UF Drive Is Started In Sidney
Letters were mailed to more than 150 residents of Sidney and vicinity as the 1961 United Fund campaign began for Sidney and Sioux Ordnance Depot. Advance gifts chair Jack H Lowe urged prompt responses to meet a $15000 goal with early Oct drives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
United Fund of
Sioux
Jack H. Lowe
Advance Gifts
D. J. Garcia
Dave Olinger
Gerald Matzke
Union Pacific Railroad
Tne
Matzke
FP. J. Heaton Sr
Railroad
Heaton
United Fund
Sioux Ordnance
American Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Kings Daughters
Salvation Army
Sidney Telegraph
GOP Committee Disclaims Unsigned Propaganda Efforts
W. J. Robinson chair of the Cheyenne County Republican Committee said the committee disclaims responsibility for unsigned propaganda literature mailed recently including anti Kennedy pieces. He noted a policy of placing signatures on sanctioned literature and pledged to support the Nixon Lodge ticket while maintaining above board, non divisive campaigning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J
Bill) Robinson
Cheyenne County Republican Committee
Robinson
Commissioners Set Bids For Equipment
Cheyenne County commissioners let bids for 80 drag blades and culverts for the Haskell Hill road work. Paper Calmenson and Co. won the drag blades bid at 2272 dollars, while American Marietta Co. of Scottsbluff secured culverts bid at 6761.90 dollars. Five bidders submitted bids. all bids matched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Haskell Hill Road
Paper, Calmenson and Co
Haskell Hill
American Marietta Co
Scottsbluff
Rain Moistens Panhandle Farmlands Boosting Winter Wheat
Rain across Cheyenne County and western Nebraska soaks parched soils, lifting hopes for winter wheat dormancy and stronger root systems. Totals range from .50 to 1.5 inches. Sidney 0.64, Dalton 1.11, with runoff on steeper slopes. Harvests advance, sugar beets, corn and safflower yield seen, as frost risk remains low.
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Cheyenne County
Nebraska Panhandle
Panhandsee
Colorado
Nebraska
Panhandle
Black Hills
Rapid City
Seven wildcat oil wells active in Cheyenne County
Seven drilling sites are staked in Cheyenne County with No. 1 Hagemeister and No. 1 Mather wildcats north of Potter. Operators include Sage Oil Co and Pfeifer Oil and Gas Co with contractors Exter Drilling Co and TWH Drilling Co. Other wells at Narses Flessner Engelland Otto Zuhlke Hill and Beale are noted along with a drained Gunderson site east of Potter. Sutton Field producer No. 1 Nelson north of Potter reports 18 barrels daily. Kimball County yields No. 1 Haug in the J sand near Bushnell with 373 feet of oil in a drill stem test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Hagemeister
Sage Ol Co
Exeter Drilling Co
No. 1
Morther
Pfeiffer Oil and Gas
TWH Drilling Co
Drilling Co
Potter
Ken Yipps
Rex Monahan
Gurley
Sage Oil Co
Pfeifer Oil and Gas Co
Mather
Ambassador Oil Corp
Narses
Sidney
Ambassador Oil Co
Flessner
Dalton
Pan-American Oil Co
Sutton Field
Nelson
Set &T
Kimball County
Chandler
Simpson
Bushnell
Fleming Can Hold Post Until Jan 1st
Attorney General Clarence Beck rules that County Commissioner George Fleming may retain his post until January 1 but must resign after that date due to his candidacy for the legislature. Fleming, chairman of the board, seeks the seat now held by State Sen. A. A. Fenske and will face Fenske on the November 8 ballot. Six people have petitioned to have their names on the county commission ballot: Stewart Brown, W. E. Gehrig, John Groshans, John Peetz Sr, Carl L. Olson, and John Underdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Beck
George Fleming
Fleming
A. A. Fenske
Lunol
Fenske
Stewart Brown
W. E. Gehrig
John Groshans
John Peetz (Sr
Carl L. Olson
John Underdown
Tables Turned on Hospital Administrator
Hospital administrator Leo Bolin was hospitalized after a physician ordered rest due to an intestinal infection. He is listed in good condition and the doctor said hospitalization was to ensure proper diet as the infection persisted while he remained active.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Bolin
Sidney Memorial Hospital
Fort Sidney Days May Merge With Fair
Fort Sidney Days may join with the Cheyenne County Fair pending Jaycees and Fair Board talks. Commissioners approved discussions to seek a merger that could improve both events without increasing costs, relying on Jaycee manpower to reduce expenses. The Jaycees and Fair Board have previously shown tentative support, with conditions on carnival and feature financing.
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Fort Sidney
Fair
Cheyenne County Fair Board
Warren Cunningham
Sidney Jaycees
Cunningham
Jaycees
Fair Board
George Fleming
Jaycee
Merle Babo
Fort Sidney Days Corporation
Western
Nebraska
Sidney
Saturday Rites Set For Benzel Infant
Jeffery Allen Benzel died suddenly at 17 months old after a heart condition since birth. Funeral services are Saturday at 10 a.m. at Gehrig and Son Funeral Home with Rev. Vincent Pelster officiating and Greenwood Cemetery as burial place. The Benzel Koester family, all of Sidney, asks gifts to the Heart Fund with contributions sent to Mrs. Guy Ellsworth.
