Sioux Depot Not Placed On Alert Over Cuban Crisis
No announcement places Sioux Army Depot on alert status due to the Cuban trials. Spokesmen cite no comment on roles in arms buildup while confirming personnel stand by for possible shipments if needed. Warren AFB in Cheyenne remains a focal point with Minuteman and Atlas installations in the region under heightened readiness as defense plans evolve.
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Sioux Army
Cliban
Sioux
Cuba
Warren Air F Prce
Cheyenne
Minuteman
Warren
Atlas
Kimball
Wyoming
Bbraskia
Defense Department
Minutébah
Warren Air Force Base
National Guard
Sidney
Priirce
Pair Admits Check Forgery in Local Youths Case
Two youths, Mek Hadter twenty two and Noffinia Lee Pail twenty eight, were arraigned before County Judge C W Smith and pled guilty to forging checks. They are bound over for district court on $500 bonds each and remain in county jail. Sheriff W W Schulz described forged signatures on checks linked to Dale Verton and Louis Jurgen, with banks alerted by overdrawn accounts and suspicious cashing.
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C. W. Smith
Mek. Hadter
Noffinia Lee Pail
W. W. Schulz
Hesté
Dale R. Verton
Newton
American National Bank
Bob Sobotka
Paris
Hester
Jurgens
Dalton Bank
Verton
Spearow Farm To Be Location For Guitar Tests
County officials and Extension specialists from Box Butte and Scotts Bluff visited Cheyenne County Monday to discuss site options for planned safflower research. The plan includes a safflower block next spring with possible Sidnei y staffing by 1964 if funding is approved.
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Byearow
Yeevis
Bae
Liiegren
Chevérné County
Charles Fenster
Paul Ehlers
Tory Modinson
Box Butte
al- VaHe
Ahd
Walt Peterson
J W Houser Sr Dies After Long Illness at 71
J W Houser Sr 71 a Lodgepole resident since 1913 died shortly before noon at Memorial Hospital after a lingering illness He had been in Memorial Rest Home six weeks and hospitalized about ten days Funeral arrangements are by Gehrig Son Funeral Home A complete obituary will be published Friday
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J. W. Houser Sr
Lodgepole
Memorial Hospital
Houser
Memorial Rest Home
Gehrig & Son Funeral Home
Elgin Hicks Retires from Union Pacific 1957 V P Post
Elgin Hicks, executive vice president of Union Pacific Railroad, retires for health reasons effective October 1. Born in Corning Arkansas, he joined UP in 1920 at Oconto Nebraska. He held multiple posts across Nebraska, Wyoming, Oregon, and the Northwest before becoming executive vice president in 1957. He is well known in Sidney.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
Eastern
Portland
Ore
Northwestern
Hicks
Sidney
Toastmasters In Session Monday Fort Sidney Hotel
Rudy Munderloh chaired the regular Toastmasters Club meeting at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel Monday night. Toastmaster Joe Benkiewicz and chef evaluator H N Bredes led a full session with assistants Don Schwamb and Bill Percers. Table topics master Chuck Mitchell assigned topics from Kent Harrison Don Schwamb Bill Peterson Stewart Lockwood Keith Deaver H Rhodes and Joe Benkiewicz. Speakers Don Meier discussed When To Bean or Not To Bean and LaVerne Draper spoke on Complete Criticism. Mitchell presided at the business meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudy Munderloh
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Joe Bonkiewicz
H. N. Bredes
Don Schwamb
Bill Per Cers
Chuck Mitchell
Kent Harrison
Bill Peterson
Stewart Lockwood
Keith Deaver
H. Rhodes
Joe Benkiewicz
Don Meier
LaVern Draper
Mitchell
Final Push for United Fund Budget Shortfall
Dr. D J Garcia general chairman of the United Fund of Sidney and Sioux Ordnance Depot issued a final call for the return of all money pledges and campaign supplies. Benny Hochman and Ed Haupt conduct a last ditch canvass as the 1963 total tops $12 000 with a $15 550 goal likely out of reach. Proceeds will be prorated among seven member organizations as budgets are trimmed.
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D. J. Garcia
United Fund of
Garcia
Top Speakers To Appear At Teacher Meet
Three highly touted speakers will highlight general sessions of the District VI teachers annual convention in Scottsbluff this week. Senator Gale McGee of Wyoming Dr Carl Winters a General Motors lecture staff member and Drew Pearson famed American columnist will speak at the Thursday and Friday sessions. McGee a Nebraska native taught in several institutions before earning a PhD at the University of Chicago and entering politics in 1958. Winters a former crime commissioner and Skid Row chairman previously led juvenile boards and church ministry. Pearson known for the Washington Merry-Go-Round column recently toured Russia and interviewed Khrushchev.
