Cheyenne County Wheat Crop Advances Amid July Weather
July 10 1967 report notes warm conditions lifting wheat toward maturity after heavy Fourth of July rains near Chappell. Thunderstorms yesterday brought hail and rust concerns, with forecasts calling for warm, scattered showers through mid July. Farmers monitor stems and heads, many insured against hail, as harvest nears and custom cutters prepare for a busy season.
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Cheyenne County
North Potter
Chappell
Devel
Sidney
Airport work delays frontier service at Sidney airport
Frontier Airlines warns improved service will be delayed by runway extension and other airport project work at Sidney Municipal Airport. Concrete work is mostly done but taxi strips ramps and electrical systems remain. a contractor faces a twenty day schedule and weather has slowed progress. Frontier will maintain current summer service unless safety rules require pauses.
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Sidney Municipal Airport
Dale Kindred
Frontier Airlines
Fron Etier
Frontier
Kindred
Sidney
State Aeronautics Department
Lloyd Carr
Carr
Overland Air Service
Death of early Dalton settler Arthur Fecht at 59
Arthur Fecht a pioneer Cheyenne County resident died in his sleep July 7 in Minneapolis at age 59. He was son of Harm A. and Mrs. Fecht of Dalton and is survived by his wife four children one brother Albert of Oshkosh and two sisters Mrs Clyde Toof Dalton and Mrs Herman Staley Omaha. The Fecht family were among Dalton's earliest settlers.
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Arthur Fecht
Cheyenne County
Minneapolis
Harm A. Fecht
Daleton
Frontier Airlines reports record June passenger miles and fares
Frontier Airlines announces a 43 percent rise in revenue passenger miles in June reaching 41,611,000, a 20 year high, with 124,161 passengers flown. Standby Fare usage set a monthly record at 7,022 travelers, and a new Denver to St Louis route began with three daily round trips. Nebraska stations showed mixed gains led by Lincoln and Omaha, while Chadron closed for runway work and Sidney fell.
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Denver
Frontier Airlines
Lewis W. Dymond
Frontier
St. Louis
Kansas City
Nebraska
Telve Frontier
Alliance
Chadron
Grand Island
Hastings
Kearney
Lincoln
McCook
North Platte
Omaha
Scottsbluff
Sidney
Lee's and Maddox Report Breakins
A breakin at Lee's Department Store netted an undetermined amount of loot. Entry was gained by chipping a hole in the back door. Three garage windows and two plate glass windows in the motorcycle shop were broken. Maddox Motor Company reported damage and vandalism to their store.
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Lee’s
Maddox Motor Company
Weekend deer crashes and a hospital stay
Richard L. Wills, 25, of Potter, was hospitalized in satisfactory condition after his 1967 sports car totaled in a 1:50 am crash 2.8 miles west of Sidney on U.S. 30. He drove off the road and rolled three times. Eugene Rowley, 1957 station wagon, rolled after striking a deer one mile north of Sidney on a county road yesterday morning. he was uninjured. Herbert Mueller of Sidney reported a rear-ender on Dalton Street at 9:15 pm yesterday. Steven Linton, 18, Dalton, caused $200 damage to Mueller’s car and $150 to his own.
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Richard L. Wills
Potter
Sidney
U.S. 30
Mr. Wills
Eugene Rowley
Mr. Rowley
Herbert Mueller
Dalton
Steven Linton
Mueller
Panhandle forecast shows scattered storms and heat
The Panhandle area expects scattered afternoon and evening thunder showers, otherwise fair weather through Tuesday. Tonight low around 60, Tuesday high 80 to 90 with a 20 percent rain chance. Five day outlook: temps 2-4 degrees above normal Tuesday through Saturday, highs 90-95, lows near 60, with widely scattered storms. Courtesy Frontier Airlines.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Heifers and hogs steady at Sidney livestock sale
Cattle and hog prices held up at the Sidney Livestock Sales Pavilion on Saturday with 62 heifers from Crook Colorado sold to an eastern Nebraska buyer. Prices ranged from 23 to 30.10 for various weights, hogs 200-230 pounds brought 23 to 23.60, feeder pigs 19 to 21, and weeners 12 to 14. Sales will continue weekly through summer amid active buyer and seller demand.
