Nebraska oil output hits record high in weekly report
Nebraska’s oil output reached an all time daily high of 60 947 barrels last week with demand and storage replenishment cited as drivers. Western exploration continues despite weather slowing some operations as Ohio Meier 1 and other wells progress in Kimball and Banner counties. several new wells show promising pay zones and field prospects across the state.
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Nebraska
Exeter Drilling Co
Ohio
Chéyenne County
CNW
Pebble
Colorado
Kimball County
Beer
HAAS
Sidney
Davis Oil Co
Chandler and Simpson
Simpson
Rodman
Braden Oil Co
Bartow
Gross-Wilkinson
Pan - American
Lockwood
Barrett
Banner County Miracle
Fifer
Singleton
Good Friday services set across Cheyenne County churches
Good Friday observances return with limited union services after years of joint events. Lodgepole’s Emmanuel Lutheran Church will host a 2 p.m. union service with Lodgepole Chorus providing music and pastors offering cross themed talks. Sidney churches schedule morning and afternoon services with sermons and choirs, including Holy Communion at St. Patrick’s and cantatas at Peetz churches. Frontier Airlines must resume Sidney flights per a CAB order granting three days to comply.
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Cheyenne County
Lodgepole Community Chorus
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Lodgepole
Norman ‘Schroeder
E. A. Glendenning
Merle Bartlett
First Christian Church of
Sidney
W. K. Hasenyager
St. Patrick's Catholic
Peetz
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Stations of the Cross
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Robert Casselman
W. J. Fredling
Grace Baptist
St. Paul’s Lutheran
Donald Behrens
South Divide
Assembly of God
James Trewern
First Methodist
Robert Mulligan
First Baptist
Light Memorial Presbyterian
Potter
First Evangelical Lutheran
Potter Methodist
Frontier
Frontier claims Nebraska cities pawns in subsidy push
Frontier Airlines charged that Nebraska cities, led by Sidney, are pawns in the state's drive to grab subsidy as CAB rules complicate service. The airline said city fees and take it or leave it ultimatums hinder mutual agreements and warned against excessive charges risking continued service.
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Frontier Airlines
Nebraska
Sidney
Civil Aeronautics Board
Seven States
John D. Lindsay
Frontier
Lincoln
Nebraska Department of Aeronautics
Lewis B. Maytag, Jr
Denver
Washington
Gordon Tobin
Tobin
Rolland Hart
Hart
Rattlesnakes Unearthed on Panhandle Ranch
On the John Hillman ranch twenty two miles southwest of Kimball a rattlesnake den was found nine feet deep after a bulldozer excavation. Hillman shot one snake nearby and saw others. digging disturbed many snakes, estimated to be around 198.
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Assas Ss
John ‘Hillman
Kimball
Hillman
Free Easter Show at Fox Theatre Opens Saturday
Meadow Gold hosts a free Easter program at the Fox Theatre Saturday at 10 a.m. The feature film is Ma and Pa Kettle In The Ozarks.
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Meadow Gold
Fox Theatre
The
Ozarks
Worst Storm Of Year Sweeps Panhandle Area
A blizzard with 40 mph winds dumped six to seven inches of heavy wet snow across the Panhandle, closing schools in Dalton Potter and Lorenzo while traffic slowed to a crawl. Snow plows struggled through drifting. one crash near Sidney involved Ernest Chapman and Scott Hobson, causing $650 in damage and no serious injuries.
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Panhandle
The
Safety Patrol
Kimball
Sidney
Dalton
Potter
Lorenzo
Highway 30
Town
13Th Ave
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Great
Plains
Mel Busekist
Busckist
Ernest Chapman
Corpus Christi
Lexas
Scott D Hobson
Seattle
Wash Chapman
Se Cn
Parents Night Program Cancelled At Junior High
The Parents Night program scheduled at the Junior High auditorium tonight has been postponed due to the storm. Principal Mel Everingham said it will be rescheduled later. Early photos show Easter garments and overshoes at the Junior High, with school briefly held in Sidney but dismissed in Dalton, Potter and Lorenzo.
