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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1967
Page
12
National Farmers Organization field representative Boyd Wiest announces a Keith County meeting in Brule at 7 30 p m on Monday December 18 in the Community Hall. Coffee and doughnuts will be served.
About 792 students in Morrill County were tested for hearing this fall as part of a program led by Dick Terry of Educational Service Unit No. 17. Of those, 114 were sent for refined threshold testing and 126 were noted with speech disorders, with 73 now in therapy twice weekly.
City Clerk Frank Sibal issued the first building permit for I-80 interchange work to Texaco for a new service station at I-80 and Highway 61. Construction may start in January with a March 1 start date and a completion target before June 1, 1968, at an estimated cost of 25000 dollars.
A lash wire from a new main cable installation fell as a pickup passed beneath it. The wire contacted a power line and dropped across telephone lines, causing hundreds of phones and television sets to go dark in a five to six block area. Manager Vernon Allen cautioned the outage could widen if more side wires were affected.
Sarah Alden Kimball, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Alden of Kimball, received a $500 award and a scroll from the Scripps Howard Foundation of New York for a series of articles titled The Coroner Controversy. She is a staff writer for the Green Bay Press Gazette and held a summer job with The Sidney Telegraph while studying at the University of Nebraska.
Chappell farmer Arnold Peeks received a Federal Land Bank commemorative medallion this week. The presentation at the Chappell Rotary Club by George LeDroit highlighted his 960 acre farm and livestock program and his standing in the community among 88 Nebraska Wyoming South Dakota and Iowa recipients recognized for efficient production and citizenship.
Fred Schmidt Estate farm near Gering was sold for $90,700 at auction by Asmus and Rychecky of Scottsbluff. Kehn Brothers Inc of Gering bought the land, including 134 acres water rights under Gering Ft Laramie District and 130 acres wheat ground with a 42.9 acre allotment. Schnudts emigrated from Russia in 1900, married in 1915, and farmed there since 1917. they added homes, barns, fences and irrigation laterals.
Scotts Bluff County commissioners approve a contract with Robert Wiederspont of Cheyenne Wyoming to provide ambulance service in the county. Service to start January 1 for 18 months with Scottsbluff and Gering contributing about 10000 each of an estimated 29000 cost, funded by a mill levy for the balance.
The Scottsbluff City Council approves a 750000 revenue bond ordinance to purchase Consumers Public Power District electrical distribution. The city plans a wholesale power agreement to serve Scottsbluff and surrounding areas and expects to take over the service around February 1 1968.
Rep. Dave Martin outlines five urgent national issues facing the 90th Congress. Viet Nam war manpower and casualties, potential riots in 1968, the dollar and World War I debts with France, inflation from government spending, and agriculture price supports with Freeman urged to resign. The president opposes beef import restrictions.
University of Nebraska research shows heavier mulch on fallow wheat fields boosts soil moisture and reduces evaporation. Tests in Nebraska North Platte Sidney Montana Akron Colorado report fallow efficiency rising with more residue, from 3 000 to 9 000 pounds per acre, with climate influencing results.
Farmers unsure about extending warehouse storage grain loans beyond maturity should contact their county ASC office for details. An extension has been announced for 1964 1965 and 1966 feed grain reseal loan crops stored on farms. Ray mond L. Davis Cheyenne County ASC chairman urges visits to the office to update on regulations.
Melvin Eugene Ellis, 25, of Ben na Park California, is jailed on a feloniously concealing an automobile charge with a $5000 bond. He was arrested in Sidney after a service station operator suspected him driving a stolen 1966 Buick Riviera, reported stolen last October from Bourne Massachusetts.
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