Exon to address WNTC graduates on May 13
Governor J J Exon will speak at Western Nebraska Technical College Tenth Annual Commencement on May 13 at 2 pm in the college gymnasium. Seventy-one students are eligible for graduation. invitations have been sent to parents and dignitaries, with Gary Abke to give invocation and benediction.
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Western Nebraska Technical Collge
J J Exon
Governor of
Nebraska
Charles D Michael
Thomas Dindinger
Gary Green
Thomas D. Brower
Scottsbluff
Western Technical Community
Gurley
Jerry D Schuessler
Potter
William John Steele
Sidney
Charles Boyd Stuart
Dalton
Alan D Woodward
Richard Lee Glassburn
Brian Boles Bitner
Larry Gene Burm
Lodgepole
Cheyenne County Chamber Sets Busy Week Of Plans
The Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce board outlines a major week with a door to door membership drive targeting at least 25 new members and a 1 05 p m Thursday kickoff with a loudspeaker system. A separate committee will begin screening candidates to hire a new manager, chaired by B E Stewart and Bill Maddox with Dick Fix and John Laing representing the board.
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Cheyenne
B E Stewart
Bill Maddox
Dick Fix
John Laing
Jack H Lowe
Phil Curtiss
Jack Peetz
Booster club idea raised at county chamber meeting
Thursday discussion centered on forming booster clubs for each county community. Stewart and Taewoun Wut aoncu vy Frepluent PFIX prepared a report for the next meeting. Stewart suggested the chamber lacks an outreach group and booster clubs could act as a public relations arm. A vote of thanks was given to Sherri Robinson and the Ladies Division for aiding membership efforts. The board read Jim Worth of Dalton’s resignation letter without comment.
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Stewart
Taewoun
Wut
Aoncu
PFIX
Sherri Robinson
The
Chamber of Commerce
Jim Worth
Dalton
Lodgespole Grads to Host Dr Robert Manley Visitor
Valedictorian and salutatorian named for the lodgepole graduation ceremony. Dr Robert Manley, noted Nebraska historian and folklorist, is slated to deliver the keynote. Page references indicate campus events and recoveries.
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Robert Manley
Nebraska
Big Four Warn Soviets Over West Berlin Ties
Britain France and West Germany, with President Carter, warned the Soviet Union that any move against West Berlin would threaten detente. The leaders met at Downing Street before Carter’s Geneva trip with Assad, Giscard d Estaing, and Schmidt. A four power declaration pledged cooperation to keep West Berlin stable and warned detente would be seriously threatened if any signatory power failed to respect quadripartite agreements.
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London
UPI
Soviet Union
West Berlin
Carter
Britain
France
West Germany
James Callaghan
No 10
Downing Street
Geneva
Hafez Assad
Callaghan
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Helmut Schmidt
Sidney volunteers urge fair terms on fire hall beer ban
Sidney Volunteer Fire Department leaders head to the City Council to press for consistency in alcohol rules across city facilities and to discuss their grievance over the proposed beer ban at the Fire Hall. The departure follows an April incident involving volunteer Larry Chaon and a tense vote among the 43 member force. The council meeting starts at 7 pm with housing authority at 7 15 pm and the regular meeting at 7 30 pm.
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Sidney Volunteer Fire Department
Volunteer Fire Department
Keith Niehnhuser
Larry E Chaon
Sidney
Mmett Clark
Wright
Fire Department
Dan Benzel
Jerry van Netter
Francis Stone
Housing Authority
Dalton neighbors plow 366 acres for ill Melvin Warren
Dalton residents organized 27 tractors to till 366 acres for Melvin Warren who is laid up this spring. The work lasted about three hours and the workers were served lunch by the Melvins. This first tillage of the season aims to enable Warren to farm the land for the year.
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Dalton
Melvin Warren
Melvins
Warren
Cheyenne County Salutes Seniors in Older Americans Month
Cheyenne County joins nationwide Older Americans Month with events and proclamations led by Sidney Mayor Lee Matzke. An open house at Lodgepole Plaza Nursing Home showcased Senior Queen Mamie Bond and King Dutch Shaw amid community activities across Sidney Potter Lodgepole and Dalton.
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Cheyenne County
Lodgepole Plaza Nursing Home
Mamie Bond
Dutch Shaw
Lee Ellen Matzee
Sidney
Matzke
Carter
Cheyenne
Potter
Lodgepole
Dalton
Nebraska Panhandle Community Action Agency
Sidney, Potter and Gurley
Bath Memorial Res
Marlon “Dutch” Shaw
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WNTC
Chamber
Bush
JC Bush
Sidney Telegraph
University of Nebraska
Jack Pollock
Keith County News
Ogallala
Nebraska Press Assn
Lincoln
Pollock
Pollock 1 Oh
A. Talbott
Chappell
Chappell Register
Lodgepole Grads
Sidney Man
Téve Lienemann
Albuquerque Burn Center
Dix
Mitchell
Big
Soviets
Clark
Jackson St
Clark Chevrolet
Chaon
Bruce Wright
Terry Jones
Jim Loughry
Telegraph
Dave Salvi
Frances Craig
Community Action
County
Area Agency On Aging
Prinscple
C.B. Dorwart
State Commission On Aging
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