Oil and gas expansion targets Morill County field
Kinney Coastal and Ohio Oil Co plan to drill No. 1 Peters west of No. 2 Dunlap in Morill County as a new discovery. Lower Miller Drilling Co. is the contractor. Eighteen new Nebraska sites announced include three in Cheyenne County and several in Hitchcock Red Willow and Gage counties, with wildcats and field developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Hitchcock-Red Willow
Nebraska
Skelly Oil Co
Lewis
Cne
Hitchcock County
Reiker Field
Exeter Drilling Co
State
Wildcat
HLM Drilling Company
U. S. Smelting
Gustafson
Champlin “Oil ,& Refining Co
Wickhorst, Et al
Llama Field
Public Invited To Special Education Speaker
Jack Campbell state director of special education will speak at a Civitan Club meeting in Sidney. Dinner at 7 p.m. costs 1.5 dollars with talk at 8 about retarded children. Dr. Hiskey and Galen Dodge assist. callers can get details.
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Jack Campbell
Lincoln
Civitan’ Club
Rail’s Cafe
Campbell
Marshall Hiskey
University of Nebraska
Galen Dodge
State Department of Education
Dan A. Rowan
Hiskey
Sidney
East Ward
Rites Planned Tuesday for Mrs. Lady E Grimm
Funeral services will be held Tuesday in Gering for Mrs. Lady Ellen Grimm 74 resident of Beatrice who died Saturday in Beatrice She is mother of the late Dr H Grimm of Sidney Dr Henry C Beatty will officiate at the Boley Dennis Funeral Home at 2 p m Burial will be in Gering West Lawn Cemetery The Gering Methodist Church and Gering PEO are listed in the obituary as memorials Survivors include a daughter in law two granddaughters two sisters and a brother The family notes her long civic involvement in Gering and Scotts Bluff Chapter 133 of the Order of Eastern Star
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Gering
Ellen Grimm
H. Grimm
Sidney
Beatrice
PEO
Henry C. Beatty
Boley-Dennis
Gering West Lawn
Gering Methodist Church Building Fund
Dys.art
Iowa
Grimm
Cornell College
Mt Vernon
JL. Grimm
Wilber
Neb
Snow Piles In Streets Warned By Willis Chief
Police Chief Sol Willis warned parents to keep children off snow piles in street centers after near misses as kids slide into traffic. He urged caution while the department clears streets during heavy snowfall.
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Sol Wills
Willis
Supreme Court Reverses Mills Tilghman Workmen's Comp Award
Nebraska Supreme Court overturns Cheyenne County ruling in Loyd Tilghman v RD Mills Construction. It orders disability payments of 30 dollars weekly for 300 weeks then 25 dollars weekly for life, with medical and hospital expenses included. The 1957 station wagon accident left Tilghman injured while a passenger en route to work.
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Nebraska Supreme Court
Cheyenne County District Court
Loyd S Tilghman
R D Mills
RD Mills
Millis
Tilghman
Supreme Court
Trinity Lutherans Dedicate 13000 Dollar Rural Schoolhouse
The Trinity Lutheran Church south of Sidney dedicated a new 13000 dollar schoolhouse, with about 180 attendees. Bernice Narjes teaches kindergarten through eighth grade to roughly 20 students this year, projected to ~30 next year, as 40 children attend Sunday services. The facility features a 30 by 30 basement, two rest rooms, a cloak room, and a 40 foot underground tunnel to the church. Dedication honored Rev. D W Behrens and Paul Stephens of Lincoln, Lutheran official.
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Sidney
Trinity Lutheran Church
Bernice Narjes
Ray Laaker
Laaker
Coats
Miss Narses
D. W. Behrens
Paul Stephens
Lincoln
Nebraska
Wyoming
Wheat Growers Board Meeting Set for Ogallala
The Nebraska Wheat Growers Assn. board will convene February 1 at 10 am in the Elks Lodge Ogallala. President Carl Bruns of Chappell will report on his Washington trip. Local county board meeting scheduled for January 28 at 1 30 pm in the city auditorium.
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Nebraska Wheat Growers Assn
Ogallala
Elks Lodge
National Wheat Growers
Carl Bruns
Chappell
Washington
City Auditorium
Nebraska Interstate routing debate renews north river position
The State Highway Advisory Commission in Lincoln reaffirmed the north river routing for the Grand Island to North Platte Interstate, signaling delays to a westward route and bolstering efforts by Greater Nebraska to steer work outside Omaha. Gov. Brooks grants GMI a Feb. 2 hearing.
