Big Wheat Referendum Expected With High Nebraska Turnout
Nebraska wheat producers anticipate a large turnout for the August 24 Wheat Referendum. About 78 000 eligible voters, all producers with 13.5 acres or more in 1959 1960 or 1961, may decide on the new Wheat Program. Two thirds must approve for the plan to take effect.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Albert Francke
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service Committee
Francke
Freeman
Polling Places Listed for Precinct Elections
Polling sites for each precinct include Lodgepole at Lodgepole Town Hall Eagle Union Valley and Davison at the Dalton Town Hall Gurley at the Gurley School House Sidney Huntsman Brownson and Lorenzo at the ASC office Potter and Trognitz at Potter Legion Hall Sioux at Bunker Hill School Chambers at Mt. Vernon Community Hall Colton at Sunol Schoolhouse.
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Lodgepole
Lodgepole Town
Hall
Eagle
Union Valley
Davison
Dalton Town
Gurley
Sidney, Huntsman
Brownson
Lorenzo
ASC
Potter and Trognitz
Potter Legion Hall
Sioux
Bunker Hill
Chambers
Mt. Vernon
Colton
Sunol
Wheat program details on payments and acreage rules
Questions outline how to qualify for wheat payments under the 1962 program. Sign up for the ACR program to receive payments, with allowances for up to 30 percent more than the 10 percent diversion, and exceptions for feed wheat up to 30 acres on the farm. Exemptions from marketing quotas possible with on farm use. No dollar cap on diversion payments if regulations are followed. Corrections allowed within 15 days after notice. Officials project taxpayer savings and stock changes under the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ASC
USDA
Farmers Can Overplant And Still Comply
Lincoln article reports Albert Francke stating a federal ruling allows farmers to overplant wheat this fall and still meet compliance next spring. If the wheat program is approved, diverted acres need not be designated until next spring for $2 per bushel price support. if not approved, compliance occurs next spring for the same support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Albert Francke
Walton
Nebraska Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service Committee
Francke
Fire training pays off for Ordnance Depot
Sioux Ordnance Depot firefighting training paid off when personnel spotted smoke from Building 212. Robert Hannaman used a dry chemical extinguisher to quell a 440 volt coil fire on a compressor, cut power to stop the blaze, and prevent damage to adjacent wooden structures.
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Sioux Ordnance Depot
Harvey Bower
Robert Hannaman
General Supply Division
Tony Ault
Depot Headquarters Inspection Office
Building 212
Ault
Hanneman
4-H Judging Kicks Off Cheyenne County Fair
With entry day out of the way the Cheyenne County Fair begins 4-H beef judging at 8 15 a m on Thursday. Home Economics judging starts 8 30 a m, Women’s Division at 9 a m. Baked goods flowers crops and gardens enter in the morning. horses all day. Friday features dairy judging 8 a m to noon, a 9 a m song contest and 11 a m calf drawing. Style show judging 1 p m and horse judging at 2 p m with an evening style show and live program.
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Cheyenne County Fair
Destroy All Volunteer Wheat Warned In East Gurley Territory
Dr John Weihing of the University of Nebraska warns farmers near Gurley nine miles east of the town to destroy volunteer wheat immediately to prevent wheat streak mosaic and black stem rust. He notes abundant mosaic carrying wheat curl mites found in a survey and urges action before the fall planting season. County Agent Ivan Liljegren offers mite checks after the county fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Gurley
Gurley
John Weihing
University of Nebraska Extension
Weihing
Ivan Liljegren
Cheyenne
Liljegren
Buick Roadmaster Stolen From Gibson Lot Recovered
A 1956 Buick Roadmaster stolen from Joe A. Gibson Inc. used car lot Saturday night was found Tuesday night on Potter streets. Chief Sol Willis said Highway Patrolman Paul Manley located the car and reported no damage.
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Joe A. Gibson, Inc
Potter
Sol Willis
Paul Manley
Sidney Fire Equipment and Dept Rated in City Visit
A Nebraska Inspection Bureau representative from Omaha, Ricke, conducts a fire inspection in Sidney this week to rate the city s fire fighting equipment and department efficiency. The visit, funded by insurers, aims to assess Sidney every five years per City Manager Tom Coffey.
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Nebraska Inspection Bureau
Omaha
Ricke
Sidney
Tom Coffey
Funeral Saturday for Mrs Raddatz Victim of Stroke
Emma Raddatz 76 a Sidney resident for 16 years died Tuesday after a stroke at Memorial Hospital. Funeral services Friday at 10 a.m. from Holy Trinity Lutheran Church with burial at Greenwood Cemetery. Gehrig and Son in charge. She was born Oct 10 1884 in Sterling and married Otto Raddatz in 1904. Survived by seven children, 26 grandchildren, several great grandchildren, and three sisters.
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Emma Raddatz
Sidney
Memorial Hospital
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Henry Monnich
Greenwood Cemetery
The
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Emma Ratsch
Sterling
William and
Minne Brome Ratsch
Otto Raddatz
Lincoln
Pleasant Dale
Lodgepole
Lorenzo
Mr. Raddatz
Bertha Holtman
Violet Kurz
Ervin
William
Stanley
Otto T
Peetz
Ethel Payzant
Canby
Ore
Minnie Fulle
Athol, Kan
Kate Stern
Elsie Ratsch
Denton
Neb
No Fund Check Writer Is Fined
Bob A Baskin of Peetz Colorado pleaded guilty in county court to writing a no fund check for twenty dollars drawn on Security State Bank in Sterling. The check was passed at The Mill. Judge C W Smith fined Baskin fifty dollars plus costs and recommended payment of the amount owed.
