Nebraska governor tour to stop in Sidney Wednesday
Nebraskans taking part in the governor's annual land tour will visit Sidney on Wednesday. The group will briefly inspect the Mary Egeging oil well near Gurley at about 10 30 a.m. then tour the post commander s home restored by Cheyenne County Historical Association. Lunch at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel at noon, with about 35 participants led by Charles Chase of the Nebraska Petroleum Council.
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Nebraska
Sidney
Mary Egeging
Gurley
Cheyenne County
Charles Chace
Nebraska Petroleum Council
Frank Morrison
Norbert Tiemann
Price Support Deadline Near for 1967 Crops
Charles C. Broderson, state chairman of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation State Committee, reminds growers that July 31 is the maturity date to settle price support loans or reseal. The deadline covers corn, grain sorghum, and soybeans stored under price support loans, including crops in commercial warehouses, a new option this year.
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Charles C. Broderson
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation State Committee
Oil drilling expands across Nebraska in newly approved plan
New oil exploration locations announced stretch from Richardson County in the southeast to Scotts Bluff County in the west. Several sites are staked for near future drilling, with four approved last week by the Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission broadening the exploration area.
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Richardson County
Scotts Bluff County
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Two Western Nebraska Oil Drilling Permits Issued
Toltek Drilling Co. No 1 Roberts, a Kimball County wildcat in NEW Sec 21 14 54 with Toltek as driller. Sundance Oil Co. No 2 Whipple Cotton, a Banner County wildcat in SW SW Sec 34 19 54 with Stuarco Drilling Co. on contract. Permits issued late last week and not included in the main oil story.
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Western Nebraska
Toltek Drilling Co
Roberts
Kimball County
Sec
Toltek
Sundance Oil Co
Whipple-Cotton
Banner County
Stuarco Drilling Co
Nebraska wildcat oil drills across several counties
In Scotts Bluff County King Resources Inc hires Ale lson Drilling Co for a 5000 foot J sand wildcat at No 1 Schick two miles northeast of Canal Field and two and a half miles east of Cedar Valley. In Richardson County Donnald C Slawson hires White and Ellis for No 1 Auxier A oil well, while Robert D Rutledge and C T Carden have a No 1 Puelz wildcat in Red Willow County with Murfin Drilling. A Kimball County No 1 Alexander wildcat tops the list with Toltek Drilling Co Wynn Miller as operator and Toltek the driller.
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Scotts Bluff County
King Resources Inc
Ale Lson Drilling Co
Canal Field
Cedar Valley Field
Richardson County
Nebraska
Donnald C. Slawson
White and Ellis
Robert D. Rutledge
C. T. Carden
Red Willow County
Puelz
Murfin Drilling Co
Kimball County
Alexander
CSE
Toltek Drilling Co
Wynn Miller
Toltek
Sunol Post Office One of Four Nebraska Fourth Class
The Postoffice Department will close 250 fourth class postoffices on August 2 and 97 more on August 30 due to manpower limits from the new tax bill. Five Nebraska offices will shut in coming weeks, all in eastern Nebraska. Sunol is the only fourth class office in Cheyenne County. No Saturday window service is expected at Sidney and no Saturday deliveries.
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Postoffice Department
Nebraska
Cheyenne County
Sunol
Sidney Postoffice
Weather Panhandle Forecast Shows Warm, Slight Storm Risk
Fair conditions through tonight and Tuesday with a small thunderstorm chance Tuesday afternoon. Highs 90 to 100 this afternoon, near 90 on Tuesday. Lows in the 60s, rain chances under 5 percent tonight and this afternoon, about 10 percent Tuesday. Five day outlook calls for below normal temps by about five degrees, highs in the 80s and lows in the 50s, with scattered afternoon and evening storms on most days.
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Panhandle
Road Hearing Is Wednesday In Sioux Depot Area
A Wednesday meeting at nine a m in the commissioners rooms will discuss keeping roads within the former Sioux Army Depot area. Roads do not follow section lines and cross private property, requiring easements for maintenance under private ownership. Highway engineer F B Thompson says the depot's new owners asked the county to maintain the roads. attendance is invited.
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Court House
Sioux Army
F. B
Tommy) Thompson
Thompson
Cheyenne County Banks Near Twenty-One Million in Deposits
Five banks and one savings and loan in Cheyenne County report deposits totaling near 21 million as of June 29. Individual bank figures show American National Sidney at 8.18 million, Sidney National 3.70 million, Dalton State 1.87 million, Potter State 1.76 million, First State Lodgepole 1.46 million, and Sidney Federal Savings 3.91 million. Loans rise about 600 thousand from last year to 9.61 million. Capital accounts also increase, with deposits plus Sidney Federal savings reaching 20.88 million, potentially a record high.
