Potter farmer Davis cites cautious wheat loan outlook in Bergland talks
Davis says big loan rate hike for wheat unlikely beyond 25 cents a bushel. A grain reserve plan may aid growers, with storage payments and staged recalls as market prices rise. He notes China and Australia potential exports, weather as a market driver, and limited USDA staffing.
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Ray Davis
Washington, D.C
Robert Bergland
Davis
Bergland
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Russia
Washington
National Association of Wheat Grow and
Great Plains Wheat
USDA
Australia
New Zealand
Fiji Islands
Tahiti
St Patrick’s School raises teacher pay after faculty request
The board approved a $250 raise for St Patrick’s School teachers in Sidney for the 1977 78 year raising base pay from 7750 to 8000. Lunch prices rise 10 cents to 55 cents students 65 adults first increase in five years. Parent teacher conferences set for Thursday March 24 with 1 30 dismissal and sessions 2 30 3 30 and 7 30 9 pm.
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St. Patrick’s School
Sidney
St. Pat's
Duane Gross
St. Pat’s
Gross
Crash victims recover after fatal train collision at Brownson crossing
Two injured youths Brad Nutter and Perry Keys are off the critical list and on the road to recovery after a March 7 car train crash at Brownson crossing. Roxanna Steele, 18, of Crook Cole was killed. Nutter, 19, of Thedford, is in fair condition at St. Anthony’s Denver with injuries including a dislocated hip and collapsed lung. Keys, 18, of Elsmere, remains in serious condition at West Nebraska General Scottsbluff with internal injuries and multiple fractures. All three were Western Nebraska Technical College students. the car was struck by a Union Pacific freight at the crossing.
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Brownson Crossing
Roxanna Steele
Crook
Cole
Brad Nutter
Thedford
St. Anthony's Hospital
Denver
Perry Keys
Elsmere
West Nebraska General
Scottsbluff
Vee Nutter
Russ Nutter
Keys
Nutter
Western Nebraska Technical College
Union Pacific
Nebraska oil output grows with 1976 rise in production
Nebraska oil and gas data show 1976 production up by about 62 000 barrels to 6 181 500, the first year since 1962 to beat the prior year. Red Willow and Cheyenne counties led output as Hitchcock and Garden counties rose. dry gas fell sharply to 980 809 thousand cubic feet with most coming from Cheyenne.
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Nebraska
Nebraska Oil and Gas Commission
Sidney
Red Willow
Cheyenne County
Cheyenne
Banner
Morrill
Scotts Bluff
Garden County
Hitchcock County
Kimball County
Big Springs
Devel County
Oil and Gas Commission
American Petroleum Institute
Rescue mission at WNTC may have saved campus from storm damage
A bulldozer mission by WNTC staff and students during a blizzard helped re open electricity for Western Nebraska Technical College, potentially averting up to 600000 dollars in damage. Wheat Belt workers aided the effort, restoring power and preventing water pipe freezes as the campus faced extensive wind damage and roof losses.
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Western Nebraska Technical College
Kenny Childers
WNTC
Wheat Belt Public Power District
Wheat Belt
Charles Michael
Groshans
Wick
Michael
Restoration work nears end after damaging storm
The Wheat Belt Public Power District aims to restore electricity to all occupied residences by 6 p.m. with about 50 customers near Sundl Chappell and Julesburg as the final holdouts. Manager Gene Lienemann warns that every inch of line must be rebuilt and notes the danger of another storm, praising strong cooperative support that aided the effort.
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Wheat Belt
Lienemann
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Mark Wick
Dwight Tritt
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