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Bob A Baskin
Peetz
Colo
Security State Bank
Sterling
C W. Smith
Baskin
Oil Gas News Hopes Rise Near Gurley No. 1 Leger Drilling Near Dalton
Reports from the Panhandle note a possible oil discovery on the John Schoen farm southeast of Gurley after a D sand test recovered 30 feet of oil cut mud and 180 feet of slightly oil cut mud from 4,500 to 4,510 feet. A deeper D sand core was started at 4,528 feet. Nearby, a wildcat No. 1 Leger (No. 1 Leger) near Dalton is drilling below 3,000 feet. In Kimball County two wells confirm recent discoveries: Wyoming Western Oil No. 1 Cornils shows 2,500 feet oil and 440 feet gas oil cut mud and 100 feet water. Love-Miller No. 1 Rasmussen logs 300 feet oil and 130 feet oil and gas cut mud, confirming Lobb discovery.
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Vincent and
Welch
John Schoen
Gurley
Dalton
Stuarco Oil Co
Astro Oil Co
Murfin Drilling Co
Panhandle
Kimball County
Wyoming Western Oil Co
No. 1
Voss
Love - Miller Drilling Co
Rasmussen
Kimball
Kimball Man Saves Drowning Stranger at West Reservoir
George Frick of Kimball towed Jim Doty to shore after spotting him unconscious 15 to 20 feet from the bank. Frick, aboard a motor boat, performed artificial respiration and revived Doty before Kimball firemen arrived to assist.
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Kimball
George Frick
Jake Frick Jr
Bridgeport
Jim Doty
West Reservoir
Frick
Doty
Sunol Man Earns Private Pilot License in Lincoln
Tom Allington Jr of Sunol was awarded an FAA private pilot license in Lincoln on Saturday. He completed inspection by an FAA official and received instrument training from Troyd Carr at Sidney Municipal Airport.
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Tom Allington, Jr
Sunol
Lincoln
FFA
Allington
Trovd Carr
Sidney Municipal
Entry Day At County Fair Inspires Farm Officials
On Entry Day at Cheyenne County Fair animals arrive and pens are checked as the public sees busy preparation. Pigs and sheep react to the day while grain exhibits await judging and yet to be entered crops, baked goods, and flowers. Kiwanis workers man a coffee booth as Beverly Discoe and Ivan Liljegren coordinate the activities.
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Cheyenne County Fair
Kiwanis
Beverly Discoe
Ivan Liljegren
Cheyenne County Fair Continues With Rodeo And Exhibits
The 4-H Livestock Sale is set for 1 p.m. Saturday at the grandstand followed by a Midget Mule act, a band, and a watermelon feed for 4-Hers. Sunday exhibits run 1 to 7 p.m. with a free barbecue and band concert. The RCA Rodeo resumes at 7:30 p.m. Sunday night closing the 1961 fair.
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Rodeo Cowboys of America
Additional Trophies For Cheyenne County 4-H Winners
Trophies announced for Cheyenne County 4-H exhibitors include champion certified wheat senior and junior divisions, champion market wheat senior and junior divisions, courtesy of Certified Seed Producers. Also named are champion boar and sow, champion feeder pig, and champion fat hog from sponsors Tri-State Supply Winter Drug Farmer's Produce McCormick Farm Equipment Store. An electric clock for the 4-H electricity exhibitor from Wheatbelt Public Power is included.
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Cheyenne County
Tri- State
Farmer's
McCormick Farm Equipment
Wheatbelt Public Power
Jensens Purchase Sidney Flower Shop from Fishers
Cliff and Bernice Jensen purchased the House of Flowers from former owners Russ and Fran Fisher in Sidney. The Jensens, longtime residents since 1935, plan to expand merchandise while keeping the shop local. The Fischers, Sidney residents since 1954, previously owned Osage Grocery. their son Gary is a sophomore, and the Jensens have two children Jimmie and Connie.
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House of Flowers
Cliff
Bernice Jensen
Russ
Fran Fisher
Jensens
Sidney
Rudy
United States
Canada
Jimmie
Marysville
Calif
Connie
Fishers
Osage
Gary
Year’s Search For Projector Thief Ended
On June 18, 1960, Ralph Thompson of Thompson’s Photo Service rented a movie projector to a man who did not return it. Deputy Sheriff Kermit Brumbaugh escorted Thompson to Kimball to view a prisoner on a bad check charge, who turned out to be Robert F. Saunders, formerly of Chadron, now held on larceny by bailee. Saunders, found by Chadron officer Vern Hewitt, is under hold. the projector’s fate unknown, possibly sold in Wyoming.
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Ralph Thompson
Thompson
Kermit Brumbaugh
Mr. Thompson
Kimball
Robert F. Saunders
Chadron
Saunders
Vern Hewitt
Sidney
Hewitt
Wyoming
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ASCS
Gene Gerdes
Alliance
Joe Trasnak
Dodge
Washington, D. C
Orville Freeman
Ordnance Depot
Hampshire
David Franss
Richard
Carrol
Sheryl
Scott
Cheryl
Vidays
Home Extension
Les Couch
H. R. Montgomery
C. G. Hume
Irvin Campbell
Irvin Ehlers
Sarah Alden
Gibson Lot
Hansruede Zellweger
St. Gallien
Switzerland
H. C. Q. Nelson
Sidney High School
Larry Nelson
Oil-Gas News
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