Sidney Telegraph editorial page highlights Nebraska paper lineage
The Sidney Telegraph, Western Nebraska's oldest newspaper founded in 1873, is the Cheyenne County official paper. It is published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by The Telegraph Printing Co. in Sidney and is an Associated Press associate and Nebraska Press Association member.
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Mr. Steen Is The Man For Nebraska Tourism
The article endorses Mel Steen, executive director of the game department, as best qualified to lead Nebraska tourism, urging the Legislature to invest in tourism and keep Steen and his staff in charge for maximum results. Sen. Fleming of Sidney backs assigning promotion to the game commission or a new agency if created.
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Nebraska
George H. Fleming
Sidney
State Game Commission
Sen. Fleming
Mel Steen
Game Départment
Steen
Repeal call as Nebraska eyes change in lottery ban
The piece urges Nebraska to repeal the anti gambling lottery law as pari mutuel horse racing nears end of 1962 season with an estimated 42 million bet, Ak Sar Ben in Omaha dominating. It stresses paradox of strict laws amid widespread contests and urges Legislature to act so residents may participate in drawings without fear of law enforcement.
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Nebraska
Ak-Sar-Ben
Omaha
J. J
Jake) Isaacson
Life expectancy rises above seventy in US data
The U S Public Health Service reports newborns now average over 70 years. A child born in 1961 would reach about 70.2 years, about three and a half years higher than a decade earlier, driven by better medical care sanitation and nutrition. The trend may persist for a time, leading to a larger elderly population.
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U. S. Public Health Service
Pilgrim Instincts Lead Cheyenne County Turkey Hunters
Twelve Cheyenne County sportsmen with Pilgrim instincts won wild turkey licenses for the November season in northwestern Nebraska. One hunter quips that if the Pilgrims could bag them with bows and arrows, they should do so with shotguns. The piece teases whether 20th century hunters retain such cunning and warns unlikely dinners may require frozen backups.
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Cheyenne County
Pilgrims
Nebraska
Five Years Ago Shafts and Sheriff Stars in Cheyenne County
A Cheyenne County farm family faced tragedy when a water well cover collapsed and a shaft released a hidden void. Sheriff Schultz and deputies received new five point star badges signaling a shift to historic Western policing. FHA committee changes followed, with Millard Poti rising to a unit post as Arvin Livingston and Ripe L. Myers join two others. A fatal blaze near Sidney claimed four youths and one adult, Gloria Mae and Violet Kittleman and Harley Sinclair among the dead, George Kittleman dying of burns. Roy Sanks remained critically injured after clothing snagged in a well shaft while irrigating a garden.
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Ted Jones
Chiren
Beverly Road
Cheyenne County
Eugene Morris
Schulz
Millard
Poti
Hag
Farmers Home Administration
Musil
Maurice Nelsonsyn
Twj County
FHA
Arvin Livingston
Sidney
Ripe L. Myers
Gurley
Gloria Mae
Violet Kittleman
George
Pauline Kittleman
Braska
Ramsey
Scotts Bluff
Mahlon Morgan
Frank Garcia
Roy Sanks
Sidney Man
Roche
Lanks
Sidney Weather Blues Fair Owes Rain Fallout
A late Tuesday shower ends Sidney’s dry spell helping farmers plant fall wheat but rains out part of the county fair. A Shelton area crash injures several, killing a man and a child. Mary Wolf of Ogallala dies, O C Dimick later dies. Fire at A J Kinnersley home follows an oil stove blast. union pacific crossings delayed fire response adding to damage. City council rejects south Sidnay annexation Grabill’s Addition proposal across road from city park.
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Sidney
Shelton
Neb
Mary Wolf
Jack Wolf
Ogallala
O. C. Dimick
Dunsmuir
Calif
J. C. Bush
Helen ‘C/Bush
Amanda Grabill
C. B. Bentley
Louise Bentley
Jack H
Bowe
Wilmena Lowe
Grabill
Sidnay
tMrsi
Balaincé
Belofigs
Wheat yields and farming notes from S Asg aley area
Twenty thousand bushels of wheat were produced on about 1000 acres owned by S Asg aley this year, with average yields near 120 bushels per acre and a top field at 41 bushels. Maley credits double plowing and deep furrow drill for soil and output, praises Turkey red wheat. Also notes Henry E. Gapen, a Sidney retiree, was hospitalized after sudden illness, while Nebraska heat records and a large marijuana seizure are mentioned.
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S. Asg
Aley
Maley
Henry E. Gapen
Sidney
Roche Hospital
Nebraska
Dave Ells
Fire destroys large frame barn on Vack farm west of Gurley
A large frame barn on the James Vack farm ten miles west of Gurley was destroyed by fire last Monday afternoon with losses over 2000 dollars. The fire origin is unknown and this was the second blaze on the farm in a few days, following a wheat-field fire that burned about 40 acres. Fire department efforts saved nearby property, while other items note local improvements and plans for street lighting and remodeling, with various civic notices and past local events.
