Postoffice Seeks Truck Contract for Emergency Hauling
Sidney postoffice prepares emergency trucking plans in case a railroad strike shuts down service. Leo Gorman says contracts are sought for Sidney Chappell and other legs with 800 cubic feet capacity and trucks required by Thursday if rail traffic halts.
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Postoffice
Sidney
Lodgepole
Post Office Department
Omaha
Bushnell
Dalton
Bridgeport
Scottsbluff
Denver
Sterling
Colo
Gorman
Daily Mail
Sidney and
Chappell
Sidney-Chappell
Sidney Post Office
Terrace on Farm of F J Devier After Heavy Rainfall
After a three inch rainfall on the Devier farm in Sidney water filled terrace contour chisel marks and soaked into the ground. Conservationist Roger Plantz notes minimal soil erosion between terraces and no runoff, saying water will aid crop production and terrace value could more than double with contour formation.
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F. J. Devier
Sidney
Roger Plantz
Cheyenne County Soil and Water Conservation District
Gas Rate Proposal Awaited by Sidney Officials
Kansas Nebraska Natural Gas Co plans a gas rate increase and across the board adjustment to consumer rates with a Sept 5 city meeting. Sidney officials seek detail ahead of the session while Scottsbluff and Bayard mull joint study and potential takeover of distribution.
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Sidney
Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Co
Tom Coffey
K-N
North Platte Valley
Coffey
Scottsbluff Star-Herald
Bluffs
Bayard
Scottsblu’f
Gerir3z
Kansas-Nt
Askas
Scottsblut
Ud Nether
Important Dates Pointed Out By County Treasurer
Cheyenne County warns residents of renewal deadlines for licenses from Sept 1 to Oct 31 with mail renewal option and a $3 fee. Real estate taxes accrue 7 percent interest after Sept. State land leases up for sale Sept 12, 17, 18, 19 for 12 years with higher rents due to revisions. Distress warrants on delinquent taxes will be issued Oct 1 and turned over to the sheriff.
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Satudays
Cheyenne County
Prs
M ‘Ice
Sydney Telegraph
Sheriff’s Office
Bush Elected Press Leader at Ogallala Meeting
J C Bush co publisher of The Sidney Telegraph was named president of the Western Nebraska District of the Nebraska Press Assn at the Ogallala meeting Saturday Delegates urged Governor Morrison to veto LB 567 secrecy provisions for juvenile court records The move drew support from Nebraskan press leaders and a vice president was named Bob Pinkerton of The Western Nebraska Observer Kimball The next district meeting will be in Kimball with about 155 attendees including Gov Morrison.
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J .C. Bush
Sidney Telegraph
Nebraska
Nebraska Press Assn
Ogallala
Morrison
Nebraska Juvenile Court Judges Association
Nebraska Committee For Children and Youth
Bob Pinketon
Western Nebraska Observer
Kimball
Frank Morrison
Old Settlers Labor Day Parade in Lodgepole Set
The 39th Old Settlers Reunion on Labor Day September 2 in Lodgepole includes a 10 am parade along Highway 30 and school area. Cash prizes range from 15 to 3 for various floats costumes and entries, with wagon entrants earning 190 and kids’ divisions awarding prizes up to 250 for bicycle decorations and 125 for best two costumes.
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Old Settlers
Lodgepole
Highway 30
Glen Gray Famed Musiker Dies at 63
Funeral services held at Memorial Methodist Church Plymouth Massachusetts for Glen Gray 63 longtime head of the Casa Loma Orchestra. He was a cousin of Mrs Glen Hornbeck of Sidney and had recently visited the west coast to arrange music for a staff orchestra recording work with Capital Records.
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Memorial Methodist Church
Plymouth
Mass
Glen Gray
Casa Loma
Gray
Glen Hornbeck
Sidney
Hornbecks
Mr. Gray
Denver
Hornbeck
Capital Records
Violent Storm Strikes County Leaving Flooding and Crop Damage
A heavy rainstorm hit Cheyenne County Sunday evening with Huntsman and Gurley areas hardest. Rain up to 5.6 inches caused street flooding on Highway 385, hail and millet loss at several farms, and damaging winds. Observers logged varying rainfall across townships, with some spots reporting multiple inches and power outages. A Sidney baseball game was postponed due to the wet conditions.
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Sunda
Bill Miemann
Huntsman
Niemann Farm
Cheyenne County
Gurney
Highway 385
Gurley-Huntsman
State Sphway Department
Mel Busekist
The
Highway Safety Patrol
Buesckist
Kavanaugh
Sidney
Bill Niemann
Niemanns
Niemann
Wheatbelt
Public Power District
A. Somers
Semers
Earl Lessig
Gurley
Harald Ahlschwede
John Schoen
Jasper Huls
Don Dey Ermand
Dalton
Keith Spiker
Harold Spiker
Henry Jenik
Lodgepole
Federal Aviation Agency
New Dispatcher Hires At Lincoln Highway Patrol Office
Gerry L Weyrich Lincoln begins as permanent dispatcher at the Sidney safety patrol office on September 1. Duane Meyer of McCook continues as relief dispatcher through August 1.
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Gerry L Weyrich Lincoln
Highway Safety Patrol
Sidney
Duane Meyer
McCook
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Wyoming
Mable Jorgensen
Bush
Sidney Celegraph
Nebr
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Ruth Juedes
Potter's Legion Hall
Veane Mathewson
Roslyn Nelson
Beta Sigma Phi
Potter
Millard Musil
Juedes
Joan Schnell
Telegraph
Musician
Miller
Harold Kettler
Clovanursl
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