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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1966
Page
5
The Sidney Telegraph of Cheyenne County Nebraska publishes editorials on its pages as part of Western Nebraska's oldest newspaper tradition. Founded in 1873 the paper serves the Sidney area with editorial content on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays.
The piece urges aggressive job-creation efforts after 634 Sioux Army Depot jobs vanish in a year. It calls for community action, urges reporting prospects to the Chamber of Commerce and Sidney Industrial Corp, and stresses regional responsibility to rebuild western Nebraska and parts of Colorado.
The Pentagon banned Overseas Weekly in the Pacific area, including South Vietnam, on dubious grounds about newsstand space. Publisher Joseph Dear questions political motives and urges a public account aligning with free speech principles. The piece notes past Birch Society ties of a general and argues for broader intellectual reading in summer.
The Casper Star-Tribune highlights new forms of Viet Nam protest beyond draft card burnings and marches. It notes public demonstrations and campus actions honoring Robert McNamara as a symbol of faith in the war effort and its justification.
A doctor suggested using savings bonds to oppose Viet Nam demonstrations. William J. O'Sullivan, a retired detective, launched a $500000 bond sales drive, starting with $250 saved for a memorial flagpole. Government offices in Washington also joined, reporting $330 million in sales in three weeks with 64 percent of workers enrolled.
Nebraska senators debated the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act with opposition from Hruska Curtis and others. Supporters argued it helps housewives compare buys while foes warned of higher prices and bureaucratic control. Enforcing costs were cited as about 1.5 million dollars annually.
A humorous essay argues women suffer headaches and tired feet as a survival tactic in marriage. It contrasts male openness about ailments with female silence, credits women with stabilizing influence, and advises husbands to keep quiet to maintain harmony. The narrator riffs on medical mysteries and urban myth while echoing a grandfatherly injunction to avoid venturing complaints.
The Zion News argues that heavy government spending and mandates to support non workers disincentivize work. It contends taxation and redistribution threaten future prosperity, invoking Rome as a cautionary example about eroding incentives for producers and investors.
A Letter Box item from Gurley Nebraska includes a family appeal for the return of grave decorations taken from the Southeast section of a local cemetery, valued at 29.09 dollars, and a call to fence and lock the cemetery when unattended. The missive also mixes in a separate Sidney opinion piece urging a civic petition on the 1 8 interchange and critiques local attitudes, urging support for industrial and chamber efforts.
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