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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1968
Page
1
Cheyenne County dedicates its new court house with speeches and band concerts. P. J. Heaton Sr. is main speaker, joined by Albert A. Fenske and commissioners William Smith and Doug Boyd near the cornerstone saved from the old building. Telegraph Photo.
Cheyenne County launches the 1968 Golden Gift Days with 74 participating stores. Over $3,000 in prizes will be awarded weekly through ticket drawings at the Chamber office, with tickets deposited in yellow containers for eligibility and winners posted the next day.
Fair and mild this afternoon with partly cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday. A few rain showers are possible tonight and Tuesday, cooler Tuesday. Highs in the 70s today, near 40 tonight, and in the 60s Tuesday. Rain chances under 5 percent this afternoon, 10 percent tonight and Tuesday. Temperatures Tuesday through Saturday expected 2 to 9 degrees below normal, warmer after midweek, turning colder late week.
Cheyenne County’s new courthouse was officially dedicated after a morning open house and tours. Pat Heaton of Sidney delivered the main address stressing the courthouse as a symbol of democracy the rule of law and government serving people.
The League of Nebraska Municipalities urged retail communities not to accept the Kansas Nebraska Gas rate rise without an independent study. Kenneth Bowen said the increase may be justified but officials must have facts. He plans area meetings to consider hiring a consulting engineer and share costs.
Paul C. Collart of Topeka Kansas a pioneer of western Nebraska is compiling memoirs recounting life on the plains and in the hills of the southern Nebraska Panhandle during the 1880s 1890s and into the 1900s He plans to have the manuscript recorded and copyrighted to prevent unauthorized quotations The 84 year old former county commissioner and first living charter member of the Farmers Co-Op at Gurley is preparing a manuscript of twenty to thirty typewritten pages covering his experiences in farming ranching round ups and trail drives while visiting old friends and scenes before returning home
An aggressive oil exploration plan by Denver’s K & M Associates targets nine wells in late 1968 and up to fifty more in 1969 across five Nebraska counties Kimball Banner Scotts Bluff Red Willow and Lincoln plus three Colorado sites in Logan County.
The Cheyenne County branch of the National Farmers Organization will hold a meeting in Lorenzo Tuesday night at eight. All members and interested persons are invited to attend.
Nebraska weather review shows Panhandle leads in rainfall through August with 14.42 inches or 114 percent of normal. Northeast Nebraska had its driest growing season since 1956 while Southwest limited by 1960 levels. other regions ranged from 88 to 111 percent of normal. September boosted eastern Nebraska. Panhandle and Southwest remained dry early October ended with ample moisture.
Registration data from eleven Panhandle Nebraska counties show a strong Republican edge led by Dawes and Scotts Bluff, with Cheyenne and surrounding counties voting heavily R. Republicans total about 336,000 to 297,000 Democrats, plus independents and others.
Sanford Butcher, 1916 2nd, Sioux Villa, won ten dollars in The Sidney Telegraph football score guessing contest. He missed five games but was closest on the tie breaker by picking Kansas over Nebraska 21-20. actual score 23-13. Entries closing Friday.
Eastbound I-80 on the Nebraska section from Big Springs to Omaha is a finished concrete ribbon with the last gap between Roscoe and Paxton closed last Wednesday. The remaining unpaved portion is the westbound lane Paxton to Roscoe, about twelve miles, expected to finish this fall. Traffic will enter I-80 at Paxton and exit at Sutherland while openings are planned before year end and by 1969 end a link from Chappell to Omaha is anticipated.
The Governor's Study and Implementation Committee on Mental Retardation will host a town forum in Scottsbluff on October 17 at 7 30 p m in the Scottsbluff Junior High auditorium. The meeting explains the study and recommendations for Nebraska's mentally retarded programs voiced by committee chairman Mrs Al Kaplan.
Ten members of a Wheat Team from Turkey toured the High Plains Agricultural Laboratory at Sidney on Monday morning. The group, part of a cooperative program on American agricultural practices, aims to learn about wheat production and moisture conservation. They plan further visits to the University of Nebraska and North Platte.
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