Scottsbluff Men Die in Kimball Plane Crash
A light Beechcraft crashed near Kimball Airport killing pilot John Perry 50 and passenger Richard Whitney 18. Perry had flown in to repair the plane. both Perry's wife and Whitney were aboard. The crash occurred as the plane climbed after a field approach, about a mile north of the airport. Whitney was an employee of Perry's restaurant in Scottsbluff.
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Kimball
Scottsbluff
John Perry
Richard Whitney
Perry
Whitney
Bill Davis
Loctsbluf
Chappell Man and Wife Die in Adams County Crash
Hjalmer Carlson 62 president of Devel County State Bank and his wife Gertrude 55 were killed in a two car head on crash in Adams County Colorado late Saturday. Richard Fisk 26 of Brighton also died when his car crossed into the southbound lane. Survivors include two daughters a son and many relatives in Lodgepole and Chappell.
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Hjalmer Carlson
Devel County State Bank
Adams County
Colo
Gertrude
Colorado
Carlson Auto
Richard Fisk
Brighton
Fisk
Lodgepole
Chappell
Sidney City Council appoints Tom Kokjer to seat
Thomas Kokjer was sworn in as a new Sidney City Council member replacing Bob Wait who moved to Casper Wyoming. He will serve the remaining ten months of Waits term. The council also moved to set a budget hearing date and consider various ordinances and approvals, including a liquor license extension and a mobile home expansion variance.
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Thomas Kokjer
Sidney
Kokjer
Bob Wait
Casper
Wyo
Wait
Maurice Gordon
Board of Adjustment
Dale A. Nelson
Ron Holly
Hickory St
Union Pacific Railroad
Summitter
el Rancho Rd
Jackson St
Country Club Heights
Police Check Two Accidents In Sidney
Sidney Police investigated two vehicle incidents. Leo Wolff attempted a U turn at 15th Ave and Toledo St and struck a parked car owned by Kenneth Lundeen, which then hit another car owned by Dale Spencer. No damage estimates or charges. Ernest Reker at 933 Illinois struck a parked car owned by Emmett Main causing $70 damage. Reker's car had no damage. No charges filed.
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Sidney
Leo Wolff
15Th Ave
Toledo St
Kenneth Lundeen
Lundeen
Dale Spencer
Ernest H. Reker
Illinois
Emmett E. Main
Reker
Sidewalk Sale Set For July in Sidney
Sidney hosts its annual sidewalk sale on July 28 coordinated by the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce Retail Committee. Merchants and community groups may join by contacting Ron Risenhoover of Newberrys or Harold Powers of Western Auto Store.
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Sidney
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Ron Risenhoover
Newberry’s
Harold Powers
Western Auto Store
Panhandle Forecast Shows Cooling Trend and Showers
Partly cloudy through Tuesday with a gradual cooling trend. Lows Monday night 55 to 60 and highs Tuesday 83 to 88. A slight chance of showers late Monday night into Tuesday with west to northwest winds 8 to 16 mph. Extended outlook includes Nebraska mix of fair to partly cloudy, scattered showers mainly south and east, with highs in 80s and lows in 50s to 60s.
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Panhandle
Nebraska
Food Stamp Ceiling Raised for Nonassistance Households
County Welfare Director Virgil Knackstedt announced starting July 1 the Food Stamp Program will raise the maximum income for non public assistance households. The new standards range from 183 dollars for a one person household to 773 dollars for a family of ten, with a small increase in stamp allotment beginning at the same time.
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Virgil Knackstedt
Knackstedt
Sidney Guardsmen Help Run Firepower Demonstration at Guernsey
The Sidney National Guard unit and Nebraska National Guards hosted a VIP firepower demonstration at Camp Guernsey Wyoming. Guardsmen trained for two weeks including meteorology training at Fort Carson with Lt. Governor Frank Marsh and Adjutant General Francis Winner among dignitaries observing the display.
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168Th Field Artillery
Nebraska National Guards
Camp Guernsey
Wyo
Sidney
Fort Carson
Colo
Frank Marsh
Francis Winner
Herb Nore
Harold Simpson
Orval Keys
Leslie Stull
Ken Griffith
Gurley
Joe Beyer
National Guard
Guernsey
Nebraska
Andersen Moore Partnership Ends In Weekend Letter
Public accountants Larry Andersen of Kimball and John Moore of Sidney announce the dissolution of their partnership. Andersen will keep an office in Kimball while Moore will operate from Sidney and Kimball. Moore will cut Kimball time to about one day weekly and spend the rest in Sidney.
