Crawford Ram and Ewe Sale Plans Announced for Crawford
Crawford sheep breeders are invited to consign purebred and crossbred rams and ewes to the 14th annual Crawford Ram and Ewe Sale. Consignments due by August 1, sale September 3 at Crawford Hereford Sale Barn, 1 30 pm. Sale directed by Northwest Nebraska Sheep Improvement Association. officers listed. Manley leaves Daily Times Herald for Wayne faculty post.
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Crawford
Hershel Smith
Box 188
Dawes County Extension Office
Hereford
Northwest Nebraska Sheep Improvement Association
Jim Moody
Glen M Kendrick
Ivan S Hartman
Earl Hulseman
Harry Norman
Leo Pfister
Blaze at Ogallala Jail Causes Minor Damage
A fire at the Keith County Jail in Ogallala damaged a tool box but hurt no one. Nine prisoners were moved to Grant County Jail in Perkins as investigators sought the blaze’s cause. Sheriff Wayne Elliott listed the origin as undetermined.
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Ogallala
Keith County
Grant County
Perkins
Ogallala City
Wayne Elliott
Bridgeport appoints S Duane Oliver as chief of police
S Duane Oliver lifetime Bridgeport resident and longtime Clemens Chevrolet employee was named chief of police and assumed duty Wednesday. He succeeds Ray A Glass who now works for Bridgeport Equipment. In Lodgepole, Cheyenne County, residents continue cleanup after a Sunday windstorm caused widespread damage to towns and farms.
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Cheyenne
Shirleen Hill
Wyo
Miss Hill
Clark Hord
Hord
Bridgeport
S. Duane Oliver
Oliver
Clemens Chevrolet Co
Ray A. Glass
Bridgeport Equipment Co
Cheyenne County
Afernoon
Rush Creek Draw flash flood forces Vernon Battling family refuge
High wind and 133 inches of rain caused a flash flood in Rush Creek Draw ten miles northwest of Lodgepole. The Battling family evacuated to Sidney as a bridge upstream collapsed and debris piled at the home site. Lodgepole crews cleared mud and uprooted trees.
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Vernon Battling Farm
Lodgepole
Rush Creek
Sidney
Cordy Dykman
Battling Place
Ogallala Man Found Dead Near Farm After Missing
Ralph Gries, 66, a patient at an Ogallala nursing home, was found dead on Walter Bundy’s farm a mile west of town. Missing since Tuesday, he had resided at Beatrice State Home since age eight and was found entangled in a barb wire fence about 70 yards from the farmyard, apparently while attempting to climb over.
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Ogallala
Ralph Gries
Walter Bundy
Gries
Beatrice State Home
Alliance airport project awaits federal approval
The $100000 administration building plan at Alliance Municipal Airport still needs federal clearance. Chuck Brittan, aviation committee chair, says Rolland Harr of the State Aeronautics Department reports the project awaits final clearance in Kansas City Missouri. An enlarged restaurant facility is said to have affected the project.
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Alliance
Alliance’s
C H
Chuck) Brittan
Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee
Rolland Harr
State Aeronautics Department
Harr
Scottsbluff
State Commission
Brittan
Kansas City
US Civil Aeronautics Administration
Nebraska initiative seeks in lieu of taxes for public electric firms
Proposed Nebraska initiative would amend Article VIII to require public electric and irrigation corporations to pay in lieu of taxes based on five percent of gross retail electricity revenue within cities or villages, with allocations to local governments and schools. It also enacts licensing for bingo by long standing non profits and limits on games of chance.
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Nebraska
State of
Federal aid delay hampers Alliance administration building
Harr awaits action on a federal appropriation within weeks as the state commission and Alliance City Council each approve 25000 for the administration building. The federal request seeks 50000 and was ready to grant it before revised restaurant facilities altered the plans.
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Harr
State Commission
Alliance City Council
Field Day at Box Butte Experiment Station Tuesday
Alliance Box Butte Experiment Station hosts its first annual Field Day Tuesday August 12 starting at 1 p.m. The conducted tour features University specialists and representatives from the Soul Conservation Service and Agricultural Research Service. Highlights include stubble mulch farming chemical herbicides for cheat grass control run off plots black fallow to stubble mulch and potato breeding. safflower production under dry land conditions also on the agenda.
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Alliance
Box Butte
Fenster
Bayard Plans Chimney Rock Festival Float Date Set
Local firms and organizations set September 13 for Chimney Rock Festival events. The evening features a parade beginning about 7 pm, a high school drill on the football field, a massed bands concert, and further entertainment yet to be decided. Prizes will go to top drill winners.
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Bayard
Chamber of Commerce
Traffic safety workshop classifies drivers into three groups
A Washington DC briefing by Health Service officials groups drivers as accident free, accident repeaters, and borderline. It urges constant caution and defensive driving to keep the first class and reduce risks among the rest while stressing road rules, vehicle upkeep, and weather awareness.
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Washington, D. C
Public Health Service
Fair Trade Bill Would Fix Prices Hurting Competition
Editorial warns that Senator Humphrey's fair trade bill could authorize manufacturers to fix retail prices across products from farm machinery to autos and groceries. The piece argues price fixing harms free enterprise, reduces consumer savings, and urges readers to contact their congressman and senator.
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Congress
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey
Proposed by Initiative Petition A Measure to Amend
A filed initiative petition seeks to amend Article III Section 24 of the governing document. The measure targets specific provisions and outlines proposed changes for voter consideration. Details on sponsors and jurisdiction appear in the accompanying public notice.
Secretary Frank Marsh Submits Time Week Beginning July 28 1958
Frank Marsh as Secretary of State files a timely submission noting the week start date of July 28 1958. The brief item records official action or notice filed by the secretary.
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Frank Marsh
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