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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1973
Page
1
Frontier Airlines resumes full service after interim fuel allocation restores October consumption levels. The 60 day fuel supply allows Frontier to reinstate flights and lift prior reductions while seeking longer term commitments by December 1 to avoid further cuts.
The Book Keepers at 44 10th Ave won $150 and runner-up honors in the 1973 American Heritage Dictionary Back-to-School Display Contest. The winning window used a ladder, climbing feet depictions, and copies of The American Heritage Dictionary to illustrate the theme If You Know The Right Words The Climb To The Top Is Easier.
Wyoming school counselors may adopt a feature now used by Sidney High School in next year’s education planning sessions. A Wyoming letter to Ralph Spencer from Allen Barkley of the University of Wyoming praises using faculty as sponsor hosts for each college representative. The room sponsor concept has long been used in Sidney.
Sheriff Kermit Brumbaugh reported multiple complaints about people firing guns near the city limits. He urged shooters to aim away from Lindey or practice in another area to prevent hazards to residents.
Residents of Chappell without a diploma are invited to a GED class organizational meeting at 7 p.m. Monday Nov 19 in the science room of Devel County High School in Chappell.
City workmen Kon Maul and Jim Fries began installing the annual Christmas lights atop utility poles in downtown Sidney on Thursday The lights will not be turned on until December 3 due to the energy crisis and will glow only during early evening hours.
State Sen. Robert L Clark of Sidney denounces Governor Exon after a 3-2 Board of Equalization vote kept the sales tax at 2.5% and failed to cut income tax to 11% for 1974. Critics say Exon promised deeper cuts. supporters argue funding and growth projections justify restraint. The meeting saw Republican lawmakers backing a cut to 11% while Exon and Democrat officials opposed it.
Gov James Exon at a Kearney livestock conference criticizes a 1974 income tax cut from 13 to 11 percent, saying it could harm Nebraska's agricultural economy. He notes Republican support and looming general fund demands, urging fiscal restraint amid conference sponsors including the Chambers of Commerce, Department of Agriculture, and UNL Extension Service.
The Region 1 Office of Mental Retardation announced that Sioux and Dawes Counties entered the Agreement to receive services from the Region 1 Agency on Monday and Tuesday this week. Other signatories include Sheridan Scotts Bluff Kimball Morrill Cheyenne Garden Devel and Boards of Directors from Educational Service Units 12 13 and 14.
The Sidney United Fund reports a total of 10950 raised, about 60 percent of the year’s 18000 target. Recent business contributions include Sidney Flooring Northwestern Bell Drs Cornelius and Outright Red Roof Dairy Queen Xi Iota Chapter 740 U Gas M Baja Taco Foland Farm Machinery Everitt Refrigeration and Appliance Sidney Radiator Silver Dollar Sabin's Standard and the Princess Shop.
Three rookie American astronauts Gerald P Carr Ed Gibson and William R Pogue launched aboard a Saturn 1B to begin an 84 day Skylab mission spanning Thanksgiving Christmas and New Year The crew will study the sun earth and man and observe comet Kohoutek while in orbit.
The Sidney Department of Labor office reports October job seekers rose about eight percent from last year and twenty percent from September. Weather is cited as a key factor influencing demand. Placements in October matched last year but rose twenty one percent from September, mainly in construction, service and transportation.
Bob Conrad of Sidney National Bank told a Kearney livestock conference that agriculture remains the Panhandle's driving force, noting Cheyenne County's 1988 downturn recovered through farm diversification and growth in veterinary supplies, implements, and bank gains. He and others urged coordinated rural and urban economic effort to expand agriculturally related industry.
Kathy Hall writes from Nebraska about her hometown Sidney, noting growth, new jobs, and a new technical college. She praises progress in East Point, College Park, and Hapeville and links it to Sidney’s need to evolve rather than stand still, while acknowledging the bittersweetness of nearby development.
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