Amended Bill Seeks State‑Run Tech Community Colleges
Nebraska Education Committee hears LB615 amendments to overhaul the state tech college system. The proposal consolidates several campuses into a single statewide board run system, eliminates local property taxes, and creates advisory boards with governor appointments. Supporters argue for coordinated funding. opponents warn of overreach and budget shifts.
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Nebraska
Terry Carpenter
Carpenter
North Platte Junior College
Technical College
Eastern Area Community College
Omaha
State Technical Community College Board
Nebraska State College Board
Board of Regents
University of Nebraska
Technical Community College
State Board of Technical Community Colleges
Sidney
Robert Clark
Sidney Telegraph
Clark
Area Board
Texas
Central Nebraska Technical College
Fairbury Junior College
Lincoln Technical Community College
McCook Junior College
North Platte Technical Community College
Nebraska Technical College
Nebraska Western College
Northeast Nebraska Technical Community College
Omaha Metropolitan Technical Community College
Platte College
Western Nebraska Technical College
County Plans Planning Commission and Road Project Bids
Cheyenne County Commissioners meet in regular session Tuesday to consider forming a county planning commission, accept bids on corrugated metal pipe and other highway equipment, and appoint an aging committee. They aim to name nine planning board members this month and work with a planning firm on a comprehensive plan. Joyce Purtzer will discuss aging committee. Oren Cox and Darrell Johnson will talk longevity pay. Don Tedesco will seek an AG opinion on county funds for Western Nebraska Tetical Community College LB 615 and a one mill levy dispute. The meeting opens at a.m. to the public.
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Cheyenne County
Joyce Purtzer
Area Agency On Aging
Oren Cox
Darrell Johnson
Don Tedesco
Tedesco
Western Nebraska Tetical Community College Board
Robert Simmons
Panhandle
Recent Enlistments Up Sidney Guard Strength
The Sidney National Guard unit has risen from 75 percent to over 80 percent of its authorized strength. Adjutant General Francis Winner said the Sidney unit is among three that increased strength in two months, with Hastings, Norfolk, and Sidney improving manpower posture as armory renovations proceed including air conditioning, shielding, roof work, and exterior touch-ups.
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Sidney National Guard
Adj
Francis Winner
Winner
Sidney
Hastings
Norfolk
Wol Marion Gunderson
Knapp and Burke Nominated for District Judge Vacancy
Governor J James Exon said the nineteenth judicial nominating commission sent John D Knapp and George Burke for appointment to the Kimball Cheyenne and Devel counties district judge vacancy created by Judge John Kuns retirement. Appointment due within sixty days.
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J. James Exon
John D. Knapp
George Burke
Nineteenth Judicial Nominating Commission
John Kuns
Knapp
Burke
Kimball
Cheyenne
Devel
Survey on reestablishing Chicago to Los Angeles rail service
iM. J. Mike Arts of the Council and Bettis of the Western Association Rail Passenger examine returns from Illinois Iowa Nebraska Wyoming Idaho Oregon Utah Nevada and California. The questionnaire from The Sidney Telegraph forms part of a study on reviving passenger rail between Chicago and Los Angeles and Portland along the Chicago Northwestern and Union Pacific lines.
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Im. J
Mike’’ Arts
Th Carrem
Iewa Chamber of Commerce
Wees
Bettis
Western Association
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Wyoming
Idaho
Oregon
Utah
Nevada
California
Sidney Telegraph
Chicago
Los Angeles
Portland
Chicago Northwestern
Union Pacific
Rate Discussions in State Senate on Senior Transport Bill
The Senate debates a bill to exempt senior citizen transport from regulation and set a 10 cent fare cap. Omaha Senator Mahoney pushes a 10 cent limit while others fear state subsidies. some propose free fares or reimbursements. The measure advances with the 10 cent amendment likely to be reconsidered later.
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Public Service Commission
Robert Clark
Clark
Sidney
Omaha
Eugene Mahoney
Mahoney
Lincoln
Incomes Rise Sharply in Southern Panhandle Counties
The Nebraska Bureau of Business Research reports Cheyenne County per capita income rose from 2238 to 4164 since 1969, a 108 percent gain, surpassing US and state growth. Neighboring Deuel County jumped 225 percent from 1961 to 1971, while Kimball rose 84 percent. Nebraska ranks 22nd nationally in per capita income.
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Cheyenne County
Cnrvennry
Nebraska
Bureau of Business Research
U.S. Department of Commerce
Devel County
Kimball County
Prince's Resignation Submitted to City Council
City Manager Ed Prince submitted his resignation to the council citing personal reasons and planning to leave March 15 to take a regional planning commission post as a circuit riding manager for several South Georgia communities. He cited distance to a suitable university for his wife’s graduate studies and the council paused recruitment to discuss successors.
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Ed Prince
The
Prince
Fice
Regional Planning Commission
South Georgia
PGI
Jack Lowe
Sandra
John Baudek
Marietta
Petitions Seek End to Sidney City Manager System
Petitions calling for repeal of the city manager form and adoption of a mayor commission government circulate in Sidney. Signers aim to submit the change to voters in a forthcoming election, with legal timing and ballot rules outlined by state law and city clerks.
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Sidney
Nebraska
Robert Hossle
Nebraska City
Higher Oil Prices Trigger New Nebraska Drilling
Nebraska oil and gas officials warn supply will stay tight for years amid President Nixon’s energy plans. Six new wildcat drillings are filed across Panhandle counties in response to record high crude prices, including No 1 Walsh in Cheyenne and multiple Banner County sites.
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Gail Bergstad
Jack Fish
Nebraska Oil & Gas Commission
Nixon
Fish
United States
Sidney
America
Panhandle
Cheyenne County
Dorough and Borchert
Walsh
B.W. Drilling, Inc
Sioux County
Mountain Petroleum
Birdsall
Swsw
Cadell
Dundy County
Murfin Drilling Co
Sam G. Harrison
Murfin Drilling
Brosius
Banner County
Tom Jordan
Vesta Johnson
Pike, Et al. Gear Drilling Co
Fink
CNE NW
Manhunt Seeks Gunman After Oshkosh Assault
Oshkosh sheriffs say a Garden County couple endured a 16 hour assault with the wife raped and bound and the husband bound before escaping injury. Descriptions matched Robert Earl Fritz a 34 year old escapee from the Nebraska Penal Complex who fled with about 40 to 50 dollars in a pickup. Investigators hunted across several states as Fritz remained at large.
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Oshkosh
Bill Kiesel
Garden County
Associated Press
Kiesel
Robert Earl Fritz
Nebraska
Fritz
Ruben V Mellenbruch
Hiawatha Kan
Nebraska Penal Complex
Mellenbruch
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Planning Commission
Sidney Guard
Knapp, Burke
Ree
Carpenter-Mahoney
Richard Proud
Proud
Glen Goodrich
John Elwell
Elizabeth Ruttner
Southern
Colorado
South Dakota
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