United Fund Opens 1974 Drive With Early Donations
The Sidney United Fund report shows 902 seven percent of its goal in advance gifts before the official drive. Advance gifts chair man Jack He Lowe sent two letters to donors, delaying Fund brochures. A board meeting set the local business drive for Oct 2 with Bill Wolf of Pizza Hut as chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney United Fund
Barb Custer
Jack He Lowe
Lowe
United Fund
Bill Wolf
Pizza Hut
Partsely
Wolf
United Fund Drive
Ed Cole
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Chamber
Carolyn Nickum
Custer
United Way
Ford
Association For Retarded Citizens
American Red Cross
King’s Daughters
United Services Organization
National Travelers Aid
Nebraska
National Arthritic Foundation
Salvation Army
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Weekend forecast shows pleasant cool Nebraska weekend
The Associated Press reports a cool weekend with mainly cloudy skies across Nebraska. Daytime highs are expected in the 60s to lower 70s, with tonight’s lows in the upper 30s to near 40s in southeastern areas and no precipitation mentioned. The pattern stems from cool high pressure from western Canada and a front from the Great Lakes, which moved through Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Nebraska
Canada
Great Lakes
Vo-Tech Area Board Hires Instructors At WNTC Campus
Dwight Tritt was hired as heavy equipment instructor at Western Nebraska Technical College by the area board meeting at WNTC. Charlene Taylor joined Alliance Vocational School of Practical Nursing. The board denied a request to extend Christmas vacation for teachers and amended mileage reimbursement to 16 cents per mile. An executive committee proposal was rejected. Two station wagons were purchased for Sid ney and Scottsbluff campuses, and parking rules were sent to Scottsbluff city officials for the NWC campus annex.
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Dwight Tritt
Western Nebraska Technical College
Western Nebraska Technical Community College Area Board
WNTC
Charlene Taylor
Alliance Vocational School of Practical Nursing
Scottsbluff Nebraska Western College Teachers Association
Sidney
Scottsbluff
NWC
Planning Commission Denies Rezoning Amid Conflict Claims
Sidney planning officials deny a rezoning bid by Arlo Jones to convert farmland to commercial use for a shopping center. Dorwart urged postponement for a written conflict of interest opinion, but many members learned of the suggestion only through press reports.
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Sidney Planning Commission
Tom Dorwart
Arlo Jones
South Sideny
Planning Commission
Sidney Telegraph
Dorwart
League of Nebraska
Maynard Dils
Dils
Gordon Tobin
Tobin
Bush
Dill
the Telegraph Today
League
Nebraska
Jones
Jeff Bush
R.C. Cunningham
Warren Ellison
Elmer Ladine
Upland Industries
Sidney
Upland
New York
Union Pacific Railroad
Handi-Bus program nears 200 registered in Cheyenne County
About 190 to 200 elderly residents have joined Cheyenne County Handi-Bus, a free local transport service run from the Senior Citizen Center. Drivers note eligibility is age 60 plus, with rides to groceries, hospital visits, doctors, and events. federal rules ban social visits.
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Lynne Brumbaugh
Senior Citizen Center
Senior Citizen Center To Register, That’s Just Our Headquarters,'’ Mrs Brumbaugh
Cheyenne County Court House
Memorial Hospital
Dalton
Gurley
Lodgepole
Potter
Dechant to Visit Gurley for Farmers Union Meeting
National Farmers Union President Tony Dechant will attend the annual meeting of Farmers Union Local 733 in Gurley on Wednesday accompanied by Nebraska Farmers Union president Louis Wiebe. The public may attend the general meeting at Gurley Community Hall after a soup supper, with the district meeting scheduled for Bridgeport at the Bell Restaurant.
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National Farmers Union
Tony Dechant
Farmers Union Local 733
Gurley
Louis Wiebe
Nebraska Farmers Union
Wayne Elsen
Farmers Union
Oh T
Bell
Bridgeport
AIM to seek return of Fort Robinson to Oglala Sioux Nation
The American Indian Movement urged Nebraska lawmakers to return Fort Robinson to the Oglala Sioux Nation. Bob Yellow Bird of Gordon said petitions will push a bill to restore the fort, now under state control since 1972. He warned the site risks destruction from development and noted plans for an Indian educational and cultural center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon
American Indian Movement
Nebraska
Fort Robinson
Oglala Sioux
Bob Yellow Bird
AIM
Yellow Bird
Associated Press
Black Hills
Oglala Nation
WPPD Energy Talk Reaches area Students
Wheatbelt Public Power District presented the program Understanding the National Energy Dilemma to high schools in its service area. Bob Selzer Electrification Advisor led the sessions at Lewellen Rural High School on Sept 16, Sidney St. Patrick's High on Sept 10, and Sidney High on Sept 18 and 19. Future talks are planned for Dalton Gurley Chappell Lodgepole Oshkosh Bridgeport. The program follows a study by the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy and uses US energy flow projections from 1950 to 1990. The program is available to other groups upon request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheatbelt Public Power District
Georgetown University Center For Strategic and International Studies
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
United States
Bob Selzer
Whea Thelt Electrification
Lewellen Rural High School
Sidney St. Patrick's High School
Sidney High School
Dalton, Gurley
Chappell
Lodgepole
Oshkosh
Bridgeport
Junk car removal drive boosts Panhandle cleanup plan
Panhandle Resource Council accelerates junk auto collection in North Platte Lodgepole and South Phile valleys. Cheyenne County agents urge residents to donate vehicles and sign release forms. An auto crusher from M&M Wrecking Co. will operate in Scotts Bluff Morrill Garden counties then move toward Sidney with funds aiding Valley Youth Camp lodge project. Community coordinators in Cheyenne County oversee pickups and volunteers.
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Panhandle Resource Council
Cheyenne
Sakurada
Panhandle
South Panhandle
Scotts Bluff
Morrill
Garden Counties
Highway 30
Sidney
M&m Wrecking
Valley Youth Camp
Lodge
Cheyenne County
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Beatrice
Kimball
Frank Partseh
The
Vo-tech Area Board
WNITC
Sidney Community Improvement Scrapbook Committee
Peggy Langley
Center
Lincoln
Pat Dorwart
Marsha Thorpe
Shelia Dickes
Mrs. Dorwart
Jean Main
Sandy Wintermore
Carmen Gottschalk
City Planning Commission
Doyle Lund
Nebraska Land Improvement Contractors of America
Lund
Bill Hartman
Garland
Hartman
Ron Gaddig
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Agricultural Engineering
Leonard Mostek
St. Paul
Bureau
Dechant
Ft. Bob
WPPD
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