Sidney City Agrees To Sell Land To Eltra Corp
The Sidney City Council approved selling 15.3 acres east of Greenwood Cemetery to Eltra Corp a New York company with Toledo Ohio offices for 16000 dollars. The zoning board will hear a proposal to change the parcel from agricultural to industrial. Eltra reports 1972 net sales near 600 million across ten companies. An Eltra use for the site has not been announced.
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Sidney
Greenwood Cemetery
Eltra Corp
New York
Toledo
Ohio
Yars
Eltra
Prestolite International Co
Marshalltown Manufacturing, Inc
Terra Equities Corp
Independent Cable, Inc
C & D Batteries
Mergenthaler Linotype Co
Stanley G. Gragg & Co., Inc
Converse Rubber Corp
Equilease Corp
Interet Corp
North American Refractories Co
Higher Oil Prices Seen as Local Stimulus for Panhandle
Rising crude costs spark expectations of revived air and gas exploration in the Panhandle. Marathon Oil raised prices for sweet crude to 4.48 in Nebraska and 4.53 in Wyoming with related production and Phase Four rules cited. Three drilling intents were filed in Nebraska with plans for 3,500 and 6,100 foot tests. additional wells were plugged in Cheyenne and Banner counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Marathon Oil Co
Nebraska
Wyoming
Nebraska State Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Sidney
John O. Farmer
Nicholson
Red Willow County
Murfin Drilling
Floyd H. Miller
Bobcat Oil Co
Amarex Inc
Gear Drilling Co
Anderson
Banner County
Indian Springs
Colton & Colton Et al
Kenton
Kimball County
Hoatley Field
B. W. Drilling Co
Cheyenne County
Dundinge Oil Co
Kerstein
Sage Oil Co
Nelson
Cove
Our Energy Answers Reader Questions on Energy Crisis
Sidney geologist Jack Fish of the Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission launches a Telegraph feature titled Our Energy. He will answer readers questions about the energy crisis the oil and gas industry and related topics. Readers may mail questions to The Sidney Telegraph P.O. Box 219 Sidney.
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Telegraph
Jack Fish
Sidney
Fish
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Sidney Telegraph
P.O. Box
Ideas Sought On Centennial Celebration Plans
A public meeting at 9 30 a m Monday in the Sidney City Council Chambers will discuss Cheyenne County Centennial observance. An Ohio firm representative specializing in staging celebrations will outline his companys programs.
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Sidney
Cheyenne County
Ohio
Chamber Board Hears Reports From Local Educators and College
Sidney Educators Association expects about 600 teachers for a convention in Sidney on October 25 and 26 and seeks gifts or discount certificates from retailers for grab bags. Western Nebraska Technical College outlines an advertising plan for athletics and a forthcoming booklet with college information and event schedules.
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Sidney Educators Association
Western Nebraska Technical College
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Wilbert S. Higuchi
Sidney Educators
Sidney
WNTC
Gary Foster
Bud Mayer
Chamber
Gene Lienemann
Nebraska United Chamber of Commerce
Dan Rowan
Better Business Bureau
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Kearney
Garden Club Convention Draws Nebraska Members to Sidney
About 150 members from numerous Nebraska communities gather at Fort Sidney Motor Hotel for the Federated Garden Clubs of Nebraska state flower show and convention activities. Mrs. Howard B. Kittel of Fort Worth Texas arrives to address a banquet and join state officials for sessions. Mrs. Gilbert Trautman presides over Saturday morning business meetings at the Chateau with Judges Council activities.
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Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Federated Garden Clubs of Nebraska
Nebraska
State Garden Club
Howard
Kittel
Fort Worth
Tex
National Council of State Garden Clubs
Sidney
Chateau
John Beall
Gilbert Trautman
Big
Big Springs
Federated Garden Clubs of
Jehn Isaacs
Dix
Prince Reports Crime Drop in Sidney High-Crime Zone
City Manager Ed Prince announced a sharp decrease in offenses along Illinois Street from April through September with 47 crimes, mainly vandalism theft and breaking and entering, down from 131 130 and 161 in prior years. He attributed the drop to added patrols improved lighting and a new police car.
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Ed Prince
Sidney
Illinois St
Prince Said
Prince
Cheyenne County Commissioners Allocate Funds for Roads and Offices
Revenue sharing totaling 155,722 was assigned to the Road Department with most earmarked for bridge repair and maintenance. A 30,000 allocation funds a computer for the assessor, treasurer, and county clerk as plans for 185,000 in revenue sharing to July 1973 through June 1974 were to be submitted to the Federal Treasury Department.
