Lisco district absorbs Morrill area in major merger
Final action in Bridgeport unites Lisco and District 7 Morrill County creating joint district 531 spanning Morrill and Garden counties. About 21 more students enroll this fall, necessitating another bus. private pupil transport contract and three buses planned. Board to meet Monday to decide further steps.
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LISCO
Bridgeport
Morrill County
Morrill
Garden Counties
Claude Weatherwax
Gabby Hayes Slams TV Westerns During Sidney Stop
Gabby Hayes denounced modern TV adult westerns while visiting Sidney for a rodeo and parade. The 74 year old actor criticized lack of horsemanship, praised Dennis Weaver, and urged better quality westerns with moral themes. Hayes travels from Burbank to Spooner and plans future appearances, while supporting cerebral palsy causes.
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Gabby
Hayes
Sidney
Burbank Calif
Spooner
Wis
Dennis Weaver
Chester
Roy Rogers
Hopalong Cassidy
Wom
John Wayne
Hollywood
Alliance Board Votes to Raise Mill Levy Amid Salary Hikes
Alliance officials accepted Superintendent L E Morrison's recommendations and increased the general fund mill levy from 46.8 to 47 mills while reducing bond levy from 6 to 5.8 mills. The total budget rose from about 554000 to 530004.50, aided by higher real property, automobile, and intangible valuations. Most funds cover teacher pay raises in the local school system.
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Alliance
Ateadrokl
L.e.morrison
Board
Trash Fire Warning Issued By Police
Chappell City police remind residents that trash incinerators may not burn after four p.m. Complaints of night smoldering and acrid fumes drifting into homes have prompted enforcement. Offenders will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
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Chappell
Kimball valuers show sharp increase in total property values
County Assessor Ida Bradt reports a $84.72 million total property valuation for Kimball county, up from $92.53 million last year a rise driven by real estate and personal property despite a drop in oil production values. Town and rural values rose with building activity boosting rural lands and improvements. Personal property schedules show the largest gain, with inventories and business schedules expanding.
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Kimball
Kimball County
Ida’ Bradt
Guardsmen return from Camp Guernsey in Wyoming
Forty one members of the Sidney National Guard unit arrived back in Sidney Saturday afternoon after a two week summer camp at Camp Guernsey Wyoming. Camp officials praised their performance with 105 howitzers for the first time. The unit trained in sections during the first week and bivouacked in the second week.
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Sidney National Guard
Sidney
Camp Guernsey
Wyo
Great Plains Plan Speeded by Local Conservation Office
Don Holdeen of Brule joins the Soil Conservation Service to assist with conservation practice layouts and Great Plains contracts. The office offers about 80 percent cost sharing for establishing a complete conservation program on farms and ranches. Robert Spearow of Gurley signed the latest contract covering 450 acres with terraces cross fencing tree planting strip cropping a livestock well and grass seeding.
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Great Plains
Robert Spearow
Gurley
Wildcat Well Spotted Near Soo Boundary in Cheyenne County
Oilman Bill Tomberlin plans Beyer No. 1 wildcat drill within a half mile of Sioux Ordnance Depot south edge, by July 10. Location in Cheyenne County is Beyer No. 1, land owned by Iva Beyer, four miles north and west of Sidney, with a prior dry hole on the same quarter-section.
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Bill Tomberlin
Denver Oilman
Notainves
Sidney
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Iva Beyer
Certification For Sorghums Due July 10th
Lincoln officials announce that applications for certification of both hybrid and variety sorghums are due by July 10 at the Nebraska Crop Improvement Association. Growers must ensure field isolation from other sorghums and inspect fields for off type plants during heading to prevent cross pollination.
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Lincoln
Nebraska Crop Improvement Association
Dean Lancaster
Lancaster
College of Agriculure
Nebraska
Freak Accident Shatters Window at Mode O'Day Shop
A car struck a block of wood in front of Mode O'Day Shop causing a large plate glass window to break. No injuries occurred as bystanders watched. Driver Thomas V. Miller said he saw the wood in the street and tried to avoid it. seconds later the window shattered. Miller later returned and explained.
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Mode O’day
Thomas V. Miller
Mr. Miller
George Ott
Katherine Sigler
Telegraph
Safety patrol warns against underage scooter drivers
The Safety Patrol office urges parent and youth cooperation as motor scooter riders without licenses rise. Sgt. Mel Buskist notes a bill to lower age to 14 failed, keeping 16 as the minimum. He warns arrests may extend to parents unless compliance improves. One scooter was seized. owners to recover it. Nebraska law requires motor vehicles to be registered and drivers to be 16 with license or permit.
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Safety Patrol
Mel Busekist
Busekist
Buskist
Nebraska
Hope Is Speaker For Wheat Show At Beatrice Nebraska
Clifford R Hope, president of the Great Plains Wheat Market Development Association, will address the 1959 Nebraska Wheat Show in Beatrice on October 29. Former U S Senator from Kansas, Hope joins Duane Foote who notes harvest time offers prime entry opportunity. Farmers may secure entry bags tags and rules from county Extension agents.
