Sidney Red Raiders Reach Class B State Tournament in Lincoln
Sidney High School departs for Lincoln for the Class B state championships. The Red Raiders meet Schuyler Warriors in the first round Thursday night with possible foes Crete or Aurora in later rounds. Jack H. Lowe, who played in 1926, joins the sendoff. Gurley Pirates also advance to Class D action facing top-seeded Nelson Tigers Thursday afternoon.
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Jack H. Lowe
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Cheyenne County
Gurley Pirates
Nelson Tigers
Ford Extends Primary Win Streak With Florida Victory
President Ford wins Florida to run his early primary record to four for four, defeating Reagan as Carter tops Wallace in the Democratic race. Ford nets 43 GOP delegates to Reagan 23, Carter claims 34 of 81 Democratic delegates, with Wallace taking 26 and Jackson 21. Final tallies show Ford 318,844 votes to Reagan’s 282,618. Carter 439,870 to Wallace 392,105 and Jackson 306,120. Carter, Jackson, Udall remain contenders as Ford heads to Illinois for the next contest.
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Sargent Shriver
Robert Byrd
West Virginia
Oklahoma
Fred Harris
Idaho
Frank Church
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
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White House
New York
Graszs win soil award at Devel County dinner
Devel County conservation award winners for 1976 were honored Tuesday night at an awards dinner in Chappell. Mr and Mrs Jess Grasz received a color aerial photograph of their farm for soil conservation practices. Derry's Farm Inc of Chappell won the Soil Stewardship Award. Awards are sponsored by the South Platte Natural Resources District with Cheyenne, Devel, and Kimball Counties. Cheyenne County dinner is planned for Tuesday in Sidney. Kimball County event on March 19 at Kimball.
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Chappell
Jess Grasz
Devel County State Bank
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South
Low income housing plan advances in Sidney agenda
The Sidney Housing Authority moves forward on a 40 unit elderly complex and a separate 40 unit low income project. HUD submission deadline March 18 could trigger two housing efforts. Rainbolt and Payne named special advisors as survey backs need for units replacing Sioux Villa. Bare bones community space planned until costs and funding solidify. Meetings shift to earlier hour with council members on the board.
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
Housing Authority
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Jim Payne
Sidney Federal Savings & Loan
Sioux Villa
Ave
Rapid rail system endorsed for Sidney trash pickup
The Sidney city council unanimously authorized City Manager Maynard Dils to seek bids for a rapid rail garbage collection system to be in place by summer. The system uses a pick up bar to lift and dump containers into a rear packer unit, reducing worker injury and stabilizing monthly charges at four dollars. Dils noted Alliance’s early adoption proved viable, guiding Sidney’s decision to proceed with two new packer trucks.
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Maynard Dils
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Ted Peterson
Rich Spearow listed stable after Gurley crash
Fifteen year old Rich Spearow of Gurley remained in stable condition at Memorial Hospital this morning after a collision with a Burlington Northern freight train. Doctors reported extensive chest injuries including crushed ribs and lung damage, with multiple fractures but noted his overall condition improved. The incident occurred early Monday in Gurley. A second note mentions city trash collection plans and paving district No 116 on West Summit Drive.
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Gurley
Memorial Hospital
Spearow
Burlington Northern
Bottle bill falls short in Nebraska legislature
Lincoln AP. A rural coalition failed by one vote to move a bill out of committee that would ban pop top cans and require deposits on all bottles. The measure drew opposition from industry groups and some lawmakers who warned job losses and economic strain.
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Lincoln Sen
Steve Fowler
Oregon
Fowler
Columbus
Donald Dworak
Bellevue
Frank Lewis
Omaha
James Dickinson
Urban rural fusion eyed for 1976 ticket in Nebraska
Nebraska Secretary of State Allen Beermann comments on Daly and Americas Liberator considering a joint urban rural coalition for the 1976 presidential race. Daly from Gary Indiana and Chicago, Liberator from Cherry County Nebraska face ballot hurdles and lack major national recognition.
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Daly
Americas Liberator
Nebraska
Liberator
Allen Beermann
Beermann
Gary
Ind
Chicago
Cherry County
Unicameral approves medical practice upgrade bill
The unicameral passed a 45 to 0 vote on a bill claimed to upgrade medical practice in Nebraska as a partial fix for malpractice costs. It allows doctors and health professionals to be removed for gross incompetence or manifest incapacity, replacing the former standard of immoral conduct or felony convictions.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Unicameral
Oil rights meeting on Sioux Army Depot lands in Nebraska
Congresswomen Virginia Smith will host a Thursday Washington briefing on leasing mineral rights at the Sioux Army Depot northwest of Sidney Nebraska. The session aims to break a three year stalemate among oil firms the Bureau of Land Management and the US Geological Survey with Stan Juelfs of Kimball Paul Roberts of Sidney and BLM and USGS officials slated to attend.
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Congresswomen
Virginia
Smith
Washington, DC
Bureau of Land
Stan Juelfs
Kimball
Paul Roberts
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Bureau of Land Management
USGS
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