Patrons With Biting Dogs Could Lose Mail Delivery
Post Office plans a two step response to dogs that bite mail carriers. First a friendly notice to owners then a second letter directing mail pickup at the post office if bites continue. Nationally six thousand carriers are bitten yearly. some carriers report dogs bite despite friendly behavior. Best advice: tie Fido in the backyard to keep delivery on the front porch.
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Post Office Department
Don Gillham
Sidney
Gillham
Fido
Post Office
Sidney Man To Be Valentine City Manager
Dick Land, present city building inspector, will begin work as Valentine city manager on Feb. 20. He moved from Sidney in December 1955 from Minnesota as construction superintendent to replace Joe Crumrine. A School of Mines graduate, Land studied engineering and related subjects for city management. Valentine adopted a city manager plan about a year ago after Howard Worth established it. Land is married, living at 1219 Country Club Drive with his family.
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Dick Land
Valentine
Land
Sidney
Minnesota
Joe Crumrine
Crumline
School of Mines
Golden
Colo
Howard Worth
Country Club Drive
Winter Wheat Crop Holds In Good Wintering Condition
Nebraska's winter wheat crop appears to be wintering in good to excellent shape, say government crop observers. Soil moisture is the best in years, with open weather aiding farm work and livestock. Some southeastern counties face hindrances from heavy snows impacting pasture and field tasks.
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Nebraska
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Inside Sidney Regular Feature Debuts in Telegraph
J Fred Thompson announces his column Inside Sidney will appear in today’s Telegraph and become a regular feature in every issue. He will discuss people and things in Sidney and share observations from Telegraph news coverage and other relevant topics.
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J. Fred Thompson
Sidney
Telegraph
Mr. Thompson
The
War Souvenirs Warned as Dangers of Explosive Items Rise
Maj Floyd E Brenneman acting commander at Sioux Ordnance Depot warns the public about hazards of war souvenirs such as grenades. Citing a Colorado Springs tragedy, he urges persons with explosive items to contact local police for disposal and decontamination guidance.
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Floyd E. Brenneman
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Colorado Springs
Maj
Brenneman
McMillen To Attend Oil Compact Meeting
R E McMillen of Ohio Oil Co will attend the Interstate Oil Compact Commission executive committee meeting on February 5 at Casper The gathering expects about 30 states plus Alaska with Gov Milward L Simpson as commission chairman guiding policy and budgeting for 1958
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R E. McMillen
Ohio Oil Co
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Casper
Alaska
Milward L. Simpson
Commission
Sheepmen To Talk Lambs At Chappell
Cheyenne Deuel County Sheep Producers Assn organized last year shows growth with renewed interest in sheep farming. Meeting set at Chappell at the elevator Thursday at 7 30 PM. Lemoyne Johnson of Lodi ro, president, says discussion will cover care of sheep at lambing time. Bulletins on sheep management will be available to members at the meeting.
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Cheyenne - Deuel
Cable TV Plans to Expand to Alliance and Bluffs
Cellier Electric Co of Denver plans to use its microwave system to deliver cable TV to Scottsbluff and Alliance if franchised by city councils. Alliance favors the proposal. Scottsbluff has had preliminary contacts. FCC granted Collier firm right to extend microwave TV last week. already serves Sterling, Sidney, and Kimball with channels 4, 7, and 9.
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Cellier Electric Co
Denver
Scottsbluff
Alliance
Alliance Council
FCC
Collier Firm
Channel 13 Hearing For Alliance Stated
Western Nebraska Television Inc received FCC notice of a new hearing date on February 4 for its Channel 13 television station. The case, tabled since November 14, seeks extra stockholder details and financial plans to support the station’s panhandle regional service from Angora with studios in Alliance and Scottsbluff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance
Western Nebraska Television Inc
Federal Communication Commission
H. Gifford Irion
FCC
Western Nebraska Television
Western Nebraska
Panhandle
Angora
Scottsbluff
TV service to boost local merchants and shops
Everett Collier of Collier Electric says free single channel TV in Scottsbluff and Alliance will not deter demand. He argues customers will pay monthly rental for choice among three major networks, estimating $100,000 in 1¢ sets sold in the two cities during the system’s first year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance
Scottsblu's
Everett Collier
Collier Electric
Scottsbluff
School Improvement Group To Organize In Sunol
An organizational meeting of the Nebraska School Improvement Association is set for 7 30 p m Monday Jan 27 at the Sunol school house Cheyenne County board members have been contacted and others urged to attend Benton Marshall of Crawford a state board member and another director will lead the meeting Aim is to circulate a petition seeking to make the state superintendent of public education an elective post rather than appointive
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Nebraska School Improvement Association
Sunol School House
Cheyenne County
Benton Marshall
Crawford
State Board of Directors
Grain Markets Wheat Price Quoted by Local Elevators
Grain markets report a wheat price of 177 dollars per bushel from local elevator sources. The notice records today’s quotation and names no individuals or organizations beyond the elevator source.
