Panhandle Youth District Five Conference Planned
Youth and interested adults are invited to attend the District Five Youth Council conference this Saturday at the Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School. The day includes workshops on voting age safety and tourism, with noon banquet featuring Rev. Paul Curro of Nantel Nebraska sharing insights from his San Francisco hippie work.
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Nebraska Council of Youth
District Five Youth Council
Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School
Paul Curro
St. Mary’s Parish
Nantel
Neb
Father Curro
San Francisco
Jeanette Jones
Sidney
C. B. Dorwart
District Five conference at Vo-Tech centers on youth voting age debate
The Saturday workshop agenda titled Politics '68 will explore lowering the voting age to 19 with Lincoln consultant Mike Gottschalk, part of Nebraskans for young adult suffrage. Various consultants lead sessions on economic and civic opportunities, safety, and tourism. The event, hosted at the Vo-Tech main building, features a noon banquet, keynote Ed Cole, and tours of Vo-Tech facilities. Local Youth Councils oversee the program with Debi Thayer as MC.
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Mike Gottschalk
Lincoln
Coordinating Council of
Nebraskans
Virgil Knochstedt
Cheyenne
Felix Koenig
Sidney
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Nebraskaland Workshop
Charles Davison
The
Game and Parks Commission
Vo-Tech
Debi Thayer
Sidney Council of Youth
Jo Ann Owen
Vincent J. Pelster
V.F
St. Patrick’s Church
Merle Rudebusch
Western Nebraska
Thayer
Dorwart
Nebraska Committee For Children and Youth
Miss Jones
Ed Cole
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Davidson
Father Curro
Miss Thayer
Max L. Kors
Christ Episcopal Church
Curro
Mr. Cole
L. Randall Pryor
Vo- Tech
Nebraska
Beth Edwards
Carol Nissen
Rural trash disposal crisis prompts county discussion
Gurley area residents pressed the Cheyenne County Commissioners for a county wide trash disposal program. They cited widespread dumping along Wild Horse Draw and ravines, urging sanitary fills and district legislation. Local dumps vary in access with permits and fees, while some towns restrict use to residents.
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Gurley Area
Telegraph
Wild Horse Draw
A. A. Fenske
Cheyenne County
Sidney
John Baudek
Lawrence Miller
Dalton
Gurley
Lodgepole
Potter
Robert Zuhlke
John Peetz, Jr
City Manager Baudek to Speak at Norfolk Meeting
Baudek announced Thursday his inclusion in the city managers meeting in Norfolk on April 4 5 and 6. He will speak Friday afternoon on professional standards and benefits of city managers. The three day program covers council-manager governments and a talk on the President's crime commission.
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Sidney
John Baudek
Norfolk
Baudek
Trains 5 And 6 Hearings Set For April
Interstate Commerce Commission hearings on the proposed discontinuance of trains 5 and 6 on Union Pacific have been reset. A Grand Island session on April 17 will be conducted by Richards and Ries, with another in North Platte on April 18 at 9 30 a m at the First National Bank, and Cheyenne Wyoming hosts a 9 30 a m session on April 19 in the U S Court House. The hearings aim to gather protest testimonies about dropping the two passenger trains.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Union Pacific
Grand Island
Richards, Ries
North Platte
First National Bank
Cheyenne
Wyo
U. S. Court House
Seventeen MDTA Completion Certificates Awarded in Sidney
Seventeen students received certificates of completion Thursday from the Business Institute of Sidney for work done under the Manpower Development and Training Act. Robert Schliske, MDTA administrator for Wyoming, presented the certificates as Gene Medley of the Wyoming employment department urged use of new skills in future jobs. Ron Heit, owner of the institute, presided and noted another MDTA class to begin this week.
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Business Institute of Sidney
Robert Schliske
MDTA
State of Wyoming
Wyoming
Business Institute
Kansas- Nebraska
Gene Medley
Wyoming Employment Department
Ron Heit
County eyes sanctioned sanitary fills to replace dumping grounds
County Commissioners weigh a proposal to establish county maintained sanitary fills at multiple sites as a remedy to a long standing dumping ground near Wild Horse Draw. Telegraph photo accompanies the report.
Panhandle Weather Forecast Mixed Skies and Mild Temperatures
Fair this afternoon and tonight with partly cloudy skies. Warmer Saturday as a high near 70 follows a low of 30 to 40 tonight. Precipitation chances under five percent. Five day outlook shows near normal temperatures with highs in the 50s and lows around 30. Light showers possible over weekend and early next week.
