Small Town U S A Let No Man Write Its Epitaph
Potter Nebraska grows through the decades with rising bank assets from 183000 in 1936 to 2300060 today and school valuations leaping from 1940s figures to 6814301 by 1960. The town’s grain trade, churches, and parks reflect frontier roots and Mae Lovell, granddaughter of Adam Gunderson, serves as Potter postmaster.
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U.S.A
Pat Brennan
U.S. A
Potter
Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Potter State Bank
Potter Public Schools
Potter Public School
Old West
Tury
Adam Gunderson
Gunderson
Mae M. Lovell
U. 5
S. A
Brumbaugh Named to FBI National Academy 12 Week Session
Deputy Kermit Brumbaugh of Sidney earns invitation to the 67th FBI National Academy session starting March 20. He joins about 60 officers from across the United States for 12 weeks of training in organization, fingerprinting, defense, firearms, and investigative methods. Brumbaugh also serves in civic work with Boy Scouts and is a World War II veteran. He and wife Phyllis live at 1605 12th St.
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Brumbaugh
National
FBI
Kermit Brumbaugh
Sidney
FBI National Academy
United States
Cheyenne County
Bill Schulz
Sheriff's Office
Institute of Applied Science
Chicago
Washington
FBI Academy
Sidney Area
Boy Scout Movement
Tinta Tonka
Oddfellows Lodge
Army Ordnance
Aleutian Islands
Phyllis
Gale
12Th St
East Capitol Street
Ohio Oil Company Signs Long Term Benzene-Toluene Deal
The Ohio Oil Company announced a long term agreement with Dow Chemical to supply about 20 million gallons of benzene-toluene mixture annually, starting in mid-1962.
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Ohio Oil Company Today
Dow Chemcal Company
Sheldon Woman Got 15 Years For $2 Million Embezzlement
Burnice Geiger 58 daughter of an Iowa banker was sentenced in Omaha to 15 years for embezzling 2 million dollars from her father's Sheldon Bank. She received five years on each of three counts to run consecutively and five years on 32 counts to run concurrently, with parole eligibility after five years. Discovered January 16 during federal book examination.
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Omaha
Burnice Geiger
Iowa
U. S
Henry N. Graven
Sheldon Bank
Sidney City Urges United Front on Air Service
City Manager Tom Coffey writes to Jack Obbink of the State Department of Aeronautics saying Sidney is vitally interested in retaining air service and urges southern route towns to present a united, coordinated case led by the department. Sidney offers evidence, witnesses, and burden sharing to win the fight, and proposes a meeting of south route representatives to explore options.
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United Front
Sidney
Tom Coffey
Jack Obbink
The
State Department of Aeronautics
Coffey
South Route
Sidney Community TV Wins 10 Year Area License
Sidney City Council granted Sidney Community TV a ten year non exclusive license to serve the area. The previous contract was three years. C H Pope of Sterling says educational TV is being considered and a channel 6 style educational service may come to Sidney. The company notes no rate changes are planned and a Denver channel 2 service is not a current probability.
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Sidney
Sidney Community TV Company
C. H. Pope
Sterling
the Telegraph
Educational TV
Channel 6
Denver
School ‘Board
Pope
Channel 2
Community TV
Alliance
Kimball
Gering
Laramie
Wyo
Frontier
Frontier Airlines
Deadline Nearing For Personal Property Tax In Cheyenne County
County Assessor Joe Ruttner reminds Cheyenne County residents they have just over a week to file personal and business tax schedules. The March 1 deadline imposes a 50 percent penalty after that date. Personal property brought into the county between Jan 1 and July 1 is assessable unless proved taxed elsewhere. March 1 also marks the deadline for license plates and automobile and trailer taxes.
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Joe Ruttner
Cheyenne County
Floyd Harrington Dies of Heart Attack at 61
Floyd Harrington, 61, died this afternoon from a heart attack after falling ill at his home and being rushed to Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced by the Craig Mortuary. He recently marked 40 years as a maintenance employee for Northwestern Bell Telephone Company.
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Floyd Harrington
Memorial Hospital
Craig Mortuary
Harrington
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Head Tax Clash in Nebraska Oil Lease Debate
Senator Lewis Webb of Ogallala faced 28 to 11 defeat as his oil and gas tax proposal failed amid opposition from Panhandle oil interests and the Sidney Chamber of Commerce. Fleming argued the measure would force lease price cuts or cancellations and burden assessors. Fleming also saw LB 172 advancing to enrollment and LB 280 clearing for firearms, while LB 174 on mineral rights taxation was postponed.
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Lewis Webb
Ogallala
Sidney’s Fleming
Sen
Fleming
Panhandle
Sidney
City reports living within budget in six months
The City of Sidney shows 43 percent of the annual budget spent in the first half of fiscal year 1960-61, with expenditures totaling $616,674.95 and total revenue of $747,171, about 52 percent of expectations. Council also ordered new sidewalks on 13th Street between Quince and Rose and along Toledo to improve school routes.
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Tom Cofffey
13Th Street
Quince
Rose
Toledo
11Th
12Th Streets
South Ward
Parachail
Sidney City Council Approves Summer Band Plan for 1961
The council renewed the summer program under new director Sid Phelps after George Hinn stepped down. The program includes concerts Memorial Day and Fort Sidney events, with rehearsals for junior and senior bands. City funding totals 1500 dollars yearly, 900 to the director and 19 dollars to each of 60 band members.
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Sidney
George Hinn
Sidney Public School
Hinn
Sid Phelps
Phelps
Fort Sidney
Headlong Fall Kills William H. Wolf at Sioux Ordnance Depot
William H. Wolf 42 of Sidney was killed instantly when a feeder plunger of a metal baling machine dropped during work at the Sioux Ordnance Depot. He had complained of headaches earlier that day. Wolf, born April 24, 1918 in Flaxville Montana, lived 14 years in Sidney and was formerly of Western Implement. He is survived by his wife Geraldine Challburg Wolf and his parents. Funeral services are set for Monday at 10 a.m. at the First Methodist Church with interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Gehrig and Son Funeral Home in charge. Memorials suggested to the hospital rest home.
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William Wolf
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Sidney
Wolf
Aaron Ferer and Sons Company
Omaha
Ferer
Flaxville
Montana
Western Implement
Herbert Wolf
Canada
Fox Books Top Attractions at Fox Theatre
Fox Theatre current and upcoming lineups include Elvis Presley in GI Blues with Juliet Prowse, Butterfield 8 with Elizabeth Taylor, The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come, Under Ten Flags with Van Refn, The Misfits with Clark Gable, and Sundowners. Manager Glenn Carroll touts this as his strongest consecutive bookings in years.
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Fox
Glenn Carroll
The
Juliet Prowse
Mickey Rooney
Terry Moore
Mr. Carroll
Kingdom Come
van Reflin
Charles Laughton
Clark Cable
Gable
Marilyn Monroe
Montegomery Clift
Deborah Kerr
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Sidney Man
S.O.D
J. Edgar Hoover
W. W. Schulz
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Thomas J. Gearty
Dix
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Kermit Brumbaugii
Qohio
Moore
Seven States
Department of Aeronautics
Department
Ray Lundy
Kearney
Geo Pile
McCook
Hans Thorne
Hastings
Wiles Shackelford
Imperial
Kayo
Webb
William H. Wolf
Fox Books
Ben Hur
Butterfield
Fox Sunday
Elizabeth Taylor
Eddie Fisher
John O'Hara
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