Wheatbelt Transformer Fire Halts Rural Power
A large Wheatbelt Public Power District sub station transformer burned out at about 5 50 a m Tuesday. Cause unknown. The outage affected rural areas from Sidney to Lodgepole and near Gurley. Prompt actions cut outage to two hours. power restored via Sidney Gurley and Chappell substations. A portable transformer was put into use and full service expected by Wednesday morning. Customers asked to avoid using large machinery. Repairs may take up to three months.
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Wheatbelt Public Power District
Gene Lienemann
Colton
Sidney
Lodgepole
Colorado Line
Gurley
Chappell
Lienemann
Cheyenne County Fair Set to Dazzle with Races Barbecue and Rodeo
The Cheyenne County Fair Board previews a four day event August 8 to 12 with motorcycle races, a free barbecue, and top rodeo performers led by Loring Tobler. Open Class exhibits, expanded Poultry and Crops building, a larger fair office, and new grandstand ticket procedures are announced. Major acts include The Zeppes and Thrillarama as feature attractions, with parades, kids events, and a Western States Cutting contest finals shaping the program. Grand parade sponsored by Sidney Elks, Jaycee kids parade, and daily judging highlight the schedule.
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Cheyenne County Fair Board
Merle Bobo
Merchants
The
Jaycee
Elks
Fairgrounds
Roderick & Schroeder
Loring Tobler
Cheyenne County Fair
Zeppes
Western States
Sidney Elks Lodge
Sidney
Elks Club
Sidney High
RCA Rodeo
Beuttler & Sons
Fairgrounds Livestock Barn
West Side of Fairgrounds
Dr J B Pankau Honored At Dalton Festival 1969
Dalton set Sept 8 9 for the Fall Festival with Dr J B Pankau honored on his 40th year practicing medicine in Dalton and the village marks its 60th birthday. Rev Cletus Semper chairs and festival moves earlier for carnival issues. events include parade kids races horse show lighted parade and numerous prizes plus cash awards.
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Dalton
J.B. Pankau
Pankau
Cheyenne County
Cletus Semper
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Dr. Pankau
Midwest
Wheatbelt Public Power District
Queen City Amuse
Panhandle Forecast Shows Warm, Slight Thunder Chance
Panhandle weather calls for fair and warm days with a few afternoon and evening thunder showers. Highs near 90 today and Thursday, lows in the 60s. Rain chances about 5 percent each period. Temperatures to stay slightly below normal through Monday with a cooling trend early next week. More showers possible, with highs in the 80s and lows around 60.
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Panhandle
Scottsbluff Weather Bureau
Auto Truck Crash Injures Two In Sid ney
A Monday crash at 1 57 p m at 14th and Jackson in Sidney involved a eastbound truck driven by 17 year old Mike Rippe of Hanover Kansas and a southbound 1968 car driven by Bucky Buckner of Eldorado Texas. Two passengers, 16 year old Katherine Sailors of Hayes Center Nebraska and Buckner suffered minor injuries and were treated and released. Damages totaled about 1000 to the Rippe truck and Buckner car declared a total loss by Sidney Police.
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14Th
Jackson
Sidney
Mike Rippe
Hanover
Kan
Bucky Buckner
Eldorado
Tex
Young Bucker
Katherine Sailors
Hayes Center
Neb
Memorial Hospital
Rippe
Buchener
No July Meeting for Cheyenne County Development Announced
President Ken Pittam announced there will be no July meeting of the Citizens for Cheyenne County Development due to the harvest. He added an interesting meeting is being arranged for August.
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Citizens For Cheyenne County Development
Ken Pittam
Mentally Retarded Program Gets New Coordinator
Douglas Devies named program coordinator for Educational Service Unit 19 and trainer for the Trainable Retarded, already beginning duties. He plans cottage living training at a home near Sidney High School, with students aged five to 21 taught in a home atmosphere.
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Educational Service Unit 19
Douglas Devies
21St
Linden
Cliff Davison
Sidney High School
Devies
Wakeeney
Kan
Colorado
Printing services ad from The Sidney Telegraph
An old line ad invites readers to visit The Sidney Telegraph at 830 11th Ave for all printing needs. It emphasizes printing services and directs customers to the local newspaper office for inquiries.
