Government to open rest of depot for oil drilling near Sidney
The federal government plans to lease about 12 000 acres of the Sioux Army Depot site northwest of Sidney for oil and gas exploration. A letter to the Bureau of Land Management directs bidding as soon as possible, with bids and leasing expected to wrap within six months. Previous sales near the depot drew top rates, and officials note potential reservoir rock and channel developments, though no wells exist on the remaining tract.
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Sioux Army Depot
Sidney
Jim Huttenmaier
Virginia Smith
Washington
Nebraska Oil and Gas Commission
Texaco
Halliburton Oil Co
Oklahoma City
Oil and Gas Commission
Paul Roberts
Commission
Roberts
Halliburton
Smith
House of Representatives
Snar
Clark Given 3 Committee Assignments In Nebraska Legislature
Senator Robert Clark of Sidney lost the bid to chair the Miscellaneous Subjects Committee but won seats on the committee and Revenue Committee. He also joined the Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee, while Jack Mills was named vice chairman of the Legislative Council's Executive Board and added to Banking, Commerce and Insurance and Public Works. Roland Luedtke became speaker after a 26-20 vote, and Richard Marvel was unanimously elected chairman of the Legislative Council's executive board. The body sent 135 bills to the hopper, including Gerald Koch's measure to raise state education aid from 55 to 75 million for 1977-78, with annual increases to reach 40 percent school costs.
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Robert Clark
Sidney
Nebraska
Clark
Donald Dworak
Columbus
Jack Mills
Big Springs
Legislative Council
Commerce
Lincoln
Roland Luedtke
Ralph Kelly
Grand Island
Jerome Warner
Waverly
Richard Marvel
Hastings
Gerald Koch
Ralston
WNTC to Launch Public Cosmetology Program in Nebraska
Western Nebraska Technical College plans a new cosmetology program making it the first public institution in Nebraska to offer training. The program, set to begin in a few weeks, marks a shift as private schools oppose public entry but must follow Health Department guidelines to proceed.
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Nebraska
Western Nebraska Technical College
WNTC
Sidney College
State Department of Health
Larson named Nebraska Farm Bureau delegate to convention
Kenneth Larson of Gurley and Wendell Gandwish of Wood River are selected as Nebraska’s two official voting delegates for the American Farm Bureau Convention in Honolulu January 9 to 12. Larson, active for 34 years with Farm Bureau, has served as county president and on the board. Other Nebraskans named to attend include Gail Klingman and Earl Barrett, with about 100 Nebraskans planning to attend a convention that could draw 15 000 people.
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Cheyenne County
Kenneth Larson
Gurley
Nebraska
American Farm Bureau
Honolulu
Hawaii
State Farm Bureau
Wendell Gandwish
Wood River
Larson
Dorothy
Nebraska Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Nebraska Beef Advisory Board
Gail Klingman
Chappell
Earl Barrett
Kimball
Sidney drought record shows 1976 as driest year
A Sidney area drought set a dry 1976 across two stations. The High Plains Agricultural Laboratory logged 9 05 inches for the year, far below the 1939 low and June 1965 peak. Flight Service Station at the airport measured 11 35 inches in the year's last nine months, while January through March data are missing. Both stations failed to record measurable precipitation in December.
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Sidney
High Plains Agricultural Laboratory
High Plains
Ag Lab
Kimball
Dalton
Chappell
Scottsbluff
Alliance
Sterling
North Platte
St Pat's to Host One Act Plays Contest
Six schools will compete Monday January 10 in the Minuteman Activities Conference One Act Play Contest at Sidney St Patrick's High School. Participants include Potter Gurley Lodgepole Dix Melbeta and St Pat's. Prizes will be awarded for best actor actress best supporting actor actress and top three plays. Contest director Donna Bean and judges Dr Dan Steadman and Sherrie Piburn named.
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Minuteman Activities Conference
Sidney St Patrick's High School
Potter
Gurley
Lodgepole
Dix
Melbeta
St Pat's
Donna Bean
St. Pat’s
Dan Steadman
Nebraska Western College
Scottsbluff
Sherrie Piburn
Sidney
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Schott No. 1
Panhandle
Schott
Hitchcock
Dundy
Red Willow
Wyoming
Burns
Laramie
Telegraph
Grega Piburn
Farm Bureau Convention
Tom Dindinger
Dindinger
Marie Novell
Floy Stuss
Novell
Stuss
Kenneth
Omaha
Goodland
Kan
Washington, D.C
Carter
Robert Bergland
Radio Farm
Eddie Collins
Collins
WIFE
Kaw
Marilyn Spiker
Mrs. Spiker
Joy Ankeny
Joan O'Connell
Ruth Morgan
Zellabelle Schmale
Weyerts
Roma
Midge Greathouse
Harrisburg
Gov. J . Exon
Marian Lenzen
Exon
Bergland
Martin Luther King
Florian Brown
Dalton's
Nebraska Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Soil Conservation Service
St. Pat's
Sydney
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