Snow cleanup under way as departments race to clear roads
City and county crews push to open snow blocked roads and storm sewers by tonight. Street workers with 15 to 16 hour shifts salt sand and haul snow with five trucks bulldozers and a loader. Southeast county roads near Lodgepole and Sunol face drifts five to eight feet with a row of rescues and an Interstate 80 closure. A California man Alvin Howard 35 and John Davenport 32 were injured in a truck crash west of Chappell.
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Mel Jackson
F B. Thompson
Thompson
Lodgepole
Sunol
Nebraska State Patrol
Chappell
Chappell Fire Hall
Sidney
Alvin Howard
Englewood
Calif
Sidney United Fund Plans Drive Closure Meeting
The Sidney United Fund directors meet at 8 p.m. Monday at the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce to finish this year’s campaign. The drive is at $10,280 or 69 percent of the $15,000 goal with large donations anticipated to push past $11,500. Completion of unfinished residential and business drives and returning materials are needed to match last year’s results and approach prior years’ $12,000 to $15,000 range.
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Sidney United Fund
Cheyenne County
United Fund
New Cheyenne County Chamber Elects 1976 Board
The Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce announced the 1976 board results. New directors are Richard Fix Art Montgomery Rod Hinman B E Stewart and Dennis Wamsley who will serve two years. An open meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p m in City Council Chambers invites input on dues services budgets and goals.
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Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Sidney
Richard Fix
Fix Pharmacy
Art Montgomery
Montgomery Car and Truck Center
Rod Hinman
Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Co
B. E. Stewart
Financial Planning and Marketing Inc
Dennis Wamsley
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Bob Holechek
Ed Cole
Lienemann
Blackmun eases Nebraska gag order on mass murder case
Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun partially lifts Lincoln County District Judge Hugh Stuart's restraints on Nebraska mass murder coverage. He keeps limits on reporting defendant confessions before trial and bars reporting crime details, victim identities, and medical testimony at the preliminary hearing. The guidelines portion is stayed pending Nebraska Supreme Court review.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Harry A Blackmun
Nebraska
Blackmun
Lincoln County
Hugh Stuart
Nebraska Supreme Court
Stuart
Erwin Charles Simants
Sutherland
NRD Hearing On Ground Water Rules Moves After Key Issue
South Platte NRD canceled a planned 7 p.m. public hearing in Cheyenne County Court House after officials failed to appear with a key. District manager Bob Hahn moved the session to the Marathon Building NRC offices where two board members and a reporter attended. The panel approved the guidelines to curb improper irrigation runoff and other water conservation measures, with records open for comment until December 2. Regulations take effect January 1, 1978, and copies will be available at the NRC office Cheyenne County Extension Service and Soil Conservation Service.
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South Platte Natural Resources District
Cheyenne County
Court House
South Platte Nrd
Bob Hahn
NRC
Marathon
Hahn
John Ferguson
Kimball
Gail Klingman
Chappell
Ferguson
Klingman
Cheyenne County Extension Service
The
Soil Conservation Service
Fire at local shop prompts investigation and cold weather strain
State Fire Marshall investigator and Sidney Volunteer Fire Department chief Dan Benzel work to determine the cause of an early morning shop fire in sub zero temperatures. The blaze damaged the west side near retreading machines with holes burned in floor and ceiling but caused no water damage. Fire crews fought the flames for about an hour as ice formed from the freezing conditions.
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State Fire Marshall's
Scottsbluff
Sidney
Dan Benzel
Benzel
JB Baker
Star Market
Rural post offices to close amid Postal Service cuts
The financially troubled Postal Service will speed up the closing of rural post offices to save money. Postmaster General Bailor denies sacrificing service quality and cites a severe financial crisis with losses around seven million dollars daily. GAO had suggested 12 000 closures could save about 100 million annually, but the service cannot confirm the same savings under new criteria.
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Washington
Congress
Benjamin F. Bailor
Bailor
Postal Service
General Accounting Office
GAO
Thanksgiving Ecumenical Service Set by Sidney Ministers
The Sidney Ministers Association sponsors a bicentennial Thanksgiving Service Tuesday at 3 30 pm at St Patrick's Church. Music will be by the Presbyterian Choir and Mrs Phil Curtiss will be organist. The public is invited to this unique service of thanksgiving and prayer.
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Sidney Ministers Association
St. Patrick’s Church
Usic
Presbyterian
Phil Curtiss
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