Probation for Koncontes in 1974 Sidney Telegraph firebombing
Lonnie L. Kocontes, 17, pleaded guilty to arson and conspiracy in the April 17, 1974 Sidney Telegraph firebombing. Judge John D. Knapp gave three years probation and ordered one third of damages repaid. Character witnesses praised his conduct and support for restoration, with possible school reentry under probation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonnie L. Kocontes
Sidney Telegraph
John D. Knapp
Kocontes
Knapp
Gering
Leland Kovarik
Rocontes
Sidney High School
George Hinn
Sidney High
Hinn
Nebraska
The
Telegraph
Nebraska Press Association
Sidney
Cheyenne Chamber reelects Lienemann and Rowan as leaders
The Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce board re-elected Gene Lienemann as president and Dan Rowan as vice president for a one year term. Directors approved about a 10 percent dues increase and discussed tying the annual meeting to bingo the 1975 membership drive and possible adoption of a Casper plan based dues scale. Ed Cole to study linking the meeting with bingo and to schedule the January event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Lienemann
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Dan Rowan
Ed Cole
Cole
Lienemann
Casper
Wyo
Cold holiday in prediction for Nebraska
The National Weather Service forecast mostly clear skies for Tuesday night and Wednesday and cold temperatures for Nebraska. Lows range from 10 above to mid teens, with New Year’s Day highs from 40 to 45 in the Panhandle and 30s elsewhere. Sleet and light snow in extreme southeastern Nebraska Tuesday caused hazardous highway conditions. Chadron and Alliance reported highs near 44 and a low around five degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Nebraska
National Weather Service
Alliance
Chadron
Improvement group sets Sidney workshop on NCIP benefits
A January 8 Sidney session at Educational Service Unit 14 reviews how communities can maximize NCIP gains. Cochairs Sally McGee and Jerry Lawson lead with support from the Nebraska Department of Economic Development and UNL’s Community Resource and Research Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Nebraska
Educational Service Unit
Toledo St
Sidney Community Improvement Cochairman
Sally McGee
Jerry Lawson
State Department of Economic Development
NCIP
Larry Bare
Department of Economic Development
UNL
College of Architecture
Otto Hoiberg
Lincoln
Omaha
University of Nebraska
Community Resource and Research Center
Chappell Seeks Doctor as Hospital Faces Debt Crisis
Efforts intensify to recruit a resident physician after Dr Tatsumi Nakamura left Chappell for North Platte. The town’s hospital Miller Memorial closed four months ago amid Medicare overpayment disputes and a debt exceeding seventy thousand dollars, prompting a January 16 town hall and a push to raise about seventy six thousand dollars for reopening and two months payroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chappell
Tatsumi Nakamura
North Platte
Nakamura
Allen Klingman
Medicare
Miller Memorial Hospital
Devel County
John Pace
Klingman
Chappell Chamber of Commerce
Scientists propose hangover remedies after New Year’s revelry
Nobel laureates Glenn Seaborg and Linus Pauling offered folk cures in a Monday poll. Seaborg advised olive oil beforehand and rest afterward, while Pauling recommended six grams of Vitamin C prior to drinking and extra if a hangover occurs, even joking to sling the drinking arm the night before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Seaborg
Atomic Energy Commission
Berkeley
Linus Pauling
Stanford University
Pauling
1974 recalls progress and 1975 outlook in Southern Panhandle
A year in review shows prosperity with Sidney’s top Nebraska contest finish, high wheat prices, and Interstate 80 completion, yet cattle feeding costs rise and housing strains persist. School labor talks end in cooperation, vocational education expands under Dr. John Hawse, and new development hopes hinge on Upland land sale and a Holiday Inn project, while local leaders including Gottschalk shift roles and a firebombing incident tests community resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Partsch
Southern
Panhandle
Sidney
Nebraska Community Improvement Program
United Fund
Gurley
Independent Cable Inc
Ep-Ro Manufacturing Co
Sidney Board of Education
Sidney Educator's Association
Southern Panhandle
John Hawse
Missouri
Upland Industries
Union Pacific Railroad
Upland
West
North Platte
Park and
Maynard Dill
Ed Prince
Lee-Ellen Matzke
John Gottschalk
University of Nebraska Board of Regents
Gottschalk
Ed Cole
E. K. Yanney
The
Telegraph Printing Co
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Koncontes
New York
United States
Cheyenne
M.G.P. Nissen
Rose Robinson
Lienemann, Rowan
Western Union Service
Rowan
San Francisco
Cheyenne County
Ray Davis
Potter
National Association of Wheatgrowers
Robert L. Clark
Virginia Smith
John Kuns
Ed Haupt
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