State Tax Plans Face Scrutiny in Fiscal Analyst Report
The fiscal analyst Eldin Ehrlich issued a partial recommendation calling for 184 million in appropriations excluding higher education, with a proposed 25 percent sales tax and 13 percent of federal income tax to fund budget needs. The Board of Equalization cut income tax to 11 percent, while the governor favors 13 percent. The Legislature weighs bills to set tax rates and boost aid to local schools.
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Legislative
Board of
Eldin Ehrlich
Board of Equalization
Nebraska Votes to Stay in Step with Nation on Daylight Time
Unicom vote approves daylight saving time with clocks set ahead Sunday. Nebraska will align with federal year around time. Cheyenne and Deuel counties maintain local schedules while schools weigh changes. The one house legislature backed the federal order but debated moving eastern and central Nebraska to mountain time.
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Nebraska
Cheyenne County
Deuel County
Chappell
Sub-Zero Temperatures Dominate Weather Scene
Unusually cold conditions grip the Sidney area with readings from 23 degrees below zero to eight above. The National Weather Service cites arctic air mass and high pressure over Kansas as the cause. Lows may fall to five to ten below tonight with continued frigid weather through Saturday and a chance of light snow.
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Sidney
National Weather Service
Scottsbluff
High Plains Agricultural Lab
Kansas
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Oil Activity Increases Across Panhandle Counties
The new year brings more drilling intents in Nebraska panhandle. Cheyenne County reports new locations and a seven barrels per hour discovery by W T Waggoner Estate and Gear Drilling Co. One dry hole No 1 Flora by X-O Exploration. Kimball County shows no intents. Banner and Morrill counties announce multiple new wildcat locations.
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Panhandle
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Cheyenne County
W T Waggoner Estate and Gear Drilling Co
X-O Exploration
National Oil and Petro-Search
Banner County
Sundance Oil Co
Rathman
Richard Ash and Gear Drilling Co
Wynne
Morrill County
Grande Crude
B W Drilling, Inc
Vanderbilt Resources and Gear Drilling Co
Hats Plunk Into Ring in Nebraska 1974 Elections
Southern Panhandle voters face wide field as many incumbents debate 1974 campaigns. Notables Nixon Hruska Clark Narjes avoid reelection while Third District US House seat opens after Dave Martin retirement. Local races include Sidney city council three terms expiring and school board terms extended to 1975 due to 1973 law changes.
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Richard Nixon
Roman Hruska
Robert L Clark
Ed Narjes
Panhandle
U.S Senate
Hruska
Nebraska
Clark
State House
Lincoln
House of Representatives
Dave Martin
Southern Panhandle
Haven Smith
Chappell
Joel Wiens
Kimball
Cheyenne County
Robert Hossle
Elva Davison
Mabel Portz
Nissen
Don Tedesco
Kermit Brumbaugh
Caldwell
Kenneth Rose
George Bailey
Sidney
John Gottschalk
Ed Haupt
Tom Kokjer
Vince Maliszewski
Ed Bauman
Neil Allison
Jack Knicely
Bob Cook
Elizabeth Young
Russell Pedersen
Carl Cornelius
John Platz
Western Nebraska Technical Community College Area Board
Exon
HC Q Nelson
William G Kelley
Max Hensley
Nelson
the Telegraph
Kelley
Hensley
Wheatbelt Public Power District
Educational Service Unit 14
The
Natural Resources District Board
Cheyenne County Noxious Weed Control District Board
County Officials Set Salary Hikes for 1975
County officials will receive a four year cost of living based pay rise starting in 1975. Commissioners raise their salaries from 3600 to 4350 while the clerk treasurer sheriff assessor and county attorney rise from 7500 to 9600. District Court clerk will earn 8800 in 1975, and the public defender position remains vacant.
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Robert Hossle
Cost of
Hessle
Schools ESU Get U S Grant for career ed program
After a presentation by ESU Administrator William G Kelley, Sidney School Superintendent Russell Pedersen and St Patrick's High School Superintendent Frank Hoelck announced a $1000 mini grant to develop a career education curriculum. The grant is one of 16 submitted and one of nine funded under Title III innovative programs, fully federally financed.
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ESU
William G Kelley
Sidney
Russell Pedersen
St Patrick's High
Frank Hoelck
Elementary and Secondary Education Administration
Pedersen
Meals On Wheels Program Established At Dalton
A Dalton steering committee formed to launch a Meals on Wheels service with Mrs Harry Noonan as chair and volunteers already being lined up. The group plans mid January delivery and invites donations and recipient referrals, with Mrs Gillespie and Mrs Warren coordinating volunteers and deliveries. Mrs Neal Craig from the Nebraska Panhandle Community Action Agency attended to assist.
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Dalton
The
Royal Room
Harry Noonan
Helen Borges
Jim, White
Leon Gillespie
Melvin Warren
Gillespie
Warren
White
Neal Craig
Sidney Field
Nebraska
New County ASC Committee Begins Work Under Farm Act
The Cheyenne County ASC committee begins administering the 1973 farm act for 1974 crops. Members include Ray Davis as chairman from Potter area, Robert Rexroth as vice chairman from northeast of Sidney, and Elwood Lostroh from north of Sidney. Alternates are Rodney Mathewson and Virgil Walters. The act sets target prices for wheat and feed grains for 1974 1977, allowing production based on market demand while guaranteeing minimum returns on allotted acres. Thompson notes local questions will focus on program details and future possibilities. Other major Cheyenne programs include commodity loans conservation and sugarbeet aid.
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Cheyenne County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
ASC
Ray Davis
Potter
Robert Rexroth
Sidney
Elwood Lostroh
Rodney Mathewson
Virgil Walters
Lawrence Thompson
Cheyenne County
ASCS
Thompson
Sidney Federal Reports Big 73 Jump In Assets
Sidney Federal Savings ended 1973 with assets of 11.651 million dollars, up 26.6 percent from the previous year. James A. Payne, executive vice president, notes a 1973 policy of monetary stringency, higher interest rates, and a total of 224 financed homes in the Sidney area with mortgage loans totaling 2.4067 million dollars.
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Sidney Federal
Sidney Federal Savings
James A. Payne
Payne
Sidney
Association
Snow free sidewalks rule under city ordinance
City ordinance requires property owners to clear sidewalks of snow and ice. The US Postal Service does not deliver to homes without a clear path to the mailbox, reinforcing the obligation to keep walkways safe for pedestrians.
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US Postal Service
Hildreth Man Files for Nebraska 3rd District Congress Nomination
Gerald L Lundby of Hildreth filed with the Secretary of State for the Republican nomination in Nebraska's 3rd District. He seeks the seat vacated by Rep David Martin, with Lundby the first Republican to file in the district. Only Democratic filer is former Len Wayne Ziebarth of Wilcox.
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Gerald L Lundby
Hildreth
Secretary of State Today
Congress
Nebraska
David Martin
Kearney
Lundby
Len Wayne Ziebarth
Wilcox
Morrison Enters Race for Nebraska Attorney General
Former Nebraska Governor Frank Morrison announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for attorney general this morning. He joins other contenders seeking the statewide post and presented his case to party supporters and voters.
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Nebraska
Frank Morrison
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Hossle
New County
John van Anne
Dalton School
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