Beatings and Robberies Prompt Sheriff Search
Two assaults over the weekend left a Colorado Springs man hospitalized after a Friday beating near Sidney and a gas station attendant injured Saturday in Brownson. Investigators seek a dark Chevrolet pickup with Texas plates. A separate burglary at Dalton involved stolen cameras valued at about 35 dollars.
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Colorado Springs
Coloman
Sheriff's Department
Colorado
Sidney
Brownson
John Thomas Farrell
Colo
Farrell
Kermit Brumbaugh
Kimball
Brumbaugh
Texas
Ray Smith
Browns
Pers Smith
Clarence Reeder
Reeder
Smith
Theft Suspect Nabbed At Potter
Wichita man John James Adler, 45, is jailed on a stolen car charge after State Trooper Richard Larsen stopped his 1967 Mustang near Potter on Highway 30. Adler admitted taking the car from a Kansas City dealer in October 1967 and said he used it since then. He had a pistol, two gasoline credit cards belonging to others, and a woman's billfold.
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Potter
Wichita
Kan
Kimeball
Richard Larsen
Larsen
John James
Adler
Kansas City
County Native Died Today
Maude Stimpson Rocker 73 lifelong Cheyenne County resident died this morning in a Bridgeport rest home after long illness. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday at Gehrig & Son Funeral Home with interment Pleasant View Cemetery Lodgepole. Survived by son Wilber Chicago. three stepdaughters Rekie Lambert Morton Alice Hardin Green Valley and George Vosika Lodgepole. stepson Norman Rocker Los Angeles. A fuller obituary will appear Wednesday.
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Cheyenne County
Maude Stimpson Rocker
Bridgeport
Gehrig & Son
Pleasant View Cemetery
Lodgepole
Rocker
Wray, Colo
Frederick Rocker
Wilber
Chicago, Ill
Rekie Lambert
Morton, Ill
Alice Hardin
Green Valley
Ill
George Vosika
Norman Rocker
Los Angeles
Calif
Vandals Paint Gurley Water Tower
Sheriff Kermit Brumbaugh reports vandals painted the Gurley water tower with three words Saturday night. Red paint covered the tank spelling out shootin' squ irrly and Coors in unclear lettering.
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Gurley
Kermit Brumbaugh
Cheyenne County Chamber Sets July 31 Meeting
The Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce will hold a semi annual general member meeting on Wednesday July 31 at the Legion Park bandshell. Three constitutional amendments will be considered, with the proposed changes aiming to convert the chamber into a county wide operation.
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Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Legion Park
Panhandle Weather Forecast With Scattered Thunderstorms
Partly cloudy with afternoon thundershowers through Tuesday. High near 90 this afternoon, lows in the 60s. Tuesday high 80 to 90, rain chances 20 percent this afternoon and 10 percent tonight and Tuesday. Five day outlook near normal temperatures, cooler early, warmer later, highs near 90, lows around 60, with scattered storms most days.
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Panhandle
Five Accidents One Injury In Weekend Traffic
Five traffic mishaps, one injurious, were logged by Sidney Police over the weekend. Incidents included Harold M. Peterson backing from Stickney’s tire shop striking Adren A. Claar’s car, two-car collision on Illinois, a single-vehicle injury on Jackson Street, Darwin G. Abrams backing into Brenda Steele’s parked car, and a rear-end collision at 10th and Toledo involving Sanford Butcher and Louis Neuman. Injuries involved Diane Wieser, with police noting possible hip, arm and head injuries.
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Sidney
Harold M. Peterson
Portland
N.D
Stickney
Illinois
Adren A. Claar
Peterson
Claar Auto
John P.C. Rohd
Jackson
Connie Holbrook
Diane Wieser
Newton
Darwin G. Abrams
Phillips '66
Brenda K. Steele
Steele
10Th
Toledo
Sanford Butcher
Louis B
Neuman
Butcher Auto
Modernization Plans For Sidney Elks Lodge And Country Club
Sidney Elks Lodge No 1894 and the Sidney Country Club advance remodeling and modernization of their buildings. An architectural firm from Sterling Colorado is designing lodge changes to place all activities on the main floor with modern facilities. The club seeks bids with a Wednesday deadline. if approved, work will start soon to move kitchens and dining to the main floor and add air conditioning and exterior remodeling.
