Fuel Pinch To Persist Despite Embargo End
Oil embargo lift leaves nation seven percent short for fuel. Experts warn continued conservation and limited refinery capacity keep shortages likely this summer and for years. Several Nebraska drilling plans proceed in Dome, Fort Laramie, Bush Creek, and Host fields with multiple 4,400 to 6,650 foot tests.
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Jack Fish
Nebraska Oil & Gas Conservation Commission
Fish
United States
Cairo
Saudia
Israel
Middle East
Don C Winslow
Texaco Inc and Gear Drilling Co
Beyer-McMillen
NWSW
Cheyenne County
Dome
Scotts Bluff County
Target Oil Co
Banner Drilling Co
Telford-Ewing
Fort Laramie
Banner
Frontier County
Wildcat
Southland Royalty Co
Bartner
Burlington Northern Runs At Least Six Extra Trains Weekly
Burlington Northern Railroad is running at least six extra trains a week, according to local agent Mrs. I Kreutzer. The trains carry coal from Sheridan Wyoming to Denver Colorado and do not follow a set timetable, running at any time. Several unfamiliar with the heavier schedule have had near misses at unguarded crossings.
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Burlington Northern Railroad
I . Kreutzer
Sheridan
Wyo
Denver
Colo
Kreutzer
Trade Fair Exhibitors Reserving Booth Space
About 25 of 59 booths at the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce Trade Fair and Travel Show have been leased for May 16 to 19 at the National Guard Armory in Sidney. Exhibitors include local and regional firms, with $2,200 in $100 merchandise certificates to be awarded by hourly drawings.
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Cheyenne County
Everitt Refrigeration
Kirby
Miss Egging Advances in Elks MVS Contest
Susan Egging of Gurley daughter of Mr and Mrs Leo Egging earned second place in the Nebraska West Division of the Elks Most Valuable Student contest She previously won a local award at Sidney Ellis Lodge 1894 and will receive 125 dollars and potential consideration for higher awards as the competition advances to state and national levels She is a Gurley High School senior.
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Susan Egging
Leo Egging
Gurley
Nebraska
Gurley High School
Board To Seek New WNTC Head
The Western Nebraska Technical Community College Area Board accepted the resignation of President Merle Rudebusch and directed the administration to search for a new president for the Sidney college. The top three candidates will be interviewed. the position opens June 30.
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Western Nebraska Technical Community College Area Board
Western Nebraska Technical College
Merle Rudebusch
Sidney College
Rudebusch
Hearing on Gentleman power plant acreage continues
The environmental hearing for the Gerald Gentleman station near Sutherland moved into a second day as Sierra Club secured an analysis of the coal to be used. Nebraska Public Power District faced objections over evidentiary admissibility while an air pollution control engineer testified the equipment could remove up to 99.8 percent of particulates, though not guaranteed at all times.
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Gerald Gentleman
Sutherland
The
Sierra Club
Nebraska Public Power District
State Department of Environmental Control
Wyoming
NPPD
Robert Crosby
A. Finney
New Jersey
Gentleman
Marvel to Speak at Sidney Noon Campaign Luncheon
Republican hopeful Richard Marvel of Hastings will attend a noon luncheon in Sidney at the Chateau on Saturday. Interested supporters can call Elizabeth Young at 254-3175 to help with the Marvel campaign.
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Richard Marvel
Hastings
Sidney
Chateau
Marvel
Elizabeth Young
VFW Auxiliary Honors National President Visit in Hastings
Auxiliary President visits Hastings with state and local leaders to welcome National VFW President Mrs Odie Lee Gossett of Monroe Louisiana. The program included a reception meetings and a banquet followed by a tour of a training school for the men tally handicapped before concluding Tuesday morning.
