Narjes New Chairman In Cheyenne County Move
Cheyenne County Commissioners keep tax funds from Western Nebraska Technical Community College Area pending nine county lawsuit outcome or court order. They meet with Dr. H C Q Nelson and fear state financing could strip local control. Narjes named new county board chairman as planning funds and reorganizations are discussed.
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Gail Bergstad
Cheyenne
Western
Nebraska
Technical Community College Act
Don Tedesco
Tedesco
John H Kuns
Nelson
Vo-Tech Board
Edward Narjes
Narses
Panhandle
Technical Community College
Russell Lovell
Scottsbluff
Kuns
Banner County
Robert Downer
Banner
Box Butte
Devel
Kimball
Morrill
Sheridan
Dawes
Sioux
Boards of Equalization
College District
Scotts Bluff
Garden County
Grant County
Cherry County
State Office of Planning and Programming
Garden Counties
Gerin
Narjes
Commissioners’ Board
Sidney criticizes Air Study data on local airline usage
City Manager Ed Prince charges Nebraska Aeronautics figures for Sidney are incorrect in a letter contesting the Air Transportation Requirements Study. He argues enplaned passengers and population projections are too low, citing 1973 boarding growth and a 1990 enplanement estimate far above the study. He urges delaying acceptance pending corrections and notes local estimates of about 2,000 annual enplanements by 1990.
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Ed Prince
Nebraska Department of Aeronautics
Sidney
Prince
Department
Center For Applied Urban Research
State Office of Planning and Programming
Frontier Airline
Department of Aeronautics
Sidney Board Votes To Buy Replacement For Rural Bus
In a short meeting the Sidney Board of Education approved buying a replacement rural bus for 1974 75 at about 10000 and ordered bids to be drawn up. They also authorized two way radios for rural routes with base stations from sheriff police roads and highway patrol and denied a Prairie Schooners Square Dance Club request to use Central School Saturdays due to heating issues.
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Sidney Board of Education
Prairie Schooners Square Dance Club
Central School
Supt
R.J. Pedersen
Pedersen
Lyle Johnson
Sidney
Police Department
Department of Roads
Highway Patrol
Area Square
Western Nebraska Technical College
John Egging Receives Engineering Merit Award
John A Egging vice president of the Egging Co Gurley Nebraska received the Farm and Industrial Farm Equipment Institute engineering merit award at the ASAE annual meeting. He has held leadership roles in the National Institute of Farm Safety ASAE and related safety and cab noise initiatives. The firm, southeast of Gurley, announced diversification into industrial cabs and potential plant expansion.
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Chicago
John A Egging
Egging Co
Gurley
Farm and Industrial Farm Equipment Institute
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Egging
National Institute of Farm Safety
Tractor and Machinery Committee
Farm and Industrial Equipment Institute
Cab Manufacturers
Business and Industry Magazine
Nebraska
ASAE
St. Patrick's
U.S. Air Force
France
Ted
Cheyenne County banks post record 1973 gains in deposits and assets
The five banks and one savings and loan report deposits jumping over 22 percent to 47.1 million, assets totaling 51.7 million, and loans rising 23 percent to 28.6 million. Local lenders like Sidney Federal and American National Bank lead, with notable rises across all institutions as housing activity drives growth.
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Cheyenne County
Savings and Loan
Sidney Federal
American National Bank
Sidney National Bank
Dalton State Bank
Sidney Federal Savings & Loan
Potter State Bank
First State Bank of
Traffic Deaths Decline In This Area In 1973
State Patrol Sgt. Lee Anderson reported a regional drop in traffic fatalities in 1973 for the Southern Panhandle. Six deaths occurred in 1973, four in Cheyenne County and one each in Devel and Kimball counties, down from 14 in 1972. Across the Panhandle 30 deaths were reported, down from 42, with most on state highways. Patrol activity included 500 accidents investigated, 4,500 motorist assists, 7,800 warnings, 3,000 summonses, and 8,300 defect cards, plus 29 med material relays.
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Panhandle
Lee Anderson
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Devel
Kimball
Anderson
Southern
Kimball and
Chappell
Southern Panhandle
Groshans Named to Dean's List at Chadron State
Groshans of Sidney Dallas Groshans earns Dean's List honor at Chadron State College for first semester. Among 78 students named, the list requires all A grades on 12 or more hours. Groshans is among 40 seniors recognized.
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Dallas Groshans
Sidney
Chadron State College
Groshans
Sidney council probes cable TV service performance
The Sidney City Council votes to initiate tests to verify cable TV signal strength and quality under the franchise with Sidney Community TV. The move follows complaints about image quality in Sterling and Hay Springs and authorizes access to complaint logs and engagement of engineering consultants.
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Sidney
Sidney Community TV
Tom Kokjer
Kokjer
Sterling
Hay Springs
Tele- Communication Inc
Denver
Higher Telephone Rates Take Effect in Nebraska
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. customers in Nebraska see rate hikes of three to four percent effective today. The Nebraska Public Service Commission approved the increases to yield about 2.2 million dollars yearly, far short of the 6 million dollars initially sought. The rises also affect business trunks private line service mobile service and non recurring charges.
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Northwestern Bell Telphone Co
Omaha
Nebraska Public Service Commission
Nebraska
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Kenneth Rose
Potter
George Bailey
Welfare Board
Clifford McKellips
F. B. Thompson
William Keefover
Bridgeport
Robert Hassle
Sidney Telegraph
Bob Lohrberg
C.J. Cornelius
Ray Fulton
East Ward
John Egging
National Institute
Library Board
Board of Equalization
Greyhound Bus
13Th and
Dlinois
Interstate Commerce Commission
John Gottschalk
Continental Trailways
Associated Press
John Stephensson
Nebraska National Guard
Panhandle Growth Inc
Jack Lowe
WO Marion Gunderson
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Edward B. Cole
James Deaver
Stephenson
William Christy
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