Bean Marketing Setup Tests Farmer Price Control
USBMA forms in 1969 to test orderly marketing of western pinto and Great Northern beans. Growers in Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska pool crops, storage and receiving stations, and deferred payments aim to stabilize prices and empower farmers to control their economic destiny.
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Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
United States Bean Marketing Association
USBMA
Hill Abbott
Wiggins
Torrington
Brush
Abbott
Association
Keenesburg
Sidney
Sidney Army Depot
Sidney Warehouse and Industrial Sites, Inc
GWIS
United States
SWIS
USEMA
Northport
Lyman
Gering
Mitchell
Johnstown
Wellington
Lavelle Thornton
Enrollment Figures For Sidney Schools Revealed
Sidney Public Schools total 1,874 students and St Patrick’s Catholic schools 293. Public system totals show South Elementary 361 North 328 Central 281 970 elementary. Junior High 463 and Senior High 441 total 904 secondary. St Pat’s Junior High and Senior High 140 and Elementary 153.
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Sidney
Sidney Public Schools
St. Patrick’s Catholic Schools
M. Renee Fehringer
St. Pat’s
Shirley Ann
Chas Lessman Rites Held At Gurley Church
Funeral services for Charles H. Lessman 89 a Dalton area farmer were held at Salem Lutheran Church Gurley under Rev Bruce Lakamp with burial in Dalton Cemetery. Survivors include five sons three daughters and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Salem Lutheran Church of Gurley
Dalton
Charles H. Lessman
Memorial Hospital
Memorial Rest Home
Bruce Lakamp
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Delbert Lessman
Werdell Lessman
LaMond Lessman
Duane Mosel
Ronald Rehmer
Lonnie Lessman
Oscar Aurich
Arthur Draper
Frank Frauendorfer
Henry Horst
Ernest Baack
Salem Lutheran Church
Charles Henry Lessman
Quincy
Ill
Henry
Sophia Voight Lessman
Wayne
Neb
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Wakefield
Frieda Lilje
Raymond
Harold
LeRoy
Edward Lessman
Evelyn Aurich
Alvin
Broadwater
Verna Rehmer
LaVern Moses
Gurley
Herbert
Des Moines
Iowa
Paulet Wakefield
Panhandle Weather Forecast Outlook
Fair this afternoon and tonight. Cloudy and cooler with a few showers Thursday afternoon. Southeasterly winds 15 to 25 mph this afternoon. Highs near 90, tonight's low 50 to 60, Thursday high about 80. Rain chances near zero this afternoon and tonight, 20 percent Thursday.
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Panhandle
Labor Day weekend cyclist crashes injure four in Nebraska
Four bicycle accidents over Labor Day weekend in Nebraska left two riders hospitalized and one driver facing possible charges. The incidents near Sidney involved a Gurley man turning left at Highway 385 junction, a southeast Sidney road ditch exit, a “dead man's curve” crash injuring Mae Buttle, and a Highway 30 collision where riders Braden and Silva were badly injured. All riders wore helmets and leather gear aided by hospital care.
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John Trenerry
Nebraska State Patrol
Gurley
Robert H. Bahl
Sidney
Tre=berry
Steven C. Adams
Mae Buttle
Crook
Colo
James A. Overman
George R. Braden
Sacramento
Calif
Braden
Donna Silva
Citrus Heights
Memorial Hospital
Miss Silva
Trenerry
Sidney Golfers Compete At Sterling Labor Day Tourney
In Sterling Colorado the 46th Labor Day Golf Tournament drew 188 players. Sidney golfers Ric Ladine posted 72 82 62 for 236, Tom Wilson 73 78 85 for 236, tying for 21st in the championship flight, while Kyle Mines carded 76 81 71 for 228 to finish fifth in the first flight. Bill Rahling of Sterling won the event with 213.
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Sidney
Sterling
Colo
Ric Ladine
Tom Wilson
Kyle Mines
Bill Rahling
Crop Insurance sign up deadline near in Nebraska
Western Nebraska farmers face a Sept 15 deadline to sign up for all risk federal crop insurance on winter wheat. Wilfred R Nelson district director for the federal crop insurance corporation says many farmers are already signed up for the 1970 crop.
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Nebraska
Wilfred R. Nelson
Potter
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Oilmen Split On Gov Plan To Sell Depot Oil Rights
Independent operators fear a high bid could shut them out of a potential oil and gas lease on 2 1/2 sections of old Sioux Army Depot land near Huntsman. USGS confirms moves to auction but jurisdiction over minerals and surface rights remain unsettled. Double M Oil Co. urges smaller parcels to keep independents in the game while the past Texaco bid proved costly.
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Uncle Sam
Sioux Army Depot
Double M., Oil Co
Sidney
United States Geological Survey
Casper
Wyo
Cheyenne County
John Finnegan
USGS
Department of Interior
Bureau of Land Management
United States Army
General Services Administration
Finnegan
Double M Oil Co
George Elwood
Double M
Texaco
Mary Thompson
Huntsman
Ail
Oil rights at Sioux Army Depot may be opened for sale
Reports suggest Uncle Sam plans to auction oil exploration rights on the former Sioux Army Depot property. USGS and GSA dispute whether a title transfer occurred when surplus status was declared. Local officials note the matter has lingered since 1964, with speculation and rumors about selling oil rights amid decades of restricted access.
