Who's Who in Cheyenne County Contest Opens
A community guessing game invites residents to search the Who's Who section ads for clues about a local person. Entrants must list clues from sponsoring merchants ads, include name and contact, and drop entries at five designated stores by 5 p.m. next Friday January 26.
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Sponce
Telegraph Office
Ben Franklin
Thomas Lumber Co
Fix Pharmacy
Goodyear Store
Bagby’s Texaco
Social Security hike boosts Cheyenne County residents
Congress approved a national Social Security increase. In Cheyenne County the average annual beneficiary payment rises from $868 to $981 per recipient, with total community payments up to $1,564,000 yearly from $1,384,000, starting in March.
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Congress
Cheyenne County
Social Security Administration
Courthouse Offers 3 in One Time Saving Bargain
Courthouse visits today cover three tasks voting registration tax filing and motor vehicle license renewals with an optional fourth for drivers license tests. County Clerk Ralph Englert urges early registration for spring elections and notes May 3 deadline for August primary and November general. County Assessor Ed Swanson explains personal property taxes and the need to declare assets used in earning a living. County Treasurer Milt Nissen warns of long lines and urges renewing licenses by February 29. Examiners provide driver license tests at the courthouse Thursdays and Fridays, with hours posted.
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Ralph Englert
Ed Swanson
Milt Nissen
Nissen
Chappell Man to Head Huge Co Op Merger
Walter Peterson of Chappell will lead a new farmers cooperative formed by Equity Union Grain Westcentral Cooperative Farmers Union Cooperative Marketing and Farmers Cooperative Commission. The merged firm Farmers Marketing Co will coordinate grain marketing across nine cities with temporary Hutchinson Kansas headquarters.
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Chappell Man
Walter Peterson
Chappell
Equity Union Grain Co
Westcentral Cooperative Grain Co
Farmers Union Cooperative Marketing Assn
Farmers Cooperative Commission Co
Farmers Marketing Co
Peterson
Nebraska
West Central
Central Bank For Cooperatives
Coop
Hutchison, Kan
Hospital News Omission Triggers Wide Protest
The Sidney Telegraph faced heavy complaints over omitting hospital notes. The decision came from the hospital board on the administrator’s suggestion and medical staff recommendation. Citizens are urged to contact Mr Hendee or the hospital board with views.
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Sidney Telegraph
Telegraph
Dar
Old Hendee
Hendee
Gerald Matzke
Lewis Mehling
Thomas O’connell Sr
A. J. Jorgenson
E.K. Yanney
Ray Cruise
C. G. Olsen
Frank Schwasnick
R C. Cunningham
Robert Hassle
Jack H. Lowe
Elmer Ladine
J. E. Thayer
H.C.Q. Nelson
Dean Hagemeister
Carlsons Sweep at National Western Calf Show
Myron Carlson and Son of Lodgepole won the breed championship and overall reserve at the National Western Livestock Show in Denver last week. The Angus calves weighed 471 pounds each and sold for an average of 49 dollars per hundredweight, marking the Carlsons' sixth top or runner up finish in seven years at Denver.
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Myron Carlson
Lodgepole
Denver
Panhandle Week Forecast Calls For Mild Temperatures
The Panhandle weather outlook shows fair conditions this afternoon and tonight with a high Tuesday in the 40s and lows mostly 15 to 25. Precipitation chances fall below five percent. The five day outlook calls for temperatures about ten degrees above normal, with highs in the 40s and lows in the teens to mid twenties and little precipitation expected.
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Panhandle
Weekend moisture and temperatures across the county
A trace of precipitation marked the weekend in most areas as springlike conditions returned. Sidney reached 57 degrees on Sunday with a low of 22, while Dalton, Potter, and Lodgepole posted highs in the mid fifties to the upper fifties and lows from the mid teens to mid twenties.
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Sidney
Dalton’s
Dalton
Potter
Mercury
Lodgepole
Foland Named Wyo Braska VP At Annual Scout Council
At the Wyo Braska Scout Council annual meeting in Scottsbluff Vernon A. Allan handed the presidency to Wayne X. Deaver of Alliance. Elected officers include vice presidents Cyrus B. Hall Bill Nichol Doyle Foland. Foland named honorary president. Clark Nichols elected council commissioner. The council set a 4286 boy membership goal for 1968 and aims to train 75 percent of top unit leaders with at least 3000 boys advancing one rank.
