Low Bidder Named To Build Sidney Electric Sub-Station
The Howard Electric Co of Denver won the bid at 1 139 000 for a new sub-station north of Sidney to tie into state high voltage lines. REA approval required. construction about ninety days after materials arrive. The project supports a 230kv line from Sidney to the Scottsbluff area, boosting local power supply and jobs.
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Sidney
Howard Electric Co
Denver
Bureau of Reclamation
Rural Electric Administration
Washington
Scottsbluff
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Assn
REA
Nebraska
Irby Construction Co
Jackson
Miss
Sidney- Stegall
Wyoming Line
North Platte
C. H. Guernsey Co
Oklahoma City
Larry Gerondale
Farm Bureau push to end state property tax gathering signatures
Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation launches a statewide petition drive to place a ballot measure on November 8 banning state property taxes. Organizers target 80 000 signatures to cover possible removals, with 57 000 needed, across 38 counties led from Sidney. Key figures compare tax burdens on farmers versus nonfarm residents and defend a three-base tax system including income and sales taxes.
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Nebraska
Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Sidney
Jaycee Legion Club Rooms
Cheyenne
Garden
Deuel
Kimball
Morrill
Banner
Chase
Lincoln
Eldon Schnoor
Richard Goodding
Schnoor
Wheat Growers
Grange
Farmers Union
Goodding
University of Nebraska
Sarpy
George Heumann
Cheyenne County Farm Bureau
Unit 19 Board Is Appointed No Sidney Members Included
Gov. Frank Morrison announces appointments to administer Educational Service Unit 19 covering Cheyenne Garden Devel and Kimball counties with no Sidney representation. Names include E. K. Yanney Lodgepole Dean Hunter Lorenzo Ellis Hickman Kimball Delmont Splitter Big Springs Ron Maas Potter Dean Scheele Dix Tom Olson Lisco Wayne Peterson Chappell.
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Frank Morrison
Cheyenne
Garden
Devel
Kimball
Sidney
Unit 19
E. K. Yanney
Lodgepole
Dean Hunter
Lorenzo
Ellis Hickman
Delmont Splitter
Big Springs
Ron Maas
Potter
Dean Scheele
Dix
Tom Olson
Lisco
Wayne Peterson
Chappell
Lorenzo and Sunol Schools Placed on State Probation
Forty seven small Nebraska high schools including Lorenzo and Sunol face probation by the State Board of Education for not meeting minimum standards set last year. McGrew and Melbeta are among others under probation. schools must meet standards by next term or lose state approval and risk closure.
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Nebraska
Lorenzo
Sunol
State Board of Education
McGrew
Melbeta
State Board
Education Department
Melvin Olson
Morrison to Run for Senate Says Sidney Telegraph
The Sidney Telegraph predicts Gov. Frank Morrison will announce Friday at 4 p m that he will challenge Sen. Carl T Curtis for the United States Senate. The paper promises an apology if wrong and crowing if correct.
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Sidney Telegraph
Frank Morrison
Carl T. Curtis
United States Senate
Four Petitions Circulated for City Council Seats
City Clerk Gordon Tobin announced petitions have been filed for four candidates seeking three city council vacancies. Named contenders are Robert Hossle Benny Hochman Wayne Bauerkemper and David W Young. Petitions due by Feb 12 with runoff possible in March if more than six are nominated. otherwise the general city election in April will decide.
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Gordon Tobin
Robert Hossle
Benny Hochman
Ferris Preble
Wayne Bauerkemper
David W. Young
Two New Wells To Be Drilled In Filon and Tabler Fields
Petroleum Inc plans a No 2 AndersoneC well in the Filon oil field north of Potter with Stuartco Drilling Co as contractor Enbrook Oil and Gas Co plans a No 1 Tabler well west of Sidney in the 22-14-50 block with Kim ark Exploration Co hired as contractor.
Sidney Praised by Rural Youth of Nebraska
Ernie Prigge vice-president reports in a letter to Mayor C. B. Dorwart that Sidney’s hospitality impressed the Rural Youth organization of Nebraska during the recent state convention held in the city.
