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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1963
Page
5
A columnist argues the five cent postage increase could rekindle old fashioned eye to eye contact. He envisions renewed neighborly visits, community gatherings, and personal chats over mailed communications, suggesting social cohesion and inflation relief may follow.
Seven bills in Nebraska set for Centennial 1967 include a four year fractional mill levy to fund celebrations about 250000 dollars yearly and a license plate marking proposal by senators Gerdes Adamson and Galey. LB 119 by Speaker Moulton ends the Centennial Commission by June 30 1968 with audits to wrap up affairs while LB 78 by Bridenbaugh and Gerhart seeks broader Centennial authority.
A study by University of Nebraska professor J. T. Horner shows Nebraska farms decline but demand for workers with farm backgrounds rises. Of 800 employers, three-fifths expect more hires by 1965 and nine in ten want general agriculture knowledge, with livestock, machinery skills and post high school training often preferred.
The Nebraska Centennial Commission seeks authority to run a 1967 centennial observance with expanded programs and plans. Legislation would grow the commission to 100 members and add five members to the board, as Gov. Morrison requested. The group asks over 70 thousand dollars for 1963-65 operations and projects nearly a million and a quarter for the upcoming budget, expecting 450 thousand in 1967 revenues.
A letter from the American Society of Mexico confirms July 6 for the Fourth of July all day celebration in Sidney. The SHS band will be the featured and only band in a noon parade, boosted by a $100 donation from Mr and Mrs Guy V Doran.
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