Sidney Flights Hinge on Runway Expansion Plan
City officials plan a runway expansion after the Civil Aeronautics Board deemed Sidney Airport inadequate for scheduled service. A 2,800 foot concrete strip would need lengthening to 4,100 feet and widening to 100 feet to attract a carrier, with federal aid likely covering half the $150,000 project and the city seeking local funds.
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Murrey
Aeronau
Tics Board
Sidney
Nebraska Aeromautics Department
Fuller
Frontier Airlines
Frontier
WHEAT HARVEST PROGRESS AND 1956 Building Permits Highlight Sidney News
Wheat harvest advances in Cheyenne, Deuel, and surrounding counties with one third finished and yields promising though variable. In Sidney, the first half of 1956 shows total building activity at 1,312,141 dollars with underpass and armory boosts and 41 new single family permits averaging 13,920 dollars each.
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Sidney
Guarrd Armory
Jclly
J . Penn
Land
Treasurer Earns $25 000 In Fees In Cheyenne County
The Cheyenne County treasurer reports earned fees of $25,872.04 in the last 12 months, up 25 percent from $20,987.01 the prior year. State tax 2 percent yielded $2,894.08. school tax 1 percent $8,589.60. city tax 1 percent $2,891.14. school bonds 1 percent $1,149.66. motor vehicle registrations ten cents produced $1,218.70. Fees go to the county general fund.
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Cheyenne County
Herb Stevens
Mechanic Injured After Fall From Hoisted Car
G. A. Bud Seimers, a Beckmann Motor Co mechanic, fell from the trunk of a car raised on a hoist. He sustained a broken arm and other injuries and was taken to Denver for arm surgery after the incident Yesterday afternoon he entered the trunk unaware the hoist had been raised.
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G. A
Bud) Seimers
Beckmann Motor Co
Seimers
Denver
Modest Decline in 1956 Tourist Traffic on Highway 30
Sidney motel operators gas station managers and cafe owners report a modest drop in tourist volume for 1956. Despite some nights near full occupancy, overall June fuel sales and cafe business are down, with many attributing the decline to the steel strike and stricter speed checks along Highway 30. Local business leaders warn the drop could worsen if Highway 30 is removed from Sidney.
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Sidney
the Telegraph
Illinois St
Highway 30
The
Telegraph
Wyoming
Rocky Mountain National Park
Colorado
Highway 3
Overland Cafe
Greyhound
Harold Keith
Nebraska
Sidney Oberfelder Rites On Tuesday
Sidney Oberfelder 72 long time Sidney resident died Monday of a heart attack at his New York City home. Born 1884 in Sidney he attended Sidney High School. Funeral services were held yesterday in New York City. Survivors include his wife one son four sisters and two brothers with one brother Amshes having preceded him in 1955.
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Sidney Oberfelder
Sidney
New York City
Joseph Oberfelder
Sidney High School
A. K. Jones
Denver
Joe Wasserman
Cheyenne
Merrill Kohn
Los Angeles
Clara Belle Pearlstine
Flint Mich
Irving
Detroit
Amshes
Sterling Woman Fined For Drinking And Driving
A Sterling woman, Mrs. Jewell Goff, was fined $100 and costs in Sidney Police Court for driving while intoxicated. She was arrested Monday night after an accident she could not recall details of, suffering a cut and with front-end car damage. She was ordered not to drive in Nebraska for six months by Judge Glenn Greenlee.
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Sterling
Sidney
Jewell Goff
Goff
Five Year Old Tests Planned for Pre Kindergarten
Applications for the annual pre kindergarten tests for children not five by Oct. 15 may be obtained at the Sidney Junior High School office and must be filed by July 13. Date of the tests will be announced later.
Texans Ward brothers plead innocent in joy riding case
Two Texas wheat harvesters, brothers Carol and Thomas Ward, pleaded innocent in Cheyenne County Court to joy riding charges. A Friday hearing was set with bond at 500 dollars for each. They allegedly took a pickup truck owned by another customs cutter on Sunday morning east of Dalto r.
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Huntsman
Gurley
Dalton
Combine
Rush Creek
Deuel
Kimbal
Cheyenne
Lodgepole
Texas
Carol
Thomas Ward
Daltor
Labor supply still exceeds area demand in Sidney
The Nebraska State Employment Service reports June applications in Sidney rose 100 percent from a year earlier, with labor supply mainly local and transient traffic down. June demand matched May and last year, with only 40 percent for steady work and 70 percent previously for full-time positions.
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Nebraska State Employment Service
Sidney
NSES
Pickup Truck and Car Collide Near Colton Intersection
A westbound car driven by Raymond D Fletcher of Redondo Beach and a pickup truck driven by Ben Garcia of Sidney collided at Colton Road and Highway 30 at 4 05 pm yesterday. The trucks both left the road and struck a Union Pacific fence, causing damage.
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Colton Road
Highway 30
Ben Garcia
Route 1
Sidney
Raymond D Fletcher
Redondo Beach
Calif
Union Pacific Railroad
Cheyenne County Sets Wheat Referendum Polling Places
Four voting areas designated for the Wheat Marketing quota referendum on July 20 with polling from 8 am to 7 pm. About 2,150 landowners eligible for more than 15 acres of wheat in 1957. Outcomes depend on two thirds approval or one third rejection affecting quotas and parity price. Cheyenne County historically voted against controls in 1955 and 1956.
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Cheyenne County
Don Rapp
Chambers
Potter, Trognitz
Pleasant View
Potter Legion Hall
Eagle
Union Valley
Davison and Gurley
Dalton Town Hall
Lodgepole
Calton
Bunker Hill
Brownson
Sidney
Lorenzo
Huntsman
ASC
Cheyenne
Nebraska
J R Muntz Dies Barber of Sidney at 67
John Richard Muntz 67 operator of Dick's Barber Shop in Sidney died at his home near the shop from a heart attack around 6 am. Funeral arrangements are pending. Survived by two daughters Mrs Len Johnson of Denver and Mrs Orville Damme of Wayne Neb two sons preceded in death including John Richard Muntz Jr who died in Scottsbluff last February. He had lived in Alliance and Scottsbluff before moving to Sidney.
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John Richard Muntz
Sidney
Muntz
Gehrig & Son Funeral Home
Alliance
Scottsbluff
Len Johnson
Denver
Orville Damme
Wayne
Neb
Mr. Muntz
John Richard Muntz Jr
Sidney Council approves yearly estimate with one exception
Sidney City Council approved the annual fiscal estimate for the coming year with one change raising Fire Department funding to 750 to send members to conventions. The total budget including non tax funds reaches 428 725 with a tax levy near 24 34 mills on an 11 6 million valuation. utility budget stands at 563 000.
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Sidney
Murray Fuller
Fire Department
Fuller
Housing Authority
Sioux Villa
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Sunol
Francis Hiner
Nebraska State Employment Service Office
Hiner
Satururday
USDA
Agriculture Department
St. Patrick’s High School
James Patrick Fahey
John Dykal
Fahey
Black Hills Teachers College
Spearfish
S. C
St. Martin’s Academy
Sturgis
Thompson
Keith Morris
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Marianne Schadegg
National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
Richard D. Johnson
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Colton
J. R. Muntz
Barber
Park and Cemetery
North Tenth Ave
Country Club
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