Lodgepole and Potter Dix Seek Funds for TV Booster Upgrades
Lodgepole and nearby Potter and Dix launch a community fundraising drive to meet FCC booster rules. The Lodgepole system serves about 1,000 viewers and aims for 2,500 dollars, with half raised. WN F TV plans two booster towers to bring Channel 4 NBC into Potter and Dix, expanding coverage to ten or twelve miles.
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Lodgepole
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Lodgepole TV
Kearney
Lodgepole Valley TV Association
Lodgpole
Glenn Fraass
Lodgepole First State Bank
EE. K. Yanney
W.N F.-Tv
Non-Presit Corporation
Potter and Dix
Channel 4
NBC
Potter
Dix
Unemployment Rising in Sid ey Area Cheyenne Kimball Banner
The Sid ney State Employment Service reports February 1 1961 there were 293 active unemployment applications in the Sid ney area dominated by Cheyenne and Kimball counties. The figure marks about a 40 percent rise from January 1960 and half the group stems from seasonal building and construction work.
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Sidney
Cheyenne
Kimball
Jtne
Wickstrom acquitted in liquor violation case
A district court jury found Kenneth Wickstrom the owner of the Silver Dollar Case not guilty of illegally selling liquor on appeal from police court. In other action Ronald Smith was acquitted of second offense driving under suspension on appeal from county court. Patrick L. Driscoll pled nolo contendere to driving under the influence, was placed on probation for one year and fined 100 dollars. William S. Palmer also was fined 100 dollars and placed on probation for a year for a drunk driving charge. Don Enriquez of Bayard had a breaking and entering charge dismissed after restitution was paid.
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Kenneth Wickstrom
Ronald Smith
Patrick L. Driscoll
William S. Palmer
Don Enriquez
Bayard
Enriquez
No Lease Law No Sales Tax Senate Edict
Nebraska State Senator Lewis Webb of Ogallala says he cannot conscientiously vote for a sales or income tax while the oil lease tax bill LB 174 was killed in committee. He notes potential state revenue of about 11 million dollars from taxing non producing mineral leases, citing over 1,000,000 leased acres.
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Lincoln
Lewis Webb
Ogallala
Webb
Nebraska
Keith County
Kansas
Oil and Gas Industry
National Jaycee President To Be Feted Here
The Sidney Jaycees host a banquet February 9 honoring Morgan J. Doughton national president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The event at 7 30 p m follows a social hour from 6 30 p m in Sidney with tickets from the Jaycees and Kokjer Motor Company. Doughton, Harvard graduate, was elected 41st national president at the 40th anniversary convention in St Louis with 8 000 delegates.
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Sidney Jaycees
Morgan J. Doughton
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Sidney
Nebraska
Doughton
Kokjer Motor Company
Harvard
Jaycee
U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce
St. Louis
Coughton
Buffalo
N. Y
Railroader Karl Siedow Retires After 52 Years at UP
Karl Siedow, a pioneer of the local rail industry, retires from Union Pacific after 52 years of continuous service. He began on the repair track in his teens and was promoted to switchman in 1916 before stepping down January 31.
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Karl Siedow
Union Pacific
The
Dickinson Injured. Name Reported Wrong
D. E. Dickinson of Crook was brought to Memorial Hospital Monday for treatment of an injury suffered on his farm. The name was improperly reported as D. E. Dixon.
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D. E. Dickinson
Crook
Memorial Hospital
D. E. Dixon
Sidney to Bid for 1962 J C State Session
Nearly 500 Nebraska Junior Chamber members gather in Kearney for the winter convention. Site bidding for the 1962 State Jaycee meetings dominates, with Sidney Norfolk Grand Island and Omaha in the running for the 1962 convention. Mel Steen to speak at Saturday banquet.
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Kearney
Nebraska Junior Chamber of Commece
Nebraska
Mel Steen
Steen
National Guard
JayCee
Sidney
Norfolk
Grand Island
Omaha
Columbus
Lincoln
Ogallala
W. E
Bill) Barrett
Lexington
Mrs. JayCee Club
Cheryl Ann Jacke
Shelton
A. A. Jacke
Forrest Ritchie
Ritchie
Sharon Kay Ritchie
Miss Jacke
New York City
Sidney Attorney to Speak at Two WNOA Meetings
Sidney attorney Frank J. Mattoon of the firm Martin Davis Mattoon and Matzke will speak at two Western Nebraska Organized Agriculture meetings. He will discuss farm and ranch corporations and partnerships at Oshkosh on February 7 at 2 p.m. and Kimball on February 8 at 1:30 p.m. Mattoon is a Nebraska University law graduate and a member of several bar associations.