Ag Meetings In February In Western Nebraska
Plans are underway for three Western Nebraska Organized Agriculture meetings during the first week of February. The 1958 gatherings will be in Hemingford February 4 Oshkosh February 5 and Kimball February 6. Local farm people host the annual events to share current information and research with farmers and homemakers. Main topics include industrial uses of crops a demonstration of making Jiffy Breads livestock nutrition and a report on life in Egypt and other Middle East countries.
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Egypt
Middle East Countries
Farm Bureau Seeks Sales Tax as Property Tax Replacement
Members of the Cheyenne County Farm Bureau met at Yendis Cafe for a routine monthly session chaired by Harold Kettler. Leonard Oberndorfer noted Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation resolved against joining the NSEA drive to place a sales tax issue on the 1953 ballot, reaffirming support for a sales tax as a replacement for property tax and announcing the next meeting for February 17.
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Cheyenne County Farm Bureau
Yendis Cafe
Leonard Oberndorfer
Harold Kettler
Sidney
Robert Poppen
Gurley
Oberndorfer
Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Nebraska State Education Association
NSEA
Nebraska
Two-state Wheat Co-op Plan Meets Growers at Ogallala
More than 59 wheat growers gathered at Ogallala to discuss membership marketing freight rates and related topics. Nebraska Oregon groups consider joint ventures including India and Europe while freight rate hearings in Washington are highlighted. A statewide transport meeting is set in Lincoln January 24 with Wheat Growers Alliance officials attending. A bus chartered will take 39 members to Spokane February 5 to 7 for the National Association meeting with a total fare of 42 dollars. Alliance all-wheat dinner January 28 features Lester Bruns as keynote after his European marketing trip.
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Ogallala
Carl Bruns
Chappell
FFA
Bruns
Oregon
Nebraska
India
Dick Baum
Oregon Wheat League
Wheat Commission
Carson Smith
Washington
Carson
Cornhusker
Lincoln
Nebraska Wheat Growers Assa
George Gerdes
Alliance
John Lienemann
Scottsbluff
Nebraska Wheat Group
National Assn. of
Spokane
Far
Lester
Nebraska Wheat Commission
Europe
Public Schools Dismiss Friday Noon in Sidney
Semester examinations begin today in Sidney public schools and continue tomorrow and Friday morning. Schools will dismiss at noon Friday to allow teachers to trade examination papers. Parents are reminded that no lunch will be served in school cafeterias on Friday.
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Sidney Public Schools
Hospital Near Capacity As Cheyenne County Memorial Reports
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital operated near capacity in December with 46 patients per day and 1,423 patient days. Directors reelected officers. consider proxy voting elimination and a nursing home addition with $100,000 goal. discussions include architec Frank McNett and bank depositories.
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Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
Leo Bolin
A. J. Jorgenson
Ray Cruise
Thomas O'Connell Sr
Frank Schwasnick
Bolin
Wheat Growers Meeting Moved to Thursday in Cheyenne County
Due to a conflict in hall dates the Cheyenne County Wheat Growers meeting originally set for Wednesday will be held on Thursday at 7:00 PM. The Legion Hall in Dalton hosts the gathering with all other details unchanged.
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Cheyenne County Wheat Growers Meeting
Legion Hall
Dalton
Fort Sidney Celebration Names 1958 Directors
Fort Sidney Days leaders elected last night by the Sidney Junior Chamber of Commerce. Charles Lafler, Vincent Maliszewski, Ed Lehman, Wayne Rapp and Ed Haupt will guide the annual celebration. Officers chosen are Chairman Lafler, Treasurer Lehman, and Secretary Rapp. Dates to be announced. preliminaries under way. Gene McCumber announced new Jaycee members Keith Sayre, Larry Edwards, Jim Taylor. Guests Ray Taylor and Bob Hart attended. Vernon Anthony outlined convention promotion plans for a fall Sidney convention.
