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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1957
Page
13
Hollywood gossip notes Cary Grant shows off a $21,000 imported British car featuring a hydraulic bed and rear lounge bar at the set of An Affair to Remember. The piece, famous for durability, is teased to outlive its owner and is praised by Spencer Tracy.
A dense schedule list covers SAT and SUN programming from Sign On to Sign Off with shows like News Weather Record Varieties and Paul Harvey. Notable notes mention a natural bridge in Utah named Sipapy from a Hopi word and a 1800 work week averaging 84 hours versus today’s 40 hours.
Beverly Hills editor BOB OSGOOD will host the 1957 Aggie Haylofters Square Dance Festival at Colorado A and M College March 29 and 30. The two day event draws over 1,500 dancers from nine states and features two evenings of square dancing. A separate note mentions offshore Gulf oil platform costs at 1.5 million dollars and the option to relocate if no oil is found. Also a brief aside describes women in French Equatorial Africa beating bell shaped baskets to herd fish.
The Scottsbluff Weather Bureau reports strong winds and heavy snow reducing highway visibility to near zero. Travelers and truckers paused their trips, many schools closed at mid day, and the Sioux Ordnance Depot kept some night staff at home. Also notes a curious legal point about dating a check.
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