Cheyenne County Faces Over Million Dollar Wheat Penalties
Cheyenne County's 1955 wheat crop saw 20 percent on non allocated acreage totaling 1 162 948 bushels. Farmers paid 909 604 80 in penalties for 804 960 bushels while 396 833 81 is delayed by bonds and 7 693 04 by warehouse receipts. Total potential penalties reach 1 314 131 65, a Nebraska county record. High protein Cheyenne wheat remains in demand for baking despite penalties.
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Cheyenne County
USC
ASC
Nebraska
Cheyenne
Mullers
Airline meeting to discuss service in Sidney area
Three Sidneyites will attend a Wednesday meeting in Lincoln where Nebraska communities discuss evidence for CAB service needs as part of the Seven States Case. City officials will join Ozark Air Lines in a broader push to win routes serving Sidney and the surrounding area.
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Larry Clinton
Chamber of Commerce
M. R Sigler
Fuller
Laddie Hamilton
Ozark Air Lines
Ozark
Sidney
Willingness Hamilton
Seven States
Hamilton
Flag Display Plan To Be Compiled
Veterans of Foreign Wars launches a citywide drive to sell flags to Sidney businessmen amid confusion over display days. Commander Vern Anthony says a simplified schedule will be issued later through the Chamber of Commerce, outlining holidays to fly the flag and noting flags on weather-permitting days.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Sidney
Sidney Vfw
Vern Anthony
VFW
Chamber of Commerce
Anthony
United States
Fire destroys hay on Frerichs Farm near Sidney
Several hundred dollars worth of good hay burned at the Harm Frerichs farm eight miles east and two miles north of Sidney yesterday. Lodgepole and Sidney fire departments battled the flames and saved adjacent farm buildings from ignition.
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Harm Frerichs Farm
Sidney
Lodgepole
Weather outlook fair with cool nights and mild days
Generally fair conditions tonight and tomorrow with some high clouds. Low temperatures around 15 to 20 degrees and highs expected in the 40s.
Grass seed shortage eyed as grass seed profits rise
Grass seed shortage in Cheyenne County prompts conversion of idle acres to seed crops. Conservationist Phil McMullin cites profitable pastures and a 1957 harvest for Spring wheat grass. advice includes spring planting, nitrogen fertilizer, and chiseling to boost yields.
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Phil McMullin
Cheyenne County
McMulin
Keith Springer
Sidney Draw
Sprenger
Springer
McMullin
SCS
Pedestrian overpass proposed near 19th Avenue
Northside Parents Teachers Association launches a petition to Union Pacific for a pedestrian crossing near 19th Avenue in Sidney. The plan seeks to relieve danger from trains for children walking to school, with the City Council expected to forward the request to the railroad and seek support from other local groups.
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Sidney
Union Pacific
19Th Avenue
Telegraph
Northside
Parent-Teachers Assn
12Th Ave
138Th Ave
13Th Ave
Nelson Infant Buried At Greenwood Cemetery
Graveside services were held at Greenwood Cemetery at 10 a m Saturday for the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Gerald D Nelson. Born Friday at Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital she died two hours later. Rev Robert L Townsend officiated with arrangements by The Craig Mortuary. Survived by parents and several brothers and sisters.
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Greenwood Cemetery
Gerald D. Nelson
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
Robert L. Townsend
Craig Mortuary
Nebraska Oil Prospects For 1956 Seek Growth In Panhandle
Industry sources in Denver forecast 1956 oil drilling in western Nebraska will exceed 1955. New discoveries in Morrill Garden and Box Butte counties may expand the Denver Julesburg Basin and boost exploration in the panhandle while Salina Basin wells could open a new production horizon east of here.
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Nebraska
Denver
Morrill
Garden
Box Butte
Denver-Julesburg
Nebraska Panhandle
Salina Basin
Here
Morrill County
Youths 16 Named In Regional Thefts
Two Sidney 16 year olds Gaylen Bates and Ronald Smith admitted involvement in farm and wire thefts in Cheyenne County. Alfred Banks, 19, was arrested for stealing copper wire from Sidney Municipal Power Plant and charged with grand larceny. Juvenile complaints filed against Bates and Smith. The thefts affected four county farms and the Kimball power plant. Banks faces separate breaking and entering charges at Murrel Crosby farm.
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Sidney
Gaylen Bates
Ronald Smith
Cheyenne
Bill Schulz
Alfred Banks
Banks
Herman Kahl
Ralph Gentry
Lodgepole
Kimball City
Murrel Crosby Farm
Pinnacle Jake Dies A Colorful Old West Cowboy
A. B. Bert Snyder known as Pinnacle Jake died in North Platte after a weeklong illness. Born 1872 in Peru Nebraska he rode as a cowboy across Nebraska Wyoming and Montana from 1887 to 1893. He worked with the Ogal lala Land and Cattle Company moved cattle to Wyoming and rode for Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show.
