Gasoline Shortage Triggers Dealer Rationing in Lincoln Area
Lincoln dealers report price increases and reduced hours amid a summer rush and fuel allocations. Leonard Hendricks limits to 10 gallons per customer while others weigh tighter quotas under a federal allocation plan. Farm needs and drought in April and May strain supplies as stations shift hours and redirect to existing customers.
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Sidney
Ilinois
Leonard Hendricks
Whitie
Hendricks
Federal Oil Policy Committee
Earl Lessig
Gurley Oil Co
Lessig
Ken Bagby
Bagby
Texaco
West Texaco
Illinois St
Sidney 66 Oil Co
Clarence Serber
Nebraska Oil Prospects Rise With Expanded Test Drilling
Nebraska oil activity climbs as roads dry and 14 test locations are filed in three weeks. Gear Drilling Co and allies advance multiple wildcat and stratigraphic tests across Kimball Cheyenne Morrill and Banner counties, with tests reaching depths up to 6,850 feet in J-sand and granite formations.
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Sioux Army Depot
Nebraska
State Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Sidney
Wallace
Gear Drilling Co
Gordon O. Veneklasen
Kimball County
Wildcat
Patrick A. Doheny
Cheyenne County
Sage Oil Co
Baird
Russell
Allison Drilling Co
Koch Industries Inc
NW SE
Keith County
Commission
Richards
Sene
Kimbark Operating Co
Stoeppelworth Drilling Co
W.d Westcamp
Frontier County
Big Canyon
Stoeppelworth
E. Doyle Huckabay
Midwest Coulter
B.W Drilling
Norris Oil Co
Funk
Muffin Drilling Co
Baker
Hitchcock County
Bush Creek
Murfin
Kansas City
Stoeppelworth Drilling Inc
J&c Oil and Gas Co
Miller
Stoeppelwerth
Triangle J Oil Co
Walter Ghmart Jr
Benish
Sidney Community Tours Explore Local History This Summer
Registrations are open for a series of historical tours and lectures by the Sidney Community Improvement Council. Open to all residents, each Saturday at 9 a.m. begins at the Post Commander’s Home in Sidney, visiting sites from Point of Rocks to California Trail ruts and the Cheyenne County museum.
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Sidney
Pony Express
Mud Springs
Greenwood Ranch
Robidoux Pass
Fort Sidney
Weller House
Powder House
Cheyenne County Historical Association
Chamber of Commerce
Sidney- Deadwood
Cheyenne County
California
Ken McMillan
Richard Fix
Trespass and Loose Dogs Worry Cheyenne County Farmers
Sheriff Kermit Brumbaugh reports rising complaints of trespassing on private farmland in the Sidney area. Dogs running loose chase cattle and cats, with several cows missing after dog encounters. State law imposes up to six months in jail and a $600 fine for land trespass. owners are liable for damages caused by pets outside town limits.
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Cheyenne County
Kermit Brumbaugh
Sidney
Brumbaugh
Temperature and Rain Report for May Record
May moisture totals at High Plains Agricultural Laboratory reached an inch and a half with a .52 inch heaviest shower last weekend. Highs reached 85 degrees on May 19 and 21 while May 2 yielded a low of 29.
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High Plains Agricultural Laboratory
Panhandle Forecast: Thunder Showers Possible This Weekend
Partly cloudy this afternoon with a chance of thundershowers in the late afternoon. Highs 85 to 90. Increasing clouds tonight and Saturday with a chance of showers and thundershowers. Low tonight 50 to 55, high Saturday 70 to 75. Southerly winds 10 to 20 mph, gusts to 30 this afternoon, turning northwest tonight. Precip chances 10-20 percent this afternoon, 30 percent tonight and Saturday. Extended outlook: Sunday thunder possible, Monday and Tuesday mainly partly cloudy with highs in the 70s and lows from the 40s west to the 60s southeast.
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Panhandle
Nebraska Legislature Accepts Hiram Scott Gift to NU System
Senate votes 25 to 0 to accept Hiram Scott College as a gift to the University of Nebraska system in a move amid a veto fight over SB 179. A second motion directs an interim study of the Scott campus. no degree programs allowed. An earlier amendment keeps the School of Technical Agriculture at Curtis.
