Hunger Walk Raises Funds in Sidney for Global Needy
Thirty five Sidney residents joined a 10 mile Hunger Walk, climbing Breakneck Hill and returning toward town to fund food and tools for the needy. In photos, eleven marchers start the ascent while Holly Atkins and Pam Selzer rest at the summit before the final five miles. sponsor total not released yet, one walker Doris Harlan will receive about $120.
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Sidney
Breakneck
Sidney High School
Holly Atkins
Pam Selzer
Sia
Walker
Doris Harlan
Sidney Wins Health and Safety Honor in 1976 Program
Sidney captures the Health and Safety Programs division of the 1976 Nebraska Community Improvement Program. The awards banquet at the University of Nebraska Student Union Ballroom in Lincoln featured Rex Swanson receiving the plaque from Gov. J.J Exon, with Larry Boyer in attendance. Sidney was praised for tractor safety, swimming lessons, lifesaving courses, the community warning system, a blood bank, 4-H rifle safety, defensive driving, and Lite-a-Bike Day.
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Sidney
Nebraska
University of Nebraska Student Union
Lincoln
Rex Swanson
Sidney Parents Schedule Two Day Conference Week
Parent Teacher Conferences pick up first quarter grade reports at Sidney Public Schools on Thursday and Friday November 11 and 12 with registration by last name initial. Junior and Senior High School students have assigned times while elementary conferences run concurrently at all three elementary schools.
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Sidney Public Schools
Ralph Spencer
Guidance Services
Sydney council to vote on new overhead signals at 10th and Illinois
The Sydney City Council will finalize an agreement with the State Department of Roads to install approved overhead traffic signals at 10th and Illinois during tonight’s 7:30 meeting at City Chambers. City Manager Maynard Dils will appoint a Civil Service Commission member, and bids for paving districts and electric plant cooling upgrades will be awarded. A housing authority meeting begins at 7:15 PM.
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State Department of Roads
10Th and
Illinois
City Chambers
Maynard Dils
Civil Service Commission
Nebraska Supreme Court to hear death penalty appeal cases
The Nebraska Supreme Court will hear Monday arguments on the state’s revised death penalty law amid a U S Supreme Court ruling. Four inmates on death row challenge if capital punishment in Nebraska is valid. Named convicts include Erwin C Simants Rodney L Stewart John E Rust and Richard D Holton. The court weighs aggravating and mitigating factors before sentencing.
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Nebraska Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Nebraska
Charles Starkweather
US High Court
Georgia
Texas
Florida
Nebrasa
Rodney Lamar Stewart
Omaha
Thomas Ehlers
Daniel E Evans
John Edward Rust
Michael Kellogg
Richard Dean Holton
Lawrence Loder
Final Cheyenne County Election Totals Reported
Final county results show Ford leading Carter 2 285 to 1 665 in the presidential race with McCarthy Maddox and MacBride also listed. McCollister tops Zorinsky in the Senate and Virginia Smith wins the U S Representative race in Cheyenne County.
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Cheyenne County
Gerald Ford
Carter
Eugene McCarthy
Lester Maddox
Roger MacBride
U.S. Senate
John McCollister
Edward Zorinsky
Virginia Smith
U.S
James Hansen
Bill Steen
Rural Nebraska towns seek doctors amid nationwide shortage
Rural Nebraska communities including Chappell Mullen Morrill Rushville Bridgeport Imperial Sutherland and Oshkosh struggle to recruit physicians as up to 100 Nebraska towns search for doctors. The piece notes a reported state surplus, heavy workloads, professional isolation, long hours, uneven Medicare and insurance payments, and efforts by the Nebraska Medical Association to balance pay. It cites Dr Paul Young and local search committees with doctors from Vietnam awaiting licensing and practice opportunities.
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Chappell
Mullen
Morrill
Rushville
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Imperial
Sutherland
Oshkosh
Nebraska
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Colo
Nebraska Line
Paul Young
Department of
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State Bureau of Comprehensive Health Planning
Lincoln
Young
James Thayer
Sidney
Omaha
Nebraska Medical Association
North Platte
California
Don Stull
Bryce Shopp
Stull
Puerto Rico
Alaska
Hawaii
Canada
Nguyen Quang Dinh
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