Air Service Is Council Topic Again
The Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce outlines membership plans for 1972 with a January 20 drive chaired by Gene Lienemann and a January 26 meeting at the Junior High Auditorium featuring the Sidney High Band. The city council in Sidney, Nebraska, will address a storm sewer cleaner bid, dog control ordinance, airport terminal payment, routine bills, Frontier Airline boardings study, and booster pumps for the south pumping station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Ed Cole
Chamber Board
Vital
Gene Lienemann
Sidney Telegraph
Sidney High
Cole
James Payne
Aaron Harmon
Gus Otto
J.J. Exon
Otto
Elks Club
Chamber
Lienemann
Comerce
Nebraska
Forrest Street
Carl W Christ Construction Co
John Baudek
Frontier
del Koch
FAL
A.L. Feldman
Sidney
Baudek
South Booster
Farm Bureau Counselor Pushes Personal Property Tax Exemption
Nebraska Farm Bureau information director M M Van Kirk urged state lawmakers to enact Amendment 10 style relief by exempting inventory and livestock from personal property tax. He argued the tax harms small businesses and farmers while many Nebraskans pay none, noting past policy shifts and criticizing Governor Insley for misleading figures. No action yet in the short session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.M van Kirk
Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation
van Kirk
Nebraska
J J £Xon
Agriculture Balance Sheet Shows Little Growth In 1971
The Agriculture Department releases the Balance Sheet for the Farming Sector for 1971, showing farm assets at 3189 billion with equity of 257.8 billion. Debt stands at 61.1 billion as 1971 began, while real estate equity reached 184.4 billion and non real estate equity 73.3 billion. The equity ratios were 86.2 percent for real estate and 69.9 percent for non real estate, the lowest levels since the early 1940s. Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz notes a predicted rise in net farm income to about 16.7 billion for this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Earl L. Butz
The
Economic Research Service
U.S Agriculture
ERS
Sidney Educators Association Suit Set for Lincoln Hearing
The Sidney Educators Association suit against the Sidney School District Board of Education will be heard in the Court of Industrial Relations in Lincoln on Thursday January 13 rather than Wednesday as previously reported in the Telegraph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Educators Association
Sidney School District Board of Education
Court of Industrial Relations
Lincoln
Telegraph
Ray Davis Poised for NAWG National Presidency
Ray Davis a Potter wheat grower and vice president of the National Association of Wheat Growers is expected to become the national president at the Denver convention. The event features talks by U S Senator Henry Bellman and Secretary Earl Butz as a new diversion for pay program for wheat is discussed to cut production and reduce carryover stocks. Nebraska delegates including Arlee Phillips Ron Cutler and Lawrence Lucking will attend along with state Wheat Queen Etta Dykes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Wheat Growers
Denver
Ray Davis
National Association
Davis
U.S
Henry Bellman
Oklahoma
Sec. of Agriculture
Earl Butz
NAWG
USDA
Glenn Kreuscher
Marx Koehnke
Arlee Phillips
Hemingford
Ron Cutler
Elsie
Lawrence Lucking
Oxford
Nebraska
Etta Dykes
Lyman
Local Labor Supply Up Considerably
Cheyenne Devel Kimball counties report December labor supply rose sharply per Chet Hickman Sidney office. Of 218 applicants 68 are female 38 veterans with 19 Vietnam era vets. Active file up 60 percent from November while new applicants fell 64 percent. Nonagricultural demand down from month and year. services construction and transportation lead. Agricultural placements roughly level with November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Devel
Kimball County
Chet Hickman
Sidney
Hickman
Kimball
Commissioners
Chappell
Robert Thein
Scottsbluff
Cold Front Lowers Temperatures Across Panhandle
A cold front moved through at 4 to 5 this morning with a trace of precipitation. Temperatures fell from a high around 37 degrees to a low near 18, after a week that ranged from 12 to 48. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies, slight snow flurries possible, highs 30 to 40 today and Tuesday, with a colder extended outlook through Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Flight Service
Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
UP Steamer Here Tuesday on Omaha to Cheyenne Trek
Railroad buffs expect Union Pacific steam locomotive No 8444 to pass Sidney Tuesday en route to Cheyenne for the annual Denver Stock Show run carrying 600 Cheyenne residents. The engine, rebuilt in Omaha, will pull a freight train with a stop tonight in North Platte and a 9 a.m. arrival in Sidney Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific Railroad
Sidney
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Denver
Omaha
