Winter wheat in Nebraska shows later germination improving
The Nebraska Grain Improvement Association reports spotty winter wheat emergence after fall seeding in parts of Nebraska. Poor moisture and cool weather delayed germination, but recent warm conditions have helped later emerging plants. Field variability tied to seedbed quality and erosion. overall, about three quarters of nearly 100 surveyed fields show good stands while ten percent are poor.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Nebraska Grain Improvement Association
Duane Foote
NGIA
Foote
Weather Panhandle Forecast With Cloudiness and Snow
Panhandle forecast calls for considerable cloudiness this after noon tonight and Thursday with a chance of light rain and snow. Highs 50 to 60 this afternoon, 40s Thursday. tonight lows 25 to 35. Precipitation chances near zero this afternoon, 20 percent tonight and Thursday. Five day outlook shows average temperatures five degrees below normal through Monday with mostly small daily changes. highs in the 40s, lows 25 to 35, and a chance for a few light showers at the period’s start.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
United Fund Nears 1970 Goal in Sidney Drive
The Sidney United Fund Drive stands $2,886 short of the 1970 goal of 12,200. Treasurer Mrs. J. D. Olinger reports 9,144.21 deposited. The blue and white United Fund trailer will be closed this week as final cleanup by volunteers from other locations proceeds. An anonymous donor sent a dollar with a note urging support to snow Benny Hochman and the volunteers. Hochman serves as general chairman.
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Sidney United Fund
J. D. Olinger
United Fund
Benny Hochman
Hochman
Nebraska Wesleyan President To Visit Sidney Sunday
Dr. Vance D. Rogers president of Nebraska Wesleyan University will be at the First United Methodist Church in Sidney this Sunday from 3 to 7 pm to discuss the university with alumni parents friends students and prospective students. He will be joined by Jess Weyand and Rusty Sesxon. Special invitations target area high school juniors and seniors Wesleyan graduates and parents of current students A supper will follow the program.
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Vance D. Rogers
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Lincoln
First United Methodist Church
Sidney
Jess Weyand
Rusty Sesxon
Wesleyan
Part Time Jobs Need Is Listed
A plea to area employers to list part time jobs with the Sidney employment office was issued by Francis R. Hiner. Vo-Tech students seek after school and weekend work to fund their schooling, with 55 percent of job seekers being women and 15 percent veterans.
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Francis R. Hiner
Sidney
Vo-Tech
Hiner
Banner
Cheyenne
Devel
Kimball
Five Millionth Dollar Savings For Sidney Assn
The Sidney Federal Savings and Loan Assn celebrated its 71st year by depositing the five millionth dollar of savings with the association. Mrs. Harold W. Hyde received a portable TV set as the prize, as Dr. George H. Thompson, president of the board, looked on.
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Sidney
Hyde
George H. Thompson
Association
Goodwin Brumfield Added As Sidney National VP's
Promotions were authorized Monday by The Sidney National Bank board adding two vice presidents Francis L. Goodwin Jr and James Brumfield. Goodwin a twelve year bank director and WWII Korea veteran becomes VP and agricultural representative while Brumfield cashier since 1966 is named VP and cashier.
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Sidney National Bank
Francis L. Goodwin, Jr
James Brumfield
Goodwin
Sidney
Korea
Joanne
Lee
Gayle
Bob
Brumfield
Bank
Sidney High School
Colorado School of Banking
Jeanette
Tami
Leigh Ann
Robert C. Conrad
Sidney National
Turkeys in Nebraska Free of Pesticide Detections
Nebraska extension poultryman Dr Earl Gleaves says turkeys grown in the state show no pesticide residues despite U S inspectors planning intensified checks after heptachlor traces were found in Arkansas birds. He notes tolerances exist for small pesticide amounts in produce and that grocery store birds would have been removed if contaminated.
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Lincoln
Man arraigned in Neb for transporting stolen car
Edward A. McDonald of Gardena California was arraigned before U S Commissioner James Macken in Gering on a charge of transporting a stolen car from Hawthorne California to Colton Nebraska. He was arrested on the FBI complaint filed by Robert D. Kinsey of Scottsbluff. Bond set at 2000 dollars. he will appear in U S District Court in Lincoln.
