Sidney Rotary hears major firm eye Sidney for new plant
Panhandle Growth Inc director Jack Lowe told Sidney Rotary members a leading telephone cable maker is nearing a site decision between Sidney and a Town community. If Sidney wins, the plant east of Greenwood Cemetery would employ 150 to 200 workers, marking the largest single industry attraction since PGI began in 1972.
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Sidney
Panhandle Growth Inc
Jack Lowe
Sidney Rotary Club
PGI
Lowe
Ed Prince
Western Nebraska Technical College
Chamber
Greenwood Cemetery
Cheyenne County
Lindell
Jerry Epstein
Ep- Ro Manufacturing Co
City Council Postspone Upland Annexation Action
The Sidney City Council tabled an ordinance to annex land owned by Upland Industries as the city lacked a legal land description. Action on water and sewer casing was approved, bids for the project will be invited, and a special session set for August 6 to receive bids. Renewal leases for parking lot and pole yard were tabled for records review, while a three year lease for the Senior Citizen Center was approved at 280 dollars monthly.
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David Hendee
Cty of
Sidney
Upland Industries
Upland
12Th Ave
Hickory St
Pole Yard
Ed Prince
Senior Citizen Center
R. C. Cunningham
Tom Kokjer
Toledo St
10Th Ave
Lodgepole Creek
Prince
Filsinger Excavating Co
9Th
12Th
Illinois St
Hansen
Fuening, Raetz
Erb
Pioneer A. B Persinger chronicled in Nebraska History
Harriet Murphy, Persinger’s granddaughter, writes a history of A B Persinger in Nebraska History. The article traces his Alabama childhood to his 1932 death at 82, his Sidney ventures starting 1876 77, Haas Persinger and Co grocery, later Thornton Whitney partnership, his Hardscrabble Ranch near Lodgepole, and the Fort Sidney era desk donation by Murphy’s family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
A. B Persinger
Nebraska History
State Historical Society
Harriet Murphy
Chevy Chase
Persinger
Alabama
Sidney
Julesburg
Colo
Haas, Persinger and Co
Thornton Whitney
Panhandle Forecast Bright but Cool Weekend Outlook
The Panhandle forecast calls for Wednesday night and Thursday to be mostly fair with lows around the lower 50s and Thursday highs in the lower 80s. Winds become light and variable tonight then remain mild. Extended outlook shows Friday to Sunday fair to partly cloudy with unseasonably cool temps, highs in the 80s and lows in the 50s to 60s.
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Panhandle
The
Associated Press
Pioneer land changes hands on lith and Illinois corner
A family property at the lith and Illinois corner, held since 1877, was sold to Doran Investment Co which already owns adjacent land. Julius Neubauer bought the west half in 1877 and passed it to his daughter Valesca. great niece Mary Jane Pelgram of Tucson later owned the property until July 1. Ed Doran bought nearby land in the early 1880s. The Dorans now lease the entire block, with their abstract spanning 93 years while Sidney has existed 89 years.
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Lith and
Illinois
Doran Investment Co
Newberry
Julius Neubauer
Valesca
Mary Jane Pelgram
Tucson
Ariz
Neubauer
Ed Doran
The
Doran
Sidney
Nebraska
Sterrettts Face Federal Charge Over Extortion Plot
Ray and Kristina Sterrett of Sidney are arraigned on a federal indictment accusing them of attempting to extort $2 million from 20 hotels and casinos by threatening to blow up 10 of them. Bail set at $100,000 for Ray and $50,000 for Kristina. pleas due August 10. They were arrested in Los Angeles after allegedly seizing a vehicle with the money and transferred to Las Vegas for arraignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Sterrett
Sidney
U.S
Joseph L. Ward
Ray Howard Sterrett
Kristina Marie Sterrett
U.S. District Court
Roger D. Foley
Associated Press
Sterretts
Trailer City
FBI
Los Angles
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Four Counties Join Cheyenne In Vo Tech Funding Challenge
Five Panhandle counties including Cheyenne approved joining a lawsuit to test the funding procedures of the Technical Community College Act. Attorney Robert Simmons says he may file if eight counties approve, contending the state funding split and one mill levy raise constitutional questions under the Duis amendment. Scottsbluff attorney Rosa Lovell will represent the board, with defense expected to be vigorous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gail Bergstad
Panhandle
Cheyenne
Technical Community College
Robert Simmons
Banner County
Simmons
Kimball
Dawes
Sioux
Banner
Bridgeport
Western Nebraska Technical Community College Area Board
Lancaster County
H.C.Q. Nelson
Sidney
Illinois Men Jailed Here for Hashish Possession
Wendell Gossge and Charles Stemac, both 20 from Crete Illinois, were arrested in Cheyenne County after a license plate stop on U S 30 near Potter. They began seven day jail terms for possession of less than one pound of hashish after Trooper Ken Thompson found paraphernalia in the car.
