Chamber Protests Bus Cut and Community Projects Planned
The Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce board unanimously protests American Bus Lines proposed cancellation of the Sidney Sterling bus service. They will hire Dave Leitz through the Neighborhood Youth Corps for summer at 1.60 per hour. They discuss a downtown carnival and a flower bed plan for the chamber lawn. No action on Frances Craig housing proposal.
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Cheyenne County
Patricia Lake
WNTC
Hickory
Ivan Liljegren
Chamber of Commerce
Frances Craig
The
Panhandle Community Action Agency
Mayor Attends Nebraska Mayors Conference
Mayor John Gottschalk and City Councilman Ed Bauman attended the Nebraska Mayors Conference in Omaha this week. The event drew municipal leaders from across the state to discuss regional issues and city governance.
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John Gottschalk
Ed Bauman
Nebraska Mayors Conference
Omaha
Clark Urges WNTC Students To Promote Their College
Sen Robert Clark of Sidney addressed 26 summer graduates of Western Nebraska Tech College urging them to boost enrollment through word of mouth and advocate for the school. He praised the facility, encouraged ongoing learning, and noted a new diesel tractor certificate as a first for WNTC.
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Clark
WNTC
Robert Clark
Sidney
Western Nebraska Technical College
Nebraska
Merle Rudebusch
Stephen Empson
Deanna Schafer
Hay Springs
Herb Sexton
Crawford
David Dickinson
Angora
Michael Adams
Fort Calhoun
Larry Henry
Danny Reese
Wisner
Steven Hergenrader
Gering
Larry Peterson
Falls City
Theodore Travis
Imperial
Paul York
Bayard
Richard Chappell
Plattsmouth
Raymond Cranmore
Bradwater
Kenneth Keenan
Lusk
Wyo
Barbara Sinner
Wauneta
Donna Frame
Maxi
Braun
Robert Motis
Ralph Braun
Humphrey
Center
Oil leasing brisk in western Nebraska and northeast Colorado
Oil leasing in western Nebraska and northeastern Colorado has been brisk with large acreages in Scotts Bluff and Weld counties. Major players include Amoco Production Co and Continental Oil Co with several drillers pursuing new targets in the Denver-Julesburg region. Gas shortages loom as exploration expands and industrial use tightens, while a Scott Bluff County wildcat awaits verdict.
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Nebraska
Colorado
Scotts Bluff
Weld County
Colo
Amoco Production Co
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
Continental Oil Co
Exeter Drilling and Exploration Co
Camberley Corp
Gear Drilling Co
Lukassen-Erickson
Kimball County
Parma Field
J. H Bander
Cheyenne County
Baird
Toltek Drilling Co
Exeter
Nelson
Scotts Bluff County
Hodge
W B. Smethers and Banner Drilling Co
Sundance Oil Co
Morrill County
Eckert
Wakefield
Lincoln
Frontier Counties
Purser
Frontier County
Hansen
Lincoln County
Rocky Mountain
Denver-Julesburg
Federal Power Commission
Mail Delivery Time Changes After Route Reorganization
Postmaster Ferris Preble announces time changes for mail delivery starting Saturday due to rearranged routes. One route is eliminated and combined with five others, with postmen carrying all mail in cars and making parcel deliveries. Some collection boxes will be removed. a 30 to 45 day evaluation period will determine further changes.
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Ferris Preble
Preble
Rail Service Moves to Set Mobile Agency in Nebraska
Lincoln AP reports the state Railway Commission will hold hearings in Chappell and Ogallala next month on Union Pacific Railroad Co. aim to open a mobile agency based in Julesburg Colorado. The unit would serve Brule Big Springs Chappell and the Lodgepole blind siding in Nebraska with hearings set July 25 and July 26 respectively.
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Lincoln
State Railway Commission
Chappell
Ogallala
Union Pacific Railroad Co
Julesburg
Colo
Brule
Big Springs
Lodgepole
Nebraska
Ogalilala
Missile Road OK Is Sought
Approval has been requested from the Federal Highway Administration for the location and design of improvements on roads serving Minuteman missile sites in Cheyenne County and two neighboring counties.
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Federal Highway Administration
Cheyenne
Beatrice State Home Film Shown To Public In Omaha
A Channel 7 project called Out of the Darkness about the Beatrice State Home for mentally retarded children will be shown Tuesday at 8 p m in the Educational Service Unit 14 Building Omaha The meeting aims to help attendees form opinions about such institutes and compare them with local facilities serving Cheyenne Devel and Kimball Counties Cottage director Marland Gammon said invitations were sent to various life representatives but the event is open to all.
