Wheat harvest slows across Cheyenne County in midweek showers
A brief shower and foggy mornings slow wheat cutting with humidity. Chappell and Lodgepole report harvest mostly complete with 40 to 50 bushel yields and excellent grain quality. Final laps in Cheyenne County require a hot dry weekend to finish. elevators report ample storage yet space tight on the north south route.
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Frances Craig
Chappell and
Lodgepole
Cheyenne
Union Pacific
Burlington Northern
Cheyenne County
North Potter
North Lodgepole
Dalton-Gurley
Braver recalls wheat farming milestones over decades
John Braver traces almost six decades of winter wheat farming in western Nebraska. He notes milestones including summer fallowing and the combine, plus research yielding better wheat varieties. He recalls arriving from Fairbury in 1919, harvesting with a binder, threshing crew labor, and the first 12-foot Baldwin combine bought for 1500 dollars in 1929 after initial skepticism.
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Frances Craig
John Braver
Combine
South Divide
Nebraska
Fairbury
Brauer
Baldwin
State Highway Dept Plans Five Year Projects
Inside The State Highway Dept. lists its five year projects. Joe Folda and Bill Hicks are among nominees for coach of the year. Dr. C.B. Dorwart is honored for service to the community. Woman's Work includes construction. An elderly farmer, Brauer, recalls wheat farming on the High Plains with Turkey Red and Cheyenne varieties. He notes a shift to millet and sunflowers amid surpluses and retirement. He stays active helping his sons on the farm in Sidney.
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Joe Folda
Bill Hicks
High Plains
Brauer
Sidney
Grandpa Bauer
Washington
Schneier
Morrison
Garri
Wrong turn leads youths to Sidney Pizza Hut stop
A group of 41 East Coast teens on a bus tour from Denver to Mt. Rushmore was briefly lost in Sidney when the driver took a wrong turn and stopped near the Post Office. They ended up in a Pizza Hut, sampled Nebraska hospitality, and resumed plans after local guidance. Tours are run by Brooklyn and Long Island leaders, with future west coast stops planned.
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Tobin Beck
United States
Sidney
Denver
Mt. Rushmore
South Dakota
Illinois St
Nebraska
New Jersey
Paul and
Natalie Schneier
Brooklyn
Vincent
Garri
Liberty
N.Y
Linda Morrison
Long Island
Elton Thomas
Carter
New York
Thomas
East Coast
Florida
Ring returns to its owner after sewer find
Jim Trowbridge of the Sidney sanitation department found a corroded 1952 Sidney High School class ring while cleaning a sewer near 7th and Illinois. The ring belonged to the late Raymond Anthony. his widow Sharon Daniels Anthony, of Bossier City, Louisiana, had attended the 1952 class reunion in Sidney and the salvaged ring will be mailed to her.
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Sidney High School
Jim Trowbridge
Sidney Sanitation Department
7Th & Illinois
Trowbridge
Raymond Anthony
Sharon Daniels Anthony
Bossier City
Sidney
Trowbridges
World blackout sparks calls for probes across New York
A Con Ed spokeswoman called the blackout an act of God while officials including the President and New York leaders demanded investigations into the lightning strike that knocked out power citywide for about a day. More than 3,400 arrests, billions in losses, and hundreds of fires marked the disruption.
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United Press International New York
UPI
Con Ed
New York City
New York
America
Shea Stadium
Roseland
Sidney Board Sets 4 Percent Budget Increase At 2.15 Million
The Sidney Board of Education will present a $2,148,679 budget at the next meeting and public hearing on August 2, a 4 percent rise over last year’s $2,057,914. The district may raise the mill levy by up to 147 mills, depending on state aid, from 63.63 to about 7.33 mills. The district hopes for $443,000 in state aid. $1,408,179 would come from local property taxes. The cash reserve fund decreased from about $600,000 to $200,000, and officials discussed reserve usage to control levies.
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Tobin Beck
Sidney Board of Education
Ron Reichert
Sidney
Education Service Unit 14
Toledo
Reichert
Elizabeth Young
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Telegraph
John Brauer
Braver
The
State Highway Dept
C.B. Dorwart
World News Digest
Indianapolis
Marjorie Pollitt
Mooresville
Ind
Robertina Harrell
Ringgold
Marjorie Jackson
U.S
Kennard Foster
Riverside
Calif
David Douglas Hill
Riverside County Grand
Byron Morton
Patrick Wayne Kearney
Kearney
Hill
Redondo Beach
Medellin
Colombia
Antioquia
Hullera Co
L. S. O’halloran
O’halloran
Sidney Educator’s Association
L.S. O’halloran
SEA
Dennis Katus
Dick Muldoon
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