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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1968
Page
5
Dawes County observers estimate the wheat crop will average 40 bushels per acre with test weights from 62 to 64 pounds. If 44,000 of 45,432 harvested acres yield 1,760,000 bushels, it would be an all time county record.
Bridgeport contract for a new public library was awarded to French Construction Co of Gering. Low bid totaled 41,550 while high bid reached 49,100 from Geo H Allen Construction Co. Other bids came from Loseke Construction Co 45,873 and Josten Construction Co 42,480. State and Federal aid amount to 27,000. city covers the remaining payment and equipment costs.
Scotts Bluff Station hosts annual Field Day on August 15 beginning at 9 a.m. with a crop tour featuring eight stops on topics such as Dairy Animals and Breeding, Sugar Beet irrigation, millet varieties from a world collection, silage preservation, bean breeding, fumigation for nematodes, and a growth regulator for field beans. A noon barbecue precedes talks by Dr. Howard Ottoson and local officials on agricultural research and development.
Hemingford will host the Panhandle 4-H and FFA dairy show on August 9, part of 11 shows across Iowa and Nebraska from July 29 to August 1. Blue and purple ribbon winners may go on to Ak-Sar-Ben Stock Show in Omaha in September. A district queen will be named during activities.
Mrs Berdine Heckman and husband Elmer of Kearney file two district court petitions seeking 238000 and 300000 respectively for injuries alleged after a September 30 collision on U S 385 near Chadron. Randall Datus of Kilgore named as defendant for careless turning into the Heckman vehicle causing the crash.
West Nebraska District Press Association holds its annual meeting at Fort Robinson State Park with Friday registration at 3 p.m. and a hay rack ride steak cookout on Saturday. Activities include a Post Playhouse visit to see George Washington Slept Here, a Fort Robinson historic walking tour led by Vance Nelson, and a motor caravan of Ft. Robinson Crawford sites led by Dr. William Miller. Don Hull of Chadron handles reservations.
Kathy Riesselman of Byron and David Lieberman of Scottsbluff were named district chairmen for Sioux Cheyenne Box Butte Morrill counties by the Nebraskans For Young Adult Suffrage central committee. They will organize youth, distribute amendment information, rally families, and seek regional funds for Amendment No 1 to lower the voting age to 19. Both are University of Nebraska students.
The Old Talbott Tavern in Bardstown Kentucky, built in 1779 as a stagecoach stop, is described as the oldest hotel continuously operating west of the Alleghenies. A Baltimore student paper mocks spelling with quirky examples like Psy chiatry.
A tree’s natural size and shape can be altered dramatically by poor soil and strong winds, among other adverse conditions, to the point of becoming unrecognizable.
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