Safflower acreage talk kicks off in the Tri-State area
A 22 meeting series opens Monday in western Nebraska, northeastern Colorado and eastern Wyoming to discuss safflower on diverted wheat acres. Pacific Vegetable Oil Corp of Sidney, with extension agents, hosts sessions led by Dr. Carl E. Claassen of Pacific Oilseeds and Ken Woodward of the firm. Contracts to grow safflower for 1958 may be signed at each stop, which include Torrington Wyoming and multiple Nebraska towns through January 31.
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Colorado
Wyoming
Pacific Vegetable Oil Corp
Sidney
Peetz
Dalton
California
Plains Oil
Carl E. Claassen
Pacific Oilseeds, Inc
Woodland
Calif
Pacific Vegetable Oil
Claassen
University of Nebraska
Classen
Ken Woodward
Pacific O.lseeds, Inc
Pacific Vegetate Oil
Woodward
Civil Service Celebrated as Civilian Task Force at Banquet
The 75th anniversary of the national Civil Service was observed in Sidney with a banquet at Fort Sidney Motor Lodge. Editor Jack H. Lowe urged Civil Service workers to value their essential roles in governing America, noting they form the civilian task force defending the nation. Waldo Dearing chaired the event as part of anniversary week January 12 to 18, with about 900 local Civil Service workers and numerous private citizens in attendance.
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The
Telegraph
Fort Sidney Motor Lodge
Sidney
Waldo Dearing
Sioux
America
Great Plains
VEW Plans Illinois Building Addition
VEW plans an addition to the VEW building on west Illinois Street to house the Smith Insurance Agency. Estimated cost around 7500 dollars, with a loan approved per VFW Commander Joe Bajek. Horizons Unlimited Co. is the apparent low bidder. post approval and lease negotiation remain. The 1966 building will front Illinois Street on the former car sales lot site.
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West
Illinois St
Smith Insurance Agency
VFW
Joe Bajek
Horizons Unlimited Co
Pet Post
Grain markets show wheat at 1.78 per bushel
Wheat price quoted today by focal elevator sources at 1.78 dollars per bushel. No other commodities listed. Market activity and sources not specified beyond the single price, fixed to the current quote.
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Focal Elevator
Nebraska gas tax soars past annual 1925 level in 21 days
C Russell Lockwood of the Nebraska Petroleum Industries Committee notes that in the first 21 days of 1958 Nebraska highway users paid 3 040 000 in gas taxes, matching the 1925 full year total. He cites 7 cent state and 3 cent federal taxes projecting 1958 totals of 375 million and 53.6 million respectively, with prices pre tax lower than in the 1920s.
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Nebraska
C. Russell Lockwood
Nebraska Petroleum Industries Committee
Lockwood
Wheatgrowers Plan Ogallala Meeting
The Nebraska Wheat Growers Association will hold a directors meeting at the Elks Club in Ogallala on Monday January 20 at 10 am. Vice president Jim Hoyt will discuss Soil Bank bid features and president Carl Bruns will present a new membership plan. A bus will transport members to the National Wheat Growers convention in Spokane in February. contact Harold Tremain in Sidney for reservations.
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Ogallala
Jim Hoyt
Trenton
The
Soil Bank
Carl Bruns
Chappell
Wheat Growers Convention
Spokane
Harold Tremain
Sidney
Eisenhower Budget Includes Substation Work At Chappell Sidney
President Eisenhower’s reclamation budget includes completion of a sub station at Chappell and additions to substations at Sidney and Chadron. Details on Sidney and Chappell were not immediately available. The plan features sharp curtainments and omits several large projects officials hoped to add.
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Chappell
Sidney
Chadron
Eisenhower
Interest Grows in Nebraska Soil Bank Bids
Nebraska farmers show strong interest in the soil bank experiment as 660 bids are in from across the state. State ASC officials say far more bids are expected while four states participate in the USDA trial. Farmers bid per acre to retire all cropland for five or ten years with sealed bids due by January 31.
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Nebraska
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
ASC
Robert Webb
Webb
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Illinois
Tennessee
Maine
Tne
Civil Service Poster Winners at Fort Sidney Dinner
Cynthia Morris an eighth grade student at St Patrick s school won first prize in the Federal Civil Service Poster Contest receiving 15 dollars from W H Dearing program chairman at a dinner last night marking the 75th anniversary of the Federal Civil Service Act. Kenneth Johnson a seventh grade student at the SOD school won second prize and Hiett a ninth grader at St Patrick s school won third. The event and poster contest were sponsored by the Sidney Chamber of Commerce.