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Sam
Uncle Sam
GSA
USGA
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Sidney
USGS
Sioux
Funeral Held For Resident Of Rest Home In Nebraska
Robert C. Maguire 88 died Sunday at Memorial Rest Home in Sidney Nebraska. Funeral held Tuesday in Stockville with Craig Holechek Funeral Home in charge. Born December 4, 1880 at Liberty Neb. Survived by daughter Marguerite Glantz Harvard two grandchildren two great grandchildren two sisters Stella Howell Brighton Cole and Mabel Schmidt Denver. Preceded by wife Margaret and one son.
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First United Methodist Church
Viola Benish
Sidney
Sidney McCaig
Greenwood Cemetery
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Miss Benish
Cheyenne County
Marguerite McMillan
Jackson St
Land Bank
McMillan
Don Benish
Albert
Anna Benish
Joe Benish
Potter
Anna Nelson
Stockville
Neb
Robert C. Maguire
Memorial Rest Home
Maguire
Craig- Holechek
Mr. Maguire
Liberty
Marguerite Glantz
Harvard
Stella Howell
Brighton
Cole
Mabel Schmidt
Denver
Margaret
Doran Golf Meet Draws 30 Golfers At Hillside
Thirty entries competed in the Blip Doran Sunrise Golf Tour at Hillside Golf Course. The winning trio of Bob Kallhoff Ray Josten and Ross Barker posted 116 for 36 holes in best ball. Dr C B Dorwart J Becker Joel Birner took second with 117 net. Dean Wilson Bob Conrad Dr Jim Edwards earned third at 121. The event honors Blip Doran, longtime Sidney Country Club member.
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Hillside Golf Course
Carl Faddis
City Golf Pro
Bob Kallhoff
Ray Josten
Ross Barker
Dr. C.B. Dorwart
J.B. Baker
Joel Birner
Dean Wilson
Bob Conrad
Jim Edwards
Sidney Country Club
Blip Doran
Old Settler Parade Lights Lodgepole Celebration
The annual Old Settlers celebration opened with a parade led by the American Legion color guard and the Old Settlers King and Queen Mr and Mrs Henry Peterson of Chappell. Parade chair Dan Markel lists prize winners across multiple divisions including Novelty Artistic Old Time Saddle Club and Kids divisions with numerous families and groups cited for top honors.
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Old Settlers
Mounted American Legion
Henry Peterson
Chappell
Dan Markel
Cub Scouts
Zaleskys
Lions Club
Xi Sigma Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Gerald Wittrock
Old Time Fiddlers
Trailbakzers
Lodgepole
Sidney Wranglers
Bieber
Hollingsworth
Ruby
Rush Creek Ranch
Mary Ann Schwartz
Sidney
Kord Dykman
Rick
Mark Christensen
Dean Bentley
Curt Huff
George Dickinson
Modlin
Marcine Sellers
Grimes Children
Don Flora
Martin Fraass
Kent Sick
Rusty Lee
Mika
Dorman
District 17
Joe Lauder
Tammy Kreider
Charlene Sick
Ted Rentz
Laura Bahr
Joe Humphrey
Sullivan
Greg Markel
Joan Bondegard
Steve Grasz
Nebraska oil permit plans test in Engelland Field
The Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission issued its 16th permit of a busy week for a test in the Engelland Field near U S Route 385 at Huntsman. The No 1 Kettler GW SW Sec 32 15 15 is slated for Howard W Kaler with Braden Gear Drilling Co. as contractor to probe a possible link to the No 1 Thompson discovery west of Huntsman and Engelland production points east of the drill site.
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Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Engelland
Huntsman
Howard W. Kaler
Braden-Gear Drilling Co
Sterling Design Firm To Advise State Road Dept
Sterling design firm Richard Weingardt & Associates of Sterling will act as engineering consultants to Nebraska State Highway Department to prepare statewide standards for all concrete double tee bridges. The firm will provide complete design standards for bridges of this type across Nebraska. Weingardt says the project will apply fresh ideas to bridge design while ensuring economical materials and practical construction methods nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
Colo
Nebraska State Highway Department
Richard Weingardt & Associates
Sterling Consulting Engineers
Nebraska
Weingardt
Sidney Rises in Cheyenne County Mill Levy in 1969
Cheyenne County Board of Commissioners approved 1969 property levies amid shifts in town and rural costs. Sidney, Potter, Lodgepole, and Dalton increase. Gurley unchanged. Total Sidney levy rises from 92.05 to 95.45 mills, with valuations up from 12,080,647 to 12,528,903. county and school components adjust accordingly. Complete table appears in The Telegraph Page One.
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Cheyenne County
Ralph Englert
Board of Commissioners
Sidney
Potter
Lodgepole
Dalton
Gurley
State Board of Equalization
Lodgepole Village
The
Telegraph
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Sidney’s
Chas. Lessman
Gurley Church
Old Depot
Us.a
U.S.A
Thompson No
Rest Home
Doran
Sterling Design Firm
State Road Dept
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