Sunspots May Disrupt Radio and TV Signals
Solar researchers warn a severe sunspot phase could last months, potentially disrupting radio communications and Channel 2 TV reception. RCA engineers in New York note fuzzy pictures and garbled broadcasts as sunspot activity intensifies, with related solar flares and prominences accelerating particles into space.
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RCA Research Engineers
New York
Channel 2
Charles Pope
Sidney Community TV
The
Wall Street Journal
New York City
RCA Research
B.B.C
London
Braniff Airways
Miami
Earth
Objectives Of 4-H Work To Be Discussed
Lincoln leaders will discuss real objectives of 4-H work at three state leader training meetings. The Lincoln, Jan W-Feb 2. Norfolk Feb 5-7. and Kearney Feb 12-14 events feature project discussions and county level training. Speakers include state 4-H leaders and specialists from the University of Nebraska, with guests from Minnesota and Washington DC. Funding comes from Ak-Sar-Ben, Cooper Foundation, Standard Oil, and local rural power suppliers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Jan
Norfolk
Kearney
Ken Schmidt
UMW
University of Nebraska College of Agriculture
University of Nebraska
Leonard Harkness
Minnesota
T. T. Martin
Missouri
John Banning
Federal Extension Service
Washington, D. C
Panhandle Weather Forecast For Today And Weekend
Panhandle generally fair with northwesterly winds 20 to 30 mph. Today high 30 to 35, tonight low 10 to 15, Saturday high around 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Crops Clinic Next Monday at Kimball County
Farmers are invited to a crops clinic in Kimball on Monday Jan 21 at 9 30 a m in the county courthouse assembly room. Speakers include Dr John Weihing and Clare Porter on diseases of wheat beans and potatoes and the seed certification theme It s all in the seed It s certified A Nebraska film Irrigation in Nebraska will be shown Other topics cover crop research station updates social security for farmers weed control soil fertility moisture relations and the 1957 Great Western Sugar beet program with speaker J E Jarrell
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimball
Kimball County Court House
John Weihing
Clare Porter
Weihing
University of Nebraska
Porter
Nebraska
Lionel Harris
Scotts Bluff
Joe Buglewicz
Social Security
Russell ‘Nash
North Platte
Delno Knudson
Chet Swinbank
Burned REA Worker Receives Skin Grafting
Stanley Custer, a REA line worker described as badly burned in a mishap near Chappell, is in a Denver hospital for skin grafting after deep burns from contact with a high voltage wire. He started at Chappell Hospital before transfer to St. Joseph's Hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Custer
REA Fine
Chappell
Denver
Custer
Chappell Hospital
St. Joseph's Hospital
Winds Sweep Panhandle Shrouds Towns With Dirt And Snow
Gales up to 50 miles per hour whip western Nebraska and eastern Wyoming, piling snow and soot on Sidney and Chadron. Visibility drops to a quarter mile. temperatures plunge to 18 below in spots. Farmers worry about dormant winter wheat while towns brace for ongoing harsh weather and slow business, with oil work paused but spring drilling hinted by trucking firm heads. The Sidney High School band heads to Washington for the inaugural parade amid cold, snowy disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Panhandle
State Highway Patrol
Wyoming
Colorado
Sidney
Chadron
Sidney High School
Washington D. C
George Hinn
Sea
Court House
Farm Employers Must File 1956 Agricultural Tax Return
Farm operators who paid any farmhand in cash wages of $100 or more in 1956 must file an employer tax return for agricultural employees with the District Director of Internal Revenue by January 31, and include social security taxes. The report lists name, social security number, and wages for each employee earning $100+ in 1956. Starting 1957, reporting expands to include wages of $153+ or those working 20+ days on a time basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottsbluff
Social Security Administration
Internal Revenue
Meeting Tonight Fair Hearing On Sales Tax Is Sought
Sen. Monroe Bixler and Sen. Donald McGinley will speak at the Sidney city auditorium at 7 30 PM to explain their Nebraska sales tax bill and how it may raise funds and ease property tax burdens. The lawmakers say they are not selling a bill but seeking public understanding to win converts before committee action next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen. Bixler
Sidney
Monroe Bixler
Harrison
Donald McGinley
Ogallala
City Auditorium
Nebraska
Bixler
The
Telegraph
McGinley
Two Day Workshop Highlights by Sidney Educators Club
A two day event on Community Education sponsored by the Sidney Educators Club features Jeff D. McGehee Lepanto Ark superintendent as guest speaker and consultant. Highlights include radio interviews with Connie Madsen and Ron Tighe, Monday lunch and a 7 36 p.m. meeting at the junior high school with McGehee speaking on Community Improvement. Tuesday includes a Sidney Minister's Association meeting on Moral and Spiritual Values in Community Living and a 3 15 p.m. coffee at Central School with PTA sponsorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Educators Club
Jeff D. McGehee
Lepanto
Ark
Connie Madsen
Ron Tighe
Sidney Public School
McGehee
Sidney Country Club
Board of Education
Sidney Minister’s Association
Central School
Sidney P T.A. Groups
State Board Backs K-12 Redistricting Plan
LINCOLN The State Board of Education on Thursday unanimously supported a kindergarten through 12th grade framework for Nebraska school redistricting. In a two hour closed session with the State School Redistricting Committee the board voted to move forward with a K-12 redistricting bill for the Legislature despite earlier reports of reversing course amid mounting opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
State Board of Education
Nebraska
Six Nominated For Soil Jobs In Cheyenne County
