Four Western Counties In 14-Well Oil Drilling Plan
Nebraska oil operator McRae-borough Inc plans a 14-well drilling program across Banner Cheyenne Kimball and Morrill counties with a 22 000 acre lease block in the Rocky Mountain region No contracts yet and locations to be announced Denver office says Nebraska permits issued this week plus details on several Cheyenne Kimball Banner and Furnas ventures.
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Nebraska
Houston
Denver
McRae-borough, Inc
Rocky Mountain
Banner
Cheyenne
Kimball
Morrill
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Curtis L. Witt
Briggsdale
Colo
Beale GE NW
Bakin State
Petroleum Inc
Buhrdorf-B
Filon
Kimball County
Toltek Drilling Co
Haug
Toltek
Banner County
Sun Oil Co
Paul Mossberg
Sin
Cheyenne County Rated Above Norm in Buying Power
A nationwide survey shows Cheyenne County as a strong market with higher earnings and purchasing power than most regions. Residents earned $37.2 million after taxes last year, averaging $9,300 per household, with local retail sales totaling $25.19 million despite a tight money climate. The area’s market index stands at 109, nine percent above the national average, even as overall US spending plateaus amid economic uncertainty.
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United States
Cheyenne County
North Central States
Dave Willis Leads Tourney Closed Circuit Wiring
Sidney man Dave Willis of the Sidney Community TV Co. was hired by tournament director Everett Collier to install closed circuit and cable TV wiring for the PGA event at Columbine Country Club in Denver. The setup enables on site pictures and information, with broadcasts expected Saturday and Sunday afternoons on Denver Channel 9 and likely on channels 3, 5, and 10 in the local area.
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Sidney
Columbine Country Club
Denver
Dave Willis
Sidney Community TV Co
Everett Collier
Sidney Community TV
Columbine
Sterling
Cheyenne
Scottsbluff
Wrecks Are Few Sidney Girl Has Her Share
Pamela Schmitt 19 was in the inner lane when John Brotherson 76 swung left from the outer lane and hit her car causing about 10 dollars of damage to his vehicle. Earlier Christa Willis 16 backed from a Linden driveway and struck Vern Call 49 driving east on Linden.
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Sidney
Pamela Schmitt
Illinois
John Brotherson
Schmitt
Brotherson
Maynard L. Wieser
10Th
Spruce
Christa J. Willis
Linden
Vern E. Call
Grain Permit Stations Established Across Several Towns
Grain hauling permits for out of state trucks are now sold at Farmer's Co-Op Grain Company in Sidney and Dalton Co-Op Association in Dalton. Farmer's Co-Op Elevator in Lodgepole. Potter Co-Op Grain Company in Potter. Farmer's Union Co-Op in Gurley, plus the County Treasurer's office in Sidney. Milt Nissen, county treasurer, set up these stations to aid truckers when the treasurer's office is not open. The permit costs $20 for 30 days.
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Farmer’s Co-Op Grain Company
Sidney
Dalton Co-Op Association
Dalton
Farmer’s Co-Op Elevator
Lodgepole
Potter Co-Op Grain Company
Potter
Farmer’s Union Co-Op
Gurley
Milt Nissen
Two Leave For Buddhist Rally From Sidney
Sidney residents Mrs William Frazee and Eugene Reker depart for Japan to attend a Buddhist rally at Mt Fujiyama foot. They join about 1200 Buddhists from the United States aboard chartered Los Angeles flights. Nine jet planes will carry the group. Reker plans to marry a Japanese girl under traditional rites, though he has not met her. He expects to return by August 15.
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Sidney
Japan
Mt. Fujiyama
William Frazee
Eugene Reker
United States
Los Angeles
Reker
Three Inductees From Cheyenne County Sent To Fort Campbell
Three men from Cheyenne County were sent on Tuesday for army service. The inductees are Stanley Ralph Frans of Lodgepole Ronald Wayne Soukop of Potter and Ralph Edward Bauer of Sidney. They will begin basic training at Fort Campbell Kentucky. Mrs Johnson also sent four men to Denver for physical examinations this month.
