United Fund Sets Budget for Sidney Campaign
The Sidney United Fund approved a $15 000 budget for this fall s drive after a budget-setting meeting. The allocation includes $14 270 for 10 civic and charitable groups and $730 for drive expenses. Organizations approved include the King s Daughters Travelers Aid Tri County Association for Retarded Citizens USO Epsilon Sigma Alpha Muscular Dystrophy Fund Girl Scouts Scouts Salvation Army American Red Cross Boy Scouts and National Arthritis Foundation.
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Sidney United Fund
United Fund Drive
King's Daughters
Travelers’ Aid
Tri-County Association For
United Services Organization
Epsilon Sigma Alpha
Girl Scouts
Scouts
Salvation Army
American Red Cross
Boy Scouts
National Arthritis Foundation
United Fund
County plans hearing on amendments to Cheyenne plan
Cheyenne County plans a public hearing Monday at 8 p.m. in the courthouse basement meeting room to consider amendments to the comprehensive development plan and its zoning and subdivision regulations. Wheatbelt Public Power District seeks changes duplicating state permitting. Colorado planner Bob Britzman will attend to answer questions. The meeting is open to the public.
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Cheyenne County
County Planning Commission
Court House
Wheatbelt Public Power District
Wheatbelt
Colorado
Bob Britzman
Flag Week Marked For Bicentennial Hopeful Start
Betty Tremain of the Sidney Bicentennial Committee urges residents to fly American flags not only on Flag Day but throughout the week starting 1975. She notes the year’s relevance to events leading to the 1776 Declaration and stresses the flag’s meaning in history.
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Betty Tremain
Sidney Bicentennial Committee
Tremain
Sidney Committee
Philadelphia
Betsy Ross
George Washington
Robert Morris
George Ross
Ross
Continental Congress
United States
Congress
Francis Hopkinson
Washington
Nebraskas food still stored could be given away
Lancaster County officials consider distributing over a million pounds of Civil Defense crackers and biscuits stored in 180 buildings across the county and Irvingdale Park. AID and other agencies would coordinate, testing age over ten years and weighing costs, with disposal decisions resting jointly with city and county governments.
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Lincoln
Lancaster County
Irvingdale Park Civil Defense
Robert D. Kuzelka
Suez Canal reopening cited as boon for U S hard red winter wheat
Neb Wheat Advisory Committee heard from Richard Benson of Great Plains Wheat in Beirut that opening the Suez Canal after eight years will cut Gulf shipping costs, boosting U S wheat competitiveness in Iran and the Persian Gulf. Benson noted Iran imports about two million tons yearly, with the US supplying about 90 percent. He cautioned hard red winter share may rise as costs fall.
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Suez Canal
Persian Gulf
Lebanon
Nebraska Wheat Advisory Committee
Richard Benson
Beirut
Great Plains Wheat Inc
GPW
Nebraska Wheat Division
Benson
U.S
Nebraska Committee
University of Nebraska
High Plains Agricultural Laboratory
Sidney
Gulf
Iran
Middle East
Africa
Nor
Illinois
Mediterranean
Egypt
Nigeria
Latin America
sub-Sahara
France
European Economic Community
Australia
Nebraska PSC fires chief engineer in Kennard case clash
The Nebraska Public Service Commission voted 3-1 to fire chief engineer Gerald Sasek amid a dispute over rate regulation in the Kennard case. Chairman Eric Rasmussen condemned the majority as cozy with the telephone industry while the Kennard ruling upheld Blair Telephone Co’s right to charge full rates after service improvements.
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Lincoln
Public Service Commission
Nebraska
Eric Rasmussen
Des Moines
Rasmussen
Duane Gay
James Munnelly
Jack Romans
Sasek
Robert Marland
Kennard
Nebraska Supreme Court
Blair Telephone Co
Dog saves girl from rattlesnake bite on farm
A three year old Labrador-Vizsla cross dog named Billy Jack shielded 17 year old Cyndi Starr at the Vern Brauer farm on South Divide. The dog leapt between girl and snake and was bitten but survived after veterinary care. Mrs Brauer says the dog proved his value beyond companionship.
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Billy Jack
Vern Brauer
Brauers
Cyndi Starr
South Divide
Cyndi
Thunderstorms Possible Across Nebraska Tonight
A low pressure system and cold front from Minnesota to Montana move into northeastern Nebraska bringing scattered thunderstorms. Severe storms possible in the southeast tonight with cooler temps overnight in the 50s to 60s and highs in the 80s on Saturday. State record high reached 85 at Beatrice, with 45 observed at North Platte early Friday.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Montana
Nebraska
National Weather Service
Beatrice
North Platte
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Lancaster County Board
State Office of Planning and Programming
Agency For International Development
Jan Gauger
Gauger
Robert Colin
High Plains
Ken Hobbie
Western Wheat Associates
Hobbie
Sidney High School
Mike Lewis
Lewis
Mike McDowell
Claire Higuchi
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