Telegraph Contest Rules and Safflower Harvest Outlook
A weekly guessing contest details entry deadlines and prize increases. Separately, Safflower harvest is underway in a four state area for the Pacific Vegetable Oil General Mills safflower mill in Sidney with 75,000 contracted acres and a $75 per ton guaranteed price, plus potential bonuses, and expansion plans as edible safflower oil products grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Vegetable Oil Corp
General Mills Safflower
Sidney
Enne County
Neb
County Wheat Output Tops State in Nebraska Report
Cheyenne County leads Nebraska wheat production with 5,477,252 bushels valued at 10,815,051 dollars, while Perkins follows at 3,514,988 bushels valued at 7,523,342 dollars. Kimball, Box Butte, Deuel, and Keith counties also report strong yields as the Wheat Commission notes wheat is a dominant, all-state crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Perkins
Nebraska
Nebraska Wheat Commission
Lincoln
Perkins County
Kimball County
Box Butte County
Devel County
Keith County
Man Found Dead Near Potter In Apparent Suicide
Gumke 20 a farm hand in Potter and Kimball County was found dead in his car in a field northwest of Potter. Authorities say carbon monoxide poisoning caused death by his own action after last being seen at 1130 pm. The Velvin Meester farm location, neighbor sightings, and lack of family ties are noted while sheriff’s deputies search for relatives. Funeral arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramone Gumke
Kimball County
Potter
Cheyenne County
Sherif
W Schulz Gumke
Velvin Meester Farm
President Kennedy honors three Sidney men for public service
President Kennedy issued certificates of appreciation to Gempe W Butlow, T MoClinton, and Dave its for ten years of service as advisors to the Cheyenne County Selective Service Board. The event highlights ongoing public service by local figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Sidney
Ity
Cheyenne County Selective Service Board
Gempe
MoClinton
Dave
Hammerskjold killed in African plane crash
UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold died in a DC 6B crash near the Congo Rhodesian border while en route to Congo peace talks with Katanga leaders. Nine others were aboard. reports say one survivor. The crash occurred between Ndola and Mufulira after the plane vanished during landing clearance.
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Ndola
Northern Rhodesia
Associated Press
Dae Hammerskjold
Congo
United Nations
Leopoldville
Moise Tshomba
Katakanga
Katanga
Mufulira
Mammerekjold
Hallenqaiet
Nebraska Press Session Set For Sidney
The Nebraska Press Association will hold its western district meeting in Sidney next August with The Sidney Telegraph as host. Attendees include publishers and associates from the western third of Nebraska. plans are being finalized by Verne Scofield and expected to announce exact dates before year’s end. The Fort Sidney Motor Hotel is the probable venue and attendance is expected to range from seventy five to one hundred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Press Assn
Sidney
Dean Wilson
Wilson
Nebraska
Ogallala
Kimball
Verne Scofield
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Press Association
Planes hit by sudden incident targets Sunday
Fifteen SAC bombers competed in a national hazardous device test near the SOC Sid ney area last night under Maj Eugene R Butler of Joplin Missouri. Three aircraft ran from 6 pm to 7 pm then twelve after midnight with another 15 to try Tuesday night. Northwest watchers were told to stay alert as the crews fly overhead while the winner is announced Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SAC
Soc-Sidney
Eugene R. Butler
Joplin
RBS
Dalton Fall Festival kicks off with parades and floats
The 34th Dalton Fall Festival opens with exhibits set up across town including carnival rides by Forsythe & Dowis, agricultural displays, and a busy schedule. The highlight is the after dark parade tomorrow at 8 15 pm featuring 24 floats and several school district entries. Sidney Band headlines morning events while Dalton and Gurley bands march at night along with the Sidney High School band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Forsythe & Dowis
Don Dey Ermand
Sidney
Potter
Lodgepole
Bridgeport
Gurley
Sidney High School
Dev Ermand
Queens
Legion
Joyce Pelsier
Dalton School
Joan Ewing
Janet Harris
Permian Reefing on Chadron Arch May Hold Oil in Nebraska
Two geologists in the Oil and Gas Journal identify an unexplored 10 to 15 mile by 50 mile area in northwestern Nebraska as a potential oil region. They argue Permian reefing conditions produced ocean and lagoon reefs similar to prolific West Texas sources, suggesting several test wells may prove the theory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil and Gas Journal
Nebraska
Chadron Arch
C. R. Barr
A. M. Bieber
West
Texas
Authors Will Speak At Sterling Meeting
Bieber and Barr from Denver will speak at the Sterling Cole country club Thursday evening at a dinner meeting of the American Institute of Mining Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers. They will discuss their paper on the Dawes Sheridan area prospects. Several from Sidney and vicinity are expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bieber
Barr
Sterling, Cole Country Club
American Institute of Mining, Metalurgical and Petroleum Engineers
AIME
Denver
Dawés-Sheridan
Sidney
Sterling
Texota Oil plans one year lease near Dalton
Texota Oil Co of Denver filed a one year lease on the Ben Pelster property two miles southwest of Dalton indicating tentative plans to drill a well within a year. The property is NEW Sec 2 16-50. Texota has exploration activity in northern and western county with production in each area. It recently finalized its Madden discovery well south of Potter for initial production potential of MF per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texota Oil Co
Denver
Ben Pelster
Dalton
Texota
Potter
Nebraskas oil output hits all time daily high
Nebraska oil and gas records show a daily average of 72,232 barrels last week, aided by exploratory and development work after earlier production slumps. The report ties rising activity to western Nebraska wells, including Canyon Oil Co plans near Potter, and lists multiple drill notices for the week of Sept 11, 1961 with operators such as Miami Oil Producers Inc and Skelly Oil Co among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Cheyenne County
Pioneer
Commission
Canyon Oil Co
Potter
Whitney
Shell Oil Co
Texota Oil Co
No. 1 Whitney
Canyon
Madden
Miami Oil Producers, Inc
G. A. Stark
Stark Field
Morriss County
C- Lewis Bros. Sinclair Oil and Gas Co
Sanders
Wildcat
Morrill County
Skelly Oil Co
Fritz
Sleepy Hollow
Red Willow County
Chieftan Corp
Mast Drilling Co
Milton
Lincoln County
Desert Oil, Inc
Scheele
Kimball County
c-Lewis Bros Frontier Refining Co
Young
C- Brinkerhoff Champlin Oil & Refining Co
Haake Estate
Scotts Bluff County
Rounds Braden of] Co
Ahen W. Krone
Frank J Miller
Wykert
Co-Love-Miller
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Wyoming
Colorado
Kansas
Chey
PVO
Ned Robinson
General Mills
Pvo-Gm
Homcoming
St. Patrick’s Academy
Sandy Myhr
Deanna Niemeller
Barbara Schilz
Clinton Dorwart
Michael Durbin
Jerry Cabela
Richard Rea
Duis
Cites
Dag Hammerskjold
Hammerskjold
Lincoln State Journal
Dawes-Sheridan
Wolf Exploration Co
Blodgett
c-Regas
Wickster
Battin
Harlan County
Baumgartner Oil Company
Singleton
Singleton Field
Banner County
c-Nor
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