County Defers Flood Insurance Application
Cheyenne County Commissioners halted an application to join the federal flood insurance program until a comprehensive development plan is completed. The move follows guidance from South Platte NRD manager Bob Hahn, and does not affect the City of Sidney which has begun participation.
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Cheyenne County
South Platte Natural Resources District
Bob Hahn
Sidney
Hahn
Federal Insurance Administration
County Planning Commission
Devel County
Ed Narjes
Sidney Council approves land bid near sanitary landfill
Sidney City Council authorizes City Clerk Gordon Tobin to bid on five Cheyenne County lots near the sanitary landfill to square off its borders. The sale is set for December 30 as part of the dump expansion. The meeting also approved naming a BOR plaque for Legion Park with $43,500 federal funds involved.
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Sidney
Gordon Tobin
Cheyenne County
Tobin
Sidney Community Legion Park
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
BOR
East Legion Park
Benkusky gets multi-year concurrent arson sentence
Ray Eugene Benkusky, 19, pleads guilty to arson and conspiracy for the April 17 firebombing of The Sidney Telegraph offices. He receives a concurrent term not less than three years and three months and not more than seven, with burglary terms running alongside. Co-defendant Roger Anderson pleads guilty to a reduced property charge and gets 90 days jail. Lonnie L Kocontes was found guilty and awaits sentencing.
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Ray Eugene Benkusky
John Knapp
Sidney
Knapp
Benkusky
Nebraska
Roger Anderson
P J Heaton Sr
Anderson
Cheyenne
Colorado
Lonnie L Kocontes
Wheat loan program gains 12 month maturity rule change
Thompson outlines the 1975 wheat and feed grain loan program with a 12 month maturity from the loan start month. He cites added marketing flexibility and notes resale prices set to keep market prices from drifting toward target levels for key grains. The report covers allotments, loan rates, and target prices for 1975, plus the absence of loans for several minor commodities.
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Lawrence Thompson
Cheyenne County
ASCS
Thompson
Commodity Credit Corporation
August 1974 Nebraska retail sales fall despite regional gains
Nebraska's net taxable retail sales volume adjusted for price changes fell nearly 2 percent in August 1974 versus August 1973. Real sales dropped 17 percent year over year after deflating dollar values. Seven cities posted price adjusted gains from 11 to 26 percent, while most regions declined, with interstate areas performing best except North Platte and Sidney Kimball regions.
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Nebraska
Bureau of Business Research
University of Nebraska
Kearney
Grand Island
South Sioux City
Nebraska City
West Point
Falls City
North Platte
Sidney-Kimball
Sidney
Kimball
Cheyenne- Kimball-Deuel County
Kimball Woman Charged Over Abandoned Baby Case
Barbara Swayze 42 faces arraignment on assault with intent to murder charges in Kimball County Nebraska. Investigators say a baby boy, born June 11, was placed in a plastic bag and dropped into a roadside restroom pit near Lodgepole State Wayside along Highway 30. The infant was rescued and placed in state care and a foster home. The court held the case for counsel with bond set at 10000 dollars.
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Kimball (Ap
Kimball County
Kimball
Barbara Swayze
Nebraska State Patrol
Highway 30
Lodgepole State Wayside
Here
Kenneth Fritzler
Swayze
Swwyze
Temperatures Peak at 52 in Sidney on Tuesday
Snow persisted in extreme eastern Nebraska while forecasters predicted clearing skies. The State Patrol warned highways iced in Lincoln Seward and Beatrice as I 80 from York to Omaha grew slick. A cold front and gusty NW winds followed with lows near 10 to 20 and highs in the 40s Thursday. Lincoln logged a 10 above reading and Omaha reported five inches of snow on the ground.
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Nebraska
State Patrol
Lincoln
Seward
Beatrice
York
Omaha
National Weather Service
Idaho
Colorado
Sidney
Rauner predicts wheat price dip then rebound in spring
Nebraska growers hear market may drop briefly after the upcoming Agriculture Department planting report due Monday. Robert Rauner of Sidney, former Nebraska Wheat Growers Association president, cautions that increased east of Nebraska plantings could temper prices, with spring demand likely lifting prices again.
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Ogallala
Nebraska
Robert Rauner
Sidney
Nebraska Wheat Growers Association
Doug Murfield
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Agriculture Department
Rauner
Mayor proposes NRD levy of one mill for fund grants
Crete Mayor Norm Bhrens urged Natural Resource Districts to levy a statutory one mill property tax before joining the $1 million Resource Development Fund. He spoke at a State Natural Resources Commission hearing, noting some NRDs are at the ceiling while others are not. The South Platte NRD, based in Sidney, collects 89 mills, seeking $50 000 to $60 000 from the fund to finance flood control pollution relief irrigation recreation and water supply projects.
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Crete
Norm Bhrens
Bhrens
South Platte Natural Resources District
Sidney
Cheyenne, Devel, and
Kimball
Hahn
South Platte
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Lorenzo
Santa Claus
Tom Kokjer
Sidney Federal Savings & Loan
10Th Ave
Savings and Loan Institution
Kokjer
King St
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Colton
Bob Hassle
Jim Henzel
Roy Jacox
Gary Wickiter
Dalton
Gurley
Lodgepole
F. B
Tommy” Thompson
State Natural Resources Commission
Associated Press
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