Notable dates and birthdays in a 1975 bulletin
Friday March 7 1975 marks 73 days into the year with a history of Eli Whitney patenting the cotton gin in 1794 and Rhode Island uniting in 1643. Other items note Adolf Hitler in 1938, the Iwo Jima flag raising in 1945, Israel German relations ten years earlier, and the Shultz resignation a year ago. Birthdays include Rita Tushingham aged 33 and Monaco heir Albert Grimaldi aged 17. Thought for today by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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Eli Whitney
American South
Rhode Island
Newport
Portsmouth
America
Faneuil Hall
Albert Einsten
Ulm
Germany
Waen Hardin
Adolf Hitler
Vienna
Austria
U.S
Iwo Jima
Israel
West Germany
F.B.I
H. Rap Brown
Bel Air
White House
Treasury
George Shultz
Nixon
Rita Tushingham
Monaco
Albert Grimaldi
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Panhandle forecast shows mild today with clouds
Partly cloudy and mild with highs in the upper 40s to low 50s. Tonight will be cloudy with lows in the mid 20s. Saturday brings more sun and cooler highs in the mid to upper 40s. Winds west to northwest 10 to 20 mph this afternoon becoming variable tonight. Extended outlook calls for a slow warming trend Sunday through Tuesday with lows in the teens to mid 20s and highs from around 40 northeast to mid 40s southeast Sunday, lower 40s northeast and lower 50s southwest Monday and Tuesday.
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Panhandle
Union Pacific Oldtimers Club Dinner and Local Meetings
Community events listed include a 29 member covered dish dinner by Union Pacific Oldtimers Club at 6 30 p m, a Senior Citizen Club meet with meat dish and own service, a TOPS Club gathering at First United Methodist Church, and an OES Kensington Dutch treat luncheon at Fort Sidney Motor Hotel Also listed is an American Legion hall auxiliary meeting at 8 pm with details partially obscured.
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Union Pacific Oldtimers Club
Senior Citizen Club
Tops Club
First United Methodist Church
South Door
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Death notices for Wilma Jones and Robert F Hornaday
Funeral services for Wilma Jones set for 10 am Saturday at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church with Rev Harlan Brei presiding. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Robert F Hornaday, 68, formerly of Sidney, died Tuesday in Des Moines after a prolonged illness. born and raised in Sidney, graduate of Sidney High School, brother of Mrs H W Ells of Sidney.
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Wilma Jones
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Harlan Brei
Greenwood Cemetery
Robert F. Hornaday
Sidney
Robert F Hornaday
Des Moines
Iowa
Hornaday
Sidney High School
H W Ells
Birth Announcement at Memorial Hospital Dalton
Mr and Mrs Leonard Wiegand of Dalton announce the birth of Tina Marie Wiegan, a seven pound five ounce daughter born at 1152 pm March 10 at Memorial Hospital. Parents Fred Wiegand and Tina Marie are listed with siblings Terri Serena and James. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs John Wiegand and Mr and Mrs Louis Nelson, with great grandmother Mrs Fern Ward of Rogers, Ark.
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Tina Marie Wiegand
Leonard Wiegand
Dalton
Tina Marie
Memorial Hospital
Terri
Serena
James
John Wiegand
Louis Nelson
Sidney
Fern Ward
Rogers, Ark
Auto collision and property damage reports in Sidney area
Police logs detail a Wednesday collision at 10th and Newton in Sidney where Velda Finley’s 1973 Mercury backed into Joseph Haugan’s 1963 Rambler, causing $20 damage to Finley’s car and a broken headlight and damaged grill on Haugan’s. Separate incidents include a late Thursday window smash at Baker’s Tire and a Thursday evening shooting into holes in a pickup near Sky Manor.
