Nebraska seed award honors Kriesel and Cantrell
North Platte AP reports Nebraska Crop Improvement Association named Fred Kriesel of Gurley and Leland Cantrell of Mema as premier seed growers for 1975. Kriesel has farmed in Cheyenne County 36 years and began certified seed production in 1945, managing 1,820 acres.
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North Platte
Nebraska Crop Improvement Association
Fred Kriesel
Gurley
Leland Cantrell
Mema
Kriesel
Cheyenne County
Commissioners meet Tuesday Cheyenne County Board session agenda
The Cheyenne County Board of Commissioners will meet Tuesday in regular session at 8 am in the courthouse. They are to accept Deputy County Attorney Don Tedesco's resignation effective law 1, amend the road employees manual, settle damages with Sidney Federal Savings & Loan for a county warehouse, discuss bicentennial fireworks funding and road signs, review a Class C liquor license request from the Sidney Fire Dept, and adopt a resolution endorsing Nebraska as a site for a solar energy research institute.
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Cheyenne County Board of Commissioners
Don Tedesco
Sidney Federal Savings & Loan
Savings and Loan
E’laine Weyerts
Light Snow Ices Roads Across Panhandle Weather Update
Light snow fell over the Panhandle creating slick roads with a cold front from Kansas to New Mexico moving through Nebraska. High pressure to build by Monday night brings cooler weather and a fair, mild Tuesday with highs from the mid 30s northeast to near 50 southwest. McCook reported 56 degrees, Alliance 18, Chadron 14 inches of moisture in 24 hours with four inches of new snow on the ground.
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Associated Press
Panhandle
Kansas
New Mexico
Nebraska
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
National Weather Service
McCook
Alliance Chadron
Alliance
World grain reserve talks in London face tepid Western support
An international panel resumes talks in London on a framework for world food grain reserves under the International Wheat Council. A USDA official says rich nations show little enthusiasm, favoring national reserves rather than an international system. Bell notes no decision expected as discussions continue.
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Washington
London
Agriculture Department
International Wheat Council
USDA
Richard E Bell
Bell
Europe
Japan
Department
Nebraska Travel Industry Plan outlines regional tourism development
A two year study by six state agencies, the Nebraska Travel Industry Development Plan, outlines coordinated development of tourism resources across eight regions including Riverfront, Land of the Pioneer, and Pine Ridge. Public review meetings start Jan 28 in Sidney with others in Valentine, North Platte, Ponca, Omaha, Crawford, Franklin, Kearney, Grand Island, and Lincoln. John Rosenow, the state travel director, leads the meetings and notes Nebraskans should plan to attend.
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Nebraska
Travel and Recreation Interagency Council
State Office of Planning and Programming
Department of Roads
The
Game and Parks Commission
State Historical Society
Department of Economic Development
Natural Resources Commission
Council
Omaha
Sandhills
Prairie Lake Country
Platte
Grand Island
Trails West
North Platte
Pine Ridge
Sidney
Valentine
Ponca
Crawford
Franklin
Kearney
Lincoln
John Rosenow
Far West
Rosenow
Zoning Hearing On Housing Plan Near Fairgrounds
The Sidney Planning Commission will hear RC Cunningham of the C A Story Agency seek zoning to support a housing development southwest of the Cheyenne County fairgrounds. The meeting starts at 7 30 p m in City Hall council chambers.
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Sidney Planning Commission
RC Cunningham
C.A Story Agency
Cheyenne County Fairgrounds
City Hall
Ford State of the Union Talk Highlights Economic Struggles
President Ford will address Congress and a national TV audience focusing on inflation and recession. He is expected to propose a further income tax cut with higher Social Security taxes, keep spending tight to push toward a balanced budget, and outline defense, economic, and foreign policy plans amid partisan debates and a possible $42 billion Social Security increase.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
State of the Union
White House
Jane
House
Carl Albert
Albert
U.S
Angola
Agriculture secretary to skip 1975 deficiency payments
Secretary Earl L. Butz announced no deficiency payments will be necessary for 1975 crop wheat and barley. Lawrence Thompson, executive director of the Cheyenne County ASCS Office, said payments hinge on price comparisons to target prices under the 1973 act, with the averages for wheat and barley tracked for specified months.
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Earl L. Butz
Lawrence Thompson
Cheyenne County
ASCS
Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of
Thompson
Two men sit under review as death penalty returns
Nebraska moves death sentences through automatic Supreme Court review. Erwin Charles Simants faces possible death for premeditated murder and sexual assault. Rodney Stewart 17 and John Rust 24 already await review for murder during robbery and a marijuana crime. Nebraska law passed 1973 provides death for premeditated murder and certain aggravators. The state’s electric chair last used in 1959 after mass killer Starkweather.
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Lincoln
Erwin Charles Simants
Nebraska Supreme Court
High Court
Rodney Stewart
Omaha
John Rust
North Omaha
Nebraska
Simants
Lincoln County
Hugh Stuart
U.S. Supreme Court
Duane Earl Pope
Big Springs
Thomas Alvarez
Drinking culture among teens and rising teen alcohol abuse
A stark depiction of teen drinking rooted in social norms. The piece cites NIAAA data showing one third of high school students drink monthly and 13 million youths 12 to 17 face serious issues. It notes 60 percent of drunken driving fatalities are teenagers and calls for attention to early, pervasive alcohol exposure.
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National Institute On Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
NIAAA
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Morris FE. Chafetz
Chafetz
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