Wildcat oil drilling planned across Cheyenne and neighboring counties
Multiple oil firms announce new wildcat locations in Cheyenne and Kimball counties, with Shell aiming Hite No 1 near Potter and J Ray McDermott drilling Narses No 1, SE NW 12-12-50. Other sites include Chandler Musgrove at State C No 1 and Texas Co near Rabbass field. Also lists numerous Kimball Dawes Harlan and Sioux county targets with operator names and legal descriptions.
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Cheyenne County
Shell Oil
Potter
Colorado State Line
J. Ray McDermott & Co
Ohio Oil Co
Morrison
Mary Egging No
Chandler - Musgrove
Nene
Texas Co
McGowan
Pan American Petroleum Corp
Haddix
Kimball County
Heidemann Field
Campbell No. 1
Oliver Reservoir
Anderson Prichard Oil Corp
State No
W. Kimball
Raymond Oil Co
Colwell
Dawes County
Wildcat Guy F Atkinson Co
Hofmeyer
Harlan County
Hausserman
Shell Oil Co
Schneider
Heidemann
Great Basins Petroleum Co
Warner No. 1
Banner County
Indian Springs
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Kennedy No. 6
Hoatley Field
Colorado
Logan County
Colo
British - American Oil Producing Co
Haley Smith
Center SE
Wildcat
Sterling
Center
Peetz
No Local Service Ruling Delayed Into 1988 for Sidney
The Civil Aeronautics Board’s decision on Sidney Nebraska’s local air service is not expected until early 1988. The Seven States Air Investigation Case threads through Nebraska cities, with initial CAB examiner Henderson due to issue a decision by mid year and briefs to follow.
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Sidney
Civil Aeronautics Board
Seven States
Nebraska
Rolland Harr
Lincoln
Hart
Washington, D. C
CAB
Curtis C. Henderson
Harr
Tuesday Rites For Mrs F Albro 70
Brief funeral services are planned for Mrs Frank G Albro 70 of Ordville at Craig Mortuary. She died yesterday afternoon after a three week illness. The Rev McClellan will officiate and the body will be sent to Kansas City for burial. Born June 20 1886 in Bideford England she came to Canada at 17 and to the United States in 1912 Residents include husband two sons Frank and Vern a daughter Marjorie sister Winifred Lynch two stepdaughters Hazel Marie Worthley and Genevieve Miron 17 grandchildren four great grandchildren.
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Craig
Frank G. Albro
Ordville
Albro
Memorial Hospital
McClellan
Assembly of God Church
Kansas City
Bideford
England
Canada
United States
Sterling
Colo
Sidney
Sidneyite Fined $25 On Disturbance Count
Robert Kinnersley of Sidney was fined $25 and costs in police court this morning on a charge of disturbing the peace after a family argument. Police Chief Sol Willis said Kinnersley was arrested and he refused to pay the fine, saying he preferred to lay it out in the city jail.
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Robert Kinnersley
Sidney
Sol Willis
Kinnersley
Glenn Greenlee
Neeley Dance Recital Postponed by School Leader
The Neeley School of Dance postpones its annual recital at the city auditorium due to scheduling conflicts. Jo Neeley announces no new date yet as future commitments at the venue remain unresolved.
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Neeley School of Dance
City Auditorium
Jo Neeley
Grain Market Prices For Wheat From Local Elevators
Grain markets report No. 1 Wheat at 2.00 per bushel and No. 2 Wheat at 199 per bushel from local elevator sources.
Sidney Guardsmen Payroll Shortfall Ties to Company K Strength
Lt Col Hans J Holtorf Jr reports to Sidney Chamber of Commerce that 1956 payroll loss of 10 000 stems from Company K of the 134th Infantry not being at full strength. He cites potential payroll totals from 27 544 81 to 67 015 92 and urges enlistment with a home town unit. He notes enlistment changes after April 1 and offers contact at the Armory with Capt Joe Brett for questions.
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Sidney
Company K
National Guard
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Hans J Holtorf Jr
Gering
134Th Infantry
Holtorf
Chamber of Commerce
Short Term Guard Service Deadline For Young Men
Young men aged 17 to 18 1/2 must join a National Guard unit before April 1 to fulfill military obligations with no extended active duty. Those joining Co. K Sidney this week can complete obligations by drill and two weeks summer camp. After this week non-prior service men must do some active duty training. Co K holds talks at the armory for opportunities in leadership, mechanics, supply, and more.
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National Guard
Co. K of
Sidney
Army
Co. K
Co K
Clarence Zalesky
Richard Krueger
Fort Riley
Kan
Fred Peters
Infantry School
Fort Benning
Cutworms Threaten Barley Fields in Cheyenne County
County Agent Ivan Liljegren reports considerable cutworm damage in winter barley and notes hatch delays due to snow. He urges field checks, especially east of Highway 19 and along Highway 30, with spraying within two to ten days using endrin or dieldrin. Special surveys on pale western cutworm expanding in southwestern Nebraska.
