Sidney Soap Box Derby crowns young drivers Sunday
Twenty two bright cars from Sidney race on the South 11th hill for a $500 savings bond, big trophy, and a trip to Akron in the All-American Derby. Heat racing, public display Saturday night, band entertainment, and prizes for best built and best upholstered cars highlight the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Paxton
Sidney
Akron
Ohio
Lonnie Hazlitt
Bob Hazlitt
Brad Kath
Sterling Dean Hazlitt
Lorenzo
Brett Belden
Greg Lafler
Terry Nelson
Peetz
Robert Paxton
Eddie Madden
George Hartman
Jay Krueger
Brian Lafler
Scott Smith
Lodgepole
Neal Hyde
Carl Roelle
Greg Buttes
Kenneth Hazlitt
Don Madden
National Guard Armory
South 11Th Hill
Reed’s Army Store
Derby
Kokjer Motor Coa
Sidney Telegraph
American National Bank, Egging Co
K.s.ild
Sidney Jaycees
Bob Niemeller
Bill Folkerts
Jack Flohr
Ben Belden
Roger Robbins
Lowry Lindell
Dean Wilson
Bob Hassle
Budget Levy Cut Likely for Sidney 1965 66
City Manager Tom Coffey will present a budget estimate to Sidney council showing a reduced levy for 1965 66 from 18 65 mills to 16 444 mills for operations and bond interest. The total operating cost is placed at 636 660 with 166 865 from the lowered levy, though some programs may not be started. Airport expansion funding is not included and could reduce future levies.
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Tom Coffey
Coffey
Sidney
Electric System Payoff Near for Sidney City
Sidney anticipates the electric system will be debt free by September 1966 with about 910000 still owed. The city holds 744000 in interest bearing government bonds and 120000 cash in the electric department. Coffey notes bond investments earn more interest than prepaying debt, and timing depends on no emergencies before September.
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Coffey
Golf Course Road Improvement Underway
City crews started work Wednesday to widen level and surface the approach road to Hillside Golf Course. New drainage structures will be added to improve safety on the southern entry, addressing past hazards from hills and limited visibility. The route serves heavy course use this year.
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Hillside Golf Course
Flood Retention Dam Studied Near Sidney
Mr. Coffey disclosed he has met with Soil Conservation District officials about building a water retention structure south of the Country Club Heights Addition in Sidney. A preliminary drawing outlines needed works to drain about 400 acres. The recent 4.5 inch cloudburst caused flood damage, tearing out sewer lines and damaging retaining walls, threatening nearby homes. Coffey aims to harness the stormwater to prevent future floods.
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Coffey
Soil Conservation District
Country Club Heights
Sidney
Soil Conservation District Engineering Department
Panhandle Weather Forecast Partly Cloudy With Showers
Panhandle forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions tonight and Saturday with afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. Lows near 50 to 60, highs around 75 to 85. Five day outlook shows temperatures near normal with minor day to day changes through Wednesday.
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Panhandle
Post Office Seeks Substitute Clerk Applicants
The Dix Post Office announces it is accepting applications from men and women for the substitute clerk position. Starting pay is $2.12 per hour with increases to $2.47 after six years and further raises every three years to $2,388 an hour.
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Dix Post Office
Ag Men Outline Plan For Panhandle Progress Day 1966
Ag leaders and University of Nebraska Ag College reps will refine the April 20 Progress Day program for 1966. Last year 5000 attended at Egging farm near Gurley, with plans to attract a larger crowd. Gene Lienemann urged fieldwide input and July 9 will advance the proposal. Doyle Foland John Eggeing will repeat as general chairs, and Charles Fenster said the University will cooperate in sponsoring.
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Panhandle
University of Nebraska Ag College
Egging Farm
Gurley
Plains
Gene Lienemann
Wheat Belt Public Power District
Doyle Foland
John Eggeing
Charles Fenster
Alliance
Burglar Strikes While Family Vacationing At Coronado Court
The Arnold Monteith family returned home on vacation to find their house burglarized. Thief slept in the beds and stole coins totaling over one hundred dollars from piggy banks. Liquor and soda were taken, glasses left dirty, yet the Monteiths remain amused by the incident.
