New Wildcat Drilling Expands Nebraska Oil Fields
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission reports three new wildcat locations in Scotts Bluff County adding to plans in Cedar Valley Field. Discovery and development pace rise as reserves are debated with figures around four million barrels, while other Cheyenne and Morrill County drills progress and a July 16 meeting at Ft Sidney Hotel weighs field rules and unitization requests.
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Scotts Bluff
Cedar Valley
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Wildcats
Nebraska
Geater
Oil-Gas Commission
Edward Mike Davis
Ewing
Brinkerhoff Drilling Co
White Feather Petroleum Co
Chalupa
Regal Drilling Co
Sam Gary
Systems Investment Corp
CSW
Regal
Dunlap
Morrill County
Jordan
Banner Ring West Oil Co
W. C. Poole II
Ralph E Fair
Anna Smith
Red Willow Platte Valley Oil Co
Warner
Burch Exploration Co
Hitchcock Pubco Petroleum Corp
Goodenberger
CSE
Murfin Drilling Co
Sidney 1
Ft Sidney Motor Hotel
Sun Oil Co
Stuarco Oil Co., Inc
Samuel Gary
Juelfs Field
Morrill
Cheyenne
Lions Plan House to House Light Bulb Sale
Sidney Lions Club announces a house to house sale of light bulbs next Wednesday night July 17. Proceeds support youth activities and Aid to the Blind. Bulbs come in assorted sizes, sold in cartons of six, price 150 cents.
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Sidney Lions Club
Lions
John Miller
Wiegers Dies In Chappell Burial Planned
Gilbert Lee Wiegers, 61, a longtime resident of Chappell and Leagepale communities since 1920, died recently. Funeral services were held at Chappell and burial took place in Pleasant View Cemetery with Zimmer Funeral Home of Chappell handling arrangements.
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Chappeil
Gilbert Lee Wiegers
Chappell
Leagepale
Pleasant View
Zimmer Funeral Home
Water and Power Use Reach New Highs Amid Heat Wave
A three week heat spell pushed city water and electricity to all time highs. Water pumped on July 3 reached 5,760,000 gallons and July 8 saw a record 74,100 KW generated. Officials stressed no emergencies and ample supply despite high demand.
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Eddy Groshans
Sidney
Floyd Sanks
Water and Sewage Department
Lanks
Sanks
Bank robbery suspect turned over to U S marshal
A 24 year old man named Howard Franklin Lewis was handed to the U S Marshal in the western district of Oklahoma after being held on a $25 000 bond. He was picked up at Kimball by FBI Agent William Green and transported to Oklahoma from Cheyenne County jail in Sidney. The Farmers and Merchants Bank at Tryon was the target with two armed men using .22 caliber revolvers. The companion’s custody status in Oklahoma was unclear and no money was confirmed stolen.
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U. S
Oklahoma
J. L. Thorpe
Sidney
Howard Franklin Lewis
Kimball
FBI
William Green
Cheyenne County
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Tryon
Okla
Lewis
Thorpe
Nebraska farmers face lower price supports across grains
Lincoln reports new federal price support rates for grain sorghum oats barley and rye in Nebraska. Sorghum ranges from 1.53 to 1.74 per hundredweight with county figures listed for Sioux Scotts Bluff Banner Kimball Cheyenne Morrill Box Butte and Dawes. Oats pay 61 to 66 cents per bushel down from 59 to 63 last year. Barley 70 to 87 cents down from 81 to 99. Rye 94 cents to 1.12 per bushel up from 86 cents to 1.05.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service Office
Sioux
Scotts Blu
Sidney School bids come in under estimates on addition
The Sidney school district will proceed with a senior high add on and junior high library remodel after低 bids for general plumbing and electrical came in well under prior estimates. The low bidders were Nienhueser Construction Co for general, Independent Plumbers of Scottsbluff for plumbing, and Barney Electric Co of Scottsbluff for electrical. Loch Electric of Sidney was a close second on electrical. A federal grant of 50,000 will fund new equipment for the additions with work set to start summer ahead of the 1964 65 term. An enrollment rise and bond passage enabled the project.
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Sidney
General, Plumbing and Electric
Board of Education
Nienhueser Construction Co
Scottsbluff
Barney Electric Co
Loch Electric
Craziest Crazy Days Costuming Winners Named
The Cham ber of Commerce retailers committee awards two prizes for craziest outfits. First prize goes to Mrs. Ethel Reutzel of J. C. Penney Store. Second prize goes to David Cox of J. M. McDonald Co.
