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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1956
Page
12
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A humorous column muses on Mae West's enduring appeal as age advances. It riffs on Marilyn Monroe Kinsey quotes, beauty industry profits, and a narrator’s jokey views on marriage, youth, and romance, ending with a self deprecating wrap up about reading time.
The largest week in Sidney features Miss Nebraska contestants and a full carnival lineup from parades to free acts at the bandshell. Cheyenne County Historical Society highlights old Sidney and frontier heritage with a temporary museum on Illinois Street.
The Typographers Union cites Chinese Communist press stories describing 24 to 82 hour shifts, public meetings praising workers who toil two days and nights, five days five nights emergency work, and recalls of sick workers to 32 hour shifts. Overtime is framed as advance work or a contribution to the State.
The article argues automation lowers job fears as industry jobs rise while power production becomes more automatic. It cites a doubling of employment since 1989 and cost trends since 1939, noting electrical energy substitutes for human labor raise wages and improve working conditions.
The article argues Congress and President Eisenhower mishandled a five billion dollar Yugoslav aid push as Marshal Tito plays both sides between Moscow and Washington. It contrasts Tito’s leverage with Senator McCarthy’s bid to cut aid, labeling Tito opportunistic and critical of his betrayal of Communist and Western blocs.
City clerk figures show building applications top one million dollars in the first five months of 1956. In recent years Sidney has stayed above the two million mark, and the year 1956 looks like another strong total. The author asks if current builders feel spoiled by the trend.
Since the Runnymede period the Hoover Commission has urged wide changes in federal budgeting and accounting. Hoover stated that improved budgeting would restore fuller control of the national purse to Congress, a foundation of liberty long eroded.
A high ranking ordnance officer commends the Sioux depot for its safety and efficiency. He notes Sioux has key personnel the military relies on to run an economical installation and expresses pleasure at hearing praise for the depot as a valued community asset.
AP News features practical guidance for repairing wooden and asphalt shingles. It covers removing and replacing damaged shingles, patching roll roofing, and properly sealing nail heads with asphalt cement. It warns against unsafe ladder use and overreactions to small cracks, noting some cases require full roof replacement.
Legislators face uphill battle to back a 43 to 85 member shift and higher pay for senators. Sponsors hope a 41,484 sig petition by July 5 places the measure on the ballot, while arguing a larger body with higher pay aids labor interests and fair districting. The plan would set senator pay at 25 dollars per day in session with caps, while backers seek 1200 dollars for expenses.
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