Council weighs paving district 118 assessments and bids
City Council opens tonight to resume discussion on assessments for Parkland Drive paving in district 118. Protests claim Parkland Development Ltd. should pay. SAM program presentation by Western Nebraska Technical College expected. Also on the agenda are a Summit Drive sidewalk request, bids for sanitary sewer and water extensions in Park Manor Estates, a King Street parallel parking proposal, a Cunningham building loading zone, and a 10th King traffic count report.
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Board of Equalization
Parkland Development Ltd
Western Nebraska Technical College
Preston Hogeland
Summit Drive
Park Manor Estates
King Street
10Th
11Th Avenues
Cunningham
King Streets
Disappearances Spark Vast Platte River Search Near Lexington
About 100 people scoured a 20 mile Platte River stretch for Lexington farmwife missing since Sunday. The case links to another Lexington woman missing in February, but officials say no definite link exists. Police noted no sign of a struggle and car remains found at the Eby home.
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Lexington
UPI
Platte River
Areca
Dawson County
John Rohnert
Ruth Eby
Judy Dangler
Eby
Richard
Dangler
Florida
Léxiigtonares
Nebraska plane auction draws crowd near $2 million in planes
Lincoln based Owl Aviation reports about 600 attendees watched roughly 30 aircraft valued at nearly two million dollars at Nebraska's first airplane auction. Only three or four airplanes found buyers, with many models being late roavi ely alaia and twin engine types.
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Lincoln
UPI
Jeff Gallup
Owl Aviation
Nebraska
Gallup
Nebraska patrol tests new Sidney transmitter backup
Communications officer Tom Prevo tests a 120 watt transmitter at the Sidney Nebraska State Patrol office. The unit is intended as a backup to the 200 watt transmitter already in use.
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Tom Prevo
Sidney
Nebraska State Patrol
Jim Brill
Wheatbelt
Drilling Permits Rise in Cheyenne County August Report
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission data show Cheyenne County issuing eleven drilling permits in August, the most in the state for the month. Four were wildcat wells and seven in existing fields, with total state permits at 37 and wildcats at sixteen.
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Cheyenne County
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Sidney
Nebraska
Sleepy Hollow
Red Willow County
Nebraska Wins EPA Energy Grant for Conservation Program
Senator Carl Curtis announced federal Energy Administration approval of Nebraska state energy conservation program with a $225 000 award. The plan, proposed by the state Energy Office, aims to cut Nebraska energy consumption 5 percent or more by 1980.
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Lincoln
UPL
Carl Curtis
R-Neb
Federal Energy Administration
Nebraska
State Energy Office
Skunk Visits Nebraska Family Retained For 10 Days
Karl Guenther spotted a small skunk in the front yard while searching for Cub Scout project bugs. Ray Frandsen the game warden granted permission to keep the animal for 10 days to ensure disease clearance before possible release back to the wild.
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Tobin Beck
San Juan Capistrano
Monterey
Calif
Sidney
Frederick Guenther
S. 21St
Karl Guenther
Frandsen
Teenager dies in Dawson County rollover crash
A Cozad area teen, David M Douglas, 14, was killed when his parents pickup rolled over on a Dawson County road after losing control while westbound. State Patrolman Marlin Kuxhausen, Gothenburg, reported the weekend accident about 51 miles northeast of Cozad.
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Cozad
UPI
Dawson County
Marlin Kuxhausen
Gothenburg
David M Douglas
Groundbreaking ceremony set for Ovid Floodway project
Groundbreaking is planned Friday at 11 AM at the Farmers Elevator in Ovid Colorado for the Ovid Floodway segment of the Sedgwick Sand Draws Watershed. Key supporters include Congressman James Johnson and Congresswoman Virginia Smith who helped secure funding for this flood control effort covering 104 square miles across Colorado and Nebraska.
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Ovid
Colo
Sedgwick- Sand Draws
Farmers Elevator
James Johnson
Colorado
Johnson
Virginia Smith
Nebraska
Sedgwick Sand
Sedgwick County
Cheyenne
Duel
South Platte River
Town of
Sedgwick County Soil Conservation District
Sedgwick Sand- Draws
Snow touches Nebraska as autumn begins in Harrison
In Harrison Nebraska the first autumn day saw light snow around noon then quick melt to rain as temperatures stayed in the low 30s. Police confirmed the brief snow squall and noted autumn officials arrived in the state late Thursday night ahead of the weekend.
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Harrison
UPI
Nebraska
Bergland says farmers strike won't fix farm ills
Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland told Wichita audience that a successful nationwide strike would hurt poor nations and fail to raise prices. He noted three to four years of losses in cattle and drought, doubting a regional effort could impact national prices unless organized nationwide. The Pueblo rally by the American Agricultural Movement pressed for 100 percent parity by Dec 14 and threatened to withhold products if unmet.
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Wichita
Kan
UPI
Bob Bergland
Bergland
Kansas City
Pueblo
Colo
The
American Agricultural Movement
Farmers Meet In Fort Sidney On Strike Call
Sidney area farmers plan a local meeting tonight at eight at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel to discuss the strike call and related issues.
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Sidney Area
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
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