Flu Epidemic Strikes Sidney Area With High Absences
A small influenza outbreak has hit Sidney causing high school and junior high absenteeism with 90 to 100 students out on Monday and Tuesday. Elementary schools report near normal rates, while St Patrick's High shows no unusual rise. Doctors describe a cold like illness with deep cough and high fever up to 103 104, recovery ranging from three days to two weeks.
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Sidney
Sidney Junior High
Sidney Senior High
Mary Jane Echternach
Echternach
St Patrick's High School
Bernie Ruybal
Sidneyites
Carl Cornelius
Sidney Memorial Hospital
Darold Hendee
Cornelius
London
Wheat discovery seen as boost for prices
Far-Mar-Co Inc announced a process to separate wheat into gluten starch bran and germ without major damage. The breakthrough could raise wheat value dramatically and unlock uses beyond food including herbicides plastics and lubricants. Researchers estimate a bushel could rise from 2 to 108, aided by grants and support from Wheat Growers, Wheat Commission and the National Wheat Institute.
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Hutchinson
Far-Mar-Co Inc
Far-Mar-Co
Wayne E. Henry
Henry
Kansas Association of Wheat Growers
Kansas Wheat Commission
EL “Shug” Hatcher
National Wheat Institute Washington
Jim Gunn
Wheat Growers Group
Thayer Named Alternate in Sidney High Regents Winner List
University of Nebraska announces James Thayer as an alternate winner for Sidney High School Regents. Thayer, son of Dr and Mrs Thayer, joins seven previous alternate winners and plans to study engineering or medicine, with college choices pending.
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Sidney High School
University of Nebraska
James Thayer
Thayer
Panhandle Weather Forecast Quiet, Partly Cloudy This Week
Fair today with lows 20 to 25 and light northwest winds. Tonight near 20 to 25, then Thursday looks warmer with highs upper 40s to lower 50s and near zero precipitation. Friday to Sunday generally fair with weekend highs near 50 and regional variations.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Sidney Schools Close Monday for In Service Program
Sidney Public Schools will not hold classes Monday as teachers participate in an in service program related to accreditation preparations for next year.
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Sidney Public Schools
Local Retail Sales Trail State's Pace In November
Nebraska's dollar volume index rose 22 points from Oct to Nov 1972, outpacing the national 1 point gain. From 1971 to 1972 Nebraska's index is 114 percent higher, while the national index is up 97 percent.
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Business In
Nebraska
Bureau of Business Research
University of Nebraska- Lincoln
Kimball
Cheyenne
Devel
Alliance-Chadron
South
Sioux City
Easter Drive Plans At VFW Auxiliary Meeting
The Ladies Auxiliary to Post 610 VFW discussed an Easter raffle of four hams to aid fundraising for Mrs Marion Whitaker as state VFW Auxiliary president for 1973 74. Drawings occur at a Spring Smorgasbord before the April meeting with top raffle ticket seller receiving a gift.
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Ladies Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Marion Whitaker
VIFW
Auxiliary
American Legion
Cliff Wolf
Lexington
Glenn Grossman
Grand Island
Betty Crocker
VEW
Eton Rapids
Mich
Districte
Voice of Democracy
Girls Style
Western Nebraska Technical College
Memorial Hospital Magazine
Deidie Quillen
Dix
Heart-A-Thon Planned by Cheyenne County Heart Association
The Cheyenne County Heart Association schedules a Heart-A Thon Sunday at the Sidney Elks Club from 1 to 9 p.m. Music by three bands and doctor Q A on heart disease will unfold. Lee Spieker invites public contributions by phone or in person and says KSID will broadcast the event.
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Cheyenne County Heart Association
Sidney Elks Club
Lee Spieker
Spieker
KSID
Dalton Phone Firm Plans Improvements
The Dalton Telephone Co Inc seeks a $995,000 Rural Electrification loan and rate increases to add direct dial service to Lodgepole subscribers, bury cables in Dalton Gurley and Lodgepole, and upgrade the system. President Lowell Swanson says plans include eliminating two party lines and multi party rural hook ups some with as many as 20 subscribers per line. The request awaits action by the state Public Services Commission.
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Dalton Telephone Co Inc
Lodgepole
Dalton, Gurley
Lowell Swanson
Rural Electrification Association
State Public Services Commission
Fascination car ad draws 200 inquiries nationwide
Highway Aircraft Corp owner Paul Lewis says a national ad for the Fascination automobile has generated more than 200 letters and calls. The car, designed by Lewis, will be manufactured in Sidney and assembled on Egging Co. frames in Gurley, with 2,000 U S dealerships planned in the coming months and some cars due within 90 days. The Fascination is on display at the New Orleans NADA convention.
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Fascination Automobile
Paul Lewis
Highway Aircraft Corp
Sidney
Lewis
Cheyenne County
Highway Aircraft
Sidney Warehousing and Industrial Sites Inc
Egging Co
Gurley Lewis
Fascination
Automotive News
U.S
National Automotive Dealers Association
New Orleans
Commissioners OK Joint Jail Move for Sidney Police
Cheyenne County commissioners approve housing the Sidney Police Department in the County Courthouse to provide 24 hour guard for jail fire safety. City Council action expected Monday. Radio dispatcher will serve as guard. move tied to fire marshal order. Road improvement programs for next fiscal year approved. South 11th Street work may be accelerated. Project includes curb gutter roadway to Summitt Drive and I 80 access via Hth Avenue.
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Cheyenne County Commissioners
Sidney
Robert Hossle
South 1Th St
Summitt Dr
Hth Ave
City 5
Davis cites farming as U.S. balance of payments plus
Ray Davis of Potter, new National Wheat Growers president, told Nebraska growers in Ogallala that agriculture is the major plus in the U.S. balance of payments but recent admin moves could harm the economy. He urged farmers to testify in Midwest hearings on 1973 farm bills and noted CCC's 12 billion bushels wheat release strained prices and rail facilities.
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Ray Davis
Potter
National Wheat Growers Association
Ogallala
Davis
Nebraska Wheat Growers Association
Ramada Inn
Bulz
Washington
Midwest
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Airport OKs $2 Head Tax on Passengers at Lee Bird Field
The North Platte Airport Authority approved a resolution imposing a $2 head tax on each person boarding a commercial flight at Lee Bird field. The tax takes effect March 1 to fund enhanced security systems and FAA certification requirements.
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North Platte Airport
Elk Of The Year Honors Buck Glassburn At Sidney Lodge
Buck Glassburn was named Elk Of The Year by the Sidney Elks Lodge on Monday. Exalted Ruler John Ward and District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler Bob Wait presented the award.
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Buck Glassburn
Sidney Elks Lodge
John Ward
Bob Wait
Midwestern Farmers Press for Soil and Water Funds in Congress
Farmers groups urged the House Agriculture Committee to require availability of funds for rural water and waste programs, saying the administration has impounded grants. Spokesmen noted the program’s value to areas with limited loan capacity and criticized funding withholding as undermining Congress’s intent.
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House
Farmers Home Administration
House Agriculture Committee
Midcontinent Farmers Association
Columbia Mo
Carpenter
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Ilinois
States
Congress
James Farley
Farley, Mo
Public Water Supply District No 2
Platte County
WR Poage
D-Tex
Poage
Nixon
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Sidney Area
Vernon Renshaw
Monthly Review
Outlook
Renshaw
Gurley
VFW
Leona Butterfield
Vetco
S.J. Simmerman
Alex Worster
Marvin Loewe
Butterfield
Kenneth Gipfert
Roger Kenton
Dorothy Woolf
Heart Drive
Dalton
Commissioners OK
U.S. Agriculture
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