Banks in Cheyenne County See Asset and Deposit Surge
Cheyenne County five banks report total assets of 34.7 million on June 30 up 23 percent from last year and deposits of 30.8 million, up 22 percent. Loans total 16.6 million, up 11 percent, with Sidney National, Potter State, Dalton State, and First State Lodgepole posting notable gains in assets deposits and loans.
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Cheyenne County
Sidney National
Potter State Bank
Dalton State Bank
First State Bank Lodgepole
Custom Cutters Arrive as Wheat Harvest Gathers Pace
Cheyenne County crews push into fields with custom cutters while lodgespole and North Platte areas report full scale cutting. Elevators expect statewide progress with yields around 30 bushels per acre and test weights mostly 50 to 63 pounds per bushel amid easing machine shortages and drought impacts.
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Cheyenne County
Lodgepole
Sidney
Potter
Jum Cedeburg
High Plains Agricultural Lab
North Platte
Nebraska Wheat Harvest Bulletin
State Department of Labor
Paxton and Sutherland
Ogallala
Box Butte
Sheridan County
Gordon
Rushville
Chappell
Kimball
Banner County
Wheat Harvest Bulletin
Sidney Telegraph
Dalton
Larry Miller
Dalton Coop Elevator
Gurley
Lyle Mather
Farmer’s Union Coop
Bruce Juelfs
Juelfs Grain Co
Juelfs
Lorenzo Chel Phelps
Farmers Union Co-op
Phelps
Lodgepole Art Boudegard
Fifteen Ohio Cyclists Trek to Salt Lake City on Wrong Turn Bottleneck
A caravan of fifteen junior high riders from Streetsboro Ohio led by Richard Grove faced a rough Highway 30 bottleneck near Sunol Nebraska en route to Salt Lake City. They rode 50 to 75 miles daily, camped each night, cooked for themselves, and paused traffic by signaling trucks to pass. They plan to rent a U Haul for the return trip after visiting historic sites along the way.
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Ohio
Salt Lake City
Sidney
Richard Grove
Sunol
Towa
Nebraska
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Union Pacific
Streetsboro
Gore
Salt Lake
Panhandle Weather Forecast
Monday night partly cloudy and not so cool with lows in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Tuesday partly cloudy and warmer with a chance of afternoon thundershowers and highs 90 to 95. Winds southwest to west at 10 to 15 mph. extended outlook through Friday mostly fair and unseasonably cool with highs mid 70s to around 80 and lows mostly in the 50s.
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Panhandle
Late-Night Cafes Scarce In Sidney
A Sidney town report notes scarce 24 hour dining with only weekend open hours. cafe workers unwilling to take graveyard shifts and reduced railroad crew changes cited as factors. Local owners blame lack of help and rowdy late-night patrons, with some shops experimenting with limited 24 hour service on weekends.
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Sidney
Mike Gifford
Gateway
Gifford
Willim McEvoy
Silver Dollar Bar
Brandin’ Iron
Eastside Cafe
Union Pacific Railroad
Paul Hecker Jr
Yendis Cafe
Myrtle Keys
Chet Hickman
State Labor Department Division of Employment
Nebraskans Smoke More Despite Death Taxes
State Revenue Department figures show a 2.6 percent rise in cigarette sales in the year ending July 1, totaling about three billion cigarettes or 162 million packs. Tax receipts reached $20,029,127, with retailers taking roughly $1,064,164 in stamp and collection fees. The eight cent tax funds state projects while the five cent add on supports the University of Nebraska fieldhouse and fairgrounds improvements.
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Nebraska
State Revenue Department
University of Nebraska
Commissioners To Act On Vo Tech Challenge
Cheyenne County Commissioners will sign a resolution to join a new lawsuit challenging funding provisions of the Technical Community College Act. The move would release the county from the 1971 suit now dormant in Scotts Bluff District Court. A budget request from the Nebraska Panhandle Resource Conservation Development and Planning Council is on the agenda with a proposed fiscal year budget of about 28000 dollars.
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Cheyenne
Technical Community College Act
Scotts Bluff District Court
Jack Jones
Nebraska Panhandle Resource Con
Servation Development and Planning Council
RCD & PC
Housing and Urban Development
Panhandle
F. Blaine Thompson
Nebraska
Price Controls May Push Eggs Into Dollar-A-Dozen Bracket
Nebraska egg producers warn that extended retail price controls past Phase 4 could push eggs to about a dollar a dozen or higher. High feed costs from expensive soybeans and frozen producer prices squeeze margins. farmers like Ed Narjes of Chicken House Inc. fear reduced production as they await control end and hope prices catch up with costs.
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Nebraska
Ed Narjes
Chicken House, Inc
Sidney
Narses
Narjes
Agriculture Department
U.S
USDA
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Dave Grimm
Doug Ryman
David Grimes
Carl Hahn
Jim Varga
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Chris Davis
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Disney World
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LBJ Ranch
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Mickey Muzzine
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