Sidney Telegraph Editorial Page Description
The Sidney Telegraph is Cheyenne County Nebraska’s official newspaper published Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays by The Telegraph Printing Co. since 1873. It highlights its status as Nebraska’s oldest paper and notes affiliations with the Associated Press and Nebraska Press Association.
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Sidney Telegraph
the Telegraph Printing Co., Inc
11Th Ave
Sidney
Nebraska
Weste
Associated Press
Nebraska Press Assn
Better Park Facilities Add To City Recreation Plans
City officials discuss improving Better Park with year round shelter house heating and restrooms and a natural amphitheatre for band concerts and plays. City Manager Coffey says he could find about 2000 to outfit the shelter, while amphitheatre plans need further feasibility study.
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Tom Coffey
Moore
Coffey
Let Big Brother Do It
A critique of federal power arguing family responsibility has declined as politicians push for more government. The author condemns surrendering sovereignty and money to Washington and warns of a chosen path led by bureaucrats and officials rather than local communities. The piece urges Americans to resist the new frontier of central authority.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
Big Brother
America
The Big Farm Squeeze
The article discusses a drought and high prices squeezing western Nebraska farmers, warning of a potential farm downturn like the 1930s. It notes farmers’ better land care, government aid options, and bipartisan concern, urging action to avert a broader economic mood shift.
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Nebraska
Panhanule
Uncle Sam
United States
Too Many Federal Employees in Nebraskas county
A local survey shows 158 federal employees in a sparsely populated northeastern Nebraska county. The notice argues big government intrudes where private business should handle tasks and urges voters to seek a party promising to curtail federal interference in November.
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Nebraska
Invasion of the dogged world leaders hits New York
A columnist compares Khrushchev and other Cold War figures to invading dogs. He condemns their leadership as brutal and hypocritical while urging American unity and faith to face the international crisis. He lists leaders from Hungary to Yugoslavia and Cuba as rogues seeking to undermine freedom under protection of law. The piece laments global confusion and calls for resolve rather than fear.
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United States
United Nations
Burney Named Nebraska Governor After Senate Career
Dwight Burney of Hartington Nebraska becomes the 30th governor after the death of Gov Ralph Brooks. A 12 year state senator and four year lieutenant governor Burney presides over the Legislature and seeks reelection. He forms staff including John Beaver as administrative assistant while Democratic Conrad targets the U S Senate against Carl Curtis.
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Lincoln
Dwight Burney
Hartington
Nebraska
Ralph G. Brooks
Burney
John Beaver
Beemer
Beaver
Robert Conrad
Brooks
State
Democratic Party
Conrad
Democratic State Central Committee
U.S
Carl T. Curtis
Igh A Ae
Cross Word Puzzle Answers
A list of across and down clues with numbers and hints for an overlapping word grid across many definitions. The page shows typical puzzle entries including names, Greek letters, places, and common nouns, with several cryptic style cues.
Flea Killer Dog Food Prompts Pondering About Fidos
The piece jokes about a dog food with built in flea killer and questions how dogs would amuse themselves if fleas vanished. It notes that city dogs suffer boredom and may scratch less, raising playful concerns about canine psychology and recreation.
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Fido
Nebraska hears of local haircut minimums and highway talks
The Nebraska board sets a $1.75 haircut minimum in over 55 counties while $1.25 is established in others. Hearings continue in nonsecured counties. Governor Burney attends highway advisory meetings and continues planning for the next biennium. Larry Meyers resigns political post after Kennedy activity flagged. Ethel Kirwin’s bid for national committeewoman collapses. The State Resources Division spent its first industry attraction funds on Don L. Doescher’s $5,300 salary for research and development work.
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Fred Thieman
Lincoln
Nebraska
Thieman
Dwight Burney
Burney
Advisory State Highway Commission
Fremont
Ralph G. Brooks
Contro
Larry Meyers
Lancaster County
Citizens For Kennedy
Sen
John Kennedy
Meyers
Ethel Kirwin
Don L. Doescher
Beemer
Retiring Cropland Seen as Practical Farm Adjustment
An editorial argues the practical path to raise returns in farming is retiring cropland. It favors Soil Bank style incentives and proposes buying up whole farms to revert land to public domain for trees, grass, or recreation, aligning with reduced agricultural production.
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Des Moines
Soil Bank
Oil Drilling Costs and Risks Highlighted in Article
The piece outlines how a typical 10,000 foot well costs from 100000 to 3000000 dollars. It lists required equipment including a full rig and thousands of feet of pipe cement and diesel fuel. It notes a low success rate with only about one in nine wildcat wells producing oil.
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Box Butte
American Petroleum Institute
Government Spending Spurs Inflation Fear in Washington
Industrial News Service warns that a billion dollar surplus has spurred a cycle of massive spending proposals in Congress. Lawmakers push cures funded by taxes and debt, risking higher inflation and future costs for voters and their children.
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Washington
Congress
America
I.C.U
Waste Of Taxpayers Money Critique Of State Department
A Blackstone Virginia letter to the editor condemns State Department travel by jazz musicians and actors as wasteful spending. The writer argues funding overseas cultural programs harms U S interests and calls for Congress to halt the practice, noting political appointees and relatives as replacements if Kennedy becomes president.
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State Department
United States
Congress
Costs Rise in Hospitals Outfront says AHA
The American Hospital Association reports rising daily hospital costs from 22 dollars five years ago to 31 dollars now and projected higher by 1968. Administrators cite wage pressures and hospital insurance growth, urging public or government aid to expand capacity and curb inflation.
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American Hospital Association
Ruling Families and the Long and La Follette Dynasties
The piece traces political dynasties in the United States, noting Earl K. Long and Huey Long in Louisiana, George Long and Russell Long, and the La Follette lineage in Wisconsin. It also discusses the Camerons of Pennsylvania, highlighting Simon Cameron, James Donald Cameron, and their control of state politics.
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Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Long
Earl
Huey
South
George
Congress
Russell
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Philip
Robert, Jr
Senate
Joseph R McCarthy
Pennsylvania
Camerons
Simon
Lincoln
Great Corporation
James Donald
Cameron
Antarctic ice free valleys and distant volcano found
The article notes unexpected polar discoveries, including an active volcano in the Chukchi Sea near Asia and 5000 square miles of ice free Antarctica near the Ross Sea. It describes seasonal melt in December and January and the potential for winter sports once access improves.
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North Polar
South Polar
Chukchi Sea
Asia
Aleutians
Alaska
Antarctica
Ross Sea
Antarctic
Young investor Patricia Carcione tops bank meeting
In Dover New Jersey eight year old Patricia Carcione is noted as the bank National Union Bank of Dover youngest stockholder at a stockholders meeting.
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Dover, N. J (Ap
National Union Bank of Dover
Patricia Carcione
Patty
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