Sidney Telegraph Editorial Page Feature
The Sidney Telegraph proclaims itself Western Nebraska's oldest newspaper founded in 1873 and an Associated Press associate member. It notes membership in the Nebraska Press Association, designation as Cheyenne County's official newspaper, and multiple Nebraska Press Association General Excellence Award wins. It is published Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays by The Telegraph Printing Co. Inc. in Sidney Nebraska.
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Western Nebraska
Associated Press
Nebraska Press Assn
Cheyenne County
Sidney Telegraph
The
Telegraph Printing Co., Inc
Llth Ave
Sidney
Nebraska
Traffic toll of 1962 warns nations on auto deaths
The piece notes 1962 US traffic deaths reached about 41 000 the highest on record and urges focus on human tragedy rather than numbers. It calls for campaigns, tougher enforcement, better design, and personal resolve to drive with care and courtesy.
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Minneapolis Star
Rochester
Minn
MIT Unit Sparks National Move to Modernize Physics Education
The MIT Physical Science Study Committee created a revised high school physics course adopted by about 20 percent of students nationwide with Ford Foundation and National Science Foundation support. Ford Foundation awarded Educational Services Incorporated a million dollar grant to develop courses in humanities and social sciences with top educators, guiding local districts though adoption remains optional. Curricula development accelerates as educators pool expertise across systems.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ford Foundation
National Science Foundation
Educational Services Incorporated
MIT Science Study Committee
How Times Have Changed Editorial Page Attitudes
The piece traces a shift from dictating editorialism to informing readers. It notes readers are informed and resent being talked down, cites David Lawrence as an old guard and praises southern editors who tackled integration with sincerity and purpose. It argues editorials must inform and attract thinking audiences.
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David Lawrence
Crow the Nation’s Emblem Prospects over the Eagle
A column argues for replacing the eagle with the crow as national symbol. It critiques the eagle as overrated and destructive, praises the crow’s intelligence and cooperative survival, and notes the humor in facing a nation that eats crow. The piece ends with a food tip about poached eggs.
Survival Talent Keeps Crows Thriving Across Regions
The crow exhibits a remarkable ability to operate just beyond gun range, a trait politicians admire for its dexterity. Despite hunters seeking to annihilate crows as pests, the species thrives nationwide with no extinction threat evident.
Local briefs Cheyenne incidents and honors mention
A hospital board committee will view a proposed elderly home addition at Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital Thursday. The Nebraska Supreme Court reversed a Cheyenne County District Court ruling denying damages to George Backer over the 13th Ave underpass. Raymond L. Davis will represent Cheyenne County in a national search for the Four Outstanding Young Farmers. Davis, 35, farms northwest of Potter, is a WWII Air Force veteran. Cheyenne County reports its first 1958 oil discovery yielding 130 barrels in 24 hours. Chandler-Simpson of Denver labels the 1 Wilson SW SW NW Sec. 19-15-51 as a possible Julesburg Basin wildcat. the well taps a sand horizon. Rev. H. P. Bolinger becomes Minister of Youth at First Methodist Church in Colorado Springs after serving in Sidney and assisting Rev. Townsend.
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Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
Nebraska Supreme Court
Cheyenne County
George Backer
13Th
Grant St
13Th Ave
Raymond L. Davis
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Davis
Potter
Chandler-Simpson
Denver
Wilson
Julesburg
H. P. Bolinger
First Methodist Church
Colorado Springs
Sidney
R. L. Townsend
Exhibition cage event at high school gym draws fans
Tonight at the high school gym fans will see an entertaining exhibition featuring a faculty team led by Bill Storkan and others against Rotary club cage men including Speed Thayer Doc Barger Battling Tom Poole Slim Guy Doran Dead Eye Towell Lightning Thomas Sure Goal Hardy Bud Sunning Pivot Sherrerd Heavy Liebendorfer Rose McFadden heads to Denver for ten days with sister Grace McFadden to shop for spring millinery while Mrs Arthur Holm runs the store in her absence.
