Nebraska official proposes county level school reorganization
Lancaster County Superintendent Glenn E. Turner urges statewide overhaul to 31 intermediate school districts replacing 91 county offices. Districts would be funded by property taxes and general county funds, with elected boards appointing superintendents. Proposed staff include specialists in gifted education, disabilities, guidance, and vocational areas.
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Nebraska
University of Nebraska
Lancaster County
Glenn E. Turner
Sidney
Kimball
Cheyenne
Garden
Devel
Turner
State Department
Educaton
Board of Education
Sidney Nebraska A Frontier Town Founded In 1867
Verbatim copy from History of Nebraska 1882 notes Sidney, Cheyenne County, founded in fall 1867 with the Union Pacific Railroad. Early commerce centered on whiskey, general stores, and a post office. The town grew with the Black Hills rush, building a North Platte bridge, roundhouse, and large freight operations moving up to 1,000,000 pounds daily.
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Sidney
Clarence R. Rockwell
Union Pacific Railroad
Nebraska
Union Pacific Museum
Omaha
Cheyenne County
Union Pacific
French Louis
Charney Moore
Tom Kane
Kane
D Carrigan
Black Hills
North Platte
Big Horn
Powder River
Ak-Sar-Ben Grants Fund 4-H Building Upgrades
Ak-Sar-Ben sends a 500 grant to Cheyenne County Fair Board to install gas heaters and a new ceiling in the 4-H Building. The organization has provided matching funds to Nebraska county fairs for six years, totaling over a million dollars for improvements and premiums.
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Knights of
Ak-Sar-Ben
Cheyenne County Fair Board
Nebraska
Omaha
J. L. Thurmond
Ak-Sar- Ben
Addiiion
State Racing Commission
Thurmond
Stewart Brown
W. E. Cunningham
Seventeen Nebraska oil drilling notices filed last week
Seventeen notices of intent to drill wells in Nebraska were filed with the University of Nebraska Conservation and Survey Division. Projects list multiple operators and counties including Kimball Banner Hitchcock Morrill and Banner counties with various wildcat targets and field names.
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Nebraska
Conservation and Survey Division
The
University of Nebraska
E. C. Reed
Telegraph
Signet Operating & Exploration Co
Brauer
Banner County
Wildcat Signet Operating & Exploration Co
Madden
Kimball County
CSW
Hill Field
Robert Muchemore
Ect
Beebe No
OWWO
Hayes County
Wildcat
Pan American Petroleum Corp
Painter
Painter Field
British-American Oil Prod Co
Wright
Morrill County
J. M. Huber Corp
State
Arthur M. Guida & Strain Drig. Co
Johnson No
Fernquist
Nebraska Drillers, Inc
J. A. Terteling & Sons
Barrett
Chandler & Simpson
Hahler
Sinclair Oil & Gas Co
Singleton
Singleton Field
Stuarco Oil Co
Wytex Oil Corp
Warner No
Skelly Oil Co
Berger
Hitchcock County
Love-Miller Drilling Co
Marks
E. A. Obering
Schock
Gibb No. 1
State Mill Levy Highest Since 1921 in Nebraska
The article explains Nebraska state mill levies from 1921 onward, noting 8.45 mills as the current high since the 13-mill peak before 1921, with shifts in assessed value methods. It mentions 100 percent valuation in 1921, 3.30 mills then, and historical lows and value bases through 1958, plus a sidestep about the Galapagos Islands etymology.
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Nebraska
Hollywood gossip lapdogs swirl about stars plans
Billy Eckstine and Carolle expect their fourth child mid January as the family grows to five boys and a girl. Lynn Carey, 18, undergoes nose surgery after a pool accident. Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis plan to attend the 1960 Rome Olympics. Bob Neal rents a yacht, hosts Debbie Reynolds and Susan Oliver, and Patricia Owens launches salons in Paterson New Jersey. Rex Allen and Roy Rogers duel at Utah rodeos while hi and others keep busy with TV and stage gigs.
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Hollywood
Billy Eckstine
Carolle
Macdonald Carey
Lynn
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Ewing Selegman
Janet Leigh
Tony Curtis
Rome
Tony
Janet
Bob Neal
Fihillip Isley
Coldwater Canyon
Bob
Debbie Reynolds
Pacific
Ocean Park
Susan Oliver
New York
State Bros
Patricia Owens
Paterson
N.J
Pippa Scott
Andy Williams
Hiugh O'Brian
Rex Allen
Roy Rogers
Utah
Sue Grieb
Ben Gage
Delmonico
Kipp Hamilton
Don Burnett
Puccini's
Judy
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Levelland, Tex
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Levelland
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Sheridan
Cherry
Bwaeue
Pmuseum
Gilbert Roland
Melinda Markey
Joan Bennett
Ak Money
Galapagos Islands
Ecuador
South America
Dean Grutschy
Harrison Carroll
Billy
David Niven
Kauli
Hawaii
MGM
ERP
Oakland
Calif
Eric Fleming
Eric
Gita Hall
la Jolla
Barry Sullivan
Hugh O'Brian
Rean DS
Marilyn Monroe
Billy Wilder
United Artists
Fox Theatre
Forbidden Island
America
Claude
Gordon
Sidney Celenraph
Fsidney Motor Flot
Sat. & Sun
Billy Wiper
South Pacific
Columbia Pictures
Toth
Ncoumaia Co
Aetnas
Byana Loy
Robert Mitchum
Steinbeck
Republic
PTA
Rovie
Leslie Caron
Maurice Chevalier
Gregory Peck
Lauren Bacall
Tyrone Power
Eva Gardner
Eva Marie Saint
Don Murray
Your Family Theatre
Lodgepole Légion Fhall
Sioux Lion's
Sioux Ordnance Cafeteria
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