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Beatrice State
Channel 7
Omaha
Educational Service Unit
Toledo
Cheyenne
Devel
Kimball
Marland Gammon
Sidney siren test by fire department set for Thursday
The Sidney Fire Department will conduct a siren test Thursday at 1 p.m. The exercise will sound all warning signals for about 15 minutes.
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Sidney
Swimming Lessons Start at Sidney Pool This Week
Swimming lessons at the Sidney Municipal Pool begin Monday. Registrations were held yesterday and today in Legion Park. Those who missed sign-up may register at the pool office. Manager Mrs Harold O'Conner notes usual turnout of about 300 daily, but only 60 appeared Thursday due to lack of notice.
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Sidney Municipal
Legion Park
Harold O'Conner
Aliens Held In Custody Near Sidney After July Detention
Five Mexicans apprehended eight days after crossing near Del Rico Texas were found on a county road two miles west and three and a half north of Sidney. Trooper Gusman and Chief Bauer reported they entered the country on foot seeking work and were identified as Celino Zaragoza, Hernando Contreras, Victor Aguilar, Marcelino Cantero, and Jose Lopez. They will be held in Cheyenne County jail pending immigration trafficking actions.
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Mexico
Sidney
State Patrol
Cheyenne County
Zimapana
Mex
Ron Gusman
Roy Bauer
del Rico
Texas
Marcelino Cantero
Victor Aguilar
Jose Lopez
Hernando Contreras
Cinilo Zaragoza
Zimapann
Vandalism Charges Filed in College Campus Incident
Larry McCollum and Joel Gaskins, students at Western Nebraska Technical College, charged with malicious destruction after an incident on campus last week. About 50 dollars of damage occurred to buildings in the Ordville housing area at WNTC.
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Larry McCollum
Joel Gaskins
Western Nebraska Technical College
Ordville
WNTC
Concerts Start Soon at Legion Park Band Shell
Weekly concerts begin Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. at the city band shell in Legion Park. Sidney High School band directed by Larry Pippitt will perform and instrument spots are open to adults and college students in the City Summer Recreation program. Rehearsals are set for Monday at 7 30 p.m. in the band room.
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Legion Park
Larry Pippitt
Sidney High School
Smeloff Proposes State Air Service Plan for Nebraska
At a North Platte Chamber panel, Col Dregge warned communities not to push air commuter service unless locals use it. Nicholas Smeloff outlined a state corporation to contract and finance service, via shareholder funding, passenger taxes, or CAB subsidies. Frontier Airlines officials urged subsidy support and expanded operations while opposing a state carrier and head taxes.
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Nebraska
Nebraska Chamber of Commerce
North Platte
John Dregge
Civil Aeronautics Board
Nicholas Smeloff
Smeloff
Nead
CAB
Dregge
Kenneth Smith
Frontier Airlines
Don Brown
Trans Nebraska Airlines Inc
John Hardy
North Central Airlines
Rush Clark
North Platte Airport Authority
Frontier
Smith
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Utah
Brown
Trans Nebraska
Clark
Sidney Students Prepare for Lincoln Boys State Trip
Four Sidney youths Scott Cook Kent Schlaman Rosemarie Hruska and Susan Fankhauser depart tonight from the Cheyenne County Courthouse for the Cornhusker State at Lincoln joining South Panhandle delegates. The group aims for state office experiences and career insight through intense five day sessions with tours speeches and office visits.
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Cheyenne County
Scott Cook
Kent Schlaman
Rosemarie Hruska
Susan Fankhauser
South Panhandle
Cornhusker State
Lincoln
Sidney
Miss Hruska
Herb Hruska
HHH
Money Management
University of Nebraska
van Buren
Parker County
Schlaman
Glen Bennett
Oscar Schlaman
John
Boys State
Jane
Phil
Kristy
Hruska
Madison
Sullivan
Fankhauser
Treasury Department
Bill
Cook
Belleau Wood
Memorial Hospital
Medicine
Robert Cook
Dix
Panhandle
Butz Says Beef Price Controls Unlikely and Unwise
Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz told the Nebraska Stock Growers Association and Sand Hills Cattle Association convention that he does not expect price controls on beef. He argued prices rise due to demand, warned against wartime price controls, and urged cattlemen to enforce strict self discipline on drugs and chemicals including DES certification.
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Butz
Price Commission
Department of Agriculture
Cattlemen
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