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Cheyenne County
Ivan Liljegren
Liljegren
Highway 19
Brownson
Nebraska
Roscoe E Hill
Department of
Entomology
University of Nebraska
Nebraska Wheat Commission
Cheyenne
Devel
Keith
Perkins, Garden and
Chase
Sioux
Box Butte
Sheridan
Scotts
Robbers Get 10 Year Terms In Nebraska District Court
Two Kentucky men pleaded guilty in Lodgepole Nebraska district court to break ins at Kripal Chevrolet Co. and a farmers cooperative gas station. Judge John Kuns imposed concurrent ten year sentences for each crime on Lynch and West, with potential additional charges for West under the habitual criminal statute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Lodgepole
Kripal
Kuns
West
Cheyenne County
Pat Heaton Jr
Nebraska
Interstate plans on Nebraska Highway 30 stall long term
Local businesses along Highway 30 welcome the delay as federal interstate plans lag. Nebraska faces slow progress on the Omaha Lincoln corridor with a two to four year outlook for completion, uncertain extension westward, and resistance to the program amid federal fund matching concerns.
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Nebraska
Omaha-Lincoln
Lincoln
Funeral Service Set For Gary Keith Miller
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 pm at Read Funeral Home Scottsbluff for Gary Keith Miller 20 killed in an accident at an oil drilling rig near Padroni. Miller married Feb 24 to Jane Barnes Foudray and had worked briefly for Jet Drilling Company. He was a pre medical student, active in First Presbyterian Church choir, survived by wife, stepdaughter, parents, a brother and two grandmothers. Memorials may go to a pre medical scholarship fund at the First Presbyterian Church in Scottsbluff.
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Read Funeral Home
Scottsbluff
Gary Keith Miller
Padroni
Cole A
Miler
Jane Barnes Foudray
Mir
E W Barnes
Sidney
Jet Drilling Company
Miller
Frank Radford
Cororner
Logan County
First Presbyterian Church
Grand Island
G L Miller IV
Scottsbluff High School
Scottsbluff College
University of Nebraska
Jane
Lynn
G L Miller
Terry
University of Wyoming
Laramie
E .A. Jones
Pearl Miller
Webb City
Rites Tuesday For Goranson Infant
Graveside funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 o'clock in Peetz Cemetery for Frances Catherine Goranson two day old daughter of Mr and Mrs Garald Goranson born Thursday in Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital and died Saturday afternoon Rev Thomas Gilmartin will officiate The Gehrig and Son Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements Survivors include her parents and one sister Cecelia seven and one brother Patrick five years old
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Peetz
Frances Catherine Goranson
Garald Goranson
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
Thomas Gilmartin
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Cecelia
Patrick
Co-Op Store Hit In Night Break-In
The Farmers Co-Op Store in Sidney was broken into last night. Entry was gained through a west-side window smashed by a bottle cap and the thief tapped the cash register, with $1289 reported stolen. No other items were mentioned.
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Farmers Co-Op
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Kermit Brumbaugh
Snowbound Nebraska County Sees Heavy Snow and Closures
A spring snowstorm paralyzed Cheyenne County with about six inches of snow and winds near 50 mph. Roads were blocked east of the Panhandle, schools closed in the southeast, and the Nebraska Safety Patrol logged over a thousand calls. Traffic jams occurred at Junction, Big Springs, and highways 2 6 20 30 34 were affected. Rural residents began moving to urban areas as a district court jury trial was delayed due to travel conditions.
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Cheyenne
Cheyenne Acounty
Omaha
McCook
North Platte
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Sidney
Panhandle
Big Springs Junction
Wyoming State Line
Gurley
Dalton
District Court
Farmers Day Open House at Larson Machinery Co.
A Farmers Day Open House is planned for Wednesday March 27 at Larson Machinery Co in Sidney. The event runs from 10 a.m. and features the 1957 Massey Harris combine, a new tractor model, and other machinery with New Holland balers mowers hay conditioners and crop dryers on display and in demonstration. Factory reps will present films and talks on machinery operation. At 1:30 p.m. soil conservationist Phil McMillen will compare mulch farming and plowing. A free lunch is offered at noon. Cliff Larson invites all to drop by during the day.
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Larson ‘Machinery Co
Sidney
Massey Harris
New Holland Machine Company
Phil McMillen
Cheyenne
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Thompson
F. Albro
Sidneyite
Neeley
Tenth Ave
Union Pacific
13Th Ave
Joe Brett
Heaton
Plains
New Mexico
Texas Panhandle
South Plains
Lubbock
Tex
Goranson
Larson’ Machinery
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