Malpractice bill tops Unicameral agenda via livestock bill
Lincoln Neb Associated Press Writer Eric Kramer reports Sen Loran Schmit won 38 to 7 support to move the malpractice bill LB703 to the top of the Senate agenda by adding it as a rider to LB434 the livestock packer bonding bill. The move seeks to replace bonding provisions and widen debate on malpractice damages while drawing debate over trust funds statutes and the statute of limitations.
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Associated Press
Lincoln
Bellwood
Loran Schmit
Nebraska Medical Association
Schmit
Packer
Gerald Whelan
Omaha
Ernest Chambers
Whelan
Chambers
Schmits
Panhandle officials back PRC changes
Panhandle county commissioners endorsed restructuring proposals for the Panhandle Resource Council. PRC director John Hoehne outlined an expanded executive council and elected representation from the region’s cities and counties, with meetings moved to the first Wednesday. The changes await the PRC annual meeting in June.
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David Hendee
Bridgeport
Panhandle Resource Council
Council of Governments
Panhandle
PRC
John Hoehne
Hoehne
Natural Resources
Scotts Bluff
Fred Lockwood
John
Hearst case to jury today
Patricia Hearst trial goes to a seven women five men jury after eight weeks of proceedings. Judge Oliver J Carter instructed the panel for about an hour before retiring to deliberations as Hearst’s mother Catherine left the courtroom in tears.
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San Francisco
Patricia Heart
Oliver J Carter
Miss Hearst
Catherine Hearst
Alco to anchor Sidney Plaza Shopping Center in midsummer
The Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce held a noon luncheon to announce Alco Discount Store as the first major tenant in Sidney Plaza. Alco will occupy about 26 803 square feet and employ 50 to 60 locals, with about 11 other shops planned in the 74 200 square foot center to open by spring 1977.
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Sidney Plaza
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Sidney Elks Club
Marty Goodman
Leo Eisenberg & Co
Alco Discount
Goodman
Sidney
Parkland Development
Alco
Duckwall Stores, Inc
Abilene
Kan
A L. Duckwall
Duckwall
RG Sanborn
Robert Soelter
Eisenberg
Kansas City
Nebraska
Wray
Colo
Colorado
Wyoming
Buena Park
Calif
Rocky Mount
N C
Sidney prepares for Bicentennial Fourth of July party
Betty Tremain outlines Sidney Bicentennial Committee plans for the Fourth at Legion Park. Activities include a noon bell toll by churches, a youth parade, free ice cream and other foods, arts and crafts demonstrations, watermelon and pie contests, concerts, old-timer registration, a lodge dedication, tours of the post commander’s home, a grand fireworks display, and a bicentennial quilt display. Community involvement and donations are urged to support sponsorships and events.
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Sidney Bicentennial Committee
Betty Tremain
Legion Park
Stewart Brown
Monica McNish
Lodgepole Valley
Fort Sidney Post
Tremain
Pat Dorwart
Senior Citizen Club
Cheyenne County Art Guild
Cheyenne County Historical Association
Curtiss Named Regents Alternate at UNL
Jay Curtiss of Sidney High School is named Regents Alternate at the University of Nebraska Lincoln joining Laura Gable Jane Matzke and Brian Cornelius as alternates. He is eligible for scholarships as they become available and is the son of Mr and Mrs Phil Curtiss.
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Jay Curtiss
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Curtiss
Laura Gable
Jane Matzke
Brian Cornelius
Sidney High School
Phil Curtiss
Storm poises to strike Nebraska with mild front
A Montana cold front moves across western Nebraska bringing chilly rain and snow flurries to the northwest tonight, then clearing Saturday. Eastern and central sectors may see scattered showers and thundershowers. Temperatures vary from the 20s in the west to the 70s in the southeast, with highs near 60 to 75 earlier today. The state record high reached 77 at McCook and the overnight low was 35 at Sidney.
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Associated Press
Nebraska
Montana
McCook
Sidney
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