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Mel Everingham
Sidney Todav
Dalton
Potter
Lorenzo
Cheyenne County collects 98.9 percent real estate taxes
County Treasurer M. M Inhelder reports 98.9 percent of 1958 real estate taxes and 97.13 percent of personal taxes have been collected in Cheyenne County. About 10 districts show no delinquent real estate taxes and a similar number have no delinquent personal taxes. Delinquent totals in Sidney amount to 14824 for personal taxes and 11492 for real estate.
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Cheyenne County
M. M Inhelder
Sidney
Chamber Holiday Cards Available
Chamber president Ed Bauman says firms not yet receiving 1959 official holiday cards may pick them up at the Chamber office or call 2809 for delivery. Firms will close all day for Memorial Day and Independence Day weekends and partial days for Good Friday and Fort Sidney Days parade. stores close noon to 3 p.m. on Good Friday. Remaining fully closed holidays include Memorial Day Saturday May 30, Independence Day Saturday July 4, Labor Day September 7, Veterans Day November 11, Thanksgiving November 26, Christmas Day December 25, and New Year’s Day Friday January 1.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Ed Bauman
Fort Sidney
Welfare Office Seeks Boarding Homes For Youths
The Cheyenne County Welfare Office appeals for foster homes for youngsters from babies to 18 years. Homes are needed for various reasons including neglect, court orders, school issues, and parental incapacity. They seek free, boarding, or work homes, with farm options for teen boys, and offer some reimbursement while aiming to keep youths out of institutions.
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Cheyenne
Joan Hart
Doris Wells
Welfare Office
South Dakota
Mart
Chhildren
Cheyenne County
Scottsbluff
Hart
Omaha
Chey
Heaton Named Temporary Acting County Judge
Cheyenne County Commissioners named Pat Heaton Sr. temporary acting county judge at a special meeting. Heaton will serve until a permanent acting judge is appointed at the April 7 meeting or until County Judge C. W. Smith returns. He succeeds J. L. Thorpe who requested relief to focus on his caseload. TheApril 7 decision will follow Cheyenne County Bar Assn. recommendations, set for April 1, and commissioners approved John Peetz Jr. as deputy county attorney per Balderson’s recommendation.
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Pat Heaton Sr. Tueday
Cheyenne County
Heaton
C. W. Smith
Mr. Heaton
J. L. Thorpe
Cheyenne County Bar Assn
Frank Balderson
John Peetz Jr
Sidney men fined in Cheyenne County Court cases
County Judge Pat Heaton Sr. heard two Wednesday cases in Cheyenne County Court. Donald F. McElfresh of Sidney was fined 25 dollars plus costs for careless driving. Leonard Shoopman of Sidney received a 50 dollar verdict plus costs for a no fund check after pleading guilty to issuing a 5 dollar no fund check to a Sidney firm on February 24.
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Pat Heaton Sr
Cheyenne
Donald F. McElfresh
Sidney
Leonard Shoopman
Shoopman
Grain Market Wheat Price Quoted by Local Elevator
Local elevator sources quote wheat at 1.70 dollars per bushel today. The brief note records a single price for the grain market without further context or comparative data.
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CAB
Wildcat
West
Dannebrok
Zoller and
TWH Drilling Co
Lippstrew Wildcat
Gurf
CSW
Peale
Mary Egging
Denver-Julesburg
Clyde Kissinger
Murfin
W. F. Rogers Drilling Co
No. 2
Young
Peetz Services
Wyoming
O. J. Weymouth
Isft
Mr. Weymouth
Lawrence Lemmon
Scottsbluff High School
Doris Sanders
Wyoming State Department of Education
Floyd A
Frontier Charges
Pawns
of State
Panhandle’ ‘Ranch
Lower
Biskist
Chapman
Treasurer's Office
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