Pursued Youths Crash Into 35 Foot Light Pole in Sidney
Three youths led Deputy Sheriff Gene Morris on a wild chase from a gas theft near Ready-Mixed Concrete to a wheat-field escape. The 1950s Ford struck a 35-foot electric light pole near 13th and Solano Drive, injuring Curtis Edler 19, Pat Mika 23, and Jimmy Lerma 20. Edler and Mika faced charges for willful reckless driving petty larceny and gasoline theft. Lerma also faces petit larceny charges. City workers rushed to disable live wires as the pole fell near a home. Mika remained hospitalized Friday. Edler and Lerma were in jail.
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Curtis Edler
South Sidney
13Th Street
Gene Morris
Country Club
Sidney
Country Club Heights
City Electrical Department
Jimmy Lerma
Pat Mika
Lodgepole
Edler
Mika
Lerma
Frank Balderson
Morris
17Th & CB & Q Railroad
Balderson
Edler and Lerma
Carl Olson
Richard Sneith
Chappell
Harley Tallmage
Brownson
Greeley
Edler Auto
Wheat
Toledo
13Th
Solano Drive
Henrietta Borcher
Nearly 1000 Musicians to Compete in Music Festival
About 1,000 musicians from 15 communities travel to Chappell for the annual South Platte Valley Music Festival on Monday. The event gathers bands choirs and soloists in a regional showcase with prominent local participants.
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Chappell
Business Holding Steady In State
Nebraska's December business volume and January retail sales show no recession signals per the University of Nebraska report Business in Nebraska compiled by Ed gar Palmer. Farm marketings in December lagged 1959, while January sales rose nearly 11 percent from a year earlier amid mixed weather conditions.
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Lincoln — Nebraska
Nebraska
University of Nebraska
Department of Business Research
Edgar Palmer
Light Showers Improve Farm Outlook in Sidney Area
Light rain across Sidney and southern Panhandle areas this morning kept soil moist and aided early spring field work. The forecast calls for more light showers over the weekend with partly cloudy skies, while moisture remains crucial for winter wheat before June 1.
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Sidney
Panhandle
Colorado
Nebraska
U. S. Weather Bureau
Lodgepole To Host Festival Of Music For LPVAA Group
Lodgepole to host the Lodgepole Valley Activities Association music festival next Wednesday. Lydiatt of LHS is director. About 800 participants from 14 conference schools expected. Events run 8:30 am start for competitions. bands 5:15 pm, choruses 6:44 pm. Schools competing include Sunol, Dalton, Potter, Dix, Big Springs, Lorenzo, Sidney St Pat’s, Mitchell, Sunflower, Melbeta, McGrew, Lodgepole, Harsburg, Bushnell, Gurley.
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Lodgepole
Lodgepole Valley Activities Association
Lydiatt
LHS
LPVAA
LGS
Leo Denbo
Chappell
Harry McNees
Kimball
Sunol
Dalton
Potter
Dix
Big Springs
Lorenzo
Sidney St. Pat’s
Mitchell
Sunflower
Melbeta
McGrew
Harsburg
Bushnell
Gurley
Brigadoon dress rehearsal shows promise for opening nights
A local review praises Brigadoon for strong music and dancing with terrific scenery lighting. The piece notes the story moves slowly at first then quickens, and warns impatient viewers to expect a nuanced plot. Audience and cast receive credit for the show’s potential.
Lodgepole Lions to Place Farm Location Signs
Lodgepole Lions Club sponsors a project to ease farm location finding around Lodgepole. Wayne Bond says 160 signs will be set at about 35 intersections in clusters, listing farmer or rancher names with distance and direction. Signs target a four mile west, eight north, six south and two east area, with some inclusions or exclusions possible.
