Guards Patrolling Microwave Stations After Utah Nevada Sabotage
Armed police patrolled microwave sites south of Sidney Colorado after three Utah Nevada blasts disrupted west communications. FBI took charge, no sabotage found at six auxiliary stations. Western defense circuit shifted to alternate routes. National Guard posted in Utah Idaho Nevada as explosions damaged stations near Wendover Cedar Mountain and Knolls.
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Sidney
Utah
Nevada
E. W. Barnes
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Sterling
Julesburg
Colorado
FBI
Wendover
Utah-Nevada
Cedar Mountain
Knolls
Great Salt Lake Desert
Salt Lake City
Idaho
National Guard
Air Force
Deputy Injured When Thrown From Horse During Search
Deputy Gene Morris was knocked from a horse and injured while aiding in a search for ten year old Lee Roy Mitchell southwest of Sidney. The boy was found unharmed after wandering miles in the hills. Air and ground teams aided, with Sidney firemen assisting. The horse shied when a dog barked, injuring the deputy’s hip knee and arm but not seriously.
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Gene Morris
Sidney
Lee Roy Mitchell
Deputy Morris
Carl Olson
Mr. Morris
Margery Coffey Receives Uni Theater Honors
Outstanding Nebraska students were honored at the 17th Masquers Chapter awards banquet. Margery Coffey, daughter of Mr and Mrs Tom Coffey of Sidney, won the University Theatre Production award and was named a new Masquers member.
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University of Nebraska
Masquers
National Collegiate
Margery Coffey
Tom Coffey
Sidney
University
Air Chief Sees Negotiations Possible On Frontier Route
Nebraska aeronautics director James Sandstedt notes towns along the southern Frontier Air Lines route may settle without court action. Sidney is a stop on the Denver to Omaha line. Frontier suggests reducing service to one round trip daily with possible later discontinuation at underused points. Sandstedt plans further talks and says statewide hearings May avoid individual community representation.
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Nebraska
Frontier Air Lines
Sidney
Denver
Omaha
James Sandstedt
Nebraska Aeronautics Department
Washington
Seven States
Frontier
Itt
Sandstedt
Memorial Day Parade scheduled for 10 a.m downtown
A Memorial Day parade forms on 18th Ave between Illinois and Jackson, proceeds east to 5th Ave, then disbands. The cemetery program at Greenwood Cemetery begins at 7:30 p.m. with Major Alfred St John of Sioux Ordnance Depot as main speaker. Arrangements by VFW and American Legion committees.
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18Th Ave
Ilinois
Jackson
Uliasis
5Th Ave
Grevenwood Cemetery
Alfred St John
Sioux Ordnance Depot
VFW
American Legion Committee
Two Area Accidents Reported By Patrol
State patrols report two accidents in the area. On May 27 a collision at the Brownson Cafe drive way involved Edna Salisbury, 47, of San Francisco, and Elsie Ruth Wilson, 39, of Pataskala, with Salisbury rear ended while slowing for traffic. damage about 750 dollars. May 28 a car driven by Richard Sharp, 20, of Sidney, overturned on the east US 30 overpass after losing control and struck a guard rail. damage about 490 dollars. no injuries.
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Brownson
Edna Salibury
San Francisco
Elsie Ruth Wilson
Pataskala
Ohio
Salisbury
Richard Sharp
Sidney
US 30
Pitrol
Sidney pastor Townsend to receive honorary Doctor of Divinity
Lincoln Nebraska Wesleyan University will award the honorary Doctor of Divinity to Rev Robert Lewis Townsend of Sidney during the 72nd annual commencement on June 3. President Vance D Rogers and Dean Dr Sam Dahl will confer the degree with Dr John A Calvert assisting. Townsend, a Nebraskan born in Weeping Water, has served churches across Nebraska and Illinois and led the Chadron Wesley Foundation. The Sidney church has undergone building expansion and relocation on a four acre site.
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Lincoln
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Robert Lewis Townsend
Sidney
Vance D. Rogers
Sam Dahl
John A Calvert
Pierce
Townsend
Weeping Water
Otoe
Greenwood
Garrison
Brainard
Ordway
Cole
Seneca
Steward
Ill
Chadron
Wesley Foundation
State Teachers College
Nebraska
Crude Output Down Slightly in Nebraska Week
The Oil and Gas Commission reports crude oil production in Nebraska eased for the week ending May 27. Daily average output stood at 65 432 barrels, roughly 2 000 barrels below the prior week as muddy roads hampered hauling.
