Exon declares disaster after blizzard hits cattle losses
Nebraska Governor James Exon declared a disaster area in west and northwest Nebraska after a second heavy snowstorm. Cattlemen report thousands of cattle losses amid high wind and drifting snow. state agencies mobilize National Guard helicopters for medical evac and search, with loans and disaster aid potential pending approval. Ranchers urge April 10 loss reporting for federal help.
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Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
James Exon
Nebraska
Earl Butz
Exon
Butz
Farmers Home Administration
Associated Press
Chadron
Valentine
Ogallala
Thedford
Roger Sandman
State Department of Agriculture
Carpenter Files Class Action Suit in Lincoln
Three voters from the 48th district sue in federal court to seat Terry Carpenter in the Unicameral, alleging Beermann disqualified ballots for technical errors. They seek counting 126 disallowed votes and a three judge panel to direct seating, with direct Supreme Court appeal. Carpenter announced the suit. Beermann had voided over 100 ballots.
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Erickramer
Associated Press
Lincoln
48Th
Legislative District
Federal District Court Today
Terry Carpenter
Allen Beermann
Beerman
William Nichol
Ben Wilson
Gerald Whelan
Vincent Brown
Jesus Jose Poras
Marcella Castaneda
W. F. Mahan
Carpenter
U. S. Supreme Court
Scoutsbluff
Beermann
Scottsbluff
Terry
Nichol
Wilson
Scotts Bluff
Paul
Oliver Dam study on waiting list for aid
South Platte NRD manager Bob Hahn says Oliver Dam project has been placed on the Nebraska Natural Resources Commission waiting list for engineering assistance. The commission accepted the NRD’s request at its Lincoln meeting after an earlier January priority submission in North Platte. An engineering study completed the NRD may file for financing from the commission’s $1 million development fund, with work possible as early as next month.
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South Platte Nrd
Commission
Hahn
Nichol to seek AG aid over party seat class action
Lincoln AP reports State Sen William Nichol will request legal counsel from the attorney general to combat a federal class action seeking to replace him in the 48th District with former Sen Terry Carpenter. Nichol said he was not surprised by the suit.
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Lincoln
William Nichol
Terry Carpenter
Nichol
County abolishes Davison precinct in Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County Commissioners approved abolishing the Davison voting precinct west of Gurley and Dalton and annexing half to Gurley and half to Union Valley. No objections were raised. The meeting also covered budget items, road vacations, a bridge project, and a courthouse annex sign decision.
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Cheyenne County
Davison
Gurley and
Dalton
Gurley
Union Valley
Bob Hossle
Arnold Rubnke
Nebraska Association of County Officials
Jack Lowe
Pan
Rockie Zalesky
Craig
Zalesky
Cheyenne
Bronson
Nienhuser Construction
Sidney
Sidney Draw
Tommy Thompson
Thompson
Sidney school board acts on motions and resignations
The Sidney Board of Education met Monday and authorized Superintendent Russell Pederson to handle actions involving misuse of lunch funds after South Elementary School was turned over to the bonding agency Royal Globe Insurance, via Ackerman-Robinson Agency. The board also accepted the resignation of first-year instrumental music instructor William McDonald for personal reasons.
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Sidney Board of Education
Russell Pederson
South Elementary
Royal Globe Insurance
Ackerman-Robinson
Pederson
William McDonald McDonald
Blizzard's Test of Courage Hits Rural Illinois to Wyoming
A Nebraska region blizzard drives families into hardship and neighborly aid. Gene Patrick and family battle zero visibility on a cross state trip to Laramie, aided by trucker vacuums and citizen band radios. A pheasant shelters stranded workers, and two Sidney couples find western hospitality sleeping on a floor for three nights at Dalton farmer Kayo Cape's house as relief arrives.
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Potter Farm
Illinois
Gene Patrick's
Carthage
Patricks
Laramie
Wyo
Mrs. Patrick
Chappell
Sidney
Patrick's
Mike
Laramie Technical School
Gering
Mal Minshalls
George Hares
Scottsbluff
Don Gentry Offering
Dalton
Kayo Cape
Cape
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Ron McMillen McMillen
McMillen
Chris Ray
Ray Ranch
Ray
Douglas
Oliver Dam
Patrick
Big Springs
Gene
Citizen Band
Gene Patricks
Ill
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