Harvest Looms As Storm Delays Cheyenne County Wheat
The eastern Cheyenne County wheat belt awaits the 1957 harvest after weekend rains, with lodging reported in some areas and a hail patch near Sidney. Harvest crews are ready though delayed by drying conditions. reports show 50 percent finished in Grant and 30 percent around Ogallala, while Barley yields are strong and expectations remain high for the wheat cut.
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Cheyenne
Sidney
Francis Hiner
Big Springs
Chappell
Grant
Ogallala
Colorado
Peetz
Fourth Place Miss United States Carolyn McGirt Homecoming
Carolyn McGirt, Miss United States fourth place, returns to Sidney tonight at 7:30. A welcome committee including the Zesta Shop, the Sidney High pep band, a fire truck and city officials will escort her along Main Street to Illinois and back to Country Club Heights. Carolyn began beauty work leading to Miss Universe preliminaries in McCook and Long Beach. Gladys Zender of Peru was crowned Miss Universe 1957.
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Carolyn McGirt
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Zesta
Sidney High School
Ft. Sidney
Dean McGirr
Carolyn
Stapleton Airfield
Denver
Sidney
Herr
Long Beech
California
Gladys Zender
Peru
Gladys
Eduardo Zender
Zender
Lima
United States
Plan Commission Meeting Set for Tuesday in Sidney
Sidney Planning Commission plans a 7:30 p.m. meeting in the city auditorium council room. Consultant S. R. DeBoer of Denver will attend to provide planning guidance.
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Sidney Planning Commission
City Auditorium
S. R. DeBoer
Denver
Sidney
Two Crashes Reported by City Police
Police logged a two car collision at Tenth Avenue and Hickory Street at 10 24 p m causing about 115 in damage. Drivers were Florence Duling 28 and Mitchell Stephens 20 both of Sidney. A separate accident on Highway 30 near the Sioux Ordnance Depot overpass sent a trailer toppling after its axle broke. The trailer was hauled by John A Short 58 of Sidney with damage to the trailer listed at 350.
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Sidney
Tenth Avenue
Hickory Street
Florence Duling
Mitchell Stephens
Highway 30
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Nebraska Safety Patrol
John A. Short
Rfc No. 1
Ramona Hobbs
Union Pacific Railroad’ Co
Sidneys
Telegraph
Dave Ells
19Th Avenue
Ilinois Street
Craig Avenue
Country Club Drive
Sidney Iron Works
Omar Court
Sidney National Bank
Overland Cafe
Thomas Lumber Co
Oddfellows’ Hall
Motorist Fined $25 For Fleeing Mishap
Homer Chapman of Sidney was fined $25 and costs in Sidney Police Court for leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident. Police said his car sideswiped a public telephone booth on Illinois Street near Town & Country Oil Station around midnight Tuesday. Judge Glenn Greenlee ordered Chapman to reimburse Northwestern Bell Telephone Co for booth repair costs.
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Homer Chapman
Sidney
Chapman
Illinois Street
Town & Country
Glenn Greenlee
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Lipscomb, Rogers Truck Lines Reach Cheyenne County Settlement
A Cheyenne County District Court awarded a lump sum of 998.55 to Orie G. Lipscomb, a Rogers Truck Lines driver, for injuries suffered on December 17, 1956, in a settlement reached this morning.
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Cheyenne County
Orie G. Lipscomb
Rogers Truck Lines
Lipscomb
Rogers
Sidney National Guard unit to leave for camp Friday
Five officers and 65 enlisted men of Sidney's Company K, 134th Infantry, head to Camp Ripley Minnesota for a two week summer encampment. Capt Carl Crouse said vehicles move Wednesday, with six men joining a convoy east of Nebraska. On Friday at 6 a.m. the rest board a Union Pacific troop train to Minnesota, about 100 miles north of Minneapolis.
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Sidney
Co. K
134Th Infantry Regiment
National Guard
Carl Crouse
Camp Ripley
Minn
Nebraska
Union Pacific
Minnesota Training Camp
Mississippi River
Minneapolis
Crouse
Cox
Sidney Thiss
Co K
Iowa-Nebraska
Ed Haupt
Ermald Wier
Third Grossing Over Burlington May Be Sought
Sidney City Council plans to consider a request to establish a third crossing over the Burlington Railroad at 15th Avenue. The agenda notes a public interest, with existing crossings at 10th and 13th Avenues. The meeting also includes bids from Inland Construction Co. for paving Districts 80 81 and 82 and a public hearing on zoning ordinance changes affecting non conforming uses.
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Gordon Tobin
15Th Avenue
Burlington
Tenth
13Th Avenues
Inland Construction Co
Wildcat Well Plugged as Duster Dry Hole
Shawnre Oil and Stuarco Oil Co. plugged the wildcat Mc Gowan No. 1 in the NWSE of 11-15-52 after a sand hill stem test produced 70 feet of muddy water. Ohio Oil Co. reported progress at 3,283 feet on Chambers No. 6 in Grabill Field. No new oil well locations were recorded in Cheyenne County today.
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Shawnre Oil and
Stuarco Oil Co
Ohio Oil Co
Grabill
Nwsw
Cheyenne County
Record rainfall floods Sidney streets and underpass
A historic cloudburst overwhelmed Sidney’s storm sewer system flooding streets and basements. Water backed up from basement drains into the sewer, driving pumps and evacuations as the 13th Avenue underpass filled and cars were trapped. Power lines surged lightning struck, but outages were limited.
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13Th Avenue
Sidney
Clair West
West
Highway 30
Polack Brothers Circus Rescheduled After Rain Returns to Sidney
Heavy rain forced a one day delay shifting Alliance performances to Sidney. A packed matinee and a 2000 crowd for the Sunday show delighted audiences at the Cheyenne County Fairgrounds with first rate costumes and top acts. Circus officials hope to return next summer.
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Sidney
Polack Brothers Shrine
Cheyenne County Fairgrounds
Polack Brothers
Alliance
Lodgepole Valley Shrine Club
Polack Brothers Organization
Five Pound Fifteen Ounce Baby Born In Car
Mrs John Lincoln of Denver gave birth to daughter Phyllis June in the family car while en route from Peetz to Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital. The newborn weighed five pounds 14 and a fraction ounces and both mother and child were reported doing well. Mrs Stratton rode in the car during the journey.
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Denver
John Lincoln
Lincoln
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
Peetz
Lloyd Stratton
Phyllis June
Toledo Street
Tenth Avenue
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Thompson
Daxsees
Plan Commission
Wildcat
Ed Blanke
Lodgepole Creek
Legion Park
Stork
Thompson and Telegraph
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