Entirely Regrettable Editorial on Community College Funding
The Sidney Telegraph laments the looming lawsuit over the community college law and questions state reliance on local property taxes. It argues the state should fund or permit opt outs for distant counties, urging state accountability and a quicker resolution to protect local education efforts.
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Panhandle
Bridgeport
Clark
Grant
Milford
Sidney
Cheyenne County
The Compliment on Light Turnout at Budget Hearings
The writer argues light public turnout at Cheyenne County budget hearings signals satisfaction with local leadership. Attendance is rare, and silence is praised as endorsement, implying citizens’ approval and critics losing credibility for not attending.
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Soviet Union
Cheyenne County
Time Honesty and the Public's Right to Know
A reader protests printing court cases to protect an engaged son from a ruined engagement after a minor liquor charge. The editorial replies that newspapers publish court and law enforcement information to inform readers, with no exceptions for personal considerations.
Nebraskans See Watergate Fear Not Impeachment Hope
In this essay Frank Partsch argues Nebraskans, wary of centralized power, reject the idea that Nixon should be impeached. He contrasts Midwestern prudence with New York liberal presses, noting Nebraskans value government ethics, individual rights, and peace with honor while fearing scandal.
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Richard Nixon
Big City
New York Daily News
Times Square
Farmers move wheat to mill as prices rise in Sidney
Farmers, seeking a fair crop, shift wheat to the Sidney mill while the current price hits fifty cents a bushel. Youthful picnic tales, train gravel accidents, and local attributions color a busy period in this small town report.
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Sidney
Prudent Man Principle guides Nebraska cash planning
The Legislature adopts SB 10 to require the state to set aside funds for future obligations over the next two years. The approach mirrors prudent personal finance, ensuring cash flow, orderly program funding, and avoiding drastic tax-rate swings, despite Gov Exon's opposition. It draws on setting aside reserves before November and in rate calculations by the State Board of Equalization.
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State Board of Equalization
Nebraska
Exon
The Kid journal by Beaver City youngsters ends in 1886
The Kid was a hand-set semi monthly tabloid edited by Willie and Jay Green both under 12 at Beaver City Furnas County Nebraska. It ran from June 12 1886 to June 4 1888 and shifted toward philately before ceasing in 1896 with notes on Judge G W Norris speaking at McCook.
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Nebraska
The
Kid
Willie
Jay Green
Beaver City
Furnas County
Nebraska State Historical Society
Lincoln
Historical Society
Nebraska Press Association
Eorge) W. Norris
McCook
Norris
Storms and prints mark Furnas County memories through decades
The account recalls a severe storm near Furnas County with heaviest rain and fourteen inches of hail one week earlier, washing away crops. It notes quirky ads from 1986 and courthouse well pump plans in 1897, plus editor legends, school graduates in 1999 and 1900, and the Green family from Beaver City linked to publishing and assaying and a watchmaker mother.
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Furnas Co
Beaver City
Willie Green
Jay
St. Louis
Willie
Salt Lake City
A. J. Green
Aeacher
Congressional salaries headed for fifty five thousand
The Senate pursues changes to how lawmakers are paid with a two year review cycle and automatic raises unless rejected. A 1988 rise occurred without a vote under a four year commission system and now proposals require presidential modification before automatic implementation.
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Senate
House
Congress
Interim committees open studies on agriculture and more
The 1973 Legislature assigns interim study work across committees. The Agriculture panel begins Thursday focusing on land use and pesticides and may push state control versus federal programs by 1974. Other committees examine regulation, education funding, energy, housing, taxes, and urban issues with reports due late in the year.
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Agriculture Committee
Uncle Sam
Nebraska
Ag Committee
Sen
Loran Schmit
Bellwood
Schmit
State Capitol
Budget Committee
Hastings
Richard D. Marvel
Hiram Scott
Peru State College
Fred Carstens
Beatrice
George Syas
Omaha
Education
Jerome Warner
Waverly
Scottsbluff
Terry Carpenter
Ernest Chambers
Thomas Kennedy
Newman Grove
Judiciary
Roland A. Luedtke
Lincoln
Hawaii
Labor Committee
Richard Maresh
Milligan
J. W. Burbach
Crofton
Revenue Committee
Public Works
Maurice Kremer
Aurora
Duke Snyder
Legislative Council
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Easy Street
America
U.S
Frank Partsch
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Sidniéy
Kimball
Tonsilius Bill’ Greene
Broken Bow
Bill
Yore
Hawkins
Pacific Hotel
Santiago
Henry Lee
New York
San Francisco
Illinois
Grand Island
Neb
Debraska
Maha World-Herald
Melvin Paul
Statehouse
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