Sidney Offers Many Things To Site-Seeking Businessmen
Sidney promotes aggressive industrial prospects highlighting transportation access via Union Pacific and Burlington rail lines, major roads, abundant underground water in Lodgepole Valley, and rich natural gas resources. The Chamber of Commerce forms a 40 member committee to attract industry, backed by an advertising fund and land offers from railroads. The Plains Oil Mills project shows local support for new crop processing, with Sioux Ordnance Depot employment around 1,100. An industrial site east of town is planned, chosen for wind patterns and rail and highway access.
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Dick Herman
Sidney
Nebraska
Chamber of Commerce
Union Pacific
Burington
U.P
Plains Oil Mills
California
Burlington
Lincoln
U.S. Geodetic Survey
Lodgepole
Sioux Ordnance Depot
City Planning Commission
Farm Price Index Gains Through March Fifteenth
Nebraska farm price index rose 10 points or 4.6 percent in the month ending March 15 as price increases in most commodities lifted the overall index to 226 percent of the 1909 14 average. The livestock index reached 229 and crops 219, the highest overall level since October 1955.
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Nebraska
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Miller Backs Two-Price Wheat Plan in Farm Bill Talk
Nebraska congressman A. L. Miller told Alliance Rotarians he supports 90 percent parity for wheat and major crops. He favors a 2-price system for wheat as the farm bill moves toward House action next week, continuing support for the Eisenhower flexible price program.
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Cong
A. L. Miller
Alliance Rotarians
Nebraska
House of Representatives
Doctor Miller
Eisenhower
Trucking Firm Fined Heavily for Overweight Loads
Dawson Trucking Company faced the week’s largest fine of 509 dollars plus costs in Kimball County Court for two overweight counts. Driver John Griess and patrol records show overweight on gross load by 23.5 percent and tandem axle by 27.9 percent. Judge M Bernard Kelso noted fines scale with percent over tolerance. Two of Arizona’s 14 counties have more Indians than whites.
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Kimball
Dawson Trucking Company
John Griess
M. Bernard Kelso
Chronic Disease Wing Discussed for County Hospital
Cheyenne County Hospital board debates adding a chronic disease wing under Hill Buron Act financing while weighing fundraising against paying existing debt. No cost estimate. current focus on operating deficit and potential long term loans. Accreditation inspection for American Hospital Association membership noted.
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Cheyenne County Hospital
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
American Hospital Association
February Nebraska cattle slaughter reaches record head count
Nebraska February slaughter totals 256 802 000 pounds of live weight with 149 000 cattle killed the most for the month and 13 percent above a year ago Calf slaughter 3700 head up 9 percent Hog slaughter 386 000 head up 47 percent from February 1955 The figures come from the State Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics and reflect February activity.
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Nebraska
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
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Ohio Oil C
Nebraska Panhandle
Thompson
Photo Center
Lth & Iinois
M-G-M
Michael Kidd
Gene Kelly
Dan Dailey
Cyd Charisse
Dolores Gray
Miller
Arizona
21St
Illinois
Telegraph
Claude Campbell
Lulani
WARD
Tute
Sangany
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