Quiet Week in Western Nebraska Oil Finds Few Reports
Western Nebraska oil activity slowed with no new discoveries in Kimball and Banner counties for the week ending yesterday. Four field wells were reported, Cheyenne County yielded the notable No 1 Hopkins in Towle Field, and several companies began or continued drilling in Lorenzo and Rohlfing areas with mixed results and plans for further testing.
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Nebraska
Kimball
Banner
Cheyenne County
Towle
Potter
S. D. Joanson and
Flagg Bros
Hopkins
S& D Johnson-Flagg Broswell
Telegraph
Stuarco Oil Co
Wytex
Vernon
Lorenzo
CSW
Stuarco
West Lorenzo
CSE
Brian Payne
Ryan and
McCollum
Huron Drilling Co
Reimers Field
Dalton
Rinehart
Banner Oil Co
Johnson
S. D Johnson and
Flagg Bros No 1
Flicker
S. D. Johnson and
British - American Oil Producing Co
Cook Field
Morrill County Anschutz Drilling Co
Waitman
Stark Field
McDaniel Drilling Co
Miami Petroleum Co
Ashby Drilling Co
Champlin Oil and Refining Co
Republic Natural Gas Co
Crag
Miss Fort Sidney Enters Miss Nebraska Pageant
Eighteen year old Rosalie Anne Swanson of Sidney leaves Saturday with her family for Lincoln to compete for the Miss Nebraska crown. She will perform a piano solo Deep Purple in the talent division and faces 11 contestants from Auburn Beatrice Columbus Hastings Fremont Kearney Lincoln Ogallala Omaha and Scottsbluff in the outdoor Congress Inn Motel pageant.
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Fort Sidney
Rosalie Ann Swanson
Sidney
Lincoln
Nebraska
Rosalie Anne Swanson
Id Swansor
Sidney ¢Raivn
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Miss Swanson
Cheyenne
Wyo
Mary Ann "Mobley
Mississippi
Auburn
Beatrice
Columbus
Hastings
Fremont
Kearney
Ogallala
Omaha
Scottsbluff
Congress Inn
First Kimball polio case reported in county
A 27 year old man named Gene Bymer is Kimball County’s first polio case of the year. He has suffered some paralysis with extent not yet known and was confirmed Wednesday. Bymer had not received polio inoculations and urged others to get shots and boosters. He remains at Kimball County Hospital.
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Kimball County
Gene Bymer
Bymer
Kimball County Hospital
Prices Reduced for Panhandle Plays Next Week
Panhandle Players stage two one act plays Friday July 31 at the Junior High School Auditorium as a bonus production. The Old Lady Shows Her Medals and Man in the Bowler Hat run 8 15 pm with tickets at 75 cents adults 35 cents students. Season ticket holders admitted free with other tickets. Eva Lou Tillerson directs The Old Lady Shows Her Medals and Eleanor Stegner directs Man in the Bowler Hat.
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Panhandle Players
JoAnn Harbison
Nce
Eva Lou Tillerson
Man In the Bowler Hat
Eleanor Stegner
Firefighters Put Out Grass Fire at Country Club Heights
No damage reported after volunteers extinguish a grass fire at Country Club Heights around 10 15 this morning. Firefighters believe the blaze likely started from a trash fire started by someone.
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Country Club Heights
Peruvians Praise Great Plains Wheat Amid Trade Talks
A six man Peruvian wheat team visits Western Nebraska as part of a farmer program to study Great Plains hard red winter wheat. Officials note Peru may order based on Peru-US agreements, while Peruvians and U S officials seek to expand markets and improve quality for future shipments. Local turnout was small at the Fort Sidney Hotel but the group called the dinner meeting enjoyable.
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Nebraska
Great Plains
Fort Sidney
United States
Jorge Bellido
Peruvian Agricultural Bank
Peru
U. S
Marx Koehnke
Lincoln
Nebraska Wheat Growers Asia
Koecinke
Assa
Argentina
Canada
Korhnke
Alfonso Quevedo
Great Plains Wheat Assa
Lima
Cheyenne County
Kimball
Scottsbluff
Kansas
Colorado
Usda Foreign Agriculture Service
Boards of Trade
No Fund Check Nets Sidneyite 30 Days
District Judge John Kuns of Kimball sentenced LI Suit, 28, of Sidney to 30 days in county jail on a no fund check charge in a Sidney court.
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John Kuns
Kimball
LI Suit
Sidney
Nebraska and Panhandle farmers vote on wheat quotas in 1940s
In Cheyenne Banner and Kimball counties light turnout backed local rejection of the wheat marketing quota. Nationally about 80 percent of farmers approved continuation of federal controls, with Nebraska at 73.8 percent yes. Turnout varied by county. Kimball and Banner counties showed decisive opposition while Scotts Bluff Morrill Box Butte and Sioux supported the quotas.
