Legion Meeting Set Oct 1 in Chappell
District 4 American Legion and Auxiliary plan a one day convention in Chappell on Tuesday October 1 with about 325 members expected. The program includes a 9 30 a m parade, 10 30 a m drill squad contest at the high school field, Legion Hall meetings, Methodist Church ladies sessions, a noon luncheon at Fellowship Hall, and an address Avenues of Service by Florence Soost department president plus auxiliary officers Mary G McVickers and Eula Brown.
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Chappell
American Legion and Auxiliary
Legion and Auxiliary
State Department
Legion
Legion Hall
Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall
Florence Soost
Mary G. McVickers
Eula Brown
Cheerleader Clinic at Chadron on October 12
A one day cheerleader clinic will be held October 12 at Chadron State Teachers College. Lawrence R. Herkimer, executive secretary of the National Cheerleaders Association and known as Mr. Cheerleader, will instruct. The program covers techniques demonstrations and mass teaching of routines. Registration is 3 per person.
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Chadron
Chadron State Teachers College
Lawrence R. Herkimer
Herkimer
Dallas
Texas
National Cheerleaders’ Association
Nebraska
Range Tour Planned for Kimball County
Two University of Nebraska specialists will lead a Kimball County range tour on Wednesday starting at 9 a.m. five miles north and two miles west of Kimball, then ending in the southern part of the county. Pon Burzloff will discuss range grasses and pasture care, while E A Olson speaks on silos and construction. Olson also leads a 8 p.m. discussion at the county courthouse on crop drying and storage. Dee Follis, Kimball County Agent, says a large turnout is hoped.
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Kimball
University of Nebraska
Kimball County
Pon Burzloff
E. A. Olson
Dee Follis
Kimnball
Johnson
Follis
Burzloff
Boys Arrested After Three Cars Are Taken
Two teenage boys reported stealing three cars in Cheyenne County were arrested this afternoon at Gothenburg. Sheriff’s office officials confirmed the capture, with details pending.
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Cheyenne County
Gothenburg
Cheyenne Cou
Appare
Public sale of Sidney Hotel stock planned at courthouse
The Sidney Hotel Corporation stock, overdue payments up for sale at ten oclock Wednesday at the courthouse east door. Unpaid subscriptions will be forfeited, with several thousand dollars in stock offered. Some shares nearly paid, others only five or ten percent. The sale aims to boost funding for the Sidney Motor Hotel under construction at 9th and Jackson, with contractor Chester M Johnson reporting continued progress and a potential grand opening by New Years Eve. Neuro Atkins, hotel board president, expects strong interest from current investors.
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Sidney Hotel Corporation
Telegraph
Court House
Sidney Motor Hotel
9Th and
Jackson St
Chester M. Johnson
Johnson
Neal Atkins
Sidney Cafe Theft Totals About $25
Approximately $25 was taken in a robbery at the L S Cafe in Sidney. Police Chief Sol Willis said the burglar entered through an unlatched rear window. The cash drawer, the sole disturbed item, was padlocked but the hasp was pulled off.
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L&s
Sidney
Sol Willis
Willis
New Speed Signs Posted In Region
Speed signs have been posted along Highway 30 to Ogallala with 65 day 55 high speed limits. A State Highway Department team worked along Highway 19 replacing signs to permit five mile per hour higher speeds.
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Cheyenne County
Poetes
Ogallala
State
Highway 19
Sidney hotel project aims to draw conventions and meetings
The proposed hotel would offer 50 rooms a dining room coffee shop and cocktail lounge with banquet facilities for large meetings. Officials say clearing stock subscriptions tied to the drive is the key step and the hotel could become a community meeting place attracting Sidney’s organizations and trade area.
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Cordance
Sidney
Johnson
Atomic Commission proof sought on underground water lack report
The Telegraph asks the Atomic Energy Commission for proof of a claim that western Nebraska underground water resources will dry up. Dr Willard Libby linked drought to borrows water in Nebraska and Israel, while Dr E C Reed contested the Paris report noting no western Nebraska samples. Groundwater in Lodgepole Valley near Sidney remains a focus as wells along Lodgepole Creek supply Sidney.
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Telegraph
The
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Nebraska
Associated Press
Paris
Willard E. Libby
Israel
Libby
Unesco
E. C. Reed
Reed
Lodgepole Valley
Cheyenne
Sidney
Charles Green
Lodgepole Creek
Legion Park
City to give flu shots to all Sidney employees
City Manager Murrey Fuller announced that all City of Sidney employees will receive influenza shots at city expense. The plan aims to prevent service disruptions during a flu outbreak, with police, fire, and utility plant staff likely first in line as vaccine becomes available.
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City of
Sidney
Murrey Fuller
Stolen Bike Recovered Behind Water Dam North of Sioux Villa
Police recovered Lea Zwickl’s bicycle, one of four stolen in recent weeks, found behind the large water diversion dam north of Sioux Villa. The scooter was identified and returned to the owner amid ongoing theft investigations.
