Peetz farmers weigh Dec 14 strike over parity
About 60 Peetz area residents attended an American Agriculture Farm Strike Information meeting Friday at Peetz High School. Five speakers urged support for a Dec 14 strike if 100 percent parity is not designated for all agricultural products.
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Liz Watts Peetz
Cole
Peetz
American Agriculture Farm
Peetz High School
Frances McCracken
Anton
American Agriculture
McCracken
Truck driver blamed for chain of six vehicle wrecks in Sidney
John B Kelly 44 of Greeley Colorado drove a 1953 Ford truck east on Jackson Street causing a chain of collisions. Six vehicles plus two parking meters sustained damage totaling thousands. The Crookshank sedan was totaled and Kelly was charged with reckless driving.
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Sidney
John B Kelly
Greeley
Colo
Kelly
Jackson St
Jean Kennersley
Cedar St
Kelley
Ervin
Irene Fischer
Dorwart Drive
Fischer
Burgett F Peetz
Solano Drive
Kenneth Crookshank
Laredo Lane
Crookshank
Kenneth Fleming
Sidney school board to meet Tuesday
Supt Ron Reichert says board member Jerry Epstein’s move to Cheyenne creates no problems and will not be discussed. Meeting items include fire escape proposals for the senior high and North Elementary, language arts competency testing, an automatic kitchen fire extinguishing system, and a car lease agreement.
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Ron Reichert
Sidney Public Schools
Jerry Epstein
Cheyenne
Wye
Epstein
Colorado braces for heavy snow and high winds
Colorado faces up to a foot of new snow as gusts reach 70 mph surrounding weekend avalanches. The northern Plains and Midwest saw heavy snows as a cold mass moved in. High country forecasts call for 6 to 12 inches with winds up to 100 mph and snow warnings above 9 000 feet.
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United Press International
Colorado
Plains
Midwest
Rockies
Two Lincoln youths die in weekend crashes
Obryan Bixby 16 Gordon and Perry Davis 16 Gordon died in separate early morning crashes two miles southwest of Gordon and in Lincoln. Michael Pella 20 died at a hospital after a Third Street wreck. Larry Wolken 22 died at the scene in Lincoln.
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United Press International
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Gordon
Sheridan County Sheriff’s Office
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Bixby
Perry Davis
Michael Pella
Larry Wolken
Farm policy accused of being set by agencies
OMAHA UPI The president of the National Farmers Organization said the nation's farm policies are being dictated by agencies other than the US Agriculture Department He singled out Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland saying he is in an almost impossible situation from two standpoints and spoke to reporters on Sunday.
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Omaha
UPI
National Farmers Organization
US Agriculture Department
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Bob Bergland
RAW
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American Agri-Women and Wife
OSHA seeks elimination of 1100 picayune safety rules
The Labor Department proposed scrapping about 1100 minor OSHA regulations, including toilet seat shape and extinguisher height, arguing many provisions do not improve safety. Eula Bingham backs focusing on major hazards, while Ray Marshall says excessive rules burden business and inspection resources.
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UPI
Labor Department
Picayune
Eula Bingham
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA
Bingham
Ray Marshall
OHSA
Millet contract final load heads to International Multifoods
The last of ten semi trailer loads of millet was delivered to International Multifoods in Towner Colorado under a National Farmers Organization contract at 5.50 a hundredweight, above the local market. The deal was negotiated last February when millet traded around 9 a hundredweight and involved producer coordination across Nebraska and Iowa.
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Tobin Beck
International Multifoods
Towner
Colo
Norman Steffens
Sidney
Steffens
National Farmers Organization
Norm
Nebraska Panhandle
Ennis
Snow and Cold Spell Hits Sidney Region
Snow and cold blanket the Sidney region with light snow and subfreezing temperatures. The Sidney Flight Service logged eight degrees at 8 am and about a quarter inch of moisture in snow across Lodgepole Potter and Dalton reported single digit mornings and varying moisture. Winds reached up to 33 mph Sunday with daytime highs from the mid 40s to 50s and overnight lows in the 20s to 30s.
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Sidney Flight Service
Sidney
Lodgepole
Dalton
Potter
Lloyd Dykman
Ralph Anderson
Dykman
California Stocks Edge Higher Amid Cautious Trading
Congress seeksSanta like solutions to four major budget fights Energy Social Security funding abortion funding and bomber funding dominate talks as conferees press to resolve welfare, energy deregulation and tax measures House and Senate clash over welfare relief tied to Social Security funding and a push to add two B 1 bombers in a supplemental bill while agencies remain funded by continuing resolutions set to expire.
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House
Senate
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D-Ny
Len Russell Long
D-La
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
Activists press for broader federal aid to rural needs
In Washington a coalition led by the Housing Assistance Council promotes a three day Rural Housing Conference to push for more federal help in rural housing education health and employment. They note housing deficits and poverty in rural areas despite billions in lending and urge stronger action.
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UPI
Washington
Alvin Hershen
Housing Assistance Council
Council
National Rural Housing Coalition
Rural America
Agriculture Department
Farmers Home Administration
Hirshen
Rural American Women
Jane Threatt
RAW
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