Wheat Varieties Studied On Sidney Farm Report
A test plot tour near Sidney examines 12 wheat varieties including Cheyenne Scout 66 Warrior and Lancer. Experts discuss fertilizer timing nitrogen response and weed resistance while noting a Nebraska share of US planted wheat and a research aim of one good regional variety after many crosses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Nebraska
Maurice Nelson
Sidney
Charlie Fenster
Louie Daigger
Eric Kerr
Cheyenne
Warrior
Fenster
Ium
Gage
Guide
Parker
Trader
Trapper
Winalta
Daigger
Kerr
Unit 19 Sets Year's Budget At Sixty Thousand
Unit 19 approves a 60 000 dollar budget for July 1968 to July 1969 with a half mill levy across Kimball Cheyenne and Deuel counties. About 49 000 comes from the levy and the rest from state aid. Most funds cover teacher salaries and special education. A March in service workshop for Sidney area teachers is planned with a late September school board member workshop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Educational Service
Unit 19
L. E. Lydiatt
Kimball
Cheyenne
Deuel
Lydiatt
Sidney
H.C
Nelson
Delmont Slitter
Legislative Council
Milton Johnson
Chappell
Sarah Grace
Dix
Chadron
Kiwanis Cleans Lodgepole Creek For Fourth Time
The Sidney Kiwanis Club held its fourth Lodgepole Creek cleanup after a regular meeting on Monday. They discussed the Dakotas program and will host a Dakotas representative next week. Ted Zach attended as a guest. The creek cleaning occurred east of the railroad bridge and results from prior cleanups remain favorable. Jack Flohr chairs the effort and is exploring a west-end creek park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Kiwanis Club
Dakotas
Kiwanis Club
Ted Zach
Jack Flohr
Funeral for Fred Dobrinski Held in Bridgeport
Fred William Dobrinski, 59, of Bridgeport died Tuesday at Bridgeport Hospital. Born June 21, 1908 in St. Libory Nebraska he moved to the Bridgeport area in 1915. He married Opal Middleton in 1932 at Bayard and is survived by his wife two sons two daughters his mother three brothers three sisters and 17 grandchildren. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 p.m. in the Assembly of God Church in Bridgeport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Fred William Dobrinski
Bridgeport Hospital
St. Libory
Neb
Dalton
Opal B. Middleton
Bayard
Emil Leroy
Ivan F
Bonnie L, Arends
Donna L. Arends
Minatare
Elizabeth Dobrinski
Herman
Morrill
Ernest
Edward
Emma Bulger
Torrington
Anna Sterkel
Elsie Schwabauer
Assembly of God
County Board Endorses RCD Plan Across Panhandle
The Cheyenne County Commissioners endorsed the Panhandle Resources Conservation and Development plan in a regular meeting. All eleven counties were asked to endorse to enable final federal loan and grant applications later this month. The Panhandle is divided into three RCD divisions and bills were approved, with gas from Frontier Refinery and oil from Standard Oil bought for six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Panhandle
Frontier
Standard Oil Company
Wm. Rezanina Rites Friday
William Francis Rezanina 56 died June 18 at Memorial Hospital Sidney after a two year illness. He was a lifelong resident, retired from Sioux Army Depot, born March 8 1912 in Sidney. Survived by wife Frances, daughter Sharon Kay, four sisters and two brothers. Funeral Friday June 21 at 10 a.m. St Patrick’s Church Sidney with burial Greenwood Cemetery military rites. Rosary Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. Gehrig And Son Funeral Home.
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William Francis Rezanina
Memorial Hospital
Sidney
Sioux Army Depot
Leopold T. Rezanina
Frances B. Bernhardt
Cheyenne
Wyo
Rezanina
Paul
Benny
St. Patrick’s Church
Vincent Pelster
Greenwood Cemetery
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Sidney Night Swimming Starts Friday Open
Sidney Municipal Pool will begin night swimming Friday June 21 and run through summer. Manager Bertram O Connor says hours are 6 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday Friday and Sunday nights, with 1:30 to 5 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. during open nights. On other days the pool opens 1:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Ticket prices stay the same.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Municipal
Bertram O’ Conner
Patrol Trooper Recovers Auto Stolen Sunday
Two California men, Steven Davis and Wayne Williams, are jailed in Kimball County on auto theft charges after Trooper Larry Brower of the Nebraska State Patrol found a stolen car abandoned on Highway 30 near Bushnell. The vehicle had been reported stolen from Englewood, Colorado, on Sunday.
