Wheatbelt hosts five Brazilian engineers on rural electrification tour
Five Brazilian engineers and translator Rom Chagas, part of an Agency for International Development program with the National Rural Electrical Association, visit Wheatbelt Public Power District counties touring substations farms and meeting local clubs to study U S methods for electrification and workforce development. They plan further visits to Tennessee Valley Authority and other sites while staying at the Ham residence.
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Rom Chagas
Agency For International Development Escort
Wheatbelt
National
Rural Electric Association
International Development Agency
United States
Brazil
Charles Ham
Sidney
Sidney Lions
Sidney Rotary Clubs
Ham
Washington D.C
Nebraska
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Wisconsin
Chicago
Ohio
Nebraska’s Farm Machinery Stock Totals Revealed
Big Business Equipment for Nebraska agriculture lists 193000 tractors 106000 automobiles 97000 motor trucks 57000 corn pickers and picker-shellers 50000 combines 14000 forage harvesters 31000 irrigation pumps 20000 grain driers 22000 pickup balers in a detailed inventory reflecting state farming capacity.
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Nebraska
Farm Union Favors More Oiled Roads In Gurley
Gurley local Farmers Union advocates for more oiled roads in Cheyenne County and opposes an income tax ban. They oppose revenue bonds for highway construction and back a farm loss deduction cap of 15 000 from non farm income. They call for two years of grain reserves to boost wheat prices and support abolishing the ten percent override on beef with import limits at the basic quota.
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Gurley
of Farmers Union
Cheyenne
Farm Union
Willis King Hurt In Electric Department Accident
Willis King supervisor of the city electric department was injured around 9 45 am today at 19th and Illinois during voltage regulator installation. A five pound hook device broke, striking his face and head and knocking the regulator to the ground. He was hospitalized with facial lacerations and a skull injury. he remains in hospital. City Manager John Baudek said he was not struck by the regulator itself.
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City Electric Department
Willis King
19Th
Ilinois
King
John Baudek
Baudek
Bennett to join CSU News Bureau in Fort Collins
Mr and Mrs Gary Bennett and Brian travel Thursday to Fort Collins to start a new home. Bennett, former news editor of The Sidney Telegraph, will join Colorado State University News Bureau. He is CSU graduate and active in the Sidney Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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Gary Bennett
Brian
Fort Collins
Bennett
Sidney Telegraph
News Bureau
Colorado State University
CSU
Sidney
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Kiwanians Seek Names Of Viet Service Forces
Sidney Kiwanis Club asks Cheyenne County residents to report any local service members in Vietnam for Christmas package shipments. Names should be sent to Dr. John Platz, Box 198, Sidney, Nebraska, by Monday November 4, as the group funds the effort with an apple sale.
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Cheyenne County
Vietnam
Sidney Kiwanis Club
Kiwanians
John Platz
Sidney
Nebraska
Frontier cancels Omaha leg of Sidney flight
The Sidney-Omaha Frontier air route is dropped under new schedules causing disappointment in Sidney. Editor Jack H. Lowe of The Sidney Telegraph says locals will face longer trips via Denver or detour to Scottsbluff, and warns the city risks losing air service amid Frontier financial difficulties.
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Sidney
Air Service
Frontier
Frontier Service
Hunters Urged to Buy Nebraska Upland Bird Stamp
Nebraska pheasant season opens Saturday morning with conservation officers reminding hunters to carry the upland bird stamp and a Nebraska hunting license. Shooting from the road is illegal and guns must be unloaded in vehicles. The pheasant population is spotty in this area, with farmers noting a few locales harmed by hail storms.
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Nebraska
Cheyenne
Contract Signed To Develop Industry At Former Army Depot
A public luncheon announced a pact between Sioux Warehousing and Industrial Sites and Applied Scientific Knowledge to promote and develop warehousing and industry at the former Sioux Army Depot. The agreement, valued in the thousands, aims to attract significant industrial additions within a year, boost population and payroll, and coordinate local chamber and business efforts for regional growth.
