Harvest Near End Amid Rain Slowdown In Wheat Belt
Dry conditions allowed the 1973 winter wheat harvest to near completion with over 90 percent cut. A Sunday rain halted progress, delaying finish into Tuesday. Elevators report brisk arrivals, but only about 32 hopper cars left six county elevators, with roughly 470 more needed to move outbound grain. Union Pacific notes a countrywide hopper car shortage, shifting use to box cars and prompting higher costs as 11,000+ cars move grain and 1,000 covered hoppers were added.
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Panhandle
Sidney
High Plains Agricultural Lab
Gurley
Dalton
Lodgepole
Lorenzo
Potter
Union Pacific Railroad
Jack Fry
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Union Pacific
Associated Press
Jack Bowen
Russia
Bowen
Commission Approves Cheyenne County Budget Increase
Cheyenne County commissioners approved a 2.087 million dollar budget at a public hearing. The fair board outlined a 6500 dollar contract expense for the fair and parade with no income, while receipts totaling 1550 dollars were the difference between cost and request, not total ticket receipts. The road fund led in increases, with others up including general, ambulance, and library funds, while welfare, institutions, and noxious weed control fell.
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Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County Court House
Fair Board
Loring Tobler
Stewart
Brown
Ed Narjes
General
Library
Water Plans Get Approval by House for Nebraska Reclamations
The House approved a public works appropriations bill allocating 800000 dollars for three Nebraska reclamation projects. Rep. Dave Martin said Senate approval was expected later. The funds include 400000 for the Mid State project and 200000 for North Loup and ONeill projects.
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Washington
House
Nebraska
Dave Martin
Senate
Mid State
North Loup
O’neill
Oil Tests Show Strong Flow From Cheyenne County Wildcat
Local oil news reports W W Ferris and C W Hughes completed No 1 Klentz as a gas producer on SW SE 29 13 51 Cheyenne County after a test flow of three million cubic feet per day. The wildcat lies a mile and a half north of Rohlfing Field.
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Kimball
Cheyenne
W W. Ferris
C. W. Hughes
Klentz
Cheyenne County
Commercial Oil Co
Gieseking
Warren J. Hancock
W. L. Walker
Gear Drilling Co
Nelson
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Marathon Oil Co
Mable C. Hamaker
J. H. Bander
Camberley Corp
Grayrock Corp
Beyer
Pecos
B. W. Drilling Co. Inc
Teacher Views on Public Servant Label Sparks Debate
John Lynch executive secretary of the Nebraska State Education Assn voices strong views on teacher status during a Chadron leadership conference interview. Concurrently oil drilling updates include several Nebraska wildcat tests and new site filings across Kimball Cheyenne and Morrill counties with multiple firms named.
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John Lynch
Nebraska State Education Assn
Chadron State College
Chadron Record
Fascinations Near Completion At Plant A
High way Aircraft Corp expects a production model of the Fascination to be ready in about 20 weeks. Early models assembled at a plant north of Sidney should reach dealer showrooms this fall, with final production in Detroit. Plans include workforce growth, new materials, and future steam engine concepts amid design changes.
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Paul Lewis
Highway Aircraft
Doran Rhodes
American Boilerless Steam Engine Corp
Fascination
Sidney
Highway Aircraft Corp
Detroit
Lewis
Sioux Army Depot
Lincoln
Egging Co
Renault Auto
France
Renault
Tubb to headline Cheyenne County Fair show
Decca star Justin Tubb will headline the Grand Ole Opry style attraction in Nashville. He performs Friday August 17 at 8 p.m. at the Cheyenne County Fair and Rodeo with Jimmy Dee and Pam Dickinson sharing the billing.
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Justin Tubb
Decca
Nashville
Tenn
Tubb
Ernest Tubb
Jimmy Dee
Johnny Cash
Pam Dickinson
Kool-Aid empire rivalry blooms on Madison Avenue
In Sidney a trio of ten year olds run competing Kool-Aid stands on King Street as price wars and "boss" disputes erupt. Stewart Brown hires peers to outpace Kristi Schwartz Shari Couch and Sara Hughes with door to door sales and a two stand battle over quality and prices.
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Sidney
Stewart Brown
Stewart T. Brown, Jr
King
Stewart
Timmy
Scott Tremain
Harold Tremain
Kristi
King St
Gary Couch
Shaun
Jeff Conrad
Bob Conrad
Linden St
Timmy Brown
Kristi Schwartz
Shari Couch
Sara Hughes
Krieti
Sidney Joins Valentine As Overnight Cold Spot
A Nebraska cold front brought cooler drier air with fair to partly cloudy skies through Tuesday. Temperatures ranged from the 50s to 60s at night with highs in the 80s Tuesday, while Scottsbluff reported 0.47 inches of moisture for 24 hours and Sidney 0.34 inches.
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Sidney
Valentine
Nebraska
Scottsbluff
North Platte
Omaha
Banking Interests Lead Lobbyist Spending in 1973 Nebraska Session
Lobbyists spent 80 128 dollars to wine and dine Nebraska's 49 state senators during the five month 1973 legislative session. Banking interests led with 13 584, while local governments ranked second at 10 147 and labor third at 10 107. The notes show total spending rose from 49 675 in 1972. The legislature overrode Exon's veto to double bank teller offices and a group of counties cities and public power districts is included in the lobbying.
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Nebraska
J. J. Exon
Nebraska Railroad Association
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