Hail Vigil Observed As Panhandle Crops Face Risk
Western Nebraska farmers monitor clouds as 1968 yields hinge on weather. A Broadwater area hailstorm damaged alfalfa corn and beets on several farms, with Box Butte County sugar beet losses totaling 2 400 acres heavy and 200 acres light. USDA raises winter wheat yield estimate to 31 bushels per acre based on May rains, while lingering hail and grasshopper fears loom for the season.
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Nebraska
Panhandle
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Broadwater
Wallace Mays
Dale Hall
Box Butte
Bill Nelson
Alliance
Bayard Great Western Sugar Co
Berea
Hemingford
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Kenneth Lovan
State Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Lincoln
Logan
Wheat Harvest May Not Start Until Late July
Farm observers report a generally good winter wheat crop but forecast a later harvest in Cheyenne County due to a cool wet spring and widespread army cutworms. Endrin spraying helped curb outbreaks, with fields recovering. harvest may begin around July 17 to 20 if June remains warm and dry.
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Cheyenne
Ivan Liljegren
Endrin
Nebraska
Wyoming
Dalton
Flag Day Ritual Set by Sidney Elks Society
The Sidney Elks and Does plan a public flag day observance Friday June 14 at 7:30 pm in the Elks auditorium. Admission is free and the program will feature a history of the American flag and tribute to the flag.
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Sidney Elks and Does
Elks
Craig Wilson
Mike Manley
Koop 90
Sidney
Craig
Lewis Wilson
Mike
Paul Manley
Telegraph
Cheyenne County Board Okays Redistricting Plan
In a June 4 meeting the Cheyenne County Board of Commissioners approved a resolution to re district the county into commissioner voting districts. The action follows concerns of unequal voter distribution with District One 548 voters, District Two 3,671, and District Three 483, amid rumors of a potential suit.
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Cheyenne County Board of Commissioners
County Board of Commissioners
Cheyenne
Board of Commissioners
Donald Tedesco
West End
Mrs Craigs to Preside at Nebraska VFW Auxiliary Meeting
Mrs Neal Craig of Sidney Nebraska will preside at the 1968 Nebraska Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars state convention in Norfolk June 21 to 23. The organization with 400 000 members is one of the nation’s largest women volunteers groups.
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Neal Craig
Sidney
Department of Nebraska
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Norfolk
Nebraska
Safe-Play Mfg Wins $525,000 Federal Contract
Safe-Play Mfg Co of Sidney announced a $525,000 federal contract for all its sporting goods lines. The General Services Administration will route government orders, with products used in military applications and poverty programs. Increased production may require more hires. The line includes football field marking devices official's clothing athletic supporter and a metal frame sling shot.
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Safe-Play Mfg. Co
Sidney
General Services Administration
GSA
Hammond McNish
Safe~ Play
McNish
Safe-Play
Gebhardt Rites To Be Friday
Funeral services for Francis Dean Gebhardt 21 of O Neill will be held Friday at 2 PM in Gurley Methodist Church with burial at Greenwood Cemetery and military rites by the Nebraska National Guard. He was born August 31 1946 in Sidney and died in a Guard truck accident near West Point last Sunday. Surviving are his father Lloyd Gebhardt Jasper Indiana a sister Connie Jean Sidney a brother Duane Jasper and grandparents E L Myers Gurley and George Gebhardt Kearney.
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Gurley Methodist Church
Francis Dean Gebhardt
National
Sidney
Lloyd Gebhardt
Kearney
Ainsworth
O'Neill
J. M. McDonald
Jasper
Ind
Connie Jean
Duane
E. L. Myers
Gurley
George Gebhardt
Proposals stalled as Sidney council reviews liquor, zoning, tax issues
The Sidney city council took no action on a Sunday liquor by the drink ordinance and rezoning for a rest home. They agreed to pay $4,300 in back Social Security dues for three firemen and consider an itinerant photographers tax. Four building applications were approved and the council planned a volunteer firemen banquet.
