Private interests at Oliver Dam debate split at NRD hearing
At a five hour South Platte Natural Resources District public hearing in Kimball private vs public development of the Oliver Dam lake dominated discussion. Proponents like Charles Singleton urged private lakefront parcels and a public land offer, while opponents backed a fully public recreational plan, with the NRD board set to decide next Tuesday.
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Gregg Piburn Kimball
Oliver Dam
South Platte
NRD
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Hoskins-Western-Sonderegger
HWS), Inc
Lincoln
Charles Singleton
Dix
Walt Radcliffe
Scottsbluff
MC Schaff & Associates
Singleton
NRC Board
Radcliffe
MC Schaff
Steve Nickel
NRD Board
Jim Cedarburg
Health Department
Environmental Protection Agency
Gordon Buckle Jr
Kimball
John Ferguson
LB518 gains preliminary approval in Nebraska legislature
Lincoln UPI A bill to eliminate the personal property tax over three years won 29 to 10 preliminary approval in the Nebraska legislature. LB518 would abolish farm equipment tax next year and set state contributions to the Personal Property Tax Relief Fund at a $70 million ceiling. Amendments were withdrawn as insufficient support formed, while some proposals would have altered relief fund calculations or offered different exemptions.
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Lincoln
UPI
Hvesteck
Springfield Sea Orval Keyes
Inside Scoop Fair and track meet schedules headline
The note mentions an Inside Scoop Fair this summer and upcoming work on a project. It lists Page MAC track meet schedules for Friday at Dix with Dalton boys and Dix girls favored. It also questions Sidney’s youth facilities and previews Gregg Piburn’s Dots and Dashes column offering world problem solutions.
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Minuteman
Dix
Dalton
Page
Gregg Piburn
Hospitals seek bigger raises than proposed 9 percent
Washington reports that patients face at least a 9 percent rise in hospital charges next year, while hospital leaders argue the industry needs larger annual increases to avoid cutting patient services. Alexander McMahon of the American Hospital Association warns the proposed ceiling could force reductions in care if enacted, with hearings scheduled to begin May 11.
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Washington
UPD
Alexander McMahon
American Hospital Association
Carter
McMahon
Showers may be coming in central and eastern Nebraska
A weak cold front moved from the famanche toward eastern Nebraska. A slight chance of thunderstorms and showers was forecast for central and eastern counties tonight. Extreme fire weather prevailed in western Nebraska with partly cloudy skies, humidity around 25 percent and southerly winds 10 to 20 miles per hour. Overnight lows ranged 43 to 58 across Chadron Norfolk and Grand Island after Monday highs from 81 in Norfolk and Scottsbluff to 70 or 9 in Imperial.
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United Press International
Famanche
Nebraska
Chadron
Norfolk
Grand Island
Scottsbluff
Imperial
Sidney City Council votes to prepay bonds and destroy coupons
The Sidney City Council passed a resolution to prepay selected paying bonds and authorized destruction of paid bonds and coupons. The utilities report showing higher electric rates from wholesale power costs was approved, with City Clerk Gordon Tobin noting over half of the net income from city electric bills since August came from interest rather than plant operation. At the Housing Authority meeting before the council, roof repairs or replacement at Sioux Villa were discussed but no formal action was taken.
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Sidney
Gordon Tobin
Housing Authority
Sioux Villa
Cheyenne County Chamber Reaches 192 Members
The Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce reports 192 paid or committed members under Chamber President Riard Fix. The group aims for 200 to 225 members and holds its next regular meeting at noon on Friday May 6.
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Cheyenne County
Pioneer Airways upbeat on Sidney service progress
Pioneer Airways President John Warren said he was surprised by passenger volumes since April 15, with daily one passenger to and from Sidney achieved after four months. The carrier operates three planes on a Western Nebraska-Denver route, with schedule tweaks to improve service to Alliance, Omaha, and Lincoln, and notes Frontier Airline boardings have not been affected.
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Pioneer Airways
John Warren
Sidney
Warren
Pioneer
Nebraska-Denver
Denver
Ogallala
North Platte
Alliance
Omaha
Lincoln
Panhandle
Frontier
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Strumental
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Dick, David
Richard Nixon
David Frost
MAC
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