Sidney council approves 23 percent gas rate hike
The Sidney City Council voted 3 to 1 to approve a 23 percent increase in natural gas rates after a 90 day study by Beck & Associates. The plan raises the average homeowner bill by about 2.15 dollars monthly while K N faces scrutiny over cost of service figures and return on investment in the Sidney area.
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Sidney
Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Co
Nebraska
R.W. Beck & Associates
Beck
Black & Veatch
Kansas City
Kansas-Nebraska
K-N
Gottschalk
McGinnis
Bill Chaney
K‘n
Jim Asbury
Chaney
North Side
Jack Wiedeburg
13Th Ave
Cedar’St
Orvill Filsinger
Ed Prince
Filsinger
Sidney City Forms Seven Member Trades Board
A seven member Trades Board was created at Monday's Sidney City Council meeting to advise the Council on changes to the city's construction licensing process. Members named include Ray Hartzler Aaron Harmon Richard Hazlitt Doug Meick Dean Starr and Elmer Weber with a consumer interest seat to be named later.
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Sidney
John Gottschalk
Ray Hartzler
Aaron Harmon
Richard Hazlitt
Doug Meick
Dean Starr
Elmer Weber
Fire at Deluxe Motel shed burns boilers and pool gear
Chlorine fumes swirled upwind as Sidney volunteers fought a shed fire at the Deluxe Motel Tuesday. Fire Chief Dan Benzel said flames in the eaves and near a boiler took longer to extinguish. A motorcycle was destroyed and damage exceeded $5,000.
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Sidney
Dan Benzel
State Fire Marshall
Lloyd Spencer
Dean Wilson, Jr
Charlie Hawkins
Reunion Set In Lodgepole This Weekend
Old-timers in Lodgepole and nearby areas hold their 49th annual reunion this weekend. Activities include motorbike races at 2 p.m. and a watermelon feed at 5 p.m. on Sunday, a dance with the Vetter family, Monday parade and barbecue at 11 a.m., a 1:30 p.m. program crowning this year’s Old Settlers’ Royalty Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Treblik, horsemanship events, races, flower show, and car and old equipment displays.
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Lodgepole
Vetter
South Park
Floyd Treblik
WNTC Sets October 8 Registration Deadline
Western Nebraska Technical College announces final fall quarter registration is due October 8. New and expanded student aid programs are now available, including work study, BEO Grants, federally insured loans, and an athletic scholarship initiative. Heavy equipment technology registers January 7. openings exist in auto body, diesel, aviation maintenance, business education, and several trades. Further details are via the dean of admissions office.
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Western Nebraska Technical College
BEO
New Probation Volunteers Sought in Nebraska
Western Nebraska coordinator Dave Wegner of Kimball calls for volunteers to join the Volunteers in Probation program. The effort aims to train people to assist probationers weekly one on one as cases rise from 1609 in 1969 to 3600 by June 1973. Orientation is set for Oct 4 at the Cheyenne County Court House with contact at 254 3321.
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Nebraska
Dave Wegner
Kimball
Wegner
Michigan
Mike Thorpe
District 10
Cheyenne County Court House
Court House
USIA film highlights Nebraska highway work
Two USIA film crews shoot historic sites and highway construction in Nebraska for European distribution. They document the nation s 42000 miles of Interstate highways with scenes on Highway 26 near Scottsbluff I 80 south and west of Sidney and the North Platte area lakes chain.
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U.S. Information Agency
Nebraska
Associated Press
Europe
Highway 26
Scottsbluff
Sidney
Kemp
North Platte
No Paper Monday Labor Day Notice
The Sidney Telegraph will not publish on Monday Labor Day. Publication resumes Wednesday as usual.
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Sidney Telegraph
The
Telegraph
Exon to visit Sidney for traffic safety meeting and tours
Governor Exon will arrive Thursday for a 5 p.m news conference ending a day of highway safety discussions with local and regional leaders at the Elks Club. He will attend a banquet, then fly to Denver and return Tuesday for a lab and college tour in Sidney and a luncheon with Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce managers.
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Exon
Sidney
Denver
High Plains Agricultural Laboratory
Western Nebraska Technical College
Buffalo Bend
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Hiram Scott
Scottsbluff
Sidney Elks Lodge
Elks Club
John L. Sullivan
State Department of Motor Vehicles
J.E Kruger
State Patrol
Tom Doyle
State Department of Roads
Lloyd Anderson
Panhandle
University of Nebraska Extension Division
No Relief Seen From Heat In Nebraska Outlook
The National Weather Service reported no real relief from Nebraska’s dry conditions in the immediate outlook. A few isolated nighttime showers and thunderstorms were possible in the east as a weak cold front crossed the state. Temperatures were expected to run from the 50s west to 60s east at night with highs mid 80s to about 90.
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Associated Press
National Weather Service
Nebraska
Omaha
Grand Island
Norfolk
Sidney
Scottsbluff
Free Meal Program At St Patrick's School
St Patrick's School offers free and reduced price meals for students based on income levels tied to family size. Applicants may include special circumstances such as medical shelter costs and special education expenses, with applications reviewed by Principal Bernie D. Ruybal and appeals directed to Father Thomas Ryan.
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St. Patrick’s School
Bernie D. Ruybal
Thomas Ryan
New Nebraska Accident Reporting Law Takes Effect
A new standard for reporting traffic accidents goes into effect Sunday in Nebraska. The law raises the reporting threshold from $100 to $250 in damage, first enacted by the 1973 legislature. State Accident Records Bureau director Tom Ryan reminded Nebraskans of the change.
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Tom Ryan
State Accident Records Bureau
Sidney Girl Missing Fears Of Foul Play
Sixty year old Brenda Eich a 16 year old Sidney girl is missing from Sioux Villa and her mother fears kidnapping. Police say no solid leads found though they have checked Denver Cheyenne and Casper and released her name to the Missing Persons Bureau. The mother notes items left at home such as curlers makeup and clothes suggesting she did not leave voluntarily.
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Sidney
Brenda Eich
Denver
Cheyenne
Casper
Nebraska health aid plan faces changes to workability
A Nebraska Public Health and Welfare hearing revealed uncertainty over who qualifies for catastrophe medical aid. Lawmakers propose fixing eligibility rules while funding, aimed at non welfare families, could prevent asset liquidation like selling farms to cover medical bills.
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Nebraska
Associated Press
Thomas Kennedy
Newman Grove
Loran Schmit
Bellwood
J.J Exon
Sidney School Enrollments Fall Short of Projections
Preliminary figures from Superintendent Russell Pedersen show Sidney Public Schools with 1,688 students across three elementary schools, a junior high, and a high school, down from 1,742 last year and far below 1963 totals. Enrollment declines trace to depot closures and church schools exiting, with registrations expected to rise as families return from vacations.
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Sidney Public
Russell Pedersen
Sidney
Pedersen
Central
East Elementary
Sioux Army Depot
Depot
Lutheran
St. Patrick’s
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