1971 Wheat Yields May Break Records
Dr Virgil Johnson of the University of Nebraska says Panhandle and Kansas wheat yields may set records this year. He notes outstanding grain and praises Scout Lancer Trader and Trapper varieties. Rust resistance and winter hardiness are key, with projected protein increases from ongoing research. He spoke to 125 farmers at the Field Day near Sidney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Panhandle
Kansas
High Plains Agricultural Laboratory
Sidney
Virgil Johnson
University of Nebraska
Midwest
Panhandle
Johnson
Nebraska
Area Fire Tourney Slated For Sunday
CHAPPELL Interstate Volunteer Firemen's Association holds its annual tournament Sunday starting at 9 in Chappell near Fireman's Hall First Street. About ten area departments enter with 80 to 100 firemen expected for a full day of free entertainment lunch served at Fireman's Hall dignitaries include State Fire Marshall Joe Pluto and Paul Thien Chief Deputy Fire Marshall from Lincoln judges come from North Platte Valley Association seventeen trophies to be awarded after five events including Ladder Climb Hose 50 ft Hose Changing Motor Truck Lay and Cellar Event a beef raffle and a surprise raffle for all attendees
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chappell
Interstate Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Colorado
First Street
Joe Pluto
Paul Thien
Lincoln
North Platte Valley Assa
Nebraska Panhandle
New Century Wheat and Two Rye Varieties Near for Nebraska Farmers
Lincoln gains details on Foundation Seed Division plans. New Century wheat Centurk and two winter rye strains Pearl and Cougar will be available to Nebraska growers this fall. Centurk is rust resistant and productive, yielding 10 percent more than Scout over three years, with reasonable winter hardiness and Hessian fly susceptibility if planted very early. Growers can reserve Foundation Century seed via county Extension offices or by writing to the Foundation Seed Division in Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska
Richard Mills
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Foundation
Scout
North Central
Mills
Foundation Century Wheat
Foundation
No 70Th St
Whitaker Named Cheyenne County Veterans Service Officer
Marion Whitaker, junior past department commander of the Nebraska VFW, will assume duties as Cheyenne County Veterans Service Officer on July 1 succeeding Leo Gorman. Gorman retires after three years due to health. Whitaker was chosen from 11 applicants and serves on the county veterans board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Whitaker
Nebraska Veterans of Foreign Wars
Cheyenne County
Whitaker
County Veterans Board
Leo Gorman
Gorman
Sidney
Veterans Service
VFW Post
American Legion
Disabled American Veterans
VFW
Cheyenne
Bob Hossie
Veterans Office
Veterans Board
Lowell Larson
Gurley
al Bauer
Clyde Nelson
Potter
Bill Behrends
Lodgepole
No Telegraph On July Sth
The Sidney Telegraph will not be published on Monday July 5. Telegraph employees will enjoy the long July 1th weekend. Those with business or news submissions are asked to note the July 5 paper will not appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Telegraph
Telegraph
Three New Oil Locations In Cheyenne County Nebraska
Three new drilling sites appear in Cheyenne County with Circle A Drilling at the No 1 Cruise near Sidney for Tom Jordan Jr of Denver, Gear Drilling at the Franzen Field northeast of Sidney, and a second Gear discovery at the No 1 Livingston in SE SW Sec 32 14 51. The ventures, plus a Hall site in Frontier County, push weekly drilling permits to ten as upturns in activity are noted. Production reports list Banner County wells yielding 140 barrels daily at Ostgren No 1 and 65 bpd at Van Pelt No 4, while Morrill County’s Bridgeport Field sees a new 84-barrel two-hour swab.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Nebraska Oil News Circle
Sidney
Tom Jordan, Jr
Denver
Gear Drilling Co
Franzen
White Shield Oil and Gas Co
Gemini Corp
Gear
Wildcat
No 1
Livingston
P T Landen
Frontier County
Nebraska
Hall
Kimbark Operating Co
Stoeppelworth Drilling Co
Nebraska Project 93 Criticized For Food Stamp Duplicates
Congressman Dave Martin denounces PROJECT 93 in Nebraska funded by the Office of Economic Opportunity. He cites a $280,000 budget and 20 staffers earning about 77 percent from emergency funds to enroll people in food stamps, arguing it duplicates nationwide nutrition work and wastes taxpayer money. He notes support for a prior amendment to bar striking workers from using food stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Office of Economic Opportunity
Dave Martin
Martin
House
Senate
Plastics Training Begins at Nebraska Technical College
Nebraska's first plastics training program starts at Milford based Nebraska Technical College on July 26. The program, aligned with the Society of Plastics Engineers, meets rising demand for trained technicians and will grant an Associate of Applied Arts after eighteen months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Nebraska Technical College
Milford
Society of Plastics Engineers
Panhandle Wheat Contract Could Add Millions in Nebraska
NFO grain official says Cheyenne County and eleven Panhandle counties could gain over 9 million dollars in wheat income if growers join a contract guaranteeing 150 per bushel, replacing the loan rate of 113. The plan targets wheat and corn, with potential wide regional impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Nebraska
Cheyenne County
National Farmers Organization
Joe Zitek
Ulysses
NFO
Grain Department
South Dakota
Colorado
Kansas
Zitek
Nebraska Extension Service
NFC
Nebraska Panhandle
Traps Track Insect Infestations Across Panhandle
Entomologist Art Hagen reports light traps at Scotts Bluff Station Northwest Agricultural Laboratory High Plains Agricultural Laboratory and three North Platte Valley cooperators count moths and insects daily. High counts indicate likely crop infestations prompting farmer alerts and control recommendations via county extension agents and news media.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Art Hagen
Scotts Bluff Station
Northwest Agricultural Laboratory
High Plains Agricultural Laboratory
North Platte Valley
Hagen
Lodgepole Lad Suffers Burns In Tractor Fuel Explosion