Six men were nominated for three Cheyenne County Soil Conservation District supervisor posts. Election set for Feb. 5 at Sidney City Auditorium, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Winners serve four years. Nominees: Leonard Beyers Sidney. Charles Helfrich Sundl. Bennie Herboldsheimer Potter. Arthur Lenzen Sidney. Charles Oliverius Lodgepole. Keith Sprenger Sidney. Landowners may vote and request mail ballots from the county extension office. Non resident landowners may vote by mail by writing Edwin Blanke Sidney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County Soil Conservation District
Sidney City Auditorium
Leonard Beyers
Sidney
Charles Helfrich
Sundl
Bennie Herboldsheimer
Potter
Arthur Lenzen
Charles Oliverius
Lodgepole
Keith Sprenger
County Extension Office
Farmers Tax Guide Promise for Lincoln Area Farmers
Lincoln area farmers can obtain the 1956 Farmers Tax Guide at no cost from county extension agents. Everett E. Peterson of University of Nebraska Extension Economy outlines how to prepare and file income and social security tax returns for 1956 incomes. The publication covers soil bank payments federal gas tax refund marketing quota penalties drought sales of livestock and items counted for social security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
University of Nebraska Extension
Everett E. Peterson
Telephone Rate Hike Hearing Date Set by Commission
LINCOLN The State Railway Commission set February 18 for a public hearing on North Western Bell Telephone Co s request for a general rates and charges adjustment. A pre hearing conference will be held on February 5 to clarify issues, designed to help both the company and any protesters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
State Railway Commission
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
New Reserves To Be Target In Panhandle
Rumors in Cheyenne Kimball Banner Morrill Garden and Sioux counties point to ambitious wildcat drilling as oil prices rise and Middle East supply remains uncertain. Ohio Oil Co may resume in Cheyenne with one rig. Reimer area farmout near Dalton is drilling. Kimball reports Stanolind Magnolia linked to activity with plans to move families into Kimball by spring. Sioux County plans 14 wildcats this winter and spring by Brock Drilling for Continental and Stanolind, invest $500,000, targeting Morrison and D and J sands with rigs starting Jan 28 and completion by May 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Ohio Oil Co
Ohio Now
Reimers
Dalton
Reep and Webb
Denver
Cheyenne
Kimball
Banner
Morrill
Garden
Sioux
Middle East
Europe
Suez Canal
Stanolind and
Magnolia
Stanolind
Kimball County
Sloss State Field
Vowers Bros
Heidemann Field
Warrior Oil Co
McDowell
SESW
Braden Drilling Co
Schmid
Sioux County
Henry Brock
Brock Drilling Company
Fort Collins
Colo
Brock
Continental Oil and Stanolind Oil Company
Lowell J. Williamson Company
Sam G. Harrison
Morrison
Skull Creek
Dork Sands
Kimball and
Banner County
Julesburg
Fraud Charge Is Directed At Oil Company In Denver Court
A Denver District Court suit filed by 20 Denver and Nebraska residents accuses Texas Adams Oil Co Inc and three individuals of fraud. The plaintiffs seek about 70 thousand dollars, alleging the prospectus overstated oil reserves and company finances. Attorneys Raymond J. Gengler and G. Michael Morris represent the plaintiffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Texas Adams Oil Co., Inc
Denver District Court
Nebraska
William J. McCarthy
E L May
Gene Meredith
Raymond J. Gengler
G. Michael Morris
Will Forward Rites Set For Tomorrow
Funeral services for William Oscar Forward 84 of Gurley will be held tomorrow at 1 30 p m from the Craig Mortuary. He died Tuesday evening at Pioneer Memorial Hospital Dalton after a stroke. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Forward born April 13 1872 in Butler Kentucky moved from Sterling Colorado to Gurley in 1942 to farm. Survivors include wife Mary son Roy Forward of Peabody Massachusetts two grandsons James and Robert Forward and brother Chester Forward of Long Beach pallbearers Tim Donovan Carl Sherwin Marvin McNurlin Herbert Fastenau Derrell Bancroft Theodore Kallhoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig Mortuary
William Oscar Forward
Gurley
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
Dalton
Forward
Richard Carter
Gurley Methodist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Butler, Ky
Chance
Mary Klinkenbeard Forward
Sterling
Colo
Mary
Roy Forward
Peabody
Mass
James
Robert Forward
Chester Forward
Long Beach
Tim Donovan
Carl Sherwin
Marvin McNurlin
Herbert Fastenau
Derrell Bancroft
Theodore Kallhoff
Sidney and Sterling Postal Receipts Dip in 1956
Sidney Post Office reported 1956 receipts of 95,743.78 dollars, down 3,323.24 from 1955’s 99,067.02. Sterling Post Office totals fell to 140,812 from 146,431 in 1955, a drop of just over three percent. Postmaster Harley Beery said early spring declines accounted for the decrease, though overall impact was limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Weldon Stewart
Sterling
Harley Beery
Beery
Automobile Fire Destroys Engine in 1953 Car
Charles Willey owned a 1953 model car with the engine destroyed by fire this morning. Mrs Willey driving noticed smoke from under the hood and parked between 15th and 16th on Illinois Street before summoning the fire department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Willey
Willey
Illinois Stret
Grain markets show wheat prices from local elevators
Local elevator sources quote No 1 Wheat at 202 dollars per bushel and No 2 Wheat at 201 dollars per bushel. The figures reflect current market rates for the commodity at the regional market.
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Federal Budget Bureau
Congress
Central America
West Texas
Geophysical Services, Inc
Colombia
South America
Sen
Ene
Edwin Blanke
Balderson Drilling Co
March OF Dimes
United Fund
George C. Abert
Richard R. Smith
Ira C. Johnson
Thompson
Sidney and Sterling
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