Fireworks and Celebrations Planned for Glorious Fourth
Cheyenne County hosts multiple Fourth of July events. Dix and Potter fire departments set a dusk Buffalo Bend display July 3. Dalton hosts a ball park show July 4 with picnics, band ice cream, and Lions parking oversight. Morrill County Rodeo runs July 4–5 at Bridgeport with an 8 pm start and a parade. Oshkosh presents an all free celebration at 10 am with a noon barbecue and 9 pm fireworks. The day includes a parade, old timers event, rodeo, horse show, kids races, a square dance, and free heated pool swimming. Drive carefully.
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Cheyenne County
Dix and
Potter
Buffalo Bend
Point of Rocks
Dalton
Ball Park
Dalton Band
Boy Scouts
Dalton Lions
Morrill County
Bridgeport
North Platte Valley
Oshkosh
Bration
Services For Mrs Bruns Held At Gloria Dei Church
Funeral services for Evelyn Bruns 76 will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church Lodge Pole with Rev. Raymond Thiel officiating Burial will follow in Pleasant View Cemetery under Craig-Holechek Funeral Home care She was born Sept 6 1892 at Eagle Neb to Nelson and Mary Allen She married Henry Bruns in 1913 at Lincoln They lived there then moved to Red Lion Colo in 1929 and to Lodge Pole in 1933 Mr Bruns died in 1944 Surviving son Arthur Julesburg Colo daughter-in-law Louise Bruns Sidney Neb sister Mary Schmeltzer Hay Center Neb brothers Jim and Orel Allen Lincoln six grandchildren two great grandchildren and a deceased son Raymond She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary
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Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
Lodgepole
Evelyn Bruns
Memorial Rest Home
Raymond Thiel
Pleasant View Cemetery
Craig-Holechek Funeral Home
Evelyn Allen
Eagle
Neb
Nelson Allen
Lincoln
Henry Bruns
Red Lion
Colo
Bruns
Arthur
Julesburg
Louise Bruns
Sidney
Mary Schmeltzer
Hay Center
Jim
Orel Allen
Raymond
American Legion Auxiiary
Would You Enjoy Comic Features in Sidney Telegraph
The Sidney Telegraph considers adding comic strips and humor cartoons on a weekly basis using new material from a New Hampshire syndicate. The paper will test the feature for a few weeks to gauge reader response and decide whether to make it permanent.
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Sidney Telegraph
New Hampshire
Oil Venture Staks Wildcat Well in Morrill County
Oil Venture Set Holy Resources Corp. begins a wildcat drilling location in Morrill County at No 12-16 State in CSW NW Section 16 18 51. Project aims to test new oil potential with exploration crew mobilized and permits in place.
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Holy Resources Corp
Morrill County
CSW
Vehicle License Directories On Sale For $1
The 1969 auto license directory books are on sale at The Telegraph Printing Co. office for one dollar. Last week Boy Scouts in Lodgepole Potter and Sidney sold the books and the band at Dalton handled the sale for Dalton and Gurley. From now on the books will be available only at The Telegraph office.
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Telegraph Printing Co
Lodgepole
Potter
Sidney
Dalton
Dalton and Gurley
Familiar High Chaparral Theme Arranged for Sidney Band
Sidney High School Band practices for its July trip to Minneapolis with a familiar tune the theme from the TV show High Chaparral. Band Director Larry Pippitt arranged the piece, suited for marching and listening.
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Sidney High School
Minneapolis
Larry Pippitt
Pippitt
New Plains Derby Station Opens at 14th Illinois
A Derby Oil Co station opens at 14th Ave and Illinois St offering gas and oil services with Derby 3-D Stamps and credit card acceptance. It will not service tires or batteries and plans a future grand opening, with Bert Young as manager and Cliff Shackleford noting a later summer celebration.
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14Th Ave
Illinois St
Plains Derby
Cliff Shackleford
The
Plains Company
Derby Oil Co
Shackleford
Bert Young
Bank Americard
Master Charge
Veteran Nebrask a State Patrol trooper retires after decades
A veteran member of the Nebraska State Patrol Lt. Leo Knudston with Badge No. 12 retires after more than thirty years of service. An original 44 members formed the force on November 22 1937 and Knudston has worked in Scottsbluff since 1944 after advancing from corporal and sergeant to lieutenant in 1951.
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Nebraska State Patrol
Scottsbluff
Leo Knudston
State Patrol
Omaha
Hastings
Canadian Held In Cheyenne County For Car Theft
A 32 year old Canadian Maurice Fournier of 190 For ward Street Ottawa is jailed in Cheyenne County on charges of stealing a 1964 Chevrolet from Ottawa Ontario on June 20. He was arrested at 7 10 am Sunday after Trooper John Trenerry spotted the car parked on farm property east of Potter along Highway 30. Fournier was asleep in the vehicle when stopped. no formal charges filed yet.
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Cheyenne County
Ottawa
Ontario
Maurice Fournier
Forward Street
Potter
Highway 30
John Trenerry
NCIC
Fournier
Banks Plan Cheyenne County Holiday Closures
Five Cheyenne County banks will remain closed Saturday July 5 to extend the three day weekend starting July 4. Sidney Federal Savings and Loan Association will mirror the schedule. Several other businesses also plan to close Saturday for the long weekend.
