Wheat Queen contenders named from Cheyenne County
Area girls compete for 1961 Wheat Queen honors in Nebraska with candidates Colleen Easing Potter Jonnie Hruska Sidney Mary Jo Marrin Dalton Carol Yeager Lodgepole. Other candidates include Patsy Shaper Hay Springs Janet Johnson Gordon Karen Hood Gordon Dorothy Batterman Broadwater Barbara Hansen Gordon Patricia Langr McCook Carolyn Makinster Lamar Doris Becker Enders Carol Jaeger Imperial. Jolene Larson Gurley to crown 1960 Wheat Queen Thursday night.
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Mary Jo Marrin
Dalton
Lawrence Marrin
Reimers Seed Farm
Carol Yeager
Lodgepole
M. K. Yeager
Sunnyside Improvement Club
Wheat Queen
Patsy Shaper
Hay Springs
Janet Johnson
Gordon
Karen Hood
Dorothy Batterman
Broadwater
Barbara Hansen
Patricia Langr
McCook
Carolyn Makinster
Lamar
Doris Becker
Enders
Carol Jaeger
Imperial
Jolene Larson
Gurley
Kenneth Larson
Chamber sets nonpartisan forum for state races
A 300 person crowd is expected for the Chamber of Commerce quarterly featuring Democratic and Republican candidates for Senate Congress and Governor. Speakers include Morrison Cooper Curtis Conrad McGinley and Martin. City Manager Tom Coffey moderates as six candidates answer audience written questions funneled by a mixed screening committee. The event at the Elks Auditorium starts at 6 45 p.m.
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Chamber of Commerce Quarterly
Senate
Congress
Governor
Frank Morrison
John Cooper
Carl Curtis
Robert Conrad
Donald McGinley
Dave Martin
GOP
Tom Coffey
W. J. Robinson
Ed Narjes
John Peetz,Jr
E. K. Yanney
Co. A. Story
Leonard Fine
Elks Auditorium
Tickets for the Chamber of Commerce meeting on Tuesday
Tickets remain available for the quarterly Chamber of Commerce meeting. Democrats offer tickets at Illinois Street headquarters, in the former Sidney News Stand location, while Republicans sell at Ackerman-Robinson Insurance Agency. The event caps at three hundred seats, with sales nearing capacity.
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Chamber of Commerce
Democrat
Republican County Central
Ilinois St
Sidney News
Ackerman - Robinson Insurance Agency
GOP Caravan Death Ends Nebraska’s Campaign Tradition
Sidney residents note the Nebraska GOP caravan tradition ends as state Republicans shift focus to Omaha and Lincoln. The 1958 trip covered 7 060 miles across 93 counties. Vic Anderson carried 59 counties while Ralph Brooks won 34. Charles Thone cites new "facts of life" guiding candidates toward population centers.
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Nebraska
Brooks
Charles Thone
GOP
Omaha
Lincoln
Bledsoe Brother Dies in Scottsbluff Home
Carl Bledsoe of Sidney reports his brother Nr Bledsoe died at his Scottsbluff home Friday morning. Funeral services were held there today. Nr Bledsoe had lived in Scottsbluff since 1956.
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Bledsoe
Scottsbluff
Weald Bledsoe
Carl Bledsoe
Sidney
Friday Mornig
Frank Mintken 76 Dies of Heart Attack in Dalton
Frank E. Mintken 76, longtime Dalton resident and former farmer, died Saturday at a daughter’s home in Dalton from a heart attack while visiting in Sierra Madre California. Funeral Tuesday at 10 a.m. Gehrig and Son Funeral Home with burial in Kimball Cemetery. He was born May 8 1884 in Fremont Neb and lived in Dalton since 1913. He married Anna Feichtinger in 1904 and Gladys Adams Hile in 1949. He leaves four daughters three sons 15 grandchildren five great grandchildren and a brother. Memorials to the Heart Fund are suggested.
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Gehrig and Son
Frank E. Mintken
Cheyenne County
Dalton
Mintken
Sierra Madre
Calif
Harold Warren
Cletus Semper
St. Mary’s Church
Kimball Cemetery
Heart Fund
Mr. Mintken
Fremont
Neb
Ricket
Marie Harris Mintken
Banner County
Anna Feichtinger
Snyder
Gladys Adams
Las Vegas
Nev
Elks Lodge
Gladys
Warren
Loretta M. Lux
Phoenix
Potter Band to Compete in Nebraska Festival
Potter High School joins Sidney to compete at the third annual Nebraska State High School Marching Band Festival in Lincoln on November 5. The indoor event is sanctioned by the Nebraska School Activities Assn and marks Cheyenne County’s second entry.
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Potter
Lincoln
Charles Morehouse
Nebraska School Activities Assn
Cheyenne
Sidney
Sidneyites Attend NN Rural Workshop
Wheatbelt Public Power District managers Charles Ham and Assistant Manager Gene Lienemann traveled Monday to a regional Rural Development workshop at the University of Nebraska. The program features True D. Morse and staff, plus Nebraska Kansas Wyoming Colorado Arkansas extension leaders, aiming to stabilize rural communities. sessions run through Wednesday.
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Wheatbelt
Charles Ham
Gene Lienemann
University of Nebraska
True D. Morse
Nebraska
Kansas
Wyoming
Colorado
Arkansas
Agriculture
Democrats Open Campaign Office in Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County Democrats open a campaign office at 1030 Illinois St in the former Sidney News Stand building. County Chairman E. K. Yanney says the site also houses the Nebraska Farmers for Kennedy movement led by Robert Rauner. Mrs Otto Aufdengarten oversees the office with literature available and the telephone number 4056.
