Nebraska oil discovery in Cheyenne County shows top-potential output
In Cheyenne County near Sidney Nebraska No 1 Nightingale shows 30 barrels per hour in swab tests yielding about 300 barrels daily. Nightingale lies near Johnson Field which has produced over three million barrels since 1951. Multiple new wells and staking by Marathon Norris Gear and Summit indicate expanded activity across Panhandle Morrill and Red Willow counties.
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Nebraska
Cheyenne County
Sidney
B-W Drilling Co
Cullum Exploration
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Johnson Field
Nightingale
Kimbark Operating Co
No 1
Donahoe
Banner Drilling Co
Omaha
Petroleum Information
Marathon Oil Co
Margate
Marathon
Morrill County
Norris Oil Co
Ventura
Calif
Gear Drilling Co
Bridgeport
Midwest Petroleum Co
Panhandle
Summit Oil Co
Brown
Banner County
E Clark and LeClair Operating Co
Garden County
Summit
Potter
Platte Valley Oil Co
Red Willow County
Devoe
NWSW
Platte Valley Drilling Co
Hayes County
Howard W . Kaler
Harry H Callen
Quintana Petroleum
Stoeppelworth Drilling Co
Loren Frankling
CNW
Granite Hayes Center
Ten From County At National NFO Convention
Ten Cheyenne County members attend the national NFO convention in Kansas City Missouri hearing Ralph Nader Edmund Muskie and Robert Dole. The group reports 14000 NFC members listened as Nader criticized non farm corporations for entering farming and cattle feeding. NFO officials announce a county meeting Monday at 7 30 p m in the National Guard Armory to hear a full convention report. Nebraskans Donald Kucera and Leonard Schmidt handed over about 50 complaint letters on FHA fund handling to Nader aides.
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Cheyenne County National Farmers Organization
Kansas City
NFO
Ralph Nader
Nader
Raiders
Edmund Muskie
Republican National Committee
Robert Dole
Norm Steffens
Bob Lafler
Art Holt
Irvin Campbell
Merte Christofferson
Antone Ketteler
Frank Jones
Boyd Wiest
Joe Kielian
NFC
National Guard
Donald Kucera
Grant
Leonard Schmidt
Brandon
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Kucera
Schmidt
Eural Credit Protection Union
Nebraska
Farm Bureau Board Receives State Meeting Reports
Cheyenne County Farm Bureau directors heard reports on the state convention. Attendees Leon Wolff and Ken Morgan described efforts for Amendment 10 on personal property tax. Wolff and Francis Runge were named to the Service committee with chairman Lyle Johnson. Plans for the annual Appreciation Day after year’s start were discussed.
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State Farm Bureau
Cheyenne County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Leon Wolff
Ken Morgan
Mr Wolff
Francis Runge
Lyle Johnson
New Cable TV Manager is Named Sidney Community TV
Larry Stricker named manager of Sidney Community TV directing operations for Kimball and Ogallala after two and a half years with Alliance Community TV. Announcement by W R Brazeal Denver general manager for Tele- Communications Inc. Stricker active in Jaycees and serves as vice president of the organization.
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Sidney Community TV
Larry Stricker
Alliance Community TV Company
Kimball and
Ogallala
Sidney
Stricker
W R Brazeal
Denver
Tele- Communications, Inc
Alliance
Jaycees
Newberrys contest winner from regional display
Gary Sandall, Newberrys manager, announces Margrit Cole won first place in the October Battle Royal display contest for all company stores. Cole’s scotch tape display earned her an Instamatic Movie Camera. Region 6, including Sidney, won the national contest overall.
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Gary Sandall
Newberrys
Margrit Cole
United States
Cole
Sidney
Area Teachers Attend NSEA Delegate Meet
Wilbert Higuchi and Ken Crookshank of Sidney Public Schools and Ronald Shearer of Gurley School were among 440 delegates at the 105th Nebraska State Education Association Delegate Assembly December 10 and 11 at the Hilton in Omaha. Delegates set policy for the 18 800 member association for the coming year.
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Wilbert Higuchi
Ken Crookshank
Sidney Public Schools
Ronald Shearer
Gurley School
Nebraska State Education Association
Hilton Hotel
Omaha
Sidney
Sidney Education Association
Mr Shearer
Cheyenne County Education Association
NSEA
Grand Opening At Boutique Is Saturday
A new business, the Fabric Boutique, opens in Sidney at the Jones Center with a grand opening Saturday. The store offers fabrics patterns and sewing notions and runs 9am to 8pm holiday hours. Customers can register for a $25 door prize plus hourly prizes. Manager Miss Joanne Simpson leads the shop with assistants Miss Janet Studnicka and Mrs Mildred Sorge.
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Sidney
Jones Center
Joanne Simpson
Sterling, Colo
Colorado University
Janet Studnicka
Mildred Sorge
Youth Camp Board Meeting Set for Dec 29
The Lodgepole Valley Youth Camp Board announces its annual meeting for Wednesday December 29 at 7 30 pm in Sidney City Office council chambers. Directors for 1972 will be elected and bylaw revisions including membership will be discussed. Heaters installed in AK-SAR BEN cabin. volunteers may assist with insulation and paneling. contact Carl Kurz or Eddie Brauer in Sidney to join the work detail.
