Safflower Acreage To Double Next Year Says Ag Director
Lincoln farmer Pearl F. Finigan visited western Nebraska to review safflower and combine operations. At Sidney mill, manager Ned Robinson said 35 000 acres contracted this year with plans to double next year. Sidney processes 12 000 to 15 000 tons of safflower. market growing as cattle feed and edible oil rise in use.
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Lincoln
Pearl F. Finigan
Nebraska
Department of Agriculture and Inspection
Ralph G. Brooks
Sidney
Ag Department
Agriculture Department
Sidney Mill
Ned Robinson
California
Robinson
Roger Langenheim
Lincoln State Journal
University of Nebraska College of Agriculture Extension Division
State AG
Rural district mergers set for Cheyenne County hearings
Six Cheyenne County rural districts face merger hearings that could cut total districts from 30 to 24, affecting about 70 students who may transfer to Deuel County. Districts 2 144 48 5 72 and 40 hold meetings July 23 24 and 30 at the courthouse to gauge petition validity and potential dissolutions and mergers with Sidney Lodgepole Potter Sunol and other districts.
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Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Edith Oldershaw
Deuel County
Sidney
St. Paul
Potter
Lodgepole
Sunol
Long-Distance Calls Hit All-Time Peak in Sidney Area
Long distance calls at Sidney Northwestern Bell Tele phone Co reached an all time high of 3435 on Monday as the Sidney office handles calls from Bushnell Chappell Dix Gurley Kimball Lodgepole Potter and Sidney. The harvest season boosts staffing with six extra operators for a total of 47.
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Sidney
Miss Bell
Bushnell
Chappell
Dix
Gurley
Kimball
Lodgepole
Potter
Thone Elected State Republican Chairman in Nebraska
Charles Thone, 35, of Lincoln was named the new state Republican chairman, succeeding Richard Speirs Jr. of Grand Island. Thone had just resigned as administrative assistant to Senator Roman Hruska to return to private law practice in Lincoln. About 100 party members met in Grand Island on Wednesday to approve the change.
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Chcsen
Charles Thone
Lincoln
Richard Speirs Jr
Grand Island
Thone
Roman Hruska
Kimball Firm Plans to Build Trailer Homes
Lincoln file notes show Kimball Manufacturing Co. Inc. incorporated to manufacture mobile homes with authorized capital of 100000 dollars. Incorporators are Lawrence L Tobler Duane Tobler Orville G Rohl all of Kimball and Royce Pasco of Lincoln.
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Kimball Firm
Lincoln
Kimball Manufacturing Co., Inc
Kimball
Nebraska
Lawrence L. Tobler
Duane Tobler
Orville G. Rohl
Royce Pasco
Nebraska prediction flags second best crop year in history
The State Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics on July 1 projects Nebraska crops near the second largest year ever, with total production about 10 percent below 1949 but above the 1947-49 average. Acreage up 2 percent, yields generally above average, and detailed by crop including winter wheat, oats, barley, sorghum, sugar beets, and potatoes.
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Nebraska
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Chadron Man Dies In Sleep In Chadron Hotel
Chadron resident Charles E. McDowell 48 a Federal Crop Insurance field representative died in his sleep Tuesday in a local hotel after years of poor health following heart surgery. Gehrig and Son Funeral Home is handling arrangements as wife Ardith McDowell travels from Chadron pending funeral details.
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Charles E. McDowell
Chadron
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Ardith McDowell
No Stampede For Bingo Licenses In Cheyenne County
The Telegraph reports no Cheyenne County groups have applied for bingo licenses though several organizations plan to. State bingo director Pearl Finigan says statewide applications are about 100 and that activity remains slow with churches and VFW and Jaycees weighing when to apply.
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Cheyenne County
Pearl Finigan
Sidney
Port Lights Airport Turnoff Lights From State Cable
City takes surplus cable from Nebraska to install blue turnoff lights at the airport taxi strip. City Manager Tom Coffey says the cable, obtained from federal surplus via Harvard, Nebraska, was secured at no cost after contacting the governor and state aeronautics department. The lights add a safety factor at the airport.
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Nebraska
Tom Coffey
Harvard
Nebr
Coffey
State Aeronautics Department
Firefighters Call Sidney Residents to Stay Clear at Fires
Fire chief Bob Hessle urged Sidneys residents to avoid following fire trucks and parking near hydrants to prevent traffic congestion during emergencies. He warned tickets may be issued for obstructing operations as vehicles must stay 300 feet away and pull over for sirens.
