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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1961
Page
1
A special meeting of the retail committee of the Chamber of Commerce decided to shift downtown opening from Saturday to Friday night. The change won’t start for at least a month, pending a July 16 meeting to set a starting date.
An Omaha bonding lawyer, Donald L. Pettis, escaped unharmed from the United Airlines DC-8 crash near Denver that killed 17 and injured 43. Other Nebraskans aboard included Lyle DeMoss and Jess Thurmond, both with minor or no injuries. The Philadelphia origin jet stopped in Omaha before Denver. 120 aboard.
Partly cloudy through Thursday with scattered light showers tonight. Cooler tonight with lows 45 to 50 and a warmup by Thursday as highs reach 75 to 85.
The J C Penney Co store in Sidney has acquired the stock of the Penney store in Kimball, closed recently, and offers this merchandise in a special sale this week. An advertisement lists featured values.
Bids for a 15 foot west end addition to building 134 at Sioux Ord nance Depot are due by 2 pm MST August 2. Plans and bid packets available from the depot purchasing and contracting officer under invitation ORD-25-044-62-1. Only small business concerns may bid. no bids from outside the small business category.
Gene Delmar Knight reports his 1959 Chevrolet station wagon was stolen sometime Monday in Potter County. He notified the sheriff's office of the loss.
Plenty of storage there is ample commercial grain storage in Cheyenne County as harvest nears. For details see Friday's Telegraph.
State Senator George Fleming speaks with Sarah Alden about his first term experiences and plans, noting he would repeat the course if given the chance. The interview appears in Friday’s Telegraph.
Oil firms advance two wells in northern Cheyenne County and West Frei Field north of Potter. No. 1 F W Thompson by Texota Oil Co near Dalton townsite shows activity with Love-Miller as contractor. No. 2 Wickstrom by Petroleum Inc and Garvey Drilling Co. also underway. Superior Oil Co. reports 7 763 feet at No. 21 36 Travis State deep test north of Potter with no shows yet.
Hi-Plains Airways president C E Watts previewed their Aero-Commander 500 at Sidney airport to seek a CAB hearing for a Denver to Omaha route via Sidney. The plan would offer two round trips daily with six passengers per flight, similar rates to Frontier. Route details place Sidney on Route A with other Nebraska towns on Routes B and C.
Bob Lewis named manager of the Sidney McDonald store in a Monday announcement. Gordon Bowser leaves Sidney after eleven months to head the company store in Hiawatha Kansas. Lewis, a 32 year McDonald veteran, previously led the Minden unit for 26 years, with the Minden store recently destroyed by fire.
The Pacific Vegetable Oil Corp and Glidden Co announce a safflower margarine venture to develop market potential for safflower oil. PVO operates a Sidney processing mill with seed from Nebraska Colorado Wyoming and Kansas. Slaughter and Rocca say research has advanced and test marketing of dressings and oil has begun.
The grandson of Roy and Mrs. Adams of Sidney, nine year old Richard Schadegg, and eight year old Starr Newport drowned in East Kimball Reservoir late Monday. Bodies recovered early Tuesday. a scow seen on shore may have lured the children into the 15 foot depth. Funeral plans set for Thursday and Friday.
The Employment Service already has temporary offices ready for harvest. F R Hiner says Kilnball Kinaball and Dalton City Hall offices will be staffed by Kathleen Gundersen Luke Chichester and Bob Wolman with single workers at each site while Sidney remains covered by regular staff. Openings depend on weather and harvest demand around July 22 or 29. The office tracks equipment, crew, machines, and locations and matches farmer needs with available workers and transport.
The Weather Bureau predicted a hot dry July for the Nebraska Panhandle but actual readings show sections receiving over four inches of rain and many areas only a half inch. Some towns report hail with crop losses as skies stayed partly cloudy to cloudy and temperatures ran below the June ten day average, underscoring weather’s uncertainty.
University of Nebraska extension agronomist John Furrer warns against placing millet next to fallow land that will seed to wheat in the same fall. If millet is planted near wheat in spring, delay seeding until after wheat heads emerge to reduce risk of Wheat streak mosaic infection.
Heavy July storms bring hail and wind delaying harvest across Nebraska Panhandle. Rain totals of half inch to over four inches reduce yield prospects while boosting pasture and later-planted fields. State forecast lowers winter wheat to about 97.6 million bushels with 31 bushels per acre on 3.15 million acres, third highest on record. Oats output estimated at 39.9 million bushels, down from last year though yield remains 35 bushels per acre.
University of Nebraska Extension entomologist Paul Bergman notes grasshoppers threaten crops in northern and northeastern Nebraska with the most serious conditions. Farmers should target small early instars in grassy, weed filled hatching areas such as fence rows field margins legumes pastures waterways and idle land to minimize insecticide use.
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