Who Owns Oil and Gas Under Nebraska Streets Case
In Kimball the center of a test case seeks a declaratory judgment on ownership of oil and gas beneath streets and alleys. Carl Belgum sues in district court for a ruling that adjoining lot owners own the resources to the street midpoint. The outcome will guide Nebraska property owners and may affect all states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimball
Nebraska
Carl Belgum
Nebraska Supreme Court
Stanolind Oil and Gas Company
P. M. Everson
Belgum
Mothers March on Polio Planned Thursday Night
Three members of Alpha Iota chapter Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority plot the Mothers March on Polio canvassing Sidney residents. Porch lights should be on 6:30 to 7:30 p m as volunteers tour the city seeking donations to support polio control efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Iota
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
Paul Ritz
Arlene Ferrill
Doyle Butts
Sidney
Pork Lift prank twists in Sidney with free hog joke
Rudy Munderloh of Rudy's Market staged Operation Pork Lift to cut pork surplus. A friend removed a hog display marked Free but the meat vanished from his car and the thief slipped away with it. The incident followed by a second mystery theft as the hog remained unclaimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudy Munderloh
Munderloh
Rudy
Sidney
Your Income Tax Series Starts In Today's Paper
The Telegraph begins a 16 story series on federal income tax time. The series, by Frank OBrien, explains how to file early for refunds and how to reduce payments while staying compliant. It notes no major 1955 changes but mentions revised IRS forms for easier use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
The
Telegraph
Frank O’brien
Treasury
Washington
Internal Revenue Department
Revenue Service
Potter Mothers March Set to Aid Polio Drive
Potter hosts the Mothers March on Polio from 6 to 7 pm Thursday in Potter and also in Sidney. Volunteers will collect door to door as porch lights signal participation. American Legion Auxiliary members lead with Mrs Ray Dndinger supervising. co-chairs Miss Charlotte Enevoldsen and Mrs Claude Biggs. Mrs Dewey Lovell returns as Potter community chair for the March of Dimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sid
American Legion Auxiliary
Ray Dndinger
Charlotte Enevoldsen
Claude
Dewey Lovell
Potter
Lovell
Sidney
Weekend car accidents raise patrols in Cheyenne County
Four people were injured in various weekend crashes across Cheyenne County. J A Vos, 39, of Sidney, faces an operating while under the influence charge after a one car crash southwest of Sidney. E L Grgston, 21, of Porters Trailer Court, may also face charges after a crash at Greenwood Cemetery. Two children from Gurley and other motorists endured injuries in separate collisions on Highway 19 and at intersections on Jackson Street.
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Cheyenne County
Bill Schulz
J. A. Vos
Sidney
Vos
E. L. Gregston
Porter
Gregston
Greenwood Cemetery
Sol Willis
Willis
Joe Frequec
Ruby Lee Widner
Gurley
Highway 19
W. A. Parker
Wanda Peterson
Chappell
Percy Brown
Sterling
Peterson
Highway
Lorenzo
Charles Brooks
Brooks
Nebraska Safety Patrol
13Th Ave
Jackson Sr
Harry Walker
Robert Willis
Robert Schneider
Rapid City
S. D
Jackson
George Lostroh
J. H. Kuccera
Core pulls from Rudolph Field as fifth straight hoped
Frontier Refining Co. pulls a D sand core from Weymouth-Novotny No. 1 in Rudolph Field ten miles west of Sidney as efforts continue for a fifth straight oil well. Other activity across Kimball, Banner, Morrill, and Box Butte counties includes wildcat tests, casing work, and swabbing with several producers reporting oil shows and recoveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frontier Refining Co
Rudolph Field
Sidney
Frontier
Rudolph
Petroleum, Inc
Woten
Potter
Ohio Oil
Spearow
Kimball County
Banner County
Superior Oil Co
Mauser
Keith County
Csw
Wildcat
Shell Oil Co
Travis
Center
Travis Field
Mississippi River Fuel Corp
Vowers
Kimball Field
B. A. William II & Larson Drilling Co
Grabber
Box Butte County
Peterson
Wytex Oil Corp
Christensen
Flessner
M. P. Gilbert
Anderson-Forbes
Forbes
Anschutz Drilling Co
Glas
Morrill County
Roberts
Vrtatko
Olsen
Olsen Field. Petroleum, Inc
Nelson D
Wildcat. Petroleum, Inc
Ostgren
Vowers Field
Pure Oil Co
Dillie
Nott Field
Banner Oil Co
Johnson B
Olesen Field
Johnson A
Olsen Field
New Drilling Co
Stanolind Grandorf
Sure Oil Co
Lovercheck AB
Lovercheck
A. J. Pouch & Co
McGinnis
Richardson County
Dawson Field
Nebraska
Kimball City
Alden No. 1
Kimball Irrigation Ditch
Alden
Dowd
Wheat Growers Meet At City Auditorium
Muriel Crosby announces a Nebraska Wheat Growers meeting in the Legion Rooms City Auditorium on Thursday January 26 at 7 30 PM. All wheat growers are welcome regardless of membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muriel Crosby
Nebraska
Legion Rooms
City Auditorium
Donald Burr Named Assistant United States Attorney in Alaska
Donald A. Burr of Sidney with a wartime and reserve flying record is named assistant United States attorney for the Third Judicial Division in Anchorage Alaska. He previously worked at Elmendorf Air Force Base and now begins duties after a brief separation from the service. Burr and his wife Joy plan to live in Mountain View near Anchorage.
