Mass 4-H visitors planned for western Nebraska trip
Forty Massachusetts 4-H youths visit Cheyenne County Nebraska as part of the Interstate 4-H exchange. The group will tour farms, see Lake McConaughy, Chimney Rock, and Titan Missile, with a welcome stage robbery skit and a rodeo kickoff in Sidney. Host families and local clubs organize a week of farm life, tours, and social events ending with a farewell in Lander Wyoming.
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Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Sidney
Clover Leaf Drovers 4-H
Legion Park
Bruce Leuhrs
Ivan Liljegren
Bridgeport
Kimball
Wildcat Hills
Scottsbluff Monument
Chimney Rock
4-H
Lander
Wyo
Pat Anderson
Benna Belden
Rosellen Deaver
Larry Disney
Lodgepole
Connie Flora
Dalton
Dee Ann Gell
Sandy Houser
Pam Jessen
Jane Kriesel
Gurley
Jean Kruger
Brian
Greg Lafler
Steve Linton
Steve Luxa
Loretta Mathewson
Potter
Thetta Mathewson
Rich Mis
Rick Walne Sidney
Jerel Walters
Rodney Theis
Lodge Pole
The Meaning of Nationhood on Independence Day 1968
The piece reflects on how Fourth of July celebrations have shifted from close knit rural community events to broader urban outings. It urges readers to recall the principles of freedom, justice and equality, and to contemplate national nationhood and civic duties as they celebrate the Declaration of Independence.
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America
Lakeside
Mountain Park
Fireworks and picnics mark county July 4 celebrations
Fireworks displays are planned tonight by the Dix and Potter volunteer firemen at Buffalo Bend starting around 9 p.m. A free will donation will be collected. In Dalton a large family picnic and park events draw up to 5,000 attendees with a program and a baseball game at 2 p.m. Ross Boyer will speak on patriotism. Sidney youths plan a noon Legion Park picnic with fishing and Tom Sawyer contests, followed by pie and watermelon eating contests, games, and horseshoes throughout the afternoon.
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Dix and Potter
Buffalo Bend
Dalton
Ross Boyer
Alliance Area
Legion
Sidney
Legion Park
Panhandle Weather Forecast Warm and Fair With Thunder Showers
The Panhandle forecast calls for mostly fair and warmer conditions with a 10 percent rain chance. Highs this afternoon 80 to 90, tonight 50 to 60, and near 90 Thursday. Five day outlook shows near normal temperatures Thursday to Monday, then cooler by weekend, with scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms through the period.
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Panhandle
Potter to Pave Over Six Blocks in Village Plan
Potter village plans $51,000 street paving the first in town. Bids open July 31 per village clerk Mrs. Helyn Wheeler. Work to start about six weeks, extending four blocks from railroad tracks south to north pavement and paving Sherman from Elm to Olive with concrete curbs gutters and sidewalks. Asphaltic wearing surface to be used, linking town to Highway 30. No further paving unless new district forms and funds become available.
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Potter
Helyn Wheeler
Sherman
Elm
Olive
Wheeler
Village Board
Softball Tourney Set for Legion Park July Fourth Weekend
The District VII Girls Amateur Softball Tournament will be held at Legion Park over July 4 to 6. Games run Thursday 9 am to 5:30 pm, Friday 1 pm to 8:30 pm, Saturday 1 pm to 6:30 pm. Sanctioned by Nebraska Amateur Softball Association and locally sponsored by the Sidney Band Auxiliary. Teams include four Sidney clubs and squads from Potter Chadron Minatare Harrisburg and Scottsbluff.
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Legion Park
Nebraska Amateur Softball Association
Sidney Band Auxiliary
Sidney
Potter
Chadron
Minatare
Harrisburg
Scottsbluff
126000 Hens Expansion At The Chicken House
The Chicken House at the former Sioux Army Depot aims for 126000 hens with two more houses planned to push egg production. Ed Narjes and Bob Clark Sr of Sidney run the operation, using a five high cage system, automatic feed, and a central processing center to handle up to 720000 eggs. The project targets markets in Sidney Scottsbluff and Denver, relying on shorter freight from Nebraska rather than California.
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Sioux Army
Nebraska
Colorado
Ed Narjes
Bob Clark
Sidney
DeKalb
Narses and Clark
Narjes’ Place
Ted Whitrock
Roy Cutsinger
Isles of the
Narjes
Scottsbluff
Nebraska Panhandle
Denver
Colo
Narses
California
Chicken House
Rocky Ford, Cole
Firm
Campbell’s Soup Company
Chappell Area Wheat Could Be Cut This Week
Reports from a Chappell elevator operator say Scout wheat may be harvested by Friday or early next week amid near record crop size. Harvesting is already underway in eastern Nebraska with two weeks still likely for full harvest in the Chappell area barring wet weather.
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Chappell
Jim Ledbetter
Farmers Elevator
Ledbetter
Bob Ankeny
Dalton Co- Op Elevator
Bridgeport
Nebraska
Premiums For 4-H Club Published For Cheyenne County Fair
The 1968 4-H Club premium list for boys and girls is published in The Sidney Telegraph. Printed early to help members prepare entries, the book will be mailed in July by the County Extension Service. The fair will be combined with the 101 Stampede and is expected to match last year’s Centennial celebration in scope. The Telegraph will feature fair coverage and stampede stories through mid August.
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Sidney Telegraph
The
Telegraph Printing Co
County Extension Service
Telegraph
Two Injured In County Road Collision Near Lodgepole
Two persons injured when two southbound cars collided on a county road north of Lodgepole. Mrs Mary A Bartling 39 and Mrs Frances G Miller 49, both of Lodgepole, drove their vehicles into the west ditch. Bartling’s passenger Fern Bartling 9 suffered facial cuts and tooth loss. Miller treated for back injuries and abrasions at Memorial Hospital. belts were not used.
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Lodgepole
John Trenerry
Nebraska State Patrol
Trenerry
Mary A. Bartling
Frances G. Miller
Bartling
Peabody Leaves For 2-Year Assignment In Afghanistan
Nebraska rural electrification expert William L. Peabody a 35 year old Wheat belt Public Power District systems engineer leaves for a two year Afghanistan post Accompanied by his wife and two sons He will train line crews to rebuild power systems serving Kandahar and Lashkagar Afghanistan for 2 years under NRECA and AID programs He previously worked in South Vietnam coordinating a rural cooperative Dalat project and will work with Clayton Strampher on this assignment.
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Nebraska
Afghanistan
William L. .Peabody
Wheatbelt
Kandahar
Lashka Gah
Peabody
Washington
State Department
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
NRECA
Agency For International Development
Nrecaaid
U.S
South Vietnam
Dalat
Clayton Strampher
South Dakota Rural Electric Cooperative
Tax Forms Distributed After 1968 Surcharge Law
IRS distributes updated withholding tables reflecting the 10 percent surcharge. Employers get revised Circular E with new tables in percentage and wage bracket forms. A typographical error mis-states the correct tax for the $580-600 wage bracket with 8 exemptions as 91.10 instead of 61.10.
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Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Vinal
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Massachusetts
Bob Misegadis
Sunol
Ed Disney
Jim From
Lake McConaughy
Ogallala
Front Street
Nebraskaland Corporation
Scudder-Greenwood
Strammit Corporation
Egging Cab Company
Highway Patrol
Chappell Area
Ture
State Labor Department
Holdrege
McCook
North Platte
Department
Division of Employment
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