Free Campground at Cheyenne County Fairgrounds
A lively, tax free community operates nightly just west of Sidney along Highway 30. The Sidney free campground, a collaborative project of the city, the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce, the Cheyenne County Fairgrounds, the Lions Club and Wheatbelt Public Power District, draws travelers from Iran to Minnesota. Campers arrive about 6 p.m., set up tents and campers, and depart by dawn after meals and cleanup. Visitors praise the oasis like setting and safety, with letters from Hutchinson and other towns noting hospitality and patronage of local shops.
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Sidney
Highway 30
Cheyenne County Fairgrounds
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
McPherson
Kan
Colorado Springs
Cheyenne
Nebraska
Frontier Airlines routes see improved Sidney boardings in May
Frontier official notes a turn in Sidney's Denver Chadron run with May passenger boardings rising to 108 from 79 in February and a June load factor of 51 percent. The airline studies Panhandle service while CBS Brookings critique and FAA subsidies draw comment.
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Frontier Airlines
Sidney Telegraph
Denver
Chadron
Sidney
EH. Gerhardt
Frontier
Gerhardt
Sidney East
Nebraska Panhandle
Denver-Chadron
Nebraska
Civil Aeronautics Board
Congress
Brookings Institution
Washington Post
the Post
Panhandle
Two FAA Traffic Men Retire From Flight Service Station
John Hall and Robert Hart retire as air traffic control specialists at the Flight Service Station. A June 30 retirement party for about 25 people was held at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel. Joe Haugan announced their departure as facility chief, with William Tharp expected July 10 to fill one vacant post.
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John Hall
Robert Hartman
Federal Aviation Administration
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Joe Haugan
William Tharp
Kansas City
Haugan
Hall
Sidney
Halls
Kathy
FAA
Hartman
Majestic Savings and Sterling merging in Colorado
Majestic Savings and Loan Association combines with Sterling Savings and Loan Association to form the state’s largest savings branch system. As of May 31 1972 Majestic reported 289 million dollars in assets with 15 offices. Sterling had 35.75 million and six offices including Greeley. The merged network will total 21 Majestic branches with a new Denver southwest branch planned this summer.
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Colorado
Majestic Savings and Loan Association
Sterling Savings and Loan Association of
Sterling
Majestic Savings
Sterling Savings and Loan
Greeley
Brush
Wray
Holyoke
Julesburg
Majestic
Denver
Rocky Mountain Savings and Loan Association
Glenwood Springs
Buckingham Square
Aurora
Thieves Take 22 Tires From J K Chevrolet Agency
Kimball police investigate theft of over 900 dollars in tires from the J K Chevrolet Pontiac Buick facility on West Highway 30. A rear glass door was broken to gain entry, and 22 tires were stolen.
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Kimball
West Highway 30
1962 SHS Class Reunion Sought for Sidney High School
The Sidney High School Class of 1962 plans its ten year reunion this August. Eight graduates are missing and residents may help locate Wanda Tappan Leola Creamer Dean Duskin Teresa Gonzales Ray Norris Ronald Pieper Ralph Ramos Marilyn Manhs. Contact Mrs Bill Hayes at 254-5783 254-2906 or 254-3220. Local chairman is Mrs Carolyn Hays. Assistants include Bernie Koehn Gayle Brumbaugh and Duane Nightengale. Denver assistants are Cheryl Johnson Svoboda Georgia Grimm Allison Jeannie Maley Markel and Sharon Sickman Bauerkemper.
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Sidney High School
Wanda Tappan
Leola Creamer
Dean Duskin
Teresa Gonzales
Ray Norris
Ronald Pieper
Ralph Ramos
Marilyn Manhs
Bill Hayes
Carolyn Hays
Bernie Koehn
Gayle Brumbaugh
Duane Nightengale
Denver
Cheryl Johnson Svoboda
Georgia Grimm Allison
Jeannie Maley Markel
Sharon Sickman Bauerkemper
Wheat Harvest Delayed By Rain In Sidney Area
Wet weather and 45 degree temperatures push the wheat harvest back in the Sidney region. Combines to arrive in about a week, while Lodgepole Chappell and Big Springs crops ready soon. Moisture totals and daily rains cited, with Dalton reporting strong ripening and silage cutting recently.
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Sidney
Federal Aviation Administration
Flight Service Station
Dalton
al Bruns
State Labor and Employment Division
McCook
Imperial
Two Holiday Fatalities In Peetz And Kimball Accidents
Two traffic fatalities occurred during the Fourth of July holiday involving Deana Kay Beguin 24 of Kimball and Carol Sparks Snoddy 34 formerly of Sidney. Beguin died in a one car crash on Highway 71 north of Kimball when she jumped or fell from the vehicle driven by Ernie Beguin 29. Snoddy died when her car went out of control on Colorado Highway 113 near Peetz striking a fencepost then a tree. Several other passengers were hospitalized including Deanna Burrows 35 of Sidney and three of Burrows daughters. Services for Snoddy are pending.
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Sidney
Kimball
Deana Kay Beguin
Ernie F. Beguin
Beguin
Highway
Kimball Sheriff's Office
Carol Sparks Snoddy
Burbank
Calif
Denver
Peetz
Colorado State Patrol
Snoddy
Memorial Hospital
Deanna Burrows
Jim Thayer
Burrows
Jeanine
Jenny
Tania
North Platte Doctor Plans Centennial Buffalo Bill Rodeo
North Platte physician Dr. Bruce Claussén reveals plans to revive Buffalo Bill's Old Glory Blowout as Rodeo 100 to be staged July 4, 1982 with a $100,000 purse. RCA tentatively approves aiding entry selection while not declaring the blowout the original rodeo.
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North Platte
Buffalo Bill
Bruce Claussén
Buffalo
Bill
William F. Cody
Claussen
Rodeo Cowboys Assn
RCA
Two Juveniles Arrested Here In Car Theft Case
Sidney police captured two juvenile suspects after a short chase down Illinois Street Monday. They were linked to a stolen 1968 Chevrolet owned by J. R. Sutton from Chappell and were being sought for similar thefts in Trinidad and Salida, Colorado. Charges await in Deuel County Court.
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Sidney
Chappell
Texas
Trinidad
Colo
Salida
J. R. Sutton
Illinois
Deuel
Art Exhibition Opens at Chadron CSC Campus Gallery
Chadron State College hosts an exhibition from its permanent collection in Memorial Hall Campus Gallery open weekdays 9 am to 3 pm through mid month. Most pieces came from CSC alumni with works by former faculty William Artis and Frank Simon also featured.
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Memorial Hall
Chadron State College
CSC
William Artis
Mankato, Minn
State College
Frank Simon
No Concert Tonight Due to Independence Day Holiday
Band shell concert canceled this evening as rehearsals were halted by vacationing members. Larry Pippitt, band director, notes no show and says rehearsals are canceled. Evening concerts resume next Wednesday as usual.
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Larry Pippitt
Three Sidney Streets Closed for Thursday Resurfacing
Three streets in Sidney east section will be closed to traffic Thursday for resurfacing. Homeowners were asked not to park on the streets or run sprinklers into the roadway. Jackson Street from 5th to 10th Aves, King from 7th to 10th, and Linden from Sth to 9th will be seal coated with oil and gravel and traffic will resume once laid and rolled.
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Sidney
Gordon Tobins
Jackson Street
King
Linden
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Yellowstone National Park
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Michigan
Sidney's
Utah
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Matzke
Stanley Matzke
Lincoln
Shieves Hit Kimball Firm
SHS
North
Bruns
High Plains Agricultural Laboratory
Peetz and Kimball
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