Cheyenne County Trade Fair Opens With Prizes and Exhibits
Exhibitors prepare booths in the Elks auditorium as the Cheyenne County Trade Fair and Exposition begins a four day run starting tomorrow. The event features tractors to chinchillas with prize drawings including a 1968 Plymouth Satellite, a Las Vegas trip, a color TV and cash. Activities center on Sunday at Sidney Municipal Airport with a fly in and dedication ceremonies.
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Elks
Cheyenne County
Las Vegas
Sidney
Lith and Jackson
Tropicana Hotel
Frontier Airlines
Jackson
10Th
11Th
King
Ilinois
12Th
13Th
Sidney Municipal
Sidney Squadron
Civil Air Patrol
Shooting Scotts
Hiram Scott College
Scottsbluff
Denver
Sidney Faa
Joe Haugan
FAA
Telegraph
Sod Busters Return to Till Former Army Depot Land Near Sidney
Neighbors report columns of black smoke as about 20 farmers burn off prairie grass and plow the former Sioux Army Depot land near Sidney. The land, idle for decades after Army condemnation, is now being leased through Sioux Industrial Development Corporation for cultivation, grazing, and future development by the farmers and local institutions.
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Sidney
Sioux Army
General Services Administration
Sioux Industrial Development Corporation On
S. I.D.C
Wamsley Buys Credit Bureau in Cheyenne County
The Credit Bureau of Cheyenne County is sold effective June 1 to L. E. Wamsley. Owners Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kelley operated the business since 1951. Wamsley, a Sidney figure for 23 years, has worked in auto, insurance, motor hotels, Best Western travels, and a Colorado mobile home venture.
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Credit Bureau
Cheyenne County
Joe Kelley
L. E. Wamsley
Sidney
Kelleys
Wamsley
Sidney Business Enterprises
Sidney Motor Hotel
Best Western Motels
Pobelo
Colo
Wamsleys
Liquor By Drink Vote At Potter On May Ballot
Voters in Potter will decide on selling liquor by the drink at the upcoming primary election on May 14. This appears to be the only special ballot issue in Cheyenne County municipalities.
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Potter
Cheyenne County
Ancient Mail Plane Passes Over Sidney
William Hackbarth piloted his reconditioned fifty year old mail plane over Sidney as part of a trans continental trip. Residents glimpsed the aircraft around 10 a.m. Lloyd Carr, North Platte airport manager, invited a stopover but Hackbarth declined and planned a low pass if weather allowed. In North Platte the welcome was warm with no ground crew.
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William Hackbarth
North Platte
Sidney
Lloyd Carr
Hackbarth
Panhandle Weather Forecast Shows Mild, Fair Conditions
Local forecast predicts generally fair weather this afternoon tonight and Thursday with westerly winds 15 to 25 mph. Afternoon highs 75 to 85, tonight lows 30 to 40, Thursday highs 70 to 80 and precipitation chances under 5 percent. Five day outlook calls for temperatures 10 degrees above normal into the weekend, highs near 70s and lows around 40s, with scattered showers at period starts and again toward the weekend.
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Panhandle
Soil and Water Stewardship Week Set Observed May 19 26
Cheyenne County hosts the annual breakfast with local ministers to kick off Soil Stewardship Week. Bob Spearow urged conservation as guardians of resources and noted rising water demand while comparing global farming efficiency. A Gering Valley watershed film followed the gathering.
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Cheyenne County Soil and Water Conservation Service
Bob Spearow
Soil and Water Conservation Board
Spearow
United States
Russia
India
Gering Valley
Deadline Approaches for May 14 Primary Voters
Voters must register by Friday May 3 at Cheyenne County Clerk's office in the courthouse to participate in the May 14 primary. Those changing names or addresses must re register. Over 20 voting machines will be deployed across the county for the election.
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Court House
Cheyenne County
Telegraph Drive to Expand Circulation Contest Starts
Seventeen workers sign for The Telegraph subscription race with one winner to receive 800 dollars and others earning 20 percent commissions. The contest spans a few weeks and includes names such as Lois Dindinger Potter Lloyd Goranson McCabe Dalton Mary James Markel Ludeman Sharman and others in Lodgepole Sidney Chappell and surrounding areas.
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Telegraph
Lois Dindinger
Potter
Lloyd Goranson
Peetz
Cole
Margaret McCabe
Dalton
Mary James
Dix
Dan Markel
Lodgepole
Florence B. Ludeman
Gurley
Cindy Sharman
Raymond C. Walker
Sidney
Ethel Mae Criswell
Chappell
Clark Wicks
Marge Dougherty
Doris E. Norman
David Schobert
Cecil Hume
Thelma Hajens
George Hare
Doris Green
Depot Agreement Approved for Sioux Army Depot Sale Pool project discussed with school board
The city council approved final contract terms with General Services Administration for the sale of the Sioux Army Depot's 16 000 plus acres and adjourned to the junior high to meet the school board about an indoor outdoor swimming pool. No formal action was taken on the pool plan. Both bodies favored studying its feasibility and funding options.
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Jeff Bush
S.I. D.C
Ed Narjes
S.I.D. C
United States Air Force
Vo-Tech
General Services Administration
Sioux Army
Gordon Tobin
John Baudek
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Monty Young
Harold Young
Monty
The
Donald
Harold
Kelley
Seller
Clerk’s
Frank Loebe
Illinois
Terrie
Loebe
Don Ward
1540 21St
Clayton Sample
Pine
Larry Clinton
Green River
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