Cool Weather Delays Nebraska Harvest Outlook
Nebraska winters wheat harvest will be two to three weeks late due to wet cool weather. Regions from Cheyenne County to the Panhandle expect mowing to start in early July with peak cuts mid month and extended into August. observers note slow ripening and stands of corn and sorghum delayed by wet soils.
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Nebraska
State Labor Department
Division of Employment Security
Cheyenne County
McCook
Panhandle
Division of ‘Agriculture
Coentieg
E. Leport
Somme
Devel
Ohio Oil Co Safety Show Delights Sidney Audience
Ohio Oil Co workers and guests attended a safety program at Sidney City Auditorium led by Lt Carl S Pike on leave from the Kent County Michigan Sheriff’s Department. The show mixed safety rules with magic tricks as Pike toured 15 oil installations in nine states this month.
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Seeni
Ohio Oil Co
Sidney City Auditorium
Carl S. Pike
Kent County
Mich
Sheriff's Department
Ohio
Pike
Sought In Kansas Men Arrested Here
A 27 year old truck driver wanted in Hayes Kansas for two forgery counts was arrested in Sidney. Sheriff Bill Schulz said Wesley Peoples of McCracken Kansas was picked up while driving a truck. A Hayes sheriff’s representative arrived to take Peoples into custody and he waived extradition.
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Hayes
Kan
Sidney
Bill Schulz
UN Wesley Peoples
McCracken
Peoples
Sidney council approves new fire zone code for business areas
Preliminary approval by Sidney City Council outlines Zone A for central business district and Zone B for other business areas with relaxed roofing and flooring rules but maintained fire resistance requirements. The plan includes a city hotel and a $30,000 office building by Carl Christ Sr. in Zone B. City Attorney to draft ordinance.
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Sidney
Illinois Street
Carl Christ
Ninth Avenue
Larry Clinton
Trail Road
Quince Street
Tenth
15Th Avenue
13Th Avenue
13Th Ave
Sidney Man's Child Killed In Accident
Viola Ellen Popejoy eight months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack Popejoy, died after a car backed over her in a Falls City area cemetery. The mother, driving for Rogers Truck Lines, did not see the child on the grass. authorities at Rulo Neb said the grandmother Mrs Joyce Simmons assisted. The infant died at Falls City hospital and the father left for Rulo after notification.
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Rogers Truck Lines
Viola Ellen Popejoy
Jack Popejoy
Falls City
Rulo
Neb
Sai
Joyce Simmons
Kokier Motors Unveils Ramjet Fuel Injection Car
Kokier Motor Co announced Chauvolet's Ramjet fuel injection engine in Sidney. The local dealer has two models on hand for display. The new carburetion system uses a V8 engine and is billed as a new peak in engine performance.
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Chauvolet
Sidney
Kokier Motor Co
Bridgeport Hospital Fund Drive Set For July 8
Morrill County Veterans Memorial hospital board schedules a July 8 fund drive aimed at raising 3,000 for a new hospital wing. The wing needs 15,700 more, but a Ford Foundation grant 1,709 in contributions and 1,000 memorial funds cut the target. The addition adds more space seven bedrooms and a labor room. Donors of 25 or more receive voting membership in the hospital association.
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Bridgeport
Morrill County Veterans Memorial Hospital Board of Directors
Ford Foundation
Hospital Association
Country Club Opens to Public Sundays
Sidney Country Club to serve meals to the general public Sundays from 1 to 8 pm under new policy approved by the board. Mr and Mrs Claude Reynolé say fried chicken will be featured with other entrees available to non members to boost meal traffic and showcase club services.
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Sidney Country Club
Earh
Claude Reynolé
Agriculture Units Move to Marx Building in Cheyenne
Friday marks moving day for the Cheyenne County Soil Conservation District and the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation unit as they relocate to the new Marx Building at Eighth Avenue and Jackson Street. Don Rapp says the move expands space. Two legal firms also relocate to the Marx Building.
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Cheyenne County Soil Conservation District
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Unit
Department of Agriculture Group
Marx
Eighth Avenue
Jackson Street
USDA
11Th Avenue
Iinois Street
Don Rapp
ASC
Marx Building
Sidneyite Joins Good-All as Quality Control Engineer
H W Woody Johnson of Sidney has joined the Good All Electric Manufacturing Co. at Ogallala as a quality control engineer. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Ward Johnson. He graduated Sidney High School in 1949 and earned a BS in mechanical engineering from Nebraska University. He previously worked at Cessna Aircraft Wichita in multiple engineering roles. Johnson and his wife with two children have moved to Ogallala.
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H. W
Woody’ Johnson
Sidney
Good-All Electric Manufacturing Co
Ogallala
Ward Johnson
Osage St
Johnson
Sidney High School
Nebraska University
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Pi Tau Sigma
Cessna Aircraft
Wichita
Weathermen Say Drought Is Over In Great Plains
The U S Weather Bureau declares the drought ended in the Great Plains as winds shift. Chief meteorologist J O Jacobson explains the pattern bringing warm moist air from the Gulf to collide with cool northern air over the plains.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Great Plains
J. O. Jacobson
Kansas City
Norhern
Mxico
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Missouri
Ni.aska
Gulf
Plains
Jacobson
Western Nebraska Bar Association Meeting Planned This Weekend
Complete program announced by Pat Heaton Sr president of the Western Nebraska Bar Association. Ralph Brooks president of McCook Junior College will speak at the closing banquet for attorneys and their wives Saturday night at the Sidney Country Club. About 100 lawyers and judges expected. Sessions include stag smoker Friday and memorial Saturday for deceased members Faye Williams John Steneville Don Williams James Mothershead and District Judge C G Perry. Clinics on new unicameral legislation led by Barton Kuhns of Omaha. Tri County Bar Association hosts the event.
