Four-year-old Peabody dies in Sidney rollover crash
Daniel Andrew Peabody 4, of Sidney, died after a one car crash five miles south of the Sidney airport. The vehicle driven by 15 year old Randy Schlueter left the road on loose gravel, rolled multiple times and stopped in a mullet field. Schlueter and James Peabody suffered minor injuries. Burial at Greenwood Cemetery with services conducted by Richard Williams. Memorials to Cancer Fund.
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Redford-Hoffman to star in skunk movie
Sidney battles a media flurry as national outlets probe a skunk issue labeled epidemic by officials. Police and animal control answer questions from New York Times Washington reporters while Washington Post coverage remains possible and jokes surface about a book.
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Popcorn crop gains traction in Cheyenne County farmlands
Cheyenne County farmers embrace popcorn as a promising cash crop with contracts around eight dollars per hundredweight and yields potentially exceeding sixty bushels an acre. growers Kielian Jurgens Rushman and Three Circles report strong early results and attention to harvesting methods, while Nebraskaนี้ leads national popcorn production with 146.4 million pounds in 1975 and over twelve million dollars in value.
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GOP cancels Sidney town hall as candidates plan talks
The Cheyenne County Republican Party pauses a Thursday October 14 town hall in Sidney. John Moore says a meeting with GOP candidates and Ford Date campaign reps is being arranged. McCollister, Smith will visit before the election while Zorinsky and Hansen plan a October 16 fundraising dinner at St Patrick's Youth Center. Gov Exon or Lt Gov Whelan may attend.
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John Moore
Cheyenne County
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Senate
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Smith
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James Hansen
St. Patrick’s Youth Center
Gov . J. Exon
Gerald Whelan
Zorinsky Surges in Senate Race in Omaha Poll
Democrat Edward Zorinsky leads Republican John McCollister 48 to 38 with 14 percent undecided in a Williams poll for the Omaha World Herald. The survey also shows Thone 65 to 27 over Anderson, Terry 48 to 40 over Cavanaugh, and Smith 70 to 24 over Hansen in three congressional races.
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John Y McCollister
United States Senate
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Omaha World-Herald
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Senate
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Pauline Anderson
Lee Terry
John Cavanaugh
Virginia Smith
James Hansen
Cenne Fle
Sidney School Board Sets Full Agenda for Tonight
The Sidney Board of Education meets at 7 45 in the Junior High Library to discuss a transportation policy, a possible four sport season for the senior high, sale of obsolete property, Projects HELP and YES, the school bond issue, shop remodeling, curriculum committee work, school picture proposals and an enrollment summary report.
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Sculpture progress slow for Kimball and Chappell
Sidney’s Roadway Confluence project is over three months old and faces delays. Kimball struggles to find a contractor for its large Seed of Nebraska sculpture per Nate Eastman. Chappell awaits state approval to complete all ten sculptures sponsored by Interstate 80 Bicentennial Sculpture Corp before private work can proceed.
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Seed of Nebraska
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Sidney High Seeks Homecoming Spirit and Art Projects
Students gear up for homecoming week at Sidney High School as Linda Gable and sisters Gloria and Leslie Nebarez help decorate a downtown window under Pep Club supervision. Local art efforts include Curtis Roth's wheat sculpture for Chappell Cozad and Kimball's large Seed of Nebraska spheres with plans for a Pioneer station, museum, and lake-adjacent site near golf course. Eastman notes funding delays but aims to finish the Kimball project this fall despite limited progress.
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Los Angeles
Finalization of housing plan eyed at city meeting
Sidney city council aims to finalize agreements for a Sidney elderly housing complex at the Housing Authority meeting Thursday. The agenda includes free downtown parking request from the Chamber of Commerce, bonds for aGarbage System and sanitation warrants, a public hearing on six rezoning properties, paving district bids, and new tennis courts.
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