Hearing Planned On Q Train Service Discontinuance
State Railway Commission will hold a public hearing on Burlington Railroads request to discontinue Sunday operations of trains 41 and 44 between Alliance and Lincoln. Alliance chamber officials and local chambers notified. hearing date to be set. Also reports record wheat yield near Gering, a sewer project bid in Dix-Hampton Rowley, and Kimball wildlife club pheasant rearing with six Chadron State teachers college courses noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance
Alliance Chamber of Commerce
Western Nebraska United Chambers of Commerce
State Railway Commission
Burlington
Lincoln
Joseph J. Brown
DIX
Hampton and Rowley Construction Company
Ogailala
Herron and Herron
Gering
William F. Anderson Company
Holdrege
A. C. Smith Company
Scottsbluff
Nebraska Construction Company
Lexington
Kimball
Kimball Junior Wildlife Club
Kimball County
State Game Commission
Merle Teare
Chadron
Chadron State Teachers College
Conn
Michelson
Thoendel
Johnson
Carroll and Lishto
Edna E. Work
Government eyes safflower as soil bank substitute in Nebraska
University of Nebraska agronomist Walter F. Peterson says safflower could replace idle soil bank grasses in western Nebraska. He notes safflower oil has strong demand for paints and plastics and could outdo linseed oil, with Plains Oil Mills in Sidney backing the industry and seeking better strains to compete with wheat on dry land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Nebraska
Walter F. Peterson
University of Nebraska Agronomist
Peterson
Plains Oil Mills, Inc
California
Plains
Ex Lodgepole Winner Named In 1956 Nebraska Story Contest
Rev Culver G Warner formerly of Lodgepole now in Pawnee City was announced as a 1956 Nebraska Old West Story Contest winner. His tale Coal Rustlers placed fifth among 250 plus entries. Merrill Mattes of Omaha won top prize of 100 dollars for Navigation of the Platte River. Others include Mrs Harry Yost Maxwell Henry Nestor Spalding Kent Buffington Enders. Judges were Coffey Srb Olson. The program promotes Nebraska as the Old West State for tourism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culver G. Warner
Lodgepole
Pawnee City
Nebraska Junior Chamber of Commerce
Rev. Warner
Nebraska
Merrill Mattes
Omaha
Harry Yost
Maxwell
Henry Nestor
Spalding
Kent Buffington
Enders
Harry B. Coffey
Union Stockyards Co
Hugo Srb
Dodge
James C. Olson
Lincoln
Nebraska State Historical Society
Platte River
Jim Cummings
Ellison Purchases Model Cleaners in Sidney
Warren Ellison announced the Aug 1 acquisition of Model Cleaners from Ed Sayre and John Spence. Spence stays with the business, Roy Ollierius manages. Ellison will maintain the prior policy. Sayre has been away due to ill health. Ellison previously ran a Tampa self service laundry from 1946 to 1949 and is now a Winter Drug pharmacist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Ellison
Ed Sayre
John Spence
Spence
Roy Oliverius
Ellison
Sidney
Sayre
Tampa
Fla
Winter Drug
Fire crews battle wheat stubble blaze near Lorenzo
Sidney firemen responded at 12 25 p m yesterday to quell a wheat stubble fire located one quarter mile east of Lorenzo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Lorenzo
Nebraska oil output hits another weekly high
Nebraska's daily crude oil production rose to 45,961 barrels last week, up from the prior week's 45,961 barrel level. Most output comes from Panhandle fields with little Cheyenne County activity, bar one well, Thompson No. 1 in Thompson Field near the Sioux Ord Depot gate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Panhandle
Cheyenne County
Kingwood Oil
Thompson No
Thompson Field
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Bedrock Oil & Gas. Co
Waite No. 1
Kimball County
Torgeson
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Thien- SW
Vowers Fieldhardt
Banner County
Cargo Oil Corp. & Lewis Brothers, Inc
Nelson No
Wild
Nebraska Wheat Quotas Pass Nationally Despite Local Swift Rejection
In Cheyenne County Nebraska 145 voted for quotas and 146 against while statewide 11 844 supported marketing controls and 3 301 opposed for the 1957 wheat crop. Nationally the quota measure carried with about 80 percent support, promising a two dollar per bushel support price and penalties for excess acreage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Cheyenne
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Funeral Today for Castleberry Infant
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. for Stephen Gene Castleberry infant son of Mrs Norma Castleberry from Gehrig and Son Funeral Home. The child died at birth Saturday in Memorial Hospital. Rev. R L Townsend officiated and burial was in Greenwood Cemetery. Survivors include his mother twin sister Linda Lee one brother Daniel Leroy and grandparents Mr and Mrs J D Warner of Sidney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Gene Castleberry
Norma Castleberry
The
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Memorial Hospital
R. L. Townsend
Greenwood Cemetery
Linda Lee
Daniel Leroy
J .D. Warner
Sidney
Wire Short at Mac's Square Store in Sidney
At 12 05 p m Sidney firemen were called to Mac s Square Store 1340 Illinois Street where an electrical wire shorted No damage was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Mac’s