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Lodgepole Valley Youth Camp Board of Directors
Council
Sidney City
Corporation
Carl Kurz
Eddie Brauer
Sidney
Balmy Weather Brings Weekend Hopes at Noon
A warming trend noted at the Flight Service Association shows a high near 48 degrees and a low around 16 at noon. The readings exceed recent days by five to six degrees with no precipitation expected. Previous days logged highs of 36 and 35 with lows of 11 and 10.
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Flight Service Association
Panhandle Forecast: Warmer, fair weekend ahead
Fair and warmer this afternoon tonight and Saturday with westerly winds 15 to 25 mph. Highs 40 to 50, lows in the 20s. Precipitation zero. Extended outlook through Tuesday partly cloudy with little temperature change highs 40 to 50, lows 10 to 20. Courtesy Frontier Airlines.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
UF Nearing End Seeks Donations Before Christmas
With seven days left until Christmas seven days remain for United Fund contributions to reach a $12,900 goal. Funds near the target rely on large gifts and individual donations accepted through Christmas Eve. UF drives aim to finish by next Friday with packets due from businesses and employees at the Light Plant area on 11th Avenue.
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United Fund
11Th Avenue
Nebraska NCIP Clinics Set Across Region
Seventeen regional Nebraska Community Improvement Program workshops are planned in January. In this area, session times include January 18 at 1 pm in Bayard's community building and January 18 at 8 pm at Ogallala's Grampy’s Pancake House. Mrs Marie Arnot, director of the Division of Community Affairs, notes thousands of improvement projects completed through the program.
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Nebraska
Department of Economic Development
Bayard
Grampy
Ogallala
Marie Arnot
Division of Community Affairs
Final Week For Pre Christmas Events In Cheyenne
The final shopping days before Christmas loom as stores extend hours to 8 30 p m and Sunday openings. Photos with Santa at The Photo Center run 2 to 5 p m tomorrow. Tonight is the last turkey drawing with morning name postings and prize certificates must be picked up by 5 p m Saturday at The Photo Center. Ed Cole of the Cheyenne County Chamber notes many turkey winners already claimed prizes last Saturday.
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Ed Cole
Cheyenne County
Fire at Weber Home Prompts Medical Aid and Fire Crew Response
Sidney fire crews were dispatched to 1635 Maple for a Thursday night blaze at the Erwin Weber residence. Weber reportedly smoked a cigar and a chair and carpet caught fire. he was treated at Memorial Hospital for possible smoke inhalation. Firefighters extinguished the fire quickly. damage estimate not yet available.
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Sidney
Erwin Weber
Maple
Weber
Memorial Hospital
Fire Department
Christmas free parking signs surprise Sterling visitor
A Sterling resident reports parking meters displaying holiday free parking signs as a city gift. She contrasts this with Sidney’s plan to raise parking fines, noting the contrasting civic moods for the holidays.
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The
Telegraph
Sterling
Sidney
Second Pearl Harbor Not Unlikely Warns War II Survivors
The Robert Osborns of Sidney recall Pearl Harbor as they attended the 30th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association in Honolulu. Bob Osborn, radioman on the USS California during the attack, emphasizes vigilance and renewed U S military readiness to prevent a repeat, citing Admiral Bernard Clarey's warnings about Soviet threats and the need for a strong Navy. The Osborns plan to attend Nebraska and national meetings, cherishing memories and the memorials at Pearl Harbor.
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Pearl Harbor
Bob Osborn
Marie
California
Osborns
Hawaii
Robert Osborns
Sidney
United States
Honolulu
Mr Osborn
Federal Aviation Administration
Radio Shack
Arizona
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Bob
Ford Island Air Station
Sumner
Tarawa
Guadalcanal
Iwo Jima
Quajastein
Irving Johnson
National Geographic Magazine
Rotary
Sidney Rotary Club
Tientsin
China
Navy
Nebraska Association
Association
Exon
Devaney
Islands
Uss Arizona
Punchbowl
Bernard A. Clarey
U. S Pacific Fleet
Soviet Union
America
NEBRASKA SWCD Opposes LB 542 Reorganization Plan
The Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation Commission on Thursday opposed LB 542 to replace the commission with a nine member governor appointed board and NRD directors. It warned such a state level reorganization could hinder district reorganization as NRDs become operative next July 1. The panel also urged passage of LB 600.
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Lincoln
Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation Commission
Commission
Board of Natural Resources
Directors of Natural Resource Districts
NRD
NRC
Two Accidents Reported in Sidney This Week
Sidney police logged two minor noninjury crashes. On Wednesday at 7 30 pm Wilma Peterson drove east on Illinois and merged into the right lane, hitting Tom Mueller’s car. Thursday at 8 15 Eldon Anthony backed from 13th Ave into a parked Vern Lubash vehicle after a sharp turn.
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Sidney
Wilma Peterson
Ilinois
20Th Ave
Tom Mueller
Eldon Anthony
Scottshluff
13Th Ave
Pine
Quince
Anthony
Vern Lubash
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Erhard Phingsten
Farm Bureau State Meeting
NCIP
Capt Johnson
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