Temperature reaches 55 here Sunday
A mix of light sleet and freezing rain iced roads in northeast Nebraska causing temporary travel problems. Norfolk reports icy stretches and spotty ice near Columbus, Creston, Leigh, Newman Grove, and Howell as the weather service cancels the travelers advisory.
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Associated Press
Nebraska
Norfolk
Columbus
Creston
Leigh
Newman Grove
Howell
National Weather Service
Weather Service
Sidney Board of Education Agenda Faces Three Items
The Sidney Board of Education meets at 7 45 pm in the Junior High Library with three actions on the agenda. The board will consider appointing a financial consultant for a planned construction project, receive a report from the mathematics curriculum committee, and discuss a maternity leave for a teacher.
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Sidney Board of Education
Sidney Junior High to Hold Mid-Winter Concert
Sidney Junior High School presents its annual Mid-Winter Concert on Wednesday featuring seventh and eighth grade bands. The event is free and opens to the public at 7 30 p.m in the Senior High School auditorium with pieces including bicentennial and Christmas tunes. Mike Lewis conducts the eighth grade band while Mike McDowell directs the seventh.
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Sidney Junior High School
Mike Lewis
Lewis
Mike McDowell
Ryn Hahn
Sidney
Tu van Canh
Osage St
Congresswoman Smith Objects to New York Aid Plan
Third District Rep Haven Smith opposed the Dec 2 House vote on a scaled back New York aid plan calling it a stretch-out not a fix. She warned of federal overreach and a bad precedent that could invite other cities to seek similar loans. The article notes beef industry and water resource bills also moving through Congress.
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Haven Smith
New York
House of Representatives
New York City
Washington
Senate
House
Frenchman-Cambridge
Nebraska
White House
Thorny education issues loom for Nebraska lawmakers
Nebraska legislators return to a funding and organization clash over education. Key battles include the Southeast Technical Community College Fairbury campus, Peru State College closure plans, and a statewide or local income tax to aid schools. Public hearings continue on district reorganizations and special education bills, with expulsion hearing requirements under consideration.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Southeast Technical Community College
Fairbury
Pershing College
Beatrice
Bill Burrows
Adams
Gerald Koch
Ralston
Peru State College
Jerome Warner
Waverly
Bellevue
Frank Lewis
Revenue Committee
Burrows
Warner
Technical Community College
College tax fight moves to Sheridan County
The Nebraska community college funding dispute shifts to Sheridan County as the Western Nebraska Technical College Area seeks mandamus to obtain tax payments. Panhandle counties withhold funds amid constitutional doubts, while LB 344 allows modest mill levies and state aid based on full-time equivalent.
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Nebraska
Sheridan County
Banner County
Robert Downer
Panhandle
Nebraska Supreme Court
Western Technical Community College Area
Downer
College
Western Nebraska Technical College
Sidney
Nebraska Western College
Scottsbluff
Alliance School of Practical Nursing
William Ptacek
College Area
Board of Governors
Supreme Court
Ptacek
Hastings Senator Marvel heads Appropriations panel
LINCOLN AP Senators to np budget role. Hastings Sen Richard Marvel, chairman of the legislature's Appropriations Committee, said today the committee's members would make more decisions.
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Marvel
Lincoln
Hastings
Richard Marvel
Robert L. Clark
Sidney Marve
Bill Mullen
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Sidney City Council to discuss pool funding and truck route
The council plans a 220000 grant request to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission for a 90 by 160 foot pool. An ordinance to create a truck route on south 11th Ave and Toledo St near South Elementary is on the agenda.
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Sidney
Maynard Dils
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
South 11Th Ave
Toledo St
South Elementary School
Ed Haupt
Business Council
City Planning Commission
Elmer Ladine
Diamond Bar
Oberfelder
10Th Ave
Council
City Hall
World food costs rise, US near top among 15 nations
A USDA Foreign Agricultural Service survey shows retail food prices rose 7.7 percent in the United States from September 1974 to this September, among 15 nations. Only Australia and West Germany had slower increases. many countries posted much larger gains such as Argentina, the United Kingdom, and Brazil. Other noted rises included Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, and Sweden.
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Washington
United States
Agriculture Department
USDA
Foreign Agricultural Service
Australia
West Germany
Argentina
United Kingdom
Brazil
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
France
Italy
Japan
Mexico
Netherlands
Sweden
Supreme Court stalls gag order stay in mass murder case
The Supreme Court refused to grant an immediate stay on Nebraska gag restrictions limiting news coverage of a mass murder case. Three justices would have granted a stay. the court will decide whether to hear the full appeal after briefs from Nebraska officials.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
Nebraska
Nebraska Press Association
William J. Brennan
Potter Stewart
Thurgood Marshall
Nebraska Supreme Court
Harry A Blackmun
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