Democrats elect officers and delegates at Cheyenne County meeting
Cheyenne County Democrats re elected Maurice Nelson as chairman at the county convention. Delegates to the state Democratic Convention in Omaha named Bob Rauner and Chick Story. Alternate delegates elected were Nelson and Dave Allington. Officers include Jane Rauner vice chairwoman and Milt Nissen treasurer. The group reported 40871 dollars in cash, receipts of 622.25 and expenditures of 432.08 over two years. Nissen noted a good chance to meet the state committee quota. Frances Ohmstede of Guide Rock seeks National Committeewoman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Maurice Nelson
Bob Rauner
Chick
Omaha
Nelson
Dave Allington
Jane Rauner
Tom Allington
Milt Nissen
John Montag
Nissen
Allington
Orher
State Central Committee
Frances Ohmstede
Guide Rock
Cheyenne County GOP selects new county officers at Sidney convention
Cheyenne County Republicans met in Sidney on Thursday for their county convention and elected Mrs David W Young to succeed John Elwell as county chairman. Elmer Hartmann becomes vice chairman, Mildred Elwell is secretary, and Ed Narjes becomes treasurer. Delegates to the state GOP Convention in Omaha on June 10 include Mrs Young Ed Narjes and Frank Mattoon with alternates Mrs Ed Narjes Dave Young and Mrs Tom Dorwart. News covered the platform process with Ed Narjes noting grassroots input shaping the 1972 GOP platform.
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Cheyenne County
Sidney
David W Young
John Elwell
Elmer Hartmann
Mildred Elwell
John Gottschalk
Ed Narjes
Clark Fuller
Omaha
Omaha June 10 Were Mrs Young
Frank Mattoon
Dave Young
Tom Dorwart
Third Congressional District
Sutherland Fights to Keep Plant Site Ahead of Bridgeport Push
Sutherland population 40 faces opposition from Scottsbluff Gering Chamber of Commerce over locating a $180 million NPPD generating plant near Bridgeport. Officials cite site, grid proximity, and water access as key factors. Peak construction may employ 750. operating staff about 65 with substantial payroll impact. state agencies oppose near Sutherland.
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Sutherland
Scottsbluff- Gering Chamber of Commerce
Nebraska Public Power District
NPPD
Paxton
Scottsbluff
Gering
Sutherland Chamber
Pat Thomas
Bridgeport
Thomas
State Game Commission
State Historical Society
Daltonites Seek Prompt Reopening of Royal Room Café
Dalton mayor John Heizer says a businessmen committee including Ray Graff C J Carley and Tom Olson is exploring options to reopen the Royal Room Café after its April 1 closing. Owners Henry and Mrs Schuler have put the cafe up for sale with no applicant drive yet.
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Dalton State Bank
Royal Room
John Heizer
Dalton
Ray Graff
C. J. Carley
Tom Olson
Olson
Henry Schuler
Heizer
Gurley
Dalton Cafe
Garden Club
Bridge Club
Lions Club
Curtis Opposes Sunday Mail Cutback in Rural Areas
Sen. Carl Curtis of Nebraska protests proposed Sunday mail service reductions to small towns and farms. He warns delays to first class letters and loss of Sunday newspaper delivery, noting the plan would affect Cheyenne County towns except Sidnes.
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Washington (Ap
Carl Curtis
R-Neb
Curtis
E. T Klassen
Cheyenne County
Sidnes
New Telegraph Adds Features and Local Art Work
The Sidney Telegraph announces two new features. On Monday the weekly column Panhandle Mother by Betty Knicely will resume. Also on the page the first of Tony Ramirez’s cartoons appears, Ramírez a Sidney High School graduate class of 1972 and prize winning art student planning to enter the University of Nebraska this fall.
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Sidney Telegraph
Panhandle
Sidney
Betty Knicely
DAV Convention Convenes Here This Weekend
The Disabled American Veterans and DAV Auxiliaries hold state conventions with registration and guest introductions this afternoon. Saturday features a Service Officers School by Henry E Smith Jr from the VA Lincoln office, a banquet with speaker Jack O Hicks of La Rue Ohio, and Sunday ends after elections and officer installations with state officers John McDonald C D Head and Lee Moore among participants.
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DAV
Service Officers
National Service Officer
Henry E Smith, Jr
Lincoln
Jack O Hicks
la Rue
Ohio
John McDonald
Omaha
C D
Jack
Lee Moore
Sidney
Simmons Disappointed But Studies Options in Eight-County Suit
Banner County led a challenge to the 1971 Technical Community College Act seeking to erase it from law. Attorney Robert Simmons said he is weighing re filing in district court, likely Lancaster County, after the state Supreme Court declined original jurisdiction. The suit questions financing and consolidation of junior colleges into eight districts, with Panhandle counties resisting.
