WIFE groups expand reach in Nebraska farm policy talks
The Women's Involved in Farm Economics group grows with the Cheyenne County chapter traveling to North Platte to discuss forming new chapters in Gothenburg and Burwell. They urged support for LB 518 on personal property tax, Spurred by Len Zorinsky’s plan for five gasohol plants funded by federal and private money, and pressed for early construction to aid wheat regions.
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Cheyenne County
North Platte
Gerald Pitman
WIFE
Gothenburg
Burwell
Pitman
South America
Sen. Zorinsky
Ptacek to Return as WTCCA Adviser in May
William Ptacek, former administrator of the three area colleges, will return May 11 as an adviser to the Western Technical Community College Area to help comply with the legislature's postsecondary advisory committee. His controversial tenure included delays in contract termination and debates over his pay. He will reportedly have an office at Panhandle Station, with concern over renewed tensions at Nebraska Western College.
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Area Business Office
Scottsbluff Sidney and Alliance
Ptacek
Ntt
AUU
UW Atieg
Piacek
Nebraska Western College
Ptacke
Panhandle
NWC
Nebraska manufacturing energy use study notes small share
Lincoln report states Nebraska manufacturers consumed 163 billion kilowatt hour equivalents in 1974, compared with 3.9247 billion for US industry. Resulting in a share of less than half a percent of total manufacturing energy use.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Nebraska Bureau of Business Research
William D Gerdes
Historical group members honored at annual meeting
At the Cheyenne County Historical Society annual meeting held Saturday at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel, three lifetime memberships were awarded to Mr and Mrs Louis Miller of Gurley and Mrs Catharina Greenlee. Directors named included Mrs CW Cutright Elmer Hartmann and Jeff Reetz Potter, with Mrs Frank Rauner appointed secretary. A scale model of old Fort Sidney on a current Sidney layout was unveiled by Tom Beeker.
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Cheyenne
County Historical Society
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Liftrme
Louis Miller
Gurley
Catharina Greenlee
Millers
Greenlee
CW Cutright
Elmer Hartmann
Jeff Reetz Potter
Frank Rauner
Keith Sprenger
Potter
Tom Beeker
Neligh Mills
Old Fort Sidney
Sidney
Harold Tremain
Beeker
Fort Sidney
Bill Mann
Histrical Society
Cheyenne County
Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence Marrin
Dalton
Times change life styles in 1970s report
Washington United Press International reports a Census Bureau study finds American life styles in the 1970s differ greatly from earlier generations with delayed or avoided marriage and child bearing, rising divorce, and more women working or attending school.
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Washington
UPI
Square Dance Benefit for Crippled Children in Sidney
Dancers from Sidney and surrounding areas join wheel chair club Colorado Wheelers of Denver for the 14th Annual Benefit Square Dance at the 3-ii Building in Sidney. Sponsored by Prairie Schooners Square Dance Club and Sidney Ellis Lodge 1894, with guest caller Larry Buhler of Louisville, Colorado. Spectators welcome to start dancing at 8 p.m. All proceeds aid crippled children.
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Sidney
Prairie Schooners Square Dance Club
Sidney Ellis Lodge
Colorado Wheelers of
Denver
Gordon Beckman
Prairie Schooners
Mal Minshall
Larry Buhler
Louisville
Colo
Buhler
McCook
Nebr
Longmont
Callers College
Estes Park
Larry
Sharon
Standard Mom: Three Pairs of Eyes
A humorous meditation on mothers as a near divine standard model. The story recounts an angel and the Lord debating the perfect mother, highlighting the six pairs of eyes, the soft strength, healing instinct, and tears that carry joy, pain, and pride.
Don’t plow wheat before ASCS appraisal in Cheyenne County
Lawrence Thompson of the Cheyenne County ASCS Office urges farmers not to destroy damaged crops before notify ing the ASCS. An ASCS airtraiser will assess losses, and disaster payments may apply if acreage is abandoned or used differently. Coverage is limited to planted acreage up to historical allotment under the 1973 Agriculture Act.
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Sen Zorinksy
Lawrence Thompson
Cheyenne County
ASCS
Thompson
Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act
Death Row Populations Drop By End Of 1976
Washington based LEAA statistics show 444 inmates on death rows nationwide at year end, down 29 from 1975. The LEAA report cites 233 new death sentences and 262 reductions or voidances, reflecting net changes across the system.
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Washington
UPI
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
LEAA
National Criminal Justice Information and Statistics Service
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Scottsbluff
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10Th
Osage
the Census Bureau
Charmeny
Sterling
Frontier
Jeanery
Sue Ee
Levi Slacks
Levi Jackets
Levi
Levi Cords
Levi Jeans
Sterling City Limits
Toy
Chicago
Holdrege Seed & Farm Supply
Chicago Eastern Corp
Death Row
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