Draft Horse Team Pulling At Cheyenne County Fair
Draft horse team pulling contest tops Cheyenne County Fair and 101 Stampede lineup. Loring Tobler says multiple known contestants will compete Monday August 12 at 2 p m before the grandstand. Teams start with 3 500 pounds light class and 4 000 pounds heavy class, adding blocks as they pull a cement-loaded sled over 20 feet. The fair runs August 10–12 with horse shows, cutting events, a beef barbecue, rodeos, and a cowboy breakfast leading to parades.
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Cheyenne County Fair
Loring Tobler
Fair Board
Fair Grounds
Elks Auditorium
Cheyenne County
Briefest Council Session Approves Insurance Policy
Sidney City Council met briefly and approved a three year insurance contract with Ackerman-Robinson Agency at 12 461 per year. An added employee liability clause at about 150 yearly was approved. The meeting covered an electrical study update and plans to secure emergency power via Wheatbelt Public Power District at about 5 000. Lease extension of Hickory Street with Union Pacific through 1973 and a building permit for Arnold Thurow at 1124 13th for 8 000 were also approved.
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Sidney
Ackerman-Robinson Agency
John Baudek
Baudek
Wheatbelt
Hickory Street
Union Pacific Railroad
Hickory
15Th
Arnold Thurow
13Th
Western I-80 Work Planned
The Nebraska Department of Roads set an August 22 bid opening for 28 projects totaling 9.75 million dollars, with 3.585 million tied to interstate work. Projects cover I-80 east of Sutherland with amenities, highway signing between Paxton and North Platte, guard rails near Rosco Paxton, and multiple bridges and seeding across Deuel, Keith, Brule, Ogallala, Oshkosh, and surrounding interchanges.
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Lincoln
Department of Roads
Sutherland
Keith
Paxton
North Platte
Rosco
Brule
Ogallala
Deuel
Oshkosh
US 138
Big Springs
Chapsell
High Speed Chase Nets Two Suspects in Nebraska
Will iam Eve, 19, of New York City, and Denice Newkirk, 14, of Brooklyn, were identified after a ten mile highway chase on Highway 30 reaching 110 mph. Eve, now in FBI custody, faces arraignment in Scottsbluff on transporting a stolen vehicle across state lines. the girl was placed with her father. The car was reported stolen from Hertz with California plates also stolen. The pursuit ended when Eve's car crashed into a semitrailer. no injuries occurred.
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Highway 30
William Eve
New York
N. Y
Denice Newkirk
Brooklyn
Highway Patrol
Eve
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Scottsbluff
John Peetz, Jr
Hertz Car Rental System
Peetz
California
Richard Larsen
Kimball
Potter
Neb
Larsen
Chamber of Commerce to hold meeting at Legion Park
The Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce meets tonight at 8 p.m. at the band shell in Legion Park Sidney. Officials will consider amendments to the constitution to make the Chamber officially county wide.
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Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Band Shell
Legion Park
Sidney
Panhandle Weather Forecast Outlook
Partly cloudy this afternoon with cooler tonight and fair conditions on Thursday. Highs in the 70s, lows 40s to 50s, and Thursday near 80. Rain chances under 5 percent. Five day outlook: temperatures 2 to 6 degrees below normal Thursday through Monday, then warming midweek, with highs upper 80s and lows upper 50s and thunderstorms most days toward week’s end.
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Panhandle
Fair
Waremer
Ak-Sar-Ben Mailed Premium Books For 1968 Show
Ak-Sar-Ben General Manager Tom Brock announced that premium lists and entry blanks for the 1968 Ak-Sar-Ben Livestock Show and Rodeo, September 20 to 28, have been mailed to County Extension Agents in the Omaha trade area. 4-H exhibitors should contact extension agents for forms. Entries for the world’s largest Junior Livestock Show are due in the Ak-Sar-Ben Office by August 28. Premium lists for the Appaloosa and Quarter Horse Shows, held with the 4-H show, are also available. Entry deadline for the Appaloosa Show is September 5 and the Quarter Horse Show closes September 16. Rex Allen will ride Star of the World Championship Rodeo.
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Omaha
Tom Brock
Brock
Shirley Streets
Nebraska
Rex Allen
Rites Thursday For Mrs Oliverius At 10 A M
Funeral services for LaVera Eunice Munson Oliverius, 57, will be held at 10 A M Thursday at Gehrig and Son Funeral Home for Mrs Joseph S S Oliverius who died Monday at Memorial Hospital after extended illness. Rev Dale Falk will officiate. interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the cancer fund. Surviving are her husband Joseph S Oliverius. her mother Mrs Helga Munson. four sons Don Simpson Gary Simpson Ted Simpson Lloyd Oliverius. one daughter Mrs Dixon Finley and nine grandchildren. Born December 19 1910 in Axtell Nebraska.
