Veteran Dispatcher At 20 Year Milestone
The Sidney Nebraska State Patrol office honored veteran Earl Elliott on Aug 21 for 20 years as a patrol dispatcher. Open house drew troopers, police, sheriffs, and friends, with Elliott receiving an engraved lighter. Elliott has served at Sidney since 1951 after two years in Oshkosh.
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Sidney
Nebraska State Patrol
Earl Elliott
Bill Moore
Alex Haberkorn
Bruce Kreader
Elliott
Dale Coleman
Oshkosh
Hot Dry August Weather Boosts Corn and Keeps Wheat Busy
Cheyenne County Agent Ivan Liljegren notes hot dry August aids corn with a strong comeback after June freezes. Volunteer wheat is sparse but noted northeast of Sunol to north of Lodgepole. farmers should report patches. Millet yields down yet grain heavy. corn tasselled early August. sugar beets and beans thriving. Hoppers found in some gardens, spray with Malathion. Thimet border use possible near wheat margins. Rainfall is sporadic. wheat planting expected Sept 5-15.
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Cheyenne
Ivan Liljegren
Sunol
Lodgepole
Tiljegren
Money Judgment Asked In Court Over Traffic Collision
A suit filed in District Court by Helen M. Ellis seeks 21,497.35 against Harold Wilder for injuries from a November 1968 rear collision six miles west of Sidney. The complaint seeks 20,000 for pain and disability, 305 for auto repair, and 1,192.35 for medical expenses.
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Helen M. Ellis
Harold Wilder
Sidney
Ellis
Wilder
The Party's Over Burlington ends Omaha to Billings service
The Burlington announces the last runs of passenger trains 41 and 42 from Omaha to Billings after the Supreme Court refused to intervene. The cutback aims to reduce large losses and fund needed equipment and facilities for shippers. Call a Burlington representative for travel plan changes.
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Cb&q
Omaha
Billings
Supreme Court
Byron White
United States Supreme Court
Burlington
Southwest Oil Venture Starts No 3-10 Denser Drill
A Southwest oil drilling venture begins at the No 3-10 Denser in CNW SE Sec 3 12 51, a 5200 foot J sand test in a natural gas area. Exeter Drilling Co C W Hughes Art Guida and Clark and Warren are joint operators with Exeter drilling. Another Cheyenne County well is under way in the Maley Field south of Sidney, with several sites staked and actions planned soon.
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Sidney
CNW
Exeter Drilling Co
C.W. Hughes
Art Guida
Clark and
Warren
Exeter
Cheyenne County
Maley
Fraass Service Set At Lodgepole
William C Fraass 73 longtime Lodgepole resident died Sunday night in a Cheyenne hospital after June 5 admission Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 PM in Gloria Dei Lutheran Church Lodgepole with two pastors officiating Military graveside rites will follow at Greenwood Cemetery Sidney Craig Holchek Funeral Home in charge Memorials are for the cancer fund He was born December 16 1895 in Denton Nebraska moved to Lodgepole in 1912 married Henrietta Oliverius in 1919 World War I veteran member of Lodgepole American Legion Post Surviving are two sons two brothers a sister four grandchildren and three great grandchildren He was preceded in death by his wife three brothers and his parents.
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Lodgepole
William C. Fraass
Cheyenne
Wyo
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
Raymond Thiel
Harold Backus
Greenwood
Sidney
Craig-Holechek
Cancer Fund
John
Emma Fraass
Denton
Neb
Henrietta Oliverius
Lodgepole American Legion Post
Don
Floyd
Paul
Henry
Dalton
Florence
Spokane
Wash
Work To Start On Last Stretch Of 1808 Route
DENVER Shultz and Lindsay Construction Co of Fargo ND was the apparent low bidder among seven firms on a contract to stabilize concrete pave signs feeding and landscaping for 15 miles of interstate 80S in Sedgwick County Colorado The bid was 2520056 The project covers from Sedgwick to Julesburg the final stretch of 80S between Denver and the Nebraska State line Work is expected to be completed in about a year The stretch from Crook to Sedgwick is almost completed and due to open next month
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Denver - Shultz and Lindsay Construction Co
Fargo
N. D
Sedgwick County
Colorado Division of Highways
Sedgwick
Julesburg
Denver
Nebraska State Line
Crook
Sedgewick
Panhandle forecast shows warm, thundery trend ahead
Partly cloudy conditions continue this afternoon and tonight with a few brief afternoon and evening thunder showers. A cooler day is expected Tuesday with highs in the 80s and overnight lows around 60. Rain chances: 10 percent today and tonight, 20 percent Tuesday. Five day outlook indicates temperatures about 2 to 5 degrees above normal through Saturday.
