Nebraska Panhandle hunting ban tied to Ft. Robinson dispute
In Crawford 725000 acres in northwest Nebraska were closed to hunting and fishing as ranchers push transfer of Ft. Robinson Park Superintendent John Kurtz. Scattered grievances were aired with 25 signed statements alleging misuse of government property violations of game and state laws trespass and unbecoming conduct by Kurtz.
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Crawford
Nebraska
Ft. Robinson Park
John Kurtz
Kurtz
Martin Gable
Scottsbluff
State Game Commission
Gable
Mitchell selects Verne Lewellen as new school superintendent
Verne Lewellen, a Minatare High School and Rushville veteran, is named superintendent after a Thursday night board meeting. He previously coached at Hay Springs and Chadron and led Chadron to the 1961 Class B state title. Lewellen earns degrees from Chadron State and Colorado State, with further study at Wyoming. he and his wife Erma have two children. The board also sets a $6,000 tentative base on the salary schedule.
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Mitchell - Verne Lewellen
Lewellen
Minatare High School
Rushville
Hay Springs
Chadron
Chadron State College
Colorado State University
University of Wyoming
A. G. Peterson
Erma
Stull Files to Run for Nebraska State Senate District 49
Alliance political figure Lesle A. Stull 60, Box Butte County Commissioner since 1949, filed Monday to seek the State Senate seat in District 49. Incumbent George Gerdes of Alliance seeks a fifth term. AJL Reimenschneider, a Chadron railroad conductor, is the third candidate. All three Republicans with the Democrat Reimenschneider in race for a non political post. primary May 14.
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Alliance
Lesle A. Stull
Box Butte
Dawes
Sioux
Morrill
George Gerdes
AJL
Reimenschneider
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Stull
Gerdes
Sheridan Extension Service to Host March Meeting With Dr Colwell
Dr William Colwell will speak at the Sheridan County Extension Service annual meeting in Rushville March 16 at 6 30 p m in Rushville High School Auditorium. He recently became a Nebraska vice chancellor and will lead international programs starting August 1. A pancake and sausage feed will follow and awards will be presented as seven county extension board members are elected.
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Rushville
William Colwell
Sheridan County Extension Service
Sheridan County Soil and Water Conservation District
Colwell
University of Nebraska
Columbia
South America
Sheridan County
Rushville High School
County Soil and Water Conservation District
County
Ogallala Plans Two Motels on 200-Acre Annex
Construction starts next week on a 200 unit Holiday Inn off I 80 into Ogallala with a restaurant 300 seat convention center lounge coffee shop and swimming pool. Ramada Inn also plans a 173 unit motel on the opposite side of the road. Both projects on the annexed 200 acre tract aim to open in 1969.
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Ogallala
Ramada Inn
Absentee Landlords Charged With Tax Dodging by Candidate
Bayard Roger L. Green of Scottsbluff the Republican nominee aspirant told Panhandle Federal Credit Union that absentee farm ownership enables tax avoidance. He urged new laws to prevent farming losses being written off against other income while preserving nonfarm buyers. Green cited IRS data and warned the practice drains the Treasury and harms working farmers.
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Bayard
Green
Internal Revenue Service
Foreclosure Petition Filed in Kimball District Court
Butler Finance Co. sues to recover 579,20 on a promissory note from Ideal Development Inc and related entities and individuals including Donovan partners. The action, filed Feb 27, cites no payments since Aug 1 1967 and delinquent real estate taxes for 1964 1965 1966 and 1967 taxes due.
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Kimball
Kimball District Court
Butler Finance Co
Ideal Development, Inc
Ideal Land Co., Inc
Ideal Super Markets, Inc
Ideal Super Markets of
Kimball, Inc
Ideal Packing Co
Paul W. Shuster
Donna May Shuster
John J. Shuster
Janice May Shuster
Edward T Donovan
Joseph T. Donovan
Donovan Sales and Erection
Siete
Music Contest Draws Eight Hundred Musicians
Nearly eight hundred high school musicians from Lodgepole Oshkosh Grant Imperial Paxton Sutherland and Wauneta plus host Chappell will join in the annual South Platte Valley Association Music Contest at Chappell on Monday March 25. Wauneta withdraws this year and four Colorado State College department judges will preside. John Kite heads contest arrangements for the Chappell schools.
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Chappell
South Platte Valley Association
Lodgepole
Oshkosh Grant
Imperial
Paxton, Sutherland
Hershey
Chappell, Wauneta
Colorado State College
Pstee Fenepas
John Kite
Hechine Pell
Chadron Hospital Plans 75 Thousand Dollar Expansion
Chadron Community Hospital board announces 75 thousand dollars in new building work. Twenty five thousand will add rooms in the east wing and 49 thousand will expand the north wing for Physical Therapy and offices. Bids set April 15 with completion in the fall.
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Chadron
Chadron Community Hospital Board
Chimney Rock Stone Age Fair Returns to Bayard
Bayard Chamber of Commerce sponsors the eleventh annual Chimney Rock Stone Age Fair at the American Legion Hall March 22 to 24 featuring local rock and artifact displays gathered from the area.
