Jones Blames Farmers For Low Farm Prices
National Wheat Institute board member Frank Jones blames farmers for low prices, urging action to control supply and market grain nationwide. He argues producers must unite to use supply management, pooling production and pressuring mills and bakers to boost prices.
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Jones
United States
Frank Jones
National Wheat Institute Board
Los Angeles
Cheyenne County National Farmers Organization
Wheat Institute Board
Hastings Choir Opens Spring Tour in Sidney Concert
The Hastings College Choir under Lawrence Van Slambrook performs at Sidney High School Tuesday at 10 a.m. The 58 member group, second of fifteen stops, features soloists Lizabeth Sprinkel and David Dameron and includes works by Ives, Brahms, and Debussy.
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Hastings College
Lawrence van Slambrook
Sidney High School
Dennis Heizer
Dalton
Ogallala
Sidney
Holdrege
Nebraska
Colorado
Sterling
Hayes M. Fuhr
Brahms
Debussy
Charles Ives
Lizabeth Sprinkel
David Dameenor
Demo Dinner In Omaha May 5 For Primary Candidates
The 972 Democratic Jefferson Jackson Day Dinner will be held in Omaha's Civic Auditorium Friday May 5 four days before the May 9 Nebraska All Star Primary. All presidential candidates on the Democratic Primary ballot have been invited by the State Democratic Party and Governor J James Exon, according to Hess Dyas.
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Jefferson Jackson
Omaha
Civic
Nebraska
Democratic Party
J James Exon
Hess Dyas
Senator Clark faults Nebraska session for too many bills
Sidney Senator Robert Clark criticizes the 1972 Nebraska Legislature for rushing many nonessential bills and limiting debate. He notes LB 1241 and LB 1377 fail to deliver real property tax relief, cites personal property tax exemption and state aid to education as key issues, and says lone authorship and lobbying influenced outcomes. Clark discusses his two bills and his commitment to his district.
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Nebraska
Sidney
Robert Clark
Clark
Appropriations Committee
Committee On Committees
Panhandle Forecast: Snow Flurries With Cold Turning Warmer
Variable cloudiness this afternoon with a chance of snow flurries. Tonight and Tuesday partly cloudy and much colder this afternoon, then warmer Tuesday with highs in the 30s to 40s. Precipitation chance 10 percent this afternoon, zero tonight and Tuesday. Extended outlook Wednesday to Friday calls for occasional snow after midweek, with a slight warmup to highs in the 40s and low 50s and lows 10 to 25.
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Panhandle
DOR Calls For Bids On I-80 Grading From Sunol To Sidney
The Nebraska Department of Roads will invite bids May 4 for grading, gravel, detour and fencing on 79 miles of I-80 from Sunol to Sidney Project No 802(28). The notice outlines 22 million cubic yards of excavation, 1 million square yards of topsoil salvage, 84 000 feet of right-of-way fencing and seeding over 300 acres amid funding disputes with the federal government. The Sidney Telegraph will publish the notice for three weeks starting Wednesday.
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Dor
Sunol
Sidney
Nebraska Department of Roads
Thomas Doyle
Nebraska
Sidney Telegraph
Weekend moisture surge and temperature swings reported
FAA and Frontier Arles forecast show moisture up to 800 inches at the airport with three hundred at Friday and five hundred on Sunday. Temperatures dropped from 67 68 to 36 by noon today as a cold front hit Sidney with 40 mph winds and light drizzle turning to snow overnight.
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Federal Aviation Agency
Fight Service Station
High Plains Agricultural Laboratory
FAA
High Plains
Mercury
Frontier
Arles
Sidney
Magistrate election set for Sidney May 9
Sidney residents vote May 9 on a police magistrate as part of a state court reform. Incumbent W W Schulz faces Horace G Moore. The bill reshapes county courts and magistrates with terms ending January 4, 1973, and replaces some judges with district appointees across Devel, Cheyenne, Kimball and Banner counties.
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Sidney
W.W Schulz
Horace G Moore
Kent
Sydney Finch
Devel
Cheyenne
Kimball
Banner
Justice of the Peace Courts
Januays
the Bar
Cheyenne County Essay Contest Opens Prizes and Rules
Cheyenne County students may win 150 in prizes for an essay contest with a 100 first prize and 50 second prize. Essays must be 10 to 15 pages double spaced on Collective Bargaining for Agriculture, due April 30, 1972. Entries go to NFO Essay Contest Box 219 Sidney Nebraska 6916.
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Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County Nifo
Bob Lafler Lafler
NFO
Sidney
Nebraska
Handbook On Migrants To Be Published
Plans for a migrant workers handbook were approved at a Migrant Services conference in the Cheyenne County courthouse. The handbook tops two other proposals for expediting migrant problems and centers could be set up in each county with welfare offices and Community Action Agencies used as hubs. Jerry Kromberg led the meeting with 50 attendees from Nebraska and Colorado agencies, as Harold McGrew discussed new fair Food Stamp rules for migrant families.
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Panhandle
Joi
Downer
Western Nebraska Technical College
Scottsbluff
Migrant Services
Cheyenne County
Lincoln
Jerry Kromberg
Nebraska
Colorado
Harold McGrew
Nebraska Welfare Division
Sidney cited for reckless driving after hit and run
Sidney was ticketed for reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident after a Sunday collision at 14th and Pine. Didier struck a parked car owned by Caroline Jenks, with Jenks’s car damage estimated at $300 and Didier’s vehicle damage at $10.
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David Didier
Sidney
Didier
14Th and
Pine
Caroline Jenks
Jenks
Wheatbelt Area Power Plan Aims 1982 Capacity
Three area power suppliers outline joint plans to add 115 kV transmission from north of Big Springs to midway Oshkosh Lewellen with the Blue Creek substation to support rising loads from 4,500 kW now to 17,100 kW by 1982. Wheatbelt Public Power shares costs and will host a substation. bids expected in fall 1972.
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Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc
Denver
Wheat Belt Public
North Platte Valley
Wheatbelt
Bureau
Big Springs
Oshkosh
Lewelle
Blue Creek
Nebraska State Tax Revenue Rises Over 10 Percent
State Tax Commissioner William Peters reports Nebraska tax and fee collections for the first eight months of the fiscal year exceed last year’s level by more than 10 percent. Total receipts reach 194.1 million dollars versus 176.2 million prior year. Sales tax climbs to 731 million from 632 million, with motor fuels and cigarette taxes each adding about four million dollars.
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Nebraska
William Peters
Dr Thayer Survives North Platte Plane Crash
Dr JE Thayer escaped unharmed after a twin engine PA30 belly landed on the North Platte airfield when the right main gear failed during landing. He had been in town to start work on the Nebraskaland Frontier Review now in its fourth year.
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JE Thayer
North Platte
Thayer
Nebraskaland Frontier Review
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Lions Club
Lions
Hastings Choir
Chevy
Westcott NY Journalism
General Fund
Norma
Tource
U.S. Weather Bureau
Nebraska Supreme Court
Banner County
Robert Downer
Scotts Bluff County
Nebraska Western College
Robert Simmons
Simmons
Hns
Dr. Thayer
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