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Larry Andersen
Kimball
John Moore
Sidney
Andersen
Moore
Oil, Gas Hunt Yields Two Successful Wells
Two recent drilling tests in Cheyenne County produce positive results. No. 1 Hatcher yields 700 feet of clean gassy oil and a three million cubic feet gas test nearby. No. 2 Hatcher in Bunker Hill field is undergoing pipe run. Four new drilling locations announced in Hitchcock, Banner, Red Willow and Cheyenne counties.
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Sundance Oil Co
Cheyenne County
Bunker Hill
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Sidney
Dyco Petroleum Corp
Hilpert
NESE
Gear Drilling Co
Stoeppelwerth Drilling Inc
J & C Oil and Gas Co
Baker Et al
CNW
Hitchcock County
Bush Creek
Stoeppelwerth
Bobcat Oil Co
Sulpetro International Ltd
Mossberg
Banner County
Pan Am
Empire Drilling Co
Nicholson
Red Willow County
Midway Field
Murfin Drilling Co
Lansing
Kansas City
RC&D Plans First Annual Meeting in Alliance
Panhandle Resource Conservation Development and Planning Council will hold their first annual meeting at 7 30 p m June 28 at the Elks Club Alliance. Don Nelson director of the Nebraska State Office of Planning and Programming will be the guest speaker.
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Panhandle Resource Conservation Development and Planning Council
Elks Club
Box Butte Street
Alliance
Don Nelson
Nebraska State Office of Planning and Programming
State goes to court over I 80 land awards in Nebraska
Nebraska has appealed four I 80 right of way awards to District Court in Sidney seeking to overturn appraisal board values for land taken between Sidney and Brownson. Landowners say offers were too low and more appeals are expected as bids near July 19 for highway work.
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Nebraska
Cheyenne County
District Court
Sidney
Brownson
Sidney Telegraph
Lincoln
John P. Regan
Carl Olson
Olson
Marvin E. Schnell
Schnell Farms
Dinklage Feed Yard Inc
State Protests Pope Double Jeopardy Ruling in Bank Robbery Case
Nebraska state attorneys asked the state Supreme Court to uphold life terms for Duane Pope, arguing the Nebraska penalties should stand alongside the federal life sentence. Pope was convicted in a 1965 Big Springs bank robbery that killed three and wounded another.
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State Supreme Court
Duane Pope
Nebraska
Pope
Big Springs
U.S Supreme Court
Devel County
Clarence A
Meyer
Roxbury
Kan
Farmers State Bank of
McPherson (Kan ) College
County Storage Outlook Good Despite Statewide Grain Pressure
Cheyenne County storage is ample with Sidney elevators storing over 800000 bushels and county capacity above 3.35 million. Nebraska faces railcar shortages as 700 million bushels must move in 1973, with two to three years’ worth of crops in one year, prompting advice to secure on-farm and local elevator storage.
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Cheyenne
Don Hoffman
Farmers Co-op Grain Co
Sidney
Co-op
Nebraska
South
East Central
University of Nebraska- Lincoln Extension
Mike Turner
Turner
Howard Elm
Nebraska Grain and Feed Dealers Association
Union Pacific
Jack Fry
Fry
Elm
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Tom Kokjer
John Gottschalk
Panhandle Growth Incorporated
State Liquor Control Commission
Sidney Unit Guardsmen
Sidney National Guard Unit
James Deaver
Stanley Boyer
Dale Dickinson
Dennis Langley
Valentine Lopez
Jim Behrends
Larry Chaon
Richard Doyle
Doug Gartner
Keith Golder
Calvin Langley
Dennis Makey
Kenneth Mayer
Ronald Brunick
Joe Fresquez
Frank Finney
Sidney High
Nebraska Wesleyan
Susan, Mattoon
Janie Wait
Julie Johnston
Peggy O'Halloran
Julie Edwards
Cyndi Earnhart
Rc&d States Annual Meeting
Sidney- Brownson
Ed Mitchell
Mike Hartzler
Dalton
Telegraph
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