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Sidney
Lea Zwickl
Sioux Villa
Wheat farmers oppose USDA rule on oversowing limits
Nebraskan wheat growers airs strong concern over a USDA ruling that would deny historical credit for oversown acreage. The Ogallala meeting and Washington talks outlined plans to press for changes, led by Herbert Hughes and other Nebraskans with Marvin McLain as key USDA figure. The rule shifts wheat history credits, shrinking allotments for non compliant farmers and boosting diversion credits for compliant growers.
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Nebraska
Department of Agriculture
Ogallala
Nebraska Wheat Growers Association
USDA
Herbert Hughes
Imperial
National Assestion of
Washington
Marvin McLain
Panhandle
Grain Markets Wheat price at $1.73 per bushel
Local elevator sources quoted wheat at 1.73 dollars per bushel today. This brief market note records a single price for wheat observed by area elevators.
Kick Off For United Fund Campaign Tomorrow
The United Fund opens with a 6 45 am breakfast at Yendis Cafe led by campaign chairman Dr H C Q Nelson and J R Miller. Six member groups including Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Red Cross Salvation Army Kings Daughters and Civil Air Patrol Cadets aim to raise 12000 for 1958. Major focus is employer employee drives with workers urged to donate at least one day’s pay and red feathers mark those already contributing to avoid duplication.
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H. C. Q. Nelson
J. R. Miller
I Ralphis Welch
Lee Sluman
Guy V. Doran
Rudy Munderloh
United Fund
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Kings Daughters
Civil Air Patrol Cadets
Nelson
Miller
Construction Bids Sought for First Methodist Church
Sidney church hopes to start November after bids open October 28 for a 60 by 190 foot front unit. The church conference approved a loan not to exceed 100000 to support the building plan with 65000 on hand and 103000 in pledges. The edifice to include classrooms offices a chapel seating 190 and overflow for 400.
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First Methodist
Sidney
Board of Trustees
Lincoln
Funeral Rites Held For Disabled Veteran Milne
Funeral rites were conducted at Greenwood Cemetery for Henry Milne 65 of Mt. Clemens Michigan who died in Sidney last Tuesday of natural causes He was a World War I disabled veteran seeking admission to an old soldiers home in California and received charity from local police He is survived by a daughter Rev C F Parks presided and burial followed in the military section Gehrig Son Funeral Home arranged the services.
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Greenwood Comctery
Henry Milne
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Milne
Sidney
California
Rev
C. F. Parks
Gehrig & Son
Hone
Accident on Highway 30 Causes $550 in Damage
Nebraska Safety Patrol estimated $550 damage after a two vehicle crash Friday around 10:35 pm on Highway 30 west of Sidney. Gerald Beene, 16, of Sidney, turning left, was struck by Eugene Printz, 16, of Ordville who was attempting to pass. No injuries reported.
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Nebraska Safety Patrol
Highway 30
Sidney
Gerald Beene
Eugene Printz
Ordville
Beene
Northern Well Venture Near Oil Pay Zone
British-American Oil Co drillers push into sand in Juelfs Gaylord Field northwestern Cheyenne County as McNish No 2 nears pay at 5 283 feet. Two new locations appear on Cheyenne County oil books including Wills C No 3 in Helder Field and Sage Oil Co Herboldsheimer No 1 near Llama No 1 discovery.
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British-American Oil Co
Juelfs-Gaylord
Cheyenne County
Helder Field
Sage Oil Co
Herboldsheimer No. 1
Llama No. 1
Dal ton youth faces charges in radio theft case
Lawrence T. Williams 17 of Dalton is being prepared for a juvenile breaking and entering action by Cheyenne County Attorney Pat Heaton Jr. Williams reportedly gave a written statement admitting taking a radio from Wilson Gas Co. west of Sidney last week and implicated himself in a prior Dalton School cash box theft. A Dalton family staying with him alerted authorities after reading of the case in The Telegraph and Williams claimed he bought a new radio for $6.
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Cheyenne County
Pat Heaton, Jr
Lawrence T. Williams
Dalton
Sheriff's Office
Wilson Gas Co
Sidney
Dalton School
Williams
Telegraph
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Kearney State Teacher’s College
Verl Watson
Rayl
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Iowa State
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Lodgepole
Gaylord Steele
Merlin Maas
Potter
W. O. Brunner
Don Mueller
James Neuman
E. A. Ruttner
Otto Wink
Wheatmen
Agriculture Department
Yendis
Ask Construction
Northern Well Venture
Shell Oil Company
Kelley
Cne
Heidemann Field
Tom Palmer, Inc
Linn
Wildcat
O'Donnell & Edmondson
U.P. R.R. Panhandle
Skelly Oil Co
Holmes
Morrill County
Rock Island Refining Corp
L. B. Marcus
McLaughlin
Lewis Bros., Inc
Bourlier
Bourlier Field
Pan American Petroleum Corp
Edwards No
Banner County
Edwards Field
Inter-Continent Oil Co
Smith No
Harlan County
Baumgartner Oil Co
Juells
U. S. Smelting, Refining & Mining Co
Brown
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