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James Vack
Gurley
Vack
Taylor Hospital
Bobby Willeford
Ira Willeford
Peetz
W. W. Schultz
Sidney
Clifford Jones
Second Street
Central Avenue
S. H. Snyder
Moore
Greenlees
Moore Building
Edward W. Shoemaker
Fort Snelling
Minn
William Thomas Morgan, Jr
Episcopal
Saint John’s Church
Camden
New Jersey
Anna Chambers
Judge Chambers
Sidney Schools
Center School
Alliance
W. P. Miles
Lincoln
Raymond Miles Bauer
Fire ruins Davison precinct official residence in Sidney
Fifty five years ago Commissioner J B Haiston of Davison precinct saw his residence burn last Sunday night with nearly all contents lost. The blaze started on the first floor around ten o clock after the family retired, flames worsened before Haiston woke to heat and smoke. Firefighters saved some bedding and clothing, but losses approached fifteen hundred dollars with no insurance. Nearby, five hundred tons of ice moved from Union Pacific to the Denver ice house. Reverend CLF Fisher of Cape Charles Virginia, a former Sidney pastor, passed through on vacation to Colorado points. Mr and Mrs CD Essig left for a six week outing among relatives and friends.
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Davison
Mr. Haiston
Union Pacific
Denver
Clf Fisher
Cape Charles
Sidney
Colorado
Fisher
Lutheran Church
C D_ Essig
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues List
A reader issued crossword style list with across and down clues for a puzzle including ship diary pungent corded fabric be the matter dried up former? used in bowling throw lightly make lace note of the scale noose fissure viewed with horror extend rubber tree cheap apartment house giving no heed coin electrical engineer abbr turmeric crew forcible pack down female rabbit oil yielding chin tree sun ackn edge bristle resinous substance lubricate satisfy to the full equally expurgated son of Bela hollow snake Yale Rom god of herds P I knife auricle classify extol accomplished compunctions superb head French for community food charge emmets hog food artificial language immediately go to court low run between parts southern state abbr.
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Hail Rakes Nebraska Panhandle Wheat Crops
Veteran wheat grower notes continual hail storms strip roads of weeds and devastate fields across western Nebraska. An eastern Nebraskan observer confirms widespread crop damage in the North Platte River valley. Despite a projected 1962 corn yield of 277,530,000 bushels, farmers face little consolation as drought and hail persist, prompting calls for University irrigation research funding.
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North Platte River
Nebraska
Panhandle
Great American Desert
University of Nebraska
Records On The Farms In August Crop Report Praises Nebraska Iowa Yields
The August crop report shows Nebraska corn at 55 bushels per acre and Iowa at 76 bushels. Farmers are praised for using knowhow and favorable conditions to produce record yields while critics question agricultural policy and potential shutdowns.
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Omaha World Herald
Nebraska
Iowa
Agriculture Department
Extinction Threat Hits 120 US Bird Species
The National Geographic Society reports about 120 bird species facing extinction, with at least a dozen native to the United States. Endangered include the ivory billed woodpecker, Eskimo curlew, Everglades kite, bald eagle, and California condor, while habitat loss, hunting, and poisons push them toward disappearance.
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Washington
National Geographic Society
Canada
Labrador
Atlantic
Argentina
Texas
Everglades
Bers
Florida
Lake Okeechobee
South America
California
Los Padres National Forest
Attwater
Dear Folks at the Fairgrounds Barbecue and Rodeo Update
Frances Craig writes of the ongoing fair with perfect weather, the large barbecue cooking 840 pounds of beef and the rodeo excitement. She recalls a past fire scare at the office, involving an elevator motor and quick actions by staff, appreciating the team effort and local incidents while noting rising temperatures at the fairgrounds.
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Potter Bareecue Club
Jerry Swanson
Lymak
Colo
Raoul Nelson
American Loan Office
Telegraph
Fire Department
Hank Meysenburg
Dot Carey
Dot
Hank
Thompson’s
Photo Center
Nellia Davis
May Craig
Tony Kaus
Tony
Nellie
May
Merit System Exams Slated In September
The Nebraska Merit System announces statewide exams for clerical positions across state and local welfare, employment division, and civil defense agencies. Applications must be postmarked by Sept 10 to take the Sept 22 exam. tests may be taken Wednesdays at 8 am in the Merit System Office with blanks obtainable from county welfare offices or the State Capitol Lincoln Nebraska.
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Division of Employment
Merit System
State Capitol
Lincoln
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