Sidney Precinct Boundaries For Primary Vote Listed
Sidney precinct boundaries for the upcoming primary were announced by county clerk I. L. Pindell. Eight Sidney precincts map to 22 county precincts with polling places and hours set from 8 am to 8 pm Tuesday.
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Sidney
I. L. Pindell
Pindell
Haskell No
14Th Ave
Union Pacific Railroad
North Ward
Haskell
Foland Implement
Morrow
Sidney No
Tenth Ave
Union Pacific
18Th Ave
Central Ward
Costumes for Fort Sidney Days Rental Planned
Dennis Wamsley announces a stock of old time costumes for rent to enter Fort Sidney Days spirit. A downtown location will be secured for walk in selection. Nine beard prizes and a top honor for best historical couple, a free weekend at Castle Hotel Omaha, good through Dec 31 1956.
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Old Fort Sidney
Dennis Wamsley
Fort Sidney
Omaha
Castle Hotel
J G Japineau
Sidney
Second Annual Inaugural Ball Promised by Es Party
Es Party invites members and ladies to the second annual inaugural ball at the club rooms tomorrow night starting at 9. Ray Young will play the organ and Bill Acker the piano for free dancing and refreshments, per Exalted Ruler Howard Portz.
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Elks
Ray Young
Bill Ackerman
Howard Portz
Weather Forecast for Upcoming Evenings and Day
Partly cloudy with scattered showers this evening and tomorrow. Low tonight around 45 degrees. High tomorrow near 70 degrees.
Nebraska Wheat Sees Surface Moisture Gain but Subsoil Shortage
A 1956 spring soil moisture survey shows Nebraska wheat areas have more surface moisture than last year but less subsoil moisture. Tests across 129 winter wheat fields from April 26 to May 4 found average moisture depth at 42.5 inches, near 1947–54 average, with topsoil saturation down sharply from last year.
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Nebraska
State
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Farm Home Thief Makes Juicy Haul
A thief broke into the Harvey George farm home 12 miles west of Sidney on Monday. After removing a screen and breaking a window the family found only a bottle of prune juice missing from the refrigerator.
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Harvey George
Sidney
Georges
Optimism Marks Wheat Forecast In County And State
Cheyenne County officials and The Telegraph report winter wheat yields may reach six million bushels if favorable weather holds through harvest. The USDA boosts Nebraska winter wheat outlook from 66 to over 72 million bushels, citing a shift to harvested acreage base and helpful rains. Subsoil moisture remains short in parts of the state.
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Cheyenne County
Telegraph
Southwest
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Nebraska
Federal
Division of Agriculture Statistics
Funeral set Saturday for Mrs. John Zwickl
Funeral services for 62 year old Mrs. John Zwickl will be held Saturday at 9 am from St. Patrick's Church with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Rosary is at 7:30 pm tonight at Craig Mortuary. Survived by husband, three daughters, three sons, six sisters, three brothers, and 15 grandchildren plus two great grandchildren. Her baptism at Assumption and longtime parish activity noted.
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John Zwickl
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
Albert Albel
St. Patrick's Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Craig Mortuary
Rosary
Mary J. Biederich
Michael and
Eva
Earl Montgomery
Casper
John Hoffman
Doniphan
Neb
W. M. Trausch
A. G. Bourg
Roseland
Joseph Green
Herndon
Kan
John
Fremont
Nick
Long Beach
P. M
Spokane
Big Shipment Of Farm Machinery From Sidney
Fifty trucks from regional dealers rolled to the Sidney IHC warehouse docks to move a record quantity of farm equipment. The scene underscores Sidney as a leading western distribution point. Weather improvements sparked a brisk upturn in field work after a late cold snap delayed spring planting. Dealers arrived in caravans of one to five trucks, with estimates of a truckload leaving every 30 minutes and additional full carload shipments.
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Regional International
Harvester
Sidney Ihc
Sidney
West
Lee Sluman
THC
Sluman
University trial tests chemicals to cut fallow costs
The University of Nebraska experiment station begins a 28 acre fallow study on Louis Miller’s farm near Gurley to cut summer fallow costs and preserve soil residue. Neal Shafer directs four tillage methods and seven chemical applications to store moisture, reduce soil blowing, and improve rainfall retention for winter wheat in the Panhandle.
