Old Soldier De Gaulle Named Man of the Year for 1958
The Associated Press editors pick Charles de Gaulle as Man of the Year for 1958. He returned from retirement to lead France, navigating a tense political crisis and pushing the Fifth Republic through a new constitution.
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Charles de Gaulle
France
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Associated Press
Paris
Alanti
National Assembly
Bedond
Weil
Nelson Rockefeller
Aepublican
Politica
Winnil Tee
Nave York
Sheri “Democratic
Elseoy
John Foster’ Dulles
America
Mie
John XXII
Mate Evangelist
Billy Graham
Graham
Pou
Wie
Billy
Hono
Boris Bislernak
Bibice
Dr. Zhivago
United States
Pastorne
von Braun
Bnscience
Erica
Adar
Hyman Rickavary
van Cliburn
Wao
International Zenskivsky Eisne
Moscow
Zenterta
Nast
Plawditi
Remney
Vo Romney
Bernard Ating
Boston
Sherman Adams
Adams
Casey, Stengel
New York Yankees
Milwaukee
Ione
Roy Campanella
Los Angeles
Brooklyn
Man of the Year selections by Associated Press
The Associated Press polls 3,700 radio and newspaper members on the top news personalities of the year. Votes reflect headline capture rather than endorsement of all winners' activities.
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Associated Press
Hawkins Says His Election Expense Filed Long Ago
Five new Nebraska public power district directors including Lee Hawkins of Peetz Colorado may be barred from taking office for missing campaign expense filings. Hawkins says he filed long ago. secretary of state withholds certificates for those who failed to file. Overall 19 candidates in the November race did not file expense statements. five were elected.
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Nebraska Public Power Districts
Lee Hawkins
Peetz
Colo
Secretary of State
Hawkins
the Telegraph
I. L. Pindell
Pindell
Youth Hospitalized While Hiking Home
An Oregon youth, an M year old hitchhiker, was hospitalized for observation after being found ill while returning from Michigan to his mother's home in Harrisburg. He spent Christmas in Memorial Hospital and was to be released soon. Albany police noted he stayed overnight in the station before the hospital admission.
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Oregon
Memorial Hospital
Arthur G. Mallon
Albany
Ore
Ervin Smith
Michigan
Harrisburg
Christmas Day Baby Sayre Born in Sidney
Rickey Garrett Sayre arrived at 10 10 a m yesterday morning weighing eight pounds three ounces. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Keith Sayre. Grandparents include Mrs Ada Sayre Sidney and Mr and Mrs C W Garrett Sterling. Great grandparents are Mr and Mrs Charlas Jobe Dalton and Mr and Mrs G A Berger Denver.
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Sidny
Keith Sayre
Rickey Garrett Sayre
Ada Sayre
Sidney
C. W Garrett
Sterling
Charlas Jobe
Dalton
G. A. Berger
Denver
Nebraska Oil Output Tops Sixty Thousand Barrels Daily
Nebraska's oil production surpassed 60 000 barrels per day last week at 60 358 bpd, near the record high. Cheyenne County sees activity with No 1 Schwasnick wildcat near Sidney. British American Oil starts No 1 Wills at Mather Field. McMillen No 1 in McMillen Field faces temporary abandonment. several drill sites listed across Cheyenne Kimball and Morrill counties as 1959 prep work begins.
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Nebraska
Nebraska Panhandle
Cheyenne County Petroleum Inc
Sidney
Denver
General
Potter
Cheyenne County
Kimball County
Chandler & Simpson
Simpson
Banner County
Nebraska Farm Output Surges Past Oil as Major Revenue
Nebraska farmers produced a record $700 million in 1958 crops, seven times the oil sector’s $100 million. Wheat, sorghum, soybeans and popcorn hit new highs with near record corn and hay. Grain output rose 23 percent from 1957, with feed grain reaching 11 million tons and miscellaneous crops up 25 percent.
