Sidney crime report shows fewer crimes but more arrests in 1975
Police Chief Roy Bauer released a year end report showing crime overall declined in 1975 while arrests rose. The data indicate a 21 percent drop in breaking and entering, 44 percent drop in larceny, 51 percent fall in vandalism, with criminal arrests up 24 percent and traffic arrests up 28 percent.
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Sidney
Roy Bauer
Maynard Dils
Bauer
Nebraska Commission On Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice
Lincoln school expulsion bill advances in legislature
The Nebraska legislature gave preliminary approval 28 to 5 to LB 503 allowing schools to suspend students up to five days with written parent notice. Longer removals require hearings and can last a semester for violence, damage, drugs, weapons or theft. Senator Fowler of Lincoln introduced it, citing federal court decisions. other bills discussed include pool inspection fee exemptions, 10 year contractor defect suits, and bonds for elected officials.
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Lincoln
Steve Fowler
Bellevue
Frank Lewis
Richards to leave Sidney city engineering post
Larry Richards resigns as Sidney city engineer effective end of January after serving since October 1973 to join Smith Voorhess and Jensen in Des Moines Iowa. City Manager Maynard Dils commends his work and notes the city will miss him.
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Larry Richards
Sidney
Maynard Dils
Richards
Smith, Voorhess and Jensen
Des Moines
Iowa
Dils
Larry
Cole era ends Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Edward B. Cole will retire Jan 31 after nearly nine years as manager of Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce. The county-wide chamber, formed from the Sidney chamber, grew through the 1960s and 1970s with fairs and celebrations. President Rod Hinman praised Cole’s innovations while secretary Mary Meick will run the office until a mid-1976 replacement is hired.
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Cheyenne County
Cole
Chamber
Rod Hinman
Hinman
Mary Meick
Sidney United Fund chief Ed Cole resigns as chairman
Ed Cole's resignation after two years as general chairman prompts calls to reorganize the Sidney United Fund. He urged tighter board structure with directors independent of recipient organizations. The board approved investing the year’s $12,000 raised to earn interest until next spring disbursement.
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Ed Cole
Sidney United Fund
Cole
United Fund
Sidney
Moisture in Cheyenne County 1975 Sees Timely Yet Sparse Rain
Extension Assistant Ken Sakurada reports Cheyenne County recorded 12.7 inches of moisture in 1975, below the 16.6 inch area average. Despite dry totals, timely moisture aided winter wheat despite two dry years, with May accounting for over a third of annual rain and record temperatures and a heavy March blizzard.
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Cheyenne County
Ken Sakurada
High Plains Agricultural Lab
Sidney
State Division of Agricultural Statistics
Panhandle
Sakurada
Ag la
Ag Lab
Wheat break even costs for 1974 crops outlined
The USDA and ERS publish a 1974 production cost study ordered by Congress covering major crops including wheat, corn, cotton, soybeans, and others. The report shows wide regional cost variation, with all wheat costs from 264 to 351 cents per bushel and other crops listed with ranges. programs.
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Don Kendall Washington
Agriculture Department
Congress
USDA
Department’s
Economic Research Service
Senate Agriculture Committee
Sidney City Paves Way for Street Improvement Plan
The Sidney City Council will hold its annual public hearing Monday on the One and Six Year Street Improvement Program. Street Superintendent Mel Jackson will present the proposed plan, with residents invited to contact Jackson to learn how to place their street in the program.
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Sidney
Mel Jackson
Jackson
Insanity defense in Simants murder trial unfolds
Public defenders say Irwin Charles Simants, 30, is an eight year old moron in mind and cannot be held responsible for the Oct 18 Kellie family killings. The state will seek proof of sexual assaults and other crimes as jurors hear from pathologist Dr Miles Foster and investigator Mel Messersmith about the scene while a sequestered seven woman five man jury weighs the case.
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Edward C. Nicholls
North Platte
Irwin Charles Simants
Henry Kellie
Sutherland
Asst
Leonard Vyuhnalek
Simants
Miles Foster
Nebraska
US Supreme Court
Marvin Holscher
Holscher
James Boggs
Kellies
Boggs
NRDs to tackle pipeline and water issues in convention
About 250 NRD representatives will attend the joint NARD NSIA NWRA convention at Lincoln’s Hilton Hotel with Gov James Exon delivering the opening address. Key resolutions seek study on a coal slurry pipeline and changes to ground water rights and bottle bill support along with cost-saving public disclosures and education programs.
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David Hendee
Nebraska
Natural Resources District
Irrigation Associations
Nebraska Association of Resources Districts
NARD
Nebraska State Irrigation Association
NSIA
Nebraska Water Resources Association
NWRA
George Kleen
Franklin
Lincoln Hilton
South Platte
Madison
Wyoming
Panhandle
Nrds
Middle Republican
McCook
NRC
State Association
Big Blue
Beatrice
Papio
Omaha
State Association For Solid Waste Management
James Exon
John Kyl
Secretary of the Interior
Warren Fairchild
Water Resources Council
Durward Warner
University of Nebraska
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City
NRD
Lower Elkhorn
Norfolk
Board of Educational Lands & Funds
Soil Conservation Service
Great Plains
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