Sidney Telegraph Editorial Page Notes Heritage and Reach
The Sidney Telegraph, Western Nebraska’s oldest newspaper founded in 1873, is published every Monday Wednesday and Friday. The Telegraph Printing Co. Inc. operates at 830 11th Ave Sidney Nebraska and is the official Cheyenne County newspaper. It is an Associated Press associate and Nebraska Press Association member, with two General Excellence awards.
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Sidney Telegraph
the Telegraph Printing Co., Inc
11Th Ave
Sidney, Neraska
Western
Nebraska
Associated Press
Nebraska Press Assn
Cheyenne County
Price of Glory Shadows Sidney Coaching Exit
The resignation of basketball coach Bill Harris from Sidney public schools follows abuse over losses and hostility from locals. The editorial notes tough schedules and split enrollments as factors, calls for athletic program reappraisal, and observes such pressures hit coaches nationwide.
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Sidney Public School
Sidney
Harris
Sidney School
New Techniques Link Cuban Ship Blasts and Missile Failure
The piece notes a munitions ship explosion in Havana harbor and Fidel Castro’s on air blame on the United States. It adds an Atlas missile malfunction at Vandenberg Air Base, with officials avoiding blame on Castro or Khrushchev. The author questions U S judgment in international affairs over decades.
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Fidel Castro
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Vandenburg
California
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Khrushchev
Roots Of Delinquency Across Nations
The article argues juvenile delinquency is a global issue, not confined to the United States. It calls for deeper examination of societal causes beyond policing and vocational training, urging comprehensive reforms to address systemic factors fostering delinquency.
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United States
United Nations
The Livestock Shift Debate and Meat Demand Elasticity
The article critiques proposals to divert land to livestock production, arguing limited market absorption and rising meat prices. It analyzes inelastic demand, rising per capita meat consumption, income growth from the 1930s to the 1950s, and the decreased role of free range farming amid commercialized meat production.
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FP H . Stephens
Wiemata
USA
Turkey
Nebraska farm income study shows gap with non farm pay
The Lincoln Star notes 1959 USDA figures show Nebraska farmers earned an average 960 dollars annually while non farm workers earned 2200 dollars. Nebraska posted 3131 dollars in net farm income, down 28 percent from the prior year, with Iowa leading regional peers.
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U.S Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
South Dakota
Colorado
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Plan Should Be Tried for Wheat Allocation in House
Wheat growers including Nebraska Wheat Growers Association propose a bushel based allotment plan before the House. The editors doubt certainty but urge trying the growers formula as a necessary directional change.
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House of Representatives
Nebraska Wheat Growers Association
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Challenge
Crossword clues compiled for a mixed difficulty puzzle with entries for across and down labeled positions. Includes hints for verbs nouns adjectives and various common terms across categories.
The Handouts That Ate Our Friendships and Nation
An opinion piece rails against permanent government welfare abroad and at home, arguing Uncle Sam’s untargeted giveaways erode trust, invite envy, and weaken national character as allies turn hostile when aid ends. It warns the United States risks losing its earning power and future influence.
Farmers curtail purchases seen as campaign lever
Reported cutback in farm equipment buying is framed as a political lever for both parties. The piece cites Stevenson as possible secretary of state if Democrats win and notes campaign rhetoric on giving a lemon to a rival. It contrasts Khrushchev’s Asian tour crowds with Eisenhower’s reception and mentions economists predicting a 1960 business adjustment or a strong year.
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Uncle Sam
Stevenson
Adlai
United Front in Farm Policy Seeks Proportional Representation
Farm Bureau favors a united front among general farm organizations with representation proportional to membership. Shuman of the American Farm Bureau outlines a plan: Six or seven for AFBF, three or four for The National Grange, and one or two for the Farmers Union, based on 250000 member blocks. He notes voluntary enrollment differences and stresses community level policy origins and cautious top‑down implementation.
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Farm Bureau
Charles B Shuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Shuman
United Front
American Farm Bureau
National Grange
National Farmers Union
Grange
Farmers Union
Foreign language skills target for U S diplomats
Senator Carl Curtis cites progress in multilingual capacity within the foreign service noting a drop from 50 percent of officers with no useful language knowledge to 15 percent. State Department aims for all officers to operate at professional language level. Poland plans 600000 tons of wheat valued at 415 million dollars under new and prior US Poland agr deals with payments in local currency. The Vice President’s desk chandelier, once at the White House, was moved to the Capitol by Theodore Roosevelt to keep the Vice President awake.
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Carl Curtis
Foreign Service of
United States
Department of State
Thomas Jefferson
White House
Theodore Roosevelt
Capitol
Missing Half Pound: Cooling Choices for Hogs in Heat
Agricultural engineers report large daily weight gains in hogs kept outdoors under varied conditions, up to 140 pounds in cooperative USDA tests, while hogs in a psychometric chamber at California stations gain only 2 pounds daily. Cooling methods tested include sun wallows, shade, fan-assisted wallows, small air conditioned houses, and indoor pens.
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USDA
California Agricultural Experiment Station
Machine Rates Sheep’s Clean Fleece Weight
The squeeze box wool‑weight device, once for western range sheep, is adapted by the Agricultural Research Service for eastern flocks to quickly rank animals by clean fleece weight. It enables practical selection in wool improvement programs, addressing costly earlier measurements and variable shrinkages within flocks.
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Agricultural Research Service
New Ignition Plow with Lightweight Tubular Frame
New, innovative weight disse plow features a sturdy tubular frame that reduces plow weight and minimizes draft. Convertible for four or five furrow planting with quick tractor attachment and three point mounting on various tractors. Depth control uses tractor hydraulics. extra weight added by end caps from bar stock or scrap metal.
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Ign
Scotland’s murder rate hits world’s lowest mark
To escape murder, you might try Scotland which at last report had the world record low among murder rates, 27 per million population.
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