Walkway Signatures Sought For Rail Crossing Petition
North Side residents circulate petitions to urge Union Pacific and Sidney City Council to build a safe crossing on the tracks between 18th and 20th Streets near the high schools. The effort, led by Alva Cox and a committee including Rev. James D. Greene and Supt. Russell Pedersen, follows a near fatal accident involving Dan Sumner and cites 48 daily trains and 400 future students as reasons to act.
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North Side
Dan Sumner
19Th Avenue
Sidney
Nebraska
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
18Th
20Th Streets
Alva Cox
James D. Greene
H. P. Meyer
Ivan Adams
Russell J. Pedersen
Orville Tuzicka
Lloyd McAfee
Les Beeken
13Th
13Th Street
Final Beet Payment For 1961 Oct 25th
Denver growers served by The Great Western Sugar Company will receive 54.35 million dollars for the 1961 beet crop as final payment on October 25. President Frank A. Kemp cites 45.38 million from direct payments and 8.97 million from Sugar Act returns. The 14.73 per ton average across 41 districts is set to rise to 116 per ton in Colorado Nebraska Kansas and Wheatland Wyoming with flatter payments in Billings Montana Lovell Wyoming. Checks mailed October 24 will total per ton based on sugar content and market results through September 30, 1962.
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Denver
Great Western Sugar Company
Frank A. Kemp
Great Western
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
Wheatland
Wyo
Lovell
Growere
Weather Loveliness Beats Freeze Warnings in Nebraska Panhandle
Melted frost hopes rise as temperatures fail to drop to predicted lows. Farmers harvest safflower and sugar beets with minimal freezes, while warm soils support beet work and late corn and sorghum yields. Winter wheat progress looks strong and livestock conditions remain good across the Panhandle.
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Nebraska Panhandle
Nebraska
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
WNOA Meet Planned for Sidney February Meeting
A tentative program for the February 6 meeting of Western Nebraska Organized Agriculture was mapped at a Tuesday officials meeting. The daylong gathering in Sidney will draw representatives from across western Nebraska and include morning coffee, a noon luncheon, and several speakers for both sessions. The last WNOA meeting in Sidney was three years ago.
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Nebraska
Sidney
WNOA
Cheyenne County
Ivan Lilegren
Joy Policky
Weather outlook clear to partly cloudy by tomorrow
The forecast calls for mainly clear to partly cloudy skies through tomorrow with tonight’s lows between 30 and 40 degrees and daytime highs around 60 to 70 degrees. Expect light winds and no precipitation.
Club Calves Second Sale Planned at Sidney Pavilion
Manager Dave Truss announced a second sale at the Sidney Livestock Sales Pavilion this Saturday featuring six McMillen ranch club steer calves and four heifers plus a broad mix of cattle. Early schedules list dozens of whiteface calves and other stock. last Saturday's sale saw 355 head of cattle and top steers at 33.50 with hogs at 16.70.
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Sidney Livestock Sales
Dave Truss
McMillen
Sidney
Truss
Rest Home Expansion Bids Considered For Winter
Memorial Hospital and Rest Home directors discussed calling bids this winter for an expansion to Memorial Rest Home. The move aims to save money and anticipate rising federal wage minimums tied to future projects with federal funds. Ray Cruise chairs the building committee and plans include a southern expansion.
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Memorial Rest Home
Memorial Hospital and Rest Home
Ray Cruise
Hill- Burton
John W. Platz
Memorial Hospital
Leo Bolin
A. J. Jorgensen
W. J
Bill) Robinson
Thomas O'Connell Sr
Frank Schwasnick
Gerald Matzke
Crop Research Emphasis Seen For This Area
Accelerated safflower research is planned for Sidney and Cheyenne County in 1963 and 1964 by the Rural Area Development crops committee. Spokesmen from Alliance and Scottsbluff experiment stations attended and outlined a shift to cultural practices and variety testing in 1963 with a full time safflower technician in Sidney in 1964 if funds approve. Committee members and local officials emphasized region specific agricultural problems warranting study and a southern Panhandle ag station.
