Safety Check Day Set By City Officials In May
Mayor J L Thorpe proclaims Saturday May 14 as Safety Check Day for motor vehicles in Sidney Nebraska. The event, sponsored by the Sidney New Car Dealers Association and the National Automobile Dealers Association, runs 9 am to 4 pm on 10th Street between Jackson and King with police directing brief checks for obvious hazards.
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J. L. Thorpe
Sidney New Car Dealers Association
The
National Automobile Dealers Association
Sidney Police Department
Sioux Occupational Training Center
10Th
Jackson
King Streets
Thorpe
Auto Dealers Traffic Safety Council
Sidney
Nebraska
Cheyenne County
Panhandle forecast shows mixed precipitation and rising temperatures
The Panhandle expects light rain or snow or mixed precipitation tonight with northerly winds 15 to 25 mph. Lows near 30 to 40, highs in the 50s. Thursday will be partly cloudy with temps near normal. highs around 70, lows 40 to 45. Expect scattered afternoon and evening showers or thunderstorms through Monday with day to day changes.
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Panhandle
Sandstedt Reassures Sidney Air Service Not Threatened
State Aeronautics Director James Sandstedt said Lincoln Alliance and Sidney will not lose scheduled air service despite subpar traffic. Frontier Airlines plans to switch to Convair 580 jets, boosting passengers once Sidney extends its runway and potential route realignments occur.
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Lincoln Alliance
Sidney
James Sandstedt
Sandstedt
Frontier Airlines
Nebraska
Civil Aeronautics Board
Dale Kindred
Frontier
Convair
Work Likely On Hospital By Sept 1st
Memorial Hospital and Home plans a three part expansion with $75,000 for a 19 bed addition $60,000 to enlarge the dietary department and $35,000 to relocate and enlarge the boiler room. A contract with Scottsbluff architect Howard Duncan is under review and plans should be ready for bids in 60 to 90 days, with work possible by September 1st or later. The facility backs a high capacity nearing full occupancy amid safety concerns and is valued well over $1 million.
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Memorial Hospital and
Howard Duncan
Scottsbluff
Memorial Rest Home
Memorial Hospital
American Hospital Assn
Oil Flood Trials Begin in McCook Nebraska
In Southwestern Nebraska water injection is being tried to boost oil output and extend field life. Primary recovery from Red Willow County fields is fading, with secondary recovery expected to yield 10 to 15 more years. The State Oil and Gas Conservation Commission authorized water injection in Ackman and Sleepy Hollow Fields. About 36 producers total ~550 barrels daily, potentially surpassing 1961 peak of 3000. Fourteen injection wells flood the Ackman field where roughly 30 workers laid lines and built the flood plant.
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McCook
Nebraska
Red Willow County
State Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Ackman
Sleepy Hollow
County 8th Grade Graduation Scheduled Friday Afternoon
Nineteen rural school students will receive eighth grade diplomas in a 2 PM ceremony at the Elks Auditorium. Cheyenne County Schools Superintendent John W. Webb will present the degrees. District 14 through 80 students and district groups perform songs, poems, and skits amid processional and recessional pieces.
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Stuents
Elks
Cheyenne County
John W. Webb
Betty Lu Bruns
Frank Mattoon
Sidney Attorney
Mary Poppins
Connie Krueger
Linda Owens
Nebraska
Daniel Dalton
Voters Challenge County Office Plans in Tight Races
In Cheyenne County two commissioner races centered on courthouse funding. Republican nominee Douglas Boyd said district sentiment opposes a new courthouse by about 80 to 20, preferring improvements or space rental. Incumbent Carl Olson argued his stance with a prior mill levy. Republican Francis Runge and Democrat William G. Smith also weighed the issue, while Democrat Tom Lenzen won the 2nd district nomination but did not comment.
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Cheyenne
Douglas Boyd
Carl L. Olson
Olson
Francis Runge
Runge
Chambers
William G. Smith
Smith
Potter
Tom Lenzen
Leonard Fine
Collection For Goodwill Set In Sidney and Potter
A spring clothing drive for Goodwill Industries Denver will be held in Sidney and Potter on Tuesday May 17. The Womens Society of Christian Service sponsors the event with Mrs. Coulter in charge at Potter and Mrs. Niekum in Sidney. Donations of clothing shoes bedding and linens are requested at the Potter and Sidney Methodist Churches before May 17. Goods will be picked up by Goodwill to support the Denver Sheltered Workshop aiding training evaluation and employment for hundreds of handicapped men and women who repair donated items and sell them in Goodwill stores.
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Goodwill Industries
Denver
Sidney
Potter
Women’s Society of Christian Service
James A. Coulter
George Niekum
Methodist
Methodist Church
Goodwill
County Vote Follows State in Nebraska Off-Year Primary
Cheyenne County, with turnout topping 300,000 statewide, mirrors Nebraska's primary pattern except for key GOP races. Bruce Hagemeister led in Cheyenne County for Governor with a third-place state showing. Byron Johnson topped locally in Lt Governor GOP votes amid incomplete statewide totals.
