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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1956
Page
7
Public notice from Sidney Nebraska appears to be printed in the local post office listing. It lists J C Bush and Jack H Lowe as publishers and shows standard mailing matter classification. The fragment suggests routine newspaper publication details for second class mail.
A newspaper editorial argues profits and growth in big business reflect a strong free market. It criticizes NAM for seeking sympathy and urges agencies to praise prosperity rather than apologize for profits. The piece highlights high wages and taxes but asserts profits and dividends reach record levels. It concludes that prosperity for General Motors benefits all, including the average citizen.
City Manager Murrey Fuller and staff improved Legion Park in under 18 months by relocating and widening Lodgepole Creek, installing a flood bridge, clearing the lagoon, rerouting roads, doubling the playground, and adding fireplaces. The park now supports more picnics and community life.
The community faces a 30 percent enrollment rise within five years, worsening the load on the Board of Education. Taxes cannot be cut while the district must fund a stronger program with modern facilities and up-to-date equipment, requiring public cooperation.
A Nebraska statute allows a city to issue revenue bonds to finance a site and building for a new industry. The process must be businesslike with a clear city industry payoff and market interest from reputable bond houses. Sidney may consider this. citizen input to the city council is welcomed for or against the proposal.
Elliott of Scottsbluff is the only Panhandle resident running for University Regent in the Sixth District. Supporters say his prior board service and private business record prove he is a sound choice for the university's administration and a voice for the extreme west.
Dwight Burney of Hartington, a Republican candidate, brings Senate leadership experience and strong Senate respect from colleagues. His background in presiding over the Nebraska Legislature supports his suitability should the governor leave office. He is presented as the logical, safe choice for the position.
Albin Olson and Kenneth Agnew retired from the Sidney school board after long service. They helped grow the district from a village to a citified setup, shaping policies that kept Sidney schools top rated in the state. They served unselfishly and deserved the community’s gratitude for a long, distinguished record of public service.
A local reader letter questions why sympathetic responses arise for a confessed killer while urging readers to direct emotions toward victims. The author condemns criminals from murderers to petty thieves and argues that swift punishment or imprisonment protects families, noting grief for a murdered young woman and denying mercy for the killer.
Henry A. Wallace, former New Dealer and 1948 Progressive nominee, endorses reelection of President Eisenhower. He says Ike best preserves world peace, aligning with a Washington survey showing voters prioritizing peace over prosperity. Wallace notes the GOP slogan may shorten to peace and remain effective.
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Lincoln report outlines how the Nebraska Pardon Board, composed of the governor, attorney general, and secretary of state, handles death sentences. It notes Steve Nowicki’s murder case and Lloyd Grandsinger’s shooting conviction, along with good time rules and past execution history, including Sundahl in 1952. Also announced is Tom Coffey replacing Carl Rosenlof as purchasing agent, with Coffey to earn 4600 dollars annually.
Railroads operating in Nebraska told the State Board of Equalization they sought a tax reduction during a hearing. Officials argued current levy levels hamper operations and urged lower assessments or credits to reflect financial pressures. The hearing highlighted ongoing disputes over property valuations and state revenue needs.
Nebraska railroads protested new valuation methods for tax purposes citing rising costs and public funding for highway waterways and airports. The 1956 value figures for Union Pacific Burlington North Western Missouri Pacific and Rock Island were listed with 1955 taxes based on a three–factor average. The Highway Department received a National Highway Users award for the 1955 Legislature report Where We Stand noting public understanding of road finances and a Golden Milestone prize.
Richmond election rules bar political education on city time and at school, and William Chewning Jr. 10 was ordered to stop distributing campaign cards for his father, a City Council candidate, during class hours at Mary Munford School.
Emergency plan selects Kato Teachers College in southern Minnesota as temporary capital if an enemy attack requires evacuation. Col Hubert Schon, state civil defense director, announced the decision.
Eddie Espinosa of Mountain Hobby Wheat Ridge, in a basement project, has a seven foot high scale model of Mt Everest. The model sits on a 15 by 18 foot base and is crafted from earth, starch, burlap and plaster paint as a personal hobby.
In Hopkinsville Kentucky AP reports a car driven by John Browder aged 42 struck a bridge side causing railing to fall into a creek. Browder was not hurt and the vehicle sustained only a blowout with no other damage.
A Forest Service method soaks fence posts in copper sulfate and sodium chromate to form a toxic copper chromate compound that resists fungi and insects. In Mississippi, 1942 trials show 1 of 100 pine posts decayed, signaling strong decay hazard reduction and wider farm use potential.
Fragmentary note describes equipment like a scale a 1 pound coffee can a 10 quart pail and two barrels for chemical preparation. Mentions copper sulfate crystals and sodium chromate order through a local hardware store. Recommends treating no fewer than 50 posts at a time per Forest Products Laboratory guidance.
Seed for two new vegetable type soybeans developed through State Federal cooperative research and announced recently by Iowa State College and the USDA have been supplied to commercial seed and canning companies for testing during 1956. The two edible varieties, Kim and Kanrich, will gradually become available to the home gardener and to food canners and freezers through regular seed sources following further seed increases. Kim and Kanrich, the result of more than 10 years of breeding research are strikingly superior to their predecessors, Kim grows an average of 15 inches taller than Sac, its vegetable soybean parent, and has averaged nearly 14 bushels more beans per acre. Pods of the new variety shatter very little after ripening and its beans are better tasting. Kanrich represents a similiar research improvement over its edible soybean parent, Kanro A field variety, Richland, is a parent of both new varieties.
Instructions describe cutting a side opening in a 50 gallon oil drum to create a self filling hog waterer with a protected float valve behind a board. The hole size balances hog access with keeping feet out of the water. A separate crop note states the U S wheat yield averaging 1075 bushels yearly for five years.
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