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Sidney
Cheyenne County
Rural Area Development Organization
Alliance
Scottsbluff
Charles Fenster
Box Butte
RAD
Chet Walters
Scotts Bluff County Experiment Station
Fenster
RAC
Southern
Panhandle
Ralph Spearow
Harold Tremain
Ray Cruise
Cliff Webster
Hart Quinn
Carl Olson
George H. Fleming
Ray Graff
Charles Ham
Ivan Liljegren
Lyle Burton
Joe Policky
Bankers To Meet Here On Thursday
Regional bankers will convene at the Ft. Sidney Motor Hotel Thursday evening to discuss how banks can aid the revival of rural communities. Gov. Frank Morrison and State Senators George H. Fleming and William Brandt may join a panel. The Western Nebraska Conference of Bank Auditors and Comptrollers sponsors the meeting led by E. K. Yanney of Lodgepole. About 100 attendees from banks and businesses in the southern Nebraska Panhandle expected.
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Ft. Sidney Motor Hotel
Frank Morrison
George H. Fleming
William Brandt
Western Nebraska Conference of Bank Auditors and Comptrollers
E. K. Yanney
Lodgepole
Nebraska Panhandle
Mineral Lease Sale Scheduled At Dalton Village Hall
Property owned by the Village of Dalton within the village limits will be offered for oil and gas lease at a sale scheduled for Tuesday October 22 at ten in the morning. Lola Rathman village clerk announced this week.
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Dalton
Lola Rathman
Completion of Route 19 work improves all year traffic
Completion of improvements to State Route 19 from Sidney to the Colorado line will end winter and spring load limits for trucks. Missouri Valley Construction Co. aims to finish this week, providing a heavier, year round road. Local groups praised cooperation from state and local officials, noting prior years of detours and frost-damaged pavement.
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Sidney
Colorado State Line
Missouri Valley Construction Co
Nebraska
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Sioux Army Depot
State Highway Department
Three Drilling Sites Reported In This County
Love-Coursen Drilling Co set surface casing Tuesday for a wild cat venture in Cheyenne County at No. 1 Niel sen-Warren in section 9 14 52. Marathon Oil Co announced a well location in West Dimick Field southwest of Sidney at No. 1 Walker in section 17 13 50. Petroleum Inc drilling below 4300 feet at No. 1 Miles in Waten Field. In Morrill County Eddie Mike Davis of Denver spotted a wild cat at No. 1 Rogers in section 15 18 51 and Lowmont Drilling Co expected to move onto location within a day or two.
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Love-Coursen Drilling Co
Wildcat
Cheyenne County
Nielsen-Warren
Marathon Oil Co
West Dimick
Sidney
Walker
Petroleum Inc
Waten
Morrill County
Eddie Mike Davis
Denver
Rogers
Lowmont Drilling Co
Minuteman project looms over tri state towns
The massive Minuteman Missile program, led by Morrison Knudsen and partners, faces rapid growth in Kimball and surrounding towns. About 10,000 square feet of offices, 51 trailers plus a 243 unit camp at Kimball, and 150 trailers at Pine Bluffs are planned. Dispatch Area No. 2 centers on Sioux Army Depot with Boeing remodeling two buildings for 50 personnel and 15 barracks. The $83.96 million bid was approved, triggering widespread housing and facility needs across western Nebraska, northeastern Colorado, and southeastern Wyoming.
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Tri-State
Kimball
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Morrison-Knudsen
Boise
Ida
Sidney
Scottsbluff
Sterling
Colo
Pine Bluffs
Chugwater
Wyo
Act
Sioux
Boeing Co
Boeing
Minuteman
Corps of Engineers
Air Force
Landowners and Engineers To Meet October 23
Omaha based Army Engineers announce a public hearing on land acquisition for Minute Man construction in the Nebraska Wyoming Colorado area. The LaGrange Wyoming meeting is set for October 23 at 7 30 p.m. in the Ward Memorial Building with senior officers and representatives from Air Force Site Activation Task Force and other agencies attending. Landowners are especially urged to attend to ask questions and hear explanations of the corps land acquisition policy and methods. The session follows similar meetings in Wheatland Sterling Kimball and other towns to address ongoing concerns.
