Sidney Fire Chief Calls 1957 One Of Worst Years For Fires
Sidney this year has seen four deaths and six serious injuries from fires, with property losses between 300000 and 400000. Chief Harvey Vizina labeled 1957 among the worst fire years, noting major blazes at Ohio Oil Co and Maddox Motor Co plus numerous wheat field and residential fires. Funeral services for fire victims were held Wednesday as Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital reported Mrs Pauline Kittleman in critical condition and the survivor of a fatal house fire did not improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Harvey Vizina
Vizina
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
Pauline Kittleman
Kittleman
George
Ohio Oil Co
Mary Egging
Miers Well Service“Co
Maddox Motor Co
A. S. Hardy
New Doctors Open Offices
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Two New Doctors Open Offices in Sidney
Two new doctors of medicine will open their offices to the public in Sidney tomorrow. R. H. Olson and D. E. Wilkinson, general practitioners and University of Nebraska College of Medicine graduates, will practice from the former Sidney Hospital Building at the southeast corner of Tenth Avenue and Jackson Street. Both physicians trained together in Washington state and are Nebraska natives, Dr. Olson from Omaha and Dr. Wilkinson from Cherry County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
R. H. Olson
D. E. Wilkinson
Sidney Hospital
Tenth Avenue
Jackson Street
Olson
Wilkinson
University of Nebraska College of Medicine
Washington State
Nebraska
Omaha
Cherry County
Time schedule for draft office cut to half hours
Cheyenne County Selective Service office lowers weekly hours from 40 to 20. Starting next Monday it will be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to noon, eliminating afternoon openings. Office manager Mrs. Nate Christner announced the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Selective Service
Nate Christner
Selective Service Center
Wheat exports trim U.S. wheat surplus to 905 million bushels
The Agriculture Department reported record exports for the year ending June 30 reduced the wheat carryover to 905 million bushels as of July 1, with further declines expected by next July 1. Exports in 1956-57 dropped use of wheat domestically to 587 million bushels while subsidy programs moved much of last year’s export.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Department
Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
Sidney Pool to Close Next Week for Season
The Sidney Municipal Swimming Pool at Legion Park will operate for one more week before Labor Day weekend shutdown. City Manager Murrey Fuller cited declining attendance as the season ends, with an exact closing date to be set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Sidney Municipal Swimming Pool
Legion Park
Murrey Fuller
County Listed For Regional Soil Program
Cheyenne is among 35 Nebraska counties named by the U S Department of Agriculture for Great Plains conservation program assistance. The plan allows signed long term contracts with guaranteed federal payments upon completion, with a $2500 ceiling on cost shares for dam or pond improvements.
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Cheyenne
Nebraska
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Panhandle
Banner
Box Butte
Devel
Garden
Kimball
Morrill
Keith
Scotts Bluff
Soil Conservation District
Great Plains
Congress
The
Soil Conservation Service
Great Plains Agricultural
Council
Soil .Conserva
Tion
Secretary of Agriculture
17 Steam Engines Return To Duty On U P Main Line
H I Markel U P trainmaster at Sidney said 17 3900 series steam engines were called back into service between Cheyenne and North Platte due to heavy traffic on the main line. They normally peak in summer but this year traffic arrived later than usual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. P. Main Line
H. I. Markel
U.P
Sidney
Cheyenne
North Platte
Markel
Onken Bays Acquires Frontier Stations Near Sidney
Onken Bays announced the purchase of the Frontier terminal station two and a half miles east of Sidney the Frontier station at Brownson and the Chicken in the Basket next to the terminal station. The three units were formerly owned by Art Cunningham, a Sidney car dealer. Oaken and his son also operate tank wagon service from Sidney and Brownson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arm In
Onken
Terminal Frontier
Sidney
Frontier
Brownson
Terminal Station
Art Cunningham
Sidney Car Dealer
Oaken
Sidney and
Windows broken at residence on Charlotte Drive
Paul Sprinkle reported to Sidney police that two windows at his home 642 Charlotte Drive were shot and broken, apparently with BB gun pellets, this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Sprinkle
Charlotte Drive
Sidney
Water-For-Lagoon Program Here Apparently Successful
Sidney pursues a water for lagoon project to fill the Le gion Park lagoon for winter skating. An artesian well and three horizontal wells were drilled plus reopening Trognitz Springs. Measurements will show how much water is added to the creek and lagoon system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Park
Sidney
Municipal Water Department
Charles Green
Green
Water Department
Albin Olson
Ed van Aelstyn
Brule
Trognitz
Park Lagoon
Deadline Set For Medical Check-Ups For Kindergarten
The pre school medical and dental check ups free to Kinder garten students are set for Saturday August 31. Appointments required with a doctor of choice by parents. No free exams after school starts. Lab tests or shots if advised incur charges. Forms available at the junior high school office 9 to 12 and 1 to 4 Monday through Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. R. Tillotson
Maddox Building Repair Underway After Fire
Repair and remodeling work on the Maddox Motor Company auto sales building is now underway. The Chrysler-Plymouth dealer’s home lot burned out by fire June 21 in a blaze that damaged the structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maddox Motor Company
Chrysler-Plymouth
Band practice announced for senior high band members
George Hinn, director, calls first practice for senior high band members at 9 a.m. on Monday August 26. Prospective members should report to the band room at the junior high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hinn
Potter Village Marshal Langley Murder Case Arraignment
Friends of Potter village marshal Dale Langley have funded a defense in a second degree murder case. Local residents were solicited with 110 approached and 103 contributing to the defense fund. The incident arose after Langley allegedly fatally beat Jack Stanford in a Potter tavern.
