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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1977
Page
5
The Sidney Telegraph invites readers to submit winter weather predictions by January 1 1978. Editors joke about the uncertainty of forecasts and promise to publish predictions later in January with no prize, just fun and conversation.
Seven senators traveled to Panama last month and more plan trips in January. The column mocks the Panama Canal treaty dispute as driven by visiting rights and highlights the shifting need for senatorial inspections with statehood and changing territories.
The writer notes that Puerto Rico's move toward autonomy reduces senatorial oversight, leaving only the Virgin Islands Micronesia and the Canal Zone as remaining questions. He suggests that winter trips to Panama could bolster the canal treaty's prospects.
The Bureau of Business Research at the University of Nebraska Lincoln predicts 1978 growth in employment and personal income with a record employment level. Manufacturing and construction show small gains while government hiring rises about 1 percent. agriculture prices remain a major constraint.
In a Record column Virginia Smith highlights new limits on OSHA fines for first violations and a farm worker exemption for operations with ten or fewer employees. The piece also notes pending energy tax credits for home improvements and OMB plans to cut PSRO funding, with Smith seeking exemptions for small rural hospitals.
Bids for oil and gas leases on former Sioux Army Depot land opened December 14 totaled about 2.4 million dollars, the largest in the county, per Nebraska Oil and Gas Commission geologist Jack Fish. Also, Hipp Wholesale Co. changes name to Our Country Foods, Inc. effective January 1 to reflect growth and simplify shipments. The Sidney firm, started in 1964 as an offshoot of Hipp Wholesale, employs 17 and serves eight Western Nebraska counties and one Colorado county, distributing Nifda products to restaurants, schools, and hospitals.
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