Sidney Sees 1.3 Million Budget For 1974 Hearing
Sidney City Council set a 7 30 p m hearing on the 1974 budget projecting expenditures near 1 3 million with a reduced property levy and 188 000 in revenue sharing funds. The plan includes park and cemetery improvements, downtown work, utilities, police training, library microfilming, street equipment, and staff pay raises.
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Sidney
Ed Prince
Lodgepole Creek
10Th
13Th Avenues
Greenwood Cemetery
Continental Trailways Wins Ruling to Preserve Sidney Denver Bus Link
The Interstate Commerce Commission denied Continental Trailways bid to reroute Big Springs to Sterling and Denver, preserving daily Sidney service. Local leaders and chambers praised the decision for Cheyenne, Lodgepole, Chappell and Julesburg areas while Julesburg faced potential loss of service. The ruling followed hearings in Sidney and a Colorado-Nebraska board recommendation.
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Sidney
Sterling
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Continental Trailways Inc
Big Springs
Denver
Springs- Sterling
Continental
Wichita, Kan
Sidney Telegraph
Chauncey Zimmerman
Chappell
Lodgepole
Lorenzo and
Peetz
Julesburg
Colo
John Gottschalk
Frank Mattoon
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Ed Cole
Chamber
Chappell Chamber of Commerce
Colorado-Nebraska
Wheat cutting begins in county amid storage and transport concerns
As winter wheat harvest starts in Cheyenne County elevators report adequate storage but transportation bottlenecks loom. Chet Phelps at Lorenzo’s Farmers Union Coop notes ample space and steady car access, while Lodgepole, Potter, and Dalton elevators cite railcar shortages. Experts forecast trucking may offset some rail shortages, with fuel supply less problematic than transport.
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Cheyenne County
Farmers Union Co-op
Lorenzo
Chet Phelps
Leonard Rieken
Phelps
Co-op
Lodgepole
Hart Quinn Quinn
Dalton Co-op
Larry Miller
Ervin Wheeler
Potter Co-op
Kansas
Marx Koehnke
Nebraska Wheat Division
Nebraska
Koehnke
Howard Elm
Nebraska and Feed Dealers Association
Elm
Miller
School Board To Present Budget Figures
The Sidney Board of Education will hold a budget hearing tonight at 7:45 p.m. in the Junior High School Library to review the upcoming year’s budget and last year’s figures. The agenda includes tuition rates for non residents, teacher vacancies, bids for sidewalk and lighting upgrades, mileage rates, and reemployment of emeritus teachers.
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Sidney Board of Education
East Elementary
Governor Names Four To Judicial Commission
Governor Exon announced four Southern Panhandle residents to the 19th district nominating commission. John Gottschalk of Sidney and Murl Mauser of Big Springs are Republicans. Leola Brawner of Kimball and Donald Gremer of Kimball are Democrats. Two-year terms for Gottschalk and Mrs. Brawner and four-year terms for the others.
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Southern Panhandle
19Th Judicial District
Exon
John Gottschalk
Sidney
Murl Mauser
Big Springs
Leola Brawner
Donald Gremer
Kimball
Gottschalk
Brawner
Nebraska
Panhandle Forecast: Partly Cloudy with Showers Possible
Partly cloudy through Tuesday with a chance of showers or thundershowers Monday night. Lows Monday night in the low to mid 60s. Highs Tuesday reach 90 to 95. Winds variable Monday night, mainly under 10 mph, locally northeast 10 to 15 mph.
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Panhandle
Mop-Up Underway After Pine Ridge Fire Near Chadron
Mop-up operations continued in Pine Ridge Country Nebraska as crews cleared an area burned by a forest and grassland fire that began Friday. The National Forest Service said the blaze is under control after burning about 3140 acres with no injuries reported.
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Nebraska
Pine Ridge
National Forest Service
Electric Fence Suspected in Potter Farm Blaze
An electric fence is believed to have started a fire at Doug Reetz’s farm north of Potter Friday afternoon. It destroyed a pile of wooden fence posts and burned one side of a wooden grainery full of wheat. Potter and Dalton departments battled the flames as gusting wind rekindled the fire threatening another grainery.
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Doug Reetz
Potter
Potter Volunteer Fire
Dalton Volunteer Fire Department
Wheeler’s Purchases Tri-State Supply in Nebraska
Wheeler's Stores Inc acquires all capital stock of Tri-State Supply Inc and its branches. Tri-State operates farm and ranch outlets in Sidney Scottsbluff Alliance and Torrington. Wheeler's runs 32 similar stores across Nebraska Iowa Kansas and Georgia. Tri-State will keep its name and product lines. Joe Yanken will relocate from Grand Island to Scottsbluff to manage the four stores.
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Kenneth L. Pickard
Tri-State Supply, Inc
Lloyd J. Wheeler
Wheelers Stores, Inc
Grand Island
Wheeler’s
Tri-State
Sidney
Scottsbluff
Alliance
Torrington
Wheelers
Nebraska
Iowa
Kansas
Georgia
Joe Yanken
Airborne Sprayer Aims at Field for 48 Acre Wats
Aerial sprayer pilot Rich Bastion powers toward his flagman to line up on the field while preparing to treat 48 acres of wetlands for Gene Bonkiewicz. More pictures and details are on page 8.
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Rich Bastion
Wats
Gene Bonkiewicz
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Legion Park Field
Legion Field
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Dale Nelson
Ron Holly
Illinois
P.O
Nebr
Vol
Business In Nebraska
Bureau of Business Research
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Bureau
Cheyenne - Devel - Kimball County
Glenn Kreuscher
Mrs. Rieken
Cheyenne
Leonard Riekens
Telegraph
Sidney National Bank
Judicial Commission
Chadron
Bastion
Ray Lessman
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