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Sioux Army
Army
Applied Scientific Knowledge
Chateau
Alex Booras
ASK
Whis
Edward Narjes
Sidney
Narjes
The
For
Mer
Booras
Cheyenne County
Charles Ham
Wheatbelt Public Power District
Wheatbelt
John Gottschalk
Sidney Telegraph
Chief Bauer Named VP of Police Group
Sidney Chief of Police Roy Bauer was elected Tuesday as vice president of the Nebraska Police Officers Association at Falls City. Willis received a board service award as Bauer noted the 1300 member group. Other leaders named include Vern D. Fairchild of Wayne and Joseph T. Carroll of Lincoln.
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Sidney
Roy Bauer
Nebraska Police Officers Association
Falls City
Neb
Bauer
Sol Willis
Willis
Vern D. Fairchild
Wayne
Joseph T. Carroll
Lincoln
Ted Richling
Omaha
United States
Duane Earle Pope
al Moust
Richardson
FBI
Windows and plate thefts reported after Monday
Two windows were reported broken since Monday and a license plate missing. St Patrick s Academy reported a rock was thrown through a window. Frank Oliverius of 1401 Quince in Sidney told police Tuesday that the rear window of his pickup was broken out at his home.
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St. Patrick’s Academy
Frank Oliverius
Quince
Sidney
Cheyenne County Votes Count Looms in Off Year Election
County Clerk Ralph Englert predicts about 4,600 votes in Cheyenne County for the November 95 election. Races include a new county commissioner between Paul Huff and Muriel R. Crosby, and board seats for Wheat Belt Public Power District and Soil and Water Conservation. Unit 19 educational board turnout could be high, with two candidates Robert Gordon Reed and Duane E. Kahl. Nebraska income tax on the ballot may boost participation.
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Ralph Englert
Cheyenne County
Englert
Associated Press
United Press- International
Election Board
Cheyenne
Paul Huff
Muriel R. Crosby
Sydney G Finch
Earl H. Gell
Theodore R. Houser
Board of
Wheat Belt Public Power District
Cheyenne County Soil and Water Conservation District
Edward Sanders
Clifford Herboldsheimer
Wendel W. Mathewson
Joe
S. Policky
Ed Block
Arlo Jones
Educational Service Unit No. 19
Robert Gordon Reed
Potter
Duane E. Kahl
Robert L. Clark
Sidney
George H. Fleming
Cheyenne County Weed Control Authority
Jack W. McVicker
Charles R. Mayer
Virgil C. Walters
Robert Lafler
Nebraska
Lodgepole
Third Golden Gift Drawing This Saturday
The third Golden Gift Drawing in 1968 offers $3,000 in script money redeemable at Cheyenne County businesses. First prize is $100 this week, nine more tickets receive $10 each. later draws raise prizes weekly through December 20. Tickets must be deposited by 4 p.m. Friday at designated locations. draws occur Friday afternoon and results posted Saturday.
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Cheyenne County
Golden Containers
Dlinois
Decker’s
Jones Center
Wheatbelt Meeting at Lodgepole November 2
The Wheatbelt Public Power District will hold its annual meeting Saturday November 2 at the Lodgepole Legion Hall starting at 6 30 PM A chuck wagon dinner will be served and Panhandle Fidlers will entertain President Wayne Bond will report after Manager Charles Ham and Dr Donald Co Clifton Vice President of King s Food Host USA and professor at University of Nebraska will be principal speaker The meeting will show another year of progress with Wheatbelt assets valued at 4135547 84 The report booklet will detail services capital for expansion and improvements
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Wheatbelt
Clifton
King’s Food Host, USA
Lincoln
Nebraska
University of Nebraska
Nebraska Human Resources Research Foundation, Inc
Daily Nebraskan
Cooperative Extension Service
Northeast Lincoln Rotary Club
Panhandle Weather Forecast Update
Fair and mild this afternoon and tonight in the Panhandle. Thursday turns partly cloudy and colder with Westerly winds 10 to 15 mph. Today's high near 80, tonight's low 35 to 45, Thursday high about 60, rain chances under 5 percent. Five day outlook shows temperatures 2 to 5 degrees above normal, highs near 60, lows near 30, with little precipitation.
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Panhandle
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