Special car scans rails for defects in UP system
Union Pacific uses detector cars to inspect rails for defects. A $550000 magnetic and ultra sound car was in Sidney over the weekend, scanning both rails and checking bolt holes, track level, and potential fissures. UP officials say most derailments come from equipment failure and detail extensive track inspection routines.
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Tobin Beck
Union Pacific Railroad
Sidney
Tele-Weld, Inc
Omaha
Ogden
Utah
Lohr
Sidney school district facility plans debated by citizens
A large group of Sidney residents met to discuss renovation proposals for district facilities ahead of an October bond vote. Architects favor Plan 3, remodeling all sites and adding to the senior high, to maximize space for physical education, arts, and support services.
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Sidney School
Sidney Board of Education
Wilson & Co
Salina
Kan
Central Elementary
John Smutz
Jerry McCall
Lincoln
Ron Reichert
Board of Education
Central
North
Ments
Auto Mechanics
Don Christians
R.W. Brown
Cochairmen
Exon reappoints one gasohol panel member but replaces chairman
Nebraska Gov. J James Exon reappointed Jack Quackenbush from Beatrice to the Gasohol Committee while replacing Norfolk’s Paul Meierhenry with former state Sen. Tom Kennedy, as terms for Quackenbush and Meierhenry end July 1. In New York David Berkowitz was arraigned, pled innocent to killing Stacy Maskowitz, with possible insanity defense later. Washington’s Johnson Jr has been named FBI director nominee to replace Clarence Kelley, standard desegregation rulings cited, noted as a close ally of Attorney General Griffin Bell.
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Lincoln
UPI
J. James Exon
Nebraska Gasohol
Exon
Jack Quackenbush
Beatrice
Paul Meierhenry
Norfolk
Tom Kennedy
Newman Grove
Quackenbush
Meierhenry
New York
David Berkowitz
Brooklyn Hospital
Stacy Maskowitz
Sam
Berkowitz
Washington
White House
Frank M. Johnson Jr
George Wallace
Clarence Kelley
FBI
Johnson
Carter
Alabama
Griffin Bell
Gurley residents coach girls volleyball team
Rhea Medina, a former Gurley resident, and her husband Bennie assisted in coaching the Gurley girls volleyball team yesterday. Elvis Presley died Tuesday. The Cheyenne County Fair and Rodeo are topics for the editorial. A Lodgepole man became a horseshoe pitching champion by doctor’s orders. Bernie Gass contributes to fair activities.
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Rhea Medina
Gurley
Bennie
Cheyenne County Fair
Fair, rodeo set to start at Cheyenne County Fair
The 1977 Cheyenne County Fair opens Friday with Thursday entry day activities including 4-H horse show livestock weighings and judging, 4-H market calf weigh-in, and a 4-H Pen of Five. Tie Moore's carnival and food booths operate. evening events include a 4-H Appreciation Show and trophies. Admission $2 adults, $1 children.
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Sidney
Cheyenne County
Tie Moore
Ackson Street
Jackson
Western tech colleges board adopts 3.3 million budget
The Western Technical Community Area Board of Governors approved a 3,308,058 budget for the coming year. Western Nebraska Technical College in Sidney gets 1,130,465, up 148,911 from last year, part of a six college regional total of 14.1 million. Enrollment is rising with 287 students registered, a 22 percent increase, and two new programs start soon. The meeting also covered potential state funding reform, departmental resignations, and a railroad freight car maintenance program with recent graduates receiving job offers.
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Tobin Beck
Nebraska Association of Community College Trustees
NACCT
Charles Noren
Qmana
Lincoln
Noren
Robert Fry
WNTC
Bill Bonwell
Ted Kadlecek
WIMV
Kadlecek
Gene Lienemann
Sidney
Stewart links farm woes to government policies
Mickey Stewart of the Nebraska Stock Growers Assn says farm survival hinges on efficiency and hard work amid government pressures. He blames inflation and a strained energy program for rising costs, and warns research can lower prices through overproduction. He doubts productive limits are practical.
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Gordon Stofer Chappell
Mickey Stewart
Nebraska Stock Growers Assn
Stewart
Wheat Belt Public Power District
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Dick Lohr
Union Pacific
Telegraph
Frances Craig
Telegraph News Digest
Elvis Presley
King
Page SA
Bernie Gass
Wheat Belt
Tech Colleges Board
Scottsbluff
Willian Nichol
Tech
Ian Cullen
Hemingford
Robert Clark
Howard Lamb
Anselmo
Fry
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