Big Loan Granted For Power Plant
A $9,968,000 loan from the Rural Electrification Administration was approved to Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association for a new power plant and 22 miles of transmission lines in the Nebraska Panhandle region. Sites under review include Sidney and Gering Nebraska, with construction possibly taking up to three years after a green light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Panhandle
Nebraska
Carl Curtis
Roman Hruska
A. L. Miller
Wheatbelt Public Power District
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association
Colorado
Wyoming
Ellerbe & Co
St. Paul
Federal Rural Electrification Administration
Tri-State
Bureau of Reclamation
Rain Boosts Nebraska Winter Wheat Prospects
Moisture from yesterday's rain extended up to a half inch across northwestern Cheyenne County helping the 1956 winter wheat crop. County Agent Ivan Liljegren notes surface reconditioning is uneven with dry topsoil remaining. Measurements show Dalton .34 inch Sidney under .1 inch Potter .2 inch. University team Welhing and Swinbank found no disease issues, minor root rot and mosaic, cutworms the main concern now controlled. Federal stats estimate 3,277,000 acres of winter wheat will be harvested in Nebraska, 5 percent above 1955 and below the 10‑year average of 3,919,000. Recovery from late-month precipitation mitigated earlier abandonment threats, but subsoil moisture remains scarce in eastern Nebraska while western areas expect normal development with good subsoil moisture. Hail loss is typically seen in May/June.
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Cheyenne County
Ivan Liljegren
Dalton
Sidney
Potter
University of Nebraska College of Agriculture
John Welhing
Chet Swinbank
Liljegren
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Nebraska
Witn
Hospital Board To Meet At Cheyenne County Memorial
The Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital board of directors will hold its regular monthly meeting Wednesday night at six o'clock in the hospital. Routine business is on the agenda.
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Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
Gurley School Bond Election Slated June 5
Patrons of Cheyenne County School District No. 138 Gurley will vote June 5 on issuing $100 000 in bonds to expand the district plant. Plans show four more classrooms and a shop. current enrollment crowds grades 1-8 into four rooms. Financed over 20 years at up to 4 percent, the money would also equip the addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Gurley
Frank McNett
Grand
Island
Lawrence Hilty
Paper Will Publish On Legal Holidays
The Telegraph will publish on Memorial Day May 30 and Independence Day July 4 despite both being legal holidays. With a three times weekly schedule, dates cannot shift to observe the holidays. The Wednesday issue carries most weekend price advertising. hence the paper will come out as planned with a skeleton staff.
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Telegraph
Lodgepole Driver Fined For Speeding
Robert Ammerman aged 19 of Lodgepole was fined $19 and costs in Sidney Police Court for speeding. The charge followed a two car crash at 12 Ave and Illinois St in Sidney yesterday at about 5 50 pm. Ammerman and Arthur Connelly 22 of Dalton collided at the intersection causing about 250 dollars damage. Neither driver was injured. It was the second serious crash at that intersection in less than 48 hours.
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Robert Ammerman
Lodgepole
Sidney
12 Ave
Illinois St
Ammerman
Arthur Connelly
Dalton
Sunday Open House at Soo Firmed for Armed Forces Week
Open House at Sioux Ordnance Depot will start at 1 p.m. this Sunday with a 25 mile guided bus tour of the depot. The program includes illustrated lectures on Nike and Corporal missiles at 1:15, 2:15 and 3:15, plus weapon displays, vehicle showcases, and Army action reels. Admission is free and all are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soo
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Ordnance Corps Observed On Its 144th Anniversary
The Ordnance Corps marks its 144th anniversary with observances at ordnance installations worldwide. Originating in 1812 to inspect prove and supply weapons and ammunition the corps expanded in 1815 to arms equipment ordnance depots and troop support. Postwar tasks are global including material development wartime supply preservation and production coordination with industry. Sioux Ordnance Depot is noted among storage depots contributing to the corps successful record.
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Ordnance Corps
Sioux
Museum Site Land Offer Favored By Cheyenne County Group
First returns from Cheyenne County Historical Association show 94 of 96 votes in favor of accepting a land offer for a museum site south of Sidney. Membership drive ends tomorrow with charter members listed including KSID radio, local families, and donors Benoit and Osborn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County Historical Association
John J. Treinen
Treinens
Sidney
Treinen
William J. Benoit
Oak Park
Inl
Benoits
Association
Maynard Osborn
the Historical Association
George A. Coulter
Floyd Lanks
James Willis
Richard Land
Elmer Haines
David Young
KSID
Raymond Maley
B. H. Grimm
Herb Stevens
Vern Portz
Howard Portz
George E. Minshall
Guy Doran
Walter Mowrer
Vergal Winn
C. V. Sowards
O. J. Weymouth
Rae Jones
Doris E. Harlan
A. R. Tremain
Rose McFadden
Grace McFadden
Roy Clwverius
I. B. Downs
H. P. O’connor
Dennis Jurgens
William Raddatz
George Fehringer
Robert Irwin
G. J. Goranson
John Ommen
D_ E_ Dickinson
Leo Osborn
E. H. Hinkle
Ray Averill
Martin Christofferson
Charles B. Walker
Mable Nielsen
Meri Nicholson
Ben Hine
Leonard Fine
Douglas Reetz
Frances Knox
Fred Lehmakuhl
Ruth Ewing
W. J. Robinson
Eli Henderson
R. P. Spence
Simmons Cook, Jr
S. W Cook
Oil Gas News Report Hails Garden County Wildcat Discovery
Regional oil news notes a Garden County wildcat Roy G Woods McCord No 1 near Oshkosh producing promising oil from the Julesburg Basin with a 1700 foot oil recovery in a 3200 foot test. Multiple new wells and wildcats in Cheyenne, Kimball, and Deuel counties mark continued exploration and early production potential across western Nebraska.
