Saturation patrol logs 67 driver contacts in two hours
Operation Saturation check near Brownson to Sidney and Gurley used 14 officers and an airplane with radar to stop 67 drivers in two hours. Thirty equipment violations, 28 warnings, nine arrests. one arrest involved Raymond Charles Kent for drunken driving. Radio linked patrol and plane for rapid reporting and clocking speeds.
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State Safety Patrol
Sidney
U. S. Highway 30
State 19
U. S. 385
Katschwar
Mike Frerichs
Alliance
U.S. 9385
Gurley
U.S. 30
Revesse
Brownson
Sunol
Busekist
Bronson
Morgan Lambert
Scottsbluff
Chadron
Raymond Charles Kent
Kimball County
Tardy Assessments In Paving Areas Listed
City of Sidney initiates actions in five paving districts Nos. 40 44 47 59 and 87 to accelerate overdue installments. All future payments become due on July 17 with some due dates reaching 1967. Twenty five properties total balance $10 207.79. Complete list advertised in The Sidney Telegraph.
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Sidney
Sidney Telegraph
Potter resident Loren J Wheeler Potter dies at 73
Loren J Wheeler Potter resident dies Sunday at Memorial Hospital after illness. Funeral Wednesday at First Lutheran Church Potter with Rev Benjamin J Warrenburg officiating. Burial in Potter Cemetery. Survived by his wife Eunice Deerson a daughter Mrs Edward Winn four sons Leonard Ervin Eugene Elvin and Elvin and four brothers. Born March 29 1888 Blair Nebraska. Burial arranged by Craig Mortuary.
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Loren J. Wheeler
Potter
Memorial Hospital
First Lutheran Church
Benjamin J. Warrenburg
Potter Cemetery
Craig Mortuary
Mr Wheeler
Blair
Blair, Neb, A Son of Stephen and Mary Potter Wheeler
Eunice Deerson
Wayne, Neb
Wheeler
Ioof. Lodge
Edward Winn
Leonard
Ervin
Eugene
Elvin
Loup City
Neb
Morris
Richland, Wash
Lloyd
Golden
Colo
J. B
Orleans
Stephen
Arvada
PVO Managers To Meet Here Friday
Pacific Vegetable Oil Corp managers convene in Sidney Friday with officials from Los Angeles San Francisco Richmond and Culvertson. Ned Robinson Sidney safflower mill manager said the gathering aims to acquaint managers with the community.
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Pacific Vegetable Oil Corp
Sidney
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Richmond
Calif
Culvertson
Montana
Ned Robinson
Sidney Safflower
PVO
General Mills
Lodgepole Woman Injured After Horse Fall
Mrs Dean Christensen, 25, of Lodgepole, was thrown from a horse Saturday morning causing two crushed vertebrae and facial injuries. She was hospitalized with a satisfactory condition reported Monday morning.
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Dean Christensen
Lodgepole
Prefix numbers for Sidney and Ordville phones
The notice explains new dialing prefixes for Sidney and Ordville. Local calls use prefixes 4 and 6 respectively, while long distance into Sidney or Ordville requires prefixes 254 and 256. Direct dialing will eventually enable long distance calls, but outgoing long distance from Sidney remains unchanged for now.
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Sidney
Ordville
United States
Wildcat Well Set Near Dalton in Cheyenne County
An exploratory wildcat oil well is planned about five miles southeast of Dalton by Ginther Warren and Co and Rex Monahan at No 1 Mhiniken Bushman. It lies ten feet south and ten feet east of Sec 12 1649. Cheyenne County also announced a second new drilling site in Dimick Field near Sidney by Ohio Oil Co at No 3 G Show. Dimick currently has three producing wells owned by Dun and Boring. Ohio once operated a producer there and hopes to resume production with the Shaw well.
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Dalton
Ginther, Warren and Co
Rex Monahan
Cheyenne County
Ohio Oil Co
Dimick
Sidney
Nebraska Oil and Gas Commission
Dun and Boring
Ohio
Shaw
Hay Fire At Lorenzo Farm Blaze Extinguished
A hay pile on Walter Cork’s farm near Lorenzo caught fire Saturday. Sidney department extinguished the blaze before total loss. Officials blamed spontaneous combustion.
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Walter Cork
Sidney
Lorenzo
Santa Harold Keith Named Ft Sidney Days Colonel
Harold Keith, longtime Sidney resident and manager of the Overland Cafe and Greyhound Bus Depot, is chosen as Colonel of the 1961 Ft. Sidney Days. He has served as Santa in local Christmas efforts for years, leading fund drives for downtown lighting and contributing to community festivities alongside Queen Patty Zalesky.
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Harold Keith
Ft. Sidney
Mr Keith
Sidney
Keith
Sidney Merchants
Overland Cafe
Greyhound
Union Pacific
Patty Zalesky
Lodgepole
Crops Soils Field Day Set At Box Butte Station
Alliance Crops and Soils Field Day June 21 at Box Butte Experiment Station features speaker Dr Donald Hanway of the University of Nebraska Agronomy Department. Tours begin 1:15 pm with demonstrations on sowing dates for peas corn beans wheat and safflower and talks by university and USDA agronomists.
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Alliance
Box Butte
Donald Hanway
University of Nebraska
Department of Agronomy
Lincoln
Nebraska
Paul Fhiers
Jerry Warren
University Department
Charles Fenster
University Extension Agronomist
Thomas McCalla
Department of Agriculture Agronomist
University In
Walter Peterson
Department of Agriculture Argonomist
Mitchell
J_ C Swinbank
Linecoin
No Serious Trouble In Phone Switchover
The switchover to new telephone prefixes occurred Sunday with few minor switch adjustments. J. R. Miller, the telephone manager, said the company and the public were satisfied overall, though many users forgot to dial the extra digit.
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J. R Miller
Miller
Fort Sidney Days Rodeo Draws Top Cowboys This Weekend
Area’s top cowboys prepare to compete at the Fort Sidney Days Rodeo starting Saturday June 24 and Sunday June 25 at 1 30 p m. The event is sponsored by the Sidney Junior Chamber of Commerce and part of the four day Fort Sidney celebration expected to draw thousands. Bill O Connor and Sons provided stock with Hadley Barrett announcing. Jimmie Warner to perform in chariot bull race. Advance tickets $1 50 adults 75 cents students.
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Fort Sidney
The
Sidney Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ft. Sidney
North Platte
Bill O’conner
Jimmie Warner
Elsie
Nebraska
Warner
Snyder's Men's Store
Kokjer Motors
Dalton Barber Shop
Sidney Telegraph
Jaycee
Old Timers Registration During Fort Sidney Days
Registration for Old Timers will be all day Friday June 23 starting at 9 a.m. and Saturday June 24 from 8 to 10 a.m. The Sidney Business and Professional Women handle the event at the Elks Auditorium front section.
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Fort Sidney
the _ Sidney Business and Professional Women
Elks Auditorium
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Thompson
Mel Buschist
Busckist
Sgt
Mel Busekist
Loren J. Wheeler Potter
Wildcat
Santa
Sidney Days
Gail Wicks
North Platte Experiment Station
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