We’ve Turned The Corner Wheat Boost in 1967 Panhandle
Ray mond L. Davis analyzes the 15 percent rise in national wheat acreage allotments for 1967 and its impact on the Nebraska Panhandle Great Plains and export markets. He contends higher allotments plus better weather could lift Panhandle incomes by about three million dollars and push U.S. wheat production and exports toward new highs.
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Department of Agriculture
Sidney Telegraph
Raymond L. Davis
Potter
Nebraska Panhandle
Great Plains
Johnson
Davis
Nebraska Wheat Growers Assn
Cheyenne County
ASC
Nebraska
Panhandle
Sth
Orville L. Freeman
Europe
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Australia
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Cooler Weather Signals Slower Wheat Growth in West
Weather outlook for western Nebraska predicts cooler temperatures the next week to ten days with frosts and possible weekend showers. Wheat remains thick but generally healthy, needing moisture to support growth as drought past yields weigh on farmers. Weather officials expect no hard freeze, aiding both dryland and irrigation crops while moisture arrives. The region seeks a strong wheat crop to offset three years of poor yields and restrictive planting.
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Nebraska
Weather Bureau
New Cable For TV Imminent In Sidney Community System
Sidney Community TV plans major upgrade soon with four to six months for complete cable replacement. Installation will expand channels by adding Denver channels 2 6 4 7 9 and Cheyenne 5 while preserving non duplication rules with Frontier Broadcasting Cheyenne. Work may start in Country Club Heights and Grabill Addition areas with details to follow.
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Sidney Community TV
Ron Tighe
Town
Sidney
Sidney Community TV Co
Denver
Cheyenne
Sterling
Tighe
Federal Communications System
Frontier Broadcasting Co
Country Club Heights
Grabill
Community Television, Inc
Merle Gillham of Peetz Dies After Brief Illness
Merle Miller Gillham 66 of Peetz died May 12 at Logan County Hospital Sterling after a brief illness. Services Monday 10 a.m. from EUB Church Peetz with Rev. W. L. Lamm officiating. Burial Sunset Memorial Gardens Sterling. Survived by wife Elizabeth, son Ivan of Peetz, brother Claude of Peetz, two grandsons and two granddaughters. Memorials to Peetz Community Church. Craig Mortuary in charge.
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Merle Miller Gillham
Peetz
Cole
Logan County Hospital
Sterling
EUB
W. L. Lamm
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Mr. Gillham
Archer, Neb
Frank M. Gillham
Alice Miller Gillham
Burwell
Neb
Elizabeth M. Corners
Soil Conservation Board
Ioof Lodge
Elizabeth
Ivan
Claude
Peetz Community Church
Craig Mortuary
Friday the 13th Prompts Caution for Superstitious Readers
The Friday the 13th day raises warnings for superstition believers as the clock ticks with potential bad luck noted. If no misfortune has occurred yet, odds are deemed in one's favor according to the casual cautionary tone.
Sidney WMCC Meets in November Bid
W J Skutt spoke to about 150 from 17 towns at Hemingford meeting stressing citizenship responsibility and urging government aid only when needed. Bruce Hagmeister was honored as a leading Hemingford citizen and GOP governor candidate. Sidney invited WMCC to meet in November. Scottsbluff to host July. Valentine to host September. A resolution backed the O Neill Irrigation Project.
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Hemingford
W. J.skutt
Board of Mutual of Omaha
Western Nebraska United Chambers of Commerce
Bruce Hagemeister
Sidney Chamber
Ron Mercer
Edward Bauman
WMCC
Sidney
Scottsbluff
Valentine
O'Neill
Skutt
Allison Johnson
Nebraska
Safety Check Tomorrow in Sidney
A free Safety Check will occur Saturday May 14 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm on 10th Street between Jackson and King. Vehicles passing tests receive a windshield sticker while owners get a minor correction stub. the event is sponsored by local dealers, the police, SOTC trainees, and Sidney High School programs.