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Wendell Gossge
Charles Stemac
Crete, Ill
Cheyenne County
Ken Thompson
Nebraska State Patrol
Potter
U.S. 30
Thompson
New VA Head Named Director in Lincoln Office
Rep Charles Thone announced on Tuesday that Don V Campbell will become director of the Veterans Administration regional office in Lincoln. He will take the post August 15 succeeding Harry Piper, who moves to Huntington West Virginia. Campbell, then assistant director of a VA center in Wichita Kansas, began his VA career in 1946 and is a native of Harris Missouri.
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Don V. Campbell
Veterans Administration
Lincoln
Charles Thone
Campbell
Harry Piper
Huntington
W.va
Wichita
Kan
Harris
Cheyenne County proposes budget with possible tax relief
Cheyenne County plans a $2,087,352 budget for 1973 74 with a hearing at 9 a.m. Monday at the Court House. The plan includes a $225,632 rise over last year, major increases for road and general funds, and a projected property tax requirement of $624,024 down $39,319 as reserve funds fall and revenue shares rise.
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Gail Bergstad
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Court House
Robert Hossle
Hossle
Sheriff’s Department
Police Check Accidents In Sidney Three Minor Crashes
The Sidney Police logged three minor accidents on Tuesday. A 1963 Ford driven by Charles Schmitt was hit by Hanna Harms in a 1970 Chrysler. Harms backing from a parking space on 11th Avenue caused $100 damage. A 1956 White truck driven by Kent Talich hit a 1965 Chrysler driven by Gordon Evans on 9th Avenue, both cars sustaining $50 damage. A 1969 Rambler driven by Rhonda Bickford backed into a parked 1964 Rambler owned by Victoria Gifford in the Gateway Cafe lot. the 1964 Rambler sustained $75 damage while the Bickford car had no damage.
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Sidney
Ford
Charles Schmitt
Chrysler
Hanna Harms
Harms
9Th Avenue
Kent Talich
Gordon Evans
Rhonda Bickford
Gateway Cafe
Victoria Gifford
Legislature Will Be Asked To Minimize Platte Floods
Nebraska Senator Herb Duis met with five state agency heads to push coordinated flood control on the Platte. The group discussed flood plain zoning dikes and designating land within river meanders as public domain while noting bridge delays near Brady on Interstate 80.
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Platte
Platte River
Herb Duis
Gothenburg
Associated Press
Norman Otto
J. J. Exon
Duis
Brady
Doyle
Exon Duis
Exon
Wet Fields Slow Harvest As Quality Drops
Rain showers across the county dampened wheat and kept harvesters out. Moisture levels rose and test weight fell, delaying cutting as custom crews reassess in the Sidney area and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Municipal
High Plains Agricultural Lab
Ken Sakurada
Cheyenne County
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Lodgepole
Carlson
Murphy
Ft. Sidney
Sidney Telegraph
Pioneer
Sterrettts
Don Tedesco
Fair Board
Weed Control Board
ESA
South Platte
Burl Johnson
Civil Defense
Thomas Doyle
Game and Parks Commission
Willard Barbee
Dan Jones
Natural Resources Commission
Dale Williamson
South Dakota
Gurley
Lyle Mather
Farmers Co-op
Larry Miller
Dalton Co-op
Dalton
Bart Bondegard
Wright-Lorenz Grain Co
Lorenzo
Farmers Coop Elevator
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