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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1965
Page
4
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The paper endorses serious study of tax broadening led by LB797 but opposes a straight income tax as the sole fix. It favors sales tax options and notes an advantage of sales taxes from non residents. It urges Nebraskans to evaluate LB797, sales tax bills by Sens. Gerdes and Fleming, and broader reform with caution.
Observances across the nation mark Memorial Day as a time to honor fallen and remember the battles veterans endured. Nebraska advocates right to work while graduation signals a future shaped by new frontiers, learning, and opportunity. Cheyenne County sent representatives to Lincoln for Republican and Democrat rallies underscoring civic engagement.
A Nebraska Wheat Growers Association survey shows most farm gear is aged with 25 percent of wheel tractors and 55 percent of crawlers over a decade, and 15-year plus combines common. Farmers would buy new gear if funds allowed, forecasting spend around 660 dollars per grower with higher totals at current prices. Ninety percent say income would drop without a wheat program, and most want to continue current support with better income provisions.
The paper criticizes LB301 and LB581 proposing an area concept for expanding and improving education. It argues the plans are impractical, risk loss of local control, and fail to address where state supported vocational schools would be located. It notes proposals for a new funded school in Sidney using Sioux Army Depot facilities and urges clear legislative action.
A Nebraska Farm Bureau columnist argues the unicameral system remains archaic and underfunded, urging staff, reimbursements, and salaries to modernize operations. The piece links legislative inefficiency to a nationwide boxcar shortage, urging federal action and Midwestern political support to fix rail transport and boost economic resilience.
In Lincoln, supporters and opponents push LB 797 as the 49 member unicameral faces a pivotal battle. A 25 vote final reading is needed after a first round approval in a high pressure political clash. Swing senators hold the key as a possible November referendum looms.
A Nebraska delegation led by Education Commissioner Floyd Miller traveled to Kansas City for a regional conference to study the new federal school aid bill. Nebraska expects over 8.6 million dollars in the next fiscal year to bolster elementary and secondary education for children from low income families.
University of Nebraska foods expert Kathryn Cooley notes chicken did not become widely popular until the 16th century when Roman law limited consumption and birds were kept mainly for sport. The piece recounts anecdotes about Bacon, Napoleon, and the cultural phrases tied to chicken.
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