Philippine Lives Changed With New Rural Electricity
Mrs Charles Ham writes from the Philippines about electricity transforming rural life. Homes rise sturdier, lighting extends activities, stores and farms invest in electric appliances, and a regional theatre may open as travel remains long. Her children Steve, Phil, and Eardley are noted with college and city placements.
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Charles
Lois) Ham
Philippines
Philippine Islands
Mr. Ham
Set-Aside Measurements May Still Be Requested
Cheyenne County reports 200 farm visits completed for set aside inspection and measurement. Affected producers may request measurement before the June 25 1972 certification deadline at the ASCS Office. Service covers set aside and other eligible crops with a per acre quality quantity guarantee.
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Cheyenne County
Ray Davis
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
ASC
Davis
School Board Candidates To Be SEA Guests
Sidney Educators Association invites candidates to attend a SEA meeting Monday at 7 30 pm in the Senior High cafeteria. Public invited to attend.
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Sidney School Board
Sidney Educators Association
Senior High
Panhandle forecast for travelers warns of snow today
Stockman and traveler advisory shows occasional snow today and tonight with colderdowns. Partly cloudy and warmer Saturday as northerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Highs 35 to 45 today, 40 to 50 Saturday, lows 20 to 30 tonight, 30s Saturday. Chance of measurable precip 30 percent tonight and 10 percent Saturday.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
No Bids On Gravel Pit At Sidney State Lands Sale
No bids were received yesterday for the 19 acre gravel pit tract owned by the State Board of Educational Lands and Funds near Sidney. The City Council had considered buying it for recreation but declined after the appraised price of 183 per acre. A lease sale of gravel rights will occur soon with a new appraisal planned for the surface land. A second tract of 137 acres south of the fairgrounds was sold yesterday with Elberne Luchrs as apparent high bidder at about 176 per acre. The sale must be approved by the state board before transfer.
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State Board of Educational Lands
Sidney
Fairgrounds
Elberne Luchrs
Luehrs
Two Sidney Men Up For Parole Hearing In April
Edgar M. Ball age 20 and Richard Stanley age 25, both of Sidney, currently in the Nebraska Penal Complex, face an immediate parole hearing on April 25 at 8 15 am conducted by the State Board of Parole. They were tried and sentenced in March 1970 by Cheyenne County Court on two counts: burglary at Coca Cola Bottling Co and feloniously entering Gordon's TV Co for crimes committed on November 4 1969.
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Edgar M. Ball
Richard Stanley
Sidney
Nebraska
State Board of Parole
Cheyenne County
Coca Cola Bottling Co
Gordon's TV Co
Wage Bill Advances to Labor Committee
The Senate Labor subcommittee approved a wage bill with no Republican opposition. It sets a $2.20 minimum wage by stages for workers covered before 1966 and introduces higher scales for those joining after 1966. The White House favors raising the floor to $2 through 1974. The measure would extend coverage to over 6 million more workers, including state and local employees, certain retail workers, domestics, and seasonal farm workers.
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Washington
Senate Labor Subcommittee
Labor Committee
White House
Sidney Man Elected As Controller
George Shinkle named Controller of Super Lagless Corp a Mohasco Industries unit effective April 17 He from Sidney teaches as director of Internal Audit at Mohasco in Amsterdam NY previously worked with Martin Marietta and holds MBA and CPA credentials He and his wife with two children will relocate to Tupelo Mississippi
Bid Accepted For Chappell Golf Course
Chappell City Council approved a 97,980 bid from Sterling Lawn Service for a nine hole grass green golf course east of Lake Chappell. The contract includes an automatic underground sprinkling system, the largest project cost, with construction starting soon and expected completion by June 1 next year. Seeding will occur this fall after grading and sand trap work.
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Chappell
Sterling Lawn Service
Lake Chappell
Moisture totals inch toward normal statewide though Panhandle maps below
Light snow and overcast skies gave way to drizzle as Nebraska moisture edges toward normal while December through March dryness lingers. Panhandle and southwest show below normal, with 2.32 and 3.57 inches respectively, while northeast reaches 6.68 inches. FAA notes wide variability across regions and reports wind damage from a south Panhandle low pressure.
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Panhandle
Farm storage loan aid eyed to ease grain squeeze
A Cheyenne County farm program official urged ASCS facility loans to prevent last year’s grain storage shortages. Five year loans up to 35000 at about 5 percent interest help farmers with on farm storage including grain structures and drying equipment. Eligibility hinges on two years production with details at the ASCS County Office.
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Cheyenne County
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Ray Davis
ASC
Commodity Credit Corporation
Davis
Marine Recruiter to Visit Sidney for Enlistment Talks
Sergeant James L. Wooton of the US Marine Corps will tour Sidney on April 17 from 3 PM to 8 PM and April 18. He will be at the VA Office and Sidney Motor Lodge during those hours to interview, discuss opportunities, and accept enlistment applications for April and May.
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James L. Wooton
US. Marine Corps
Sidney
Sidney Motor Lodge
Marine Corps
Chadron State To Host Outdoor Sixth Grade Camps
The first of seven sixth grade outdoor education camps starts April 17 at Camp Norwesca near Chadron. Sixth graders spend two days outdoors with lessons in archery gun safety casting angling geology and outdoor living supervised by Chadron State College students headed by Mack Peyton.
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Chadron State College
Camp Norweseca
Chadron
Mack Peyton
Norwesca
Peyton
Hemingford
Bridgeport
Mitchell
Crawford
Hay Springs
Gering
Sidney
Harrison
Gordon
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Chappell Golf Course
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Denver Kimball
Mifiance
Scottsbluff Headquarters
Ingh Plains Agriculture Laboratory
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