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Cheyenne County
Louis Johnson
Selective Service Office
Stanley Ralph Frans
Lodgepole
Ronald Wayne Soukop
Potter
Ralph Edward Bauer
Sidney
Fort Campbell
Over 1,483,000 Feet Drilled In Search For Oil
Nebraska oil prospects rely on deep wells despite a high dry-hole rate. Donald A. Crosier of the Nebraska Petroleum Council notes 160 new field wildcat wells in 1966, 147 dry, with wildcat depths totaling 822,214 feet and total drilling 1,483,849 feet for oil gas and dry holes. He cites average well cost above 55,000 dollars.
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Lincoln
Nebraska Petroleum Council
Donald A. Croster
Newfield
Two Injured In Potter Wreck Near Highway 30
Two men were hospitalized after a one car crash two miles east of Potter. Pat Maul Kimball drove a 1967 car west on Highway 30 at 2 30 a m losing control. The car rolled three times for 700 feet. Both he and passenger Jim Davis address unknown are at Memorial Hospital with undetermined injuries. Trooper Max Ibach investigated. No damage estimate available.
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Potter
Pat Maul
Kimball
Jim Davis
Memorial Hospital
Max Ibach
Safety Patrol
Benefit Softball Game Raises Funds for Injured Woman
The Sidney Women’s softball team beat a men’s group 17 to 16 at Legion Park in a benefit game for Chris Pohls who was seriously injured after being thrown from a horse last month. About 300 locals attended. over $250 was raised for her medical expenses as she remains in an Omaha hospital.
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Sidney
Legion Park
Chris Pohls
Omaha
Miss Phels
Panhandle Weather Forecast Fair Warm With Isolated Thunder
Frontier Airlines reports a five day outlook with fair, warm afternoons and cooler early next week. Tonight and Saturday bring low 55 to 65 and high around 90, with under 5 percent rain today and tonight and about 10 percent Saturday. Temperatures Saturday through Wednesday average 2 to 6 degrees below normal, highs in the 80s and lows in the 50s, with scattered light moisture and thundershowers.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
County proposes levy hike for 1967 budget plan
Cheyenne County boards seek a 2.5 mill increase in 1967 with a public hearing set for July 26 at 9 a.m. at the courthouse. The general fund would rise to 6.20 mills from 3.50, lifting the total levy from 10.50 to 13 mills, to fund mental hospital facilities, ambulance service, reappraisal costs, and a tax foreclosure item.
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Board of Commissioners
Beatrice State Home
Cheyenne County
Scottsbluff
Nebraska Centennial session nears final adjournment
Nebraska lawmakers began clearing desks as the Centennial session nears its final adjournment. Secretaries began job hunting while officials predicted the final adjournment would come Saturday morning, marking the second longest in history.
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Nebraska
Fulbrights win approval for Sidney Alliance bus lines
Nebraska Railway Commission verbal approval granted for a city bus route in Sidney and a Sidney to Alliance run. The Fulbrights operate Guy's Cab and Trailways ticket agency in Sidney. Exact schedules and fares to be set by the commission. hearing on protest from Western Nebraska Express canceled.
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City Bus Line
Sidney Alliance Run
State Board
Guy Fulbright
Sidney
Alliance
Fulbright
Fulbrights
Guy’s Cab
Guy’s Sinclair
Trailways
Nebraska Railway Commission
Lincoln
Kimball
Western Nebraska Express
Fulbright Bus Line
WNX
Cedar
Country Club
Alliance-Sidney
Harvest Labor Offices Ready in Nebraska
The Nebraska Employment Service announces harvest labor offices in Chappell and planned offices in Sidney, Kimball, and Dalton to meet labor needs. Sidney’s office will operate from the employment service site across from the courthouse. Chappell’s is on U S 30 marked by a large banner, aiding orderly matching of workers to demand.
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Nebraska Employment Service
Sidney
Harvest Labor
Chappell
Kimball
Dalton
Employment Service
U.S. 30
Deadline July 25 for VA loan guaranty benefits
Entitlement to loan guaranty benefits for World War II veterans expires at midnight July 25. Applications postmarked before midnight July 25 are timely and eligible for processing. VA Regional Office Lincoln Nebraska will stay open until midnight July 25 to receive late deliveries. Lincoln office phone 475-3413.
