Langley Faces Second Degree Murder Charge Hearing Set
Dale Langley Potter village marshal faces a second degree murder charge in Cheyenne County Court over James T. Sqinford’s death. Arraignment set for August 26 with a $1,000 appearance bond. The coroner’s jury ruled Stanford’s death felonious after witnesses testified Langley struck him after he gave up. Stanford, married with a four year old daughter, died at Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Dale Langley
Potter Village
Langley
James T. Sqinford
Oklahoma
Pat Heaton Jr
Cheyenne
C. W.smith
Smith
Stanford
Heaton
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
CAP Cadets Return From Topeka Encampment
CAP Cadets and Wing Chaplain Rev C F Parks returned from a 12 day CAP encampment at Forbes Air Force Base Topeka Kansas. Sixty girls and 48 boys ages 12 to 18 received classroom instruction in aircraft construction flight training and weather observation. Local group head is Captain Heady. Transport from Grand Island to Topeka used a C-4 plane but too large for Sidney airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Parks
Civilian Air Patrol
Wanda Blair
Sidney
Janice Tidwell
North Platte
Sandra Heath
Steve. Lundine
Gering
Tokepa
Kan
C.A.P
Forbes Air Force Base
Air Corps
Grand ‘Island
Grand Island
Topeka
Sidney Airport
Appeal Presented on Police Court Decision
Sidney Police Court conviction appealed to Cheyenne County District Court. William Kelly Sine posted a $104 appeal bond. Sine was arrested last week by Sidney police and charged with intoxication. He pleaded innocent before Police Judge Glenn Greenlee, who found Line guilty and levied a $10 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Cheyenne County District Court
William Kelly Sine
Sine
Glenn Greenlee
Line
Grain Seed Permits Required Under 1957 Tax Law
State Tax Commissioner Fred Herrington announced LB 583 requires licenses for grain and seed firms and others handling grain. Applications will be mailed on request. $1 licenses valid indefinitely. Bond requirements depend on estimated tax, with no bond if under $25 yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Herrington
Herrington
Real Estate Official To Confer In Sidney
Harold Clingersman, secretary of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, will visit Sidney on Wednesday to meet Tri-County Board of Realtors officers. A Nebraska Board of Realtors veteran, he has held various official posts before his national appointment. John Scholl of Sidney serves as Tri-County president.
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National ‘Association of Real* Estate ‘Boards
Sidney
Harold Clingersman
Nebraska Board of Realtors
Clingerman
Tri-County Board of Realtors
John Scholl
Wamsleys to Handle Edsel at Lincoln Mercury Agency
Lincoln Mercury dealer Wamsley at 1344 Illinois St will handle the Edsel line when Ford introduces it next month. Announcement of the local Edsel showing is expected later this month. Wamsley has thirty years in automotive sales including twelve in Sidney, with son Dennis and service manager Matt Wolfe assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wamsley
Lincoln - Mercury
Illinois St
Ford Motor Co
L. E Wamsley
Sidney
Dennis
Matt Wolfe
Legal Bingo Drive Starts in Nebraska
Petitions calling for a constitutional amendment to legalize bingo in Nebraska circulated Friday night after filing with the Secretary of State. Veterans of Foreign Wars and Fraternal Order of Eagles leaders filed the petitions, needing 56 794 valid signatures by July 3, 1958 to place the issue on the 1958 ballot. The amendment would allow the Legislature to license and regulate bingo games, requiring signatures equal to 10 percent of the governor's last election vote. Nebraskans would vote in November on this measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Ingles Loiges
Secretary of State
oRohart Towrstath
Veterans of Foreign Wars
H. Gail Miller
Bellevue
Bineo
Nebraska State Army of the Fraternal Order of Eagles
Oil and Gas Wildcat Test Set South of Sidney Neb.
Two new oil well drilling locations announced in Cheyenne County include a wildcat three miles south and one east of Sidney named Fastenow No. 1 by Some Oil Co. and a field extension north of Potter named Johnson No. 1 by Shell Oil Co. and Exeter Drilling Co. The area already has two producing wells, with the Wills No. 1 the latest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Some Oil Co
CSW
Potter
Heider
Shell Oil’s
Exeter Drilling Co
Johnson
CSE
Petroleum, Inc
Telegraph
Dus
Wildcat
Don M. Rounds
Wickhorst No
NENE
Rabbass
Davis Oil Co
Anderson No. 1
Nebraska News
Columbine Exploration Co
Burnett No
Banner County
M. W. Valentine
Gallatin No
Red Willow County
Pan American Petroleum Corp
Don Johnston
Olsen
Peterson Field. Petroleum, Inc
Garvey
State
Rocky Hollow
Champlin Oil & Refinery & Republic Natural Gas Co
Griffith No
Kimball County
Aue
British - American Oil Prod. Co
Fink
Zephyr Drilling Corp
Et. al
Skelly Oil Co
Claude Wentworth
Rodman No
Skelly Field
Sterfing Drilling Co
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Bertramson
S. W. Potter Field
County Reaches Half Way Point In Bond Buying
County sales of Series E and H bonds totaled 70,209 for July, reaching 664,014 for January-July and 56 percent of Cheyenne County 1957 quota. Nebraska citizens bought 6,285.98 in July, accumulating 50,347,329 year-to-July, 57.5 percent of the state goal. Business leaders say continued bond purchases build a cash reservoir for future emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Spgarow
Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Sidney Levy Could Edge Down Slightly Next Year
The Sidney total levy may fall from a record 74 mills, with a rough estimate showing a floor near 73 mills. Increases in Sidney and School District No 1 valuations, plus county growth, could trim the levy in tenths of a mill, while Cheyenne County village declines may raise levies there as the county plans to finish its calculations for next year’s tax year at the August county board meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Telegraph
Agai
Cheyenne County
I L. Pindell
Pinnell
State Board of Equaliation
Lodgepole
Dalton
Gurley
Potter
Devey County
Cheyenne County Fair Rodeo Opens With World Class Contestants
The Cheyenne County Fair rodeo opens Wednesday as a world's championship event under the Rodeo Cowboys Association rules. Top contestants from the United States and Canada will compete in five events with a $1,000 purse and $200 per event prize, plus entry fees expected to raise total stakes. Former world champion Shea Webster of Lenapah Oklahoma will enter calf roping and steer wrestling, aiming for top points in the season ending rankings. The rodeo runs two performances on August 16 and 17 with prize money contributing to the world titles awarded by the association.
