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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1960
Page
2
The piece argues against keeping the transportation tax at 10 percent, noting its small revenue and broader harm. It urges Congress to repeal the tax or revert to 5 percent, highlighting effects on travel, railroads, airlines, and subsidies. It cites Eisenhower’s request and projected receipts of 310 million at 10 percent versus 155 million at 5 percent.
The Business and Professional Women clubs survey of 25 090 women nationwide shows weak knowledge of car mechanics and safety. Core gaps include battery care, skidding causes, parking, and fuel choices with male drivers not far ahead.
The piece urges western Nebraska communities to act on census trends showing population loss. It cites Sidney’s growth from oil activity and laments the rejection of a Cheyenne County industrial plan, urging cooperative efforts to attract payrolls and shared regional development.
The National Education Association releases its annual look at state education spending and outcomes. It highlights wide disparities, notes correlations between funding and quality, and urges taxpayers to fund better educational methods and resources.
Mild objections arise to selling Sidney city auditorium to the Elks Lodge for 50000. The old cost 110000 in 1980, but market value now reflects limited public use. The Elks would bring daily traffic and usable community space, suggesting the city secures a fair price while the Elks gain a needed facility.
Bernie Camp of the Nebraska Farm Bureau argues Memorial Day and Fourth of July mark a freedom holiday season. He calls for re dedicating to devotion of freedom and the right to choose, noting freedom is tied to a dynamic political system and economic enterprise. He warns that once freedom of action is removed, security cannot replace liberty.
The Rural Electrification program marks 25 years in Nebraska with memories of dark farms and Coleman lamps. It highlights the transition to electric lights, refrigerators, freezers, radios and TVs, noting the broader impact on rural life and living standards.
A Wall Street Journal piece notes human problems accumulate faster than solutions. A scientist says hunger pangs may be mental not physical. Also discussed: growing nicotine free tobacco on tomato roots and the trouble budgets face in balancing ends.
Readable clues list with Across and Down entries including Good Queen, Roman roads, royal titles, plant terms, and common crossword answers. Includes miscellaneous short phrases and a final entry marked 99 Born for a completed puzzle.
The article argues U S industries should boost efficiency in packaging design distribution and production to compete with foreign rivals. It cites New Orleans twine as proof high labor costs can still yield profit and warns against tariffs. Domestic barbed wire makers are urged to reevaluate product design and processes.
The article describes ordinary sea winds bringing salt into air and sea water evaporation leaving airborne crystals. It notes Kamehameha, who became king, hired foreign advisers and encouraged imports of Western tools plants and livestock while promoting shipbuilding and foreign trade. It also states the United States grows about 180000 acres of strawberries with an annual crop value around 35 million dollars.
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