Panhandle towns press study on future electric needs
Sidney and about a dozen panhandle communities met in Bridgeport to review a load and demand study by a Lincoln firm. The Panhandle Utility Section, formed last December, considers joint generation, shared transmission, and a municipal grid to ease peak power strain amid stalled LB 656 legislative action.
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Panhandle
Bridgeport
Nebraska League of Municipalities
Lincoln
Bureau of Reclamation
REA
Sidney
Ed Prince
Nebraska
Mation
NPPD
Prince
Mitchell Grant
Benkelman
Morrill Bridgeport
Gering
Kimball Alliance
Scottsbluff
Lodgepole
Bayard
Chappell
Mrs Freeman To Lead Chappell Chamber Third Term
Mrs Ramona Freeman will head the Chappell Chamber of Commerce for a third term after a re organization meeting. Re elected to the board were Jerry Cabela Jim Ledbetter and Tim Shipman with Cabela as vice president. John Jones named secretary and James Ledbetter treasurer. Other committees include Tim Shipman retail promotion Louis Piva John Pace and others on public relations tourism industrial promotion and heritage roles.
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Ramona Freeman
Chappell Chamber of Commerce
Chappell Community Improvement Council
Gov Exon
Lincoln
NCIP
Chamber
Mrs Freeman
Jerry Cabela
Jim Ledbetter
Tim Shipman
Cabela
John Jones
James Ledbetter
John Pace
Louis Piva
Joe Hargreaves
Ivan Brauer
Robert Leopold
Industrial Fund
Phyllis Woolridge
Senicr Citizens Board of Directors
Willard Kerk
Frontier Reports All-Time High Earnings in 1973
Frontier Airlines posted record earnings with net income of 7.6 million or 1.13 a share for 1973, up from 7.1 million or 1.06 in 1972. Revenue included 1.05 million in federal subsidies. Frontier serves 109 communities in 16 states. President A L Feldman credited aggressive marketing, profitable routes, and cost control, and projected continued profitability despite fuel concerns.
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Frontier Airlines
A. L. Feldman
Frontier
Man Charged in Sidney Assault Case
Cheyenne County Court filed burglary felonious entering and felonious assault charges this afternoon against Dean Welton age 16 of Linden Welton. The case stems from an incident Thursday evening at a Sidney resident’s home. Police continue investigating two other earlier assault reports. Welton was arrested at a hospital and jailed.
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Cheyenne County Court
Don Tedesco
Dean Welton
Welton
Sidney
Tedesco
Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office
Gilliland to undergo surgery after Sidney hit and run
J R Gilliland, victim of a hit and run in Sidney last Friday, remains in stable condition at Memorial Hospital in Cheyenne. Doctors plan surgery this afternoon to repair multiple leg fractures. Lloyd Archuleta pleaded guilty to DUI and leaving the scene, receiving 30 days in jail and a $300 fine with a one year license revocation. Archuleta’s preliminary hearing on leaving the scene was continued as evidence is gathered. Gilliland, 67, is with the B J Leonard firm in Sidney and works as a tax consultant for H and R Block.
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J R. Gilliland
Sidney
Memorial Hospital
Cheyenne
Gilliland
Lloyd V Archuleta
Archuleta
John Knapp
Kimball
Don Tedesco
B J Leonard
H & R Block
Marathon Oil reports 1973 earnings rise with foreign gains
Marathon Oil Company reports preliminary 1973 earnings before extraordinary items of 129.405 million dollars up 62.2 percent from 1972 as domestic income fell. Foreign operations drive the gain with total revenue 1.8587 billion dollars, while U.S. earnings dip after a LIFO inventory charge.
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Marathon Oil Company
J C Donnell II
Marathon
United States
West Germany
U.S
Donnell
Farm Prices Jump 9 Percent in January Report
Agriculture Department shows farm prices rising 9 percent in the month ended Jan 15, led by wheat and meat animals. The index reached 200 percent of the 1967 base, close to the August record, with meat animals up 12 percent for the period and cattle and hog prices also advancing from December.
