Cheyenne County Schools Face 1.3 Million Tax Budget for 1960 61
County Clerk I Liz Pindell disclosed Cheyenne County school budgets total about 1.3 million dollars for 1960 61 with District No 1 Sidney at 607 706 90 and other districts listed. the official hearing on the levy is set for July 27 and Sidney plans a roughly 1.25 mill reduction in its city budget.
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Cheyenne County
I. Liz Pindell
Sidney
Lodgepole
Potter
Dalton
Gurley
Mr. Pindell
Pindell
Telegraph
Prospects Bright for Panhandle Potato Crop in 1960
Alliance officials report good outlook for Nebraska potato harvest with 126 growers certifying 276 fields and 3,791 acres. Red LaSoda leads acreage at 1,637 acres, followed by Haig Bounty Progress and Dazoc. Field inspections start this week and storage checks ensure seed quality.
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Warren Trank
The
Potato
Trank
Panhandle
North Platte
Mirage Flats
Nebraska
Box Butte
Scotts Bluff
Sheridan
Banner
Kimball
Morrill
Cherry
Bounty
Progress
University of Nebraska
City Plans New Municipal Building As Auditorium Sells
Budget items for 1960 61 reveal a push to erect a new city hall after selling the city auditorium to the Elks Lodge for 29000 and a potential sale of city office property to Northwestern Bell for 40000. A nest egg of 12000 may be accumulated to fund the project with aid from Fidelity Inc. and a possible commercial loan.
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Elks Lodge
Ctty and Electric Department
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Elks
Housing Authority
Telephone Company
Fidelity Inc
Jackson
Northwestern Bell
J. R. Miller
Sidney
Fenske Plans Open Mind At Aug. 1 Special Legislature Meet
Senator A. A. Fenske of the 43rd District says he will attend the August 1 special session with an open mind. He questions the emergency basis for the ten day session called by Gov. Ralph Brooks and notes past resistance to constitutional amendments. Brooks proposes revenue bonds for communities to attract industry and a $100000 transfer from Agriculture to Research to boost Nebraska’s payroll and growth.
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Fenske
A. A. Fenske
Sund
The
Telegraph
Ralph Brooks
Sen. Fenke
People of
Nebraska
Brooks
Department of Agriculture
Department of Research
County Levy To Be Lowered In 1960 Budget
The county tax levy would drop .20 mill if the proposed budget in today's Telegraph is approved at the July 27 hearing. General fund levy would fall from 2.65 to 2.55 and the soldiers and sailors relief fund would drop from .10 to none. The plan raises taxes to 125 452.49 for general purposes, 50 009 for relief, and 12 020 for the county fair, with all funds showing healthy balances as of July 1. The public is invited to the July 27 budget hearing at nine oclock.
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Telegraph
Soldiers and Sailors Relief Fund
Social Security Turns 25 Years Old This August
The article notes the 25th anniversary of the Social Security Act on August 14 and emphasizes its long-standing role in American life. Claire Schuneman urges workers to learn protections for old age death or disability and invites inquiries at district offices, offering free pamphlets and a postcard form to obtain earnings statements.
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Claire Schuneman
Scottsbluff
Social Security
Farm Safety Is Full Time Job
University of Nebraska extension safety specialist Rollin Schnieder urges farm families to prioritize safety during National Farm Safety Week July 24 31. He notes drownings and firearms drive non occupational farm fatalities and urges full safety plans for swimming boating fishing and hunting activities.
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Lincoln
Rollin Schnieder
University of Nebraska
Schnieder
Damaged Trailer and Combine Cause Route 30 Delay
A heavily damaged trailer house and a combine collided on Route 30 at Sunol causing about 90 minutes of traffic delay. Eastbound Herman C. Childers, 16, drove the pickup towing the trailer while westbound James Q Peterson, 18, piloted the combine. Damage was estimated at a minimum $2,500 and a large cleanup followed the spill onto the highway.
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Sunol
Highway
del Shipley
Herman C. Childers
Wellington
Texas
James QO. Peterson
la Mesa
Tex
Willard Kerk Sells Fox Barber Shop and Moves to Denver
Willard Kerk has sold his interest in the Fox Barber Shop to assistant Gary Walton and will relocate August 1 to Denver to work at a barber shop in the Westland Shopping Center. Mrs. Kerk and their three children will move with him. they have lived in Sidney since March 1955 and he has been active in First Methodist Church and the Men’s Community Chorus. Walton plans to hire an assistant, with no changes in shop policy expected.
