Architects Hired to Prepare Drawings and Price Estimates
Cheyenne County commissioners contracted North Platte firm Stahn Dunn and Gardner to draft schematic drawings and cost estimates for a new courthouse. Plans target a pay as you go project funded by a one mill levy, with estimates around 400000 dollars. Delivery of materials is due by June 20, and construction may begin next spring if plans are approved.
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North Platte
Cheyenne County
Stahn, Dunn and Gardner
4-H Camp To Open June 14
Younger 4-H Club members from Kimball Banner Cheyenne and Morrill counties will attend the Ki-Ba-Chey-Mo camp at Sidney June 14 16. The 4-H building at the Cheyenne County fairgrounds serves as headquarters. Registration deadline is Friday June 10 with a 5 dollar fee. Activities include workshops games swimming and handicraft led by Cheyenne County Agents Ivan Liljegren and Del Rae Beerman and others.
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Panhandle
Sidney
Cheyenne County Fairgrounds
Kimball
Banner
Cheyenne
Morrill
Cheyenne County
Ivan Liljegren
del Rae Beerman
Austin Snyder Dies In Crash on Iowa Highways
Austen R Snyder 59 assistant superintendent of motive power for Union Pacific, well known to UP personnel in Sidney, was killed in a crash in Shelby County Iowa on Monday. The crash happened at an intersection of two highways as he traveled from the derailment of the City of Los Angeles train in Iowa. The car was driven by another UP employee. He joined UP in 1920 as a machinist apprentice and rose to machinist and roundhouse foreman positions with postings in Council Bluffs, Cheyenne, Salt Lake City, North Platte and Omaha.
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Austen R. Snyder
Union Pacific Railroad
U. P
Sidney
Shelby County
Iowa
City of
Los Angeles
Union Pacific
Council Bluffs
Cheyenne
Wyo
Salt Lake City
Utah
North Platte
Omaha
Hospital-Home Plans May Be Ready Sept 1
Architect Howard Duncan of Scottsbluff told Memorial Hospital and Home board that plans and specifications for additions and changes may be ready for bid by September 1. Factors include whether to pursue Hill-Burton Federal funds, possible State and Federal agency approvals, and timing for loan considerations. Sidney Federal Savings and Loan has pledged $175,000, with hopes for Hill-Burton money expected by August 1.
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Howard Duncan
Scottsbluff
Memorial Hospital and Home
Duncan
Hill-Burton
Sidney Federal Savings and Loan Assn
Hospital Home Board
Darold Hendee
Program For City Summer School Set
Regular bus stops set for North Ward students with a 7:40 a.m. pickup at Central, 7:45 a.m. at South, 7:59 a.m. at East and return trips at 11 a.m. from the same sites. St Patrick's pupils go to City Elementary. North Ward children walk to school and should not arrive before 7:59 a.m. Supervisory facilities are limited before that time.
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North Ward
Darrell Hunt
Central School
St. Patrick’s
Hunt
Arland Tanzeman
Central
Nebraska Oil Permits Signal Drilling Uptick Across Counties
Nebraska oil and gas officials issued multiple new drilling permits this week with Regal Drilling Co and Tom Vessels poised to drill eight locations in Scotts Bluff Banner and Cheyenne counties. Other new sites include Toltek Drilling Apollo Oil and Skelly and Texota Oil in Kip Kimball County. Industry observers await tests near Lodgepole Cheyenne County where Unit ed Oil Co reports commercial oil at No 2 Taylor and No 1 Taylor in a growing offset. State auctions yielded leases in Cheyenne and Scotts Bluff counties, fetching 2.50 and 1.50 per acre respectively, totaling 1 920 in bonuses.
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Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Regal Drilling Co
Tom Vessels
Scotts Bluff
Banner
Cheyenne
Bennett
Scottsbluff
Horst
Regal
Kimball County
Toltek Drilling Co
Apollo Oil Corp
Nelson
Toltek
Skelly Oil Co
Floyd Brothers
Fernquist
Texota Oil Co
Exeter Drilling Co
Bartow
Enbrook Oil and Gas, Inc
Rodney P. Calvin
Morrill County
John L. Miller
Enbrook
Cheyenne County
Lodgepole
United Oil Co. of
Lincoln
United
Wise
Oil-Gas Commission
Sidney
Deuel
Chase County
Miles Drilling Co
Imperial Town
Peterson
Nebraska
Cook Field
Board of Educational Lands and Funds
Scotts Bluff County
Casey Field
Graveyard flower thefts rise after Memorial Day at Greenwood
Authorities report a spike in the disappearance of flowers and plants from graves at Greenwood Cemetery after Memorial Day, noting the pattern is greater this year than in the past.
