Nebraska Crop Update Reports Mixed Frost Risk and Matured Corn
The Associated Press roundup notes 37 degree readings in Sidney and Dalton signaling frost risk but not yet damaging crops. Statewide reports show corn 15 percent ripe, 60 percent dented, 95 percent reached dough stage, with sorghum heads turning half and soybeans 25 percent turning. Dry bean harvest and potato harvest underway. wheat planting began in far western areas. pastures generally adequate despite drought in parts. Beneficial rains last week brought hail damage in some eastern communities.
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Jack Frost
FAA
Sidney
Don Dey Ermand
Dalton
Associated Press
Nebraska
State
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Panhandle
Old Settlers Reunion Parade Draws Large Crowds in Lodgepole
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce Elmer’s Tavern Lodgepole and NFC chapter win first places in the Lodgepole Old Settlers Reunion parade Labor Day morning. John Hornicek crowned King and Queen. Free barbecue serves 2250. Weather sunny.
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Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Elmer’s Tavern
Lodgepole
Cheyenne County National Farmers’ Organization
Old Settlers
John Hornicek
Lodgepole Lions Club
Chamber of Commerce
Rites For Mrs Mohatt Tomorrow In St Patrick’s Church
Funeral services for Mrs. E L Mohatt 55 proceed at 10 a m Thursday in St Patrick’s Catholic Church. Rosary at 8 p m tonight. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Gehrig and Son Funeral Home in charge. Memorials to cancer fund. Mrs Ruth Elizabeth Deaver born May 18 1913 in Gilead Nebraska. Surviving include husband George C Deaver, three sons, seven daughters, two grandchildren, and numerous relatives.
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St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
E. L. Mohatt
Memorial Hospital
St. Patrick’s
Greenwood Cemetery
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Cancer Fund
Ruth Elizabeth Deaver
Gilead
Neb
George C
Leona Korhomel Deaver
Cheyenne County
Everett F. Mohatt
George C. Deaver
Richard
Hingham
Mass
George
Lincoln
Everett J
Sidney
Marleen
Mary Ann Marko
Spalding
Beverly Mohart
Colorado Springs
Colo
Theresa
Sharon
Barbara
Angela
Ruby Wiebe
San Bernadino
Calif
Marge Disney
Lodgepole
Louise Rector
Boulder
Cole
Norma Jean Schumacher
Peetz
Clarence Deaver
Gothenburg
Donald Deaver
Jim Deaver
Art Deaver
Wichita, Kan
Milford S. Gaston Rites Set At Potter
Milford S. Gaston 68 a Potter resident for 20 years died Sunday in a Cheyenne hospital funeral services will be Thursday at 2 p m in First Lutheran Church Potter with Rev Paul Reimers officiating burial in Potter Cemetery Craig-Holechek Funeral Home in charge A memorial is set for the First Lutheran Church in Potter Survivors include his widow one son Francis A of Potter two daughters Leona Woolington and Bonnie Bastian both of Burns his mother Cora M Gaston of Sidney two brothers Calvin O of Lincoln and Lawrence E of Wichita Kan 12 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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Potter
Milford S. Gaston
Cheyenne
First Lutheran
Paul Reimers
Potter Cemetery
Craig-Holechek
Hebron
Anna A. Bonowitz
Fairbury
Mahaska
Kan
Pine Bluffs
Francis A
Leona Woolington
Bonnie Bastian
Burns
Cora M. Gaston
Sidney
Calvin 0
Lincoln
Lawrence E
Wichita, Kan
Service Academy Inquiries Urged By Senator Hruska
Senator Roman L. Hruska invites high school students to apply for admission to U S service academies in 1969. A competitive civil service exam is set for October 5 1968. applicants must contact the Senator by September 13 1968. He can fill several academy vacancies and nominate ten candidates for merchant marine slots. Eligibility requires turning 17 but not yet 22 by July 1 1969.