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Cheyenne County
Sidney Federal Savings and Loan Assa
Credit Seminar Addresses Truth In Lending Statute
A credit seminar will be held at the Sidney Country Club on Wednesday July 2 at eight o'clock covering the new truth in lending legislation. Sponsored by the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce, speaker M. J. Bob Graham of the Nebraska Retail Assn will discuss changes effective July 1. Banks loan companies savings and loan organizations and many wholesalers and retailers will be affected by the law.
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Sidney Country Club
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
M. J
Bob’ Graham
Nebraska Retail Assn
Tuition Aid Proposed In Senate Bill
A Nebraska Legislature bill would have the Game Commission and Department of Education pay per pupil costs to educate children of state agency employees residing on tax exempt land. The measure targets about 50 students at the Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School in Sidney and three Crawford-area pupils tied to the Fort Robinson district, with the bill LB566 advancing 22-13 while a broader LB1008 died.
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Lincoln
The
Game Commission
Sidney
Crawford
Commission
Robert Clark
Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School
Leslie Stull
Alliance
Fort Robinson
Russell Pedersen
Vo-Tech
Rudolf Kokes
Ord
Valuable Horses Unhurt In Freak Upset On Sunday
Two valuable Arabian horses escaped serious injury when their trailer broke loose from a Ford pickup and flipped onto its tailgate in a roadside ditch on Highway 30. Trooper John Trenerry reported the 8:20 a.m. accident occurred 4.4 miles east of Potter. Owner Owen C. McEwen, 45, Wichita, Kansas, spoke calmly to the shaken horses until a wrecker righted the trailer. damage was estimated at 175 dollars.
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John Trenerry
Nebraska State Patrol
Highway 30
Potter
Owen C. McEwen
Wichita
Kan
Mrs Conger Injured In One Car Route 30 Accident
Mrs Daryl Conger sustained back neck and facial injuries in a one car crash just east of the Wyoming line at 12 05 Friday. Her 1968 Oldsmobile station wagon rolled after losing control at the Interstate 80 Highway 30 junction 2.7 miles east of the state boundary. She was taken by ambulance to Kimball Hospital with Pine Bluffs police in charge and later transferred to Sidney hospital. The trooper called the car a total loss.
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Daryl Conger
Wyoming Line
Don Dodson
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Highway 30
Conger
Kimball Hospital
Pine Bluffs
Wyo
Sidney Hospital
Wheat Certificate Program Extended Through 1970 In Cheyenne County
The Cheyenne County ASC manager, Lawrence Thompson, confirms the wheat certificate program continues through the 1970 crop year with a one year extension. Payments, expected around July 17, could total near $2 million, based on parity price and a $1.25 loan value. Growers received 43 percent of normal production last year. this year certificates may be worth about $1.51 per bushel mid-June parity.
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Lawrence Thompson
Cheyenne County
ASC
Thompson
High Plains
Wheat Turning In Nebraska Panhandle Signals Harvest Near
Wheat in the southern Panhandle of Nebraska is turning color signaling imminent harvest. Combines have moved into Nebraska with cutting expected in south central areas by mid July. Weather remains the key factor influencing when the panhandle and surrounding counties begin and finish harvesting within two to three weeks.
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Panhandle
Nebraska
Devel
Perkins County
Cheyenne
Kimball
Banner
Texas
Tricky Farmers Assess June Wheat Freeze Impact
Farmers weigh the two June freezes with risk to fields showing scattered yields from forty bushels to near nothing. Some wheat looks good now but uncertainty remains until stored. Officials urge considering cutting for feed over market sale or loan surplus, as warm weather is needed for all crops. Corn, beans, beets, sorghums and other spring crops lag without sunshine and heat.
Wheat harvest begins early in Red Willow region this year
The Nebraska Division of Employment reports cutting should start in Red Willow County today or tomorrow and be in full swing by the Fourth of July weekend. In Furnas County areas around Arapahoe and Beaver City cutting should begin this week and widen by the holiday.
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Red Willow County
State Labor Department
Division of Employment
Furnas County
Arapahoe
Beaver City
Wauneta
Imperial
Kearney
North Platte
Panhandle Forecast Calls for Warm, Fair Weather
The Panhandle forecast predicts milder and sunny conditions with highs near 80 to 90 this afternoon and in the 90s Tuesday, nights around 50 to 60, and only light chances of rain. Five day outlook shows near normal temperatures with a midweek warming trend and cooler late week. highs in the 80s and lows near 60.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Rainfall Sunday Storm Impacts Cheyenne County Areas
A Sunday night thunderstorm dumped varied rainfall across Cheyenne County with north two thirds soaking from .10 to .75 inches and southern parts drier. Dalton reported .46 to 1.75 inches while Gurley and surrounding areas saw about a half inch. Potter recorded .45 and Sidney downtown .43. Lodgepole and Chappell near .25. Hail damaged crops north of Lodgepole and Chappell. a lightning strike hit Trinity Lutheran Church in Dal ton, damaging the chimney but sparing stained glass. Temperature swings ranged from 44 to 83 Friday through Sunday with a low of 53 early today.
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Cheyenne
Dalton
Gurley
Earl Lessig
Potter
George Coulter
Sidney
Lodgepole
Chappell
Hall
Trinity Lutheran
Mark Vander Stoep
Federal Aviation Agency Flight Service Station
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Bill McNaught
Hillside Golf Course
New Plains
14Th Illinois
Leo Knudtson
Young Brain Balfour
Optimists
Cedar Lanes
Telegraph
Senate
Ivan Liljegren
University of Nebraska Agriculturist
Liljegran
Liljegren
New Jersey
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