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Gehrig and Son
Joseph S&s. Oliverius
Memorial Hospital
Dale Falk
Bridgeport Baptist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Cancer Fund
LaVera Eunice Munson
Axtell
Neb
John
Helga Falk Munson
Imperial
Lodgepole
Sidney
Crook
Sterling, Colo
Joseph S. Oliverius
Helga Munson
Caldwell
Idaho
Don V. Simpson
Gary B. Simpson
Ted M. Simpson
Douglas, Wye
Lloyd K. Oliverius
Grand Island
Dixon Finley
Broadus, Mont
Land Bank Dividends Total $29,473 for Area Farmers
The Federal Land Bank Association at Sidney pays dividends totaling 29473 to its members. Dividend checks will be mailed August 1. Association stock is owned by farmers and ranchers in Cheyenne Kimball Banner Garden and Morrill counties. Over 634 producers in five counties hold 10859200 in long term loans. The Sidney unit is one of 86 such associations under the Federal Land Bank of Omaha. Directors: Donald Block Lodgepole president, Robert Nelson Bridgeport VP, Millard Musil Potter, Lawrence Engstrom Kimball, Oren Clary Lewellen.
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Federal Land Bank Association
Sidney
Charles G. Sutton
Sutton
Cheyenne
Kimball
Banner
Garden
Morrill
Federal Land Bank
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wyoming
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
Omaha Land Bank
Sidney Association
Donald Block
Lodgepole
Robert Nelson
Bridgeport
Millard Musil
Potter
Lawrence Engstrom
Oren Clary
Lewellen
Weather Woes and Wheat Hope Loom in Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County farmers weigh rain benefits against hail damage this week. While much wheat was already stored, some corn fields east of Sidney suffered losses, with yields dropping from 100 to 50 60 or 70 bushels per acre depending on future storms. Millet battered, pasture and range feed declined, and livestock gains benefited from cooler temperatures.
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Cheyenne County
Sidney
Panhandle
State Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Hit and Run Reported in Sidney Parking Lot
Ruth Hammon of Bridgeport reported a hit-and-run in the Memorial Hospital lot Monday around 6 30 PM. Her car sustained about 50 dollars in damage. police investigate the identity of the other driver.
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Sidney
Ruth Hammon
Bridgeport
Neb
Memorial Hospital
Hammon
Wheat Advisory Group Plans Aug. 8 Meeting
The advisory committee to the Division of Wheat Development will meet August 8 at 9:00 a.m. at the Holiday Inn south of Grand Island on I-80. If needed, a reconvened session will follow at 9:00 a.m. August 9, per chair Robert Rauner of Sidney.
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Division of Wheat Development
Holiday Inn
I-80
Grand Island
Robert Rauner
Sidney
First Lutheran In Potter To Have 75th Anniversary
The First Lutheran Church of Potter marks its 75th anniversary with a Sunday program featuring Dr. Reuben Swanson of the Nebraska Synod at 10 30 a m and a 2 p m program led by former pastor W Gies, with youth and adult discussions, a noon potluck, and historical reflections by Mrs Carl Johnson.
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First Lutheran Church of
Potter
Reuben T. Swanson
Nebraska Synod
Lutheran Church In America
W. Gies
Swanson
Gies
Paul Reimers
David H. Schultz
W. T. Kahse
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Sidney
First English Lutheran Church of
Kimball
Paul Janson
Alex Wacker
Vernon Hintermeyer
Ben Warrenburg
Only LiveSteam Dealer Sees Steamitis in Eye
Henry J. McMillan of Galva claims to be the United States sole live steam locomotive dealer and says he can detect a genuine steam fan by spotting “steam itis” in the eye. He describes steam’s pull as the iron monster waking after throttle, and notes most buyers use trains for practical work but end up playing with them.
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United States
Henry J. McMillan
Galva
California
Denver and
Rio Grande Railroad
McMillan
Telegraph
Sidney
Bauerkemper Motor Clinic
Clinois Street
Wall Street Journal
Christian Science Monitor
Virginia City Enterprise
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Ak-Sar-Ben
Oliverius
J. S. Oliverius
Land Bank
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