04 Sep 1970
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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1970
Page
1
The Panhandle forecast calls for fair conditions this afternoon and tonight with highs in the 90s and lows around 60. Saturday brings partly cloudy skies and a 10 percent rain chance with highs near 90. Sunday and Monday favor partly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers, highs 85 to 90 and lows 55 to 60.
Kimball Lee Soto, director of the Panhandle Community Action Agency, was fired by the CAA board 16 to 2 with 3 abstentions after an audit reported 1183.43 missing funds and questionable travel per diem. Attorney Donn Raymond cited insufficient records, possible duplicated reimbursements, excessive per diems, and possible personal expenses charged to the agency.
A commemoration of the early air mail flying days is set for next Tuesday Sept 8. Sidney will host a flight from North Platte and Cheyenne to Sidney and back with arrivals around noon. Postmaster Ferris Preble and Chamber of Commerce officials will greet arrivals, and a luncheon at noon or soon after will mark the event for $2 with reservations due by 9 am. The Silver Wings, veterans of air service, lead the commemoration flight.
The High Plains Agricultural Laboratory starts a four year experiment to determine how long herbicides last in soil. Two thousand eight hundred jars with 10 products are buried in seven trenches at 6, 16, and 36 inches and will be excavated for testing at 2, 4, 6 months and 1 to 4 years. Agronomist C. R. Fenster, chemical rep Dr. Jack Edmondson, and Dr. Terry Lavy are pictured at the site.
The Sidney Telegraph survey shows public and private payrolls sustain hundreds of jobs in Cheyenne County. Major employers include the public schools, Memorial Hospital, the City of Sidney, Union Pacific, Northwestern Bell with AT&T and Western Electric, Wheat Belt Public Power District, The Egging Co. at Gurley, J&M Trucking, and local school districts in Dalton Gurley Potter and Lodgepole. The article notes substantial federal and state employment, a growing payroll aided by expansion efforts and anticipation of Interstate 86 completion around 1973.
Nebraska wheat farmers report a 38 bushel state average yield with high quality across varieties. Scout 66 led yields at 50 bushels, with Scout, Scoutland, Lancer, Trader, Trapper and Warrior prominent in regional tests. Final results to be published in an Outstate Testing Circular after seeding time. 11 new experimentals to be included.
John Q. Parker Jr. 24 of Latta South Carolina is jailed in Kimball County after arrest by State Trooper Richard Larsen. Parker is wanted by South Carolina parole authorities in Columbia for felonious assault and by a Gainesville Georgia sheriff for breaking and entering. A female passenger escaped detention.
Potter prepares for a two day Potter Days celebration on Sept 11 and 12 with a Good Old Days theme. Events include a football classic, parade, horseshoe tournament, foot races, pie eating, softball throws, barbecue, bicycle races, and a full array of exhibits with cash prizes. City offices host registration and exhibit entries while the high school band performs at 4.00 pm and awards are announced at 5.30 pm.
Lincoln A Gering farmer Wayne Ramig swept the Nebraska Crop Improvement Association State Fair Certified Seed Show with Trader as grand champion and Scout 66 as reserve. Ramig follows in the footsteps of his father Carl Ramig, a former Premier Seed Grower and longtime association leader.
Cheyenne County gears up for Festival Week starting with the Old Settlers Reunion on Monday, Dalton Fall Festival Tuesday and Wednesday, and Potter Days Friday and Saturday. The events showcase agricultural and home endeavors and strengthen local friendships and fellowship.
The 46th annual Old Settlers Reunion in Lodgepole marked Nebraska’s notable celebration with a 10 am parade and a packed afternoon program led by master of ceremonies Wilfred Kreider. Highlights included musical numbers, the king and queen presentation by A C Peterson, races, a parade prizes, and an evening dance with The Playboys. S.E. Olson of Chappell and Mrs Olive Johnson of Lodgepole named this year’s king and queen.
The 43rd Dalton Fall Festival schedule lists two parades on Wednesday September 8 and 9, a morning 1030 parade and an 8 oclock night parade plus contests, rides, exhibits and flower shows. Floats must be registered by Tuesday 5 pm and judging starts Tuesday evening.
The body of Mrs. Steven Phyllis Fox age 25 of Detroit was taken to Denver for cremation. Her ashes will go to her mother in Beverly Massachusetts. Mrs Fox died from injuries in a head on collision west of town on Wednesday morning. Four other persons were hospitalized.
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