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Jeffery Allen Benzel
Leonard Benzel
Sidney
Gehrig and Son Funeral
Vincent Pelster
Greenwood Cemetery
Benzel
Clairbelle Koester
A. J. Koester
Carl Benzel
Heart Fund
Guy Ellsworth
Linden St
Lodgepole Dedicates New $250000 School
Lodgepole held a dedication ceremony for the new Lodgepole Wagh School building with about 300 attendees. U.S. Representative Donald McGinley presented a flag flown over Washington, D. C. Dr. Freeman Decker praised the town and outlined four essentials for a good school: a dedicated community, alert school board, good teachers, and cooperative parents.
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Donald McGinley
L. E. Lydiatt
Lodgepole
Washington
D. C
Freeman Decker
Lodgerole
Board of Education
E. K. ‘Ranney
Lloyd Schmid
Don Hye
Hart Quinn
Everett Walsh
Ed Schmid
Harold Kreider
Charles Wise
Don Hafer
Dennis Walsh
Leonard Bond
Boyd Wiest
Ed Wiisegadis
Don Brown
Charles Schmidt
Gregg Wise
Longepole Boy Scout Troop
Fugi School
Morman Schroeder
Yanney
Bill Hahn
North Platte
Merle Bartlett
Becker
Dr. Decker
Lodgepole High School
Decker
E. K. Yanney
Lloyd's
Jury Frees Woodley After Deliberation
A District Court jury acquitted Ben Woodley, a transient, of felonious entry after nearly four and a half hours of deliberation. The case involved two pairs of shoes taken from J. C. Penney Store. The notice also states Monday’s jury session was postponed until further notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Woodley
Woodley
J. C. Penney
State Penitentiary
District Court
Ruby Spindler
Paxton elected to Midwest Building Officials board
City Inspector Jim Paxton has been named to the board of governors of the Midwest Conference of Building Officials, sole representative for District Four covering Kansas Nebraska Missouri and Iowa. He serves a one year term after the convention in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Paxton
Midwest Conference of Building Officials
Kansas
Nebra&Ska
Missouri
Iowa
Paxton
Kansas City
MCBC
L. E. Phillips
M. B. Griffith
Ames
C. E. Harris
Waterloo
J. B. Boyd
Champaign
Dan Daniels
Scottsbluff
Neb
Kennedy Campaign Rally Draws Nebraskans to Sidney Dinner
Democratic candidates, led by Robert F. Kennedy, converge for a $10 dinner at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel drawing an overflow crowd. Local leaders expect about 300 attendees and aim to boost fundraising by roughly $2,000 for Nebraska's Democratic campaign chest.
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Panhandle
Sidney
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Robert F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Donald McGinley
Ogallala
Nebraska
Congressman McGinley
Frank Morrison
Senate
Robert Conrad
Norman Otto
Kearney
P. J. Heaton, Sr
Democratic Party
Robert Rauner
Gurley
Maurine Biegert
Shipley
Neb
Kennedy
University of Omaha
Hans Jensen
Aurora
Hastings
Young Kennedy
Kansas City
Washington
Fort Sidney
Dads of Dixie
Cheyenne
E. K. Yanney
Lodgepole
Robert Kennedy
Anti Polio Shots Updated After Larson Case
Dr warns health workers to update anti polio inoculations for those in contact with Gurley farmer Roland Larson Cheyenne County records his third polio case in weeks Larson, 27, is at Sidney Memorial hospital with a mild non paralytic form and slight leg weakness He is expected to be released in four to five days and shows no new symptoms in the past 24 hours
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Larson
Sidney Memorial Hospital
Telegraph
Registered Nurses Needed For Special Duty Work
In the Sidney area Memorial Hospital seeks R N s not regularly employed for special duty shifts. Mrs Maralee Miller director of nurses asks any willing nurse to call 4515 to join an emergency list.
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Sidney
Maralee Miller
Memorial Hospital
R.N
Kennedy rally offers student price in Sidney
High School students in the Sidney area may attend a Saturday evening rally to hear Robert Kennedy at a special student price. Limited student tickets are $2.25, with dining room meals and seating in the main banquet room for the speeches. A few adult dinner tickets remain available.
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Sidney
Robert Kennedy
Otto Aufdengarten
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Union Pacific Railroad Foundation
GOP
ASC
Kimball
Ivan Liljegren
North Platte Valley
Lodgepote
Ovid, Coin
Ned Robinson
Pvo-General Mills
Safflower
Pvo-Gm
Oil-Gas News
Jury
Midwest Board of City Officials
Jack Pollock
Telegraph News
Kennedy Ear
Micinley
Congress
Cheyenne County Democratic Organization
C. A. Story
Democratic
Roland Larson
Mr. Larson
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