Auto license plates go on sale January 2
County Treasurer M. M. Inhelder announced that 1957 license plates for cars trucks pickups and trailers go on sale Wednesday January 2. License fee is eight dollars for all cars and house trailers cost ten dollars. Mail orders discouraged with 30 cents extra for return postage.
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M. M
Jack) Inhelder
Inhelder
Golengeotecacs
The
Telegraph
License Bureau
Beulah Lenz
Gerry Chandler
Luetta Gehrig
Ann Moore
Mrs. Minnie Lafler 90 Dies in Lincoln Neb
Minnie Lafler aged 90 died Christmas Day in a Lincoln hospital after a weeks long illness. Funeral services are set for Friday in Lincoln with Roper Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include three daughters Carrie Dimick Pearl Huckam and Blanche Stabler. three sons Leon Ralph Clifton. 13 grandchildren.
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Minnie Lafler
Lincoln
Neb
Roper Funeral Home
Carrie,Dimick
Pearl Huckam
Hemingford
Blanche Stabler
Leon
Ralph
Sidney
Clifton
Benedict, Neb
Leon Lafler
Robert
Charles
Ralph Lafler
Kids Given Gloves Dad Needs Lessons
Sons of a local lawyer aged five and ten received boxing gloves in their Christmas pack. Gifts were opened Christmas Eve and used immediately. The older boy landed a punch and caused a shiner. The dad now seeks professional instruction in boxing.
Fenske Leaving for Lincoln as Long Nebraska Session Looms
Senator A A Fenske of Sunol heads to Lincoln for what may be the longest and stormiest Nebraska Legislature session. The biennial opening is set for January 1 with debates forecast on sales and income taxes and tuition hikes. Adjournment is projected between May 15 and June 21 as lawmakers anticipate a historic, contentious term.
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A. A. Fenske
Sunol
Lincoln
Nebraska
Fenske
Nebraska University
Senate
Cheyenne County
Terry Carpenter
Scottsbluff
Carpenter
John J. Wilson
Chicago Corp Changes Name to Champlin Oil and Refining Co
The Chicago Corp of Fort Worth will become Champlin Oil & Refining Co effective January 1. Stockholders approved the name change at a November meeting. The Chicago Corp, with a Sidney office, discovered the Doran Field west of Sidney, a major local oil asset. The move aims to present the firm as a fully integrated oil and gas company.
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Chicago Corp. of
Fort Worth
Champlin Oil & Refining Co
Chicago
Sidney
Doran
The
Chicago Corp
Joe Gracey Leaving for Creole Petro Corp in Venezuela
Joe Gracey manager of The Chicago Corp. Sidney office will depart Jan 15 to join The Creole Petroleum Corp. at Tijuana Venezuela. Replacing Gracey in the local office will be D. C. Carley, former Chicago manager, who recently returned from Carthage Texas after a health leave.
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Joe Gracey
Chicago Corp
Sidney
Creole Petroleum Corp
Tiajuana
Venezuela
Gracey
D. C. Carley
Chicago
Carley
Carthage
Texas
Champlin Oil and Refining Co expands in oil fields and gas plants
The Champlin Oil and Refining Co has concentrated on oil and gas after liquidating other holdings. It bought Champlin Refining Co in 1954 to become integrated, now operates five gas plants in Texas and Oklahoma and a refinery in Enid. It runs a 645 mile products pipeline and markets through over 1,000 branded stations in the middle west.
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Texas
Champlin Refining Company
Enid
Okla
Champlin Oil & Refining Co
Oklahoma
Middle West
Lineman Burned By 7200 Volt Line Near Chappell
Neal Stanley Custer a lineman for Wheat Belt Public Power District was critically burned yesterday afternoon after contacting a 7200 volt distribution line four miles west of Chappell. He fell about 20 feet but was revived by artificial respiration and taken to Miller Memorial Hospital in Chappell with third degree burns on his left foot and lesser burns on his left hand and face. Custer who lives in Sidney has worked for Wheat Belt part time for about seven years.
