Tedesco plans to remain here in new building
Former Cheyenne County Attorney Don Tedesco says he will stay in Sidney and continue private practice in a new courthouse wing north of his current office at 940 9th Ave. The lease reportedly would not be renewed when expired Feb 1, but weather delays push move to March 1. The Cheyenne County Board will act on his resignation next meeting.
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Cheyenne County
Don Tedesco
Sidney
Tedesco
Cheyenne County Board of Commissioners
9Th Ave
Federal Land Bank
Land Bank
Gary Hessler
Scottsbluff
Thomas Sonntag
Sonntag
City Council to Hear Jones Zoning Bid Tonight
The Sidney City Council will hold a public hearing on realtor Arlo Jones and the First Christian Church rezoning request for a south Sidney tract. They seek two family residential and apartment district zoning to replace current single family zoning and allow multi family apartments on the site near south 11th Ave.
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Sidney City
Arlo Jones
First Christian Church
South
Sidney
South 11Th Ave
Jones
State Dept denies secret grain export limits
Rep Virginia Smith said the State Department reported no hidden grain trade restrictions beyond a Soviet commitment to consult before exceeding seven million tons of U S grain purchases from 1975. Export licenses are required for grain to Rhodesia North Korea North and South Vietnam Cuba and Cambodia. The column also notes $2.5 million in quarterly revenue sharing funds for Third District municipalities and local planning developments including Legion Park and a one and six year street improvement plan. Council will hear reports from Sidney Youth Service System director Helen Lien and consider leases and licenses including a Union Pacific water main lease and a Louis Enriquez package liquor license hearing.
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State Department
Virginia Smith
North
South Vietnam
Cuba
Cambodia
City Planning Commission
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
Legion Park
Council
Sidney Youth Service System
Helen Lien
Union Pacific Railroad
Hickory St
Louis Enriquez
Dale Nelson
Filsinger Excavating Co
Snow in Nebraska Weather Outlook
The Nebraska forecast calls for a slight chance of snow in the west tonight and snow or snow flurries across the state Tuesday. The Associated Press reports continued wintry conditions affecting travel and local plans.
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Associated Press
Nebraska
Postcard Boosted Sidney in 1912 from Albert Ruttner
An old Sidney promotion card, mailed by Joe to Albert Ruttner in Sundl, illustrates how communities used local postcards to boost towns. August 1912 remarks note such cards were bought in drug or variety stores and kept as a local memorabilia.
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Albert Ruttner
Sidney
Ruttner
Sundl
Joe
Sidney Board of Education to elect officers tonight
The Sidney Board meets at 7:45 p.m. in the Junior High Library to elect officers Elizabeth Young and Carl Cornelius, discuss continuing terms, hear a formal request from the Sidney Educators Association, and review bond construction plans by Lincoln architect Dean Arter. Barbara Higginson may be hired for a temporary South Elementary teaching vacancy.
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Sidney Board of Education
Sidney Educators’ Association
Elizabeth Young
Carl Cornelius
Lincoln
Dean Arter
North Elementary
South Elementary
Barbara Higginson
Prosecution Witnesses To Testify In Simants Case
The state planned to call a state patrol investigator and an FBI man Monday as it concludes its case against Erwin Charles Simants in the mass murder trial. The jury, seven women and five men, may hear a tape of his arrest Tuesday and a death penalty seeks possible if convicted.
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Edward C. Nicholls
North Platte
Erwin Charles Simants
State Patrol
FBI
Marvin Holscher
Holscher
Hugh Stuart
Paul
Simants
Henry Keliie
Sutherland
Elderly Housing Survey Deadline Near in Cheyenne County
Vincent Maliszewski, president of the Cheyenne County Housing Association, urges timely return of the Elderly Rental Housing Survey to the Farmers Home Administration in Sidney by Thursday. The project targets 62 and older residents, proposing 525 square foot units with kitchen, living area, one bedroom and bath, plus a recreation building. The survey guides feasibility and required survey turnout, with at least two per unit to authorize construction.
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Vince Maliszewski
Maliszewski
Cheyenne County Housing Association
Farmers Home Administration
Sidney
Bill pushes high school tax districts in Nebraska
Senator Donald Dworak of Columbus drafts legislation to require all Nebraska land to be in a school district offering high school courses. The bill would not mandate K through 12 education in every district and would preserve Class VI secondary only districts while ending Class I elementary only districts operating outside high school districts. Currently Class I districts pay tuition for their students in secondary grades.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Donald Dworak
Columbus
Dworak
Fremont Hotel Explosion Claims Twelve Bodies
AP report from Fremont states twelve bodies recovered after Pathfinder Hotel exploded and burned on Saturday. Officials say six more people are missing and presumed dead. eleven bodies were found Saturday and one more later.
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John M. Willis Fremont
Pathfinder
Fremont
Fremont Hotel Blast Toll Grows as Officials Probe
National Transportation Board sent two specialists to Fremont to probe the Pathfinder Hotel explosion and fire. Dozens confirmed dead or missing include workers from Nebraska Natural Gas Co and Fleer's drug store, with a state fire marshal investigation noting a probable natural gas leak as the cause and debris removal continuing.
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Washington (Ap
Carl T. Curtis
National Transportation Board
Fremont
Pathfinder Hotel
Henry Shepherd
Arnold Moody
Schneiderman
Hruska
Gossett
Larry Fleer
Iowa
Fleer
Kit Yeefu Chan
Lincoln
Chi Cheung Chan
Chan
University of Nebraska
Bill van Meter
Nebraska Natural Gas Co
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Deadwood
Denver
Cheyenne
Alliance
Grand Island
Omaha
Farmers Home Administration Office
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Community Action Agency
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Cheyenne County Ministerial Association
Bill
Washington
Dodge County Atty
F.A Gossett III
Arthur Chambers
Delores Fritz
Mary Toy
William van Meter
Sue Hokamp
Virginia Kettleson
Tom Haitt
Leo Jones
Creighton University
Louis Hruska
Roman L Hruska
R-Neb
Fred Whitt
Howard Schneider
Schneider
Gas Company
Carl Richard Strong
James Walline
John
Ruth Vetaon Mutt
James Hanson
Mayme Spence
Mildred Swearingen
John W Swearingen
Eunice Sexton
Lloyd Sexton
Carson Rebbe
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