Record Wheat Harvest Seen Pressure on Prices Through 1974
USDA projections show 1973 winter wheat in Cheyenne County and nationwide totaling about 1.736 billion bushels, with spring wheat near 454 million. Demand and exports could exceed supply, potentially keeping farm prices firm into mid-1974 as carryover tightens. The board cites May 1 conditions and notes July estimates may adjust totals.
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Cheyenne County
Department of Agriculture
USDA
United States
Soviet Union
The
Crop Reporting Board
Alterations In Animal Law To Be Proposed To Council
City Manager Ed Prince will ask Sidney City Council to rewrite the municipal code on stray dogs and licensing fees. He says 24 and 72 hour holds are severe and notes a new animal control officer was hired to ease police efforts.
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Ed Prince
Sidney
Prince
City Planning Commission
Elmer Ladine
Bil Fankhauser
Darold Hendee
R. W. Beck & Associates
NHRE Reports First Tests Of Cloud Seeding Efforts
The National Hail Research Experiment issued its initial weekly report stating no clouds seeded yet since starting May 1. Measurements and weather observations continue along routes near Sterling Fort Morgan Kimball and Sidney as cloud seeding will begin on hail-threat days.
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National
Colorado-Nebraska
NHRE
National Center For ‘Atmospheric Research
Boulder
Colo
Sterling
Fort Morgan
Kimball
Sidney
Special Edition Focuses on Conservation in Sidney
The Sidney Telegraph prints a 24 page Soil Conservation Edition detailing local conservation efforts as Cheyenne County's SWCD ends and the NRD expands. It includes interviews with Gail Southard of Dix, discusses reclamation projects, and outlines future land management programs in Nebraska.
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Sidney Telegraph
Cheyenne County Soil and Water Conservation District
Tricounty South Platte Natural Resources District
Cheyenne County
NRD
Panhandle
SWCD
Gail Southard
Dix
Cheyenne
Nebraska
More Overnight Guests Coming Through Airport
Sidney Municipal Airport reported April figures show 55 overnight guests with at least one night in town, up 62 percent from March and 53 percent from April 1972. Total operations rose from March but fell versus last year, with 162 transient flights, 326 people on such flights, and 132 townbound business visitors. Frontier operations totaled 91 passengers boarding or leaving, down from March but up 34 and 44 percent on related measures. Military operations at 16 fell sharply from both prior periods.
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Sidney
Lloyd Carr
Carr
Frontier
Overland Air Service
Building permits rise in Sidney in April
Sidney issued $59,487 in building permits in April up from $29,418 a year earlier, with five months totaling $166,712 in new projects. The year-ago five month total was $158,615. April activity includes two residences at 1507 Jackson and 2343 Linden.
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Jackson
Linden
Nebraska Agents Urge Flood Program Awareness Across State
Nebraska Association of Mutual Insurance Agents urges members to alert flood prone communities including Sidney to federal flood insurance availability. NAMIA notes only six of 44 Corps declared flood prone Nebraska communities are in the program. The National Flood Insurance Program covers homes up to 17 500 with contents 5 000 and business limits to 30 000, with pending legislation doubling these figures.
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Sidney
Chadron State College
Gerald Thompson
Alpha Phi Sigma
Dave Groshans
Blue Key
National Honorary Fraternity
Dave Schnell
Nebraska Association of Mutual Insurance Agents
Dennis Poeschl
Stanton
NAMIA
Nebraska
Corps of Engineers
Poesch
Congress
Poeseh
Bellevue
Columbus
Lincoln
Omaha
Papillion
Wahoo
Sarpy County
Saunders County
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Marathon Oil Plans Local Office Consolidation
Marathon Oil Co will consolidate district offices in Sidney and Bakersfield into a Casper Wyoming district HQ with the Findlay Ohio offices, cutting Sidney staff from 12 to unspecified. Frank Barrett remains in Sidney on special assignment and Robert Van Cleve stays as Sidney area superintendent. Changes take effect June 1 as part of a western regional efficiency move amid industry retrenchment.
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Marathon Oil Co
Sidney
Bakersfield
Calif
Casper
Wyo
Findlay
Ohio
Marathon
Frank Barrett
Robert van Cleve
Nebraska
East Ward Fate To Be Discussed
The Sidney Board of Education meets tonight at the Junior High Library to discuss the East Ward School sale and an array of items. Resignation of head football coach Bob Roach accepted by Seward. bids for roofing. auditor selection. bank-deposit procedures. substitute pay raise. insurance and travel increments. disposal of student records. budget meeting date. admission price changes. and a proposed senior high outdoor education program by Ken Moncrief featuring camping and hiking. Activities director Bob Lohrberg says the plan could attract broader interest than intramural sports.
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Sidney Board of Education
East Ward
Bob Roach
Seward
South Elementary
Ken Moncrief
Bob Lohrberg
State Eyes Road Money
State roads director Tom Doyle said as of May 9 Nebraska had obligated all available federal aid highway funds for fiscal 1973 totaling 299 million dollars. He noted about 18.5 million more could be obligated before June 30 if released before July 1, and that unused funds may be redistributed after May 15.
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Tom Doyle
Nebraska
Doyle
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