No Further Cutbacks Planned At SOD Army Official Says
Rep A L Miller asserts no personnel reductions at Sioux Ordnance Depot while four Nebraska depots face staff trims. Higgins confirms Soo will stay at about 1100 workers, but Sidney and Grand Island Mead Hastings depots will undergo significant downsizing with Grand Island cut from 765 to 114.
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Sod
Sioux
Washington
A. L. Miller
Kimball
Frank Higgins
Army
Nebraska
Sidney
Mead
Grand Island
Hastings
Soo
Rep. Miller
Higgins
Mead and
Depot CO Confident Soo Depot Will Remain Permanent
Col Wood cites three factors for selecting Soo as a permanent ordnance installation isolation transportation and effectiveness. He notes first two factors are outside control and praises interdepartmental transfers improving efficiency. He adds Soo likely not slated for consolidation or closure and commends SOC workers and Sidney businesses for help.
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Col. Wood
Soo
Collapse Of Premium Price On Wheat Stirs Washington
The Nebraska Wheat Growers Association continues its probe into the collapse of the premium wheat market late last year. C H Kreader of Dalton says they will seek a USDA directive or Congress action to halt the transfer of warehouse receipts that lets millers obtain high protein wheat without paying producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Wheat Growers Association
C. H. Kreader
Dalton
Commodity Credit Corporation
Nebraska Panhandle
Telegraph
Department of Agriculture
Kreader
Dalton Wheat Man
USDA
Congress
Telegraph Adopts Eight Point Imperial Body Type
The Telegraph announces a new eight point Imperial body type with an updated Intertype machine costing 13 000 dollars. The switch promises easier reading and faster production including direct AP wire stories, as the paper cites a series of recent improvements.
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Telegraph
Memphis
Télegraph
Intertype
TTS
Associated Press
The
Sidney
Libsack Sentenced for Parole Violation in Nebraska
Ron C. Libsack of Sidney received a one year term in the Nebraska State Reformatory for Men for probation violation. He had a two year parole after pleading guilty to nine no fund checks. Judge John Kuns directed concurrent one year sentences across nine cases.
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Ron C. Libsack
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Attornney
Pat Heaton, Jr
Nebraska
Receipts Miss $100000 Mark At Sidney Postoffice
Acting Postmaster Weldon Stewart reported Sidney post office receipts for 1955 totaled $99,067.02, short by $932.98 from $100,000. He noted 1954 receipts were $96,364.13 and predicted 1956 would exceed $100,000.
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Sidney
Weldon Stewart
Stewart
Citizens Public Committee Formation Studied At City Meeting
About 30 residents met Monday night in City Auditorium basement and formed a six member panel to set aims and organize a public affairs group. Walter Cork will chair interim and serve as ex officio member. others are J L Thorpe F L Balderson C W Story Elmer Ladine Dan Allen. The group will report Feb 28 on recommendations and decide on a permanent setup. They aim to inform on local government and offer constructive input, not oppose, with support from the City Council.
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City Auditorium
Walter Cork
Cork
J. L. Thorpe
F. L. Balderson
C. W. Story
Elmer Ladine
Dan Allen
Sixth Well Reported In Spearow Field Near Gurley
Ohio Oil Co. reports Uptegrove C-2 as sixth well in Spearow Field near Gurley, showing gas and oil with several DSTs. Wells run along an east west line across Ralph Spearow and Uptegrove properties, with D and G sand production and one dry nearby well. coring planned on D sand at Thom yson No. 1. Nelson No. 1 drill southwest of Sidney. Watson No. 1 in Morrill County plugged.
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Spearow Field
Gurley
Ohio Oil Co
Ohio
Ralph Spearow
E. L. Upteg Brooée
Uptegrove
Floyd Miller Place
Cheyenne County
Mary Egging
Gideons Win Ok To Give 800 Sidney Students Bible Testaments
The Sidney School Board approved distribution of New Testaments Psalms and Proverbs to 800 upper grade students pending state superintendent clearance. Gideons International Scottsbluff Camp led by Millard Weber requested permission and pledged no doctrinal pressure.
