Grave damage at cemetery nets fines for three Kimball youths
In a Sidney county court, Francis Ockinga and Richard Kirby, both Kimball residents, pleaded guilty to injuring cemetery property after a car struck a headstone at Greenwood Cemetery. Ockinga and Kirby were fined 15 dollars plus costs and ordered to pay 5 dollars restitution. 18-year-old William Mika of Sidney faces similar charges.
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Sidney
Kimball
Francis Ockinga
Richard Kirby
William Mika
Ockinga
Greenwood Cemetery
Here
Kirby
Mika
Greenwood
Ochinga
Oil-Gas Leases List of Wildcat Wells Across Nebraska Fields
The page enumerates multiple oil and gas wells by company and location across counties including Banner, Red Willow, Morrill, Hitchcock, Chase, Furnas, and Kimball. Entries name operators such as Baumgartner Oil Co and Midwest Oil Corp with field designations like Sleepy Hollow and Barrett Unit, noting wildcat status and nearby fields. Abandoned sites include United States Smelting Refining and Mining Co No 836 State and Burch Drilling Co No 3 Nokes A CNW NE 24 2N 27W in Red Willow County.
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Baumgartner Oil Co
Singleton
Wildcat
Banner County
Tom Wessels
Ackman
Red Willow County
W. F. Newton
Eberhardt
Chase County
c-Reaves
Midwest Oil Corp
Schaffert
Sleepy Hollow
c-LeMans
Midwest
Hitchcock County
c-Own
Pan American Petroleum Corp
Barrett
coBrinkerhoff
al J. Hickerson
Orvis
Furntas County
c-Lisle
al J. Hickerson & McCulloch
Musgrave
Mast
Murfin Drilling Co
Rains & Williamson
Callen
Murfin
Edwin Foster Blair & Associates & Murfin Drilling Co
Edwin Foster Blair & Associates
Leitner
Murfin Weston Drilling Co
Krohn Co
Phelps County
c-Wentworth
United States Smelting Refining & Mining Co
Burch Drilling Co., Inc
Silver Creek Field
George H. Echols
Houston
Tex
Main St
Tombausih
Furnas
Wilsonville
Exeter
Palmer Discovery
Love - Miller Drilling Company
I c
Mosier
Baumgartner Oil Company
CSE
Donnell Drilling
Christensen and Mollerstuen
O'Niel
Pierce Lake
Dundy County
Wauneta
Skelly Oil Co
Miralleck
Red Willow
Kennedy
U. S
Todd Gross
Chamberlain
Kimball
D& A
Juniper Oil and Mining Co
Painter
D&a
Attendant Faces Repeats At Knoxville Careful Stop
Service station attendant Avery M. Hunt in Chattanooga has survived five robberies since starting work in 1957, signaling mounting danger at the hotspot.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Avery M. Hunt
Wheat Growers Pick Scottsbluff For State Convention
NWGA director vote selects Scottsbluff to host the 1961 Nebraska Wheat Growers Association convention with date to be set, likely in November. Lienemann noted the 1960 meeting was in Chadron with the Wheat Show in Chadron and 1961 show planned for Lexington. He also criticized Burlington Railroad rates on CCC wheat vs free wheat as discriminatory.
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Scottsbluff
Nebraska Wheat Growers Association
John Lienemann
NWGA
Ogallala
Paul Kosmicki
Alliance
Nebraska Wheat Show
Chadron
Lexington
Lienemann
Burlington Railroad
Commodity Credit Corporation
West
Burlington
CCC
Telegraph Wantads Offer Sales and Trade Options
Advertisment notes a want ad service inviting readers to post items for sale or trade through the Telegraph publication. It highlights publicity and reach for classifieds and urges participation in the marketplace.
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Telegraph
Hog Truck Crash Halts Traffic In Nebraska Roundup
A hog trailer split off the road near Omaha, scattering 41 500 pounds of hogs. State Patrolman John Oliver helped evacuate and corral the wandering animals for hours before moving the pigs to a nearby farm. The loss total remains undetermined as farmers and drivers regroup plans for the 167 remaining hogs bound for Frisco.
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Garten
John Oliver
Kimball
Frank R. West Company
Omaha
Grimes
Oil activity advances in Furnas and Chase counties
In Furnas County Al Hickerson has set surface pipe at No 1 Orvis near Wilsonville awaiting cement while George H Echols files No 1 Tombaugh location 660 feet north of the Kansas line near Wilsonville. Miami Petroleum tests No 1 Palmer as Exeter Drilling Company makes a historic Palmer discovery nearby. In Chase County Donnell Drilling and Christensen and Moller- continue active prospecting.
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Furnas County
al Hickerson
Denver
Orvis
Wilsonville
George H. Echols
Houston
Tombaugh
Exeter Drilling Company
Palmer Discovery
Miami Petroleum
Palmer
Chase County
Donnell Drilling
Christensen and Moller
Police Use Punch Card System To Tag Special Skills
Chicago police are building a modern personnel system listing extra duty skills such as artist electrician helicopter operator hustler painter printer and baker. Hobbies like boxing billiards auto racing dynamism and magic are being cataloged to aid assignments.
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Chicago
Freedom of Dogs to Vote on April 4 in Kimball
In Kimball residents will vote April 4 on a proposed leash law affecting dogs and other pets. A leash rule could require pets to be confined or tied at home, with council later deciding the required majority. Separate ballots will address the municipal election.
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Kimball
Science Clinic Set At Gordon School
The eleventh annual Science Clinic in Gordon will be held April 7 with Gordon High Science Club hosts. Western Nebraska and South Dakota high schools plan to participate. Guest leaders include Dr Gordon Gallup of the University of Nebraska, Eugene Hughes of Chadron State Teachers College, and Doris Gates of Chadron State. Demonstrations, projects, and displays will mark a full day of science.
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Gordon
Gordon High
Nebraska
South Dakota
Gordon Gallup
University of Nebraska
Eugene Hughes
Doris Gates
Chadron State Teachers College
Federal Land Bank Slashes Loan Interest Rate
William D. Harte of the Federal Land Bank Association of Sidney announced a cut in new loan rates from 6 percent to 514 percent. The Omaha Land Bank, serving 110 associations in four states, said the change was effective March 24, funded by bond sales amid a downward money market trend.
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William D. Harte
Federal Land Bank Association of
Sidney
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wyoming
Harte
Land Bank
Land Bank Cuts Rates for 6 Percent Loans
The Federal Land Bank of Omaha will lower interest rates on new loans and automatically reduce all 6 percent loans outstanding on May 1. This marks the fourth voluntary rate reduction in the Omaha bank’s history. The Sidney association issues long term farm real estate mortgage loans in Cheyenne, Kimball, Banner, Morrill and Garden counties.
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Federal Land Bank of Omaha
Sidney Association
Cheyenne
Kimball
Banner
Morrill
Garden Counties
Pie Baking Trick With Upright Straw
A drinking straw cut in half is inserted upright into the pie before baking to address juice problems. The simple technique aims to channel juices and prevent overflow during cooking.
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Delano
Glenn Draper
Newton
Stuen
O’niel
Granite
Paul Roberts
Oil and Gas Commission
Zimmer
Joe A. Oliverius
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American National Bank
FDIC
Gordon School
Federal Land Bank
Cheyenne County Lumber CO
12Th
Illinois
Alwares
Swift
Starkist
Pleasmor
Fcoop
Farmers Union Co-Op Gas & Oil
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