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Roman L. Hruska
Air Force Academy
Military Academy
Naval Academy
Merchant Marine Academy
Senate
Washington, D. C
Colorful Telegraph Debuts Four-Color Edition on New Offset Press
The Sidney Telegraph announces one of its most colorful issues with ads in gold blue red and black. The four color presentation is made possible by a new Goss Community offset press technique.
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Sidney Telegraph
Telegraph
Goss
Gordon Folsom Bryant Funeral Thursday
Gordon Folsom Bryant Sr aged 81, Tekamah native and long time business, real estate, and farming figure, died in an Omaha hospital Monday. Survivors include wife Ann formerly of Sidney, two sons Gordon of Tekamah and Jack of Fremont, daughter Suzanne of Omaha. Funeral at 2 PM Thursday at Tekamah Presbyterian Church.
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Tekamah
Gordon Folsom Bryant
Omaha
Bryant
Sameber
Ann
Ann Radcliffe
Sidney
Gordon
Jack
Fremont
Suzanne
Presbyterian Church
Panhandle Weather Forecast Sees Clouds and Faint Rain
Increasing cloudiness this afternoon with partly cloudy tonight and Thursday. A few showers possible tonight and low temperatures around 50 to 60. Afternoon highs near 70s, Thursday 70 to 80. Rain chances: under 5 percent this afternoon, 20 percent tonight, 5 percent Thursday. Five day outlook shows below normal temps 2 to 9 degrees, weekend showers. Highs in the 70s and lows in the 40s.
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Panhandle
Prominent Dalton Man Dies At 80
Anthony J. Schmitt 80, a longtime Dalton resident, died Saturday morning at Memorial Hospital after three days of hospitalization. Funeral services were held Tuesday at St Marys Catholic Church with burial in Dalton cemetery. The Ro sary was recited Monday at the church. He was born January 23 1888 in St Bernard Nebraska and married Edith Grandler in 1912. He lived in Dalton since 1917 where he operated a restaurant and later a recreation hall. Surviving are his widow two sons four daughters five siblings nineteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Dalton
Anthony J. Schmitt
Memorial Hospital
St. Mary’s Catholic Church of
Cletus Semper
Robert Schmitt
St. Mary’s Church
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Sterling, Colo
Rose Schnell
Tiff, Colo
DWI Charged In Wreck Saturday In Santee
Leroy Dove of Santee California was charged with driving while intoxicated after a 1 p.m. Saturday collision at 10th and Illinois with Kenneth Knaub and Leona Knaub injured lightly. A separate 5:02 a.m. crash on 13th near Jackson damaged Thomas Lenzen’s parked car with no injuries. A 5:11 p.m. Tuesday mishap at 19th and Dodge between Sharon Deaver and Karen Keiper caused no injuries.
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Santee
California
Leroy Dove
10Th
Illinois
Beeken
Dove
Kenneth Knaub
Sidney
Knaub
Ilinois
Leona Knaub
Thomas B. Lenzen
13Th
Jackson
Lenzen Auto
Dodge
Sharon K. Deaver
Karen M. Keiper
Marathon Oil Group Finds Major Oil in Main Pass Area
The four company SMALL group including Signal Oil Marathon Oil Amerada and Louisiana Land and Exploration reports a new well in Mail Pass Block 306 with over 250 feet of net oil pay across five sands between 4800 and 7500 feet, expanding the field. They plan three drilling platforms and two more in planning, aiming for production over 25000 barrels per day.
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Findlay, O
Signal Oil and Gas Company
Marathon Oil Company
Amerada Petroleum Corporation
Louisiana Land and Exploration Company
Mail Pass
Main Pass
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Sidney Telegraph Fox Theatre Family Contest Deadline
The Sidney Telegraph announces a family contest deadline of midnight Thursday September 5. The winning family will receive a dinner at New Chateau Cafe, a portrait from Photo Center Studio, and a movie party to view Yours Mine and Ours. Entries must be sent to Contest Fox Theatre Sidney Nebraska 69162. Entries limited to Cheyenne County.
