Gurley and Oshkosh Share Headlines in July Western Outlook
The July Western Outlook includes a Sidney Telegraph feature on The Egging Co. of Gurley a major tractor cab maker, with Ted and John Egging eyeing recreation gear gondolas ski lift chairs and pontoon boats. Oshkosh residents question census growth while Nebraska towns show varied gains.
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Gurley
Sidney
Oshkosh
Western Outlook
Western Outlook Magazine
Sidney Telegraph
Egging Co
Ted
John Egging
Farm programs reshape farming as technology grows
Cheyenne County ASC Chairman Raymond Davis urges public study of farm changes driven by a technological revolution in American agriculture. He notes reduced man-hours for corn, wheat, and cotton since 1910, impacts on land values, development patterns, and the agribusiness system, and calls citizens to learn how farm programs affect everyone.
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Cheyenne County
ASC
Raymond Davis
Potter
Davis
America
Robert Rexroth
Lester Runge
Congress
ASCS
Wheat Referendum Delay Possible in 1971 Vote
Reports say the 1971 wheat referendum vote may be delayed but Cheyenne County ASC plans to hold it July 27 and 31. ASC manager Lawrence Thompson noted no official word yet while House Agriculture Committee meets July 21 and may vote July 23. Committee approved extending the final referendum date to October 15 or 30 days after Congress adjourns, whichever comes first, signaling possible postponement actions before ballots are mailed.
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Cheyenne County
ASC
Lawrence Thompson
House Agriculture Committee
Congress
Sidney Population Decline Seen From 1970 Census Numbers
Preliminary census data show Sidney at 6,289 residents, down 1,715 from 8,004 in 1960, a 21.4 percent loss for the 1960s. The Cheyenne County tally drops sharply due to the Sioux Army Depot closure, reduced oil gas drilling, and farm-population loss, with several western Nebraska towns also posting declines or gains.
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Sidney
Tota
Cheyenne County
Sioux Army Depot
University of Nebraska Business School
University
Ralph Welch
Bayard
Bridgeport
Chadron
Chappell
Crawford
Gering
Gordon
Kimball
Mitchell
Ogallala
Oshkosh
Rushville
Scottsbluff
Panhandle
Box Butte
Cheyenne
Dawes
Deuel
Garden
Morrill
Scotts Bluff
Sheridan
RCD Plan Sent to Nixon for Panhandle Nebraska Counties
Sen. Roman Hruska announced a bill awaiting the president’s signature could provide as much as 5.8 million dollars for RC and D development in Nebraskas Panhandle. The plan, led by county commissioners and soil and water districts, targets 11 counties and 200 planned projects focusing on flood control municipal water supply and recreation. The proposal has broad backing from more than 140 business groups and aims to begin operation in September if cleared by federal officials.
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Gering
Sen Roman Hruska
Panhandle
Nebraska
Sen. Hruska
Secretary of Agriculture
Vernon C Rockey
Crawford
Sioux
Dawes
Sheridan
Box Butte
Scotts Bluff
Morrill
Garden, Banner
Kimball
Cheyenne
Devel
Nebraska Republican
Hruska
Panhandle forecast reports variable clouds and warm Tuesday
Forecast calls for variable cloudiness this afternoon and tonight with generally fair and warmer conditions Tuesday. A few thunderstorms may occur late this afternoon or early tonight, with high temperatures in the 70s this afternoon, 50s to 60 tonight, and 85 to 95 Tuesday. Rain chances near 10 percent this afternoon and tonight, near zero on Tuesday.
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Panhandle
Rainfall General Across Wide Area After Clouds Bring Gentle Rain
The region saw a widespread light to moderate rain Sunday breaking a dry spell. Rainfall totals included Sidney 1.13 inches, Dalton 1.07, Gurley 0.73, Lorenzo 0.80, Potter 0.65, Lodgepole 0.37, with forecasts calling for showers midweek and warm, fair weather otherwise.