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Retailers Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Ethel Reutzel
J. C. Penney
David Cox
J. M. McDonald Co
Two Cars Damaged In Highway 30 Collision Near Sidney
A head on crash on Highway 30 one tenth of a mile east of Sidney at 3 10 p m damaged two cars. Kenneth John Geist 26 Denver driving a 1960 Dodge and Clarence J Wiley 71 Burlington Town driving a 196¢ Rambler.
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Highiway
Sidney
del Shipley
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Kenneth John Geist
Denver
Clarence J. Wiley
Burlington
Town
Wiley
Kimball County High School Construction Moves Ahead
Construction on the new Kimball County High School is set to start soon as bids are awarded this week. Ellis Hickman, president of the school board, says total base bids by apparent low bidders amount to $1,006,753.
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Kimball
Kimball County High School
Ellis Hickman
Coast Guard Aids Minuteman Site Mapping Across Three States
U S Coast Guard and geodetic teams survey 200 Minuteman missile sites in southwestern Nebraska northeastern Colorado and southeastern Wyoming. Teams establish two markers at each site use triangulation and night sightings to determine precise latitudes and longitudes, building tall towers for line of sight. Data are computed back at base with curvature accounted for. missiles to be operational by early 1965 under Boeing contractors with WC strategic air command oversight at Warren AFB Wyoming.
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U. S. Coast Guard
Sidney
Sterling
Colo
Minuteman
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Morrison-Knudsen and Associates
Boeing Co
Strategic Air Command
Warren Air Force Base
Cheyenne
Wyo
90Th
United States
Lander Couple Take Over Western Auto in Sidney
Mr and Mrs Richard Putman take over the Western Auto store in Sidney on August 4 succeeding Mr and Mrs Herb Aldrich who originated the local business eight years ago. The Putmans, ex Nebraskans from Bridgeport and longtime Lander residents, are finishing training in Chadron and Kansas City before assuming management at 2681 Monte Vista. Their daughter, 20, is in college. The Aldriches plan a month off for a long overdue vacation.
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Western Auto
Sidney
Herb Aldrich
Richard Putman
Lander, Woo
Putmans
Bridgeport
Lander
Chadron
Western Auto Training Center
Kansas City
Putman
Monte Vista
Aldrich
It Ain't The Heat It's The Humidity
Humidity and temperature fell from morning highs near 84 degrees after a damp spell. The Sidney Airport weather station recorded 63 degrees at midnight and 81 at midday with humidity around 29 to 35 percent and a trace rain of .01 inches, as residents complain of persistent moisture.
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Federal Aviation Agency
Sidney
Visitor From Denmark Seeks Cowboys and Indians in Sidney
Dr Ejigel Kirkegaard a 25 year old Danish dentist on a Fulbright yearlong study traveled by Trailways to the western United States. He visited J R Gilliland in Sidney after spending a week in Chicago and plans to visit New York Boston and the West Coast before returning to Denmark. He praised American friendliness and noted English language study in Danish schools. He will likely practice dentistry later but aims to travel more first.
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Sidney
Denmark
United States
Ejigel Kirkegaard
Stern
Harvard
Trailways
J. R. Gilliland
Tom Gilliland
People To People
Cambridge
Mass
New York City
Boston
Chicago
San Francisco
New Orleans
Cheags
Windy City
Yellows Cne Falk
California
New York
Willave
Wille
Royal Dental College
Copenhagen
Dental School
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Anderson
Potter
Buhrdorf
Circle R Ranches
Cheyenne Couny
Don M. Rounds
W. W. Ferris
Walters
Livingston
Woten
Rounds and Antelope Gas Products Co
Stuarco Oil Co
Ray Kincaid
Knight and Miller
Hyson
Sage Oil Co
R. Q. Qualls
Linn
Tol Tek Drilling Co
Frank Winegar
Lukassen
Tom Jordan
No 1
Carey
Lions Planning
G. L. Wiegers
U.S
Vital Defense
Coast Guard
Ejijgel. Kirkegaard
West
Senor
Bob Lloyd
Snyder
Telegraph
Greenlees
Steve Durbin
Sybil Holmes
Wes Jensen
Vern Draper
Photo Center
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Clara Hall
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