Poison filled hose stolen from fumigation truck in Cheyenne Wells
A 75 to 100 pound high pressure hose containing a deadly mixture of DDT and Malathion was taken from a truck parked by the Couch Hotel last night. The owners, Harmack Fumigation Co. of Cheyenne Wells, urge the thief to return it or risk fatal exposure. Sheriff W. W. Schulz asked for information to locate the hose and prevent harm.
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Couch Hotel
McQueen & Butler
Harmack Fumigation Co
Cheyenne Wells
Colo
Mr. Butler
W. W. Schulz
Watchdog Of House To Talk To Civic Club
North Platte will host a Western Nebraska United Chambers of Commerce meeting on Sept 27 with Iowa Rep H R Gross addressing after a 4 pm labor relations workshop. Rep Dave Martin and Rep Gross, conservative Republicans, will attend the evening banquet amid his reputation as a spenders watchdog and economy critic.
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North Platte
Nebraska
Gross
WNUCC
Dave Martin
Nebraka
Martin
Rep
Towan
Congress
Post Office and Civil Service Committee
House
H R Gross
University of Missouri School of
New Paint Job Slated For Local Rest Home
Memorial Rest Home will receive a new exterior paint job after two coats of stain and varnish proved inadequate. The board of directors’ building committee recommends soaking in paint to fill exposed areas and extend durability beyond two years.
KSID Carries Husker Football This Season
KSID will carry Nebraska University football this year with pregame and live play by play. Time Saturday at 12:45, Dik Perry, sports director for KTOR Lincoln, will handle the coverage.
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KSID
Nebraska
Nebraska-North Dakota
Bank Robbery Probe Continues in Cheyenne County
The FBI presses on with the Potter State Bank theft investigation dated Sept 8 with no arrests or comments. Deposit boxes were rifled and contents spilled. loss may include cash and valuables. FBI officials say exact taken items are undeclared, with unissued bonds and travel checks reported. The Telegraph notes the case is Cheyenne County’s major 1916 era story and no public details will be released pending progress.
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FBI
Potter State Bank
Sidney Telegraph
Cheyenne County
Bank proposed for Ogallala named Keith County Bank
Melvin H Adams Sr of Brule and associates seek a state charter from the Nebraska Banking Department for a new Ogallala bank called Keith County Bank. Adams says Brule Bank policies will stay intact and Brule will not lose its bank while Ogallala gains a new lender. The venture would add payroll to the city.
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Ogallala
Melvin H Adams, Sr
Brule and Associates
Nebraska Banking Department
Ralph Misko
Keith County
Adams
Keith County News Today
Bank of Boule
Bank of Brute
Ogallata
Brule
Parade Opens Second Day Program With Morning Parade
Rain eases overnight and Potterites expect a bright parade Saturday morning. Weather outlook favors warmer, cloudy conditions with a full schedule: 10:30 parade with 20 floats and bands, 11:30 races, 1:30 baseball Potter vs Dalton, 2:30 free movie at Legion Hall, 3:30 free park barbecue, 6:00 Potter High School Band concert, 6:30 prize drawing for 250, 9:00 Legion Hall dance with Millard Musil band.
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Potterites
Potter
Dalton
Legion Hall
Millard Musil
Rural Teacher List Complete in Cheyenne County Schools
County Superintendent Miss Edith Oldershaw reports the rural teacher list is complete. Fifteen districts show two teachers in districts like 76 north of the Sioux Ord nance Depot due to rising enrollment, with teachers named for each district and grade spans from kindergarten through eighth.
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Cheyenne County
Edith Oldershaw
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Dist
Betty Cramer
Doris Allen
Bertha Hokom
Ardith Wolstenholm
Leona Bauman
Verda Reisner
Verdell Lessman
Elva Davison
Lois June Wittrock
Doris Mahin
Evelyn Fiegenschuh
Ray Vedder
Norma Jean Wittig
Audra Abbott
Jeannette Jackson
Becky Dowell
Orville Butler
Fred Fode
Virginia Glassburn
Trinity
Berniece Narjes
Joe Steele Improves After Auto Accident in Iowa
Kimball resident Joe Steele remained in serious condition with internal injuries after a Friday automobile collision near Deg Monies Iowa. His wife Mrs Steele suffered a fractured jaw and a broken collarbone. They were returning from Michigan when the crash occurred and relatives Clarabette Parish and Mary Jo Parish traveled by plane from Cheyenne to be with their parents.
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Kimball
Joe Steele
Kimbal
Mrs Steele
Deg Mones
Iowa
Steele
Michigan
Clarabette Parish
Mary Jo
Cheyenne
County Driver's Licenses May Sell Out Before Monday
County Treasurer M M Inhelder warned of a potential last minute rush at the Shey enne County Driver's License counter as 3,200 licenses have been sold, far short of the 8,000 target. The Monday deadline remains Oct 30, urging applicants to come in early.
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Sheyenne County
M M Inhelder
Frontier Air Flight 54 schedule change announced
Frontier Airlines will modify Flight 54 timing with a new daytime route from Denver to Sidney then Lincoln and Omaha, affecting mail deadlines at Sidney Post Office. Postmaster Leo Gorman noted 1:50 p m closeout on weekdays and 11 a m on Sundays holidays, while other mail deadlines stay unchanged.