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Arnold Monteith
Coronado Court
Mrs. Monteith
Goldilocks
Monteith’s
Crosby and Rudolph Chosen to Defend Pope Slayer
Two Nebraska law authorities were appointed to defend the accused Slayer and bank robber Duane Pope. Former Nebraska governor Robert Crosby and Wallace M. Rudolph, associate professor of law at the University of Nebraska, named to the defense team.
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Nebraska
Duane Pope
Robert Crosby
Wallace M. Rudolph
University of Nebraska
Fire Meet Here Sunday in Interstate Fire Tourney
Eleven teams from Nebraska and Colorado enter the Interstate Volunteer Firemen Association tournament in Sidney this Sunday June 27 postponed from last week due to floods. Probables include Dix Potter Gurley Peetz Lodgepole Chappell Oshkosh Sedgwick Ovid Big Springs and Sidney. Ovid has won the past two years with five events at the Newton site between 10th and 11th including ladder climb 50 foot hose lay hose dressing hose complex and cellar event.
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Nebraska
Colorado
Interstate Volunteer Firemen Association
Sidney
Dix
Potter
Gurley
Peetz
Lodgepole
Chappell
Oshkosh
Sedgwick
Ovid
Big Springs
Newton
Potter Days Scheduled for Sept. 17 and 18
Potter Days will be held September 17 and 18, as announced by committee chair D. Fred Enevoldsen. The Lions Club has formed a six member board to plan the event, including Enevoldsen, Ray Wickhorst, Gil Hougan, Carl Larson, Dave Thies, and Francis Bud Gaston.
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D. Fred Enevoldsen
Lions Club
Mr. Enevoldsen
Ray Wickhorst
Gil Hougan
Carl Larson
Dave Thies
Francis
Bud) Gaston
Rotary Exchange Student Chooses Australia Trip
Coleen Christ, daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Christ Jr, was accepted as a Rotary Exchange student by the Coolangatta Tweed Heads Rotary Club District 265 in Australia. No departure date has been set as a follow up letter is awaited. she has applied for a passport and plans to study in Australia.
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Coleen Christ
Carl Christ Jr
Australia
Coolangatta
Tweed Heads
Rotary Club
Jack Knicely
Queensland
New South Wales
The
Christs
Coleen
Miss Christ
Flooding Rain Drenches Tableland and Sidney Draw Area
Heavy storms dropped up to five inches around the Sidney Draw and Potter area causing dikes to hold, water over roads, and isolation of farms. Crest passed Sidney by 10:30 am as police, sheriff, and highway patrol aided flood control with dirt walls and equipment.
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Tom Coffey
Street Department
Orville Finsinger
Harry Johnson
Western Bridge
St. Patrick’s Academy
Sidney
Legion Park
Valleyview
Osage Street
Memorial Hospital
Coffey
Sherifffs Office
Highway Safety Patrol
South Potter
Gur=ley
Dalton
Federal Aviation Agency
Dave Ells
Henry Jenik
Chappell
Sidney Draw
Co. L. Walters
Lorenzo
Potter
Virgil Walters
Walter
Francis Runge
Runge
Verlin
Arvin Livingstons
Radio Hams Prep Field Day At Point Of Rocks
Amateur radio operators from Cheyenne Kimball counties join ARRL Field Day near Potter. The two fold event tests sending and receiving the most calls while evaluating emergency comms used in disasters like the Alaska earthquake and Colorado floods. About twenty hams use three transmitters and portable generators for 24 hours from the high bluff with Dennis Mason as local chairman.
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Point of Rocks
Potter
American Radio Relay League
Colorado
Cheyenne
Kimball
High Bluff
Dennis Mason
Commissioner Rescued From Flood Waters Near Sidney
Cheyenne County commissioner Carl Olson endured a perilous flood moment when his pickup slid into a borrow pit near his farm west of Sidney. His son Dean spotted him, used a tractor to pull the stranded vehicle out, and carried the commissioner to safety as water surged around the cab.
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Cheyenne County
Carl Olson
Sidney
Mr. Olson
Dean
Commissioner
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Jaycee
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Jaycees
Telegraph
Soap Box Derby
Jan Headley
Kent Foster
Chuck Dorwart
Bob Mathis
Reir Cars
Levy
Nebr
Sidney, Nebraska
12Th Ave
Illinois St
Conoco
Lincoln
Nienhaeser Construction Co
Crosby
Rudolph
Pope
Coleen Christ of
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Lodgepole Creek
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