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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1962
Page
5
A Union Pacific diner chat with an Army sergeant bound for Korea reveals heartache and hope for Korean orphans. He recalls seven year olds roaming naked, and how American battalion commanders sponsor orphanages, supply swings, and collect funds, easing children's suffering while bearing the war’s lingering scars.
South Sund News notes multiple visits: Mrs. Wayne Cassle and Mrs. Lillian Warman of Milwaukee and Denver guests in Ted Houser home. D. Z. Dickinsons in Crook with Glen Rokes. Tilghman family visits in Sterling and to Frances Klein. Paul Houser and family attended Mary Ellen Krueger's wedding. Wilda Ahlberg and family from Sidney visited Steve Tilghman. further calls by Kenneth and Raymond Tilghman. Also mentions Coelacanth rediscovery after long extinction and notes Sherwood Forest once covered 200 square miles with hamlets and priories.
Nebraska crop prospects for 1962 show the lowest output since 1956 due to reduced corn wheat and oats acreages. Total corn for grain forecast at 257 million bushels, down 22 million from 1961, with 5 046 million acres harvested. Winter wheat output expected 62.8 million bushels, yield 22.5 per acre. Rye up 20% to 3.52 million bushels. sorghum acreage up 15% to 1.682 million. Sugar beets 76 thousand acres, yield 130 tons per acre, production 988 thousand tons, late summer grain stocks listed. Pasture 94 percent good. milk and egg output per June.
In Lodgepole and nearby districts harvest is delayed by rain and high humidity. Farmers report weights falling from 58-59 pounds to the mid 40s and 50s with moisture high. Wilkinson, Smith, and Phips note limited cutting, while Gurley and Dine area hail adds losses. By midweek some fields may start cutting if dries.
A multi month pattern brought extreme rainfall from May to July causing record floods in the Lodgepole Valley. Potter and Dix districts saw six inch totals, basements flooded in Sidney, and roads, bridges, and culverts washed out. Emergency crews, sheriff, and Safety Patrol officials worked around the clock as water rose to historic levels.
Disabled veterans with service connected disabilities released on or after April 25 1951 may qualify for non participating GI life insurance. One year from VA disability finding generally to apply with exceptions for mental incompetence. Eligible if in good health aside from the service connected disability. Applications may be for a convertible 5 year term or any of six permanent plans. Write VA Regional Office 220 South 17th Street Lincoln Neb for full details.
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