Bridgeport to Build Public Library With Federal Grant
Bridgeport will build a new brick public library with equipment funded by a 27500 federal grant matched by local funds, bringing total cost to 55000. Construction bids are planned by mid January or early February, per Mayor Berg. In Scotts Bluff County, juvenile probation officer Jim Miller appealed for foster families for children ages 11 to 16, noting no current training school listings and urging contact with the Gering office.
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Bridgeport
Federal
State Library Board
R. A. Berg
Berg
Scottsbluff
Jim Miller
Scotts Bluff County
Miller
Gering
Reward Offered by Wheatbelt for Meter-Damage Info
Wheatbelt Public Power district offers a 500 dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons damaging meters at the Darwin Loomis farm north of Oshkosh. The utility reports repeated meter breakage after replacements. Local representative Ray Pike confirms the pattern and the ongoing investigation.
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Oshkosh
Wheatbelt
Darwin Loomis
Ray Pike
$1.5 Million Gering Plant Bids to Open
Seilon Inc. will advertise for bids on a $1.5 million Gering plant project. Bids open Jan 9 with construction hoped to start by mid February and occupancy planned by late summer. The site includes about 130000 square feet of factory space and 19000 square feet of office space in the new industrial area east of Gering.
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Gering - Lockwood
Seilon, Inc
Gering
W. W. Brown
Seilon
Brown
Apathy in Hiram Scott College Athletics Draws Fire
Hiram Scott College athletic director Forddy Anderson lamented low public participation and spectator turnout for football and basketball events. He warned the college may limit facilities to student use unless community interest rises. The plan includes nearby facilities at Scotts Bluff Station Mitchell and High Plains Agricultural Laboratory Sidney.
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Scottsbluff
Forddy Anderson
Hiram Scott College
Scottsbluff Lions Club
Anderson
Lions Club
Scotts Bluff
Mitchell
High Plains Agricultural Laboratory
Sidney
Kleis
Alliance
Northwest Agricultural Laboratory
Chappell Community Development Corp Declares 30 Cent Dividend
The board approved a regular annual 30¢ per share dividend on common stock payable Dec 1 to stockholders of record Dec 1. The company highlights growth with an enlarged cheese plant and new drying facility to use whey by-product, boosting daily milk receipts from 110,000 pounds and increasing employment. It notes SBA loan financing for the Chappell Medical Clinic is among its recent activities.
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Chappell
Chappell Community Development Corporation
Board of
Chappell Medical Clinic
Alliance Wendell Hills Elected Civil Defense Leader
Civil Defense Officials Alliance Wendell Hills of Rushville has been chosen president of Area V Civil Defense Directors, serving 11 Panhandle counties. He replaces Chadron official Robert Zeman while Floyd Stahr of Chappell becomes vice president and Joe Balbauf of Rushville secretary treasurer.
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Wendell Hills
Rushville
Area V., Civil Defense Directors Organization
Panhandle
Sheridan County
Hills
Robert Zeman
Chadron
Floyd Stahr
Chappell
Joe Balbauf
Million Dollar Suit Filed Over Omaha Roof Accident
Keith Bradley Lewellen of Lewellen filed a $1 million federal suit in Omaha against Des Moines based Iowa Sheet Metal Contractor doing business as Nebraska Sheet Metal and Roof Contractors. He says in July 1966 pallets hid a roof hole causing a fall that left him permanently crippled.
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Lewellen
Keith Bradley
Federal District Court
Omaha
Bradley
Iowa Sheet Metal
Des Moines
Nebraska Sheet Metal and
Alliance Land Donation Enables Panhandle Research Complex
Dr. Robert Kleis of the University of Nebraska says the acceptance of a deed to 480 acres near Alliance by the university opens development of an irrigation and water management research program for the Panhandle. The land, donated by Box Butte County, was formerly run as an experiment station and becomes part of the Panhandle Research Complex.
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Alliance
University of Nebraska
Panhandle
Robert Kleis
Kleis
Box Butte County
Military life insurance value and cost to government
The Veterans Administration reports members of the U.S. Armed Forces hold over 34 billion dollars in Servicemen's Group Life Insurance issued by private insurers. The U.S. Government covers the additional hazard cost.
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U.S
Veterans Administration
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Nebraska
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