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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1969
Page
1
Nebraska requires license plate ending in 5 to be inspected by end of May at official state inspection stations. Many certified centers serve this need. inspections cover horn to lights. Vehicles including autos buses trucks and more must be inspected. fees apply and noncompliant cars may be stopped.
Government experts report winter wheat planted last fall in Nebraska faces heavy cutworm invasion in the Panhandle while moisture improves prospects elsewhere. U.S. Agriculture estimates Nebraska’s 82,440,000 bushels from 2,748,000 acres, down from last month, due to higher abandonment and moisture shortfalls in western areas. Current acreage and forecasts point to the smallest Nebraska wheat crop since 1965.
Citizens for Cheyenne County Development invites the public to a 7:30 p.m. meeting at Fort Sidney Motor Hotel to hear concise reports from six Cheyenne County leaders about their Washington trip. Delegation chair Janes Payne and members Lloyd Carr Edward Bauman Gene Lienemann Douglas Boyd and Edward Cole will present findings and take questions.
Nebraska Supreme Court rules lease holders cannot profit from refusing to join secondary oil recovery projects. The decision affects Kenmare oil pool disputes and emphasizes participation in fair unitization. Plaintiff Baumgartner, who refused to join, loses potential proceeds while other owners gain from the secondary recovery effort.
May marks Senior Citizens Month with Cheyenne County poised to gain a dedicated center pending federal funds. Sid ney City council provides 25 percent of initial costs, site eyed at 10th and King, with State Committee for the Aging meeting on June 2. Mrs. C. B. Dorwart expects federal support. local groups already gather at East Ward school. The effort aligns with the national theme Meeting the Challenge of the Later Years focusing on local federal partnerships and older Americans' active community roles.
Dr and Mrs Cook have traveled to Lake Placid New York for an indoctrination conference for Rotary Club district governors. Dr Cook is newly elected district governor and will assume office in July. The session precedes Rotary International in Hawaii May 24 to 29, with Mr and Mrs Forrest Belieu also planning to attend.
Weather outlook shows generally fair conditions this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with highs in the 70s and lows around 40s. Rain chances near zero through Tuesday. Five day outlook calls for 2 to 8 degrees above normal, with showers and thunderstorms later in the week, highs in the 70s and lows 45 to 55. Courtesy Frontier Airlines.
Final payment for Cheyenne County courthouse was made to contractor Carl Christ Jr. after a tax levy funded the year and a half old building. Hearings began on protests to reappraisal values, with Ralph Englert noting many filings and a two week continuation as the board of equalization meets daily to hear each case. Orville Brandt assists the board. reappraisal cost was $50,000 to seek uniform tax valuations amid widespread protests as taxes remain unpopular.
The 1969 wheat price support loan rate will remain at 1.12 dollars per bushel in farm storage, matching 1968, while the national average loan rate stays at 1.25 dollars per bushel. Basic terminal rates will range from 1.45 to 1.70, with changes in price relationships among terminals based on market and freight trends.
VA official C W Nixon in Lincoln outlines eligibility for widows of veterans. Unremarried widows of World War II Korean Conflict and Post-Korean veterans who died from service may receive 36 months of educational aid. Wives of service disabled veterans may receive up to 130 dollars monthly.
The Department of Agriculture said 15 Nebraska counties have no Federal food stamp program including Cheyenne Sioux Red Willow Grant and Cherry. The report notes other counties in the eastern portion of the state also have not adopted the program based on records dated May 2.
Sidney volunteers rushed to a blaze on the William Schuwell farm six miles east of Sidney after a train passing by started the fire at 10 10 am Sunday. Firemen fought the flames and contained the blaze with no injuries reported.
Landscaping of courthouse square has begun and will complete within a week or ten days if weather stays favorable. Marshall Nurseries holds the contract for the project. Sod comes from North Platte Brady area. work began last week with planting and continued this Sunday.
The Nebraska Lumber Merchants Assn notes vocational schools at Milford and Sidney sending graduates into the lumber trade. In Cheyenne County, 1344 farms join the 1969 wheat program with 138,746 acres, and 1050 farms participate in feed grain, totaling 61,288 base acres. National figures show 981,153 farms with 45,722,428 acres of wheat allotments.
Seven state senators left Lincoln Friday for a four day tour of telecommunications and emergency communications operations in California. They were to view an emergency operations center in Santa Clara County and a communications development corporation in Santa Monica. Included were Eugene Mahoney Bill Bloom Harold Moylan Sam Klaver William Skarda all of Omaha Robert Clark of Sidney and E Thome Johnson of Fremont. Senator Terry Carpenter did not attend. Other participants included Arnold Ruhnke for county governments and Kenneth Bowen for its governments.
A 1962 Plymouth driven by Julie Overman, 18, of Potter, went out of control 1.3 miles west of Sidney on Highway 30 at 11:45 am Saturday. The car overturned onto its top in a borrow pit, totaling the vehicle. Overman was treated at Memorial Hospital for bruises.
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