Sidney Telegraph editorial page overview
The Sidney Telegraph, Cheyenne County official newspaper, is published every Monday Wednesday and Friday by The Telegraph Printing Co. Inc. at 830 11th Ave Sidney Nebraska. It is a twice award winning member of the Nebraska Press Association and Associated Press associated.
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Nebraska Press Assn
Sidney Telegraph
the Telegraph Printing Co., Inc
Llth Ave
Sidney
Nebraska
Wester Nebraska
Associated Press
Proposed Amendment No 1 to let counties issue revenue bonds
Voters are urged to approve a 1960 extraordinary session amendment allowing counties cities and villages to acquire develop own and lease real and personal property to private manufacturers and issue revenue bonds not general obligations to attract industry in Nebraska. The measure appears on the blue ballot bottom with clear guidance to vote YES.
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Nebraska
Polio Vaccines See Progress But Gaps Remain
Polio is under control and declining, with Sabin oral vaccine expected next spring to boost efforts. Dr Salk notes that over 40 percent of the most vulnerable under four have not completed the three-dose series, leaving room for faster protection if universal inoculation occurs.
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Jonas E. Salk
Imost
Salk
Martin W Martin Choice at 1940 GOP Convention
In his memoir My First 50 Years in Politics Joseph W. Martin describes the 1940 Republican convention. Five ballots produced Willkie as the nominee after Martin refused to adjourn the convention beyond the sixth ballot. Willkie won with the largest popular vote for a GOP nominee before Eisenhower, and Martin’s decision to honor his word is praised.
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Joseph W. Martin
House of Relatives
Thomas E. Dewey
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Martin
Roosevelt
GOP
Eisenhower
Centrifugal threshing eyed as harvesting breakthrough
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station engineers test a centrifugal threshing concept that uses high speed forces to separate kernels from wheat heads and corncobs. The method could cut machine weight, reduce chaff, allow operation on slopes, and enable grain quality sorting by weight and moisture.
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Alliance Times-Herald
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Nebraskans Demand Dustless Roads Despite Funding Limits
The Nebraska Highway Advisory Commission reports strong public demand for better road surfaces while acknowledging insufficient funds to satisfy all communities. The piece notes continued gasoline tax reliance as the main revenue source and warns against tax cuts, forecasting ongoing funding challenges for highway projects.
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State Highway Advisory Commission
Commission
Nebraska
Second Act Change: Agricultural Future Dilemmas Highlighted
The Lincoln Star notes a forecast by Bill Richards that by 2000 the U S will need 500 million additional acres to meet food demand. The piece argues abundance challenges, efficiency in use, and the era of scarcity shaping policy and farming practice. It frames current cuts in production as a prelude to future pressures.
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Fremont
Bill Richards
Orleans
Nebraska Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Lincoln support grows for industrial development amendment
The Lincoln State Journal reports broad backing for the industrial development amendment on the November ballot. Omaha Chamber of Commerce and the Nebraska State Chamber of Commerce endorse it, with other chambers including Lincoln’s lining up in support to spur towns counties to develop and lease industrial sites if approved.
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Lincoln State Journal
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Nebraska State Chamber of Commerce
Lincoln's
Omaha
Nebraska
Question Facing The Voter in Woodhaven
The Democratic platform calls for more federal spending programs to stimulate production while Republicans favor free enterprise and less direct government action. Both aim for growth. voters must scrutinize methods and face the consequences in November.
Capitol News Nebraska Budget Talks Signal Tax Shift
Governor Burney plans budget hearings in January to review state spending with a likely push for a state sales tax. The Legislature, budget committee, and a future governor will shape final figures as costs rise amid inflation. Nebraska aircraft and fire-fighting, deer on Omaha airport runways, and university enrollment reach notable levels. Prospects for redrawing congressional districts loom after population shifts.
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Melvin Paul
Dwight Burney
Burney
John Cooper
Humboldt
Frank Morrison
Lincoln
Nebraska
Hillary launches major expedition to hunt the yeti
Sir Edmund Hillary leads a 20 nation team into the Himalayas for a nine month winter expedition in the Everest region. They will study high altitude life and attempt to climb Makalu while seeking evidence of the abominable snowman known as the yeti.
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Watson Sims
New ‘Delhius
Himalayas
Edmund’ Hillary
Mt’ Everest
Mountains
Hillary
Everest
Makalu
Howard Bury
Bury
Shipton
Royal Air Force
Menlung Glacier
Cougar Shot at Lumber Mill Near Portland
A Portland watchman fired at a large cougar prowling the grounds of a lumber mill on the city’s edge. The incident highlights wildlife activity reported in the region and the risk to workers nearby.
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Portland, Ore
Portland
Nebraska Civil War Centennial Begins With Commission
The state forms a Civil War Centennial Commission led by Dr. J L Sellers as Nebraska joins about forty states in planning a four year observance of 1861 to 1865. Nebraska sent 3307 men to the army, first Nebraska infantry became cavalry in 1863, noted for campaigns leading to Vicksburg and Fort Donelson.
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Nebraska
J.L. Sellers
Grant
Vicksburg
Fort Donelson
Shiloh
Pittsburg Landing
Minnesota
2Nd Nebraska
Cross Alphabet Puzzle Clues On Uneven Grid
The page lists a long mixed set of across and down clues with numbers. The fragments show various word entries including vessels, colors, roles, and objects, indicating a dense crossword style puzzle page from a historical newspaper.
Man Gets 18 Month Term After Swing blade Charge Disputed
Fayetteville North Carolina Raymond Couser 43 received an 18 month prison sentence on a charge that he chased his wife with a grass cutter described as a swing blade. Couser denied the charge insisting it was a wooden piece for a table leg.
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Fayetteville, N.C
Raymond Couser
Couser
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