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Agriculture Department
Land Bank Re-Elects Millard Musil to Sidney Board
Millard Musil of Potter was re elected to the board of directors of the Sidney Federal Land Bank Association at its annual meeting in Sidney. About 180 members and guests attended at St. Patrick's Youth Center with Jack Taylor of Columbus Mo as speaker. The association is part of a 60 member network under the Federal Land Bank of Omaha.
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Millard Musil
Potter
Sidney Federal Land Bank Association
St. Patrick's
Land Bank
Sidney
Scottsbluff
John Butler
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
Butler
Omaha
Paul McGee
Dale Schwartz
Glenn Twarling
Gurley Swing Choir
Cathy Atkinson
Sidney Association
Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
Wyoming
Omaha Bank
Sidney service stations report adequate gas supply
A Nebraska AAA survey of 50 Sidney stations shows most owners say supplies are plentiful with a rise in Sunday operation. Two weeks ago two stations opened Sunday. this weekend two more joined. Prices eased slightly with regular at 49.6 cents and premium 53.4 cents.
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Nebraska
Sidney
AAA
Housing survey drives recruitment of tourney team captains
Sidney leaders urge about 25 captains and 200 volunteers for a week of door to door housing survey in Cheyenne County. The effort, led by Rev. Tom Ryan and Mrs Kay Fix, aims to map housing needs and guide state aid zoning and development plans.
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Sidney
Tom Ryan
Kay Fix
Father Ryan
City of
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce and Community Improvement Committee
Chamber
Ed Cole
Cole
Ryan
Sidney Housing Authority
Vince Maliszewski
Housing Authority
Jack Lowe
Panhandle Growth Inc
PGI
State Department of Economic Development
Fr Ryan
Richard Fix
Safeway Robbery Suspects Captured Near Torrington
Three suspects tied to the armed robbery of a Gering Safeway were captured near Torrington and Scottsbluff. Larry Maynes, 32, of Gosden Colorado, held in Scotts Bluff jail on armed robbery and kidnapping charges. Pete Ramarez, 33, of Colorado Springs, and Tom Blash, 29, of Canon City, jailed in Torrington. They allegedly forced Dennis Green to open the safe and fled with its contents. chase reached 100 mph. Ramarez and Blash each had $790 at capture. amount stolen not yet determined.
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Henry
Nebraska
Weather outlook: Nebraska to see possible rain this weekend
Forecasters spoke of possible precipitation in Nebraska over the weekend as temperatures rise then fall. A high pressure area from northeastern North Dakota extends southeastward while stationary fronts extend from a low over northeastern Colorado.
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Associated Press
Nebraska
North Dakota
Colorado
Commission Reviews Applications for District Judge Vacancy
The nine member Judicial Nominating Commission for the 19th Judicial District met in Sidney to review applications from Kimball and Sidney for the district judge vacancy. The panel, led by Chairman Leslie Boslaugh, heard public testimony then met in executive session but did not announce a decision.
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Leslie Boslaugh
Supreme Court
Cheyenne County
Patrick J. Heaton
Kenneth C. Fritzler
Kimball
Ivan van Steenberg
John D. Wertz
Chappell
John Gottschalk
Sidney
Murl Mauser
Big Springs
Donald Gerner
Leota Browner
Judicial Nominating Commission
19Th Judicial District
John D. Knapp
Derrel J. Huenergardt
Donald J. Tedesco
Knapp
Burke
van Steenberg, Myers and Burke
Huenergardt
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Gottschalk
Robert Clark
the Telegraph
Public Works Committee
Mrs. Freeman
Chappell Chamber
Mrs, Freeman
Frontier Reports
Feldman
Joan
Lowell Abbott
Association
Gary Hessler
Hessler
Abbott
Musil
Hesssler
New Jersey
Florida
Oklahoma
Turnpikes
Kansas
Denver
Safeway
Torrington
Ramarez
Blash
Commission Reviews Applications
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