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Cheyenne
Banner
Kimball
Ers
Panhandle
Kimball County
Banner County
Cheyenne County
Scotts Bluff
Morrill
Box Butte
Sioux
Nebraska
Nebraska Wheat Growers Assn
Agriculture Department
Congress
Three-Vehicle Sideswipe Northeast of Lodgepole
A three vehicle crash on Highway 30 about 3 10 p m near Lodgepole left minor damage totals of roughly 200 to the state truck 350 to the Hindman car and 75 to the Phillips auto. A 22 month old in the Hindman vehicle suffered a bruise but no serious injuries.
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Lodgepole
Robert Zapp
Noralee Marie Phillips
Columbus
Ohio
Larry Lee Hindman
Pleasant Lake
Ind
Hindman Auto
Tracy B Brownson
Phillips Auto
New Sidney 66 Grand Opening Set For Saturday
The Sidney 66 Oil No 2 on 10th Ave between Spruce and Toledo Streets announces a grand opening Saturday with free carnations for ladies cigars for men Clancy the Clown balloons lolly pops for kids and a free six pack of Coca Cola with ten gallons gas plus a free grease job on bottle returns. Free prizes include a Dormeyer electric rotisserie and four Brownie Star Flash cameras.
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10Th Avenue
Spruce and
Toledo Streets
Clarence Lurber
New Service
Clancy
Dormeyer Electric
Gas Odor Suspect Siphoner Linked to Hardy Apartments
Police theorize a gasoline odor near the Hardy Apartments came from a siphoner rather than arson. Tenants reported smelling gas after midnight and one witness saw a man with a can. Officers believe the intruder sought gasoline from parked cars in the area.
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Hardy Apartments
AF Wage Survey Underway In Sidney Locality
An Army Air Force Wage Board survey in Sidney aims to align local pay with community rates. About 525 wage board workers and supervisors at the Sioux Ordnance Depot will be sampled to determine prevailing wages and adjust compensation accordingly.
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Army Air Force
Sidney
Army and
Air Force
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Damage Heavy In Slowing Mishap Near Potter
Two teenagers escaped serious injuries after a collision east of Potter when Larry D Dreston 16 of Bynumbille Mo struck the rear of Alice A Mueller 16 Route 1 Kimball Mo as she slowed. Damage was estimated at 650 dollars for the Dreston car and 300 to 400 dollars for the Mueller car.
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Potter
del Shipley
Alice A. Mueller
Route 1
Kimball
Larry D. Dreston
Bynumbille
Mueller
Shipley
Dreston
State VFW Meet Dates Announced in Nebraska
Dates for the Nebraska Veterans of Foreign Wars Fall Conference are set for October 17 18 with headquarters at the city auditorium and the Ft Sidney Motor Hotel in Sidney. A national VFW representative is sought for the featured banquet speaker and schools of instruction will be held. An organizational convention committee meeting by the Sidney post and auxiliary is scheduled for August 4 in Lincoln Grand Island.
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Nebraska Veterans of Foreign Wars
Bob Lowe
VFW
Lincoln
State Council of Administration
Grand Island
Sidney
City Auditorium
Ft. Sidney Motor Hotel
Sidney Post and Auxiliary
Sidney from Gold Rush to Oil Boom Highlighted by Chamber
A Chamber of Commerce eight page mimeographed brochure traces Sidney’s history from the Black Hills gold rush to the 1949 oil discovery, detailing Fort Sidney, early firsts, the gold brick legend, and the town’s growth through transportation, industry, and agriculture with notes on schools, recreation, and local landmarks.
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Chamber
Sidney
Chamber of Commerce
Fort Sidney
Black Hills
County
Wayne Moran
Cheyenne County
Scotts Bluff
Kimball
Morrill
Garden
Devel
Cherry County
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Thompson
Little
Bennie Herboldsheimer
Cheyenne County Wheat Growers Act
Angel Hernano
Callao Bakers Assn
Melvin Meester
Miss
The
Nebraska Junior Chamber of Commerce
Man
Robert Bieber
Foreign Agricultural Service
Washington, D.C
Indiana
Fort Sedgwick
Colo
Sidney Dillon
Union Pacific Railroad
Tovall
S.dney
Bere
Pold
Sidny
Tes N Sidney
Louis
Harry Neuman
Olio. Oil Co
Mary Egging No 1
Nebraska Dust Bowl
State Agriculture Department
St. Patrick's Academy
Soux Ordnance Depot
Union Pacific
Burlington
Overland-Greyhound
Frontier Airlines
Denver
C K Allen
Rovett Law
James H
Smith
McCarthy
Capitol
Patsy
Allen
O Flannigan
Janda- Tobin Drug Store
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