Power district funds 100 mile line from Sutherland to Sidney
Nebraska Public Power District plans a 100 mile 345000 volt transmission line from Sutherland to Sidney with start in 14 to 16 months. The project fits into about 300 miles of planned lines and involves multiple contracts with firms in Michigan, Texas, Pennsylvania and Colorado. The board approved engineering design work, pole structures, long distance conductor, earthwork and pipe supplies with completion targeted for 1981.
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Power District
Sutherland
Sidney
Nebraska Public Power District
Ron Bogus
NPPD
The
Telegraph
Nebraska
Sweetwater
Buffalo-Sherman County
Loup City
Gentleman Station
McCook
Riverdale
Kearney
Ce-American Pole Structures, Corp
Houston
Tex
Gerald Gentleman
North Platt
Alcan Cable Corp
Williamsport
Canaday
Lexington
Crooked Creek
Tevington
Gentelman Station
Ogallala
North Platte
Centric Corp
Denver
Colo
Record U.S. tax refunds reach high average in 1977
IRS data show taxpayers received a record average refund of 444.39 dollars amid 79 million processed returns by April 22. More extensions granted, and higher errors on 1976 short form 1040A blamed on 1976 Tax Reform Act. About 12 million returns mailed in final stretch.
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Washington
UPI
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Dix and Dalton squads win Minuteman track meet
Inside Dix girls and Dalton boys win the Minuteman Activities Conference track and field meet. Sidney boys perform well at the Kimball Relays, page II.
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Dix
Dalton
Minuteman Activities
Sidney
Kimball Relays
Page ii
Loyalty Day banquet speakers at VFW draw crowd
Jack Lowe and Tom Her boldsheimer spoke at the Loyalty Day banquet of the VFW, drawing 70 attendees. Details appeared in the Lifestyles section on page 3. The Open House at Western Nebraska Technical College drew a big crowd Sunday with a photo page in today’s edition on page 9. Industrial espionage in today’s business world prompts small firms to monitor competitors to avoid bearing another’s dishonesty costs.
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Jack Lowe
Tom Herboldsheimer
VFW
Western Nebraska Technical College
Spelling Bee Upset as Sagacity Drops Competitors
Nancy Holling of Sidney and 11 others were eliminated in the written Midwest Spelling Bee in Omaha over the word sagacity. Chris Ballew, 13, Council Bluffs, won the bee and an expense paid trip to Washington, D.C. to compete in the National Spelling Bee June 6-11. Runners-up and prizes included a 30-volume Encyclopaedia Britannica for Renee Masek and a $100 cash prize plus a watch for Ballew.
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Nancy Holling
Sidney
Omaha
Cheyenne County
Jerald Holling
Chris Ballew
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Washington, D.C
UPI
Renee Masek
Leonard J Masek
Weston
Ned
St John's School
Renee
Chris
Council Bluffs Lewis Central Junior High School
Washington
Sidney set for three public meetings Tuesday night
Three public meetings are planned in Sidney Tuesday. The school board meets at 7 15 p m in the Junior High Library to discuss board appointments a new calendar and select an architect from six interviewed. NRD directors may decide land purchase for Oliver Dam at 7 p m in Ft Sidney Motor Hotel. Parking meter committee meets at 7 p m in City Council Chambers to outline its direction with John Laing presiding.
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Sidney
Sidney Public Schools
Oliver Dam
South Platte
Kimball Jaycees Win Long Kimball River Race
Dozens gathered along the North Platte near Bridgeport for the Kimball Jaycees annual boat race. Gaylen Catron and Ken Wigers of Bridgeport won canoes in 2 hours 6 minutes, with Alliance, Sidney, and other teams close behind as 28 canoes competed amid headwinds and a breached island channel.
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Bill H. Moore
Louisville
Ken
North Platte River
Bayard
Bridgeport
Scottsbluff
Mike Fink
Kimball Jaycees
Mile
John
Sidney Area
Bridgeport Jaycees
Noothwest
Bridgeport State Lakes
Sidney
Gaylen Catron
Ken Wigers
Bredenkamp
Garret
Alliance
Joe Courtney
John Wieser
Jerry van Natter
Dean Starr
Gary Osborn
Gary Runge
Dennis Dils
Mike Hartzler
Don Smith
Kimball
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Potter
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska Panhandle
High Plains Experiment Station
Lodgepole
Benjamin F Shaw Co
Wilmington
Del
Gentleman
Rockbestos Co
Clayton, Mo
Basic Engineers
Pittsburgh
U.S
MAC
WNTC
Business Spy
Bill Moore
Con Marshall
Nebracka
Western Towa
World Herald
Mportant
Belmont Dam
Morrill County
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