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Bayard
Bayard Chamber of Commerce
American Legion Hall
Chadron Man Entering State Legislature Race
Chadron A L Reimenschneider a railroad employee announces candidacy for the Forty ninth District seat in the Nebraska State Legislature currently held by Senator George Gerdes of Alliance.
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Chadron A. L. Reimenschneider
Chadron
George Gerdes
Alliance
Funds Approved for Gordon Head Start Program
Floyd Lincoln of Northwest Nebraska Community Action Council said the Office of Economic Opportunity in Kansas City approved 31,812 dollars for a yearlong head start program at Gordon. Twenty children will participate and further funding for several Northwest Nebraska summer head start programs is expected soon.
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Chadron Floyd Lincoln
Northwest Nebraska Community Action Council
Office of Economic Opportunity
Kansas City
Gordon
Lincoln
Nebraska
Chappell Jaycees Win Three National Service Awards
The Chappell Jaycees received three national honors for community service. The Blue Chip Award recognizes growth and leadership training, marking the chapter as among America’s outstanding Jaycee groups. A second award honors community development for helping to establish a local cheese factory and its expanded operations, including a new whey drying plant. The third award honors chapter management and leadership, recognizing efforts to promote sound organization and leadership training at local and broader levels.
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Chappell
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Chappell Jaycees
America
Chappeil
Low Cost Housing Planned in Terrytown Project
Terrytown to host a 64 unit low rent housing project with three bedroom types. The plan includes elderly reserved one and two bedroom units and HUD to set applicant income guidelines likely higher than OEO standards. A $37 556 payment to Terry Carpenter Inc funds the land for the development.
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Terrytown
Pat Berzina
County Housing Authority
Fort Robinson complaints unclear as game panel delays action
Martin Gable of Scottsbluff, chair of the Nebraska Game Commission, says no meeting will be called on Fort Robinson complaints until ranchers deliver written grievances to Lincoln. Chadron attorney Charles F. Fisher rejects copying grievances. A federal investigator may probe before a Crawford area hearing.
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Martin Gable
Scottsbluff
Nebraska Game Commission
Fort Robinson
Lincoln
Gable
Chadron
Charles F. Fisher
Northwest Nebraska Farmers and Ranchers Association
Fort Robertson Park
John Kurtz
Game Commission
Mel Steen
Fisher
Crawford
Sedas Reunion and Social Gatherings Across South Sund
Residents and relatives attended a large golden anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Jim Seda in Sund. Col Ret DeLyle and Mrs Seda of Vancouver Washington stayed with Glenn Dickinson. Numerous visits and hospitality occurred at homes in Sterling Sterling Lodgepole Dalton Bayard Sidney and Denver area hosting family and friends.
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Col. Ret DeLyle
Seda
Jim Seda
Danny Dickinson
E. Dickinson
Glenn Dickeinson
Col
Ret. DeLyle
Vancouver
Wash
Glenn Dickinson
Sund
Kenneth Tilghman
D. E. Dickinson
Frances Klein
Sterling
Lloyd Brauer
Pauline Kahrs
Lodgepole
Richard van Anne
Dalton
Gordon Johnson
Potter
Rodney Namath
Ted Houser
John Barnhart
Kurt Klink
E. W. Zalesky
Vicki
Arlan Luxa
A. J. Fenske
Etta Brossard
Rose Memorial Hospital
Denver
Brossard
Phyllis Simpson
Agnes Zalesky
Fred Kilgore
Denise Dunaway Services Today
Funeral services were held in Denver for Denise Rubena Dunaway 16 daughter of Bud and care ter Dunaway of Denver. She died from injuries in an automobile crash February 16 a companion in the car died soon after. Survivors include her parents grandmother Genevieve Dunaway and two sisters.
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Denver
Denise Rubena Dunaway
Care
Ter ‘Bud’ Dunaway
Mansfield Ave
Miss Dunaway
Sidney
Genevieve Dunaway
Genevieve Bentley
Mrs. Minnie Brockelsby Rites Held at First Methodist
Funeral rites for 83 year old Mrs. Minnie Brockelsby were conducted at the First Methodist Church with Rev. John Stayton officiating. Burial followed at Greenwood Cemetery with Craig-Holewick Funeral Home in charge. She died Wednesday at Memorial Hospital after a long Cheyenne County residence and a life rooted in Nebraska farming and teaching.
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Minnie Brockelsby
First Methodist Church
John Stayton
Greenwood Cemetery
Craig-Hole=wick Funeral Home
Ray Cruise
Louis Miller
Ralph Spearow
Lloyd Talich
Floyd Miller
Edwin Blanke
Paul Spearow
M. O. Baker
F. L. B. Goodwin
Clifford Jones
George Rippe
Roy MacAdam
Adrian
Recluse Bite Sparks 10-Year Spider Outbreak Report
AP reports a brown recluse outbreak marks the first of its kind in a decade. Entomologist Steve Moore of the Hino Natural History Survey notes the spider is widespread in Hino, especially southern areas. The vet bites cause immediate pain and may heal in six to eight weeks, leaving a sunken scar. Also noted is CES satellite Explorer passing its tenth orbital year, traveling over a billion miles.
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Save
Steve Moore
Hino
Moore
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