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Bill Storkan
Pidge Weymouth
Jack Nielsen
Ray Davis
Art Havkovic
Stan Barker
Sol Willis
Rotary Club
Speed Thayer
Doc Barger
Battling Tom Poole
Slim Guy Doran
Dead Eye Towell
Lightning Thomas
Sure Goal Hardy
Bud Sunning
Pivot Sherrerd
Rose McFadden
Denver
Grace McFadden
Arthur Holm
Sugar boss Meininger tops Gering district at banquet
John Meininger produced 478,644 pounds of sugar from 135 acres of beets on Olson’s land west of Sidney, the top sugar producer in the Gering factory district of The Great Western Sugar Co. The event was the ten th annual High-Ten banquet in Scottsbluff. Vergal Winn received the Beaver award for long Boy Scout service at the Wye Nebraska Area Council banquet at the VFW hall in Scottsbluff.
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John Meininger
Sidney
Gering
Great Western Sugar Co
Scottsbluff
Meininger
Carl Olson
Olson
Vergal Winn
Wye-Nebraska Area Council
VFW Hall
Winn
Heaton to skip reelection for two year term plan
P. J. Heaton state president of the young democrats announces at the state convention in Omaha that he will not seek re election. Heaton favors a one term of two years for the presidency of the organization. Officers elected at the DeMolay Sidney chapter include Abbott Slayter master councillor James Hand senior councillor Eugene Reker junior councillor and Carl Hutchison scribe. Sidney endures a severe dust storm with high winds and reduced visibility. Dalton and Sidney residents E W West and E R Blome secure patents for a new all purpose loader after two years of work aimed at preserving straw for farms using wheat combines. Cheyenne county tax levy totals 448652.58 with school taxes nearly half at 221742.69 and county government funded at 99537.94. rest allocated to villages cities and districts.
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P. J. Heaton
Young Democrats
Omaha
Heaton
Order of DeMolays
Sidney
Abbott Slayter
James Hand
Eugene Reker
Carl Hutchison
E. ‘W. West
Dalton
E. R.blome
Blome
Gheyenne
I. L.,pindell
Cheyenne County
State of
Nebraska
Nimble Survival in a Nuclear Threat World
An exploration of strategies for enduring a landscape shaped by nuclear dangers. It argues adaptability, resourcefulness, and alertness as core traits for staying alive amid evolving geopolitical risks and potential crises.
Popovers Rise From Steam Not Air In Baking Trick
High heat makes popovers pop as steam provides most leavening. Batter should be beaten until smooth but air incorporated during mixing plays a smaller role than steam in lifting the batter to lofty heights.
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down clues
A compact list of crossword clues with across and down numbers including Spider s trap impregnable alder tree Scot manager of an estate and many more terms such as nurture wet dirt Buddhist relic stannum that may pollute atop fly high winter troubles depart ed semester note of the scale revoke a legacy thus large choose by vote witty saying money back pertaining to hearing nocturnal bird having no teeth honey gatherer size of paper snag down clues include marry studied opened sport relative rate pliable lake fish achieve spawn of fish and other entries
Sidney Telegraphs prize campaign ends with winners announced
The Sidney Telegraph closes its subscription drive with prizes awarded. Frances Hart wins first prize Ford touring car, Florence Parks second prize Edison phonograph, Kenneth Jones third prize diamond ring, Daisy Brady fourth prize wrist watch. Campaign by L F Scarboro. count by a panel at Sidney State Bank.
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Sidney Telegraph
Frances Hart
Florence Parks
Kenneth Jones
Daisy Brady
L. F. Scarboro
Scarboro
S. Ogden St
Denver
Colo
Sidney State Bank
D. F. Enevoldsen
W. J. Swatzlander
C. F. Brown
Robert A. Barlow
M. R. Kelly
Cc. L. Mann
Sidney
George Brewer
East End
Jimmie Fuller
Meyers
Stuht and Krueger
Potter State Bank Opens Doors in Sidney in 1908
Fifty five years ago the Potter State Bank began operations on Friday January 10 1908 with R E Barrett as president and a slate of directors. Citizens urged cleanliness and beautification of the town as merchants circulated petitions. A gold brick found during Tobin cellar excavation recalled the 1879 express office robbery and a $13000 gold bullion haul. The Ladies Aid of the Methodist church held a supper raising 51 dollars for church work.