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Frontier Airlines
Leo Gorman
Denver
Sidney
Lincoln
Omaha
Kansas City
Gorman
Frontier
Kansas “City
Flight 51
Nebraska
United States
Imperial
McCook
Kearney
Hastings
Sterling, Colo
Vandalism Surges in Lodgepole Town
The Lodgepole Nebraskan reports a spike in vandalism over the past weeks with ten destroyed street lights including a costly mercury vapor lamp and damage to a homeowner’s picture window and the Hiway Cafe. No arrests yet. officials vow to make examples and urge parents to monitor teens at night.
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Lodgepole
Lodgepole Nebraskan
Lloyd Mays
Hiway
Rapp
Finch
Nebraskan
Hail Storm Damage Hits Colorado Beet Crop
A freak hail storm between Stelling and Proctor damaged the beet crop in the territory. The Great Western Sugar Co reported losses on at least 4000 acres as sugar beets suffered varying degrees of damage with some fields heavily affected.
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Stelling and
Proctor Cole Earher
Great Western Sugar Cosado
Oil Discovery Reported Near Nebraska Line
An apparent oil discovery was reported by Stuarce Oil Co. across the Nebraska line in Logan County Colorado No 1 Fehringer with a D sand drill stem test from 5074 to 78 feet yielding 1456 feet of oil 30 feet mud 60 feet oil cut mud and 57 feet muddy water Drilled to 5264 feet top of D sand at 5072 feet Located two miles southeast of Ohio Oil Pebble Field 26 rigs at work in Nebraska A wildcat in Scotts Bluff on Haake Estate plugged after no shows Keener Oil reports 182 BPD at No 1 Long in Kimball County Leased area sales planned Oct 1 at Lake McConaughy Read in Sidney Telegraph Sept 25 Chieftain Mast abandon No 1A Melton Lincoln County No 1 Melton south offset to discovery Two and a half bbl water and oil per hour at No 1 Hedge Hitchcock County Granite test planned in Fronter County No 1 Schneider near Spring Creek Field, ongoing oil finds in Basal Sand.
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Stuarce Oil Co
Logan County
Colo
Fehringer
Ohio Oil Co
Nebraska
Scotts Bluff
Champlin Oil and Refining Co
Don Rounds
Champlin
Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District
Lake McConaughy
Keith County
Sidney Telegraph
Keener Oil Company
Kimball County
Lincoln County
Chieftain Corp
Mast Drilling Co
Melton
Hitchcock County
Texaco
CSW
Wildhorse Canyon
Edwin Foster Blake
Murfin Drilling Co
Pring Creek
Frontier County Venture
Schneider
Zimmer
Spring Creek
Week Of Rain Soaks Sidney Trade Region
Rain totals of an inch or more drenched Sidney and the trade region over the past week. Wheat growers welcomed the moisture as timely for winter wheat. safflower farmers faced delays. Cooler weather and a potential frost tonight followed scattered showers across the Panhandle and western Nebraska. Snow fell in Casper, Cheyenne and Laramie as the season begins.
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Sidney
Panhandle
Nebraska
Dalton
North Platte River
Casper
Cheyenne
Laramie
Countywide Meeting Set Up To Plan Rural Development
A countywide Rural Development Committee plans a 7:30 pm October 18 meeting at Fort Sidney Motor Hotel to involve Sidney and Cheyenne County communities. Charles Ham urges service clubs and organizations to attend as the area weighs long range plans and seeks broad community participation.
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Southern
Sidney
Area Committee
Ifam
Panhandle
Lisco
Sidnex
Mahons
Ound
Disaster Preparation Plan Heads USDA County Committee
Three federal agencies in Cheyenne County form a United States Department of Agriculture County Emergency Planning Committee to study emergency problems and ensure continuity of government services during disasters such as atomic attacks, floods, or tornadoes. The ASC will handle emergency food supplies, the Soil Conservation Service provides radiological monitoring, and the extension service handles public information while monitoring radioactivity in livestock, water, and crops.
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Cheyenne County
Roger Plantz
The
Soil Conservation Service
Don Rapp
Agricultural Stabilization Conservation Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Ivan Liljegren
Rapp
Extension Service
ASC
J H Borland 80 Former Sidney Resident Dies in California
J H Borland 80 longtime Sidney resident and ex electrical shop owner died in Sepulveda California after a long illness. Born Aug 3 1881 in Exeter Nebraska he was married to Ruth Gates in 1917 and later moved to Sidney in 1920 where he ran an electrical shop and served as assistant county assessor. Survived by wife two sons Jack F and Arthur G two granddaughters three grandsons one sister Mrs Gates and other relatives. services set for Saturday at 10 a.m. at Pierce Brothers Mortuary North Hollywood California.
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J H Borland
Sidney
E WM Gates
Sepulveda
Cali
Pierce Brothers Mortuary
North Hollywood
Calif
Exeter
Neb
John Harlan Borland
John T
Jane Latham Borland
Ruth Gates
Borland
California
San Jose
Coalinga
Glendale
Presbyterian Church
BPO Elks Lodge
Ruth
Noble Ave
Jack F
van Nuys
Arthur G
Sepul Veda
Gates
Richard Dotts
Broethe
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Nora Madden
Frontier Air
Colorado
Nebraska Line
Sidney Trade Region
USDA
Chadron
NSC
Sis Ag
Renes Pranty
Postp
J. H. Borland
Sidneyite
Cheyenne Carney Ste
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