City Eyes 20 000 Underpass Damage Cost After Settlement Talks
City officials estimate total underpass damages around 20 000 with federal share about half. Nine property owners weighed offers by deadline with six signing. two others sought higher amounts. Bond issue planned near 32 000 if deals finalize, with government funds potentially reducing principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidneyltes
13Th Ave
Simmons Cook Sr
Simmons Crook Jr
J. H. McNish
Cooks
Andrew Backer
Gering
Murrey Fuller
Omaha
Kirkpatrick - Pettis
Pay-As-You-Go Basis For Cemetery Here Council Aim
Sidney City Council aims to make Greenwood Cemetery self supporting on a pay-as-you-go basis. A Monday review compared costs with eight nearby cemeteries, finding Sidney’s resident two-burial lot price of 50 dollars lower than most peers. no action taken yet. A memorial gardens plan was proposed for the new section to ease maintenance.
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Cemetery Here Council Aim
Greenwood Cemetery
Sidney
Rudy Munderloh
Munderloh
Murrey Fuller
Nebraska
Colorado
Ft. Morgan
Sterling
Scottsbluff
Gering
Lexington
McCook
Alliance
North Platte
Fuller
Two Day Meeting Aims to Help Aged Needs in Sidney
A special two day gathering in Sidney March 13 14 focuses on better understanding of the aged and their problems. About 100 attendees are expected with participants from 18 Nebraska counties including welfare directors nursing home operators and ministers. Speakers include Dr J A Wolford Hastings hospital Dr Joe Martin Scottsbluff and Mrs Jayn Hart Cheyenne County welfare director. A planning session is set for Feb 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Cheyenne
Scotts Bluff
Thomas, Hooker
Kimball
Sheridan
Banner
Morrill
Garden
Dawes
Deuel
Sioux
McPherson
Arthur
Keith
Perkins
Grant
Box Butte
Wolford
Joe Martin
Western Nebraska Mental Health Clinic
Scottsbluff
Stewart Hollyer
Scottsbluff Clinic
Hastings Hospital
Jayn Hart
Cheyenne County
Relief Budget Squeezed For Cheyenne County 1956 57
Cheyenne County faces a tight relief fund of 31000 for 1956 57 with 16000 spent by Jan 1. Monthly bills around 5000 increase expenditures to 21000 leaving about 10000 for February through June. Medical and grocery costs drive the relief load as officials pledge cost cutting.
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Cheyenne County
Joan Hart
Hart
Hastings Seeks Interstate Route From Doniphan West
Hastings Chamber of Commerce roads committee promotes a new Interstate Highway path from Doniphan west or a Platte River route. Chairman Fred Irons says the plan, echoed by South Platte chambers, would save about 100 million dollars by shortening distance reducing grades and rail crossings and easing land costs. The route would run along the Platte until it heads north then west to a point south of Grant with forks to Denver and Cheyenne.
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Hastings Chamber of Commerce Roads Committee
Doniphan
Platte
Fred Irons
Roads Committee
Anderson
South
Hastings Road Committee
Nineteen Nominated For Sidney Community Hotel Board
Twenty nine candidates were named for the Sidney Community Hotel Corp board with fifteen to be elected at the Feb 12 annual meeting at the City Auditorium. Eleven of the nominees are current directors, with two declining renomination and one deceased. Dissolution discussions loom as a possible outcome amid a proposed motel hotel project and legal cautions on liquidation.
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Sidney Community Hotel Corp
E. L. Hoover
D. R. Thomas
W. P. Ackerman
City Auditorium
Dr. C. B. Dorwart
E. A. Winter
Guy V. Doran
A. E. Wright
L. E. Wamsley
Carl Christ Sr
O. L. Maddox
Frank Mattoon
George Barlow
Kermit’ Moore
Gordon Tobin
G. H. ‘Blip’ Doran
Alvin Duis
John Elwell Sr
Joe A. Gibson
Neal Atkins
Ferris Preble
Frank Schwasnick
Forrest Belieu
Robert Clark
Thomas Kokjer
W. J. Robinson
George Taylor
C. A. Story
N W. Ladegard
L. M. Clinton
Lowry Lindell
Robert Rauner
Jack H. Lowe
Hoover
Sidney
Farm Loan Group Offers Two $300 Scholarships to Nebraska Seniors
The National Farm Loan Associations in Nebraska with the Federal Land Bank of Omaha provide two $300 Land Bank scholarships to high school seniors enrolling in the University of Nebraska College of Agriculture this fall. Applications due March 1, 1957, via teachers or local offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Land Bank
College of Agriculture
University of Nebraska
National Farm Loan Associations
Nebraska
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
Wm. D. Harte
Sidney-Kimball National Farm Loan Assn
Land Bank
Harte
National Farm
Warning on False Data for Automobile Registration
County Assessor Roy Gish warns the public that submitting false information in automobile registrations can bring a 500 dollar fine or up to 60 days in jail. Misdemeanor penalties apply for registering vehicles in wrong counties or school districts, with fines from 5 to 25 dollars. He notes several such offenses since January 1 and urges offenders to correct records voluntarily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aossessor
Roy Gish
Gish
Dalton OKs Water Bonds for Village Improvements
Dalton voters approved the issue of 26 000 in water improvement bonds by 115 to 8. The project includes sinking a new well and installing electric and standby gas pumps, with completion hoped for by summer to resolve water supply problems in Dalton. Test holes indicate water bearing formations near the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Three Car Crash Ends With Stop Sign Violation Arrest
A three car crash in Sidney early yesterday caused property damage and one arrest. Lloyd Schlegel, 34, of Sidney, was cited for a stop sign violation after his 1955 car ran a Cedar Street stop sign at 12:35 a.m. Elvin Bennett, 20, of Sidney, driving a 1955 car on 17th Ave, said he could not avoid colliding with Schlegel. Maul’s parked car was struck and pushed through a picket fence. fence damage pegged at $10. No injuries were reported.
