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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1957
Page
5
Deadline for entries in all divisions of the Nebraska Wheat Show is Oct. 25. The annual Show will be held Oct 31 in York. Entries must be a one peck sample from the 1957 crop with exhibitor name, dress, county, variety, and 4H or FFA affiliation if in Junior Show.
Police Chief Sol Willis reports two 1957 cars abandoned in Sidney. One left about 30 days ago near a used car lot with the owner saying he’d return. The second was found last week on the north side with keys in the ignition. The Denver branch of CIT owned one, and GMAC of Salt Lake City owned the other.
Offshore oil efforts in the Gulf face immense costs with profits lagging. About 700 wells are planned this year across Texas Louisiana and California with an expected 230 dry holes. Combined output from 49 oil fields and 22 gas fields runs around 150000 barrels per day and 360 million cubic feet of gas, while offshore investment nears 1.6 billion dollars for modest income.
The article details high costs for offshore rigs and tenders, with platform costs from 530 thousand to 32 million dollars and large rigs around 700 to 800 thousand, plus a tender at 1.5 million. Storm damage and rough seas drive outages up, with a shut down well costing up to 9 thousand dollars daily.
In Enid Oklahoma police responded to a report of an elephant and horses roaming in a backyard. The animals belonged to an animal act and had been turned loose while pens were cleaned, staying in the yard overnight. Nearby, a dated historical aside mentions Magellan discovering the Philippines on March 15, 1521 and being killed a month later.
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