Chamber selects committee chairmen and new manager
Dennis Wamsley heads membership and dues with conventions while John Laing handles retail Gary Custer takes industrial duties Bob Zuhlke leads agriculture Don Schrader heads professional Doug Reetz oversees tourism and Gene Lienemann becomes immediate past president Rod Hinman departs Sidney Jack Lowe is hired part time chamber manager with hopes to merge with Panhandle Growth Inc Yvonne Lippstrew serves as secretary readings include tourism plans and a Western Nebraska Technical College cosmetology program resolution Monthly meetings set for noon on first Friday in Sidney and evenings elsewhere
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Dennis Wamsley
John Laing
Gary Custer
Bob Zuhlke
Don Schrader
Doug Reetz
Gene Lienemann
Lienemann
Rod Hinman
Sidney
Jack Lowe
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber and Panhandle Growth, Inc
Lowe
Yvonne Lippstrew
Dalton-Gurley
Mary Merck
Reetz
Western Nebraska Technical College
Curtis to retire after his forty year congressional run
UPI reports Senator Carl Curtis of Nebraska announced he will not seek reelection in 1978, ending a record tenure that will total 40 years in Congress. The 71 year old conservative and Nixon defender said he will announce future plans later and urged Nebraskans to choose a successor.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Carl T. Curtis
Neb
Senate
Curtis
US Senate
Richard Nixon
Senate Finance Committee
J.J Exon
Nebraska Democrats
Nebraska
Omaha
Edward Zorinsky
Len Roman Hruska
Charles Thone
Lincoln
Thone
Minden
Sidney bids for health office site
Sidney is among Panhandle towns in the running for the regional sub-area office of the Greater Nebraska Health Systems Agency with two Scottsbluff locations and one in Alliance under consideration. A decision is set for Wednesday Jan 12 in Scottsbluff after a coin toss gave Panhandle the site. G.F. Bush of Sidney serves on the Panhandle board as the agency forms temporary sub-area leadership and convenes meetings in Sidney Jan 13.
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Sidney
Panhandle
Greater Nebraska Health Systems Agency
Scottsbluff
Alliance
West Central
North Platte
Health Systems Agency
Nancy Kiburz
Grand Island
Greater
Norfolk
G.F
Jeff) Bush
Dorwart to be sworn in as Cheyenne County judge
Tom Dorwart will be sworn in as Cheyenne County judge on January 20 at 4 30 p m in the County Courtroom by outgoing Judge Pat Heaton Sr Dorwart, formerly city attorney, will replace the post and Jack Peet will take over the city attorney role. Four men were sworn in at the courthouse last Thursday Ed Narjes becomes County Commissioner First District Virgil Walters Jack McVicker join the Noxious Weed Board and Duane Kahl assumes Educational Service Unit duties.
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Tom Dorwart
J.J Exon
Pat Heaton
Cheyenne County
Dorwart
City Atty
Jack Peet
Ed Narjes
Virgil Walters
Jack McVicker
Duane Kahl
Pioneer Airways to start Denver flights from three Nebraska cities
Pioneer Airways will begin interstate commuter service from McCook North Platte and Ogallala to Denver on Wednesday Jan 12 with early morning departures and evening returns. The nine passenger Titan Courier will be used and intrastate expansion to Sidney awaits regulatory approval. A Jan 27 PSC hearing in North Platte will decide intrastate authority.
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Pioneer Airways, Inc
Denver
Sidney
Nebraska
Pioneer Airways
John Warren
McCook
North Platte
Ogallala
Warren
Pioneer
Nebraska Public Service Commission
Colorado
Cold Arctic Air Hits Nebraska Panhandle This Weekend
Sub zero temperatures swept the Panhandle as Arctic air moved in. Sidney fell to minus 14 Sunday and minus 8 this morning with a Saturday high of 3 at the Sidney Airport. Chadron, Alliance, and Scottsbluff reported similar lows while forecasters expect gradual warming by midweek.
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Panhandle
Sidney
Sidney Airport
Chadron
Alliance
Scottsbluff
Unsolved break ins loom in Sidney crimes of 1976
Three break ins in Sidney in 1976 remain unsolved. Two at Wheelers Store in June and one at Rex's Watch Shop in August netted over 15 000 total. Sheriff Oren Cox suspects professional thieves possibly connected to a Torrington Wy burglary. Local arrests earlier in the year included five burglary suspects with some jailed or on probation.
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Sidney
Wheelers
Rex
Illinois
Cheyenne County
Oren Cox
Chuck Ortega
Rex Wolvin
Wolvin
Cox
Torrington Wye
Wyoming
Frederick Joseph Skiba
Brother
Siler
Los Angeles
Former Sidney school board president recalls triumphs and disappointments
Dr CJ Cornelius, who is retiring from the Sidney Board of Education after four years as president, reflects on a term marked by a superintendent change and budget pressures. He cites community apathy on vital decisions, a near-building program, and needs for expanded physical education and arts facilities, while opposing a city school pool plan. He also urges focus on clear teaching objectives and budget priorities.
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Sidney Board of Education
CJ Cornelius
Cornelius
John Platz
Telegraph
Platz
Ming Pool
Western Nebraska Tech opens second semester with growth plans
Western Nebraska Technical College begins its second semester amid anticipated enrollment growth of up to 10 percent. New programs in Railroad Freight Car Maintenance and Cosmetology launch, with the freight car course already filling quickly. A Lincoln hearing will approve the license to start the cosmetology course. The community education initiative starts late January offering about 50 courses in Sidney and nearby areas under Dean Bob Fry.
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Western Nebraska Technical College
Lincoln
Sidney
Bob Fry
City council to consider land for industrial site
The Sidney City Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday to discuss acquiring 40 acres near the Toledo Street and Highway 19 junction for an industrial site. They may adopt a resolution to join the Land and Water Conservation Fund if funds are available to build a new city pool. A replacement for the Planning Commission seat left vacant by Gene Rainbolt will also be decided.
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Sidney
Toledo Street
Highway 19
Land and Water Conservation Fund
Planning Commission
Gene Rainbolt
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