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Edward A. McDonald
Gardena
Calif
U. S
James Macken
Gering
Hawthorne
Colton
Neb
McDonald
Robert D. Kinsey
Scottsbluff
FBI
U.S. District Court
Lincoln
K N Record Revenues Reach 54 Million Nine Months
Hastings Nebraska National Gas Co reports record operating revenues of 54,304,981 for the nine months ended Sept 30, up 19 percent from 45,438,151 a year ago. Net income rose to 4,276,101 from 4,040,853, with earnings per share at 1.39 on 2,864,729 shares versus 1.33 on 2,897,121 shares in 1968.
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Hastings
Three State Areas Open For Harvest Of Christmas Trees
Nebraska National Forest opens three divisions for cutting live Christmas trees. Pine Ridge south of Chadron offers free ponderosa pine from Nov 15 to Dec 23 with maps and permits from Wallace Chesbro. four opening hours daily for Bessey near Halsey and Niobrara south of Nenzel run Dec 1 through Dec 23, with a $1.50 per tree fee and a limit of five trees per person.
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Bessey
Pine Ridge
Niobrara
Nebraska National Forest
Chadron
Wallace Chesbro
Pine St
Bessey Division
Halsey
Nenzel
Dan C. Heinz
Bessey and Niobrara
Heinz
Youth Camp Near Goal As Banks Contribute
Extension Agent Ivan Liljegren reports Cheyenne County banks and The Sidney Federal Savings and Loan have contributed to a city youth camp project in Sidney. With several large gifts totaling near 5000 dollars, fundraising continues ahead of a Thursday meeting as plans for a multi-use camp east of the city park advance with city and Ak-Sar-Ben matching funds. The camp aims to host 4 H groups and adult meetings, drawing regional youth crowds and traffic to Sidney in the coming camping season. Ed Cole of the Chamber aided the drive. an architect is preparing preliminary designs for an A frame style complex to be finalized later.
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Cheyenne County
Sidney Federal Savings and Loan Assn
Sidney
Ivan Liljegren
Liljegren
Sidney National
American National
Potter State Bank of
Potter
Dalton State Bank
First State Bank of
Lodgepole
The
Savings and Loan Association
Ak-Sar-Ben
Panhandle
Cheyenne County Financial Institutions
Ed Cole
Cheyenne
C Of C Nominees Are Announced for Next Year Election
Nominees for the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce board were named from Sidney and outlying towns. Longtime president E K Yanney will serve as immediate past president representing Lodgepole. Ballots go out December 2 and must be returned by December 10. The bulletin urges delinquent 1969 dues and notes a Christmas window display project sponsored by the ladies division with cash prizes.
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Cheyenne
Lloyd Carr
Jack Headley
Robert Conrad
Chamber
Russ Fisher
C of C
Western Outlook in Paper Friday feature excerpt
The November issue of Western Outlook, part of The Sidney Telegraph, headlines three Cheyenne County articles about the Brazil trip by Mr. and Mrs. Ted Egging, The Chicken House industry on the former Sioux Army Depot site, and the growth of Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School. It also highlights a Kimball game farm with 35 bird species, a Mullen couple funding education via a farm, winter landscape photos by Ed Sykes, two dog trainers traveling coast to coast, and a Perkins County country church cover image. The publication reaches over 40 thousand Nebraskans and northeastern Colorado readers monthly, now totaling about 130 thousand.
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Western Outlook
Sidney
Nebraska
Colorado
Cheyenne County
Brazil
Ted Egging
Gurley
Sioux
Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School
Kimball
Mullen
Kearney State College
Outlook
Ed Sykes
Perkins County
West
Is the Sidney grade system headed for change
Sidney public schools explore continuous education as a possible shift from fixed yearly grades. Board members have studied Denver and Lincoln implementations and expect state officials to review local potential. Proponents argue early advantages for accelerated students but no formal plan is yet set.
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Sidney Public Schools
Board of Education
Denver
Lincoln
State Board of Education
Sidney
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