Sidney Telegraph Official Publication Details
The Sidney Telegraph is Cheyenne County's newspaper published every day by Telegraph Printing Co. Inc. at 830 11th Ave Sidney Nebraska. It is Western Nebraska's oldest newspaper founded in 1873 and an Associated Press associate member and Nebraska Press Association member.
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Sidney Telegraph
Telegraph
Nebraska
Graph Printing Co., Inc
11Th Ave
Sidney
Western Nebraska
The
Associated Press
Nebraska Press Assn
Negative to affirmative shift urged for Nebraska growth
An editorial blasts Nebraska's negative thinking that hinders industry and population gains. It cites Gene Kemper's call for public investment, including $1.2 million annually for 10 years to fund parks, tourism, and historic sites, arguing growth requires budgeted risk.
The Rise of Computers and a New Industrial Era
Automation sparks a second industrial revolution with microsecond and nanosecond computing. Norbert Wiener warns that electronic brains may outpace human control, as machines think so fast a person cannot correct them in time.
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Norbert Wiener
Truth Beginning To Show The Lincoln Star
A Colorado milling and grain concern says it will sell western Nebraska elevators to a local cooperative and withdraw from the Nebraska field. It criticizes the Benson administration for low storage payments and notes Nebraska now holds nearly a billion bushels of storage. The piece argues the administration’s surplus definition and storage policy risk economic ruin for elevator operators.
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The
Lincoln Star
Colorado
Nebraska
Benson Farm Administration
Colorado Company
Benson
Noise Meter Plan for Grand Island Traffic Dropped
Grand Island Mayor Ryder says a noise meter to curb truck traffic noise is nearly abandoned as such ordinances prove hard to enforce. He criticizes Nebraska muffler laws and urges stronger state rules to ease enforcement of city noise ordinances. He calls for legislative study of better models in other states.
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Grand Island
Ryder
Nebraska
Mal Steen
State Game Commission
Steen
Platte Valley Parkway
Ogallala
Platte Valley
Missouri
Lesson From Wyoming
Writer describes long Wyoming road trip and praises Cowboys for using Interstate Highway funds to build roads. Urges Nebraska Governor, state engineer, and highway commission to advance a real Interstate Highway instead of a commuter throughway for Omaha.
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Wyoming
Bridgeport News-Blade
Cheyenne
State Highway Commission
Nebraska
Capitol special session looms in Nebraska history
Gov. Ralph G. Brooks moved to convene lawmakers in Lincoln Aug. 1 for a rare special session aimed at boosting the state's industrial economy. The 14th such session would follow the 1954 meeting, with seven days seen as a typical minimum and costs around 6000 dollars.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Ralph Brooks
Brooks
Hugo Srb
Srb
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Animal Industry
State Supreme Court
Ralph G. Brooks
John Cooper
Humboldt
U. S. Senate
Frank Morrison
Morrison
Cooper
Equalization Board
State Board of Equalization
Seward
Richardson
Gosper
Thayer
Adams
Keith
Cherry
Hall County
Clarence Meyer
Nebraska Development
General Grant dies at Mt. McGregor last Thursday
obituaries note General Grant's death at Mt. McGregor at 8 am after a long decline. The immediate family and physicians were present as reports say he had been sinking since Tuesday. Also recorded are various local items including a cattle relocation order, cricket at the base ball grounds, high land office receipts, and town population figures.
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Grant
Mt. McGregor
Cheyenne
Araahoe
Indian Territory
Valentine Land Office
Peter Smith
Smith
Sanders
Potter
Lodge Pole
Chappell
Mayfield
Davies County
Peter Rollman
Antelopeville
Bayard Bridge celebration set for August 1
A meeting decided the Bayard Bridge celebration will start at 9 a.m. on Thursday August 1 with a grand march from Bayard to the bridge site. The afternoon features a Gering vs Bayard ball game, music by the Gering band, and a basket dinner for all attendees.
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Bayard Bridge
Bayard
Gering
Géring
McFadden
Neubauer
The
Cheyenne
Fort Sidney Military Reservation
Hoke Smith
Ernest Kruse
A. B. Persinger
Lodge Pole
Rebecca Doran
Lodge Poles
Union Pacific weighs full double tracking of 1000 miles
Salt Lake and Cheyenne papers report Union Pacific considering double tracking from Omaha to Ogden with the block signaling system at the earliest feasible date. The item notes broader regional infrastructure improvements and related civic developments across Sidney, Nebraska and surrounding areas.
