Editorial page description of The Sidney Telegraph
The Sidney Telegraph, Cheyenne County official newspaper, prints Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays from 830 11th Ave Sidney Nebraska. Western Nebraska's oldest paper since 1873, associate member of AP and Nebraska Press Association with General Excellence awards.
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Nebraska Press Assn
Sidney Telegraph
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Norris Remembered and Revered in Washington
Memorial services honor George W Norris a Nebraska progressive who served 30 years in the Senate. He fathered the Tennessee Valley Authority and the 20th Amendment, which shifted presidential and congressional terms to January 20. Norris also helped dismantle Cannon era autocracy and led Nebraska to a unicameral, nonpartisan legislature.
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George W. Norris
Washington
Nebraska
Norris
Tennessee Valley Authority
House of Representatives
Joseph G. Cannon
Eight-Year Trend and Kennedy’s Re election Odds
Census director Richard Scammon argues presidents enjoy long incumbency advantages and contest outcomes hinge on party unity. He predicts Kennedy’s 1964 re election prospects are strong unless a major party split or prestige loss disrupts the cycle, with Nixon’s timing crucial for future races.
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Richard M. Scammon
Chicago
Scammon
Kennedy
Taft
Hoover
Nixon
National monument proposed for Lincoln parents in Indiana
The National Park Service urges a memorial at Thomas Lincoln of Spencer County and Nancy Hanks Lincoln’s grave. A House subcommittee reviews a bill to establish the site on the original Thomas Lincoln farm and nearby grave, honoring Abraham Lincoln’s humble origins and ascent to a notable lawyer.
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Abraham Lincoln
National Park Service
Spencer County
Ind
Thomas Lincoln
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
House of Representatives
Lincoln
Squatters face back rent or eviction on public lands
The Inter ior Department estimates about 4,000 squatters live on 30,000 acres of government land along the Colorado river border of Arizona and California. Secretary Udall orders those occupying land and withdrawing river water to sign agreements to pay back rent or face eviction within two years.
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West
Colorado River
Arizona
California
Interior Department
Udall
Uncle Sam
Backyard Escoffier on Weekends
The column muses on whether convenience foods influence home backyard cooking. It notes food processors push easier prep, while wage earners face expectations to grill elaborate fare, avoiding shortcuts and embracing marination and seasoning.
Granddaughter’s Restless Energetic Welcome Home
A grandfather recalls his granddaughter’s boundless energy at two and a half and his nine month old grandson’s calm charm. He reflects on the joys and chaos of early mornings, renovation lullabies, and the sacred innocence of babies while embracing family love and contentment at home.
New York Party Strength Seen in 1960 Registration
New York registration figures for 1960 show Democrats topping Republicans by 3,768,000 to 3,394,000 with 99,000 for the Liberals. The Democratic Liberal combined vote exceeded the GOP by 473,000, signaling Kennedy’s state victory with about a 400,000 plurality. The Liberals usually back Democrats on national issues.
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New York
Kennedy
Polls proved unreliable in tight elections across states
The 1960 scene shows Kennedy carried Pennsylvania and Connecticut as Democratic margins in registration rose, while California and Maryland often favored Democrats in registration yet trended Republican in most elections. The passage argues polling often succeeds in landslides but fails to predict close races.
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Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Kennedy
California
Maryland
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues Provided
Puzzle lists numerous across and down clues including stock exchange fr and Sarcastic and cultivation and climbing device and recently acquired and total and self and head pieces and askew and waxed and application and quadrupled mother and gaming cube and feeding trough and tawdriness and make tawny and capture and trif Le and raised platform and provoke and pecuniary penalty and cribbage marker and border and raillery and straw hat and steps and incarnation and make happy and forbear and raising and Fuegian Indian and inadvertent and frauds and killed and worm and rugged region and verbal and massacre and belittle and beleaguerment and beast and branch of the sea and buzz and Judean king and contest of nations and cotton seeder and scouting group and delve and aeriform fluid and impost and eternity and caustic solution and supplicate and small flounders and marble and metrical composition and ultimate and flippant and fume and Aunt Sp and equal footing and personage and guile.
