Farm Program Would Secure Rural Incomes
University of Nebraska economist Everett E. Peterson says the President's farm proposals would pay farmers even if drought hits, with in kind payments to hold costs for taxpayers. He cautions the plan aims to reduce production gradually and may not halt 1956 price and income declines, while noting indirect effects on livestock via feed, and urges bold ideas to aid low income groups and developing regions.
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Lincoln
Congress
Eisenhower
University of Nebraska
Great Plains
Everett E. Peterson
Sterling Oil Pump Station Planned Near Sterling
Service Pipe Line Co of Tulsa announces a 360000 barrel crude pump station six miles north of Sterling. The facility will use a 1000 hp unit and two 1500 hp centrifugal pumps to replace existing inj ection units and boost Wyoming crude deliveries to midwestern refineries via the Fort Laramie Wyoming line to Preeton Missouri.
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Stacy
Wyo
Laramie
Preetoan Mo
Fairgrounds light swap meeting delayed by commission
Sidney county commissioners delayed a decision on moving the fairgrounds lights to Legion Park. A general meeting of the $8,000 light purchasers will be summoned to discuss the potential swap and future use of the lights for night baseball. Three legal and feasibility questions were raised regarding the arrangement and the town’s baseball future.
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Cheyenne County Fairgrounds
County Board of Commissioners
Legion Park
Fair Board
Fairgrounds
Sidney
George Fleming
American Legion
Methodists To Vote Again On Building Plan
First Methodist Church members will vote on a new building site for a proposed church edifice. A congregational meeting is set for February 5 with ballots running to February 10 after services on January 22 and 29. The plan includes a highway frontage of 375 feet on a 375 by 450 foot site.
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Highway 19
Pasadena Place
Country Club Heights
Church Quarterly Conference
K. Orlando Lee
Scottsbluff
Northwest District
NYC Man Hangs Self on Greyhound Bus West of Bushnell
Herbert Janse 32 of New York died on a westbound Greyhound bus after a disturbance in the washroom a few miles west of Bushnell. Coroner Marvin Schrader of Laramie County Wyoming ruled it obvious death by own action. Janse was bound for Cheyenne to marry Elizabeth Smith of Barbers Town Ohio and Las Vegas Nevada, having breakfast at the Overland Cafe earlier.
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New York City
Greyhound
Sidney
Cheyenne
Herbert Janse
New York
Janse
Express
Bushnell
C. M. Garrett
Mr. Janse
Laramie County
Wyo
Marvin Schrader
Las Vegas
Nev
Elizabeth Smith
Barberstown
Ohio
Dr Hull Cook Elected Chief of Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
Dr Hull Cook was named chief of staff at Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital at the staff meeting Tuesday night succeeding the hospital's first chief of staff Dr C B Dorwart. Also elected were Dr B H Grimm vice chief Dr C A Bitner secretary Dr James Thayer chief of O B Dr Lloyd OHolloran chief of surgery and Dr Dorwart chief of medicine.
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Hull Cook
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
C. B. Dorwart
B. H. Grimm
C. A. Bitner
James Thayer
O. B
Lloyd O’holloran
Dorwart
Snow Blanket Gives Wheat Protection in Panhandle Weather
Western Nebraska reports show snow two to six inches over the Panhandle with sub zero temperatures. Farmers say the snow provides fair to good protection for winter wheat and grasses though soil is frozen. Despite some pessimism earlier, officials note the wheat could be in decent shape with continued cold snap. dairy and farming activities remain brisk with off farm work sought and prices generally low for milk cows.
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Nebraska
Panhandle
Wheat Belt
A. E. Anderson
Anderson
State Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
West
Sidney Ice Box of Nebraska Records Ten Below
Sidney registered ten degrees below zero at the Civil Aeronautics Administration station by the Sidney Airport, the coldest winter reading in years. Light snow added about two inches in Sidney, with .15 inch of total precipitation since the weekend, as forecasters predicted a warming trend ahead.
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Sidney
Nebraska
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
County Attorney's Son Out Of Danger After Poison Incident
County Attorney Pat Heaton Jr reports his 16 month old son Patrick found and ate about half a box of rat poison in the basement. The child was rushed to Memorial Hospital where his stomach was pumped and blood transfusions given. He is now said to be fully recovered.
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Pat Heaton
Heaton
Patrick
Memorial Hospital
County Motor Vehicle Ruling Targets Out of County License Plates
Cheyenne County officials seek to enforce Nebraska licensing laws after an opinion from Attorney General Beck. Residents registering cars in other counties or states to dodge taxes may face misdemeanor charges and fines. Residency factors include mail, school, voting place, and where hat is hung.
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Cheyenne
Nebraska
Cheyenne County
Pat Heaton, Jr
Cecil Hunt
Dalton
Morrill County
Sidney Ignored By Airlines In CAB Pleas For Service
Sidney is ignored in two CAB petitions by Ozark and Frontier seeking expanded Midwest routes via Sidney Alliance Chadron Scottsbluff Cheyenne Sterling McCook. City Manager Murrey Fuller says figures are outdated and will introduce current data on Sidney population and oil industry to support service. Sidney now the Panhandle’s second largest city, comparable to McCook.
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Sidney
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
Ozark Airlines
Midwest
Alliance
Chadron
Scottsbluff
Cheyenne
Sterling
McCook
Frontier Airlines
Denver
Murrey Fuller
Aeronautic Departments
Nebraska
Ozark
Frontier
Fuller
University of Nebraska
Ozarks
Panhandle
59 Price Support Deadline Nearing
The Cheyenne County Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation committee urges farmers to apply for federal price support on 1955 crops. The Jan 31 deadline covers wheat barley oats grain sorghums rye soybeans flaxseed and dry edible beans with loan or purchase agreement eligibility based on last year’s compliance. Corn deadline is May 31.
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Cheyenne County
WNUCC Elects Kemper Leader Seeks New Life
Western Nebraska United Chambers of Commerce convened in Alliance for its first meeting of the year. Gene Kemper of Alliance was elected president to revitalize the organization. J Fred Thompson of Sidney joined the executive board. Observers note the vast WMCC territory hampers turnout but officials insist unity is needed.
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Western
Nebraska United Chambers of Commerce
Alliance
Gene Kemper
WNUCC
Kemper
J. Fred Thompson
Sidney
Thompson
WMCC
Nemper
Nebraska
Explosion at Sidney plant kills oil-hauling businessman
Burel Floyd Kinney 34, owner of a large Nebraska Panhandle oil field water hauling service, dies from head injuries after welding a truck tank in his Sidney shop. Two coworkers are injured, a deputy estimates the blast caused major structural damage, and Kinney’s funeral is set for Friday at the Methodist Church with a military burial at Greenwood Cemetery. Kinney served in the South Pacific during World War II and leaves a wife Janice Zimmerman and four children.
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Burel Kinney
Sidney
Mr. Kinney
Nebraksa
Burel Floyd Kinney
Robert Townsend
Greenwood Cemetery
Nebraska Panhandle
Kinney
Witden
Perry
Effie Kinney
South Pacific
Janice Zimmerman
Chicago
Kirintey
Illinois
Newcastle
Wyo
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars and
the Elks Lodge
Potter Polio Show Moved to January 31
The March of Dimes benefit by Teens Against Polio in Potter shifts from January 24 to January 31. The program includes a box social and a talent show.
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Potter
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Bob Wait
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Overland
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Lght
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Taylor
Hewitt
Reeves
Ohio Oil Co
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Paula
Theodore
Jane
Karen
John Frosh
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