Safflower crop signs huge PVO intake across plains
Pacific Vegetable Oil Co plans to contract about 5 000 acres of safflower in eastern Wyoming western Nebraska and northeastern Colorado with field rep Ken Woodward saying 600 pounds per acre could yield 10 000 tons. Farmers pace planting May through June while weather and yields determine 1898 prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Vegetable Oil Co
General ‘Mills
Sidney
Wyoming
Nebraska
Colorado
Ken Woodward
Woodward
Scottsbluff
Tocom- Tener
Walt
Iin
Satlower
Cheyenne County
PVO
Great Plains
Aid Boost for Dependent Children Affects 32 Cheyenne Families
Nebraska lawmakers approved LB 416 moving ADC payments from 85 to 100 dollars monthly per family with one dependent and 18 dollars per additional child. In Cheyenne County 32 families were receiving the maximum. eligibility for the new maximum will depend on need. The measure, introduced by Otto Partsche and Orme, takes effect 90 days after adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Cheyenne
Joans: Hart
Nebraska
Zelia
ADC
Hart
Sens
Norman Otto
Kearney
Stanley Partsche
Fern Hubbard Orme
Lincoln
Sha
Jimmy Dorsey Band To Play At Lodgepole
The Lodgepole American Legion announces the Jimmy Dorsey Band will perform at the Legion Hall in Lodgepole on Monday June 8. Advance tickets go on sale but seating is limited to building capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Dorsey
Lodgepole
Lodgepole American Legion
Legion Hall
VFW District Meeting Set Here Sunday
A District VFW meeting will be held in Sidney Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Post Home with five Western Nebraska towns represented. Election of officers is on the agenda led by District Commander Lawrence Engstrom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Sidney
Nebraska
Scottsbluff
Bridgeport
Lyman
Kimball
Lawrence Engstrom
Tom Lenzen
Hastings
Sidney Post
Buddy
Loyde Adams
VFW
Dale Flora Named President of Dalton Lions Club
Dale Flora was elected president of the Dalton Lions Club at Tuesday night’s annual officer election. Kenneth McRoberts became first vice president, William Waite second vice president, Rev. Joan Rupley third vice president, Albert Kruger secretary, and Dudley Jillson treasurer. Other officers include Warren Hathaway tail twister and Edward Lessman Lion Tanner. Directors for two year terms are Sam Michal and John Heizer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Dale Flora
Lions Club
Kenneth McRoberts
William Waite
Joan Rupley
Albert Kruger
Dudley Jillson
Warren Hathaway
Tail Twister
Edward Lessman
Lion Tanner
Sam Michal
John Heizer
Band Plans Benefit Dance To Fund Portland Rose Festival Trip
Sidney band members will canvass city neighborhoods Friday to sell tickets for a benefit dance Saturday night at the Armory. Proceeds fund a trip to Portland for the Rose Festival. Millard Music and his band donate their services. Tickets cost 1 for adults and 50 cents for schoolchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armory
Portland, Ore
Jerry Felt
Bonnie Brown
Calvin Outright
Sidney
Portland
Oregon
Millard Music
Council approves permits and road closure for carnival area
City Council permitted nine building projects totaling about 55 000 including a 25 000 brick office at 1110 10th Ave by Rankin Building Co of Torrington Wyoming. Also approved 15 000 Maple and 13 500 Monterey Drive homes, a 1 200 car garage, a 30 sign, and closure of 12th Ave between Linden and Jackson for Fort Sidney Days carnival. They also authorized foreclosure action on nine sewer districts for non payment.
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Chamber of Commerce
12Th Ave
Linden
Jackson
Fort Sidney
Rankin Building Co
Torrington
Wyo
10Th Ave
Fontier Music Building
Frank Kokes
D. D. Retzlaff
Wlinois
Ninz
Lyle Mather Named City Offices Manager and Accountant
Lyle Mather, 34, of Sidney, will become city offices manager and accountant, succeeding Jim Willis who resigned to become City Finance Officer in Richland, Washington. Mather starts duties May 25 after previously serving as office manager of Wheat Belt Power District for seven years and working for a Pueblo accounting firm as a CPA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Mather
Sidney
Tom Coffey
Jim Willis
Richland
Wash
Mather
City O
Wheatbelt
Pueblo
Colo
Cole Circus to Show Here in Sidney Thursday May 21
According to John Frazier, general agent, the Cole Circus will perform in Sidney on Thursday May 21. Now in its fiftieth year, the circus promotes entertaining acts and animal spectacles. A convoy of 20 trucks with over 100 animals will arrive the morning of May 21 with crews and equipment. tent erection begins around 7 am. The public may watch the elephant team set up and many wild animal cages will be open for free inspection from 9 am to 11:30 am.
