Community Action Unit Vows To Remain Alive
NPCAA directors in five southern Panhandle counties vow to continue as a human resources board even if OEO funding ends. The group aims to keep programs alive through possible new funding sources and a phased exit if needed. Head Start may receive a four year, 125000 grant for an experimental expansion serving prenatal care to third grade, with 80 families required for the project.
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Nebraska Panhandle Community Action Agency
Panhandle
Office of Economic Opportunity
Nixon
OEO
NPCAA
Bayard
Allen J. Arringdale
Congress
Senate
Arringdale
Nebraska State Association of Community Action
Joan Cromer
Western Nebraska Guard recruiting amid phase-out threat
The threat of phasing out the western Nebraska National Guard battalion prompts a round of recruiting to boost strength. WO1 Marion Gunderson cites low figures in the 168th Field Artillery as officers fundraise to attract new guardsmen and offer incentives. A March 18 information session from 9 am to 3 pm will brief area high school seniors.
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Nebraska
Marion Gunderson
Sidney
Gunderson
168Th Field Artillery
Scottsbluff
CPTA Protest Targets CBS XRated Movies In Late Show
Sidney church women grouping as Christian People Taking Action plan letter campaigns to oppose CBS plans to air X rated films. President Mrs. Jack Stewart outlined protest methods and urged letters to Dr Frank Stanton at CBS New York.
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Sidney Church
Christian People Taking Action
CPTA
Jack Stewart
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Frank Stanton
Esident
New York
N. Y
Stewart
Light Memorial Presbyterian Church
First Christian Church
B. T. Miller
Unusually Deep Test Oil Well Planned in Scotts Bluff County
The Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission received notice that Alvin C Hope will drill the No 1 Goodell in Section 7 21N 57W to 9000 feet in the Pre Cambrian. Banner Drilling Co. leads the wildcat test in a region where most wells reach about 5000 feet. Other intents include No 2 Beyer in Cheyenne County and No 6 Mossberg in Banner County. Local activity includes Gear Drilling Co operating on the Beyer and Exeter Drilling Co planning the Banner County test at 6000 feet. The first 1973 producing well, No 1 Larson offset to the 1 Larson, was brought in near Kimball by Apollo Enterprises.
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Scotts Bluff
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Alvin C Hope
Goodell
Banner Drilling Co
Commission
J H. Bander
Camberley Corp
Grayrock Corp
Cheyenne County
Mossberg
Sun Oil Co
Banner County
Singleton Field
Gear Drilling Co
Exeter Drilling Co
Kimball
Apollo Enterprises
Larson
Panhandle Forecast: Partly Cloudy Skies With Mild Temperatures
This afternoon partly cloudy with highs near 53 to 60. Tonight variable cloudiness with lows in the upper 20s to lower 30s. Saturday sunny and warm with highs 53 to 60. Winds 10 to 20 mph from the west to southwest this afternoon and northwest tonight.
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Panhandle
Sidney Seeks Community Improvement Push and Youth Council Revival
The Sidney Community Improvement Council plans a citywide campaign to mobilize public participation in the Nebraska Community Improvement Program. The effort targets downtown revitalization, economic development, environmental action, and more. A Saturday meeting at the Chateau invites teachers and youth workers to revive the Sidney Council of Youth with support from local students and faculty.
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Sidney Council of Youth
Sidney Community Improvement Council
Nebraska
Sidney
All Nebraska
Lucille Dorwart
Chateau
Dick Osterday
Pete Hay
Wilbert Higuchi
Bill Christy
Bob Lohrberg
Jim Musso
Mike
Marcia Thorpe
Rich
Diana Saletta
Ed Mathews
Margaret Borcher
Bill Mehling
Sidney High School
Bill Kreutzer
St. Patrick’s High School
Campaign Kicks Off In Chappell Community Improvement Council Forms
A Tuesday meeting at the Chappell Cafe launched the Community Improvement Council with 33 participants from 25 organizations including churches schools and government. John Jones chairs Curt Routh is vice chair and Mrs Hjalmer Carlson secretary. Ramona Freeman opened with program goals to spur local development and payroll growth.
