Sidney Telegraph Editorial Page Overview
The Sidney Telegraph, founded in 1873, is Western Nebraska’s oldest newspaper and Cheyenne County’s official paper. It’s an associate AP member and NE Press association member, published Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays by The Telegraph Printing Co. at 830 Eleventh Avenue Sidney Nebraska.
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Money, Conscience, and Civil Unrest in 1968
The editorial rebukes the idea that money alone can solve crime racism and violence urging restraint on federal funding while calling for conscience understanding and broad social reform. It condemns the Omaha anti Wallace demonstration and criticizes both rioters and mob action and warns of a grim summer ahead in 1968.
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Glory Days For Sidney High Coach Torezon
The Glory Days chronicles Gene Torezon, Sidney High School basketball coach, guiding the team to a 1968 conference title a district Class B crown and a state meet berth in Lincoln. It notes Sidney’s 23 year gap since its last state trip and offers hopeful caution about rising to the top.
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Perils Of Letter Writing In The Omaha World Herald
Floyd E Wise of Lodgepole laments edits to his letter about the U S Pueblo incident in the Omaha World Herald He claims the published text differs from what he wrote The piece notes a Lincoln editorials misinterpretation and questions editorial double talk and proofreading lapses The exchange ends with Wise saying he has lost respect for the paper
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Western Nebraska urged to form economic development group
The Chadron Record endorses a Western Nebraska United Chambers of Commerce proposal to create a Western Economic Development organization. It argues unified regional action is needed to overcome population shortages and recent economic losses from ordnance depots beet refinery and base cutbacks, benefiting Chadron indirectly through broader area growth.
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President Johnson urged to extend farm program beyond 1969
The Lincoln Journal notes President Johnson supports extending the current farm program but warns against making it permanent. Congress should not lock in perpetual controls. A temporary extension could stabilize wheat and feed grain markets while global surpluses rise.
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Branding failure as unity key in farm policy story
Orville Freeman used a Farmhand Magazine tale to illustrate how lack of unity can doom a farm bargaining bill. The eastern family’s ranch name chaos ends with no cattle surviving branding, a metaphor for failed coordination in agriculture policy.
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Nebraska Immigrant Board Praised State Climate and Resources
The 1870 Nebraska Immigration Board extolled coal in the southeast and across the state, salt springs in Salt Creek Valley, and abundant limestone sandstones and clays. It touted tame grape cultivation, likening Nebraska to the Rhine loess, a salubrious climate, early spring, mild winters, and long warm summers with constant prairie breezes.
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Total Water Management Recommended
Dean Axthelm, a resource specialist at the state university, argues for expanding water management to include atmospheric and soil moisture. He notes that organizing a water resource district requires flexibility within legal and social constraints to coordinate all water sources and ensure proper use and protection.
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Perspective on racial prejudice and the Lincoln Star view
A perspective piece argues that the presidential commission on urban violence confirms long known racial prejudice harms and costs billions to fix. It questions progress, urges personal reflection, and stresses eliminating prejudice as key to addressing housing, education, and employment inequities. Reprinted from The Lincoln Star.
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Community letter urges farmers to unite with NF0
The letter writer urges farmers to join the National Farmers Organization to fight for collective bargaining and protect agriculture from economic threats. He warns of bankruptcy and urges active support for NF0 and its leaders as a blueprint for saving farms and the nation.
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Tax levies vary across panhandle Neb r counties
County levies for Panhandle Nebraska total across eleven counties range from 8.96 mills in Sioux to 14.15 mills in Box Butte. The Kimball County survey lists Box Butte 14.15 Morrill 13.45 Cheyenne 13 Banner 12.65 Garden 12.64 Scotts Bluff 12.38 Sheridan 10.50 Deuel 10.32 Dawes 10.06 Kimball 9.64 Sioux 8.96.
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