North Platte
Hog Sales Lead Western Plains Livestock Sale
Western Plains Livestock Co. ran a large hog sale with fat hogs at 21.00 to 23.40, sows 15.50 to 18, feeder pigs 10 to 20, and a big cattle run with calves at 50 to 885, Holstein steers 29.50 to 32, yearlings 32 to 83, steer calves 38 to 42, stock cows 250 to 300, slaughter cows 19 to 22.50. Nearly 500 cattle consigned for the next sale as Sargent expects hog runs to grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Plains Livestock Co
Sarge Sargent
Sargent
Vaccination Underway at Bill Moore Ranch
Dr. Ken Cook vaccinates Sugar a horse owned by Jay Fish as Jay’s father Jack holds the animal. The clinic aims to vaccinate for Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis ahead of disease season with vaccines offered in five horse lots through Edwards Veterinary Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Cook
Jay Fish
Jay
Jack
Cook
Edwards Veterinary Hospital
Bill Moore Ranch
Outlook Looks At Industry In Western Nebraska
Sidney Telegraph previews the January Western Outlook with Stanley Matzke on Panhandle industry and future prospects. The issue highlights Egging Company Gurley, sugar beet Growers cooperative GW Sugar deal, tourism growth around Chadron State Park Fort Robinson, and diversification in Scott sbluff Gering. Lawrence Enfield retires after twenty one years as Arthur County commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Outlook
Sidney Telegraph
Panhandle
Stanley Matzke
Department of Economic Development
Matzke
Sidney
Gerald Matzke
Outlook
Ed Sykes
Little Antioch
Nebr
Gurley
Outlookland
Scottsbluff-Gering
Nebraska
Chadron State Park
Fort Robinson
Arthur County
Lawrence
Enfield
Retail Committee Appointed by Chamber of Commerce
Dan Rowan chairs the retail committee of the chamber of commerce. The first meeting is set for Tuesday at 7 30 pm. The board aims for broad representation from all business types. Voting members appointed for 1972 include Jack Headley Bob Lloyd John Baird Lavern Draper Harry Helzer Mrs Jean Kelley Ken McMillen Gary Sandall Robert Schiel Doug Harlan Bob Decker Harvey Heinz Richard Fix Gene Goldtrap Dick Fiegen schuh Bill Vaughn Dave Sherrerd and a Business and Professional Women’s appointee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Rowan
Chamber of Ecommerce
Chamber
Jack Headley
Bob Lloyd
John Baird
LaVern Draper
Harry Helzer
Jean Kelley
Ken McMillen
Gary Sandall
Forgotten Americans to Run Pony Express Ride to California
Lincoln Nebraska chapter of the Forgotten Americans Committee maps a pony express route from Missouri to California aimed at gathering letters to Congress. The rider will stop in Chappell Lodgepole Sunol Sidney Gurley and Dalton this Wednesday to collect letters from each community for delivery to lawmakers on veterans issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska
Forgotten Americans Committee
Missouri
California
Congress
Chappell
Lodgepole
Sunol
Sidney
Gurley
Dalton
Sidney Schools Close Friday Afternoon
Sidney schools will close Friday afternoon January 14 for all buildings. Supt Russell J Pedersen says there will be no lunches served as teachers use the time for reports grading exams and completing semester-end chores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Russell J Pedersen
Mishap Reported In Two-Vehicle Collision Near Dalton
A two-vehicle crash occurred one mile south of Dalton on US 385 around 1 20 p m Saturday. Shirley White of Bridgeport drove a 1963 Buick and Laurence Bowman of Dalton drove a 1960 Rambler. White swerved to avoid Bowman's brake lights, Bowman steered right, and the cars collided. Damages totaled 375 with no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
US 385
Shirley White
Bridgeport
Laurence Bowman
Miss White
Bowman
Nebraska NCIP workshop to kick off 1972 program
Nebraska communities plan January NCIP workshop in Bayard to explain 1972 changes. Larry Bare and Ted Wright will moderate a two hour session sharing community development steps and encourage nonparticipants to enter the contest. Marie Arnot says the meeting offers a boost for entrants and questions about the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska
Bayard
NCIP
Larry Bare
Nebraska Department of Economic Development
Ted Wright
University of Nebraska Extension Division
Marie Arnot
Division of
Nebraska survey tests new State University of Nebraska plan
A University of Nebraska survey targets residents in forty Nebraska towns including Dalton to gauge reaction to a proposed SUN system offering college courses by ETV and other media. Study centers would be near students with instructors available for consultation and a brochure outlines access to materials and high school integration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Nebraska
Nebraska
Dalton
State University of Nebraska
S-U-N
ETV
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Air Service
Xian Ini County
Ids Vate
Farm Bureau
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