Wells Drilled in 1951 Show 23 Producing in Nebraska
In 1951 Nebraska drilled 155 exploratory holes, 23 became oil or gas producers. Seventeen producers were oil, six produced gas, with 132 dry holes. The Oil and Gas Journal notes averages of 4374 feet per Nebraska hole and 4197 feet nationally, plus details on new-field wildcats and outposts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Nebraska
M. F. Ousley
Oil Industry Information Committee
Ousley
The
Oil and Gas Journal
Nebraska Wheat Yield Could Set 1952 Record
Statisticians say Nebraska’s 1952 winter wheat crop may reach 101,354,000 bushels, the largest on record and nearly double last year’s 57,232,000. Possible 22 bushels per acre if forecast holds, with 4,607,000 acres planted but only 3,947,000 harvested last year. warm weather could help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
K. E. Logan
Rent Board Members At Eight State Meeting
Rent board members gather at an eight state meeting to campaign for general rent stabilization in the area. From left Ferris C. Preble Mrs Nell Tebrinke Mr Woods Mrs Opal Lafler and A C Peterson are pictured. The board’s voluntary work at the local level supports housing stability and inflation defense with a board of directors and advisers plus a local appeal jury assisting in rent stabilization efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferris C. Preble
Nell Tebrinke
Woods
Opal Lafler
A. C. Peterson
Es Areso Adour
WuUus Wuard
Mr. Woods
Kansas City
Missouri
Sidney Rent Advisory Board
Tighe E. Woods
Office of Rent Stabilization
Washington, D. C
Platte Pipe Line progress toward Missouri River
Platte Pipe Line Company advances west to east across Wyoming Nebraska and Missouri toward a late summer completion. The line will have main pump stations at Casper Ogallala Maryville and Salisbury with injection stations at Chatham Lost Cabin Guernsey and Gurley and a capacity of 110090 barrels daily. Completion opens a 100000 barrel daily market and costs $60000000 with ownership by British American Oil Continental Oil Pure Oil Ohio Oil and Sinclair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
Missouri River
St. Joseph
Missouri
R. H. Fulton Construction Company
Wyoming
Nebraska
Platte Pipe Line Company
Casper
Ogallala
Maryville
Kansas
Chatham
Lost Cabin
Guernsey
Gurley
Colorado
Yoder
Holdrege
Gower
The
Pure Oil Company
the Ohio Oil Company
Sinclair Oil Corporation
Charles Forbes Dies Who Built Central School
Charles R Forbes, central Harding era figure and Veterans Bureau convict, died at Walter Reed Hospital at 74 after years of ill health. A World War I decorated officer, he served 20 months in prison for conspiracy to defraud the government. He built the old Central school building where the band shell later stood, erected in 1909 and later damaged by fire and torn down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Forbes
Harding
Walter Reed Hospital
Forbes
Veterans Bureau
Central School
Child Welfare Is Project For Legion Women
The American Legion Auxiliary plans April as Child Welfare month focusing on aiding veterans children. Mrs. Irene Swanson notes 14,700 units will survey and continue the program which has spent 87 million dollars since 1925. About 25,000 volunteers aid children nationwide, with major funding from memorial poppy contributions.
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America
American Legion
Irene Swanson
Weyerts
American Legion and Auxiliary
United States
Pennington Gap Jail Dedication Marred by First Inmate
At the Lee County jail dedication in Pennington Gap Virginia, carpenter Lee Maness, the first worker on the building, overcele brated and became its inaugural inmate turning a dedication event into a jail anecdote.
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Pennington Gap
Lee County
Lee Maness
Viola Payne Wins Carl Gray Award Grants
Lincoln to 28 Carl Raymond Gray Scholarships announced by the State 4H club at the University of Nebraska listing winners by county served by the Union Pacific railroad. Recipients include Viola Payne Cheyenne county Martha Glock Butler county Nadine Arp Clay and others across Nebraska with John Pedersen Buffalo among honorees.