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Cole Circus
Sidney
John Frazier
Grain Market Wheat Price Quoted by Local Elevators
The local elevator sources list wheat at 167 dollars per bushel, with Waed noted as the source. This price reflects current trading levels for nearby delivery.
Nebraska oil output reaches new weekly high
Nebraska production for the week ending May 9 rises to 61,896 barrels per day, driven by Kimball and Banner Counties since the start of the year. Kinney Coastal Oil and Ohio Oil assess No. 1 Hawkins wildcat west of Lorenzo, while No. 1 Ruhter may extend Pebble Field. Jet Drilling Co. conduits three-well program, with Durland Trust wildcat at Morrill County and two new western Nebraska drilling sites reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Productio
Kimball
Banner
Kinngy Coastal Oil Co
Ohio Oil Co
Lorenzo
Hawkins
Kinney-Coastal
Ohio
Band Followers Urged to Send RR Fare for Oregon Trip
Sidney band plans a Rose Festival trek to Portland Oregon June 7 to 15 inviting students and adults to join. Veiled appeal asks followers to mail separate checks to Ray Maley for train tickets and hotel deposits totaling 41 58 including tax. If 150 travelers do not commit the price rises. Checks should be made to Union Pacific Railroad Co. and sent promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Portland, Ore
Ray Maley
Newton
Maley
Union Pacific Railroad Co
Portland
Sidney
Colorado Man Jailed For Reckless Driving
Kenneth L. Lycans, 35, is held in the city jail on a willful reckless driving charge after a chase through the city at speeds up to 60 mph. Police pursued him Monday evening following an improper left turn and reports say Safety Patrol had sought him for running cars off the road that same night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth L. Lycans
Lyons
Charges to be filed over teen prom night motel party
County Attorney F. L. Balderson said charges will be filed related to a Junior-Senior Prom party at a local motel. Deputies found about 50 youths, mostly teens, drinking and socializing. investigation continues to identify liquor suppliers and organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Balderson
Balderson
Senators urge Sioux Depot site for missile propellant plant
Nebraska senators Curtis and Hruska urge prioritizing a Nebraska location for a solid propellant missile fuel plant and ask Army Secretary Brucker to study the Sioux Ordnance Depot at Sioux City as the logical site. Rep. McGinley is asked to back the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don McGinley
Nebraska
Jack H. Lowe
The
Telegraph
Rep. McGinley
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Carl Curtis
Roman Hruska
Sioux
Army
Wilbur Bruck
Brucker
Nebraska Ordnance
Mead
Cornhusker Ordnance Plant
Grand Island
Hastings Naval
Hastings
Sitney
McGinley
Lowe
Omaha-Lincoln
Rapid City
Cheyennne
Denver
Sens. Curtis
Hruska
Secretary of the Army
Cheyenne
Ae ‘Abmy
Higgins
Ferry
Air Fated
Thor
wiTix
Ordnance Corps Mark 147th Anniversary With Praise
Officials and workers at Sioux Ordnance Depot and other installations receive commendation from Maj Gen J H Hinrichs on the 147th birthday of the Ordnance Corps. He notes advances from flintlock to nuclear age and urges continued aggressive effort and teamwork.
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Sioux Ordnance Depot
J. H. Hinrichs
Ordnance
Ordnance Corps
Sioux
Hinrichs
United States Army
Gorps
Corps
Read's Army Surplus burglary leads to pleas and bonds
Horton, Hortoni and Willis were arrested after a Read's Army Surplus Store burglary in Sidney. Horton pleaded guilty at a county hearing and was bound over to District Court with a $500 bond. Willis waived a preliminary hearing and faces a May 21 appearance with a $300 bond. Four pistols, a box of cartridges, three shoulder holsters and two pairs of feather gloves were stolen following the break in. A railroad employee tip aided the arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Ray
Hortoni
Nati Guiley
Horton
Donald D. Willis
Read's
Sidney
Willis
C. W.smith
Charles Grigsby
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Dalton Lions Club
Ferris Preble
Johnson-Congreve
Maple
Hughes-Jossen
Monterery Drive
Sidney Buttons
Offutt
Lincoln Air Force
Midwest
Gu Lily
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