Pilot Not Instrument Rated Crash Probe Ongoing
FAA and CAB continued investigations into a Banner County crash that killed four San Diego residents including pilot William R. Hartley. Officials released little and noted the plane was not instrument rated, while wreckage, weather briefing records, and on-site reports shape findings over coming months. The Cessna 182 departed Cheyenne for Sidney before contact, then plunged through fog and exploded on impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Hartley
San Diego
Banner County
Telegraph
Federal Aeronautics Agency
Lincoln
Lincoln Faa
Civil Aeronautics Board
Hartley
William Ferguson
Ferguson
George Pile
Kimball
Kimiball
Dale Palser
Moonday
Palser
Cheyenne
Sidney
FAA
Sidney Faa
Jim O'Neal
Civil Aeronautics Board Dcials
Melvin O. Wood
Jim Snyder
Snyder
Washington
Dan Rupert rites set in Lincoln and Sidney
Daniel Rupert 77 a Nebraska native and former resident died Saturday in a Lincoln rest home. Two funeral services are planned one Tuesday in Lincoln and another Wednesday in Sidney with interment at Greenwood Cemetery beside his wife Etta. He had lived with relatives in Waverly for six years and was a Swanton Methodist Church member. Survivors include adopted daughter Doris Allen five Sidney grandchildren and brother Oliver Rupert of Waverly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Rupert
Lincoln
Mr. Rupert
Amberger Mortuary
A. L. Wright
Sidney
Craig Mortuary
R. L. Townsend
First Methodist Church
Sidney Greenwood Cemetery
Swanton
Doris Allen
Oliver Rupert
Waverly
Buddy Poppies On Sale Next Saturday By VFW
Veterans of Foreign Wars Buddy Poppies will be sold on Sidney streets and in county areas next Saturday May 27 with local and auxiliary leaders announcing sales coverage. Funds are restricted to aid for disabled veterans and their families, hospital and welfare work, veterans benefits, and burial expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buddy Poppy
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Sidney
VFW
Neal Craig
Porter McGuver Post 610
E. H. Mitchell
S. J. Simmerman
Joe Hajek
VFW National Home For
Eaton Rapids
Mich
Veterans Administration
Wheat support price set at 1.79 a bushel nationwide
The Agriculture Department announces this year's wheat price supports averaging 1.79 dollars per bushel, one cent higher than the prior figure and also one cent above the 1960 crop average. The rise is to fully reflect the minimum level mandated by farm law.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
All-Time Attendance Record At SOD Armed Forces Day
Sioux Ordnance Depot set an all-time attendance record for its Armed Forces Day event on Sunday with 5719 onlookers. Sky Divers from Fort Bragg jumped from 2200 feet after overcast weather forced a lower altitude. The 82nd Airborne unit's 11-man parachute team rode in on a C-119 for seven passes.
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Sioux Ordnance Depot
Army
SOD
Armed Forces
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
82Nd Airborne Division
Col
Harvey Bower
Sidney
SOC Armed Forces
Oil Leases Filed In County Clerk Office
County Clerk I L Pindell reported new oil leases filed last week ranging from one to ten years. Notable dealings include Alex Spencer leasing to Vincent and Welch Inc for one year and Leona D Conover leasing Sec 5 16 51 to Exeter Drilling Co for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. L. Pindell
Alex Spencer
Vincent and Welch Inc
Leona D. Conover
Exeter Drilling Co
Carrie Smith
Robert D. St. John
Henry Narjes
Lee Adams
Next Quarterly C of C Meeting Set At Sioux
The Sidney Chamber of Commerce will hold its next quarterly meeting June 13 at Sioux Ordnance Depot. John Elwell Jr is chairman and Waldo Dearing is program chairman. The program will cover how and why to do business with the government.
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Sioux
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Sioux Ordnance Depot
John Elwell Jr
Waldo Dearing
Rezoning Plan Up For City Council Review Tonight
City Council will discuss rezoning the north side of Illinois Street between 14th and 15th as planning staff recommends changing Block 41 Original Town from CB to C-1. The agenda includes bids on a pump test pit, building and licensing items, board appointments, and budget actions.
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Planning Commission
Illinois Street
14Th
15Th St
Mlinois Street
Mth & 15Th
G. H. Doran
Ira Steward
Dorwart, Bolin and Christ, Sr
Cornelius
Weather Outlook: Cloudy with Light Grizzle Likely
The forecast calls for cloudy skies today and tonight with light Grizzle or rain. An evening risk of showers and a few thunderstorms is noted.
