Parity Denounced as Disaster by NFO Leader Staley
Oren Lee Staley, national president of the National Farmers Organization, warns the House farm bill is disastrous for rural income and urges the Senate to at least preserve current protections. He argues parity is meaningless if prices stay tied to the world market and calls for a price floor and collective bargaining to empower farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Oren Lee Staley
National Farmers Organization
Sidney Telegraph
Staley
NFO
Washington
Senate Agricultural Committee
Nfos
Secretary of Agriculture
America
Kinnersley Dies At 49 In Memorial Hospital
William H. Kinnersley, 49, died early Friday morning at Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements are pending at Gehrig and Son Funeral Home. Survived by two sons Albert J. Kinnersley and John G. Kinnersley Sr., both of Sidney, and two sisters Mrs. Margaret McCullouch of Corning California and Mrs. Ethel Touney of Dupont Colorado. Complete obituary to run Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Kinnersley
Memorial Hospital
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Albert J. Kinnersley
John G. Kinnersley Sr
Sidney
Margaret McCullouch
Corning
Calif
Ethel Touney
Dupont
Colo
Weather outlook with clouds and isolated thundershowers
Afternoon skies become partly cloudy with a chance of thundershowers. Otherwise fair conditions with little temperature change through Saturday. Highs near 90, lows in the 50s. Balonence five percent. Courtesy Frontier Airlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balonence
Frontier Airlines
Wheat Growers Told To Learn Farm Bill Facts
The Cheyenne County Wheat Growers Assn reports from the regular meeting on a National Association of Wheat Growers gathering in Denver. Ray Davis notes House bill provisions outlined by Glen Weir and urges farmers to visit county ASC offices to learn their rights under the bill ahead of seeding for 1971. Senate action unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
ASC
Sidney Telegraph
Senate
Sidney Attorney's Brother Seeks Secretary of State
Nebraska political figure Stan Matzke Jr., brother of attorney Gerald E. Matzke, campaigned in Sidney during a Sandhills and Panhandle swing. Born 1933 in Seward, he spent a life in Nebraska with farming and education work, including leadership roles at Milford and Curtis, later Lincoln, shaping agricultural education.
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Sidney
Sandhills
Panhandle
Stan Matzke
Gerald E. Matzke
Nebraska
Seward
Stanley Matzke
Matzke
Milford
Nebraska Unicameral
Stan Matzke, Jr
Lincoln
Gerald
West
United Fund Sets 1971 Budget and Drive Schedule
The United Fund of Sidney approves a 1971 budget of 12700 dollars, $500 up from last year, with 12060 for nine member agencies and 640 for campaign expenses. New member Association for the Mentally Retarded budget of 1500 is approved. Kickoff Sept 21 for advanced gifts. business drive Oct 5. residential drive Oct 12. Budgets include Kings Daughters 1000, Salvation Army 1500, Girl Scouts 1500, Red Cross 2000, Boy Scouts 3500, Muscular Dystrophy 1600. Headquarters secured at 11th Ave and Illinois St for 90 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fund of Sidney
Association For the Mentally Retarded
United Fund Board
Benny Hochman
L.S. O’halloran
Jack H. Lowe
Raoul C. Nelson
United Fund
11Th Ave
Illinois St
Guy F. Bush
Hochman
The
Kings Daughters
the Salvation Army
Girl Scouts
Red Cross
Boy Scouts
4-H Calf Auction Prices Highlight Regional Results
Cheyenne County Fair 4-H grand champion calf sold for 63 dollars per hundred, second highest region wide. Box Butte County top price at 72 dollars, bought by Tri State Supply. Kimball sold grand champion at 60 dollars per hundred. other counties ranged 45 to 55 dollars. Silver Dollar bought Cheyenne County champ and other animals. Report notes exceptional bidding and growing 4-H entries despite fewer animals overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Panhandle
Sidney Telegraph
Box Butte County
Tri- State Supply
Kimball
Cheyenne County Fair
Decker Store Opens in Sidney on 23rd Ave Complex
The Telegraph announces the opening of Decker's Discount Store in Sidney on 23rd Ave between Clinois and Jackson St as part of the Decker business complex. The store will be open Sundays noon to six. A new self service gasoline operation is also added on the parking lot.
