Mr. Martins Poll Divides Nebraska Farm Views
The Sidney Telegraph editorial questions Congressman Dave Martins poll showing 76.5 percent backing phasing out federal farm aids in Nebraska s Third District. It argues wheat farmers would suffer without supports, quotas or payments and warns Congress may act too slowly. The piece urges farmers to communicate and questions urban lawmakers views on agricultural policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Martin
Sandhills
Sam
Congress
Washington
Cheyenne County
Nixon
Nebraska
The Shocking Census Of 1970 Hit Rural Areas
The 1970 census shocks Sidney and Cheyenne County with a 4 300 population loss, while Omaha and Denver show smaller gains. Officials doubt old barometers like telephone subscribers and car registrations reflect current trends as suburbs surge and local economies shrink. The Sidney Telegraph notes subscription lists don’t match the loss, prompting calls to find ways to recapture population and employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Omaha
Census Bureau
Penver
Sidney
Ralph Welch
Sidney Telegraph
Sioux
Education growth hinges on Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School
Sidney views two year programs as key to economic development but fears lack of local support and competition from junior colleges elsewhere. The piece urges continued backing for the vo-tech as the region’s main higher learning institution capable of long term benefits and survival amid legislative funding pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Scottsbluff
North Platte
McCook
Sterling
Colo
Cheyenne County
Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School
Nebraska
Vo-Tech
Dairy Month Sparks Revival of Cheyenne County Dairying
Dairy Month in Cheyenne County marks a renewed dairy industry with diversification and new farming practices. Farmers and 4 H youth study dairying, returning cows to the farm and revitalizing a basic agricultural role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Arson at Nebraska Building Targets Dissent and Image
In a Wednesday incident five fires were set in the Military and Naval Science Building at the University of Nebraska. Damage was superficial but the broader harm to the university’s image and safety is stressed by editors while debate on possible motives continues.
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Hitler
University of Nebraska
Military
Naval Science
Warner
Harvard University
Nathan Pusey
Joseph McCarthy
Pusey
The
Lincoln Star
IPHA Boosts Tourism In Nebraska Road Plan
The Nebraska section of the International Parks Highway Association backs expanding tourism along U S 385 and U S 385 85. They seek to stop travelers at key Nebraska gateways by staging travel schools in Chadron Alliance and Sidney, creating slide shows of attractions, and promoting the Sidney Deadwood stage trail ride of 1967 to gain national publicity.
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Nebraska
International Parks Highway Association
Cheyenne County
U.S. Department of Transportation
Nebraska Highway Department
IPHA
Canada
Mexico
U. S. 385
Chadron
Alliance
Sidney
U. S. 386
Sidney-Deadwood
E.O' Yanney
Lodgepole
Lou Flower
Alliance Daily Times-Herald
Lincoln meeting condemns mixed rail car system and mooching
Last week in Lincoln Gov Norbert Tiemann sponsored the Mid-America Grain Marketing and Transportation Conference. Attendees criticized a cross‑regional boxcar system that shifts cars from Midwest and West to the East and South, causing shortages and higher costs. They urged federal action to curb inefficiency.
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Lincoln
Norbert Tiemann
Midwest
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Federal
Department of Transportation
The
Lincoln Journal
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Highlights
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Emerald Isle
Night Driving Safety Tips From National Safety Council
Nebraska officials cite National Safety Council findings that two thirds of traffic deaths occur at night. Experts urge better lighting, eye tests, and avoiding parking lights in motion. Slower speeds, proper headlights, and eye edge focus reduce glare risks and stopping distances.
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Lincoln
National Safety Council
Nebraska Department of Roads
Sidney Business Up In April Said To Rise
Lincoln Nebraska retail sales climbed 8.4 percent from March and were 2.3 percent higher than April 1969. The measure covers hard goods gains and broader indicators show Beatrice and Sidney posting solid year over year climbs in April.
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Lincoln-Nebraska
Business In Nebraska
Business In
Nebraska
Bureau of Business Research
University of Nebraska College of Business Administration
McCook
Beatrice
Holdrege
Fremont
Sidney
Broken Bow
Hastings
York
Grand Island
Lincoln
Scottsbluff
Nebraska Keeps State Tax Withholding At 12 Percent
Lincoln Nebraska plans no change in its state income tax withholding on July 1 remaining at 12 percent for the rest of 1970. The department of revenue says the rate stays to match the individual Nebraska tax liability and will be slightly reduced by new federal tables reflecting a small federal tax cut.
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Lincoln - Nebraska
Department of Revenue
Nebraska
Lifeguard strip ends smoking by shrinking tape
A new cigarette crutch called the lifeguard strip uses a 1 1 2 inch sticky tape around a cigarette. When the burning end reaches the strip the tape shrinks and the cigarette is prevented from burning further. In Honolulu the Ave has named its 16 story Ft DeRussy hotel Hale Koa meaning House of the Warrior.
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New York
Honolulu
Avemy
Ft. DeRussy
Scherer Family Homesteading in Mud Springs Nebraska
John Nelson Scherer and family moved from Hillsboro Illinois to Mud Springs Nebraska in 1887 88 establishing a sod house near Dalton three miles east and one mile south. The narrative recalls water shortages battles with Indians Pony Express era telegraph station and later the Burlington railroad development and town growth alongside family life and community activities.
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John Nelson Scherer
Etta
Nebraska
Hillsboro
Illinois
Dalton
Sidney
Chas. Osborn
Ilinois
John H. Scherer
Mud Springs
Divide
Lawrence Fork
Scherer
Ion
Ft. Sedgwick
Ft. Laramie
McConnells
Davises
Cedar Creek
Mack Radcliffe
Greenwood-Geis
Tusler
Chas
Nelson
Greenwood
Belmont
Camp Clarke
George Haxby
Mort
Smith
Coot
Frank Malloy
Asa Remsburg
Frank King
L.B. Carey
Mother
Burlington Railroad
Old Mud Spring
Simla
Father
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