Nebraska Beauty Capitol Crown Goes to Carolyn McGirr
Carolyn McGirr won the Miss Universe Nebraska girls contest in McCook and will represent Nebraska at the finals in Long Beach California. Sidney’s Reba Kinne finished second in Miss Nebraska at Lincoln and had earlier won Miss Ft Sidney honors. Both are Sidney High School graduates known for scholarship, music, and extracurriculars.
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Sidney
Nebraska
McCook
Carolyn McGirr
Long Beach
Calif
Reba Kinne
Lincoln
Miss McGirr
Sidney High School
J. Dean McGirr
Northwestern Bell raises rates in Nebraska communities
New monthly rates outline higher charges for business and residential lines in Sidney. One party business moves to 10.50 dollars, residential four party to 3.15, with two party and farm options adjusted. Rates exclude federal tax.
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Northwestern Bell
Nebraska
Nebraska Railway Commission
Sidney
Motorist Fined for DUI With License Lifted
Vincent Ely of Sidney was fined 160 dollars and costs in Cheyenne County Court after pleading guilty to operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcoholic liquor. County Judge C W Smith suspended his license for six months. Ely was arrested at 11 25 p m Friday by the Nebraska Safety Patrol on Highway 19 two miles north of Gurley.
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Vincent Ely
Sidney
Cheyennne
Ely
C. W. Smith
Cheyenne County Driver Tests Scheduled Through December
Driver license examinations in Cheyenne County will be held at the courthouse in Sidney, averaging two days per month for the next six months. The schedule lists July 10 and 24, August 7 and 21, September 4 and 18, October 2 16 and 30, November 13 and 27, and December 11 all day.
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Cheyenne County
Sidney
Mrs Haugen 67 Dies After Illness Funeral In Iowa
Margaret L Tholl Hougan 67 died after a six month illness. She lived with her son Joseph a CAA manager at the airport in Sidney before moving six months ago. Funeral at St Boniface Sioux City scheduled Wednesday at 9 am Gehrig and Son Sidney in charge. Born Dec 3 1889 in Sioux City to Frank and Carrie Tholl. Survived by five sons Joseph Sidney Francis Glendale CA Paul Jacksonville FL Robert Norfolk VA John Sioux Falls SD and ten grandchildren.
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Margaret L. Haugan
Joseph
St Boniface Church
Sioux City
Iowa
Sidney
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Margaret Louise Tholl
Frank
Carrie Himer Tholl
Charles Hougan
President Eisenhower Ill Within Day After Illness
President Eisenhower was stricken about 10 pm and came down with an upset stomach. Three examining physicians reported no indication the illness is related to his 1955 heart attack or last year's issues and said he is progressing satisfactorily.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Wilson's Office Acknowledges Data On Depot
The Office of Defense Secretary Charles Wilson acknowledged a letter from Rep. A L Miller seeking a modernized mission for Sioux Ordnance Depot in Sidney Nebraska. The reply notes the matter was shared with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Supply and Logistics and cites efforts by local groups to stabilize employment through new missions like rockets and missiles storage while noting prior wage raises and workforce reductions.
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Office of Defense
Sec
Charles Wilson
Sioux
Rep
A. L Miller
Wilson
Sidney
Nebr
Rodeo Rider Suffers Arm Break At Potter Rodeo
Jerry Lane of Cheyenne aged 22 was dismissed from Cheyenne County Hospital after a broken left arm from a fall at the Potter Rodeo. Lane was hospitalized overnight following the Brahma bull incident. Lee Coleman of Larkspur Colorado was shaken up and treated as an outpatient.
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Jerry Lane
Cheyenne
Cheyenne County
Lane
Ile
Lee Coleman
Larkspur
Colo
Second Well Added In Grabill Field Ohio
Oj Co adds Chambers No 4 in Grabill Field nine miles southwest of Sidney. From 4880 to 4900 feet the D sand test flowed oil within 90 minutes with a gas gauge of 99 000 cubic feet per day. Chambers No 4 lies five feet lower than Grabill discovery and production casing will be run.
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Ohio Oj! Co
Grabill
Sidney
Fowever
Ohio
Gurley
Grunwald
True Oil Co
Baumgartner Oil
Bongers
Gaylord
Juelfs
McKnob Production Co
Big League Tryouts Open Here Wednesday
High school and college age players from several states travel to Sidney for the first annual Cincinnati Red Legs tryout camp. The three day session at Legion Park runs Wednesday through Friday with an all-star game to cap events. A banquet, tickets sold by the Kiwanis Club, and park improvements including a new eight foot outfield fence and concrete dugouts accompany the camp.
