Kimball and Sidney Push for Improved Truck Service
Kimball and Sidney business leaders unite to press West Nebraska Express for better Denver to Panhandle area trucking service. Local chambers cite inadequate overnight delivery and call for permanent certification, with comments from Kimball merchants and Sidney officials. Other businessmen note misrouted shipments and promise support if service improves. Regional regulators review WNX Denver route permits and plan hearings within about 90 days.
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Kimball
Sidney
Panhandle
Sidney Chamber
Wayne Moran
the Telegraph
Chamber
Wna2
Kimball Chamber
Don McBooth
Western Nebraska Observer
West Nebraska Express
Denver
Dean Wilson
Thomas Lumber Company
WNX
WINX
Omaha
Tom Kokjer
Kokjer Motors
Chevrolet Motor Division
Bill Black
Western Auto
William Marean
Kimball Pharmacy
Kimgball
South Dakota
Casper
Wyoming
Max Johnston
Lincoln Icc
Telegraph
Scottsbluff
Washington
Yearly Note To Sheriff On A Child’s Progress
Fourteen years after a fatal crash near Sidney a three year old girl Sandra Dillabaugh survived. Her aunt in Seattle sends annual cards detailing the girl’s school progress, a story Sheriff Bill Schulz says are the kinds of things you like to hear.
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Sandra Dillabaugh
Sidney
Denver
Cheyenne
Seattle
Bill Schulz
Sandra
Schulz
Jaycees Honor Don Gilbreath for Special Service
The Sidney Jaycees awarded Don Gilbreath the Nebraska state Spoke Award at a Tuesday meeting. Gilbreath, Coca Cola Bottling Company representative and Sidney Jaycees member for about 20 months, brought in 50 new members and chaired many local projects. Dean Wilson presented the award. Wilson Samsell, longtime Jaycee and city councilman, attended.
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Dean Wilson
Sidney Senior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycee
Don Gilbreath
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Gilbreath
Sidney Jaycees
Sidney
Stores Open Thursday And Friday Evenings
Sidney stores will stay open Thursday December 22 and Friday December 23 until 8 p.m. for last minute Christmas shoppers. Many shops will close about 4 30 p.m. on Christmas Eve to give employees the evening off with families.
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Sidney
Firemen Busy Tuesday and Wednesday Damages
Fire crews fought a Tuesday morning blaze at the John Echternacht residence 410 Twentieth Street caused by a furnace blower failure. Total losses around 790 dollars with 600 dollars to house and furniture and 60 dollars to the furnace. A separate fire at Emma Michaels Hardy Apartments caused no serious damage from smoked grease in a frying pan.
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John Echternacht
Twentieth Street
Joseph Murrell
Hardy Apartments
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Emma Michael
Michaels
Insecticide Dealers Convene At Lincoln
A Lincoln conference for insecticide dealers formulators and manufacturers will be held Jan 31 on the College of Agriculture campus. Robert E Roselle Extension entomologist says it is the first such meeting at the college. Topics include current insect control problems recommendations infestations expected in 1961 and discussions on field crews insects stock insects and control of ornamentals.
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Lincoln
College of Agriculture
Robert E Roselle
Lincolin
Nebraska
Holiday Vacation Schedule At Local Schools
Sidney public schools end year sessions Friday at 2 30 p m and resume Tuesday January 3. St Patrick's students dismiss Thursday at 2 30 p m and return January 3 at 8 15 a m. St Pauls Lutheran grades end Friday noon with no fun ch program. Christmas party morning and pageant Unto You A Saviour Friday evening. Classes resume Wednesday January 47 at 8 30 a m.
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Sidney
St. Patrick’s
St. Paul’s Lutheran Grade School
Siren Test Expected at Sioux Ord Depot Tomorrow
Officials at Sioux Ord nance Depot will test a mobile gasoline powered air raid siren Thursday afternoon. The siren, with 360 degree coverage and high decibel output, is designed to gauge how far the sound travels over a wide area.
