Lions boost Weasel fund to aid snow rescue vehicle
The Sidney Lions Club donates 300 to the Pud dlemakers for a Weasel snow rescue vehicle. Odus Sweet accepts the check from L B Neuman as the club aims for about 3000 total to buy and ship the all terrain vehicle to Sidney. Mary Evans notes 625 raised so far plus paper recycling, with delivery expected after Jan 1.
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L.B. Neuman
Sidney Lions Community Betterment Committee
Odus Sweet
C.B. Puddiemakers Club
Sidney
Sidney Lions Club
L.B Neuman
Lions Community Betterment Committee
Puddlemakers Club
Puddlemakers Weasel
Sweet
Spring Valley
Mary Evans
Nebraskans die in weekend traffic accidents and more cases
Three Nebraskans were killed in separate weekend traffic accidents while a South Dakota man died when his vehicle fell on him. Victims named include Maxine Stover Duane Halsey Scott Osborne and Tivitts Eagle Hawk. The report covers other UPI items on water rights and international talks.
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United Press International
South Dakota
State Patrol
Maxine Stover
Fairfield
Duane Halsey
Tilden
Scott Osborne
Omaha
Tivitts Eagle Hawk
Pine Ridge
Bloodmobile to Visit Sidney Memorial Hospital Blood Drive
A mobile blood drive will be conducted at Sidney Memorial Hospital from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday. Doyle Butts, drive chairman, says over 300 units of blood are needed and donors aged 17 to 66 are generally accepted. Donors may call the hospital to schedule. Blood Services, affiliate of a 12-state system, coordinates collection, testing, and distribution to over 800 hospitals.
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Sidney Memorial Hospital
Doyle Butts
Sidney Hospital
Butts
Sidney Blood Center
Blood Services
Nebraska farmers rally tractors in three towns supporting strike
Governors coordinated a tractor parade in Hastings Auburn and Omaha to press for 100 percent parity as Agriculture Secretary Bergland agreed to talks. The drive drew hundreds of machines and protesters while markets showed weaker hog deliveries amid the nationwide farm strike.
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United Press International
Nebraska
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Bergland
Midwest
James Exon
Hastings
Auburn
Tom Merwin
Humboldt
Groundwater Runoff Rules Issued by South Platte NRD
The South Platte NRD informs irrigators in Devel Cheyenne and Kimball counties of groundwater runoff rules effective January 1 1978 after the 1975 Groundwater Management Act. The rules aim to prevent water waste protect quality and curb surface water buildup with definitions for irrigation runoff and illegal wells. Complaints trigger inspections and possible board action if violations aren’t corrected. Copies available at county extension offices SCS ASCS and the NRD office in Sidney Nebraska.
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South Platte
Board of Directors
The
South Platte Nrd
ASCS
SCS
NRD
1840
Illinois
Sidney
WTCCA Considers Nominations for Review Committee
Scottsbluff WTCCA board discusses names from Dr John Harms for a review committee to study the three area schools. Dr Michael Paradise to lead the panel. The meeting includes a day care center proposal and program reviews at 7 pm in the Nebraska Western College board room with a premeeting dinner at 6 30 p.m.
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Kalecek
Calvin Lenhart
Nebraska Association of Community College Trustees
NACCT
WTCCA
Nebraska Western College
Scottsbluff Flame
Sidney City Council Set to Meet on Lease and Plans
The Sidney City Council will convene Tuesday at 7 30 p.m in the council chambers to consider an oil and gas lease for airport land and the plat of lots two and three in Parkland addition. It will also review water and sewer district extension changes and adopt related resolutions and ordinances.
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Sidney
City Planning Commission
Cheyenne County Chamber Elects Officers At Installation
At the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce installation Friday evening Bill Maddox was elected president and John Laing as vice president. Certificates of appreciation went to Gene Lienemann past president and Jean Kelley outgoing president of the Ladies' Chamber. Directors include Dennis Wamsley Richard Fix BE Stewart and Bill Maddox. Chamber Manager Ron Monheiser praised the prior board and expressed a commitment to continue serving Sidney.
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Bill Maddox
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Richard Fix
John Laing
Liz Watts
Gene Lienemann
Jean Kelley
Ladies’ Chamber
Dennis Wamsley
Farmers Strike Nationwide Urges Parity with Brief Disruptions
Striking farmers affiliated with American Agriculture press for 100 percent parity, using sporadic shutdowns of food distribution in Texas Kansas Illinois and Georgia. Picketing blocked a Moultrie Georgia Swift & Co plant entrances as trucks were urged to honor lines while Liberal Kansas warehouses reopened.
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Danchiszar
United Press International
Texas
Kansas
Illinois
Georgia
American Agriculture
Keith Thomas
National American Agriculture
Springfield
Colo
Moultrie
Swift & Co
Jim Parrish
Liberal
Kan
Oklahoma Panhandle
Nash-Finch Foods
Nash-Finch
Mount Pleasant
Ilinois
Bunge Corporation
Cairo
Mississippi
Ohio
PL Parr
Wayne Allen
Oconee
Nebraska
Mike Hanson
Omaha Livestock Foundation
Hanson
Panhandle
GM settlement to repay Nebraskans over wrong engine swaps
Nebraska Attorney General Paul Douglas announced General Motors will pay more than 200000 dollars in restitution to 519 Nebraskans who received Chevrolet engines in 1977 Pontiacs Buicks and Oldsmobiles. The nationwide deal totals 40 million dollars with 44 states and covers about 93000 consumers.
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Lincoln
Neb
UPI
Paul Douglas
General Motors
Douglas
Nebraska
Women's bureau to be established in Nebraska
The Employment Standards Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor and Nebraska State Department of Labor sign to create a Nebraska women’s bureau. Gerald Chizek will set a new administrator assistant for women's affairs and coordinate programs on employment and training for Nebraska women. The federal grant will fund $46,038 through Sept 30, 1978.
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Kansas City, Mo
UPI
Employment Standards Administration
US Department of Labor
Nebraska
St Paul men captured after Keith County high speed chase
Two 22 and 21 year old St Paul men were arrested after a chase on Interstate 80 and through Brule Nebraska. Speeds reached 114 mph on the highway and 95 mph downtown. The suspects, identified as Michael Pierce and Gary D McLendon, appeared to be Minnesota escapees from a diagnostic center. They were taken into custody after their car left the road and crashed into a ditch. a foot pursuit failed.
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Ogallala
Neb
UPI
St Paul
Cozad
Keith County
Santa Claus poses as thief in Fort Worth burglary
In Fort Worth Texas an elderly widow 87 was seen by police to be visited by a man dressed as Santa Claus who arrived with gifts and a fruit basket then left with $500 claiming to be from a church. Police report a woman and two children waited in a car outside as the suspect fled up the street.
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Fort Worth
Cox
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Weasel’ Fund
Telegraph News Digest
Lincoln, Neb
Paris
United States
Vietnam
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Washington
Indochina
Worldwatch Institute
Kathleen Newland
Bloodmobile
Adams County Fairgrounds
US. 6
Burlington Avenue
American Agriculture Movement
America
Jimmy
Chamber
BE Stewart
Ron Monheiser
Women's Bureau
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