Nebraska delays in Interstate plan aim to ease congestion
SAN FRANCISCO Nebraska Highway Department official L N Ress defended the states pace of Interstate construction saying Nebraska chose to ease bottlenecks in busy eastern areas and would not rush projects. He testified at a convention panel rebutting Time magazine criticisms and outlined plans to maintain funding and accelerate contracts until 1961 with a long term pace tied to federal funds.
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San Francisco
Nebraska Highway Department
Nebraska
L. N. Ress
Ress
American Association of State
Time
Highway Dept
Federal Bureau of Roads
Reau
States
R. Ww. Kyser
Roads and Streets' Magazine
Ross
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Science films at Moody Institute of Science
Two demonstrations shown Tuesday at the Moody Institute of Science church feature the heart and blood. The films titled Red River of Life and The Chemistry of the Red Blood Cell illustrate the heart pump and blood cell nutrition using radioactive tracers. A free will offering supports film costs. total running time about one hour.
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Dermons
Science
Prasok
Moody Institute of Science Laboratory
Nebraska Vets to Receive $1 945 600 Insurance Dividends
A. H. Duxbury of the Veterans Administration announces Nebraska veterans with participating NSLI and USGLI policies will share $1 945 600 in the national 1959 dividend. About 39 786 Nebraska GI policyholders are affected with NSLI holders getting 1 786 000 and USGLI holders 159 600. Dividends depend on policy anniversary dates in 1959 and are paid after each policy anniversary.
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Nebraska
A. H. Duxbury
Veterans Administration Region
Lincoln
Duxbury
Nebrakani
National Service Life Insurance
NSLI
U. S. Government Life Insurance
USGLA
USGLI
Window display space offered for church and civic groups
Leonard Fine co chair of the conference window display says several large store windows are available for religious or civic displays. Unveiling of the windows is set for Friday after a week postponement due to lack of entries. Groups may contact the Chamber of Commerce office at 2800.
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Leonard Fine
Fine
Chamber of Commerce
Legion Post Votes to Continue Oratorio Contest
Legion Post No 17 votes to continue the high school historical contest in 1959. The Americanist program aims to develop citizenship through high school events with a 10 to 12 minute speech or related phase. Winners at the district stage receive a savings bond or small prize. district and state winners advance, with a national winner earning a 4000 scholarship.
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Sidney
Ntate Legion Post No. 17
Legion
Legioi
Costy Meekyman
Carl Crouse
Aide
Tpiay
St.Pat
Ancel Lews
Mike Frost
Lance Barker
Harry Northup
First Opening of I Increase Over 1957
Christmas seal drive total from the first opening reached 822.21, 200 more than the 1957 initial. County chairman Mrs. Elizabeth Schwasnick urged patrons to return seats with names or send funds promptly for the December 13 second opening. Committee members assisting included Mrs. Esther Swanson, Mrs. Russell Dedrick, Miss Carrie Jensen, and Miss Georgia Martin.
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Elizabeth Schwasnick
Esther Swanson
Russell Dedrick
Carrie Jensen
Georgia Martin
Icy Road Accidents Surge Across Western Nebraska
Weekend crash surge hits Lincoln Safety Patrol at headquarters as snow and ice grip Western Nebraska highways from Ogallala to Sidney. Reports note numerous two car and single vehicle incidents with damages from minor to $300, none with serious injuries.
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Safety Patrol
Lincoln
Nebraska
Ogallala West
Oil-Gas News Kimball Well Rises Above 273 Barrels
Seasonal weather slows Nebraska Panhandle exploration but Kimball County reports a potential new producer at better than 273 barrels per day from the No. 1 Mockett drilled by Hickerson McCulloch and Exeter Drilling Co. near Torgeson Field. Nebraska average hits a fresh peak at 60 836 barrels per day as activity rises with demand.
