Sidney residents debate jobs and taxes amid rezoning concerns
Letters and notices reflect residents urging local industry and honest living over airport expansion. Community voices blame high taxes and out‑of‑town hiring while praising area businesses like Gordon’s Yard, Osborn Trailer Court, Osage Grocery, and Sidney Iron Works. Local appearances include family events, weddings, anniversaries, and visits from relatives across Nebraska and Colorado.
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Sidney
Union Pacific Railroad
Gordon
Osborn Trailer Court
Osage Grocery
Sidney Iron Works
Andy Rapp
Fixed charges erode Sidney Electric Department profits
City of Sidney electric department sees steady revenue but lower net profits due to depreciation and debt interest from plant expansion. For April to May 1957 net profit was 17 187.87, down from 1956’s period, with depreciation rising 8 743 and interest up, residential customers fell, and operating revenue slipped slightly despite stable overall earnings.
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Sidney
Electric Department
Electric
Ohey
Water Department
Applications For Nebraska Big Game Permits Available
Nebraska residents 16 and older can apply for rifle deer 16 400 permits antelope 1 450 and unlimited archery deer permits by July 15. Applications cost 10 with a check or money order to the Game Forestation and Parks Commission and will be returned to unsuccessful applicants. The three year hunting restriction was removed by the State Legislature.
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Nebraska
Game Commission
Lincoln
Im. C. Steen
Commission
Nebraska Game, Forestation and Parks Commission
Sidney letter praises local industry and open city policy
A Sidney reader A B Rapp writes in The Telegraph letterbox praising industrial growth and criticizing passive working class restraint. He suggests city management invites factories and highlights the desire for industrial expansion in Sidney Nebraska.
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Telegraph
A. B Rapp
Sidney
Peetz News Boys Camp Experience and Local Visits
Peetz youths spend a week at a camp near Julesburg Colorado accompanied by Kenneth Gillham Hill and Wooldridge brothers Allen Meier Allen Nelson Ronald Gillham It was their first camp experience and they look forward to a state camp. Local visitors include Mr and Mrs H D Anderson of Madras Oregon Mr and Mrs Claude Gillham visited Loveland Colorado and Mrs Edna Reich and Mrs Wilma Opdyke from Colorado Springs.
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Ruth Liggett
Alliance
Neb
Henry Theopolius
Cecelia
Patrick Goranson
Sidney
Virginia
Darryl Peake
Germany
Theopolius
Wayne
Guy Williams
McPherson
Kan
Dorothy Strange
Denver
Hap Williams
Robert Wood
Ray Smith
California
Ivan Gillham
Delmar Nelson
Bernie Nelson
McGill
Anton Nelson
Bessie Piercy
Buffalo
Wyo
Bill Still
Still
Jerritsma
Wesley Herboldsheimer
Roy Gillham
Bob Gillham
Kenneth Gillham
Dean Gillham
Art Wieser
Arnold Fehringer
Aberdeen
Idaho
Maynard Nelson
Lillian Wieser
Florence
Colorado Springs
Colo
Mark Wieser
Robert Wieser
Amelia van Ann
Dalton
Donald Wieser
Navy
Norfolk
Ft. Leonard Wood
Bob
Victor
Joe Fehringer
Joe Wieser
Hugh Edwards
Hill Boys
Wooldridge
Allen Meier
Allen Nelson
Ronald Gillham
Julesburg
Ray_ Wood
Louis Michaels
H. D. Anderson
Madras
Ore
A. S. Ayles
David Williams
Claude Gillham
Loveland
Lee McKibben
MicKibben
Edna Riech
Wilma Opdyke
Theopolins
Colorado Springs, Colo
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Violet Minshall
EUB
Logan County Hospital
Garry
Gayle
Peetz
Nick Burr
Broadwater
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Herman Westphalen
Otto Kurr
Rudolph
Frank Frauendorfer
Harvey Jacobsen
Ed Meier
Lorenzo
Dave Ruhter
Bart Evans
Chappell, Neb
Bill Ruhter
Stanley Williams
Sidney Volunteer Fire Department
Tri-State Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Cheyenne County Fairgrounds
Colorado
Chappell
Thompson
Sewer Department
the Telegraph
Nebr
Sir
Peetz News
Bas
American Loan Plan
State Banking Dept
Mac
Cate Lees
Studebakers
Illinois
Nelson
Scottsbluff, Nebraska
Commodore
Schult
Sparton
Richardson
Andy
Plymouth
Car Life Magazine
CAR Life
Family Auto Magazine
Dell
Chrysler Corporation
U. S. Auto Club
Motor Trend Magazine
Motor Trend
U.S
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