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Hessle
Kimball Woman Wins Ice Contest in State Promotion
In Kimball a statewide ice melting contest ended early Tuesday. First prize goes to Mrs. F. E. Hendrix for guessing the 10 tons would melt at 7 31 am, last chip at 7 30 am minus 55.2 seconds. about 10,000 entrants since last Thursday. She wins 1000 in merchandise including a 17 foot home freezer. Second through fourth tied entrants were Clarence Evans Route 2 Sidney Kenneth Cluger and Ben Roderick all Kimball for guessing 7 30 am.
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Kimball
F. E. Hendrix
Clarence Evans
Sidney
Kenneth Cluger
Ben Roderick
CAP To Gather Flight Data At Potter Kimball For FAA
Twenty nine members of the Sidney Civil Air Patrol Squadron begin a four day survey for the FAA at Bar J Lazy V south of Potter Nelson airport north west Kimball and Kimball municipal airport. The data will include weather aircraft types and operations to forecast air traffic through 1980. Major Pat Heaton Jr and Allen Karnik direct the effort with data from 700 civil and 350 military fields nationwide.
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Sidney Civil Air Patrol
Federal Aviation Agency
Panhandle
Senor Cap
Code
Bar J
Lazy V
Potter
Nelson
Kimball
Kimball Municipal
CAP
Pat Heaton, Jr
Sidney Cap
Allén Karnik
Heaton
FAA
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Sidney
Foggy Panhandle harvest hampered by wet conditions district wide
Harvest in Cheyenne Kimball and surrounding counties is slow due to fog and rain with less than 15 percent of wheat cut in Cheyenne and Kimball. Dalton and Panhandle areas show sporadic cutting and many combines idle awaiting drier weather as humidity and wet grain delay progress.
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Panhandle
Cheyenne
Kimball
Deuel County
Cheyenne County
Dalton
Sidney
Warren Mettlin
Denver
Don Wells
Colton Grairi
Colton
Lorenzo
Lorenzo Grain
Peetz
Potter
Point of Rocks
Smith Elevators
Huntsman — Farmers
Gurley
Dalton Co-Op
Wind Cleared Fields Bring Severe Wheat Losses Across Farmlands
Wind driven hail and gusting weather battered farms north of Crook and Sunol, leaving wheat kernels loosened yet crop value near zero. Reports show near total corn losses, damaged beets and grain, with several named farmers suffering severe damage as harvest begins nearby.
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Crook
Cole
Sunol
Kay Crook
Melvin Kokes
Amen Brothers
Kenneth Rudolph
John Schaeffer
Geroge Helmut
Harold Cade
Victor Hein
John Roberts
William Karg
Pesiz
Melvi1a Nelson
Robert Williams
Lester Hiett
Adam Gertge
Polio Shot Week Ends Saturday in Sidney and Dalton
Residents have three more days to get polio inoculations at two dollar rates in Sidney and Dalton. This is the second inoculation program in two months aimed at completing the basic three-dose series, with a potential fourth booster endorsed by the Public Health Service.
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Sidney and
Dalton
US Public Health Service
Satuday
Sidney Iron Works To Close Saturday
The Sidney Iron Works will discontinue business on Saturday. Manager John Ehrenberger announced the company, in operation five and a half years, will wind down after doing machine shop work and several farm equipment contracts. Ehrenberger did not reveal future plans.
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Sidney Iron Works
John Ehrenberger
Sidney
Ehrenberger
Three Sidney Teens Face Vandalism and Auto Theft Charges
Three Sidney teenagers are charged in a vandalism case involving a pickup truck left near Brownson. Richard Downing faces auto theft charges. Gary Barnard and David Campbell, both 17, face juvenile delinquency charges. The truck was driven six miles and toppled over a 20 foot cliff, causing about $200 damage to a Sterling firm's vehicle. Campbell is on parole for the same incident. Downing is serving a state reformatory term for an attempted jailbreak at Bridgeport. Barnard was returned by California authorities after enlisting in the Navy.
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Sidney
Richard Downing
Gary Barnard
David Campbell
Downing
State Reformatory
Bridgeport
Sherif W. W. Schulz Schulz
Campbell
Barnard
California
Navy
Brownson
Sterling
Colo
Kimball Firm Seeks $9900 Money Judgment
The C C Well Service of Kimball files money judgments in Cheyenne County District Court seeking 2651.75 and 7249.15 against Denver firms Pexoil Co and A B Drilling Co. The petition requests labor and materials charges plus statutory lien for work performed in Cheyenne.
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Cheyenne County
C&c Well Service of
Kimball
Pexoil Co
A&b Drilling Co
Denver
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Jaycees
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St Patrick’s Church
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Bineo
Finnigan
Frank Kokes
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