Chambers Couple Show Collection Assembled In 59 Years Of Marriage
Ezra and Amy Chambers near Sidney maintain a large artifact collection built since 1942. The basement room houses arrowheads from Cheyenne County and items like dinosaur tooth fragments, ox shoes, and a horn tipped cane. The collection includes pieces dating to ancient Folsom and Sandia eras and attracts visitors from near and far.
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Chambers
Ezra
Amy Chambers
Sidney
Turkey
Cheyenne County
Amy
Iowa
Bridgeport
Jings
Fireworks Fizzle At City Council Meeting
The Cedar Lanes beer license bid by Donald W. Meier and Lawrence W. Doyle was withdrawn after a zoning clash with a 300 foot ban near residences. The council deferred a $43,000 federal grant for Legion Park ball diamonds and parking, and approved changing Country Club Heights lots one and two to commercial to align with nearby tracts, plus three-way stop signs at Verde Lane and Palomino Road.
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Donald W. Meier
Lawrence W. Doyle
Cedar Lanes
John Peetz
Meier and
Doyle
Legion Park
John Baudek
Baudek
Country Club Heights
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service Office
ASC
Verde Lane
Palomino Rd
Circus Tickets On Sale For Carson & Barnes Performances
The Carson & Barnes Five Ring Circus arrives Monday at Cheyenne County Fairgrounds with shows at 5 30 p m and 8 p m Proceeds go to the Elks youth fund Advance adult tickets are 2 50 and 1 25 children plus tax at the gate 3 and 1 50. Also a Circus Coupon promotion by the Chamber of Commerce includes a free movie and clown contest at Fox Theater with advance tickets through listed local businesses and banks.
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Telegraph
Carson & Barnes
Cheyenne County Fairgrounds
Youth Fund of the Elks
Chamber of Commerce
Fox Theater
Elks
Town & Country Market
Borns Skelly
Star Market
Deckers
Jack & Jill
Scotts Bluff County Sued Over Dead End Road Fatality
Eight plaintiffs sue Scotts Bluff County for 1.25 million alleging negligence for a dead end without warning sign after an Oct 17 1970 crash near Tub Springs 2.5 miles northwest of Scottsbluff. Named claimants include Phebe Hepburn, Charles Parker Jr., Shirley and Richard Little, Ethel Cronk, George Berry, and Kindred Jones Sr. Jr.
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Scotts Bluff
Tub Springs
Scottsbluff
Phebe N. Hepburn
Charles S. Parker Jr
Shirley Little
Richard Little
Ethel B. Cronk
George R. Berry
Kindred Jones Sr
Kindred Jones Jr
Narjes Huff Deadlock May Decide County Board Seat
In a tight race for the county board, Paul Huff and Edward Narjes vote totals show Narjes leading by four with 251 to 247 as absentee and disabled ballots are canvassed by 11 am Thursday. Sidney voters also re elected Edward Bauman and Vincent Maliszewski to city council and chose RC Wait for a two year term.
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Narjes-Huff
Sidney
Paul Huff
Edward Narjes
County Board of Commissioners
Narses
Huff
Commissioners District One
Huff and Narses
Edward Bauman
Vincent Maliszewski
Sidney Board of Education
John Platz
Carl Cornelius
STE Sc
Tepeee
W.W. Shhulz
Thee
Horace Moore
Potter
Elvin Thies
Harold Steele
Herbert Pabst
Lodgepole
Howard Hurst
Board of Trustees
Leonard Hendricks
Arnold Kehl
Gurley Village
Lloyd Searles
Virgil Schumacher
Clark's Win Narrows To 47th District Race In Primary
Incumbent state Senator Robert L Clark secured the top spot in a five candidate Republican primary with 2067 votes and will face Kimball insurer Stan Juelfs in the November general. Juelfs gathered 1835 votes, while Elmer Hartmann led in Morrill and Cheyenne Counties with 1587 total. other candidates included Charles Mayer and Arthur Liljegren. District boundaries cover Cheyenne, Banner, Kimball and Morrill counties plus seven Scottsbluff precincts.
