Traveling Dutchman Returns To Sidney
Ted Van Der Kleg of The Netherlands known as the traveling Dutchman is back in western Nebraska for a second Sidney visit on a world motorcycle tour. He is staying with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kokes after a chance meeting last year when he admired their yard and flowers. The friendship began from that encounter and they have kept in touch. Van Der Kleg joined the Dutch Navy to travel the world.
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Ted van der Kleg
Netherlands
Nebraska
Sidney
Ted
Frank Kokes
Frank
Kokes
van der Kleg
New Zealand
Hague
Rotterdam
London
England
Boac Airlines
Chicago
West Indies
Navy
Vancouver
B C
Toronto
Canada
Buffalo
N.Y
Kokes Ranch
United States
Holland
Tropics
Panhandle Weather Outlook With Scattered Showers
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies Friday night and Saturday with a chance of thundershowers. Lows will be in the 60s Friday night, highs in the low to mid 90s Saturday. Winds 5 to 12 mph from the south to southwest. Extended outlook shows chances of showers Sunday to Tuesday with highs in the 80s to 90s and lows in the 60s to 70s.
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Panhandle
Associated Press
Export Rule Drops Prices and Harvest Edges Into State
The Nixon administration imposed export controls on 41 agricultural commodities, triggering heavy futures liquidation as corn slid and wheat eased. Wheat and soybean prices opened lower. corn mixed. Meanwhile Nebraska and Kansas harvests progressed with 10 to 15 percent cut in Holdrege, Kansas near complete in central Accord areas, and Panhandle droughtish conditions pushing early cutting.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Associated Press
Nebraska
Holdrege
Imperial
State Labor Department
Dvision
McCook
Kansas
Cheyenne County
Panhandle
Sidney National Bank Plans Extensive Remodeling
Sidney National Bank will start an extensive remodeling next week affecting both interior and exterior. Structural Design Inc. of Holstein, Iowa, prepared the design featuring stone facades and a redesigned lobby with curved teller counters and lowered ceilings.
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Sidney National Bank
Structural Design Inc
Holstein, Iown
Uiner
Counties To Decide On Vo Tech Lawsuit In Bridgeport Meet
Panhandle officials weigh filing a new suit challenging community college system legality. Hastings attorney Connolly may seek injunction to halt funding of Central Nebraska Technical College board projects, amid land buys near Grand Island and a central office lease. Local opposition in Kearney and Banner County cites constitutional limits on state and local school funding.
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Panhandle
Bridgeport
Community College System
Sidney Telegraph
Hastings
William Connolly
Central Nebraska Technical College Board of Governors
Associated Press
Grand Island
Highway 34
Nebraska
Holdrege
Minden
Kearney
Connolly
Western Nebraska
Nebraska Western College
Scottsbluff
Western Nebraska Technical College
Sidney
Simmons
Scotts Bluff
Nebraska Technical Community College Area Board
Defendents
D. H.C.Q. Nelson
William G. Kelley
Nelson
Kelley
Area Board
Cheyenne County Historical Society Eyes Grant for Officer’s Quarters
The Cheyenne County Historical Society could receive about 2750 from the Nebraska State Historical Society in the 1974 budget, covering half the home’s purchase price for restoring the Fort Sidney officer’s quarters at 6th Ave and Jackson St. Roof work with original wood shingles tops the project, aiming to turn the building into a museum within a year. It lies in the Fort Sidney Historic District on the National Register.
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Cheyenne County Historical Society
6Th Ave
Jackson St
Vern Goranson
Goranson
Nebraska State Historical Societie
Fort Sidney
Harold Kuhns
Nebraska
Kuhns
Cheyenne County Fair Secures Ak-Sar-Ben Grant
Cheyenne County Fair receives a 500 dollar spruce up grant from Ak-Sar-Ben to paint arena fences. The program uses dollar matching with separate 800 and 500 grants and totals up to 1000 dollars per fair in Nebraska, funded by Ak-Sar-Ben race proceeds and state admission taxes.
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Cheyenne County Fair
Ak-Sar-Ben
Wayne Campbell
Charles Lafler
Richard H. Becker
Ak-Sar- Ben
Nebraska
Governor appoints Davis and Rauner to state committees
The governor released a list of state appointments naming Ray Davis of Potter to a five year Wheat Development Division Advisory Committee and Robert Rauner of Sidney to the Agricultural Products Committee.
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Cheyenne County
Exon
Ray Davis
Potter
Wheat Development Division
Ed Names
Sidney
Robert Rauner
Agricultural Products Committee
Hospital Seeks Blood Donors At Memorial Hospital
Memorial Hospital calls for twenty five donors to replenish its blood supply and offers six months of blood coverage for donors and their family. Donations accepted Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. Harold Hendee administers the drive and Doyle Bulls is reachable at 254 5825 for appointments.
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Memorial Hospital
Harold Hendee
Food and Drug Administration
Hendee
Doyle
Telegraph seeks readers’ help for centennial history
The Sidney Telegraph marks its 100th year and plans an October centennial edition. It seeks letters, recollections, diaries, photographs, and any information about early editors and owners from the 19th century, including Connell, Conn, Gossage, Darrow, McNulty, Brainard, Michael, Rhone, Drake, Bush, Callahan, and the Gapen brothers.
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Sidney Telegraph
The
Telegraph
Nebraska
Lawrence Connell
Conn
Joseph Gossage
George Darrow
James McNulty
Brainard
W.H. Michael
Roy Rhone
A.C. Drake
J.C. Bush
Charles Callahan
Gapen Brothers
Fred and
Henry
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Ee A. Ay
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