Editorial Page Flagship of Sidney Telegraph
The Sidney Telegraph proclaims itself as Cheyenne County’s official newspaper and Western Nebraska’s oldest, founded in 1873. It notes publication on Monday Wednesday and Friday by The Telegraph Printing Co. Inc with AP and Nebraska Press Association memberships.
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Cheyenne County
Nebraska Press Assn
Sidney Telegraph
the Telegraph Printing Co., Inc
11Th Ave
Sidney
Nebraska
Western Nebraska
The
Associated Press
No Place For Provinciality In Nebraska’s Panhandle
A column argues the Panhandle and western Nebraska will gain little from the ten year highway and parks plans. It urges unity across the state, warns against provincialism, and stresses that progress benefits all Nebraska communities.
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Nebraska Panhandle
Big Springs
Wyoming State Line
Panhandle
State Parks Department
Nebraska
Point of Rocks
Sidney
Ogallala
Wyoming
Western alliance strains amid Berlin showdown and market split
As a Berlin crisis looms the Western bloc reels over France's UN stance and Britain's push to join the Common Market. London faced with continental ties risks economic pressure, possible leftist gains, and NATO fracture. Commonwealths resist, fearing trade losses and Asia implications.
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Western Alliance
Berlin
France
United Nations
Commonwealth
Britain
Mediterranean
London
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Luxembourg
Netherlands
NATO
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
England
India
Nigeria
Ghana
Southeast Asia
Boating Safety Urges All Riders To Wear Life Vests
An editorial argues that curiosity and false pride lead to drownings during summer boating. It urges every boater to wear a life vest, noting heavy clothing and cold water can defeat even strong swimmers. The piece emphasizes moms and children typically comply, while dads often resist.
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Dad
Minnesota angler nets state record bass weighing nine pounds three
Fred Cropsey pursued a elusive northern giant for two years with dozens of trips and early morning starts. His nine pound three ounce bass finally set Minnesota's official state record, a milestone notable for cool waters though dwarfed by southern catches.
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Minnesota
Fred Cropsey
Cropsey
As Other Editors See It The Volunteer Firemen
At the Bridgeport convention of the North Platte Valley Volunteer Firemen’s Association, contests like water on a simulated fire and hose work yielded new time records. Volunteers train for duty and enjoy camaraderie, skills development, and occasional firefighting excitement. They also excel in first aid and rescue work, proving indispensable to small communities.
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Omaha World Herald
Bridgeport
North Platte Valley
Volunteer Firemen’s Association
See Nebraska First boosts tourism push in Midwest
The Lincoln Star notes Nebraska joins a regional tourism push with allies to highlight Middle West recreation. Iowa reports 70 000 inquiries to its development commission and urges Iowans to vacation locally, while Nebraskans are urged to explore their own state's attractions.
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Nebraska
Middle West
Iowa
Des Moines Register
Farm Bill shows modest gains for farm aid plan
Congress approved a farm bill seen as a first test of Orville Freeman’s approach to surplus control. It preserves a feed grain program focused on price management and adds incentives for idle wheat land, while avoiding strict bushel controls.
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Denver Post
Congress
Kennedy
New Frontier
Orville Freeman
Freeman
Great Plains
Public notices keep readers informed and vigilant
The piece extols public notices as essential legal records that reveal hearings bids sheriff sales and board actions funded by taxes. It urges readers to engage with legals rather than ignore them to safeguard against waste and corruption and protect the public’s right to know.
Space Spies and Satellite Skepticism
The piece argues Soviet anger at U S orbital satellites Tiros III and Midas II I may be feigned and notes Tiros primarily reports weather while Midas could warn missile launches. It suggests Russia could mirror such technology and cautions against hypocritical denunciations given its espionage history.
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Grand Island Independent
Soviet
Russia
Tiros III
Midas Iit
Tiros
United States
Midas
Soviet Union
Fathers and Sons in Balance A Guide to Family Bonds
The author argues for a middle ground between parental guidance and letting children grow independently. He recalls a distant father figure, advocates affection with limits, and stresses open, honest talks and role modeling. Morality and spirituality are valued without rigid church attendance.
Refugees flee Civil War era to Nebraska coast across Missouri
Nebraska welcomed many Civil War refugees fleeing Missouri violence and bushwhackers. Reports from Brownville in 1861 describe constant wagon trains and shootings as both Union and Confederate sympathizers crossed the river. By 1865 migration continued with invitations to Missouri residents, while some Nebraskans viewed refugees skeptically, noting numerous Southerners in Nebraska City.
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Nebraska
Missouri
Missouri River
Brownville
Price
Nebraska City
Ray, Platte, Carroll and
Saline
East
Rebs
Panhandle Mother: Return to Beauty in God's World
Betty Knicely reflects on the beauty of nature during a vacation. She observes a sparkling lake, mountains, pines, and flowers, noting how awe and gratitude arise from simple questions about creation. The piece ends with a call to find peace in the wonders of God’s universe.
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Betty Knicely
Johnny
Dalton Clothing bankrupt sale questioned by reader
Henry Trawny, pastor at Gurley, questions Dalton Clothing Store's bankruptcy sale in the August 9 issue. The Telegraph notes records do not show a prior bankrupt sale by Dalton Clothing Co. during the pastor's five years in Gurley.
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Sidney Telegraph
Sidney
Nebraska
Dalton’s Clothing Store
Gurley
Henry Trawny
the Telegraph
Dalton Clothing Co
New Heat Inactivation Test Aids Brucellosis Probe
ARS researchers at Beltsville MD developed the Heat Inactivation Test to supplement standard tube and plate agglutination in detecting bovine brucellosis. It aims to clarify status in problem herds where reactors recur despite normal testing and eradication efforts. Brucella abortus is the main cattle source. Br suis and Br melitensis affect swine and goats. All three can infect humans.
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ARS
USDA
National Animal Disease Laboratory
Beltsville
Man
Denta Sweetclover Released by USDA and Wisconsin
The USDA and Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station release Denta, a nonbitter white sweetclover with one twentieth the coumarin of other varieties. It reduces the risk of sweetclover poisoning, resists black stem and gooseneck diseases, and suits the Northern Great Plains and western Cornbelt. It flowers 3 to 4 weeks later, regrows rapidly after clipping, and can be grown for pasture hay silage or green manure. Breeders' seed limited to state stations for foundation seed production.
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Denta
USDA
Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station
Canada
Great Plains
Cornbelt
Cattle chute uses lever operated stanchion with trip rope
A quick action stanchion on the cattle chute is operated by a lever with a ratchet latch that can be released by a trip rope. It allows individual immobilization for veterinary sprays or medication, supported by irons braces and heavy posts at corners for rigidity.
Office machine shop at Air Force Base offers advice
Readable fragments describe a base shop at Columbus Chiwum with advice to base organizations about using eclectic typewriters and Mamapance to meet a home task. The OCR text is garbled and partially unintelligible.
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Columbus
Chiwum
Foackbourne Air Force Base
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