Bixler Leads Petition Drive To End Nebraska Property Tax
Sen. Monroe Bixler of Harrison announces an initiative petition campaign to erase state property tax on tangible and intangible property after 1950. The plan asks for a 56,794 signature threshold across 38 counties and would create homestead credits with set caps.
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Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Monroe Bixler
Harrison
Bixler
People’s Committee
People’s Tax Relief Committee
Lone Wolf
S Bixler
William McHenry
Nelson
County Assessor Counts Forty Five Phone Firms in County
County Assessor Roy Gish announced there are 45 telephone companies in Cheyenne County excluding Northwestern Bell and AT&T. A map of all phone lines is to be drawn this year, and only 25 of the 45 have filed business property schedules so far. Many firms operate from rural village exchanges with poles, lines, insulators and telephones.
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Cheyenne County
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
American Telephone & Telegraph
Roy Gish
Gish
WMCC votes favor to university funds
Hay Springs Nebraska WMCC acts to support full budget requests of the University of Nebraska and four state teachers colleges. It also backs cutting the state institutional building fund levy to at least three fourths of a mill. Dr. Barton Kline urged lifting Nebraska higher education from the horse and buggy era. John Keriakedes will deliver the resolution to the Unicameral Budget Committee and file it with key legislative leaders.
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Hay Springs
Nebraska
Two New Oil Well Locations Reported in Cheyenne County
Petroleum Inc sinks a wildcat four miles east of Potter near Highway 30 at Gunderson B No. 1. Chandler Musgrove lines up State C No. 1 near 36-13-53 NE NE. Goranson No. 1 runs in Kimball County. Multiple rigs active include Mary Egging No 1 and Taylor No 1 wildcats along with Wytex and Raymond and Pan American projects across several counties.
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Cheyenne County
Petroleum, Inc
Potter
Gunderson
Shell Oil
Whitney
Sage
Durland Trust
Baumgartner
Wytex Oil Corp
State
Banner County
Wildcat
Raymond Oil Co
Furman
Dawes County
Johnson No
Raymond Field
Pan American Pet. Corp
Earl Vowers
Kimball County
Sloss State Field
Ostgren
Vowers Field
Shell Oil Co
van Pelt
British American Oil Prod. Co
Johnson
Oliver Reservoir
Gulf Oil Corp
Nagel
Indian Springs
Plains Exploration Co
Garden County
Warrior Oil Co
Roach
Baltensperger
Davis Oil Co
Lancomer
Sioux County
Lees
Deuel County
Ramsey No
Champlin Oil & Ref. Co
Republic Natural Gas Co
Peterson
Barth
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Wolf
Wykert
T. C. T. Corp. Et al
Vogler
Kimball Field
Sloss Field
Starts Tuesday at the Fox according to Whiteman
The article notes Kansas Nebraska gas reserves at end of 1956 were the highest in history, enough to cover 1956 sales for 35 years. It describes an integrated gas system serving 218 communities in Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska with 66 wholesale and 152 retail outlets. It highlights sugar beets as a high yielding crop and government incentive payments of 80 cents per hundred weight for beets, with restrictions on allotments and market availability serving farmers.
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Cording
Whiteman
Kansas-Nebraska
Oklahoma
Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
Peterson
Kansas-Nebraska Seeks Gas Rate Increase
Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Co filed with the Federal Power Commission for a May 1 1957 rate rise for Nebraska wholesale gasSales would not affect customers in Colorado Kansas or Nebras ka retail towns. The 1956 cost of service exceeded wholesale revenue by 661679 while the proposed increase is 650125. The company cites long term rate reductions and notes its wholesale rate would still be lower than most large pipelines.
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Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Co
Federal Power Commission
Nebraska
Kansas - Nebraska
S. D. Whiteman
Colorado
Kansas
Kansas-Nebraska
Sidney CAP Unit Gains High Rating
The Sidney Civil Air Patrol squadron placed second in Nebraska in February under a new point system evaluating CAP effectiveness. Attending the Omaha meeting were Jim Waggoner, Fred Parks, and Pat Heaton Jr. The Sidney unit rose from sixth to second in one month, with Lincoln ahead. Members from Sidney Scottsbluff Chadron Alliance and Ainsworth squadrons flew to Omaha for the event. A wing officer will inspect the Sidney CAP at the March 26 meeting.
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Sidney
Civil Air Patrol
Nebraska
Omaha
Jim Waggoner
Fred Parks
Pat Heaton Jr
Mth
Lincoln
Sidneyites
Farmers Seek Sugar Beet Al lotments In 1957 Shortage
Lincoln report from Everett E Peterson Extension economist at the University of Nebraska notes farmers may struggle to obtain sugar beet allotments in 1957 as requests exceed the limited acreage. Any farmer may apply to the county Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committee for an allotment.
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Lincoln
Everett E Peterson
The
University of Nebraska
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Hollywood Gossip Bits Roundup of Mario Lanza and Friends
In Hollywood Mario Lanza endures family tragedy as a Bryn Mawr aunt’s home burns after a call reveal. Tab Hunter invites Venetia Stevenson to a recording session while Brando weighs selling his large home post Sayonara. Piper Laurie heads toward Europe with foster kids. Liz Whitney stirs a hat prank. others eye shows, marriages, and projects across the scene.
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Hollywood
Mario Lanza
Mario
Bryn Mawy
Alfred Gagliardi
Tab Hunter
Venetia Stevenson
Venetia
Russ Tamblyn
CBS
Warners
Marlon Brando
Marlon
Europe
Mocambo
Liz Whitney
Martha Ellis
Liz
Martha
Balboa Explorer Crossed Isthmus East of Current Spot
An explorer notes Balboa never saw Balboa Hill in Panama and mentions crossing the Isthmus about 120 miles east of the present location.
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Balboa
Balboa Hill
Panama
Grain Markets Wheat Prices From Local Elevator
Grain markets report No 1 Wheat at 2.00 per bushel and No 2 Wheat at 1.99 per bushel from local elevator sources.
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Boss
Joe Flynn
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Fox
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RKO
Ruth Roman
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Judy Holliday
Richard Conte
Columbia Pictures
K-N
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Ainsworth
Harrison Carroll
Drama
Richard Vath
Mary Beth Hughes
Vath
Barbara
Ard Vath
Mary Beth
Eve Arden
Piper Laurie
Rome
MGM
New York
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Tita Purdom
Loretta Young
Lili St. Cyr
Ted Jordan
Yma Sumac
Moises Vivanco
Yma
Andy Griffiths
Ensenada
Mervyn le Roy
Tony Martin
Freddie Martin
Cocoanut Grove
Beverly Barnett
Gina
Ruth Lewis
Bertrand Castelli
Frascati’s
Rod MckKuen
Peggy Dietrich
Columbia
Elizabeth Stiner
Marty Tannenbaum
Leigh Snowden
Twentieth Century-Fox
Anant
Aire
Telegraph
Theatre
Vistav
Salvatore Baccalon
Ion
Mexico
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William Bishop - cLor McGhee
Man
WLM
Campoel
Karen Share
Anita Eker
Berry Kroeder
Paul Fix
Mike Mazurke
Robert Keys
Virgo
MR. Grabel
Lee Grabel
Sidney Junior High
Sidney Kiwanis Club
Plymouth
Elwell
Jett
Rock Hudson
Mercedes McCambridge
George Stevens
Luna Ferber
Elizabeth Taylor
Leslie Lynnton
Rick Benedict
Jett Rink
Warner Gace
Wanner Co
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