Three Nebraska Women’s Clubs Cited for Youth Education Work
Three Nebraska Federated women’s clubs received Shell Education Program awards totaling 1000 dollars at the State Federation convention in Omaha. Clarkson Woman’s Club won 500 dollars for preschool training and Story Hour expansion. Seward Club earned 300 for library improvements and student scholarship support. North Platte Club received 200 for raising funds for crippled children and young adults through the Easter Seal campaign and related services.
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Nebraska
Federated Women’s Clubs
Omaha
State Federation
Shell Oil Comepany
Clarkson Woman’s Club
Seward Woman’s Club
North Platte Women’s Club
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Shell 601
Women’s Club
Wayne Bond Honored By Tri-State
The 16th Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association meeting convened in Cheyenne. Attendees from Cheyenne County included Mr and Mrs Charles Ham Bob Elsen Wayne Bond and Gene Lienemann. Bond, Tri-State G and T treasurer, was re elected to the board and received a 10 year service citation. A resolution backed the Beck water plan to irrigate from Nebraska into Texas via a 940 mile canal delivering about 10 2 million acre feet annually.
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Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association
Cheyenne
Cheyenne County
Charles Ham
Bob Elsen
Wayne Bond
Gene Lienemann
Tri-State G&t
Colorado
Nebraska
Wyoming
Bond
Tri- State G&t
R. W. Beck
Pelster Injured In Car Mishap Near Gurley
Trooper Max Ibach reports a one car crash at 3 a.m. four miles south of Gurley on Highway 385. Marvin S. Pelster of Dalton drove north and left the road into a ditch hitting a culvert. He was taken to Memorial Hospital in Sidney with a fractured ankle possible chest injuries and facial bruises. The car was a total loss.
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Max Ibach
Nebraska State Patrol
Gurley
Marvin S. Pelster
Dalton
Pelster
Memorial Hospital
Sidney
Inductees Sent Monday for Military Service
Four men were sent for induction into the armed forces last Monday, per Cheyenne County Selective Service clerk Mrs. Louis Johnson. Fourteen others went to Denver for physicals. Inductees include Russell Lenz of Sidney in the Marine Corps training at San Diego, Nolan Berry of Dalton, Gerry George of Gurley, and Timothy Colling of Sidney at Fort Bliss in Texas. May call asks for two inductees and 20 for physicals.
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Armed Services
Louis Johnson
Cheyenne County
Gov Town Hall to Address State Issues and Labor Picketing
The piece outlines wage disputes with telephone workers in Sidney and plan for 24 hour picketing at the main office and construction site. It covers road upgrades to Interstate access, potential reelection questions for the governor, federal funds use, upcoming safety inspections, and fears over income tax removal impacting education funding. Discusses state sales tax records, and an impending Town Hall with executive staff.
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Ers
Swanson
Sidney
New York
Union and Company
Nebraska
Sidney Schools Board of Education
State Soil and Water Conservation Commission
Dayle E. Williamson
Brille
Ogallala
Keith County
Corn crop peril may cut harvest this year in South Africa
Severe drought threatens corn output in South Africa with experts estimating at least a 50 percent drop to around 10 million bags, jeopardizing the season for farmers in the region.
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Johannesburg
South Ntrig
Derailment Near Kimball Scrapes UP Freight Trains
A 117 car Union Pacific eastbound freight derailed 28 cars near Kimball early today injuring one person. Operator Rex Swanson narrowly escaped as two derailed cars struck the depot. A broken wheel blamed for the incident. Tracks cleared by mid morning and wrecker crews from Kimball assisted. The derailment occurred at 6:40 a.m. and involved cars trailing the locomotive.
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Union Pacific
Kimball
Rex Swanson
Swanson
U. P
Cheyenne
Nebraska school lands sale ruled constitutional by judge
Lancaster County District Judge Bartlett Boyles denied the request to halt the sale of state school lands. The 1965 act authorizing the sale of 1.6 million acres was found constitutional. The Nebraska Democratic Party sponsored the suit brought by Loren Belker for his Lincoln Public Schools student son Jeffery. An appeal to the State Supreme Court will follow.
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Lancaster County
Bartlett Boyles
Nebraska Democratic Party
Loren B. Belker
Lincoln
Jeffery
L Lincoln Public
Norman Krivosh
State Supreme Court
Mishap in Sidney Two-Car Collision at 12th and Illinois
Sidney police investigated a Thursday 4 40 p m two car crash at 12th and Illinois. Arnold Thurow 67 of Dalton drove a 1965 pickup west and pulled into the right lane striking a 1962 car driven by 16 year old Lynette Pederson of Sidney. Damages were about 30 dollars to Thurow’s pickup and 50 dollars to Pederson’s car.
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Sidney
12Th
Dlinois
Arnold Thurow
Dalton
Lynette Pederson
Thurow
Pederson
Window Break Incidents Reported in Sidney
Police logged two Wednesday night window breakages in Sidney. A large picture window at the high school cafeteria was broken and two east side windows at Tri State Supply were also found damaged. No suspects or clues were available.
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Sidney
Sidney High
Tri-State Supply
Credit Calculator Aids Consumers In Kansas State Study
Credit Calculator developed by Dr Richard Morse and Abie Rasmussen of Kansas State University helps shoppers find annual interest rates for loans. The one page tables show that a 6 percent car loan over 12 months yields about TE percent annual rate and total interest, aiding quick cost comparisons.
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Manhattan Kan
Kansas State University
Richard LD Morse
Abie Rasmussen
University
Department of
Famts Economics
K-State
Unions High Schoals
Nebraska Tax Office Reports 90 Percent Compliance With Sales Tax
Nebraska Tax Commissioner Murrell B. McNeil cites a cross section audit showing 90 percent of retailers accurately report state sales tax as the 51,000 active accounts and $5.5 million monthly collections continue. He notes three factors keep compliance high and defends penalties as necessary.
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Melvin Paul
Statehouse
Nebraska Press Association
Lincoln
Murrell B. McNeil
Nebraska
McNeil
Tax Commissioner
Legislative Sidelines by Bernie Camp
Discussion in Congress on import quotas sparks debate over protecting US farms. Protectionist measures could shrink overseas sales, raise domestic prices, and risk a 1930s like agricultural downturn by limiting foreign demand for wheat soybeans and other commodities.
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Bernie Camp
Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation
Congress
United States
U.S
Japan
State to compensate cities and counties for repealed taxes
Nebraska counties will receive less than usual while cities and villages gain from a 1967 act. The state tax commissioner’s office released preliminary estimates showing total repeal revenue at 9.963 million dollars, with counties getting 4.654 million and municipalities 5.309 million, guiding 1968 property tax levies.
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Nebraska
State Tax Commissioner's Office
Wilber Houtchens
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Tri-State
Tiemann
Capitol News
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