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Cheyenne County
Ilinois St
Sidney News
E. K. Yanney
Lodgepole
Robert Rauner
Gurley
Otto Aufdengarten
State asks U S Fort Robinson title to leased land
The Nebraska Legislative Council Committee on Outdoor Recreation seeks title to Fort Robinson land and buildings it now leases from the federal government. Led by Sen George Syas the panel sent the request to Interior Secretary Fred Seaton Agriculture Secretary Ezra Genson UNL Chancellor Clifford Hardin and Game Commission chair George Pinkerton along with Nebraska’s four congressmen and two senators.
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Lincoln
Nebraska Legislative Council Committee On Outdoor Recreation
Fort Robinson
George Syas
Omaha
Fred Seaton
Interior
Ezra Genson
Clifford Hardin
University of Nebraska
George Pinkerton
State Game Commission
Nebraska
Senior High Parents Night Set Wednesday
Back To School night for Sidney Senior High parents is scheduled for Wednesday at 7 30 p m The program guides parents through class schedules with teachers present in each classroom concluding with refreshments in the junior high cafeteria Sponsored by the Parent Advisory Council and school officials A similar program was held for junior high parents on Sept 28.
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Sidney Senior High
Parent's Advisory Council
Nebraska Oil and Gas Notices List Oct 3 1960
Notices of intent to drill oil wells filed with the Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission for the week of Oct 3 1960. Operators include Ohio Oil Co Clayton Oil Co United States Smelting Refining and Mining Co Frontier Refining Co Miracle Fifer Drilling Co and others with wells at Morrill Banner Redwillow Kimball Dundy and other counties.
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Nebraska
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Ohio Oil Co
Cape
West Lane
Morrill County
Far-West Trading Co
Nerud
Wildcat
British - American Oil Producing Co
Johnson ‘O
Willson Ranch Field
Banner County
Samuel Gary
Olsen
Clayton Oil Co
Forsig
Kimball County
United States
Miracle-Fifer Drilling Co., Inc
Evertson
IGN
Fifer Field
A. Obering
Gottschalk
Dundy County
Weather outlook for tonight and tomorrow
Fair weather continues with low temperatures near 35 to 40 tonight and mild highs around 60 to 70 tomorrow. The region can expect clear skies and light winds as the conditions hold.
Pirates Take Series Lead With 5-2 World Series Victory
In Game five of the 1960 World Series the Pirates beat the Yankees 5-2 to take a 3-2 series edge. Harvey Haddix earned the win with LeRoy Face finishing, while Art Ditmar took the loss for New York. The crowd of 62,753 at Yankee Stadium saw Pittsburgh jump out to a 3-0 lead before New York rallied, with Mazeroski adding key blows and Mantle drawing walks in a low-scoring contest.
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New York
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pirates
Forbes Field
Pittsburgh
Bob Friend
Casey Stengel
Harvey Haddix
LeRoy Face
Face
Yankees
Art Ditmar
Haddix
Stuart
Cimoli
Burgess
Hoak
Mazeroski
Lou Arroyo
Virdon
Groat
Clemente
Bill Stafford
Arroyo
McDougald
Morris
Cerv
Mantie
Skowron
Howard
Richardson
Kubek
Great
Yankee — McDougald
Maris
Mantle
Hector Lopez
ElRoy
Harvey
Lopez
Kubik
Christopher
Blanchard
N. York
Panhandle County Officials to Meet With Steen and Johnson
About 200 attendees are expected at the Panhandle County Officials Assn annual meeting at the Elks Auditorium. Speakers include State Game Commissioner Mel Steen and State Tax Commissioner Forrest A Johnson. Outgoing officers are Ira Radke, Vernon Jones, and John Pace.
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Mel Steen
Forrest
Panhandle
Forrest A Johnson
Ira Radke
Chappell
Vernon Jones
Merrill
John Pace
Elks Auditorium
Forrest Johnson
Panhandle County Officials Assn
Sidney
Potter Homecoming Royalty to Crowned Thursday
Potter will crown the 1960 Homecoming King and Queen at a 2:30 p.m. dress-up dance in the school auditorium Thursday. A parade through town precedes the Dalton game at 2 p.m. Friday. The King and Queen will be presented at halftime amid refreshments and attendants.
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Potter
Dalton
Freight Train Derails Near Kimball No Injuries Reported
About twenty six Union Pacific freight cars derailed Sunday afternoon near Kimball on the eastbound line. The accident left the main line blocked with one side track affected while another remained in service. A railroad spokesman cited a hot journal box and sheared axle as causes.
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Kimball
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
Sidney Fire Damage Totals Half a Million
Fire damage in the Sidney area over the past year reached 562 374 50 dollars with 117 calls responded by volunteers including 69 city and 48 rural. Rural losses totaled 518 707 dollars highlighted by a half million blaze at the Safflower plant. city losses 43 667 50 including a 28 325 blaze at Fiberglas Fabricators. Fire Prevention Week runs October 9 to 15 as the department urges public cooperation to reduce fires and fatalities.
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Sidney
Bod Hessle
Hessle
U. S
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Cheyenne County Rural Youth
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Cheyenne County Wheat Growers Association
Connie Hruska
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Chamber Quarterly
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Prank Nuts
Robert Conrad Demo
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Gop Caravan Death
Frank Mintken
A.D. Greenlee
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Kermit Brumbaugh
Telegraph
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