Trouble Vexes Drillers At Egging Well And Murky Bobbles
Mechanical trouble halted Ohio Oil Co between drilling at Mary Egging No 1 after a clutch failure. Four workers injured in a Friday explosion and a new rig moved in then stuck by mechanical issues. Multiple wildcat and semi wildcat tests reported across Banner, Kimball, Morrill, and surrounding counties with several producers and two dry holes.
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Ohio Oil Co
Wytex Oil
Wytex
Denver
Morrill County
McCord
Sage Oil Co
Wildcat Durland Trust
Kimball
Kimball County
Chandler-Musgrove
Bedrock Mineral, Leasing Co
Owasco
Pan American Petroleum Co
Vowers Bros
Sloss State
Ela, Obering
Baltensperger
SW SE
Snyder No
Sene
Dusters
Banner County
W. F. Rogers
Ludden
Mountain Valley Oil Corp
Pan American
Warrior Oil Co
Raymond Oil Company
Kirk
Ordnance Depots Meet at Sioux for Standardization
Representatives from ten ordnance depots and arsenals gathered at Sioux Ordnance Depot this week to standardize procedures for scheduling and reporting personnel work assignments. Ward C. Olson announced the group will submit findings to the Chief of Ordnance for final action. attendees include Morris Barnes Blue Grass Depot George Day Pueblo Depot C L Erickson Savanna Wingate Hansen James Henderson Umatilla Hall Black Hills Joliey Red River Carhill Fisher from Sioux.
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Ordnance
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Ward C. Olson
Ordnance Corps
Chief of Ordnance
Olson
Morris M. Barnes
Blue Grass
Sales income tax bill advances from committee
The Legislature's Revenue Committee advanced LB 134 on a 4-2 vote. Sen Norman Otto of Kearney backed the measure which creates a two percent sales and services tax to replace the state property tax and would revert the income tax to counties to replace local taxes, with funds allocated by county populations to cities, counties, and school districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revenue Committee
Norman Otto
Kearney
Public Meet On State Income Sales Tax Bill
A public meeting is set for next Tuesday in Sidney to discuss SB 134, a proposed combined sales income tax bill in the Nebraska Legislature. The session starts at 8 p.m. in Central Ward School auditorium with John Jensen presiding and a film strip followed by discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Nebraska
Central Ward School
John Jensen
Denverite Names Selig New Head Of Fox Intermountain
Robert W. Selig of Denver becomes president of Fox Intermountain Theatres succeeding Frank H. Ricketson Jr. Selig, a long time Intermountain official and Denver civic leader, rose from district manager to president while Ricketson departs for National Theatres in Los Angeles.
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Robert W. Selig
Denver
Fox Intermountain Theatres
Selig
Intermountain
Sidney
Denver University
Fox Theatre
Frank H. Ricketson Jr
Los Angeles
Free Spring Show May 3 4 In Sidney Area
A free Spring Show will be offered to Sidney residents May 3-4 at the city auditorium. Co chairs Don Porter and Harold Scott said previous years charged 50 cents admission. Four booths remain for sale and contact to Chamber of Commerce office is requested. By removing the admission fee an attendance of about 16 000 is expected. A variety show of cal ibre is planned to improve the third annual event.
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Sidney
City Auditorium
Don Porter
Harold Scott
Chamber of Commerce Office
Chamber of Commerce
The
Telegraph
Historical Group Head Invited To Discussion
The Cheyenne County Historical Association attends the American Association of Museums convention in Lincoln May 22 24. Dick Herman president is invited for a panel alongside Dr Clifford Lord Dr William Aeschbacher Louis Jones Earle Newton and Alexander Wall from Old Sturbridge Village.
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Cheyenne County Historical Association
American Associations of Museums
Lincoln
Dick Herman
Clifford Lord
Wisconsin State Historical Society
William Aeschbacher
Nebraska State Historical Society
Louis Jones
New York State Historical Society
Earle Newton
Snow Storm Brings Hope to Nebraska Panhandle Farmers
Light snow and rain across much of the Nebraska Panhandle moistens topsoil and shields livestock from March winds. Sidney logged a 17 degree low as a brief snow squall passed, while February feed conditions edged down in the Panhandle and southwest counties. Calving begins in parts, with open grazing and ongoing supplemental feeding as spring moisture remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Panhandle
Sidney
Great Plains
Panhandle
Nebraska
Union Pacific
Herndon
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Sidney Fire District To Meet Tuesday
The Sidney Rural Fire District No. 1 will hold its annual meeting at the Sidney Fire Hall on Tuesday March 19. The session starts at 7 30 p.m. President Walter Johnson urges all members to attend.
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Sidney Rural Fire District No. 1
Sidney
Walter Johnson
Two Kentuckians Bound Over To District Court
James West and James Ernest Lynch, Louisville men, were bound over to Cheyenne County District Court after pleading guilty to three counts of breaking and entering. Bond set at 3,000 dollars each. two women, Frances Smellen and Shirley Tuggle, pleaded guilty to vagrancy with fines suspended on leaving the county. Sheriff said both men gave statements about the Lodgepole burglaries.
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Louisville
Lodgepole
Cheyenne County District Court
James West
James Ernest Lynch
Harley's
Farmers Co-op
Kripal Chevrolet Co
Kripal
West
Lynch
Cc. W. Smith
Frances Smellen
Shirley Tuggle
Smith
Bill Schulz
Stubble Mulching Demonstration Draws Farmer Interest
Keen interest is shown in the stubble mulch demonstration at the Ed Lipke farm four miles north of Sidney next Tuesday. A sub-tillage grain drill will be demonstrated for planting in heavy residue, with talks by Charles Fenster of Alliance and Eugene Solomon of Scottsbluff, both soil conservation experts.
