Nebraska Ranks Third in Oil Field Output Among Seven States
Nebraska held 37 oil fields in 1962 producing 100000 barrels or more, ranking third behind Wyoming and Colorado in a seven-state western oil region. The Sleepy Hollow Field in Red Willow County led Nebraska producers with high monthly output, while new fields in Scotts Bluff and Cheyenne Counties attracted activity as Sam Gary and Regal Drilling Co. expanded.
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Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
Montana
North Dakota
Utah
New Mexico
Cheyenne County
Denver - Julesburg
Sleepy Hollow
Red Willow County
Postage rates and address change request notice
Second Class Postage paid at Sidney Neb Send change of address to Post Office Box 219 Sidney Neb Subscription rates eight dollars per year inside a fifty mile zone nine dollars outside fifty miles zone eight dollars per year by carrier Single copies ten cents.
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Sidney
Nebr
Sidney Faces Losing Air Service Over Five Readings Rule
State official James Stanstedt warns Sidney and nearby towns Imperial Beatrice Alma nee Hastings Kearney Chadron could lose air service under CAB use it or lose it rule as subsidy cuts loom. Frontier manager Dale Kindred notes January Sidney loadings and freight figures while local leaders urge CAB to reconsider. Local leaders emphasize importance of service and past tax funding.
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Sidney
State Aeronautcs
James Stanstedt
Nebraska
Imperial
Beatrice
Alfiance
Hastings
Kearney
Chadron
Sanstedt
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Tom Coffey
Frontier
Coffey
Omaha
Chicago
Detroit
New York
Air Service
Dale E. Kindred
Kindred
Chamber of Commerce
Wayne Moran
Moran
National Boy Scout Week observed in Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County Boy Scouts join the nationwide observance from February 7 to 13 with a series of events. The Eagle Scout Recognition dinner is set for Sunday February 17 at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel with Eagle Scouts of 1962, sponsors, and leaders attending. Main speaker will be J H McNish, past president of the Wyoming Nebraska Scout Council. A Boy Scout display runs in J C Penney windows in Sidney, Pack 82 handling the exhibit. Court of Honor for Troop 83 is February 11 at South Ward School. Lodgepole hosts a Scout Father and Son Banquet February 16 at the American Legion Hall. Blue and Gold banquets planned in Sidney. Park 8S to host a February 25 event. Scout Sunday falls February 10. all Scouts urged to attend church. The piece notes 53 years of program history and 36 million who have participated, plus a motto.
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Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
J. H. McNish
Wye-Braska
Park 8S
Aibmy Depot Cop
Flora Named Principal Nebraska Nominee to Air Force Academy
Senator Carl Curtis designates Jerry Flora of Dalton as principal Nebraska nominee to the Air Force Academy for 1964. The Nebraska delegation also names alternates and candidates for Naval and Merchant Marine academies, urging qualified youths to apply promptly as preliminary exams occur in July and November.
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Jarius Dale
Jerry) Flora
J. Dale Flora
Dalton
Carl T. Curtis
Nebraska
Air Force Academy
Sen Curtis
Lincoln
Omaha
Naval
Military Academies
Curtis
Frank L. McDonald
Gerng
Naval Academy
Peter G Hamon
Scottsbluff
U. S. Merchant Marine Academy
Thomas J. Kodemba
Ogallala
Thomas E Percival Anamnee
Merchant Marine Academy
Popular Chorus Plans Palm Sunday Concert
The Community Chorus of Dalton Gurley and Weyerts plans a Palm Sunday concert on April 7 with time and place to be announced. Director Doug Anderson says practices Sundays draw 45 to 50 voices and will feature Easter and spring coins. Rehearsals this Sunday will meet at Ginles, alternating between Davion and Gurley, and new singers are welcome.
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Dalton- Gurley-Weyerts
Doug Anderson
Anderson
Davion
Gurley
Nevic
Ginles
Sign-Up Open Through March 22 for Feed Grain Program
The ASCS County Office announces signup for the 1963 feed grain program from February 1 to March 22. Participants may reduce to 20 percent of acreages and receive diversion payments, price-support payments, and eligibility for price-support loans. New changes set nationwide price-support rates of 18 cents per bushel for corn 16 cents for grain sorghum and 14 cents for barley. County staff will assist farmers with forms indicating intent to participate.
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ASCS
Herbert Krauter
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
Mr. Krauter
Krauter
Local Educators Attend Chadron Conference
Bill Fankhauser assistant principal Sidney High School and Ralph Spencer grad dance director SHS joined more than 200 attendees at a regional high school college conference in Chadron. The morning outlined college services, with SHS graduates now at Chadron State College. A panel followed with shared ideas and a dinner featuring Dr Karl Wiltse as main speaker.
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Chadran
Bill Fankhauser
Sidney High School
Ralph Spencer
SHS
Spencer
Chadron State Teachers College
Karl Wiltse
Grand Island
Des Plaines
Wyoming
South Dakota
Nebraska
Children’s Dental Health Week Marked Feb 3 8
The 15th annual National Children’s Dental Health Week runs February 3 to 8 with Sidney dentists airing radio talks led by Drs Del Koch John Platz and H C Nelson. The events emphasize diet habits brushing and regular exams to prevent decay and disease in children.
