Clark's Gas Regulation Bill Nearing Final Vote
Senator Robert L Clark's amendments to LB758 move Nebraska to replace the Railway Commission with the Nebraska Oil and Gas Commission to regulate natural gas rates. The bill clears select/file and heads toward final reading amid last minute amendments from Senator Leslie Stull, with a final enrollment list and a 25 vote threshold for final passage.
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Robert L Clark
Nebraska
Nebraska Oil and Gas Commission
Sidney
Railway Commission
Clark
Oil and Gas Commission
Leslie Stull
Alliance
Stull
Gov Exon
Neligh
John DeCamp
Irrigation Development Faces Roadblocks in Nebraska
consultant Harvey Banks of Belmont California warns Nebraska irrigation progress hinges on state and local financing and removal of rigid water rights laws interbasin transfer barriers and groundwater management. He cites public attitude indifference to agriculture and lack of data as hindrances and urges local control and better resource information to guide planning.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Harvey Banks
Belmont
California
Nebraska Water Resources and Irrigation Development
Banks
U.S. Congress
Wwe Pi
Bond Set For Richard Fischer In Forgery Case
Richard Fischer faced forgery and petit larceny charges in Cheyenne County Court. A $500 bond was set and the case was continued while he requests court-appointed counsel.
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Cheyenne
Richard Fischer
Fischer
Ted Kennedy Suburban Driver Receives Speeding Ticket
A Needham Massachusetts truck driver named Ted Kennedy, not the senator, was fined $16 for speeding near Sidney. He signed a waiver, paid the fine, and drove away.
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Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Sidney
Ted Kennedy
Hyannis Port
Needham
Mass
Livestock Prices Steady at Western Plains Saturday
Western Plains Livestock Co reports a fully steady market with strong prices in several categories. Baby calves fetch 50 to 85 dollars, yearling steers 37.50, yearling heifers 35.50 to 37.50, steer calves 42 to 48, heifer calves 38.50 to 41, light Holstein steers 36 to 38, yearling Holstein steers 33 to 34.50, heavy Holstein steers 30 to 31.50, packer cows 20 to 24.50, packer bulls 22 to 27.50, stock cows 200 to 250, feeder bulls 28 to 34.50. Slaughter hogs 22.50 to 23.90, feeder pigs 18 to 23, sows 17 to 19.50.
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Western Plains Livestock Co
Exon Proposes Full Tax Exemption With Cap Maintained
Gov J J Exon announces amendments to LB 1475 raising personal property tax exemption to 100 percent while keeping the $1000 maximum per taxpayer. The plan preserves a $50 first year cap and scales to $120 $200 $330 $560 before hitting $1000 in later years.
Nebraska to Drill 300000 Acres in Midwestern Oil Push
Independent operator Earl Wakefield of Wichita plans at least twenty four tests in Lincoln and Frontier counties, using his own rig along the Cambridge Arch. The effort targets leases held by Amoco Texaco Allied Chemical and others, potentially unlocking a 300 thousand acre block for further drilling if results are favorable.
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Nebraska
Rocky
Cambridge Arch
Amoco
Texaco
Allied Chemical
Petroleum Information
West
U.S
North Shore
Mr. Wakefield
Lincoln
Frontier Counties
Granite
Stork Busy at Memorial Hospital Nursery in February 1972
Memorial Hospital reports a busy February with 26 births the highest monthly total since 1965 and eight babies in the Nursery at once the peak since 1966. Two sets of twins among 41 births in Jan-Feb 1972.
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Memorial Hospital
Darold Hendee
Cheyenne County
Panhandle Growth Inc to receive Lincoln briefing
Four members of Panhandle Growth Inc. will attend an all day briefing in Lincoln on industrial search and development. Stan Matzke Jr. and Nebraska Department of Economic Development officials will share operations details and stress cooperation among Sidney Cheyenne County. PGI plans visits to Denver and Omaha to drum up support and has opened an Sidney office at 917 10th Ave with PO Box 319 and phone (308) 254-249.
