Redistricting Rumors Grow Over Cheyenne County Commissioners
Local chatter in Sidney centers on a looming lawsuit to force redistricting of Cheyenne County's three commissioner districts. County officials acknowledge possible changes as Supreme Court guidance on one man one vote prompts review. registration tallies show district populations far out of balance.
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Cheyenne County
Sidney
Supreme Court
John Peetz Jr
Peetz
Ralph Englert
Linda Markel Wins $800 Grand Prize in Sidney Telegraph Contest
Linda Markel of Lodgepole won the $800 grand prize in The Sidney Telegraph circulation expansion contest ending at noon Saturday. The campaign boosted paid in advance subscriptions across Cheyenne County and fringe Nebraska and Colorado counties, with five top winners sharing hundreds in prize money and bonuses for new subscribers.
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Linda Markel
Lodgepole
Sidney Telegraph
Telegraph
Joy Hare
Sidney
Nellie Hume
Margaret McCabe
Dalton
Cheyenne County
Kimball
Banner
Morrill
Garden
Devel
Nebraska
Logan
Sedgwick
Colorado
The
Dew
Dixie
Marge Dougherty
Jack H. Lowe
Lou Sabotka
Northwest Nebraska oil lease drive expands across Dawes and Sioux counties
The northern Nebraska leasing surge covers more than 250000 acres with about 60000 acres in Dawes and 190000 in Sioux leased by Shell Oil and W L Grace Oil Co. The 10 year leases cost around one dollar per acre and eight thousand eight hundred sixty dollars for 17720 acres. Industry officials remain optimistic about potential despite limited productive results so far.
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Nebraska
Dawes
Sioux Counties
Larry Snyder
Shell Oil Company
Dawes County
Sioux County
Shell
Robert Knox
Casper
Wyo
W. L. Grace
One Time Depot Worker Dies After Illness
Bridgeport resident Louis Lawrence age 70 died Friday after a two year illness. Born May 7, 1898 in Milo Missouri he lived in Angora area with his family before moving back to Bridgeport five years ago. A World War II veteran he served in the U S Army and later worked at the Sioux Army Depot in Sidney until retirement. He was a member of the American Legion. Funeral services were held this afternoon.
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Bridgeport
Louis Lawrence
Milo
Angora
Angola
Jesse Lawrence
U. S. Army
Sidney
American Legion
Three Die In Weekend Tragedies
Vernon L. Neusbaum, 20, of Kimball, bound over to Federal District Court after arraignment on a charge of refusing induction into the armed forces. FBI at Scottsbluff served a warrant from Denver authorities. he had been ordered to report to the Denver center and refused to be sworn in due to Jehovah Witness beliefs. He was released on his own recognizance until Colorado Federal Court notifies him.
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Vernon L. Neusbaum
Kimball
Federal District Court
U. S
Richard S. Wiles
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Scottsbluff
Neusbaum
Denver
Kimball Draft Board
Ness. Neusbaum
Colorado
Two Young Women Drown In Grand Island Sand Pit
Two Cheyenne County women Elsie Bennett of Sidney and Dianne Berry of Dalton, both in their early 20s, drowned Sunday in a sand pit near Grand Island. Bodies recovered by Grand Island divers from 20 plus feet of water after witnesses saw them on an air mattress. Bennett attended Sidney High School and worked in Grand Island. Berry was a Dalton native formerly employed in Sidney and at Cornhusker Ordnance Depot. Funeral rites pending.
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Cheyenne County
Grand Island
Elsie Ann Bennett
Sidney
Dianne Ella Berry
Dalton
Bob Krall
Nebraska State Patrol
Janice Berry
Dianne Berry
Krall
Associated Press
Nebraska
Santa Barbara
Calif
Onessa
Ruth Richard Berry
Dalton High School
Cornhusker Ordnance Depot
Ernest Heine
Nolan Berry
Fort Bliss
Texas
R. Whiting
Jacksonville
Fla
Larry Whiting
Windsheimer Rites Set For Tuesday
Mrs. Helen G Windsheimer 67 a Lodgepole Pioneer native died Saturday in Fort Morgan Colorado In failing health for some time Funeral services will be 1 30 PM Tuesday at Weyerts Lutheran Church with Rev Roy P Schulz officiating Interment Weyerts Cemetery Gehrig and Son Funeral Home in charge Memorials to Lutheran Hour Surviving are her widower Fred L Windsheimer four daughters and six sons plus five sisters two brothers and 35 grandchildren
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Elsie Ann Bennett
Sidney
Wilbur O
Charlotte Overshall Bennett
Sidney High School
Business Institute of Sidney
Grand Island
Peggy
Tommy
Robert
Steven
Four Square Church
Paul F. White
Chappell
The
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Helen G. Windsheimer
Fort Morgan
Colo
Weyerts Lutheran Church
Roy P. Schulz
Weyerts
Helen Geraldine Dykman
Lodgepole
Jurgen
Mary Helen Dykman
Colorado
Fred L. Windsheimer
Alzina Leber
Denver
Viola Kruger
Shirley Alberts
Alice McAlloch
San Jose
Calif
Vernon
Keith Windsheimer
Ivan
Kalispell
Mont
Leroy
Joe’s, Colo
Eugene
Hudson, Colo
Myron
Rika Hernbloom
Margaret Mc
Masters
Bayard
Grace Schneider
Bertha Lough
Alamosa
Cole
Hannah Lentfer
Gurley
Herman Dykman
Pocatello
Idaho
Heye Dykman
Airfield Gets Site Approval For 4000-Foot Sod Runway
The Vo Tech School won official site approval for a 4000 foot sod runway to be built by students and faculty. It will cross sections 31 and 32 and intersect a second existing runway. Construction starts soon with aim to land planes next spring and may extend to 6000 feet later.
