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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1961
Page
1
Police tracked reports of a humped back man with a frightening face seen around City Park VFW hall and near Standpipe Hill. A high school youth and companion claimed the man struck a student, then fled. Authorities warned youths about private patrols.
Denver March figures show Frontier Airlines sunliners carried 29 800 passengers across 11 states up 16 percent from a year ago and 8 312 000 passenger miles up 27 percent. For year ending March 31 total passengers reached 345 500 and 92 575 000 miles up 8 and 14 percent respectively with Sidney Sterling Imperial markets in Nebraska recording only dozen or fewer passengers. A Lincoln meeting April 12 will discuss summer schedules with top Frontier executives and officials invited from central and southern Nebraska cities and state aviation authorities.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at First Presbyterian Church in Rapid City for Eardley L. Ham 79 who died Thursday after a lengthy illness. He was father of Charles E. Ham manager of Wheatbelt Public Power District. Survivors include his wife Pearl two other sons Horatio of Mull Valley California John of Rapid City two daughters Marjorie Steffes of Omaha and Alice Caulkins of Trenton Missouri 19 grandchildren three great grandchildren and two brothers Ernest of Rapid City and Edward of Baltimore MD.
The annual Soil Stewardship breakfast will be held at the Yen dis Cafe Monday morning, April 10, at seven o'clock. It is sponsored by the Cheyenne County Soil and Water Conservation District.
The county fair board voted last night to add a cutting horse contest to the 1961 fair program. This probably will be in connection with the rodeo part of the program.
Sunol patrons split over continuing the 20 student high school after a State Board of Education visit. Four Sunol school board members resigned in March as factions formed over whether to close or keep the campus. A former board member warned of substandard library and math science programs and suggested cheaper options by sending students to larger area high schools. State official Royal Henline said non-approval would have financial effects and clarified the board cannot close a high school without scrutiny. no non-approval planned this year.
A heavy day of Wesleyan emphasis at Nebraska Wesleyan University includes Dr. Sam Dahl and the Wesleyan a cappella choir performing at 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. services. A youth rally at 1 p.m. features Dahl and the choir. The 50th anniversary tour highlights traditional selections.
Floyd Wise was elected president of the Old Settlers committee for the coming year with Lew Quinn as vice president and Frank Pivonka as secretary treasurer. A Legion Hall meeting set five months until the event and Don Wise will lead fundraising plays. The theme Old Settlers Reunion remains, and plans align with the LHS alumni reunion that week.
Secretary Orville Freeman says minor oil feed crops may be grown on diverted acres under the feed grain program. Farmers will lose diversion payments on those acres, but price supports on other feed grains remain unaffected, per University of Nebraska data.
The Ovid factory district of The Great Western Sugar Company will receive a first additional payment of 190700 on the 1960 beet crop. Total payments to Ovid growers exceed 2024000 for the bumper year. The Sugar Act adds 2.53 per ton through county ASC offices bringing average total payment to about 13.32 per ton. The 1960 crop averaged 17.35 tons per acre with 17.59 percent sugar content on over 15 400 acres, with water and soil conditions noted as excellent.
The Chappell Register reports the community has pledged more than its share of the estimated $302 000 needed for a satellite station linking KNOP TV North Platte to a wider area. Counties Kimball Scotts Bluff and Cheyenne show only lukewarm interest in fundraising their share and may decide funding later. The plan would extend signal reach about ninety miles into western Nebraska and northeastern Colorado.
Sidney High School announces Parents Night moved from April 12 to Wednesday April 26. Event occurs in the senior high auditorium at 8 p.m. with details shared by school officials.
Bob Cook of Sidney High has been hired to coach the Sidney Junior Legion and Jaycee Midget All-Stars for summer. He led Fleming to a Colorado state playoff appearance and coached Sidney High to a winter conference title. Tryouts start April 16 with a season opener May 14 against Scottsbluff and a kickoff meeting for the 17 Club set for 7:30 p.m. at the Sidney fire hall.
The State Legislature approved a parks development bill by a 30 to 11 vote authorizing a 0.30 mill levy for ten years. The program will be administered by the State Game Commission.
Dalton Fall Festival set for Sept 18 and 19 with officers named. General chairman Jerry Kallhoff and vice chair Kenwood Andersen lead a long list of committee chairs including entertainment L W Marrin. concessions Raymond Graff. finance Dale Flora. agriculture Harold Winkelman and Herb Fecht. school exhibits Louise Martin and Lola Rathman. baked goods Elsie Ewing and Uke Pelsler. flowers Clara Stoll. youth Ken McRoberts. street sports Glenn Twarling. machinery Elmer Graff. decorations John Heizer. parade Ted Panas. judges Elwin Linton. athletic field Ed Townley. police C L Mitchell. hospitality Bud Fraass. premium books Rev E L Nelson. registration Mrs Clara Clough.
Nebraska saw a strong start to 1961 with Panhandle production totaling 3,400,698 barrels for January and February, 86.36 percent of the state’s total. January Panhandle output reached 1,790,000 barrels, 88.37 percent of Nebraska’s total, while February yielded 1,610,698 barrels, 84.34 percent of statewide production. The state’s total for the two months was 3,935,760 barrels, up from 3,704,291 in 1960. Sleepy Hollow Field in Red Willow County led with 127,037 barrels in January and 197,426 in February, totaling 324,463 for the two months.
Ohio Oil Co plans more than 90 million dollars in capital outlays and exploration for 1961 covering exploration production pipelines refining and marketing. CEO J C Donnell II cites Libya reserves and Libya Spain refinery as potential boosts to future earnings despite weak refined product prices.
April 30 is the deadline for employers to report wages earned during January through March to the Internal Revenue Service. Use Form 941 for general workers and Form 942 for household employees earning $50 or more in the quarter. Farm workers paid $150+ in 1960 had to be reported by January 31, 1961.
Ambassador Oil Corporation with Continental Oil Company and The Ohio Oil Company announce exploratory operations across the Republic of Ireland. Ambassador to operate under a 1960 exclusive agreement. Continental and Ohio Oil require government approval. Ireland covers about 20 million acres on land and offshore. officials say it is largely unexplored and no wells drilled yet.
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