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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1971
Page
1
Roy Davis Cheyenne County ASC chair says acreage set aside in the new farm bill serves national needs and benefits participants. Sign-up for 1971 wheat and feed grain programs runs March 1 to April 5 at county ASC offices.
Jim Knackstedt of St. Patrick's High School and Sidney Legion Post 17 won the District 1V American Legion Oratorical Contest held Sunday. H Dwain Riddle of Bridgeport presented the first place trophy. Knackstedt advances to the state contest in March at Norfolk.
The February Western Outlook magazine is a 16 page bonus in the Sidney Telegraph. It covers topics from the Western Nebraska environment to an Air Academy program comparison, editorials on crime and opinions by Ed Sykes, Spindler’s recollections of itinerant peddlers, and features on the Gross House Museum at Chappell, among others.
Dwen G Lewis formerly of Dalton and now aboard the U S S Ranger in Vietnamese waters writes a note to The Sidney Telegraph expressing gratitude to the Sidney Kiwanis Club and Cheyenne County residents for Christmas packages sent to the Vietnam group. He also thanks donors who bought apples to fund the effort.
Temperatures rose to 63 degrees over the weekend with dry conditions and lawns watered as summer displays were downed. The forecast calls for rain showers and possible snow this week. FAA flight service data show Friday 22 52, Saturday 25 63, Sunday 27 54, and today 27 51 by 11 AM.
Jim Knackstedl of St Patrick's High School Sidney won the District IV American Legion Oratorical Contest held Sunday afternoon. Randy Linton Dalton finished second, Joe Singleton Dix third, with Scott Cook Sidney High and Marcia Price Hemingford sharing fourth. Contestants spoke on the U S Constitution and presidential appointment of Supreme Court judges before Carl Crouse chaired and Richard Patten welcomed the audience. Judges included P J Heaton Sr and Rev Lester Boehm.
A special NE TV program from KCET will air February 16 at 9 30 p m on NET stations. The hour long color program covers the Los Angeles quake the worst in 38 years with at least 60 deaths 80 000 displaced and 1 billion in damage. Dr Donald Anderson leads seismologists from Caltech in on the spot coverage and world quake discussion preempting NETN shows.
A hasty break in at Lockwood's Jewelry in Sidney occurred early Sunday. a center display window was smashed and 11 Caravell watches plus rings bracelets necklaces and pins were taken. Police noted the time of discovery at 5:37 am and no cash loss was specified.
The Wye Braska Area Boy Scout Council forms a trust fund to support capital needs and special projects beyond the operating budget. James Metzger chairs a committee with members from Scottsbluff Chadron Sidney Alliance and more. Scottsbluff National Bank acts as corporate trustee. Gifts may be cash stock bonds or real estate and may fund specific projects or memorials. The council serves over 56 000 active Scouts and leaders across twelve Nebraska panhandle counties and adjacent Wyoming, chartered February 1 1922 with Rotary support.
Mrs. Eleanora Haack Wittrock 67 longtime Potter and Dix resident died Monday at Kimball Hospital after a week’s illness. Funeral services Thursday at 1 p.m. in St. John’s Lutheran Kimball with Rev. Walter Klipp. Interment St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery northeast of Potter. Memorials may go to the Lutheran Hour. The widow of Fred H. Wittrock, she was born June 7 1903 in Wausau Wisconsin and married in Beaver Dam Wisconsin in 1927. She lived on farms near Potter and Dix and worked 12 years as a Cook at Dix Public School. Surviving: widower three sons Gerald Lodgepole Merlin Sidney Arthur Burns Ore four daughters Charlotte Dix Mavis Graham Elaine Randolph Eileen Sidney four brothers Arthur Hugo Edwin and four sisters Laura Kanzenback Gertrude Wegehaupt Florence Grobe Alice Zastrow.
Weather: considerable cloudiness through Tuesday with a slight chance of showers. Winds west 15 to 25 mph this afternoon. Highs 50 to 60, tonight 25 to 35, Tuesday 45 to 55. Measurable precipitation near zero this afternoon and about five percent Tuesday.
Nebraska oil reports note a 34 foot pay sand in Morrill County at the No 3 Curnal in Blue Bead Field with two producers yielding about 300 barrels daily and a promising potential for a major new field. Red Willow County shows four new drilling sites and Sleepy Hollow Field in Red Willow accounts for much of December output.
Calves topped at 43.50 while fat hogs rose 75 cents at Sidney’s Western Plains Auction Co sale. Six buyers supported a strong market. sale manager Floyd Sargent credited quality growers. Readouts include calf prices 58 to 100 per head, heifer calves 36 to 39.50 per cwt, steer calves 39 to 43.50, yearlings 28.50 to 42, Holstein steers 25 to 32, cows 19 to 2150, butcher hogs 19.35, sows 12.50 to 14, boars 10 to 10.50, ewes with lambs 35 per head, with plans listed for next Saturday.
The Sidney Volunteer Fire Department answered a 1:50 a.m. Sunday call to extinguish a fire in car seats located outside at 1845 Newton. No cause was listed and no damages were reported. Owner was Bob Evans.
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