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On March 1 drivers without valid tags face patrol pickup. Auto license division reports about 300 tags sold this morning.
28 Feb 1964
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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1964
Page
1
On March 1 drivers without valid tags face patrol pickup. Auto license division reports about 300 tags sold this morning.
Cheyenne County Commissioners heard nine attendees present views on road conditions and 1964 work. Discussion covered a 1963-64 budget of 190000 for construction and maintenance, 40000 for fuels, 85000 for rural mail routes, 43000 for bridges, with equipment replacements listed and 1964 plans to grade 116 miles and gravel 168 miles. County relies on gas taxes and motor revenue, as no road tax is levied. oiling requests denied by funding limits. Attendees included Rural Area Development chair Bob Elsen and local Farmers Union members.
Four Sidney churches Holy Trinity Lutheran First Christian Light Memorial Presbyterian will share a year long radio ministry for shut ins and community outreach. The March origin will be Holy Trinity with a 10 15 a m hour long service followed by 11 a m broadcasts from the other churches each month through June then continuing weekly all year.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Foster of Grand Junction Colorado announce the purchase of Trailer City effective March 11 from Mr and Mrs Ray Sterrett and Clara Hansen. The Fosters will run the business and move to Sidney soon with two sons both teachers Charles in Yuma Arizona and Bruce at Tennessee Temple University in Chattanooga Tennessee. The Steretts have operated Trailer City for six years and will relocate to Viborg South Dakota to farm.
Livestock producers who are members of the Cheyenne County Farm Bureau are reminded of a livestock clinic at Ogallala March 2 where livestock marketing and animal health will be discussed. The clinic opens at 10 a.m. Several speakers will present varying sides of livestock production and management and health control.
Catholic priests from four North Platte Valley communities met in Scottsbluff this week to discuss building a Catholic high school. Rev. Paul Button of the Grand Island diocese presided over the meeting.
Western Nebraska drills report another oil show in Kimball County with the No. 1 Wise well by Mid-America Drilling and Nebraska Drillers showing potential oil in the J sand while production remains a mile and a quarter away. Osage Exploration and J W Braden Corp plan to push No. 1 State to 7500 feet in the extreme west, near Wyoming. Scotts Bluff County wildcat activity includes No. 1 Crabill drilled by Regal Drilling Co and No. 1 Stearly to follow, headed by Denver’s Sam Gary, near Canal Field.
Warren Air Force Base figures show Army Corps of Engineers work on missile site communications and security systems is well ahead of schedule. Jordan Company reports 61 1/6 percent completion of comms for Flights A through F, against 32 2/3 percent planned. Security work on Flight C is finished. Flights D E F show 51 1/3 percent done vs 10 percent planned. Catalytic Construction Co. of Philadelphia wins general installation subcontract after environmental control systems are installed. Final phase is weapons assembly and checkout, due in about three months. Construction covers about two thirds of site development time.
A Leap Year special at the Fox Theater Saturday night offers a rare showmanship event. Box office opens at ten, with the midnight feature starting at 11 30. Girls pay admission while boys follow Leap Year tradition.
Lincoln reports a National Farmers Union official arguing that increased government role in agriculture is essential for farmers to secure a fair income and balance in the economy. Reuben L. Johnson of Washington, D. C., warns that opponents of supply adjustments and price supports should recall the 1920s and 1930s when free market farming led to economic collapse.
Nebraska residents will gain about 11.8 million dollars in spending power in 1964 under a new income tax cut. IRS official Richard P. Vinal explains that some low income earners may see larger refunds next year while withholding may not cover all tax liabilities. He summarizes how 1964 under-withholding works with examples and recommends adjusting W-4 forms or paying estimated tax using Form 1040-Es to avoid a lump sum.
Cheyenne County communities including Sidney Dalton Gurley Lodgepole Potter and Potter's American Legion Hall hold caucuses on Tuesday March 3 to nominate candidates for town boards police magistrates and school boards ahead of the April 7 general election. Terms expiring include several current trustees and board members with meetings at 7:30 p m except Lodgepole 3:45 p m and 4 p m in high school library.
Lodgepole Lions Club held a dinner meeting with entertainment by a LHS trumpet trio and Lion Reese. Cheyenne County agent Ivan Liljegren spoke on regional research and future needs for crops in four county area. Hubert Bondegard elected as new Lion member.
Winter Drug Co. in downtown remodeling its interior with a lowered acoustical tile ceiling and a new heating system that uses forced air through tiny porous tile openings. A new lighting system and color harmonizing redecorating accompany the changes at the 10th and Clinois Street store operated by Earle A. Winter for over 30 years as a Rexall drug dealer.
The 67th Infantry Brigade of the Nebraska Army National Guard becomes mechanized on March 1 under Major General Lyle A. Welch. Governor Morrison supports the ROAD concept with a flexible force structure including infantry, mechanized infantry, airborne and tank battalions. Brigadier General William F. Bachman leads the brigade with Battery B at Sidney under Captain James J. Schaefer.
John R. Dinnel 67 former Sidney resident died Tuesday morning after admittance to Veterans Hospital Cheyenne held funeral rites at 2 p.m. at Foursquare Church with burial in Greenwood Cemetery Military graveside services and arrangement by Gehrig and Son Funeral Home Survivors include wife Lucille five children Lorraine Tucker Jack Thomas two sisters and 13 grandchildren
Fair and mild this afternoon and tonight. Increasing cloudiness and windy tomorrow.
Nebraska extension agent Ivan Liljjegren argues that beef imports threaten local cattlemen and community vitality. He warns that rising costs, foreign competition, and loss of producers could depress local economies, reduce tax bases, and undermine stores and services in Nebraska towns.
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