Sidney bid on flood control work comes in well under estimate
Orville Filsinger Excavating submitted the low bid of 248 408 for the storm sewer flood control project, over 50 000 below the engineer estimate of 289 051. Seven bids were received with five under the estimate. council to receive bids and consider award at a September 13 meeting. Construction could start soon after award with spring readiness projected for next year. Bonds likely marketed late September or early October if voters approve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Filsinger
Northside
John Baudek
Orville Filsinger Excavating
Sidney
Western Plains Construction
Lincoln
A. C. Simons
Scottsbluff
Northwestern Engineering & Construction
Commerce City
Colo
Missouri Valley Construction
Grand Island
Don Lyncy
A. C. Smith
Forrest Kepler
J.T Banner & Associates
Deaths Shock Potter and Dalton Areas
Two well known residents die in nearby counties. Walter F. Marhenke 66 of Potter is a gunshot victim found at his home. Anna Toof 79 of Dalton is found in her car in a farm garage. Autopsy ordered for Mrs. Toof. both funerals pending.
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Anna Toof
Dalton
Walter F. Marhenke
Potter
Cheyenne
Don Tedesco
Marhenke
Marhenko
Toof
Holewick Funeral Home
Harm Fecht
Clyde Toof
Kimball County
Richard
Columbus
Patricia Clow
Omaha
Vernon Eckert
Potter Community
Panhandle Forecast Signals Warm Weekend Ahead
Clear to partly cloudy today and tonight with near 90 degree highs and lows in the mid 50s to mid 60s. Rain chances near zero. Extended outlook Sunday to Tuesday calls for more warmth with highs 85 to 95 and lows 55 to 65. Courtesy Frontier Airlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Risk Seeks Extension For Loan
Kimball businessmen and individuals who loaned 71000 to George Risk Industries asked for an extension on the note due Sept. 1. Trustees sent letters requesting the extension while Risk awaits funds from Optic Science which bought rights to a variable opacity glass. GRI also pursues a Small Business Administration loan as orders remain steady and staff numbers reach 60 to 65.
Drive With Extra Care Drive With Extra Care
Sidney businessmen sponsor a cautious driving appeal as students return to school. The note recalls Sidney's first pedestrian fatality, seven year old Maynard Donald Sparks killed on 10th Avenue three weeks earlier, urging heightened vigilance for drivers. A separate line notes improving sales after a low point last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Businessmen
Sidney Telegraph
Sidney
Maynard Donald Sparks
10Th Avenue
Two Highway 30 Accidents Reported No Injuries
Nebraska State Patrol reported two morning crashes on Highway 30 with no injuries. At 2 a.m. a 1971 Plymouth driven by John Koehler 21 veered off the road nine miles east of Sidney, hitting a fence and posts with $75 damage. At 8 a.m. Marvin Samson 38 of Chicago dodged a 1968 Pontiac to avoid collision, causing a $750 front end damage to his 1970 Thunderbird two miles west of Sidney. the Sanders car sustained no damage.
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Nebraska State Patrol
John Koehler
Oklahoma City
Okla
Sidney
Marvin Samson
Chicago
Ill
James Sanders
Visalila
Calif
Samson
Sanders
Overcast Skies Cool Region This Weekend
Overcast skies cooled the area with a high of 72 degrees by noon and a low of 61 as clouds remained. Forecasts predict continued cloud cover through the weekend with no rain expected for at least five days after a 55 to 91 range on Wednesday and a 58 to 92 range on Thursday.
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Federal Aviation Agency Flight Service Station
Near Tragedy In Legion Park Wheelchair Accident
Jerry Krueger, a quadraplegic, was treated at Memorial Hospital after a motorized wheelchair tipped near the creek at 9 45 p m by the Shelter House in Legion Park. Police say bystanders summoned help and Krueger was transported to the hospital following the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Krueger
Memorial Hospital
Shelter House
Legion Park
Krueger
Railway Commission Sets Continental Hearing in Nebraska
The Nebraska State Railway Commission will hold a 9 30am hearing on September 16 1971 in Lincoln to consider Continental Trailways Bus service reductions sought from Ogallala to Sidney. Edward Cole of the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce urged maintaining current service citing ticket sales and public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska State Railway Commission
Edward Cole
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Continental Trailways
Commission
Cole
Continental
Ogallala
Sidney
Panhandle
Nebraska
Lincoln
Chamber of Commerce
Accidents Reported In Town
Police report multiple town accidents with vehicles including a 1971 Pontiac and a 1965 Chevrolet pickup. Charges filed against Antony Hauschel for failing to yield right of way after a 21st Illinois collision. Damages listed for each incident, with injuries reported in one rear collision at 12th and Illinois.
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Sidney
21St
Illinois
Charles F. Trump
Antony Hauschel
Hauschel
Decker
Oldsmobile
Barry Lienemann
East Drive
Mercury
Laurie L James
Dix
Lieneman
James
12Th
Lyle R. Bell
Minatare
Lowell Robertson
Scottsbluff
Bell
Robertson
Guy Dunn
King
Memorial Hospital
12Th Avenue
Nancy E. Dugan
Jerry K Sparks
Dugan
Potter School Opens With About 200 Enrollees
School officials announce Potter School will begin classes at 8:30 am on Monday August 30 1971 for about 200 pupils with dismissal at 11:15 am no lunch served first day Full day schedule resumes Tuesday and continues thereafter from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm with lunches 30 cents per meal and free or reduced price meals for eligible children Bus routes unchanged
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Potter
Lupt . A. Streightiff
Queries On Freeze Answered At ASC
Cheyenne County residents can get official answers on the August 15 presidential order covering prices rents wages and salaries from the Cheyenne County ASCS Office in Sidney. The office will provide information only and will not handle complaints or interpretations. questions needing answers will be referred to IRS district offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Cheyenne
Davis
ASCS
Llth
Alvarado Road
Sidney
Lawrence Thompson
IRS
U.S Department of Agriculture
Ray Davis
West Sidney Well May Lead To New Field Development
A Mohatt Field outpost well No 1 Mohatt near Sidney has production casing complete and may become a producer. Cheyenne County drilling expands with Jomar and Margate fields and unitization approved to boost control and reservoir potential. Drillers face labor shortages as activity accelerates across western Nebraska and northeast Colorado. A Hoatley Field Kenton well in Kimball County shows 108 bpd potential with potential for 4–5 more wells pending legal fixes. An outer-space object lunar site note appears as a stray fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mohatt
Sidney
Kimbark Operating Co
Cheyenne County
Jomar
Gurley
Tom Jordan
Patrick A Doheny
No 1
Lieber
Discovery
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Jordan and
Doheny
Margate
Enbrook Oil and Gas , Inc
Curtis L Witt
Glen Beale
Monahan
Oil-Gas Commission
Jordan
Nebraska
Colorado
Hoatley
Kimball County
Kenton
Hayes County
Pool Table Secured for Teen Center Opening
The Teen Center will add a full size pool table funded by donations of Mor-Valu stamps and other redeemable stamps. The drive began last April by the late Mrs. Don Kahl and continued by sponsors and youth led by Scott Cook as Don Kahl Jr. and Pat Himes Mor-Valu store manager. Stamps are still being accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Kahl
Scott Cook
Don Kahl Jr
Pat Himes
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Feo Cru
Ida Erlewine
Kermit Brumbaugh
Tedesco
Risk
Railway Commission
Freeze
ASC
West Sidney
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