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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1960
Page
9
Editorial page of the Sidney Telegraph announces the winner of the Nebraska Press Association General Excellence Award. The paper, published in Sidney since 1873, positions itself as Western Nebraska's oldest newspaper and lists its affiliations with AP and the Nebraska Press Association.
Cheyenne County and Sidney celebrate County Fair Week as farmers and townspeople survey the year’s results and plan for the future. The 1960 fair relies on a small group of volunteers, the fair board, division leaders, and many helpers to stage the event, and readers are urged to attend generously to ensure a successful fair.
The B'nai B'rith Young Adults join others calling to lower the voting age to 18. The argument favoring maturity from age 18 is weighed against the need for greater knowledge and judgment in a complex electorate, with no strong evidence that 18-year-olds would vote more wisely.
Studies show rising average incomes in the United States and a growing total lifetime earnings gap favoring college graduates. In 1958 a college degree added about 169000 dollars to lifetime earnings versus grade school. the four year edge over high school was around 104000 dollars. Education lifts one economically.
The Civil Aeronautics Board backed Frontier Air Lines in suspending Omaha to Casper service due to insufficient passenger traffic. Supporters argue unprofitable routes waste funds and should be cut, preserving self sustaining airline service and avoiding subsidies.
The article notes growing indications that Dominican Republic dictator Rafael Trujillo faces serious trouble as the regime appears shaky. It cites financial pressures, potential foreign charges over plots against Venezuela's Romulo Betancourt, and Trujillo’s moves like replacing his brother Hector and leading a UN delegation, suggesting countermeasures rather than clear signs of retreat.
The Bard on LP 4A New York record company announced plans to release Macbeth Othello and Taming of the Shrew on record early this fall with the rest to follow. The venture argues cultural and financial viability as Shakespeare gains popularity on stage in Stratford Ontario Stratford Conn and in film and TV. The two women running the company see potential both commercially and culturally despite past skepticism about teaching Shakespeare to students.
A speculative discussion on the ethics of developing terrible weapons, including chemical, biological, and radiological arms. It argues researchers act from duty, not malice, and warns that nations cling to fear while pursuing control. The piece urges a sustained push for a robust system of world law to prevent catastrophe.
The Nebraska Democratic Party endorses a broader tax base to equalize contributions for government functions. The shift moves away from property tax focus, citing taxes on homes and farms as excessive. Omaha officials propose diversifying city revenue with one third from occupation taxes licenses and fees and one third from property taxes.
An editorial contrasts local governance with federal power, praising Scotts Bluff County Commissioners for reducing the levy to 7.06 mills from 7.48. It notes steady city and school levies amid declining valuations and argues residents directly scrutinize local spending, unlike distant Congress.
A humorous midsummer monologue imagines city taxes on irrelevant targets such as women in slacks and unwashed cars. The piece riffs on revenue schemes and urban ugliness, ending with the note that the ideas are merely a daydream.
A crossword with across and down clues listing answers such as a five letter smartly stylish term a resinous substance an incarnation of Vishnu and many more including tree a dash brain passage and native of Turkestan. The puzzle also includes down clues for jawbone dislike dismayed and other wordplay.
Moses Fast Wolf, a Wind River reservation resident, was fined 12.75 dollars in Riverton police court for speeding. The incident occurred in Riverton, Wyoming, with the judge and court handling the case.
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