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Sidney
Crook
Colo
Nebraska
Mrs Bessie V Thomas dies. Gilliland kin mourn
Mrs Bessie V Thomas of Brownsbury Indiana died Friday night in Sidney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services set for Tuesday in Scoti Kansas. She taught in Wichita County and at Roy Utah, and married Claude C Thomas in 1901. Survivors include two daughters Belle Campbell and Elizabeth Gilliland, a son Leander Thomas, eight grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. Memorials to St Francis Indian Mission. Gehrig and Son Funeral Home in charge.
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Scoti
Kan
Bessie V. Thomas
J. R. Gilliland
Sidney
Thomas
Memorial Hospital
The
Gillilands
Brownsbury
Ind
Edgar Hopkins
Kansas
Emporia State Teachers College
Emporia
Wichita County
Boys Industrial School
Topeka
Roy
Utah
Claude C. Thomas
Mt. Hope
Kaw
First Church of Christ Scientist
Boston
Mass
Belle Campbell
Los Angeles
Elizabeth) Gilliland
Leander Thomas
Hutchison, Kan
Tom
Terry Gilliland
St. Francis Indian Mission
St. Francis
S. C
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Big Centennial Rodeo at Cheyenne County Fair
Cheyenne County celebrates its centennial with a RCA rodeo August 20 to 22 at the fair grounds. Top hands from across the country are expected, with stock by Beutler and Sons of Elk City Oklahoma. Five RCA events plus wild cow milking cap the program, with 8 p.m. starts on the 20th and 21st and a 1 30 p.m. finale on the 22nd.
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Cheyenne County
Rodeo Cowboys Association
Loring Tobler
Fair Board
Beutler and Sons
Elk City
Oklahoma
RCA
Fair Grounds
Larry Mahan
Telegraph Sports
Scout Camp Earns 99 Point Rating
Parents sending their youngsters to the Wye-Braska Area Boy Scout Camp at Ft. Lara mie need have no fears about its condition. An inspection earlier this week rated a 99 point grade, five above the required 94, covering health and sanitation, program, staff and training, facilities and equipment and business operations. Ray Studer of Casper conducted the inspection using a national scoring criteria. Only eight of 40 camps in the Midwest have received A ratings, and only three earned 99 points.
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Wye-Braska
Ft. Laramie
Ray Studer
Casper
Midwest
Vets Reminded: Loan Time Is Out July 25th
A Veterans Administration spokesman warns World War II veterans that the government insured housing loan privilege expires July 25 if their loan has not been processed and guaranteed by then. Korean War vets face a different cutoff of January 31, 1975, while post Korean veterans have no expiration.
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Veterans Administration
End of a 67-Year Burlington Passenger Run in Sidney
The Interstate Commerce Commission allowed Burlington Railroad to discontinue Nos. 33 and 34 on the Denver to Sidney to Alliance to Billings route, ending a 67-year passenger service era. 1965 revenues were 142,628 with 226,092 expenses, a loss of 83,464, while six months of 1966 showed a 47,373 loss. 6,328 passengers rode in 1965 and 2,629 in the first half of 1966.
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Burlington Railroad
Sidney
Billings
Burlington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eldon Phillips
Cb&q Railroad
Alliance
Sterling
Brush
Phillips
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Marathon Oil
Discovery Oil
Vern Goranson
Gurley
Arthur Sullivan
Rolland C. McCanne
Mary Egging
Anthony Eyging
John Stayton
Warren Wood
Telegraph
Nebr
Lee’s and Maddox
Eastern Buyer
Michigan
Long Beach
California
Ford Motor Company
Dearborn
Mr. Gilliland
Doec
Doc
Frank J. Loebe
Scout Camp
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