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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1976
Page
1
Starting Monday the City of Sidney will begin an alley renovation program that may require trimming trees on private property encroaching the alley right of way. City crews need 16 feet of width and 14 feet of clearance to operate. residents are urged to clear back fences and allow work to blade, gravel, and weed control year round.
Boys Town aims to return to its family home model, expanding 16 cottages on its campus for 160 boys and planning off campus units in Kansas City and Albuquerque. The audit shows total assets rose to 242.1 million in 1975, with endowment investments down but overall net worth up sharply since 1972.
A Pentagon report lauded Sidney's rebound after the 1967 Sioux Army Depot closure. Panhandle Growth, Inc. attracted firms including cattle equipment, travel trailers, irrigation systems, and an automobile plant, boosting Cheyenne County’s economy and lifting Sidney's population by about 1,000 since 1970 to 6,403.
Pioneer Air from Denver seeks to launch Omaha to Denver commuter service with stops in McCook Hastings Kearney Sidney Hastings Columbus Lincoln and possibly Chadron Pending Frontier Airlines withdrawal approvals before the Civil Aeronautics Board Pioneer would base the commuter operation in McCook while Air Nebraska also eyes Omaha Hastings Kearney McCook and Denver with similar contingencies.
Sidney Telegraph reminds home delivery subscribers it is unlawful to deposit the newspaper in mail boxes. Publisher Larry Boyer said carriers have been instructed to avoid boxes despite subscriber requests. Postal regulations ban such deposits without postage, with fines up to 300 dollars for violations.
The Sidney Housing Authority approved a 2000 square foot building costing 50000 dollars to sit at the center of ten 4-plexes on south 11th Ave replacing the current senior citizen center. The plan aims to save taxpayers over 14000 dollars yearly in rent and secure a 625000 dollar FHA loan for the elderly housing complex. The board also directed reorientation of two 4plexes for street exposure and began a preliminary site plan for two three and four bedroom duplexes in Sioux Villa as part of a long term three phase replacement with FHA funds.
In Lincoln, St Patrick's Day activities among Omaha and Lincoln residents included a playful exchange. State Sen Thomas Fitzgerald wore a vest and tie hinting at ancestral roots from a European island as Donald Dvorak challenged him about the occasion. Fitzgerald quipped about their lack of saints and enthusiasm.
About 150 Cheyenne County farmers and ranchers gathered in the courthouse basement to discuss the new land use plan. Virgil Walters accused state overreach, noting building permits and inspections for home additions. Commissioner Ed Narjes defended local control and promised public meetings to clarify plans despite farmer worries about future boards interpreting the rules against agricultural interests.
Walter Dykmans of Lodgepole received the South Platte Natural Resources District annual conservation award at a Tuesday awards dinner. Sponsors from American National Bank presented a color aerial of the farm. Dykmans helped establish terraces and dams since 1954, with 28,000 feet of terraces, 3,100 feet of diversions, and two erosion dams. He pioneered flat channel terraces and the family uses windbreaks contour farming and stubble mulching to curb erosion. District managers and past board members attended as a slide program on Cheyenne County groundwater was shown.
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