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Scottsbluff
Gale McGee
Wyoming
Carl § Winters
General Motors Corp
Drew Pearson
America
Senator McGee
Winters
Pearson
Nebraska
Norfolk
Wayne State College
Crofton
Kearney High School
University of Colorado
Nebraska Wesleyan
Town State College
University of Notre Dame
University of Chicago
University of Wyoming
U .S Senate
Michigan
Chicago
Juvenile Board
Cook County
First Baptist Church
Oak Park
Itt
Washington
Sigma Delta Chi
Russia
Nikita Khrushchev
Pioneer Mrs Knox Dies at 94 in Sidney
Frances E. Knox 94 longtime Sidney resident died this afternoon at Memorial Hospital after being brought there Monday Her son Victor of Longmont Colorado was with her at death She shaped Cheyenne County history as a teacher county superintendent and Telegraph reporter Funeral arrangements are with The Craig Mortuary A complete obituary will be printed Friday
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Frances E. Knox
Memorial Hospital
Victor
Longmont
Colo
Sidney Enters State Contest of Betterment
Sidney plans to enter the statewide Community Betterment Contest sponsored by Nebraska gas utilities, the Division of Resources, and the University of Nebraska. At a Chamber of Commerce meeting last night, Sidney’s entry was decided to be submitted in the name of the Community Betterment Council with local organizations backing the plan.
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Sidney
Nebraska
Division of Resources
University of Nebraska
Chamber of Commerce
Community Betterment Council
Itigs
Community
C of C
Wayne Moran
North Platte Chief Named Police Head
Lloyd Muirhead, chief of police at North Platte, was elected president of the Police Officers Association of Nebraska at a two day convention. Russell Edwards of Holdrege was named vice president, and several police leaders from Lincoln Hastings and Falls City were reelected or elected as directors. About 102 members registered and an estimated 140 attended the Monday banquet, with speakers including Nebraska officials and federal and state prosecutors.
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Lloyd Muirhead
North Platte
Police Officers’ Association of Nebraska
Robert C. Beers
Chadron
Russell Edwards
Holdrege
Mr. Edwards
Sidney
J. C. Penney
Hoidrege
Joseph T. Carroll
Lincoln
Judd Ankrom
Falls City
George Maul
Hastings
Douglas Thomas
Alliance
Edwards
C. Harold Ostler
Omaha
Folice
Irvin Ferris
Norfolk
Sou Willis
GOP group outlines plan for Cheyenne County youth group
A meeting to organize a Cheyenne County Young Republicans group will be held tonight at the Bob Decker home. Attending will be Ed Narjes, county Republican chairman, to discuss structure and goals.
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Cheyenne County
Young Republicans
Bob Decker
Ed Narjes
Republican
Oil discoveries expand in western Nebraska patch near Potter
Western Nebraska oil activity centers on Cheyenne County with several operators reporting progress. Gage Oil and Gas confirms a discovery near Potter at the Nielsen-Warren No 1 well with 150 ft clean oil and 60 ft oil and gas cut mud on J sand at 5200 to 505 ft, casing set for completion. Marathon Oil anticipates a commercial gas well at West Dimick’s Walker No 1 with 2.4 million cu ft daily gas from a D sand test. J sand did not prove oil-bearing.
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Nebraska
Cheyenne County
Gage Oil and Gas Co
Potter
Nielsen-Warren
Gage
Love-Coursen Drilling Co. Bg
Gurley
NW NW
Marathon Oil Co
West Dimick
No. 1
Walker
Marathon
Exeter Drilling Co
Dorman
Sidney
Petroleum Inc
Woten Field
Senator Hruska to Visit Sidney Thursday Stop
US Senator Roman Hruska will make a 3.5 hour stop in Sidney on Thursday at Fort Sidney Motor Hotel from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. He is the noon luncheon speaker open to the public, to discuss the Cuban situation and constituents’ concerns. Ed Narjes organized appointments. luncheon tickets cost $1.50 and can be bought at the Republican headquarters or at the door.
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Sidney
Roman Hruska
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
La.a
Hruska
Senate
Senator Dirksen
Illinois
Ed Narjes
Cheyenne County
Republican Committee
Republican
Graveside Rites Held Tuesday For Infant Beyer
Graveside services were held at Greenwood Cemetery for Gerald Scott Beyer infant son of Airman First Class and Mrs. Gerald Beyer. The baby died shortly after birth at Memorial Hospital. Father Vinent J. Pelster officiated. Arrangements were by Gehrig & Son Funeral Home. Survivors include parents two brothers Dean three and Steven two sister Julie one grandparents Clarence Beyer Sidney and Harold Bretz Bakersfield Calif great grandparents Minnie Beyer and John Engel Sidney.