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Wyo-Braska Scout Council
Scottsbluff
Vernon A. Allan
Wayne X. Deaver
Alliance
Cyrus B. Hall
Chadron
Bill Nichol
Doyle Foland
Sidney
Foland
George B. Acker
Ivan Troy
Clark Nichols
W. Max Gentry
Gering
Decker Buys Bluffs Store
Decker the owner of Deckers Market in Sidney announces the purchase of Bob's Superette in Scotts Bluff. Don Lingwall will manage the remodeled Scottsbluff store with transfer set for February 1.
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Bob Decker
Decker’s
Sidney
Scottsbluff
Decker
Don Lingwall
Don
Robert Kruger
How Would You Like To Be A Policeman
A garage break in is thwarted with a youth harassed but unharmed. A car was taken, wrecked, then returned. The notice from Sidney Nebraska includes postal and subscription details for local carriers and rates.
Mail by air boosts Nebraska first class service
First class mail in Nebraska began moving by plane on Sunday with a 7 p.m. dispatch from Sidney Airport. Trojan Airways of Kansas City operates the routes, and Grand Island serves as the state center exchanging mail with nine sectional centers. Surface routes remain from Columbus to Grand Island and from Hastings to Grand Island. A Sunday night flight returned at 4:30 a.m. with A R Lincoln piloting. Some mail still leaves Sidney by truck to meet evening deadlines.
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Nebraska
Sidney
Trojan Airways, Inc
Kansas City
Ferris Preble
A. R. Lincoln
Preble
Lincoln
North Platte
Grand Island
Ed Lechner
Chadron - Alliance
Valentine
McCook
O'Neill
Norfolk
Omaha
Columbus
Hastings
M G Challburg Dies at 86 Rites Tuesday
Morris G Challburg 86 a Cheyenne County resident for nearly 50 years died Friday night at Memorial Rest Home. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 PM at Gehrig and Son Funeral Home with Rev Paul Reimers of the 1st Lutheran Church of Potter officiating. Interment in Greenwood Cemetery. He was born March 20 1881 in Andover Illinois and came to the area in 1919. He married Betty Boehdell in Lincoln March 8 1905. He farmed in Potter, later moved to Sidney, and also worked on the Union Pacific railroad. Surviving are two sons, three daughters, 13 grandchildren and several great grandchildren.
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Cheyenne County
Morris G. Challburg
Memorial Rest Home
Gehrig and Son
Paul Reimers
1St Lutheran Church of
Potter
Greenwood Cemetery
Morris George Challburg
Andover
Henry Challburg
Nebraska
Betty Boehdell
Lincoln
Sidney
Union Pacific
Challiburg
Morris W
Potter and
Stanley Chapman
Paxton
Leon Karnik
Geraldine Wolf
Council Meeting Will Be Tuesday
Sidney City Council moves regular session to Tuesday night to avoid a clash with the Chamber of Commerce annual meeting. On the agenda is the city employees and dependents insurance program, under consideration for months with a decision expected soon, possibly Tuesday night.
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Sidney
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Wetland thaw swamps Cheyenne County fields and feeds wheat
Warming snaps from mid morning to mid afternoon melt a vast Cheyenne County snowpack turning stubble fields draws and borrow pits into soggy terrain. Soil near the surface is moist while the winter wheat shows a resilient root system despite earlier cold. Livestock gains drop with severe cold though not accompanied by blizzards.
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Cheyenne County
High Plains
Larry McMillan Named Boss of the Year by Kimball JCs
Larry McMillan of International Harvester stores in Kimball and Sidney was chosen Boss of the Year by the Kimball Jaycees. He supports Jaycee activities, donates equipment, and helped with state convention transportation and flag projects while backing former Jaycee president Larry Stahla.
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Larry McMillan
Kimball Jcs
International Harvester Co
Kimball
Sidney
Kimball Jaycees
Western Nebraska Observer
Larry Stahla
Jaycees
McMillan
Sidney and Kimball International ‘Harvester
Stahla
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County Court House
Carl Christ Jr
Christ Construction Company
Chuck Fritchell
Denver Acoustics
Colorado
Christ
Wyo-Braska VP
Bluffs
Nebr
Sidney, Nebraska
Hahler Motor Company
10Th
Arthur Jung
10Th Street
Mr. Jung
East
Illinois
Kermit Brumbaugh
Clarence Reod
Monterey
Robert
Rood
Mueller
Safeway Stores
Susan Mika
Nelson E. Melvin
M.g.challburg
M. G. Challburg
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