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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1956
Page
2
Entered at the postoffice at Sidney Nebraska as second class mail matter. Published Dionday Wednesday Friday Except Holidays J C Bush and Jack H Lowe publishers.
Cheyenne County Commissioners debate whether to put the courthouse expansion to a vote or proceed with a self funded plan. An architect has drawn north and south wing options while officials review bond funds and legal powers. Deliberations linger as leadership questions rise.
The piece reflects on Harry S. Truman being awarded an honorary Doctor of Civil Laws by Oxford University. It portrays him as an ordinary man who rose to great power, noting mixed American opinions about his radio voice and leadership while praising the Jeffersonian Jacksonian ideal that ordinary citizens can reach the top.
A fragmented OCR note mentions Marilyn Montgeroe in a production with DiMaggis as a bat- ting lineup, praising Marilyn's proscenium presence and writing flair. It hints at a local theater scene with performers and scripts in a show of crass roads and drama.
The La Betta County Commissioners are lauded for keeping expenses within income and not hiking taxes, contrasting with other boards. The Dillon, S. C., Herald notes the Daily Worker claims long-term losses, suggesting a Communist publication operating in the red.
The Nebraska basic value law lowers county valuations triggering higher levies. County and state taxes diverge, with Cheyenne County unable to influence state rates. A graduated state income tax is proposed to replace the state levy and ease administration and fairness.
The Cheyenne area faces a spate of AWOL airmen linked to Warren Air Force Base. Reports tie several cases to this base under Air Training Command, noting many rookies and immature personnel. The piece questions whether a cluster of hoodlums exists or if recent fame inflates the issue.
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Unruly inmates at the State Penitentiary will move into a new $140,000 maximum security building called the Adjustment Center. The facility is segregated from the yard with an isolated exercise area and features automatic cell locking. Warden Bovey and Gov. Anderson praise the plan as a step in rehabilitation and riot prevention, with governors reporting progress during construction and open house tours this week.
Representative Miller warns Congress still must tackle key items on the calendar. With adjournment eyed by mid July speculation grows over federal education aid civil rights legislation postal rate increases health measures and Hawaii statehood. The Social Security extension awaits Senate action and the highway bill remains in conference.
A Nebraska Legislative Council committee of state senators examines how underground water supplies relate to surface water. They study knotty issues and prepare recommendations for the next unicameral Legislature.
McCook senator Don Thompson heads a committee studying water supply and pump irrigation wells. He argues orderly well development could delay the need for regulation and that proper spacing ensures pumping and natural flow water suffice. He cites pits near rivers drawing seepage water to evade natural flow costs and suggests prohibiting pits within a river or stream buffer.
Rolland Harr director of Airports for the State Aeronautics Department urged immediate airline service for thirteen Nebraska cities. He spoke in material for the Civil Aeronautics Board July 17 hearing, naming Scottsbluff Mc Cook Beatrice Hastings Kearney Imperial Sidney Grand Island North Platte Alliance Chadron Ainsworth Norfolk as priority sites and noting ONeill and Gordon should have service though not part of the current CAB proceedings.
Ralph Baker of Valentine will join the Advisory State Highway Commission on July 1, replacing Don Hanna Jr. as Hanna steps down to focus on his Brownlee ranch business. Baker, a Gordon public school attendee and World War I veteran, has farmed in Nebraska since 1921 and engages in stockman activities. Gov. Victor Anderson praised Hanna for his service while noting his need to devote more time to his ranch amid the depressed agricultural situation.
The piece notes Congress may act swiftly on pending veterans pension, foreign aid, and Defense Department bills, but warns expediency may trump good legislation. It cites a House passed water pollution bill criticized as a $500 million boondoggle and discusses Supreme Court actions on the Federal Security Program and the health of President Eisenhower.
William K. Dalton aged 44 of Sidney pleaded innocent today to driving while under the influence. He sought a preliminary hearing set for Friday. Dalton was arrested by the Nebraska Safety Patrol at 11:20 p.m. Saturday on Highway 30 west of Sidney. no bond was set.
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