Growth Study: Sidney Leads in Population, Derivative Jobs Gap
A University of Nebraska business study compares Sidney and York from 1950 to 1956, showing Sidney’s population surge due to oil and installations, while York grows slowly. It finds basic industries in 12 Great Plains towns support 1.4 derivative jobs per worker and notes public and private responses vary with growth.
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Sidney
York
University of Nebraska Business
Great Plains
Ogallala
Holdrege
Panhandle Braces For Snow And Cold Winds
Weather Bureau warns Panhandle residents of first major winter storm with three inches of snow likely across the region and heavier amounts at higher elevations. North to northeast winds 15 to 30 mph. Temperatures fall to the 20s tonight with high 30s Saturday.
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Panhandle
U. S. Weather Bureau
Scottsbluff
Nebraska
Dakotas
Wyoming
Casper
Wyo
Sheridan
Collision at Sidney causes injuries and freak accident
Two separate Thursday incidents at local intersections. In Sidney a three vehicle crash injures one adult and two children when Mrs Spaeth blinded by sun hits Mrs Willis car. damages are 408 to Willis and ? to Spaeth. In a freak crash Beverly Maddox loses footing, collides with Dorothy Carey car. damages 175 to Carey and 100 to Maddox.
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Sidney
John Spaeth
Dorothy
Willis
Spaeth
Iemeenys
Beverly
Dorothy Carey
Play Tonight The Boarding House Reach at High School
Junior Class presents a three act comedy this evening in the Senior High School auditorium. Curtain is 3 p.m. Tickets 75 cents adults 5 cents students 25 cents children. Pictures on Page Three.
Sydney Jaycees Visit Sid ney on Way to Minneapolis
About eight Jaycees from Sydney Australia paused in Sidney Nebraska this morning en route to the International Junior Chamber of Commerce convention in Minneapolis. They toured photo shops and boosted local coffee sales, wearing kangaroo tags labeling their origin and describing their city as slightly larger than Sidney.
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Sydney
Sidney
Australia
Daily Nebraska oil take hits one eighty thousand dollars
Nebraska wells pump oil at a brisk rate with North Platte area fields expanding exploration. County by county activity shows Cheyenne Kimball Banner and Dawes districts posting new wells and tests as midweek drilling locations reach into thirty two across Nebraska and eastern Colorado.
Stolen Loot Recovered as Escape Ties Burglaries
Kermit Brumbaugh, deputy sheriff and Imperial Neb. chief, questioned Kermit Brumbaugh about a Lodgepole burglary. Adams, a life term inmate in Wyoming Rawlins, escaped Sept. 8 and hid with two suitcases of clothes, 15 guns, a record player, typewriter, ammo and tools. He planned to be returned to Rawlins.
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Wyoming
Sturgis
S. D
Kermit Brumbaugh
Lodgepole
George C. Adams
Rawlins
Adams
Wyoming Penitentiary
Brambaugh
Brumbaugh
Farmers Co-op
Cheyenne County
Imperial
Neb
Scott City
Kansas
State Penitentiary
United Fund Drive Closes Near Target at 13 500 Goal
The United Fund Drive shows 2400 short of the goal with $115.62 added over the last two days. Residential gifts total 96 and business district gifts cover the rest. All drives are officially ended though slight reports may raise the final sum by a few hundred dollars.
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United Fund
Police Chiefs Attend FBI Bombings Conference
Sidney Chief of Police Sol Willis and Cheyenne County W. W. Schulz join an all day FBI law enforcement conference on bombings and threats. The meeting follows a spate of church and school bombings across the southern U S and the East.
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Sidney
Sol Willis
Cheyenne County
W. W. Schulz
Norths Platter
FBI
U. S
Four Candidates Named In Cheyenne Soil District poll
County Agent Ivan Liljegren lists five polling places for a special election to choose two Cheyenne County Soil and Water Conservation District Landowners may vote in person or by sealed ballot at Co-Op Elevator Dalton Farmers Elevator Lodgepole Co-Op Elevator Potter Foland Farm Machinery in Sidney and the County Extension office. Eligible voters include landowners and entities with district land. Polls run 8 am to 5 pm with a 5 pm deadline. Non residents may vote by mail via the District Election Officer.