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Cynthia Morris
Grace
St. Patrick’s School
W. H. Dearing
SCD
New Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Coynthia
Wiz
Keith Morris
Kenneth
Art's Motors Named New Buick Pontiac Dealer
Art's Motors on West Illinois Street has been approved as an authorized Buick and Pontiac dealer. Art Cunningham, head of Art's Motors, completed a new building and used car lot adjacent to the fairgrounds and plans a grand opening this Saturday with details to be announced in Friday's Telegraph. Cunningham has long operated in Sidney's auto trade, mainly in used car sales, and previously lacked authorized new car status until the joint Pontiac Buick announcement.
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Buick
General Motors
Art Cunningham
Art's Motors
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Cunningham
Sidney
West Ilinois St
AchAilten to Address Nebraska County Assessors
R E M Millen district manager of The Ohio Oil Co will speak at the Nebraska County Assessors Assn annual convention in Omaha. Cheyenne County Assessor Roy Gish of Sidney is association president. An oil forum is set at the Castle Hotel at four o clock January 21 with all oil company tax men invited.
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R E M Millen
Ohio Oil Co
Nebraska County Assessors Assn
Omaha
Cheyenne
Roy Gish
Sidney
Asso*Ic‘ion
Cast le
Sidney City Council to revise electric rates and approve subdivision
The Sidney City Council met with a full agenda approving three rate changes for electric service. A combo rate for small commercial use and a single meter plan, alignment of street lighting charges with nearby districts, and a flat ballpark lighting charge with post use billing. Also approved Paving District No. 87 and split the Fenske school land subdivision into Plat A Waich and Plat B for future commercial use by Rudy Munderloh.
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Sidney
Council Hcme
Consumers Public Power District
Ing
Scottsbluff
Quince
Toledo
Rose
Fenske
Waich
Romrebam Mreers
Plat B
Rudy Munderloh
Preliminary Drawings For Home For Aged Are Ready
A hospital committee will view a preliminary sketch for a proposed home for the aged as an addition to Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital. Architect Frank McNett prepared the design, with no financial obligation expected. The steering committee and board will review the drawings Thursday and likely forward them for further input, while noting funding shortfalls and the project’s non-imminent timeline.
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Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
Frank McNett
Ira Steward
Guy V Doran
Jack H. Lowe
A J Jorgenson
Seardh
Steward
Doran
Phoenix
Ariz
Hospital Association
Postal Receipts Down Slightly
The Sidney post office reports 1957 cash volume of 91859 versus 95743 in 1956, a 3884 decline about four percent. Free mailing privileges granted mid year reduced revenue, though December 1957 showed higher business than December 1956. Cooperation and marking slips aided handling during a busy Christmas period.
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Gillham
Gorman
Chapman Guilty In Check Case
Homer Chapman of Sidney appeared in District Court Tuesday and pleaded guilty to uttering fictitious checks. Judge I. J. Nisley sentenced him to two to three years in the state penitentiary.
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Homer Chapman
Sidney
I. J. Nisley
New Methods of Farming Save Money
Dr. Byron Shaw of USDA and M. D. Weldon of the University of Nebraska note that modern farming increases output per worker from feeding 10 to 20 people, driven by higher yields, better livestock, mechanization, and soil fertility. Commercial fertilizer cuts costs per bushel, boosting profits while lowering grocery prices for housewives.
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Byron Shaw
U. S Department of Agriculture
M. D. Weldon
University of Nebraska
Fund Drive to Build TV Station Proposed
Frontier Broadcasting Co of Cheyenne announced plans for a fund raising campaign to finance a Channel 3 station serving Sidney and Sterling and nearby areas. The station would be located between Sterling and Sidney to cover Cheyenne County Nebraska and Logan County Colorado and carry programs from all three major networks.
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Frontier Broadcasting Co
Cheyenne
Sidney
Sterling
Cole
Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Logan County
Colorado
Air Link Director Opens Air Route Hub Debate
Air Link Director Rolland Hart attacks CAB findings in the Seven States Air Case, urging a holistic assessment of routes for the entire area. He backs Sidney as a hub, calls for Cheyenne stops, and links missile base activity at Cheyenne to Sidney ser vice, highlighting regional strategic ties and proposed routes like Casper Omaha and Casper Scottsbluff.
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Seven States Air
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Rolland Hart
State Aeronautics Department
Harr
Civil Aeronautics Board
Seven States
Washington, D. C
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Casper - Omaha
Omaha
Denver - Casper
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Lusk
Chadron
Casper - Scottsbluff
Casper-Omaha
Casper
Cheyenne
Hart
CAB Examiner
Murrey W Fuller
Weather warms Panhandle after 11 degree drop
The Panhandle saw a shift from 11 degree low to eleven degree rise within an hour as a brief cold spell ended. Forecasts predicted light snow not materializing with generally fair conditions. Western Nebraska was expected to reach highs near 45 with lows 10 to 15 and no precipitation in the near term.
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Panhandle
Nebraska
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