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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1960
Page
4
AP News features Food Editor Cecily Brownstone offers a noontime Sunday brunch plan. Set the table Saturday, prepare fruit juice and cereals, keep sausages warm, scramble eggs at table, and assign coffee duty. Conclude with coffee cake and a gingerbread snack.
Norfolk Development Corp announces it has raised 225000 to purchase land and build a 40000 square foot facility for a Roehr plant expected to employ about 300 people. Local bonds of 500 and 1000 dollars funded the drive in three weeks led by Darrel D. Dudley and Forrest Swobdoda.
The article explains rising hot water demand driven by modern appliances. It details usage per task: hand washing three gallons per meal, a dish washing machine eight gallons per cycle, an ordinary washer 174 gallons per load, and up to 22 gallons with an automatic washer. For a family of four, average daily hot water use is about 130 gallons, with up to 60 percent drawn in a two hour rush period.
The piece surveys proposed measures after the steel dispute including prestrike courts and presidential power to seize industries. It notes tax reform talk with base broadening and withholding for unreported stock and interest income, while cautioning against sweeping changes in an election year. It also cites Oklahoma deficit history, federal funding for university research, and civil rights voting equality debates.
Final rites were held for 82 year old George W. Thompson a retired proce ryman who died Thursday morning at Memorial Hospital Rev C E Brittain officiated at First Methodist Church burial followed at Greenwood Cemetery Gehrig and Son Funeral Home pallbearers named Jay Wilson Marvin Hoopes George Fotinos Allen Clark Don F Miller and Kermit Moore Thompson born June 20 1877 in Sepna Michigan lived in Lanagan Missouri before moving to Sidney he married May Hornaday on June 13 Survivors include his wife four daughters one son 12 grandchildren two great grandchildren and one brother Great Britain's first cigarette factory began in 1856 and Fresno Calif fruit drying and rackings noted in passing.
Legislative Sidelines notes a Lincoln meeting forming a seven member action committee from about 35 to 40 groups. The panel seeks a simple name and methods to deliver American abundance directly to hungry families while avoiding government entanglement and resentment from past aid programs.
A description of a relief program highlights how individuals who thrived under an economic system respond with compassion and aid. The piece emphasizes proper use of natural resources and community support driving the outpouring.
Fire damage in Kimball and surrounding rural area totaled about $12,200, the lowest in recent years. No major blazes occurred in 1959, with the downtown Patio Apartments incurring about $3,500 damage on February 6 as estimated by Fire Chief Delmar Larsen.
Firemen answered 58 calls, averaging over one weekly, including five emergencies. Emergencies included two lost children and one person locking in a bathroom. A trailer house fire caused about 4,265 in damage, with Kimball area fires at 9,330 and rural fires at 2,875, per department records.
The Matterhorn in the Alps rises 14 780 feet with the Swiss side described as easier to ascend than the Italian side. The distinction highlights varying routes and conditions faced by climbers attempting the peak.
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