Chamber to Install New Board at Sidney Dinner
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce will install four new directors tonight at the Sidney Country Club dinner. Ena Sample becomes Ladies Chamber president, replacing retiring Jean Kelley, with Mrs. Sample from The Sidney Telegraph. New directors include Ron Holly of Holly Realty and Bill Peterson of Greenlee's while holdovers John Laing and Bill Maddox return for two year terms. Gene Lienemann becomes immediate past president as Dennis Wamsley and Richard Fix depart the board. Returning members include Don Schrader Gary Custer and community representatives from Dalton Potter Gurley Lodgepole.
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Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce Board of of Directors
Sidney Country Club
Ena Sample
Ladies Chamber
Jean Kelley
Sample
Sidney Telegraph
Ron Holly
Holly Realty
Bill Peterson
Greenlee's
Dalton
Doug Reetz
Potter
Bob Zuhike
Gurley
John Echternach
Lodgepole
County board to set salaries for elected officials
The Cheyenne County Board will set salaries for county officials at its next meeting on December 19. Salaries must be set at least 60 days before March 9, the candidate-name filing deadline. Current salaries listed for assessor, attorney, clerk, and other offices.
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Cheyenne
Veterans Service
Ed Narjes
KN Natural Gas Plans Supply Insurance With Western Storage
Kansas Nebraska Natural Gas Co outlines an energy security plan featuring two large underground storage vaults in western Nebraska with 39 and 27 billion cubic feet, plus ongoing exploration in eastern Colorado and Wyoming to ensure gas for priority customers during harsh winters. The program includes additional storage, new field development, and pipeline expansion to keep demand met.
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Jack H Lowe
Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Co
Hastings
K-N
Nebraska
Deuel County
Cheyenne County
Huntsman
Big Springs
Devel County
Kansas
Colorado
Yuma
Wray
Wind River Indian Agency
Fremont County
Wyo KN
Lakewood
Colo
Denver
Becomig
ASC Elects Cheyenne County ASC Committee Members
Dolan Larson of Gurley re elected to the Cheyenne County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee with a three year term. Rexroth Lostroh and Draper Behrends renamed as holdover and alternates. Rexroth will chair the county committee next year and Lostroh serves as regular member. The delegates also re elected Arnold Draper and Bill Behrends as first and second alternates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolan Larson
Gurley
Cheyenne County
Arnold Draper
Bill Behrends
Sunol
Larson
Lawrence Thompson
ASC
Rexroth
Sidney
Lostroh
Draper
Behrends
Lodgepole
Thompson
Congress approves $227 billion Social Security tax plan
Congress adjourns for Christmas after passing a $227 billion Social Security tax increase over ten years to fund benefits for decades and set levels for 75 years. President Carter weighs in on farm strikes, drought impact, and farmer sentiment. In Cheyenne a federal judge orders two railroads to permit construction of a 1000 mile coal slurry pipeline under their tracks.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Carter
Cheyenne
Wyo
Arkansas
Wyoming
ASC approves emergency feed program for county farms
The Cheyenne County ASC committee can approve emergency livestock feed aid up to 50 percent of feed costs on a case by case basis. Producers should file with the county ASCS office. The same meeting covered expanded Grain Reserve Program loans and storage payments for wheat corn oats sorghum barley with a 75 11 8 6 percent mix and set release and call levels at 140 and 175 percent of the loan rate.
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Rexroth
ASC
ASCS
Bob Bergland
Department
USDA
Secretary of Agriculture
Farm strike enters third day with regional picketing
Striking farmers picket packing plants in Oklahoma City and nearby states while Agriculture Secretary Bergland plans a conference call with Farm Belt governors to seek solutions. Nebraska Gov Exon arranged the call to urge direct talks between strikers and federal officials. Cattle and hog receipts at Omaha show declines linked to the protests.
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United Press International
Farmers Today
Oklahoma City
Kansas
Texas Panhandle
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Agriculture Department
Bergland
Georgia
Abilene
Kan
Duran
Plainview
Texas
Mbpxl Corp
Nebraska
James Exon
Colorado
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
North
South Dakota
Wyoming
Exon
Omaha
Hansen
Christmas church services and programs listed
Various local churches announce Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services. Sidney area churches share candlelight and family masses, children's programs, and fellowship events across multiple dates and times.
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Gurley
Salem Lutheran
Dee
Sidney Wesleyan Church
Sidney St. Patrick's Catholic Church
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Bill Maddox
John Laing
Rocky Mountain
Tom Brossart
Bob Schilz
Telegraph
Telegraph News Digest
Cheyenne County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
Robert Rexroth
Neh Stel Sr
Awithéeo
RAI
Unite Methodist
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