TV Microwave Install Begins in Sidney Sterling and Kimball Area
Collier Electric Co of Denver has started work on a microwave TV system to relay Denver channels 4, 7 and 9 to Sidney Sterling and Kimball. The project includes tower upgrades and new buildings, with a six mile south Sidney tower location and a 750 foot Sterling tower to remain for fallback. Construction is about eight to ten days, and the system will serve Sidney Community TV Cos with a Class A rating while Channel 5 from Cheyenne remains available via conventional reception.
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Sterling, Colo
Kimball
Collier Electric Co
Denver
Telegraph
Mr. Morgan
Sidney
Sterling
Charles Pope
Sterling and
Pope
Collier
American Telephone and ‘Telegraph
Community TV Cos
Cheyenne
New Pastor Arrives At Nazarene Church
The Rev. C. W. Baker is the new pastor of the Church of the Nazarene. Rev. Baker and his wife with two sons arrived last Thursday and are living in the church parsonage at 1642 Forrest St.
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C. W. Baker
of the Nazarene
Chief Of Ordnance Credits Sioux Depot For Efficiency
Lt General E L Cummings praised Sioux Ordnance Depot in a letter to Rep A L Miller saying the depot is an efficient installation with a loyal civilian staff and a good community reputation. Miller seeks Army action to intensify and modernize the Sioux mission and will press defense leaders for support.
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United States Army
Sioux Ordnance Deport
A. L. Miller
Nebraska
E. L. Cummings
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Armed Forces
Miller
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Defense Department
Heart Attack Fatal To L. H. Bever In Phoenix
A heart attack Sunday morning killed L. H. Bever, 49, in Phoenix Arizona. Bever was a partner in The Western Construction Co which did initial residential development in the Country Club Heights Addition. The firm has disbanded and Livoni Construction Co now carries on the work. N C Livoni left Sunday for Phoenix to attend the funeral.
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L. H. Bever
Phoenix
Arizona
Bever
Western Construction Co
Country Club Heights
Livoni Construction Co
N. C. Livoni
Nebraska dairy princess crowned with runner up named
Lorelia Lutz, 18, from near Oakland, was crowned Nebraska dairy princess and will represent the state in the national dairy princess contest. Charlene Anthony of Sidney was runner up. Attendants were Laura Cameron of Aliren and Cora Frances Corkle of O Neill.
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Lorelia Lutz
Oakland
Nebraska
Miss Lutz
Lawrence Lutz
Charlene Anthony
Sidney
Iis Samn
Miiland di Mae
F. Anthony
Laura Cameron
Aliren
Cora Frances Corkle
O'Neill
Time Change For Depot Swim Students At Sidney Pool
A schedule update shifts Tuesday and Thursday Red Cross swimming classes at Sidney pool. Beginners with last names L to Z now depart depot Ordville at 8 30 a m, while A through K leave at 9 30 a m. Only ten intermediate and advanced swimmers remain. 8 30 a m bus has space. Parents are asked to stay outside the pool enclosure during lessons.
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Red Cross
Sidney Pool
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Depot
Ordville
Four Crashes Noted In Area Two Injured
Accident investigators logged four motor vehicle crashes over the weekend with two injuries. Dorothy Banss 12 of Sidney and John Lucey Jr 35 of La Crescenta Calif were hurt when Luceys car was rear ended on Highway 30 near the State Shops. The other incidents included a rollover on Highway 19 north of Sidney injuring Phillip Christopherson 26, and a three car chain reaction on Illinois Street and 19th Avenue with no injuries. Damages totaled hundreds of dollars across the events.
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State Shops
Sidney
Dorothy Banss
John Lucey, Jr
la Crescenta
Calif
Lucey
Clesta M. Banes
Highway
Phillip Christopherson
Sterling
Christopherson
Bill Craig
Craig
Illinois Street
19Th Avenue
Danny Markel
Lodgepole
Sherryl Bickle
Potter
Jack
Popejoy
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Joe Aguiniga
Vance Baker
County Youth To Attend 4-H Conservation Camp
Cheyenne County youths head to Nebraska's 23rd Annual 4-H Conservation Camp at Chadron State Park June 25 29. Participants from Gurley Sidney and Lodgepole join sessions led by the Games Forestation and Parks Commission University Museum and Agricultural Extension Service on wildlife gun safety fossils geology nature lore and water safety.
