Plan to reduce Cheyenne County school districts
The Cheyenne County School Re-Organization Committee is drafting a plan to divide the county into five districts from 16. A state education committee will review the proposal, with meetings to gather rural patron input and later county school board approval. Fire at Bunker Hill District 76 could affect re-districting plans.
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Cheyenne County
State Department of Education
Nebraska
I A Caldwell
Caldwell
Bunker Hill
Earl Gell
Sidney
Adeline Frerichs
Gurley
Allen Nelson
Potter
Caldwell Bob Cook
Keith Sprenger
Western Nebraska's Sidney Deadwood Trail at Bicentennial Aid
Telegraph photo highlights the Sidney Deadwood trail marker near Sidney Nebraska during the 1976 Bicentennial era. After gold was found in the Black Hills in August 1874 the trail moved vast gold shipments and supplies, peaking before 1880 when South Dakota rail links reduced its use.
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Nebraska
Sidney-Deadwood
Sidney
Black Hills
South Dakota
Straw poll signals setback for Carpenter challenge
The Associated Press straw poll of 42 senators finds 25 favor Warner motion to drop Carpenter's bid in the 48th District race and 9 oppose it, with 15 undecided. Sen John Cavanaugh says he will push to hear Carpenter's challenge as debate begins Thursday. Carpenter contest follows Nichol victory by 68 votes on November 5.
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Edward W. Howard
Associated Press
Jerome Warner
Waverly
Terry Carpenter
Warner
Carpenter
William Nichol
Scottsbluff
Omaha
John Cavanaugh
Cavanaugh
Nichol
Weather report shows lows and records across Nebraska towns
The temperature fell to two degrees above zero at Scottsbluff, the state's low, while Omaha reached 24 degrees with a 31 degree high on Tuesday. Scottsbluff recorded 11 inches of moisture in the 24 hours to early Wednesday. Freezing mist in the Omaha area crowded roads briefly, with partly cloudy conditions and colder temps expected west and fair but cold in the east, as laws over the state forecast range from a to 19 degrees.
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Associated Press
Scottsbluff
Omaha
Fertilizer storage service logs record high volume in region
SWIS Sidney Warehousing and Industrial Sites reports a winter record handling more than 12 000 tons of fertilizer with expectations of 15 000 tons as cars arrive and unload. Major firms storage include Agri Chem Brush and Farmland Industries Kansas City. A prospective 7 million anhydrous ammonia plant faces gas supply hurdles.
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Sioux Army
Sidney
Agri-Chem, Inc
Brush
Colo Commercial Grain and Cattle Co
Sterling
Colo
Farmland Industries
Kansas City
Farmers Union Co-Op Gas and Oil Co
Nebraska
Colorado
SWIS
Ford Administration
Congress
Jack Lowe
Panhandle Growth, Inc
Panhandle Growth
Lowe
City Council Approves Street Bond Issue and Salary Hike
The Sidney City Council approved issuing 126000 in bonds for street paying projects including Paving Districts 112 113 and Street Improvement Projects 5 and 6 A five year lease with Union Pacific Railroad for land south of Greenwood Cemetery was approved Tobin estimated about 10 annually The council also okayed a 10 percent salary increase for City Manager Maynard Dils retroactive to January raising his pay to 21000.
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Sidney
Gordon Tobin
Ed Haupt
Newton St
11Th Ave
Lodgepole Road
Alvarado Road
20Th Ave
Elm St
Forrest St
15Th Ave
Burlington Northern Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad
Greenwood Cemetery
Tobin
Haupt
Mel Jackson
Bob Perkins
Maynard Dils
Dils
Bicentennial Committee Nominations Planned At Fort Sidney
The Cheyenne County American Revolution Bicentennial group will meet at 7 30 pm at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel to accept nominations for a community bicentennial committee and discuss programs and projects to mark the observance locally.
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Cheyenne County
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Jerry Matzke
Ed Haupt
Rental rate hike at Sioux Villa in Sidney approved
The Sioux Villa complex will see a 20 percent rent increase starting April 1 after the Sidney Housing Authority reviewed rising roof repair costs. One to four bedroom apartments will rise from 40 to 60 dollar baselines, and tenant utility charges will also climb from 590 to 680 dollars monthly.
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Sioux Villa
Sidney
Sidney Housing Authority
Housing Authority
Vince Maliszewski
Maliszewski
Lee Ellen Matzke
Telegraph
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Sidney Warehousing and Industrial Sites, Inc
Fertilizer Storage Service
Council
Sioux Ordinance Depot
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