Land Bank Stockholders Re-Elect Two Directors
Lawrence Engstrom and Don Block were re-elected to the Sidney Federal Land Bank Association board at the annual meeting on Tuesday in St. Patrick's Youth Center. About 170 members attended as Emmett Butler of Maytag urged farmers to court public relations and align with land banks to control production. Election results favored Engstrom and Block, with Heim of Kimball County opposing the move and Manning also on the ballot. The association reported 50 new loans totaling about 1.5 million in 1972, rising from prior years, and noted loan uses mainly for land acquisition, refinancing, irrigation improvements, and debt payoff.
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Lawrence Engstrom
Don Block
Sidney Federal Land Bank Association
Miesis
St. Patrick's
Emmett Butler
Maytag Co
Newton
Iowa
Butler
Engstrom
Block
Sidney
Scottsbluff
Land Bank
Gary Hessler
Association
Bob Armour
Power Project Answers To Be Sought Thursday
Officials from Tri-State Generation and Transmission Nebraska Game and Parks and Wheat Belt Public Power meet Thursday to resolve the halted 115 KV power line project. The EPA froze Rural Electrification Administration loan funds after a Garden County farmer complained the line would disrupt waterfowl migrations along the Platte River. Wheat Belt notes construction funds in effect stop progress. a Thursday decision could allow Tri-State to fund and later file an environmental impact statement to thaw about 500000 dollars in REA loans.
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Tri-State Generation and Transmission
Nebraska Game and Parks and
Wheat Belt Public Power
Seears
Wheat Belt
U.S. Environmental Protection Oncy
EPA
Garden County
Alfred Cheney
Platte River
Cheney
Sse
Farr
Ting Royalities
Wheatbelt
WPPD
Booth Hrbek Face Judge In Separate Actions
The court dismissed breaking and entering charges against Hrbek in a January break-in at Haworth Hardware Store in Sidney while taking under advisement an illegal flight to avoid prosecution in a Colorado incident. Hrbek is held pending extradition by Colorado.
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Hrbek
Haworth Hardware
Sidney
Colorado
Farmers Calm About Boycott Says NFO Man
Joe Killian of Cheyenne County and a National Farmers Organization district committee chair says farmers are not panicking over early results of a nationwide meat boycott. He notes consumer support helped the action while warning vigilance against market tampering and cites price fluctuations as behind beef shortages and rising prices.
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Joe Killian
Cheyenne County
National Farmers Organization
Third Congressional District Committee
Killian
Panhandle Forecast Says Sunny Start With Warmth Ahead
Forecast shows sunny afternoon with highs in the lower 50s, increasing clouds tonight with lows 25 to 30, and warmth on Thursday with highs again in the lower 50s. Winds: southwest to west 5 to 20 mph. Chances of precipitation around 6 percent today and 5 percent Thursday. Friday warms into the 60s with a shower risk Saturday, then turning colder Sunday with 30s to lower 40s.
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Panhandle
Ee Arena
Sandy Stewart Wins Western Division Young Mother Honor
Sandra Stewart of Sidney Nebraska is named first place winner for mother of the year in the American Mothers Committee western division. The award selects two national winners with portfolios and four runners up sent to a judging committee for the American Young Mother title. results to be announced in coming weeks.
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Sandra Stewart
Sidney
Nebraska
American Mothers Committee
Mississippi River
County OKs Jail Pact Eyes Other Office Room
Cheyenne County commissioners approved the final joint county city jail agreement and plan to move the city police to the courthouse and consolidate jails. They also offered the Knights of Columbus building for the operation and sought 50 50 state funds for a new ambulance, with bids awarded for lumber pipe and grader blades and road improvements approved. The board will begin property assessment protests May 1 with protests due by April 30.
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Cheyenne
Sidney
Knights of Columbus
Jackson Street
9Th
10Th Aves
Dorwart
O’halloran
Nebraska Department of Health
Foster Lumber Co
Lincoln Steel and Construction Service Co
North Platte
County Roads Department
Nebraska Highway Commission
West Sidney
Board of Equalization
Downtown traffic prompts Chamber push to curb speed
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce urges Sidney to lower 25 mph limit on Hindg Street and boost enforcement after merchants report trucks and cars traveling at 35 to 40 mph in the downtown district. The retail panel backed a recommendation for stricter rules while the full board discussed related concerns.