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Nebraska
Boy 13 Run Over by Truck. Father Investigated
Ronald Knapp 13 of Sidney is in critical condition at Memorial Hospital after being run over by a two tone truck driven by his father Ray Knapp a prominent Sidney farmer. He suffered fractured vertebrae and pelvis with serious internal injuries and underwent surgery. The accident happened on U S Route 30 near Sidney Implement and McCormick Farms stores when he leaned from the cab and fell under the rear wheel. An ambulance transported him for emergency care and transfusion needs were being assessed.
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Ronald Knapp
Rt. 2
Sidney
Memorial Hospital
Ray Knapp
Sidney Farmer
Young Knapp
U. S. Route 30
Sidney Implement
McCormick Farms
Alliance Pushes Advertising Plan for New Highway
Alliance boosters plan four highway signs near Sidney Ogallala in Nebraska and Mecoresroit Worland in Wyoming to promote U S Route 385 and Alliance on this highway. A advertising firm will install and maintain signs at 175 dollars yearly for three years, funded by participating towns along the route. The signs highlight the International Parks Highway and guide tourists toward Yellowstone and nearby attractions.
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Nebraska
Chamber of Commerce
Penhandle
Alliance Highway
Sidney
Ogallala
Mecoresroit
Worland
Wyoming
Highway Committee
The
Opallala
Blak H.us
Yelowstone
Missile Race Tops Santa Says Oh My Aching Feet
Story notes a busy period with space race momentum, political shifts, and notable events. It mentions missile and space efforts, Middle East crisis, elections, a school fire tragedy, Vatican and French leadership changes, and early economic recovery signals.
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Santa
Roy’s Standard Service opens at Ninth Street
Roy Reed, long from Cheyenne County, opens Roy’s Standard Service at Ninth Street with a full line of station products and auto accessories. Reed brings four years in oil and gas and plans a grand opening in early spring.
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Roy
Roy Meed
Ion
Reed
Cheyenne County
North Route Cities Fail To Meet Air Quota
Nebraska communities along the northern route including Sidney must boost passenger counts to sustain Frontier service. Rolland Harr notes CAB will judge after six months of operation with formal order Feb 16 delaying counting until then. Omaha meets quota. Lincoln and others lag. Route totals Dec 14–20 show 184 passengers with Omaha 72 and Chadron 28 among stations.
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Nebraska
Sidney
Rolland Harr
Harr
Civil Aeronautics Board
Omaha
CAB
Frontier
Harvard Ainsworth
Ainsworth
Valentine
Frontier Airlines
Lincoln
Norfolk
Chadron
North Central Airlines
Western Airlines
Omaha Casper
Casper
Douglas
Lusk
Microwave Linking Denver to Rapid City Progress
Work on a microwave link from Denver to Rapid City South Dakota to affect TV programming out of Hay Springs progressed this week. Crews completed a power line to a relay station in Sioux County and PREMA crews prepared the tower site with steel on the ground.
Nebraska Winter Wheat Output Projection for 1959
Department of Agriculture projects Nebraska will harvest 83,232,000 bushels of winter wheat in 1959 from about 3,468,000 acres, down from 113,335,000 last year. Panhandle counties may yield over 20 million, with Cheyenne County at least five million. National forecast est near 957 million, a surplus amid high supplies into mid-1960.
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Department of Agriculture
Nebraska
Nebraska Panhandle
Cheyenne County
Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Soil Bank
Telegraph Rate Hike Effective Jan 2
Next Wednesday December 31 is the deadline for paying subscriptions to The Sidney Telegraph at the present rate. Present subscribers may advance their subscriptions two years beyond the expiration date. New subscribers can pay a maximum of two years in advance. Effective with the issue of Friday January 2 the new higher rates will be in effect. Remittances may be made in person or by mail.
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Sidney Telegraph
Nursing Home Bids Set For Feb 26
Bids for the nursing home addition to Memorial Hospital will be opened February 26. Architect Frank McNett of Grand Island announced the plans have been revised and the specifications scaled down after an October bid exceeded available funds.
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Memorial Hospital
Frank McNett
Grand Island
Annual Meeting of Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital Assn
The Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital Association will hold its annual meeting in the hospital conference room on Monday January 19 at 7 30 p m. An election of officers and a report on last year’s activities will be presented.
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Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital Assn
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