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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1972
Page
1
An FAA station reports Mercury plunges to 24 below zero early Tuesday. No wind but four inches of snow on the ground keeps roads hazardous. Highs range from the teens to the thirties with bitter cold persisting through Friday.
An estimated 12000 damage occurred at a west Newton street house after a fire started in a main floor bedroom and smoldered before discovery. The home owned by Ivan Liljegren sustained heavy smoke and water damage on the upper floor and basement apartments while occupants were away.
The 1972 Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce board poses at their first regular meeting of the year. Standing from left are Don Enevoldsen, Bill Meusburger, Mike Selzer, Ray Josten, Hank Zich, Dan Rowan, and Ed Cole. seated Tom Olson, Mrs. Bill Kelley, Aaron Harmon. not present Lee Foster, Gene Lienemann, Jim Payne.
George Bailey of Dalton Cheyenne County second district was chosen board chairman at the courthouse meeting Tuesday. He succeeds Paul Huff of Ole in the first district. Kenneth Rose of Potter was named welfare chairman. Annual appointments were approved, including Herb Lubash as caretaker and H Blaine Thompson as highway supervisor.
Paul Huff of Lodgepole, commissioner from the first district, filed for reelection Monday afternoon. If elected he will begin a second four year term. Huff, a native of Lodgepole and former chairman of the board, is the first to file for county office. The other county office up this year is judge.
The Sidney Telegraph notes the three-year term renaming on the Fair Board with Harold Draper of Gurley Duane Kahi and Chuck Lafler of Sidney named to three-year terms as county depositories for county funds.
A community relief appeal follows a Monday afternoon blaze that destroyed the home of Mrs. Ramona Leiding and her two sons. A two bedroom furnished home, linens, bedding and clothing are requested. Donors should leave usable articles at the Environmental Cottage or call for pickup.
Cheyenne County Chamber board outlines a concentrated member drive with mailings and a kickoff breakfast on Jan 20. The annual meeting is planned for Jan 26 at either the Sidney Junior High Auditorium or the Elks Lodge, featuring a keynote and countywide entertainment followed by a dance.
Cheyenne County ASC chairman Ray Davis says the 1972 farm signup slated to start January 17 has been postponed. No new date or reason is given. As soon as new signup dates are available the information will be shared with Cheyenne County farmers.
Scott E Sidwell, 20 year old Student Body President at Kearney State College, will run in the 1972 Nebraska Primary as a 3rd Congressional District Democratic delegate pledged to Senator Edmund S Muskie. Sidwell led the campus Young Democrats and backed Kennedy in 1968. in 1970 he worked for Don Searcy's bid against Dave Martin.
Alfalfa variety performance trials are conducted at the Scotts Bluff Station led by agronomist Frank Anderson. Twenty thirty two varieties are grown under max fertilizer and irrigation across four test areas. About two thirds are commercial varieties and seven are breeder developed from Kansas and Nebraska. Yields are measured three or four times seasonally with only three harvests in 1971 due to slow growth. Differences in yield disease resistance and regional adaptability are assessed during the season.
Wheat growers from across the nation attend the 22nd annual NAWG meeting in Denver with about 100 Nebraskans and a Cheyenne County delegation. Secretary Earl L. Butz is slated to speak at the Wednesday banquet amid calls for a 1972 diversion-for-pay program. The event runs Jan 9 to 13 at the Cosmopolitan Hotel with sessions, panels, and notable speakers including Senator Carl Curtis and U.S. Senator Henry Bellman.
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