County backs institute for state Solar Energy Research Institute
Cheyenne County Commissioners endorsed the state effort to secure the Solar Energy Research Institute for Nebraska amid regional competition. A resolution passed will be sent to the Federal Energy Administration. the move reflects statewide support from economic, industrial, education, financial and agricultural sectors.
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Cheyenne
Pentow
Sidney
Arecatean E'Laine Weyerts
Gurley
Cheyenne County
Bob Hossle
State Department of Roads
Wheat Growers weigh suing govt over Soviet grain embargo
Delegates at the National Association of Wheat Growers meet in Billings expected to vote on legal action against the federal government or major grain exporters over the Soviet grain embargo. Attorney Samuel Efron urged possible antitrust suits naming President Ford and top officials, suggesting executive branch intervention in export trade may violate the Sherman Act and Export Administration Act. damages could reach about two billion dollars.
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Billings
Mont
National Association of Wheat Growers Convention
Ford Administration
Samuel Efron
Washington, D.C
Association
Ford
Henry Kissinger
Earl Butz
Canada
Europe
Australia
David L. Hume
USDA
Foreign Agricultural Service
Hume
Efron
Executive Branch
Congress
West guilty on fraud counts. two-year prison term suspended
Frank R. West founder of a major meat firm received two years on each of 24 mail and wire fraud counts, to run concurrently, but execution suspended and two years probation imposed. Fines total 24,000 plus half prosecution costs. American Beef Packers to pay remaining costs. West and the firm faced multiple counts of mail and wire fraud with mixed verdicts and firm penalties.
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Omaha
Frank R. West
West
American Beef Packers, Inc
American Ebcof Packers, Inc
U.S
Daniel Wherry
Resigning Nelson cites frustration over college empire clash
Dr H C Nelson of Sidney resigns from Western Technical Community College Area Board of Governors and from the 1202 Commission, accusing area leadership of pursuing an empire in Scottsbluff that sidelines Sidney and jeopardizes Western Nebraska Technical College. He vows local control failed and criticizes state education officials and campus administration practices.
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H C Q. Nelson
Sidney
Western Nebraska Technical College
Western Technical Community College Area Board of Governors
Exon
Nelson
1202 Commission
Nebraska
Scottsbluff
Area Board
Nebraska Western College
Commissioner of Education
Rudebusch
Department of Education
Lincoln
John Hawse
William Ptacek
Sidney Board of Education
ESU 14
ESU
Zoning request raises flood plain issue in Sidney
Sidney planners weighed a residential zoning bid by RC Cunningham for 61 acres southwest of the fairgrounds amid a looming federal flood plain elevation study. HUD and Corps plans could bar housing in parts of the site, affecting mortgage eligibility and zoning standards.
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David Hende
Sidney
City and Natural Resources District
City Planning Commission
RC Cunningham
C.A. Story Agency
Cheyenne County Fairgrounds
Cunningham
South Platte Natural Resources District
Bob Hahn
Army Corps of Engineers
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Federal Housing Administration
Maynard Dils
Corps
Hahn
Lodgepole Creek
Union Pacific
al Mathews
Nebraska Natural Resources Commission
Lincoln
Mathews
Commission
Natural Resources Commission
Scottsbluff
Tom Dorwart
Gordon Tobin
Tobin
Dorwart
Jeff Bush
Sidney Federal Savings & Loan
Varner outlines NU budget plan and education goals
Lincoln based story reports University of Nebraska president Varner testifying before the Appropriations Committee on a six page plan tying education accountability to budget flexibility. He proposes long range goals and short term objectives with Regents to keep the Legislature informed while seeking more discretion in spending.
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Lincoln
DB Varner
University of Nebraska
Varner
Appropriations Committee
Board of Regents
Warner
Robert Clark
Sidney
Regents
Clark
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Hossle
County
Savings and Loan
Sidney Federal
10Th Ave
Don Tedesco
Tedesco
Thomas Sonntag
John Craig
Lyle Kurth
Jim Schilling
Lodgepole
Sidney Fire Department
National Guard
Leona Shelley
Illinois St
Beb Benzel
Bob Evans
Telegraph
Area College Board
Associated Press
National Weather Service
Iowa
Missouri River
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