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University of Nebraska
Western Nebraska
Louis Miller
Gurley
Miller
Panhandle
Neal Shafer
Lincoln Experiment Station
Shafer
Science Resource Committee Forms At Nebraska Wesleyan
Nebraska Wesleyan University creates the Science Resource committee to answer high school student questions about science careers. Chancellor A L Forrest urges preparation to teach physics chemistry biology and related fields. The board includes six science leaders and Lincoln youth advocates with letters to Walter French.
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Nebraska High ‘School
Nebraska Wesleyan University Science Resource Committee
A. Leland Forrest
Forrest
Wesleyan
Wesleyan Science
Lincoln
Walter French
Division of Natural Sciences
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Neb
Rolland M. Zabel
Lamp
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Harvard H. Hull
Farnsworth Electronics Corporation
Chris P. Keim
Union Carbide Company
Oak Ridge
Emerson E. Jones
Consumers Public Power District
Nathan J. Gold
Board of
Gold & Company
Steven N Watkins
Lincoln Public
Depot Paper To Be Printed Thursday and June
The Telegraph will publish two monthly editions of The Sec Ordville Arrow over the next five weeks. The May edition, printed May 17, highlights the Sioux Ordnance Depot open house on May 20 with distribution to 1,150 depot employees and attendees. The June 14 edition coincides with Fort Sidney Days, focusing on depot activities and personnel. Ira Johnson leads news submissions from depot staff, with Col Wayne L. Wood predicting strong Armed Forces Day impact.
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the Telegraph
Sec-Ordville Arrow
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Fort Sidney
Telegraph
Ira Johnson
Sioux
Wayne L. Wood
Painting Of Lanes On Highway 30 Slated Next Month
Lincoln state highway traffic engineer Bob Meyers told Sidney City Manager Murrey Fuller that a state painting crew will mark four lanes on Illinois Street Highway 30 next month. No parking will be affected, Fuller said, as the lane painting aims to improve traffic flow.
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Illinois St
Bob Meyers
Lincoln
Sidney
Murrey Fuller
Highway 30
Fuller
Elks Sponsor Mom's Day Event at Sidney Lodge
The Sidney Elks Lodge will host a Mother’s Day program Sunday at 2 30 PM. The public ritual marks an Elks calendar event with flowers to all attendees and bouquests presented to the oldest and youngest mothers.
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Elks
Sidney Elks Lodge
Mrs. Sharp Dies Mother Of Sidneyite At 73
Laura A. Sharp 73 of 2041 Humboldt St Denver died Monday at Denver General Hospital funeral plans by Craig Mortuary Sidney and Moore Mortuary Denver Born April 13 1883 in Sarpy County Nebraska she had lived in Denver 26 years Survived by son Lawrence sister Mrs Emily Carrick Denver two brothers Archie Johnson Merriman Neb and James Johnson California and two grandsons
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Laura A. Sharp
Humboldt St
Denver
Lawrence M. Sharp
Sidney
Denver General Hospital
Craig Mortuary
Moore Mortuary
Sarpy County
Neb
Sharp
Lawrence
Emily Carrick
Archie Johnson
Merriman, Neb
James Johnson
California
Hearing Date For Air Case Set In Omaha
Public hearing for the seven states airline case will start July 17 in the Paxton Hotel Omaha. The CAB will hear affidavits and written exhibits from 500 communities including Sidney with fourteen airlines involved. Sidney seeks north south service to Denver and east west routes to Omaha and Lincoln.
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Omaha
Civil Aeronautics Board
Sidney
Paxton
CAB
Fuller
Denver
Lincoln
Business People On High School Panel
A Sidney community panel of seven business people discussed Meeting the Public for Sidney High School office practice. Participants included Sharon Brown Marilyn Sunderman William Lyddon W R Jervis Everett Graff Dorothy Ras musssen and Dave Young with observers Weymouth Nimtz Casey. Nancy Davis moderated and Carol Krueger hosted refreshments afterward.
