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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1958
Page
2
A columnist argues discipline should shape behavior, not punish education and racism. He recalls teachers enforcing order, parents resisting, and a principal who pressed for respect, asserting disciplined guidance benefits children and society, condemning parental hatred toward education and Negroes.
Oil Progress Week highlights the risk filled search for new reservoirs and the need for high tech, free enterprise to meet demand. The industry argues government regulation could hamper exploration and stall public interest while profits rely on scientific progress and investor confidence.
A Nebraska Jaycee quarterly convention drew a couple hundred youths to town last weekend. They brought pep and enthusiasm, boosting local spirit. The writer hopes they return and bids Sidney host another gathering, promising westward hospitality.
The piece argues that attacks on persecuted groups are inevitable, citing a Jewish temple bombing in Atlanta last Sunday as a sign of continuing bigotry. It downplays the perpetrators as a small segment and condemns hate propaganda while denying possible eradication.
A reader criticizes persistent pessimists described as professional naysayers who drain hope and impede growth in communities. The piece labels them as embalmers of dreams, urging residents to avoid paralysis by analysis and support progress instead.
The Mexican government moved to end intra union strife at the oil workers union after a jurisdictional dispute sparked demonstrations near the capital. President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines ordered the Labor Ministry to seek a quick settlement to avert further strikes and injuries, as reports described a wave of hospitalizations.
Proponents of a California right to work law accuse supporters of misrepresenting Franklin D. Roosevelt. The text argues Roosevelt would support freedom of choice in joining or not joining organizations, aligning with liberal principles.
In Scottsbluff a strong voter shift shows Democrats gaining registrations ahead of the November 4 election. The 4th District features a key race between Republican L. Miller and Democrat Don McGinley, with a long-serving incumbent facing a vigorous challenge from the younger candidate. Miller argues for his sixteen years of seniority and committee roles, while McGinley vows new representation.
The editorial argues for banning reelection of senators and representatives, proposing six year terms with no immediate successors. It weighs potential benefits of focused, nonpartisan legislation against loss of experience, noting the intense pressure of campaigning in 1958 and questioning if a trial of term limits could produce better national policy.
The Coast Press urges voters in Reb oroth Beach Delaware to seek economic education to evaluate candidates on taxes business regulation labor and related topics. It warns wrong guesses based on prejudice or ignorance can bring government made hard times and risk jobs during the cold war.
In Washington officials increasingly withhold information the press and public are entitled to. The piece notes statutes versus bureaucrats clamming up and the difficulty of ensuring access as government grows more complex.
S O Fowler, sheriff for three years, headlines this column. He quelled a street rowdy and kept Sidney orderly. others note Pete Smith's weight loss, E R Miller's travels, and talk of a local banquet. The column lists freight, postal box charges, hunting laws, and new constructions, plus a 600 pound hog and a birth.
Eight troops of the Tenth Cavalry halted near the stock yards after arriving from Bridgeport en route to Fort Riley Kansas for a month of maneuvers. The town warns of a diphtheria threat while a theater runs Ben Hur in Denver. Local residents McIntosh and Grace McIntosh attended. A special marshal limits street loitering for children. telephone work links ranches to Julesburg and Sedgewick. Ernest Hietz heads to Chicago for months of work and study. Mrs Trognitz returns from Pennsylvania praising Western Nebraska.
The Sidney Indians announce a re organization and will play their opening game with Sidney High next Wednesday. The team claims to be the fastest in cowboy country with personnel including Russell Dedrich manager Harold Willis John Costello forward Arthur Closman and E Grabill guards Earl Darnell center. A mass meeting will be held in the district court room tonight at 7 to discuss a Carnegie library site. Mrs Julia Ahrens sold over one hundred head of horses Saturday at a good figure. J K Childers reports a safe eleven hundred mile auto trip to Luton California in eleven days without a punctured tire. Gus Juedes was seen hauling lumber for a barn on his ranch.
The report recalls the Cheyenne County Fall Festival with a new corn palace at the core and notes the event may become annual, along with publicity about the festival dates. It covers Sidney and nearby towns with updates on school labs, road features, local resignations, and military departures.
Twenty five years ago Dr Stephen M Corey of Nebraska and Branch Rickey then coach and director now with St Louis Cardinals joined a speakers list for the Northwestern Nebraska State Teachers association meeting at Scottsbluff October 25 27. Bud Robineau praised as Sidney baseball manager after a celebratory dinner noting an outstanding record and Seals season end. Frank E Mintken Dalton farmer sues Union Pacific for 15000 damages after a truck train crash near LaSalle Colorado on November 14 1932.
A wedding occurred at Weyerts church on Sunday September 24 with Miss Mildred Weste and Gilbert Sorpe as the contracting parties. Guests at the reception included Dale Chamber Miss Julia Cur less Thelma Zorn and Lloyd Marken from Salonware dime. Mrs Amanda Ruiz left for her old home in Mexico to spend the winter months, and she and her husband have long served Miss Grace McIntosh in Sidney.
A historical note recalls the completion of an In gest ral well on the Frank Kurz farm in the West Sidney field. The article also records a cold snap with 24 degrees in western Nebraska and 20 degrees in the Panhandle. Local residents Glenn and Ray Greenlee returned from a sightseeing trip visiting Holyoke and several states. Sidney social news covers visits by Rex Monahan and the Laflers, Sally Lowe’s Denver trip, Campbell family gatherings, and a California-bound Robert Campbell. New officers for the Sidney Ladies Bowling League were elected with Elmer Haines as president and Marilyn Naber as vice president.
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