Panhandle region toward big oil push signals new drilling
Seven Cheyenne County wildcat drilling spots plus a Morrill County site mark a surge in Panhandle oil activity. Kingwood and Murfin crews drill No. 1 Wath while Petroleum Inc cores at 5,905 feet on No. 1 Jacobsen. Other outfits move to Dalton area wells as Black Gold and Harper/Don Rounds plan new locations near Lorenzo and Potter. Nebraska weekly oil output rises slightly to 69,370 barrels as state drilling remains active though results lag.
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Cheyenne County
Dalton
Morrill County
Panhandle
Kingwood Oil Co
Murfin Drilling Co
Wath
Petroleum Inc
Jacobsen
Jay, Vandiver and
Don Rounds Drilling Co
Vincent
Welsh
Rudolph Field
Black Gold Oil and Drilling, Co., Inc
Potter Townsite
Harper Oil Co
Don Rounds
Walters
Lorenzo
Juniper Oil and Mining Co
Lover- Miller Drilling Co
Lindberg
Colorado
Cheyenne
Logan County
Colo
Ireland
Marathon Oil Co
Deland
Nebraska
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Minuteman Missile Plans Outline for Area Economy
The Air Force and Boeing will explain Minuteman program impacts at public meeting August 28 in Sidney High School auditorium. A noon luncheon August 2 at Ft. Sidney Motor Hotel will include Boeing representatives. Bid calls for site construction set for September 10 with completion around 1965, as housing inquiries rise in Sidney and a dispatch center forms at Sioux.
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Air Force
Sidney
Boeing
Minuteman
U. S. Corp of Engineers
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Warren Air Force Base
Cheyenne
Strategic Air Command
Sidney and
Sioux
Housing Demand Grows as Sidneys Vacancies Drop
Housing demand appears to be rising in Sidney with only 40 vacancies in the city owned Sioux Villa project, down from over 50 for months. Real estate dealers report a stabilized market and limited furnished rental quarters, noting no link to a population surge tied to the Minuteman Missile project starting this fall.
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Sidney
Sioux Villa
Great Western Sugar to pay beet growers in 1961 crop
Denver Great Western Sugar Company will issue a second 1961 beet crop payment of 2,363,000 on August 21. The payment averages 65 cents per ton in the Colorado Nebraska Wheatland Wyoming area with flat 55 to 60 cent rates in Billings Montana Lovell Wyoming. Total receipts from Great Western to date amount to 41,114,000 with final accounting after September 30, 1962.
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Denver
Great Western Sugar Company
Frank A Kemp
Colorado-Nebraska- Wheatland
Wyo
Billings
Mont
Lovell
Great Wester
Accident Victim Still Critical and Funeral Planned
Paulette Doty 18 remains in critical condition after a Monday two car crash that killed her mother Love F. Doty 40 near Sidney. Hospital reports say two other Doty children Jim 8 and Tim 7 released, Ray 12 and Lloyd 14 still hospitalized in satisfactory condition. Funeral for Mrs. Doty set for Thursday at 10 a.m. at Calvary Baptist Church with graveside services at Alliance Cemetery at 2:30 p.m. The Doty family, long residents of Alliance and Sidney, includes Erma Lucille Tourney and Love F. Doty as the deceased spouse and her children. Survivors include the father in Florida, the Sidney mother, two brothers in Denver and Sidney, and four sisters in Missouri and Arizona.
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Paulette Doty
Doty
Jim
Tim
Ray
Lloyd
Love F. Doty
Sidney
Fred A. Garvin
Calvary , Baptist Church
Gehrig and Son
Alliance Cemetery
Erma Lucille Tourney
Lyman, Neb
Paul Edwin
Henrietta Bradley Tourney
Bethany
Alliance
Sunol
Otta Elene
Loyd Ermal
Junior Ray
Jimmie Dale
Timothy Eugene
Florida
Paul E
Denver
Henry E
Jack B. Leslie
Raytown
Bob Wilson
Albany
Albert Kant
Bud Barnard
Phoenix
Fund Started To Aid Doty Family
The Loverty family tragedy in Huntsman prompts financial help from District 77 residents and strangers. The Sidney Telegraph accepts donations for the Doty family. Mrs Doty died in a two car collision Monday morning. Paulette Doty, 18, is in critical condition at Memorias Hospital, and four boys in the other vehicle were hospitalized.
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Doty
Loverty
Huntsman
District 77
Dotys
Sidney Telegraph Business Office
Paulette
Memorias Hospital
Back-To-School Week Promos In Sidney Stores
Sidney retailers launch a Back-To-School campaign featuring window displays ads and direct mail. The Chamber of Commerce offers three prize days with a bicycle and gift certificates as incentives for customers who submit sales slips by August 25, with awards at 10 a.m. August 27.
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Sidney
Chamber of Commerce Retail Committee
Mel McCoy
Chamber of Commerce
Sidney Trade
Telegraph
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Railroad Change Could Hit Here in Sidney Nebraska
Nebraska railroad rule changes threaten thousands of on train jobs mainly firemen as diesel locomotives arrive. Union Pacific would not estimate impact. Sidney would face fewer crew changes and lost overnight room, cafe, and store revenue from visiting engine crews.