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Ed Lipke
Sidney
Charles Fenster
Alliance
Eugene Solomon
Scottsbluff
Torgeson Mentioned As State GOP Leader
E. Torgeson of Kimball is named as one of six Nebraska Republicans possible successors to Joseph S. Wishart who resigns as state party treasurer. Torgeson led finance for the southwest Panhandle in the recent campaign. others include L L Yay Grand Island Maurice Havelons Beatrice John Riddell York J O Pack Columbus and Hazel H Abel Lincoln.
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S E. Torgeson
Kimball
Nebraska
Joseph S. Wishart
Torgeson
Panhandle
Wishart
L L Yay
Grand Island
Maurice Havelons
Beatrice
John Riddell
York
J O Pack
Columbus
Hazel H. Abel
Lincoln
Three Highway Deaths Mark Nebraska Panhandle Week
In the southern Nebraska panhandle three separate fatal crashes occurred within a week. Frank Wilkinson, 67, of Chappell, was killed when struck by his own pickup after it left the road. A 1956 car driven by Glenn Hixson collided with the truck. Others include Edward Sanders, 54, of Payette Idaho, who died on Highway 30 near Potter, and Michelle Reiboldt, 2½, southwest of Sidney on Highway 19, who died from injuries. Mrs. Joe Leach, 42, of Alliance, died in a two car crash at Moomaw's corner, near Bayard.
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Nebraska Panhandle
Deuel
Chappell
Frank Wilkinson
Edward Sanders
Payette
Idaho
Potter
Michelle Reiboldt
Sidney
Wilkinson
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Glenn Hixson
Joe Leach
Alliance
Moomaw’s Corner
Bayard
Rep Miller Mailing Annual Questionnaire in Nebraska Fourth District
Rep Miller has begun sending his annual questionnaire to 99 000 residents of Nebraska's fourth district. The 10 question form asks about budget cuts postal rates military and economic aid to communist nations statehood for Alaska Hawaii and farm programs. Responses are categorized by rural and urban areas for tabulation.
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Miller
Nebraska
Alaska
Hoiswan
Service Station Under New Owner
Paul Hecker Jr announced the purchase of Barlow's Texaco Station from Charles Barlow. The site at 14th Ave and Illinois St will be Hecker's Texaco with a grand opening tomorrow offering a free grease job with every oil change.
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Paul Hecker, Jr
Barlow
Texaco
Charles Barlow
14Th Ave
Illinois St
Hecker
Home Town plan eyed for Sidney hotel project
A Sidney drive to form a local contractor supplier team plans a cost plus ten percent build with profits paid in hotel stock. The idea targets Ninth Ave and Jackson St ground, needs a 200 by 300 foot tract, and faces a $35 000 to $50 000 financing gap. Chester Johnson of Mullen pitches a 50 unit motel hotel and local board will discuss.
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Sidney
Hotel Corporation
Ninth Ave
Jackson St
Controtor
Chester Johnson
Mullen
Ninth
Jackson
Johnson
New Population Signs Planned for Sidney Entrances
Robert Meyer of the State Highway Department told Sidney officials that the city’s population is about 8,250, and the necessary steps have begun to place new population signs on the approaches to Sidney. He said the signs should meet with broad satisfaction.
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Sidney
Robert Meyer
State Highway Department
Meyer
Dog Owner Fined in Sidney for Harboring Vicious Animal
Sidney Judge Glenn Greenlee fined Lee Miler 25 dollars for harboring a vicious dog and ordered disposal of the animal within five days after a citizen complained the dog chased the woman. this marked Sidney’s first such case this year.
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Sidney
Glenn Greenlee
Lee Miler
Miler
Sol Willis
Greenlee
Olson Promoted to Branch Chief at Ordnance Civilian Personnel
Ward C. Olson, former Sioux Ordnance Depot employee and current field representative for the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, is promoted to branch chief with the Ordnance Civilian Personnel Agency. He will lead personnel management at ordnance ammunition depots and keep a Sioux office until July 1 before relocating with his family to Rock Island, Illinois.
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Ward C. Olson
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Ordnance
Ordnance Civilian Personnel Agency
Ordnance Weapons Command
Rock Island
Public
Olson
Ordnance Ammunition
February Savings Bonds Sell Big In Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County sold 110650 in U S Series E and H savings bonds in February, up from 69389 in January, totaling 180039 for the two months and accounting for 13.5 percent of the county 1957 bond sales. Nebraska statewide sales reached 7100646 in February, lifting the year total to 14578201.
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Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Lump Sum Settlement Petition Filed in Cheyenne County
Emanuel Troutman 62 of Sidney sues Ready Mix Concrete Co. in Cheyenne County District Court seeking a lump sum settlement of 66763 for an on the job injury suffered June 27 1956 while employed by the cement firm.
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Cheyenne County
Emanuel Troutman
Sidney
Ready Mix Concrete Co
Troutman
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Peter L. McGrath
Evansville
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Indiana House
Sidney Fire District
Pius XII
St. Peter’s Basilica
Vatican City
Tion
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Thompson
GOP
Lower Panhandle
Muller
Thaddeus Krush
Nebraska Psychiatric Institute
Krush
Ward Olson
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