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Cheyenne County
Garden County
Panhandle Petroleum
Wytex Oil
Maley County
Custer
F. R. Anderson
Ohio Oil
West Sidney
Miracle-Fifer
Wildcat Anderson
Oshkosh
Roy G Woods’ McCord
Julesburg
Kimball County
McCord
Banner County
Topeka
Kistner
Central
Shiprock Uranium Corp
Don M. Rounds
Criswell - Sick
Deuel County
C-Ne
Wildcat
Johnson No
Stanolind Oil & Gas Co
Durland Trust
Kimball Field
Grand Island Pet. Co
Trump
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Kennedy No
Hoatley Field
New Drilling Co
Way-Cummons
Empire Oil Co
Richards
State
Arrowhead Expl. Co
Heidmann
Yung Field
Soo-Ordville Arrow Issued For Armed Forces Day
The Soo-Ordville Arrow will be printed this Thursday for free distribution to Sioux Ordnance Depot employees and to attendees at Sunday's open house. A second issue will mark the Fort Sidney Days celebration on June 14.
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Soo-Ordville Arrow
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Armed Forces
Ordnance Corps
Sec Ordville Arrow
Fort Sidney
Rotary Governor To Visit Sidney Club Tonight
Ivan D. Evans district governor of Rotary from Broken Bow will make an official visit to the Sidney club tonight. The central Nebraska attorney was to visit earlier but changed plans at the last minute. He will meet club officers and address the regular meeting.
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Ivan D. Evans
Broken Bow
Rotary
Sidney Club
Evans
Central Nebraska
Wheat Land Sells For 95 Per Acre Near Sidney
A quarter section of land owned by Hugh Paris four miles south of Sidney sold Friday for 95 dollars per acre. Purchaser was Bert Walker. Sale conducted by Emerald Rapp, auctioneer.
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Hugh Paris
Sidney
Bert Walker
Emerald Rapp
One Major Contest Topped Local Primary In Cheyenne County
Only one major county race draws focus in Nebraska county voters with Cecil Hunt opposing Joe Bonkiewicz for the First District commissioner on the Democratic ticket while Le Moyne Johnson stands unopposed on the Republican side. Other races include four Wheatbelt Public Power District directors and seats in the unicameral and judiciary. Polls open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in Sidney with a May census rule upcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Hunt
Joe Bonkiewicz
Hunt
Bonkiewicz
Lemoyne Johnson
Nebraska
Cheyenne
I. L. Pindell
Cc. W. Smith
Wheatbelt Public Power District
Victor Johnson
George Zimmerman
W. Lee Hawkins
John Hornicek
A. A. Fenske
Sunol
I. J. Nisley
John Kuns
Wells C. Jones
Nisley
Kuns
Scottsbluff
Carlton Laird
Miller
Laird
Ted Baum
Frank Sorrell
City Construction Upswing Seen in Early May
May construction activity in Sidney shows a mild surge with seven new houses permits totaling 118 thousand dollars. Year to date permits reach 35 dwellings and 506 thousand dollars in valuation. Additional approvals include a 12 thousand dollar extension for Rudy's Foodliner Market and a 20 thousand dollar permit for Grace Baptist Church at 20th Ave and Elm St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
New Grace Baptist Church
20Th Ave
Elm St
Three 14 Year Olds Admit Farm Break In
Deputy Bart Taylor reports three 14 year old boys from Sidney admitted breaking into Harvey George's farm home, 12 miles west of Sidney, by breaking a window last Monday. They raided the refrigerator taking prune juice and meat and were sent home with the case information referred to the county attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Bart Taylor
Harvey George
Sidney
Taylor
Six Killed In Two Car Crash In Colorado Tragedy
Six members of the Kimball family died in a late Saturday afternoon two car collision near Fort Morgan Colorado. A 5 year old girl survived in critical condition. The second driver George Fritz 52 was injured along with other details about the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimball
Tommie G. Carf
Ft. Morgan
Colo
Corf
Marlene
Terry Lee Powell
Leta
Sandra
Farmer
Fritz
Corfs
Telegraph
Denver
Longmont
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SOC
The
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Maley Field
Custer County
Irvin Olson
Weissert
Harold Kistner
Central Palms Oil Co
Hastings
Dakota
Ft. Sidney
Sidney City Auditorium
Soo-Ordville
Victor Anderson
Edwin L. Hart
Polis
Haskell No
15Th Ave
Union Pacific Railroad
North Ward
Haskell
Foland Implement
Morrow
Tenth Ave
Burlington Railroad
East Ward
11Th Ave
Shelter House
Legion Park
Lester Hand
Sidney No
14Th Ave
Lith Ave
South Ward
Sidney No. 3
18Th Ave
Sidney Senior High School
Sidney No. 4
Central Ward
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