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HHH
Cheyenne
Nebraska
Hubert Humphrey
George McGovern
George Wallace
McGovern
Humphrey
Wallace
Scottsbluff
Terry Carpenter
Wallace Peterson
Carpenter
Peterson
Wayne Ziecbarth
Phylis Lyons
John DeCamp
Don Searcy
Nixon
Ashbrook
McCloskey
Carl T Curtis
Cheyenne County
Blauvelt
Glebe
Kneif
Curtis
Kneisl
Robert L Clark
Kimball
Stan Juelfs
Clark
Juelfs
Elmer Hartmann
Sidney
Morrill
Dalton
Charles Mayer
Arthur Liljegren
Hartmann
Mayer
Liljegren
Kimball County
Scottsbluff County
Banner County
Lil
Three Days Moisture Totals Reach .42 Inches
Over the last three days total moisture reached .42 inches with .37 at High Plains and .42 at FAA Flight Service Station at noon. Evaporation ran high Monday and Tuesday under 66 degree highs and 49 degree highs with warm winds. Breakdowns show High Plains and FAA totals across Monday Tuesday and early today adding to April’s prior monthly totals.
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High Plains Agriculture Laboratory
Federal Aviation Agency
John Bishop
New
High Plains
FAA
Replacement Underway on UP Rails
Union Pacific Railroad is replacing about 63 miles of main line track between Brownson and Potter and between Willow Island and Lane at a cost of about 4.4 million dollars. The project removes old 39 foot rails and installs quarter mile continuous welded rail to reduce maintenance costs.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Brownson
Potter
Willow Island
Lane
Union Pacific
Sidney School Board Sets Girls Coaches Pay Same As Boys
The Sidney School District approved non certified salaries and an extra duty pay plan for girls athletics coaches aligning them with boys major sports. They also raised band and vocal instructors, head custodians, nurses and other staff while keeping some positions unchanged. A May 22 special meeting will address Central School evaluation with teachers and patrons invited to comment.
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Sidney School District Board of Education
Elizabeth Young
Norm Fletchall
Gordon Tobin
Europe
Antha Hornback
Central
Charlotte Gunderson
South
Hank Reitz
Western Conference
Sidney
Central School
OSHA Meeting Rollin Schneider at Nebraska Extension
Nebraska University agriculture extension specialist Rollin Schneider will address an OSHA meeting outlining safety guidelines for farm operations and upcoming compliance training. He will discuss harvest season risks, best practices, and worker protection measures.
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Rollin Schneider
University of Nebraska Agriculture
Will
Safety Act talk set for two area programs
Scheduled events in the coming week include a presentation at the Chappell Fire Hall tomorrow at 8 p.m. and a session at Bridgeport Legion Hall next Wednesday. The discussion covers the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, farm labor safety, roll bar requirements, shop equipment and tractor tragedies, and farm truck use beyond 150 miles. Sponsored by Wheatbelt Public Power, the Development and Morrill County Extension Services.
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Chappell Fire Hall
Bridgeport Legion Hall
Wheatbelt Public Power
Devel and Morrill County
Council Postpones Cheyenne County Planning Meeting
Rev Wilbur Bennett announced that the Cheyenne County Planning Advisory Council May 15 meeting is moved to Monday May 22 at 7 30 p m in East Ward School due to a circus in Sidney. Future meetings are set for the third Monday each month.
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Wilbur Bennett
Cheyenne County
Sidney High selects Road Scholars for 1972 Trouble Shooting Contest
Sidney High School names Brett Belden and Pat Brown as its Road Scholars for 1972 Plymouth Trouble Shooting Contest. Elwell Motors Co sponsors the team. The event Friday at Gateway Shopping Center Lincoln leads to a national finals in Los Angeles with more than 1250000 in scholarships and awards.
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Sidney High School
Sidney High
Charles Everitt
Brett Belden
Pat Brown
Elwell Motors Co
Gateway Shopping Center
Lincoln
Los Angeles
Beverly Hilton Hotel
New Plymouth Cares
Chrysler-Plymouth
Chrysler Motors Corporation
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Folsom
Sandia
Ezra Chambers
Washington
Scotts Bluff County
Terrell Wickhorst
James K. Fischer
Larry Hammond
Elmer Hilpert
Lodgepole District 41
Ronald L Sick
Robert J Dailey
Delmar D. Zalesky
Eugene R Bond
Gurley
Rolland Larson
Earnest Deaver
Donald Bremer
Harold Draper
Bauman
Maliszewski
Platz
Osha Meeting
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!