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State Highway Advisory Commission
Grand Island
North Platte
Lincoln
Platte River
Platte
Nebraska
Greater Omaha
Greater
Omaha
Brooks
GMI
Groundwork For Panhandle GOP Group Slated Wednesday
Western Nebraska Republicans from 11 counties plan a Salute to Ike dinner in Sidney with open talks on forming a Panhandle GOP group to energize county activity. About 300 attend. programSlow includes Interior Secretary Fred Randahl, introduced by Sen Romam Hruska, and Sidney lawyer Joel Babcock as emcee.
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Nebraska
Sidney
Ike
W. J. Robinson
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Fred Randahl
Sen Romam Hruska
Joel Babcock
Fire destroys 1957 trailer at Trailer City east of Sidney
A 1957 trailer owned by Mr and Mrs Don Quinn and their four children burned early Saturday at Trailer City Trailer Court. Fire started under the trailer likely from thawed sewage pipes and spread, damaging clothes toys and a television set. The Quinns escaped with neighbors aiding, and they now live temporarily in an empty trailer.
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Dorothy Quinn
Charlene
Kurt
Vance
Bob Hossle
Trailer City
Sidney
Don Quinn
Mvanee
Curt
Doug
Quinn
Mrs. Quinn
Church
The
Quinns
Fic Ohio Oil Co
Joan Salazar
Burke Apts
Grace Heath
Ouinns
Crop Improvement Day Sessions Begin Today
The annual Crop Improvement Days opened Monday at Scotts Bluff with highlights in the Farm Page. The Farm Page also reports on the 1958 Nebraska Milling and Baking Contest top five including a Dalton resident, seven new crop varieties, and the Nebraska Premier Seed Grower of the year. It notes Soil Conservation Service awards dinner coverage with pictures.
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The
Telegraph
Farm Page
Nebraska
Dalton Man
Soil Conservation Service
District Judge Nisley Undergoes Surgery
District Court Judge I J Nisley of North Platte was reported in satisfactory condition at Memorial Hospital after undergoing surgery on Thursday. Judge Nisley, who turns 77 on December 11, holds a prominent local judiciary role.
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I J. Nisley
North Platte
Memorial Hospital
Weigh-Ins Saturday For 4-H Weight Contest
County Agent Ivan Liljegren announced weigh-ins for the 4-H weight gain contest will be held Saturday. Calves will be weighed and ear marked at the Fairgrounds in Sidney from 7 30 to noon and at Dalton from 1 15 to 3 39 pm, with over 80 calves expected to participate.
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Dalton
Sidney
Ivan Liljegren
Fairgrounds
Liljegren
Eleven Cheyenne County Students Attend Wesleyan
Lincoln Special reports that 11 Cheyenne County residents are among 1,052 Nebraska Wesleyan University students this year. Sidney selections include Sondra Tillotson a Bryan Memorial Hospital student nurse Donna Meyer Judy Townsend and Elaine Wittig. Other Cheyenne County students are Lodgepole Maryland Bills Jane Mayer Judy Meyer Potter Jim Coulter Dale Ded ic Robert Hagemeister Linda Nelson.
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Lincoln
Cheyenne County
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Sidney
Sondra Tillotson
Bryan Memorial Hospital
Donna Meyer
Judy Townsend
Elaine Wittig
Sidney Chamber Opposes Omaha Downtown Interstate Segment
The Sidney Chamber of Commerce adopted a resolution opposing the downtown Omaha segment of the interstate and will back the Greater Nebraska Interstate plan to shift priority out state. Wayne Moran joins GNI board, with district roles defined from Grand Island to North Platte, while hearings are set for Feb. 2.
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Sidney
GNI
Omaha
Greater Nebraska
Sidney Chamber of Commerce Board of
Wayne Moran Sunday
Greater Nebraska Interstate, Inc
Nebraska Car Dealers Assn
John Elwell, Jr
Leo Krieger
A. A. Fenske
Brooks
State Highway Advisory Highway Commission
Donald McGinley
Fourth Congressional District
Nebraska
Grand Island
Hastings
North Platte
Greater
Kemper
Gene Kemper
Alliance
Sidney Chamber
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Morrill ‘County
Gage County
Mrs. Lady Grimm
B. H Grimm
Cynthia
Georgia Grimm
John Linton
Aurora
Tom Littrell
Geneva
Ned
Lawrence Savage
Laramie
Mills
Trinity Lutherans
Panhandle Gop Group
Scottsbluff
Nisley
Sidney Lions Club
Lions
Bernice Maries
Rev. Behrens
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