Cheyenne County Fair crowns champions amid clear skies
The Cheyenne County Fair wrapped a weekend of exhibits rides and a parade with an 8 pm auto thrill show. Scott Bondegard’s Grand Champion steer sold for 63 a hundred pounds to Tri-State Supply, with Don Nielsen’s Reserve Champion steer bought by Potter Co-Op Grain Co. for 50, and Kent Tobler’s heifer bought by Tri-State for 38. Phil Lyne won best all around cowboy as 19 states and Canada contested a 10180 purse.
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Cheyenne County Fair
Scott Bondegard
Tri-State
Don Nielsen
Potter Co-Op Grain Co
Deckers Market
Gary Tobler
Kent Tobler
Susan Nielsen
Sidney National Bank
Phil Lyne
Canada
Loring Tobler
Cheyenne County Posts Strong Retail Gains and High Index
A Sales Management study shows Cheyenne County exceeding national norms with 22.9 million in retail sales for the year, up from 20.3 million. Residents earned 44.6 million after taxes, or 12 380 per household, and the county carries an index of sales activity at 108, eight points above the national average.
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Cheyenne County
United States
Collections Of Fuel Tax Rise In July
Lincoln AP Motor fuel tax receipts for July set a state record at 7.603 million dollars, surpassing August 1973. For year to date the tax is up 6.9 percent over the first seven months of 1971. Total road travel rose 8.1 percent from a year ago, with July daily traffic averaging 1.971 million miles.
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Lincoln
State Roads Department
Rural proposal sent to Nixon aims to revitalize small towns
The Senate sent to President Nixon a rural development bill by 73 to 0 vote. It would cost about 400 million dollars annually for grants to towns under 10 000 and some up to 50 000 for projects like pollution control industrial parks water and sewer plants and rural research. It would raise Agriculture Credit Insurance Fund loans from 100 million to 500 million for development.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
America
Agriculture Credit Insurance Fund
City Facelift Plan Pushed by Cheyenne County Chamber
Ed Cole announces a downtown facelifting program aiming to recondition brick storefronts and highlight architectural features. A 7:30 pm Wednesday meeting at Fort Sidney Motor Hotel will show a Nebraska Public Power District film and urge merchants and residents to participate across the county.
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Ed Cole
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Cole
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Nebraska Public Power District
Red Oak
Iowa
Chamber
Aaron Harman
Cheyenne County
Nebraska State Patrol conducts moving traffic enforcement
State patrol officers conducted a two hour patrol between Sidney and Potter using airplanes radar and rascal to target speeding improper passing following too close stop sign violations and drunken drivers. Eleven arrests were made along with 49 warning tickets and six stops for defective equipment while other patrols operated in Kimball and Chappell areas. Sgt Felix Koenig reported.
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Nebraska
Sidney
Potter
Kimball
Chappell
Felix Koenig
Old West Regional Commission Formed By Five States
Five governors Kansas to South Dakota in Cheyenne sign a charter creating the Old West Regional Commission to tackle regional issues with a cooperative federal state approach. The body includes South Dakota North Dakota Nebraska Montana Wyoming with federal officials and $300000 in federal funds.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Old West Regional Commission
Richard F Kneip
South Dakota
North Dakota
Nebraska
Montana
Wyoming
Commission
Economic Development Commission
Missouri Basin Commission
Robert L. McCaughey
Aberdeen
S.C
William Guy
James Exon
Nixon
Petition drive seeks second Sidney pool ahead of council
Backers of a drive to build a second municipal pool in Sidney plan to present petitions to the City Council before its Monday meeting. Leader Sherri Robinson says enthusiasm is high with about a dozen active volunteers canvassing doors and at the Cheyenne County Fair. Signers are urged to call 254-4619 for blank petitions or to arrange collection. the aim is to obtain preliminary specifications and place the issue on the November ballot amid ongoing complaints about Legion Park pool’s location and conditions.
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Sidney
Sherri Robinson
Cheyenne County Fair
Legion Park
NFO Meeting Postponed to August 28
The NFO regular meeting scheduled for tonight has been postponed to August 28 because of the Cheyenne County Fair.
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NFO
Cheyenne County
Mosaic outbreak in Nebraska wheat prompts urgent actions
Scientists warn wheat streak mosaic virus has devastated Nebraska fields with variable losses. Dr. Louis Palmer urges immediate cultural control since no resistant wheat exists. Farmers should destroy volunteer wheat from hail damage and work land before sowing, with early sowing discouraged.
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Nebraska
Louis Palmer
University of Nebraska- Lincoln
Palmer
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