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Willard Kerk
Fox
Gary Walton
Denver
Westland
Kerk
Sidney
First Methodist Church
Men’s Community Chorus
Walton
Surplus of Combines Noted Across Nebraska Harvest Belt
Nebraska officials report a large surplus of combines and trucks in western counties. Sidney records 259 percent of normal combines and 100 percent truck surplus. other towns show 25 to 75 percent crop completion with ample labor and equipment in Alliance Hemingford Scottsbluff and surrounding areas. Harvest progresses variably from 50 to 80 percent in regions including North Platte Ogallala Grant Perkins and Dalton areas.
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Sidney
Nebraska Division of Employment Security
Chappell
Big Springs
Gurley
Kimball
Potter
Dalton
Alliance
Hemingford
Scottsbluff
North Platte
Grant
Perkins
Ogallala
Portion Of Law Suit Dismissed Yesterday
District Judge John Kuns dismissed a portion of the suit by A. B. and Frieda Rapp against The Sidney National Bank. Remaining action against Emerald and Dolores Rapp and Charles N. Deaver still awaits decision.
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A. B
Frieda Rapp
Sidney National Bank
Bank
John Kuns
Emerald
Dolores ‘Rapp
Charles N. ‘Deaver
Cheyenne County Wheat Quota Referendum Defeated by Local Farmers
In Cheyenne County 92 wheat growers voted 52 against and 40 for the quota, keeping the county from approving a marketing quota for wheat. Nebraska’s top wheat county with about 1,850 growers, it reflected 43 percent in favor. Nationwide, 87.3 percent supported quotas.
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Nebraska
U.K
Harvest rush fuels bumper Panhandle wheat crop
The southern Panhandle faces a rapid harvest with Cheyenne County and nearby areas nearing 70 percent completion by Sunday. Hot temperatures and low humidity drive efficient cutting, yielding 35 to 50 bushels per acre and weights of 59 to 64 pounds while low protein weighs on the bumper season. Much grain goes to farm storage or government loans, with labor and equipment surpluses moving west and north as workers head home.
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Panhandle
Cheyenne County
Deuel
Kimball
Cheyenne
Nebraska
Banner
Pony Express Centenary Ride Marked by On Time Start
A historic centennial observance in Cheyenne County saw 12 Pony Express riders carrying a 25 pound mail bag on the St. Joseph Missouri to Sacramento California route. The group rode east of Lodgepole with no injuries and an on schedule pace as Morill and Lodge Pole Saddle Clubs organized rest stops and a free barbecue for about 2 000 sandwiches. The eastward leg continues July 26 starting at 1 45 a.m. and ending at 5 39 a.m.
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Pony Express
Cheyenne County
St. Joseph
Sacramento
Calif
Devel-Cheyenne County
Lodgepole
Jim Brown
John Miller
Oshkosh
Denver County
Bert Johnson
Garden County Saddle Club
Brown
Howard Mann
Mann
Harold Stranathan
Les Myers
Lincoln
Stranathan
Nebraska
Lodgepenh
Charles Fisher
Muriel Crosby
Leo Krieger
Wes Jensen
J. B. Baker
Gene Morris
Harry Handley
Vern Sinsel
Jake Balaska
Charles White
White
Morrill County
Mud Springs
Bridgeport
Court House Rock
Chimney Rock
Morrill County Sheriff's Posse
Morrill County Saddle Club
Lodge Pole Valley Saddle Club
Bushnell
Kimball
Saddle Club
Sidney
U. S. 30 and 385
Town
Cheyenne Morrill
Cheyenne-Deuel
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Tom Coffey
Murrin, Kasch and Kahn
Sterling
Coffey
Band Shell
12Th and 13Th Aves
King and Linden Streets
Speedy Harvest
Clyde Lucas
Lorenzo
Bob Hossle
Francis Hruska
Willard Kerk Sells
Kimball County
Ezra Taft Benson
Nebraska Employment Service
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