Sioux Army Depot fate debated as phaseout nears
Nebraska and federal agencies wrestle with transfer plans for Sioux Army Depot near Sidney as June 30 closes in. Questions focus on land and building ownership for Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School and the University of Nebraska agronomy station, utilities, and possible private development while Minuteman pads remain. Donald Bradford urges a swift blueprint for future depot uses and local leaders press for early access to properties.
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Sioux
Sidney
State of
Nebraska
Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School
Defense Department
Department of Health Education and Welfare
General Services Administration
State Department of Education
University of Nebraska, College of Agriculture
Agricultural Experiment Station
Air Force
GSA
Donald F. Bradford
Secretary of Defense
Bradford
Lincoln
Kansas City
Potter Board Sets $5600 Base Teacher Pay in Nebraska
Potter School Board approved a $5600 base pay for teachers with upward movement indexed to seniority. The move follows a two year trend of rising salaries in Cheyenne County K-12 schools as districts compete with Colorado and California offers. A committee including teachers and a board member guided the decision. An NEA urged retirement reform to help Nebraska compete for talent.
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Nebraska
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Potter Board of Education
Ruth Saeger
Doris Craig
Bill Hicks
Richard Marker
Ron Maas
Supt
A. J. Mason
Potter
Nebraska State Education Association
Colorado
California
Morris Named Kimball County Deputy Sheriff
Sheriff elect Merle Barker announced Gene Morris of Sidney will serve as Kimball county deputy sheriff. Morris has served as a Cheyenne county deputy for several years.
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Kimball
Merle Barker
Gene Morris
Sidney
Kimball County
Morris
Cheyenne County
Panhandle forecast warns of strong winds and drifting snow
Partly cloudy and cold conditions persist with northerly winds 25 to 40 mph this afternoon causing blowing and drifting snow. Winds ease to 10 to 20 mph tonight. Lows near minus 5 to plus 5, highs Saturday in the 20s with a hazardous driving warning. Five day outlook: temperatures average 5 to 10 degrees below normal, highs 20 to 30, lows near zero, with scattered flurries. Courtesy Scottsbluff Weather Bureau.
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Panhandle
Scottsbluff Weather Bureau
Wheat Growers from Nebraska Headed to Seattle Meet
A group of 50 Nebraska wheat growers will travel from Cheyenne County to Seattle to attend the National Association of Wheat Growers annual convention aboard a chartered Union Pacific train. Participants from Potter Gurley Sidney and Chappell include Ron Maas Ray Davis Louis Miller Bob Rauner Carl Bruns and more. The meeting will cover farm problems patterns and puzzles with remarks from John Schnittker USDA official on export prospects under Food for Peace and potential policy implications.
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Cheyenne County
Seattle
Wash
National Association of Wheat Growers
Union Pacific
City
Portland
County
Ron Maas
Ray Davis
Potter
Louis Miller
Gurley
Bob Rauner
Sidney
Carl Bruns
Chappell
National Association
John Schnittker
Food For Peace
County Officials Sworn In In Thursday Noon Ceremony
Ten Cheyenne County officials were sworn in by County Judge Sydney Finch at a noon ceremony. New faces include Sheriff Kermit Brumbaugh and Public Defender G. F. Bush with others Caldwell, Boyd, and Swanson among those starting four year terms. Swanson is newly elected after filling a prior term, Nissen fills an unexpired term, and several firsts mark this session.
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Cheyenne
Sydney Finch
Ralph Englert
Bill Smith
Ed Swanson
Ruby Henkle
Kermit Brumbaugh
Milt Nissen
Caldwell
G. F. Bush
Doug Boyd
John Peetz Jr
Brumbaugh
Bush
Boyd
Swanson
Lloyd Mintken
Nissen
Mable Jorgensen
Extension Meeting Is January 10
Cheyenne County Extension Service plans a 1 30 p m meeting Tuesday Jan 10 in the 4 H building. Dave Peterson of Northern Natural Gas Co Omaha will show a slide program titled A Century of Contrast Distinction or Despair focusing on countryside beautification. The event includes a board election for new sponsors.
