Yorty Pushes Tax Plan During Sidney Campaign Stop
Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty urged a broad tax overhaul including a value added tax at a Sidney stop. He attacked the Nixon administration and rival candidates, recalled Nebraska roots, and urged defense spending while criticizing present tax loopholes. He mixed campaign zeal with remarks on war policy and party differences.
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Los Angeles
Sam Yorty
Nebraska
Yorty
Lincoln
Bob Lloyd
Snyder's Clothing
Bennie Synder
Cheyenne County
Maurice Nelson
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Muskie
Sidney
del Koch
New Gravel Co. Owner Takes Over J D Olinger Company
Jack Ellis completes purchase of J D Olinger Company with ownership transfer set for May 9 and renaming to Elis Sand and Gravel. Ellis, a two year Olinger employee, plans to expand service, equipment and staff while continuing gravel hauling, oil field road work and sub grading within a 50 mile radius from the present site south of the fairgrounds. The sale includes three gravel trucks a motor grader and a front end loader as Mr Olinger retires. Office will be at Ellis home 1387 Country Club Drive Sidney Nebraska. Ellis has lived in Sidney since 1959 and works as a mechanic and service station operator. wife Helen works at Western Nebraska Technical College. children Duane and Deanna attend South Elementary.
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J. D Olinger Company
Jack Ellis
Ellis
Elis Sand and Gravel
Olinger Co
Olinger
Fairgrounds
Country Club Drive
Sidney
Helen
Western Nebraska Technical College
Duane
Deanna
South Elementary
Dindinger to Attend State Finance Meet
Thomas Dindinger, admissions coordinator and financial aid director at Western Nebraska Technical College, plans to attend a training session and workshop of the Nebraska Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators in Fort Robinson Crawford Neb. on Thursday.
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Nebraska Association of Student
Fort Robinson
Crawford
Neb
Thomas Dindinger
Western Nebraska Technical College
Desperate Rental Shortage in Cheyenne County Area
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce Manager Ed Cole requests landlords list two or three bedroom rentals at the Chamber office or with local realtors as demand surges. Bob Cook of C A Story Agency notes scarce rental listings and invites immediate inquiries. Arlo Jones of Jones Real Estate Center reports rentals exist but demand nearly clears the market with many rental requests.
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Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Ed Cole
Chamber
Cole
Bob Cook
C.A. Story Agency
Cook
Arlo Jones
Jones Real Estate Center
Jones
Sidney City Council Approves Rent Supplement Program
The Sidney city council approved a resolution allowing qualified landlords and low income tenants to participate in the federal rent supplement program via HUD. Lodgepole Plaza Nursing Home may be an initial recipient for housing low income elderly residents. May 8 was set for rezoning hearings for Gordon Tobin and Cedar Lanes liquor license applications. Del Koch and John Baudek appointed to regional boards. Verde Lane Dam work expected this summer. Ben Spady resigns after 15 years as wastewater plant operator.
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Sidney
Lodgepole Plaza Nursing Home
Gordon Tobin
ASC
11Th Avenue
Cedar Lanes
Don Meyer
Larry Doyle
del Koch
Rain Freshet Brings Hope For Spring Crops In Cheyenne County
Farmers report the best rainfall since autumn with 0.19 inches via the airport and total moisture approaching 0.89 inches for the 30 hour period. Forecasters warn of cold snaps into Monday while fronts move east, aiding pasture greening and delaying weed spray as corn and alfalfa preparations begin.
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Cheyenne County
Dalton
High Plains
Don Dey Ermand
mid-Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Federal Aviation Agency
Ken Sakurada
Gurley
Charles Fenster
Scotts Bluff
Sakurada
Penns Crest
New Editor Frank Partsch Named at Sidney Telegraph
Frank Partsch is named editor of the Sidney Telegraph, replacing the post vacant since 1971. A St Paul Neb native, Partsch, 28, joins from Evanston HI where he worked for the Wall Street Journal Chicago office since 1970. He served 13 months in Korea as an administration sergeant and holds journalism degrees from Nebraska and Ohio State. He and his wife Polly and their 10 month old daughter Catherine reside at 2205 Linden St Sidney.
