Oil Rigs Jump Across Nebraska's Western Oil Patch
Reporting weekly activity shows 33 rigs drilling in western Nebraska with Kimball County hosting 18 and Cheyenne County four. Of the total, 12 are wildcats and 21 field wells. year to date 274 locations listed, 12 discoveries, 95 wildcat drifts, 54 field wells completed, 70 abandoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Kimball County
Cheyenne County
Triton Oi
William J. Owen
W. F. Rogers Drilling Co
Colorado Southern Petroleum Co
Réimers
Raymond Oil Co
Mather
Bedrock Oil and Gas Co
Mur‘fin
New Locations Petroleum, Inc
Kuyper
Barkhoff Field, Petroleum, ‘Inc
State
Morrill’ County
Wildcat
Davis Oil ‘Co
Erickson
Shell Oil Co
Hagemeister
S.W. Potter Field
Bridgeport Fourth of July Rodeo Plans Revealed
Bridgeport readies its annual Fourth of July Rodeo to be held Friday and Saturday July 4 and 5 at the fair grounds arena. Evening shows begin about 7 39 with bareback and saddle bronc riding calf roping bulldogging clown acts and exhibitions. Fireworks and a firemen sponsored dance cap the program. The Morrill County Fair Association owns 32 bucking stock and will feature General the Brahma bull.
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Bridgeport
Morrill County
Nebraska
Wyoming
Bridgeport Firemen
Fair Grounds
Fair and Rodeo Association
Grain market price quoted for wheat at local elevator
Local elevator sources report wheat at 153 dollars per bushel. The price reflects current trading levels in the grain market today and may influence nearby sales and futures expectations.
Myrtle Hoffman at R N Convention in Los Angeles
Myrtle M Hoffman of Lodgepole attends the 24th national convention of RoyalNeighbors of America in Los Angeles June 23 to 27 at the Ambassador Hotel. Delegates and officers discuss by laws, society advancement, and national reports as about 250 attend. The fraternal group includes 4330 lodges nationwide.
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Myrtle M. Hoffman
Royal Neighbors of America
Los Angeles
Calif
Ambassador Hotel
United States
Potter Man Joins Air Force Flight
Vaughn E Russell son of Mr and Mrs Leonard Russell of Potter enlisted in the Air Force. His family drove him to Cheyenne to catch a bus to Denver. He checked in June 13 at Lackland AFB Texas and his address is AF 17517435 Flight 449 Box 1503. He reports excellent treatment and strong interest in the training and service.
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Vaughn E Russell
Leonard Russell
Potter
Airforce
Cheyenne T
Denver
Vaughn E. Russell
Lackland Afb
Texas
Vaughn
Pay Raise To Help Workers In This Area
Civil Service workers in Sidney greet a 10 percent pay raise, retroactive to Jan 12, with lump sum back pay ranging from 153 to 500 dollars, averaging about 250, for about 265 base workers at Sioux Ordnance Depot and thousands nationally. Nebraska insiders estimate 12 thousand federal employees will share the $5.5 million increase, with postal workers also receiving a raise.
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Civil Service
Sidney
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Congress
Federal Courts
Foreign Service
Atomic Energy Commission
Medical Service
Veterans Administration
Eisenhower
Nebraska
Civil Service Commission
Washington
Fire Whistle To Alert Alliance
Alliance sets a new warning system using the fire whistle for violent weather disasters or attacks. City Manager R W Laing notes the steam whistle remains for fire calls but will switch to a steady tone for disasters. Two blasts summon nurses and hospitals to St Josephs Hospital. three blasts warn of tornadoes or enemy action.
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R. W. Laing
St Josph's Hospital
Mobil Station Opens This Week
Lessees of the Mobil Station at 1745 Illinois announce a grand opening event for Thursday and Friday. Operated by Les Landmesser Gary Campbell and Bob Roberts the station named Ma-Ru-Ju Mobile derives from their wives’ initials. Free Pepsi-Cola with every six gallons purchased and door prizes available to registrants. Winners appear in the July 2 issue of The Sidney Telegraph.
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Mobil
Illinois
Familiar Feature Is Missing At Parade
Bert Bates a 92 year old Lodgepole pioneer and his horse Buck who had led the Ft. Sidney Days parade for ten years was absent this year Buck was 30 in 1957 and last year did his final performance Bates watched as a spectator leaving a gap at the front of the procession filled only with memories
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Ft. Sidney Days
Bert Bates
Lodgepole
Buck
Bates
New Trial Denied in Backer Lawsuit
District Judge I J Nisley overruled a retrial motion in the Backer case in Cheyenne County District Court. The Backers George and Mollie, residents of Scottsbluff, sued the city of Sidney over damages from the underpass project. The case has been tried twice with juries ruling for the city each time. they have ten days to appeal to the Nebraska Supreme Court.