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Panhandle Growth, Inc
PGI
Lincoln
Stan Matzke, Jr
Department of Economic Development
State of Nebraska
Cheyenne County
Matzke
Sidney
Panhandle
Jack H Lowe
Lewis Mehling
John Baudek
Thomas L. Kokjer
Lowe
Robert L Clark
Sen. Clark
Denver
Omaha
10Th Ave
Narjes Enters District One Commissioner Primary Race
Edward Narjes, a Sidney area native and chicken house manager, files as the second Republican candidate for County Commissioner in District One. He faces incumbent Paul Huff in the GOP primary and campaigns amid a crowded filing period with March 10 as the deadline.
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Edward Narjes
District One
Narjes
Paul Huff
Sidney
Chicken House
Sioux
Inc
Republican Central Committee
Cheyenne County
Narses
Sydney Finch
Wi Schulz
Lodgepole
Colton
Violet Minshall
Marion Hull
James Lodes
Robert Bartels
Vincent Maliszewski
John Mason
Unsettled Weather Forecast From Frontier Airlines Report
The forecast predicts a high of 70 today dropping to zero by Friday with continued winds and light snow flurries. Weekend had pleasant conditions for yard work and golf with a Sunday high near 67 and a Saturday around 38. wind gusts reach 25 to 34 mph from the southwest.
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Frontier Airlines
St Patrick s Hosts Minuteman Conference Events
St Patrick s High School will host an area Minuteman Conference with schools Harrisburg Potter Sunflower Lodgepole Lyman Dix Melbeta Dalton Gurley and host Kearney State College officials will judge one act plays discussions and various dramatic interpretive events in 8:30 to 5:15pm sessions.
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St Patrick's High School
Harrisburg
Potter
Sunflower
Lodgepole
Lyman
Dix
Melbeta
Dalton
Gurley
Kearney State College
Bluebeard
St Patrick's
Spoonriver
Hello Dolly at Gurley High School Auditorium
Broadway musical Hello Dolly to be staged March 17 and 18 at 8 pm in the Gurley High School Auditorium. Most acts on the gym floor with original choreography by Cathy Atkins and staging by Mrs Leo Wolff. Cast includes Mrs Richard Cabela as Dolly and Dan Rowan, Bob Spearow, and others. Tickets from cast, Powell Hardware, or Gurley School.
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Gurley High School
Cathy Atkins
Leo Wolff
Thorton Wilder
New York
Dolly
Richard Cabela
Dan Rowan
Mr Kemper
Bob Spearow
Vandergelder
Mr Cahela
Cornelius Hack
Ray Kuehn
Irene Malloy
Stan Welch
Barnaby Tucker
Welch
Minnie Fay
Ernest Deaver
Ernestine
Virgil Horst
Ermengard
Bob Poppin
Rudolph
Gurley Band
Oliver
Powell Hardware
Gurley School
Knicely Chosen as Clerk to Circuit Judge
Knicely James J Knicely of 1430 Newton St named as clerk to US Circuit Judge Roger Robb of the DC Court of Appeals. He graduated from Harvard Law School in June 1972 and earned an AB with distinction from George Washington University where he led Phi Beta Kappa and served as Student Body President while receiving the Wilbur J Can Award.
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James J Knicely
Newton St
Jack Knicely
Roger Robb
United States Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Harvard Law School
Knicely
George Washington University
Phi Beta Kappa
Wilbur J Can
Attorney Files For Short Term City Council Seat
Guy F Bush, a Sidney attorney, filed this morning for the two year short term city council seat. The only other candidate to file for the shorter term is Lee Spieker, manager of Safeplay.
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Guy F Bush
Sidney
Lee Spieker
Safeplay
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Richard Marvel
Jules Burbach
Jerome Warner
Telegraph
Stork
ED Narjes
St. Patrick’s
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