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Nebraska
Terry Carpenter
Hiram Scott College
University of Nebraska
Carpenter
Exon
Hiram Scott
Appropriations Committee
University
Scott
Scottsbluff Institution
Holbrook
Richard Lewis
State School of Technical Agriculture
Curtis
County Contribution Aids Handicapped Nebraskans
Cheyenne County residents have donated 1230 to the Nebraska Easter Seal Society spring drive. County committee and state office in Omaha invite further help requests for therapy transportation equipment and medical evaluations for handicapped children and adults.
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Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Gary Lashley
Sidney
Nebraska Easter Seal Society
Lashley
Easter Seal Society
Dewey Ave
Omaha
Sales Hit in Cheyenne County Bonds Drive
County Chairman H. G. Spearow reports April sales of U. S. Savings Bonds in Cheyenne County totaled $38,869, raising the year to date to $200,420 and reaching 49.6 percent of the 1973 sales goal.
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H.G Spearow
Cheyenne County
University of Nebraska Lincoln launches agriculture head search
The university formed an 18 member committee to find a vice chancellor for agriculture and natural resources. Chancellor James Zumberge announced the panel as LB149 upgrades the College of Agriculture, with ten faculty members two students two administrators and four non university representatives Merlyn E Carlson David R Johnson William B Krejci and John Osler named among the non university members.
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University of Nebraska- Lincoln
Agriculture and Natural Resources
James Zumberge
College of Agriculture
Merlyn E Carlson
Lodgepole
David R. Johnson
Omaha
William B. Krejci
Fairmont
John Osler
Elsic
High Plains Field Day Planned for June 22 Here
The University of Nebraska High Plains Agricultural Laboratory Field Day is set for June 22 with a 1 30 p m assembly at lab headquarters. Dr John L Weihing and Dr John L Adams outline talks on research farmer cooperation and adopting findings, followed by a guided tour of NU research stations and crop trials across winter wheat, wheat varieties, seeding dates, disease control, and related topics. Farmers and ranchers from the southern Panhandle and southwestern Nebraska are urged to attend.
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University of Nebraska
High Plains Agricultural Laboratory
John L. Weihing
Scotts Bluff
Jim Cederburg
Ken Sakurada
Cheyenne County
Harold Tremain
Sidney
High Plains
John L. Adams
Nebraska Cooperative Extension Service
Lloyd Andersen
Nebraska
Charles Fenster
Extension Agronomist
Scotts Bluff Station
John L Weihing
Panhandle
South Western
Assault Reported in Sidney Residence
The Sidney Police Department reports an assault on a 17 year old girl in her basement bedroom Thursday night. The assailant fled through a rear door after being frightened off by the girl's father. Police are investigating and warn of unlicensed touts in the area.
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Sidney
Roy Brauer
Montgomery Named GM Cadillac Oldsmobile Pontiac Dealer
Art Montgomery of Seattle announces he has been granted the General Motors franchise to sell Cadillac Oldsmobile Pontiac cars and GMC trucks in Sidney. He will operate from the former Larabee facilities on East Illinois Street and will reveal more grand opening details soon.
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Art Montgomery
Seattle
Wash
General Motors Corp
Cadillac
Oldsmobile
Pontiac
GMC
Sidney
Montgomery
Larabee
Illinois St
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Lincoln
BY Danichendee
Standard Oil
Dendricks
Lawrence Thompson
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Thompson
Ken McMillen
Farmers Union Co-op Gas & Oil Co
Co-op
McMillen
Serber
Born
Frank Matthes
Chuck Liess
Western Gas
Liess
Denver
Vince Calahan
Cheyenne Pipeline Co
No. 2
Diesel
Housebrand
Hiram Scott Deal
Terry
City of Sidney
Scott Cook
Claire Higuchi
Beth Ostermeier
Jill Thorpe
Cook
Carlson
Don Sander
NU Extension Agronomist
John Schmidt
NU Research Agronomist
Lewis Nelson
Louis A Daigger
Eric Kerr
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