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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1969
Page
1
An architect drawing shows Lodgepole Plaza Nursing Home to be built at 15th Ave and Yoledo St. The 60 bed facility designed by George FE Clayton and Associates of Grand Island has financing completed and work is expected to begin within weeks with completion planned after the first of next year.
University of Nebraska Extension economist Dr. Everett E. Peterson says with the 1969 wheat crop already harvested in parts of Nebraska and a bumper crop overall, prices are not expected to rise in coming months. He notes record world supply, higher carryover, and a projected 1968-69 world trade dip, with U.S. exports down and domestic use shifting toward feed. Carryover is likely to grow by July 1, 1970, potentially prompting acreage allotment cuts this fall.
An art workshop for Head Start personnel runs July 28 through August 8 at Nebraska Western College as part of the National Head Start supplementary training. Dr. Rex Shelley of Peru State College leads the program with Panhandle Community Action staff and enrollees set to participate in Scottsbluff both this summer and a fall class planned at the same facility.
Kimball County proposes a budget of 667 030 dollars up slightly from 665 496 with an 11.66 mill levy down from 12.40. The hearing to file objections or corrections to the 1969 county budget is set for 11 a.m. July 30.
Three Kimball, Nebraska residents were injured in a one vehicle crash on a county road 25 miles northwest of Sterling Tuesday night. Gary R. Zornes, 17, of Kimball drove a pickup through a T intersection, crossed a gravel road, rolled once and landed upright. Zornes and the two passengers Kenneth Churchill, 35, and Michael Minihan, 23, were hospitalized in Kimball with back and head injuries respectively.
Cheyenne County Republican Central Committee chair Frank Mattoon announced a GOP meeting for 8 p.m. Monday at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel. Officers will be elected and other business conducted. All Republicans are urged to attend.
About 150 Rural Youth of the United States and Canada are expected to attend the annual conference at Peru State Teachers College August 17 to 21. The theme On Beyond 7 will explore communications pollution health automated finances and futures vocations. Bruce Helen of Bertrand is serving as RYUSA second vice-president.
Direct dialing eased the harvest surge at N W Bell Telephone Co as the switchboard handles about 4000 calls daily with 2400 completed. Over the past week totals near 5000 daily as harvest activity peaks. Overtime keeps about 15 operators at the board, typical staffing is 9 or 10.
Interstate Commerce Commission to hold hearings on the discontinuance of Union Pacific passenger trains 5 and 6 between Omaha and Los Angeles. Hearings set for Aug 5 at Fort Sidney Motor Hotel Sidney and Aug 6 at Courtroom 2, Post Office and U S Courthouse Cheyenne, beginning 9:30 a.m. Public protests may oppose the service end.
The Cheyenne County Sheriff reports three thefts over several days. Six traffic control signs were stolen southwest of Sidney on county roads, including two railroad crossing signs, two stop signs and two curve ahead signs. Otto Raddatz says about 175 dollars of combine accessories missing from his Lorenzo area farm. At Potter, flashing signals were stolen from Lynch Construction Company's street barricade on new concrete street work.
CHAPPELL July 30 to August 1 marks the Deuel County Fair with 4-H and Open Class entries on Wednesday. Highlights include the Horse Show, King and Queen presentation, Dress Revue, junior talent show, and band. A downtown parade at 1:00 p.m. Thursday features El Jebel Palomino Mounted Patrol from Denver.
Three men from Seattle Washington are jailed in Kimball County on suspicion of marijuana possession. State Trooper Richard Larsen stopped their truck two miles east of Kimball on Highway 30 for speeding and, upon search, recovered about 111.5 pounds of material believed to be wild marijuana harvested near Red Cloud. Charges against Michael K. Duffy Dennis L. Bakke and Dick J. Johnson are expected to be filed today.
Harvest conditions vary across towns with humidity often above 60 percent and rains slowing cutting. In Chappell and Lodgepole fields are muddy, bleaching reduces weights by 2 to 4 pounds per bushel, and north of Lodgepole hail damaged areas show lighter yields. some districts report around 30 bushels per acre, while better grain runs in the 40s. Local elevators note good intake but freight car shortages.
Parole violator William D. Smith 21 of Aurora Illinois was arrested July 16 at 7 20 am one mile east of Bushnell following a traffic stop. Wanted by Yorkville Sheriff for probation violation he faced felonious assault with a deadly weapon on probation. Held in Kimball County Jail after extradition waved, released Friday to Illinois authorities. Trooper Richard W. Larsen led the arrest.
An oil and gas lease sale is planned for 9 a.m. August 5 in Room 2124 at the State Capitol Building, Lincoln. Three tracts in Cheyenne and Deuel counties plus 160 acres in Red Willow County are up for lease, subject to approval by the Board of Educational Lands and Funds. minimum bid is 50 cents per acre.
Nebraska’s Third District residents gain a new mailing address and office location. Rep Dave Martin announced his Washington office moved from the Cannon Building to the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill, suite 2227.
The Panhandle forecast calls for a few late afternoon thundershowers with fair conditions otherwise. Temperatures will hover near 90 during the day and around 60 at night, with highs near 80 to 90 and about 10 percent rain chances. Over five days, near normal temperatures and scattered showers, increasing toward next week, courtesy Frontier Airlines.
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