Oil Search Speeds Up After Lull In Nebraska
Nebraska oil activity speeds up after cloudbursts floods and bad roads. Ten permit applications, double last week, signal a broader summer rise. Projects include Sinclair deep test in Banner County and No 1 Egging well near Denver-Julesburg Basin discovery site.
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Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Banner County
Singleton
Sinclair Oil and Gas Co
Tom Wessels
Denver Independent
Cheyenne County
Denver-Julesburg Basin
Petroleum Inc
Murfin Drilling Co
Midwest Petroleum Corp. of
Omaha
Buhrdorf
Filon
Potter
Toltek Drilling Co
DeKalb Agricultural Assn
Sioux County
Thomas
DeKalb
Nebraska
Kimball County
Scotts Bluff
Morrill County
Marathon Oil Co
Hayes County
Reiher
Hitchcock County
Commission
Texas
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Pittsburg
H. N. Rhodes
Paul Roberts
Sidney
Board of Educational Lands and Funds
July Fourth Displays Announced in Two Communities
Two Cheyenne County communities publish plans for summer fireworks. Potter’s Fire Department will host the July 3 display at Buffalo Bend with a free will offering. Dalton’s event on July 4 features Lions Club support, park picnics, and a ball park fireworks show funded by local donations and business support.
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Cheyenne County
Potter’s Fire Department
Dalton
Buffalo Bend
Point of Rocks
Lions Club
Ball Park
Land descriptions in Hitchcock and Morrill counties
Notes list surveyed parcels in Hitchcock County section 16 and Morrill County section 16 19 52. It records all of the specified sections, indicating a broader land-ownership or parcel mapping context. The entry preserves parcel identifiers without additional identifiers or dates.
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Hitchcock County
Morrill County
Detroit worker faces forced move over living rule
Manuel Cauchi a 40 year old city employee learned his Detroit home is now effectively in suburban Grosse Pointe Park. He must choose between sleeping on his back porch moving to another house or losing his job as city rule requires living in Detroit and the Civil Service Commission determines residence by where he sleeps.
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Cauchi
Grosse Pointe Park
Detroit
City Civil Service Commission
Sidney To Get Hamm's Brewing Distribution
D and H Beverage Corp will establish a Sidney warehouse and appoint a manager on July 1 to cover five counties. Ed Heeg of Scottsbluff announced Bob Grothe will run the Sidney operation at 735 Hickory St. The facility will handle Hamms Buckhorn and Waldeck beers from Kimball to Chappell and Lewellen to Broadwater with outlets in Kimball Cheyenne Devel Garden and Morrill counties.
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D and H Beverage Corp
Hamms Brewing Co
Sidney
Ed Heeg
Scottsbluff
Bob Grothe
Heeg
Hickory St
Hamms
D and H
Waldeck
Hamms Company
Kimball
Chappell
Lewellen
Broadwater
Cheyenne
Devel
Garden
Morrill
Flood Falls Promptly in Nebraska Draw and Fields
Mr Runge notes the first heavy rain at 7 30 lasting 20 minutes followed by a 9 pm burst of 15 minutes. Neighbors report the Sidney Draw swelling to a mile wide and about 12 feet deep near Sidney. Bennie Herboldsheimer in Potter records two inches of rainfall while Wilfred Nelson farm south of Potter reports 4.5 inches. Rae and Lynn Nelson pass the Maurice Nelson farm to check road passability as their car stalls in floodwaters.
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Lodgepole Creek
Sidney Draw
Bennie Herboldsheimer
Potter
Wilfred Nelson
Lorenzo
Nelsons
Rae
Lynn
Sidney
Maurice Nelson
Budge
Maurice
Kimball County Grain Co
Dix
Warren Johnson
Dalton
Don Dey Ermand
Dey Ermand
Earthen barricades halt flood near Sidney dike
Severe rain from a cloudburst moved through the Sidney Draw flooding Lodge Pole Creek and western town edges. Earthen barricades and bulldozers held back water by morning, protecting St Patrick's Academy grounds while surrounding Legion Park and farmyards faced rising floods. Reports cite rainfall amounts from 1.25 to 3.5 inches across Kimball County with high winds and vivid lightning as residents recount a day of extreme weather. Weather subsided by mid morning as crews cleared remaining floodwaters. GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY.
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Sidney
St. Patrick’s Academy
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Midwest Stramit Board
Midwest Stramit Corporation Board
Legion Hall
Dalton, Shawn
Lawrence Marrin
Ray Graff
Gene Lienemann
C. J. Cornelius
Dean Hiner
Carl Christ Sr
Ken Rimington
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Stramit Corp. Ltd
Raymond Weed
Gerald Matzke
Telegraph
Manuel Cauchi
Hamm
Lady Elgin
Model
Elgin
Jones Center
THE
Hardy Boys
Tom Swift
Vwu
Nancy Drew
Ana
All
Aeené
Che Bonk
Toledo
Gibson
FORD
Mercury
Illinois
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