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Kimball
California
Kimball County
Larry Brower
Nebraska State Patrol
Steven Davis
Wayne Williams
Brower
Highway 30
Bushnell
Englewood
Colo
Eleven New Members Initiated At Elks Lodge Meeting
Eleven new members were initiated into the Elks Lodge during a Monday night meeting led by Exalted Ruler Bob Wait. Initiates include E. L. Anderson Dr. James Edwards Doug Earnhart Bert Young Jim Payne Lynn Russell Ken Noteboom Sr E W Jimerson and Roland LaGrange. Special guest was Ken Scheidt of Scotts Bluff District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler with Ken Green of Scottsbluff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks Lodge
Bob Wait
E. L. Anderson
James Edwards
Doug Earnhart
Bert Young
Jim Payne
Lynn Russell
Ken Noteboom Sr
E. W. Jimerson
Roland LaGrange
Ken Scheidt
Scottsbluff
Ken Green
Knights of
Father Nelson Transferred to Grand Island Parish
Father Bernard Nelson, longtime assistant at St Patrick’s Sidney since 1964, moves Thursday to Blessed Sacrament Parish in Grand Island Nebraska. Replaced locally by Father Ray Kosmicki of Alliance. Planning commission backs rezoning for Lodgepole Plaza Rest Home south of Toledo Street and east of 15th Avenue. council will likely approve to enable six acre site with a 54 bed facility costing 250000 to 300000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Nelson
St Patrick’s Catholic Church
Sidney
Blessed Sacrament
Grand Island
Neb
Father Nelson
Ray Kosmicki
Alliance
City Planning Commission
Toldeo St
15Th Ave
Lodgepole Plaza Rest Home
Mel Adams
Council
Planning Commission
Adams
Buckaroo Park
C.S. Radcliffe
Leonard Buck
R. C. Chick) Cunningham
Lodgepole Creek
Sidney Country Club Invitational Golf Tourney Set
The Sidney Country Club will host its annual Invitational Golf Tournament on Saturday and Sunday June 22 and 23. Hillside Golf Course closes at noon Saturday for play and reopens about noon Sunday for the public. Members and invited guests play best-ball 36 holes. a dinner-dance is planned Saturday night and breakfast Sunday morning for all golfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Country Club
Country Club
Hillside
Reversal Decision May Shape Pope Trial outlook
Deuel County Attorney R E Richards weighs moving Pope from federal to county court for four Deuel murder and robbery charges tied to the 1965 Big Springs killings. A Supreme Court ruling voids the death penalty in federal cases, prompting potential life sentencing and new habeas writs. Richards will await the high court’s opinion and Eighth Circuit verdict before acting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deuel
R. E. Richards
Duane Earl Pope
Chappell
Big Springs
Richards
Supreme Court
Pope
Eighth Circuit
Federal District Court
Lincoln
Leavenworth
Kaw
Devel County Court
High Court
United States
Theodore Richling
Omaha
VFW Convention Set In Norfolk This Weekend
The Nebraska Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary hold their state convention in Norfolk from Friday to Sunday. Auxiliary sessions led by Mrs. Neal T. Craig and the men’s meetings directed by State Commander Joseph Sedlacek. National reps include Lester Fry and Mrs. Bessie Hanken. A Saturday banquet and a parade are on the schedule with business sessions and joint ceremonies. Attending from Sidney are Mr and Mrs Craig Marion Whitaker Mrs Whitaker Mrs S J Simmerman and Mrs Alver DeWitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary
Norfolk
Neal T. Craig
Sidney
Joseph Sedlacek
Clarkson
Lester Fry
Reno
Nev
Bessie Hanken
Revere
Mass
Craig
Marion Whitaker
Whitaker
S. J. Simmerman
Alver DeWitt
Panhandle Weather Forecast Ahead of Thunderstorm Chance
The Panhandle region sees mostly fair skies with afternoon cloudiness and a small chance of thundershowers today and a higher chance on Thursday. Temperatures rise to near 90 this afternoon then fall to around 50 to 60 tonight, with Thursday highs near 80 and rain chances of 5 percent today and 20 percent Thursday. Five day outlook calls for 2 to 8 degrees below normal, cooling into weekend with chances of showers and storms then clearing and warming early next week. highs 75 to 85, lows 45 to 55.
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Panhandle
Sidney Planning Commission Rejects Youth Camp in Armory Park
The Sidney City Planning Commission voted unanimously to not place a proposed youth camp east of the National Guard Armory. They favored locating the camp at the fair grounds, citing underused facilities and yearly use. The council also rejected spending up to $3,000 for an A-frame cabin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Park
National Guard
Ivan Liljegren
John Baudek
Fair Grounds
Baudek
Fair Ground
Armory
Seal Coating Bids Opened for State Highway 19 Projects
Nebraska Highway Department to open bids July 11 for several projects including sealing 2.5 miles of State Highway 19 south of Sidney. The road was rebuilt and relocated last year. District highway engineer Robert Mason said final seal coats typically wait about a year on new roads.
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Nebraska Highway Department
Sidney
Robert Mason
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Nebr
Sidney, Nebraska
Walter Mack
Seattle
Wash
Mack
Boeing Aircraft
Telegraph
Kiwanis
Fred Dobrinski
RCD
Wm. Rezanina
William Rezanina
VFW
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