Western Nebraska hearings begin on tax inquiry for 150 firms
The Senate tax investigating committee led by Terry Carpenter opens hearings in Panhandle towns including Gering Scottsbluff Kimball Sidney and Alliance inviting about 150 firms to explain how they calculate property tax. Carpenter will alone conduct the Sidney session and urges a special legislative session to review tape recordings and consider corrective tax measures.
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Nebraska
Sen
Terry Carpenter
Sen. Carpenter
Panhandle
Gering
Scottsbluff
Kimball
Beckmann Motor Co
Cheyenne County Lumber Co
the Gift Shop
Greenlees, Inc
Haworth Hardware
Hardy Clark Furniture
Janda and Tobin Drugs Co
John Deere Plow Co
Frank Loch Electric Co
Merrick’s Shoes
Maddox Motor Co
Prebles Grocery
Snyder Clothing Co
Stickney’s, Inc
Town and Country, Inc
Foland Farm Machinery Inc
Thomas Lumber Co
Western Drug Co
Wamsley Plumbing Co
Ksid Radio
Farmers Co-op Grain Co
Hughes-Josten Lumber Co
Larsen Machinery Co
Minneapolis-Moline Co
Pierson Implement Co
Sevenup Bottling Co
Carpenter
Tax Investigating Committee
Christmas Greeting Edition Set By The Sidney Telegraph
The Sidney Telegraph announces a December 23 Christmas Greeting Edition dedicated to patron greetings from local businesses and organizations. A special Greeting service is available through the advertising department, with books delivered to callers for selection.
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Sidney Telegraph
The
Telegraph
Chamber of Commerce Meet Tuesday at Sidney Club
The Chamber of Commerce holds its annual meeting at Sidney Country Club on Tuesday December 10 1957 at 6 34 PM. Officers will be elected and activities reported with plans to be formulated. Better be there.
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Chamber of Commerce
Sidney Country Club
County Bond Purchases Likely Fall Short in 1957
Cheyenne County may end 1957 about 20 percent under its United States Savings Bonds quota as November sales total $58,810, part of a county tally of $942,024 or 70.9 percent of its goal. Nebraska's November E and H bond totals reach $5,602,828 with 83.8 percent of its state quota. 26 counties have exceeded their targets. Holiday gifting through bonds noted as year end bonuses rise.
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Cheyenne County
United States Savings
H. G. Spearow
Nebraska
W. B. Millard, Jr
Nebraska Savings Bond Committee
County Commissioners To Omaha Convention
Several Sidney residents will attend the County Commissioners convention in Omaha from December 11 to 13. George Coulter and wife plan travel by train to the meeting then to Washington to visit a daughter. Mrs. George Fleming will join the trip and meet Mr. Fleming who is duck hunting in Stuttgart Arkansas. Don Hart welfare director for Cheyenne County is asked to serve as welfare section hostess with her husband. Cecil Hunt and wife may miss the trip due to Mr. Hunt's health.
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Sidney
Omaha
George Coulter
Washington, D. C
George Fleming
Fleming
Stutgart
Arkansas
Don Hart
Cheyenne County
Cecil Hunt
Hunt
Beet growers to receive December payments from Great Western Sugar
The Great Western Sugar Company will mail checks totaling $8 207 000 on December 13 to beet growers in Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming and Montana. It covers beets delivered from November 4 to 30 and from November 30 to December 4, with yields averaging 16.75 tons per acre in a 52 year high. Combined payments reach $40,733,000 for the four-state area.
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Denver
Great Western Sugar Company
Colorado
Nebraska
Wyoming
Montana
Frank A. Kemp
Kemp
Great Western
Boy Meets Tree Resuit Car Has 85 Damage
Sidney police report an accident Sunday near Legin Park involving a 1954 auto driven by Robert E. Bush 20 of Scottsbluff. Bush swerved to avoid water in the creek and struck a tree. damage estimated at 35 dollars. he was unhurt.
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Sidney
Legin Park
Robert E. Bush
South Broadway
Scottsbluff
George Ott
Microwave System Down After 95 MPH Wind Damages Tower
Sidney Community TV operates on temporary hookup after Ft. Moreau rear tower damage from a 95 mile per hour wind. Charles Pope, manager, said the reflector bent out of alignment by the wind interrupts the Microwave pickup and he could not say how long the temporary hookup would be necessary.
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Sidney
Ft. Moreau
Charles Pope
Fire Inspection Team Expected In Sidney
Fire Chief Harvey Vizina said a fire inspection crew will visit Sidney mainly downtown properties, rooming houses, and apartment buildings. Deputies Lin S. Cram of Lincoln and Fred Otte of Minatare will lead the inspection, described as routine and limited to compliance checks.
