Three New Priests at St. Patrick’s Sid ney Welcome Parish Plans Reception
St. Patrick’s Church in Sidney introduces Father Edward Flinn as local pastor and academy superintendent, joined by Father Lambert Phillips and Father Raymond Kosmicki as assistant pastors. A reception is planned Sunday September 22 at 4 p.m. in the St. Pat’s Youth Center.
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Edward Flinn
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Sidney
St. Pat’s
Father Flinn
Sharon
Penn
St. Patrick’s Academy
Vincent Pelster
St. Paul
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Grand Island
Pontifical College Joseph=inum
Worthington
Ohio
St. Patrick’s Church
North Platte
Harrison
Neb
N.D
Bureau of Indian Affairs
State Training School For
Bonneville
Raymond Kosmicki
Lambert Phillips
Telegraph
Minimum Acreage Diversions Set For Fall Seeding
Secretary Freeman announces 1969 feed grain program requires minimum diversions of 20 to 25 percent of the feed grain base for those planting fall barley and wheat. Past eight years kept at 20 percent. final provisions to be determined later after further studies.
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Orville L. Freeman
Farm Bureau President To Speak Out
Roland Nelson the state president of the Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation will speak at the Cheyenne County Farm Bureau annual meeting. The event is Tuesday Oct 1 at 8 pm in the Kansas Nebraska Gas Co meeting room 2044 Illinois St. attendance is urged as members elect officers and delegates for policy formation and the coming year. Refreshments will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Nelson
Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation
Cheyenne County Farm Bureau Organization
Nelson
National Farm Bureau
Kansas-Nebraska Gas Co
Olinois St
Francis Runge
Farm Bureau
Runge
Cheyenne County Farm Bureau
Nebraska Farm Bureau
20 Year Sentence For Big Springs Bank Robbery
Duane Pope, a McPherson farm youth, received a twenty year sentence on the 1966 Big Springs bank robbery count in Lincoln Federal District Court. Judge Robert Van Pelt presided. earlier Pope had been sentenced to death for the bank slayings. Five other counts await psychiatric evaluation within 90 days before further sentencing. County Attorney R E Richards and Sheriff Floyd Stahr attended.
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Chappell
Federal District Court
Lincoln
Duane Pope
Pope
McPherson
Kansas
Big Springs
Robert van Pelt
van Pelt
Devel County
R. E. Richards
Floyd Stahr
Kimball County field rises to third in Nebraska oil output
Nebraska oil activity shows Sleepy Hollow and Singleton Fields at top production. Kimball County’s Bertramson Field has surged to third with ten wells and over 1000 barrels per day amid new drilling permits by Sundance Oil Co and Midwest Oil Corp. Production data: July totals 1,113,364 barrels, daily average 35,915.
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Kimball County
Onewell
Nebraska
Wytex Oil Co
Bertramson
Sundance Oil Co
Midwest Oil Corp
Big Sleepy Hollow
Red Willow County
Singleton
Banner County
Sundance (and Associates
Petroleum, Ind
Wytex
Knight-Miller and Associates
Toltek Drilling Co
Kreitzinger Field
Nebraska-Colorado Line
Schroeder
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Mead
Post
Stuarco Drilling Co
Patrick A. Doheny
Kearlson
Braden-Gear Drilling Co
Southwest
Stoeppelworth Drilling Co
Mary Pick
Frontier County
Stoeppelworth Tools
Sleepy Hollow
Tardy Tax List To Be Published In October
County Treasurer Milt Nissen warns real property owners that the delinquent tax list will appear in The Sidney Telegraph for three weeks in October. Taxes dating to 1967 and earlier are included. payment before publication avoids listing. Distress warrants for personal taxes start Oct 1, with interest applied on delinquencies.
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Milt Nissen
Sidney Telegraph
Nissen
Sheriff’s Office
Nebraska funds several wheat studies with university partners
The Wheat Division of the Nebraska Department of Agriculture funds three projects with the University of Nebraska at a total of 12700 dollars. The studies cover causes of low wheat protein in western Nebraska, railroad freight rate effects on Nebraska wheat, and ongoing wheat breeding efforts led by Virgil Johnson and John Schmidt.
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Lincoln
Nebraska Department of Agriculture
University of Nebraska
Marx Koehnke
Agronomy Department
College of Agriculture
Nebraska
D. H. Sander
G. A. Peterson
Louis Daigger
Scottsbluff
North Platte Experiment Station
Agricultural Economics Department
Michael Turner
Dale G. Anderson
Department of Agronomy
Virgil A. Johnson
John W. Schmidt
Frank Jones Wins National Farmers Board Seat
Frank Jones of Lodgepole was elected by the Nebraska National Farmers Organization to sit on the national board of directors. He is also president and was elected to the 3rd district vice presidency. The elevation followed a Grand Island state meeting with 1200 attendees. Gene Cervi spoke on chain food store operations and producer concerns. The group passed resolutions on tax reform, opposing red meat imports, and favoring adding alcohol to gasoline.