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George A. Burr
Donald A. Burr
United States
Third Judicial Division
Anchorage
Alaska
Burr
Adjutant General’s
Alaska Air Command
Elmendorf Air Force Base
U. S
William Plummer
Walter Hickel
Lynn W. Kirkland
Sidney
University of Nebraska
Creighton University
Adjuant General’s
Elmendorf
Joy
Mountain View
Sidney Hi Band Headlines Local School MOD Show
The Sidney High School Band will headline a March of Dimes talent show on Wednesday Jan 25 at 7 30 p m in the new auditorium. Other acts include the school chorus triple trio and several named students. Tickets are on sale and at the door. The event is the third such show by Cheyenne County teens with Sunol and Lodge Pole earlier and Potter High School set for Jan 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney High School
Jack King
Sidney High
Triple Trio
Darlene Takahashi
Patty Sparks
Alice Wood
Philip Ham
Randy Bauman
Anne Olson
Gene Ward
Cheyenne County
Sunol
Lodgepole
Potter High School
Work Begins On 13th Ave Underpass Project
Preliminary work starts on the 13th Ave underpass with Union Pacific arranging crews to drive piling for a temporary trestle. The 13th Ave crossing will close tomorrow and drivers are urged to use the Tenth or 12th Ave grades.
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13Th Ave
Union Pacific Railroad
Sidney seeks first step toward air service in CAB hearing
Washington will host a pre hearing with Civil Aeronautics Board officials as representatives from seven states led by Nebraska outline routes for Sidney and surrounding communities. The goal is to determine which regions seek service and to assess economic feasibility, with investigations possibly taking a year.
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Sidney
Washington, D. C
Nebraska
Civil Aeronautic Board
Washington
James Ramsey
Nebraska Aeronautics Commission
Cheyenne County bonds sales fall short of 1954 quota
Cheyenne County residents bought 972859 in series E and H savings bonds in 1955, reaching 72.2 percent of the county quota. The 1956 quota is set at 980075, slightly higher than 1955. Nebraska total 106547803, second best since WWII. Nearby counties results shown with percentages of quota.
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Cheyenne County
H. G. Spearow
Nebraska
Scotts
Bluff
Garden
Kimball
Deuel
Morrill
VFW Mid-Winter Conference Set at Scottsbluff
The Veterans of Foreign Wars announce a January 28 29 mid winter conference at Scottsbluff with national officers including William Ashburn Ray Wiseman and H R Butsam in attendance. A service conference for commanders and officers runs 10 am to noon Saturday with council at 11 pm and a banquet and dance Saturday night. Sunday continues with conference business and a Sunday program. Local members may contact Tom Lenzen or Vern Anthony to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Scottsbluff
William Ashburn
Washington State
National Council
Ray Wiseman
Loveland
Colo
National Home
Council of Administration
Council
VFW
Tom Lenzen
Vern Anthony
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Pyeehoe Panhandle
Jerry Fehringer
Ward Newcome
Myron Carlson
Olga Rasmussen
C.J. Law
Ival Gilbert
Arnold Reifelt
Charles Cozad
Drilling Company
Earls
EK Tmball
Jens Petersen
Board of Commissioners State
Kimball, Dix and
Bushnell
Dix, Kimball and Bushnell
Dix
Bill Rapp
State Health Department
Sacnnell
Thompson
Biggs
Core
Magnolia
Bakin State
Murfin
Sutton
R. W. McDowell
Elpasgar
Union Pacific-Panhandle
Donald Burr
Sidney Hi
12Th Ave
Murrey Fuller
Hickory and
Illinois Sts
Denver
Panhandle
Dakotas
McCook
Lincoln
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