Scottsbluff Juniors Win Fourth District Playoff Crown
Scottsbluff junior team defeated Sidney 8-4 to extend its district playoff streak to four, after leading early 3-1 and pulling away with two runs in each of the second and third innings. Tim Carleton limited the Gibson Fords to five hits, while John Roberts made two sensational catches in center for Scottsbluff.
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Sidney
Scottsbluff
Nile Valley
Gibson Fords
Scottsblutt
Tim Carleton
Bob Samson
Carleton
Tony Rock
John Roberts
Scottsb
Erros
American Legion
Bud Murray
Alliance
Dalton Hosts Junior Legion Invitational Tourney
The Dalton American Legion will host an invitational Junior Legion baseball tournament starting Sunday at 7 30 p m with six teams Potter Gurley Oshkosh Dalton Sidney Gibson and Bridgeport. First round features Sidney versus Potter and Dalton versus Gurley with byes for Bridgeport and Oshkosh.
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Dalton American Legion
Potter
Gurley
Bridgeport
Oshkosh
Sidney-Potter
Dalton-Gurley
John Beyer
Two Makeup Games Tonight in PBL Schedule
Panhandle Baseball League games are on for tonight. Oshkosh faces Dalton and Chappell travels to Peetz, both tilts start at 8 p.m.
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Panhandle
Basebalk
Oshkosh
Dalton
Chappell
Peetz
Wheatley Stables H.gn Voltage Wins Richest Selima
H.gn Voltage owned by Wheatley Stable captured the Selima Stakes, the richest race of its era, with a purse reported as fifty thousand eight hundred ten dollars in 1954, marking a historic victory at the base event.
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Wheatley Stable
H.gn Voltage
Base
Minor and Major League Scores From July Schedule
On Monday July 27 results: Lions 8 beat Rotary 4. K of C 7 over Western Drug 3. Elks 18 defeated American Bank 6. SOD 11 beat Conoco 8. MIDGETS makeup: SOD 3 over VFW 2. On Tuesday July 28 results: Lions 26 beat Rotary 3. SOD 20 over Conoco 5. K of C 4 over Western Drug 0. Elks 14 over American Bank 8.
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Lions
Rotary
Western Drug
Elks
American Bank
SOD
Conoco
Twin Bill Friday Midget League Playoff at Legion Park
A Friday night double header features the four Midget League teams in the Junior Baseball Association at Legion Park. The Eiremen face the Jaycees in the opener, followed by SOD versus VFW. Each game is five innings with a 1 hour 45 minute limit. SOD is the regular season champion.
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Junior Baseball Association
Legion Park
Eiremen
Jaycees
VFW
SOD
Economy-Minded Engineer Seeks Rural Road Thinning
Capitol news reports State Highway Engineer Roy Cochran aims to curb construction standards on low traffic rural state roads to speed dustless surfacing. He would keep major highways and interstates at high standards while expanding division engineer oversight and expanding right-of-way work within the department.
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Melvin Paul
Statehouse
Lincoln
Roy Cochran
Dollar Cochran
Ralph Brooks
Cochran
Nebraska
Highway Department
W H. Mengel
Conservation strides and slow pace in Nebraska land work
Nebraska leaders trumpet nation leading land terracing with 9 000 to 10 000 miles erected annually yet warn pace is slow. The first watershed at Dry Creek was completed this week with three more near finish and seven more authorized. A 49 star flag flew over the state house then the governor's office. Sidewalk repairs at the state house use penitentiary inmates to tear up concrete.
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Nebraska
Warren Fairchild
State Water and Soil Conservation Committee
Fairchild
Dry Creek
Red Willow
Frontier Counties
Salt Swedeburg
Lancaster
Saunders Counties
Brownell
Otoe County
Indian Creek
Gage County
Statehouse
Governor’s Office
Uni Students Aid In Bird Nesting Census
Six University of Nebraska students assist scientists counting waste bird nests along roadsides to determine how game birds use roadsides for nesting. Howard Wiegers notes the project, now in its second season, funded by a Nebraska Game and Parks Commission grant.
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Lincoln
University of Nebraska
Howard Wiegers
College of Agriculture
Nebraska Game and Forestation and Park Commission
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Gilliland
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H Mice
Rf Roberts
Hartwig
S Rodgers
Neu
Schwaner
Aden
Spurgeon
Mat Ld
Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons
Monmouth Park
N. J
Margrethe
Auxiliary Air Corps
Jonstrup
Denmark
Capitol News
Emerson Table-Model Radio
Unti
Grace Walker
RED Goose
Vanigans
John C. Roberts
Uni
Oldsmobile
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Pontiac
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