler
Loring
St Patrick's Auditorium
Curtis Routh
Chappell
A. A. Fenske
Christi Deaver
Dahlia
Lois Holt
Fran Bremer
Christy Husmann
Brundt
Wheatbelt Organizes 10000-Cattle Feedlot Near Oshkosh
A new commercial feedlot five miles west of Oshkosh on Highway 27 is under construction. Led by the Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce and Wheatbelt Public Power District, the yard aims to feed 4 000 head initially with plans to handle 10 000 cattle eventually. Roy Weborg of Pender will manage operations, with local farmers urged to participate. the facility includes silage feeding, local feed buying, planned irrigation use, and hold ponds for ecological safeguards. Ten workers plus a bookkeeper are projected as staff.
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Oshkosh
Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce and Wheatbelt Public Power District
Louis Dinklage
Roy Weborg
Pender
Weborgs
Garden County
Gene Lienemann
Sidney
Wheatbelt
Partners
Weborg
Chadron Plans Courses Here in Sidney This Fall
Chadron State College will offer two off campus courses in Sidney at Sidney Junior High School on Wednesday nights. Dr. Roger Wess will teach elementary school curriculum and Robert Doxtator will teach humanities. Organizational meetings are set for Sept 15 at 7 p.m. The education course requires a bachelor's degree. humanities is open to high school graduates. Each course offers three credits.
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Sidney
Chadron State College
Sidney Police Report Fatal Accident Noted
One accident reported by Sidney Police since Tuesday. Marie Brennan of Sidney rear ended a car as she attempted to pass after stopping for a light at Illinois and 1st. Damages listed as 150 dollars for Carolyn L Garcia of Bronx NY and 25 dollars for Brennan’s vehicle.
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Sidney
Marie Brennan
Illnnis
Carolyn L Garcia
Bronx
Brennan
Safeplay Manufacturing Co. Sees Sales Jump and Expansion
Safeplay Manufacturing Co. reports sales of 194000 in the year ending June 30, up from 96000 the prior year. The Sidney company projects 350000 in the next year and plans remodeling of additional facilities starting Oct. 16. Ruth Spieker and Richard Fix join the board as officers stay in place. The focus is on power cushion mouth guards with strong market reception.
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Safeplay Manufacturing Co
Lee Spieker
Ruth Spieker
Richard Fix
Robert Fuller
J.H. McNish
Carl Cornelius
Arlo Jones
Robert Decker
Ed Bauman
Spieker
Jones
Quality Lower Lincoln Winter Wheat Output Seen
The AP reports the current winter wheat crop in Lincoln shows lower quality than last year with test weight averaging 60.8 pounds per bushel, down 0.2 from the prior year per the Division of Agricultural Statistics on Thursday.
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Lincoln
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Big Bid-Letting Includes Two More Local I-80 Legs
The largest bid letting in years for Interstate 80 work in Cheyenne County totals 142 million dollars with bids below the 163 million estimate. Projects include Sand to Sidney and Potter to Brownson segments with openings planned through 1974 and the East Sidney Interchange letting set for November. Missouri Valley Construction and Beatrice Construction led local bids on grading paving bridges and guard rails across 90 miles from Potter to Brownson and the Sidney to Sund segment.
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Cheyenne County
Thomas Doyle
Department of Roads
Sand To
Sidney
Potter To
Brownson
DOR
Panhandle
Lodgepole Sund
Kimball-Potter
East Sidney
Missouri River
Omaha
Potter
Missouri Valley Construction Co
Grand Island
Gabions
Paul D Robinson Inc
Oshkosh
Beatrice Construction Co
I-80
Sunol
Sund
Pavement
Western Contracting Corp
Sioux City
Iowa
Hill’s Sand and Gravel Co
Polk
Cheyenne County Farmers Learn Details of Wheat Program
Cheyenne County farmers receive notices detailing the 1973 wheat program including domestic allotments of 53,079.8 acres across 1,323 farm units and options for additional set aside. Producers must set aside 86 percent of their allotment to earn certificate payments and may opt for an extra set aside up to 150 percent with 88 cents per bushel payment, subject to 1972 acreage and a production cap.
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Cheyenne County
Ray Davis
Commodity Credit Corporation
Davis
ASC
ASCS
Drilling Pace Maintained Amid Nebraska Production Lull
Six new drilling permits were issued in the past week across Nebraska, with four in Cheyenne County. Enbrook Oil and Gas Co. holds three Cheyenne sites including the No 2 B-2 State well. others include wildcats No 1 Schmitt and No 1 Lillian Johnson. Additional activity spans Morrill Red Willow and Banner counties with various operators. A remote Keya Paha wildcat was abandoned and two Lincoln County tests ended. As of August 15, about 200 rigs were active in the Rocky Mountain region.
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Nebraska
Cheyenne County
Enbrook Oil and Gas Co., Inc
Margate
Sidney
Schmitt
CSW
Lillian Johnson
O'Connell
Arthur E. Clark
Skyline Oil Co
Ray Jacoby
Fleming
C-Nw
Gear Drilling Co
B-W Drilling Co
Enbrook
Banner Drilling Co
Mountain Petroleum, Ltd
Morrill County
Rhoades
Ben J. Taylor
Remington
Midway
Red Willow County
Stoeppelworth Drilling Co
Keya Paha
Lincoln County
Murfin Drilling Co
Sinai Petroleum Co
Banner County
van Pelt
Oil-Gas Commission
Sundance Oil Co
Eckert
Tom Jordan
Rogers
Gemini Corp
Red Willow
Quigley
Rocky Mountain
Petroleum Information
Steering Group Set Up Proceeds in Panhandle Vocational Plan
Western Nebraska Technical College president Merle Rudebusch advances a steering committee to study SB 759 and push county commissioners to form a Western Nebraska Community Colleges District. About 30 representatives from six Panhandle counties and two eastern counties met in Alliance to appoint interim delegates and plan a Sept 7 organizing session.
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Western Nebraska Technical College
Merle Rudebusch
Panhandle
Alliance
Western Nebraska
Rudebusch
Western Nebraska Community Colleges
Cheyenne
Kimball
Scotts Bluff
Morrill
Box Bute
Dawes
Cherry
Grant
Community College
Aaron Harman
Cheyenne County
Dawson County Drops Charge Against Jurgens
Dawson County attorney Willard Weinholdt said misdemeanor charges of motor vehicle homicide against Jerry B. Jurgens will be dismissed after an July 25 accident near Gothenburg killed Thomas A. Chromy, 19, of Morse Bluff. A source close to the case cited an unmarked sharp curve as a likely cause, with Jurgens’ driving not violating state law.
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Jerry B. Jurgens
Gothenburg
Morse Bluff
Dawson County
Willard Weinholdt
Sidney Telegraph
Jurgens
Mediately
Thomas A. Chromy
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Spice
Span
Diane Peters
Joey
Earl Anderson
Eugene Pelster
Herb Hruska Jr
Roy Vick
Dalton
Chadron
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