Alice Blair Wins Election To NPCAA Board
Alice Blair of Sidney was elected to represent Cheyenne County on the Nebraska Panhandle Community Action Agency board with JoAnn Goen as alternate. Georgia Miller was re elected to represent Devel County with Claudia Jean Dale as alternate. All are residents of Chappell and will serve three year terms starting December 13.
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Cheyenne
Devel
Nebraska Panhandle Community Action Agency
Alice Blair
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Blair
Charles Belden
Potter
JoAnn Goen
Devel County
Georgia Miller
Claudia Jean Dale
Chappel
SWIS expands warehousing as fertilizer storage tops year
SWIS in Sidney uses five of 14 warehouses in the Sioux Industrial Park to store up to 85 000 tons of fertilizer and 50 000 bean bags for Chester B Brown Bean Co with rail loading ramped by a new three mile UP track. The operation, led by Ed Narjes and Jeff Bush, boosts regional employment while diversifying beyond fertilizer.
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Sioux
Sidney
Con Marshall
Sidney Warehousing and Industrial Sites, Inc
SWIS
Chester B. Brown Bean Co
Morrill
Sioux Army Depot
Beker
Becker
Farmland Industries of
Kansas City
Agrichem
Brush
Cole
Ceres Fertilizer
Sterling
Wycon
Cheyenne
Bush
Union Pacific Railroad
Nebraska Public Service Commission
Gel
Western Nebraska Technical College
Brown Bean Co
Sidney Manufacturing
Tri-State Generation and Transmission
Freeport
Moisture Offers Some Help for Winter Wheat
Moisture from mixed rain and snow provides limited aid to the southern Panhandle wheat crop. Most gains are in Cheyenne County. farmers seek deeper soaking rains to boost root growth and top growth for cover. Prices for stored wheat remain low, with some optimism from a 4 per bushel spring price forecast discussed with Mondale in Omaha.
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Southern
Panhandle
Kenny Larson
Gurley
Cheyenne County
Lntension
Howard Henschel
Ray Davis
Potter
Nebraska Wheat Advisory Committee
Skunk Boom Hits Sidney Nebraska Front Page
A drought in western Nebraska drives an influx of skunks into Sidney drawing national media interest. NBC and Chicago Daily News sought details as local police coordinated handling of the unusual situation amid a drought linked “epidemic.”
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Gregg Piburn
Business Week
Sidney
Nebr
Telegraph
Nebraska
United Press International Wire Service
Dale Bennett
NBC News
New York
Debbie Brauer
Chicago Daily News
Roy Bauer
Chicago
Panhandle
David Brinkley
Ford
Columbus Day Closings Include City County Offices
Most city state and county offices as well as post offices will close Monday for Columbus Day. Sidney garbage routes shift. Monday runs Tuesday and Tuesday routes Wednesday. No city or rural mail deliveries Monday. collection-box mail picked up as usual. Last Sidney mail leaves at 4 pm. Cheyenne County officials head to Scottsbluff Tuesday for Panhandle County Officials meeting with agency representatives.
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Sidney
Ferris Preble
Cheyenne County
Scottsbluff
Panhandle
Highway work near Sidney advances to final stages
The Nebraska Department of Roads says the Highway 30 viaduct project east of Sidney is nearing completion and should open this afternoon or Tuesday. Traffic on Highway 385 north of Sidney could begin around November 1, with the full I 80 connection ready by mid November. The $34 million project began over a year ago. Century Fence Co. of Waukesha, Wisconsin holds a $45,250 contract for overhead sign supports at I 80 and on Highway 30 at the 385 junction.
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Sidney
John Klatt
Bridgeport
Nebraska Department of Roads
Klatt
Telegraph
Highway 30
Century Fence Co
Waukesha
Wis
Warm dry weekend forecast for Nebraska
The forecast calls for sunny skies and warmer temperatures statewide with highs in the upper 60s to lower 70s on Friday and cooler 30s to 40s at night. Saturday brings continued mild weather with highs in the lower to mid 70s as a broad area of low pressure remains along the Rockies.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Nebraska
Carter assails Ford on Eastern Europe remarks in debate
In San Francisco Jimmy Carter labeled Gerald Ford’s claim that Eastern Europe isn’t under Soviet domination as ridiculous. He urged Ford to explain his principles to Polish Americans and pressed for a clearer stance on the Arab boycott and the Panama Canal. Carter’s labor audience heard vows to keep pressuring Ford until clarified.
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San Francisco
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Eastern
Europe
Israel
Carter
Panama Canal Zone
Congress
Department of Commerce
Commerce Department
Inord
Jody Powell
Berlin Wall
Special ballots available for Cheyenne County election
County Clerk Robert Hossle announces absentee ballots and ballots for disabled voters for the November 2 election at the Cheyenne County Court House. Requests must be postmarked by Oct 29 4 pm and ballots by 7 pm on Nov 2. Voters may vote in person through election day during regular hours. Registration ends Oct 22 at 6 pm.
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Cheyenne County
Robert Hossle
Hossle
Hassle
Cheyenne County Court House
Edith drill Saturday night in Sidney during Fire Prevention Week
Sidney Volunteer Fire Department urges residents to join Operation EDITH with a 6 pm siren start for exit drill in the home. Fire Chief Jerry Lawson says families should plan and practice fire escapes and that red ball stickers on bedroom windows help firefighters locate children or disabled residents quickly.
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Sidney
Edith
Jerry Lawson
Lawson
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Washington
Dalton
High Plains Agriculture Laboratory
Ogallala
North Platte
American Bakers Association
Washington, D.C
Davis
Bob Rauner
Carl Bruns
Chappell
Walter Mondale
Omaha
Rauner
Mondale
Sidney Farmer
University of Nebraska
Greater Nebraska Health Systems Agency
Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles
State Department of Welfare
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
Nebraska Department of Agriculture
Sidney Day Care
Dan Benzel
Corey Benisek
Janet Carter
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