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Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Byron Johnson
Gering
U. S. Senate
Frank Morrison
Raymond
Arndt
Phil Sorensen
J. W. Burbach
Henry Ley
Ross Rasmussen
Terry Carpenter
George A. Meister
Arthur Case
Fred Sorensen
Ralph
Dalton Area Drilling Set Near Cheyenne County Site
Banner Drilling Co. locates an oil drilling area near Cheyenne County in the No. 1 Scherer GW SW Sec. 33-17-49. It sits about a half mile south of current production and is slated to target the J sand.
Cheyenne County Primary Yields Wide Ranging Races
A record turnout of 2957 voters in Cheyenne County with 1909 Republicans and 1048 Democrats. Key results: Kermit Brumbaugh defeats Eugene Morris Sr. for Sheriff. Douglas Boyd tops Carl Olson for County Commissioner District 2. John Underdown defeats Mable Jorgensen for Treasurer. Runge, Lenzen, and Swanson win other Republican nominations. Lenzen and Swanson secure Democratic bids. Incumbent county posts and non political seats also decided. final general election matchups set for sheriff, commissioners, assessor, and clerks.
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Cheyenne County
Kermit Brumbaugh
Eugene Morris Sr
Ruby Spindler Henkle
Irwin A. Caldwell
Lodgepole High School
Public Defender
Guy F. Bush
Wheatbelt
Wayne FE. Bond
Raymond Weed
Roy E. Earnhart
Lumir Studnicka
Weed Board
Earnhart
Studnicka
Cheyenne
John Peetz Jr
Weather assorted damp and cold across the area
The region experienced cold windy and damp conditions with up to half an inch of rain in places. A shower occurred at Sioux Army Depot with high precipitation in Potter Gurley and Dal ton. Light rain and snow flurries were seen this morning. Temperatures ranged from 35 to 65 in recent days with a forecast of no major warmup and a predicted low near 30 tonight.
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Sioux Army Depot
Potter
Gurley
Dalton
Sidney
Hogs Remain Strong At Sidney Market
The Sidney Livestock Sales Pavilion saw a higher hog market last week with 224 head sold. Individual sales included $23.60 to Ken Weyerts $22.60 to Ken Larson $23.40 to Nien haeser and Meyer $23.25 to Ken Dickinson $23.30 to Charles Krueger $23.50 to Dean Hecker and $23.40 to Edgar Aurich. Heavy hogs fetched higher prices than central markets while steer calves brought $28.45 and yearlings $27.70. Cat tle and hogs are expected to offer again next Saturday as prices remain firm versus western Nebraska and northeastern Colorado markets.
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Sidney
Ken Weyerts
Ken Larson
Nienhaeser
Meyer
Ken Dickinson
Charles Krueger
Dean Hecker
Edgar Aurich
Denver
Omaha
Dave Truss
Nebraska
Colorado
Mr. Truss
WNUCC Meets At Hemingford
W J Skutt chairman of Mutual of Omaha United Benefit Life Insurance Co and Companion Life Insurance Co will be banquet speaker at the Western Nebraska United Chambers of Commerce meeting in Hemingford Thursday Session starts 2 30 p m in Hemingford Utilities Building Social hour 5 to 6 15 p m Legion Memorial Hall banquet 6 30 p m Methodist Church dining hall
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Hemingford
W. J. Skutt
Mutual of Omaha
United Benefit Life Insurance Co
Omaha
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Champlin Petroleum Company
Sidney Field
Goodland
Kansas
Telegraph
Mark Miller
Diane Dee Dykman
Marcia Ann Flessner
Ben Jurgens
Connie Lee Kru
Eger
Robert Kurz Jr
Linda Yvonne Owens
Peggy LuAnn Sharman
Douglas Fasten
Sonja Ann Lee
Steven L. Olson
Michael Ray Jessen
David Eugene Miller
Deborah Dee Miller
Daniel Paul Dal
John Underdown
ED Swanson
Sidney, Potter
Bruce Hagemeister
Fern Hubbard Orme
Kenneth Bowen
Sam Klaver
John Everroad
Edwin Hart
Philip Anderson
Frank Marsh
Ray C. Johnson
Wayne Swanson
Richard Larson
Herman Christensen
Clarence Meyer
Dave Martin
Dalton Area Drilling Set
Underdown
Swanson
Brumbaugh
Lenzen
Boyd
Range
Mable Jorgensen
Raymond Lessman
Stewart Brown
Jack Curless
Fine
Lessman
Jorgensen
Milt Nissen
Ralph Englert
WNUCC
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