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Clifford R Hope
Great Plains Wheat Market Development Association
Beatrice
Duane Foote
Nebraska Grain Improvement Association
Hope
U. S
Kansas
Frank Linn former Kimball mayor dies at 58
Funeral services for Frank Linn 58 of Kimball were held Monday at 2 30 pm in Kimball Methodist Church with the Rev. D E Littrell officiating. Burial followed in Kimball Cemetery with a Masonic graveside service Allen Mortuary in charge. Linn born Sept 21 1900 in Kimball married Bernice Bushee Oct 30 1923. Survivors include wife one son Burton a daughter Mrs Charles Temple Denver three brothers Oscar Herbert Kenneth and five grandchildren.
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Frank Linn
Kimball Hospital
Kimball Methodist Church
D. E .Littrell
Ogallala
Kimball Cemetery
Allen
Bernice Bushee
Lincoln
Linn
Bushnell
Kimball Lodge No. 294
Af&am
Methodist Church
Burton
Charles Temple
Denver
Oscar
Herbert
Kenneth
Merrick's Shoes marks 20th anniversary in Sidney
Twenty years of shoe business in Sidney celebrated this week by Merrick's Shoes. The Merrick family opened their first store near 842 10th Avenue, later moving in 1943 to the present location. The store, now at 842 10th Avenue, is operated by Bruce and Eleanor Merrick.
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Sidney
Merrick's Shoes
Merrick
10Th Avenue
Winter Drug Company
The
Oasis
Winter Drug
Merricks
Bruce
Eleanor Merrick
Lanier Sentenced to 12 Year Term for Second Degree Murder
Sidney man Austin Lanier, 65, was sentenced to 12 years in the penitentiary after pleading guilty to second degree murder in connection with the Memorial Day weekend shooting of Oliver Ivory, 31, during a money dispute. The crime occurred just after the Memorial Day weekend leading into the July 4th holiday.
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Sidney
Austin Lanier
Lanier
Oliver Ivory
Fulton Is Retiring After Fifty Years With Firm
Robert Fulton senior partner in Fulton and Cramer has retired after fifty years. The Lincoln firm did most engineering for Sidney during growth, including power plant enlargements and paving district projects. John Cramer remains senior partner as new partners James D. Kissell and Marvin L Garber are admitted.
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Robert Fulton
Lincoln
Fulton and
Wheat price quoted by local elevator at 1.56 per bushel
Grain market brief notes that wheat was priced at 1.56 dollars per bushel by local elevator sources today.
End Of Week Harvest Expected In Sidney Area
The 1959 wheat harvest is expected to begin in the Sidney area by week’s end. Elevators report farmers anticipate cutting in a few days with moisture checks planned. Barley is being cut today and stored on farms with some loads shown at local elevators. Temperatures near 90 degrees quicken ripening and a good harvest is anticipated if dry weather continues.
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Sidney
Warren Mettlen
Farmers
Denver
Lorenzo
Colton Grain Co
Hospital Business Is Poor On The Fourth
Doctors nurses and aides at Memorial Hospital prepared for a busy Fourth of July but no patients were admitted in the 24 hour period for the first time since opening five years ago. Regular patient care included one birth and some out patient treatment. Administrator Leo Bolin called it an unusual holiday.
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Memorial Hospital
Leo Bolin
Grain Truck Rolls With No Injury In Nebraska Weekend Mishap
Nebraska Safety Patrol reports five July fourth weekend accidents with no injuries but property damage. A 25 year old man from Dalton escaped harm when an empty grain truck overturned near Gurley on a county road. damage estimated at about 275 dollars.
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Sidney
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Harold Young
Dalton
Gurley
Mel Busekist
Safety Patrol
Young
Adam
Elk
South Dakota
Blaze Destroys Garage and Car in Spruce Street Fire
Fire damaged a garage at 1138 Spruce destroying a Jaycee Crosley convertible and contents. Owner Merle Bobo quoted about 1400 dollars in damage. Fire origin undetermined. A separate false alarm occurred at Trailer City earlier Sunday.
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Jayceé Crosley
Merle Bobo
Court Awards Damages to Accident Victim
Albert A. Clouse received a lump sum of 24250.61 plus 1560.39 in medical expenses from Signal Oilfield Service Inc and a district judge awarded the totals for partial disability from an March 20 accident.
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Albert A. Clouse
Signal Oilfield Service, Inc
John H Kuns
Clouse
James Heaton Dead at 25 in Sidney Nebraska
James L. Heaton a 25 year old Sidney resident and law student died at Memorial Hospital after a four year illness. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at St Patrick's Church with rosaries Monday night and Tuesday night. Heaton studied at Creighton and Georgetown and practiced law with his family firm Heaton Heaton and Heaton. He authored a legal paper and held memberships in state and federal bars. Survivors include parents two brothers and two sisters. He was born November 15 1933 in Sidney.
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James L. Heaton
Nebraska
Memorial Hospital
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Knights of Columbus
Gehrig and Son
Greenwood Cemetery
Sidney
Mr. Heaton
P. J. Heaton
St. Patrick's Academy
Creighton University
Omaha
Georgetown University
Washington, D. C
Sidney Law
Heaton
Law College
Creighton School of Business
Student Bar Assn
Delta Theta Phi Legal Fraternity
John Carroll
America
Bar Assns
Bar. Journal
Cheyenne County
P. J. Heaton Sr
P. J. Heaton Jr
Michael
Oakley Osborn
Oak Harbor
Wash
Margaret Heaton
Denver
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