March storm brings moisture and travel disruption to Panhandle
A March storm swept into the southern Panhandle and northeastern Colorado, delivering moisture and high winds up to 50 mph. Snow totals reached several inches in Kimball Harrisburg Chadron Scottsbluff and Alliance with Sidney recording .74 inches and Chappell about .80. Roads blocked, some travelers stranded, and a few weather-related accidents occurred, but no serious injuries were reported. Schools were closed and many meetings postponed while farmers welcomed the moisture despite windblown conditions.
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Panhandle
Colorado
Sidney
Devel County
Ray Soll
Chappell
Kimball
Harrisburg
Chadron Four
Scottsbluff Two
Alliance
Cheyenne
Tommy
Thompson
Nebraska State Patrol
Larry Krebsbach
Mils
Lodgepole
Elinor Hafer
Exon forms 11 member drought task force
Gov James Exon announced an 11 member Drought Task Force to draft criteria for declaring federal drought disaster areas and to inform state agencies. The group will outline requirements for drought declarations and coordinate with federal authorities on relief measures.
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Lincoln
UPI
James Exon
Wheat Belt National Winner Tied for Second in Contest
Wheat Belt Public District based in Sidney has tied for second in the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association National Member Relations Contest, repeating a 2023 first place finish. The recognitions cite load control and energy conservation efforts from its irrigation rotation program, with a certificate presented by NRECA president John Dolinger at the association’s Atlanta meeting.
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Wheat Belt
Sidney
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
NRECA
Atlanta
John Dolinger
MAC Speech Contest at St Patrick's High School
The Minuteman Activities Conference Speech Contest will be held at Sidney St Patrick's High School on Wednesday March 9. Eight events are planned including oral interpretation poetry drama humor extemporaneous speaking duet acting reader's theatre and public address. St Pat's has won the conference the past three years and the district event follows on March 18 at Chadron.
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Minuteman Activities Conference
Sidney St. Patrick's High School
Donna Bean
St. Pat's
Lyman
Dix
Gurley
Lodgepole
Harrisburg
Potter St Pat's
Fire damages Ogallala motel
An early morning blaze gutted the office bar and restaurant of the Ogallala Holiday Inn. Fire Chief John Hilderbrand said the fire started about 1 45 a.m in the bar lounge area and spread to the kitchen and dining area. Fire crews arrived by 2 a.m and controlled the fire by 5 a.m with no damage estimate yet.
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Ogallala
Ogallala Holiday Inn
John Hilderbrand
WIFE members return home after Washington trip
WIFE members from Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming returned to the plains after a four day visit to Washington DC. Two buses carrying 86 farm wives departed the capital around 11:30 a.m. Thursday and were due in Lincoln and Sidney later today. Mrs Marian Lenzen of Sidney said the group found officials receptive but not promising parity. She noted possible rises in support prices but not full parity. Bergland said no commitments yet and hinted at adjustments for 1976 crop supports. The group pressed for higher loan rates and 100 percent parity targets and planned a full trip report and meeting in Sidney Tuesday.
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Sidney
Mel Jackson
Diana DeLue
Lincoln
Harriett Grabowski
Chappell
Big Springs
Interstate 80
Krebsbach
Grabowski
DeLue
I-80
Gary Kraudelt
Westland
Mich
Harold Hilder
Central City
Hilder
David B Olmstead
Urbana
James A. Lohoff
Dixon, I
Edward Williams
Atlantic
Iowa
Sidney Hospital
Cpl
Marvin Jensen
Kimball
Washington
Marian Lenzen
Lenzen
Bob Bergland
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Phil Curtiss
Curtis
Curtiss
No coercion for donations found in WNTC barracks giveaway
Western Nebraska Technical College in Scotts Bluff area faced questions over donations connected to barracks destruction for lumber. A Telegraph survey found no coercion. several contributors gave $50, with others planning to contribute. College president Dr Charles D. Michael said he will seek donations from Cheyenne County residents in coming springs.
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WNTC
Con Marshall
Western Nebraska Technical College
Sidney
The
Telegraph
Scotts Bluff
Gary Green
Scottsbluff
Charles D. Michael
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Exon
Gev
Gerald Whelan
Federal Soil Conservation Service
Nebraska
Benny Martin
Soil Conservation Service
U S. Department of Agriculture
Martin
Wyoming
Chadron State College
Julesburg
Sidney Lots
Jerry Lawson
Eaglaies
Chadron State
Arnold Michelman
Hafer
Hafer Auto
Brent Stoll
Mac
St. Patrick's
Ogallala Motel
Bergland
Ken Mueller
Harry Jung
Potter
Norm Steffens
Mueller
Jung
Steffens
Green
Kenneth Miller
Dalton
Jack Fish
Kenneth Knapp
Sund
Cheyenne County
Michael
Don Marshall
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