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Greenwood Cemetery
Gerald Scott Beyer
Gerald Beyer
Memorial Hospital
Vinent J. Pelster
Gehrig & Son Funeral Home
Dean
Steven
Julie
Clarence Beyer
Sidney
Harold Bretz
Bakersfield
Calif
Minnie Beyer
John Engel
Fire at Co-Op Store in Sidney Basements Heat No Damage
Sidney Volunteer Fire Department responded to Farmers Co-Op feed building at 12th and Hickory at 3 07 p m Monday. A furnace pipe had come off and caused intense heat in the basement with no flames and no damage.
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Sidney
Farmers Co-Op Feed
12Th and
Hickory
Dalton Dial System Conversion Underway in County
Dalton Telephone Exchange moves to direct dial with plan to bury 25 miles of main cable and open wire laterals. Construction includes an 24 by 29 foot addition, cement block walls, and new rural telephone sets. Cutover set for May 5, project valued at 80 000 to 100 000 dollars.
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Dalton Telephone.Co
C. J. Carley
Carley
Ing
Dalton
Sidney
N. W. Bell. Telephone Exchange
Cheyenne County
Wesleyan University 75th Anniversary Reunion Planned
The 75th Wesleyan University anniversary will be celebrated this weekend in the Nebraska Methodist Conference with a Sunday evening gathering at First Methodist Church in Sidney starting 6 30 Tickets are available by calling 254 4505 or through local committee members The event will feature Dr Vance Rogers Wesleyan president giving a progress report and the night will focus on friendly sociability as alumni reminisce
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Wesleyan University
Nebraska Methodist Conference
First Methodist Church
Sidney
Methodist Church Business Office
James Thayer
Potter
Lester Willough
Lodzepel
Clarence Kleyer Kimball
J. L. Christiansen
Joen Stepnburg
Chappell
C A’ Pe‘erson
Howard Chris’ Ansen
Vance Rogers
Wesleyan
Merit System Exams Announced In State
The Nebraska Merit System will hold examinations in various towns for technical and professional positions across the Department of Public Welfare Department of Health Division of Employment and Nebraska Civil Defense Agency on November 17. To qualify, applications must be postmarked by midnight November 5. Announcements listing specific positions are likely posted locally or available from County Welfare Offices Division of Employment offices or the Nebraska Merit System at the State Capitol.
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Nebraska Merit System
Department of Public Welfare
Department of Health
Division of Employment
Nebraska Civil Defense Agency
State Capitol
Good Listings For Saturday Livestock Sale At Sidney Pavilion
The Sidney Livestock Sales Pavilion reports strong demand with 289 cattle 52 feeder pigs 20 fat hogs and miscellaneous sheep and horses sold in the second sale last week. 4 H Club calves brought 33 to 38 per hundred and buyers anticipate more inquiries for feeder pigs fat hogs fat cattle bred cows and old cows this Saturday. Managers expect steady listing growth and a bright outlook as crowds remain robust and buyers pledge support.
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Sidney
Dave Truss
Tuss
Scout Pancake Feed Set This Saturday
The annual pancake feed sponsored by Pack 89 of the Boy Scouts will be held Saturday in the basement of the Odd Fellows Hall. Serving runs from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tickets cost 50 cents for children and 76 cents for adults. The event funds Pack activities and is sponsored by IOOF.
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Boy Scouts
Odd Fellows Hall
IOOF
Moran To Attend Industrial Workshop in York
Wayne Moran, manager of the Moran Chamber of Commerce, leaves Wednesday for York to attend an Industrial Workshop Thursday. The session targets chamber managers and is sponsored by the Nebraska Resources Division.
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Chamber of Commerce
Wayne Moran J
York
Chambers
Nebraska Resources Division
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P. J. Heaton Jr
Bill Blue
Lancaster County
John Dier
Phelps County
GOP
Sidney Toastmaster’s Club
Don Schwamth
Chuck Mittchell
Persident
H. N. Rhodes
Educational
Stewart Loclktwood
Thompson Pholo
Potter State
Kimball County
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Banner ‘Drilling Co
Lukassen
Buffalo Field
Edward Mike Davis
Morrill County
Sen. Hruska
Co-Op
Dalton Telephone Exchange
Wesleyan Uni
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