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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1973
Page
1
The Sidney United Fund kicks off its 1973 drive aiming to raise about 18000 across 11 beneficiary groups. Phase two begins with a hotel coffee session and volunteer canvassing in the business district to secure donations from employers and local businessmen.
Nebraska moves to establish five private group homes for NCCY wards, starting with an Auburn boys home and a Seward girls home. Other sites include Columbus Hastings and more towns funded by federal grants and state funds. Plans foresee up to eight youths per home with public schooling and community activities.
Western Nebraska Technical Community College board in Chadron sacks two presidents and approves hiring an area president to run vocational and academic education by early 1974. The plan would merge Western Nebraska Technical and Nebraska Western College plus the Alliance School of Practical Nursing into a single area educational program with two below president directors and a shared nursing and community education function. The board set committee structures and prepared a job description while inviting applications. A nine county lawsuit over financing looms, with attorneys to brief at next meeting.
The nation faces propane tightness this winter with Eastern Nebraska at risk for supply gaps. Signal LP Gas of Sidney warns oil-field shipments may be cut first while homes and farms are prioritized. Prices are rising and allocations could favor Midwest farmers amid ongoing energy controls.
The September issue of Western Outlook Magazine, included with The Sidney Telegraph, centers on football fanfare from the Sandhills to Memorial Stadium. It reports on Nebraska college teams and features a piece on a smaller state team.
The Chappell Chamber of Commerce farm and ranch tour toured irrigation systems hog operations cattle feeding and the Chappell Elevator fertilizer plant. The Smith brothers pig production facility showcased a local economic contributor creating four jobs and requiring 100 tons of supplement and 20 000 bushels of corn annually.
Dr Scott Moore of Lincoln was elected president and Dr William Doering of Franklin as president-elect of the Nebraska Academy of Family Physicians. The convention in Grand Island named Dr Don McGee of Lexington as vice president, Dr Charles Ashby of Geneva as delegate, Dr Ivan French of Wahoo and Dr James Ramsay of Atkinson as alternates, with Dr F H Shiffermiller of Ainsworth and Dr Calvin Outright of Sidney joining the new board.
Dr. D. B. Woody Varner president of the University of Nebraska system will tour Western Nebraska Technical College and host a public noon luncheon at Fort Sidney Motor Hotel on Wednesday. Reservations due by Monday and alumni from Kimball Devey and Keith counties invited. Varner, who became president in 1969, champions Nebraska development with a focus on water resources.
Sidney School Superintendent Russ Pedersen questioned Nebraska Western College in Scottsbluff offering grades to high school pupils at $100 per student and urged equal Sidney access. Board members said no expansion until legality is resolved, with Kimball superintendent Max Hensley noting Pedersen claims we are doing something illegal.
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