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South 17Th Street
Lincoln
Nebraska
Fleming Seeks Compassion In I-80 Design Change
Nebraska senator George Fleming urged the Roads Department to add compassion to the Big Springs Interchange plan. He warned western Nebraska would face an economic setback if the design, endorsed by Gov Tiemann and State Engineer Hossack, remains unchanged and diverts traffic to Colorado. Whitney supported changing the design, lamenting the governor’s stance and area expectations.
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Lincoln
Nebraska Roads Department
George Fleming
Sidney
Big Springs
Nebraska
Panhandle
Norbert T. Tiemann
John Hossack
Fleming
Colorado
Highway Department
Hossack
Denver
Colo
Kansas
Ramey C. Whitney
Chappell
Wheat harvest slow start in western Nebraska fields
Western Nebraska farmers expect more than one million dollars in losses under federal crop insurance due to hail and disease damage to wheat. Rust and wet weather threaten late crops across Banner, Kimball, Cheyenne, Keith, Perkins, Garden, Deuel and Chase counties while early cuts begin near Lodgepole and Chappell.
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Nebraska
Federal Crop Insurance Corp
Wilfred R. Nelson
Potter
Mor- Banner
Kimball
Cheyen 6
Keith
Perkins, Garden
Devel
Chase
Mr. Nelson
Panhandle
Nelson
University of Nebraska
Scottsbluff
Banner
Cheyenne
Warrior
Lodgepole
US Department of Agriculture
FCIC
Dix
American National Bank
Floyd E. Mindenhall
Rushville
Pete Vassos
Bridgeport
Concrete Work Nears Finish On Sterling to Crook 80S
Concrete paving on the Sterling to Crook 80S stretch in Colorado is complete with the last batch poured near Sterling at about 2 p.m. The road remains closed beyond Sterling as shoulders, curbing, earthwork, and planting proceed. Estimated opening to Crook is mid September pending weather. bids for the next 16 mile segment Crook to Sedgwick are planned for September with completion aimed next spring if weather holds.
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Sterling
Colo
Colorado
Crook
John Peterson
State Highway Department
Peterson
Highway Department
Sedgwick
Pterson
Ovid
Tamarack
Nebraska-Colorado Line
NevraSan
State Line
Higher Protein, Lower Weights In 1967 Wheat
Lincoln report from the State Federal Division of Agriculture Statistics shows the 1967 wheat crop with higher protein content at 13.4 percent, up from 12.1 percent in 1966, while the average test weight declined to 60.5 pounds per bushel from 62.5. Moisture averaged 13.2 percent, higher than 11.8 in 1966 and near 13.0 in 1965, with data from grain inspection offices in Fremont, Grand Island, Hastings, Lincoln and Omaha.
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Lincoln
Federal Division of Agriculture
Fremont
Grand Island
Hastings
Omaha
Western Nebraska Senators Back LB448 Aid Bill
In the LB448 school aid passage, western Nebraska lawmakers supporting the bill included George H. Fleming of Sidney and George Gerdes of Alliance. Ramey Whitney of Chappell voted against it while Terry Carpenter of Scotts Bluff was recorded as not voting.
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Western
Nebraska
George H. Fleming
Sidney
George Gerdes
Alliance
Ramey Whitney
Chappell
Terry Carpenter
Scottsbluff
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Hazzard
Furnas County
Frank A.schultz
Henry Dickmeyer
Harrisburg
King Resources
Allison Drilling Co
Petroleum Information
Red Willow County
State Capitol Building
Oil-Gas Commission
Sleepy Hollow
Red Willow
Sidney Girl
Harvest Labor Offices
Whitney
Farmer's
Jim Ledbetter
Ledbetter
H. W. Quinn
Co-Op
Ernest Namath
William Behrends
R. N. Huff
James R. Hanson
Rodney Namath
Colton Grain
Keith Deaver
John Demers
Sunol
Conran Messing
Peetz
Dalton Co-Op
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