Bridgeport considers acquiring North Central Gas Co system
Bridgeport voters will decide at the April 3 city election on buying the North Central Gas Co distribution system. The council approved a petition for the measure, to be financed by revenue bonds against future municipal income, with a similar prior acquisition of the light and power system. Meanwhile Chapell farmer Cecil Shunk suffered a severe glove catch injury on a grain auger, damaging his thumb but avoiding broken bones.
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North Central Gas Co
Percy R. Renner
Consumers Public Power District
North Central
Bayard
Chappell
Cecil Shunk
Mr. Shunk
Morrill County rabbit hunt nets 935 rabbits and 324
About 250 hunters joined a northeast Morrill county rabbit hunt. Rabbits sold for 186.64 dollars. shell and lunch profits added 112.98, totaling 324.74 dollars turned over to the Morrill County 4-H building fund. Another hunt is planned for February 19 with details to be announced next week.
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Bayard
Morrill County
Jim Smith
Sunshine Home Extension Club
Sandhill Belles Club
Morrill County 4-H Building Fund
Panhandle Vocational Students Meet in Chadron
About 150 vocational agriculture students and instructors from Panhandle-area schools gathered at Chadron High School to select representatives for state contests to be held in Lincoln around April 1.
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Chadron
Panhandle
Chadron High School
Lincoln
Land lease surge fuels oil drilling in Oshkosh area
The Oshkosh region reports ongoing land leasing for oil operations with about 25 000 to 30 000 acres leased since the last update. Some leases occurred in December and others in the recent month.
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Oshkosh
Bridgeport Volunteer Fire Dept Elects New Officers
Victor Nuss named chief for the year at Bridgeport Fire Dept regular meeting. Melvin Woolsey asst chief, David Neeley president, Bob Dugger vice president, Don Belden secretary, Ernest Taylor treasurer. Dept lists 35 members and a 10 man rescue squad with two way radio. In 1955 the department answered 13 city alarms and 17 rural alarms.
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Bridgeport
Wheat Growers Meet To Feature National Leaders
Ogallala officials Herbert Hughes of Imperial and Carson R. Smith will speak at the Keith County Wheat Growers Association meeting in the Ogallala Elks Club ballroom. A noon lunch opens the event on February 20 with officer elections on the agenda and board members listed.
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Herbert Hughes
Imperial
National Wheat Growers’ Association
Carson R. Smith
Nebraska Wheat Commission
Keith County Wheat Growers’ Association
Ogallala Elks Club
Association
Nebraska Commission
Norbert Krajewski
David A. Welsh
Norman Smith
Elmer Cole
Brule
Harry Barnica
M. E. Rasdal
Rudy Reimers
Eric Linquist
Leonard Jarosz
Oil Lease Activity Heaviest Yet in 1956 at Rushville
W. H. Hogan filed leases on 14 901 acres in Rushville area. All parcels leased at one dollar per acre. Land located in southern townships of the county.
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Rushville
W. H. Hogan
Firemen Attend Big Springs Meet
Six members of the Sidney Volunteer Fire Department attended a Tri-County State Fire Association meeting at Big Springs on Wednesday. Representing Sidney were Chief Harvey Vizina, Bill Curless, Bill Rezac, Earl Henderson, Swede Hansen and Harold Rupp.
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Sidney
Lincoln City Named Nebraska Capital 1867 Vote
Nebraska history notes the drive to move the state capital from Omaha culminated in 1867 when a special session ordered a commission to select a new site. Governor David Butler played a key role in the anti Omaha push, with lands in Lancaster Seward and portions of Butler and Saunders counties proposed for Capital City.
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Omaha
David Butler
Nebraska
Lancaster
Seward
Butler and Saunders
Capital City
National Supply Co equips cars with safety belts
The National Supply Co an oil field service store in Sidney orders safety belts for about 700 field vehicles including passenger cars and light trucks. Two belts will be installed on the front seats with a dashboard sticker reminding occupants to fasten them. The system is a quick plug in operation taking about one second to latch and unlatch.
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National Supply Co
Sidney
Lincoln Named Capital City Amid 1867 Political Struggle
In 1867 J H N Patrick of Douglas County pressured renaming from Capital City to Lincoln to peel votes from south of the Platte. President Lincoln was not yet a universally admired figure, but Democrats from south of the Platte defended their regional duty and voted for the relocation, establishing Lincoln.
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J. H. N. Patrick
Douglas County
The
Platte
Sen. Patrick
the Platte
Cancer Early Detection Message from Doctors
The text emphasizes that early cancer detection improves cure chances, urging regular health checkups including skin mouth lungs and rectum and in women breasts and generative tract. It notes doctors can find cancer before symptoms appear and provides ACS contact for information.
Foreclosure Action Filed Over Witt Rock Mortgage
A suit for foreclosure of mortgage was filed in district court Saturday by Raymond and Esther Lessman against Mr and Mrs Louis Witt rock. The action involves two promissory notes for 4075 and 1250 with the southwest quarter of 29 16 51 pledged as collateral.
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Louis Wittrock
Raymond
Esther Lessman
Wittrocks
Lessmans
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