Area Economy Showing Firm Strength in Sidney Region
The Sidney area remains optimistic amid oil setbacks and Sioux Army Depot phaseout. Banks in Cheyenne County report deposits of $16.60 million, up slightly from last year, with county cash per resident over $1,100. Depot personnel reductions continue but retraining programs and new local industries push revival, including a VoTech bill, a new Business Institute class, and potential packing plant plans.
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Sidney
Sioux Army Depot
Cheyenne County
Sidney Federal Savings and Loan Assn
U. S
Business School Plans Outlined To Educators
H D McClanahan director of the Business Institute of St Louis spoke at Sidney Nebraska’s inaugural banquet at Fort Sidney Motor Hotel. The private Sidney Business Institute aims to serve a 14 county area and will offer a two year program in business administration and executive secretarial work with no automation courses initially. The school will seek part time work for male students and housing options for female students, with no dormitories, and fees uniform for all courses.
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H. D. McClanahan
Business Institute of St. Louis
Business Institute of Sidney
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Sidney School
Howard C. Lile
Draughon’s College of Commerce
Kansas City
Pedersen
Nebraska
McClanahan
Sidney
Sidney Business Institute
McClanaghan
Lile
PVO Seeks Irrigated Safflower Test in Sidney Area
Pacific Vegetable Oil Corp. now owns the local safflower plant in Sidney and seeks irrigated acreage farmers to experiment with small safflower plots. Ned Robinson says potential yields could reach 3,000 pounds per acre, boosting regional income. The firm bought General Mills’ interest and plans to stay, with university safflower research support and a $70 per ton price target this year.
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Pacific Vegetable Oil Corp
Sidney
Ned Robinson
PVO
Robinson
General Mills Inc
Drouth
Industrial Council
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
University of Nebraska
Trailer Armada to Park Overnight in Sidney Next Summer
Several hundred trailers will converge in Sidney for an overnight stop on their way to Laramie for a nationwide trailer camp and reunion. Arrangements will park trailers at the fairgrounds and nearby ground during the stay, providing a one day economic boost to local grocers service stations and cafes.
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Sidney
Chamber of Commerce
Laramie
Fairgrounds
Fleming says broaden tax base to fund rising Nebraska education costs
Sen George H Fleming of Sidney, on the budget committee, urges widening Nebraska's tax base to cover growing public expenditures. He anticipates larger education budget requests, backs a sales tax measure, and notes Surplus Federal property could fund a Sioux Army Depot vocational school. He praises budget chair Sen Richard Marvel and foresees a dryland ag research center on depot land.
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Public Information Office
Frank Morrison
George H. Fleming
Sidney
Legislative Budget Committee
Nebraska
Sen
Fleming
Sen. Fleming
University of Nebraska
Sioux Army Depot
Dryland Agricultural Research Center
Sioux Depot
Farmers Union Annual Meeting To Be Jan. 19
The Cheyenne County Farmers Union sets its annual meeting for Tuesday Jan 19 at 730 p m in the Yendis Cafe. Les Purdy manager of the Omaha office of The Cooperative Marketing Association will be the main speaker. He previously managed the Farmers Union Coop Gas Oil Co in Sidney in 1942. Officers will be elected and resolutions acted on for the February state convention. Present officers include Allen Brauer president Adolph Fastenau secretary treasurer Kenneth Nienhuser legislative delegate Henry Gell Russell Olsen Verne Brauer directors.
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Cheyenne County Farmers Union
Yendis
Les Purdy
Omaha
Cooperative Marketing Association
Farmers Union Coop Gas & Oil Co
Sidney
Allen Brauer
Adolph Fastenau
Schedule Change for Nebraska Wheat Growers Board Meeting
The Nebraska Wheat Growers Assn. board meetings in Ogalliala shift to a nine to eleven a m committee session. The general board convenes at eleven with a noon lunch and reconvenes at one o'clock for further business.
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Nebraska Wheat Growers Assn
Ogalliala
Oil Industry Eyes Hike To Two Million Barrels In Nebraska
Nebraska aims to raise annual oil output to two million barrels aided by secondary recovery methods. Sleepy Hollow remains top producer but declines force conservation actions. Top fields include Sleepy Hollow, Singleton, Sloss and Willison Ranch. new major discoveries appear at Minatare and Stage Hill. Dozens of rigs active across western Nebraska with new wells and wildcat sites reported amid open weather.
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Nebraska
Sleepy , Hollow
Silver Creek
Ackman
Red Willow
Sleepy Hollow
Nebraska Oil and Gas Commission
Singleton
Sloss
Willison Ranch
Panhandle
Scotts Bluff
Stage Hill
Banner-Scotts Bluff
Kimbark Exploration Co
Webster
Cheyenne County
Skelly Oil Co
Alden-A
Kimball County
Chandler and Associates
Banner County
Henderson
Scotts Bluff County
Box Butte County
Tom Wessels
Denver
Morrill County
Air-Gas Commission
Carlson-Maas
NWSW
Pat Doheny
Robert L. Cramer
Sideney
Hawkins
Trade School Bills Hit Nebraska Legislature
Sidney introduces a bill to create a state supported vocational technical school at Sioux Army Depot. It is the second trade school bill this session following Sen Frank Nelson of ONeill proposing a similar school at ONeill.
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High Plains
University of Nebraska
Sidney
Sioux
George H. Fleming
Business Institute of Sidney
Marathon Oil Co
Howard C. Lile
Cheyenne County
Sioux Army Depot
Frank Nelson
O'Neill
O’ Neill
Panhandle Farm Equipment Day May Draw 5 Thousand
Cheyenne County prepares for the first annual Panhandle Farm Equipment and Progress Day on Wednesday April 21 with an expected turnout of more than five thousand farmers and residents. NE and university representatives lead a one day program including tractor tests demonstrations irrigation and safety topics with regional experts and committees coordinating food traffic and air arrangements.
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Cheyenne County
Panhandle
University of Nebraska
Great Plains
Delbert Lane
Ag College
Lincoln
Charles Fenster
Box Butte
Alliance
Doyle Foland
John Egging
Sidney
Paul E. Fischbach
Lloyd Anderson
Scotts Bluff
Mitchell
Louis A. Daigger
Cliff Ashburn
Leroy Barry
Midwest Implement Dealers Assn
Gurley Lions Club
Wayne Elsen
National Guard
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Gurley
Mead
Neb
Bid Opening Set for Sidney Library Project
City officials expect bids for Sidney Public Library within six weeks with funds from local and federal sources. The 7,900 square foot single-story building on 12th Ave and Jackson St will replace the 50-year-old facility at 8th Ave and Illinois St, include bookmobile storage, and accommodate expansion to 30,000 volumes. Architect is Howard G. Duncan of Scotts Bluff.
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12Th Ave
Jackson St
8Th Ave
Clinois St
George H. Fleming
Sidney
Nebraska
Congress
Sen. Fleming
Miss Lute
Howard G. Duncan
Scotts
Bluff
Panhandle Weather Forecast Update
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with a low of 20 to 30 degrees and a Saturday high of 40 to 50. The five day outlook shows temperatures 4 to 10 degrees above normal through next Wednesday with highs in the 40s and lows 15 to 25, little if any precipitation expected.
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Panhandle
Frontier Air Lines
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Dalton
Egging Co
Sidney Livestock Sales
West
Sidney Industrial Corp
George Hinn
William Fankhauser
Ralph Spencer
Dale Chambers
County Welfare
Bot Brown
Morrill
Jack Laimer
Neal Custer
Trailer Armada
Richard Marvel
Hastings
Farmers Union
Tom Coffey
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