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Sidney Telegraph
Fehringers Not Hurt In Collision Near Amherst Colo
Mr and Mrs Ivan Fehringer and daughters Dixie and Dean na escaped injury last Saturday afternoon but their car was demolished in a collision with a wheat truck six miles north of Amherst Colorado The accident occurred about 4 pm as they returned from a funeral in Venango They slowed for a wheat truck on a side road The truck stopped then pulled onto the highway and the Fehringer car struck it broadside.
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Ivan Fehringer
Dixie
Deanna
Amherst
Colo
Fehringers
Venango
Damp Calm Slows Harvests Weights Bleached by Rain
Weather across Western Nebraska brings damp calm slowing wheat cutting. Humidity 71 percent blocks activity as rainfall and bleaching reduce test weights. Harvest reports vary by town from two thirds in Chappell to ten percent in Lodgepole with yields still strong if drying weather returns.
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Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Chappell
Sidney
Lodgepole
Potter
Dalton
Gurley
Federal Aviation Agency
H. W. Quinn
Farmers Elevator
Paul Smith
Smith Elevator
Don Hoffman
Farmers Co-Op
Lorenzo
Lee Foster
Harold Winkleman
Dalton Farmers Elevator
Bruce Juelfs
Juelfs Grain
Peetz
Bob Hawkins
Former Sioux Resident Dies Rites Thursday
A former Sidney resident Mrs. Herman Leisner 60 of Plainview Neb died Sunday in a Norfolk hospital Funeral services set for 10 am Thursday at Plainview Friends Church Rev Charles Graves to officiate Burial in Lambrecht Cemetery west of Pierce She is survived by her widow three sons James Tacoma Wash Harry Phoenix Aziz John Pierce four grandchildren three sisters and one brother
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Sidney
Herman Lelisner
Plainview
Neb
Norfolk
Friends Church
Charles Graves
Assembly of God Church
Yankton
S.D
Lambrecht
Pierce
Mabel McDaniels
Lincoln
James McDaniels
Broken Bow
Herman Leisner
Alliance
Nebraska
Leisner
Civil Service
Sioux
James
Tacoma
Wash
Harry
Phoenix
Aziz
John
Post Korea GI aid applications urged by county officer
Cheyenne County Veterans Service Officer Leo Gorman says 6000 Nebraska veterans may use Post-Korean GI Bill benefits. He estimates eight million dollars in aid for the coming school year and urges fall enrollees to apply promptly. The service office, in the Court House, offers help 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.
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Leo Gorman
Cheyenne County
Veterans’ Service
Veterans Administration
Lincoln
Nebraska
Court House
Riverside councilman re-elected with 8 votes in small Wyoming race
Riverside Wyoming city race results show councilman Richard Martin winning a four year term after receiving 8 votes. The opposing candidate, Mrs Richard Martin, earned 7 votes in the municipal election.
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Riverside
Wyoming
Richard Martin
Martin
Sidney Airport Money Request Cut By State
The State Aeronautics Commission trimmed airport improvement requests across Nebraska, reducing Sidney’s $31,400 aid request for a $62,000 terminal to $22,600, about 36 percent of costs. Budgets were cut from a statewide pool of about $1.4 million, with many projects scaled back or dropped, including several at Lincoln, Scottsbluff, Millard, Columbus, Norfolk, and North Platte.
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State Aeronautics Commission
Sidney
Walter Kruescher
Kruescher
Ogallala
Alliance
North Platte
Lincoln
Scottsbluff
Millard
Columbus
Norfolk
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Wheatbelt
Nebr
J. B. Pankau
Queen Selection
Bill Waite
Helen Gillespie
Elsie Ewing
Dalton Garden Club
George Talmage
Kenny Mc Roberts
Glen Twarling
Charles van DeVoorde
Pete Thompson
Father Semper
Percy McCabe
Don Dey Ermand
Bob Ziegeler
Bud Fraass
Betty Dykman
Allen Stikker
W.L. Chichester
Billy Dykman
Jim van Anne
Ira White
Norman Rushman
Douglas Deines
FAA
Caampground
Telegras
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