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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1959
Page
2
Doctors compare appetite to a barometer guiding health, warning drastic calorie cuts wipe out appetite and nutrients. Active living helps appetite track food intake, while nutritionists urge daily meals with four servings grains, four of produce, four ounces protein, two dairy servings.
Nebraska farmers can pick up the 1959 Farmers Tax Guide on income and self employment taxes at county Extension agent offices. The guide is a joint effort by the IRS and State and Federal Extension Services and notes changes in first year depreciation on tangible personal property like farm machinery. County agents can provide copies upon request.
Lincoln January talks set for January 26 27 at the College of Agriculture with the Nebraska Crop Improvement Association hosting. Secretary Lancaster says certified seed growers and farmers will gain from talks by scientists and crop specialists on small grains grasses legumes sorghums and corn. The program continues the second day with further sessions.
The notice outlines the day’s agenda including the annual business meeting and election of directors. A ladies program features a visit to Meuliér Planetarium on the University of Nebraska campus. It also offers tips for gifts for shut-ins and ideas like stationery, pens, and stamps, noting mail’s importance for letter writing.
Lincoln report by Philip Henderson, extension farm economist at the University of Nebraska, suggests calves may not fall in price quickly while grain remains cheap. He notes feed costs could push more cattle to be fed earlier rather than pastured, and ongoing drought with moisture shortages could depress cow prices next spring and feeder cattle prices next summer and fall if feed grain remains scarce.
Farm calendar lists sessions at University of Nebraska Lincoln Lincoln events include Experiment Station Workers Conference January 7 9 Home Economics Tea January 10 Transitio Area Study Meetings January 12 Loup City Nebraska Fertilizer Machinery and Chemical Exposition January 13 15 Pershing Auditorium National Western Stock Show January 16 24 Lincoln Holstein Association Annual Meeting January 21 24 4 H Leader Training January 21 24 Crop Improvement Days January 26 27 Lincoln College of Agriculture
In Kimball the 1958 annual rainfall totaled 21.11 inches, above normal, with October and November especially dry. December moisture reached 1.32 inches, and the year overall outpaced the normal 16.51 inches but trailed 1957’s record 28.13 inches.
Navy quarterback Joe Tranchini pursues a hobby collecting phonograph records, an unusual pastime for a service academy athlete. He is known for his disciplined approach to training and study alongside assembling his vinyl collection.
AP News outlines ten practical home improvement pledges for the year 1959. The list covers safety, tool care, electrical loading, waste disposal of rags, blade guards, sealing openings, checking alignment in renovations, ventilation for solvent use, drainage inspections, and following manufacturers’ guidance for products.
As the 86th Congress begins on January 7 Sam Rayburn will again wield the speaker's gavel a record 15 years. The Texas Democrat has held the post longer than any predecessor. Two Republicans strengthened the office turning it into a powerful political tool likened to the presidency. The piece traces how Clay, Reed, and Cannon shaped the speakership into a dominant force in Congress.
The article traces how Reed, nicknamed the Czar, set rules based on quorum counts and nonvoting participation, later upheld by the Supreme Court. It notes Joseph Cannon’s dictatorial era in the early 1900s, a St Patrick’s Day coalition against him in 1910, and Sam Rayburn’s reliance on informal authority and party discipline as speaker.
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