Welfare Mother Work Plan Expands to Nine Nebraska Counties
Welfare mother job training program WIN expands from Lancaster, Douglas and Scotts Bluff to nine more counties including Cheyenne. The Labor Department funds vocational training while Public Welfare supplies child care and family support. Cheyenne County screens cases, Sidney office will develop openings. Grand Island to join next.
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Lawrence Graham
Gerald E. Chizek
Lancaster
Douglas
Scotts Bluff
Cheyenne
Otoe
Gage
Seward
Sarpy
Box Butte
Morrill
Banner
Kimball
Associated Press
Labor Department
Public Welfare Department
Cheyenne County Welfare
Virgil Knackstedt
State Labor Department
Division of Employment
Sidney
Western Nebraska Technical College
Graham
WIN
Cherek
Grand Island
John Egging Wins Engineers Award at Nebraska ASAE Meet
John A Egging of Gurley received the Nebraska Section ASAE Certificate of Recognition at its annual meeting on October 26. as vice president of The Egging Co. he is honored for outstanding contributions to agricultural engineering while directing a firm known for tractor cabs and new ventures into ski lifts and off road air conditioning components.
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Nebraska
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
John A Egging
Gurley
Egging
Egging Co
Holiday Inn
Egging Company
John
Theodore
William Splinter
NU Department of Ag Engineering
Mag
John Egging
ASAE
Power and Machinery-47
National Institute of Farm Safety
Forbes Breaks Balloon Record Yet Again
Malcolm Forbes set a new balloon flight distance record, flying 320 miles from Tecumseh to Union Missouri, after his Casper Wyoming to Gurley stretch of 213 miles. Union is about 45 miles southwest of St. Louis. Forbes predicted the record would be broken again before his cross country flight ends.
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Malcolm Forbes
Casper
Wyo
Gurley
Tecumseh
Union
Associated Press
St. Louis
Sidney
Forbes
False Threat Evacuates Central Elementary School
Police investigate a bomb threat that prompted the evacuation of Central Elementary School on Wednesday. A building search found no bomb and Sidney Police and fire officials responded to the phone threat.
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Central Elementary School
Sidney
Time Changes This Weekend
This weekend switches to Mountain Standard Time as clocks are set back one hour Saturday night. The changeover occurs at 2 a.m. Sunday.
Rodger Balfour Shows Signs Of Progress At Hospital
After a day with no change in Rodger Balfour condition there are encouraging signs this morning. The 15 year old was found in a hangman's noose at Sidney High School locker room before a junior varsity game. A Cheyenne neurosurgeon is overseeing care at Memorial Hospital while police continue to investigate.
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Rodger Balfour
Sidney High School
Bob Balfour
Rodger
Cheyenne
Memorial Hospital
Young Balfour
Sidney
Sidney United Fund total reaches 8457 toward 1973 goal
The Sidney United Fund reports a current total of 8457 dollars about 47 percent of the 18000 dollar goal for 1973. Barb Custer, United Fund secretary, says drive workers are finishing remaining portions of the drive.
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Sidney United Fund
Barb Custer
United Fund
Outlook Feature Highlights Cattlemen Salute in Western Outlook
The Sidney Telegraph presents Western Outlook Magazine with a cattlemen salute. It includes Chappell farm tour coverage, a feature on Chappell as town of the month, and a tribute to late poet Raymond Weed of Dalton.
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Western Outlook
Sidney Telegraph
Telegraph
Chappell
Raymond Weed
Dalton
Kimball Paper Wins First in Class B Mimeographed News
Kimball County High School's Longhorn Notes earned first place in Class B mimeographed newspapers at the Nebraska High School Press Association Convention in Lincoln. Jan McNees and Cindy Gerner accepted the plaque from the Omaha World Herald on behalf of the paper, based on last year's publications.
Nixon Re Sets TV Appearance
President Nixon will hold a televised news conference at 7 p.m. EDT today as reports grow he may name a new special Watergate prosecutor.
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Nixon
Teachers' Meetings Spotlight Education and Discipline
The District Six Nebraska State Education Association session in Sidney drew about 565 teachers from 11 Panhandle and Cherry counties for a two day program. Keynotes Dr William Glasser urged learning over failure and humane treatment to motivate students, with emphasis on courtesy and human to human contact. Other speakers included Dr John E Valusek and Lincoln lawyer Ted Kessner as the convention toured Omaha Wayne Kearney Lincoln and Sidney with new officers named.
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Nebraska State Education Association
Sidney
Panhandle
Cherry County
William Glasser
Glasser
Lves
California
Girta
R. Glasser
John E. Valusek
Kansas
Valusek
Valitek
Ted Kessner
Lincoln
Carolyn Sandoz Pifer
Mari Sandoz
Roberta Hickman
Joan DeLong
Kimball
Marcia Schlichtemier
Scottsbluff
Don Baruth
Hemingford
Omaha
Wayne
Kearney
Why Did Mari Sandoz Leave Happy School Near Dalton
Sister recounts Mari Sandoz abrupt Cheyenne County departure around 1922 amid a turkey shoot dispute and money troubles. She later fled to Denver after threats over Capital City. Pifer details Sandoz research in Sidney Telegraph files and ongoing efforts to establish a Chadron museum and Sandoz heritage trust.
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Mari Sandoz
Happy School
Dalton
Cheyenne County
Caroline Sandoz Pifer
Mari
Capital City
Denver
Lincoln
Miss Sandoz
Nebraska
New York City
NSEA Lawyer Explains Suits Aimed At Teachers Rights
Ted Kessner, the Lincoln attorney associated with teachers, told District Six Convention educators that litigation is discouraged and only selective cases are pursued to shape nationwide standards. He emphasized due process guidelines and called for teachers to help define competency standards to distinguish it from incompetency.
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Ted Kessner
District Six
Vic
Kessner
Lincoln
Kesaner
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Outlook
Kimball Paper
Hickman
National Education Association
Washington
Bill Planck
The
Panhandle Mental Health Center
Jules
Mari Macumber
NSEA
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