President of Chrysler Buys Famed Greenwood Ranch
DALTON The president of The Chrysler Corp. of Detroit, Virgil E. Boyd, has purchased the historic Greenwood Ranch northwest of Dalton from Frank Scudder. The 562 irrigated acres and grazing land support over 800 cattle, with title transfer set for March 15. Mr. and Mrs. Verner Hinman will move onto the ranch then.
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Dalton
Chrysler Corp
Detroit
Greenwood Ranch
Virgil E. Boyd
Alliance
Nebr
Frank Scudder
Nebraska Panhandle
Mr. Scudder
Sidney Keenan
Mary Keenan
Greenwood Creek
Verner Hinman
Greenwood
Boyd
Nebraska
University of Nebraska
Sioux City
Iowa
Chrysler
Panhandle
Scudders
Mrs. Scudder
Mr.Scudder
Free Trade Essential To Future For Wheat Growers
Lincoln reports Phil Curtiss of the Nebraska Wheat Growers says free trade with other countries is essential for a prosperous future of wheat producers. He argues import quotas could raise prices on foreign-made goods and provoke retaliation, harming wheat sales, with Japan cited as a key cash market and potential quota impact.
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Lincoln
Nebraska Wheat Growers
Phil Curtiss
Sidney
Curtiss
Japan
Scout Area Adds Trainee To Staff
Robert F. Whitman of Colorado Springs, Colo, is hired as executive trainee of the Boy Scouts of America effective Feb. 1. A 1968 Delaware Valley College animal husbandry BS, he will complete 60 days of on the job training in the Wye-Braska Council, attend the National Executive Institute, then become district executive of the Mormon Trail District covering Scotts Bluff and Banner counties in Nebraska and the Laramie Peak District including Platte, Goshen, and Niobrara counties in Wyoming, and reside in Scottsbluff.
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Robert F. Whitman
Colorado Springs
Colo
Boy Scouts of America
Leroy Johnson
Mr. Whitman
Delaware Valley College of Pennsylvania
National Executive Institute
Wye-Braska
Bosley to Return as Dalton Superintendent for Second Term
Glenn Bosley has signed a contract with the Dalton board of education and will return to the Dalton school in the fall for his second term as superintendent. Prior to Dalton he served as superintendent at Lodgepole.
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Glenn Bosley
Dalton Board of Education
Dalton School
Dalton
Bosley
Lodgepole
IRS Booklet Is Offered Farmers
Omaha farmers may obtain the 1969 edition of the Farmers Tax Guide Publication 225. Richard P. Vinal says the new tax laws are explained with a sample complete farm return and important Federal tax dates. The non technical booklet helps with 1968 returns and serves as a year round reference and is free from local agricultural agents or IRS offices.
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Omaha
Internal Revenue Service
Irrigation Short Course Offered by Nebraska Extension Service
The University of Nebraska and the Extension Service sponsor an Irrigation Short Course in Alliance at the Elks Lodge on Feb 6 and 7. Ex tension Specialists from the College of Agriculture and Scotts Bluff Experiment Station lead sessions on water plans, ground water, fertilizing, irrigation timing, wells, pumps, sprinkler systems, and automated pipelines. Notable speakers include Larry Axthelm, Vincent Dreeszen, Louie Daigger, Paul Fischbach, Don Miller, and others. Registration is $4.50 for both days or $3.25 for a single day, with meals and materials included.
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University of Nebraska
The
Extension Service
Elks Lodge
College of Agriculture
Scotts Bluff
State
Nebraska
Larry Axthelm
Vincent Dreeszen
Louie Daigger
Paul Fischbach
Deon Axthelm
Don Miller
Charles Fenster
Delbert Lane
Bert Somerhalder
Robert Mulliner
Panhandle
Grand Opening Planned for Sidney Drive-In Liquor Store
Edward and Janeen Vokoum announce the grand opening next Tuesday February 14 for The Sidney Drive-In Liquor Store. The newly owned business will host door prizes including $35 gift certificates at Jack and Jill The Star Market and Mel's Meats, plus free coffee and rolls for guests.
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Edward
Janeen Vokoum
Sidney Drive-In
Vokoums
Jack and Jill
Star Market
Mel’s Meats
Lodgepole Senior Anita Quinn Wins Regents Scholarship
Superintendent Eugene Thompson of Lodgepole High announces that Anita Lu Quinn, LHS senior and daughter of Mr and Mrs Horace Quinn, has won a one year Regents scholarship. An Honor Roll student, she plans to attend college in the fall and participates in chorus concert band marching band Annual staff Pep Club volleyball and drama.
