Sidney teachers press for 73 74 negotiations at board meeting
The Sidney Board of Education meets to consider a request from the SEA for formal recognition and bargaining for the 1973 74 school year. Interrogatories totaling 93 questions are reviewed as part of the ongoing dispute with the CIA in state courts. The agenda also includes renewals, elections, and a science club proposal with city land use.
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Sidney
Sidney Board of Education
State Court of Industrial Relations
State Supreme Court
Sidney Educators’ Association
CIA
Russell Pederson
SEA
the Sea
Bob Cook
Elizabeth Young
Carl Cornelius
John Platz
Pederson
Panhandle Educational Resources Center
Educational Service Unit
George Hinns
William Fankhauser
Sidney High Science Club
Lodgepole Creek
Busekist Named Troop E Commander in Nebraska Patrol
Mel Busekist, longtime Nebraska State Patrol veteran, appointed commander of Troop E at Scottsbluff covering the Panhandle. He began in 1946, rose to captain in 1966, and a series of interviews and promotions will fill sergeant, corporal, and lieutenant vacancies by late April.
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Mel Busekist
Nebraska State Patrol
Sidney
Scottsbluff
Panhandle
Busekist
State Patrol
North Platte
Scolisbluff
Leutenant
One Accident Investigated in Sidney
Sidney police investigated one accident Friday involving a 1969 Plymouth driven by Mark Thurston turning right off Illinois Avenue from the left lane when struck in the rear by a 1965 Ford driven by Gerald Lubash. Ice and blowing snow limited Thurston’s visibility. damage was $250 to the Thurston car and $125 to Lubash. One charge was filed by the police.
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Sidney
Mark Thurston
Illinois
Gerald Lubash
Thurston
Jane
Thurston Auto
Lubash
Miss Hruska Wins Union Pacific Scholarship
Rosemarie Hruska of Sidney is among 17 high school seniors awarded Union Pacific scholarships. Vernon H Krider says $400 checks will go to students for enrollment at their chosen accredited college or university.
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Rosemarie Hruska
Herbert H Hruska Jr
Sidney
Union Pacific Railroad
Vernon H. Krider
Miss Hruska
St Patrick's High School
Funeral set for Ex Senator Albert A Fenske
Albert A Fenske 81 former Nebraska Legislature member 1952 1961 died Sunday at Memorial Hospital Sidney. Survived by wife Lois Booth Fenske daughters Dean Niemann Glenwood Springs Teddy Niemann Cole Lodgepole son A J Fenske Sargent 17 grandchildren six great grandchildren. Service Wednesday 10 am at First Christian Church Holechek Funeral Home in charge.
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Albert Andrew Fenske
Nebraska
Memorial Hospital
Sidney
Lodgepole
Fenske
Nebraska City
Cheyenne County
Oscar
Sunol
County Board of Commissioners
Lois Booth Fenske
Dean Niemann
Auburn
Teddy Niemann
Glenwood Springs
Cole
Bill
States To Get Windfalls On School Meal Program
The USDA will pay states cash to cover shortfalls in school meal program commodities for the current year. About $500,000 goes to Nebraska, with $70.8 million total to be paid by April 15. Nixon approved Public Law 93-13 to fund lunch and breakfast programs. Payments reflect the gap between programmed and expected deliveries as of June 30. Funding shares depend on each state's 1972 meal service total.
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US Department of Agriculture
Nebraska
Nixon
USDA
Food and Nutrition Service
Rubella Rises In Nebraska Health Officials Say
Rubella cases have risen in Nebraska over three months though an epidemic is not expected. Dr Russell Currier reports 89 cases through March, up from 36 year to year, with higher incidence among high school students and young adults. Regional tournaments may have aided spread and danger to pregnant teachers and coeds is noted.
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Nebraska
State Health Department
Russell Currier
William Pack
Currier
Four H Emphasis Week Highlighted by Cheyenne County Leaders
The Sidney Telegraph marks April 8 to 14 as 4-H Emphasis Week with a 4-H I edition featuring Bonnie Epp the new county 4-H aide and senior leaders Henry Gell and Helen Woten. Nebraska leaders aim to recruit 4,300 members in 1973 across 15 counties including Cheyenne County with a $90 000 federal grant funding urban 4-H expansion. The piece notes a shift from rural roots to urban projects like engineering horticulture and rocketry and cites a local enrollment goal of 116 for Mrs Epp while noting a lack of leaders hindering new clubs.
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Cheyenne County
Sidney Telegraph
Bonnie Epp
Henry Gell
Helen Woten
Nebraska
Mrs Epp
Sidney
Epp
Sidney Council to Hear McEvoy Liquor Permit Request
The Sidney City Council will hold a hearing tonight on the application by William R K and Alice C McEvoy for a Class C liquor license. Also on the agenda are bids for downtown alley repairs, the 10th Ave and Hickory St parking lot paving, surplus street department property, removal of a former packing plant building, a 12 percent price increase on a Lake interruptible gas rate for the power plant due to higher costs, and the final estimate and acceptance of the 11th Avenue Bridge project with Filsinger Excavating Co Inc as contractor.
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Sidney
William RK
Alice C McEvoy
10Th Ave
Hickory St
Counc
Kansas-Nebraska
11Th Avenue
Filsinger Excavating Co Ine
Protests to Scott Plan Target Key Senators
The Kearney Chamber of Commerce organized a letter writing campaign to influence 12 absent or nonvoting senators on a bill to let the state acquire the defunct Hiram Scott College campus excluding dormitories. Efforts focus on Sens Marvel and Duis to vote against the measure amid a strong lobbying push.
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Hiram Scott College
Kearney
Anderson
Seven-Foot Snowfall Sums Warrant Panhandle Record
The Panhandle endures a harsh winter as a trough over Western Nebraska and a large low over southwest Texas trigger new snow. About eight inches fell over the weekend, with most melting by Sunday. High Plains Agricultural Laboratory records show snow or sleet on 35 days from late October to March, totaling roughly six to seven feet this winter.
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Panhandle
Nebraska
Texas
High Plains Agricultural Laboratory
Sidney
Panhandle Weather Forecast Sees Cold, Clearing Skies
Decreasing cloudiness and cold afternoon with highs in the lower 30s. Partly cloudy and cold tonight with lows around 10. Tuesday partly cloudy and not so cold with highs in the upper 30s. West to northwest winds 10 to 20 mph this afternoon, becoming light tonight. Precipitation probability 10 percent across periods. Extended outlook through Friday is partly cloudy with no precipitation. highs near 50 Wednesday, low 20s Wednesday night, rising to low 50s by Friday.
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Panhandle
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