School Board Ponders Budget Amid Sweeping Uncertainties
Sidney's School Board wrestles with the 1973 74 budget amid court cases with the Sidney Educators Association and new state aid rules. They cut non salary costs, plan bids for a new school bus, and hire six teachers while facing salary limits and possible tax implications.
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Sidney Board of Education
Sidney Educators’ Association
State Court of Industrial Relations
Sidney
Wate
CIA
Russell Pedersen
Pedersen
Limit On Spending Raises Confusion For Nebraska Schools
Nebraska education officials warn that LB172 which adds 20 million dollars to annual aid to 55 million may strain districts. A long range LB472 would shift costs to state taxes but was vetoed. Complex spending limits based on cost of living and wholesale price indices complicate implementation and may require legislative help.
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Pedersen
Nebraska
State Board of Education
Exon
State Education Department
Wilbur Schindler
Statistical Services Division
Cecil Stanley
Education Department
Schindler
Junior Lawmen program trains Nebraska youths in policing
The sixth annual Junior Lawmen program by the American Legion offers 45 high school juniors intensive law enforcement and traffic safety training at Lincoln Air Park. Participants like Lyle Kurth of Dalton and Dan Moore of Bartley will learn radar and VASCAR, fingerprinting, and defensive driving with final ceremonies in the Capitol’s east chamber Friday.
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The
American Legion
Ed Cizek
Nebraska American Legion
State Patrol
Lyle Eugene Kurth
Dalton
Dan Moore
Bartley
Vascar
Moore
East Chamber of the
Capitol
Lincoln Air Park
Panhandle Forecast Calls For Warmth And Showers
Partly cloudy with a high in the low 80s this afternoon and warm tonight. Thursday brings partly cloudy skies and a 30 percent chance of widely scattered showers with highs near 90. Southerly winds 15 to 26 mph. Extended outlook shows showers and thunderstorms through Sunday with highs in the mid to upper 80s and cooler by Sunday.
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Panhandle
Sunol Post Office Status Remains Unclear
Sunol post office fate hangs in the balance as an upcoming decision looms after Sunol postmaster Vic Kulhmann notes a customer survey is conducted when the position is vacant. Sunol postmistress Mrs. LA Caldwell retires and a regional Chicago review will decide continuation or discontinuation.
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North Platte
Vic Kulhmann
Sidney Telegraph Today
Sunol
Chicago
Kuthmann
Pedersen Urges Summer Immunizations for School Kids
Sidney school superintendent Russell Pedersen urged parents of children entering Nebraska public schools next fall to immunize against measles polio rubella tetanus and whooping cough before the start of the year. He noted forms sent home must be signed and returned in fall or indicate a parental refusal. He urged summer vaccination to avoid fall doctor rush.
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Pedersen
Sidney
Russell Pedersen
Nebraska
Call Receives Jail Sentence for Indecent Exposure
Kenneth Douglas Call age 38 of Sidney was found guilty of indecent exposure from an incident on June 2. He was sentenced to 45 days in the county jail by District County Judge P J Heaton and ordered to pay trial costs. An appeal bond of 750 was set.
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Kenneth Douglas Call
Sidney
Call
P J Heaton
Heaton
Police Check Truck Mishap In Sidney Traffic
At 10 56 a m Monday a truck driven by Alice Hidy of Booneville Mo struck a car owned by Bert Britton of Sidney which then hit an auto owned by Ralph Cox of Sidney Police say Damage was 25 to the Hidy vehicle 400 to the Britton car and 50 to the Cox vehicle
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Alice Hidy
Booneville
Sidney
Bert Britton
Ralph Cox
Hidy
Britton
Cox
Board Named to Oversee Western Nebraska Vo Tech
Governor Exon appointed an 11 member governing board for the Western Nebraska Community College Area to oversee Western Nebraska Technical College at Sidney. Included are Dr HC Q Nelson and William Kelley from Sidney, plus six others from Chadron Alliance Kimball Mitchell Gering Scottsbluff and two more. The board will govern until 1974 and oversee formation of a Panhandle wide vocational and junior college system with NWC and WNTC.
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South
Jack Stewart
Dennis Katus
Jim Fritts
Bob Cook
Elizabeth Young
Leonard Wintermore
Sidney
American National Bank
Pedersen
Panhand
Carl Cornelius
Robert Conrad
Sidney National Bank
Nebraska Bankers Association
Exon
Western Nebraska Community College Area
Western Nebraska Technical College
HC Q Nelson
William Kelley
Nelson
Kelley
Educational Service Unit 14
John F Hawley
Albert W Crikes
Chadron
Max L Hensley
Kimball
Mickey Stewart
Niel Colerick
Alliance
Milton L Green
Mitchell
Douglas Gilbaugh
Gering
Frank J Kleager
Thomas Bower
Scottsbluff
WNTC
Merle Rudebusch
Vocational College
Nebraska Western College
Technical Community College
Thompson Appointed To Regional Board
Thompson named to Panhandle Regional Board as Panhandle Educational Corporation members met at ESU 13 Scottsbluff to approve bylaws and a 1973 74 budget. PERC Project reported 70 381 instructional materials distributed to 82 districts and 20 000 students in 1972 73. Executive Board officers named Elmer Corbit president Virl Davis vice president J F Anderson secretary treasurer.
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Panhandle Educational Corporation
Nebraska Panhandle
ESU 13
Scottsbluff
Corporation
PERC
Panhandle
Elmer Corbit
Chadron
Virl Davis
Gering
J F Anderson
Harrisburg
Edwin C Nelson
Chadron State College
Ray Phipps
Crawford
Michael Kacere
Gordon
Bruce Kaman
Morrill
Richard McGee
Kimball
Eugene Thompson
Lodgepole
W D Brawner
Dix
PGI Officials Tour Plants Of Local Manufacturers
Panhandle Growth Inc formed in 1972 to attract industry in Cheyenne County conducted a tour of local plants including Ep-Ro Manufacturing Co and Sidney Manufacturing Co. The group toured Plains Manufacturing Jade Manufacturing and Egging Co with bankers and officials, noting plans for Tow-Low trailers and a Ratcliff Industries plant near Sidney later this year.
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Panhandle Growth Inc
Cheyenne County
Ep-Ro Manufacturing Co
Sidney
Ep- Ro
Sidney Manufacturing Co
Plains Manufacturing Co
Jade Manufacturing Co
Egging Co
Represen
PGI
Don Jorgenson
American National Bank
Bob Conrad
Sidney National Bank
Tom Olson
Ted Panas
Dalton State Bank
E. K. Yanney
First State Bank of
Lodgepole
Fred
Don Enevoldsen
Potter State Bank
Jack Lowe
PGE
Emmett Clark
Vince Maliszewski
Ed Haupt
Ed Bauman
Dave Young
Frank Partsch
Clark
Ratcliff Industries
James Payne
Sidney Federal Savings and Loan
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Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Co
Kansas-Nebraska
Aaron Harmon
Harmon
Black & Veatch
K-N
Ken Moncrief
Lincoln Attorney
Sea
Ogallala
Bridgeport
McCook
Falls City
Fairbury
Telegraph
Nelson, Kelley
Thompson
Panedco
Panhandle Educational Resources Center
EPRO
Sidney Plant
Panas
Young
von Cnevuwsen
Haupt
Bauman
Jorgenson
Maliszewski
Olson
Jerry Epstein
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