The Sidney herald., 1962-09-05
Up And Down
Main Street
BY Cliff Ursefh

This cool weather has encouraged the growth of weeds
in our newly planted lawn. AS you know, weeds can be a real
nuisance, particularly when the wife doesn't spend as much
time pulling them as she should.
She registered her first complaint last week. Something
to the effect that it just wasn't right for a woman to have to
be out pulling weeds. Saturday 1 bought her a pair of canvas
gloves hoping that will act as a pacfier for the time being.
While on the subject of weeds, a release in our office
states that someday those annoying pests might help restore
your health. It's believed that some weeds can contain med
icinal drugs. The search is now going on.
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Fight fans in this area will have an opportunity to view
the upcomlng Patterson-Liston world heavyweight champion
ship fight September 25.
Some Montana communities will be getting the fight
over a cable televiSion system. If you care to see two heavvs
batter each other around the ring you can see it on television
at Miles City. That's the nearest community in this area that
will be carrying the fight on televsion.
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Now that the cooler weather is with us we can look for
ward to such nichies as the Asian flu. Health authorities say
it's on its way and advise vaccination to avoid this bug. So, if
you'd like a flu free winter, and who wouldn't, a trip to the
doctor would insure just that.
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Hows this for a fish story. It's from the Locomotive
Engineer" An engineer out in Pocaello, Idaho went fishing
on the Fort Hill Indian Reservation. He was sitting on a
river bank relaxing and smoking his pipe when a large fish
pulled his line and rod into deep water. He said he hurriedly
removed his clothes and plunged into the water to retrieve
his gear and was astonished to find that the fish was still on
the line: He played it for about 10 minutes = a terrific battle
- and finally landed 1t, a nine-pound rainbow.
The next day he was in town having his hair cut by an
Indian barber, and the barber told him that all the Indians on
the reservation where talking about a crazy unidentified
white man who fishes with his clothes off in water over his
head.
And then there was the hogger in California who report
ed that during so years of ralroading he had observed such
phenomena as collisions in space, meteories and flying sau-
GERS" He advised his fellow hoggers that "such objects do eX-
lst and are often seen in our skies" and that engineers have
an excellent opportunity during night runs" for viewing
both terrain and sky" and should promptly report their
~Sightings to the authorities.
1t kind of conjures up a new image of the old familiar
locomotive engineer, doesn't it? There he sits in the cab of his
mighty engine, shoulders hunched forward, hand firmly on
the throttle, eyes intent ahead upon the skies for flying
saucers and on the brooks alongside for undressed engineers
bringing in the big ones.
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How about this -. "Flush Your Kidneys in Sidney
That's the theme the Jaycees are contemplating if they are
successful in their bid to get a spring board meeting in Sid
ney next year.
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,Russias military buildup in Cuba has finally brought
some comment from Washington. Earlier we had been told
that Russia and Red China were "only sending technical per-
of $500 Soviet military technicians in Cuba or on the way
This plus an assortment of military weapons. But this is
mlnlrnlZed with the statement that they're of late 1910 vint
age and most are defensive" in nature.
A few years back a Washington journalist visited with
this writer for a brief time and as we recall, he said unless tm.
country changed its policy toward the Castro regime, grave
consequences would be the outcome.
1t seems like only yesterday when the editor walked the
streets OF a peaceful and exciting Havana. Americans were
welcome, as was the dollar they carried in their pocket.
Continued military buildup in Cuba will mean increased
harrassment and sabre rafting by Castro and Moscow. This
is a grave situation that is developing right at our back door
The Americans stationed in Guantanamo have little to bt
cheerful about with our continued apologize policy towards