Potter Days Hoping Weather Breaks in Potter Celebration
Potterites prepare for the third autumn celebration in Cheyenne County as Potter Days runs Friday and Saturday. Events include Go Kart races, a high school band concert, a free Legion Hall movie, a big parade with floats from nearby towns, races, a Potter pot barbecue, prizes, and a closing dance.
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Potter High School
The
Legion Hall
Kimball
Lodgepole
Dalton
Gurley
Dix
Sidney
Potter
Educational TV Nears Reality in Nebraska Schools
Nebraska's educational television move advances as the NCET seeks FCC channel reservations 3 4 8 9 and 13 for education. A nine month statewide survey funded by a Ford Foundation grant and public contributions aims to map cost interconnection and program services to reach Nebraska classrooms and homes.
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Scottsbluff
Kimball
Potter
Sod
Sidney
Nebraska
Ford Foundation
Nebraska Committee On Educational Television
Byyron Dunn
Lincoln Banker
Jack G McBride
University of Nebraska
Kuon-Tv
University
Board of
Regents
McBride
Tellvision
State Normal
Omaha
Kugn TV
Vi McBride
Prelmin Ug
United Fund Drive Plans Set by Sidney Officials
Plans for the United Fund drive of Sidney and Sioux Ordnance Depot are shaping up, says drive chairman Hollis Peratt. The opening date for advance gifts is Oct 3, followed by employee canvass, SOD solicitation, and then residential campaign. The goal is higher than last year and would require a 10 percent contribution increase from participants to meet requests for 1962.
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United Fund of
Sidney
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Hollis Peratt
Drive
Peratt
City Manager Seeks CAB Hearing on Traffic Formula
City Manager Tom Coffey travels to Washington DC to testify before the Civil Aeronautics Board on Frontier Airlines use it or lose it traffic formula. He represents Sidney and southern Nebraska communities hoping CAB approval preserves service for at least a year. Coffey aims to return to Denver then proceed to Scottsbluff for a Nebraska municipalities meeting.
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Tom Coffey
Washington, DC
Civil Aeronautics Board
Frontier Airlines
Nebraska
Washington
James Sandstedt
CAB
Coffey
Frontier
Sidney
Sdney
Denver
Scottsbluff
Mrs Wills Injured In Accident North Of Potter
Mrs Martha A Wills of Potter was hospitalized Tuesday for back injuries from a noon crash on a wet country road eleven miles north and five miles east of Potter. Deputy Kermit Brumbaugh reported the 1959 Ford left the road, went into a ditch, struck the far bank. Mr Wills, in the car, was uninjured.
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Martha A Wills
Potter
Kermit Brumbaugh
Wills
Rainy Dalton Festival crowned with bright after dark parade
Rain washed out the morning parade but the Dalton Fall Festival earned high praise as skies cleared. The Forsythe Dowis Carnival thrived with 24 lighted floats including Miss Liberty and Aloha Hawaii. Lions Club won sweepstakes, and the event featured prizewinning exhibits and many local groups in the after sunset procession.
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Dalton
Forsythe & Dowis Carnival
Dalton Lions Club
Center School District 61
Light of the World
Dalton State Bank
Wheat Belt Public Power District
Dalton Gas Service
Dalton School
Aloha Hawaii
Joette Pelster
Chris Knudsen
Mickey Snook
Cleve Gillespie
Ann Walsh
John Fecht
Lee Nelson
Heizer’s Grocery
Joyce Pelster
Joan Ewing
Janet Harris
Dalton Post Office
Statue of Liberty
Marlene Aurich
Dick Aurich
Suutopstaris Winker
Palton
Area Farm Outlook Gets Boost From Timely Rain
Government crop observers report Nebraska corn mostly escaped damage after a cold snap with 22 degree lows. Some northwest northcentral and southwestern fields were hurt. dent stage near 80 percent, mature about 25 percent, dough around 20 percent. Frost mainly hit Panhandle late corn. beans safe. winter wheat planted about two-fifths. Weather Bureau forecasts colder than normal by next month with near normal precipitation.
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Nebraska
State
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Panhandle
United States Weather Bureau
Nebraska Panhandle
Weather Bureau
Sidney
Pvo-Gm
Potter
Tile Relaying Bids Sought for SOD Units
Sioux Ordnance Depot invites bids to lay floor tile in 40 Ordville apartments and paint interiors of nine Ordville units. Bids due by 2 and 3 pm on October. bid documents via Purchasing and Contracting Officer. Both Invitation for Bid Nos ORD-25-044-62-4 and ORD-25-044-62-3 apply. set aside 100 percent for small business.
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Ordville
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Nuclear fallout risk highlighted by Lions leaders in Cheyenne area
Charles E Sigler chief of projects at Sioux Ordinance Depot warned the Cheyenne area could suffer fatal fallout if a one megaton nuclear hit occurred. He said Sidney might see fallout within thirty minutes, depending on weather. He urged sheltering, studying Civil Defense bulletins, and planned a second talk on medical effects of radiation next week.
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Sidney
Cheyenne
Lions Club
Charles E. Sigler
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Sigler
Atlas
Thomases
Civil Defense
Phillip E Lawless
Awake
Rudy Munderloh
Mundersoh
Vince Malhisvewskie
Hospital Bazaar and Rummage Sale Set Friday Saturday
Memorial Hospital Auxiliary hosts a fall bazaar in Elks Auditorium from 9am to 4pm both days with coffee and rolls served. The Wishing Well displays donated items from individuals and local businesses across eight booths offering jams, crafts, plants, and gifts. A second rummage sale runs in the Osborn building on Illinois Street next to the sewing center, also 9am to 4pm, with Thursday for sorting and decorating. Proceeds fund hospital equipment and reduce debt to improve patient care.
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Memorial Hospital
Elks Auditorium
Osborn
Illinois St
Ausiars
Eames Eiodr
Wem Oia Hospital
Weather Tonight With Clouds and Showers
Weather alert notes tonight will be cool with showers possible. Cloud cover increases tonight and Tuesday night across the region. Lows dip into the 40s while Thursday brings scattered showers and a wide temperature range from 33 to 64.
Harvesting Of Safflower Hit By New Storm
Cheyenne County experiences a new storm with rainfall over one inch, halting safflower harvests and the Dalton Fall Festival parade. Despite the disruption, observers note potential benefits for the winter wheat crop and safflower quality with high oil content and possible bonus payments.
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Cheyenne County
Lodgepole Old Settlers
Dalton
Sidney
Dave Ells
Panhandle
Bond buying rises to meet crisis in 1961 drive
H G Spearow reports Cheyenne County has purchased 692,948 in Series E and H bonds in eight months, 55.7 of its 1961 county quota, with 59,111 sold last month. Statewide August sales reach 6,243,910, totaling 65,367,236 for the period, 67.8 of the goal and above last year’s level. The effort targets individuals organizations businesses and governments to invest idle funds. All bonds held to maturity.
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H G
Spearow
Sidney
Cheyenne County
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