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Frank J. Mattoon
Sidney
Western Nebraska Organized Agriculture Organization
Mattoon
Martin, Davis, Mattoon, and Matzke
Oshkosh
Kimball
Nebraska University College of Law
Matpon
Tax Situation Bar Association
The
Nebraska Bar Association
Western Nebraska Bar Association
American Bar Association
Texota's No 3 Reimers well streams oil and water in Faro Field
Texota Oil Company confirms production casing after a drillstem test on No 3 Reimers in CNW SW 2 16N 50W. 210 feet of oil and 1747 feet of water recovered, with 33 feet of J sand pay shows. Five and a half inch production string set at 4861 feet. Flowing pressure rose to 882 psi during test. Numerous other wells and wildcats with pay zones and sand tests are reported in Nebraska and surrounding areas, including Midwest completes at West of Dalton and multiple field tests in Banner, Harlan, Red Willow, Morrill, and Dundy counties.
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Texota Oil Company
Reimers
Faro Field
Cheyenne County
Midwest
Dalton
Midwest Oil Corporation
Ohio
Harlan County
W. E Wickster
Thompson
Lansing
Furse
Banner County
Pan American Petroleum
Ostgren
W. F. Newton
Teply
Chase County
Wildcat
Kansas City
W. Valentine
Kankee- B
Sleepy Hollow
Red Willow County
Lansing- Kansas City
Skelly Oil Co
Lindberg
Lindberg Project
Morrill County
Sunray Mid - Continent Oil Co
Pierce Lake
Dundy County
Pennsylvania
Alliance Scout Executive Resigns to Form Kansas City Partnership
James L. Nixon, District Scout Executive for the Wye-Braska Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America, resigns to enter a business partnership in Kansas City Missouri. He served the Hills and Pines District since March 1850 and has a home in Alliance. A Council Committee will consider his replacement.
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James L. Nixon
Wye-Braska
Boy Scouts of America
Kansas City
Missouri
Nixon
Hills & Pines
Alliance
Sidney Officer Nets Ogallala Slugger
A Sidney patrolman on January 31 spotted a car with Missouri plates at the Sixty Six station. He traced the owner after a mustached suspect slugged a gas station attendant in Ogallala two days later and the man was arrested there following a police alert.
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Sidney
Ogallala
Richard Boyer
Boyer
Sidney Department
Missouri
17Th and
Ilinois
General Electric Rep Talks To Sidney High Class
Phillip Kerr, GE sales counselor for the area, spoke to Sidney Senior High School consumer economics students on Thursday. His talk focused on today’s consumer buying market, and Neal Craig, Stickney's Inc. appliance manager, introduced him to the class.
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Phillip Kerr
General Electric
Sidney Senior High School
Mr. Kerr
Neal Craig
Stickney’s Inc
Sidney School Board Likely to Act on Teachers Pay Hike
The Sidney school board plans to meet at 7:45 p.m. Monday at the Junior High to decide on a salary request by teachers. The proposal seeks base salaries of 6000 for masters holders and 4800 for those with bachelor degrees, with contract renewal looming in early March.
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Sidney School Board
State Patrol Arrests 230 in Past Month
Nine state troopers under the Sidney highway patrol office investigated 12 accidents in the Panhandle during January. They made 230 arrests totaling 3,057 dollars in fines and covered Cheyenne Kimball Devel and Banner counties plus part of Garden County. They drove 38,727 miles, logged 73 hours overtime, aided 135 motorists, removed 88 obstructions, issued 783 equipment violation cards, 607 warnings, gave nine safety talks, and collected 473 dollars in prior fines. Gallons of gas used reached 2,915 amid dry dusty roads hindering visibility. Caution urged on county roads due to hazardous conditions.
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Sidney Highway Patrol
Panhandle
Cheyenne
Kimball
Devel
Banner
Garden County
Sidney
Farm Bureau Annual Dinner Set for Wednesday Evening
Cheyenne County Farm Bureau to hold its annual dinner for business men at the Youth Center next Wednesday at 6 30 p m State President Charles Marshall will be the principal speaker Tickets cost 1 50 and are available from the county Farm Bureau office at 819 18th Ave
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Cheyenne County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Charles Marshall
County Farm Bureau
18Th Ave
Soviet schools praised for esprit and harsh facts
Ogallala superintendent Leonard Hanson, visiting Russia, told a Father-Daughter banquet audience that Soviet classrooms show good esprit and a sober student teacher relationship but have inferior equipment and facilities compared to American public schools. He noted boarding school trends and language barriers hindered full evaluation.
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Leonard Hanson
Ogallala
Russia
Ussr
First Methodist Church
Hanson
Hanson Avas
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Western
Nebraska Free TV
Scottsibluff
Kenneth L. Rose
Rudolph Dedic
Delton E. Lamm
Wayne Craig
Alex Eckhart
Frank Gotte
Cheyenne - Kimball - Banner
Devel’ County
Sidney State Employment Service Office
Wickstrom
Sen
National Jaycee
Dickinson
Plains
Source
U.S. Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
J. C
Hastings
WNOA
Frank Mattoon
Lions
Sioux Ordnance Depot Lions Club
Vergil Hoosier
Lions Clubs
Gurley
N. E. Bailey
Sioux Lions Club
Mr. Hoosier
Texota
Faro
Alliance Scout
General Electric Rep
Sidney High
Youth For Christ
Sidney High Auditorium
George Hemmingsen
Nazarene Church
Arnold
Neb
State Patrol
U.S
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