Sidney Housing Survey Captains Briefed In City Meeting
Team captains gathered at City Council Chambers to discuss the Sidney housing survey purpose and recruit five to six volunteers. The project targets the week of February 28 to gauge current housing supply and demand including preferences for newer or larger homes, mobile homes, apartments, or condominiums, and household size. Respondents remain anonymous as surveys are sealed for volunteer collection. A follow up meeting was scheduled for February 23 to distribute surveys.
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City Council Chambers
Sidney
Kay Fix
Community Improvement Council
Fix
City Checks Bedient Filing Status For Council Seat
Alan Bedient a Western Nebraska Technical College teacher filed for a city council seat but his application awaits a ruling on eligibility. City Clerk Gordon Tobin said outside public employment may disqualify him and has asked Attorney Tom Dorwart to review if his WNTC job counts. Bedient, of 1640 10th Ave, will not campaign until eligibility is decided. He said he plans no definite campaign stance yet.
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Alan Bedient
Western Nebraska Technical College
Gordon Tobin
Bedient
Tobin
Tom Dorwart
WNTC
10Th Ave
Leigh Ellen Matzke
Council
Matzke
Ewell Motors
County Officials Debate Vo Tech Financing Fight in Panhandle
At the Panhandle County Officials Association meeting in Scottsbluff, officials heard both sides of the dispute over funding Western Nebraska Technical Community College Area. County Clerk Bob Downer urged shifting higher education funding from property owners to students and families, criticizing a one mill levy. Eight counties joined a lawsuit alleging a Duis amendment violation as eight counties withhold funds pending settlement. Dr William Ptacek said treasurers resist funding, while denying program cuts at St Joseph School of Practical Nursing and Sidney’s Western Nebraska Tech.
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Panhandle
Downer
William Ptacek
College Area
Ptacek
Box Butte County
College
St. Joseph School of Practical Nursing
Sidney
Western Nebraska Technical College
Scottsbluff College
13Th
Illinois Streets
Illinois Street
19Th
20Th Avenues
Safeway
Union Pacific Railroad
All-Nebraska
11Th Avenue
John Plantz
Bob Balfour
Marvel Set To Speak Here At Western Nebraska Bankers
State Senators Richard Marvel and Robert Clark will address the Western Nebraska Bankers Association meeting in Sidney on Tuesday. Marvel seeks the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Lowry Lindell of Sidney chairs the program for this month.
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Richard Marvel
Robert Clark
Nebraska
Sidney
Marvel
Lowry Lindell
Chappell and Hayward Low Rent Units Nearing Completion
Construction on HEW funded elderly and low income housing advances in Chappell and Hayward. Six Chappell units include four singles and one duplex, brick veneer by Don Rice. Hayward site north of the school features eight one bed units and three to four bed units with a shared community facility.
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Marjorie
HEW
Chappell
Don Rice
Bayard
Hayward Street
Hayward
Washington Ave
Second Street
Urappei
Telegraph
Sidney council approves utility rate hike effective March 1
The Sidney City Council on its final reading approved an ordinance raising electric water and sewer charges to boost department income by about 11 percent. The measure follows a two year rate study and aims to address inflation fuel costs and past increases since the last adjustment.
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Sidney
John Baude
Travel Series Explores Tranquil Pacific Vista In Film
The Travel and Adventure Series presents Micronesia America’s Pacific Paradise this Sunday at 2 pm in the Senior High School. Narrator Chris Borden showcases Majuro Callilin Truk Saipan Yap Island and more with underwater scenes WWII relics and a helicopter trek guided by Patti Alverez Miss Guam. Borden’s background includes radio and film work and 22 nationally syndicated projects.
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Pacific Islands
Sidney Business and Professional Womens Club
Micronesia
America’s Pacific Paradise
Chris Borden
Majuro
Callilin
Truk
Patti Alverez
Guam
Yokoi
U.S
Saipan
Banzai Cliff
Emilia Earhart
Bird Island
Suicide Cliff
Yap Island
Rock Islands
Borden
Southern California Film Institute
Animal World
Senate Floor Debate Looms On School Spending Cap
Nebraska lawmakers move LB964 toward floor debate as the Appropriations Committee votes 6-2 to send it to the floor. Gov. Exon supports two percent annual hikes and price index adjustments while a lid provision is dropped from LB772. The plan would keep $55 million in aid for next year and raise to $120 million for 1975 76 with a potential later increase to $165 million being dropped.
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Appropriations Committee
J. James Exon
Jerome Warner
Waverly
Warner
Exon
Clark Bills Get Approval by Legislature
The Legislature approved two bills sponsored by Sen. Robert L. Clark of Sidney LB 609 lets first class city councils meet twice a month LB 611 allows youths nearing 16 to take driver license tests days before their birthdays in a change to exam timing.
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Robert L. Clark
Sidney
Sidney Board Delays Answer On SEA Negotiations
The Sidney Board of Education postponed a decision on SEA recognition and talks after asking for a defined negotiation period. The plan includes a special meeting to discuss teacher evaluations for the 1974-75 year and pending court cases for prior years.
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Sidney Board of Education
Sidney Educators’ Association
the Sea
Carl Cornelius
SEA
Cornelius
State Court of Industrial Relations
Jack Knicely
Ken Moncrief
Sidney Day Care
East Elementary
Parents Advisory Council
Oil and gas activity slows with few new wells in Nebraska Panhandle
Kimball County reports a single producer at the No 21-34 Halstead and five drilling intents filed with the Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. New wells appear in Cheyenne, Scotts Bluff, Morrill, and other counties with Exeter Drilling and Exploration and Bob Drilling, Inc contracting for multiple J sand depth probes and tests.
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Panhandle
Halstead
Kimball County
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
W Drilling, Inc
Inter-American Oil Co
Cheyenne County
R D Brew
Triangle J Oil
Thompson
Scotts Bluff County
Sage Oil Company
Exeter Drilling and Exploration Company
Exeter
Morrill County
Noonan
GAO Finds Grain Firms Lacked Inside Word On Russia Sale
GAO report on 1972 wheat exports to Russia shows six exporters may not have had inside information or did not exploit it. Five cooperated. Louis Dreyfus refused. Profits ranged from two cents gain to 1.9 cents loss per bushel across 316 million sold. GAO deemed reports reasonably accurate and fair.
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Russia
General Accounting Office
GAO
John Melcher
D-Mont
The
Accounting Office
Congress
Louis Dreyfus Corp
Associated Press
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Terry Carpenter
Scottsbluff
Sens
Harold Simpson
Lincoln and
Ramey
C Whitney
David Stahmer
Omaha
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Hastings
Clark
Raymond Oil Co
Andz& S Construction
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Bob Drilling, Inc
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K. R. Koppel
John Ashline
Anthony
Chick) Minko
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