Year Of Violent Weather Highlights Soil Conservation Need
Rural Cheyenne County notes a record summer of heavy rainfall stressing the need for planned soil conservation. Contour farming terracing and stubble mulching reduced damage on certain farms while multiple 100 year rainfall events and large dams tested and reinforced the value of Great Plains programs for long term land use and erosion control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Plantz
Cheyenne County Soil Conservation District
SWCS
Cheyenne County
Great Plains
Red On White Centennial Plates Ready
The 1966 67 Centennial license plates will not go on sale until after the new year but can be viewed at County Treasurer Mable Jorgensen office. The sample plates are white with red letters and will for the first time use a letter with numerals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mable Jorgensen
Jorgensen
Helen Wheeler
Gehrig Sr
Telegraph
Heavy Snow Report Strikes Northwest Regions
Northwest counties report a cold front bringing up to 10 inches of snow in Chadron and lighter totals in Rushville Hay Springs and Crawford. Temperatures drop to the upper 20s, with moisture from freezing rain and lingering overcast helping crops avoid frost damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Park
Jack Frost
Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Panhandle
Chadron
Rushville
Hay Springs
Crawford
Scottsbluff
Federal Aviation Agency
Dave Ells
Sidney
Dalton
Don Dey Ermand
Potter
George Coulter
Coulter
Henry Jenik
Lodgepole
Drouth
FAA
Weather Bureau
Gordon
Highway Department
Interchange Site South Of Sidney Under Review By Engineers
Nebraska Highway Department engineers visited to discuss the I-80 interchange location south of Sidney. Officials consider placing the interchange just west of the city to align with Highway 19 and the airport expansion plans. City Manager Tom Coffey and liaison Ken Noteboom monitor developments as I-80 progress and cross-state connections remain unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Highway Department
Sidney
Tom Coffey
Sidney Chamber of Commerce Industrial Council
Ft. Sidney Motor Hotel
State Federal
Ken Noteboom
Highway Department
Coffey
L1th Ave
Nebraska
Pine Bluffs
Nebraska- Wyoming
Wyoming
North Platte
Nebraska-Wyoming Line
Omaha
Iowa
Missouri River
Community Events Weekend Listings and Parades
On Tap lists include a Friday and Saturday Hospital Bazaar at Elks Auditorium and a rummage sale in the Osborn Building. Potter Days features a big parade at 10 30 a m Saturday. Ak Sar Ben Chapter Hospital Accountants hosts a two day convention at Fort Sidney. United Fund Drive kicks off with breakfasts at Fort Sidney Monday. Dalton Fall Festival spans two days with two major parades on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks Auditorium
Osborn
Ak-Sar-Ben
Hospital Accountants
Fort Sidney
United Fund Drive
Dalton
Big Red Hats For Sidney Band For Centennial
The Sidney High School Band is designated Nebraska Centennial Ambassadors by the Nebraska Centennial Commission. Band members sponsors and parents traveling to the Rose Bowl parade will receive Big Red booster hats with a white N and 67 on the crown, plus Centennial banners badges ties and bumper stickers to publicize the centennial in California and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney High School
Nebraska
Nebraska Centennial Commission
Lincoln
Sidney
LeRoy Hadden
Cheyenne County
Shriner
State Roads Dept Opens Bids for Last Omaha North Platte Interstate Stretch
Lincoln The State Roads Department opened bids for the final uncontracted four mile segment of the Omaha to North Platte Interstate. The Hampton to Henderson section will complete a 277.3 mile corridor from Leavenworth Street in Omaha to North Platte with grading paving and two bridge constructions.