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Sidney Elks Lodge
Sidney Country Club
Elks Lodge
Sterling
Colo
Country Club
Cheyenne County Harvest Near 75 Percent Cut
Cheyenne County reports 75 percent of its wheat harvested with yields near 30 bushels per acre and 1 No 1 grade. Protein tests show virtually no protein, raising questions about soil fertility and possible large scale fertilizing actions. University of Nebraska aids with soil expertise as harvest continues across Lorenzo, Dalton, and Gurley fields.
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Cheyenne
University of Nebraska, College of Agriculture
Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Sidney
Sidney Telegraph
Cb&q
Lorenzo
Dalton
Wheat Acreage Cut Prompts Debate Across Panhandle Counties
The 69 acre reduction and a 92 thousand acre loss in wheat land in 1969 raise questions for eleven Nebraska Panhandle counties. If next year yields match expectations, a 30 bushel average could mean around 2.76 million bushels less production, over ten percent of anticipated output. The cut, now a second straight year of sizable reductions, leaves farmers pondering what to plant or how to offset income loss as wheat prices face decades-low levels.
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Cheyenne
Nebraska Panhandle
Panhandle
Department of Agriculture
Ray Davis
Potter
Nebraska Wheat Growers Association
Freeman
ICC Orders Two Nebraska Passenger Trains To Stay Running
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered two long haul trains serving Nebraska to continue operation for at least another year. Applications to drop the western segments of the Burlington California Zephyr and the Union Pacific City of San Francisco via lines through Nebraska were denied. Nebraska Railway Commission member Fred Peterson of Columbus reported the action.
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Nebraska
Interstate Commerce Commission
Burlington Railroad
California Zephyr
Union Pacific
San Francisco
ICC
Fred Peterson
Columbus
Nebraska Railway Commission
Northwest Oil Gas Leases To Be Sold At Auction August 6
The Nebraska Board of Educational Lands and Funds lists eleven tracts in Box Butte Dawes Sioux Morrill and Red Willow counties for a state oil and gas lease sale on August 6 in Lincoln at 9 a.m. Minimum bids are 50 cents per acre, with observers predicting strong interest and potential higher bids for certain tracts.
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Banner
Box Butte
Cheyenne
Dawes
Deuel
Garden
Kimball
Morrill
Scotts Bluff
Sheridan
Sioux
Northwest
Nebraska
Board of Educational Lands and Funds
Capitol Building
Lincoln
Wildcatters Seek Oil Across Nebraska State
Nebraska oil and gas officials report eight new drilling permits issued for exploration in Banner Kimball Scotts Bluff Red Willow Frontier and Richardson counties. Major outfits include Baumgartner Allison Stuarco Trico Platte Valley and B M B Oil with several wells named No 1 and No 2 in multiple townships and sections. The lone field development well is B W Drilling No 2 Brothers in Kimball County Terrace Field.
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Nebraska
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Banner County - Braden and Gear Drilling Co
W. T. Young (Ne SE Sec. 31-1957); King Resources, Inc. and Baumgartner Oil Co
Allison Drilling Co
Mathews
Kimball County - Lyle Story
B W Drilling Co., Inc
Peterson
Scotts Bluff County
Stuarco Oil Co., Inc
Stuarco Drilling Co
Red Willow County
Trico Oil and Gas Co
Platte Valley Oil Co., Inc
Granite
Baumbach
Platte Valley Drilling Co
Frontier County
Harrison L. Townes and Associates
Mage
Stoeppelworth Drilling Co
Richardson County
B. M. B. Oil Co
White and Ellis Drilling Co
Towle
Kimball County
B-W Drilling Co., Inc
Terrace
Vandalism Report From Maple Street Incident
Police received a vandalism report on Sunday from Richard Smith of 2130 Maple. A soft drink bottle shattered the shield of his car parked near 11th and Jackson. The report was filed Sunday morning.
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Richard Smith
Maple
11Th and
Jackson
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Martin Honig
South Divide
Elks
Rec Willow
U.S. Weather Bureau
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U. S. Weather Bureau
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