Paving Project Slated For Hearing February 14
The Sidney City Council set Monday night for a public hearing on the one year and six year road programs. The one year plan includes eighteen blocks of paving and a new bridge on 11th Avenue at an estimated cost of 140701 dollars. Residents can pick up petitions at city offices and neighbors may form paving districts in other streets.
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City of
Sidney
Lodgepole Creek
11Th Avenue
John Baudek
Forrest Street
Osage Street
Memorial Hospital
13Th Avenue
Illinois and
Jackson Street
Verde Lane
Forrest
Grant
7Th Avenue
Lodgepole Road
Larry Stricker
Stricker
Sterling
Hay Springs
10Th Avenue
Toledo
Sidney Country Club
Duhammel
Regulsr
Nebraska Eyes Major Cutback If Federal Funds Not Restored
Nebraska faces a potential $78.4 million road program setback as federal highway funds are irregularly released. Gov. J. J. Exon urged Secretary Volpe to accelerate distribution, warning that $14.7 million in current contracts could be at risk and delaying lettings may push Interstate projects into 1972 and 1973.
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Nebraska
J. J. Exon
U.S. Transportation
John Volpe
Exon
State Roads Dept
Nixon
Washington
Thomas Doyle
Roads Dept
Doyle
Boeing and USAF meet with Sidney leaders on Minuteman work
Boeing representatives and USAF officials briefed Cheyenne County leaders in Sidney about a Minuteman missile facility renovation project. They discussed housing and labor needs, with work possibly starting spring 1973 and preliminary efforts in 1972, though no contract is yet awarded.
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Boeing Aircraft Company
United States Air Force
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Chamber of Commerce
Boeing
Air Force
Don Walker
Boeing Company
Minuteman
J.T. Davis
Usaf-Ogden Public Relations Office
GJ Walter
Usaf-Sataf
Ed Cole
Davis
Wind Chill Hits 30 Below Across Region
Cold snap grips area as temperatures dip from 10 Below through noon to 2 Below. Winds average 10 mph. Federal Flight Service notes trace precipitation with no measurable amount. Sidney records the area high while larger cities report 11 Below to 24 Below at noon.
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Federal Flight Service
Sidney
Panhandle Forecast Calls For Light Snow And Cold
Mostly cloudy and cold with occasional very light snow this afternoon tonight and Thursday. East winds 10 to 20 mph. Highs near zero. Lows 10 to 20 below. Chance of measurable precipitation about five percent per period. Extended outlook through Sunday looks mostly cloudy with light snow and very cold Friday then slowly moderating by Sunday.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Reported Attempted Assault In Lone Pine Trailer Court
Sidney police investigate a claimed attempted assault at Lone Pine Trailer Court. An elderly resident said a short brown haired man with a possible limp entered her trailer around 5 20 p m last Thursday. No corroborating reports of another knife point attack in north Sidney.
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Sidney
Lone Pine Trailer Court
North
Historic Site To Be Razed In Sidney Sale Of Block To Parking
The three story former city office building once tied to early land sales and legal counsel in Sidney will be razed after papers finalize to make way for a parking site. Built by W P Miles it later housed the Bentley Land Co and was once the Sidney Federal Savings and Loan. Bids for demolition close as John Baudek City Manager notes.
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John Baudek
Sioux Villa
Davis
Chamber
Sidney
Black Hills
Union Pacific Railroad
City of
M W Osborn
W.P. Miles
Bentley Land Co
Nebraska
Cheyenne
Sidney Building and Loan Association
Marius Christiansen
Sidney Federal Savings and Loan
M.W. Osborn
Exon's Tax Bill Introduced With Partial Exemptions
Gov J J Exon proposes LB1475 delivering a 50 percent exemption for business and agricultural property with a rising ceiling to 1000 by 1977. Credit would reduce property taxes first via income tax credits and possibly sales taxes. Exemption covers inventories equipment farm machinery livestock and other income producing property but not motor vehicles.
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J. J. Exon
Exon
Gov. Exon
J. W. Burback
Crofton
J. James Waldron
Callaway
David Stahmer
Omaha
Open Financing debate moves bill to floor in Nebraska Senate
Senator Clark backs program budgeting as Nebraska lawmakers rush a stalled budget bill out of committee. The plan aims to give agency heads flexibility with a lump sum but preserve legislative spending control. Debate will examine raises for state workers and funding levels as sessions proceed. Senator Clark travels to Sidney this weekend.
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Nebraska
Robert Clark
Clark
Budget Committee
Richard Marvel
Sen. Clark
Gov. Exon
Sidney
1971 County Bond Sales Exceed Quota in Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County's 1971 U S Savings Bonds sales totaled 345 935 dollars with December at 25 651 pushing the year to 107 1 percent of the quota. statewide sales reached 51 5 million, up 8 844 233 from 1970, a 21 percent gain and 118 6 percent of the state quota. H G Spearow credited the rise to the half of one percent bonus interest on E and H Bonds, totaling five and a half percent if held to maturity.
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U. S. Savings
Cheyenne County
H. G. Spearow
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Planning Commission
Lewis Mehling
Illinois Street
Town and Country Market
Cable
USAF
Kingdom Hall
The
Jehovah's Witnesses
John W. DeCamp
Neligh
Sen
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