Chamber Board Elects 1971 President Amid Budget Cut
Eight Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce directors met in subzero conditions for the first 1971 meeting. Jim Payne was elected president and Gene Lienemann moved to vice president. Ed Cole approved a $500 raise pause, delaying Western Nebraska United Chambers of Commerce membership. The board set a wait and see stance on raises and began a new membership drive plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Jim Payne
Sidney Federal Savings & Loan
Gene Lienemann
Ed Cole
Nebraska United Chambers of Commerce
Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County Exits WNUCC Over Dues and Promotion Disparities
The Cheyenne County board declines not to join the WNUCC citing 60 dollar dues and questions about regional value. Northern panhandle focus and highway promotion favoring 26 north of Ogallala over 385 through Devel and Cheyenne counties drive the decision. Lienemann offers to explain at the January 14 Scottsbluff meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WNUCC
Panhandle
WMCC
Ogallala
Devel
Cheyenne
Lienemann
Scottsbluff
Cheyenne County
Chamber membership drive plans and fee increase
John Gottschalk will chair the membership drive with ideas to present to his committee. The board proposes a different annual meeting with no banquet and a free musical evening for new members. Mr Payne and Mr Cole will set dates for the drive. A special meeting will finalize plans and a 10 percent fee increase was approved to cover rising costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gottschalk
Chamber
Payne
Cole
Budget Budgeted At 18 200 For Next Year
The board approved an 18 200 budget for the coming year, lower than the 1970 plan of 19 871 due to tighter receipts and a 3 244 59 deficit. The vote thanked Mr Cole for forgoing his guaranteed raise in the final contract year. if receipts exceed expectations the raise will be restored. An audit committee of Bob Conrad Tom Olsen and Don Enevoldsen was named and a membership decal design will be reused with a new color. Mr Carr thanked the board and Mr Cole for past-year cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole
Bob Conrad
Tom Olsen
Don Enevoldsen
Mr. Carr
Mr. Cole
Telegraph Printing Company reports record 1970 production year
The Sidney Telegraph and associated Nebraska South Dakota and Wyoming publications surpassed 264,659,710 page impressions in 1970, with May and August production records and over 8 million words of copy. The plant serves multiple titles and plans expanded type setting services to Denver and Kansas City in 1971.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telegraph Printing Company
John Gottechalk
Sidney Telegraph
Telegraph
Cheyenne County
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wyoming
Sidney
Seattle
Miami
Cheyenne
Devel
Gottschalk
Denver
Kansas City
Sidney Police Report One Accident
The Sidney Police Department recorded one accident in recent days with about 450 dollars in damage to two cars. On 11th Avenue at 1 25 p m Tuesday Jerry Dykman 2397 Newton northbound was struck by Barbara Custer 2646 Alvarado. No injuries. Dykman car about 200 dollars damage and Custer car about 250 dollars damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
11Th Avenue
Jerry Dykman
Newton
Barbara Custer
Alvarado
Dykman
Custer
Heaton Family Snowbound After Omaha Crash
Mr and Mrs P J Heaton Sr and another Omaha couple were unharmed after a weekend collision near Boys Town left them snowbound for 24 hours. They sheltered in a cafe then at the Omaha Hilton awaiting travel to Florida for a Caribbean cruise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.J. Heaton
Omaha
Heatons
Grand Island
Boys Town
Omaha Hilton
Florida
Confidential Address Report From District Office
Alien information in a yearly address report to the government is confidential. Omaha Nebraska district director R C Williams of the Immigration and Naturalization Service notes the data remain restricted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.C. Williams
Omaha, Nebraska
Immigration and Naturalization Service Office
Sidney Ford-Mercury opens under Meusburger in Sidney
A grand opening is planned for Sidney Ford-Mercury this weekend at 11th Ave and Illinois St under owner Bill Meusburger with Ken Noteboom as general manager. Door prizes include toy Pintos, coffee and doughnuts for all attendees, and no purchase required to qualify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Sidney Ford-Mercury
Bill Meusburger
Sidney Telegraph
Meusburger
Ford- Mercury
11Th Ave
Illinois St
Ken Noteboom
Noteboom
Gibson Ford- Mercury
Ford
Mercury
Ford Motor Co
Muesburger
Sidney Ford Mercury
Sub-Zero Weather Prolongs Cold Spell Across Cheyenne County
The region faces days of sub zero temperatures with a likely extension through Friday. FAA readings show lows of -18 the past night and -10 to 8 today, with six inches of snow delaying road clearing while the forecast hints at weekend warming.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Weather Bureau
Cheyenne County
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
No Stars of Tomorrow Show Canceled in Sidney
The Kiwanis Club voted to cancel this year’s Stars of Tomorrow show in Sidney due to declining interest. The group may revive it next year if demand rises. They approved a $100 donation to the grade school boys basketball program directed by Don Christians. Sessions run Saturdays for eight to 10 weeks for third through sixth graders, with 100 to 120 boys expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanians