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Harvey Vizina
Lin S. Cram
Lincoln
Fred Otte
Minatare
Vizina
Sidney
Winterized Driving Methods For Safe Winter Travel
Lincoln report quotes University of Nebraska extension safety expert William D Lutes urging motorists to winterize driving. He advises using snow tires or chains, keeping windows clear, pumping brakes, and following at safe distances as icy roads may require up to 229 feet to stop.
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Lincoln
Wiliam D Lutes
University of Nebraska
Lutes
SOD Employee Dies In Grant Hospital
William Busch aged 52 an employee at Sioux Ordnance Den died of pneumonia yesterday afternoon in a Grant Nebraska hospital where he had been ill a week. He had been visiting friends in Wallace since before Thanksgiving and funeral services are set for 2 pm Thursday in Julesburg with Austin Funeral Home handling arrangements. Survivors include a brother and three sisters.
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William Busch
Sioux Ordnance den
Grant
Neb
Mr Busch
Wallace
Julesburg
Austin
Grain markets hint at wheat at 383 per bushel
Local elevator sources report a wheat price of 383 per bushel. This snapshot notes grain market activity and price was quoted today.
Father Albel To Leave Sidney After Forty Years In Priesthood
The Rev Albert Atbel pastor of St Patrick's Catholic Church announced he has resigned and will move to Arizona for health reasons. He plans to help with sermons missions and lectures but will not take a full time parish assignment. He hopes to settle near Tucson to finish his memoirs about western experiences. Born in Marmette Wisconsin on May 27 1891 he was ordained June 13 1917 in Columbus Ohio and served in Nebraska for twelve years before his move to Sidney.
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Albert Atbel
St Patrick’s Catholic Church
Albel
Arizona
Altouza
Tucson
West
Wisconsin
Marmette
Wis
Father Albel
Columbus
Ohio
Body Found In Car On Rural South Dakota Road
Burke South Dakota authorities report the death of a 65 year old Indian man found in a car on a rural road. Two Dalton residents, Morris Goeman and Fay Adair, were taken into custody as the investigation continues in Gregory County jail and county authorities coordinate with state officials.
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South Dakota
Dalton
Burke
Gregory County
S. D
Morris Goeman
Fay Adair
Herbert Holy Elk
Wankee
Pine Ridge
Lyle Oliver
Telegraph
Holy Elk
Goeman
Mrs. Adair
Oliver
Cheyenne County
Wheat Growers Meet Reelects Officers Names Parity Plan Steps
The Nebraska Wheat Growers Association re elected all officers at the Gallala convention. Carl Bruns of Chappell is president, George Gerdes Alliance first vp, Jim Hoyt Culbertson second vp with secretary treasurer named. Fifty eight resolutions push parity efforts, wheat use for industry, and shipments. Transportation and export standards reforms are urged alongside potential Nebraska scholarships for wheat research.
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Nebraska Wheat Growers Assn
Qgallala
Carl Bruns
Chappell
George Gerdes
Alliance First
Jim Hoyt
Culbertson
Alliance
Ste
Association
Farmrogram Committee
National Wheat Growers’ Assn
Ramey Whitney of
Europe
Brazil
Ecuador
Chile
Peru
Wheat Commission
University of Nebraska
Sheriff's Office Busy False Clue Reported
A midnight call to the sheriff's office claimed a body beside a park car. Deputies found only a trunk left by its owner. A teenager from Sidney was taken into custody on shoplifting charges and released to her parents pending further action by authorities.
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Sheriff's Office
Kermit Brumbaugh
Sidney Git
Dalton Fire Crew Douses Truck Blaze North of Dalton
Firefighters battled a semi trailer tractor fire nine miles north on Highway 19. Driver Ted R Kollinger of Sterling Colorado believed fuel was low before a motor start sparked the blaze. Potatoes in the trailer were undamaged. Truck leased from Meyer Ford Scottsbluff.
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Dalton Fire Department
Highway
Ted. R. Kollinger
Sterling
Colorado
Dalton
Felix Koenig
Meyer Ford
Scottsbluff
Sales Tax Petition Campaign Slated in Nebraska
The Nebraska State Education Assn. approved a petition campaign to seek a constitutional amendment for a statewide sales tax. The plan would distribute revenue to government subdivisions and require a legislative sales tax. If 56,794 signatures are gathered by July, the amendment heads to the November ballot.
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Nebraska State Education Assn
Nebraska
NSEA
Certified Seed Men To Meet In Sidney Wednesday
Claire Porter of the Nebraska Crop Improvement Association will speak in Sidney next Wednesday December 11 to certified seed producers from Cheyenne County. Ivan Liljegren county agent says the meeting at 2 p.m. in the City Auditorium Legion Room aims to form a Cheyenne County organization of certified seed producers. About forty farmers grow certified seed in the county and the group seeks wider publicity to attract more seed users.
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Claire Porter
Nebraska Crop Improvement Association
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Ivan Liljegren
City Auditorium
Legion Room
Liljegren
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Pat Tyson
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Grant Hospital
Sandhills
Anselmo
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Valentine
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