Blizzard Closes Panhandle Schools and Delays Events
A fierce blizzard raged across the Nebraska Panhandle with Cheyenne County seeing widespread school closures and postponed games. Dollar Days sales were extended over four days while roads drifted, the Sioux Ordnance Depot limited operations, and temperatures plunged toward zero as wind gusts continued into tomorrow.
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Panhandle
Cheyenne County
Nebraska Panhandle
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Exhaust Blast Hits Sidney Power Plant
An explosion at 4:40 p.m. yesterday ripped the exhaust pipe at Sidney Municipal Power Plant injuring no one. The blast damaged the exhaust manifold, water jacket, and top air silencers, with an estimated $10,000 damage. Engineers investigated cause, noting gas pockets and safety devices, as another generator kept service running.
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Herb Littleton
Jim Ruley
Fairbanks-Morse
Littleton
Fairbanks- Morse
Miller Seeks Relief in School Lands Bill LB 26
Alvin Miller of the Cheyenne County School Land Leaseholders Association predicts the Legislature’s education committee will report LB 26 to the floor after next Tuesday’s meeting in Lincoln. He expects relief in rentals and administration if the bill advances, though fate on the unicameral floor remains uncertain.
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Alvin Miller
Cheyenne County School Land Leaseholders Association
Miller
Lincoln
Combination Of Boy Hammer Leads To Hospital Injury
A six year old Sidney boy Gene Wilson son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Wilson of Sioux Villa was injured by shotgun shell fragments after striking a .22 bullet with a hammer. The fragment lodged in his right knee joint and required hospitalization at Taylor Hospital. Doctors expect a temporary limp but no permanent disability.
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Sidney
Taylor Hospital
Gene Wilson
Ralph Wilson
Sioux Villa
Gene
Neglected Girl Ordered to State Home by Judge
A 14 year old girl, after a dispute with her father in Ordville, was placed in a state institution yesterday by County Judge Curt Smith. The girl had been living with a Sidney minister and his wife for two months and refused to return home as County authorities became involved in juvenile action.
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Curt Smith
Ordville
Sidney
New Hospital Receives Beds and Furniture in Sidney
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital in Sidney has received 64 beds and room furniture with only the X-ray machine and a few small items outstanding. The facility aims to be heated next week as construction targets an April completion and the hospital fund drive nears its $30,000 goal with $29,568.39 raised to date.
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Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
Sidney
Frank Harris
Harris
Nebraska Christmas Seal Sale nears 1953 totals
The January 15 report shows Cheyenne County and Sidney at 1035.65 versus 930.10 in 1953, Dalton 106 versus 102, Gurley 151 versus 81.43, Potter 121 versus 117.56. Statewide collections exceed 1953 for the period by 4000 but fall more than 7000 short of March 31 closing figures.
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Nebraska
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Dalton
Gurley
Potter
Judge orders commitment to foster care in neglect case
A judge ruled the situation a case of child neglect rather than delinquency. The mother reportedly deserted the family years earlier and the home situation prompted the commitment order in hopes of eventual state foster placement.
Collier to Erect TV Tower Near Sidney Despite Opposition
Collier Electric Co. plans a 740-foot television tower six miles south of Sidney. The Nebraska Aeronautics Commission opposes the site for air safety concerns. Sidney and the state approve 25 000 dollars each for the airport runway project, with a federal 50 000 dollar grant anticipated. City officials and Collier discussed the move in a special Sidney meeting amid potential court challenges.
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Collier
Washington
Collier Electric Co
Sidney
Nebraska Aeronautics Commission
State
J. Everett Collier
Kansas City
CAA
State Commission
Murrey Fuller
Sidney High School Band to Perform Fourth Mid Winter Concert
Seven hundred tickets for the fourth annual Mid Winter Concert of the Sidney High School band have been sold with 100 remaining. The concert begins at 2 30 p m Sunday and tickets will be sold at the door as available. Dean Killion notes likely bad weather but calls the concert the best Sunday entertainment. The program features marches, overtures, and novelty pieces by King Bennet Suppe and others.
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Sidney High School
Dean Killion
Killion
Barnum and Bailey
Karl King
Gabriel Pierne
Alexander Borodin
Trombone
Morton Gould
Frank Perkins
O. R. Farrar
David Bennet
F. von Suppe
Big Joe
LaVelle
Tarto
Robert Russell Bennett
Alfred New
Contract Let For SOD Unit Building At Sioux Depot
Korshoj Construction Co of Blair Nebraska won the $266 625 30 contract to erect a one story concrete block building at the Sioux Ordnance Depot. Construction starts next month with completion by end of July weather permitting. The new maintenance unit is nearing final stages.
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Sioux
The
Korsho] Construction Co. of
Blair, Nebr
Jaycees Meet Tonight at Elks Club Despite Storm
The Jaycees will hold a meeting tonight at 6 30 at the Elks Club despite today’s snowstorm. It was postponed from last Tuesday. President Ferris Preble urged all able members to attend.
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Jaycees
Elks Club
Ferris Preble
Doran Farms No 4 marks Cheyenne County oil milestone
A milestone was reported as Cheyenne County reaches its 250th producing oil well since the Mary Egggin No 1. Doran Farms No 4 is the seventh well in the Ittner field near Potter. Other wells and wildcats in the region include Jacobsen No 2 for Shell and Anderson No 1 in a tight hole.
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Cheyenne County
British-American Oil Co
Doran Farms
Itnner
Potter
Ohio Oil Co
Gurley
Ittner
Shell Oil Co
Shell
Ryan-Davis Oil Co
Northwest County
Anderson No. 1
Nebraska Farmers Back Two-Price Wheat Plan
The Nebraska Wheat Growers Assn backs a domestic parity plan aligning with the two-price scheme. Louis Miller reports unanimous support at the National Wheat Growers convention in Amarillo, with domestic consumption wheat at parity and remaining wheat vying for free world market levels. The group plans to press Congress during the current session.
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Nebraska Wheat Growers Assn
Louis Miller
Gurley
Nebraska
National Wheat Growers Assn
Amarillo
Miller
Nebraska Wheat Organization
The
National Assn
America
Cheyenne County Wheat Growers Association
Nebraska Association
Kimball County
Reminder Cards Send Reminders for Sidney Telegraph Subscriptions
The Telegraph in Sidney mailed reminder cards to subscribers whose memberships expire this month. Payments due by Feb 26 to avoid Feb 28 service stoppage. March 1 expirations unaffected. New rates: 6.50 yearly, 3.25 six months, 1.75 three months in advance.
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Telegraph
Sidney
Ohio Oil Co backs Nebraska oil and gas conservation bill
The Ohio Oil Company, Nebraska’s largest oil producer, urges swift passage of LB 34 with or without market demand proration. It says the bill would empower a state agency to regulate drilling, well location, completion, spacing, and reservoir energy to prevent waste and maximize production.
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Ohio Oil Company
Nebraska Oil
Nebraska
Ohio Oil Co
Ohio
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