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Rinehart
Nebraska-Colorado
Denver-Julesburg
Kimball County
Mockett
Hickerson and McCulloch and Exeter Drilling Co
SENE
Torgeson
Nebraska
Cheyenne County
Ohio Oil
Lane
Glen Perkins Oil Co. Inc
Varah
Stark
Nebraska Drillers Inc
Schumacher
CSE
Texota Oil Co
Glenn E. Ducker
Ohio
Northwest
Linn-Nugent
Kimball
Forsling
Chandler & Simpson
Simpson
Rodman
NW NE
Banner County
Davis Oil Co
Davis
Olsen
Hutchinson Firm Wins Bid for 279000 Bushel Elevator Addition
Chalmers and Barton Construction Company of Hutchinson Kansas won the contract for the Farmes Co-Op Grain elevator addition at Sidney. The bid is 114200 dollars. The upgraded design increases capacity to 609000 bushels with 18000 more in storage. Construction should begin momentarily.
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Sidney
Union Pacific
Mettlen
Two Slaney residents fined for liquor violation
State investigators arrested Richard Peetz operator of the Pastime Club and Alena Hickman waitress for selling whiskey without a license. They pleaded guilty in Cheyenne County Court and were fined $100 each plus costs.
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State Liquor Commission
Slaney
Richard Peetz
Alena Hickman
Cheyenne County
Grain Market Wheat Price Quoted Today
Local elevator sources quoted wheat at 1.58 dollars per bushel today.
Oil Rig Damage Estimated At 100000 In Fire Loss
Damage has been placed at 100000 to an oil rig destroyed by fire 13 miles southwest of here on November 25. W F Rogers of Rogers Drilling Company of Scottsbluff made the estimate, noting the rig burned when a bucket of diesel fuel soaked cotton seed hulls tipped over.
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Here
W. F. Rogers
Rogers Drilling Company
Scottsbluff
FBI Identifies Body Found In Railroad Car In Sheridan Wyoming
The body found in a Burlington railroad coal car in Sheridan Wyoming on November 26 has been identified by the FBI as Harry P. Coons a former Missouri penitentiary inmate. Fingerprints confirmed identity, ruling out Roy L. Jacobson the missing Potter farmer. Sheriff W. W. Schulz noted the corpse likely died months ago and foul play was suspected due to a missing skull portion.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Harry P. Coons
Missouri Penitentiary
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Roy L. Jacobson
Cheyenne County
W. W. Schulz
Pan American Eyes Kimball Field Unit to Unlock $6.4 Million Oil
Pan American Petroleum seeks to unitize the Kimball oil field to recover about 6.4 million dollars in oil by waterflooding. The plan involves 700 royalty owners and 538 operators, with Pan American proposing to operate nine of 54 wells amid declining production from 3,430 to 1,170 barrels per day since 1957.
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Kimball
Pan-American Petroleum Corp
Pan-Am
Pan American
Denver-Julesburg
Kimball Field
Field Well Attempt Ends in Failure North of Potter
Petroleum Inc plugged and abandoned an attempted field extension well north of Potter at No. Mather SESE 1-16-52. Four producing wells exist in the field. Ohio Oil Co was drilling below 3,800 feet at No. 7 Lane in Morrill County's Lane Field this morning.
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Clyde Kissinger
Cheyenne County
Young
Potter
Ray Smith
Mather
Holiday Hours Set For Post Office
Postal officials announced extended Christmas season hours. Beginning Wednesday the Post Office will stay open every evening until 6 p.m and will be open on Saturday December 13 and December 26. Overseas mail via regular service is too late. air service can still reach on time with airmail deadline Wednesday December 18 per the Air Transport Assn.
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Air Transport Assn
Snow Creates Feed Challenge for Panhandle Livestock
Nebraska Panhandle endures deep snow as seven inches of new drifted snow hamper roads and raise hazards. Shelters urge stay off highways while a milder trend is expected by week’s end. First fatality of intense cold found near Harrisburg as temperatures plummet to minus ten in western Nebraska.
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Panhandle
Bureau
Harrisburg
Banner County
Wilmer Wells
Downer Brothers Water Service
James Snyder
Wells
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Sidney
Sidney Trade Area
Sidney Trade
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