New Wildcat Drilling Locations Announced in Cheyenne County
A rash of dry holes was offset by new wildcat sites in Cheyenne County. Baumgartner No 1 Strandberg North American No 1 Fleming John Crawford No 1 Spiker and Ok mar Oil No 1 Jurgens were plugged recently. Juniper Oil and Mining plans a No 1 Marx SW NW Sec 34 near Sioux Ordnance Depot. John Crawford 13 drills No 1 Gade north of Sunol with Brinkerheff Drilling Co as contractor.
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Cheyenne County
Wildcat
Baumgartner Oil
Strandberg
North American Oil
Fleming North
John Crawford
Spiker
Okmar Oil Co
Jurgens
Juniper Oil and Mining
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Marx
Gurley John Crawford
Gade
Sunol
Brinkerheff Drilling Co
Oil drilling moves across multiple Nebraska sites in mid November 1983
In mid November 1983, several operators moved into new targets across Nebraska. Brighton Area Oil Picture and LeMans Drilling Co prepared No 1 Larson near Potter, while British-American Oil Produc ing Co staked a wildcat northeast of Dalton. Tidal Oil Co slated No 1 Ehmke near Sioux Ordnance Depot, and Ring West and Garvey Drilling Co began work on NW county sites. Ohio Oil Co announced two field developments near Sidney, with No 2 J F Beyer and No 5 J O Connell. Elsewhere a Mast Drilling Co Chief tain Petroleum No 1 Melton discovery yielded 150 barrels in 48 hours in Lincoln County. H L Hunt planned a 12‑well wildcat series in the Salinas Basin of north central Nebraska, while Arrowhead Exploration Co prepared two wildcats in Custer County south of Broken Bow with Murfin Drilling Co on site.
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Love-Miller Drilling Co
Larson
Tom Jordan
Denver
Potter
British - American Oil Producing Co
Dalton
Smith L
LeMans Drilling Co
Tidal Oil Co
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Petroleum Inc
Garvey Drilling Co
Earher
Ohio Oil
Nebraska
Mast Drilling Co
Chieftain Petroleum Corp
No. 1
Melton
Lincoln County
H LL. Hunt
Dallas
Salinas
Chadron Arch
Holt
Wheeler
Garfield
Loup
Arrowhead Exploration Co
Custer County
L. E. Horm
Murfin Drilling Co
Willis
Broken Bow
Move To New City Hall In Sidney Planned For Nov 24 25
Sidney proceeds with a weekend move to a new one story brick City Hall bounded by 12th 13th King Street Linden. Thanksgiving closes offices Nov 23 reopening Mon Nov 27. Open house for staff Nov 24 and a public open house planned for mid December after adjustments. Water dept to its own building next spring.
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New City Hall
Comey
Street Department
Waste Department
Police
Water Department
Fire Department
12Th
13Th
King Street
Linden
Sidney
Thomas Lumber Co
10Th Avenue
Collisions Reported At 8th and Illinois Intersection
A two car crash at 8th and Illinois caused about 250 dollars in damage. Lt. Ervin Smith said Rankin in a 1955 Ford and Mrs. M Burr in a 1954 Dodge were involved. Burr was southbound while Rankin was eastbound and did not see the other vehicle in time. Damages were about 100 to Burr and 150 to Rankin. A separate hit run at 159 p.m. Saturday between 10th and 7th on Illinois damaged Doris Whitefoot's 1955 Studebaker, which will likely need a new bumper after a 1957 Plymouth struck and sped away.
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8Th
Illinois
Ervin Smith
Robert E Rankin
Ford
M. Burr
Broadwater
Burr
Rankin
Studebaker
Doris Whitefoot
County Conservation Program Mapped Out
Countywide agricultural conservation program for 1962 discussed at a Friday meeting in the Agricultural Stabilization Conservation Office. Attendees included the county ASC committee, Soil Conservation District Board members, ASC technicians, office manager Don Rapp, and County Great Ivan Liljegren. The docket was adapted for local use and will be sent to the state Agricultural Conservation Program development for approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Stabilization Conservation Office
ASC
Soil Conservation District Board
Don Rapp
4Reat
Ivan Liljegren
Parish Fund Raising Drive Announced at St Patrick’s Sidney
St Patrick’s Catholic Church Sidney announces a parish wide fund raising drive to boost weekly Sunday income and build a new high school. Very Rev Vincent Pelster states every member should give weekly via Sunday envelopes to create a reserve for future expansion and parish needs.
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St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Sidney
Partic Pate
Vincent Pelster
Father Pelster
St Patrick's Parish
Fr Pelster
Ursuline Sister’s
St. Patrick's Parish
Pelster
1962 Wheat Signup Lagging in Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation office reports 310 signups for the 1962 wheat program with over 1100 eligible farms still unsigned. Farmers are urged to note the deadline and act promptly to avoid loss of benefits.
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Cheyenne County Agricultural Stabilization Conservation Office
Sidney Nebr newspaper rate card notice
Entry indicates second class mail at Sidney Nebraska with change of address to P O Box 219 Sidney Nebraska. Subscription rates are seven dollars per year inside a fifty mile zone eight dollars outside the zone seven dollars per year by carrier. Single copies cost ten cents.
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Sidney
Nebr
P.O. Box
United Fund Drive Near Ten Thousand Mark
The United Fund drive nears the ten thousand dollar mark with hopes to reach sixteen thousand. Sioux Ordnance Depot is expected to report tomorrow boosting the campaign. Most Sidney work is done making near impossibility to reach the goal. Major contributions come from advance git and business areas. SOD is expected to give a lift as usual. Final results depend on payments and pledges over the next two to three days. Residential solicitation by PTA units and the Kings Daughters continues, with outcomes pending over several days.
