Grazing Association Seeks Sioux Depot Land via Ag Department
The Omaha World Herald reports approximately 16 000 acres at Sioux Army Depot may be transferred to the Department of Agriculture through the Farmers Home Administration and Sioux Grazing Association. Sidney plans bids from five groups and about 20 individuals for depot land with bids within 10 percent of appraised value.
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Washington
Omaha World Herald
Sioux Army Depot
Sioux Grazing Assn
Department of Agriculture
Dispatch
Sidney
Sioux
Grazing Association
World Herald
Farmers Home Administration
Bureau of the Budget
FHA
Sioux Grazing Association
GSA
State of Nebraska
Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School
University of Nebraska
George Felsch
Felsch
Sam Parker
George Harrop
Roy Greenlee 70 Dies. Rites Friday in Sidney
Roy E. Greenlee 70, longtime Sidney merchant and community leader, died Tuesday in La Jolla California after surgery. Funeral services are Friday at 10 a.m. at Christ Episcopal Church with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. pallbearers named. He was a WWI veteran and held several local offices. Surviving are two sisters and a sister-in-law in Sidney. Memorials suggested to Christ Episcopal Church or Memorial Hospital Home.
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Roy E. Greenlee
Nebraska
la Jolla
Calif
Scripps Memorial Hospital
Christ Episcopal Church
Greenlee
Max Kors
Greenwood Cemetery
Craig-Holeciek
Wesley Jensen
Jerome Buehrer
Wesley Nelson
Elvin Kahl
Merlin Gish
Michael Hardy
Mr. Greenlee
Sidney
A. K. Greenlee
University of Nebraska
Greenlees’ Inc
Albert
Frank Welch Lodge No
Af&am
Rotary Club
Memorial Hospital and Home
Cheyenne County Historical Assn
Sidney Federal Savings and Loan Assn
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Western
Greenlee and Benson
Sidney Mercantile Co
Roy Greenlee
Martha Jones
Prescott
Ariz
Catherine Greenlee
Seattle
Nina Greenlee
Albert Greenlee
Meemorial Hospital
Students Qualify For VoTech Loan At Sidney School
Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School at Sidney qualifies for United Student Aid Fund loans. The plan, sponsored by the Federal government and underwritten by the government, allows loans of 1000 to 1500 for six quarter courses. Repayment begins after the tenth month and runs 25 to 100 monthly. Students should contact the school for loan forms.
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Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School
Sidney
United Student Aid Fund
Merle Rudebusch
Trail Ride Plans To Be Completed
The Cheyenne County Centennial Celebration committee will finalize plans for the Sidney Deadwood Trail Ride set for next August. A meeting is scheduled in Sidney on Thursday June 1 at 11 a.m. in the Shelter Room of the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel. Chairman Merle Bobo notes 63 inquiries from 18 states.
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Sidney-Deadwood
Sidney
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Merle Bobo
Cheyenne County
Potter Rodeo Returns For 14th Year In Potter
The Potter Rodeo roars back June 3 and 4 with R C A approval. Events include five rodeo contests plus a jackpot team roping, girl’s barrel races, and a Saturday night Legion Hall dance with Dalton Fuller’s band. Summit Rodeo Company supplies stock. Hadley Barrett announces.
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Potter
Rodeo Cowboy’s Association
R. C.A
Potter Legion Hall
Dalton Fuller
Ogallala
Hadley Barrett
Summit Rodeo Company
Two Kimball Men Die In Colorado Collision
Two Kimball men were killed in a county road crash near New Raymer in northeast Colorado Monday night. The Colorado State Patrol identified the victims as Lawrence C. Warrington, 31, and Raymond D. Miller, 57.
Mrs. Leo Zwickl Rites Thursday
Mrs. Leo Zwickl of Sidney 50 died at Memorial Hospital after being taken there. Born Sept 9 1916 in Sidney she was a life long resident except four years in Kimball. Survived by husband Leo son Michael three brothers and three sisters. Funeral Thursday at St Patrick’s with burial in Greenwood. heart fund memorial requested.
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Josie Mae
Leo) Zwickl
Sidney
Memorial Hospital
Kimball
James
Susan Elser Irwin
Zwickl
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Vincent J. Pelster
Greenwood Cemetery
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Leo J. Zwickl
Scottsbluff
Neb
Leo
Michael
University of Wyoming
Sam
Robert Irwin
Fred
Ethel Irwin
Omaha
Dorothy Theis
Wheat crop in southern Nebraska shows strong recovery after freezes
Weather and moisture have revived most winter wheat in the southern Panhandle Nebr. Despite late April and early May freezes, experts expect only light if any damage. Government observers note potential record yields if June storms and pests stay away. Corwin Mead reports varied regional impact but widespread recovery and optimism for 10-15 bushels per acre even in poorer fields.