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West Walk
Baker's
Sky Manor
Mercury
Velda Finley
Sidney
Joseph Haugan
10Th
Newton Finley Auto
Haugan Auto
Finley Auto
States Acted To Meet Citizens Needs In 1973 Panel Says
A federal advisory panel reported that in 1973 at least 25 states took significant action to make governments more accountable. Despite Watergate and Nixon resignation, states moved to address energy shortages with gasoline rationing, emergency powers, and energy agencies. Open meeting laws expanded to 48 states. campaign financing and disclosure rules grew. more than 40 states reported budget surpluses in 1974.
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Washington
Watergate
Richard M. Nixon
Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
Nixon
Advisory Commission
Congress
Auto registrations rise in Cheyenne County in 1975
Cheyenne County Treasurer M G Nissen reports 9226 auto registrations issued by Feb 28 1975 up from 8768 in 1974. Nissen says the gain reflects more vehicles per capita rather than population growth. County clerk and Wheat Growers meeting noted. legislature passed LB1a8 enabling cities over 5000 to form railroad relocation tax districts. Hastings and Norfolk cited as needed locales.
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Cheyenne
M.G . Nissen
Nissen
Richard Marvel
Hastings
Norfolk
Omaha
Lincoln
Marvel
Union Pacific
Hasting
Wayne State College President Named to NCH Board
NCH named Dr Lyle E Seymour, president of Wayne State College, to its 21 member Nebraska Committee for the Humanities. Appointment was proposed by Keith Blackledge of North Platte, NCH chairman, to oversee the state program of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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North Platte
Nebraska Committee For the Humanities
NCH
Lyle E Seymour
Wayne State College
Seymour
Keith Blackledge
Nebraska
National Endowment For the Humanities
Merit raise policy gains initial okay
Lincoln AP dispatch reports Nebraska lawmakers gave first approval to LB538 creating a merit pay plan for state workers. The plan envisions a 5 percent raise plus 468 annually and an extra 2 million for merit hikes, costing about 13.8 million versus Exon’s 11.8 million proposal. Senator Marvel opposed adding funds, citing fiscal restraint.
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Lincoln
Appropriations Committee
Richard Marvel
Hastings
Marvel
J. J. Exon
Exon
Shirley Marsh
Legislative Calendar Thurd ay legislative day actions and votes
The Associated Press reports the 44th legislative day opening at 9am with passage of LB152 LB188 LB427 and LB492. Measures LB2404 and LB239 moved from select file while LB429 was killed on general file. Adjournment set for 9am Friday with committee hearings and actions across multiple subject areas including Constitutional Revision and Recreation Public Works Agriculture and Environment Miscellaneous Subjects Government Military and Veterans Affairs.
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Associated Press
Safeway settlement placed in escrow in beef price case
State Sen John DeCamp said $35,000 of a $40,000 Safeway settlement in a beef price fixing case is held in escrow for up to 18 months to ensure compliance. The deal drops Safeway from the suit but keeps A&P in. If no violations occur, the funds, plus interest, fund further antitrust actions. $5,000 will offset prior costs.
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Lincoln
John DeCamp
Safeway Food
Safeway
Bellwood
Loran Schmit
Great Atlantic and Pacific Team Co A & P
Nebraska Livestock
A&p
DeCamp
Schmit
Potter
Junction
Cheyenne Co
Ensmt
Harold Kraupie
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Easy Smith
Kimball Betty Prince
Sidney Cassandra Gipfert
Martha Wear Dalton
Donna Wiegand
Baby. Peetz
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Massachusetts
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Wiertern
Sidney Newspapers Inc
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Cheyenne County
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Ened
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Nebraska Prong Association
Commuity
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Lawrence E. Beyer
Frank Partsch
Bev Haupt
Henry J. Meysenburg
Derothy Carey
By David Hendee
Bob Hossle
Bridgeport
Nebraska-Wyoming Wheat Growers Association
Ogallala Ramada Inn
Bob Hatch
Omaha National Bank
Burlington Northern
South Sidney
Legion Park
Wayne St
Safeway Settlement
Escrow
American Legion Hall
Potter, No
Shirley D. Richie
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