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Cheyenne County Fair
Rodeo Cowboys’ Association
United States
Canada
Shea‘ Webster
Lenapah
Okla
Webster
Cheyenne Frontier Days
4-H Displays at Cheyenne County Fair Opens Entry Day
Exhibits from needlework to livestock fill Cheyenne County Fairgrounds as the 1957 fair opens entry day. The livestock barn hosts 4-H livestock projects with a Saturday fat calf sale at 1 pm. A midget variety show Thursday and rodeos Friday and Saturday promise entertainment as weather stays seasonal. Merchants can obtain display booths with free booth space due to price cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County Fairgrounds
Fair Board
Telegraph
Hermines
Gene Levineman
REA Progress Noted At Nebraska Session
Two directors of the Wheat Belt Public Power District attended a conference in Grand Island with 44 district directors from three states to discuss rural electric development. Nebraska REA investment for farmers and ranchers totals $150 million, plus federal facilities and revenue bonds backing. The directors institute, run by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn in cooperation with the Nebraska Rural Electric Assn, aimed to inform directors and managers about power system management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheat Belt
Directors Institute
The
National Rural Electric Cooperative
Fors
Directing Assn
Nebraska Rural Electric Assn
Direc
Sidney Guardsmen Win Fifth Straight Best Mess Award
Sidney’s Guardsmen of Co. K Nebraska National Guard returned from Camp Ripley Minnesota after two weeks of summer training. The unit won the 34th Division Best Mess award for the fifth year in a row with Ed Haupt as mess sergeant and highlighted honors across athletics and drill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. K. Sidney
Nebraska National Guard
Camp Ripley
Minn
Sidney
Co. K
Sidney Cooks and Bakers
National Guard
Nebraska
Ed Haupt
Ermaldl Wier
George Niekum
Art Aleman
Ivan Adams
Walter Lewis
Sidney Armory
Wyoming Youths Cited In Robbery
Two Cheyenne teenagers aged 16 and 17 are to appear in Sidney district court for a juvenile hearing. They admitted robbing the Thomas Liquor Store in Sidney on July 23 and linked to related Cheyenne thefts. Police say more than 100 dollars in cash and whiskey were stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
John Kuns
Sidney
Sol Willis
Thomas
Willis
State Fair Deadlines Set for Nebraska 4-H Entries
W. M Antes, state 4-H club leader at the University of Nebraska, announced deadlines for Nebraska State Fair 4-H entries. Cattle swine colt and sheep entries must be in by 5 pm Thursday August 15, other entries by 5 pm Friday August 23. Exhibits except horses must be in place by 8 am Saturday August 31, horses only September 5 from 10 am to 5 pm. No livestock entry limit. counties may have five food entries per class. About 4400 total entries anticipated.
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LINCC
W. M Antes
University of Nebraska College of Agriculture
Antes
Stock Growers Back One Cent Gas Tax Increase
The Nebraska Stock Grower Association, typically wary of new taxes, voiced support for keeping the one-cent gas tax increase, raising the state tax to seven cents. President Don B. Reynolds of North Platte said delaying proposed highway improvements delays an integrated system, noting the group has long advocated road expansion and that members are willing to share the cost. He urged not to abandon the tax in this case, calling the increase a key to the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Stock Grower A Association
Unicameras
Don B. Reynolds
North Platte
Nebraska
Ross
Cattlemen’s Association
Reynolds
Irrigation Demonstration Set At George Schnell Farm
An irrigation demonstration will be held Tuesday afternoon at the George Schnell farm three miles east of Sidney starting at 1 o clock. The event ends about 430 with a free watermelon feed supplied by the two Sidney banks, and all are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Schnell
Sidney
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CAP
Harold Clingerman
Wamsley’s
Edsel
Oil and
Sandy Kirby
Georgia
Sandy
Sidney Guardsmen
134Th Regiment
Gaylon Mason
Daddy
National Guardsmen
Ripley
Sgt
Pete Ornales
Tressa
Veronica
Thompson
Wyoming
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