Nebraska hearing eyes feeder airline service in Seven States Case
Civil Aeronautics Board Examiner Curtis Henderson opened hearings in Omaha on Nebraska’s portion of the Seven States Air Case. Sidney leaders Ralph Thompson and Murrey Fuller urged service, noting oil fields and Sioux Ordnance Depot need. Ozark Air Line showed interest, while Frontier predicted two daily Sidney flights if authorized. formal plans follow in September in Washington.
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Nebraska
Civil Aeronautics Board
Curtis Henderson
Omaha
Seven States Air
Sidney
Ralph Thompson
Chamber of Commerce
Murrey Fuller
Fuller
Thompson
Grand Island
United Airline
North Platte
Scottsbluff
Henderson
CAB
Sioux
Seven States
Washington
Lark Tickets On Sale In Sidney For August Run
The Central City Opera House association brings a mobile box office to Sidney on Friday August 3 with Robert Sweets handling the replica of the mining town lace house. Tickets for Julie Harris in The Lark go on sale 10 to 12 noon at a central Sidney location. The Lark opens August 4 at the Central City Opera House for 33 performances through September 1 with a New York cast joining Harris.
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Sidney
Toz
Central City
Julie Harris
Lark
Central ‘City Opera House
Central City Opera House Association
Mobile
Lillian Hellman
New ‘York
Rites Yesterday For John A Blair 57
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon for John A. Blair age 57 who died early Tuesday morning in Memorial Hospital. The Rev C Fred Parks officiated at SOD Community Church with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Craig Mortuary assisted. Blair had worked at Sioux Ordnance Depot as a foreman for nine years. Pallbearers named from SOD included Warold Leggett Warren Ballard Vincent Phillips Thomas McFadden John Prester Lyle Goddard John Reynolds and Galvin Emerson.
Attorney Not Client To Be Investigated In Court Order
Cheyenne County District Court ordered a mental examination for the defendant. The bench notes reveal the attorney, not the client, is to undergo the investigation to determine mental condition in the forgery case.
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Cheyenne County
Sidneyites Use More Electricity In June Report
Sidney residents used more electricity in June than a year earlier with 2 099 residential customers up from 2 060. Average usage was 23 kilowatt hours per customer and the typical bill was 5 80. In June 1955 the average residential use was 219 kilowatt hours and the bill 5 59. National averages show 233 kilowatt hours and a 6 14 bill for residential customers while commercial users averaged 627 kilowatt hours and a 17 60 bill. Over the past year the plant generated 16 254 200 kwh with 83 percent lineless and 3 4 percent for station usage.
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Sidney
Balance Drops In First Six Months
Cheyenne County treasurer Herb Stevens reports a six month period with receipts of 1 376 053 04 and disbursements of 1 578 287 92. End of June balance stood at 1 039 394 99, down from 1 241 629 87 on January 1. Funds include 362 320 in government bonds, 44974 489 8 in banks and 2 585 18 in cash.
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Cheyenne County
Herb Stevens
Cheyenne
County Bond Sales Show Cheyenne Leads in Nebraska Pace
Cheyenne County residents bought 67979 dollars of Series E and H savings bonds in June, lifting county sales to 785672 dollars for the year. The state reports 55872842 dollars in first half 1956 sales, 56.0 percent of annual goal, while nationwide bond purchases for January to June total 2743 million.
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Cheyenne County
Cheyenne
Nebraska
Logan
Frontier
Deuel
Pawnee
Blaine
Grant
Hayes
Holt
Saline
Otoe
Hall
Scotts Bluff
Buffalo
Lincoln
Dodge
Adams
Madison
Douglas
Lancaster
Neville R. Phillips
United States
Phillips
Judge awards 5.31501 judgment to Edward Essay
District Judge I J Nisley grants a five point three one five zero one dollar judgment to Mr and Mrs Edward J Essay of Alliance against Noe Golden, former employee at a soft drink warehouse in Sidney.
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I. J Nisley
Edward J Essay
Alliance
Golden Golden
Sidney
Old Union Pacific Locomotive To Be Moved To Legion Park
The Union Pacific Engine No. 407 donated to the Cheyenne County Historical Association may be moved Tuesday to a concrete base in Legion Park. Rogers Truck Lines will provide pulling power and equipment. Burlington officials will supply crew access from the Tenth Ave crossing in Sidney. Ready Mixed Concrete Co. and Inland Construction Co. lay the base, with a sidewalk and fence to follow.
