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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1954
Page
2
The Sidney Telegraph is an independent weekly newspaper published at 830 ith Ave Sidney Nebraska. It is distributed Monday Wednesday and Friday afternoons and is mailed as second class matter. Subscription costs are 500 per year within a 50 mile zone and 7.00 per year outside that zone.
A columnist offers a breezy forecast for 1955 covering fashion, gender stereotypes, politics, science, travel, entertainment, and society. It hints at Dior fashion, Mendes France, space talk, romance rumors, and ongoing social quirks while noting persistent issues like traffic and health trends.
A Cheyenne county outlook predicts a possible 7,000,000 bushel wheat harvest in 1955 if weather and pests cooperate and farmers follow gov ernment acreage rules. Critics warn planning gaps and debate a proposed premium for domestic wheat under the Nebraska wheat growers plan.
The Medical Economics report by C Arthur Williams Jr of the University of Minnesota notes major illness protections, with policies covering long treatment and high costs. In one year such policies doubled to about 1.5 million Americans, with 31 insurers offering coverage and six more considering it. Policies are deductible like auto collision, with high maximum benefits, moderate rates, and ongoing experimental phase. Executives expect liberalization as adoption grows.
A reader quotes M. S. Rukevser from the New York article arguing the Federal Government acts as a partner to successful concerns by taking 2 percent of net profits and up to 91 percent of earnings via taxes. The piece contends that any policy discouraging private enterprise harms the economy and raises taxes for others.
Senator Albert Fenske of Nebraska's 48th District will begin his second term in the 1955 Legislature. He expects the session to feature hot issues including enforcement at the state penitentiary. Oil and gas legislation looms, with special interests aiming to tax the industry.
A 1950s editorial warns that long rising welfare state policies erode freedom and moral fiber. It cites Hoover on socialist intellectuals weakening free enterprise, laments growing state power, and stresses Americans deserve the government and freedoms they manifest.
A survey shows farm fires cost about 3000 lives and 142 million dollars yearly, with most damage to dwellings. It urges winter precautions: inspect and repair roofs and chimneys, keep stoves and furnaces clean, place wood stoves 18 inches from wood, fit fireplaces with metal screens, use portable heaters safely, and maintain ventilation.
A collage of wishes and jests spanning politics sports and culture. It names Mamie and Ike and Marilyn while lampooning rivals and inserting playful lines about Ogden Nash and Rocky. The verse mixes optimism with sly social nudges and streetlevel humor.
Lincoln headlines preview a busy 1955 Nebraska Legislature with Gov. Crosby warning of knotty issues. Tax reforms, sales tax debate, road funding via gas tax, school lands sale, board changes, and budget rises loom as the session opens January 4 under Gov. Anderson.
Research workers in agronomy say dryland pastures respond to mechanical treatments and legume seeding, reducing need for plowing. In tests ripping at 5 and 8 inches on a 20 inch interval, plowing into 42 inch rows, and disking were used. Western wheatgrass rose after disking while other treatments lowered yields. plowing and seeding alfalfa increased forage output, with 83 percent more yield than untreated areas, making this approach best for low productivity pastures.
Roy R. Largent & Sons of Merkel Texas showed the senior calf Female Champion LS Dutchess Mixer 54 in the 1954 American Royal at Kansas City. The image shows A I Carlow Oklahoma A and M College Stillwater judge Dale Carthers American Hereford Association vice president Mrs David Largent and David Largent. More than 5000 privately owned industrial organizations employ 250000 scientists in their own scientific institutions.
Henry J. Andreas of Fresno County Farm Bureau argues farming is a hazardous, low paying, capital intensive business. He notes farmers invest about 16 000 dollars per worker versus 8 000 in industry, labor productivity lags while output rises, and millions left farming as production grew. He urges supporting private initiative and limited government, with farmers seeking similar living standards to other sectors and valuing property rights.
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