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Lincoln
State Roads Department
Omaha
North Platte
Hampton and Henderson
Leavenworth St
St. Mary Ave
Hampton - Henderson
30Th
23Rd Sts
Davenport
California Sts
Cozad
Carr
United Fund Sets 1965 Campaign Goal and Start
United Fund workers begin Monday to canvass the city and Sioux Army Depot for 15 373 dollars as the goal for the 1965 drive. Employer and employee captains to meet at 7 am for breakfast and residential captains at 9 am at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fund
Sioux Army Depot
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Trade School Inspection Weathered Out Third Time
The Nebraska Department of Education efforts to earmark Sioux Army Depot property for a state trade school have been thwarted by weather. Two flight attempts to Sidney were canceled. a third on Wednesday faced the same issue. Cecil Stanley plans a four member team to inventory federal assets, with another effort anticipated, though operations by year’s start seem unlikely.
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Nebraska Department of Education
Sioux
Nebraska
Sidney
State Board of Education
Cecil Stanley
Panhandle Weather: Snow Flurries Then Warmer Weekend
The Panhandle sees cloudy skies with occasional snow flurries today and tonight. Tonight’s lows 20 to 30, Saturday highs 40 to 50. Five day outlook shows temps 8 to 12 degrees below normal through Wednesday with a warm weekend followed by a turn to colder conditions at period end.
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Panhandle
Minuteman Conference Sets Yearly Schedule and Officers
Officers elected Supt Frank Supon Pine Bluffs president succeeding W D Brawner Dix Supt Dale Houstien Bushnell vice president Supt Dwayne Freeman Lodgepole secretary treasurer Schedule lists Nov 13 Music clinic Lyman Jan 17 21 Basketball Harrisburg Feb 7 8 Volleyball Bushnell Mar 10 Dramatics festival Potter Apr 5 Music Festival Dix Apr 29 Track Harrisburg
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minuteman
Frank Supon
Pine Bluffs
W. D. Brawner
Dix
Dale Houstien
Bushnell
Dueane Freeman
Lodgepole
Lyman
Harrisburg
Potter
Licenses Go On Sale At Auto Window Monday
Cheyenne County treasurer Mrs Jorgensen says driver licenses have finally shipped and will be sold from 8 a.m. Monday at the auto license window. Expiration dates stay the same and sales run 8 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 to 5 p.m. on weekdays until the final Friday in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mable Jorgensen
Cheyenne County
Jorgensen
Dalton Potter Festivals Prepare for Dual Celebrations
Crepe paper decorates Potter and Dalton as floats and bands ready for Potter Days and Dalton Fall Festival. A 10 30 a m parade leads a day of races free barbecue prizes dance and a Legion Hall evening. Exhibits open Monday. two parades Tuesday at 10 am and 7 30 pm plus horse show contests and attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter
Dalton
Daleton
Legion Hall
Neighbors Help Harvest Ensilage at Summers Farm
Crook Colorado area residents assisted Edward Summers who is hospitalized with a back ailment by cutting packing and transporting ensilage. Fourteen neighboring farmers led by Matt Foxhaven Duane Foxhaven Burl Brownell Wilbur Houser Dale Law Bob LeBlanc Jack LeBlanc Dan French Roy Norden George Ferkovich Bob Taylor Dutch Kler Jim Kler provided cutters tractors trucks and wagons. Women pitched in serving lunch to workers including Mrs Dale Law Mrs Burl Brownell Mrs Bob Taylor Mrs Bob LeBlanc Mrs Dean Stumpf and Mrs Duane Foxhoven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crook
Colo
Edward Summers
Summers
Sterling Journal Advocate
Matt
Duane Foxhaven
Lo=yal
Burl Brownell
Wilbur Houser
Dale Law
Bob
Jack LeBlanc
Dan French
Roy Norden
George Ferkovich
Bob D. Taylor
Dutch
Jim Kler
Bob Taylor
Bob LeBlanc
Dean Stumpf
Duane Foxhoven
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Plantz
U. S. Weather Bureau
Soil Conservation
Bob Rayner
Keith Deaver
Herman Kahl
Fenske
Sunol
Cliff Herbuldsheimer
Nebr Asi
Murray
Cass County
Curtis
Stockville
Frontier County
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