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Vo-Tech
Merle Rudebusch
Rudebusch
Sidney’s
Relay System Nears Completion In Panhandle Network
Angora hosts final relay station as seven towers rise across the Panhandle linking Sutherland Nebraska to Regina Saskatchewan. The project by AT&T includes 50 to 250 foot towers with horn antennas enabling microwave transmission across North Dakota South Dakota and Canada. The system, costing about 17 million dollars, supports a vast long distance telephone network and ties into Sidney’s facilities.
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Angora
Panhandle
Sutherland
Neb
Regina
Sask
Chappell
Sunol
Gurley
Berea
Whitney
Wayside
Roscoe
Nebraska
Sidney
South
North Dakota
Canada
American Telephone and Telegraph
Wheat Growers President Cites World Hunger
Ray Davis of the Nebraska Wheat Growers Association says there is still a need for more food globally amid record wheat production and carryover stocks. Leonard Wolf of the American Freedom From Hunger Foundation will speak at the association’s June 17 board meeting at 9 30. Wolf, a former US State Department AID official, headed the Ninos feeding program in South America.
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Ray Davis
Potter
Nebraska Wheat Growers Assa
Nebraska
Leonard Wolf
American Freedom From Hunger Foundation
Me. Wolf
US State Department
South America
Nebraska Wheat Growers Assn
Freedom From Hunger Foundation
U.S
Former Gurley Man Killed In Guard Truck Crash
Francis Gebhardt of ONeill, a former Gurley resident, died when a National Guard truck rolled over near West Point Nebraska. Seven others injured as convoy of 12 to 15 vehicles from A Company First Battalion 134th Mechanized Infantry returns from Mead Ammunition site. Funeral home Craig-Holechek handling arrangements with burial planned in Greenwood Cemetery Sidney.
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National
West Point Memorial Hospital
Mead
O’ Neill
134Th Mechanized Infantry
67Th Infantry Brigade
Wildcat Drilling Sites Reported in Morrill and Kimball Counties
2 Wildcat locations identified by King Resources of Denver. No. 1 Miller in Morrill County section details show SE NW 28 18 51 with Allison Drilling as contractor. No. 1 Grubb GW NW 8 13 57 in Kimball County with Braden Gear Drilling as contractor. King will supply its own drilling tools.
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King Resources of Denver
Morrill County
Allison Drilling Co
Braden-Gear Drilling Co
Kimball County
Power Failure Briefly Halts Downtown Power
A noon power outage lasting one to two minutes was blamed on generator overload at the city power plant. The outage affected areas near downtown and the town's north side, local plant personnel said.
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City
Rites Set For Mrs Wm Wolff In Laramie
Lena Wolff 79 of Laramie died Saturday in a Laramie hospital after living in Peetz and Sidney. Funeral services are 2 PM Wednesday at First Methodist Church with Rev John Stayton. Interment Greenwood Cemetery. Gehrig and Son Funeral Home handles arrangements. Born March 28 1889 in Minneapolis she is survived by daughters Dorothy Waggoner and Kenneth Kilgore and son Harold Wolff all of Laramie. husband William F Wolff preceded in death.
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Lena Wolff
Laramie
Wyo
Peetz
Colo
Sidney
First Methodist Church
John Stayton
Greenwood Cemetery
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Wolff
Minneapolis
Minn
Dorothy Waggoner
Kenneth Kilgore
Harold Wolff
William F. Wolff
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Grand Island Lake
Windsheimer
Helen Windsheimer
Wheat Growers’ President
Wm. Wolff
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