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Ivan Liljegren
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Potter Man Is Wheat Chief Bruns Hails New 3-State Group
Bennie Herbold Sheimer of Potter was named president of the 400 member Cheyenne County Wheat Growers Assn at the annual election of officers Wednesday night Wayne Campbell of Lodgepole was named Vice President Walter Cork of Sidney was chosen secretary treasurer and 1958 president Harold Tremain was named to State Director Tremain told the group a membership drive will be staged in Sidney next week in an attempt to boost membership from 450 to 500 members Resolutions Presented A host of resolutions on marketing farm program research public relations and budgeting and finance were adopted for presentation to the annual convention of the State Wheat Growers Assn Inc to be held at Alliance next week The resolutions were drawn up by Muriel Crosby Ralph Spearow and Louis Miller The president of the Nebraska Wheat Growers Assn Carl Bruns of Chappell hailed the forming of the regional Great Plains Wheat Market Development Assn in Denver this week Bruns predicted further expansion of the Association that includes wheat committees commissions and associations from Colorado Kansas and Nebraska He forecast growth that would unite wheat growers in ten states He said in a 10 state area with 20 U S Senators they would be in a position to get needed legislation for the wheat farmer The farmers were losing population allotments and foreign markets Bruns criticized farmers who seek more freedom of controls saying They are losing their good sense
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Bennie Herboldsheimer
Potter
Cheyenne
The
State Wheat Growers Assn.,Inc
Alliance
Muriel Crosby
Ralph Spearow
Louis Miller
Nebraska Wheat Growers Assn
Carl Bruns
Chappell
Great Plains Wheat Market Development Assn
Denver
Bruns
Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
U. S
Wheat policy critic claims ample supply and cites price impacts
The article reports Bruns asserting the nation holds a two year wheat reserve and two billion bushels on hand. He accuses Ezra Benson of lying about farmers pricing themselves out and argues that lower grower prices would not reduce consumer bread prices or affect foreign buyers, but would raise government revenue in foreign markets.
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Ezra Benson
Benson
Bruns
Soil Conservation Awards Highlight Local Farmers
Kermit Nelson of Dalton wins the third annual Cheyenne County Soil and Water Conservation District picture award for outstanding practices. Other honorees include Ray Anthony for pasture terraces, Keith Whaley for farm management across three counties, and Clifford Herboldsheimer for most terraces. 4-H Range Judging team earns state honors. Roger Plantz notes 223 miles of terracing this year. Warren Fairchild speaks on soil research and future watershed ideas.
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Dalton
Kermit Nelson
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Ray Anthony
Keith Whaley
Farmers National Co
Kimball
Cheyenne
Devel
Whaley
Clifford Herboldsheimer
Potter
Aliso
Bhatar
Gary Policky
Davolicky
David Hutchison
Paul Hutchison
Sistant County
Charles Stonecipher
Stonecipher
Sidney Work Unit
Roger Plantz
Fairchild
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Edgar Z. Palmer
Department of Business Research
Lincoln
St. Pat’s
Lodgepole Valley Activities Assn
City Auditorium
Butch Westerhoff
Kathy Carr
Melbeta
Bob Smith
CFS de Mee
Wiuucys
St. Patrick’s High School of
Lodgepole Valley
Rex Yocum
Cheyenne High School
Alfred Blinde
Nebraska State Teachers College
Chadron
M.grew
Sunflower
Dix
Big Springs
Lorenzo
Harrisburg
St. Patrick’s of Sidney
Lord
Romberg-Conrad
Escort of Honor
Harold Waters
Kimball, Banner Wells
Banner
Morrill County
Dawes County
Cheyenne - Kimball- Banner County
Telegraph
Rinehart
Ivan Bowen
Olsen
Stuarco Oil
Carver- Dodge
Fisher Wildcat
N. W. Ladegard
Rudolph Field
Midwest Oil Co
R. L. Manning
Hopkins
Falcon-Seaboard Drilling Co
Towle
Nebraska Drillers
Enbrook Oil and Gas Co. Inc
CSE
Nelson Field
Clyde G. Kissinger
Young
Murfin
CNW NW
Ohio Oil Co
C. Krueger
Mohart
O’connell
Kermitt Nelson
Roger Plants
Dalton State Bank
Central States Grain Co
Dalton Co-Op Society
Ed. ‘Block
Wayne Elsen
Gurley
Elmer Nagengest
Ed Sanders
Porterya
Potter Man
Soil Conservation Program
Warren Fairchild
State Soil and Water Committee
University of Nebraska’ Engineers
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