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Sidney Telegraph
Fox Theatre
the Telegraph
Lucille Ball
Henry Fonda
National Screen Council
Telegraph
New Chateau Cafe
Photo Center
Sidney
Nebraska
Cheyenne County
Breakin Attempt Reported at J. B. Baker Home
Police investigated an attempted breakin at the J. B. Baker residence at 1512 19th Street. At 1 10 a m a door glass was broken but nothing appeared stolen.
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J. B. Baker
1512
Nebraska oil prospect hunt spans Deuel Cheyenne counties
Howard W. Kaler of Gainesville Texas plans drilling in western Nebraska including Deuel County near Big Springs to tap oil as past Deuel wells yielded none. Other sites include Cheyenne County No. 1 Nelson and eastern Cheyenne wildcat No. 1 Floyd Miller, with Southland Royalty testing deep formations near Sunol and a new Black No. 1 near Dalton. Multiple operators report pump tests and nearby prospects in Kimball and Red Willow counties.
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Howard W. Kaler
Gainesville
Texas
Nebraska
Deuel County
Mr. Kaler
Devel
Kaler
Big Springs
Sesw
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Cheyenne County
Nelson
Onewell
Cheyenne Sand Creek
Norton and Associates
Stuarco Oil Co
Lodgepole
Floyd Miller
SWNW
Stuarco Drilling Co
Southland Royalty Co
Zalesky
Sunol
NW NW
Kimball
Banner
Allison Drilling Co
Dalton
Sundance Oil Co
B-W Drilling
No. 3
Kimball County
Platte Valley Oil Co
Red Willow County
No. 1
Sleepy Hollow
Chamber asks Sidney council to cancel town hall meeting
The Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce urges the City Council to drop the September 11 town hall on Interstate 80 road plans. It asks state and federal planners to keep two interchanges and not seek a change, citing unity and city image. Sidney leaders weigh next steps as public input fades.
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Chamber
Sidney
Ken Pittam
Chamber of Commerce
EW Cole
Governor’s Office
Nebraska
Cheyenne County
State Highway Department
Bob Hessle
Bob Decker
Sidney Grocer
Sidney Jaycees
Ranch Horses Win First At Lodgepole
IVAN APPLEGATE of Rush Creek Land and Cattle Company led Belgians to first in the Lodgepole pulling contest. Clyde Parker from Broadwater drove Percheons weighing 1750 pounds. Clinton Gade of Sunol placed third. Applegate team pulled 4000 pounds for 20 feet, second place at 102 inches. Both teams had no previous pulling experience and are used for winter cattle feeding.
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Ivan Applegate
Rush Creek Land and Cattle Company
Lodgepole
Clyde Parker
Broadwater
Parker
Clinton Gade
Sunol
Applegate
Dalton’s 41st Festival set for Sept 16–17 in Dalton
The 41st Dalton Fall Festival runs Monday and Tuesday September 16 and 17 with two big parades at 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Events include a B football game Dalton vs Dix, exhibits at the school auditorium, horseshoe contest, street sports, a horse show, and awards at the high school. The parade theme is America The Beautiful and prizes range up to 75 dollars.
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Dalton
Cheyenne County
Dix
Nebraska
Wheatbelt
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Old Settlers Reunion
Vo-Tech
American Legion Auxiliary of
NFC
Wheatbelt Public Power District
Lodgepole Brownie
Girl Scouts
Panhandle Fiddlers
Lodgepole Cub Scouts
Prairie Schooners
George Dickinson
Marion Dickinson
Lodgepoole
Dale Dickinson
Bridgeport
Quinn Youngster
Darrell Dykman
Doug Markel
Art Rankin
Dean Applegate
Dean Bentley
Sidney Saddle Club
Lodgepole Valley Saddle Club
South Park
Clarence Kripal
John Stayton
Mrs. Mohatt
E, F, Mohatt
M. S. Gaston
Service Academy
Gordon F. Bryant
A. J. Schmitt
Duis
DWI
Marathon
Oil Success
Deuel
Dalton’s
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