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Western Nebraska Bar Association
Pat Heaton
Ralph Brooks
McCook Junior College
Attornneys
Sidney Country Club
Heaton
Sidney
Western Nebraska
Nebraska
Box Butte County Bar Association
Barton H. Kuhns
Omaha
Nebraska State Bar Association
Tri-County Bar Association
Kimball
Cheyenne
Devel
Northup Receives Two Year Sioux Ordnance Sub-Post Contract
Mrs Dorothy M Northup awarded a two year contract to operate the sub post office at the Sioux Ordnance Depot. Bid submitted was 2940 dollars per year and six bidders competed. Northup has led the depot postal unit. Weldon Stewart, acting postmaster in Sidney, announced the award.
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Sioux Ordnance Depot
Dorothy M. Northup
Wheatmen In Trip To Nation's Capitol
A Cheyenne County Wheatgrowers Association member led a producer delegation flying to Washington to discuss wheat marketing controls. Participants include Bob Rauner of Gurley Carl Bruns of Chappell president of the state association and Lester Mort of Venango. Rauner to return Saturday after talks with agricultural officials.
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Cheyenne County Wheatgrowers Association
Washington, D. C
Bob Rauner
Gurley
Carl Bruns
Chappell
State Association
Lester Mort
Venango
National Capitol
Washington
Rauner
Lodgepole Creek Water Well Plan Clears Sidney City Council
Sidney authorities approve a 75 foot horizontal well on Lodgepole Creek southwest of the city to sustain stream flow. Veteran water expert Charles Green reports an artesian well on the Albin Olson farm is flowing 260 to 225 gallons per minute into the creek but not enough to keep Legion Park lagoon full, prompting potential reopening of the Trognitz Springs if needed.
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Lodgepole Creek
Sidney
City Water Department
Charles Green
Albin Olson
Green
Legion Park
Herman van Aelstyn
Trognitz
House Armed Services OKs Public Works Appropriation
The House Armed Services Committee approved a 1 416 573 000 military public works bill. It includes 249 000 for Sioux Ordnance Depot to fund ammunition demolition and burning ground facilities. Final approval awaits full House and Senate action. work could begin in the new fiscal year starting July 1.
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House of Representatives Armed Services Committee
Army
Sioux
House
Senate
Washington
Farm Vandalism Reported In Potter County
Lumir Studnicka reported to Cheyenne County sheriff that a north Potter tractor was vandalized with dirt in the exhaust, jammed carburetor, and twisted bolts. Total damage estimate was not provided.
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Potter
Cheyenne County
Local Trade Stamps To Begin Friday In Sidney
Twenty seven Sidney firms will issue HoTown trading stamps starting Friday expanding the program already in Beatrice, McCook and Scotts Bluff. The Homtown Stamp Co operative Assn formed by thirty seven Sidney stockholders will operate under Nebraska law with many local businesses signed on.
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Sidney
Nebraska
Homtown Stamp Cooperative Assn
Beatrice, McCook and
Scottsbluff
Bagby’s Texaco
Barker Cleaners
Bu-Pro Gas Co
Farmers Produce Co
Fine’s
Foland Farm Machinery
Gerald's Texaco
Hardy-Clark Furniture Co
Harlan's Bakery
Haworth Hardware
Hecker's Texaco
Hughes-Josten Lumber Co
Hugh's Texaco
Joe A. Gibson Inc
Laura’s Gift and Floral
Frank Loch Electric
Moore's Paint and Glass Co
Olesen’s Body Shop
Sidney Nursery
Sidney Office Supply
Sidney Shoe Hospital
the Gift Shop
Town and Country Market
Wamsley’s Plimbing
Western Beauty Shop
Winter Drug Co
Plains Drive-In Theatre
Sidney City Council considers larger next year budget
A proposed Sidney city budget seeks 279 097 in tax funds for the coming year up from 267 846 this year to cover bond and interest payments. The plan adds Districts 63 75 paving bonds and the 13th Avenue underpass bonds, with operational costs rising modestly and cemetery and waste fund charges discussed for potential cuts.
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Sidney
Gordon Tobin
13Th Avenue
Murrey Fuller
Rudy Munderloh
Greenwood Cemetery
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Grops
Marshall
Minn
Louis Meyers
Meyers
Nue
C. S. Chambers
Joyce Abbot
Warren Mettlen
Farmers Doop Grain Co
12Th Avenue
Illinois
Hickory Streets
Mettlen
Ft. Sidney
L. O. Keedick
Mt. Vernon
Keedick
Hickory Street
Sidney Man
Kokier Motors
Country Club
Sidneyite
Soo
Nation's Capitol
Oks
Thompson
Munderloh
Fuller
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