Tri-State seeks personnel housing for Sidney operation
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Assn Inc of Denver says it is interviewing for employment at its Sidney HQ. A 90,000 square foot building was acquired last fall to service portions of its territory, with local hiring unlikely due to the technical nature of work. Housing prospects are hoped to attract staff to Sidney by summer, aided by local chamber cooperation. The article notes related Sunoco Energy Development coal agreement with Western Fuels Assn for 1,500 MW Wheatland plant, and Tri-State’s combustion turbine at Wray Cole to add 200,000 kW for summer. two units expected by June 1 and a third by July 1.
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Tri-State Generation and Transmission Assn, Inc
Denver
Colo
Sidney
Tri-State
Sidney Warehousing
Inc
Freestate
J Ballard
Ballard
Ed Cole
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Tri State
Sunoco Energy Development Co
Sunedco
Western Fuels Assn Inc
Public
Wheatland
Wye
Western Fuels Assn. Inc
Three Power Co
Basin Electric Co
Bismarck
N D
Cajun Electric Power Cooperative
New Roads
Wheatland Station
Wyoming
Rural Electric Co, Inc
Pine Bluffs
Nebraska
Potter Region
Wheatbelt Public Power District
Cheyenne
Morrill Devel
Garden Counties
North Dakota
Louisiana
Western Fuels
Laramie River
Wray
Cole
State GOP eyes bright future amid Exon thorn
The Nebraska GOP leadership, speaking at a two day Founder's Day gathering in Norfolk, remain hopeful about a rosy future while acknowledging that Democratic Gov Gav Exon remains a thorn in the party's side.
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Edwardw Howard
Associated Press
Norfolk
Gav J Exons
Planners to hear Schou zoning request in Sidney
The Sidney City Planning Commission will meet tonight to consider John Schou’s request to rezone two empty lots on West Jackson Street near Sidney High School to allow four plexes. Schou previously cleared a preliminary step in bringing the application to tonight’s hearing.
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Sidney City Planning Commission
Sidney
John Schou
Scholl
West Jackson
Sidney High School
Girls State delegates named from Sidney area schools
Sidney High School and Sidney St Patrick's selected delegates and alternates for Nebraska Girls State announced by the American Legion Auxiliary. Jennifer Simmerman and Kimberly Agron named delegates. Wendy Patten and Dianna Hruska named alternates. The report notes other local sponsor roles and family connections.
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Nebraska
Sidney High Scholl
Sidney St Patrick's
American Legion Auxiliary
Jennifer Simmerman
Sidney High School
Myrtle Simmerman
Wendy Patten
Kimberly Agron
St Pat's
Marianne Aaron
Lincoln education panel narrows choices on college funding
The Legislature education committee advanced an amended LB 344 proposing a 2.5 mill local property tax cap to fund six area colleges with an $11 million state income tax supplement and a 12 member advisory board. Senator Kremer forecasts over 50 percent odds. Senator Clark questions tax burdens on western farmers and potential nine percent borrowing costs. debate centers on local control versus full state financing and system coordination.
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Lincoln
Len Frank Lewis
Bellevue
Sidney
Robert Clark
Lewis
Aurora
Maurice Kremer
Clark
Technical Community College Board
Kearney
Peru
Wayne
Chadron
Kremer
Coordinating Council
Fire destroys fertilizer operation in Sterling
A fire gutted two buildings in Sterling causing up to 1 million dollars in damage. American Fertilizer and Chemical Co and a former seed and grain store were destroyed as 30 firefighters and 20 volunteers fought the blaze from 1:15 pm to 3 am. Eighteen people, including some firefighters, were treated for smoke and chemical fume inhalation. residents within five blocks were evacuated with no serious injuries reported. The cause remains undetermined, preliminarily traced to the grain elevator of the old seed and grain store.
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Sterling, Cole
Sterling
American Fertilizer and Chemical Co
Edward Fritzler
American Fertilizer and Chemical
Fritzler
Earl Kramer
Curtis backs Sutherland power plant amid FPC delay
Senator Carl T Curtis of Nebraska endorsed the Gerald Gentleman steam plant at Sutherland after the Federal Power Commission halted construction with a cease and desist order. He criticized the FPC for delays and said the Sierra Club challenges harmed Nebraska ratepayers, noting court and state agency support for NPPD and federal pollution standards were upheld.
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Washington
Carl T Curtis
Nebraska
Gerald Gentleman
Sutherland
Neb
Federal Power Commission
Sierra Club
FPC
Sutherland Curtis
State Department of Environmental Control
NPPD
Curtis
Environmental Protection Agency
Nebraska Department
FBI: Patricia Hearst Not Found In Nebraska Sightings
The FBI reported that Patricia Hearst was not in Nebraska late last week. Sightings of a woman resembling Hearst in Lincoln and Sidney were investigated and deemed look-alikes linked to FBI photographs released earlier. Edward Krupinsky noted no confirmation of Hearst presence.
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Omaha
FBI
Patricia Hearst
Nebraska
Miss Hearst
Lincoln
Sidney Edward Krupinsky
Miss Hearts
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State Gop
Exon
Thorn
Miss Simmerman
Miss Patten
Schou
Miss Aaron
Hhruska
Richard Patten
Dianna Hruska
Herbert Hruska Jr
Republican State Central Committee
GOP National Committee
Democratic Congress
GOP
John Y MacCollister
Charles Thone
Virginia Smith
Congress
Ts Sens
Roman Hruska
Carl Curtis Exon
US Senate
McCollister
Hruska
Senate
Central Committee
Ralston
Sen Gerald Kochs
Anne Batchelder
Don Steen
Morrill
Steen
Batchelder
Lincolnto
Jack Schuetz
Here
Sidney Draw
F. B
Tommy” Thompson
Thompson
Patricia
Hearst
Sidney Legion Park
Ray Frandsen
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