Nebraska Panhandle remains driest region despite rain relief
Nebraska crop observers report rains in central, southern and eastern areas eased soil moisture shortages. Moisture benefits pastures and fall seedbeds while some fields show severe drought damage with limited recovery. Panhandle remains dry except northeast part. corn at drought stage above fifty percent. fall small grain seeding underway with rain needed for soil moisture.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
State
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Panhandle
Panhandle Weather With Showers And Cooling Trend
Partly cloudy conditions continue this afternoon and tonight across the Panhandle with scattered showers and thunder showers. Cooler Thursday with lows 40 to 50 and highs in the 70s. Five day outlook shows near normal temperatures through Monday, then a cooling trend late week followed by a warming trend early next week. Highs 75 to 85 and lows 50 to 55 with widely scattered light showers late in the period.
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Panhandle
McGinley Drops Senate Bid In Nebraska Race
State Sen. Don McGinley of Ogallala withdraws from re election bid citing lack of time for a proper campaign. He endorses Ramey Whitney of Chappell, who led a three man primary. Bud Clemens of Bridgeport remains on the ballot to face Whitney.
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Don McGinley
Ogallala
Secretary of State
McGinley
Ramey Whitney
Chappell
M. C
Bud) Clemens
Bridgeport
Whitney
Hank Schnell in Critical Condition After Accident
Henry Hank Schnell remains in critical condition after a gasoline transport overturned and exploded near Rapid City last Thursday. He suffered third degree burns covering over 90 percent of his body and is hospitalized at St. John’s Hospital in Rapid City. The Schnell family are longtime former residents now active in Rapid City trucking.
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Henry
Hank) Schnell
Schnell
St. John’s Hospital
Rapid City
Schnells
Well Known Gurley Lady Died Tuesday
Elsie M. Chapman aged 86 longtime Cheyenne County resident died Tuesday evening at Rose Arbor Nursing Home in Sterling Colorado after a four week stay. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday at The Craig Mortuary with Rev Harold Fitzwater. burial Greenwood Cemetery. Born March 15 1878 in Potawatomi Iowa to Michael and Anna Garrost. married Richard F. Chapman March 5 1902. Came to Cheyenne County in 1914 and farmed near Gurley until 1951. Survived by daughter Mrs Edward Rihn and four sons Arthur Grant Emerson Richard and a sister Mrs John Bell.
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Cheyenne County
Rose Arbor
Sterling
Colo
Craig Mortuary
Harold Fitzwater
Sundl
Greenwood Cemetery
Chapman
Pottawattomie County
Iowa
Michael and
Anna Carlisle Garrost
Richard F. Chapman
Per Sia
Gurley
Edward Rihn
Arthur
Grand Island
Grant
Boulder
Emerson
Richard
Per=Sia
John Bell
Blue Springs
Sidney city asks residents to report unlit street lights
Citizens of Sidney are urged to call the city offices to report street lights that are not burning. City Manager Tom Coffey said the city checks lights every Thursday, but heavy tree growth makes it impossible to find all burned out units.
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Sidney
Tom Coffey
Panhandle official faces critics over hen pheasant season
Panhandle sportsmen, led by Doug Earnhart and Duane Golden, pressed at Lincoln against the Nebraska Game Commission’s open hen pheasant season in western Nebraska. The panel approved a nine day Western Nebraska experiment from Jan 9 to 17 with no hens in the bag, despite population concerns and a split season plan for ducks and geese.
