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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1957
Page
2
The editorial argues Americans oppose overseas spending and abhor the spending spree of Eisenhower and advisors. It calls for sharply cutting foreign aid, restoring fiscal responsibility, and urging readers to contact their Congressman to reclaim controls and rights from Washington.
A transportation expert from a major railroad argues railroads fully fund their use of national facilities while air and other carriers rely on subsidies. The piece cites a proposed 385 million dollar CAA budget and 155 million expected from carriers, noting government users should pay more. It references Eisenhower advisor statements on user taxes and the highway bill context.
The feature notes that research fuels American industrial progress with large funding in agriculture. An equipment company president cites a 2470 percent rise in research spending since World War I, reflecting broader industry growth as farms expand and markets evolve.
An editor recalls a failed intimidation attempt by a self styled dry spokesman during a council race. The piece contrasts tolerance with intolerance noting the editor remains while the would be reformer vanished. Sidney residents favor a live and let live approach as a practical principle.
The piece lauds Dick Nixon as a highly effective American figure and a model goodwill ambassador. It notes his tense posts since Eisenhower era, his peaceful message abroad, and his ability to win friendship in hostile camps. It speculates on future presidential potential but praises his diplomacy.
Carroll County Times editor Celdon argues the federal income tax mirrors Karl Marx’s plan to destroy middle class and capitalism. He claims high top rates confiscate wealth and punish middle earners and urges revision to free tax blocks and spur business growth.
The Wall Street Journal questions the assumed demand for bigger government spending. Official mail to the White House Treasury and Congress shows alarm at high spending and pleas for economy from businessmen housewives and farmers. The Journal suggests the supposed clamor may not exist.
Thayer County formerly Jones and Jefferson counties arose from name shifts after 1867 and 1871 amid Oregon Trail settlement and 1864 Plains Indian raids. The Little Blue river powered early industry, notably Deshler broom factory begun by Joseph Steiner in 1890 with 350k capital and 300 workers by 1937, later relying on imported broom corn.
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A narrator resists the spring urge to start yard work, blaming loud neighbors and the early signs of spring. He recalls his Grandfather's lessons on moderation, preferring to stay indoors and let others chase first steps while nature takes its course.
Pearl L Warner reports her seven year old granddaughter was bitten by Fred Frahm's dog on Thursday. Police found the dog was vicious and it is under observation at a local hospital, with no rabies shots. She notes the May 1 1956 leash law is ignored and cites broader concerns about delinquency.
In McAlester Oklahoma grocer Ike Hutchison stacked old Christmas trees outside his store. Thelma Crumb joked with a For Sale sign as a man offered four dollars for the lot. He explained the trees would be dumped in a lake as fish cover while male crickets sing a song. The note ends with a census fact from 1790 listing 3,929,414 inhabitants.
Major airports from Chicago to Boston rush to expand for the jet era. By 1959 swift four engined jets will require longer runways, bigger terminals, and new traffic control. Noise and air space concerns spur regulatory and design changes as carriers invest billions in jet programs.
The column predicts after hearings the Teamsters leaders will justify the exposure and rally members to support the cause, likely raising dues to cover expenses while cowing rank and file with a story that business interests seek to destroy the union. It ends noting the nostalgia for 1920s racketeers and accusing current leaders of running the unions.
Twenty one head of registered polled Herefords are shipped to England after Hereford Herd Book Society acceptance. A D McLaren James Schofield and Richard Jopson selected the cattle at Horn Lake Mississippi for England’s Home Farm Berkhamsted and Essex.
A National Live Stock Producers study estimates a 1000 pound steer drinks about 5 000 gallons of water before market, about 41 times its weight. Drinking peaks in cool parts of day, increases with heat, and halves with half feed. Maintenance water use ranges 4 to 9 gallons daily across 40 to 90 degrees.
Post pulling device features a triangular flat steel base with a 10 inch link and two pins to grip a fence post. The link pivots on a lever and can slip over the post then grip it securely when drawn at an angle. A whale shark may measure from 45 to 60 feet long. Telegraph Want Ads Get Results.
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