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Maxine Whitaker
Odie Lee Gossett
Monroe
Hastings
Charlies Hill
Keystone
Nebraska
VFW
Gossett
Ladies Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Odie Lee
Historian Bob Manley To Speak In Chappell
Dr. Robert N. Manley of Lincoln will be guest speaker at the Chappell Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the High School Auditorium. He has taught in Kansas and Nebraska, served at the University of Nebraska, and heads a community development division at Selection Research. Tickets are available to the public.
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Bob Manley
Chappell
Robert N. Manley
Selection Research Inc
Lincoln
Chappell Chamber of Commerce
Manley
Kansas
Nebraska
Department of History
University of Nebraska
Lincoln Sertoma Club
Great Plains
Ash Hollow
Chiirman
Hiram Scott College
Weekend Outlook: Cold Arctic Front Brings Snow
The Associated Press reports a strong Arctic cold front sweeping Nebraska and western South Dakota with heavy western Nebraska snow up to 12 inches. Winds intensify as lows drop to 5 to 10 above zero tonight, followed by continued cold with light snow possible Saturday morning.
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Associated Press
Nebraska
Arctic
South Dakota
Weather Bureau
Local Group Forms to Push Youth Camp Project
About 20 residents met on Wednesday to push the Lodgepole Valley Youth Camp near Sidney. A board of directors was formed to coordinate city county support and fundraising while planning kitchen dining facilities and restrooms.
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Lodgepole Valley
Sidney
Legion Park
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Ed Cole
Madeline Aufdengarter
Nancy Liess
Elva Davison
Eve Ruff
Lee- Ellen Matzke
Dewey Meick
Art Borcher
Robert Balfour
Bob Selzer
Louise Cole
Ed Bauman
Mary Miller
Ed Brauer
Ivan Liljegren
Ken Sakurada
Carl Kurz
Lucille Dorwart
Borcher
Valentine
Cole
Board of Directors
St Patrick's Fourth In Class B Speech Event
St Patrick's High School placed fourth in Class B District 6 Speech Contest at Chadron State College with 41 points behind Hyannis 52 Oshkosh 49 and Hemingford 43. Alyce Anne Nelson of Dix and Mike Cortney of St Patrick's won best actress and best actor respectively.
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St. Patrick’s
St Patrick's High School
Chadron State College
Sidney High School
Hyannis
Oshkosh
Hemingford
Gurley
Chappell
Dix
Mike Cortney
St Patrick's
Alyce Anne Nelson
Cluded Lou Ann Routh
Jill Shaw
Brett Kruse
St Patrick’s
Marlee Jean Johnson
Mary Beth Schlaman
Susan Carlson
Ptacek urges grads to pursue success and leadership
Dr William Ptacek, president of the Western Nebraska Technical Community College Area, spoke to 30 Western Nebraska Technical College graduates in Sidney. He urged them to pay the price of criticism and commit to leadership in their communities as he noted this marked the seventh annual commencement with Dr H C Nelson presenting diplomas.
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William Ptacek
Western Nebraska Technical Community College
Western Nebraska Technical College
Sidney
Ptacek
H.C. Nelson
Area Board
Nokes Receives Two Life Terms in Dismemberment Murders
Harold Nokes 45 pleaded guilty to first degree murder of Wilma Hoyt 56 and second degree murder of Edwin Hoyt 57 in a McCook case. A Red Willow County panel sentenced him to consecutive life terms after findings of unusual pressures and personal faults. Ena Nokes 43 received five years for disposing of the bodies.
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Associated Press
Jack Hendrix
Trenton
Cumstance Hendrix
Nokes
Highway Department
Hoyt
McCook
Harry Strunk Lake Nokes
Ena
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Wheatbelt Public Power District
Paxton Electric
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Figarettes
Peetz
Win-Power
Mitchell
Nebraska Plastics
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Kyle Klemme Sales
Big Springs
Ed Baasch and Son
Buffalo Bend
Potter
Miss Egging
WNTC
Atlantic Richfield
H. Anthony Ruckel
James
Frances Craig
Ramona Freeman
Chadron
Ronald L. Gusman
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Gusman
Balfour
Denise Sterling
Bill Meysenburg
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