Science and welfare urge public role in science progress
A AAAS committee warns scientists must engage with public issues and explain their work to laypeople while urging informed public action. It cites nuclear energy and other advances transforming society and calls for scientists to be public-spirited citizens. The report emphasizes urgency and mutual responsibility between experts and the public.
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American Association For the Advancement of Science
Seapine
AAAS
Cyclone Hits Sidney Causing Significant Damage
A heavy wind described as a miniature cyclone struck Sidney at 4 PM and damaged the business district, with losses near 5000 dollars. The storm moved southeast after forming north of town, followed by a brief rain shower. A separate incident saw Mrs. I L Flo receive a letter dropped from a Martin bomber as Lt Leonard Flo’s plane passed over Sidney. Mayor Rogers retrieved the letter. Several residents spent the day at Lawrence Fork. trout were reported. Dr E L Thomas and family from Omaha visited for business, owner of the St George ranch nearby.
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Sidney
Bluffs
Town
Here
Martin
I. L. Flo
Leonard Flo
Sidney Boy
Selfridge Field
Mich
Union Pacific
Rogers
Flo
Louis Mann
E. J. Leonard
Byron
Lawrence Fork
E. L. Thomas
Omaha
Dr. Thomas
St. George Ranch
Crop toll and shortages hit Cheyenne county farms and households
Fifteen years ago heavy rain and wind damaged Bonser, Cook, Ahlberg, and Dickinson farms in Sunol. Lightning burned a straw stack and caused house fire damage. OPA butter prices dropped from 24 to 16 points per pound and meat rationing may loosen soon. Laundry soap shortage affects housewives as local boards verify household canning to allow the 15 pound limit.
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South Sunol
Ernest
G. W. Bonser
Lester Cook
Ed Ahlberg
D. &. Dickinson
Cook Place
Cheyenne
OPA
Begam
Stighar
Wheat harvest in Cheyenne County mid-way this week
Cheyenne County wheat harvest reaches mid-point as combines operate across the eastern quarter of the county. Officials estimate about 2 000 1 660 bushels of new wheat will be gathered by tomorrow night. Obituary notes include Harold Robert Urgett 41, longtime banker at African National Bank, and Mrs. W. B. Miles former Sidney resident who died in Hot Springs, South Dakota. Dr Ralph Bixel named chair of Sidney United Nations Tenth Anniversary Committee.
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Cheyenne County
Harold
Robert’ Urgett
National Bank
Bie Ebraska
W. B. Miles
Sidney
Hot Springs
Ralph Bixel
The
Christian Church
United Nations
Farm Must Keep Up With Technical Gains
USDA advisory committee urges faster preparation of farm building plans through the Cooperative Farm Building Plan Exchange to aid farmers in efficiently expanding farmstead infrastructure. They stress the importance of building plans for guiding $2.2 billion in annual construction and emphasize continued research on improving farm water supplies and waste-disposal systems with design standards and equipment planning data.
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Cooperative Farm Building Plan Exchange
USDA
Land Grant Colleges
Pesticide Application Research Needs Highlighted
The committee identifies analysis of pesticide application equipment and methods as top research need for crop production. It urges basic studies on factors affecting deposits to reduce pest control costs and crop losses due to occasional pesticide failures.
Overhead Irrigation Boosts Weed Killers Effectiveness
USDA scientists at Weslaco Texas found overhead irrigation greatly improves pre emergence weed killer efficiency by pushing chemicals into the soil. Trials with CDC EPTC CIPC and TCA show 97 percent weed control with overhead irrigation and low rainfall, versus 61 percent with furrow irrigation.
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USDA
Weslaco
Tex
CDC
EPTC
CIPC
TCA
Convertible deer two section barn doors pivot latch design
A description of a two section barn door system that can operate as a single unit or separately with a pivoted latch, a nail or weeden peg support, and a horizontal movement feature. Also notes a Port Gibson church with a tall steeple and iron hand pointing skyward, and a Hawthorne quote on Moonlight.
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Port Gibson
Miss
Australia
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