Rehabilitation facility eyed as half million dollar project
Nebraska Education Department drafts a feasibility plan to turn surplus Sioux Army Depot property into a vocational rehabilitation facility serving multiple disabilities. Starting modestly at about 250000 for two years, the program could rise to 500000 annually, boosting local payroll and services and affecting the regional economy. A Lincoln meeting February 9 will outline guidelines, legislative needs, and cooperation with Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School, with Sidney leaders in attendance.
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Nebraska Department of Education
Sioux Army Depot
Nebraska
Sidney Trade Trad
Lincoln
Division of Rehabilitation Services
Department of Education
Sioux
John W. Lucbs
Division of Rehabiliation Services
Lucbs
Falls In
Sidney Telegraph
Floyd Miller
Vocational Technical School
Sidney
George Felsch
Merle Rudebusch
Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School
80 Pupils Served At Tech Unit
The Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School at Sidney serves eighty students in day and night classes. Forty enrolled for night classes, with total enrollment expected to reach 200 to 250 in the next year. Night students come from Bridgeport Kimball Sidney Lodgepole Gurley Dalton and Potter. Most popular class is automobile tune up and drafting also draws strong interest. The school at Sioux Army Depot is in its second term and seeks a $600,000 state budget for the next biennium supplemented by federal funds.
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Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School
Sidney
Merle Rudebusch
Rudebusch
Bridgeport
Kimball
Lodgepole
Gurley
Dalton
Potter
Vo-Tech
Sioux Army Depot
Nebraska
Legion Post 17 Receives State Membership Citation
Sidney Legion Post 17 received a state membership citation at the 34th State American Legion and Auxiliary convention in Hastings. Attendees included Commander Floyd Sanks and Mrs. Sanks. speakers included LaVerne Ellis Lincoln and National Commander John E. Davis. Reports covered rehabilitation service, schools, Americanism and Youth Work.
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Sidney
American Legion and Auxiliary
Hastings
Carl Crouse
John Underdown
Charles Willey
Floyd Sanks
Sanks
Legion Post 17
Department of Education
John E. Davis
Bismarck
N.D
Cheyenne County Road Hearing Set for February 21
The annual Cheyenne County road hearing will be held Tuesday February 21 at 3 p.m. in the courthouse commissioners room. Commissioners will schedule road work and equipment purchases for the year by priority.
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Cheyenne County
Funeral Homes End Ambulance Service in Cheyenne County
Two Cheyenne County funeral homes announce ending private ambulance service on March 15 due to new federal rules. W E Gehrig Sr of Gehrig Funeral Home and Bob Holechek of Craig Holechek Funeral Home say Medicare standards wage hours safety rules and costs make service unfeasible. They note many towns already stopped and suggest county take over with fire and police rescue units.
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W. E. Gehrig Sr
Gehrig & Son Funeral Home
Bob Holechek
Craig-Holechek Funeral Home
Gehrig
Mr. Holechek
Telegraph
Cheyenne County
W. EE. Gehrig Sr
Gehrig Funeral Home
Funeral Home
Cheyennne County
Dalton
Gurley
Sidney
Income Tax Aid Series Debuts On ETV Tonight
Nebraska Educational Television starts a weekly half hour program in cooperation with the Internal Revenue Service. Seen on Channel 13 KTNE Alliance at 7:30 pm. Tonight covers farm tax tips with future topics on data processing 1040A and 1040 forms and Q and A.
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Nebraska Educational Television Network
Internal Revenue Service
Channel
Ktne-Tv
Alliance
Kiwanis Stars Show Entries Due By Feb 14
Deadline for Sidney Kiwanis Club Stars of Tomorrow entries is Tuesday February 14. Mail entries to 1835 Jackson or obtain blanks from The Sidney Telegraph, Cheyenne County schools, or by calling 254-9421. The show is scheduled for Sunday March 9 at the Sidney Junior High School Auditorium with tickets going on sale next week.
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Sidney Kiwanis Club
Stars of Tomorrow
Jackson
Sidney Telegraph
Cheyenne County
Sidney Junior High School
Sidney Board Approves New Wage Scale For Teachers
The Sidney Board of Education backs SB448 state aid for local schools and approves a stepped up teacher salary plan. The measure could raise district funds to about 500,000 annually with potential mill levy shifts and a 1967 68 budget rise of 56,910. The new base pay goes from 4,920 to 5,300 with higher scales for advanced degrees.
