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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1966
Page
4
The Sidney Telegraph is published every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday by The Telegraph Printing Co., Inc., located at 830 11th Ave in Sidney, Nebraska.
Local reports claim North Platte leaders focus on discrediting Sid ney’s vo tech while Sidney builds a modern campus with new buildings on the way. Army drawdown will transfer facilities to the state at no taxpayer cost, but tax concerns and district dissension loom.
Officials edge toward higher postal rates in 1967 to shrink a growing deficit by boosting revenue. A six cent priority mail plan could raise about 400 million yearly, while junk mail charges would aid self sufficiency. Some argue deficits justify expanded service over balance.
Ogallala and Keith County press call for rapid development of Lake McConaughy after a Keith County News editorial. Nebraska’s largest lake needs improved access roads, picnic areas, tree planting, and long term leases to attract private investment and tourism, with officials urged to meet Game Commission plans.
The Aurora linkage of Nebraska Interstate Highway symbolizes the merging of east and west and shifts in state policy. Leaders from Greater Nebraska Interstate and Nebraska Highway Department share credit for speeding completion across rural and urban areas, a key achievement honored alongside federal program support.
The Rocky Mountain News argues doctors resent Medicare forms and bureaucracy. It says simplification could reduce friction, preserve integrity, and hasten better care for patients over 65, while warning against socializing medicine.
The piece hails United Nations Secretary General U Thant as indispensable for world unity and notes the irony of his stance on a second term. It imagines how his nonavailability for U.S. presidency in 1968 might have changed American politics, suggesting his global leadership would have altered primaries and conventions.
A readable OCR puzzle list offers Across and Down clues with numerous letter and spacing errors. It includes entries like Light task Engrossed Ascended and varied garbled terms for markets, relatives, animals, and tools, suggesting a newspaper word puzzle page with misaligned letters and capitalization.
A 4300 foot tower east of Chappell along Highway 30 appeared as a testing unit for a permanent Early Warning System. Six men took half a day to place it on H A Reed land farmed by Lawrence Lehn. If the site satisfies, a permanent tower will be built. The system spans from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada with a spur at Roscoe and Sunol. The Chappell tower has been disassembled for now.
Bridgeport changes plans keep Holechek Funeral Home under Robert Holechek ownership. He now resides in Sidney and will maintain ownership indefinitely with Norm Christensen of Kearney named as new manager.
Alliance cattle arena officials approve the 1967 rodeo dates July 21 22 23 and tentative lease terms with the City of Alliance on Sandhill property. Keith Kemper says the board filled vacancies and aligned the event with Cheyenne Frontier Days timing.
Chadron Record subscribers will get papers at least one day earlier starting after Christmas. The paper will be printed on Wednesdays and Saturdays instead of Mondays and Thursdays to align with post office mail delivery schedules for reader convenience.
Bridgeport reports Dr. C. H. Silvernail will close his dentist office until January 10 due to severe burns on his right hand from a hot wax pan explosion. The accident occurred in his treatment room causing temporary closure and care arrangements.
Deputy State Game Commission Director Willard Barbee said major park work at Fort Robinson near Crawford will not begin for at least two and a half years. He noted no major projects are programmed through June 30, 1969, until beef research center phaseout progress by the Agriculture Department is clearer. The Interior Department announced a 575 thousand dollar grant to Nebraska to cover half the James Ranch purchase costs. Nebraska must match the grant.
Chief Sol Willis warns most skids come from oversteering on ice and urges advance planning of maneuvers on slippery roads. If a skid occurs steer with it but avoid overcorrecting to prevent a counter skid. Stay out of a skid to keep traffic moving this winter. A reader commends the December 7 edition for clarifying store hours and local promotion details.
Joe Feuerborn named national Merit finalist while Sidney notes oil output at 50 000 barrels daily and Ralph Welch installed as Sidney Chamber president. Stories cover a raccoon as pet, Christmas plans, floods, a Star Meat and Storage plant, and local civic and weather events across the past decades.
Harris Gordon, a 24 year old student pilot flying from Lancaster to Monticello, ran their fuel gauge dry and could not locate an airport. A DC 9 jet pilot overheard the distress call, flashed lights as a beacon, and steered the small plane to an Allen town area field where Gordon landed safely.
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