Editorial: Nixon Should Lead Foreign Policy Promptly
The Sidney Telegraph argues that Richard Nixon should assume direction of foreign policy soon after election rather than delay until January 20. It contends that two and a half months of transition is too long a gap and that a month to six weeks suffices for a smooth transfer of responsibility with cooperation from the current administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard M. Nixon
United States
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Czechoslovakia
Vietnam
Agenda for the Nation by Brookings Institution
The Brookings Institution outlines a nonpartisan advisory view for the next U S president. It urges ending the Vietnam War, arguing the costs hinder urgent domestic needs, and cautions against escalation or broad estrangement with allies. It also analyzes crime and urban slums as major issues for the new administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookings Institution
United States
Nixon
Vietnam
Brookings
Kermit Gordon
Edwin O. Reischauer
Harvard
Japan
Reischauer
Nixon and psychotherapy talk fuels lingering stigma
Drew Pearson asserted Richard Nixon visited a psychosomatic doctor years ago. The piece argues the denial by Nixon aides was prudent yet notes a lasting stigma around seeking mental health care. It suggests frank public discussion would have reduced rumors and clarified context for the incoming president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew Pearson
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Sigmund Freud
Pearson
Frank
List-Cutting Stimulus and the Christmas Card Boom
The piece notes how social card lists grow unexpectedly as chance acquaintances prompt additions. It irons in a new six-cent stamp rule on all cards, and predicts many names will drop from lists to meet the cost.
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Joneses
Smith
Smiths
Higher Education Faces Funding Crisis Across Sectors
Editors warn that rising costs push state and private colleges toward tax reliance and federal aid. Public colleges seek record state funds while private colleges risk closure without donor campaigns or federal support. Tuition and board average 3282 private and 1155 public, amid growing demand and uncertain fundraising futures.
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University of Nebraska
Washington D. C
Columbia University
Dartmouth
Smith College
Yale
Scottsbluff Star Herald
Letter on wheat profits and farm subsidies from 1968
A farmer questions a front page claim of 1676 dollars per bushel, calculates profitability under Nebraska rules, questions subsidies and taxpayer costs, and urges realistic farming portrayals. The letter notes rural underrepresentation, then responds to editorials praising local performers, thanking supporters, and promoting community groups. It discusses Farmers Home Administration non farming loans, permitting farm based businesses or recreation facilities with up to 60000 real estate and 35000 equipment loans, plus repayment terms, and warns about land being diverted from production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
University of Nebraska
Nebraska
Dept. of Agriculture
Leon A. Lafler
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Office of Economic Opportunity
Homer Jackson
Colorado Production Credit Association
Opal Muhr Sec’y Morrill Co. Nfo
Sidney Commerce and Community News Highlights
Ten year retrospective notes a Sidney man’s TB seizure and recovery, local election of George Gerdes as state senator, a couple’s 40th anniversary celebrated in Potter, and a rash of traffic accidents with two hospitalizations. Also reports a fire on an oil rig near Sidney, General Mills buying a stake in a local safflower plant, and oil-industry activity in western Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Joseph G. Tully
Kearney
George Gerdes
Alliance
Nebraska Wheat Growers Association
Joe Schwartz
Potter
Francis Runge
General Mills
Nebraska
Pacific Vegetable Oil Corporation
Dalton
Ray Arnell
Dalton Hospital
W. W. Schulz
Roy
Albert Moore
REA
10Th and
Clinois
Green
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Telegraph
11Th and
Ilinois Street
Cheyenne County
Great Western Sugar Company
Penney’s
Box Butte County
Fox Theatre
IRS Questions and Answers on Charities and Taxes for Taxpayers
A local IRS column answers common tax questions. Topics include deductions for gifts to charities, Social Security withholding limits, filing deadlines for refunds, estimated tax, tax payment rules, IRS enforcement steps, and business gift deductions with limits and rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Internal Revenue Service
Thanksgiving customs and society notes from the era
Thirty lines recount local life with 60 year and 70 year ago snapshots. It mentions business hours on Thanksgiving, a Knights of Pythias Thanksgiving dance with Alliance orchestra, a St. Margaret Guild supper, a resignation by Superintendent Ritchie, new real estate offices for Wagoner and McKibbin & Son, a Lady Maccabee event at Mrs. Tobin’s home, Mrs. L. Gunderman visiting Pittsburg, and a 70 year old item about horse trades, hunting, a possible Eagle schoolhouse dance, feative wild geese, Spring calves shipments, and skating on good ice.
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Knights of Pythias Lodge
Alliance
St. Margaret Guild
Ritchie
O’kane
B. E. Wagoner and
McKibbin & Son
Maccabees
Frank Tobin
Tobin
D. Lyon
McKenzie
Denver
North River
Paul Borgquist
Mas‘well
Neb
Health Tip From Nebraska State Medical Association
Winter holidays bring more highway accidents and witnesses should resist moving injured victims. Moving the injured can worsen spinal injuries, cause broken ribs, punctured lungs, hemorrhaging, or fatal shock. Provide first aid and wait for trained ambulance personnel unless the victim faces greater dangers like fire or drowning.
Help Research Save Lives Christmas Seal Appeal
Scientists seek better ways to diagnose and treat tuberculosis emphysema and other respiratory diseases. Help vital research with your Christmas Seal contribution. It is a matter of life and breath.
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Sidney Telegraph
Fort Sidney
John Colone
Frances Craig
KSID
Gary Lopez
Chuck Bowman
Lodgepole
Bill Fankhauser
George Hinn
Ann Peterson
Glen Houtz
Women’s Chorus
H.C.Q. Nelson
Ft. Sidney Colonels
North
Atmar
J. B. Byars Co
J. C. Swatzlander
M. D
George R. Buckner
Waverly
Buckner
American Bank
F. B. Goodwin
G. H. Higgins
West
Stewitts
Kimball
Carlisle
Anna McFadden
Omaha
H. McFadden
McFadden
Lutheran Church
Thayer
Plattsmouth
America
Deadwood
Sidney Freight House
Luke Fitch
Greeley
Colo
Judge McIntosh
Thomas Benton Evans
Capt. Marsh
Sidney Stage and Express Line
Fatty Madden
Black Hills
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Nebraska State Medical Association
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