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Sidney
10Th Street
Jackson and
King
Sidney New Car Dealers Association
City of
SOTC
Sidney High School
Mail votes do not change Cheyenne County assessor results
Absentee ballots counted at the courthouse this morning showed no change in the outcome of the Cheyenne County assessor race. Five Democratic ballots favored Ed Swanson with three votes and Stewart Brown with two, giving Swanson 486 to Brown's 475.
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Ed Swanson
Cheyenne
Stewart Brown
Swanson
Brown
Weather Panhandle Forecast Sees Cooler Weekend And Showers
Partly cloudy through Saturday with a chance of widely scattered showers. Lows near 40, highs around 65. Five day outlook calls for temperatures 8 to 12 degrees below normal through Wednesday, then warmer early next week followed by a turn to cooler conditions and additional showers toward period end. Courtesy Frontier Airlines.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Kimball County Produces One New Oil Well
Kimball County has the state’s only new producing oil well for the second week, a White Feather Petroleum Co. site in the Lawrence Fork Field at No. 2 A Kosch. Drilling is slow statewide. Nebraska Oil and Gas Commission records show three new permits this week, including two in Cheyenne County and one in Scotts Bluff County, with several wells having tentative statuses and contracts noted.
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Kimball County
Nebraska
White Feather Petroleum Co
Lawrence Fork
Kosch
Nebraska Oil and Gas Commission
New Courthouse Opposition Had Late Beginning
The Democrat nominee for 2nd District County Commissioner said he heard late in the campaign that many oppose building a new courthouse. Voters favor improving facilities but oppose replacing the old building. The issue heated campaigns, with a one mill levy to fund a new courthouse. The election analysis shows the question still very much up in the air.
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2Nd District
Tom Lenzen
South Divide
4-H Enrollment and Meat Cert Deadlines Announced
Extension office warns enrollment sheets due this Saturday by noon including orphan projects. 4-H meat identification certificates were due May 1. No delays accepted.
Memorial Hospital and Home Expands in 1955 Plan
National Hospital Week marks Memorial Hospital in Sidney as it celebrates a 1955 spring opening and a series of improvements, including a $175000 addition this year. The self supporting facility employs over 100, one of the area’s major payrolls, with further plans for a 12 bed expansion and dietary boiler room changes. Administrator Darold Hendee invites inquiries to learn about services and public cooperation.
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National Hospital
Memorial Hospital
Sidney
Memorial Hospital and Home
Home
Darold Hendee
600 Expected For St. Pat's Ursuline Golden Jubilee
About 600 St Patrick's Academy alumni are expected for Ursuline Sisters Golden Jubilee May 28–30 in Sidney. The event marks 50 years since the sisters began teaching at St Patrick's and overlaps graduation season with Masses, dinners, dances, and a Requiem High Mass led by Bishop John A. Paschang.
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St. Pat’s Ursuline
St. Patrick’s Academy
Ursuline Sisters
St. Patrick’s School
Sidney
St. Patrick’s Church
Academy
John A. Paschang
Services for Harry Tucker Held in Sidney
Funeral services for Harry H. Tucker of Sidney will be Monday at 2 PM from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints with President Don Neville officiating. Burial follows at Greenwood Cemetery. Tucker died this morning at Memorial Hospital after a four day stay, survived by his wife Helen and five daughters. He was born April 1 1908 in Wheeling West Virginia and moved to Sidney in 1949 after living in Columbus Ohio and Minnesota. He married Helen B. Zalesky on May 31 1946 in Columbus. He was an Elder in the LDS Church. The family has resided in Sidney for 17 years.
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Harry H. Tucker
Sidney
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Don Neville
Greenwood Cemetery
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Mr. Tucker
Memorial Hospital
Wheeling
W. Va
Herbert E. Tucker
Tucker
Columbus
Ohio
Minnesota
Helen B. Zalesky
Helen B
Barbara Lee
Indiana
Maryellen Sterayer
Joanne Elizabeth
Teresa Renee
Bonnie Jo
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Toltek Drilling Co
Sidney Hospital
Raymond Slama
Slama
Mark Allen
Mark
Harry Tucker
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