Discover Nebraska Sandhills Region Paradox
A Nebraska Petroleum Council feature extols the Sandhills and surrounding byways as a paradoxical treasure. It invites readers to escape highways, explore Snake Falls and Niobrara River scenery, visit Fort Falls, and hike through forests near Halsey. The piece highlights rolling Sandhills, native grasses, lakes, and wildlife, urging effort and patience to truly experience the region.
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Nebraska
Cherry, Hooker, Thomas, Blaine
Brown Counties
Snake Falls
Valentine
Fort Falls
Fort Niobrara Wildlife and Game Refuge
Niobrara
Smith Falls
Nebraska National Forest
Halsey
Allington Disputes Ranchers Claim On Land Valuation
Nebraska Stock Growers assn challenges Cherry County school lands appraisal for auction. Gerald W. OKief says less than 25 percent of local tracts sell. Bob Hanna notes statewide sales average higher. Allington defends bottom price rule, cites lack of competition and law intent against distress sales.
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Allington
Nebraska Stock Growers Association
Cherry County
Gerald W. O’kief
Valentine
State Board of Educational Lands and Funds
Lincoln
Qo’ Kief
Association
Public Lands Committee
Bob Hanna
O’kief
Tom C. Allington
Sund
Churchwell Elevated To VP At Marathon Oil
R. M. Churchwell elected to new vice presidency for crude oil trading and transportation at Marathon Oil Co. He moves from vice president refining marketing and supply Europe to Findlay on August 1 with global responsibility for raw material supply, Marathon Pipe Line operations, and coordinating ocean tanker activities. Churchwell joined Marathon in 1941 and has worked with Casper, Wyoming. Drive carefully.
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Findlay
Ohio
R. M. Churchwell
Marathon Oil Company
J. C. Donnelly
Churchwell
Europe
Findley
Marathon Pipe Line Company
Mr. Churchwell
Marathon
Sidney
Casper, Wyo
Hog Price Rise Is Continuing
Lincoln An expected summer rise in hog prices began in early June and is continuing through July, per Dr. Everett E. Peterson, Extension economist at the University of Nebraska. He notes the peak will be below last summer, with late summer and fall prices likely to hold up as fewer pigs under 120 pounds were on farms June 1. The June 24 pig report shows 45.4 million head on farms in 10 corn belt states, 400,000 fewer than in June 1967. Boost Nebraska.
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Lincoln
Everett E. Peterson
University of Nebraska College of Agriculture and Home Economics
Corn
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Newton Street
Dennis Kennedy
Pat Wieser
John Wieser
Ivan Liljegren
Liljegren
Telegraph
Ross Scott
Tom Atkins
Old Court House
Sandhills
Donald A. Crosier
Nebraska Petroleum Council
Marathon Co
Sterling
Holyoke
Akron
Wray
Yuma
Sterling, Colo
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