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Sidney Board of Education
Sidney
Nebraska
Sons, Warner, Waldron, Pedersen, Payne
Ely
Moulton
School Foundation
Education Committee
Board of Education
Teachers Welfare Committee
Blue Shield
Sioux Army Depot
Russell Pederson
George Hinn
William Frankhauser
Ted Tillotson
Panhandle forecast shows warm trend with light snow chance
Fair and warmer tonight and Thursday morning. Increasing clouds Thursday afternoon. Low tonight 15 25, high Thursday near 50. Precipitation probability under five percent. Five day outlook calls for near normal temperatures through Monday with frequent changes highs around 40 and lows 10 to 20. Occasional snow possible toward week end and again early next week. Courtesy Frontier Airlines.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Sidney to send 20 to WMCC meeting in Alliance
About twenty Sidney residents will attend the Western Nebraska United Chambers of Commerce session in Alliance on Thursday. Sidney Chamber Manager Ron Mercer said twenty reservations were made. Attending will be three Nebraska lawmakers and Governor Tiemann’s chief aide, plus M. J. Graham, former Alliance chamber manager and Retail Merchants president. The agenda includes a real estate reappraisal repeal proposal tied to grazing land values set earlier by the Board of Equalization.
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Sidney
Alliance
Western
Nebraska United Chambers of Commerce
Ron Mercer
WMCC
Nebraska
Norbert Tiemann
Tie
M. J. Graham
Lincoln
Alliance Chamber
Retail Merchants Association of Nebraska
Board of Equalization Action
Sand Hills
High Plains Agricultural Lab to Be Operated by NU
OSHKOSH plans for the High Plains Agricultural Laboratory to be run by the University of Nebraska as a satellite of Scotts Bluff Station were outlined by Dr. Ottoson. The project seeks 2,400 acres on the former Sioux Army Depot site with a brick building, two warehouses and 14 silos, lease to run through February 1968, plus plans to convert 320 acres of crested wheat grass to crops in 1967-68.
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Oshkosh
High Plains Agricultural Laboratory
University of Nebraska
Scotts Bluff Station
Howard Ottoson
Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station
Ottoson
Sioux Army
Western Nebraska Organized Agriculture
Cheyenne County Rad
Lower
Panhandle
University
Cheyenne
North Platte
Sioux
Army
General Services Administration
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
University Ottoson
High Plains Laboratory
Bcotts
Help Sought for Sidney Centennial Edition
The Sidney Telegraph calls for reader help to assemble material for a Centennial edition. It seeks photographs and historical items tied to western Nebraska settlement and Sidney’s development since 1867, offering fire proof storage and return of originals.
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Sidney Telegraph
Panhandle
Nebraska
Sidney
Telegraph
Cancer Sunday Set for April 16 in Cheyenne County
Don Tedesco announces Cancer Sunday on April 16 in Cheyenne County. A one day residential fundraising drive was planned at a workers and county committee meeting. Mrs S J Simmerman will chair with Mrs Marion Whitaker as co chair and VFW Auxiliary members assist. A workshop for volunteers is slated for April 4 at Fort Sidney Motor Hotel with materials distributed then. Bill Boston of Scottsbluff praised county efforts and urged focus on memorials. The committee plans a Centennial Fair parade float and a booth at the fairgrounds. Drive carefully.
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Don Tedesco
Cheyenne County
S. J. Simmerman
Marion Whitaker
Cochairman
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Bill Boston
Scottsbluff
Nebraska Cancer Society
Fairgrounds
Nebraska Grid Joins Nationwide Power Network
A switch completed the final closure linking the Platte Valley Public Power and Irrigation District with the NPPS system. The North Platte connection costs about 250000 dollars and has a 150000 to 170000 kilowatt capacity, aiding stability of NPPS power flows for eastern Nebraska and Lincoln sized cities.
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Platte
North Platte
Stegall
Sidney
Consumers and
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Agency
Lincoln
Homer Loutzenheiser
Platte District
NPPS
County's Wheat Acreage Largest in 1967
Cheyenne County tops all counties for wheat planted in 1967 with 228,860 acres, per a Tuesday release by the State Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics. Perkins County is second with 180,450 acres and Kimball County is third at 171,440.
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Cheyenne
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Perkins County
Kimeball County
Dusty Rhodes to reenact historic night air mail flight
Nebraska Centennial Commission outlines plans for a February 22 reenactment from North Platte to Omaha. Harlan N. Rhodes, 40, known as Dusty Rhodes, will pilot a Brunner-Winkle Bird BK in a 100 mph flight with bonfires guiding the route and radio support from Nebraska Amateur Radio Operators.
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Dusty
Rhodes
Air Mail
Nebraska
Nebraska Centennial Commission
North Platte
Omaha
Harlan N
Dusty’ Rhodes
Sidney
Nebraska OJ and Gas Conservation Commission
Chicago
Ottumwa
Iowa
Lincoln
Maxwell
Brady
Gothenburg
Cozad
Lexington
Overton
Elm Creek
Kearney
Gibbon
Shelton
Wood River
Alda
Grand Island
Chapman
Central City
Clarks
Silver Creek
Duncan
Columbus
Schuyler
North Bend
Fremont
Platte River
Jack Knight
Frontier
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Funeral Homes
Kiwanis Stars
Sidney Board
Sidney Levy
Knight
Yager
Wayne
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
United Western Mining Co
British- American Oil Producing Co
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Antique Airplane Assn
American Institute of Mining Engineers
Society of Petroleum Engineers
National Society of Professional Engineers
American Association For the Advancement of Science
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