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Union Pacific
Legion Park
Union Pacific Railroad
Cheyenne County
Cb&q
Tenth Ave
Sidney
Denver
Burlington
Rogers Truck Lines
Burlington Crossing
Ready Mixed Concrete Co
Inland Construction Co
Inland
Sidney Jaycees
Harvest Work Near Finish Over County
Cheyenne County winter wheat harvest near completion as mopping up continues. Dalton area yields around 25 bushels per acre, lower than last year, with no return until Monday. Gurley and Lodgepole regions near final stages. test weights 62 to 64 pounds and protein slightly over 12 percent.
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Dalton
Gurley
Lodgepole Region
North Table
Funeral today for Ira G Lund Sr 69 in North Platte
Final rites for Ira G Lund Sr aged 69 were held at 2 PM at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church with Rev Henry Monnich conducting. Burial followed in Greenwood Cemetery. Lund died Monday evening after five days in a North Platte hospital. He worked 30 years for the Union Pacific railroad as a district lineman in the telegraph department. Survived by wife Elizabeth and son Ira G Lund Jr of North Platte.
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Ira G Lund Sr
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Henry Monnich
Greenwood Cemetery
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Lund
North Platte
Union Pacific Railroad
Elizabeth
Ira G. Lund Jr
Rites Thursday For Mrs H Ledingham
Funeral services were held yesterday at the First Methodist Church for Mrs Helena Bell Ledingham 82 who died Monday at her Sidney home after months of ill health. Rev R L Townsend officiated with burial in Kimball Cemetery beside her husband Adam Ledingham who died in 1936. Craig Mortuary directed arrangements with pallbearers Walter Cork Marius Christensen John Dissmore James Kucera John Christensen and Lawrence Osborn.
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Helena Bell Ledingham
Sidney
R. L. Townsend
First Methodist Church
Kimball Cemetery
Adam Ledingham
Craig Mortuary
Walter Cork
Marius Christensen
John Dissmore
James Kucera
John Christensen
Lawrence Osborn
New Drilling in Thompson Oil Field Near Sioux Depot
New Drilling Co spudded the Thompson No. 1 in the Thompson Oil Field just south of the Sioux Ordnance Depot main gate for Kingwood Aurora Oil. Other county activity includes several wells in Kimball County with four producers and four dry holes among fourteen rotary rigs.
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New Drilling Co
Thompson Oil
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Thompson No. 1
Nwsw
Kingwood Aurora Oil
New Drilling
Thompson Field
Oil News
Cheyenne County
NW SE
TCT Corporation
Kimball County
Kimball
Lowell J. Williamson
Burg
Second
Burg Streets
SE SE
Anderson-Pritchard
Wytex
Dix
Madden
Tennessee Gas Transmission
Love-Miller
Hruska No. 2
Nebraska
Overall Levy Wouldn't Jump Much Hearing Is Wednesday
The county commission plans a 1 1/4 mill building fund levy for the courthouse and may issue no bond election. A public hearing on the new budget and levy is set for next Wednesday in the commissioners room. The budget shows total tax money about 224 480 dollars and an overall budget near 725 thousand dollars.
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the Telegraph
Ike Pindell
Pindell
Soldiers and Sailors
Beauty Wins New Crowns In California
Charlene Anthony 1955 Miss Ft. Sidney Queen and state runner up captured two more titles in California. She won the Fiesta Dream Girl at the San Mateo Festival and previously took Miss San Carlos. She will compete in Maid of California Aug 29 at the State Fair for a $1,000 prize. Anthony works at Lenkart Electric Palo Alto and plans to study music at the University of Nebraska this fall. CYCLIST INJURED in a collision on Tenth Ave and Jackson St left La Dale Milton with cuts and bruises after his motorcycle struck a car driven by Jack Flohr.
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Charlene Anthony
California
Miss Anthony
Lenkart Electric Company
Palo Alto
University of Nebraska
Sidney High School
Raymond Anthony
LauDale Milton
Lessie Okla
Tenth Ave
Jackson St
Jack Flohr
Sidney
Sidney Summer Band Tonight at the Bandshell
The Sidney Summer Band performs tonight at 8 o clock at the bandshell under George H nn with Abe Foreman Danny Smith Dick Dotts and Dean Harr on the jazz combo feature. The program includes Glory of the Trumpets Overture and The Way You Look Tonight among pieces by Kern and Beels Walter, with guest performers and the National Anthem to close.
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Sidney Summer Band
Abe Foreman
Danny Smith
Dick Dotts
Dean Harr
George H.nn
Harold Walters
McCay
Gues
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Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office
Brownson
Joe Ulrich
Brumbaugh
Ozark
City
Weather Bureau Department of Commerce
John A. Blair
Dick Herman
the Historical Association
Ira G. Lund
H. Ledingham
Sioux, Depot
George Fleming
Fleming
Miss
Men of
Ohio
Alfred Newnan
Cole Porte
Henry Fillmore
Hal Leonard
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