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Nebraska
Oil and Gas Commission Office
Commission
Oil Shows At Wildcat Well Near Potter County
Oil shows were reported this morning at a wildcat well eight miles south of Potter in Cheyenne County Texas Oil Co s No 1 Madden. The well located in SW WW NE Sec 24 13 53 had D sand oil shows but no drill stem tests yet and cannot be called a discovery prospect. Banner Drilling Co. is contractor on the wet.
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Potter
Cheyenne County
Texota Oil Co
Madden
South Potter Field
Banner Drilling Co
Nebraska Oil and Gas Commission
Moisture Total In 1961 Now Above 10 Inches In Sidney
The 1961 moisture total in Sidney exceeds 10 inches after a 1.14 inch Sunday storm. The rainfall brings the year to 10.47 inches, halting spring field work as ground remains soaked. Safflower planting may push into late May or early June. farmers anticipate further delays.
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Sidney
Ivan Liljegren
Liljegren
Potter
Ziegler Leaves Penney Manager Post in Sidney
J C Penney Co official Carl Ziegler will relinquish management of the Sidney store this week with Thomas Hinning arriving from Billings Montana to take over by Wednesday morning. Ziegler and wife own Pine-Vu Lodge in Poudre Canyon west of Fort Collins and thank Sidney patrons for twenty years of support.
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Carl Ziegler
J. C. Penney Co
Sidney
Thomas Hinning
Billings, Mont
Ziegler
Hinning
Mrs. Ziegler
Pine-Vu
Poudre Canyon
Ft Collins
Severe Weather Warning for Casper to Arkon Area
The weather bureau issued a noon warning of possible severe weather with heavy hail and high winds across Casper Wyoming to Arkon Colorado. The threat was expected from two to seven o clock and residents were urged to watch for approaching conditions though the warning noted the threat was indicated only. Skies were partly cloudy and hazy around Sidney at 1 p.m.
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Weather Bureau
Casper
Wyo
Arkon
Colo
Bureau
Sidney
Sidney loses TV service to lightning heavy rain Sunday night
Lightning struck a Sidney amplifier and damaged lines between town and the TV tower six miles south causing audio only reception after the storm. Sharp bolts lit the sky with ground-reaching streaks and rural phone lines suffered damage in places, though no law reports of damage were filed and overall moisture benefits farms despite minor impacts.
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Sidney
Today Is Answer Day In County Foreclosure Actions
Cheyenne County conducts answer day for delinquent properties in a long running tax foreclosure. Final day May 29 has passed and decrees will be prepared for official foreclosure actions. The district judge is expected to approve soon after commissioners pass a resolution to advertise and sell unredeemed property. Next meeting is June 66. initial filings have raised several thousand dollars and helped correct decades of recording errors.
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Cheyenne County
P J Heaton Jr
O.K
Heaton
Weymouth Receives Distinguished Service Award at Chadron
At Chadron State College ceremonies honoring the 1851 graduating class two Nebraskans received Distinguished Service Awards. Orin J. Weymouth, Sidney superintendent of schools for 37 years, was cited for his long public service shaping local education. Eve Bowring, former U.S. Senator and current board member, was praised for bringing recognition to Nebraska through public service.
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Memoral Hill Auditorum
Nebraska
Nebraska State Teachers College
Chadron
Wis
Eve Bowring
My. Weymouth
Sidney Public Schoos
Chadron State Teachers College
Orin J. Weymouth
Weymouth
Chadron State
Sidney
Mr. Weymouth
Sidney High
Forrest Planck
Grant Poole
Crawford
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Uni
Barton L. Kine
G. Lester Anderson
Mrs. Bowring
John D. McCrae
Flanders Field
Robert Townsend
Iowa City
Iowa
Seward
Wayne
Grand Island
Fairbury
Wesleyan and
Garrett Biblical Institute
Evanston, Ill
R. L. Townsend
Wesleyan Uni
Wildcat Well
Panhandle
Dalton
Penney
Frriday
Chadron Stae Teachers Folese
CG Tester Anterson
Universite of Buffalo
Anderson
Centusoq
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