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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1968
Page
1
SSA records show Cheyenne County receives more than 1.66 million dollars annually in Social Security payments. About 1,675 residents collected pensions as of March 1, up from 1,320 five years earlier, with nationwide and state averages lower than local payments.
City Council after a heated debate instructed the city manager and attorney to notify Governor Tiemann that residents want a local meeting to decide on one or two interchanges on Interstate 80 at Sidney. The group to Lincoln was not officially sanctioned by the city.
Local residents will discuss I 80 interchange options at a town hall to be held September 11 at 7 30 p m in the Elks Auditorium. A vote on requesting one or two interchanges will be tallied and the results sent to Governor Norbert Tiemann and other state officials. All residents may attend and speak.
Decker and allies condemn publishing of the Lincoln trip while urging two interstate exits. Janitors, observers, and officials differ on whether one or two exits best serve Sidney, with Chamber pressure for a public meeting to decide and a mediator role for the city council.
City Manager John Baudek unveiled proposed park development to Sidney City Council on Monday. The plan relocates small ball diamonds east of the Armory while keeping the main field, adds traffic control, and creates grassy areas for picnics. Parking would increase near the Armory and park east section. areas near the shelter house and pool stay the same if approved.
Rumors in Sidney claimed Frontier Airlines would end service to Sidney and other Nebraska cities, but Frontier officials in Denver and the Sidney station manager say no flights to or from Nebraska will be affected. The airline laid off 42 pilots temporarily as a financial move and will slow schedule and expansion until its earnings improve.
The Sidney Telegraph will not print Monday due to the legal holiday. News features and advertisements normally in Monday's issue will appear in Wednesday edition.
State Engineer John Hossack told the Nebraska Highway Commission that the Department of Roads seeks a Federal Bureau of Roads public hearing on an Interstate 80 interchange just south of Sidney. Sidney residents in Lincoln requested the hearing, while two interchanges were tentatively planned. Dan Ramsey of Scottsbluff offered to meet locals to discuss the I 80 pattern at Sidney.
State Highway Department reports workers with the I-80 project west of Chappell have exhausted housing in Chappell. Crews relocated to Sidney with three families and three single men already settling there, after commuting between the two towns, according to Bob Mason, Sidney division superintendent.
Lodgepole gears up for the 44th Annual Old Settlers Reunion on Labor Day with a parade and free barbecue. Mr. and Mrs. John Hornicek will be honored as king and queen. Highlights include a horse pulling contest, flower show exhibits, and an afternoon program at South Park culminating in a dance and country store drawing.
Merle Rudebusch told Sidney Rotary Club that Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School enrollment rose 76 percent in the past year with 190 students this fall and 200 by January. By then 35 instructors will teach, tours showed a workshop with over one million dollars in equipment, and guests from Kimball and Rapid City attended. The next Rotary meeting will skip Labor Day.
The 1968 United Fund drive in Sidney will start October 3 with Benny Hochman as local chairman. Volunteers are being lined up and contact him to help. Board members split duties including advance gifts, businesses, and door to door campaigning, with headquarters at Elwell Motors.
The Morrill County Fair and Rodeo launches in Bridgeport Saturday and runs through Tuesday. Exhibits enter at 12 30 p m with judging starting that afternoon. Two rodeo performances are slated for Sunday and Monday at 8 p m.
Cabela's Inc plans to move its mail order hunting and fishing business from Chappell to the former John Deere Co building in Sidney. The three story facility with 52 thousand square feet and railroad access will house about twenty current employees, with potential growth as expansion proceeds. The deal was negotiated with the Cheyenne County Hospital Association and viewed as a turning point in Sidney's recovery from recent reverses. The Sidney post office is a beneficiary as catalogs and packages volume rises.
The annual crippled children clinic will be held at the Sidney Elks Lodge on Saturday September 14 with Sidney Elks and Does assisting Nebraska Elks officials. Twenty children have names on file with Cheyenne County Welfare. Specialists Fritz Teal Gerald Reis and Charles Erickson will attend, registration from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. The Sidney Crippled Children committee leads the event under Walter J. Hampton and Robert Wait.
The Telegraph corrects an earlier caption stating Dick Osterday is president this year and Glen Houtz will lead the group in 1969 70. Osterday was previously listed as past president.
Sioux Army Depot land totaling about 17 000 acres is officially appraised at 993 800 by Brandt Appraisal ahead of mill levy setting. The land and buildings are being returned to farming and industry with 800 storage igloos unvalued. Assessed total lands sit at 347 845 distributed across districts 75 76 77 and 138 with 35 percent taxation.
The Cheyenne County National Farmers Organization chapter named 25 delegates to the state convention September 14 in Grand Island Nebraska. Mrs Donald Lewis of Dalton said the group heard reports on the district convention in North Platte and a briefing from NFC member Jim Finner of Torrington Wyoming on bloc selling of farm products across western Nebraska and eastern Wyoming. He noted a man is on duty permanently in Brush Colorado to handle hog bloc selling.
This forecast predicts fair and mild conditions this afternoon with partly cloudy skies tonight and Thursday. A few rain showers are indicated Thursday with cooler temperatures. Highs reach 80 to 90 this afternoon, lows 45 to 55 tonight, and 70 to 80 on Thursday. Rain chances under 5 percent this afternoon and tonight, rising to 20 percent Thursday. Temperatures Thursday through Monday expected 2 to 7 degrees below normal.
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