Don Christians
Alien address reporting made confidential under statute
The reports of aliens furnished in reporting their addresses are declared confidential by statute. These reports must be submitted during January each year by all aliens in the United States with few exceptions. Forms to submit the reports are available at any Post Office or the Immigration and Naturalization Service office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
the Immigration and Naturalization Service
Clinton Nominated for Nebraska Supreme Court Vacancy
Lawrence M. Clinton of Sidney is among five Sixth District nominees to fill the seat of Justice Edward F. Carter. The nominating commission met in North Platte to propose candidates including Albert W Crites Richard Van Steenberg Hugh Stuart and Robert Moran. Governor-Elect J J Exon will choose the final appointee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence M. Clinton
Sidney
Supreme Court
Edward F. Carter
North Platte
Albert W Crites
Chadron
Richard van Steenberg
Scottsbluff
Hugh Stuart
Robert Moran
Alliance
J.J. Exon
Justice Carter
Clinton
Frank Clinton
South Pacific
Creighton University of Omaha
J.H. McNish
Clinton and McNish
McNish
Kansas University
Nebraska Supreme Court
Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Co
Carter
Extension Meet To Be Jan 12
The Cheyenne County Extension sponsoring board will hold a 1:30 p.m. meeting Tuesday January 12 in the 4-H building. Lionel Harris of the Scotts Bluff Experiment Station will be the principal speaker. Elections will select three directors from the northeast and northwest districts. The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County Extension Sponsoring Board
Lionel Harris
Scotts Bluff
One Injured In Truck-Car Mishap Tuesday
A two-vehicle collision on a county road near Sidney at 2 10 p m left Tania Spiker 3 with a minor injury treated at Memorial Hospital. Darlene M Spiker 25 and Charles E Cady 61, both of Sidney, were involved in the crash. The Spiker car was southbound and struck the truck after the truck pulled from a stop sign. The car was a total loss with 175 dollars damage to the truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
John Trenerry
Tania Spiker
Memorial Hospital
Trenerry
Darlene M. Spiker
Charles E. Cady
VA Income Forms Due January 15 for Nebraska Veterans
Income questionnaires must be completed and returned to the Veterans Administration not later than January 15, says Leo Gorman Cheyenne County Veterans' Service Officer. The forms went to more than 16,000 Nebraska veterans widows and parents receiving benefits. Unless the questionnaires are timely returned benefits may be affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Administration
Leo Gorman
Cheyenne County
Veterans’ Service
Nebraska
Secretary Job At CofC Open
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce accepts applications for a secretary position through manager Ed Cole. Interested parties should contact the Chamber office for information and an application blank. A phone call suffices and a blank will be mailed before interviews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Free Tax Return Help Offered In Nebraska Cities
The IRS and Nebraska Department of Revenue announce free help for federal and state tax returns in 15 Nebraska cities through April 15. In Sidney agents will operate in the Post Office basement with 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. sessions on January 11 and 25 February 1 and 8 March 15 and April 12, and from May 24 the last Monday each month 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Internal Revenue Service
Nebraska Department of Revenue
Richard P. Vinal
Internal Revenue
Murrell B. McNeil
Nebraska
Sidney
Veterans Affairs will aid Cheyenne residents with forms
The January check will not be released by the Veterans Administration. Mr. Gorman said his office will help all residents of Cheyenne County in the proper completion of these question naires. The Veterans' Service Office is located in the Court House. Office hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily Monday through Friday. Sol Bisom "the music man" claimed credit for the first copyright in the 20th century. His entry, "I wish I was in Dixie Lawe Tonight," was received and numbered on Jan. 2, 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Administration
Gorman
Cheyenne County
Veterans’ Service
Court House
Sol Bisom
Dixie Lawe
One Hurt In Car Truck Collision Near Sidney
One person was injured when a 1967 Buick driven by Charles Jacobsen collided with a county 1966 Dodge pickup driven by James Rogers on a county road near Sidney. Jacobsen was taken to Memorial Hospital for cuts bruises and possible rib injuries. The car was a total loss and the pickup damaged about 9600 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Dan Reece
Charles Jacobsen
Memorial Hospital
James Rogers
Jacobsen
Reece
Cheyenne County SWCD Names Officers for 1971
The Cheyenne County Soil and Water Conservation District organized for the year with Cliff Herboldsheimer of Potter reappointed as chairman. Ed Block was named vice chairman and Alvin Narjes secretary treasurer as the board opened its first meeting of 1971.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Cheyenne County
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Gene
Wheatbelt
Lloyd Carr
Sidney, Nebraska
L.M. Clinton
Cofc
Swcd Board
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