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Supt
Eugene Thompson
Lodgepole High School
MissAnita Lu Quinn
LHS
Horace Quinn
Miss Quinn
Wheat and Feed Sign Up For 1969 Programs Begin
The USDA announced sign up for the 1969 feed grain and wheat programs from Feb 3 to March 31. The 1969 program, nearly identical to 1968, adds barley and sets a national acreage diversion target of 37 million acres for corn, grain sorghum and barley. Producers can participate by reducing base acreage by 20 percent to qualify for price support loans and payments, with potential additional diversification for up to 50 percent of base.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
Minnesotan Is Theft Suspect
Darrell D. Claussen, 20, Hickman Minnesota, was arrested at Big Springs Thursday morning and held by Deputy Sheriff Floyd Stahr at Chappell for Sterling authorities. He faces charges of stealing a 1967 Ford pickup from Sterling during the night Wednesday. The Nebraska State Patrol located the abandoned vehicle and linked the arrest to the case.
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Darrell D. Claussen
Hickman
Minn
Big Springs
Devel County
Floyd Stahr
Chappell
Sterling
Cole
Claussen
Nebraska State Patrol
Buffalo Feed Scheduled Monday by Sidney Legion and VFW
The Sidney American Legion and VFW have secured a buffalo from the Nebraska Game Commission for the annual buffalo feed. Veterans and their guests are invited to the feed next Monday night February 3 in the Legion room basement of The J C Penney Co building.
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Sidney American Legion
VFW
Nebraska Game Commission
Legion
J. C. Penney Co
Weather Panhandle Forecast Card in Frontier Airlines Era
General fair conditions across the Panhandle with westerly winds 15 to 25 mph. Highs near 30 to 40, lows 10 to 20, continuing through Saturday. Snow chance near zero today tonight and Saturday. Five day outlook shows temperatures 4 to 12 degrees below normal through Wednesday with highs 25 to 35 and lows zero to 10, slight chance of light snow early next week. Courtesy Frontier Airlines.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Citified Bunny Meets His Maker at Busy Intersection
In Sidney at the corner of 10th Ave and Illinois St early Thursday morning observers found a crushed large jack rabbit at the crossroads. The incident suggests wildlife and urban life can collide despite progress, with the scene likened to industry hubs in major cities.
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Sidney
10Th Ave
Ilinois St
Hollywood
Vine
Broadway
42Nd
New York
10Th and
Illinois
Four charged with counterfeit money held in Nebraska
Four age twenty one to thirty were brought before U S Commissioner Gerald E Matzke in Sidney on a Federal warrant for possession of counterfeit money. The group Lorenzo Powell Gloria Jean Beeks Anderson Wilson Jr and Margaret Wilson all Los Angeles residents faced preliminary hearing options and were assigned attorney Jack Knicely. Arrested early Thursday by Nebraska State Patrol Trooper Max Ibach after radar speeding three miles west of Sidney the four were held in Cheyenne County Jail with $4900 in counterfeit bills found in the car and a small amount of genuine money. Bond set at $5000 each.
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U. S
Gerald E. Matzke
Sidney
Lorenzo Powell
Gloria Jean Beeks
Anderson Wilson Jr
Margaret Wilson
Los Angeles
Matzke
Omaha
Jack Knicely
Knicely
Nebraska State Patrol
Max Ibach
Ibach
Cheyenne
Richard A. Roth
United States Secret Service
Roth
Cheyenne County
Senators Would Restrict Farming By Corporations
Ten Nebraska state senators push SB668 to bar corporate farming mirroring North Dakota. Corporations where 75 percent of stockholders are nonfarmers would have ten years to divest Nebraska farm holdings, after which land would be sold at public auction to the highest bidder. Senator Jerome Warner leads the measure targeting large buyers such as Gates Rubber Co.
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Nebraska
North Dakota
Waverly
Jerome Warner
Gates Rubber Co
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Union Pacific
Potter
IRS
Kermit Brumbaugh
U.S. Secret Service
Telegraph
Anderson Wilson
Gloria Beeks
Anita LU Quinn
Bunny
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