Oil Progress Week Focuses on Nebraska Exploration Boom
Sidney marks the tenth Oil Progress Week as industry leaders predict a very active year in Nebraska. The piece notes past leasing near Julesburg Basin, untested leases across eleven Panhandle counties, and the shift back to domestic exploration amid foreign activity and global tensions. C. L. Larson of Pan-American Petroleum will speak at Sidney’s Oil Progress Week dinner.
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Nebraska
Sidney
Julesburg Basin
Mary Egging
Ohio Oil Co
Panhandle
Western
Washington
United States
Middle East
C. L. Larson
Pan-American Petroleum Corp
Pan-American
Julesburg
Kimball
Banner
Morgan County
Colo
Telegraph
Colorado
Rainy Week Helps Wheat Crop Delays Harvest in Cheyenne County
Heavy showers last week left Cheyenne County wheat in good shape with moisture deep in the soil. Harvesting for sugar beets safflower corn sorghum and potatoes slowed as rain impeded field work. a hard freeze is not expected this week.
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Cheyenne
Scottsbluff Weather Bureau
Sidney
City Utility Groups Show Profit Gain In Two Months
Sidney city reports two month municipal year results with electric department earning a net profit of 20440.73, water department 849? and sanitation 1437.23. September figures show electric net 8685.13 and revenue 29079.97 while September water net 4490.23 and sanitation net 944.11. Residential power customers rose to 2106 while commercial drops to 446. Power plant generated 16456800 KW with 1318319 KW listed as line losses an 8 percent loss.
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City of
Sidney
Electric Department
Water Department
Sanitation Department
Trucks Get Bogged In Muddy Roads North Of Potter
Oil field equipment haulers got bogged down on muddy county roads 13 miles north and 3 miles west of Potter. Cheyenne County officials and the Nebraska Safety Patrol investigated the incident, noting weekend rains made the routes fragile. Sheriff W W Schulz said no prior information about the hauling firm had been received.
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Potter
Cheyenne
George Coulter
Kermit Brumbaugh
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Coulter
W. W. Schulz
Schulz
Weather forecast with scattered rain and clearing
Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow with scattered light rain. Clearing tomorrow afternoon. Low tonight around 40 to 45 degrees. High tomorrow from 53 to 65 degrees.
Chadron Eyes East West Airline Service
Chadron may gain an east west airline route after an application to the Civil Aeronautics Board. If approved, service could start within 90 days, linking Omaha, Lincoln and Casper with stops at Norfolk, Ainsworth, Chadron, Lusk and Douglas. Frontier Airlines may file to serve the route if local interest exists.
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Chadron
Civil Aeronautics Board
Department of Aeronautics of Nebraska
Omaha
Lincoln
Casper
Wyo
Norfolk
Ainsworth
Nebraska
Lusk and
Douglas
Wyoming
Frontier Airlines
Fort Robinson Museum to Close for Winter
The Fort Robinson Museum near Crawford will close for the winter on October 31, 1957, reopening about May 1. Nebraska State Historical Society officials cite limited winter attendance and will use funds to improve facilities, displays, and research. New exhibits will be prepared at the Lincoln headquarters, with hours 8 am to 5 pm weekdays and 1 to 5 pm Sundays remaining in October.
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Crawford
Fort Robinson Museum
Nebraska State Historical Society
Lincoln
Surplus School Equipment and Buildings for Auction
Surplus equipment including bells swings flagpoles globes old clocks blackboards and 10 pianos will be auctioned in Harrisburg Tuesday. Larger items include 19 schoolhouses and 26 outhouses. Sale starts at 10 am for small items and 1 pm for buildings amid Banner county’s redistricting creating a new million dollar school building and surplus assets.
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Harrisburg
Banner County
Rushville man James N Wofford laid to rest after horse fall
Rushville mourns James N Wofford 79 a vivid local figure buried after a Saturday funeral at the Methodist Church. He was found dead Monday in his yard after a fall from a horse he rode in many Rushville events including the recent 4 H parade. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery.
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Rushville
James N. Wofford
Fairview
Wofford
Judge dismisses murder charge against former night marshal
District Judge Richard Van Steenberg dismissed a second degree murder charge against John Williston after Morrill County Attorney J C Conover moved for dismissal. Williston, 48, faced the Christmas slaying of Jacob Pretty Cloud. A jury deliberated 21 hours before failing to reach a verdict and was discharged.
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Bridgeport
Richard van Steenberg
Bayard
John Williston
Morrill County
J C Conover
Williston
Jacob Pretty Cloud
United Fund Drive tops $6500 as canvass kicks off
Proceeds from the United Fund drive exceed $6,500 with house to house canvassing set to start tomorrow. J R Miller urges captains to finish organizing within ten days to meet the $12,090 goal for six agencies including Salvation Army Red Cross Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Kings Daughters and Civil Air Patrol Cadets. Co chairs emphasize completing the ten day drive by Oct 25 and aim to involve 100 workers.