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Cheyenne County
Chamber
Ed Cole
Ninth Ave
Illinois St
NRA to relocate national headquarters to New Wildlife Area site
NRA officials disclosed a 30 000 acre wildlife area southwest of iRaten as the chosen site for the national headquarters after feasibility studies. The Wildcat Hills area in western Nebraska remains among four candidates from a nationwide search. The NRA currently operates from an eight story building in Washington with national shooting matches held annually at Camp Perry.
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iRaten
NRA
New
Washington
New Mexico
State Game and Fish Department
Courage
Wildcat Hills
Nebraska
Camp Perry
Police Investigate Accident on King Street
Sidney police investigated an accident Wednesday involving a 1968 Mercury driven by Sharon Roffers backing from a curb on King Street. The car struck a 1965 Ford driven by Brenda Eich, causing $125 damage to the Mercury and $220 damage to the Ford.
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Sidney
Sharon Roffers
King Street
Roffers
Brenda Eich
Eich
Legislature Narrowly Accepts Price-Free Acquisition for Hiram Scott and Pershing Colleges
Lincoln lawmakers tentatively backed SB 179 allowing the University of Nebraska to take over Hiram Scott College in Scottsbluff and permit Pershing College Beatrice transfer, with a Carpenter amendment restricting Hiram Scott use to health agriculture and related fields and banning academic credit courses except those linked to medicine nursing or agriculture. Senators Stromer Kelly and Stull opposed the amendment.
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Lincoln
Hirami Scott College
Scottsbluff
Pershing College
Beatrice
Associated Press
Terry Carpenter
University of Nebraska
Hiram Scott
State College Board of Trustees
Board of Regents
Gerald Stromer
Kearney
Ralph Kelly
Grand Island
Leslie Stull
Alliance
Carpenter
Rdt
Pershing
Recycling Drive Saved for Sidney as others drop
Sidney Improvement Council Chairman Kay Fix says the paper recycling project will continue while Sterling’s is dropped. Patrons are urged to separate loose paper and place it in sacks or bundles. groups like Boy Scouts and the Sidney High Science Pub have helped, now Kiwanis Club leads. The program, in the parking lot east of the Post Office, aims to boost per capita paper tons for an environmental contest.
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Sidney
Sterling’s
Eas
Sidney Post Office
Boy Scouts
Sidney High Science Pub
Kiwanis Club
Fix
Governor’s Council
Nebraska
Department of Environmental Control
Davis Tells Wheathearts About Women In Politics
Ray Davis, president of the National Association of Wheat Growers, spoke at the Cheyenne County Wheathearts luncheon on The Women In My Life, praising women in Congress for representing people and not seeking office. He noted good cooperation from Nebraska congressmen, read excerpts from his congressional breakfast remarks, and urged letters to officials on farm issues. The event featured Madrigal Singers, ceramics by Esther Hessler, and a bake goods drawing. National Bake and Take Day is planned for April 27-28 with further details to come.
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Congress
Ray Davis
National Association of Wheat Growers
Cheyenne County
Congressional Record
Dave Martin
Third
Davis
Madrigal Singers
Sidney High School
Viola Kriesel
Esther Hessler
Sterling
Colo
Wheathearts
Sylvia Fleming
Teotie Johannsen
Bayard
Nebraska Wheat Heart
Dorothy Davis
Charlyn Herbeldsheimer
Cheyenne County Wheat Heart
Katheryn Nelson
Rosetta Frame
Nebraska Wheat Hearts
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Ken Miller
al Narjes
Land- Bank
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Iself
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Virgil Nelson
Gurley
Lewell Abbott
den Bleck
Myron Petersen
Robert Nelson
Millard Musil
Telegraph
Power Project
NFO
Nyine
Sandy Stewart
County Oks
Jim Deaver
Ivan Liljegren
Liljegren
Legion Park
Court House Lawn
Cole
Dan Rowan
Scottabhuff
Scott
E’laine Weyerts
Anne Herboldsheimer
Jerry O’halloran
Florence
Barbara Lintow
Donald Deaver
Helen Peterson
Steve Spencer
M. Patrick
Tootie Johannsen
Doris Steele
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