ICI expands in Sidney as demand defies the economy
Roger Price, plant manager of Independent Cable Inc, says the Sidney factory is hiring fast with 52 workers and a goal of 60 as orders surge with warm weather. ICI added a third shift, shifted to six days a week, and nearly doubled raw material use in three weeks. The Eltra company began production last year in a 100,000 square foot site east of Greenwood Cemetery.
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Roger Price
Independent Cable Inc
Price
ICI
Nebraska
Valley
Valmont Industries
Walmet
Alliance
Burlington Northern
Burlington
Panhandle
Sidney
Eltra
Greenwood Cemetery
City Council Okays New Gas Rate In Sidney
Sidney City Council approved a new interruptible natural gas rate from Kansas Nebraska Natural Gas Co for an extra 4 dollars per year per average home, effective April 1. City plans federal grant for wastewater upgrades and chlorination, with an environmental deadline of May 31 1977 and a community cleanup set for April 19 26 coordinated by local groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Co
Sidney
Business Council
Maynard Dils
Department of Environmental Control
HUD Rejects Sidney Funding Request for Park and Center
HUD in Omaha advised Sidney to drop its request for 99 000 to match a 160 000 grant for Phase 2 park work and a new senior citizen center. The agency cited insufficient priority, despite the projects’ worth and prior hearings. If funds fall through, matching funds with the Game and Parks Commission may be untenable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
Maynard Dils
Omaha
Dils
Alliance
Crawford
Scottsbluff
Chadron
Panhandle
Sens Curtis
Hruska
Washington
Game and Parks Commission
Lodgepole Creek
Nebraska
Clark wins first override on Nebraska telecom bill
Sen Robert L Clark led a 35 to 8 override of Exon veto against a telecommunications measure. Exon warned of millions in future costs and monopoly risks from LT&T. Clark denied bill was written by a phone company and staged the protest with tin cans and string.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Sen
Robert L. Clark
Exon
Clark
Lincoln Telephone & Telegraph
Lt&t
Associated Press
Nebraska
Capitol
Nebraska lawmakers override Exon veto on juvenile commitment bill
The legislature passed LB294 over Exon's veto by a 41-0 vote, allowing courts to commit juvenile offenders to mental institutions rather than penal facilities. Exon claimed a $250,000 cost, which supporters disputed, noting costs under $50,000 and no extra appropriation. Lincoln Senator Wally Barnett argued the measure is needed for reliable sentencing of youths. No opposition was voiced.Additionally, LB588 saw a $1 million cut from $14 million to reduce merit pay, and LB245 gained first-round approval to bar antifluoridation referendums when a city buys water from a fluoridating neighbor.
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Judiciary Committee
EXON
Lincoln
Wally Barnett
Childen
Barnett
Nebraska
Shirley Marsh
Saf T Filter starts production in Sidney
Saf T Filter Corp begins manufacturing a new enclosed grease cleaning unit in Sidney led by acting president L F Spieker. The machine pressures kitchen grease through a filter and reuses it, cleaning about 35 pounds in six minutes with safety and cost savings highlighted.
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L.F Spieker
Saf-T-Filter Corp
Sidney
Jim Reed
Bob van Vleet
Rapid City
S.D. Reed
van Vleet
Easter weekend closures announced for Sidney schools and agencies
Sidney Public Schools dismiss Thursday for a four day Easter break with classes resuming Tuesday. St. Patrick's Church Yields 2pm Thursday dismissal and Tuesday return. City Hall closes Friday. refuse pickups adjusted with two pickups this week. County Court open Friday 8 am to 12 noon. Post office keeps regular Good Friday hours. The Sidney Telegraph publishes Friday as usual.
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Sidney
Sidney Public Schools
Sidney St. Patrick's
City Hall
Gordon Tobin
Tobin
Bob Hossle
Court House
Ferris Preble
Sidney Post Office
Sidney Telegraph
Sierra Club Loses Bid To Halt NPPD Contract
In Lincoln Nebraska District Court Judge Warren K Urbam denied an 11th hour appeal by the Sierra Club for a temporary restraining order to stop the Nebraska Public Power District from awarding a construction contract for the Gerald Gentlemen Station power plant near Sutherland.
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Lincoln
Warren K. Urbam
Sierra Club
Nebraska Public Power District
NPPD
Gerald Gentlemen
Sutherland
Urbam
John Gale
North Platte
Gale
Nppd Board of Directors
Columbus
Nebraska Department of Environmental Control
DEC
Robert Crosby
Urbom
Sidney High School Band Trip Cancelled For June
A six day June concert tour of Washington DC by the Sidney High School band was cancelled at a Band Parents meeting. Details will be released later. The trip, not a school system function, was to cost about 28000 dollars and run June 3 to 9 with a White House concert among planned events.
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Washington D.C
Sidney High School
Band Parents Organization
Band Parents
Howard Emerson
Sidney Public School
Washington DC
Bill McDonald
White House
Mini courses called off at University of Nebraska event
Sidney High School principal George Hinn said mini courses planned at the University of Nebraska were cancelled due to a lack of local interest after being notified by Lincoln program directors this morning.
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University of Nebraska
Sidney High School
George Hinn Hinn
Lincoln
Tom Gregory Memorial Fund Reaches Five Fifty
The Tom Gregory Memorial Scholarship Fund has reached nearly $550, started by Dr. H. C. Nelson and his wife in memory of Tom Gregory who died of cancer in late January. The fund aims to award an annual merit scholarship to a Sidney High School graduate, with guidelines to be set for the first recipient from the class of 1975. Contributions should be mailed to Sidney National Bank.
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Tom Gregory
H. C. Nelson
Nelson
Sidney High School
Gregory
Sidney National Bank
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Burlington Northern Railroad
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Jim
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Safeplay Manufacturing Co
Safeplay
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