Wheat field day outlines planting dates and drought solutions
More than 100 farmers toured the University of Nebraska High Plains Agricultural Laboratory near Sidney as 11 experts discussed research to boost wheat yields. Speakers urged optimal seeding dates, moisture conservation, and targeted herbicides to control mustard and buckwheat.
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Sidney High Plains
Charlie
Fenster
Extension Agronomist
Cheyenne County
Kimball County
Nebraska
Darryl Smika
North Platte Research Station
Smika
Panhandle
Alex Martin
Martin
John Schmidt
South Dakota
Great Plains
Kansas
Louis Daigger
Daigger
Dick Mills
Foundation Seed Division
University
Dwight Baltensperger
Estel Cobb
Agricultural Experiment Station
Unl
John Weshing
Scotts Bluff
Wheatbelt
High Plains Agricultural Laboratory
Sidney
Verde Lane Dam Dedication Set for Monday at 1 30 PM
Verde Lane Dam near Sidney will be dedicated Monday at 1 30 PM with remarks from Mayor Gottschalk RC&D officials and county and city leaders present. The earthen dam required about 80000 cubic yards of earth and will slow runoff to Lodgepole Creek, funded through the RC&D program.
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Verde Lane
South
Sidney
Edward B. Cole
Cheyenne County Resource Conservation and Development Committee
John Gottschalk
Stan Juelfs
Rc&d
Vernon Rockey
Cheyenne County Soil and Water Conservation District
Roger Plantz
William B. Patterson
Keith Meyer
Lodgepole Creek
Soil and Water Conservation Group
County Board
City of
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Cole
Local Hams To Join Test At Omni Site
West Nebraska Tech Amateur Radio Club joins 12 000 other hams for Field Day an emergency test sponsored by the American Relay League runs 27 hours with generators powering two way stations a kitchen tent and cots for operators Jim Paxton leads the event beginning 1200 noon Saturday to train operators under flood like conditions and test gear for emergencies.
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Omni
Sidney
West Nebraska Tech Amateur Radio Club
American Relay League
National Association of Amateurs
U.S
Canada
Jim Paxton
Rapid City
Nebraska to Draft 250 in August Call
Lincoln AP reports the August draft call nationwide targets 8 900 men with about 250 Nebraskans drawn through draft number 75. Officials say roughly 80 to 85 Nebraskans will be inducted this August.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Selective Service
Nebraska considers night speed cuts and blood tests in auto deaths
Lincoln officials urged lowering night speed limits and mandatory blood tests or autopsies for auto fatalities to better assess alcohol involvement. The plan, discussed by the Legislative Interim Study Committee on Highway Safety, follows Nebraska's record 1971 highway deaths and current alcohol, speeding, and driver error factors.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Legislative Interim Study Committee On
Rod Hutt
State Office of Highway Safety
Tom Ryan
State Accident Records Bureau
Ryan
Alliance Hospital Plans Addition For St Josephs
Alliance St Josephs Hospital directors announced a two story addition and improvements costing about 1 250 000. Sister Kathleen administrator said 500 000 will come from Hill Burton grants 250 000 from long term loans and 500 000 from public subscriptions. Fund drive planned for summer and fall.
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Hill Burton
Slack Week In Oilfields Spurs Eight New Starts In Nebraska
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission approved eight new starts through Thursday as exploration continues. Ventures span Jormal Field near Gurley, Margate Field near Sidney, Bridgeport Field, Sioux County, and Kimball Red Willow areas with B W Drilling, Crest Oil and Gear Drilling among contractors.
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Nebraska
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Jormal
Gurley
Crest Oil and Gas Co., Inc
Gear Drilling Co
Morrill County
Bridgeport
Lindgren
Banner Drilling Co
Mountain Petroleum, Ltd
Clarence Wilkie
Sioux County
Wakefield
Lincoln County
Hansen
North Platte
Patrick A Doheny
Kimball County
Steele
A Scheele
Toltek Drilling Co
Jack Prather
No 2
Barrett
CNE
Toltek
Empire Drilling Co
Murfin Drilling Co
Danbury
Red Willow
McBride
Sioux
Box Butte
Dawes
Scotts Bluff
Panhandle Forecast Shows Scattered Thunderstorms Favoring Afternoons
Variable cloudiness through tonight and Saturday with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Some severe storms possible this afternoon. Highs in the low 80s, lows in the 50s, with 30 to 40 percent precipitation chances. Extended outlook calls for similar conditions Sunday to Tuesday with no major temperature changes.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Wheat Cutting Starts Soon in Southeast Red Willow County
The State Labor Department reports wheat cutting may begin this weekend in southeast Red Willow County. Other harvest notes note light rain and cool nights slowing ripening in Kearney. Alma area expects cutting around July 1. Lincoln County harvest to start about July 3 or 4.
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State Labor Department
Red Willow County
Kearney
Alma
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