Nebraska Tourism Urged to Develop State Parks
The Omaha World Herald editorial urges Nebraska to stop belittling its scenery and invest in parks, recreation and hunting areas. It argues the Fish and Game Commission can handle development with funding, criticizes penurious legislature, and calls for a 1959 Nebraska vacation by the editor to learn local grandeur.
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Omaha World Herald
World Herald
Mel Steen
Nebraska Fish and Game Commission
Nebraska
South Dakota
Steen
Black Hills
Colorado
Wyoming
Gutzum Borglum
Fish and Game Commission
Praise For Sidney Street Crew In Harsh Winter
A harsh winter has damaged Sidney streets with widespread potholes and cracks. The street department, already busy with snow removal, faces high repair costs and must work as weather, equipment, and manpower allow. The piece praises workers and urges patience.
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Sidney
Sidney Street
Oil Industry Diversity Boosts Nebraska Economy
An oil industry expert notes extensive undiscovered oil in western Nebraska including Cheyenne County with hundreds of thousands of leased acres yet untested. Nebraska now produces over 60 000 barrels daily yielding about 180 000 dollars in gross value, aiding diversification while agriculture remains primary.
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Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Panhandle
You Might As Well Face It Draft Odds for Youth
US News & World Report notes that seven in ten men are expected to serve in some military capacity before turning 26. Currently no one above age 25 is being drafted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
US News & World Report
Uncle Sam's Hired Hands in Great Falls Tribune
The Great Falls Montana Tribune notes about one in six Americans hold government jobs, with about 11 million paid by tax dollars from one government unit. Since the century’s start non-government employment rose 100 percent while government employment climbed 60 percent.
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Uncle Sam
Great Falls
Montana
Tribune
Old Mac the Cane-Wielding Sheriff of Cheyenne County
A nostalgic portrait of Sheriff McDaniel known as Old Mac a vivid frontier lawman on a black horse with a big cane. He kept order in Cheyenne County during boyhood with a fearless presence riding Main Street and deterred truants hoboes and delinquents, leaving a lasting colorful legacy in local memory.
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Bat Masterson
Sheriff McDaniel
Teddy Roosevelt
Main Street
McDaniel
Boondocks
Jackie Robinson
Knights of the Road
Old Mac
Cheyenne County
Three-way plan to revive passenger trains in railroads
David P. Morgan argues in Trains that the passenger rail service risks extinction unless separated from freight, labor contracts rewritten for modern tech, and equal regulatory treatment by government. He proposes relocating terminals, redesigning cars, and granting independent executive authority to passenger operations for better service at fair prices.
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David P. Morgan
Trains Magazine
ICC
Mr. Morgan
Dave Morgan
The case against Benson and farm policy reform
Idle Thoughts argues Secretary Benson worsened a messy farm program, failing to build constructive reforms. The piece warns a politics driven by surpluses and exploitation could devastate farmers, urging nonpartisan reappraisal of subsidies, price controls, and a broader national economic approach.
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Benson
Utah
Farm program and its legacy in supply cycles
The text discusses a federal direct support program that aided farmers by funding mortgages taxes and family needs. It credits rains with enabling crop and livestock recovery and notes the program became a political issue. It argues history moves between scarcity and surplus and may repeat.
More For Less In Agriculture Facing Population Shift
The farm population is shrinking and will must feed 200 million by 1970 with fewer people and less land. A leading farm equipment maker calls for a $1x-point program including land capability maps, comprehensive farm acre plans, trained soil technicians, and mechanized conservation machinery to meet future food and fiber needs.
Community Action Against Polio Urged Nationwide
The National Health Council warns that despite vaccine abundance, paralytic polio rose 44 percent in 1958. Many under age five and adults remain unprotected, creating soft spots for new epidemics. It calls local leaders to mobilize a face-to-face community effort and join national health groups in promoting protection.
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National Health Council
Detroit
Virginia
West Virginia
New Jersey
Council
U. S. Public Health Service
American Medical Association
National Foundation
Jonas Salk
Crossword Puzzle Clues A to D Across and Down
A compact list of crossword clues with across and down entries including cap ture inferior part of fleece whole quantity Jap gateway female rabbit card game ornamentation animal functionless digit prongs cunning poorly blemishes piked dogfish pat breezy heating fluid divan muffin proper about short simple song measure of yarn kick a football spout dial gift of bounty flowing in style music sped grampus talks wildly personal ste ary very small gown tennis stroke unadorned century plant firefly stable compartments now in succession Russian community pivot pin Arabian seaport ossified tissue wagers wire measure incorporated municipality peacock butterflies droop crusted dish teamsters command plover in the stern bark tibetan gazelle vocalize make slower compulsion fortune pickets lowgrade barge shave single time dwell starchy foodstuff conceited person prevent
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Dial
Grampus
Arabian Seaport
Teamster’s Command
Fortune
Brooks Calls Elective Offices Administrative Hodge Podge
Governor Ralph G Brooks criticizes Nebraska governance structure calling it an administrative hodge podge and urges a constitutional convention to reform elected and appointed posts. He favors appointive treasurer auditor attorney general and secretary of state with a six year finance department head. Brooks warns lengthy terms and constant campaigning hinder service while opposing boards and urging centralized finance control. He notes possible 1960 Senate ambition but prioritizes governing duties over speculation. Senate debates include longer trucks and a ban on the secondary boycott, with railroads and unions clashing over these measures.
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Melvin Paul
Statehouse
Nebraska Press Association
Lincoln
Ralph G Brooks
Brooks
State Department of Finance
U.S Senate
US Senate
Nebraska
Muddled Note on Airline Fares and Costs
A garbled passage discusses airline fares and costs with references to prices and air travel. It mentions figures like 60 million and 100 and references to space and a world by airliner. The fragment lacks clear events or entities to confirm.
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