A Great Love Story for Nebraska Cornhuskers Football
The Sidney Telegraph celebrates Nebraska University football as a bold American business, drawing sellout crowds at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. It notes financial dominance within athletics, season-ticket fervor, plus local interest as John O Connell and Mike Peetz compete for varsity spots and Mike O Halloran for a freshman bid, all shaping a hopeful bowl future.
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Nebraska
Nebraska University
America
Memorial Stadium
Lincoln
Cornhuskers
Sidney
John O'Connell
Mike Peetz
Mike O'Halloran
The Second Civil War in America
A columnist warns of organized terrorist threats within the United States arguing a civil conflict is underway. He cites a recent Omaha police death as proof and urges vigilance against violence, corruption, and discontent fueling a national struggle for survival.
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Omaha
United States
Vietnam
Congress
No Joy In Rural America Sparks Farmer Sighs
The piece laments a 4.5 percent drop in wholesale prices for cattle hogs vegetables and eggs while farmers gain little sympathy from leaders. It argues policy moves favor big operators and threaten rural communities, predicting doom for American life standards.
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Nixon
Washington
White House
Festival Pride in Lodgepole Dalton and Potter Traditions
The piece celebrates the Lodgepole Old Settlers Reunion and the Dalton Fall Festival and Potter Days as enduring Nebraska Panhandle traditions. It depicts small towns as fiercely defending their heritage, neighborly values, and simple, reasonable lives against perceived national decline, advocating a slower, community focused lifestyle.
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Lodgepole
Dalton
Potter
Lodgepole Old Settlers
Nebraska Panhandle
America
United States
Boswell Co Receives Record 4.3 Million in Subsidies
Washington column reports J G Boswell Co as America's top welfare recipient with 4.3 million in agriculture subsidies in a year. Critics say funds supported not growing crops while farmhands lack toilets and drinking water. CRLA seeks federal subsidy suspension. Boswell reportedly dismissive, workers fired after protesting federal food stamp program.
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Washington
J.G. Boswell Co
America
California
James G. Boswell II
Los Angeles
Boswell Fields
California Rural Legal Assistance
CRLA
Agriculture
Clifford Hardin
Boswell
U.S
Dionisio, Narcisco
Pedro Navarro
Kings County Board of Supervisors
Navarro Brothers
House of Representatives
Senate
Jack Anderson
Anniversary recalls Trotsky murder and communist critique
Congressional Quarterly marks the anniversary of Leon Trotsky's 1940 murder in Mexico City. The piece contrasts Trotsky's exile and Stalin's rise with a critique of contemporary communism, arguing it failed to deliver freedom, progress, or genuine discipline.
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Congressional Quarterly
Leon Trotsky
Trotsky
Joseph Stalin
Mexico City
Stalin
Lenin
Speeding drivers warned in hometown advisory
An editorial urges motorists in Oshkosh Lewellen and Lisco to slow down and drive with care. It stresses that living without injuries is more important than the thrill of speed, citing accidents, hospitalizations, and lifelong disability as consequences of reckless driving. It appeals to readers to pass the caution to others.
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Oshkosh
Lewellen
Lisco
Library Plans New Checkout System and Card Reforms
Sidney librarian Wallace Brown outlines fall and winter library changes. Overdue items receive September grace. lost books must be paid for. Patrons will be re-registered in late September with new cards required for a machine checkout system. Cards won t be issued to those with outstanding materials. The aim is faster service, fewer errors, and expanded adult collections to boost patronage.
Time Measuring Through History From Sundials To Clocks
A concise history traces timekeeping from primitive sundials to Egyptian water clocks, later mechanical clocks attributed to Arabs, then German and French innovations. By the 17th century German Black Forest wood clocks and English long-case clocks spread, with notable royal timepieces. The piece ends noting the United States Marine Corps establishment in 1792 after dissolving the first Marine Corp.
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Magdalene Pfister
University of Nebraska Extension
Germany
Black Forest
George III
England
Marie Antionette
The
United States Marine Corps
United States Congress
First Marine Corp
Cicadas Not Locusts Sources From Leaflet No. 540
An article from Scottsbluff Star-Herald explains periodical cicadas, 17 and 13 year varieties, and the common type. It notes their long underground life, brief adult season, and the shells they leave behind.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Egypt
Scottsbluff Star-Herald
Grain Price Hike Possible Says University Economist
Lincoln University economist Dr. Everett Peterson warns that 1970 feed grain production near 190 million tons could push grain prices higher. He notes wheat and feed grain carryovers, domestic demand, drought impacts, and a potential 4.3 billion bushel corn crop with 300 million bushels excess use, while the 1971 wheat program remains uncertain.
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Lincoln
University of Nebraska
Everett Peterson
Extension Agricultural
Peterson
Pesticide Safety Emphasized After Tragic California Death
A three year old girl died after licking pesticide TEPP found in her yard. Experts urge strict storage and handling from purchase to use, noting federal labels show Poison, Warning, and Caution grades with safety guidance.
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California
John Furrer
University of Nebraska Extension
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues Summary
Puzzle grid lists across and down clues with numbers and brief hints. Contains terms like three toed sloths pixy courage pepper plant marauding phrases and labeled entries across thirty to down forty two spanning ages and common crossword vocabulary.
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USA
Wallace Brown
Sidney Librarian
Herblock
Washington (D.C
Post
Kitty
Rule
Father
Swordsman
Saviour
Vast Amount
Destiny
Iair
Emni
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