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Panhandle
Court House Moving Day In Progress At County Seat
Today marks moving day at the county courthouse with county road department workers loading records and fixtures. Led by District Court Clerk Mrs. Ruby Henkle, officials including Ed Swanson the assessor and Sydney Finsh the county judge assist as the old sandstone building is slated for demolition in the near future.
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Court House
Ruby Henkle
Ed Swanson
Sydney Finsh
Ralph Englert
Caldwell
Kermit Brumbaugh
Walter Kinne
Telegraph
Phone Workers Northwestern Still In Talks
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co with the Communications Workers of America says its final wage offer to 19 000 employees in Iowa Minnesota Nebraska North Dakota and South Dakota was rejected by the union. Contract extended 24 hours as talks continue and possible strike risks loom with supervisory staff ready to operate if needed.
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Communications Workers of American
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Sidney
Near Record Wheat Exports Predicted
Commercial exports of U.S. wheat run just below last year’s pace and are likely to approach a record 4.39 million bushels. For seven months through January 1968, foreign sales totaled 427.329 million bushels with 187.0 million via Public Law 480. Japan led with 51 million. Netherlands 26 million. Venezuela 13 million. Philippines 12 million. India and Pakistan received 109 million and 46 million via P.L. 480. Donated shipments were 1 percent of total.
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Marx Koehnke
Nebraska Department of Agriculture
U.S
Japan
Netherlands
Venezuela
Philippines
Pakistan
India
P.L
Commodity Credit Corporation
Court House Move Under Way to New Building
At noon today movers began transporting files chairs records and other movable items from the old Cheyenne County Court House to the nearly completed new facility. The Court House sits in a three quarter circle around the old hall of justice and over 12 offices plus the jail’s three prisoners are expected to settle in by Sunday evening.
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Cheyenne County Court House
Board of Commissioners
County Extension Office
County Welfare Office
Farm Leader Urges Cutbacks to Boost Prices
Elton L. Berck president of the Farmers Union of Nebraska urges farmers to reduce planting and production of feed grains warning wheat prices and farm income would stay low with large surpluses. He calls for local surveys on corporate farming and says state legislation to bar non farm corporations from agriculture will be introduced.
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Farmers Union of Nebraska
Elton L. Berck
Berck
Farmers Union
Traffic Mishaps Reported In Sidney No Injuries
Police investigated two traffic mishaps on Thursday both with no injuries or tickets. At 11:50 a.m. on 10th near Jackson Clark Fuller hit the rear of a car turning from 10th to Jackson driven by Julia OConnell causing about 500 dollars damage to Fuller and 75 dollars to OConnell. At 12:45 p.m. Richard Flohr traveling west on Illinois between 6th and 7th collided with Myrtle Bennett in the same direction, damaging Flohr s car 75 dollars and Bennett s car 30 dollars.
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Jackson
Clark Fuller
Sidney
10Th
Julia O’connell
Fuller Auto
O’connell
Richard Flohr
Dalton
Tiinois
Myrtle M. Bennett
Flohr
Bennett
Square Dance Benefit at Elks Auditorium
Prairie Schooners Square Dance Club hosts a benefit at the Elks Auditorium to aid crippled children. Outstanding callers join an exhibition by Calico and Boots Club of the University of Colorado. a fur giveaway tops the evening.
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Elks Auditorium
Prairie Schooners Square Dance Club
Calico and Boots Club
University of Colorado
Thompson Enters Sidney School Board Race
James O. Thompson 42 of 1131 King has been nominated for a six year Sidney school board seat. He cites 18 years with children and three of his own as basis for running and seeks new ideas and change while noting rising student requirements and state education aid as key issues. He is a music education graduate, self employed piano teacher, pedodontic lab operator, and former Univ of Nebraska music instructor. He is a Mason and serves on regional and local library boards and the Joint Commission on Dental Labs. he and his wife Lela Mae have three children and attend the Methodist Church.
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James O. Thompson
King
Sidney
Thompson
University of Nebraska
Joint Commission On Dental Labs
Lela Mae
Methodist Church
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Panhandle Youth
Bob Ziegler
Lawrence
Harold Lessman
Robert Zulke
Northwestern
Carl Christ, Jr
County Commissioners Board
Richard Dunn
James O, Thompson
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