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Panhandle
Nebraska
Concensus
Howver
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Cheyenne County
Corwin Mead
Mr. Mead
Huntsman
Gurley
Dalton
Mead
Irrigation Hike Urged At Wheat Belt Meeting
Farmers and others in the region are invited to a 7 30 pm meeting at the 4 H building fairgrounds sponsored by Wheat belt Public Power District The district seeks more irrigation drilling especially on the tablelands and will offer financial help to secure sufficient water Funds already raised plus Wheat belt support could fund sizable drilling programs in the coming months Drilling tests on the table lands will be reported at the gathering
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Fairgrounds
Wheatbelt Public Power District
Wheatbelt
Tablelands
Fort Robinson to Add Attractions for Summer Season
Fort Robinson State Park plans a busy summer with a new playhouse to host Chadron State College students twice weekly during the CSC theater session June 5 to July 7. A Crazy Horse pageant reenactment may occur this year along with a put and take trout stream on Soldier Creek at the James Ranch.
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Crazy Horse
Kurtz
Soldier Creek
James Ranch
Boys Dominate Scholastic Honors in Western Nebraska 1967
In 1967 western Nebraska high schools report a record run of top graduates led by boys. Kimball, Sidney, Lodgepole, Gurley, Potter, Lorenzo and Dix list male valedictorians or salutatorians, with several three way ties and strong athletics on many campuses.
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Nebraska
Panhandle
New Nebraska
Kimball High School
Steve Fritzler
Richard Long
Jim Volkmer
Dan Hafeman
Sidney High School
Tom Edwards
Lodgepole
Reid
Bond
Greg Kehl
Kehl
Kearney
Gurley
van Lessig
Bebe Block
Rick Ludeman
Cary Spencer
Potter
Lorenzo
Gale Raddatz
Joan
Dix High School
Kenneth Johnson
Peetz
Eelan Green
Goose and Wheat Mystery Surfaces From Prairie Tale
A reprinted tale from Belleville recounts a Cuba Kansas man finding wheat grains in a goose’s craw. Planting the grains yielded large harvests described by Fred Prymek, who calls it gray mummy wheat and speculates on ancient Egyptian origins while government inquiries probe the source.
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Fred Prymek
Cuba
Canada
Mr. Prymek
Prymek
Kansas State University
Egypt
Roberts to Succeed Rhodes as Oil and Gas Board Director
Paul Roberts a staff petroleum engineer with the Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission since 1960 was named commission director effective June 10. He will replace H N Rhodes who resigned to enter private industry in Kansas City Mo. Roberts a Nebraska native and Albion High School graduate holds a BS from Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy. He previously worked for Halliburton. The commission announced the appointment after its Sid ney meeting. The panel also approved Marathon Oil Cls water flooding at Graff Field Cheyenne County near Dalton and set a ten acre spacing ruling for drilling in Barada Field Richardson County Nebraska.
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Paul Roberts
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
H. N. Rhodes
Kansas City
Mr. Roberts
Albion High School
Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy
Commission
Halliburton Co
Roberts
Sidney
Marathon Oil Co
Graff
Cheyenne County
Dalton
Barada
Richardson County
Nebraska
93 Degree High Listed Tuesday
The article notes a high of 93 degrees in Sidney on Tuesday reported by Sam Countryman, with a sequence of daily temps from 36 to 74 Sunday and rising to 86 on Monday and 88 on Tuesday, while rainfall reports emerged from Sterling and Peetz areas.
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Federal Aviation Agency Flight Service
Sam Countryman
Sidney
Sterling
Peetz
Panhandle Outlook Partly Cloudy With Thunder Showers
Partly cloudy conditions continue this afternoon and tonight with scattered thundershowers. Southerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Cooler Thursday with highs 70 to 80 and lows 45 to 55. Rain chances 20 percent today and tonight, 40 percent Thursday, and cooler with showers into the weekend. Temperatures through Monday expected 2 to 9 degrees below normal.
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Panhandle
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Grazing Assn
Sioux Depot
Ag Department
Rites
Leo Zwickl
Ft. Rob
Belleville, Kan
Sidney Telegraph
Walter F. Marhenke
Marhenke
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