Stabilized Retail Sales Rise in Cheyenne County in 1968
A national Standard Rate and Data Service report shows Cheyenne County retail activity held up in 1968 with gains in most categories over 1967. Food purchases totaled 5.108 million dollars, auto equipment 6.198 million, general merchandise 1.032 million, clothing 1.882 million, and furniture 1.154 million, signaling a steadier local economy despite oil declines and the Sioux Army Depot closing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revill
Cheyenne County
Standard Rate and Data Service
Department of Commerce
Sioux Army Depot
Sidney
Failures In Northwest Oil Drilling Affects Nebraska Plans
The ongoing lack of discoveries in northwestern Nebraska dampens future drilling plans as officials note dry holes deter investors. Rain and soggy roads delay operations, though several rigs remain active with two wildcat ventures in Kimball County. Webb Resources targets No.1 UPRR Herboldsheimer for a J sand test below 6000 feet, while Braden Gear Drilling teams with Love Oil and others on No. 1 Joska to test the same sand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Cheyenne County
Nebr
Denver-Julesburg
Nebraska Panhandle
Kimball County
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Office
Webb Resources, Inc
U. P.R
Joska
Braden-Gear
J’ Sand
Early Day School Teacher and Author Dies in Texas
Funeral services were held in San Antonio for Rosina Mair van Hardeveld 92 a Cheyenne County pioneer and prolific writer. She authored Make the Dirt Fly reflecting Panama Canal years and childhood tales of western Nebraska and Arizona deserts. Survivors include two daughters a son a sister Mrs Ann Livont of Compton Calif and brother Carl Mahr of Sidney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
Rosina Mair van Hardeveld
Carl Mahr
Sidney
Nicholas
Katherine Mahr
Cheyenne County
South Divide
van Hardeveld
Panama
Panama Canal
Nebraska
China
Arizona Desert
Cheyenne
Wittig-Rezanina
Collins-Kelley
Riha-Birdwell
Brauer-Bockstadter
Vosika- Oliverius
Covalt-King
North Platte River
Mahrs
America
Europe
Marysville
Kan
John Arzinus van Hardeveld
Union Pacific
Wyoming
Panama Canal Zone
Isthmian Canal Commission
Ann Livont
Compton
Calif
No Decision At Hail Control Meeting In Cheyenne County
Farmers and businessmen heard Maurice D. Birkholz of Cloud Modification Services explain hail suppression and rainfall increase efforts. He reported eight years of operation in North and South Dakota and Montana with claimed 50 percent hail control and 27 percent rainfall gains. Cheyenne County seeks to form a non profit weather modification group to hire his services at about 4.5 cents per acre totaling 33,695 dollars. Further contacts are planned as no decision was reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Club
Maurice D. Birkholz
Cloud Modification Services Inc
Minot
N. D
Birkholz’ Services
1300 Ewes Are Distributed To State Producers
More than 1300 western yearling ewes were distributed to about 30 Nebraska sheep producers this week through a cooperative program by the University of Nebraska Extension Service and Producers Livestock Marketing Association. The ewes from eastern Montana were shipped to Lodgepole Kearney Hebron Lincoln Pierce and West Point. Since the program began 10 years ago over 14000 ewes have been received from Wyoming Idaho Colorado Utah South Dakota and Montana. Everett Wilkens De Witt called the distribution his biggest help in starting a quality sheep operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska
University of Nebraska Extension Service and
Producers Livestock Marketing Association
Ted H. Doane
NU Extension
Montana
Lodgepole
Kearney
Hebron
Pierce
West Point
Wyoming
Idaho
Colorado
Utah
South Dakota
Everett Wilkens
DeWitt
Sidney News notices and pricing from 1969 issue
The June 27 1969 Sidney Nebraska newspaper lists mailing details and subscription rates. It notes postpaid return address in Sidney and subscription costs eight dollars inside a 50 mile zone ten dollars outside, with ten cent single copies, and states the paper was established in 1873.
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Sidney
Nebr
Nebraska
Assessors Prepare For State Hearings On Valuations
County assessors across western Nebraska refine their testimony for a July 10 meeting in Gering as the State Tax Commissioner begins statewide hearings. Cheyenne County's Ed Swanson says reevaluation results will face scrutiny, with spot checks aiding the effort to equalize real property values statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Gering
State Tax Commissioner
Cheyenne
Ed Swanson
Swanson
Tax Commissioner
Fror
New Eye Label Law Passed on Egg Labels
Legislation LB777 by Sidney Senator Robert Clark approved on final reading expands egg carton labeling. It raises license fees for egg dealers and requires the distributor or packer name the egg grade and show grading and expiration dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Sen
Robert Clark
New Highway Dept Building to Open in Chappell
The Nebraska Department of Roads opens its new building and yard serving the Chappell maintenance crew with an open house Sunday at 2 PM. Robert Mason of Sidney is the area maintenance superintendent. Brachtenbach Construction Co. of Sidney built the headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Department of Roads
Chappell
Robert Mason
Sidney
Brachtenbach Construction Co
Former Principal Dies In Colorado
Albert Nimtz 63 of Colorado Springs Colo died Thursday in a Colorado Springs hospital after years of illness. He was principal of the local high school 1945 to 1957 and later a guidance counselor at Cheyenne Mountain School. Services Monday 10:30 am at Colorado Springs Methodist Church with burial there. Surviving are his wife of 23 Elmo Court Apt 107 Colorado Springs and one son Richard of Hasbrouck Heights NJ.
