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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1970
Page
3
On tap at the Senior Citizens Center list of daily events from Jan 5 to Jan 31. Activities include pool tournaments at 9 am to 5 pm on select Mondays, plus card games Pitch and Pinochle, Bridge and Hearts, social dances, film showings, bingo, choi ce dances, and special events such as a pie social, birthday party, pot luck dinner, and a sunday closure policy.
Nebraska homeowners learn LB 932 grants a homestead tax exemption for residents with deeds or purchase contracts recorded by Jan 1 1970. Applications due March 15. failure waives the exemption. Veterans 70 plus gain extra relief, disabled veterans up to 90 percent.
The Executive Board of the Panhandle Mental Health Center plans to expand services for alcoholics with support from the center. Martha Martinez, mental health educator, will lead alcoholism information services. The Planning Committee for Alcoholism Programs will continue to assess local needs and coping methods.
Nebraska raises the sales tax to 2.5 percent starting New Year’s Day. The Department of Revenue releases a scale for tax on purchases from one to 99 cents and higher amounts, with 2.50 for the top threshold. sales over the threshold may be taxed by multiplying the sale amount by 0.25. The new table compares with the 1968 change that also set 2.5 percent.
The 14th century mule track in Switzerland was turned into a 7,320-foot mountain road, now the highest open to traffic in the country. Drivers new to mountain roads are urged to skip the steep, narrow pass for safety. Taxicabs were first introduced in the United States in 1907, with the word taxicab coined in New York. The term Taxi derives from a French metre maker and cabriolet abbreviation tcab. Eratosthenes first calculated Earth’s circumference using a distance-based equation from Syene and Alexandria.
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