Wages Rise More Than Costs in Cheyenne County 80th Month
The 80 month economic expansion lifts local per capita income 42.2 percent versus 29.3 percent nationally and 34.9 percent in the West North Central region while costs rise about 10 percent. A single worker now earns enough after 64 minutes to buy a carton of cigarettes and after 82 minutes a pair of cotton work pants, reflecting improved purchasing power since early 1961.
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Cheyenne County
Department of Labor
Tax Foundation
United States
North Central States
Willis Edmund To Address Nebraska State Wheat Show
Willis Edmund, former Goodyear executive and veteran in human relations, will speak at the Amesa Wheat Show on November 2. He travels about 70,000 miles yearly and makes over 150 appearances, with past roles in municipal government and education. The Nebraska Grain Improvement Association sponsors the event, featuring about 400 samples of wheat barley grain sorghum oats rye and soybean.
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Willis Edmund
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Edmund
Goodyear
Virginia
New Jersey
Ohio
National Industrial Recreation Association
Kiwanis International
Nebraska Grain Improvement Association
Duane Foote
Chappell Residents Injured In Highway 30 Crash
Two Chappell Nebraska residents are treated at Memorial Hospital after a car rear ended a stalled Consoli dated Freightways trailer on Highway 30 near Sidney. Orville Farrell and Beverly Week were severely cut but survived. A second unrelated crash near Sidney involved John Fickenscher with no injuries. A Wheat Show 4-H and FFA crops contest will feature seed analysis grain grading and weed seed ID with separate men and women programs and a 12:30 luncheon by Governor Norbert Tiemann. Awards totaling 24 prizes will be announced by 18 associations and businesses, including the Omaha Chamber of Commerce and Ak-Sar-Ben.
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Chappell
Nebr
Memorial Hospital
Max Ibach
State Patrol
Consolidated Freightways
Dennis R. Montgomery
Racine, Wise
Sidney
Orville Farrell
Beverly Week
Fors Rell
Ibach
John R. Fickenscher
Gurley
FFA
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Elks Auditorium
Howard Becker
Nebraska Consolidated Mills Company
Nebraska
Vo-Tech
Norbert Tiemann
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Nebraska Grain Improvement Association
Ak-Sar-Ben
The
Nebraska Crop Improvement Association
Rites Set For Young Mother Ida Haberkorn
Services for Ida Faye Haberkorn 29 will be held in Sterling Colorado at St Anthony Church with burial at Riverside Cemetery. Rosary at 7 30 p m Wednesday. She died after a heart attack at home near Evergreen. She was a Sidney resident and widow of Alex Haberkorn with two children Timothy Lee 9 and Roberta Ann 5. She was born December 27 1937 in Roscoe Nebraska. Her parents Roy and Mrs Hull of Sidney and brother Francis Hull of Sidney survive her.
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Sterling
Colo
Ida Faye Haberkorn
Evergreen
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
Riverside Cemetery
Radford
St. Anthony’s Church
Sidney
Roy Hull
Timothy Lee
Roberta Ann
Ida Faye Hall
Roscoe
Neb
Alex Haberkorn
Francis Hull
Wheat Averages Lower In Panhandle Survey
Government crop observers report Nebraska 1968 wheat shows limited growth with an average height of 5.1 inches vs 6.1 in five year average. Stands are good to excellent in most areas, with grasshoppers and green bugs noted in parts of the Panhandle and southwest. Soil moisture in top four feet slightly above average. fall reserve 3.93 inches, under last year but above ten year average. Survey covers 177 plots from Oct 16 to Oct 24.
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Lincoln - Government
State
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Panhandle
Maryland Man Charged With Burglary Here
Ronald James Cover 33 of Salisbury MD also known as Francis Joseph Bender is jailed on 15000 bond charged with burglary of the Cedar Lanes bowling alley A patrolman found a tampered door last Thursday night Cover was arrested and a preliminary hearing set for today A search warrant followed for a 1967 Cadillac suspected in transit to San Francisco
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Ronald James Cover
Salisbury
Maryland
Francis Joseph Bender
Cedar Lanes
Sidney
Cover
San Francisco
Hogs Are Low as Heifers Lead At Sidney Sale
Hereford heifers averaged over 24 with 185 head at the Sidney Sales Pavilion on Saturday. Sixty five 520 pound heifers sold at 24.95 cwt while 619 pound heifers brought 23.90 to 24.10. Steer calves and steers 500 to 750 pounds sold from 23.15 to 30.00, plain quality cattle similar, hogs marked the lowest two years with most 200 to 250 pounds at 17 to 17.50 and sows 13.30 to 14.10.
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Sidney Sales
Minor Car Crash in Sidney Causes Minor Damage
Sunday at 1 15 p m two vehicles sustained minor damage in a Sidney accident. Robert R Rauner Jr attempting to pass Donna Fehringer struck the Fehringer car in the left tail light near 13th and Finalis as the Fehringer vehicle stopped for a turning car.