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Rural Youth Organization of
Nebraska
Sidney
Ernie Prigge
C. B. Dorwart
Labor Need Shows Rise In January
A January labor report from Francis Hiner of the Nebraska Department of Labor Sidney office notes area labor supply down modestly versus last year while demand rose. Forty eight individuals were referred and hired with just over 55 percent in fulltime jobs. Cold weather boosted unemployment compensation claims, though total claims remain well below last January.
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Francis Hiner
Sidney
Nebraska Department of Labor
Division of Employment
Soviet Escapee To Speak Here In Sid ney Friday
A former Latvian prisoner of the Russians will speak in Sidney Friday at two public meetings. Peter Turins will address teens via the Teen-Age Republicans and the Federation of Republican Women's Clubs at the high school at 1 15 p m and at the First Methodist Church at 7 30 p m.
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Sidney
Peter Turins
Federation of Republican Women’s Clubs
First Methodist
Reagan to Speak at Founders Day in Lincoln
Ronald Reagan Republican candidate for California governorship will headline the 1966 Republican Founders Day in Lincoln on March 26. The event expects about 2,500 party workers from across the state. Reagan, a former movie actor, has been a top GOP speaker and backed by Senator Carl Curtis influenced his Nebraska appearance.
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Ronald Reagan
California
Lincoln
Phil Gottschalk
Sidney
Phyliss Laineson
Hastings
Lowell Hummel
Fairbury
Marilyn Hasselbach
Reagan
Busekist Promoted in State Patrol to Lieutenant
Col. Dan Casey announces Mel Busekist of Sidney promoted from Sergeant to Lieutenant in the Nebraska Safety Patrol. He will move to Scottsbluff as assistant to Capt. M. R. Lambert, who becomes head of the new Scottsbluff area headquarters.
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Dan Casey
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Mel Busekist
Sidney
Busekist
Scottsbluff
M. R. Lambert
Lambert
Busckist
Telegraph
Allan Anderson
Chappell
Don Dodson
Kimball
Felix Koenig
Paul Manley
Bob Cook
John Oliver
Busexist
North Platte
County filings slow. March 11 deadline set
County offices face a March 11 filing deadline, with May 10 primary and Nov 8 general elections. Incumbent Ralph Englert is the only candidate for County Clerk, while offices show limited challenger activity in treasurer, sheriff, district court clerk, superintendent of schools, and county commission. Several incumbents seek re election, with a few Republicans and Democrats filing.
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Cheyenne
Ralph Englert
Englert
Mable Jorgenson
John Underdown
Milt Nissen
Kermit Brumbaugh
Jack Curless
E. H. Henkle
I. A. Caldwell
Sundl
Calves Bring 32 Hogs Peak At 28
Dave Truss of Sidney Livestock Sales Pavilion reports a strong hog market with fat hogs and replacements in demand. At the recent Saturday sale hogs topped 28 per hundred, feeder pigs 31 per head, calves 32, cows 20.70 high and 15.50 to 19 in bulk, with purebred bulls 280 to 335. Next sale is Saturday Feb 12.
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Dave Truss
Sidney Livestock Sales
Truss
Panhandle Weather Forecast From Frontier Airlines
Fair to night and Thursday with lows 5 to 15 degrees and Thursday highs 30 to 40 degrees. Five day outlook shows near normal temperatures with mostly small daily changes, highs 35 to 40 and lows 10 to 15, scattered snow through Saturday, generally fair Sunday and Monday.
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Frontier Airlines
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State Farm Bureau
Fritz Krause
Alliance
D. O. Larson
Hay Springs
Allen Alderman
Chadron
James Macken
Bridgeport
Donald Hansen
Hemingford
Edmund Hollstein
Rushville
Floyd E. Ramsey
Crawford
Madelyn Elder
Bayard
Harold Skavdahl
Harrison
Lowell Wilks
7Th Ave
William Hickman
Mitchell
Ralph Anderson
Harrisburg
Robert Pahl
Virl Davis
Gering
George Brown
Cheyenne County
Federal Aviation Agency
Dave Ells
Dalton
Don Dey Ermand
Henry Jenik
George Coulter Sr
Highway Patrol
Ivan Liljegren
Sterling
Morrison
Senate
Peter Taurins
Mel Busekst
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