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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1957
Page
4
A practical guide urges careful site evaluation before bids for spring landscaping. It emphasizes trees first to balance size and shade, optimal tree placement away from the house, and using evergreens for year round privacy and wind protection.
In Lincoln the Legislature shows momentum for higher road funding. Support gathers for a gas tax increase and possibly steeper truck license fees to qualify for federal aid matching. State Engineer L N Ress urges action to meet federal requirements and notes Nebraska must contract about 927 thousand dollars weekly to maximize aid versus prior 500 thousand. A bill would link state main roads to nearby towns within five miles of a state highway, proposed by Sen. Frank Nelson of O Neill.
The federal highway administrator Volpe urged Nebraska to raise road revenue to leverage federal aid, suggesting a one cent gas tax increase or reallocating local revenue, while cautioning state lawmakers on mandates. Polio cases fell 33 percent from 1955 with 186 cases in 1956, led by Kimball county.
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