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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1956
Page
3
Fragmentary postal notice identifies J C Bush and Jack Lows of Pennsylvania in a Sidney Nebraska second class mail matter entry.
The Sidney Junior Chamber of Commerce earns praise for the 1956 Ft. Sidney Days celebration. Volunteers invested thousands of man hours and substantial funds to stage a well planned event. The Jaycees are thanked for making Sidney and Cheyenne County a better place.
The Sidney City Council votes to spend 850 this summer on a recreational program. The plan aims to provide wholesome outlets for youth while noting senior citizens also need facilities, including during school hours.
Sidney civic leaders press Frontier Airlines to file with the Civil Aeronautics Board for service linking Sidney with Denver and Omaha. The plan envisions two routes, plus talks of a Sidney Caspar connection to access Wyoming. Rail and road networks already strong, but air travel lags behind nearby Scottsbluff and Alliance.
The piece argues the basic value law lowers valuations to about 70 percent of full value, shifting tax burdens. It predicts a higher state levy despite farm hard times and notes uneven impact across counties like Cheyenne, suggesting the Nebraska Unicameral favors income or sales taxes.
A 8 month dry spell ends when a local ad titled NO Real Rain Maker appears in the Times-Herald of Hoover’s birthplace Cedar County Iowa. The paper mailed around 8:00 am and by supper time rain arrived, reportedly worth millions to residents and state. Clift Perkins and collaborators are not argued with on the rain power.
A wartime view argues for keeping separate services. The piece notes Secretary of Defense Wilson's stance that merging Army Navy and Air Force would not end inter service squabbles. It praises West Point Annapolis and Colorado Springs as enduring symbols of duty and national spirit.
North Platte Nebraska Stock Growers Association approved a 10 percent livestock sales checkoff to fund beef promotion. The Nebraska Wheat Growers Association advances a campaign to popularize wheat products, while debates about media reach continue. An organized group effort is seen as key to influencing public demand and market access.
The speaker discusses Supreme Court history and the lack of required judicial experience for appointment. He cites Taft Hughes and Stone to show few justices had long judicial careers before joining the Court and notes proposed bills to set experience standards. He also touches on recent decisions touching school desegregation and state rights. Food Technologists address follows with remarks on pesticides and food law modernization.
A $300 scholarship will be awarded to a deserving student at the 5th GOOCH Red Circle No Money Auction July 20 and 21 at CK Ranch Brookville Kansas. The event offers a chance for hard working youths to attend the college or university of their choice.
A meeting to shape a summer recreation program for Sidney is set for Friday evening at 6 45 in the Sidney Junior High Cafeteria. Bill Harris, director, asks civic clubs to send a rep and invites youth adults and seniors to share ideas on facilities and opportunities.
District Court sanctioned an $8,147.97 lump sum settlement for Mrs Barbara Thomas guardian of Lloyd Thomas children following Lloyd Thomas fatal injuries on July 23 1955 at an oil well location one mile west of Dalton. Thomas was employed by Rogers at the time of the accident.
Nebraska State Highway Department installs signs in Chappell to limit speed on nine blocks of Highway 30 from Wheatland Drive to Dana Street. Local authorities will enforce the reduced speed zone to improve safety for drivers and pedestrians.
Nebraska enforcers warn drivers amid rising June fatalities totaling 13 in nine days. Col. C J Sanders cites speed, improper passing, right of way and tailgating as core hazards. May deaths reached 22 with a summer surge expected, prompting expanded enforcement, radar use, driving courses, stiffer drunken driving fines, and point-based license penalties.
Nebraska's total state spending for the first 11 months of the current fiscal year reaches 101.41 million dollars with a projected 110 million. Highway department, University of Nebraska, Welfare Department, and Board of Control remain the big expenditures. General fund provides 27.47 million, federal 28.64 million, and other sources 45.30 million.
Nebraska leaders press for an $18 million federal animal disease laboratory project. A coalition of Nebraskans plans coordinated efforts to secure the facility and bring research capabilities to the state.
In St Louis on June 27 states bid for the plant with Nebr ask a leading candidate. If Nebras ka wins the nod the site would be near a land grant college, likely the University of Nebraska. The laboratory would attract 100 200 families and 100 200 employees and require college library facilities and training programs for junior staff.
The state labor department reports a 10 percent rise in non farm job openings in Nebraska, driven by favorable weather and outdoor activity. May placements up 13 percent and new registrations from job seekers up 59 percent, with students and workers laid off industrially most affected. The department tracks opportunities monthly and coordinates wheat harvest labor to balance workers and equipment efficiently.
University of Nebraska introduces a ranch and range management major with two tracks ranch management and range conservation. Courses cover botany range plants agronomy animal husbandry and agricultural economics with emphasis on practical range plant use and legal economic principles.
A damaged OCR fragment advertises typewriter carbon paper in legal size from The Celearapn and mentions a popular Red Writing brand.
The Sun of Saratoga Wyoming recalls prices from the 1890s with round steak at 12 cents a pound butter 25 cents a pound and bread a nickel. A typical grocery order costing 85 cents then would total about 298 dollars today.
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