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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1973
Page
6
The Alliance Board of Education approved a 1973 74 budget totaling 1 628 448 dollars, a 5.1 percent increase over the current year. Officials expect higher state aid to allow a small reduction from the current 76.43 mills.
Darryl W. Stewart is jailed in Bighorn County on a Nebraska warrant charging escape from jail. He waived extradition and faces pickup by Nebraska officials. Stewart was arrested July 5 in Hardin. Nebraska authorities also charge him with assaulting a teenage girl in Keith County.
Senator Terry Carpenter of Scottsbluff proposes a summit with key lawmakers and Governor Exon to seek accord on the 1974 appropriations bill. He plans to raise the idea with the Legislative Council's executive board at a July 25 meeting. Carpenter led the 1973 effort resulting in the legislature adopting the governor's operational budget.
District Judge Fred Irons granted a temporary restraining order to halt Central Technical Community College from executing a real estate purchase and from occupying the 1st Federal Building in Grand Island for Central Area offices. Hastings attorney William Connolly urged lease invalidation. A July 23 hearing at 10 a.m. was set for a temporary injunction in the case brought by L. Dale Watley.
Scottsbluff Country Club members voted to build a new 875000 project on a 160 acre site north of Scottsbluff along Highway 71. The complex includes an 18 hole golf course a club house pool three tennis courts and storage facilities with completion planned for June 1975. The current facilities north of Gering will be vacated and sold to the National Park Service as a buffer for Scotts Bluff National Monument.
Chadron volunteers fought four fires Wednesday including a large weekend timber and grass blaze that burned about 3 140 acres. A flareup near Chadron State Park was quickly quenched and two rail line fires along Chicago and North Western lines were extinguished with burn areas of 100 to 200 acres and 500 feet respectively.
A 1960 Chevy driven by Phillip Hotes struck the rear tire of a bicycle ridden by Susan Decker on 10th avenue causing $25 damage. The cyclist had no lights and rode on the wrong side of the road. No charges were filed. Police Chief Roy Brauer urged cyclists to follow traffic laws and warned against riding on business district sidewalks as bicycle numbers rise.
The State Justice Department issued an opinion stating the University of Nebraska lacks control over the former Hiram Scott College land in Scottsbluff. It authorizes NU to reject the Scottsbluff gift, while noting the Legislature could accept if no stipulations are attached. The ruling shifts the offer to NU directly and aligns with the board of regents go slow policy.
The Nebraska Supreme Court upheld a Cheyenne County District Court ruling affirming a Workmen's Compensation Court decision that granted Raymond Smith temporary total disability payments and a 15 percent partial permanent disability award after an automobile crash near Chappell on Sept 24, 1970.
Nebraska Touring traffic on State Highway 2 and US 26 to the Black Hills and Yellowstone fell up to 60 percent from a year ago as fuel stations rationed gas. The Cornhusker Motor Club notes fewer stations rationing and more operating normally nationwide, with regional shortages easing in Kansas and mountain states.
Nebraska Selective Service director Coli Lee Liggett 55 announced his resignation to take a position with the National Bank of Commerce in Lincoln. Gov Exon promoted Liggett to brigadier general at a news conference. Edmund A. Scott will succeed him.
Nebraska lawmakers and agricultural leaders urged rapid development of a state land-use policy to head off upcoming federal mandates and safeguard local control. Sen DeCamp noted sanctions could withhold funds if no plan exists, while Berck warned that national policy could override state interests.
Earl Melvin Harvey a lifelong Sidney resident died Tuesday at 52 born December 13 1921 in Haswell Colorado son of Everett and Augusta Davis Harvey He was a member of the Mormon Church Veterans of Foreign Wars and Disabled American Veterans Survived by his mother Augusta Runion Sidney brothers Harker Harvey Pueblo Cole and Albert Runion Sidney preceded in death by father Everett Harvey January 17 1971 Funeral services set for 11 am Saturday Gehrig and Son Funeral Home handling arrangements
Pallbearers Francis Runge Henry Gue Lester Runge Clifford Runge Earl Gell and Glen Runge carried Leslie M Johnson to his funeral. Interment followed at Greenwood Cemetery in Sidney on Thursday.
The Sidney Jaycees sponsor a House Number Project with painting starting Thursday and running through July. A full-time crew will work Sundays and can apply fluorescent colors to curbs or front steps. Proceeds fund community betterment and other expenses. Call L. Charles Schroder 254-2807 or Bob Schiel 254-3384 to arrange service. Nebraska's 1973 archery antelope season opens August 19.
Pallbearers Harry Helzer Lawrence Osborn Wayne Munson Melvin Hiett J W Empson and Dale Munson carried Belle C Mann at her funeral with services held on Wednesday.
Funeral services for Margaret A Banks were held Friday with pallbearers Lee Verplank James Schilling Don Challburg Virgil Knackstedt Roy Bauer and Forrest Belieu.
Partly cloudy and cooler Friday night with chance of showers or thunderstorms. Lows 55 to 60. Fair Saturday with highs in the upper 80s. Winds northeast 5 to 12 mph Friday night.
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