Rabies Fear Grows in Sidney After Cat Bite
A Sidney rabies scare follows a child being bitten by a rabid cat and possible bites or scratches to two other youngsters. County health officer A rabies shots underway for a three year old. a dead cat tested positive for rabies. Sheriff identifies the bitten boy as Daniel Chafin. Local officials discuss stray cat control and police authority while urging reporting of animals acting strangely.
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Sidney
Rc. B. Dorwart
W. W. Schulz
Daniel Chafin
Chafin
Derwart
Sie
Askirig
Sidney S
Istigeta
Lolies
James Edwards
State Health Department
Lincoln
Missing Wyoming plane reported after 5 30 radio call
The single engine aircraft departed Ogden Utah yesterday at 1 30 pm with one passenger en route to Cheyenne Wyoming. Overcast weather with light snow and rain prevailed as CAA stations in Scottsbluff Chadron Sidney and Rapid City reported hearing a radio call about 2770 miles but could not confirm the source indicating a missing aircraft and possible clarification sought from pilot Mikkelson.
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Salight
Torrington
CAA
Sidney
Mie
Mikkelsen
Thad
Cheyenne
Ogden
Utah
Rele
Scottsbluff
Chadron
Rapid City
Mikkelson
Public Can Help City Police In Cat Roundup
Public cooperation is needed for an effective cat roundup as Sidney officials discuss reducing the stray cat population. Chief Sol Willis warns that if necessary officers may shoot cats in residential areas, but cautions against private gun use and favors trained handling.
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Willis
Sol Willis
Murrey Fuller
Sidney
Fuller
Sidney Country Club OKs Heated Pool Plan
The Sidney Country Club board approved a $12,600 heated pool project to be funded by selling $12,008 in stock. Construction starts only after the goal is met, with $1,000 already sold and funds in escrow. The 60 by 42 foot pool will be 30 inches deep at the shallow end and eight feet at the deep end, southeast of the clubhouse, with dressing rooms remodeled inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Country Club
Ed Swanson
Swanson
Premature Baby Born At Farm Home Survives Transfer
Peggy Lynn Huston was born two and a half months early at a farm home 19 miles southeast of town. The three pound infant is in Memorial Hospital incubator in good condition with mother and baby reported improving. The parents are Virgil and the late baby’s mother, and grandparents live in Lodgepole and Williston North Dakota. The doctor notes the emergency birth lacked facilities and praises the rapid hospital care.
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Peggy Lynn Huston
Memorial Hospital
Virgil Huston
Don
Fund Drive Up Another Notch In Sidney
United Fund push lifts total toward 13 500 with residential phase to come. Jerry Miller notes most work done, Beta Sigma Phi and Newcomers Club to handle house to house calls. Final briefing set for Saturday at Fort Sidney Motor Hotel with co chairs to guide collectors.
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United” Fund
Jerry Miller
Beta Sigma Phi
H.C.Q. Nelson
United Fund
Sidney
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Ralph Welch
Harold Tremain
Epsilon Sigma Alpha
Newcomers Club
Chappell School Addition Dedicated Sunday Afternoon
The Deuel County High School at Chappell will dedicate a new wing Sunday at 2 30. Dr Floyd Miller of Lincoln will speak and supervise a program including band numbers the high school sextette and mixed chorus. The project passed 3 to 1 in a county vote.
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Deuel County
Chappell
Floyd Miller
Lincoln
Life magazine covers Sidney convention speech hoax
A two page Life feature recounts Vladimir Janovek's speech at the Nebraska Junior Chamber of Commerce Fall Quarterly convention in Sidney. Colorado Congressman William Chenoweth, posing as a Soviet UN delegation member, provoked the Jaycee audience with critiques of U S capitalism and farm programs.
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Life
Sidney
Vladimir Janovek
Nebraska Junior Chamber of Commerce
Colorado
William Chenoweth
United Nations
U. S
Janovek
Fair Town
Soviet Union
Frontier Airline Delay Pushes Sidney Service to February
Civil Aeronautics Board delays final ruling on the Seven States air service plan until November with a 60 day post decision window. Frontier would serve 17 Nebraska towns including Lincoln Hastings Kearney Imperial Sidney McCook and Alliance as part of routes from Omaha to Denver North Platte Scottsbluff and connections to Kansas City and Chicago if approved.