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A. B
Bert) Snyder
Pinnacle Jake
North Platte
Peru
Neb
Snyder
Maxwell
Nebraska
Wyoming
Montana
Ogallala Land and Cattle Company
Buffalo Bill Cody
McPherson County
Mary Yost, Maxwell
Sidney-Kimball Farm Loan Assn Annual Meeting
The Sid ney Kimball Farm Loan Assn holds its annual meeting in Sidney on Tuesday with a noon luncheon followed by the business meeting and election.
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The
Sidney-Kimball Farm Loan Assn
Sidney
Oil-Gas Drilling Upswing Reported in Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County records an upturn in oil drilling with two new wildcat sites Cabeen Exploration Walsh No 1 28-17-51 and Halbert Jennings Lueninghoener No 1 24-15-52 and a capped dry hole Hill No 1 25-15-52. Additional wells by Ohio Oil Wytex and multiple firms span Banner Morrill Kimball and Logan counties with several wildcats and extensions noted.
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Cheyenne County
Cabeen Exploration
Walsh
Halbert & Jenning
Lueninghoener
Halbert & Jennings
Wytex
Maley
Harlan No. 1
New Drilling Co
Rasmussen No
Kimball County
Wildcat
Superior Oil Co
Olsen
Morrill County
Olsen Field
Anschutz Drilling Co
State No
U.S. Smelting, Refining & Mining Co
Ellis No
Scotts Bragg County
No Flag Stolen From Central Ward School Rope
Sidney police reported that the flagpole rope was stolen from Central Ward School over the weekend after school authorities notified them today.
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Central Ward
Sidney
New RY Advisor Liljegren Named Nebraska Rural Youth Board Advisor
Ivan Liljegren agricultural agent for Cheyenne County was elected to a two year term as advisor on the Nebraska Rural Youth Board at the Mid Winter Institute in Sidney. He will join Madeline Watson Lexington home agent and others in guiding rural youth programs with first meeting set for Grand Island on March 7.
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Nebraska
Kuno Bauermeister
Omaha
June Ann Whitney
Scottscluff
Allen Cuda
Schuyler
Roy Yamagida
North Platte
Dorothy Blasser
Columbus
Sidney City Auditorium
Thompson
Cheyenne County
Ivan Liljegren
Nebraska Rural Youth
Sidney
Liljegren
State Rural Youth Board
Madeline Watson
Lexington
Lawrence Tremain
Gladys Fosson
Wahoo
Grand Island
Scotts Bluff
Rural Youth
Rosemary Dolezal
el Reno
Okla
Rural Youth of the USA
Miss Dolezal
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Kimball Tests Royalties on Street Oil Leases
Kimball residents and property owners debated city royalties as the council auctioned alley and street oil leases to Lowell J. Williamson in a test case. A Nebraska Supreme Court case on royalty division remains pending with the city named as defendant. Protesters challenged the council’s decision as state law lacks clear guidance.
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Kimball
Lowell J. Williamson
Nebraska Supreme Court
Ag Price Index Up In January
The state federal division of agricultural statistics reports the Nebraska Price Index up to 213 percent of the 1909 14 average for January 15 with gains in meat animals chickens potatoes and beans. The crops index stands at 216 unchanged since December while livestock at 213 up 11 points. Hogs cattle calves sheep and lambs show higher values with wheat corn oats and potatoes reflecting modest changes. The national price index rose three points for the month ending January 15.
Seven candidates enter race for Sidney city council
Seven candidates will vie for two Sidney city council seats in the March primary. City Clerk Gordon Tobin announced seven nominating petitions filed by Feb. 21. A separate petition backing Harold Bond was not returned. The caucus on Feb. 28 will nominate candidates for school board and police judge.
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Sidney
Gordon Tobin
Arlo Jones
Harold Bond
Tobin
Lois Ham
Rudy Munderloh
Bob Clark
Ferris Preble
Dean Wilson
Ed Bauman
Dick Maddox
Methodists Vote On Purchase Of Southeastern Country Club Heights Land
Members of the Methodist Church vote on buying about four acres in southeastern Country Club Heights for a new church site. Voting runs daily this week 1 to 5 pm and 7 to 9 pm on specific days, with a simple majority needed.
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Methodist Church
Southeastern Country Club Heights
K. Orlando Lee
Scottsbluff
Methodist Building Committee
Kinnersley Jury Trial Began in Cheyenne County Court
William Kinnersley of Sidney faces a third offense driving while intoxicated charge. He pleaded not guilty and requested a jury trial in district court as police testified about his Aug. 8 arrest on Jackson Street. Jurors include James Hazelwood Myron Woiten Clarence Mitchell and others.
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Cheyenne County
William Kinnersley
Sidney
Kinnerley
Kinnersley
Sidey
Jackson St
Sixth
Seventh Aves
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