Readership survey shows front page tops in Sidney Telegraph
The Sidney Telegraph reports a January readership survey with 280 respondents. Front page and classified ads rank highest for readership while the capital news column by Melvin Paul draws only 4 percent reading. Local news and government stories show strong engagement and readers request more letters to the editor and picture pages. The editor cautions results are not scientific but offers guidance for future improvements.
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Sidney Telegraph
Telegraph
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Frank Partsch
Capital News
Melvin Paul
School Board
Sidney Public Schools
St. Patrick's
Chappell
Gurley
Community News Correspondence
Dalton
Lodgepole
Partsch
Parkland access road discussion prompts special meeting
The Sidney City Council called a special meeting for 10 a.m. Friday to locate a four lane access road from south Mth Ave to Parkland Development property. The action follows Parkland’s efforts to obtain a 100 foot right of way and negotiations with First Christian Church. Council voices concern over time to review the resolution and planning implications, with zoning issues linked to the church property also examined.
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Sidney City
South Mth Ave
Parkland Development
City Hall
Orville Filsinger
B.E. Stewart
Dils
11Th Ave
Highway 19
Sidney
Upland Industries
Union Pacific Railroad
Land Resources Division
Missouri
The
First Christian Church
Filsinger
Parkland
First Christian Church Board
Arlo Jones
Platz
Craig Ave
Matzee
City Planning Commission
Planning Commission
South 11Th Ave
Illinois St
Telegraph
South Platte Natural Resources District Board
NRD
Sidney school board taps third quarter ESA payment tabled
The Sidney Board tabled an 8500 payment to Educational Service Unit 14 pending a speech therapy program report at the next meeting. It OK’d a 3228 bid from M C Schaaf & Associates for land survey of district buildings. Also planned principal replacements, raised substitute pay, mileage rate, reelected staff, and set the 1975-76 calendar starting Aug 25 and ending May 27.
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Educational Service Unit 14
Sidney
Sidney Board of Education
Russell Pederson
ESA
Scottsbluff Engineering
M C Schaaf & Associates
Pederson
Central
Norm Fiethhall
Marie Runge
Iowa and Nebraska Seek Receivership for ABP
Iowa and Nebraska along with the Securities and Exchange Commission filed for American Beef Packers in receivership before Federal Bankruptcy Court Judge David Crawford. The plan proposes 20 percent payment to creditors now with the rest in three years, as ABP faces 112 million dollars in debts against 131 million in assets.
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John M. Willis
Associated Press
Omaha
Iowa
Nebraska
Securities and Exchange Commission
American Beef Packers, Inc
American Beef
Federal Bankruptcy Court
David Crawford
Crawford
ABP
Swift Fresh Meats Co
Chicago
Dumas
Tex
Clean Up Week Kicks Off in Sidney
Sidney city officials announce Clean Up Week from Monday to Friday with curbside, alley, or container trash removal points. The city landfill will operate 8 am to 11:30 am for extra garbage during the week beginning Saturday in April 1926.
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Sidney
Additon
Ranchers and environmentalists clash over Norden Dam plans
A Norfolk public meeting drew about 60 people as ranchers from Bassett and Newport opposed the Norden Dam and O Neill Irrigation Project. Proponents led by Richard Barber estimated over 140 million dollars in cost for a Niobrara River reservoir and canal to irrigate 77 000 acres. Opponents questioned tax subsidies and environmental impact while economists doubted broad public benefits. The Sierra Club pledged to help organize against the project unless local residents join.
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Norfolk
Norden Dam
O'Neill
Richard Barber
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Niobrara
Norden
O’neill
Barber
Bassett
Newport
Ted Hoffman
Omaha
Nebraska Sierra Club
Lloyd Fisher
University of Nebraska
Fisher
Dale Williamson
Nebraska Natural Resources Commission
Williamson
Bob Warrick
Meadow Grove
Sierra Club
Warrick
Blizzard's aftermath hits Western cattle and crops
Western livestock producers report calves dying from scours and pneumonia as wet cold weather persists. Pasture and feed are short in 96 percent of counties. warm weather needed to rebuild herds. Winter wheat and alfalfa conditions are mixed. sugar beet planting slow. In Colorado, ranchers work long hours salvaging cattle after a March blizzard blamed for up to 19,000 cattle losses.
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Lincoln
State
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Colorado
Bob Katting
Colorado State University
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John Platt
Gordon Tobin
Quince
Rose Sts
Jackson St
17Th Ave
19Th Ave
John Scholl
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Mel Jackson
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