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Savings and Loan Association
Cheyenne County
American National
Sidney
Sidney National
Dalton State Bank
Dalton
Pot
Ter State Bank of
Potter
First State Bank
Lodgepole
Sidney Federal Savings and Loan Assn
Sidney Federal
No Splits Of Vo Tech Fund
Hastings AP The State Board of Education will meet on Sept 13 to decide how to treat requests for relief from state aid penalties by districts claiming hardship under the new statute. Penalties apply when per pupil costs rise more than 8 percent. Board can waive penalties if hardship proven. Board declined to alter priorities for vocational technical funds. Milford and Sidney state tech schools currently get first call, with continuing programs at high school level second.
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Hastings
State Board of Education
Milford
Sidney
Low Bid For Oiling Route 19 In Nebraska
The Nebraska Department of Roads announced apparent low bidders for highway projects in western Nebraska. Biba Engineering Co. of Geneva appears low on armor coating of the new stretch of State Route 19 south of Sidney with 4916 dollars. Biba also bids low on State Route 88 work in Banner County and related grading, gravel, gravel detour, and culverts. Other low bidders include Joseph T. Graf of Tecumseh on guard rail at 11572 dollars and Dobson of Lincoln on 13.2 miles in Sheridan Box Butte counties and 10.7 miles in Dawes County.
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Nebraska Department of Roads
Nebraska
Sidney
Biba Engineering Co
Geneva
Biba
Banner County
Morrill
Joseph T. Graf
Tecumseh
Dobson
Lincoln
Sheridan-Box Butte
Dawes County
Chadron
Hay Springs
Former City Worker Charles H Johnson Dies at 87
Charles Henry Johnson 87 died Saturday night at Memorial Hospital after two years of illness. Services Thursday at 10 in the Church of the Nazarene with Rev. G B Abke officiating. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Gehrig and Son Funeral Home in charge. He retired from the City of Sidney Sanitation Dept. Surviving: widow Anna Shelley, six stepdaughters, one stepson, 25 step grandchildren, 38 step great grandchildren.
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Charles H. Johnson
Memorial Hospital
Church of the Nazarene
G. B. Abke
Greenwood Cemetery
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Charles Henry Johnson
Ozark County
Joseph
Elizabeth Hart Johnson
Christian County
Ozarks
Anna Shelley
City of Sidney
Doris Schunot
Rapid City
S. Dak
Mildred White
Honolulu
Hawaii
Everett Shelley
Three Check Cases Filed in County Court
Three cases of bad checks were filed in county court with one dismissed after restitution notice. A Sidney woman who passed a no fund check on June 29 at a local restaurant had restitution and the case dismissed. Don R. Wilson faces a $90 short check to Betty Plum drawn on a Fort Morgan bank January 2, 1967. Michael J. Bayne has two insufficent fund check counts for $15 to Stash Mobil on January 19, 1968 and $6.37 to Sabin Standard on January 26, both drawn on the American National Bank of Sidney. sheriff’s office is investigating.
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Sidney
Don R. Wilson
Betty Plum
Fort Morgan
Colo
Michael J. Bayne
Stash Mobil of
Sabin Standard of
American National Bank of
Early Harvest in Nebraska Panhandle Shows Encouraging Prospects
Weather forecasts, dry spells and a big wheat push shape harvest progress in Cheyenne and Devel counties. Reports from Chappell Lodgepole and Dalton elevators indicate strong yields with 60 lb plus test weight and about 30 bushels per acre. Podium observes suggest a major rush by midweek if conditions stay dry, while hail risk and storm variability threaten final bins and overall state totals of around 20 million bushels.
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Nebraska Panhandle
Cheyenne County
Kenneth Fleming
Lorenzo
Devel
Chappell
Lodgepole
Co-Op
Dalton
Potter
Cheyenne
Nebraska
Kimball
Panhandle
Harvest Capsules Harvest season fuels local business growth
When custom combine fleets arrive they boost area commerce as they purchase food fuel parts clothing and other items. Combiners and their crews travel from Texas to Nebraska spending generously, lifting volumes for local businesses over the weekend before the effect fades.
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Texas
Nebraska
Shoes priced at ten bushels of wheat exchange
A shopper in a Sidney shoe store asks for a pair, the clerk offers them at 10.50 dollars. The customer remarks that the price equates to ten bushels of wheat, highlighting the unusual cost comparison.
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Sidney
Care Is Urged as Harvest Traffic Increases
Highway patrol asks drivers to use extra caution during corn and bean harvest as combines move between towns. Anticipated highway use causes brief traffic tie ups and longer lines of impatient motorists on main routes and country roads alike.
Wheat harvest praised by traveling combiners in Nebraska
Combiners who toured Devel and Cheyenne counties report the wheat as good or better than any seen on the long south to Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado trek. They hope dry weather holds for ten to fourteen days while moving through the Nebraska Panhandle. Some plan a return south after Nebraska others will follow harvest to Canada.
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Panhandle
Howard Kurz
Sidney
Maxwell
Wellington
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Colorado
Nebraska
Canada
Sidney Telegraph
John Colone
Raymond L. Davis
Nebraska Wheat Growers Assny
Potter
Cheyenne County
Davis
Davises
Devel
Cheyenne
Oklaoma
Nebraska Panhandle
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