Fort Sidney Days Editorial Urges Wider Local Participation
The editors commend the 1958 Fort Sidney Days and the work of the Junior Chamber of Commerce while urging greater involvement by Sidney business establishments. They call for prefinanced planning with shared responsibility, stronger Chamber of Commerce leadership, and broader support to sustain the community event. They invite reader input on differing views.
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Fort Sidney
Chamber of Commerce
Sidney
the Telegraph
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Jaycees
Obituary for D R Thomas, Sidney civic leader
D R Thomas a Sidney civic leader who died at 74 spent half his life in the city. He served as councilman and mayor, led the Rotary Club, supported community activities and boosted Sidney’s growth through business influence and public service. He is remembered among Sidney’s outstanding figures.
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D. R. Thomas
Sidney
Educated Guesses on Nebraska Property Valuation Standards
The Nebraska State Board of Equalization reduced railroad valuations by 1.32 percent after a 30 percent request, with unclear methodology. County assessors and the county board appear to raise personal property values, often without inspecting the goods, prompting questions about fair appraisal methods and tax policy improvements.
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Scottsbluff Ster-Herald
State Board of Equalization
Nebraska
County Board of Equalization
Nebraska Freight Tax Cut Positively Benefits Farmers
The State Railway Commission calls a 3 percent excise tax cut on freight a windfall, saving Nebraska farmers about 500000 annually on wheat shipments and up to 3 million overall. Tax relief will flow to customers if ICC approves rate changes, easing costs for rail and trucking.
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Lincoln Star
Nebraska
State Railway Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Alaska Sale and the Manifest Destiny Tale
A vivid retelling of the Alaska purchase from Russia to the United States for 7.2 million dollars. It traces Seward and de Stocksl negotiations, Sitka’s symbolic transfer, and Russia’s fading North American outposts as the United States expands westward.
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G. K. Hodenfield
Associated Press News
Alaska
Russia
United States
Kremlin
U. S
Pacific
America
William H. Seward
Baron Edward de Stocks
Washington
Seward
de Stoeckl
Empire
Sitka
Alexei Peschourov
Imperial Russia
North America
Péstéhourov
Nikolai Rezanov
San Francisco Bay
Alexander Baranov
Pacific Coast
Hawaiian Islands
Baranov
Ivan Kuskov
Ft. Rossiya
Ft. Ross
San Francisco
St. Petersburg
California
Oregon
Volga
Yukon
England
King George
Missouri River
Hawaiian
Rossiya Dev
Rezanov
Baronov
Kuskov
Plymouth Rock
Sea of Okhotsk
Japan
Kurile Islands
Atlantic
Bering
Vitus Bering
Siberia
Asia
Gregor Shelikov
Natalya
Three Saints’ Bay
Kodiak Island
Grand Duke Paul
Aleutians
Shelikov
New World
Alexander Andreevich Baranov
New England
Horn
Northwest
Madrid
Hawaii
Baron de Stoeckl
China
Tell
Price Support Takes Minor Role In Farm Prosperity
The piece argues price supports are a minor factor in farm prosperity. It highlights Farm Credit programs, USDA extension services, REA loans, soil conservation, land grant colleges, and vocational agriculture as major contributors to rural income and living standards over decades.
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FCA
Farm Credit Administration
Cooperative Extension Service
USDA
Land Grant
SCS
ACP
Soil Conservation Service and Agricultural Conservation Program
Land Grant Colleges
Scottsbluff to Host State Aeronautics Meeting
Rolland Harr state aeronautics director said the State Aeronautics Commission will meet July 21 in Scottsbluff to discuss Chadron airport improvements. Upgrades are tied to a favorable CAB decision in the Seven State area case and CAB authority for an Omaha-Douglas Wyoming flight exemption after the removal of CNW trains 13 and 14 between Omaha and Chadron.
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Scottsbluff
Rolland Harr
State Aeronautics Commission
Chadron
Harr
Nebraska
Civil Aeronautics Board
State Aeronautics Department
CAB
Omaha-Douglas
Wyo
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Omaha
United Fund supporters praised by Sidney letters
A July 1958 letter from P J Heaton Jr CAP Commander thanks contributors to the United Fund Campaign and notes CAP youth benefits. A separate note from July 11 1958 expresses gratitude to the United Community Fund for allowing CAP participation and funding training materials for cadets.
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Jack Lowe
Sidney Telegraph
Sidney
Nebraska
Lowe
United Fund
Salvation Army Fund
United Fund of
Civil Air Patrol
United Community Fund
United
P. J. Heaton
CAP Cadets
Chadron Enacts Jail Escape Law After Escape Incident
City council quickly passes emergency ordinance making jail and work detail escapes violations. Lester Bissonette’s January jailbreak prompted the act. he was fined later and freed. Penalty under the new law set at one hundred dollars plus costs, effective immediately.
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Chadron
Lester Bissonette
Bisonnette
Charles Fisher
Bissonette
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues Compilation
A large set of crossword clues across and down covering terms from knock and pulp to canopy accommo dation train to gourmet figure of speech zealot delight var chiller tree fluid and many more including tree terms and nautical notes.
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Manifest Destiny
Dona Concepcion de Arguello
de Arguello
Rome
Spain
Ion Kuskov
Bodega Bay
Britain
John A. Sutter
Niko
Bernie Camp
Nebraska Farm Bureau
Telegraph
William F. Quinn
University of Hawaii
Honolulu
Statehood Commission
The
Sidney, Nebraska
Mr. Lowe
Endow
New Hampshire
Rocky Pinnacle
College
Nowsleateres
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