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Nebraska Railroad
Union Pacific
Sidney
Weather Outlook: Warm Through Thursday
Weather forecast shows fair weather and continued warmth through Thursday. Lows tonight expected between 59 and 60 degrees, with a high on Thursday around 8.
City Offices To Close Saturdays In Sidney
Sidney city utility offices will close every Saturday starting Aug 18 as part of a new 40 hour week for city staff except police and fire departments. Residents can pay bills at the police station using envelopes at any hour bring exact change or a check. Any surplus funds may be credited to the next bill.
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Sidney
Tom Coffey
Auto Accidents Reported In Colorado
Sterling Colorado damage estimated over $1,000 with an antelope killed after being struck by a car driven by Amador Ocn on Bridgeport. The Ochoa vehicle sustained about $500 damage. Heavy damage resulted from a collision between William J Stang and Johnny S Keil Jr, both Crook residents, on a county road northeast of Crook.
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Crook
Couny
Heaton Poised to Assume Cheyenne County Attorney Role
P J Heaton Jr appointed to serve the remaining four and a half months of Frank Balderson’s term as Cheyenne County Attorney. He plans to confer with Balderson to transfer records but may delay action until Balderson’s resignation date is clarified.
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Cheyenne County
Frank Balderson
P. J. Heaton Jr
Board of Commissioners
Mr. Balderson
Balderson
Republican Central Committee
John Peetz Jr
Heaton
Cheyenne County Fair Opens With Rodeo Week
The 1962 Cheyenne County Fair kicks off next Sunday with a RCA approved rodeo series. Fair Board member Loring Tobler expects 140 cowboys again, with Gurley High School Band performing nightly ahead of rodeos and Forsythe Dowis Carnival present. Monday features entry judging and a free barbecue at 6 pm. Tuesday brings livestock and 4-H judging plus Western States Cutting Horse display and a Grand Ole Opry Stage Show at 8 pm if weather allows. Wednesday caps the event with livestock judging, 4-H song contest, hog sheep calf sales, a 4-H watermelon feed at 4 pm, then a livestock parade and Style Revue at 7 pm.
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Loring Tobler
Fair Board
Gurley High School
Forsythe & Dowis Carnival
Grand Old Opry
Elks
Mrs Sam Sweet Dies At Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Sam Sweet, longtime Sidney resident, died early this afternoon at Memorial Hospital after several days as a patient. She had resided at Memorial Rest Home the past year. A complete obituary and funeral plans will be published in the Friday Telegraph. Gehrig & Son Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Sam Sweet
Sidney
Memorial Hospital
284 Livestock Projects Ready For County Fair
284 4-H livestock projects will be shown at the Cheyenne County Fair per assistant county agent Lyle Burton and County Agent Ivan Liljegren. Displayed: 138 baby beef calves 27 breeding heifers two dairy heifers 59 hogs 41 sheep and 17 horses. Beef calves will be judged Monday afternoon with showmanship by five calves. beef individuals judged Tuesday by Ted Doane. Sheep and swine judged by Fred Schmidt at the same time. Livestock judging contest Wednesday morning will select Cheyenne County’s representative to the State Fair.
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Cheyenne County Fair
Lyle Burton
Burton
Ivan Liljegren
Ted Doane
University of Nebraska
Fred Schmidt
Keith County
Cheyenne County
Hayes County Oil Discovery Ends Drouth
British American Oil Produc ing Co reports a 1260 feet oil return with no water at No 1 Sullivan in Hayes County Nebraska from Basal Cherokee sand. Depth 4669 feet. Location near Hayes Lincoln line, 18 miles north northeast of Wauneta. Leaseholders expect rapid drilling if success continues.
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Nebraska
Hayes County
British-American Oil Producing Co
No. 1
Sullivan
Hayes
Lincoln County Line
Red Willow Creek
Lincoln County
Wauneta
Former Governor Victor Anderson Dies in Lincoln
Former Republican governor Victor Anderson died early this morning in Lincoln after a recent heart attack and setbacks. He was a prominent Lincoln and Have lock businessman and banker before taking office and was widely known in the Sidney region, where Sidney City Manager Tom Coffey served as State Purchasing Agent under Anderson.
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Victor Anderson
Lincoln
Anderson
Lincoln and Havelock
Sidney
Tom Coffey
Armor Coating Work Under Way In City
The city street department is armor coating Sidney streets as part of a multi year maintenance program. South 11th Ave along State Highway No. 19 receives attention using city equipment and workers. The project, funded from municipal budgets, benefits by preserving streets and reducing costs versus contracted work. City Manager Tom Coffey notes two main advantages: keeping streets in top condition and lower expenses.
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Sidney
South 11Th Ave
Tom Coffey
Bell Co Seeks Four Public Phone Booths in Sidney
The Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. requests city council permission to install four outside public telephone booths at 5th and Illinois, 10th and Illinois, 11th and Illinois, and 17th and Illinois. City Manager Tom Coffey was asked to consult nearby businesses for objections before action.
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Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Sidney
5Th
Illinois
10Th
Ilinois
11Th
Iinois
17Th
Tom Coffey
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RCA Rodeo
The
Rodeo Information Commission
Hayes County Oil Discovery
Bell Co
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