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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1958
Page
3
A special weekly column calls for readers from Ordville and Sioux Ordnance Depot to submit notices and items for publication. The feature seeks community updates and personnel notices to share in the Ordville-Sioux Depot News.
Reports cover October meetings of Girl Scout Troops 159 50 and 160 with leaders Mrs Fees Mrs Cross and assistants. Activities include badge work investitures decorations and a covered dish change notice plus PTA Dist 166 conference thanks and local social notices.
The October 15 1958 bowling update lists team standings led by Ft Sidney Hotel and Banks Drive Inn with W.NLX and Horrock Bros. Radio among top teams. Individual honors include Eldora Schumacher with 179 as high game and high series, joined by Ann Cain Kathy Garrels Beverly Headley and others.
A Gering woman Mrs Mildred M Swanson 54 died from injuries after a near head on crash on Highway 19 east of Alliance late Wednesday raising the Nebraska death toll to 254. The other driver Walter Beem 69 of Ashby suffered a broken nose and possible skull fracture and is in fair condition.
An accident at 9th and Illinois Wednesday evening caused about 400 in damage to two autos but no injuries occurred. Police report states H. Alvin Miller of Sidney drove north and collided with Donald L. R. Winkelman of Dalton who drove east. Estimated damages were 225 to Winkelman’s car and 175 to Miller’s.
A brief ballot listing choices for United States Senator includes Roman L. Hruska and Frank B. Morrison with party affiliations Republican and Democrat respectively.
State ticket race details appear garbled with party labels mixed. The fragment mentions Republicans and Democrats without clear context or outcomes.
Voters see a dense list of candidates for federal and county offices including Congress Third District, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, County Clerk, Railway Commissioner, County Treasurer, and District Court Clerk. Parties noted include Republican and Democrat with candidate names such as Ray C. Johnson, J. R. Kelly, Clarence Beck, William Grubbs, I. L. Pindel, Ruby Spindler, and others. The text resembles a ballot page.
A 32 page study manual titled Your Nebraska Banks has been placed in Sidney High School and St Patrick's Academy by the American National Bank of Sidney. The booklet, authored by an educator, explains banking and its role in the economy as an educational service for Nebraska schools.
At the Vern Coulter and Son Hereford Sale in Bridgeport fifty one head of purebred Hereford bulls aged near two years sold for a total of 42475 dollars, averaging 835 per head. Dr. C. R. Watson Mitchell purchased the top bull for 1875 dollars, with other Nebraska buyers including D. T. Doyle Tryon J. H. Vinton Gordon Vinton Cattle Company Mullen and Bob Pifer Gordon.
A listing of proposed measures for the Nebraska ballot including tax in lieu of taxes on public power companies, funding for a Cheyenne County historical association, licensing of bingo by nonprofits, and multiple constitutional amendments on residency of executives succession of the Governor and property title cleanups. Includes district designations, and notes on measures 300 301 and 303 with various provisions and limitations.
The document details a proposed constitutional amendment authorizing the Legislature to create a separate juvenile court and to issue revenue bonds. It notes acquisition of real and personal property and related procedures, with attestations by Cheyenne County officials and notifications concerning candidates and petitions.
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