Sidney Council Considers Paving and Repaving Districts
The Sidney City Council will vote on an ordinance to create four paving districts and two repaving areas. Objections were insufficient to halt any district, with notable opposition on a two block 20th Ave district. Additional items include library board replacement, stop signs, bids for city fuel and bulbs, highway speed limit relief, a camp ground agreement, and Lodgepole Creek land purchase for recreation and school access.
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Sidney
20Th Ave
Elm
Cedar
Hickory St
9Th
8Th Avenue
Hipp
Dodge Street
20Th
21St Avenue
17Th Avenue
Cedar St
Haskill Hill Road
Birch St
16Th
17Th
State Highway Department
Chamber of Commerce
Fair Grounds
Lodgepole Creek
13Th Avenue
South Elementary
South Platte NRD Moves to Organize Amid Constitutionality Fight
The South Platte Natural Resource District aims to organize Tuesday as a lawsuit challenges the NRD program’s constitutionality. Lancaster County Judge Hastings heard an injunction request to pause NRD implementation by July 1 and asked for written briefs before a full hearing. The case, filed in Lancaster County District Court, targets merging 152 districts into NRDs and involves the Soil and Water Conservation Commission which oversees early program phases.
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South Platte
NRC
State Soil and Water Conservation Commission
Panhandle Forecast With Showers Likely This Week
Partly cloudy conditions through Tuesday with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. Highs in the 80s, lows near 50. Extended outlook through Friday calls for more showers, temperatures in the 70s to mid 80s, and overnight lows around 50. Courtesy Frontier Airlines.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Nebraska to buy Fort Robinson site for state park
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission approved purchasing 6 400 acres around Fort Robinson from the federal government at 2.50 per acre, the maximum allowed per year. A 5 200 acre leasenearby was also authorized with plans to buy next year. The move supports a long range plan with renovations and a multimillion dollar recreation complex in cooperation with the Historical Society and the University.
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Lincoln
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
Fort Robinson
Commission
Willard Barbee
Barbee
State Historical Society
University of Nebraska
OSHA finds most workplaces compliant in partial-year inspections
OSHA reports 26,302 inspections across 23,662 establishments employing 4,684,033 workers in the first ten months of the fiscal year. Assistant Secretary George D. Guenther notes 24 percent compliance and 75,864 violations across 18,449 citations, with proposed penalties totaling 1,711,955 and 3,421 complaints.
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA
George D. Guenther
Secretary of Labor For Occupational Safety and Health
Guenther
Highway Funds May Dip In Coming Fiscal Year
Lincoln AP report shows Nebraska expects $4.4 million less federal highway funding in fiscal 1973, with $299 million vs $343 million this year. Eldon Green cites national cuts as the cause while noting Nebraska also received $4.4 million for special projects this year.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
State Highway Advisory Commission
Eldon Green
Nixon
Green
Tipi Ring Site in Cheyenne County Nominated for National Register
Archaeologists highlight the Wes Stevens farm site east of Potter as one of Nebraska’s best preserved tipi ring locations. The Stevens site features 25 defined rings 12 to 21 feet wide on unplowed sod, with nine scattered stone alignments. Local historians speculate Sioux ties, with buffalo hunting from bluffside vantage aiding daily life. The site, protected from federal projects, remains inaccessible to the public.
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Potter
Sidney
The
Nebraska Historical Society
Marvin Kivett
Colorado
Nebraska
Stevens
Richard Jensen
Society
Jensen
Cheyenne County
White crosses mark 1972 highway fatalities in Nebraska
White florescent crosses along Nebraska highways mark each 1972 traffic fatality site. Governors Highway Safety Campaign uses the metal markers to keep the fatalities visible for the rest of the year.
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Nebraska
Unscramble The Eggs in Richardson County Suit
The Richardson County Soil and Water Conservation District and landowners Walter Neeman and Frederick Behling sue over NRCD mergers. Attorney Herman Ginsberg calls the act incomprehensible and says it would be impossible to unscramble the eggs if mergers proceed, while Assistant Atty Gen Ralph Gillan accuses tactics of seeking an 11th hour injunction. Lincoln contractors warn work on Antelope Creek flood project could halt if injunction issues.
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Richardson County Soil and Water Conservation District
Walter Neeman
Frederick Behling
Herman Ginsberg
Ginsburg
Ralph Gillan
NRC
Lincoln
Robert Guenzel
Antelope Creek
Invasion of Authority Sparks NRD Formation Push
Harold Zabin argues NRC taxing powers invade Douglas County authority while Gillan notes watershed units already hold taxing powers. As of morning 20 of 24 NRDs organized. Upper Niobrara White and Lower Platte North to form tonight at Chadron and David City. Sidney and Scottsbluff districts set for Tuesday meetings with NRD plans, elections, and formation letters.
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Harold Zabin
Douglas County
NRC
Gillan
NRD
Upper Niobrara
Lower Platte North
Chadron
David City
South Platte
Sidney
North Platte
Scottsbluff
Soil Conservation Service
Commission
Secretary of State
Representative Martin Pushes Change to Beef Hormone Rules
Rep Dave Martin introduces legislation to amend the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act to allow animal drug use in livestock feed. He cites FDA moves to ban DES in cattle and sheep feeds, warning removal could cut U.S. meat production by about 15 percent and raise prices. Martin notes residues found in some livers but argues levels are far below cancer danger and calls for safety limits.
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Dave Martin
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
Martin
Food and Drug Administration
United States
U.S
FDA
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Dalton Firemen Win Tourney in Tight Interstate Meet
The host Dalton firemen won the Interstate Firemen's Tournament after a close run with Gurley. Dalton tied at 14 points with Gurley and won the decisive 50-foot hose runoff while Sidney placed second overall and won the 50-foot hose change. Other teams included Dix, Potter, Sedgwick, Chappell, Lodgepole, Big Springs and Kimball. about 200 spectators attended.
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Dalton
Gurley
Dalton Tea
Sidney
Sidney Firemen
Dix
Potter
Sedgwick
Chappell
Lodgepole
Big Springs
Kimball
Netherlander Visits Sidney on World Motorcycle Tour
Ferdinand L. Van Der Kleij of the Netherlands stayed in Sidney overnight with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kokes while traveling the world on a motorcycle. He left the Netherlands on August 10, 1971, with San Francisco his first U S stop, then Oakland to visit a nephew, and Evanston Wyo prior to Sidney. He planned to board a boat to England and return home by August 1 after forty years in the Royal Netherlands Navy.
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Ferdinand L. van der Kleij
The
Netherlands
Sidney
Frank Kokes
Kleij
San Francisco
United States
Oakland
Calif
Evanston
Wyo
States
England
Royal Netherlands Navy
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Dave Mowry
Mowry
South Platte Nrd
Game Commission
Ft. Robinson
Crazy Horse
Telegraph
Dalton Firemen
Interstate Firemen
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