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Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Chadron State Park
Ron Kriesel
Ron Draper
Fred Kriesel
All Gurley
Ray Frahm
Jeanette Albro
Roger Jorgensen
Stanley Jorgensen
Harold Irwin
Robert Hokom
Sidney
Gene Hokom
Lodgepole
Lions Club
Farmers Union Co-op
American National Bank
Denver Elevators
Farmers Union Elevator
Gurley
First State Bank of
Dalton Bank
Nebraska Games Forestation and Parks Commission
University Museum
Agricultural Extension Service
Old-Time Threshing Parties Doomed By Modern Combines
Nebraska harvest nears as self propelled combines take over cutting and threshing. The shift from steam to tractor powered threshers marks a decline in traditional threshing rings and social circuits once centered on the Case steam machine and its high purchase cost.
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Nebraska
Texas
Oklahoma
Canada
Combine
Case Company
Thomases Involved In Washington Accident On Trip
Mr and Mrs D R Thomas were in an accident at Topponish Washington while en route to visit children in the Pacific Northwest. Mrs Thomas suffered rib injuries treated at a local hospital. Mr Thomas was shaken but uninjured. They were later taken to Tacoma to stay with their son Weldon Thomas. Their other sons Gerald and Vern Thomas live in Seattle.
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D. R. Thomas
Pacific Northwest
Topponosh
Wash
Thomas
Topponish
Weldon Thomas
Tacoma
Thomases
Gerald Thomas
Vern Thomas
Seattle
Fourth Location Spotted In Grabill Oil Field Expansion
Ohio Oil Co advances Grabill Field with Grabill No 4 spud on NW NW NE 23-13-51. New wells announced include McNish No 2 in Gaylord Field and Gaylord No 3 planned. multiple wildcats and offsets noted across Kimball Banner Morrill and Banner counties with several operators including Skelly Oil Pure Oil Mountain Valley and Pan American Petroleum reporting activity.
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Ohio Oil Co
Ohio
Baumgartner Oil Co
Gaylord
Baumgartner
McNish
Kimball County
McKnab Production Co
McKnab
Skelly Oil Co
Harris
Banner County
Grubbs Field
Lowell J. Williamson
Stuart
Wildcat
Rooney
Lindberg
Banner Oil Co
Schneider
Hackberry Field
Mountain Valley Oil Corp
Edens
Mountain Valley Oil Crop
Stevens
State
Peters
Morrill County
Fern McMurtry
Brothers
Miracle-Fifer
Singleton
Lowell J. Williamson, Inc
Muhr
Waitman
Pure Oil Co
Stander
Pan American Petroleum Corp
Barrett
Gehrke
Cornils
Pan-American ‘Petroleum Corp
van Pelt
Banner ‘County
Vedene
Earl Vowers
Sloss Field
Skelly Oil, Company
Davis Oil Company
Sioux County
Oil Discovery Confirmed in Red Willow County Kansas
A wildcat well in Red Willow County within the Kansas City-Lansing Pennsylvanian sand shows a 380 feet gas-cut oil and 50 feet wind-cut oil from Poore No 1. The well lies 17 miles SSE of Barger Field with Ohio Oil Co funding dry hole costs.
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Kansas City-Lansing
Red Willow
Joe Rothmeier
Mast Drilling Co
Barger
Ohio Oil Co
Transient Admits Theft From Car, Police Say
Sidney Police Chief Sol Willis stated John Yazzie, a transient, admitted breaking into Hershel Spear’s car Thursday night and taking a briefcase and a jacket. He reportedly sold the jacket to a stranger and threw the briefcase into an alley. neither item has been recovered.
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Sidney
Sol Willis
John Yazzie
Hershel Spear
Yazzie
Regional Premiere Set For Bernardine at Fox Theatre
The Fox Theatre schedules the regional premier of the new film Bernardine starring Pat Boone. The screening runs from Wednesday through Saturday following a world premiere in Denver last Friday.
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Fox Theatre
Bernardine
Pat Boone
Denver
the Fox
Sidney Days parade ends with church sweepstakes win again
Thousands watched the Illinois Street parade in Sidney as St. Pauls Lutheran Church repeated a grand sweepstakes victory. The church float won first in religious division while Sioux Ordnance Depot claimed top honors in historical. Mule Train float took humorous division, with Wheatbelt Public Power District and others earning top spots. Firemen joined a street water fight and hundreds enjoyed free barbecues later.
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Sidney
Illinois Street
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Huntsman Hustlers
Hecker’s
Texaco
Ous
Wheatbelt Public Power District
Cheyenne County
Ben Franklin
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Vixina
Thompson
Nazarene Church
Sioux
Depot Swim
Bert Bates
Ft. Sidney
Buck
Bates
Old Buck
Grabill
Red
Church
Sidney Jaycees
Saddle Club
Cheyenne County Historical Museum
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