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Cheyenne County Commissioners
Cheyenne County
Federal
Treasury Department
Faulty State Specs Prompt County Repair Demand
Cheyenne County Commissioners face a request to fund repairs estimated between 20 000 and 45 000 on the Gurley missile road after over 50 000 was spent on construction. Officials warn the road breaks up in a 3.5 mile stretch and state specifications are blamed for the failure.
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F. B. Thompson
Loring Tabler
Anna Rezac
Frank Madison
Gravel
Thompson
Gurley
Cheyenne
Jim Jensen
Air Force
Federal Highway Administration
State Department of Roads
Missouri Valley Construction Co
Jensen
C F. Nutter
W. H. Jackman
John Klatt
H. H. Bryant
Missouri Valley Construction
Jack Jensen
Missouri Valley
al Manderville
A.C. Einbeck
Warren Air Force Base
Einbeck
Western Nebraska Tech adds arc welding and aerospace courses
Western Nebraska Technical College will start adult and continuing education courses on September 25 under President Merle Rudebusch. New offerings include arc welding and aerospace science, alongside electronics drafting ground school building construction auto mechanics welding upholstery and more. Details on costs and individual courses will be released next week.
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Western Nebraska Technical College
Merle Rudebusch
Rudebusch
St Patrick's Tops List of Tax Free Land Parcels
Cheyenne County publishes a tax exempt land list showing churches own most parcels. St Patrick's Catholic Church Sidney holds 79 of 148 church parcels and two educational parcels. Tri County Association for Retarded Children holds the remaining educational parcel. Other churches own several plots, with St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran in Sidney owning six. Non religious groups include multiple American Legion posts, Masonic Temples, and lodges across Sidney, Lodgepole, Dalton, Potter, and Gurley.
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St. Patrick's
Cheyenne County
St. Patrick's Catholic Church of
Sidney
St. Patrick’s
Tri- County Association For Retarded Children
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church of
American Legion Post
Sidney Lodge
C.F
Masonic Temple
Robert Clark
Lodgepole
Golden Rod Lodge
Potter Lodge
Af&am
Potter Plans Use of Funds to Improve Village Streets
The village expects 9,534 in revenue sharing from 1973 74 with more than half earmarked for street work and maintenance. A 1000 mower and street sweeper purchase is planned, while funds for hard surfacing or re Graveling streets. Recreation and culture receive about 3600 with 400 for golf course improvements and 3200 for a new skating rink and tennis courts near the school. The library gets 1000. Construction of the new facilities is underway near the school.
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Potter
Gerk
Terrel Wickhorst
Wiekhorst
Sidney United Fund Sets $18,000 Goal
The United Fund of Sidney set an $18,000 goal for 1973-74 at a Board of Directors meeting chaired by Benny Hoffman. Eleven agencies submitted budget requests including Mentally Handicapped Residency Fund, Epsilon Sigma Alpha, Red Cross, King’s Daughters, Day Care Center, Salvation Army, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Arthritis Foundation, United Services Organization, and National Traveler’s Aid. A Monday night meeting at Avco Financial Services will elect new directors, set drive dates, and appoint committee chairmen.
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United Fund of Sidney
Board of Directors
Benny Hoffman
Epsilon Sigma Alpha
Red Croes
King’s Daughters
Sidney
Salvation Army
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Arthritis Foundation
United Services Organization
National Traveler’s Aid
King's Daughters
Avco Financial Services
Exon touts Panhandle progress and veto on Hiram Scott
Nebraska Governor J J Exon says his administration did more for the Panhandle than others and cites industrial growth and more Panhandle state appointments. He defended vetoing LB179 to block the Hiram Scott College campus acquisition and noted ongoing study of possible uses for the site. He met Mexican American delegates unhappy with state commissions.
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Nebraska
J.J. Exon
Panhandle
Nebraska Western College
Scottsbluff
Associated Press
Exon
Department of Economic Development
Office of Economic Opportunity
University of Nebraska
Hiram Scott College
Hiram Scott
HSC
Lincoln
State
Mexican- American Commission
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Chamber Board
Garden Club
Mrs. Kittel
By Gail Bergstad
WINTC
Sidney United Fund
Dana Cole
Jack Selzer
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