Pleasant weekend forecast for Nebraska after rain and snow
The outlook in Nebraska calls for a pleasant weekend after light rain and some snow. Mostly cloudy conditions gave way to clearing by Friday night with colder temperatures expected. lows near the 20s and daytime highs in the 40s, with a top of 60 in Chadron and lows around 30 in Norfolk and Grand Island.
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Nebraska
Panhandle
Texas Panhandle
Kansas
Dakotas
Chadron
Norfolk
Grand Island
Frontier lays off pilots amid 5 percent flight cut
Frontier Airlines plans furloughs for 90 employees including some pilots as it trims flights about 5 percent. Spokesman Lawrence Bishop called the layoffs and earlier cuts a response to the recession with no expected growth in traffic and potential declines. The Denver based carrier employs about 3,600, with 2,100 in Denver, and previously reduced salaried staff and offered 39 new positions to curtail overhead.
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Denver
Frontier Airlines
Lawrence Bishop
Denver Area
Frontier
Bishop
Chappell hospital hopes to reopen amid debts and doctor hunt
Miller Memorial Hospital in Deuel County faces a $74,000 debt and a looming license renewal as it struggles to secure a doctor. Medicare audits reduced its owed amount to $36,000 with $7,000 remaining, while the county treasurer seeks funds to cover two months of operations. A physician placement effort shifts toward recruiting two doctors, including talks with a California group offering placements, and officials seek a state license extension to avoid a permanent closure.
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David Hendee
Chappell
Miller Memorial Hospital
John Pace
Pace
Miller Memorial
Medicare
Ruby Lehman
Jane
Nursing Home
Deuel County
Lehman
Tatsumi Nakamura
North Platte
California
Nakamura
Iie
Cheyenne County ASC committees elected for 1975
Ray Davis reports results of ASC community committeemen elections for 1975 across multiple towns including Trognitz Dalton Weverts Chambers Sidney Lodgepole with named members. The Cheyenne County ASC Convention will choose officers and fill vacancies at 1 30 p m at the county ASCS office. Davis notes three consecutive terms rule and that Davis, Rexroth, Lostroh will continue. Over 1 700 farmers in the county participated last year in wheat feed grain price support and sugarbeet programs.
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ASC
Ray Davis
Cheyenne County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
Trognitz
Elmer Nagengast
Don Benish
Dolan Larson
Melvin Meester
Phil Miller
Dalton
Fred Krieser
Arnold Draper
Ray Kuehn
Jan Berry
Roger
Davis
Cheyenne County
ASCS
Raymond Davis
Potter Area
Robert Rexroth
Elwood Lostroh
Meat-cutting course draws 61 enrollments this fall
Dr. Jack Eriksen, director of adult education at Western Nebraska College, started a meat-cutting class after finding strong interest. Sixty-one enrolled the first session, with instructors planning to cover beef, lamb, and pork and noting demand for deer and antelope topics may wait until seasons pass.
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Jack Eriksen
Eriksen
Western Nebraskanical College
Saat Abe
Rite
Eeasion
Bernie Gase
Sidney
Meat and Poultry Inspection Division
State Department of Health
WNTC
College
Panhandle
Upland plans near-Sidney Planning Commission approval
Upland Industries advances a 76 acre development plan southeast of Sidney near Legion Park including commercial areas, single and multi family homes, and green spaces. A new access road and a street joining Mth Ave to Highway 19 are proposed, with final plans due next week for Planning Commission review.
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Upland Industries
Sidney
Sidney Planning Commission
Upland
Maynard Dill Dils
Denver
Dill
Legion Park
Nebraska Highway 19
Dils
Highway 19
Lodgepole Valley
Craig Ave
South Mth Ave
Planning Commission
Dils Als
East
Sidney Interstate
11Th Ave
City Council
Leo Eisenberg & Co
Kansas City
City and Upland
Nebraska unemployment to stay below national rate
Lincoln AP Nebraska Department of Labor expects unemployment to rise this winter but remain below the national level as seasonally unadjusted data show October at 3.4 percent and November figures due December 25. Officials attribute the gap to Nebraska’s agricultural base and lack of steel and auto manufacturing, noting seasonal layoffs outpaced recession effects.
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Lincoln
Nebraska Department of Labor
Department
Gerald Chizek
Nebraska
Carpenter to fight for Legislature
In a Gering Nebraska hearing, District Judge Robert Moran dismissed Terry Carpenter’s petition of appeal after noting lack of jurisdiction. Carpenter, a write in candidate, challenged the Nichol victory in the 48th District race and sought disqualified ballots reinstatement or a new election, saying laws used violated due process. He vowed to take the case to the Nebraska Supreme Court before the legislature convenes in January.
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Gering
Neb
Robert Moran
Alliance
Scotts Bluff
Alfred Kortum
Theodore Feidler
Terry Carpenter
Scottsbluff
Carpenter
William Nichol
Kortum
Feidler
Nichol
County Board of Commissioners
State
Secretary of
Allen Beermann
Beermann
Moran
Ben Wilson
District Court
Nebraska
Nebraska Supreme Court
High Court
Supreme Court
Alliance Man Captured After Jail Escape
A 25 year old Alliance man, Jamies W. Hiward, was returned to Alliance city jail after being captured in Sidney by Cheyenne County deputies, Sidney police, and Nebraska State Patrol. He escaped Alliance jail Monday night by sawing bars with hacksaw blades. blades found in his cell Tuesday. He was held for burglary charges awaiting a preliminary hearing.
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Alliance
Alliance City
Sidney
Jamies W. Hiward
Jloward
Cheyenne County
Nebraska State Patrol
Howard
Box Butte
Don Underwood
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Chamber of Commerce
Ramona Freeman
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Thelma Stutzman
Jean Lane
Sorge
Weverts
Lavern Bauer
Floyd Bruns
Archie Greenwood
Ray Jessen
Herbert Fecht
Chambers
Gordon Johnson
Greg Sprenger
Russell McMillen
Dave Wieser
Wendel Mathews
Kenneth Fleming
Ray L. Cruise
Wes Jensen
LaVerne Thomas
Lyle Johnson
Lodgepole
William H. Behrends
Robert J. Ommen
Richard Krueger
Russell George
Donald Miller
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