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Frank Partsch
Sidney Telegraph
John Gottschalk
Jack Lowe
Partsch
Sidney
Evanston
Wall Street Journal
Chicago
Journal
U.S Army
Uijongbu
Korea
St Paul
Neb
University of Nebraska
Ohio State University
United Press International
Omaha World-Herald
Miami Herald
Polly
Catherine
Linden St
Western, Neb
Heavy snow warnings on western border amid Stockmen alerts
Forecast shows heavy snow warnings at the western border with six inches likely. Stockmen’s warnings extend elsewhere this afternoon and tonight as rain and snow mix, colder air grips the region, and measurables appear with a 50 percent chance Thursday. Sustained northerly winds reach 15 to 30 mph tonight and Thursday.
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Scotts Bluff
FAA Mercury
FAA
High Plains
Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Countywide Law Day Observance Plans Announced
Cheyenne County marks Law Day May 1 led by Frank Mattoon with Sidney lawyers visiting county high schools and civic clubs. Speakers include Tom Cewart Gurley High Gerald Matzke Lodgepole John Peetz Jr St Patrick's P J Heaton Sr Dalton and P J Heaton Jr Potter. Mattoon and Donald Tedesco will address Optimist and Lions Clubs while G F Bush appears May 8 for Kiwanis and Jack R Knicely for Rotary May 1.
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Cheyenne County
Frank Mattoon
Sidney
Tom Cewart
Gurley High
Gerald Matzke
Lodgepole
John Peetz
St Patrick's
P J Heaton
International Leader Mortada to Speak at SPE Dinner
Mohamed Mortada president of Mortada International in Dallas and a SPE AIME Distinguished Lecturer will address the Colorado Nebraska SPE Subsection at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel on May 9 at 6 30 p m His talk titled Reserves and Economics covers basin maturity and how price fluctuations affect exploration and reserves using mathematical models to set wellhead prices and motivate activity He has a background in chemical and petroleum engineering and has advised oil ministries in Kuwait.
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Mohamed Mortada
Mortada_ International
Dallas
Tex
Society of Petroleum Engineers
AIME
Colorado-Nebraska
SPE
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Mortada
WNTC Names Queen Candidates Open House Attendance Invited
Western Nebraska Technical College announces eight entrants for its Sweetheart Ball Queen. Three finalists, Coleen Kecley from Lewellen Patricia Lake from Oshkosh and Deanna Scherbarth from Hay Springs, face student body voting before the May 6 public dance at the National Guard Armory Sidney. The winner will go to the Miss Nebraskaland Pageant and Fort Sidney Day Parade. The event runs 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. with The Fabulous Four providing music. Tickets available through students. Three door prizes will be awarded.
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Western Nebraska Technical College
National Guard Armory
Sidney
Tered
Coleen Kecley
Lewellen
Patricia Lake
Oshkosh
Deanna Scherbarth
Hay Springs
WNTC
Fort Sidney
Fabulous Four
Alliance
Coleen Kechley
State Senator Holmquist Dies in Omaha at 65
W Holmquist a Oakland grain lumber and petroleum dealer and eight year legislator died today at Bishop Clarkson hospital Omaha after surgery April 7 to remove a tumor from his esophagus He chaired the public works committee and earlier led the Council Executive Board He was viewed as a potential 1971 speaker but withdrew leaving William Hasebrook to take the post Robert Clark of Sidney called the death shocking and noted Holmquist opposed public employee collective bargaining.
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Omaha
W. Holmquist
Oakland
Bishop Clarkson Hospital
Holmquist
Council
Sen Holmquist
William Hasebrook
West Point
Robert L. Clark
Sidney
Nebraska
Claire Holmquist
Public Works Committee
Nebraska Residency Rules Nullified for Voter Registration
Nebraska Secretary of State Allen Beerman ruled residency terms of six months in the state twenty days in the county and five days in the precinct invalid for voting. He retained the May 9 election registration option requiring a resident status of at least one day and a Friday deadline.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Allen Beerman
Beerman
Supreme Court
Tennessee
High Court
Kimball Potter I-80 Bid Set For May 25
Bids for two I-80 projects between Kimball and Dix and Dix to Potter will be opened May 25. The $7.3 million package covers bridges grading culverts and paving funded by last week’s federal aid and state funds to complete the 52 mile western Nebraska gap.
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Sidney
Kimball
Dix
Potter
Federal Highway Administration
Nebraska
Cheyenne
Nebraska Department of Roads
Kimball- Potter
Sunol
Sidney-Sidney
Sidney-Brownson
Thomas Doyle
Kimball-Potter
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Johnson
Haiphong
John Baudek
Robert Clark
Sidneyite
New York
New Gravel Co
Dindinger
University of California
Mobil Oil Co
Mobil
New York City
Ministry of Oil and Finance
Kuwait
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