Route 30 Tourist Load Is Greatest In History
Nebraska Safety Patrol notes record traffic on Route 30, with Sgt. Mel Busekist reporting he lacks figures but believes this year surpasses past totals. Col. C. J. Sanders urges motorists to cooperate to avoid holiday accidents as current speed limits remain in force until Sept. 20.
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Highway 30
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Mel Busekist
Sidney
Busekist
Nebraska
Col. C. J. Sanders
Sanders
City Begins Summer Seal Coating On Sidney Streets
Sidney will start seal coating on asphalt streets including Linden Maple King Streets and Sixth through 12th Avenues. City Manager Murrey Fuller notes capping work where needed and concrete dips at central intersections. General seal coating planned for Country Club Heights with hole patching.
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Sidney Street
Murrey Fuller
Linden
Maple
King Streets
West Heads
Claire West
Fuller
Country Club Heights
County Budget Hearing Set for Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County will hold a public hearing on the proposed 1957 58 budget next Wednesday July 33 announced County Clerk I L Pindell who prepares figures for the county commissioners no department heads have submitted requests and a copy of the proposal will be published shortly. The county levy has been among the lowest in the state due to healthy fund balances aided by monthly state checks.
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Cheyenne County
I. L. Pindell
Pindell
Zoning Amendments Pass In Sidney After Telephone Vote
Sidney Zoning Commission approved two amendments to the local ordinances last night after only three of eight members attended. The measures remove the cessation of non conforming uses in nine years and two years for some uses, change rebuilding limits from 25 percent of assessed value to 25 percent of actual value, and allow private schools for gain in A 3 districts by special use permit with neighbor and city council consent.
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Sidney
County May Miss Check By State Unit
County may miss a check by the state board of equalization unless a large drop in Cheyenne County real estate value occurs. Hall and Farlan are the counties called for explaining sessions after valuation cuts. Cheyenne’s valuation abstract should reach state officials this week with total inventories higher than last year.
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Cheyenne County
State Board of Equalization
Hall
Flarlan
Panhandle
Kimball County
Scotts Bluff
Kimball
Panhandler
Deuel
Sioux County
State Board
New Shoe Store to Open Here in Sidney
A new shoe store will open soon at the former Green Lantern site on Illinois Street. Melvin McCoy, moving from Colorado, will run McCoy's Shoe Store with merchandise from International Shoe Co Friedman Shelby Division. Remodeling is under way and a August 1 opening is planned. The work adds to downtown improvements alongside Leg Stores Made O Day Sidney Federal Building and Loan.
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Sidney
The
Green Lantern
Illinois St
Melvin McCoy
Colorado
McCoy
International Shoe Co
Friedman-Shelby
Wheat Is Turning Big Yield Forecast in Nebraska
Seasonal heat and wet soil are turning western Nebraska winter wheat in harvest readiness within two weeks. Rust worries appear in the eastern half but farmers doubt major damage unless wet weather returns. overall yield could be among the largest on record if dry spells hold, with hail as the main threat.
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Nebraska
Sidney Trade
Kimball, Morrill
Devel, Banner
Cheyenne
Colorado
State
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Kimball
Don Lehr
Nebraska Grain Improvement Association
Dwight Baltensperger
Dee Follis
Panhandle
Five Vacancies Here Increase Competition For Teachers
Sidney public schools face five vacant positions with no immediate fillings. Supt. Weymouth cited stiff competition, resignations from an English teacher and a junior high coach, and salary pressures as hindrances. The district may raise salaries further to attract staff as officials plan to recruit actively.
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Sidney Public Schools
O. J. Weymouth
Board of Education
J. Hammond McNish
Henry Amend
Weymouth
California
Nebraska
Sidney
James Edwards
Mel Everingham
Grain Markets Show Wheat Prices at Local Elevator
Local elevator sources quote No 1 Wheat at 200 per bushel and No 2 Wheat at 199 per bushel. The report notes current grain pricing and market activity in the region.
