Carlson City Engineer to resign and move to Casper
City Engineer Jack Carlson will leave Sidney to accept a similar post at Casper Wyoming, acting City Manager Gordon Tobin said. Carlson began his $20,000 a year job March 1 after previously serving as city engineer at North Platte. Tobin called the resignation Friday a surprise and said the city would miss his services.
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Jack Carlson
Sidney
Casper
Wyo
Gordon Tobin
Carlson
North Platte
Tobin
City Manager Carlson Plans Resignation, Council Faces Hire Pause
Tobin said Carlson would have gotten a raise in August and no effective resignation date has been set. He expects no replacement until the City Council selects a new city manager, with engineering firms to handle any project work in the interim. Carlson had no comment when approached by the Sidney Telegraph.
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Carlson
Tobin
Sidney Telegraph
Swedish sisters tour the United States in dream trip
Two Gothenburg sisters Ingalill Ytterby and May Lidstrand visit the United States for three years of savings, studying geography and English. They travel with relatives from Shenandoah and Sidney, journeying from New York to Omaha across Nebraska, the Black Hills, and the Rocky Mountains.
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Carl Christ, Sr
May Lidstrand
Ingallll Ytterby
Gothenburg
Sweden
Sidney
United States
Frances Craig
Rhoda
Ingalill Ytterby
Carl Christ
Carl Christ, Jr
Jeanette Witters
Ther
Mrs
Don Moffet
Shenandoah, Iowa
New York City
New Orleans
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Las Vegas
Grand Canyon
Tijuana
Mexico
Omaha
Moffets
Shenandoah
Nebraska
Black Hills
South Dakota
Cheyenne
Denver
Rocky Mountains
New York
Canada
Ome
Europe
Scandinavian
England
Russia
NRD office site corrected over Winds Street claim
NRD director Bob Hahn confirms the new South Platte Natural Resources District offices will be on Everett Frerichs property east of Born Skelly in the 1800 block of Winds Street. The Sidney Telegraph had reported the 1900 block of Ilinois building formerly used by Born Skelly. Donald Born says Born Skelly never used the Frerichs building.
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South Platte
Indianola Man Killed in Cambridge Truck Collision
James Madden of Indianola, 23, died in a two vehicle crash on U.S. 6 two miles west of Cambridge. State Patrol said a Cambridge man, Stephen Messersmith, 28, was turning left when Madden’s car struck the rear of his pickup.
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Cambridge
UPI
James Madden
Indianola
U.S. 6
Stephen Messersmith
Madden
Sidney well in Sidney city limits yields dry hole
Champlin Petroleum Co. abandoned its drilling venture south and east of Sidney after the i-sand probe showed no oil or gas. Paul Roberts of the Nebraska Oil & Gas Commission said no further drilling interest has been notified in the area. This was the first well drilled within Sidney’s corporate limits.
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Champlin Petroleum Co
Sidney
Paul Roberts
Nebraska Oil & Gas Commission
Peetz Farmers Co-Operative Annual Meet at Fort Sidney
A note from Page 3 indicates the Peetz Farmers Co-Operative will hold its annual meeting at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel. Two hundred students attend summer school at WMTC per Page 7. Page 2 reports fewer jobs and greater demand for work in Sidney for May. Page 12 notes a letter to the editor about parking.
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Ramen
WMTC
Sidney
Carter nominates Harvard doctor as surgeon general
President Carter names Dr. Julius Richmond of Harvard Medical School to be surgeon general and assistant secretary for health in HEW. Senate confirmation required. The move may revive the post and boost health service leadership, while potentially raising salary to 53 000. Richmond aims to reinforce the PHS commissioned corps aiding Indian Health Service and other programs.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Julius Richmond
Harvard Medical School
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Richmond
Senate
PHS
Indian Health Service
Coast Guard
Bureau of Prisons
Richard Nixon
Nebraska tax plan eyed by state panel
State Tax Commissioner William Peters urges a 1 percent increase in the income tax to 18 percent of federal liability and a 0.5 percent rise in the sales tax to finance state operations. The State Board of Equalization meets Monday to set rates. A separate item notes a wayne conference invites papers on Indians in Midwestern culture with focus on Crazy Horse.
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Wayne
UPI
John G. Niehardt Center
Bancroft
Wayne State College Center
Texas manufacturer eyes Sidney site for new plant
A Texas firm sent representatives to evaluate Sidney as a production plant location. The firm seeks labor with carpentry or sheet metal background, with training available. Western Nebraska Technical College offers training cooperation. Survey results due in Texas by June 20, with forms at the Abraske Division Employment Office in Sidney and at the Sidney employment office.
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Sidney
Jack Lowe
Panhandle Growth, Inc
Sidney Telegraph
KSID
Panhandle
Lowe
Texas
Western Nebraska Technical College
Abraske Division of
Hail and Rain Stampede Across Southern Panhandle
A Thursday storm drenched areas from Sidney to Dalton with hail and heavy rain. A tornado touched down near Potter at 6:45 p.m., demolishing a garage and causing Wheat damage along with downed power lines. Rain totals varied, with Potter seeing .86 inches and Scottsbluff reporting two to three inches west of town. hail damaged wheat in several locales and lingering outages affected area power.
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Southern
Panhandle
Sidney
North Potter
West Dalton
Elmer Buhrdorf
Potter
Wayne Buhrdorf
Gordon Reed
Potter State Bank
Ted Panas
Dalton State Bank
Stecher
Dalton
Lodgepole
Chappell
Lorenzo
Peetz
Wreak Af Satin
Colo
Sterling
Scottsbluff
Reading
Alliance
Kimball
Meter compromise proposed for Sidney free parking
Downtown business people and others urged a half day free parking plan at a Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce meeting. John Laing said the idea, favored by mayor and councilman, would be submitted to the parking meter committee and then to the city council for June 27 consideration.
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Sidney
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Laing
KSID
Lee-Ellen Matzke
Ed Haupt
Canada asks U S to reduce wheat acres in 1978
Canada probes U S plans for acreage cuts as U S officials weigh possible 1978 acreage retirement set aside amid rising wheat stocks. Deputy Secretary John White says Canada wants the United States to cut production to lift prices, while policy favors national stock reserves and coordinated action with major producers. If crop hits 2 billion bushels, carryover could rise to a record 1.439 billion by June 1978 and prices may dip near government support levels.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
John White
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Canada
United States
White
Carter Administration
Ford Administration
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Allistair Cooke
America
Ytterby
Lidstrands
Germany
Nebraska Briefs
John G. Neihardt
Wayne State
Neihardt
Lincoln
AAA
Cornhusker Motor Club
Sidney Data
John Laing
By Bernard Brenner
UPI Farm
Agriculture Department
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