Safflower at Sidney: PVO-GMI Bets on Record Year Ahead
Pacific Vegetable Oils Inc and General Mills Inc reaffirm faith in safflower in the four state area served by the Sidney plant. Despite two poor years, they pledge a $70 per ton base price plus a March 1965 bonus and longer contracts, backed by research, market development, and plant expansion while urging a 1964 acreage signup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Agricultural College
Great Plains
Pvo-Gmi
PVO
Sidney
Pacific Oilseeds Inc
Montana
Arizona
Minuteman missiles move toward Nebraska sites
Boeing plans to install Minuteman missiles at launch sites in Nebraska and nearby areas with about 1700 workers by late 1964. The project involves Morrison Knudsen Associates and SAC routes, while Interstate 80 hearings in Sidney focus on routing and interchanges for future traffic flow through the region.
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Sidney
Kimball
Nebraska
Boeing Co
Morrison Knudsen Associates
Lysle A. Wood
Boeing
Voluntary Farm Plan Gains Prominence in 1964 Crop
Agriculture officials push toward a voluntary wheat program to aid farmers before the 1964 election. May referendum rejected mandatory controls for 1964. Freeman notes Congress may pass a voluntary plan early next year to affect the 1964 crop. If enacted, farmers could plow under excess winter wheat. without action, 1964 prices could fall from 1.82 to 1.25 per bushel. Under voluntary rules, farmers may stay within or exceed allotments. mandatory rules penalize overage.
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Orville L. Freeman
Congress
Weather Outlook Manages Fair Skies Through Tomorrow
The forecast calls for generally fair weather with gentle conditions. Lows tonight range from 15 to 25 degrees. Tomorrow's high temperatures are expected to stay in the 50s.
CAP Members Assist in Sunday SARCAP at Ogallala
Sidney Composite Squadron Civil Air Patrol held a Sunday SARCAP at Ogallala to practice locating a missing airplane. The local unit led by First Lt Forest Chapman included Major P J Heaton Jr Everett Mercer Tom Buecker Joe Hajek Patricia Mercer Jason Minshall Tom Hammond Kathleen Mercer Barbara Lambert Dan Rice Jim Deal and Jack Upton cadets. Several members will attend a Lincoln conference on Dec 7 to learn the new Cadet program effective Jan 1. An Air Force air lift supports the exercise with enplaning at Scottsbluff or North Platte Friday evening and return Sunday afternoon.
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Sidney Composite Squadron
Civil Air Patrol
Ogallala
Forrest Chapman
P. J. Heaton Jr
Everett Mercer
Tom Buecker
Joe Hajek
Patricia Mercer
Jason Minshall
Tom Hammond
Katherine Mercer
Barbara Lambert
Dan Rice
Jim Deal
Jack Upton
Lincoln
Air Force
Scottsbluff
North Platte
State official to speak on regional development plans
Willard Barbee chief of the land management division of the Parks Game and Fish Commission will address Cheyenne County Rural Area Development Association at a 6 30 dinner meeting at Yendis Cafe. He will outline the department s plans for recreational and other development in the region and new offi cers will be elected at the meeting.
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Sidney
Devel
Cheyenne
Kimball
Cheyenne County
Sunol
John Hossack
Hossack
Nebraska Highway Commission
Nebraska
Lexington
Grand Island
Seward
Omaha
Omaha-Seward
Overton
Lincoln
Elks Auditorium
Willard Barbee
Association
Ray Graff
Dalton
Bob Elsen
Gene Lienemann
Jerry Kallhoff
Ivan Liljegren
Charles Ham
Frontier Airlines Unveils Modern Aircraft Livery
Frontier Airlines reveals a new paint design created with Broyles Allebaugh and Davis in Denver. The overhaul features turquoise, metallic gold and black colors on Convairs and will roll out across the 14 aircraft fleet in 1964 after thorough design sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Frontier Airlines
Broyles, Allebaugh & Davis
Colorado
Frontier
Arrow
School Board Hears Talk On Elementary Phys Ed
Don Tuch elementary phys ed coordinator reported on the first year of full time elementary physical education. The unit based program trains basic skills for muscular development with one day weekly at each building and 52 teachers involved. Intramural football and basketball were added for fifth and sixth graders. The board set August 31 as the 1964-65 opening and discussed tennis court upgrades at St Patrick's Academy with oil mat work planned next summer. Supt Pedersen urged civic group support for park courts, noting six school courts would be best placed in the park.
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Board of Education
Don Tuch
Tuch
St. Patrick’s Academy
Supt
Russell Pedersen
Saturday Is Pancake Day at Lions Club Event
The second annual Lions Club Aunt Jemima Pancake Feed is set for next Saturday December 7 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Elks Auditorium with co chairs Vince Maliszewski and Kenneth Pittam. Gene Morris and Art Wright organize entertainment while Band Parents Auxiliary assists in serving. Tickets sold by Sidney Junior High bands cost 1 for adults and 50 cents for children. More griddles will speed service and patrons may sit in the balcony during peak times. Proceeds support Lions Club community youth projects.
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Lions Club
Sidney
Chamber To Elect Directors At Sidney Chamber
Five board seats at the Sidney Chamber of Commerce will be filled by member ballot this month. A nominating committee of three former presidents John Elwell Jr Carl Christ Jr and Dean Wilson will name two candidates for each office this week. Ballots mail by December 10 and return in a week. Terms expiring include Jameson Lindstrom Krieger Robinson Cunningham. Carryover directors are Bolin Carr Mehling Peterson and Noteboom. Directors serve two years.
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Sidney Chamber of Commerce
John Elwell Jr
Carl Christ Jr
Dean Wilson
Jime
Erson
A. Lindstrom
Leo Krieger
Ned Robinson
R. C. Cunningham
Don Heath
Leo Bolin
Lloyd Carr
Lew Mehling
Bill Peterson
Ken Noteboom
Chapman Receives Second CAP Commander Appointment
Word has arrived of First Lt Forrest R. Chapman being named commander of the Sidney Compo site Squadron Nebraska Wing Civil Air Patrol. This marks his second appointment and, under new regulations, it will not be limited.
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Forrest R. Chapman
Sidney
Nebraska
Civil Air Patrol
Chapman
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Seares
U.S. Weather Bureau
U.S
Utah
Eral
Aerospace Division
Missile Complex
Wood
Warren Air Force Base
Banner
Wyoming
SAC
CAP
Frontier Craft
Chamber
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