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Frank Jones
Lodgepole
Nebraska National Farmers Organization
Donald Lewis
Dalton
Cheyenne
Jones
Grand Island
Lewis
Gene Cervi
The
Rocky Mountain Journal
Denver
Colo
Pioneer Resident of Sidney Moving
A Sidney resident for over sixty years, Mrs. George Masse, moves to San Diego to live with her daughter. She has lived at 1906 in the northside and will reside with the Hazel Scott family at 3125 Winlow St, San Diego. Helpers include Earl Masse of Sunnyvale and Ben Sheckler of Everett, traveling Saturday via Frontier and Western Airlines.
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Sidney
Sateurday
San Diego
George Masse
Masse
Hugh
Hazel) Scott
Winlow St
Calif
McCook Interests Back Move to Withdraw Midplains District
McCook businessmen plan a multi county push to withdraw nine counties from the Midplains Vocational-Technical School district with separate ballots on November 5. Leon Falaska John Harris and Allen Strunk promote the effort citing dual financing and misrepresentation but Sidney locals praise the school and fundraise for the final push while Lincoln County backers contend changes.
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Sidney
McCook
McCook and
Platte
Midplains
McCook Chamber of Commerce
John Harris
McCook Chamber
Allen Strunk
McCook Gazette
Strunk
North Platte
Harris
Lincoln County
North Platte Chamber
Vo-Tech
Chamber of Commerce
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Food Cost Up 239 Dollars in Ten Years Says Farm Bureau
Bernie Camp reports that the average annual cost of a farm and ranch food basket rose 239 dollars from 1957 to 1967, with labor, transportation, business costs, and taxes driving the rise while only a small share returned to producers. The shift to convenience foods reflects more working homemakers seeking time savings and ready to cook products.
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USDA
18 Trophies For Punt Pass Kick
Boys eight through 13 may register at Gibson Ford Mercury for the 1969 Punt Pass Kick Cone test. Entries accepted until Oct. 4. Eighteen trophies will be awarded locally by Gibson Ford Mercury with gold for first, silver for second, bronze for third. First place advances to Zone contests. Nationally sponsored by Ford Dealers and the NFL. co sponsors in Sidney are Gibson Ford Mercury and Sidney Public Schools.
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Gibson Ford-Mercury
Cheyenne County
Ford Dealers
National Football League
Sidney
Sidney Public Schools
Panhandle Weather Outlook With Snow Possibility
The Panhandle region may see snow amid a partly cloudy to cloudy pattern. Winds from the south reach 15 to 25 mph this afternoon and tonight. Highs today 75 to 85, tonight’s lows 45 to 55, Saturday’s high 60 to 70. Precipitation chances under 10 percent this afternoon, 10 percent tonight, 40 percent on Saturday. Five day forecast shows 8 to 13 degrees below normal temperatures through Wednesday with cold, scattered showers and possible snow. highs near 60s and lows in 30s.
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Panhandle
Jaycees Elect Two To Board In Sidney Chapter
The Sidney Jaycees named Norman Cogil and Larry Franke to two two year board seats, replacing resignations by Phil Koester and Ken Bower. Cogil will lead internal affairs and Franke external activities. The group also plans a new statewide Junior Miss pageant set for December 28 and 29 in Grand Island, shifting away from a beauty pageant format and removing bathing suit competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Jaycees
Norman Cogil
Larry Franke
Phil Koester
Ken Bowersox
Cogil
Franke
Cheyenne County
Grand Island
Jaycees
Rites Held For Smith Infant
Services were held at 1 30 PM in The Gehrig and Son Funeral Home for Joey LaVelle Smith infant son of Loran and Nadine Smith of Sidney who died at birth. The Rev Leon Foster led the Potter United Methodist Church service with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Surviving are the parents three brothers Richie Rodney and Ronald one sister Pamela grandparents Mr and Mrs Billie Smith of Potter and Mrs Bessie Powell of Eloise Fla and great grandmothers Mrs Florence Nelson of Potter and Mrs Lucy Harrison of Baxer Fla.
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Gehrig and Son
Joey LaVelle Smith
Loran
Nadine Smith
Sidney
Memorial Hospital
Leon Foster
Potter United Methodist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Richie
Rodney
Ronald
Pamela
Billie Smith
Potter
Bessie Powell
Eloise
Fla
Florence Nelson
Lucy Harrison
Baxer
Fia
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St. Patrick’s
St. Patrick’s High
Father Phillips
Religion
Loup City
Ale
Liance
Kosmicki
St. Agnes Academy
Alliance
St. Thomas Seminary
Source
U.S. Weather Bureau
Old Field
Bernie Camp
Smith
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