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I. J. Nisley
Cheyenne County
Nebraska Supreme Court
George
Mollie Backer
Sidney
Scottsbluff
Nebraska students begin summer journalism internships
Fourteen junior journalism majors from the University of Nebraska will take internships this summer to fulfill certificate requirements. Among them three will work locally with Minette Taylor reporting for the Western Nebraska Observer in Kimball, Bob Wirz with the Alliance Times Herald, and Rita Jane Carroll in Scottsbluff at the Star-Herald. Director William E. Hall noted ten will work on daily papers, two in agricultural journalism, one in television, and one in the weekly newspaper field.
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University of Nebraska
Sidney
Minette Taylor
Farnam
Western Nebraska Observer
Kimball
Bob Wirz
Halsey
Alliance Times-Herald
Rita Jane Carroll
Scottsbluff
Scottsbluff Star-Hearald
William E. Hall
Nationally And In Nebraska Producers Favor Crop Controls
Deputy Secretary Rol land Luedtke reports sponsors of a constitutional amendment to legalize bingo have until July 3 to file all petitions. Veterans of Foreign Wars and Fraternal Order of Eagles expect to file with Secretary Frank Marsh, aiming for over 60 thousand names. 56,794 signatures are needed for the November ballot, with rejections common. The groups may file additional petitions before the deadline.
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Rolland Luedtke
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Order of Eagles
Frank Marsh
Luedtke
Neal Atkins Named To Retailers Post
Neal Atkins of Sidney was named district representative of the Department and Variety Division of the Retail Merchants Association of Nebraska. Five districts were set up statewide with a leading retailer as District Representative for each line. Atkins will coordinate the Northwest District covering 20 counties as a membership drive and district meetings proceed to aid retailers in serving the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal Atkins
Sidney
Retail Merchants Association of
Nebraska
John Freeland
Atkins
Department
Wheat Quota Referendum Sees Low Cheyenne County Support
In Cheyenne County only 459 of 318 votes favored the federal wheat marketing quota, far below the two thirds needed. Nationally 83.7 percent supported quotas though Cheyenne’s results reflected local disfavor, with 10,025 Yes and 3,906 No in Nebraska’s tally.
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Cheyenne County
Panhandle
Nebraska
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
ASC
Banner
Butler
Cheyenne
Colfax
Dawes
Deuel
Frontier
Furnas
Gage
Garden
Harlan
Hayes
Hitchcock
Johnson
Keith
Kimball
Lincoln
Merrick
Otoe
Perkins
Scotts Bluff
York
Kimbal County
New Mechanic At Foland Farm Machinery
Frank Schuppan named new service man and mechanic at Foland Farm Machinery per owner Doyle Foland. He brings 15 years with Minneapolis Moline and three years as a travelling service man in Nebraska. After stints in Moses Lake Washington, he and his wife and two daughters relocate to Sidney for their new home.
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Frank Schuppan
Foland Farm Machinery
Doyle Foland
Schuppan
Minneapolis - Moline
M-M
Nebraska
Moses Lake
Washington
Sidney
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Mintken
Chandler & Simpson
Smith
Ludden Field
Petroleum, Inc
Cross
Petroleum State
Braden Oil Co
Gadekin
Benziger
Keystone
East Ward School
A. K. Greenlee
Greenlee
Greenlees’ Inc
A. D
Roy Greenlee
Newcomers Club
Thompson
Myrtle Hoffman
R. N
Potter Man
Air Force Flight
Fire Whistle
To Alert Alliance
Backer
Foland
Ib Aliman Y‘body Shop
FT. Sidney
Illinois St
Lenn
Merchant's
Bauman
Kiwanis
Stars of Tomorrow
Civil Air Patrol
Huntsman Hustler
Cheyenne County Memoral Musplital
Fwertiv
Linda Mintken
Sidney Davs Queen
Nacy Davis
Jill Dobon
National Guard Armory
Gilbert Sorge
Guriey
Neal Hansen
Chuck Lafler
Rick Miller
12Th Ave
Jackson St
Call
Ers
Ross Barker
Ken Pittam
Silver Belles
Beaux Squaredancers Club
Bud Frahm
Lodgepole Valley Saddle Club
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