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State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Sidney Public
Gideons International
Scottsbluff Camp
Millard Weber
Gering
Sidney School Board
Weber
Gideons
State Education Department
Albert Nimtz
O. J. Weymouth
Nimtz
North Central Education Association
Sidney
Art Wright
South Ward
Deadline June 20 For Destruction Of Excess Wheat Acreage
Cheyenne County ASC announces a June 20 deadline for farmers with excess wheat acreage to comply by destroying the crop. Eligible methods include pasturing, haying, or plowing under as green manure. County allotment this year stands at 164,297 acres.
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Kreader
National Wheat Growers Association
Portland
Ore
National Wheat Council
Cheyenne County
ASC
Ohio Oil Co Increases Wages Across Company
The Ohio Oil Co. raises wages by 6 percent with a 15 cent hourly minimum and $26 monthly minimum, applying to base rates for regular employees except executives and union-covered workers. The increase is company wide, labor reps in organized areas contacted, and payroll will rise notably in the Sidney District. The firm plans twelve new offices in the Sidney District office building replacing warehousing space, with plans by a Cleveland firm expected soon.
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Ohio
Annoucement
Sidney
Sidney District
Cleveland
Arlo Jones Agency Opens In New Location
Arlo Jones Agency and Lodgepole Valley Finance opened at 1140 Illinois in the former Rae’s Sporting Goods site, with a ground floor entrance for customers. Owners Arlo Jones and Roy King said the firms offer real estate sales loans management insurance and federal crop insurance. Lodgepole Valley Finance provides small loans bonding and insurance.
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Arlo Jones Agency
Lodgepole Valley Finance, Inc
Illinois
Rae’s Sporting Goods
Sidney
Scholl
Arlo Jones
Roy King
Lodgepole Valley Finance
36-Unit Motor Hotel Proposed for Sidney
Sidney's Community Hotel Corporation directors approved preliminary plans for a 36-unit all air conditioned motor hotel with a two story U shaped design. The dining room will seat 200 and can be split into three rooms. Estimated cost is $225 000 with $127 000 on hand and bids expected by May 1.
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Community Hotel Corporation
Lawrence Wamsley
Alfter
Sidney Baptists Dedicate New Church Friday
Dedication services for the First Baptist Church of Sidney are planned. Friday night. Two nights and one day of Bible preaching have been scheduled along with the dedicatory services. Rev. Wayne Froggatte will speak at 7:45 p.m. tomorrow. Dr. Harvey Springer will deliver the dedication message on Friday evening.
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First Baptist Church of
Sidney
Wayne Froggatte
Independent Bible Baptist Missions
New Church
Froggatte
Kansas
Harvey Springer
America
Reappraisal Drive Pattern Explained To City Rotarians
Max Arnold of the Justin Haynes Co. outlined Cheyenne County tax reappraisal plans to Rotary Club members. The firm, retained for over 30000, will conduct soil studies income histories average sale prices and business inventories with field crews. The aim is a fairer value even if some taxes rise or fall, though adjustments may provoke protests from property owners.
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Cheyenne County
Rotary Club
Max Arnold
Justin Haynes Co
Denver
Haynes
Cheyenne
Arnold
Rotarians
Water meter school closes in Sidney with multiple officials
Jere Ott of Columbus Nebraska representing Neptune Meter Co. completed a two day water meter school in Sidney. Attendees included water department officials from Sidney Kimball and Julesburg.
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Jere Ott
Columbus
Neb
Neptune Meter Co
Sidney
Water Department
Kimball
Julesburg
Kinnersley Cleared Of Driving Charge In Sidney Trial
After 50 minutes of deliberation a Cheyenne County District Court jury found William Kinnersley not guilty of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. The case, a third offense accusation with potential penitentiary penalties, featured nine witnesses with disputes over officer testimony and a destroyed urine specimen.
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Cheyenne County
William Kinnersley
Sidney
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SOC
Rep
Depot CO
Libsack
Citizens ‘Public Committee
A. J. Jorgenson
Jack H. Lowe
Spearow
Wright
Carlton Laird
Scottsbluff
Miller
Laird
BKC Steel Products Co
Wamsley
D. R. Thomas
Everett Hoover
Sidney Baptists
Kinnersley Freed
Kinnersley
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