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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1960
Page
14
Farm observers in the Nebraska Panhandle report snow depths of two to six inches, with drifting, enough to protect winter wheat from severe cold. A long cold spell and sub zero readings slow spring field work as frost stays deep and snow delays soil thaw.
Northwestern Bell Telephone reports 1959 growth with 449 phones in Big Springs and 2 376 000 telephones in service company wide. Calls averaged higher daily, long distance traffic up about ten percent, and use roughly tripled over the past year across 649 exchanges in Iowa Minnesota Nebraska North Dakota and South Dakota.
Pan American Petroleum announces unitization of the Lewis Field in Banner County with immediate water flooding to boost oil recovery by about 60 percent. Joint owners Carver Dodge Oil Co Davis Oil Co Lewis Bros Strain Drilling and Stuarco Oil join Pan American to form the unit.
The 1960 dividend payment totals 253.5 million dollars for about 5.073 million GI policyholders. 4.8 million NSLI and 273 thousand USGLI policyholders participate, while roughly 850 thousand are not eligible due to nonparticipating or lapsed, waiver, or special NSLI policies.
A new pension law effective July 1960 raises maximum annual incomes for veterans and widows or orphans. Unmarried veterans may earn up to 1800 dollars and those with dependents up to 3900, with graduated scales for in between. Widows may earn up to 1800 childless or 3000 with dependent children, while child income for a son can reach 1800 if no widow. Details and claim reopening help are available at VA offices or county and post service officers.
The Nebraska by State Medical Assn House of Delegates urged Congress to investigate admissions of patients to VA hospitals for non service connected disabilities. Dr. K McDermott of Grand Island introduced the resolution for the veterans committee. The survey cited 122 patients per doctor per year admitted for non service connected disabilities, most not indigent and many with insurance. It said about 85 percent of VA hospital admissions are non service connected and staffing has hurt private hospitals, with a claim that indigent status is fiction.
The Sidney Telegraphy resolution notes one billion dollars yearly for these services and calls for private practice use of doctors and nurses. The House backs and funds the Nebraska Cancer Society program on cigarettes and lung cancer aimed at teens with “teach not to preach” approach. Delegates oppose the For and Bill in Congress, arguing it aids only those on social security and would raise costs from two billion per biennium to at least three by 1980.
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