Taxi Service Returns To Sidney On Tuesday
Sidney will resume taxi service starting at 5 a.m. Tuesday with a two car operation run by Lee and Viola Bodeman. The business will run 24 hours a day with offices at 825 11th and the phone 254 4545. The service will cover the City and County and a second charter trip option may follow after Nebraska Railway Commission approval.
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Sidney
Sidney Cab Company
Lee
Viola Bodeman
Bodeman
Sally Madden
Nebraska Railway Commission
Nebraska Farmers Sign Up To Divert Grain Cropland
Nebraska farmers signed up to divert nearly three million acres of corn and grain sorghum cropland under the federal feed grains program this year. The plan covers 36.1 percent of base acreage on 78,560 cooperating farms, totaling 2,930,321 acres. Wheat enrollment also runs high with 58,274 farms pledging to follow planting allotments on 3,047,559 acres, 92 percent of the state total.
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Nebraska
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service Office
ASCS
Washington
Agriculture Department
Sunol Tower for Improved Telephone Service Planned
A 250 foot high AT&T tower south of Sunol will boost the Regina Canada Denver microwave network. Northwestern Bell manager Paul O Hara said the tower links Sidney with north south and east west systems and supports Direct Dialing debuting mid 1969.
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Sunol
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Regina
Canada
Denver
Colorado
Northwestern Bell
Sidney
Paul O’hara
Cheyenne County Wheat Growers Attend Washington Meetings
Four Cheyenne County wheat growers joined Potter Nebraska Wheat Growers Association president Raymond Davis in Washington DC for a three day series of workshops and meetings with ten state wheat congressmen. The group pressed for higher wheat prices and articulated a plan for legislation to support farmers. Sidney delegates Harold Tremain Phil Curtiss and Robert Rauner attended along with Meeker and Davis.
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Cheyenne County
Washington D. C
Raymond Davis
Potter
Nebraska Wheat Growers Association
George Meeker
Garden City
Kan
National Association of Wheat Growers
Wheat State
Mr. Meeker
Sidney
Harold Tremain
Phil Curtiss
Robert Rauner
Curtiss
40 Petitions Drive Seeks Partisan Legislature Ballot
About 40 petitions circulate in Cheyenne County to place a partisan legislature on the ballot next fall. Backers aim to gather 48,000 names statewide with 615 local signatures needed in Cheyenne County. The drive, endorsed by Republicans with Democratic consent, would change one constitution word from nonpartisan to partisan, letting candidates run and be identified with parties. Signature checks will use county voter rolls and the Secretary of State. The effort runs through April.
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Cheyenne
Bruce Hagemeister
Hemingsford
Nebraska Committee
Peo
Secretary of State
Welfare Office Break-In Reported in Cheyenne County
A break-in at the Cheyenne County Welfare office was reported today. The incident likely occurred over the weekend with entry through a rear door left unlocked and a missing Arvin transistor radio in a black carrying case. no damage was observed.
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Cheyenne
Incumbent Police Judge Roy Gish Seeks Reelection
Roy Gish 87, incumbent police judge, is the Republican nominee and seeks reelection in the April 2 municipal election. He has served ten years as judge after eight years as Cheyenne County assessor and earlier with Wheatbelt Public Power District. A 65 year Mason, he lives at 522 Charlotte Drive with a daughter in Dalton.
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Roy Gish
Gish
Cheyenne County
Wheatbelt
Masonic Lodge
Charolette Drive
Dalton
Sidney man charged with reckless driving in two car crash
Douglas Gartner of Sidney faced reckless driving charges after a Saturday two car crash on 13th. The parked car of Foster Cook sustained $1,140 in rear and side damage while Gartner’s vehicle had $900 front end damage.
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Sidney
Douglas Gartner
Foster Cook
Cook
13Th
King
Gartner
John E. Bowman
North Side Market
Miss Law Wins Five Dollars In Cheyenne Who's Who
Miss Helen Law, 1020 13th Avenue, won $5 in the Cheyenne County Who's Who contest for correctly identifying Dr. C. B. Dorwart as the subject. Clues included Good Will, Ambassador, family man, and civic leader. she missed only the clue reflecting his hometown. Next contest offers $60 with entries due by 4 p.m. Friday March 29 in collection boxes at Thomas Lumber, Bagby Texaco, Born Skelly, Sidney National and Decker's Market.
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Helen Law
13Th Avenue
Cheyenne County
Law
C. B. Dorwart
L. H. O’halloran
Dorwart
Thomas Lumber
Bagby Texaco
Skelly
Sidney National and Decker’s Market
Panhandle Near Normal Moisture Outlook Through April
The Panhandle shows near normal moisture through mid April, with the rest of Nebraska expecting above normal precipitation from mid March to mid April. Temperatures are forecast to run well below normal.
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Panhandle
Nebraska
Nebraska Press Association Convention in Omaha
The 94th annual Nebraska Press Association convention will be held in Omaha April 4 to 6 at the Sheraton Fontenelle Hotel.
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Nebraska Press Association
Omaha
Sheraton-Fontenelle
Voters Decide May 14 On County Employee Retirement Plan
County commissioners approved sending a May 14 ballot question to county voters asking whether to establish a retirement program for county employees. A board member noted no exact plan exists yet, with potential formats including private insurance or payroll deductions under qualified agencies. The vote would determine if such a program may be created with voter approval.
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John Peetz, Jr
Sidney
Arvin Kurth
Potter
Entry Right To SAD Land Is Granted
City Attorney Larry Clinton reports a letter giving the right of entry to 16 000 acres at Sioux Army Depot has been received and will be presented to the council. If approved, parties may begin moving in under conditions including insurance and liability releases. GSA timing for the sale contract remains unclear. Down payment was made by Sioux Industrial Development Corporation via the City last week.
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Sioux Army Depot
Larry Clinton
Clinton
GSA
Sioux Industrial Development Corporation
Panhandle Weather Outlook With Mild Temperatures
Fair conditions this afternoon and tonight with a chance of rain showers Tuesday afternoon. Lows near 25 to 35 tonight, highs around 50 Tuesday, precipitation under 5 percent today and tonight, about 10 percent Tuesday. Five day trend shows temperatures 4 to 10 degrees above normal early in the period, cooling midweek, then warming by week end. highs in the 50s and lows around 30 with light precipitation and a few showers late.
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Panhandle
Dr Nelson seeks third term on Sidney school board
Dr H C Nelson 47 of 2616 El Rancho renominated for a six year Sidney Public Schools board term. He has 12 years on the board and cites experience as benefit while aiming to broaden educational concepts and reduce property tax burden through state aid legislation. He and wife Dorothy raised three sons and he holds multiple civic roles including vice president of the Fort Sidney Colonels and district 14 NSBSA president.
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H. C. Q. Nelson
H. C. Nelson
el Rancho
Sidney
Sidney Public Schools Board
Nelson
Dorothy
Presbyterian Church
American Legion
Masonic Lodge
Fort Sidney
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Sunol Att&t
County Wheatmen
Miss Law
Source
U.S. Weather Bureau
ESSA
Nebraska Press
Kenneth Whitefoot
Whitefoot
Voting
Board of Educational Land
Gurley
Wild Horse Draw
Dr. Nelson
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