Gurley farmer collects ancient farm equipment and crafts
Veteran Cheyenne County farmer Floyd Miller near Gurley houses a colorful collection of old horse drawn tools. He began collecting about 20 years ago, restoring and painting plows planters and cultivators dating to the 1880s. The yard features walking plows and sickle sharpeners displayed for decoration rather than use, with Miller noting prices have risen and that he would bid on a left handed walking plow if found. His woodworking and crafts extend to cherry wood pieces and walnut sewing cabinet, while his wife adds color with afghans.
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Con Marshall Gurley
Cheyenne County
Floyd Miller
Miller Farmstead
Gurley
Iller
Miller
Arkansas
Yesteryear
Telegraph
Wells Spark Cheyenne County Petro Scene
A natural gas well south of Sidney near the airport, drilled by Clayton Corp, shows potential output around 32 million cubic feet daily. The well, near the old Wood Field, may interest local industry and the City of Sidney, with tests placing it in an average category and suggesting further petroleum potential in the region.
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Cheyenne County
Sidney
Clayton Corp of
Lakewood
Colo
Old Wood
Huntsman
Rush Creek
Frontier County
Exeter Exploration
Beren Corp
Ben J Taylor
Banner County
Devon Corp
Lincoln
Perkins, Hayes
Keith Counties
Hearing last hope for Gurley mail route restored
Gurley area residents eye an April 18 hearing in Washington DC as their final chance to restore the rural mail route. The Gurley route was merged with Lodgepole and Dalton routes. Harold Lessig, Gurley’s longtime carrier and former postmaster, has been reassigned to Oshkosh amid protests and a 233-signature petition was sent to the congressional post office committee after a regional hearing in Atchison Kansas.
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Gurley
Washington, DC
Lodgepole
Dalton
Harold Lessig
Oshkosh
Lessig
Atchison, Kan
Congressional Post Office Committee
Tax revolt possible says former State Sen Terry Carpenter
Former State Sen. Terry Carpenter of Scottsbluff told about 70 people at a WIFE meeting in Fort Sidney that a tax revolt could occur in Nebraska if LB 518 passes. He urged contacting Gov. Exon and lawmakers to pressure a veto and criticized current farm machinery and reappraisal tax practices while calling a 1973 zoning and education spending issues into question.
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Con Marshall
Terry Carpenter
Scottsbluff
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Nebraska
J.J Exon
Carpenter
Cheyenne County
Loren Schmit
Bellwood
Exon
Adams County
Nebraska State Association of County Assessors
Sidney
Carpenter urges 100 percent parity as farm fix
In Sidney on Wednesday Terry Carpenter pressed 100 percent parity as the sole solution to farm problems and criticized President Carter's farm plan. He warned milk parity alone won’t suffice and warned prices could rise if parity reached full level, urging Nebraska to rally behind farmers amid national trouble.
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Congress
Carpenter
Carter
Nebraska
Terry
Western Nebraska foe of LB 518 tax plan
Whitney of Chappell opposes the LB 518 proposal affecting farm machinery livestock and business inventory taxes. He argues western Nebraska relies on personal property tax relief fund reimbursements and questions author Len Loran Schmit’s timing while noting planned funding changes through 1980 and the state relief fund’s $70 million appropriation.
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Terry Carpenter
Sidney
Western Nebraska
Ramey Whntney
Chappell
Whitney
Schmit
Len Loran Schmit
Bellwood
Former State Sen Ramey Whitney opposes SB 33
Former State Sen Ramey Whitney of Chappell, seen as Nebraska’s leading expert on education state aid, explains he opposes SB 33. He warns the bill would widen gaps between rich and poor and says, “The more money you put into state aid the worse the disparity gets.”
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Ramey Whitney
Chappell
Nebraska
Today
Telegraph
Whitney
Terryisms From Sidney Talk by Terry Carpenter
A Sidney audience recalls Terry Carpenter's remarks filled with political and life views. He mocks Congress and state legislatures, jokes about leadership, and critiques politicians while asserting his self appointed role as a restless state critic.
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Roman) Hruska
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