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Omaha
LaGrange
Wyo
Minuteman Construction
Nebraska- Wyoming-Colorado
Army Engineers
Ward Memorial
H. G. Woodbury, Jr
Lex E. O’brient
Dale Kent
James Sewell
Corps’ Cheyenne
Air Force
Cebmgo
Corps’ Missile Base Construction Agency
Woodbury
Corp
la Grange
Wheatland
Wyoming
Sterling
Colorado
Kimball
Nebraska
Engineers Confer With Commissioners
Representatives of the Corps of Army Engineers attended the Tuesday meeting of the Cheyenne County Board of Commissioners. The visit aimed to plan grading and maintenance of access roads to missile sites. The delegation, headed by Major Paul F Carroll, complimented the commissioners on the quality of the county roads.
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Corps of Army Engineers
Cheyenne County
County Board Defends Tax Cut on Sidney Sale Barn
Cheyenne County commissioners defended a reduced tax settlement on the Sidney Live stock Sales Pavilion property, explaining the move as a practical business decision after years of vacancy, vandalism, bankruptcy, and a lease sale by Union Pacific. The board rebutted criticism from Republican candidate Bennie Herboldsheimer, noting the building was renovated and taxes paid as part of settling back rents.
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Board of County Commissioners
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Bennie Herboldsheimer
Potter
Cecil Hunt
William G. Smith
Carl L. Olson
Herboldsheimer
Sidney Telegraph
Sidney Sale
Emerald Rapp
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
The
Telegraph
Rudy Munderloh’s 16th anniversary marred by mishaps
The celebration featured a failed balloon contest, a broken merry-go-round, and a faulty ice cream freezer. The grand prize Shetland pony remained calm, while Rudy plans a simpler straight contest this weekend and hopes the merry-go-round is repaired if weather allows. If further problems arise, trouble is expected.
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Rudy Munderloh
Rudy
Farm Bureau Board Welcomes New Directors At Dinner
Cheyenne County Farm Bureau welcomed new board members at a pot luck dinner in the 4-H Building Tuesday night. Attendees included 34 adults and 24 children. The program featured a tape from the annual Farm Bureau meeting in Devel County. The board planned a membership drive and the Lincoln state convention set for November 11 to 14, with Bob Misegadis Ralph Anderson Herman Jurgens Ed Narjes and Lemoyne Johnson among attendees.
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Cheyenne County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Devel Coun
Lincoln
Bob Misegadis
Ralph Anderson
Herman Jurgens
Ed Narjes
Lemoyne Johnson
SBA Brochure Guides Small Firms to Government Contracts
SBA Omaha announces a new brochure How Small Business Can Obtain Government Contracts and Subcontracts to help small firms win prime or subcontract work. It explains Joint SetAside, Prime Contract Information, Facilities Inventory, Source Program, Subcontracting Program, Certificates of Competency, and Contract Opportunity Meetings.
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Omaha
The
Small Business Administration
Federal Building
North 17Th St
Omaha 2
Nebr
L. S
Mac.Kenzie
SBA
MacKenzie
United States
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U.S. Weather Bureau
U.S
East Central District
South
Cheyenne County Farmers Union
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
John Hossack
County Extension Board
Cheyenne
Percy Woolery
Lisco
Garden County
U.K
Paul Hardeman Inc
Stanton, Calif
C. H. Leavell and Co
el Paso
Utah Construction and Mining Co
San Francisco
Perine Corp
Framington
Mass
Dezen
E State
County Board
Farm Bureau Board Meets
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