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Greenwood Cemetery
Power Of The Printed Word Plea For June Weather
Sidney Telegraph editorial appeals for June weather to bring prosperity to western Nebraska. Rain began within twenty four hours and continues as the note was written, underscoring the paper's weather optimism and impact.
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Sidney
Nebraska
Car plunges off bridge into dry draw near Sidney
Fred Kettler, 71, a farmer north of Sidney, escaped serious injury when his 1957 Chevrolet went through the guard rail on a bridge east of Sidney and dropped into a dry draw. He was treated at Memorial Hospital for facial and head injuries, held for observation. Trooper Maxbach attributed the mishap to momentary inattention as Kettler crossed the viaduct and turned onto Highway 385. The car sustained about 300 dollars in damage and the railing 250 to 300 dollars.
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Fred Kettler
Sidney
Mr. Kettler
Memorial Hospital
Maxbach
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Kettler
Telegraph
Red Cross Swimming Lessons Registration Open Tomorrow
Mrs Harold O Connor Water Safety chairman for Cheyenne County announces registration for Red Cross swimming lessons starts tomorrow morning at Legion Park from 9 to 11 30 a m on Thursday and Friday. If rain desks move to Shelter House. Lessons run from Monday June 13 through July 29 with 50 cent registration for children and 1 dollar for adults who take evening lessons.
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Red Cross
Harold O’connor
Cheyenne County
Legion Park
Shelter House
Soaking Rains Lift Wheat and Grass Prospects in Nebraska
Brisk rains across western Nebraska boost winter wheat, revive pastures, and back spring crops after a severe dryness. The Panhandle, far behind normal for the year, received over two inches, ending a seven week drought and cooling temperatures to aid moisture retention for upcoming plantings.
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Nebraska
Panhandle
High Plains
Great Plains
Nebraska Panhandle
Heavy June Rain Thrives In Sidney Area
By Wednesday afternoon rain totals in Sidney surpassed 2.5 inches and likely will reach three inches. Forecasters expect continued clouds and showers with a cooler, moderate temperature pattern. Farmers welcomed the moisture as ideal for crops, boosting hopes for a strong winter wheat yield this year.
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Sidney
Weather Bureau
Rain brings moisture boost to Cheyenne County crops
Agent Ivan Liljegren reports timely moisture with rain easing pastures and wheat as seven weeks of drought yielded 25 inches total in parts of Cheyenne County. Rainfall hit Tuesday night with thunder and clouds lingering, while observers in Sidney Gurley Dalton Lodgepole Potter recorded 1.5 to 2.44 inches by noon. Farmers celebrate as crops turn green and soil recharges.
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Cheyenne County
Ivan Liljegren
Federal Aviation Agency
Sidney
Earl Lessig
Gurley
Dalton
Don Dey Ermand
Lodgepole
Henry Jenik
George Coulter
Potter
Mother Nature
July 1 Deadline for New Farm Acre Allotments
Raymond L. Davis of Cheyenne County announces a July 1 deadline for farmers to apply for a 1967 winter wheat allotment on farms with no prior 1966 allotment. Eligible applicants must meet farm, land, equipment, and income criteria and file at the ASCS county office before the deadline. Officials urge prospective producers to discuss details with ASCS staff.
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ASCS
Raymond L. Davis
Cheyenne County
Davis
Rooms Needed for Students at Sidney Business Institute
Ron Heit director says rooms are still needed for students at the Business Institute of Sidney. He asks anyone who can house a student to call him as soon as possible.
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The
Business Institute of Sidney
Ron Heit
Northwest Area Project to Hire 106 in Four-County Area
Floyd A. Lincoln Jr. announces start of hiring for 106 positions under the Northwest Nebraska Community Action Council projects approved for Box Butte, Dawes, Sioux, and Sheridan counties. A federal grant of 92567 funds the effort, with non federal cost met by in kind services.
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Chadron
Floyd A. Lincoln Jr
Northwest Nebraska Community Action Council
Lincoln
Frank Morrison
Box Butte
Dawes, Sioux
Sheridan
Panhandle Weather Forecast Outlook
Light rain tonight clearing late. Thursday mostly fair with afternoon thunder showers. Tonight precipitation 40 percent, tomorrow 20 percent. Five day outlook shows near normal temperatures through Monday with frequent minor changes. Highs 75 to 80, lows around 50. Showers and thunderstorms scattered across the period.
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Panhandle
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BPW
Sidney Business and Professional Women’s Club
R. W. Brown
Yale University
Eugene O’neill
Laura Fish
Austin Snyder
North Ward School
Dry Creek
Northwest Area Project
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