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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1959
Page
2
The writer recalls backing a 1926 Buick into a lake during a senior picnic thirty three years ago to impress a girl. He and friends escaped unharmed as the car was towed out. He reflects on youth, firsts, and a carefree era, noting how times and behavior have changed for seniors today.
The Civil Aeronautics Board ruled last week that Frontier Airlines must discontinue service to seven small communities after a three year temporary period due to insufficient traffic. Sidney is urged to maintain five year use it or lose it protection and to cooperate with Frontier to boost air travel along the southern Nebraska line.
The piece argues against standby price laws to curb inflation noting wartime controls caused black markets and shortages. It says such laws cannot tackle inflation’s root causes like deficit spending or wage-driven price rises, and that stopping debasement of the dollar is the true remedy.
Senator Johnston of South Carolina urged in the Senate that railroads are a crucial, huge and efficient transport backbone with a $5 billion payroll yet plagued by discriminatory government policies and obsolete rules. He warned these practices waste $500 million annually and threaten the industry during economic and national emergency.
Ernest K. Lindley writes that NATO is the most comprehensive alliance formed in time of peace. He cites its purpose to prevent a great war and notes Western Europe’s strengthened economy and welfare under NATO. The alliance’s consultative apparatus has fostered closer Western unity. More may develop in the future.
The Chamber of Commerce highlights a brighter view of schools since World War II with teacher numbers up over 50 percent and students per teacher dropping from 28 to 26. Public school expenditures rose from 2.9 billion dollars in 1945 46 to 14.4 billion in the current year, and over 600 000 classrooms have been built since the war.
As editorials note, Adlai Stevenson offers a calm firm stance on American unity amid danger. He remains the loyal opposition leader and warns the Kremlin against misreading U.S. resolve while urging constructive negotiation with both the United States and its allies.
A longtime education program, run by the Great Books Foundation, invites broad public support as it seeks 1,000,000 to fund its next decade. About 35,000 participants in 2,000 discussion groups have benefited from free reading and discussion of major works. Funders include the Fund for Adult Education with 500,000 and Old Dominion Foundation with 150,000, contingent on the foundation raising 350,000 more.
State health officials highlight Hospital Week noting Florence Nightingale’s legacy and the importance of hospitals, nurses, and public support. The piece urges community involvement, education about hospital functions, and active booster involvement to ensure access to beds, care, and medical services.
An editor contrasts Nebraska unicameral delays with Colorado and Wyoming, attributing slow sessions to Sen. Terry Carpenter and many lobbyists. The piece argues for trimming laws, capping new statutes, and considers a moratorium on new laws to reduce clutter and waste. The author notes Lincoln weather, six month terms, and compares Nebraska to Congress in pace.
The passage reflects on the law as a slow deliberate process and a crafted product. It notes that the outcome can be good or bad depending on perspective and emphasizes subjective interpretation.
The author argues for strong laws to prevent union fund theft and attacks union monopoly power. It claims the McClellan Committee revealed corruption while warning that even airtight safeguards won't fix a fundamental problem: unions' monopoly and immunity from anti trust laws through union shops. Public pressure is urged to pass tough reforms.
Lincoln Neb April hearings loom as Gov Brooks backs LB 719 a substitute for vetoed LB 86 to regulate bingo with a 10 per cent gross receipts tax enforceable by the State Agriculture Department. Licensing limits cap sessions and prizes while restricting play to adults 21 up. Bills on boycotts and a State Labor Relations Act falter in committee.
The law faced heavy backlash after it passed the Legislature as Rey Ralph G. Brooks allowed bill 560 to become law without his signature. Brooks blasted State Sen. Ray Simmons of Fremont, the bill’s main backer, saying the measure is lop sided against labor and aims to restrict unions.
Senator Jack Romans of Ord introduced a resolution in the Legislature seeking a probe of hiring policies at the University of Nebraska College of Law. The resolution was withdrawn and the regents stated they had not begun an investigation but would review any information Romans provides. Romans plans to present material to the board for study, with further action depending on the regents’ response.
Lawmakers kept the status quo on official salaries this session while killing a bill to raise the State Library Commission secretary’s pay. Tentative action approved increases for the Insurance and Agriculture Directors from $8,000 to $9,000 annually. A proposal to reduce the state engineer’s pay from $13,500 to $10,000 was defeated.
Nebraska poet John G. Neihardt presents Hugh Glass as a legendary fur trade figure in The Song of Hugh Glass. The story recounts Glass surviving a gruesome grizzly mauling, crawling 100 miles to Fort Kiowa after being left for dead, and later seeking revenge before dying in 1832 at the hands of Arikara Indians.
Tucson reports one of Mrs O R Fishback's poems has just appeared in an industrial arts magazine, after she submitted it nine years ago. The long publishing wait ends with this literary recognition.
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