Inflation and controls dominate NSGA convention in Nebraska
The Nebraska Stock Growers Association opens its 87th annual meeting in North Platte with Cal Coulter blaming inflation and government intervention for higher costs and weaker cattle prices. Congresswoman Virginia Smith was to speak on imported meat inspections as the convention proceeds.
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North Platte
Nebraska Stock Growers Association
NSGA
Cal Coulter
Bridgeport
Coulter
Safety and Health Administration
Ford
Bill Staiger
California Cattlemen's Association
Virginia Smith
Kearney
Wheat King Festival Opens in Chappell with Weekend Events
Chappell prepares for the Wheat King Festival with a Market Place tent featuring crafts and baked goods. Eight teams compete in the Wheat King Olympics at the high school field Saturday. A 9 p.m dance, a Sunday worship service with Rev. A Elwood Fleming, and the Sounds of Victory gospel concert cap the weekend. The Wheat King Open Golf Tournament also occurs on Sunday.
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Chappell
A. Elwood Fleming
United Methodist Church of Nebraska
Sounds of Victory
Interstate 80 sculpture in Sidney hailed as spectacular work
Designer Hans Van de Bovenkamp calls the Roadway Confluence sculpture the best of 10 interstate works as 12 workers grind and weld the 36 foot high aluminum piece. It is slated for a July 4 dedication at the east Sidney rest area with completion hoped for several other sites by early July.
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Con Marshall
Mark Twain
Sidney
National Center For Atmospheric Research
Boulder
Cole
Sidney Municipal
University of Wyoming
Dave Rogers
Ted Karacostas
Wyoming
Gabor Vali
Rogers
Vali
United States
Panhandle
Colorado
Wali
David Hendee
Hans van de Bovenkamp
van de Bovenkamp
Tillson, NY
East
New Yorker
Capitol Bridge Co
Lincoln
Lodgepole Valley
Mildred Elwell
Sidney National Bank
Elwell
Corad
Kearney
Kimball
Brady
Grand Island
Omaha
York
Ogallala
Seward
Decker Wins Appeal for Sidney Retail Liquor License
Sidney businessman Bob Decker welcomed a Nebraska Liquor Control Commission ruling granting a retail package liquor license for his Tru Valu Family Center at 2344 Jackson after appealing a Sidney City Council denial. The license will be issued after a 20 foot archway connects two buildings and after inspections, with Decker promising low prices and extended hours. The council was represented at the Lincoln hearing by City Attorney Tom Dorwart.
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Sidney
Bob Decker
Nebraska Liquor Control Commission
Jackson Decker
Helen Runion
Deckers Grocery-Hardware
Decker
Lincoln
Tom Dorwart
Ford and Reagan fight for Missouri delegates
Ford and Reagan duel for Missouri's 19 at large delegates at the GOP convention amid a tight national race. An AP survey shows Ford leading Reagan in total delegates, while Carter dominates the Democratic field as Illinois and other states hold conventions.
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Springfield
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Missouri
Kansas City
California
GOP Committee
Lowell McCuskey
Christopher S Bond
Associated Press
Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Democratic National Committee
Bond
Illnois
Illinois
Carter
Milton J Shapp
Pennsylvania
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
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Morris R Udall
Arizona
Hubert H Humphrey
Minnesota
Edmund G Brown Jr
Brown
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