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Federal Aviation Agency
Sidney
Dalton
Don Dey Ermand
Gurley
Earl Lessig
Lorenzo
Chet Phelps
Farmers Elevator
Potter
George Coulter
George Emanuelson
Lodgepole
County Ahead of Bond Goal
Cheyenne county reports half year US Savings Bonds and Savings Notes sales of 201,773 with June at 19,800. County chairman HG Spearow says 60.9 percent of the 1970 quota is now reached. Increased Series E bond sales lift state gains to 22,516 in six months.
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Cheyenne County
HG _ Spearow
Bridgeport Named For New Airport Under State Aid Plan
LINCOLN The State Aeronautics Commission approved $845 906 in state aid to 11 Nebraska airports for fiscal 1972 improvement projects. Estimated total cost about $51 million. Bridgeport project listed as new airport with $380 000 state funds $76 000 local and $190 000 federal.
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Lincoln
State Aeronautics Commission
Nebraska
Bridgeport
Rites Are Tuesday For Herb Wolf
Herbert W Wolf 86 died Saturday at Memorial Hospital after three weeks as a patient. Funeral services will be at 10 am Tuesday at Gehrig and Son Funeral Home with Rev Stanley Ganzel officiating. Interment in Greenwood Cemetery. He was born Sept 17 1883 in Dayton Ohio to Fred Wolf and survived by his widow. He had two other children who predeceased him.
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Herbert W Wolf
Memorial Hospital
Gehrig and Son
Stanley Ganzel
First United Methodist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Herbert William Wolf
Dayton
Ohio
Fred Wolf
Ida F Weldy
Canada
Flaxville
Mont
Sidney
Dalton Native Heads Ad Men
Dalton native Lloyd Graff was installed as president of the National Agricultural Advertising and Marketing Assn. He is with McCann Erickson in San Francisco and leads a group including agency staff, farm marketing professionals, and agribusiness sales reps from across the western states.
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Dalton
Lloyd Graff
National Agricultural Advertising and Marketing Assn
Graff
McCann Erickson Agency
San Francisco
Newberry Store Manager Joins Cloth World Denver
Jerry Day, Newberry Store manager in Sidney since May 1969, resigns effective Saturday July 25 to relocate to Denver. He will join Cloth World, a fabrics retailer headquartered in Amarillo, Texas, now operating one store at University Hills on South Colorado Blvd. in Denver with plans to expand to three or four more outlets. Day cites strong ties to Sidney and colleagues but says the Cloth World opportunity could not be ignored. He and his wife will move. they have one daughter in St. Louis. A successor at Newberry’s has not been named.
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Jerry Day
Newberry
Sidney
Denver
Mr. Day
Cloth World
Amarillo
Texas
Day
University Hills
South Colorado Blvd
Kansas City
Monte Vista
St. Louis
Disturbances Reported in Sidney Neighborhoods
Sidney Police investigate a break in at a Sidney home with entry via a basement window. The owner’s name is withheld while on vacation. No theft confirmed yet pending full check. Police also respond to a disturbance at the Horseshoe Bar where an unidentified man drew a knife on Larry Loebe and fled. described as Mexican origin, slight build, wearing tan pants.
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Sidney
Roy Bauer
Larry Loebe
Rain Delays Wheat Harvest Across Wide Area
Harvest of winter wheat slowed by a soaking Sunday rain after a frenzied weekend. yields run 40 to 65 bushels per acre with many in the 40s and 50s. Railcars and elevators show improving flow, farmers report good grain quality, and conditions promise a strong finish once cutting resumes.
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Lodgepole
Sidney
Dalton
Burlington
Union Pacific
H.W. (Hart) Quinn
Farmers Elevator
Chappell
Potter
Jim Ledbetter
Devel County
Farmers Co-Op Grain
Lorenzo
Chet Phelps
Gurley
Lee Foster
West Gurley
Lawrence Miller
Dalton Co
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Colo
Europe
Eggings
Colorado
the Telegraph
Nixon
Herb Wolf
New Company
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