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Sidney
Sidney High School
Sharon Brown
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
Marilyn Sunderman
The
Ohio Oil Co
William Lyddon
Ben Franklin
W. R. Jervis
B. H Grimm
Everett Graff
W D. Messenger C P. A
Dorothy Rasmusssen
Sidney Public Utilities
Dave Young
O. J. Weymouth
A. E. Nimtz
Max Casey
Nancy Davis
Carol Krueger
Mobile Home Show Kicks Off in Alliance May 11 12
The first annual Mobile Homes Show in Western Nebraska is scheduled for Alliance on May 11 and 12. Sponsored by the Alliance Chamber of Commerce, the event features a $150000 display of trailer homes including 25 brand new models and a 49 by 10 foot Marathon with three bedrooms. It marks the first showing of this trailer type in the United States.
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Nebraska
Alliance Today
Alliance Chamber of Commerce
United States
New Well Added In McLernon Field
Planning for Oil Progress Week was set at a noon luncheon with the local committee. Bob McMillen of Ohio Oil Co. chairs the group aided by Milt Beidelman and Newt Lewis from The Platte Pipe Line. The Oil Industry Information Committee members urged earlier planning and attended with several locals.
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Bob McMillen
Ohio Oil Co
Oil Industry Information Committee
Milt Beidelman
Newt Lewis
Platte Pipe Line
McMillen
Underpass Project Construction Work Ahead Of Schedule
The 13th Ave underpass project in Sidney is about 23 percent done with 15 percent of time elapsed. Final completion is expected in October. A four man inspection party including Henry Schlitt and L O Grahma viewed the ahead of schedule subway. Pumps to drain the underpass will handle 1,500 gallons per minute. The roadway will be 15 feet wide with an east sidewalk.
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13Th Ave
Sidney
State Highway Department
Henry Schlitt
L O. Grahma
G. S. Strobel
W. S. Mackintosh
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Funeral Set Monday For Trujillo Infant
Private funeral services will be held at 9 am Monday from Gehrig and Son Funeral Home for Steve Anthony Trujillo eighteen month old son of Floyd and Mrs Trujillo of SOD who died this morning in Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Born November 26 1954 in Sterling the child was hospitalized a week for illness caused by measles with complications. Survived by his parents two brothers Floyd Gregory seven and Paul nine.
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Gehrig and Son
Steve Anthony Trujillo
Floyd Trujillo
SOD
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
Albert Albel
Greenwood Cemetery
Sterling
Floyd Gregory
Paul
PTA Groups Backing Sales Tax Campaign
Nebraska PTA units plan petitions for a state constitutional amendment to earmark the first two percent of any sales tax for public schools by attendance basis. The campaign began in Gering and Scottsbluff with local groups backing the measure.
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Nebraska Parent Teacher Association
Gering
Scottsbluff
Three Wildcat Discoveries In Kimball Area
Kimball county reports three wildcat oil discoveries in separate spots. Frontier Refining Co drills Burdick No 2 north of Bushnell with a DST yielding 2,010 barrels of oil. Murfin and Sutton report Fernquist No 1 with 1,040 barrels oil. Wytex Oil Bertramson No 1 east of Dix shows 110 barrels oil in its DST.
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McLernon
Sidney
Lewis Brothers, Inc
Cheyenne County
Ohio Oil
West Sidney
Nelson No. 1
Ohio
Wytex Oil
Harlan No. 2
Maley
Miracle Fifer
Anderson No. 1
Rixleben
Colorado Western
Reimers
Kimball
Kimball County
Frontier Refining Co
Burdick No. 2
Bushnell
Frontier
Burdick No 1
Johnie Carter
Murfin and Sutton
Dix
Schmid
Cizek
Wytex Oil Corp
Bertramson No 1
Voss
Potter Fields
Miracle-Fifer
Maxey Drilling Co
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Jack Elliott
University of Nebraska Board of Regents
Nebraska Panhandle
Elliott
Aoe
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
Charles Christensen
O.K
Dwight Burney
Hartington
Burney
Charles Warner
Science Study Foundation
Business People
Trujillo
PTA
Kimball Area
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