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Frontier
Sidney
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Seven States
Rolland Hart
Nebraska Aeronautics Department
Omaha
Denver
Nebraska
Lincoln
Hastings
Kearney
Imperial
McCook
Alliance
United Air Lines
Omaha- Denver
Grand Island
North Platte
Scottsbluff
Rapid City
S. C
Chadron
Kansas City
Beatrice
Chicago
Ozark Airlines
Frontier Airlines
Labor Union Endorses Four GOP Congressmen in Nebraska
The National Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers endorsed all four Nebraska GOP incumbents for reelection, backing Weaver Cunningham Harrison and Miller while offering no governor race guidance. The move contrasts with AFL CIO Democratic endorsements and aims to challenge Republican claims of labor influence.
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Nebraska
National ‘Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Afl-Cio
Glenn Cunningham
Lincoln
F. D. Sampier
The
Brotherhood
Phil Weaver
Robert Harrison
A. L. Miller
Frank Morrison
Weaver
Harrison
Miller
Aflcio
Samper
Cleveland
Ohio
GOUP
Congress
Don McGinley
GOP
Dr. Miller
National Arbor
McGinley
Sampier
Omaha
Bernard Boyle
Sidney Bicycle Rodeo Set With 18 Prizes For Youths
About 200 youngsters are expected to compete in Sidney's first Bicycle Rodeo on Sunday near Sidney High School. Three age groups will award first to third prizes including a $3 savings account at Sidney National Bank and theatre tickets. In case of bad weather, the event shifts to November 9.
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Sidney
Sidney High School
Jerry Robbins
Sidney National Bank
Fox Theatre
Montgomery Wards
Western Auto
Gambies
Stickney’s
Jaycees
Miller Endorsement Welcomed by Rep A L Miller
Congressman A L Miller, campaigning for reelection, passed through Sidney and voiced faith that the Fourth District remains largely Republican. He defended honest unions and leaders, opposed corrupt bosses tied to the McClellan Committee, and called for curb measures on union power while noting labor endorsements.
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A. L. Miller
Sidney
Rep. Miller
Chambers of Commerce
McClellan Committee
Cheyenne Kimball Elevators Plan Major Expansion
Severe grain storage shortages across the Panhandle spur a large buildup. Cheyenne and Kimball County elevators aim to add 1,000,000 bushels by next harvest with Kimball Co-op proposing a 300,000 bushel concrete elevator at Kimball and Sidney's Farmers Co-op adding 262,000 bushels to its plant. Existing capacity totals about 4.2 million bushels, with several co-ops posting record annual business and planning further expansions despite high storage demand.
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Panhandle
Cheyenne
Kimball County
Meister
Kimball County Grain Co-Op
Dix
Kimball County Co-Op
Potter — Potter Co-Op Grain Co
Juelfs Grain Co
Point of Rocks
Jacinto — Point of Rocks Elevator, Inc
Kimball
Kimball County Grain Co-operative
Co-op
Bushnell
Sidney
Farmers Co-op Grain
Union Pacific
Huntsman
Warren Mettlen
Bross
Potter Co-op Grain Co
Charles L. Slaman
Ervin Wheeler
Lodgepole Co-op
Farmers Co-op
Smith
Lodgepole
Kimball — Kimball Co. Grain Co-op
Olson
Larson
Sidney — Farmer's Co-Op
Denver
Huntsman — Farmers Co-Op
Colton
Sunol — DeMers & Sons
Lorenzo — Farmers Union Co- Op
Lorenzo Grain
Brownson -— DeMers & Sons
Lodgepole — Farmers Co-Op
Smith Elevator
Dalton — Central States Grain
Dalton Co-Op Society
Gurley -— Farmers Union Co- Op
Bushnell — Lexington Mill & Elevator Co
Hage
Oil-Gas News Reports Mixed Discoveries in Panhandle
In western Nebraska the week yielded one new discovery in Kimball County while eight wells were plugged and five wildcats abandoned. Banner County had one field producer and four dry holes, Cheyenne County saw two wildcats plugged and three new drills started. State production rose to 58,585 barrels weekly, worth about $1,230,000, despite the failures. A D sand test at No 1 Vernox recovered oil and mud before the hole was abandoned. Other notes include No. 1 Olsen in Cheyenne County, No. 1 Herboldsheimer near Potter with 50 bpd potential, and No. 1 Stark tests in Merrill County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimball County
Banner County
Cheyenne County
Vernon
Burns-Kingston
Denver
Luccock Drilling Co
Ohio Oil Co
Nebraska Drillers Inc
CSE
Monahan
Shell Oil Co
Slama
Potter
M. A. Harris
Rogers ‘Drilling ‘Co
Merrill County Nebraska Drillers Inc
Mar Oil Co
Stark
Juelfs-Gaylord
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Belice
Sol. Wills
the Telegraph
Stiney
Kane
Wyoming
Country Club
Ok’s
Poe
Demos
Farmers Co-op Grain Co
Thompson
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