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Sioux Ordnance Depot
New Managing Editor For Alliance Newspaper
Huntly Gordon 25 became managing editor of The Alliance Daily Times Herald on Monday. Former news editor of the Billings Gazette in Montana, he is a Ponca City Oklahoma native who studied at Phillips Exeter Academy and Oklahoma State University. He served in the US Air Force security service in San Antonio Texas before earning a journalism degree in 1959.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntly Gordon
Alliance Daily Times-Herald
Billings, Mont
State Fire Marshal Inspects Sidney Schools
Fire Marshal Fred Othe of Minatare spent two days in Sidney inspecting the public school system and St Patrick's Academy. The study covered the public schools Tuesday and St Patrick's Wednesday with a findings report due in about 10 days. Cooperating were Harvey Vizina of the Sidney Fire Department and Jim Paxton the city building inspector.
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Fred Othe
Minatare
Sidney
St Patrick's Academy
Othe
Harvey Vizina
Wildcat Tests Oil Show In Red Willow Co
Jul Tex Drilling Company tested sample shows in Reagan Red Willow County while drilling Cambrian in a wildcat four and a half miles east of Silver Creek Field. Ohio Oil Company perforated in Reagan and drilled No 1 Harsch prospect with cores showing oil staining and sand washes.
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Red Willow Co
Jul-Tex Drilling Company
Reagan
Red Willow County
Jul- Tex
Abilene, Texas
Cambrian
Silver Creek Field
Sleepy Hollow
Red Willow
Ohio Oil Company
Harsch
Lansing
Ohio
No 1
Ohip
Kansas Wildcat Oil Strike Near Nebraska Line
Imperial Oil of Kansas reports production string set at No 1 Kisling in Rawlins County a mile and a quarter south of a marginal producer in Hitchcock Nebraska. The Lansing test showed 50 feet of clean oil 140 feet of muddy oil and 120 feet heavily oil cut mud with pressure rising to 130 pounds and shut in readings near 1230 1040 pounds. Five and a half inch string set at 4260 feet deep in Cheyenne County.
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Imperial Oil Company of Kansas
Kisling
Rawlins
Kansas
Wildcat
Hitchcock County
Nebraska
Imperial
Lansing
City to Study Ambiguity in Zoning Code In R3 Rezoning Debate
The Sidney city council discussed possible ambiguity in Article six paragraph four of the zoning code affecting R-3 districts. Miss Mabel Lee Johnson seeks rezoning of the south half of Block 4 Trognitz addition from R-2 to R-3 to permit a real estate office at 1914 Jackson along with a dwelling. A public hearing will be scheduled after zoning commission review, with notice to property owners meeting 20 percent petition threshold.
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Mable Lee Johnson
Block 4
Trognitz
Miss Johnson
Jackson
Mabel Lee Johnson
Sidney City
City
Sidney Realtors
Nebraska oil conservation growth symbol for state
Nebraska has grown into an oil state with 1959 production of 23 million barrels. Projections for 1960 reach 241.4 million barrels, with 83 million barrels of primary oil and at least 55 million barrels of secondary oil potentially recoverable. The 1959 formation of the Oil and Conservation Commission in Lincoln aims to promote intelligent practices under director Dusty Rhodes.
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Nebraska Oil Conservation Commission
Nebraska
Skelly
Viola
Richardson County
Leto e@ tie commission
Commisson
H. N
Dusty" Rhodes
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Kimball C. of
Jaycees
Alliance Newspaper
Cheyenne County
Petroleum Inc
Schmale
Texota
Laing
Pfeifer
Tom Coffey
Elwell Motors
Zoning Commission
BY Pat Brennan
Total
Cheyenne’ County
Oil
Nebraskas
Commission
328 Conservation Commission
Jidney
Appa Ned
Hi N “Dusty’’ Rhodes
G. H. “Blip
Doran
Rhodes
Fred Enders
Ray L. Smith
Chappell
Dougherty
Dougherty and
Wright
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