Alaskan Cyclist Hall Faces Detour and Rescue After Sponsorship
Cyclist Robert Lee Hall on a 3700 mile detour from Maryland to Alaska faced financial ruin in Sidney before telegraph sponsors offered help. Maryland backer funds were secured but charges in West Virginia, including grand larceny, complicated the trek. Hall planned to restart the journey once legal issues cleared.
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Robert Lee Hall
Alaska
Hall
Sidney
Telegraph
Maryland
W. Va
West Virginia
Cumberland
Annapolis
Towler
Cheyenne
Cheyenne County
Winfield
Telegraph subscription drive offers prizes for new subs
The Telegraph launches a six week sales campaign with awards for new subscribers. Reach twelve to win a Roadmaster bicycle, eight for a six transistors radio, five for a Gruen wrist watch, or twenty for bicycle and radio, with twenty five earning all three prizes valued over 115. Details and start times to appear in Wednesday’s Telegraph.
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Telegraph
O. K
Inmate Count Nears Capacity at County Jail
Deputy Sheriff Kermit Brum baugh reported a near capacity jail with an even dozen inmates awaiting trial in county or district court or transportation to other states by authorities who requested apprehension.
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Kermit Brumbaugh
CAB Decision Should Alarm Other Towns
The CAB ruling allows Frontier Air Lines to suspend service along northern Nebraska next month prompting observers to say towns like Sidney Imperial Mc Cook Hastings Scottsbluff and North Platte may face loss without enough traffic to sustain routes. Nebraska officials plan appeals but see a softer CAB stance on local air service amid the move.
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CAIB
Frontier Air Lines
Nebraska
Sidney
Nebraska Department of Aeronautics
CAB
U. S. Court of Appeals
Jack Obbink
Aeronautics
Rush Clarke
North Platte
Department
Frontier
Imperial
McCook
Hastings
Scottsbluff
United Air Lines
County Democrats Map Fund Raising Dinner Plans
Cheyenne County Democratic members at Sidney Country Club map plan for Panhandle fund raising dinner set for September 24 in Sidney. Target speaker possibilities include Sen John Kennedy or Robert Kennedy with over 300 attendees expected at the $10 plate affair. Congressional Rep Donald McGinley praised local leadership and attendance included Sam Diedrichs George Fleming Cecil Hunt and E K Yanney.
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Democratic Central ‘Committee
E. K. Yanney
H.C.Q. Nelson
Don McGinley
Ogallela
Yauney
Sam Diedrichs
North Platte
Ralph Englert
Lodgepole
Nelson
C. A. Story
Otto Aufdengarten
Cecil Hunt
Lundl
McGinley
Nebraska
George Hunt
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Democratic Party
Sidney Country Club
Panhandle
Sen
John Kennedly
Presdent
Robert Kennedy
Donald McGinley
Ogallala
Country Club
Central Committee
George Fieming
Sen A A Fenske
Sunol
Echo I Satellite Sightings Reported Over Sidney Area
Residents in the Sidney area observed the United States Echo I satellite moving across clear skies. Reports describe a large balloon in orbit visible around 11 40 p m and again between ten and eleven p m with a faint comet like trail.
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United States
Echo I
Sidney
West Nebraskans Push For Four Road Projects
Northwest Nebraska delegates at a Nebraska State Highway Commission meeting in Bridgeport pressed for four long neglected road projects. Alliance Chadron Crawford and Harrison reps urged pavement on Highway 2 north Crawford to the South Dakota line Highway 29 south of Agate toward Mitchell Highway 61 Hyannis to Merriman and Highway 27 Ellsworth to Oshkosh.
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Northwest
Nebraska
Nebraska State Highway Commission
Bridgeport
Alliance
Chadron
Crawford
Harrison
South Dakota Line
Highway 29
Agate
Mitchell
Hyannis
Merriman
Ellsworth
Oshkosh
Wyoming Man Jailed On Check Charge Here
Worland man Edward Lee Husman a former Sidney radio announcer was bound over to district court on check charges. He appeared in Cheyenne County Court and is jailed in Cheyenne County awaiting trial with bond set at 200 dollars.