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Dale Langley
Potter Village
Potter
Langley
Jack Stanford
Stanford
Potter Tavern
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Oil-Gas News: Tank Wildcat Abandoned in Cheyenne County
Petroleum Inc plugged the Tank No. 1 wildcat four miles north of Potter Cheyenne County ending prospects with no shows. Other reports note Johnson H No. 2 in the Heider Field and Shell casing on Johnson No. 1. In Kimball County Champlin and Magnolia extend fields with multiple test outcomes. West of Vim, Weld County, Shell’s No 1 State 1134 produced oil before reducing rate. Banner and Logan counties report dry holes and new wildcats. Colorado oil activity includes three new locations in Logan and two wildcat locations in Washington and Weld counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Petroleum, Inc
Potter
Heider
Shell Oil Co
Johnson No. 1
Kimball County
Champlin Oil and Refining
Griffith
Magnolia Petroleum Corp
Bertramson No. 4
SESW
Big Discovery
Weld County
Colo
Sheil Oil Co
Chandler - Musgrove
Rye
Banner County
Pan American
Rock Hollow
British - American
Colorado
Logan County
Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Washington and Weld
Brakeman Dies After Accident In Sidney Yard
Leland Pete Mann 60 of Sidney died at Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital from a yard accident. A 30 year UP brakeman, he was found after attempting to board a steam locomotive near Sidney Wednesday night. Funeral set for 10:30 a.m. Monday at Craig Mortuary with Odd Fellows graveside rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific Railroad Co
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
Leland
Pete” Mann
Sidney
Mann
U. P
Cheyenne
Markel
Craig Mortuary
R. L. Townsend
Ilinois
Greenwood Cemetery
Odd Fellows Lodge
First Methodist Church
Decatur
Ind
Mr. Mann
Burton
Lillian Middleton Mann
Liberal
Kan
Chappell, Neb
Belle Melton
Belleville
Police Point Peril Of Bicycle Riding On City Sidewalks
Sidney police warn youths may have bicycles confiscated for brief periods for repeated sidewalk riding. Officer Ervin Smith cites rising cases in the business district and near the city auditorium where crashes have been narrowly avoided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Ervin Smith
Smith
Zoo Fund Drive Starts Tomorrow
The Sidney Zoo fund drive opens tomorrow morning at Tenth Avenue and Illinois Street to raise about 200 dollars for new cages for the menagerie owned by Earl Harvey. A soft drink stand runs 9 am to 5 pm with proceeds to the fund. memberships at 1 dollar. Seven-Up and Coca Cola bottlers supply drinks. animals and birds will be on display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Zoo
Sidney
Tenth Avenue
Illinois Street
Earl Harvey
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Brucellosis Plan For Cheyenne County Public Hearing
Cheyenne County will join a five year anti brucellosis program starting August 28. The plan applies to the entire county and there were no objections voiced at the hearing.
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Cheyenne County
Brucellosis vaccination program discussed at county meeting
At a public meeting on Wednesday livestock officials explained the calfhood vaccination drive already sanctioned in three of fifteen precincts. Stockmen under the Brucellosis program can obtain free serum for their cattle, and cattle from Brucellosis areas may gain easier access to market channels.
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Bill Glant
Everett Mohart
Estes
Smeriff
Bob Fitzgerald
Wichita
Kaw
Fitzgerald
Union Pacific Railroad
Onken Bays
Vern Anthony
Lodgepole Creek
Carolyn McGirr
Lee
Roger Williams
Lee-Hested
Dogie Foland
Hollis Peratt
Thompson
Sidney Yard
Transportation Department
Belle
Clyde Empson
Leland L. Mann
Madge Cloud
Colorado Springs
George Mann
Chappell
James R. Hoffa
Senate Rackets Investigating Committee
Washington
Midwest
Teamsters Union
New York Area
Teamsters
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