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Panhandle
Pioneer Ford Dealer J A Gibson Dies at 81
Joseph A. Gibson, 81, longtime Sidney business figure and Ford agency owner, died Saturday in Phoenix after moving there in 1963. Born May 14, 1888 in Clymer New York, he operated the Kimball Ford agency before moving to Sidney in 1932 and retiring in 1963. He was honored as Boss of the Year by the Sidney Junior Chamber of Commerce and was active in the Lions Club. survived by his widow Elsie and two sisters. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Allen Funeral Home Kimball with burial in Kimball Cemetery.
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Sidney
Joseph A. Gibson
Phoenix
Ariz
Allen
Kimball
Terence Keefe
St. Hilda’s Episcopal Church
Clymer
N.Y
Ford Motor Co
Joe A. Gibson
City Junior Golf Tournament Starts at Hillside Course
The City Junior Golf Tournament begins at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at Hillside Golf Course. Pro Carl Faddis says the event is open to all juniors ages 10 to 16, both boys and girls.
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Hillside Golf Course
Carl Faddis
Major Warehousing Tenant For Sioux Complex In 1969
United States Bean Marketing Assn Inc leases a 90 thousand sq ft bean processing and storage facility at the Sioux Industrial Park in Sidney. The pool aims to boost the per hundred price of beans, pooling growers from Colorado Nebraska Wyoming and Idaho. Initial shipments come from Colorado and Nebraska with future plans to cover the four-state region.
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Sioux
Sidney
Sidney Warehousing and Industrial Sites, Inc
Sioux Army Depot
United States Bean Marketing Assn., Inc
Englewood
Colo
Colorado
Nebraska
Wyoming
Idaho
Lavelle Thornton
Thornton
United States
North Platte Valley
Torrington
Northport
Brush
Fort Morgan
Keenesburg
Weld County
Greeley
Lodgepole Valley
Tablelands
California
Western Nebraska
Vo-Tech School
Wellington
Heiden
Johnstown
Farmer’s Elevator
Rodgers Grain
Gering
Nile Valley Co-Op
Mitchell
Mitchell Elevator
Lyman
Young Lumber and Feed
Z. W
USBMA
Rauner Renamed Head of State Wheat Advisors
Robert Rauner of Sidney is named chairman of Nebraska Wheat Division advisory committee for a second year. Ron Cutler and John Sullivan join the division on Western Wheat Associates and Great Plains Wheat boards. Other members include Edgar Ashton, Ed Narjes, Lewis Laflin, and Arlee Phillips. Elmer Schlaphoff directs the program funded by a one-fourth cent tax on wheat.
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Lincoln
Robert Rauner
Sidney
Nebraska Department of Agriculture
Ron Cutler
Elsie
Cutler
John Sullivan
Wallace
Western Wheat Associates
Rauner
Great Plains Wheat, Inc
Great Plains
Pacific Northwest
Edgar Ashton
Nebraska City
Ed Narjes
Sid=ney
Lewis Laflin
Crab Orchard
Arlee Phillips
Hemmingford
Elmer Schlaphoff
Millet Sorghum Day Near Sidney Aims For 1 30 Wednesday
The millet and sorghum field day at the High Plains Agricultural Research Station northwest of Sidney begins at 1 30 on Wednesday August 27. Farmers from Nebraska Colorado and Wyoming are expected to attend to observe progress in these important crops as wheat acreages shrink for 1970 and dryland farming takes on new dimensions in the region.
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High Plains Agricultural Research Station
Sidney
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Sidney Awarded AAA Pedestrian Safety Citation
Mayor Bob Hossle accepts for the City of Sidney the AAA Pedestrian Safety Citation for eight consecutive years with no pedestrian fatalities. Chief Roy Bauer receives the award as Lloyd Johnson of the AAA Cornhusker Motor Club presents it. Sidney logged four pedestrian injuries in 1968, and the last fatality occurred June 17, 1961, with 700 cities under 10,000 submitting data.
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Bob Hossle
Eft
Sidney
American Automobile Association
Roy Bauer
Lloyd Johnson
Ogallala
AAA Cornhusker Motor Club
Johnson
AAA
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Southwest Oil Venture
W.C. Fraass
J.A. Gibson
Ford
Sioux Complex
State
Point of Rocks
Potter
Fairgrounds
Robert Clark
Marvin Neurenberger
Frank Foote
State Game and Fish Come Mission
Kenneth Rose
Don Enevoldsen
E. K. Yanney
Cornhusker
Cole
Highway Department
Game and Fish
Lodge
Neurenberger
Head of State Wheat Advisors
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