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Sidney
Animal Health Meet At VEW Monday Night
Cheyenne County Farm Bureau sponsors an animal health meeting at the VFW Post Home at 7 30 pm Monday inviting farmers and ranchers. Featured speaker Neil Johnson of Anchor Serum Co of St Joseph Mo will attend. Local office at the VFW hall opens from 2 pm that day.
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Cheyenne County Farm Bureau
VFW
Neil Johnson
Anchor Serum Co
St Joseph
Brumbaugh To Stay As Deputy Sheriff
W. W. Schulz announced Deputy Sheriff Kermit Brumbaugh will remain in his post after a Tuesday meeting with county commissioners. Brumbaugh had resigned due to finances but accepted a satisfactory arrangement. Schulz praised the decision and said Brumbaugh would be hard to replace.
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W. W. Schulz
Kermit Brumbaugh
Brumbaugh
Sheriff Schulz
Colwell Speaks To Lions On Agriculture PR
Dr William E Colwell rancher and farmer of Hays Springs Nebraska was guest speaker at the Lions Club luncheon at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel. His talk covered public relations in agriculture. Stewart Brown chaired the program with upcoming Valentine party planned for February 13 at 7 p.m. at the Fort Sidney.
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William E. Colwell
Hays Springs
Neb
Lions Club
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Colwell
Stewart Brown
Fort Sidney
John Miller
Robert Lewis
Lloyd Mintken
Lions District
Eddie Howerter
Bushnell Nebr
Lions International
Allen Taylor
Fort Collins Colo
4-H Calf Weighing Rescheduled for Feb 16
The 4-H calf weigh-in has been moved to Saturday February 16. Calves entered in the Weight Gain Contest should arrive at the County Fairgrounds scales between 8:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Lyle Burton, assistant Cheyenne County agent, notes 138 calves participated last year and expects similar or larger turnout.
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Lyle Burton
Cheyenne
Burton
Trade School Hearing Set for Western Nebraska
Lincoln will host a Feb 14 hearing in the Education Committee room on five bills naming locations for a Western Nebraska trade school. Sen. Fleming backs SB 45 naming Sidney as a site. Sen. Gerdis of Alliance seeks a general Western Nebraska location. A 38 passenger bus is chartered to transport volunteers from the Chamber of Commerce to testify and view the legislature, with lodging and meals arranged.
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Lincoln
George Fleming
Sen. Fleming
Sidney
George Gerdis
Alliance
Nebraska
Statehouse
Wayne Moran
Western Nebraska Technical Vocational School
Chamber of Commerce
Moran
Chamber Office
Fee Diversion Threat Talked By Oil Agency
The Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission warns that diverting drilling fees to the general fund would cripple its operations as drilling fees now fund all activities. The commission plans to contact legislators amid LB124 discussions and emphasizes its role in regulating oil and gas resources, including secondary recovery efforts and engineering data needs. Members G. H. Doran, Ray Smith, Fred Enders, and executive director H. N. Rhodes lead the agency from Sidney.
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Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Commission
Sidney
Public Works Committee
Terry Carpenter
Scottsbluff
G. H
Blip) Doran
Ray Smith
Chappell
Fred Enders
Kimball
H. N
Dusty) Rhodes
Car Skids Into Fence On East 30
Patrol Sgt. Mel Busekist reports a minor mishap Sunday on Highway 30 east of Sidney. Helen C. Lawhorn 1425 14th slid on frost and struck a fence at the GMI-PVO plant with no injuries. Damages: $50 to the car and $25 to the fence.
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Mel Busekist
Highway
Sidney
Helen C. Lawhorn
Gmi-Pvo
Busekist
Weather outlook shows mild temps through tomorrow
The forecast calls for fair weather through tomorrow with tonight's low around 28 to 30 degrees and tomorrow's high near 50 to 60 degrees. No precipitation expected and winds light.
Damages Sought in Omaha Federal Suit Against Clerk
An Associated Press report states Harry W. Edmondson of Missouri filed a $20,000 damage suit in federal district court in Omaha against Cheyenne County District Clerk Ruby Spindler Henkle. He claims denial of due process for not obtaining a certified exhibit copy. The clerk says the exhibit, a penitentiary commitment order for Attorney Paul Rhodes, was filed without her knowledge and a judge later ordered no copies without a court order.
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Associated Press
Omaha Today
Omaha
Ruby Spindler Henkle
Cheyenne County
Harry W. Edmondson
Missouri
Henkle
The
Telegraph
Paul Rhodes
John Kuns
Sidney residents attend Nebraska Railway hearing on Greyhound routes
A Sidney group traveled to Lincoln to testify before the Nebraska Railway Commission about Greyhound Co. schedules proposed to run through to Lincoln. Local supporters urged approval while opponents argued the service already exists. Attendees included John Elwell Jr. and Sheriff W. W. Schulz along with other Sidney residents and officials.
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Sidney
Lincoln
Nebraska Railway Commission
Greyhound
Greyhound Co
Greyhound Line
John Elwell Jr
W. W. Schulz
Bill Vaughn
Joan Hart
Morris Gordon
Harvey Vizina
David
SHS Band Concert Slated For Sunday
Sidney High School announces a mid winter band concert Sunday February 10 at 2 30 p m in the junior high auditorium featuring the Symphonic Wind Orchestra Stage Band and the Symphonic Band Tickets are sold by band members or at the door.
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Sidney High School
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