Youthful leadership urged for Nebraska Farmers Union meeting
State Farmers Union President Elton Berck urged broader youth involvement at District L’s annual meeting in Fort Sidney. He proposed a junior federation, greater contact with national leaders, and a Springtime in Paris tour to recruit members. He questioned farm income figures from a University publication and pressed for fair taxation and better parity policy.
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State Farmers Union
Elton Berck
District L
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Berck
Federation of Agriculture
Paris
State Farmers Union Board
France
Hattlefields
Farmers Union
Nebraska
Bureau of Business Research
Robert Clark
Cliff Bartels
Alliance
Raymond Lessman
Sidney
Bartels
Ray Crawford
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Temperature swings in brief FAA station report
The Federal Aviation Administration flight service station records a low of 23 degrees last night and a noon high of 62 today. Prior days showed Monday 32 to 73 and Tuesday 33 to 63, reflecting typical early week variability.
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Federal Aviation Agency
Panhandle Officials Briefed On New Community College Bill
Panhandle county officials met in Chadron to hear Senator Wayne Ziebarth explain the community college bill LB759. The plan creates eight regional areas with 11 man area boards and a nine member state board. funding is 75 percent state and 25 percent local, with counties invited to join districts before 1973.
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Panhandle
Chadron
Wayne Ziebarth
Wilcox
Merle Rudebusch
Western Nebraska Technical College
William Ptacek
Scottsbluff
Nebraska Western
Ziebarth
Mid-Plains
North Platte
Norfolk Area
Omaha Area
Lincoln
Hastings-Columbus
Nebraska
Omaha
State Board of Vocational Education
Nebraska Board of Regents
Tews
Cable TV Company Reports System Improvement Work
Lloyd Wetenkamp Sidney Community TV manager told the city council of progress after signing a new franchise last fall. The report covers transformers drops amplifiers retapped feeder cable and new extenders plus a new antenna site and a computerized switching clock to reduce noise and errors.
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Lloyd Wetenkamp
Sidney Community TV
Sidney
Mr. Wetenkamp
Toledo Street
Hay Springs
Sterling
Wetenkamp
Denver
Dave Willis
Cedar Lanes
Bob Cook
Ninth Street
Moonlight Madness Opens in Sidney Stores
The Sidney Telegraph notes Moonlight Madness retail event launching this week with participating stores led by Gordon Fuller. Stores will run Thursday 9 am to 8 pm, Friday 9 am to 5 30 pm, and Saturday 9 am to 5 30 pm with special promotions.
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Sidney Telegraph
Moonlight Madness
Gordon Fuller
Panhandle Forecast Warm Today With Cooler Weekend
Fair and warmer this afternoon and tonight. Partly cloudy and colder Thursday with westerly winds 20 to 30 mph. High today 70 to 80, low tonight 35 to 45, high Thursday in the 60s. Rain chances zero. Extended outlook shows partly cloudy and cooler with a chance of showers, highs in the 60s Friday and 50s by Sunday, lows in the 30s. Courtesy Frontier Airlines.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Driver Dozes and Lands in Hospital After One Vehicle Crash
Richard Cott, 22, of Stevensville Michigan, was injured in a 3 20 a m Tuesday crash on Highway 304 six miles east of Sidney. The Jeep Universal rolled after drifting off the road and hitting a concrete bridge abutment. He suffered scalp lacerations and a skull fracture as police and state troopers investigated.
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Michigan
Colorado
Memorial Hospital
Sidney
John Trenerry
Richard Cott
Stevensville
Mich
Ott
Trenerry
Minor Mishap Reported Here
Lucy Van Ness Sidney and Izala Young Los Angeles were involved in a minor traffic accident yesterday at 845 Illinois. The Van Ness vehicle pulled out from a parallel parking space and was struck by the Young vehicle which reportedly had a truck on the opposite side. No citations were issued and damage was minor.
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Lucy van Ness
Sidney
Izala Young
Los Angeles
Calif
Ilinois
van Ness
Young
Farm Bureau blasts Exon policy at Cheyenne County meeting
At the Cheyenne County Farm Bureau annual gathering, public relations chief MM Van Kirk attacked Governor Exon’s property tax stance. He supported Amendment 10, urged reform to keep Nebraska producers competitive, and criticized urban retention of the personal property tax. He also backed the Agricultural Marketing Bargaining Bill and praised Amendment 10 as essential for rural relief.
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M.M. Vankirk
Nebraska Farm Bureau
Barney Mowry
Cheyenne County Farm Bureau
Directors Named By Farm Bureau Cheyenne County Board
At the annual meeting in the Yendis Cafe Cheyenne County Farm Bureau elected directors for the coming year. Pictured are Floyd Bruns Francis Runge Bob Misegadis Lemoyne Johnson Kenneth Larson Roland Green Leonard Beyer Lyle Johnson Charles Helfrich Don Larson Wayne Walker with Leo Wolff absent. Misegadis will serve again as president and Wolff was renamed vice president.
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Exon
Cheyenne County Farm Bureau
MM van Kirk
State Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
van Kirk
Lincoln-Omaha
Bob Misegadis
Dorothy Larson
Gurley
Floyd Bruns
Lemoyne Johnson
Dennis Borges
Leonard Beyer
Don Larson
Kenneth Larson
Charles Helfrich
Lyle Johnson
Kenneth Namath
Roland Green
Halsey Fuller
Francis Runge
Kenneth Morgan
Misegadis
Leo Wolff
Cheyenne County
Greenwood Cemetery
Nebraska
Wayne Walker
Wolff
Telegraph
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District Farmers Union Elects
Ray Lessman
Sidney Farmer
Clifford Bartels
State Board
Farmland Industries
Kansas City
Panhandle County
Get’s Farm Bureau
Russia
Office of Economic Opportunity
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