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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1961
Page
1
Classified notice fragment lists post office details P O Box 219 Sidney Nebraska second class matter at Sidney post office change of address subscriptions rates 7 dollars per year within 50 miles 8 dollars beyond 50 miles 7 dollars per year by carrier single copies ten cents
Nebraska case ends with District Judge John King ruling the felon gun prohibition unconstitutional after hearing arguments by Frank Balderson and lawyer McNish. Peyton, once jailed for a 1957 breaking and entering, faced charges when a 1959 incident involving a gun threatened Town & Country Market manager M. L. Pattison. Balderson seeks AG opinion to clarify statute’s scope on felons and firearm length limits.
Congressman Dave Martin releases a regional visit calendar for late October. The schedule lists Oct 26 stops at Chappell Lodgepole and Sidney with specific times, Oct 27 in Bridgeport and Kimball, and Oct 28 a noon meeting in Dalton for The Wheadell Public Power District.
Raymond Davis of Cheyenne County explains the 1962 wheat allotment figure used for all purposes including marketing quotas and excess penalties. The 10 percent reduction applies to conservation uses and determines quota penalties if farm production exceeds the allotted amount.
Scottsbluff College hosts Band Day Homecoming with 16 bands in the parade and a halftime show. Paul Swanson, director of music, says teams from Scottsbluff High School Chadron Crawford Dalton Winatare Bayard Gering Mitchell Bridge Banner County Dix Gurley Morrill McGrew will perform.
John Underdown of Sidney was elected Fourth District commander of The American Legion at the convention held Monday in Gering. Sidney also scored in the auxiliary election when Mrs Louis Johnson was named district vice president. The Legionnaires upheld the stand of State Commander Eugene Kurkowski who criticized Gov. Frank Morrison's appointment of Lawrence Meyers as Director of Veterans Affairs in Nebraska. A resolution deplored the intersection of politics in departmental personnel. Resolutions urged the unicameral to meet annually. County commanders installed included Bill Zink, Peter for Cheyenne County, Ross Boyer, Alliance, Box Butte County, and R D Richards, Scottsbluff, for Scotts Bluff County. Zink was named district outstanding Legionnaire. standing drill team award went to the Minatare post. Child welfare awards went to Gering Hemingford and Lyman posts. Dick Neville of Gering received the Workhorse trophy. Warren E. Baker of Lincoln, state department adjutant, attended with Kurkowski. Sidney attendees included Mrs Glenn Patrick, Mrs W P Ackerman, Mrs Rex Olsen, and others. From Potter were Mrs Ralph Robert and county Auxiliary officers.
A new depot surgeon is stationed at Sioux Ordnance Depot Captain D E Widman replaces Captain Philip E Lawless who with his wife and two children moved to Peoria Illinois where he will practice medicine Captain Widman has served about six weeks in the army coming from Fort Sam Houston Texas He did undergraduate work at Miami University Ohio and medical work at Cincinnati University He completed a year internship at Los Angeles County General Hospital He is married to Susan
Paul Morgan of Sealed Power Corp Muskegon Michigan will head a mechanics school tonight at Stickneys tire shop starting at 8 pm Invitations reach Cheyenne County dealers and mechanics in Kimball Pine Bluffs Chappell and Peetz for the event.
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 610 and Auxiliary move the Buddy Poppies sale to the Veterans Day weekend. The event runs noon Friday November 10 through Saturday November 11 with Post chairmen Tom Tlenzen Harold Revell and Buford Wells and Auxiliary chairmen Mrs Joe Hajek and Mrs Jim Paxton coordinating. The change follows a statewide trend favoring November sales.
Sidney merchants promote Friday the 13th bargains with a big drop of one thousand paper plates over courthouse square. About 300 plates carry gift certificates redeemable within a week at donor stores. Lloyd Carr of Overland Air Service donates the plane and pilot time to drop the plates.
A $300000 building permit was issued by the city for a deluxe motel to be built in Sidney's west part. Stanley Kiespert received the permit for Lots 3 4 5 and 14 15 16, Block 1, School Section Addition, fronting Illinois Street between 24th and 25th Avenues. The 60 unit motel design details are not yet filed, and city officials will withhold final approval until a plot plan is submitted.
J S Red Leonard former district manager for The Ohio Oil Co in Sidney died of a heart attack in Tulsa last night. He rose from field worker in Texas to executive in the production department and was Tulsa Division manager before moving to Findlay. Survivors include wife Myrtle and son John. Memorials suggested to Tulsa Community Chest. His Sidney tenure earned him Boss of the Year honors from the Junior Chamber of Commerce. He was active in Little League and other community affairs. The body is at Tulsa Whisenhut Funeral Home with services in Tulsa.
The Sidney city library board accepts Roy Greenlee’s resignation with regret and appoints Hammond McNish to fill the expired term. Greenlee’s family ties to the library span generations, dating to his father’s ground donation for the Carnegie Library. Other long-serving members included Ernest Worden and Mrs L C Barstow among others.
Waco Texas House Speaker Sam Rayburn has fallen into a coma and is near death, Baylor University Medical Center announced this noon. The report cites critical condition and ongoing monitoring as physicians assess his status.
About 175 4H and FFA members and adults competed in the Area VII Land and Stubble Judging contest with Cheyenne County teams dominating. The Dryland Toughies Club captured three of the top four team awards. the winning squad scored 775 points and will represent the Area at the state contest in Lincoln on Saturday Oct 21.
Dave Policky topped Nebraska land judging with 301 points as Cheyenne County dominated individual results. Other top finishers included Bob Runge 267 Gary Andersen 259 Paul Hutchison 257 James Andersen 251 and Roger Luchis 241, all from Cheyenne County. Adult leaders and teams from Alliance competed, with Sidney claiming several high placements and the Cheese County club groups earning team honors in stubble judging.
A Great Western Sugar Co spokesman told The Telegraph it is too early to judge this year's beet crop in the Lodgepole Valley. Beets grown near Sidney and Sund to Scottsbluff hint at variable yields, with one farmer reporting about 13 tons per acre versus expectations. About six percent of beets are harvested. a third in will sharpen projections, though cool September weather likely reduced growth.
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