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United Fund
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Sidney
SOD
Iems
PTA
Kings Daughters
Market For Wheat In Strange Places
Nebraska wheat markets extend beyond farms as Richard Lewis of Arapahoe reports a fish farmer in the Philippines as a customer for Nebraska hard wheat. He notes that Filipino fish ponds feed byproducts from flour mills, and only the highest quality wheat can meet bakery tolerances. Lewis chairs the Nebraska Wheat Commission and Great Plains Wheat, Inc, and is touring market development offices, planning to return mid November.
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Lincoln
Richard Lewis
Arapahoe
Nebraska
Nebraska Wheat Commission
Philippines
Nebraska Wheat
Lewis
Great Plains Wheat, Inc
20th Birthday Celebration Planned At SOD Next Year
A combined 20th anniversary celebration and Armed Forces Day open house is planned at Sioux Ordnance Depot next spring likely on May 20. Major G. W. Ward is project officer, coordinating planning and serving as liaison between the depot and involved communities. Sidney chambers have been asked to name committee members. Construction on Sioux began in 1902 with early completion that fall.
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Sioux Ordnance Depot
G. W. Ward
Harvey Bower
Major Ward
Luuson
Sidney
Chambers of Commerce
Military
Eivilianim
Ons
Sioux
Sidney Men Travel to Omaha for CAB Hearings
Sidneys witnesses at the Civil Aeronautics Board hearing in Omaha regarding continued air service by Frontier Air Lines are expected Thursday morning. City Attorney L M Clinton, plus Wayne Moran and Lloyd Carr, plan to testify to urge better service and stronger publicity to build steady business. The CAB will decide if cities on the route keep subsidized service, with a three day testimony window anticipated.
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Sidneys
Civil Aeronautics Board
Omaha
Frontier Air Lines
L M Clinton
Lincoln
Wayne Moran
Lloyd Carr
Sidney
Frontier
Nebraska
Beatrice
Kearney
McCook
Imperial
Chadron
Alliance
Nebraska Railway Commission
Reckless Federal Spending Deplored at Rotary Club
U S Senator Roman Hruska warned of a ten billion dollar deficit for Kennedy's first year as he toured Nebraska towns, accusing the administration of fiscal irresponsibility and federal overreach while backing defense and questioning farm subsidy plans and new federal controls.
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Hruska
U. S&s
Roman Hruska
Sidney Rotary Club
Sen. Hruska
Kennedy
Nebraska Republican
Sen Hraska
Sidney High School
Kimball
Kimball Country Club
Bridgeport
Agnee Orville Freeman
Lion's International District 38-N Cabinet Meeting
District 38 N cabinet meets Sunday November 12 at the American Legion Hall Bridgeport. District Governor Virgil M Hughes of Brule leads the event with a 2 to 3 coffee hour, a business session, and a 5 30 p m banquet for members and their wives in the same building.
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Lion’s International District 38-N
American Legion Hall
Bridgeport
Virgil M. Hughes
Brule
Cooking School at Yendis Cafe Five Days Next Week
Safeway will hold a cooking school at the Yendis Cafe from November 13 to 17 with Mrs Roberta Clark in charge. Sessions run daily 1:30 to 3:30 pm and Wednesday evening at 7 pm. Admission is free. Each session offers valuable awards and covers meal planning food budgeting and new menus.
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Safeway
Roberta Clark
Television Goes Off at Sidney Tower Brief Outage
A microwave tower fault caused television service to be off a little over two hours this morning. Repair work began immediately and ended by 9 45 am. The Sidney Community TV office opened at 9 am and handled many calls as three staff stayed busy until the picture returned. The office urged customers to be patient with repair crews and the phone line during outages.
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Sidney Community TV
Polio Victim In Denver Receives Mail From Across Nation
A Denver mayor's office received a letter from Mrs. Neil Gamble of Van Wert Ohio asking for a postcard to lift a young polio victim Bruce Edwards. City workers quickly sent him cards as two Army officers test a 14 day 450 calorie survival diet for potential atomic attack at Sioux Ordance Depot using MPF ration from General Mills.
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Neil Gamble
van Wert
Ohio
Sidney
Bruce Edwards
Shoshone South
Denver
Colo
Bruce
Sioux Ordnance Depot
G. W. Ward
John Lavell
Ordville
Ward
Capt. Lavell
General Mills
Identification progress in train death of 57 year old transient
Officials in Cheyenne County Sheriff W. W. Schulz office continue to piece together the case of a 57 year old transient killed by a train last Friday night. The deceased is tentatively identified as Frenida Gonzales with a Tehama County, Red Bluff, California sheriff's input indicating possible relatives in Mexicali. FBI fingerprints were sent for official ID and results are anticipated by week’s end.
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Here
Cheyenne County
W. W. Schulz
Frenida Gonzales
Tehama County
Red Bluff
Calif
Mexicali
FBI
Weather Forecast Fair Through Thursday
Weather remains fair through Thursday with temperatures easing. Lows tonight are 20 to 25 degrees and daytime highs Thursday reach 50 to 60 degrees.
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Brighton
Tom Coffey
Pioneer Parish
St Patrick's
Louisville
Kentucky
Old City
St .Patrick’s
Ed Narjes
Sidney Farmer
GOP
J. R. Miller
Rotary Club
W. J
Bill) Robinson
Republican Central Committee
Sidney Men
Len Hruska
Khrushchev
America
Berlin
Russia
West
Cuba
Department of Agriculture
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