Clark balks at new tax exemption bills in Nebraska
Senator Robert Clark of Sidney critiques three introduced bills in the Nebraska Legislature affecting personal property tax exemptions. LB851 seeks to end exemptions for farmers and businesses, LB850 would shift refunds toward Bellevue, and LB914 would cap exemptions at $1,000. Clark vows resistance, arguing the 1972 compromise was fair and urging careful evaluation of budget plans and University funding.
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Nebraska
Clark
Bellevue
Revenue Committee
Exon
UP Freight Derails Seven Cars West of Potter
A Union Pacific eastbound train derailed three miles west of Potter injuring none. One track was reopened after wreckers from North Platte and Cheyenne cleared the scene. A broken coupler caused the derailment, spilling six empty cars and one acid car on both sides of the Cheyenne Kimball County line. It followed a similar January 25 derailment at Brownson.
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Union Pacific
Potter
North Platte Cheyenne
Wyo
Associated Press
Cheyenne-Kimball County
Cheyenne County
Brownson
Land use map program set for NRD board meeting
The South Platte Natural Resources District will hold its regular board meeting at 2 p.m. at the NRC offices with a noon lunch and program by Phil Harlan of the Cooperative Extension Service. Agenda includes discussions on Extension Service operations, the Agricultural Conservation Program, a briefing on the Nebraska Association of Resources Districts convention, and letters to the legislature about the Resources Development Fund.
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South Platte Natural Resources District
Bob Hahn
NRC
5Th Ave
Phil Harlan
Cooperative Extension Service
Lincoln
John Weihing
Panhandle
Scottsbluff
Lawrence Thompson
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Nebraska Association of Resources Districts
Resources Development Fund
Punxsutawney Phil Sees Shadow In Bitter Feb Sunrise
Groundhog Phil emerged from a heated burrow in minus ten degree weather in Punxsutawney Pennsylvania and saw his shadow signaling six more weeks of winter. The annual ceremony drew visitors and skeptics alike as Sam Light oversaw the ritual with the Gobbler’s Nob burrow and tradition intact.
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Punxsutawney
Phil
Punxsutawney Groundhog Club
Sam
Phillis
Punxsutawney Groundhog Museum
Burt Light
Joe
Light
Gobbler
Rural Nebrag bill lets landowners stay in rural schools
Unicameral passage of LB383 allows Nebraskan property owners to remain in rural school districts after their land is annexed by a city. The bill, backed by Maurice Kremer and opposed by Ralph Kelly, passed 30 to 14 to prevent loss of rural tax base, with city and rural districts to negotiate post annexation.
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Lincoln
Unicameras
Nebraska
Grand Island
Ralph Kelly
Kelly
Aurora
Maurice Kremer
Sidney man wounded in Cheyenne hospital transfer
A Sidney man was shot this weekend and admitted to Memorial Hospital in Cheyenne, later transferred to Cheyenne. John Bates, age unknown, was wounded on the northside. Sheriff Oren Cox said the condition was unavailable and a report will be prepared for County Attorney Thomas Sonntag after investigations by the sheriff's office and Sidney Police Department.
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Sidney
Cheyenne
Wyo
Cheyenne County
John Bates
Oren Cox
Blood Bank Drive At Memorial Hospital On Tuesday
The Blood Bank will accept donations Tuesday from 11 am to 6 pm at Memorial Hospital. Donors should report to the reception desk to support emergency blood supplies in the area, per lab technician Doyle Butts.
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Memorial Hospital
Doyle Butts
Nine Sculptures Set for July 4 Dedication
Nine of ten Interstate 80 Bicentennial sculptures are targeted for completion by July 4 with one potentially delayed due to work on the Platte River Ribbon piece near Cozad. Art Thompson, project director, says most artists are confident the date will be met despite possible steel delivery delays.
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Art Thompson
Associated Press
State Roads
Tom Doyle
Thompson
Sidney
Holllandborn
Hans van de Bovemkamp
Tillison
N.Y
East
Winter storm sweeps eastern Nebraska causing closures
A winter storm battered eastern Nebraska with 4 to 7 inches of snow, prompting Omaha to declare a snow emergency and close public, parochial, and District 66 schools though Eppley Airfield remained open. The National Weather Service forecast 4 to 6 inches in the southeast and 5 to 7 inches in the northeast, with a low pressure system moving across the region and a new system expected from the western Dakotas.
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Associated Press
Nebraska
Omaha
District 66
Eppley
National Weather Service
Dakotas
South Dakota
NPPD awards contracts for Gentlemens Power Station site
The Nebraska Public Power District board approved contracts totaling 214,464 for the Gentleman Power Station near Sutherland. The largest bid was 124,068 by Paulsen Building and Supply Inc of Cozad to furnish mineral aggregate for roadway sub base and base.
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Columbus
Nebraska Public Power District
NPPD
Gentleman
Sutherland
Paulsen Building and Supply, Inc
Cozad
Grain imports squeeze Soviet economy by draining gold
Soviet Union faces a heavy payments gap from large grain imports including about 2 billion dollars from the United States. Judith Goldich of USDA says Russia has sold gold to fund imports and may offer oil to the U.S. market to offset grain costs. Talks on oil ties to a five year grain deal, with Kissinger cautioning new major deals.
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Don Kendall
Washington
Soviet Union
United States
Agriculture Department
Judith Goldich
Department
Economic Research Service
Russia
U S
Henry A Kissinger
Moscow
Angola
West Germany
France
Italy
Japan
USDA
White House
U.S
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Shawn
Tracy Fulton
Phil Fulton
Western Nebraska Technical College
van de Bovemkamp
Weather Service
McCook
North Omaha
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