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Decker
Discount
Sidney
23Rd Ave
Clinois
Jackson St
Sunol Lodgepole I-80 Low Bids Announced
Apparent low bidders for I-80 Lodgepole to Sunol announced by Nebraska Department of Roads. Werner Construction Co. Hastings tops paving at 1 363 863 85 and Western Plains Construction Co. Lincoln tops bridges at 315 034 62. Other low bids include Platte Valley Construction Grand Island 780 132 63 for grading gravel detours James S Simon Co North Platte 168 551 67 for culverts and Robinson Seed Oshkosh 33 232 79 for fences. Total Lodgepole Sand stretch bids 2 660 815 56.
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Lodgepole
Sunol
Nebraska Department of Roads
Werner Construction Co
Hastings
Western Plains Construction Co
Lincoln
Platte Valley Construction Co
Grand Island
James S. Simon Co., Inc
North Platte
Robinson Seed Co
Oshkosh
Schools Reopen As Cheyenne County Feels School Start
Nebraska Panhandle and northeastern Colorado face a dry spell threatening crop yields and delaying fall planting. Irrigated crops stay strong with waterings. farmers plan winter wheat seeding amid uncertain moisture. Aug 31 marks most rural districts opening, with Sunol Sept 8 the exception. workshops proceed for teachers as schools resume across the region.
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Nebraska Panhandle
Colorado
Panhandle
Nebraska
Cheyenne County
Sidney
St. Patrick’s Academy
I.A. Caldwell
Suno
Caldwell
Kimball
Devel
Cheyenne
Garden
W. G. Kelly
Unit 14
Les Harvey
State Department of Education
Werdell Lessman
Jane Morehouse
Kimball Schools
Project English
Sally Haythorn
Creda Thompson
Perc Center
Sidney Public Schools
St. Patrick’s
Gurley
Dalton
Peetz
Educational Unit 14
Cheyenne, Kimball
Deuel Ste
Kimball Field May Yield Oil From New Sand
Kimball County reports a notable drilling success at No. 1 Petsch in the Petsch Field where oil was found in a D sand test. Drilling remains slow but three new locations were approved by the Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, two in Kimball County and one in Banner County, with operators and drillers named.
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Kimball County
Petroleum Inc
Petsch
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Houtby
Houtby Field
Sage Oil
Evertson
CNE
Maggie Oil Co
Banner County
Peterson
CSW
R.D. Brew and Petroleum Inc
B-W Drilling Co., Inc
Nightengale Named State Optimist Committeeman
Bob Nightengale president of the Sidney Optimist Club was appointed to the constitutional and bylaws committee at the International Ninth Annual Nebraska District Convention in Lincoln August 27 to 29. He joined Tom Kallhoff and others. William J. Timmons of Omaha was chosen district governor with six zoned lieutenant governors. Zone Six includes Sidney. officers take office October 1. Robert A. Leonard of Knoxville spoke to about 250 members. The local club meets Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. at Yendis Cafe.
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Bob Nightengale
Sidney Optimist Club
Nebraska
Lincoln
Tom Kallhoff
Kallhoff
Nightengale
William J. Timmons
Omaha
Milford Kenjewski
Ogallala
Sidney Club
Robert A. Leonard
Knoxville
Tenn
Optimist International
Yendis
Carl Christ Low Bidder On Terminal
The apparent low bid for a Sidney airport terminal came in at about 5000 below the architect's estimate. Carl W. Christ Construction Co bid 73157, Jost Construction 77795, Paulsen 83470. The 43 by 56 foot block building will stand near the current terminal, with demolishment of the old structure after completion. The bid requires State Federal Aeronautics approval, but no problem is anticipated. City Council will award the contract to Christ Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Airport
Carl W. Christ Construction Co
Jost Construction Co
Paulsen Building and Supply Co
Cozad
Kirkham- Michael and Associates
John Baudek
Christ Company
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House Farm
Kinnersley
Sec. of State
Dorothy
Curtis
Nebraska Agribusiness Club
University of Nebraska College of Agriculture
Avgitive National Travelers Air Campaign
D.W. Jorgenson
O’halleran
H.W
Pat) Ells
Lowe
Lou Wilson
Don Robinson
W.W Schulz
Donald Born
Harold O'Connor
Nelson
Merle Rudebusch
Larry Doyle
Ith Avenue
P.O
4-H Champ Price
Decker Store
Deuel County
Chappell
Candi Radtke
Joni Zich
Telegraph Printing Co
Telegraph
Bridgeport Equipment Co
Bridgeport
Carl Christ
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