Miller Says Sioux Area Must Boost To Aid Defense
Rep. A L Miller told the Sidney Chamber of Commerce that the Sioux Ordnance Depot must prepare for a larger role in missile and rocket storage as defense spending rises for fiscal 1958 59. He urged a delegation to Washington to press Pentagon planners while confirming Sioux's value beyond Sidney. The talk notes Sioux employees around 840 and hints at broader western Nebraska interest in the depot's future.
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al Miller
Cheyenne
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Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Pentagon
Nebraska
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Ralph Welch
Special Services Committee
Jack H. Lowe
Welch
Defense Department
Defense
Congress
More Drilling Expected As Leases Expire In Nebraska
Western Nebraska oil men anticipate increased drilling in the next two years as ten year leases from 1948 and 1949 expire and may be tested or released. Production remains around 50 000 to 55 000 barrels per day with little deep oil found. emphasis shifts to the four corners region for new discoveries and deeper tests. Major and independent companies continue to view Denver-Julesburg Basin wells as blue chip investments.
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Banner
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Black Hollow
New Windsor
Weld County
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Lyons
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Shell Oil
Pan American Petroleum
Sinclair Oil & Gas
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Hiccuping suspect tied to two robberies in El Paso
Jose Munoz, arrested after detectives tracked a man hiccuping constantly, is charged with two armed robberies within five hours. Victims described the suspect by his persistent hiccups, aiding the arrest in El Paso Texas.
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EL Paso
Texan
Jose Munoz
Munoz
Christmas Fabrics Inspire Festive Home Sewing Tips
Dorothy Roe says department stores overflow with colorfast Christmas fabrics featuring jingle bells holly wreaths and reindeer in red green and white. She offers ideas for a Christmas nightie with border prints and scalloped hems and amusing upside down felt Christmas trees as mantel decor to create lasting family traditions.
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Dorothy Roe
Associated Press
Out of Old Nebraska George Holdrege Pioneer Railroader
George W. Holdrege built a 51 year Burlington career from 1869 to 1920 beginning as chief clerk and rising to General Manager of lines west of the Missouri. He supervised 4900 miles built in the West and earned the title Wests greatest railroad builder. His work extended the Denver line to connect with Union Pacific at Kearney in 1879 and spurred major Nebraska expansion including the Kenesaw cut off. The Holdrege era saw the founding of Highline and a Burlington resolution calling him first citizen of Nebraska.
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Missouri
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Hastings
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Naponee
Harlan County
Indianola
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Kenesaw
Oxford
Thrift Again To Be Basis Of Governor's Budget
Governor Victor Anderson signals a repeat of the hard tack budget approach for his re election bid. He cites controlling state government costs and taxes as paramount, noting Nebraska reduced the property tax levy in 1957 without new taxes and ranking near the nation’s second lowest per person cost. He argues Nebraska must thrift while maintaining services.
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Nebraska
Victor Anderson
Anderson
Sen Fenske To Speak To Historical Group
The Cheyenne County Historical Society will meet Wednesday at 7 30 in the American Legion Hall Lodgepole. Sen A A Fenske of Sunol will speak about permissive legislation passed in the last Legislature enabling a levy for historical society purposes if voters approve.
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Cheyenne County Historical Society
American Legion Hall
Lodgepole
Association
Sen A. A Fenske
Sunol
Mirage Flats Corn Makes 166 Bushels
Phil Grabouski assistant agronomist in charge of outstate testing at North Platte reports unusually high yield in a Mirage Flats test plot. Ray Housh notified of 166 bushels per acre on Dekalb 410 with moisture data pending. Thirty-one varieties were planted. official results forthcoming.
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Mirage Flats
Phil Grabouski
North Platte
Ray Housh
Housh
Swedish Immigrant to American Citizen Renames Herself Wege
Swedish native Peder Axel Wege will soon become an American citizen and has chosen to shorten his name from Gustafson Birger Gills to Peder Axel Wege. The change reflects his new American identity as he completes naturalization steps in White Sulphur Springs.
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