Talks go on for opening of beef plant
AMERICAN BEEF PACKERS and cattle feeders resume meetings to decide reopening plans for Fort Morgan Colorado and Omaha plants. Oakland Iowa plant may open by Friday. 300 workers idle since January 6. Debt settlement with General Electric Credit Corp ends court fight. plan includes loan reduction and new funding, enabling potential custom slaughtering at Fort Morgan and other plants under scrutiny.
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Omaha
American Beef Packers, Inc
Douglas Reno
American Beef
Fort Morgan
Colo
Oakland
Iowa
Reno
General Electric Credit Corp
David Crawford
Council Bluffs
Beefland International
Huge Credit Corporation
General Electric Credit
Crawford
Stamford
8Th Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Crawford Stourday
I . Ea
GECC
Oklahoma
Ladd Hitch
Guyman
Kansas
Hitch
Sidney Depot Demolished in Union Pacific Safety Project
The 80 year old Sidney Union Pacific limestone depot was demolished at 7 am by Big L Construction of Shelton Neb as part of a railroad safety program. Cleanup over three days. offices moved to a nearby locker building.
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Sidney
Union Pacific Railroad
Big L Construction
Shelton
Neb
Jim Halfrich
Halfrich
Union Pacific
Dick Tincher
Omaha
Tincher
Sioux oil rights bid set for March in Cheyenne
Federal call for bids covers about 18000 acres once the Sioux Army Depot site north and west of Sidney. Land will be split into 30 parcels, with a March 12 opening in Cheyenne. Trials and prior disputes framed the move as Oilgate, while industry eyes potential gas and up to 10 million barrels of oil.
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Sidney
Cheyenne
Bureau of Land Management
General Services Administration
Volved
U.S. Army
BLM
GSA
Sidney shares state high 46
Cooler conditions spread across Nebraska as a Pacific cold front moves in. Tuesday highs will range from the 40s in the west to the mid 20s in the east with teens overnight. Snow shower chances exist in the far east, while slick highway spots due to prior snow and ice prompt caution from the State Patrol. Omaha records 5 below zero, a cold spot, while Scottsbluff Chadron and Sidney reach 46 earlier.
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Associated Press
Nebraska
National Weather Service
Omaha
Cha
Scottsbluff
Sidney
Chadron
Farmers threaten to plow under winter wheat in price protest
Wright Kansas reports farmers including Don Crane of the National Association of Wheat Growers threaten to plow under winter wheat due to plummeting grain prices. The NAWG cites manipulative practices by the federal government and major grain firms as driving price drops from 4.21 to 3.37 dollars a bushel.
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Wright
Kan
Don Crane
National Association of Wheat Growers
NAWG
Amarillo
Tex
Kansas
Bi-Centennial Meeting Set for Cheyenne County
A public meeting is scheduled January 29 at 7:30 p.m. at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel to discuss Cheyenne County's role in the 1976 American Revolution Bi-Centennial celebration. County chairman Jerry Matzke said all residents may attend.
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Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Cheyenne County
Jerry Matzke
Old SAD water system raises concern in Western Nebraska
Western Nebraska Technical College faces rising costs from aging Sioux Army Depot water mains serving campus and off site users. Leaks and uncertain steel versus cast iron lines prompt talks with the SWIS and NRD boards as officials seek action without hampering regional industrial growth.
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Sioux Army
Western Nebraska Technical College
Western Nebraska Technical Community College Area Board of Directors
Sidney Warehousing
WNTC
John Hawse
City Water Dept
Floyd Lanks
Hawse
Ed Narjes
SWIS
NRD
Wntcca
Clark plans leasing bill to tighten Nebraska state contracts
Nebraska Senator Robert Clark will introduce legislation to tighten state leasing rules after a probe into the JADO contract in Omaha. The measure would centralize leasing oversight, require bidding on leases over five thousand dollars, and extend new rules to the Labor Department, the university system, and state colleges.
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Robert Clark
Nebraska
Lincoln Journal
Clark
Sidney
Jado Corp
Omaha
Exon
Axtell
Gary Anderson
Department of Administrative Services
DAS
Appropriations
JADO
Labor Dept
Mike Jackson
Crime Commission
State University System
Hastings Sen
Richard Marvel
Marvel
Exon asks delay on Nebraska construction to curb spending
LINCOLN AP The governor sent a letter to senators seeking a pause before new spending on the University of Nebraska Medical Center pharmacy building. If unanswered in 10 days he would approve $145 000 for preliminary work, matching a 1974 legislative authorization. The era includes bills on lobbyists and drunk driving, while the women's ERA remains pending.
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Lincoln
J. James Exon
Exon
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha
Richard Marvel
Hastings
Appropriations Committee
Unicameras
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