Squar
Illinois St
Duplicate Vehicle Crash Injures Three Near Sidney
A two-vehicle collision at the east junction of Highways 30 and 19 near Sidney injures three people, including San Francisco resident Verna Hutchinson. A 1955 pickup driven by Jerry Hill collided head on with Hutchinson’s 1948 car, causing $750 in damage and serious injuries to Hutchinson. The incident mirrors a June 30 crash at the same spot. a stop sign request tied to that event may have been approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Nebraska Safety Patrol
San Francisco
Verna Hutchinson
Jerry Hill
Arapaho
Okio
Hutchinson
Hutchison
Vernon Hutchinson
Hill
State Highway Department
Mel Busekist
Suit Filed for $85,000 Over Ditch Accident in Sidney
Fred Meick of Sidney sues Western Utilities Constructors Co in district court for $85,000 claiming a seven foot deep, unbarricaded open ditch in an alley behind his home at 1145 Fifth Ave caused a serious back fracture. The suit alleges negligence for daylight excavation not properly lit or barricaded and for failing to warn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Meick
Sidney
Western Utilities Constructors Co
Meick
Fifth Ave
Western Utilities
City of
George Burr to Join Omaha Firm From Sidney Practice
George Burr, attorney with Thorpe and Burr, will leave Sidney on August 1 to join Hawkeye Casualty Insurance Co in Omaha. He has served with J L Thorpe since February 1955. Thorpe expects to announce Burr’s successor soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Burr
Omaha
Thorpe & Burr
Sidney
Burr
Hawkeye Casualty Insurance Co
J L. Thorpe
Thorpe
Illinois Street To Be Painted This Week
City to repaint Illinois Street also known as Highway 30 this week. A State Highway Department crew will paint centerline stripes and install directional lane signs to guide traffic flow in Sidney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois St
Highway 30
Murrey Fuller
State Highway Department
Sidney
Fuller
Verdict Quieting Title In Koehn Heirs Case
District Judge I Jisley ordered the title of a Sidney lot quieted in favor the heirs of Darrel Koehn. Bonnie Belle Koehn as guardian of Koehn’s two children filed the action in district court against William and Mary Koehn, Darrell Koehn’s parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. Jisley
Sidney
Darrel Koehn
Bonnie Belle Koehn
Darrell Koehn
William Koehn
Sidney Man Dies As Auto Plunges From Bridge Into Lagoon
Leroy Fred Bennett 21 died when his car left 11th Ave crash into the Legion Park lagoon near Lodgepole Creek in Sidney. Ron Erickson 23 escaped. Bennett pulled from water after 15 minutes. Funeral set for Four Square Church with Gehrig & Son handling arrangements. survivors include parents, siblings, and extended relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Four Square
Leroy Fred Bennett
Earl Bennett
Sidney
Bennett
Ron Erickson
Lodgepole Creek
Erickson
Mr. Bennett
Carl Simpson
Dwayne Mills
LaVerne Ramsey
Four Square Church
Nebraska National Guard
Lyle Ingersoll
Greenwood Cemetery
Gehrig & Son Funeral Home
Earline Cox
Christina
Wilbur
Louis
Edwin
Elvin
Harold
John Bennett
George Bennett
Columbus
Agronomist Warns Against Planting Karmont Wheat in West Nebr
University of Nebraska extension agronomist J C Swinbank cautions western Nebraska farmers not to seed Karmont winter wheat. He cites dwarf bunt disease risk, lack of yield or quality advantage over Nebred and Cheyenne, and notes Karmont is more susceptible to dwarf bunt based on USDA tests and comparisons with Kharhof Yogo and Turkey varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Northwestern
J.C. Swinbank
University of Nebraska Extension Agronomist
Karmont
Montana
Cheyenne
Idaho
Utah
Washington
Swinbank
US Department of Agriculture
Kharhof
Turkey
Out Of Prison Back In Jail For Floyd Barton
Former Sidney resident Floyd Barton was released on parole from the Colorado State Penitentiary and greeted by Cheyenne County Deputy Sheriff Bart Taylor. A warrant charged Barton with writing a $60 no funds check in Cheyenne County on November 27, 1954. County Judge C W Smith bound Barton over to the district court on a $500 bond. Barton had earlier served a county jail term in Sidney for a bad check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Barton
Sidney
Barton
Colorado State Penitentiary
Cheyenne County
Bart Taylor
C W Smith
District Court
Colorado Penal Institution
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Gering Valley
J. J. Funk
Scotts Bluff
George Hamilton
Hamilton Ga
Siz
College
Safflower
Nebraska Motel Association
George Miller
Lakeway Lodge
Ogallala
Model Cleaners
Arte Pone Peny
Eisenhower
Abraham Lincoln
Bay Bridge
Coit Tower
Mission Dolores
Chinatown
Fisherman’s Wharf
Auguste Rodin
Rock Island Refining Co
Chandler - Musgrove, Inc
Barrett No
Wildcat
Stanolind Oil & Gas Co
Edwards No
Petroleum State Field
Shell Oil Co
Mosser
Noll
Mosier
Banner Couty
Wytex Oil Corp
Bertramson
Bertramson Field
Love - Miller Drilling Co
Clawson
Hackberry Field
New Drilling Co
Panther Oil & Gas Co
Sunray Mid-Continent Oil Co
Young “B
ASC
Castleberry
Constructors
Sidney Man
Auto
Lagoon
Thompson
Kitchen Maids
Hiway
Claire Belle Koester
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