Energy Crunch Tightens On Kimball Power Plant
Kimball faces fuel shortages as diesel allocations drop to 73 percent of 1972 usage. City cuts street lights 60 percent and suspends outdoor Christmas lighting to conserve power. The 14,000 gallons for December may run out in days, risking disruption if Kansas Nebraska Natural Gas supply is interrupted.
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Kimball Power
Kimball
Bob Array
City Atlas
Nebraska
Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Co
Funeral set Thursday for Betty M. Knicely
Betty Marie Knicely 53 died Monday at DePaul Hospital Cheyenne after four weeks of hospitalization and two operations. Funeral services 2 pm Thursday at Christ Episcopal Church with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Survived by husband Jack, parents, two sons James and John, two daughters Nancy and Susan, a brother and a sister. She founded The Book Keepers in 1965 and wrote the weekly Panhandle Mother column for The Telegraph.
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Betty Knicely
DePaul Hospital
Cheyenne
Sidney
Christ Episcopal Church
Max Kors
Greenwood Cemetery
Holewiek Funeral Home
Betty Marie Klingel
Lincoln
Fred J
Hazel Klinger
Lincoln High School
University of Nebraska
Jack R. Knicely
St. Louis
Pilger
Knicely
R. P. Kepler
Alpha Xi Delta Sorority
PEO
Sidney Telegraph
Jack
Omaha
James J
Washington, D.C
John
Harold Teague
Nancy
John Marker
Susan
Jack Klinger
Kansas City
Shirley Eccles
Midland
Mich
Academic Visitation Group Visits Sidney Public Schools Today
A 21 member academic visitation team from the North Central Association began review of Sidney Public Schools as part of a seven year accreditation cycle. They will meet with teachers, students, and board members to evaluate goals and how well they are met.
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Sidney Public
North Central Association
Sidney
Russell Pedersen
State Department of Education
Brazilian Exchance Student Tours Snowy Christmas in Nebraska
Juarez Pereira Valle, 17, from Araxa Brazil, a Rotary Exchange student, enjoys a Nebraska Christmas unlike home with lights trees and turkey rice casserole and carols. He notes no snow in Araxa and hopes January return home feels festive after the snowy holiday here.
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Marjorie Base Juarez Pereira Valle
Araxa
Brazil
Rotary
Nebraska
Papai Noel
Santa Claus
Equator
Juarez
Juarez Pereira Valle
Araxs
Don Lafler
Tanya
Searer
Lafler
Opvallula
Downer Joins Nine-County Suit Over Community College Levy
Banner County Clerk Robert Downer has joined as a taxpayer plaintiff in a nine-county lawsuit challenging the one mill levy funding the Community College Act. Judge Kuns in Gering heard demurrers and will rule soon, with counties arguing the system is a state function while defendants contend counties are not proper parties.
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Banner County
Robert Downer
The
Community College Act
Downer
Cheyenne
Deuel
Kimball
Chexienne County
John Kuns
Gering
Western Nebraska Technical Community College Area Board
Kuns
Robert Summons
Scottsbluff
Kans
Cheyenne County
Banner
Morrill
Sheridan
Deuce
Box Butte
Sioux
Dawes
of Equalization
Scotts Bluff
Garden and
Cherry
Area College Board
Peters: Positive response to Nebraska emergency fuel plan
State Tax Commissioner William E Peters said he spoke with petroleum distributors and found no negative reaction to Nebraska's plan to claim seven percent of diesel and heating fuel for emergency allocation. Distributors would be paid the federal freeze price. compliance is voluntary until federal approval.
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Wiliam E Peters
Nebraska
Peters
County Officials Reject Four Day Week Plan in Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County Commissioners rejected a four day work week or shorter hours after reviewing energy conservation options. They ordered thermostats set to 60 degrees Friday night and 68 during work hours, and eliminated outside Christmas lighting. The meeting covered coyote control, insurance details, and a railroad crossing status near the Eltra plant.
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Governor's Office
Cheyenne County
Bob Hossle
Hessle
Lemoyne Johnson
Johnson
Gary Lambert
Bill Robinson
Ackerman-Robinson Insurance Agency
Lodgepole
Howard Skow
Crime Commission
Jack Lowe
Panhandle Growth. Inc
Eltra
Lowe
Nebraska Farm Prices Slump Five Percent in November
Prices received by Nebraska farmers fell five percent in the month ended Nov 15, per Associated Press. The mid November price index stood at 507 on the 1909-14 base, with hogs at 39.60 per cwt and beef cattle at 41.20, while corn and wheat remained above last year’s levels. Cattle slaughter in October dropped nine percent to 387,000 head, and hog slaughter rose six percent to 248,000.
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Nebraska
Associated Press
Dalton Youth Hospitalized After Two Car Crash
A 16 year old from Dalton remains in satisfactory condition at Memorial Hospital in Sidney after a two car collision near Dalton Tuesday. Lyle D. Geller suffers a broken leg and other injuries, with about 1000 dollars damage to his 1966 Mercury and 300 dollars to a car belonging to 28 year old Robert Morgan of Scotts Bluff who was treated and released.
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Dalton
Sidney's Memorial Hospital
Lyle D. Geller
Geller
Robert Morgan
Scottsbluff
Morgan
Memorial Hospital
Bomb Underpass Threat Reported Near Kimball
Kimball police searched for a man after a call to headquarters at 9 35 p m advised of a bomb under the Highway 71 underpass. Authorities found a stick of dynamite with a burning cigarette beside the fuse and the FBI joined the investigation.
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Kimball
Plice
FBI
Associated Press
Man Injured In Workplace Accident At The Chicken House
A 36 year old worker Wayne Miller of Julesburg Colorado was rushed to Memorial Hospital in Sidney after his leg became caught in an anger at work. His leg was amputated and he remains in stable condition this morning.
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the Chicken House, Inc
Memorial Hospital
Sidney
Wayne Miller
Julesburg
Colo
Lodgepole Residents Plan Recreation Facility
A dinner meeting with architect Howard G. Duncan in Lodgepole discussed building a village recreation facility. E K Vanney and John Schneider were named temporary leaders. the project has Village Board and District 41 School Board backing. Funding sources include the federal government 75 percent state Game and Parks Commission 25 percent and the Village 25 percent. A fund at First State Bank collects Community Center receipts and proceeds from waste paper sales by Howard Skow. Further meetings will be announced as progress continues.
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Lodgepole
Howard G. Duncan
E K Vanney
John Schneider
District 41
State Game and Parks Commission
First State Bank
Howard Skow
Denver
Duncan
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National Federation of Press Women
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Harold Koch
Chadron State College
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Esther Bronson
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Scottsbluff Public Schools
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John Scheurman
Cheyenne Public Schools
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Jim Petitt
Scottsbluff High School
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Werdell Lessman
Bush
Cole
Larry Flohr
Ogallala
William Miller
Chadron
Jim McCafferty
Bill Carroll
Kimball County Junior High School
Nobel Connelly
Chappell
Ray Doerfler
Nebraska Western College
Dean Maxwell
Scottsbluff Senior
Alfred Blinde
Viola Golsom
Ken Conner
Ogallala Senior
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Bill Fankhauser
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