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Robert R. Rauner Jr
Sidney
Donna Fehringer
Fehringer Auto
13Th
Finais
Fehringer
Conservation Task Is A Never Ending One Convention Is Told
The Soil Conservation Society of America meeting in Scottsbluff heard Lionel Harris warn that much work remains in soil conservation. Delegates heard from Dr. C. Evans and Harold Cooper on moisture use and evaporation control in dry land farming. Rev. George L. Davis urged shared responsibility and broader aid beyond material gifts. Awards to the Sidney Telegraph for conservation coverage and to Roy Witschy for film work were announced, with a Dec 7 premier of Nebraska, Land of Grass in Scottsbluff.
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THE
Soil, Conservation Society of America
Sidney Telegraph
John Gottschalk
Telegraph
Ivan Griffith
Soil Conservation Service
Pridgeport
Bob Boecking
Nebraska Panhandle
Ottshlurf
Scottsbluff
Soil Conservation Society of America
Lionel Harris
Scotts Bluff
C. A. Thomas
H. Wayne Pritchard
SCSA
Harris
C. &. Evans
Northern Plains Branch
Soil and Water Research Division
Agricultural Research Service
Fort Collins
Colo
Harold W. Cooper
Casper
George L. Davis
First Methodist
Torrington
Wyo
Scotts Bluff Country Club
Gesing Valley
Cheyenne County Soil and Conservation District
Roy Witschy
Nebraska
Land of Grass
Gering Valley
Wjag Radio
Norfolk
Gene O’donnell
Ainsworth
M. Donald Atkins
Lincoln
Arnold Heerwagen
Pierce County Leader
Pierce
Frank J. Dragoon
Hastings
Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star
NFO Rally Planned in Sidney With 800 to 1000 Expected
An NFO rally in Sidney Wednesday evening expects 800 to 1000 attendees at the National Guard Armory from 7 01 p m. The meeting aims to inform farmers about the National Farmers Organization programs. Discussions include grain banks and withholding, tied to the theme No price No Production. Erhart Pfingston, national vice president, will speak. Sidney Chamber manager Ed Cole and State Senator Terry Carpenter will also address attendees. Frank Jones, Lodgepole wheat farmer, will MC and encourage membership signups.
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Sidney Wednes
National Farmers Organization
Cheyenne County
National Guard
NFO
Erhart Pfingston
Nebraska
Gage County
Kansas
Iowa
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Ed Cole
Terry Carpenter
Frank Jones
NFC
Grain Bank
Wise To The Ways Of The Courtrooms
Camiel Peters 93rd arrest avoids jail by paying an $18 intoxication fine in Cheyenne County Court. Sheriff Brumbaugh sought an FBI file detailing nine offenses since 1939, spanning across the country. Peters asked to be released early to hitchhike to Omaha, claiming charity to Father Flannigan Boys Town.
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Camiel Peters
Cheyenne
Kermit Brumbaugh
FBI
Sydney Finch
Father Flannigan
Omaha
Stolen Auto Parts And Purses Reported Over Weekend
Police report three thefts over the weekend in Sidney. A 1956 Chevrolet at Vo-Tech School had a stolen 4 speed Hurst transmission a Borg Warner T 10 shifted lever and drive shaft. Two purses were taken from cars and four hub caps were stolen from 1956 Chevrolet and a 1965 Dodge truck. A warehouse break in at Born's Skelly Service yielded only fireworks missing.
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Sidney
Gary James
Vo-Tech
Born
Skelly
19Th
Illinois
Nancy Ballard
Dude’s Steak House
John Bratton
Elm
Cedar Lanes Bowling Alley
Frank Hand
Charlotte Drive
Panhandle Weather Forecast: Fair and Warmer Into Tuesday
The Panhandle expects fair skies and rising temperatures tonight and Tuesday with lows 25 to 35 and highs near 60. Precipitation chance stays under five percent. The five day outlook shows a few degrees above normal averages with frequent changes and possible light rain or snow showers midweek. highs around 60 and lows 25 to 35.
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Panhandle
Red And Green Tag Project Highlights Sidney Teens Protests
The Sidney Youth Council, funding a red and green tag survey, labeled sixteen town sites by impact. Eight received green tags praise for safety and benefit, while eight earned red tags for being eyesores or health risks, including roads, a fence, and a car bridge near the fair grounds.
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Sidney
Burlington Railroad
Legion
Nebraska Begins Driver Tests After November First
After November 1 applicants for drivers licenses must pass a driver's test. Nebraska advises county treasurers to withhold renewals unless proof of test passage is shown.
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Nebraska
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Soil Conservation Award
Association
United Way
Business Institute of Sidney Womens
Fort Sidney
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Youth Council
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