Farmers consider strike aims and worries at Sidney meeting
About 160 area farmers gathered at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel to discuss joining a proposed nationwide strike for 100 percent parity for farm commodities. Bankers urged caution, while participants debated tactics, subsidies, fertilizer cuts, and selective boycotts as options to pressure Washington.
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Tobin Beck
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
American Agriculture
Confederation of Farmers
Bob Conrad
Sidney National Bank
Bankers
Bob Gustafson
Rural Dix
Washington
Lavern Flessner
Bob Lafler
Tom O'Connell
Flessner
High Plains Journal
Joe Kielian
Sidney
Conrad
Penn Central Railroad
U.S
Mrs Lenzen to attend presidential farm bill signing
Marian Lenzen, national spokesman for WIFE, will travel from Sidney to Washington DC to attend the signing of the farm bill by President Carter. WIFE members approved her trip, stressing full parity, with possible attendance by Nebraska representatives and a Department of Agriculture liaison confirming up to two WIFE attendees.
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Marian Lenzen
WIFE
Sidney
Washington, DC
Jimmy Carter
Lenzen
Washington
Nebraska
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Joan O'Connell
Omaha
UPI
Nebraska Public Health Association
Association
Recipes Wanted For Telegraph Holiday Cook Book
The Sidney Telegraph solicits reader recipes for a holiday cook book with breads cakes cookies candy and main dishes. Send to Marge Bale care of The Sidney Telegraph Box 219 Sidney with name and address. earliest postmarked duplicates publish. Deadline October 28 with publication November 4.
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the Telegraph
Marge Bale
Sidney Telegraph
Sidney
Nebraska Methodist women set state meeting in Grand Island
UPI reports Nebraska United Methodist women plan their third annual state meeting October 7 and 8 in Grand Island with Rev and Mrs Douglas Crowder from Zaire as speakers. The piece also notes other regional items including state finalists for the Community Improvement Program and a murder case in Lexington.
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Lincoln
Neb
UPI
Nebraska
United Methodist
Grand Island
Douglas Crowder
Zaire
Africa
Lincoln, Neb
Nebraska New Car & Truck Dealers Association
Strouse Sees No Big Problems for Sidney City
Sidney new city manager Merle Strouse says growth and budget areas can be improved but no major problems exist. He plans zero base budgeting to justify spending, noting a 1.7 million budget and a 47 mill levy increase from 30.01 to 30.48. Gordon Tobin had been acting city manager since May.
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Sidney
Merle Strouse
Strouse
Harlan
Iowa
Gordon Tobin
Maynard Dill
Ohio
ESU to use NG Armory for pre primary instruction
Educational Service Unit 14 board approves renting two south rooms of Sidney National Guard Armory for pre primary instruction at $100 monthly plus $1 per day for the school year. Dr William Kelley authorized to seek Title IV B and C funds to support books equipment counseling testing and innovative programs.
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Educational Service Unit
Sidney National Guard Armory
ESU
William Kelley
Kelley
Nebraska State School Board Association
NSSBA
Sidney Council delays Parkland assessments and passes drilling ordinance
The Sidney City Council tabled Parkland Drive paving district assessments amid protests by Craig Ave property owners and approved a drilling regulations ordinance. The measure creates 40 acre drilling blocks, limits wells near churches and schools, and sets permits and enforcement while scheduling a private attorney meeting to discuss legal implications.
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Gordon Stofer
Sidney
Parkland Drive
Jack Knicely
Craig Ave
Jack Peetz
Council
Parkland Development Ltd
Knicely
Gordon Tobin
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Lodgepole
Mrs. Lenzen
Telegraph News Digest
Lexington
Dawson County
George Bigelow
Dennis Sell
Ruth Eby
Eby
Sell
Sperry- New Holland
Kearney
Johnson Lake District
Keith Windrum
Columbus
Nebupd
Nebraska Power Industry Committee
Holiday Inn
Nebraska Electrical Utility
Charles Thone
By Liz Watts
Chamber of Commerce
City Council
Block
Kimball
10Th and
King
Police Department
Cunningham
Park Manor Estates
Preston Hogeland
Summit Drive
Lee- Ellen Matzke
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Western Nebraska Technical College
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