Higher Oil Prices Slow New Exploration In Panhandle Regions
A surge in domestic crude prices approved by the Cost of Living Council boosts existing field activity but dampens exploration for new oil outside price controls. President Nixon’s excess profits tax proposal targets windfalls, while observers predict price controls removal could reallocate supply. Readouts show few new intents in Cheyenne County as several wells are plugged or offset in Panhandle and Pecos fields. ongoing drilling at Dome field offsets continues.
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Panhandle
Cost of Living
Nixon
John T Dunlop
Jack Fish
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Dorough
Borchert
Beyer
JH Bander
Camberley Corp
Grayrock Corp
Pecos
Hruska
Dorough and
Wildcat
Sage Oil Co
Sotexco, Inc
Donald C Winale
Gear
Public misses rate hearing on Sidney utility increases
No residents attended the special Wednesday hearing on across the board utility rate hikes in Sidney. The council expects an about 11 percent bill rise early in 1974 and will consider the rate ordinance at the first January meeting. In regular session, the council recorded no remonstrances on two city land parcels and approved sales to James Cabelas and Emmett Clark, plus a $15,046 payment to Filsinger Excavating for the Eltra sewer extension project.
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Sidney
James Cabelas
Emmett Clark
Filsinger Excavating Co
Eltra
Mrs. Gertrude Larson 58 dies in county road crash near Gurley
Funeral services set for Monday at St Patrick's Church for Gertrude Lucile Larson 58 of Gurley who died Thursday after a car pickup collision on a county road south of Gurley. Survived by husband Dolan, three daughters, two grandchildren, siblings and in-laws. burial at Greenwood Cemetery.
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St Patrick's Catholic Church
Gertrude Lucile Larson
Memorial Hospital
Gurley
Larson
Ken McMillan
Sidney McMillan
Douglas
Katryn
Dalton
Neal
Louise Baker Thompson
Dolan Larson
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Ellen Rezanina
Casper
Wye
Patti Lu Larson
Joan Kay Wright
Fort Morgan
Cole
James
Pete Thompson
Leonard Smith
Chehalis
Wash
Pete Peters
Fremont
Calif
Leonard Cortney
Sidney
Johnny Watchorn
Tom Ryan
St Patrick's
Gurley Rescue Unit
St. Patrick’s Church
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Greenwood Cemetery
Marvel Enters Nebraska Governor Race Campaigns Against Exon
State Sen Richard Marvel of Hastings announced his 1974 gubernatorial bid as the first Republican candidate. He criticized the current leadership and pledged to tackle spending and taxation while proposing new approaches to attract industries and create jobs for Nebraskans. Marvel, 56, is an 18 year veteran of the Legislature and teaches political science at Nebraska Wesleyan University.
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Richard Marvel
Hastings
Associated Press
Marvel
Omaha
James Exon
Lyman
Richard Schmitz
Ernest Chambers
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Hastings College
University of Nebraska At Lincoln
Oline
Douglas
Anne Davidson
Telegraph Holiday Deadline Notice for Staff
Telegraph asks employees to submit items by 8 30 am Monday to allow family time for the holidays. Staff may bring contributions to the Telegraph office at 809 Illinois on Saturday morning as the office will be open. Regular publication resumes on December 24 26 28 31 and January 2.
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Telegraph
Ilinois
Ptacek named president of regional technical college system
Dr. William Ptacek, former Scottsbluff Junior College and Nebraska Western College leader, wins a 9-2 vote to head the Western Nebraska Technical College area. He faces unifying three schools into a single administration while critics warn of potential state education department control and shifting power. Ptacek starts with a two year contract and plans a formal presentation on reorganizing the three campuses.
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Sidney
Nelson
William G Kelley
Ptacek
Sidney Telegraph Today
Wahoo
Nebraska
Bridgeport
Kimball
North Platte
Scottsbluff Junior College
Nebraska Western
Nebraska Wesleyan University
University of Nebraska
County Officials Association
Technical Community College Act Board
Mickey Stewart
Alliance
WNTC
Clark Seeks Legislation to End Area Technical College Boards
Sen Robert Clark of Sidney drafts a bill to abolish all area technical community college boards in Nebraska and have the seven districts placed under state control If passed the measure would shift funding oversight from property taxes to state funding and align vocational colleges with state universities debt.
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Ptacek
Robert L Clark
Sidney
State Community College
State Department of Education
Nelson
WNTC
Area Board
Kimball
Nebraska
Robert Clark
Clark
Scottsbluff
Terry Carpenter
McCook Couple Denied Bond in Culbertson Slay Case
Harold Nokes and Ena Nokes were arraigned on first degree murder charges in Frontier County Court for the slaying of Edwin and Wilma Hoyt. Judge Wendell Chaney denied bond. preliminary hearing set for January 14. The case follows a three month probe.
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Stockville - Bond
McCook
Culbertson
Wendell Chaney
Harold Nokes
Ena
Chaney
Frontier County
Associated Press
Nokes
Edwin Hoyt
Wilma
Douglas County
Sam Cooper
Cooper
Harry Strunk Lake
Hoyts
Frontier County District Court
Wilma Hoyt
Gottschalk Not Running for Third District Seat
Sidney Mayor John Gottschalk says he will not seek a Third Congressional District seat in 1974 or 1976. Wayne Ziebarth named Gottschalk among Republican potentials for 1976 while noting other figures like Bob Phares Jack Langford Bob Schmuelle and James Waldron as possible contenders. Ziebarth says turnover could bring new leadership to the district and he plans to serve only two terms if elected.
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Sidney
John Gottschalk
North Platte
Wayne Ziebarth
Gottschalk
Ziebarth
Bob Phares
Kearney State College
Jack Langford
Grand Island Television
Bob Schmuelle
James Waldron
Callaway
Dave Martin
Gas Supply Resumed Here After 36 Hour Interruption
Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas restored service to the city power plant and Memorial Hospital and Home by Thursday afternoon after about a 36 hour outage. The utility may interrupt for priority customers elsewhere under its contract, and Wednesday morning marked the first winter interruption.
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Memorial Hospital
Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas
Kansas-Nebraska
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