Fremont County Tax Foes or Friends Open House Tax Change
John Field discusses Fremont County property value growth and its ripple effects on county, city, and school budgets. He warns on how higher valuations may push conservation and other levies beyond old caps, hinting at annexation moves west of Shenandoah and a road plan toward Omaha. He questions motives behind local Chamber push to divert shoppers away.
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Fremont County
Fremont Coun
Eaton Transmission
County Conservation Board
Shenandoah
Highway 53
Shenandoahall
Highway 59
Eaton
Eaton Hot
Chamber of Commerce
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Shenandoah C of C
I-29
Omaha
Shenandoah News
Sidney West
Local budgets rise. Hamburg and Fremont County tax impact noted
Budgets published in The Reporter show Hamburg and Fremont County taxpayers facing about $41,000 in additional levies across city county and school units for 1973. Hamburg city raises roughly 9000 with more safety street water and liquor fund spending plus debt service.
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Hamburg
Fremont County
the Reporter
County Board of Education
Riverton
Elbert Lynn
Creaze
Rumor laid to rest on sewers spurring new home loans
Local meeting announced that Farm Home Administration and FHA in Shenandoah will loan money for new housing across Hamburg not just flood areas. Nebraska City lender restricts loans to flood zones. Several homes planned or under construction, and officials expect up to 80 new houses in coming years as sewer expansion broadens buildable tracts.
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Nebraska City
Farm Home Administration
Shenandoah
Hamburg
FHA
Flag Pole
Atlas
Fremont Fair opens at Sidney Monday
Fremont County Fair runs July 24 to 28 with four days of activities. 4-H entries due Tuesday. horse show at 1 30 p m Wednesday. girls 4-H displays at 8 30 a m. swine judging at 8 30 a m and 1 p m. open class entries noon Wednesday. final Wednesday features a band concert. Thursday includes beef judging and the night show at 8 p m with Fremont Fair Queen and grand champ 4-H beef. Jos Dusek wrestling troupe from Omaha. Friday highlights include cherry pie bake contest and 1 p m livestock sale to the public.
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Fremont County
Sidney Rodeo
Fremont Fawr
Coffee gathering honors Cal Hultman candidate for State Senate
A July 26 coffee at Mrs. Larry Syulin’s home honors Cal Hultman, Republican candidate for the 49th Senatorial District, inviting all to greet him. Also reported are birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. David Childers, death of Mrs. Orpha Spittler, and Fremont County mobile home tax reminders with delinquency dates and penalties.
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Larry Syulin
Cal Hultman
State Senate
Hultman
Childers
David Childers
Lincoln
Christopher Storm
Arnold Rosseau
Hamburg
Ray Childers
Concordia
Kans
Carl Macy
McCook
O. Spittler
Orpha Spittler
Grape Community Hospital
Art
Council Bluffs
Clifford
Alaska
Helen Dennis
Dennison
Texas
Johnson Funeral Home
Car mix up leads police to wrong garage
Mrs Alberta Hendrickson reported her car missing Monday night. Police traced the vehicle to the Meinsen home after Bud Meinsen mistakenly entered the wrong car in the dark rain, its identical appearance causing the mix up before dawn Tuesday.
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Alberta Hendrickson
M. P. Meinsen
United Fund Chooses 1973 Drive Leaders at Meeting
United Fund board members named Mrs. Keith Fender as chairman of the 1973 drive and Mrs. Fred Cline as co-chairman at the July 13 meeting. The budget committee meets Sept. 7 at 7 30 pm in city hall. Following the resignation of president Mrs. Dean Brown, Gene Fender was elected president with Bill Harmes as vice president to serve the year. Regular elections occur at the annual meeting this fall.
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United Fund Board
Keith Fender
Fred Cline
Dean Brown
Gene Fender
Bill Harmes
Fremont County retail sales top $2 million in Q3 1971
Hamburg and area merchants dominated county sales, totaling 2 159 574 dollars for the quarter ending September 30 1971 and generating 36 569 10 in tax. Bedford Villisca Malvern Sidney Farragut Frog Tabor Essex Stanton New Market also reported varying levels of commerce. Harlan led southwest Iowa with more than 12 million in sales.
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Hamburg
Fremont County
Town Dept. of Revenue
Bedford
Villisca
Malvern
Sidney
Farragut
Frog and
Tabor
Essex
Stanton
New Market
Iowa
Harlan
Ruantie Red Ock
Shenandoah
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John Field
Mt. Ayr
Chariton
Chicago
Fremont
J. G. Scheff
Hamburg-Sidney Medical Clinic
Buckalew
Winfred Rhoades
Ray Allander
Des Moines
Barney Willman
Bruce L. Gilmore
Marjorie Bennett
Ted Stalin
Dick Payne
Homer Tiemeyer
John Ferguson
United Fund
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