Sign-Up Pace Boosts Cheyenne County Feed Grain Efforts
Cheyenne County farmers sign up rapidly for the 1961 feed grain program with 441 of 603 eligible farms enrolled by Friday night. If sign-up reaches 80 percent the county could lead the Panhandle and perhaps the state. Advance payments total about 78 800 dollars, with 17 000 already issued.
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Cheyenne County
Don Rapp
ASC
Panhandle
Rapp
Population decline in Sidney tied to oil shift
The Chamber of Commerce estimates Sidney’s population has fallen 107 since January. A March 31 bulletin put losses as high as 125 but recent trends suggest a reversal. Authorities cite Nebraska oil exploration shifting to the Mc Cook area as a major factor.
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Chamber of Commerce
Sidney
C of C
Nebraska
McCook
Weekend Rains Soak Sidney Fields Boost May Outlook
Rainfall in Sidney through May climbs to about ten inches with 1.10 inches in a heavy Saturday-Sunday storm added to 8.23 inches since January 1. The wet spell delays spring planting as ground moisture remains near saturation and basements leak from multiple storms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Frontier Airlines seeks to cut Nebraska service dates set
The Nebraska Railway Commission will hear Frontier Airlines bid to cut its southern route from two to one daily round trip west of Kearney. Frontier cites losses from low demand and asks the panel to disclaimer jurisdiction or approve the reduction. A second Frontier hearing on the northern route is scheduled for June 5 in Ainsworth.
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Nebraska Railway Commission
Frontier Airlines
Nebraska
Frontier
Kearney
McCook
Imperial
Sidney
Ainsworth
Palm Elevator death claims Pine Bluffs man
Robert Palm 29 died when a loaded 20,000 pound grain trailer jackknifed and overturned on a Pine Bluffs ramp pinning him under the fender. Coroner Marvin Schrader said Palm suffocated before coworkers could free him. He was born in Albin Wyoming and lived in Pine Bluffs eight years with wife Marilyn Clark and daughter Jennifer Jo among survivors.
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Pine Bluffs
Robert Palm
Palm Elevator Co
Laramie County
Marvin Schrader
Palm
Schrader
Albin
Wyo
Marilyn Clark
Vernal Clark
Sidney
Jennifer Jo
Edwin Palm
Elk Mountain
Wet Weather Blamed For Bug Infestation
Nebraska suffers aphid outbreaks as pea aphids hit alfalfa in northeast areas and green aphids attack small grains. Entomologist Robert E. Rosselle links cool damp weather to the build up, noting reproduction should drop with warmer temps and natural predators will rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska
University of Nebraska
Robert E. Roselle
College of Agriculture
Farm outlook brightens as rains replenish soil
Farmers foresee a good chance of crops maturing before fall frost. Much saif flower remains to be seeded with reseeding needed after heavy washing from torrential rains. Overall moisture improved the year from drought to surplus, leaving topsoil and subsoil well soaked for summer heat.
Rains Boost Grass and Wheat Yields Across Cheyenne County
Weekend storms pushed Cheyenne County moisture to 1961 totals matching the entire 190 growing season. County agent Joan Liljegren says the rain benefits wheat and grass but delays safflower and corn planting. Banker E K Yanney notes crops look better with rain and hopes to avoid ice. Sidney airport reports 1.12 inches with 28 mph winds and a 10:13 p.m. storm start. Don Dey Ermand of Dalton reports 1.27 inches weekend, 8.42 inches year, and safflower crops largely planted as farmers assess prospects.
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Cheyenne County
Joan Liljegren
Liljegren
E. K. Yanney
Yanney
Sidney
Don Dey Ermand
Dalton
Dey Ermand
Nebraska Federation of Postoffice Clerks Officers Elected
Floyd Varn of Elgin was elevated to president of the Nebraska Federation of Postoffice Clerks. Five vice-presidents moved up one step in line, led by William Nuckolls and Neil Loar. Harold Kieselhorst of Sidney became the fifth vice-president. Farninand Nuss of Lincoln was elected sixth vice-president. Mrs. Varn was elected auxiliary president, with Mrs. Loar as first vice president and Mrs. Kieselhorst named secretary-treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearney
Floyd Varn
Elgin
Nebraska Federation of Postoffice Clerks
William Nuckolls
Omaha
Neil Loar
Holdrege
Joe Steifater
Beatrice
Bernard Armitage
Harold Kieselhorst
Sidney
Farninand Nuss
Lincoln
Varn
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CAB
Dan
Rupert
Shepard
Los Angeles
Alan B. Shepard
Los Angeles International Airport
Donald Slayton
Air Force
Ment
Buddy
Morrill County
Air Line Service
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