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United Fund
J. R. Miller
Miller
Sidney
Yendis Cafe
Ralph Welch
Lee Sluman
United Fund Board of Directors
Salvation Army
Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Kings Daughters
Civil Air Patrol Cadets
Two-County Sheep Unit Start To Be Discussed Friday
Friday night Lodgepole meets to consider forming a Cheyenne and Deuce County sheep producers association. The session at 8 pm at the Lodgepole Legion Hall will include Cheyenne County agent Ivan Liljegren and Carl Ryan. The group aims to promote wood and sheep meat use, group buying of lambs and ewes, ram exchange, and support for 4-H and FFA sheep projects, with a Union Pacific Railroad film on sheep production.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Liljegren
Sidney Driver Hurt In One Car Mishap
Alfred C. Winston 21 of Sidney sustained a leg injury shortly before 3 am yesterday when the 1956 model car he drove went off Highway 30 and overturned four and one half miles west of Sidney. The vehicle owned by David Willis was headed east with Winston alone. Damage was estimated at 400 dollars by Deputy Sheriff Gene Morris.
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Alfred C. Winston
Sidney
David Willis
Sidney Wiiston
Gene Morris
Stars of Tomorrow show entry deadline announced
The Kiwanis Club of Sidney sets Thursday Oct 23 as the deadline to enter its Stars of Tomorrow contest open to any Cheyenne County school student in grades one through twelve. Auditions run Oct 28 to 30 with a dress rehearsal on Nov 15 before the Nov 22 public show. Top prize is $75, runner-up prizes $25 to $50, proceeds fund youth activities.
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Kiwanis Club
Cheyenne County
Sidney Kiwanis Club
Sidney
Neb
Rites Wednesday In Dalton For Mrs Ira White 36
Mrs Ira White of Dalton dies after year of ill health and a summer hospitalization in Denver. Funeral Wednesday at 2 pm at Dalton Presbyterian Church with Rev James H Holden officiating. Burial in Dalton cemetery. Survived by husband Ira, four sons, father Charles Bobo, and three brothers.
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Ira White
Dalton
Roy Bobo
Sidney
Denver
Dalton Presbyterian Church
James H. Holden
Dalton Assembly of God Church
Dalton Cemetery
Craig
Robert Taylor
Richard Taylor
Don Hanner
Elmer Nelson
Lee Bourlier
Vernon Bourlier
Chappell
Viola Ruth Bobo
Charles E and
Elsie J. Hart Bobo
Harrisburg
Scottsbluff
Saum
Minn
White
Assembly of God Church
Women's Missionary Council of the Church
Ira
Gary Lee
James Ira
Jack Dale
Ronnie Joe
Charles E. Bobo
Lewellen
Darrell
Odessa
Tex
Roy
Merle
Oshkosh
Ira Johnson Named Depot Small Business Specialist
Ira C Johnson, deputy adjutant and public information officer at Sioux Ordnance Depot, is appointed to serve as the depot's small business specialist. He will be the focal point for inquiries on participation in the Ordnance Corps procurement program and provide guidance on policy and procedures to ensure small firms have equitable opportunities to become suppliers.
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Ira C Johnson
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Johnson
Ordnance Corps
Small Business Administration
Wildcat Oil Sand Shows Promise Then Water Hits
A wildcat oil well north of Potter showed two promising oil sand sections but tests yielded 1,200 feet of salt water. Carver-Dodge reported intact oil staining in the top sand, followed by shale and another oil-saturated layer before water ended the effort. Genco Oil Co plans a late-week start on Jobe No 1 near Dalton as weather delays move.
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Potter
Bratt Or
Carver- Dodge
Sam Gary
Carver-Dodge
Dalton
Genco Oil Co
Jobe No 1
Reimers
Hawkins No. 1 well location revealed by Ohio Oil Co
Ohio Oil Co disclosed the first well in its AWO- Well contract program. The Haw kin s No. 1 sits about one mile north of the Colorado line in south central Cheyenne County, at SW NE of 17-12-51, with Miracle-Fifer to drill for Ohio.
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Ohio Oi Co
Colorado Fine
Cheyenne County
Miracle-Fifer
Ohio
Oil well locations and operators listed across Banner Kimball Morrill counties
A catalog of wildcat and development wells including Pan American Petroleum Corp, Shell Oil Co, Inland Drilling Co, and various operators. Entries specify field names such as McDaniel, Heidemann, Vedene, Gracie, O'Donnell & Edmondson, and locations in Banner Kimball Morrill counties with section townships and ranges. The list notes multiple No 1 and No 2 wells and several wildcat entries in Kimball, Morrill, Banner, Garden, and other counties.
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Tom Palmer, Inc
Linn
Banner County
Wildcat McDaniel Drilling Co
Wyatt No
Wildcat Shell Oil Co
Huffman
McDaniel
McDaniel Drilling Co
McDaniel Field
Pan American Petroleum Crop
Vogt No
Wildcat
Shell Oil Co
Ferguson No
Kimball County
Heidemann Field
Pan American Petroleum Corp
van Pelt
Vedene Field Petroleum, Inc
Rathman
Gracie No
Gehrke Field Petroleum, Inc
Roberts
Dix Field Petroleum, Inc
Boslau
Wykert
O'Donnell & Edmondson
Haase
Inland Drilling Co
Wallace No 1
Garden County
Humphry No 1
Morrill County
Lovell No 1
Davis Oil Co
Young No
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FT. Robinson Museum
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H C Q Nelson
General Drive
Saigh
Alliance
Stars of Tomorrow
Ira Johnson
Lexine Lyda
Hendersonville
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Tony Lyda
Tony
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