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Albert Nimtz
Colorado Springs
Colo
Nimtz
Cheyenne Mountain School
Colorado Springs Methodist Church
E. Elmo Ct
Apt
Richard
Hasbrouck Heights
Two Deuel County Pioneers Buried in Chappell
Funeral services honored Fred Sudman 74 a Chappell native and longtime Masonic member who ran a clothing store and later an accountant at the Chappell sale barn until 1962. Thomas O Sutton 84, a 1911 arrival to Deuel County, was the last living charter member of Farmers Elevator Co-Op.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chappell
Deuel County
Fred Sudman
Mr. Sudman
Masonic Lodge
Chappell Sale Barn
Thomas O. Sutton
Devel County
Sutton
Farmers Elevator Co-Op
City Budget Under Midnight Oil for 1969 70
Sidney City Council faces budget time for 1969 70 with preliminary figures and a July publication deadline. A special meeting was held Wednesday night and another may occur on Monday as final figures are prepared. Key decisions on salary schedules social security and retirement funds will shape the levy outlook, with the city in strong financial condition and likely a hold the line stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
July 4th Paper Will Be Omitted
The Sidney Telegraph will not be printed next Friday due to the Fourth of July. News should be reported early in the week to ensure publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Telegraph
Wheat Dilemma For Nebraska Wheat Farmers
Forecasts for Sidney and the Panhandle call for mild warmth with minimal rain. With wheat at a dollar per bushel, many farmers may profit more by harvesting for hay or silage, weighing frost damage and straw quality against potential grain yields and economic returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Guyer
University of Nebraska
Panhandle
Cheyenne County
Mr. Guyer
Wheat Growers Seek New Executive Secretary in State Shift
Nebraska Wheat Growers Assn seeks applications for a new executive secretary as the Lincoln office is to be closed and a move planned to the western part of the state near major wheat production. Current temporary base is McCook with contacts at Box 307 McCook and Sidney via Mr Curtiss. The secretary’s location may depend on applicant preferences, with hope for regional applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Wheat Growers Assn
Phil Curtis
Cheyenne County Wheat Growers Group
State Association
Lincoln
McCook
Ervain Friede
Curtiss
Sidney
Sidney Driver In Kimball Accident
A two-vehicle collision occurred early Saturday on Highway 30 near Kimball involving a car driven by Bruce E. Plantz of Sidney and a semi-truck driven by Paul D. Corlin of Lowell Arkansas. No injuries were reported and damages were estimated at 600 dollars to the car and trailer and 20 dollars to the truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimball
Paul D. Corlin
Lowell
Ark
Bruce E. Plantz
Sidney
Allan L. Anderson
Highway
Medicare marks third anniversary in Nebraska
Claire W. Schuneman notes Medicare reaches third birthday on July 1. In three years Nebraska saw 176,200 elderly hospital stays and 7,300 posthospital admissions. Medicare paid $83,762,000 for hospital bills and $281.2 million for medical services. Over 181,597 Nebraskans are covered by hospital insurance. 174,404 also have medical insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire W. Schuneman
Social Security
Medicare
Nebraska
Mr. Schuneman
Blue Cross
Mutual of Omaha
Nebraska Panhandle
Free High School Tuition Law Sets July 1 Deadline
Cheyenne County Superintendent I A Caldwell urges parents of nonresident high school students to file applications by July 1. LB 910 changes tuition to be set annually by the receiving district with per pupil cost. Receiving schools include Dalton Gurley Lodgepole Potter and Sidney. Lorenzo will not operate next year.
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Cheyenne County
I. A. Caldwell
Supt
Caldwell
Dalton
Gurley
Lodgepole
Potter
Sidney
Lorenzo
Hail Adjusting School In July
About 100 insurance adjuster trainees will attend a Corn Hail Adjustment Workshop July 16 to 18 at the Nebraska Center for Continuing Education in Lincoln. Dr William L Colville of the University of Nebraska will lead the sessions with UN staff, focusing on corn disease insects cultural practices and related problems. Trainees will visit the Mead Field Laboratory where Colville, backed by a research grant from the Hail Insurance Adjustment Research Association, has conducted simulated hail research since 1961 and developed a growth stage method used in adjustment charts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska Center For Continuing Education
William L. Colville
University of Nebraska
Mead
Colville
Hail Insurance Adjustment Research Association
Public Schools Get Permission To Buy Parokes
A bill to allow public school districts to acquire abandoned parochial school buildings passed the legislature. LB 1423 authorizes districts to issue bonds or use tax funds to buy existing schools, with an emergency clause making it law upon gubernatorial signature. The measure aims to enable districts to take over nonpublic school properties closing or closing operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolf Kokes
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Mately
North Central States
Northwest
Mrs, van Hardeveld
The
State’s Wheat Assn
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