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Sidney
Gordon Tobin
Larry Clinton
Ed Bauman
Clinton
Stan Larabee
Mel Adams
Toledo
13Th
Adams
Planning Commission
Tobin
Harvey Vizina
Jerry VanNatter
Francis Stone
Social Security Administration
L. M. Clinton
Paul O'Hara
John Baudek
Bauman
Kiwanis
Pat Wright
Housing Authority
Sioux Villa
Baudek
Kansas City
American Public Power Association
Rotary Exchange Students Meet at Chadron in purpose of world understanding
Rotary District 563 sponsored meetings at Chadron State College during June 7 and 8 to review the student exchange program and gather ideas for future participants. Bevin B. Bump and Jack Knicely led discussions on improving the program to foster international friendship as students spend a year with Rotary families.
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Rotary District 563
Chadron State College
Jack Knicely
Sidney
Rotary
Bevin B. Bump
Chadron
Nebraska
Panhandle Weather Forecast Forecast
It will be fair this afternoon tonight and Thursday with southerly winds 10 to 15 mph. Highs today near the lower 80s, tonight in the 50s, and Thursday 75 to 85. Rain chances under 5 percent. Five Day Forecast notes near normal temperatures through Monday.
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Panhandle
Services Thursday For Two Young Drowning Victims
Two young Cheyenne County women who drowned near Grand Island on Sunday will be buried in separate services Thursday. Dianne Berry 21 will be at Dalton Presbyterian Church with burial at Dalton Cemetery. Elsie Bennett 20 will be at Four Square Church Sidney with burial at Greenwood Cemetery. Gehrig and Son Funeral Home arranging both services.
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Cheyenne County
Grand Island
Dianne Ella Berry
Dalton Presbyterian Church
Richard Brown
Dalton
Elsie Ann Bennett
Four Square Church
Sidney
Paul F. White
Chappell
Greenwood Cemetery
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Nebraska State Guard formed to defend home front
Gov. Norbert Tiemann and Adjutant Gen. Lyle Welch announce a Nebraska State Guard as an offshoot of the National Guard to protect the home front if federalized. Initial 220 members will be organized with HQ in Lincoln, plus engineer and support battalions and five security battalions across 35 communities. Co. D Sidney joins the Fourth Security Battalion with HQ at North Platte. No indication the Guard will be called up.
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Norbert Tiemann
Lyle Welch
Nebraska State Guard
Nebraska
National Guard
State Guard
Lincoln
Co. D. Sidney
North Platte
Tiemann
Nebraska Guard
Nebraska Schools Face Standards Clarification Letter
Editor reviews department reply to concerns over schools in Gurley Lodgepole and Bushnell not meeting state standards. The Nebraska Department of Education responds, aiming to clarify enforcement and implications for western Nebraska schools.
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Daily Press
Nebraska
Nebraska Department of Education
Gurley
Lodgepole
Bushnell
The
Telegraph
Wrecks and Vandalism Reported in Police Briefs
Police checked two traffic incidents and one vandalism case from Monday to Tuesday. John M. Monti backing into a parked car at Yendis Café caused about 50 dollars for Martha Christensen’s vehicle. Jessie F. Chapman backed into Layton Maddox’s car causing 80 dollars damage. A 1958 auto windshield wiper theft and interior item removal were reported on Monday evening at Sharon Hall’s vehicle.
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John M. Monti
Sidney
Martha M. Christensen
Bridgeport
Christensen
Monti
Jackson
Jessie F. Chapman
Layton L. Maddox
Chapman Auto
Maddox
Sharon Hall
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Susan Beyer
Holland
Susan Knicely
Sweden
Nancy Knicely
Silvia Mazal
Argentina
Wilbur O
Charlotte Overshall Bennett
Sidney High School
Business Institute of Sidney
Peggy
Tommy
Robert
Steven
Santa Barbara
Calif
Onessa
Ruth Richard Berry
Dalton High School
Cornhusker Ordnance Depot
Ernest Heine
Nolan L. Berry
Fort Bliss
Texas
Janice E. Berry
E. R. Whiting
Jacksonville
N. C
Larry Whiting
Junior Berry
Fla
Noah Freauf
Scottsbluff
Pauline Richardson
Mt. Vernon
State Guard For Home Protection
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