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Technical Community College
Banner
Robert Simmons
State Supreme Court
Lancaster County
Supreme Court
Simons
The
Telegraph
Simmons
High Court
Banner County
Panhandle
Cheyenne
Kimball
Deuel
Sheridan
Morrill
Garden
Box Butte
State Justice Department
Department
Western Nebraska Technical College
Sidney
Nebraska Western College
Scottsbluff
Nebraska Western
Cheyenne County
Wn‘tc
Scotts Bluff
Adventure Film Series Returns In Sidney Cooperation
The Sidney Business and Professional Women's Club and the Ladies Chapter of Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce revive the travel and adventure film series with five Sunday programs from October to March at 2 p.m. in Sidney Senior High. Featured entries include Quebec LaBelle Province, Congo Conquest, John Muir High Sierras, Inside Passage and The Illusion Islands Hawaii. Season tickets for family or student admission go on sale via both groups and at Laura's Gift and Floral Shop, with representatives in nearby towns and Kimball and Deuel Counties. No tickets after sale closes.
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Sidney Rotary Club
Sidney Business and Professional Women's Club
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Sidney Senior High
Ean
Sid Dodson
Quebec
LaBelle
John Doddard
DeWitt Jones
John Muirr
High Sierras
Dennis Cooper
Passage
Illusion Islands
Ralph Franklin
Hawaii
Laura
Kimball
Wheat price support set at 1.13 in Cheyenne County
The State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service reports this year’s wheat price support at 1.13 per bushel in Cheyenne County. Across the state rates range from 112 to 131 with a national average of 125. Sioux and Morrill counties share 1.13, Scotts Bluff Banner Kimball 1.12, Deuel 1.15.
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Lincoln
Cheyenne
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Sioux
Morrill
Scotts Bluff
Group Seeks KN Training For WNTC
Aaron Harman announced a three member committee from Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce to press Kansas Nebraska Natural Gas Co. to locate KN training facilities at Western Nebraska Technical College in Sidney. The committee includes Sen Robert L Clark Councilman John Gottschalk and WNTC president Merle Rudebusch. Clark said a Hastings meeting is set to discuss a possible KN training program. Kansas Nebraska trains about 150 employees yearly in safety and gas operations with IN courses offered in winter and spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Harman
Cheyenne County
Harman
Frontier to Push State Over Airline Subsidy Gain
Lincoln AP State Aeronautics Director Nicolas Smeloff urged Frontier Airlines to say when they will restore Nebraska service after the CAB boosted subsidies by 46 million to 1278 million for the current year. He noted Frontier had cut routes to Sidney and other cities citing hardship and planned to contact the carrier next week. Smeloff said the 46 million increase came despite prior protests by the state commission.
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Lincoln
Nicolas Smeloff
Frontier Airlines
Nebraska
Smeloff
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Frontier
Sidney
Amoco expands Panhandle lease activity amid Nebraska drilling push
Amoco Production Co confirms a block of oil leases in Seofis Bluff County west from the Cedar Valley Field toward the Wyoming line, signaling deeper drilling plans and active Panhandle exploration. Empire Drilling Co completes two Danbury Field wells in Red Willow County with 25 bpd potential and locates a third well to be drilled with Murfin Drilling Co tools. John O Farmer stakes two wildcat tests in Red Willow and Frontier counties using his own drills. Earl le Wakefield files the 17th well in a 24‑well Lincoln and Frontier county series, No 1 Sellers. Gear Drilling Co and Double M Oil Co prepare No 1 Former in West Engelland Field near Sidney in Cheyenne County. Exeter Drilling stalks No 36 Nelson in Cheyenne with four Mcf per day gas test. Big J Production hires Mendenhall Drilling for Falls City Field test No 2 Reesman in Richardson County. Chandler and Associates to rework No 27 Simpson in Kimball with Eatman Drilling on contract.
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Cedar Valley
Wyoming Line
Amoco
Panhandle
Empire Drilling Co
Danbury
Red Willow County
Kircher
Murfin Drilling Co
John O Farmer
Nebraska
England
Red Willow
Mosher
Frontier County
Earl le Wakefield
Lincoln
Frontier Counties
North Platte Gear Drilling Co
Double M Oil Co
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Sioux Army Depot
Exeter Drilling and Exploration Co
Nelson
B-W Drilling Co
Exeter Big J
Production Co
Mendenhall Drilling Co
Falls City
Richardson County
Reesman
Chandler and Associates
Kimball County
Simpson
Simpson Field
Eatman Drilling Co
UNL Student to Intern at Telegraph
Jennifer Scott, a University of Nebraska journalism senior, joined the Sidney Telegraph as a summer intern. She will report edit and photograph stories for publication and gain professional experience before graduating. Her home is Lincoln.
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Jennifer Scott
Sidney Telegraph
Miss Scott
University of Nebraska School of Journalism
Telegraph
Lincoln
Correction notice on land sale dates and values
The Board of Educational Lands and Funds will hold a land sale on June 19, not June 5. If weather is inclement the sale moves to June 22. The previously published date June 8 was in error. Land value about 2720000 dollars and annual rental 940.40.
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Board of Educational Lands and Funds
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Rauner
Gop
Mrs. Young
David-and-Goliath
Chamber
Sidney High School
Dick Yahn
And
Deuel Counties
Banner and Kimball
Deuel County
WNTC
Amoco Production Co
Seofis “Bluff
UNL
Sidney,ne
Union: Pacific
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