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Lincoln
Carl Raymond Gray
University of Nebraska
Union Pacific Railroad
Martha Glock
Butler County
Viola Payne
Cheyenne County
Nadine Arp
Clay
Dorothy Jean Novotny
Colfax
Betty Beranek
Custer
Rodney Swanson
Dawson
Joan Finegan
Dodge
Lois Timperly
Douglas
Mary Ann Bednar
Gage
Doyle Hulme
Hall
Marilyn Jean Kremer
Hamilton
Jean Lamberson
Howard
Shirley Walberg
Kearney County
Carolyn Lux
Lancaster
Gary Fry
Lincoln County
Loretta Hecht
Merrick
Dorothy Forbes
Nance
Mary Ann Moran
Nuckolls
Alyce Donnelly
Platte
Sharalee Hill
Polk
Mary Ann Boge
Sarpy
Iimogene Barry
Saunders
Jo Anne Hanlon
Scotts Bluffs
Jeanette Golus
Sherman
Darlene Bumgardner
Thayer
Rose Marie Sevenker
Valley
Sheila Reiners
Adams
Joyce Splittgerber
Boone
John Pedersen
Buffalo
Wheat Belt To Fete Dealers Dinner In Cheyenne Area
Wheat Belt Electric Membership Association invites electric appliance and equipment dealers from Cheyenne Garden Morrill and Devel counties to a get-together dinner at Yendis Cafe on Tuesday April 15 at 7 PM John Clema Lincoln executive manager of the Nebraska Rural Electric Association will speak on dealer utility cooperation and farm electricity use for national defense Harold Curry Sidney appliance dealer will share dealer views on services to boost farm appliance sales Harold Hermann Wheat Belt Electric advisor will outline cooperative service plans Master of Ceremonies will be Charles Ham Wheat Belt manager and Wayne Bond will greet guests Barber shop ballads by the Lodgepole Quartet will close the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheat Belt Electric Membership Association
Cheyenne
Garden
Morrill
Devel
Yendis Cafe
John Clema
Linceoln
Nebraska Rural Electric Association
Harold Curry
Sidney
Harold Hermann
Tvheat Belt Electric
Charles Ham
Wheat Belt
Wayne Bond
Lodgepole
Gift Shop Theft Not Closed In Sidney Mystery
John Woods, arrested in Denver after The Gift Shop theft in Sidney, has been released from Cheyenne County jail for lack of evidence. The robbery remains a partial mystery with limited details available about suspects or motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
John Woods
Denver
Cheyenne County
Butler Defends Byrd Committee In Senate Stand
Senator Hugh Butler Republican member of the Byrd Committee defended its work on non essential federal expenditures and urged its continuation amid a proposal by Senator Hayden to abolish the panel. Butler cited the Corporation Control Act and Comptroller Warren as key achievements and warned against disbanding the committee.
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Hugh Butler
Senate
Byrd Committee
Butler
Nebraska
Senator Hayden
D. Ariz
Hayden
Lindsay Warren
Dr Taylor Attends Osteopathic Session in Kansas City
Dr George P Taylor of Sidney attended the 20th annual Childs Health Conference and Clinic at Municipal Auditorium Kansas City from April 7 to 9. Co sponsored by Jackson County Osteopathic Association and Kansas City College of Osteopathy and Surgery. More than 700 physicians from across the country attended as the conference grew from a local meeting to a national event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
George P. Taylor
Sidney
Municipal Auditorium
Jackson County Osteopathic Association
Kansas City College of Osteopathy and Surgery
Advances in pediatrics conference clinic aims
An outline notes the conference offers lectures by osteopathic pediatric specialists and makes them available for consultation on difficult cases. Cases are typically referred by general practitioners, according to Dr Joseph Yasso Kansas City program chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Yasso
Kansas City
Respiratory Death Rate Low Despite 1951 Outbreak
Respiratory disease remained low in early 1951 even as pneumonia and influenza deaths rose less than five percent from 1950. The report notes the combined rate stayed comparatively modest despite the outbreak period.
The Disabled Veteran Is Paid to Make the Poppies
A disabled veteran earns a living by crafting poppies and appeals for public support to sustain the cause. The effort highlights veteran involvement in remembrance drives and calls for donations or purchases to fund poppy production and related programs.
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Charles Forbes
Are
Legion Women
TSG
TAD
Goodyear
Maddox Motor CO
Carl Gray
Moore’s Lumber Co
Beles ‘Lumber CO. Ver i Stadtt
Congress
Taylor
Jim Hoover
Sterling, Colorado
Great Western Hereford
Sterling, Colo
Jim Hoover, Jr
Crip” Christensen
Celotex
Celotex Corporation
Thomas Lumber. CO
Celotex Pty ET Products
Satis
Telegraph Printing Co
Illinois
Sidney, Nebr
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