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Stock Exchange
Beast
Branch of the Sea
Buzz
Contest of Nations
Scouting Group
Critics Question Kennedy's Castro Tractors Blackmail Plan
An editorial argues against a $15 million fund to buy tractors for Fidel Castro in exchange for 1,214 prisoners. It calls the offer blackmail, urges asylum or release alternatives, and warns of rising demands and potential war. It cites Mrs. Roosevelt, Walter Reuther, and Milton Eisenhower as organizers.
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Kennedy
Fidel Castro
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Milton Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Cuba
Castro
Hitler
United States
John Foster Dulles
Mrs. Roosevelt
Why Omahan's Like Property Tax
The piece argues the Omaha bloc opposes broadening Nebraska’s tax base. It notes Papillion seeks 225000 state aid to prop up a debt ridden district, raising local levies from 39.8 mills to 50 mills. It cites Douglas County subsidies and state land endowments as shifting school costs away from Omaha residents.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Papillion
Omaha Senators
Papillion School Board
Douglas County
Self-Written Farm Plan Draws Fire From Lawmakers
Rep Martin denounces Freeman farm plan as executive overreach arguing it usurps Congress by letting a written plan become law without active congressional approval. He warns that committees would draft rules and Congress merely veto or be bypassed, conflicting with constitutional design.
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Charles B. Shuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Farmers’ Organization
Orville Freeman
Freeman
Congress
Executive Branch
Education and Labor Subcommittee Hearing on Migrant Labor
A Nebraska observer notes a move to New York for hearings on migrant labor issues. New Jersey Farm Bureau testified opposing bills granting broad powers to the Secretary of Labor in contracting for migrant workers. One bill would require contractor registration and give the secretary wide discretion in permit decisions.
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Education and Labor
New York
Farm Bureau
New Jersey
Secretary of Labor
Testimony on Migratory Labor Bills Draws Fire in Subcommittee
Mrs Rudderow of New Jersey opposed restrictive bills restricting youth farm work and creating a national migratory labor council. She was cut off by a subcommittee chairman amid sharp accusations. hearings recalled McCarthy era tactics with a Puerto Rican witness's sensational testimony questioned next morning.
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Joe Rudderow
New Jersey
Subcommittee
Senate hearing on Mid-State Project hosts Nebraska visitors
Hearings held this week before the Senate Irrigation and Reclamation Subcommittee. Visitors from Hall and Buffalo Counties included Arthur C. Johnson of Kearney, president of Mid-State Reclamation's board of directors, L. E. Ray of Grand Island, and engineer Darrell B. McOstrich of Grand Island.
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Senate Irrigation and Reclamation
Hall
Buffalo
Arthur C. Johnson
Kearney
Mid - State Reclamation
L. E. Ray
Grand Island
Darrell B . McOstrich
Capitol News At Long Last Shake-Up Seen In Road Dept
Nebraska faces modernization in highway operations after a two month study by Colorado official Charles Shumate. He notes no fault with laws but urges district office workloads, retirement plans, and pay increases for key staff, while steering more work to district offices to speed projects. He cites 27400 employees and a AP million annual spend.
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Road Dept
Lincoln
Nebraska
Colorado
Charles Shumate
Frank Morrison
Shumate
Shemate
Nebraska Highway Department
Agtuz
Lax Supported
General Fund
Board of Educational Lands and Funds
Educational Board
Board of Lands
Corn Tassel Topping Not Speed Field Drying, Study Finds
Topping corn by removing the tassel and top leaves seldom speeds kernel drying. T. W. Casselman reported in 1958 59 Iowa State University trials that topping largely did not change field drying rates and often reduced yields.
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T. W. Casselman
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Iowa State University
Canselman
Iowa Experiment Station
Florida Agricultural Experiment Station
Belle Glade
Iowa
Casselman
Estrogen Research Could Bring Higher Quality Lamb Chops
Oregon State College agricultural experiment station researchers found that lambs fed high estrogen plant diets produced meat rated tops in tenderness juiciness and texture by OSC taste panels. Wether lambs gained faster on high estrogen feed while ewe lambs gained more slowly.
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Oregon State College Agricultural Experiment Station
OSC
J. R. Oldfield
C. W Fox
Fox and Oldfield
Spacer Fix Gives Potato Patch Row Spacing Solution
A farmer lacking planting gear modified a horse drawn cultivator by removing the beam spacer and shortening the shovel beams. He welded new spacers to achieve proper center to center distance while keeping wooden handles for guiding the furrower.
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