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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1958
Page
2
An editor recalls a Sidney businessman paying nearly a thousand dollars monthly for income tax and social security. The piece argues rising federal taxes cripple employers and burden workers, urging public scrutiny and a call for government restraint.
A Sidney citizen urged the city council to consider a range of low cost projects to improve sidewalks tree trimming and street safety. The letter argued small fixes can accumulate into bigger town improvements and urged official action.
Western Nebraskans in an oil region applaud voluntary company led programs designed to increase recoverable oil, reduce waste, and keep oil in the ground until needed. The piece defends market demand based conservation, cites Law of Capture history, and argues for correlative rights and national emergency reserves.
The editorial urges Nebraska to speed Interstate planning and funding while noting Kansas, Oklahoma, and Colorado progress. It argues debt-free status is admirable but Nebraska risks losing traffic and jobs to faster nearby states. It calls for decisive action, broader road investment, and less criticism of state leaders and engineers.
An old joky columnist counsels Peter Townsend and Princess Meg amid royal marriage pressures. He recalls jilted years, warns against publicity marathons, and urges patience, dignity, and endurance as love and circumstance clash with tradition. The piece frames public fascination and class norms.
The Alliance Times Herald warns of a slipping birth rate that could affect future growth. While US population has surged since World War II, births have fallen from a peak of 27.9 per 1000 in 1957 to 23.1 per 1000 in April 1958, signaling potential impacts on markets, schools, housing, and planners.
A Socony Mobil Oil Company executive urges restraint on U S intervention in Iraq to protect oil interests. He argues government action must serve national interests, not private corporate investments, and emphasizes the need for a government that upholds the rule of law and supports the free world.
Eli Lilly and Company, the main producer of the Salk polio vaccine, reports earnings per dose at 6.14 dollars. The high profit comes as demand for the vaccine remains steady and production scales to meet public health needs.
Five year old Glenda Sue Bielanin died after a car crash Sunday afternoon in Sidney. A nine year old uncle, Robert Cronk, was seriously injured. Charges of motor vehicle homicide and leaving the scene were expected to be filed Monday against the driver. The girl's father is US Army officer stationed in French Morocco. her mother is Mrs. Bielanin.
A jumble of world and local dispatches notes trade gossip theft and oil in Canon City Taos and Hastings. Reports from Washington celebrate military and political support for officers amid reunions and frontier commerce while oil yields forty gallons daily at Canon City and Taos trader Lacome prepares Navajo blanket shipments to Pine Ridge. Colonel Drum takes command at Fort Sidney.
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