Oktoberfest kicks off in Sidney three day celebration
The Oktoberfest in Sidney runs through Sunday with German Biergarten Foreign Food Fair crafts and sales by local merchants. Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce and the City of Sidney sponsor the event and a free campground west of town provides maps and schedules for campers. Organizers aim for a large out of town turnout and to establish an annual festival.
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Cheyenne County
Omaha
Denver
Sidney
Cindy Howe
Sally Garcia
Lila Studnicka
Jane Matzke
Fort Sidney
Oil rights leasing delayed for Sioux Army Depot property
Nearly three years after initial plans to open about 18000 acres of the former Sioux Army Depot Reservation to exploration, mid-1976 is the earliest date for transferring mineral rights to private hands. Disputes within government and reduced oilfield interest, along with interagency quarrels and test-result negotiations, have stalled leasing and potential drilling near West Engelland Sioux and Pecos fields.
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Frank Partsch
Sioux Army Depot
Jack Fish
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
West Engelland
Pecos
Building permits soar in Sidney September 1975
A $32000 permit for a 13100 square foot addition to Tuf Wear operated by Safe Play Manufacturing tops Sidney monthly permits for September. Total September permits reach $102220, well above $24000 the year prior, with year to date at nearly $607000 and reflecting permit cost based on estimated construction.
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Tuf- Wear
Safe-Play Manufacturing Co
Sidney
Sissues
Area officials to discuss river basin water plan in Sidney
Lincoln based Department of Environmental Control representatives will hold an informal meeting in Sidney on Wednesday to explore implementing the South Platte Basin Water Quality Management Plan. Lodgepole Creek area city and county officials are invited to suggest ways to convert the plan into a working document.
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Department of Environmental Control
Lincoln
Sidney
South Platte
Nebraska meets on water quality plan for South Platte Basin
The South Platte Basin water quality plan, approved in March by the Nebraska Natural Resources Commission, aims to define methods to meet EPA water quality objectives with local involvement. The plan covers the Lodgepole Creek valley and all basins, with implementation led by the Department of Environmental Control.
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Hahn
Clark Haberman
Jane Polson
Stew Strachen
State Agency
Jack Sukovaty
Agricultural
Strachen
South Platte Basin
Nebraska Natural Resources Commission
South Platte River
Lodgepole Creek
Environmental Protection Agency
Department of Environmental Control
Nebraska
President Ford meets farmers at White House conference in Omaha
Reporter Larry Boyer recalls Royer's reactions to the Nebraska Iowa White House Conference in Omaha. Ford answered questions from 17 groups, with Secretary Butz and aides present, while observers noted crowd lines, security, and hopes for grain sales negotiations with the Soviet Union and Poland.
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Sidney Telegraph
Nebraska-Iowa White House
Omaha
Telegraph
Royer
Larry Boyer
Earl Butz
Nebraska Press Association
Lincoln
HEW
David Matthews
Transportation
William Coleman
John Gottschalk
Butz
Environmental Protection Agency
Russell Train
Federal Energy
Frank Zarb
Fred Rose
Ainsworth
Rose
Ford
Baroody
Mark Antony
Scottsbluff Star-Herald
White House
Soviet Union
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Ed Cole
Legion Park
Gene Winston
Freida Thomas
Fish
General Services Administration
GSA
Department of the Interior
Department of Interior
Bureau of Land Management
BLM
Cheyenne
US Geological Survey
USGS
Associated Press
Mercury
Chadron
Scottsbluff, Alliance
Ord
Secret Service
Exon
The
United States
George Meany
Panhandle
Poland
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