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Ft. Sidney
Sidney Junior Chamber of Commerce
Charles Lafler
Vincent Maliszewski
Ed Lehman
Wayne Rapp
Ed Haupt
Lafler
Lehman
Rapp
Jaycee
Gene McCumber
Keith Sayre
Larry Edwards
Jim Taylor
Ray Taylor
Bob Hart
Vern Anthony
Sidney
Child Labor Charges Filed Against Two Nebraska Farmers
Federal District Court in Omaha holds complaints against Melvin Clark near Melbeta and Chris Welsch near Gerin alleging repeated violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act by employing children on farms during school hours. Secretary James P. Mitchell seeks permanent injunctions.
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Scott's Bluff County
Federal District Court
Omaha
James P. Mitchell
Secretary of Labor
Melvin Clark
Melbeta
Chris Welsch
Gerin
Retailers To Close For Veterans Day In Sidney 1958
A large group of Sidney retailers voted to close on Veterans Day November 11 as part of the official Closing Dates Calendar for 1958. The Chamber of Commerce retail committee approved other holidays and hours, with February Dollar Days set for February 13 14 and 15. Additional promotions include Spring Show Ft Sidney Days Street Sale August Dollar Days Christmas Lay Away and Christmas Opening. Warren Ellison presided, regular meetings set for the first Wednesday each month at 10 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Ft. Sidney
Warren Ellison
Atkins Heads Hotel Board
The Sidney Community Hotel Corporation elected Neal Atkins president and named Lawrence Wamsley vice president, George Barlow treasurer, and Dr. George Taylor secretary. A building committee including Dr. Taylor, A E Wright, and O L Maddox will inspect the hotel before taking possession from the contractor in about two weeks. C A Story joined the finance committee, and the hotel has been at capacity since opening with a few rooms still finishing.
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Sidney Community Hotel Corporation
Neal Atkins
Lawrence Wamsley
George Barlow
George Taylor
Taylor
A E Wright
O. L. Maddox
Atkins
C A_ Story
Wamsley
Tank
Chet Johnson
Johnson
Nursing Wing Funds Here Not In Peril
Verne Pangborn of the State Health Department says a planned nursing home wing will not lose federal support despite budget cuts to Hill Burton hospital aid. Local donors have pledged 85,000 plus Ford Foundation funds and memorial gifts to build the aged care facility, aiming for a total near 256,600 and a local match of 150,000 to unlock 100,000 federal funds.
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Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
Hill-Burton Federal Hospital
Verne Pangborn
State Department of Health
Guy V. Doran
Sterling Aged. Home Will Cost 360000
Logan County Hospital directors in Sterling Colorado chose the firm of Murrin and Kash to design a 30 bed nursing wing costing 360000. Fred Wickie announced no construction rate yet. preliminary drawings will start soon. The wing will be funded equally by county and federal Hill Burton Act funds, each contributing 180000.
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Sterling
Colo
Logan
Murrin and Kash
Fred Wickie
Nebraska hospital fund mix faces 1959 deadline and cuts
Nebraska officials warned that a 40 percent federal and 60 percent local funding mix for new hospital facilities would lapse if action not taken by mid 1959. Federal matching funds could support about 14 million in construction, but current Eisenhower budget proposals cut state Hill Buron allocations to roughly 515 thousand to 697 thousand, threatening planned projects at West Nebraska General Scotts Bluff Chadron and Kimball County facilities among others.
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Pangborn
Nebraska
State Board of Health
Eisenhower
Hill-Burton
General Hospital
Fox Matinee Friday at Fox Theatre
The Fox Theatre will run a matinee and continuous performance Starling at 1 30 Friday afternoon as public schools dismiss at noon.
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Fox Theatre
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McMillen
Home For
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Channel 13
Sunol
Wri
Carl Pike
Sgt. Pike
A.n
Crade
Sidney Kiwanis Club
Fern County Sheriff’s Department
Grand Rapids
Mich
Jackson, Mich
Jorgenson
Charles N. Deaver
Deaver
Frank McNett
Grand Island
Sidney National Bank
American National Bank
Finance Committee
Fort Sidney
Atkins Heads Hotel Board
IT Hospitals
Reasona
West Nebraska General
Kimball County
Kimball
Fox
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