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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1959
Page
11
The editorial urges residents to enjoy city parks and the band shell square, praising the park department for its colorful beauty aided by spring showers. Special praise is given for Greenwood Cemetery’s Memorial Day appearance, noted as an inspiring, year round indicator of community character.
An editorial argues Nebraska citizens show fiscal prudence yet feel short changed by federal funding practices. It cites approved reclamation projects in Wyoming and Colorado, Nebraska’s lack of matching funds, slow interstate construction, and a February business decline, urging cautious reform without increasing state debt.
The Sidney Board of Education backs promoting internal staff E Thomas C Jones and George Hinn to higher roles. Supt Weymouth supports the policy as long as continued education is pursued. The board calls it a wise move that may spur faculty effort and future rewards.
Sylvia Porter notes stockholders increasingly attend annual meetings in force as ownership spreads to millions of middle class investors. Exchanges urge active ownership and firms host lavish sessions, since one day a year empowers even single shares to influence corporate policy and prompts managers to listen.
Robert F. Kennedy, chief counsel of the Senate Rackets Investigating Committee, warns in an interview in Nation's Business that organized crime in America is more widespread and serious than during Al Capone and will grow worse in the future.
A reflective piece rails at cigarette marketing and addiction, praising old time cowboys who rolled their own and mocking modern puffery. The narrator laments not investing in tobacco stocks while noting advertising's power and the cultural pull of smoking.
Business Week notes Nebraska suffered the largest February to March decline in personal income among 49 states with 259.1 million in February and 252.9 million in March a 2.4 percent fall. It suggests deferred revenue may lift April and May as Nebraska relies on agriculture and public investment to sustain a middle-road economy.
In Overland Park Kansas the Herald discusses using bonding companies for union workers who handle cash, arguing it protects both the union and its members and suggesting unions adopt similar protections as businesses.
In Chestertown Maryland a newspaper notes that the competitive US economy relies on invested savings. It argues inflation hurts capitalism by discouraging Savings and, if prolonged, could cause capital shortages that reduce productivity.
This piece argues that America’s carelessness with natural resources and wildlife is a historic scandal. It cites extinct and endangered species, contrasts indigenous and white settlement practices, and urges broad support for conservation to preserve forests, waters, and outdoor life for future generations.
Across clues list various terms and definitions for a crossword puzzle. Includes parallelogram kind, overlook, blaze, Hebrew measure, anger, freshwater porpoise, beginner, edible tuber, highest cards, and unit of force. Also hints at a city in Ohio for one entry.
The Banks High School valedictorian delivers a wartime era style address urging parents to provide strength and unity for a generation facing unprecedented global danger. She warns against complacency, calls for collective effort, and declares a resolve to confront looming threats with faith and courage.
A statistical look shows that while meat prices are higher, the work time needed to buy pork or beef has fallen. In 1919 a worker needed about 42 1/2 minutes for beef and 42-12 minutes for pork. today it takes under 23 minutes for beef and about 51 minutes for pork. Production and retail advances keep meat affordable relative to wages.
Harvard economist Sumner Slichter notes in the New York Times Magazine that hourly compensation in private industry has risen more than output per hour for a decade. He argues prices did not push wages up but wages outpaced price growth, with inflation likely to continue if unions prevail.
The piece argues that rising state and local taxes plus proposed federal plans to fund elderly medical and nursing home care would sharply raise Social Security and federal taxes. Projections range from 1.883 billion to over 1 billion dollars annually, with warnings that government medical programs lead to socialized care and deteriorating standards. The author cautions against bureaucratic expansion and ubiquitous government control.
Senator Byrd of Virginia sounds a grim warning on government finances. He cites record debt, persistent deficit spending, and inflation eroding purchasing power, arguing solvent government and sound money are essential to preserve free enterprise democracy and personal liberties.
The Wall Street Journal notes the Senate labor bill is a compromise, not the Kennedy or Administration bill, likely pleasing neither labor nor management. It cites public interest support but urges more consideration and highlights weaknesses Eisenhower wants corrected. The President pressed the House to address secondary boycotts blackmail picketing and state NLRB area issues.
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