David From a Lodgepole youth aged 16 suffered second degree burns to his face hands and chest when butane fuel exploded while he was fueling a tractor late Wednesday afternoon. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Bud From of Lodgepole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David From
Bud From
Lodgepole
1970 Census Sets Nebraska Population Official
The Census Bureau reports Nebraska total residents at 1,483,791 from the 1970 count. City figures include Alliance 6,862 Chadron 5,853 Gering 5,639 Kimball 3,680 North Platte 19,447 Ogallala 4,976 Scottsbluff 14,507 Sidney 6,403.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Alliance
Chadron
Gering
Kimball
North Platte
Ogallala
Scottsbluff
Sidney
Wheat Harvest Start Near In Nebraska
Harvest of Nebraska’s above average wheat crop could begin next week as grain turns in southern central and western counties. Red Willow may see first cut by Monday with Perkins Lincoln and Frontier around July 10 to 12 and a temporary harvest office opens near the old port of entry south of McCook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Red Willow
Perkins
Lincoln
Frontier Counties
State Department of Labor
Port of Entry
McCook
School Census On The Rise In Sidney
Supt Russell J. Pedersen of Sidney Public Schools announced the 1971 census shows a net gain of 50 children aged zero to 20, bringing the 20 year total to 3,615 with 1,853 boys and 1,761 girls. He said Sidney is not going downhill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt
Russell J. Pedersen
Sidney Public Schools
The
Telegraph Today
Sidney
Hill
Supt Pedersen
Sterling business group seeks six month parking meter suspension
Downtown Sterling business leaders and 66 signers petition the city council to suspend parking meters for six months to improve business, arguing meters clog streets and deter shoppers. The council will study other cities traffic rules while promising stricter time limit enforcement regardless of meter fate. The Chamber of Commerce also backs the petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
Colo
Downtown Improvement Committee
Harrd Sperber
Wheat certificate payments to Cheyenne County farmers expected
Cheyenne County ASC will issue over 2 million dollars in wheat certificate payments to local farmers cooperating in the government crop program. A preliminary payment of 1.20 per bushel will be sent by July 1, with checks mailed June 30 for early certificants. The program aims to aid harvest costs while a strong yield outlook is projected, and final settlements will be computed in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
ASC
Dept. of Agriculture
Nebraska
Lawrence Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Panhandle forecast shows warm weekend with isolated storms
Partly cloudy through Saturday with high near 90 and low 55 to 65. Rain chances about five percent. Extended outlook Sunday to Tuesday cools with showers and thunderstorms, highs in the upper 70s and 80s, and lows 45 to 55. Courtesy Frontier Airlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Medicare Costs Rise for July Premium Deductions
Monthly social security checks for beneficiaries 65 and over with Medicare will be reduced by 30 cents in July. Checks on July 3 will deduct $560 per beneficiary for the higher voluntary medical insurance premium, following a December HEW announcement under Medicare law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire W Schuneman
Scottsbluff
Schuneman
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Kemper Funeral Held in Alliance for Gene Kemper
Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian Church in Alliance for Gene Kemper 66 publisher of The Alliance Daily Times Herald. He died unexpectedly at home Tuesday night after months of ill health. He helped found the Western Nebraska United Chambers of Commerce over twenty years ago and advised on Interstate 80 construction to balance rural and urban progress. Survived by wife Helen and two sons. John Gottschalk publisher of The Sidney Telegraph attended. pallbearers included six WMCC past presidents led by Jack Pollock of Ogallala.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church In
Alliance
Gene Kemper
Alliance Daily Times-Herald
Kemper
Western Nebraska United Chambers of Commerce
Nebraska
Helen
John Gottschalk
Sidney Telegraph
WMCC
Jack Pollock
Ogallala
No Injuries In Mishap On 30
A station wagon with six children and two adults escaped injury two miles west of Chappell on U S Route 30 after the hitch to a trailer unfitted caused loss of control. The station wagon driver Richard N Reynolds 48 of Vinton Virginia was cited as the cause. Both vehicles rolled into a ditch. wagon damage about 850 dollars and the 1971 trailer was totaled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chappell
John Trennery
Richard N. Reynolds
Vinton
Oil-Gas Lease Sale Set for Cheyenne County Parcels
The State Board of Educational Lands and Funds offers oil and gas leases on two state owned tracts in Cheyenne County. The auction is on July 6 at 9 a.m. CDST at Lincoln offices 307 South 16th Street. Parcels: All of Sec 36-16-48 and All of Sec 36-13-53.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Educational Lands and Funds
Cheyenne County
Lincoln
South 16Th St
Heat Spell Is Broken By Northeast Breeze
A heat wave ended as a breeze from the northeast cooled conditions. Residents woke to lighter air and the temperature swing from the prior night with a 94 degree high and 55 degree low reported midweek. By Thursday the day ranged 58 to 95 with a trace of rain and a brief thunderstorm aiding relief.
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Federal Aviation Agency
Pair Charged After Upset Early Today
A 1957 Ford sedan crashed into a ditch southeast of Sidney in the early hours. The two occupants, Clemente Perez Deleon and Margarito G Rocha, escaped unharmed and were later charged with driving faster than reasonable and prudent under the conditions. The vehicle rolled onto its top after leaving the county road seven miles south and 1.5 miles east of Sidney. Police estimate the car is a total loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Dan Reece
Clemente Perez Deleon
Crook
Reece
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Boyd Wiest
Mr. Wiest
Lodgepole Lad
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