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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1960
Page
11
Community members discuss JC’s Civic Project and potential recreation and public works in Sidney. Proposals include Chamber of Commerce involvement, a hospitality center, rest rooms, bleachers, drag strip concept, and a library expansion with sights toward a Fort Sidney powder house museum.
Residents proposed funding for an educational center with a museum and gallery, an overpass on 18th Ave, a college trust fund, and a community shelter and amphitheater. Other ideas included park improvements at Legion Park, safety talks, unions for wage conditions, drag strip fines in kind, and signs directing traffic to parks.
In Banner County Tiger Oil Co. reports a new producer at the Nelson No 2 in SESE 2-17-56 with a DST indicating 4018 feet of oil and a well pumping about 400 barrels per day. In Kimball County Chandler and Simpson strike the No 1 C Bourlier wildcat in SESE 10-13-57 with 700 feet oil and 220 feet oil cut mud in the DST. H C Arnold farms the No 1 Welke wild cat in NESW 3-17-51, three miles north of the Cheyenne County line.
Army Pvt. Donald K. Baumbach, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman R. Baumbach of Sidney Nebraska, finished eight weeks of advanced individual training on Sept. 9 at Fort Sill Oklahoma. He trained as an Honest John rocket crewman after entering the Army last April. Baumbach previously worked for Panhandle Drug Co. in Sidney.
Twenty seven Sioux Ordnance Depot employees in construction and one local firm employee attended a powder actuated tools course at the depot on Wednesday. The class, conducted by F. E. Van Scoy of Kansas City, Mo., explains that these tools speed construction by driving fasteners directly into concrete or metal, eliminating preliminary drilling and routing.
A local appeal invites readers to try the Telegraph wantads for selling or trading items. The note highlights the classifieds section as a quick way to reach buyers and find sellers in the community.
Sound Credit Federal Land Bank System report notes Robert B. Tootell, governor of the Farm Credit Administration, as a key speaker in Washington D. C. Others include H Roe Bartle of Kansas City, Earl Butz of Purdue, Vernon Wine of Philadelphia, and Charles Cullen of Charlotte. A ladies program featured Ramona Deitemeyer of Lincoln, Mrs. America 1956.
Victims of a June 15 light plane crash were buried this week at the crash site on a mountainside six miles northeast of Jackson Wyoming. The aircraft went down during a storm while traveling from Longview.
An intensive air search failed to locate the missing plane until last Friday. The Sidney CAP unit led a July 13 search in western Nebraska. Killed were two ministers their wives and the pilot. Wyoming State Aeronautics Director Marvin Stevenson said they likely died instantly, as the craft plunged straight down into a mountain amid dense overcast. A report from Hyannis spoke of wreckage found in a lake but no wreckage was recovered.
Local classified line invites readers to call 5555 for fast selling buying or renting options. The brief copy emphasizes quick service and a single contact number for listings and inquiries.
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