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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1957
Page
1
Chappell organizers with various civic groups prepare three days of events for the Devel County Fair starting Tuesday Aug 7 through Thursday Aug 8. 4-H entry day, a Wednesday parade with $300 in prizes, and rides by the King Brothers carnival follow. Conners Brothers supply livestock from Elsie.
Nebraska faced a hypothetical thermo nuclear attack during a 1957 Civil Defense alert test. Officials modeled Omaha Lincoln Hastings Sidney and surrounding areas with projected casualties and fallout, detailing evacuation hubs and recovery timelines.
Two more field wells were added as producers in Cheyenne County over the weekend. Baumpartner Oil Co's Kreader No. 2-A in the Gaylord Field and British-American Oil Co.'s Maley No. 5 in the Maley Field reached production casing. A Maley No. 5 test showed 1,840 feet of total fluid recovery with 1,442 feet of free oil.
Petroleum Information reports Rocky Mountain states gained 22 more oil or gas discoveries in the first six months of 1957 than the same period a year earlier. Drilling fell to 2 284 wells from 1 968. discovery rate rose to 12 1/2 percent with large gains in North Dakota Utah and Four Corners development.
The Nebraska Wheat Growers Association and the Foreign Agricultural Service sign a cooperative agreement in Washington to develop foreign markets for U S hard red winter wheat. Carl Bruns leads Nebraska, Gordon Fraser signs for FAS as surveys target South America and Europe.
Oscar M Harris 85 longtime Sidney resident died Saturday evening at Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital. The body is at The Gelling and Son Funeral Home with funeral plans pending relatives arriving. He was born October 9 1871 in Adams City and came to Sidney at 23. He married Ida Mc Combs in 1897 and worked in teamster hauling. Survivors include his wife and two daughters Mrs Tester Perry of Sidney and Mrs Mary Van Valkenberg of Sea Side California. A fuller obituary will appear in The Telegraph.
A 57 year old Sidney resident Opal Kretz was hospitalized with back injuries after a one car crash on Highway 30 in Kimball County. The vehicle driven by Mrs James Skrdlant skidded on wet pavement and rolled onto its side before ending upright. Property damage was about 500 dollars. No injuries in a second early morning crash near Sidney.
Mrs LeRoy Sanks 62 died yesterday morning at Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital after years of poor health and a five week hospitalization. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 pm from First Christian Church with Rev W K Hasenyager officiating, and graveside rites at Dalton Cemetery. Gehrig and Son Funeral Home in charge. Born August 1894 in Geneva Nebraska, she lived there until 1908 then moved to a Dalton homestead. She married LeRoy Sanks September 22 1916 at Sidney and lived near Dalton until 1921 when they moved to Sidney where they remained. Survivors include her husband three daughters Edith Widstrand Dorothy Molineux Margaret Barbur two sons Floyd James all of Sidney and four grandchildren.
The report lists No 1 Wheat at 188 per bushel and No 2 Wheat at 187 per bushel at the local elevator today.
Kenneth Foland reports from Sidney on the national Boy Scout Jamboree in Valley Forge. He lists guided tours of Rockefeller Center, Radio City, Empire State Building, Palisades Amusement Park, and Coney Island, alongside travel delays and camp setup in New York City.
Alliance School District 125 merged into District 4 Box Butte County after a public hearing found petitions valid. Superintendent H W N Murray announced the consolidation effective. District 4 operates a schoolhouse six miles north of Hemingford on Lake Felton Road. District 125 has long contracted its students to District 4.
Heavy showers across the southern Panhandle delayed but did not stop the 1957 winter wheat harvest progress with combines at the southeastern Deuel County edge and early-wheat fields in Morrill County near Dalton. A torrential Sidney storm caused street flooding and underpass closures though emergency pumps ran. Weather brought hail, wind up to 68 knots, and up to 2 inches of rain in Sidney with highway flooding on 30. Hot weather is expected next.
Omaha police investigate the death of former Sidney resident Harry Left Hand Bull 43 found with skull fractures and crushed ribs after a hit and run. He had earlier struck a bicycle in Sidney in 1953 killing a child and was sentenced to two years in the Nebraska State Penitentiary.
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