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Worland
Wyo
Cheyenne County
Edward Lee Husman
Sidney Husman
Appreciation Day for Sidney Teachers Set on Sept 2
The Sidney Chamber of Commerce announces an Appreciation Day for the school faculty Friday September 2. Business and professional people will meet teachers and welcome new staff with a luncheon at noon in the junior high cafeteria. The chamber pays for teachers. attendees cover their own costs. Further program details are to come.
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Sidney School
Board of Directors
Chamber of Commerce
Sidney
Weather outlook with scattered showers tomorrow
Partly cloudy conditions persist with widely scattered showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures little changed with tonight lows from 50 to 60 and tomorrow highs in the lower 80s.
Oil Field Opener Near Potter Reports Fifth Cheyenne County Find
An apparent oil discovery on the Millard Musil farm five miles north and two east of Potter marks Cheyenne County's fifth find this year. Exeter Drilling Co and Petroleum Inc report 54 inch casing at No. 1 Musil after a J sand test yielded 167 feet of free oil, 3,275 feet of gas and ten feet of mud with no water detected.
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Cheyenne County
Millard Musil
Potter Exeter Drilling Co
Petroleum Inc
No. 1
Musil
Nwsw
Ittner
Panhandle
Gulley-Washer Ends Month Long Drought
Rain from a Sunday Cheyenne County storm brought up to .8 inch in parts with traces elsewhere. Sidney reported .66 inch, while Potter had about a half inch and Lodgepole about .05. The system stirred winds, dust, and thunder, offering hope for relief from drought and benefiting next year’s winter wheat planting. A pilot also sighted a funnel cloud southwest of Sidney, though no tornado damage was reported.
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Cheyenne County
Sidney
Jumbo Reservoir
Jumbo
Telegraph
Printz Reports on Shrine Bowl North squad
Former Sidney High School football player Gordon Printz is among 32 Shrine Bowl North members practicing at Midland College Fremont for the Lincoln game Saturday. The account covers Nebraska Panhandle players on the North team and the group’s Shrine Hospital visit in Minneapolis, noting proceeds support.
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Sidney
Gordon Printz
Midland College
Fremont
Lincoln
Printz Printz
Nebraska Panhandle
Shrine Hospital
Minneapolis
Printz
Fair Week Opens With Wednesday Entry Day at Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County fair week begins with entry day on Wednesday at 9 a.m. in Sidney. Open class, 4-H, and Home Economics entries accepted on different schedules. Livestock judging slated for 1 p.m. Wednesday. Activities continue through Sunday with full program in Wednesdays Sidney Telegraph.
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Cheyenne County
Fair Grounds
Sidney
Sidney Telegraph
Sidney Trade
Wildcat oil site named in northeast Cheyenne County
The Nebraska Oil and Gas Commission last week permitted sixteen new drilling locations including a wildcat site fourteen miles north of Sunol in Cheyenne County. The No. 1 Scheeler location in section 13 16 48 lists William Meakins as operator. Three other Cheyenne County sites also appear on the commission list.
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Wildcat
Sunol
Cheyenne County
Nebraska Oil and Gas Commission
CSW
William Meakins
Commission
Nebraska
36 State Lots Up For Auction
The State of Nebraska plans a public auction September 9 at 10:30 a.m. for 36 lots in Lodgepole Creek Addition to Sidney, with mineral rights reserved and no sale below appraised value. Lots include various blocks and numbers in the Sidney tract at the addition’s west edge.
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Nebraska
Lodgepole Creek
Sidney
Court House
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Associated Press
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Jack Pollock
Telegraph News
Araska
Mel Busekist
Knapp
Putnam Coun
Cumberland, Md
Jack
Potter
Kimball
Gruen
Hunt
Co. A. Story
Rep. McGinley
U.S
West
Wyoming
Dalton
North Platte Valley
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