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Lodgepole
Lodgepole Lions Club
Wayne Bond
Lions
Bond
Lodgepole Nebraskan
Obituary: Sadie McFadden 81 of Sidney Dies in Oakland California
Sadie McFadden 81, a longtime member of Sidney's oldest family, died Wednesday in an Oakland hospital after extended illness. Born December 2, 1879, she taught in Dalton and Cheyenne County rural schools, served at the Sidney post office, and is survived by sisters Rose and Grace in Sidney, Kathryn Cameron of Pasadena, nieces and nephews including Jean McIntosh, Clifton McIntosh, and Cameron Johnston. Funeral Saturday at St. Mary's Oakland with burial at St. Mary's Cemetery. Piedmont Mortuary handling arrangements.
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Sadie McFadden
California
Sidney
Oakland, Calif
Oakland
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
Piedmont Mortuary
Miss McFadden
Hugh
Sarah Dougherty McFadden
Ft. Sidney
Dalton
Cheyenne County
McFadden
Sidney Post Office
John McIntosh
L. Pindell
Rose
Grace
Kathryn Cameron
Pasadena
Calif
Jean McIntosh
Cheynne
Clifton McIntosh
Fremont
Neb
Cameron Johnston
Sacramento
California Operator Eyes Deep Test Northwest of Potter
Reports from Cheyenne and Kimball counties indicate Panhandle drilling momentum with a planned pre Cretaceous deep test northwest of Potter. Ohio Oil 최근 No 1 Nielsen in Cheyenne County yielded oil and water from J sand. Shell No 1 Nielsen previously failed at similar depth. Kimball County discoveries include No 1 Kosch and Kennedy Johnson wildcat tests with substantial oil shows.
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Cheyenne
Kimball
Potter
Cheyenne County
Ohio Oil
Ohio
Kelly
Shell Oil
Shell
Kimball County
Telegraph
Banner County
Champlin Oil and Refining
Kosch
Chandler & Simpson
Kennedy - Johnson
Panhandle
Superior Oil Company
Magnolia Petroleum
Potter Field
Magnolia
Chase Group
Travis
Chase
Heideman
Morrill County
Nebraska
Denver-Julesburg
F. Raymond
Juells
Lindberg Field
Morrill
Raymond Oil Company, Inc
Stwarco Oil Company, Inc
Warrior Oil Company
Johnson
Raymond Field
Cheyenne County Land Among Three Panhandle Tracts For Lease
A tract of land in Cheyenne County south of the panhandle will be offered for lease March 31 by the Board of Educational Lands and Funds in Lincoln. The Cheyenne County site lies west of O Connell field and is listed with two Kimball County tracts. Additional parcels include 640 acre tracts in Kimball and other county parcels across Dawes Frontier Garden Hayes Hitchcock Lincoln Sheridan and Valley counties.
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Cheyenne County
Panhandle
Board of Educational Lands and Funds
Lincoln
O'Connell Field
Kimball
Kimball County
Dawes
Frontier
Garden
Hayes
Hitchcock
Sheridan
Valley Counties
Backing Change of Depot Name in Lincoln and Sidney
Nebraska lawmakers and officials in Lincoln and Washington are considering renaming Sioux Ordnance Depot to Ft. Sidney Ordnance Depot. Senators Hruska and Curtis and Rep. Martin pledge support, with Col. Harvey Bower endorsing the change. A decision may come in two to three weeks as the city of Sidney urges unity with the depot ahead of Ft. Sidney Days in June.
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Hruska
Curtis
Martin
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Ft. Sidney
Lincoln
Washington, D.C
Nebraska
Roman Hruska
Carl Curtis
Dave Martin
Frank Morrison
Sidney
Harvey Bower
Sioux
Washington
Col. Bower
Department of the Army
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Youth
George Ott
Charles Ball
13Th Avenue
Ball
Fort Sidney
Ninth
Illinois
Lpvaa Group
Ruth Jane Dotts
Mr. Lundie
Hull Cook
Sidney Senior High Auditorium
R Afelac
Rick Miller
US Weather Bureau
Cheyenne County School Land
Jaycees
Junior Chamber
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