Price Support On Wheat Set At Two Dollars A Bushel
The Agriculture Department kept wheat price supports at $2 a bushel after reviewing market conditions for the 1937 marketing year. The department said the rate meets the flexible price support law and reflects about 79.75 percent of parity, with potential reductions to 3 percent of parity or roughly $1.88 per bushel if conditions warranted.
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Agriculture Dept
Sigler outlines four ways to attract new industry in Sidney
M R Sigler Sidney Chamber of Commerce secretary manager told the Junior Chamber of Commerce that four steps can draw industry and business. He urged proactive effort, formation of an industrial corporation, community appreciation, and individual reinvestment. He cited eight ongoing commercial projects shaping Sidney’s future and a general face lifting of the business district.
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Sidney
M. R. Sigler
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Sigler
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Jaycee State District
Keith Blackledge
North Platte
Bob Wait
Milwaukee
Candy Ball Explosion Hospitalizes Teen Victim
A 15 year old boy, Jon Discoe, son of Rev H Glenn Discoe, carried small explosive torpedoes and hard candy. He bit one torpedo in his pocket and it exploded, tearing a tooth and burning his mouth. Dentist Dr Eugene Stormberg treated the injury.
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Jon Discoe
Jon
H. Glenn Discoe
Tenth Avenue
Eugene Stormberg
Beer bottle shatters car window in Gurley incident
Sidney police investigated a report that a beer bottle thrown from a 1954 model car with Deuel County plates shattered the rear window of a station wagon owned by Robert Rauner in Gurley.
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Sidney
Deuel County
Robert Rauner
Gurley
SOD Invokes Pay Dirt Plan at Sioux Ordnance Depot
Sioux Ordnance Depot joins Project Pay Dirt a month long Army incentive awards campaign started July 1. The effort highlights improved operations cost savings and productivity from civilian and military suggestions. The depot incentive committee led by Major Richard D Johnson includes Keith Morris Jack Sievers Neil Bailly and others.
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Sioux Ordnance Depot
Army
Richard D. Johnson
Keith Morris
Jack Sievers
Neil Bailly
Guy Symonds
John Cook
Ava J. Bickhaus
Robert Maine
Ron Brownell
Duane Rayl
Ohio Company Drills In Gaylord Field Amid New Wells
Ohio Oil Co advances in the Gaylord Field with the Chambers No. 5 and Grabill No. 4 in progress, following the success of the Gaylord No. 3. Wildcat activity continues in Morrill and Kimball counties with Waitman No. 1 and multiple Pan American wells producing, while several dry holes are plugged across Banner and surrounding counties.
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Baumgartner Oil Co
Gaylord
Cheyenne County
Gaylord No 3
Baumgartneies stuiKe
McNish
Kreader No
Ohio Oil Co
Grabill
Sidney
Ohio
McKnob Production Co
Nwsw
Morrill County
Panhandle
Lowell Williamson
Kimball County
Pan American
Bushnell
Bourlier
Sloss-State
Murphy Corp
Aue
Lewis Brothers
L. J. Williamson
Sunray
Rooney
Chandler - Musgrove
Lobb
Owasco
Shell Oil Co
Heidemann Field
Banner County
Wytex and
Stuarco
Ludden
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Miracle-Fifer
Wildcats Mountain Valley Oil Co
Lowell J Williamson
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Hiway
NEW
Nebraska Safety
Felix Koenig
Chadron
Koenig
Bob Cook
Mel Busckist
del Shipley
Thompson
Robert Webb
Sidney Volunteer Fire Department
Sidney Country Club
Russ Joder
Harvey Vizina
Country Club
American Legion and Auxiliary
Business & Professional Women’s Club
Elks Club
Jaycees
Kiwanis Club
Rotary Club
Fire Department
Gaylord Field
SOD
Henry Frahm
Archie Herblodsheimer
Edward Herbert
Ohio Company
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