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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1977
Page
5
A mixed period bulletin lists Panhandle forecast with fair cool tonight and sunny weekend. Community events include a Sidney Senior Citizens Club dance and a St Patrick's dinner at the Youth Center. Also a Boy Scout show at the Armory and a St Patrick's band concert at St Pat's auditorium. Obituaries note Anna Osborn, 91, and Frances Helen Anderson, 64, with service details and surviving relatives.
Women Involved in Farm Economics members from eastern Nebraska attended Unicameral debates on LB 518 which calls for removal of property taxes. WIFE supports the bill. Martian Lenzen will speak at the Nebraska Press Womens Meeting April 30 in Lincoln and at the Youth Institute in July. The group counted bread wrappers sent to President Carter totaling 4 3421 42 caita, with 21 06% going to wheat farmers. The next regular meeting is 8 pm Tuesday at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel. a committee meeting on congressional legislation is planned for 5 pm Tuesday.
Admitted: Priscilla Nightengale Edwin Kovach Dorthy Bruner in Sidney Maynard Mayer in Dalton Mrs Earl Napier in Gurley Mable Helfrich in Lodgepole Bernard Isenbart in Julesburg Jack Gardiner in Peetz Dismissed: Anna Stegner in Sidney Carl Stuart in Dalton Deanne Retinbe in Dalton Birth: Mr and Mrs Earl Napier Gurley announce a baby boy.
Mr and Mrs Steve Schwarts of Beatrice announce the birth of twins Brook Tannille and Travis Eugene on April 21 at Beatrice Community Hospital. Brook weighs 5 lb 1 oz and Travis 5 lb 11 oz. They are welcomed by sister Kerri and brother Troy. grandparents are Mr and Mrs Keith Schwartz of Sidney and Mr and Mrs Art Nelson of Chappell. Great grandmothers Mrs Harold From Lodgepole, Mrs Floyd Peterson Chappell, and Mrs Eugene Goetzinger Dallas.
Wheelers will relocate to a three acre site at the southeast corner of Highway 19 and Parkland Drive around Sept 1. Construction starts early June. The East Highway 30 store will soon house Safe-Play division products for storage as Safe-Play expands at its 16th and Hickory site.
Pioneer Airways president John C. Warren postponed the Open Plane for two hours to allow public questions. A Cessna Titan Courier will be on site for tours as the airline expands commuter service from Sidney to Ogallala North Platte McCook and Denver. Warren floated future plans to reach Kearney Hastings Lincoln Omaha if communities are ready. Frontier Airlines pressing Grand Island for a regional airport, while Kearney Hastings and McCook back a substitute commuter service.
The Far-Mor Coop Inc board declares patronage dividends totaling 233,006 after taxes for over 1,200 rural and urban customers. Twenty percent is paid in cash amounting to 46,479, with the rest reinvested in equity credits. Cash is available for pickup in Sidney, with a May 5 deadline for those uncollected.
North Platte mayor Carl Bieber reports Nebraska's Sen. Edward Zorinsky supports repealing the Hatch Act in part for postal workers. Sen. Carl Curtis says repeal was vetoed but may return. Rep. Charles Thone voted for repeal last year. The Hatch Act bars federal workers from seeking office or backing candidates.
All parents with a child entering kindergarten next year are invited to an orientation session led by Elementary Coordinator Lowell Hawks. Meetings start at 7 30 pm with on site registration at the start. Locations include South Elementary on April 25, Central Elementary on April 26, and North Elementary on April 28.
Washington UPI reports the Senate Agriculture Committee, despite veto warnings, voted to raise 1977 wheat target price from 247 to 290 and set 1978 at 10 per bushel, aligning with Sen. Robert Dole. The panel also proposed boosting the 1978 crop loan rate to 247, creating a price floor.
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