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Neal Stanley Custer
Wheat Belt Public Power District
Chappell
Custer
Wheat Belt
Miller Memorial Hospital
Sidney
Dismal Week for Kimball County Oil Drilling
Cheyenne County oil patch reports three wildcat wells plugged or abandoned in two days. Ohio Oil Co plans a farmout in Kimball County's Dietz area as Enyeart No. 1 shows potential with a 5 835 feet test. Banner and Braden rigs drill in Kimball and Banner counties with several dry holes and new production in Hackberry and Baltensperger fields.
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Cheyenne County
Wildcat
Pubco
Gen
Sidney
Kingwood
Stewart
Lorenzo
Shell
Potter
Ohio Oil Co
Strain Drilling Co
Kimball County
Dietz
R W McDowell
Baltensperger
Bushnell
Sunray
Chaney
Stanolind
Nese
Braden Drilling Co
Lowell J. Williamson
Kimball
Colorado Century
Banner County
Gulf Oil Corp
Hackberry
Miracle-Fifer
Stauffer
Snyder No
W. H. Gaddis
NW SE
Western Prairie
Darnall-Young
Petroleum, Inc
Morgan County
Logan County
Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Beall Creek
McRae
Morean County
Pawnee Hills
Theme Songs for Driving Speeds Promote Safe Travel
Carl L. Wood of 2218 Newton Street suggests motorists sing to pass the drive. He lists songs for speeds 45 to 85 miles per hour including Highways are Happy Ways at 45 and When the Roll is Called Up Yonder at 75.
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Carl L. Wood
Newton St
Public Invited To View Rose Parade On TV at City Auditorium
A free public viewing of the Tournament of Roses parade is scheduled for 9 45 a.m New Year’s Day at the city auditorium. Sidney Community TV sponsors the event to show color reception locally. Wamsley’s Plumbing Heating and TV provides an RCA Victor set for the demonstration.
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City Auditorium
Sidney Community TV
Wamsley’s Plumbing, Heating and TV
RCA Victor
Simpson Gets 16 Years In Homicide Case
Carl Simpson of Sidney received a 16 year sentence in the Lincoln reformatory after pleading guilty to motor vehicle homicide linked to a Sept. 9 crash that killed two Duran children of Sunol. He was critically injured and hospitalized for weeks.
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Simpson
Lincoln
Carl Simpson
Sidney Man
Joe Duran
Sunol
Idaho
John Walden
Gary
Germany
Breternitz Bakery Closes After 43 Years in Sidney
Breternitz Bakery announces retirement after 43 years serving Sidney and surrounding areas. The shop at 931 Illinois St. winds down as the Breternitz family sell equipment and reflect on a bygone era before the supermarket age.
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Sidney
Breternitz
William Breternitz
Wm. Breternitz
Ed Breternitz
Illinois St
Sidney High School Band Invited to Inaugural Parade
The Sidney High School Band received official confirmation from Clarence A Arata of the inaugural parade committee that Nebraska will be represented in President Eisenhower's parade on January 21. Funds totaling about 4000 dollars are still needed to cover the 12000 dollar trip, with events planned including a radiothon on KSID tonight and a gas campaign at Sid's Sinclair Saturday to raise contributions and honor donors.
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Washington
Sidney High School
Nebraska
Eisenhower
Clarence A Arata
Elks Club
KSID
Jaycees
Sid
Sinclair
12Th
Illinois
Western
Kimball
Kimball Area
Sidney
Jane
Omaha
Lincoln
All Nebraska
Going To Washington Reservations Needed For Sidney Band Parade
Parents and spectators planning to accompany the Sidney band to the inaugural parade should notify the band director George Hinn today or Saturday morning. Rooms at the Washington hotel and seats on the special cars are limited, so advance word is required to reserve space and inform the railroad and hotel tomorrow.
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Sidney Band
Washington
George Hinn
Mr. Hinn
Moot Court Displays Strong Nebraska Teams in NYC
Nebraskans excel in the National Moot Court Competition held in New York City. Nebraska University and Creighton University reached the semi finals with Nebraska defeating Creighton before the finals. James Heaton of Sidney, son of Mr and Mrs P J Heaton Sr, played on the Creighton team and is now home for holidays.
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James Heaton
Sidney
P. J Heaton
Creighton
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Delbert Gheen
Bill Rael
Burton Harris
Ronald Humphreys
George Hendricks
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