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Panhandle
Nebraska Game Commission
Nebraska
Doug Earnhart
Duane Golden
Game Commission
Lincoln
Western Nebraska Sportsmen’s Club
Nebraska Council of Sportsmen’s Clubs
Mel Steen
Martin Gable
Scottsbluff
Earnhart
Golden
Steen
Don Smith
Franklin
Commission
Auto truck crash filing seeks 80 thousand in damages
Two damage suits totaling more than 80 000 were filed over a July 16 1962 auto truck collision on Highway 30 three point seven miles west of Sidney The plaintiffs Andrew Destray age 72 of San Diego California and his passenger Mrs Anna Roberts age 67 seek 28955 50 and 53065 22 respectively for medical costs pain disability and lost earnings The defendant is Raymond E Cordery of Sidney driving a county owned truck The petitions allege Destray westbound attempted to pass a 1954 Ford truck when the county vehicle turned left and signals were not properly given
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Sidney
Andrew Destray
San Diego
Calif
Anna Roberts
Raymond E. Cordery
Cheyenne County
Destray
Roberts
Farm Home Burned North West Of Lodgepole
A farm home twenty miles northwest of Lodgepole was destroyed by fire late Monday morning. Ray Jessen owned the five room dwelling which housed Mrs Wynona Enovich and her three children who were away when the blaze started. Firemen from Lodgepole and Lisco fought the fire but could not save the building. Contents valued at three thousand dollars were lost and the home at five thousand dollars with no insurance. Cause is believed to be a gas cook stove.
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Lodgepole
Lisco
Ray Jessen
Wynona Enovich
Bob Miller
Enovich
13th Avenue Crossing Signals May Start In 30 Days
City Manager announces Burlington railroad installation of warning signals at the 13th Ave crossing may begin within 30 days after a CB&Q spokesman confirmed material is ordered. Signals expected early fall. three-year negotiations noted.
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13Th Ave
Burlington Railroad
Tom Coffey
Coffey
Cb&q
Court OKs Settlements In Death Case and Injury Suit
A district judge approved a final lump sum settlement of 3000 in a death case arising from Mark N. Schilz. Plaintiff Leona L Schilz. defendants C M Larson Q M Larson and Larson Machinery Co. An earlier hearing approved 500 in the June Sinsel case against Sidney Live Stock Sales Pavilion Robert Rauner Dave Truss and Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York after Sinsel injured in a fall on ice at the pavilion.
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John H. Kuns
Mark N. Schilz
Leona L Schilz
C. M. Larson
Q. M. Larson
Larson Machinery Co
Kuns
June Sinsel
Sidney Live
Robert Rauner
Dave Truss
Fidelity & Casualty Co
New York
Home Extension Council Elects New Officers
The Home Extension Council met at the 4-H building on August 24 at 1 30 pm and elected new officers for the coming year. Officers include Chairman Mrs Dale Flora Vice Chairman Mrs Leonard Benzel Secretary Mrs Earl Schults Treasurer Miss Alice Rexroth District chairmen named Mrs Walter Dykman Lodgepole Mrs Clarence Mellberg Dalton Mrs Fred Humphrey Section A Sidney and Mrs George Bennett Section B Sidney. Achievement Day is set for October 14 at 7 30 pm. A food and science demonstration lesson will be given September 16 by Katherine Cooley.
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Home Extension Council
Dale Flora
Leonard Benzel
Earl Schults
Alice Rexroth
Walter Dykman
Lodgepole
Clarence Mellberg
Dalton
Fred Humphrey
Sidney
George Bennett
Katherine Cooley
County Bond Drive Near Target in Cheyenne July
Cheyenne county bond purchases from July totaled 68 865 dollars under volunteer chair H Glenn Spearow raising the year to date to 892 649 dollars or 89 9 percent of the 1964 county quota Statewide July sales reached 5 336 622 dollars and seven month total 48 138 178 dollars or 59 6 percent of state quota This leaves 40 4 percent of Nebraska 1964 bond goals to be met in the last five months with a push urged for families to buy an extra bond between Labor Day and Thanksgiving spurring the campaign led by N R Phillips state director Omaha and UPCOMING U S Treasury Department appeal.
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Cheyenne County
H. Glenn Spearow
N. R. Phillips
Omaha
Phillips
Nebraska
U. S. Treasury Department
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