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Cheyenne County Extension Service
Dave Peterson
Northern Natural Gas Co
Omaha
Peterson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nebraska
Oilseed Crops Talked Meeting Here Jan. 12
North Platte hosted a meeting to discuss expanding oilseed crops in western and southwestern Nebraska with focus on soybeans safflower crambe and sesame A Sidney processing plant by Pacific Vegetable Oil Corp now processes central and western Nebraska soybeans and safflower The Jan 12 Sidney meeting will review crambe potential with agronomists from Nebraska and nearby states present County agents and farmers will share insights with attention to irrigation varieties and fertility requirements and yield performance debates continue over crambe's reliability and profitability
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North Platte
Nebraska
Leslie Sheffield
North Platte Experiment Station
Pacific Vegetable Oil Corp
Sidney
Sheffield
University Agronomists
Ft. Sidney Motor Hotel
Panhandle
Winter Returns Bring Gale Winds and Snow Across Nebraska
Nebraska endures a fierce storm with six inches of snow in North Platte and gusts up to 50 mph in the northern Panhandle. Cheyenne County and the southern Panhandle see steadier conditions as roads ice over and hazardous driving warnings persist. Temperatures dip to 13 degrees, rising to 15 by 10 a.m. as precipitation totals remain low at .05 inches.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Omaha
Cheyenne County
Panhandle
North Platte
Dakotas
Minnesota
Norbert Tiemann Sworn In as Nebraska Governor
Norbert Tiemann, a Republican, becomes Nebraska’s new governor, ending eight years of Democratic control. He launches a proposed income and sales tax plan claiming it would raise about 100 million dollars annually.
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Nebraska
Norbert Tiemann
Tiemann
New County Pay Schedule In Use In Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County adopts a new salary schedule for officials that goes into effect this month. All officials receive 6000 dollars annually, while the county judge gets 6500 under state statute. Deputy officials including sheriffs earn 375 dollars monthly, and clerks are paid by seniority from 240 to 300 dollars monthly.
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Cheyenne
Board of
County Commissioners
Oren Cox Named Deputy Sheriff
Oren Cox is appointed Deputy Sheriff by Cheyenne County Sheriff Kermit Brumbaugh. A Sidney native, Cox has 12 years with Marathon Oil Co and has previously served as a special deputy in the sheriff's office.
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Oren Cox
Cheyenne County
Kermit Brumbaugh
Cox
Sidney
Marathon Oil Co
Sundance No. 1 Mother well leads Nebraska oil optimism
In Cheyenne County Sundance and Sun dance Oil Corp report progress near Gurley as No 1 Mother shows location details and completion timing eyed for Thursday or Friday. Hoosier Oil Co confirms Larson Ranch No 2A well with 23 feet saturated sand and higher structural position, suggesting centre of reservoir is nearer. Further activity includes Horst well in Clara Field, Enders unit P9, Sloss unit 106, Rodman M production casing, and No 1 Kramer remote wildcat permit renewal in Holt County.
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Nebraska
Sundance Oil Corp
Denver-Julesburg
Sundance
Motherwell
Gurley
Cheyenne County
Allison Drilling Co
Mather
Potter
Hoosier Oil Co
Larson Ranch
Larson
Hoosier
Sene Sec
Regal Drilling Co
Clara Field
Kimball County
Reserve Oil and Gas Co
Pan-American Petroleum Corp
Sloss
Sloss State Field
Chandler and Associates
Rodman ‘M
Elizabeth K. Lewis
Holt County
Kramer
Fleming Sits on Two Committees and Proposes Three Bills
Sen. Fleming joins the budget and appropriations panel and serves on the revenue and salaries and claims committees. He and colleagues introduced LB79 on school fund deposits, LB68 on a property tax homestead exemption amendment, and a sewer and water works bill. Eighty seven bills were filed the first day, with Fleming active on three.
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Ramey Whitney
Chappell
Nebr
George Gerdes
Alliance
Western Nebraska
George H. Fleming
Sidney
Sen
Fleming
Burbach, Budd
E. Rasmussen
Skarda
Mahoney
Kremmer
Carpenter
Stryker
E, Rasmussen
Moylan
Luedtke
Danner
R. Rasmussen
Sen. Fleming
Burbach
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Tom Clark
N. W. Bell Telephone Co
11Th Avenue
Telegraph
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