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Sidney
Lloyd Schlegel
Schlegel
Cedar St
Cedar
17Th Ave
Elvin Bennett
Bennett
Edward Maul
Maul
Grain market prices for wheat per bushel
Local elevator sources quote No 1 Wheat at 2.01 and No 2 Wheat at 2.00 per bushel today. Prices reflect standard grade classifications and reflect current market conditions for wholesale grain sales.
Subzero Cheyenne County Winter Sets Record Mark
Coldest January on record across the region with 11 subzero days this January. Sidney reports readings below zero for the eighth time in nine days, while forecasts anticipate continued cold with a small warming trend possible later. Nebraska wheat suffers frost damage and soil erosion in Panhandle counties as farmers scramble for seed and feed amid tight hay supplies.
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Cheyenne County
Mercury
Sidney
North Central Gas Co
Jim Keating
Nebraska
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Statistics
Panhandle
Bureau
Parents Thank City For Ice Skating Site
Local parents express appreciation to the City of Sidney for flooding the tennis court area near the junior high to create an ice skating pond. Sub-zero weather has kept the ice solid and hundreds of youngsters are using the rink for recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Telegraph
Sidney
Packing Plant Remodelling To Start Soon
The Sterling Packing Co plans a March 1 remodel and expects to resume operations around June 1 slaughtering 300 to 400 head of cattle daily. USDA approval secures standards for an exclusive beef slaughtering operation for national and possible foreign shipment. Remodel cost about 40000 dollars with local cattle from North and South Platte Valleys.
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The
Sterling Packing Co
Dave Neubauer
Agricultural Research Service
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Neubauer
Omaha
North
South Platte
Guard Boss Urges Six Month Training For New Recruits
Captain Carl Crouse of Sidney's National Guard Company backs a Department of Defense mandate requiring six months of active duty for all new Reservists and Guardsmen. He warns it may reduce unit strength but will produce better soldiers. Those who enlist before April 1 avoid the mandate, potentially boosting Co. K to about 100 from 85.
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National Guard
Carl Crouse
Sidney
National Guard Company
Crouse
Department of Defense
Two Kimball County Pioneers Die This Week
Jens Jensen seventy of Dix dies in Cheyenne hospital after 1911 arrival born in Borup Denmark. He owned a Dix restaurant and farmed, veteran of World War I, IOOF member, survived by siblings in Denmark and the United States. David Harry Sanday seventy five dies at home northwest of Bushnell after a life as a farmer. A Bushnell resident, he served on the school board, was a Kimball County commissioner and a member of Modern Woodmen of the World and Farm Bureau.
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Kimball County
Jens Jensen
Dix
Cheyenne
Borup
Denmark
Mr. Jensen
IOOF
Sophie
Louise
Ollie
Park City
Mont
Christian
Nels
Hans
David Harry Sonday
Bushnell
Ruby
Neb
Seward
Lodgapole
Sanday
Modern
Woodmen of the World
Farm Bureau
Bushnell School Board
FCC Can't Help Sidney's Radio Noise Problem
The FCC sent a letter on Sidney's radio interference during street light hours, but City Manager Murrey Fuller said the agency offered no new solutions and all noise-finding steps tried already. The city seeks external expertise while Wheatbelt Public Power District offers to assist by sectionalizing parts of its lines to test for noise feeding into city infrastructure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Communications Commission
Sidney
FCC
Murrey Fuller
Fuller
Charles Ham
Wheatbelt
Stong 23Rd Ave
Ham
Sidneyite Brother Dies In Wyoming Road Wreck
The brother of Sidneyite man Dean Shultz and his wife were killed Monday night when their car ran off U S 20 north of Shoshoni Wyoming. The frozen bodies were found yesterday forenoon by patrol officers. The couple were moving household goods to Rock Springs. Survivors include two young daughters and Mr Frank R Shultz father of the dead man. Funeral services are slated for Saturday afternoon in Cody.
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Sidney
Wyoming
Wayne Shultz
U.S. 20
Shoshoni
Wyo
Dean’ ‘Shultz
Shultz
Cody
Wyoming Highway Patrol
Rock Springs
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County Office For State Assistance and Dependent Care
Hastings
Eisenhower
Tito
Ray J. Madden
D-Ind
Kenneth Keating
R-Ny
John W. McCormick
D-Mass
Gordon L. McDonough
R-Call
McDonough
House
Hotel Board
Richard R. Smith
St. Anthony's
St. Pat’s
Central School
South Ward
North Ward
East Ward
St. Patrick’s
Gurley Boy Scouts
Huntsman
Tenth Ave
Illinois St
Sidney Junior High School
Memorial Hospital
January
Ruth Michaels
New York City
Claire McCardle
Sidneyite
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