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Potter State Bank
R. E. Barrett
W. S. Rodman
J. H. Bross
O. A. Torgerson
H. H. Looschen
C. W.W. Johnson
Sidney
Express
Sidney firemen and officials head to Lincoln convention
Sol Willis Alfred Sutter George Davis Harold Tobini and Jack Schuerman join Monday departure to the state convention in Lincoln. Mrs Willis accompanies her husband and Mayor Rogers represents the Sidney city council. Herman Schubarth attends the state Farmers Union convention in Omaha with Sister Miss Florette undergoing eye cataract surgery at University hospital. Sidney school faculty and Rotary club members set to appear as opposing basketball teams.
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Sol Willis
Alfred Sutter
George Davis
Harold Tobini
Jack Schuerman
Sidney
Lincoln
Rotary Club
Local moves and weather hit Sidney with icy week
Hank and Fred Gapen moved to rooms over the American Bank this week. Merchants stored several hundred tons of ice, while John Pantenburg added a room to his Chestnut street home. A severe wind and snow storm struck Sidney Monday and Tuesday driving temperatures below zero and stalling business.
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Hank
Fred Gapen
American Bank
John Pantenburg
Chestnut Street
Sidney
Sidney school course of study pamphlet to be published
The school board will issue a pamphlet form of the Sidney schools course of study from the office next week. A shoplifter in Sidney was caught in the act last Saturday but was released after the store proprietor reprimanded the offender. Messrs Spark and Bell of Lincoln, who sought 20 000 acres south of Colton, have abandoned the plan due to land access issues and are seeking land elsewhere.
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Sidney Schools
Sidney
Messrs
Spark and Bell
Lincoln
Colton
Telegraph Weather Dispatches For Oberfelders Store
Oberfelders will receive telegraphic weather notices from the signal service. Flags will be raised at their store to indicate changes. Receiver Blakely of the U S land office was confirmed by the senate this week. The Union cattle company with western Cheyenne county range made an assignment Monday with assets at 1 500 000 and liabilities 1 250 000. M H Tobin bought the skating rink last Monday from Fowler and Trognitz and will run it as a rink with Fowler still in charge. Tobin has not decided future use of the property. Gen Morrow and Mrs Morrow hosted a breakfast for ten at Fort Sidney for Miss Dot McClintock of Omaha who is returning there. Miss McClintock has spent months at Fort Sidney with her uncle May Downey and will be missed. A county resident was arrested one night this week at the Brashaw mansion.
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Oberfelders
Signal Service Department
Blakely
U. S. Land Office
Senate
Union Cattle Company
Cheyenne County
M. H. Tobin
Fowler and
Trognitz
O. W. Fowler
Omaha
Brashaw
Warning to Men About Scrapes and Winter’s End
The item notes an unnamed man’s request to omit his name and warns others to avoid similar scrapes. It suggests winter’s backbone is broken and while sparing cold spells may come, only sporadic bursts are expected, implying an altered climate outlook.
Cheyenne’s Stance on Black Hills Rail Line Ends in Ruin
The piece argues Cheyenne’s opposition to a Sidney to Black Hills Union Pacific branch doomed its chance for rail access. It notes Sidney handles about $1,000 weekly in Black Hills gold and cites a claimed 600 Indian encampment near Crow Creek.
Opposition Grows Over Lincoln Bill Redrawing Game Districts
The Unicameral proposal SB 344 would move Box Butte Dawes Sheridan and Sioux counties from District 7 to District 6 with Keith shifted to District 7. Alliance would lose its District 7 status and the Bassett base would gain more influence over western Nebraska’s big game hunting and state parks. The editors argue the plan harms local economies and misaligns Game Commission oversight.
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Box Butte
Dawes
Sheridan
Sioux
Game, Forestation and Parks Commission
Don McGinley
George Fleming
Cecil Craft
District 7
Panhandle
Bassett
Nebraska
Sand Hills
Keith County
Keith
District 6
Alliance
Chamber of Commerce
Chimney Town
Game Commission
The
Western
Sherdan
Fort Robinson
Chadron
Smith and Walgren Lakes
Sheridan County
Box Butter Dam
Sioux, Dawes and
Nebraska Paradise
McGinley
Fleming
Craft
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North Platte
Crow Creek
Union Pacific
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Union Pacifi Railroad. Company
Sidney Bank
Moving Game Office Silly
Alliance Daily Times-Herald
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Chappell
Tom Greenan
National Sheep Council
Lodgepole Legion Hall
Cheyenne-Devel County Sheep Growers Assn
Criswell
Greenan
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