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Chappell Cafe
Pat Malloy
Scottsbluff
Nebraska
C.I.C
John Jones
Curt Routh
Hjalmer Carlson
Ramona Freeman
Chamber of Commerce
Chappell
State Asked To Replace REAP Program Funds
Nebraska lawmakers heard Sen. Loran Schmit push LB 439 to restore REAP funding with 75 percent state 25 percent federal share. The measure would cap any one farm at 2500 while Nebraska Natural Resources Commission backed the request amid Nixon administration plans to cut REAP. The committee took no action.
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Loran Schmit
Bellwood
Schmit
Nebraska
Nixon
Congress
Nebraska Natural Resources Commission
Wayne College Recognizes WNTC Degree Transfer
Wayne College will recognize the WNTC associate degree allowing credit transfer up to 40 hours toward a major. The agreement follows prior recognitions from UNL branches, Kearney State, and Chadron State. Merle Rudebusch (WNTC president) notes possible junior standing for some transfer students.
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Western Nebraska Technical College
Wayne State College
WNTC
Wayne
University of Nebraska
Lincoln Ad Omaha
Kearney State College
Chadron State College
Merle Rudebusch
Rudebusch
FBI Director Plane Damages Gordon Air Strip
Gordon airport runway and taxi strip torn up Wednesday night by a jet that apparently landed by mistake. The North American Saberliner from Ellsworth AFB Rapid City was to land at Pine Ridge and carried a chief U S marshal and L Patrick Gray, FBI director, though verification was not possible. The plane had to be jacked up to taxi and barely lifted off before proceeding.
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Gordon
Gordon Municipal Airport
Gary Hansen
Ellsworth Air Force Base
Rapid City
S.D
Pine Ridge
Hansen
U. S
L. Patrick Gray
Federal Bureau of Investigation
John Mason Named to Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Governor Exon announced Sidney resident John Mason a fill for the unexpired term of John D. Knapp on the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. Mason works as a Sidney agent for Ohio National Life Insurance Co and will serve until September this year after Knapp resigned to become District County Judge last November.
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Exon
John Mason
Sidney
John D. Knapp
Kimball
Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Mason
Ohio National Life Insurance Co
Knapp
Accident damages Ford in Yendis lot collision
Sidney police investigated an accident yesterday in which a 1969 Ford owned by Sylvia Worster sustained 80 dollars in damage after being struck by an unknown vehicle while parked in the Yendis parking lot.
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Sidney
Sylvia Worster
Yendis
Four Local Teens Crowned Elks' Most Valuable Students
Sidney Elks Lodge names four local teens Scott R Cook Daniel E Egging Vicki Zaelsky and Rose Marie Hruska as Most Valuable Students. Each receives college bond awards and remains eligible for the state contest. Cook is a Sidney High senior and pre med hopeful. Zalesky Hruska and Egging attend Lodgepole St Patrick's and St Patrick's High Schools with strong class rankings and multiple activities.
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Scott R. Cook
Daniel E. Egging
Vicki Zaelsky
Rose Marie Hruska
Sidney Elks Lodge
Miss Zalesky
Scott Cook
Miss Hruska
Daniel Egging
Scott
C. R. Cook
Sidney
Sidney High
University of Nebraska
Zalesky
Emil Zalesky
Lodgepole High School
American Legion Auxiliary
Young Democrats
Chadter State College
Herbert Hruska
St. Patrick's High School
March of Dimes
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Community Action Unit
Dolores Virgil
L.R. Whitaker
Gering
NPCRA
David Schobert
Lenhart Schobert
Joint Services
Col. Davis
Vietnam
Schobert
Denver
Dean Ressler
Sterling Trucker
Sidney Meals On Wheels
Jim Deaver
Helping Hands
Am All Systems
Sign of the Times
Lincoln
Red Raiders
Alliance
St. Patrick's
Harrison
Jean Rankin
Wayne College
FBI
Gordon Air Strip
Gov
National Piano Players Guild
John Egging
St Patrick’s High
National Honor Society
Carroll College
Helena, Mont
West Fall
Vicki Zalesky
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