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Sidney
Cincinnati Red Legs
Legion Park
Phil Seghi
Cincinnati
Seghi
Omaha
Colorado State
Sidney Camp
City Auditorium
Kiwanis Club
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Wyoming
South Dakota
Montana
Boxcar Supply Up For 1957 Wheat Harvest
Ralph E Clark of the American Association of Railroads told the Trans Missouri Kansas shippers board that by May 15 the eight southwestern roads had 6 000 more plain boxcars than last year and by May 25 there were 6 547 boxcars conditioned for grain loading awaiting the new harvest A concerted effort in April aimed to return boxcars to southwestern lines to prepare them for grain loading.
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American Association of Railroads
Ralph E Clark
Washington
Association
Trans- Missouri-Kansas Shippers Board
Thompson Rites Slated Thursday
Private funeral services will be held at 10:30 am Thursday at Gehrig & Son Funeral Home for Ray Oscar Thompson 35. He died Saturday morning from drinking carbolic acid swallowed in his hotel room after buying the fluid earlier that day at a local drug store. No inquest is planned. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. He was born January 23 1922 in Burknett Texas. He lived around Graham Texas. He married Betty Walker January 6 1956 in Rapid City South Dakota. Survivors include his wife two stepchildren a brother and two step-brothers. He was preceded in death by his parents.
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Gehrig & Son Funeral
Ray Oscar Thompson
Thompson
R. L. Townsend
Greenwood Cemetery
Mr Thompson
Burknett
Tex
Arthur Oscar
Nona Lee Preston Thompson
Graham
Bettey Walker
Rapid City
S. D
Terry Lee
Jerry Keith
Rev
Lloyd Thompson
Big Springs
John F. Enright
Bryson, Tex
Thomas L. Enright
Pampa
Gurley Summer Band Program Announces Registration and Schedule
Gurley school opens registration for a summer band program at 12 30 p m Wednesday June 12 for beginners and regular members. Director is Tom Gilliland. Four band meetings occur before Ft Sidney Days on June 12 14 19 and 21 at 7 30 p m. Beginning band meets at 6 30 p m on June 14 and 21. Regular band meets weekly on Wednesdays at 7 30 p m thereafter. Beginning band baton twirlers and sections meet Friday evenings at 7 30 p m.
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Gurley School
Tom Gilliland
Sidney
Ft. Sidney
Daltonite Dies In Car Crash Near Cameron Missouri
A Dalton woman Donna Della Wheeler 20 was killed in a one car crash on U S Highway 26 four miles west of Cameron Missouri. Her husband Marvin Dean Wheeler 23 the driver Arvin Kurth 18 of Dalton and Ian Kepler 16 of Broadwater were injured and taken to Cameron hospital. The Missouri Highway Patrol said Wheeler slept at the wheel causing the crash into a bridge.
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Dalton
Donna Della Wheeler
U. S. Highway 26
Cameron
Marvin Dean Wheeler
Arvin Kurth
Ian Kepler
Broadwater
Missouri Highway Patrol
Wheeler
State highway bids reveal 37 projects totaling 183 miles
The Nebraska State Highway department announced low bidders for June road contracts totaling 6,652,783.98 across 37 projects amounting to 183.2 miles. Includes first interstate segment Gretna to near 6.4 miles at 2,019,160.05, about 14 percent below estimate with gravel, surfacing, culverts and other items in Sheridan, Kimball, Box Butte and Garden counties.
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State Highway Department
Nebraska
Gretna
Highway Department
Sheridan
Rushville
Lakeside
Blacktop, Inc
Fremont
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Carolen' McGirr
Tommy Abe
Oil-Gas News
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Wilson No
Banner County
Osgren Field
Davis Oil Co
Safford
Wildcat
Shepard
Scotts Bluff County
Black Drilling Co
Henderson No
Box Butte County
Wildcat Wytex Oil Corp
Jack Ladmer
Painter
Kimball County
Tom Palmer, Inc
Lightbody
Bedrock Oil & Gas Co
Gustafson
Hruska Field
Ore No
Sioux County
British-American Oil Prod Co
Fink No
Fink Field Petroleum, Inc
Reddy No
Murfin Drilling Co
Eichelberger No
Ralph Middleton
Bridgeport
Ivan Liljegren
University of Nebraska
Middleton
Liljiegren
Ft. Collins
Daltonite
Panhandle
Kimball and Banner
Kimball
Gering
Armor Coat
Valley Construction Co
Grand Island
Box Butte
Alliance
M. A. Nichols
Geneva
Garden
U. S. 26
Oshkosh
Lewellen
Arnold Swanson Co
Hastings
Ft. Sidney’s
Sidney Barracks
Ing
Cheyenne County Historical Association
Arlin Schilz
County Historical Museum
E. J. Sweet
Thompson Photos
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