The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965, April 02, 1953, SECTION 1, Page 5, Image 5

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Under Construction’
° Needs Clarification
° U.S. Bureau’s Term
Misleading
° By CLIFF SANDAHL
Chairman, Nebraska Editors
Highway Conference
Sometimes official reports—
unless accompanied by ade
quate explanatory material—
can leave erroneous impres
sions.
That is exactly what has
happened in the case of a re
port of the U.S. bureau of public
roads classifying a total of
o 603 miles of Nebraska highways
as being “under construction”
Sm last June 30.
At first blush, it would seem
that if Nebraska had that
many miles of roads “under
construction” in the middle of
1952, there certainly should be
° no cause for concern in 1953
About highway financing.
But it so happens that the
0 U.S. bureau of public roads
classifies road projects as still j
“under construction” until 95 j
oo percent of the monetary value
of the work is done.
In other words, a road con
struction project is not com
pleted, in the eyes of the U.S.
bureau, until the contractor has
all but 5 percent of his job
Bone.
The stale highway depart
ment, in order to get to the
bottom of the whole thing.
made a searching study of
these projects and came up
with these findings:
That major construction
work was completed on about
IS percent of the mileage in
1951, or earlier; completed on
about 13 percent of the mileage
between January and the end
of June, 1952; completed on
about 44 percent of the mile
age between July and the end
of September, 1952; and that
only about 25 percent of the
major construction work re
mained uncompleted when cold
weather set in late last fall.
Many of the projects listed
were not complete as of June
30, as far as the U.S. bureau was
concerned, simply because guard
rail — a comparatively small
item— had not been erected at
that time. Yet the highways
themselves had been in use by
the traveling public, some for
more than a year.
It is interesting to note that
all of this confusion about roads
“under construction” stems from
the very fact that Nebraska
has been deficient in state
revenue for highways.
Highway departments of most
states—those not critically short
of state funds—use federal
matching funds only for the
principal items of major con
struction projects. By doing
such minor work as guard rail
erection with state funds only,
the states eliminate -some of the
red tape.
Nebraska, however, has to use
federal aid to the greatest
extent possible because state
funds are critically short. Ne
braska’s policy in this respect
not only lengthens the time
that projects in this state are
in the “under construction”
category, but also raises the
cost per mile for construction,
since Nebraska asks for federal
participation on every eligible
item.
Many states, for example,
never use federal funds in ob
taining right of way. but Ne
braska always asks the federal
government for 50 percent
reimbursement for right of
way procurements.
Fortunately, among the many
contractors who have done work
for the Nebraska highway de
partment, there are a very few
who are consistently slow in
finishing their contracts.
The highway department is
authorized by the “contractors’
pre-qualification” law to issue
rules and regulations to qualify
contractors. Executives of the
department now are in the
process of reviewing and revis
ing these rules and regulations
in an attempt to increase the
penalities for failure to complete
work as scheduled and to les
sen the chance that a contractor
will be awarded a job that he
cannot complete within the set
time limit.
Shald Enroule
Back from Korea—
ATKINSON—Army Sgt. Char
les R. Shald, whose wife, Mar
jorie, lives in Atkinson, recently
left the 45th infantry division in
Korea for return to the U S. af
ter spending 15 months in Korea.
The 45th arrived in Korea in
December, 1951, and captured
“T-bone” hill in June’s seesaw
hill battles.
Shald was assigned as a section
chief in the 171st field artillery
batallion’s battery C.
He entered the army in June,
1951, and received his basic train
ing at Ft. Bliss Tex.
The sergeant is the son of Mrs.
Ellen Shald of Bassett.
A. H. Rowse, Burwell,
Buys Summers Land—
The H. M. Summers land, sold
at auction Wednesday, March 25,
was sold to A. H. Rowse of Bur
well for $23.10 an acre. The ranch
consisted of 1,200 acres and is
located four miles west of Eric
I son.
Tune in . . . “Voice of The
Frontier” . . . thrice weekly.
Recent Army - Air
Enlistments Told
The army-air force recruiting
office at O’Neill has announced
the following recent enlistments
from this recruiting area.
For the regular army:
Guy U. Norwood of Lynch;
John G. Summers of Page- Eddie
L. Jackson of Nenzel; William J.
Zacek of Niobrara (airborne);
Robert C. Hart of Brocksburg;
Charles L. Wiggins of Seneca;
Gerald H. Ashton of Neligh.
Summers, Jackson and Wig
gins went to Ft. Riley, Kans., for
eight weeks of basic training and
then will be reassigned to a
quartermaster unit at Camp Car
son, Colo. These are special as
signments arranged before the
men enlisted.
The others went to Camp
Crowder, Mo., for further pro
cessing and reassignment. Hart
will be reassigned to the engi- |
neers. He is an ex-serviceman
and has a choice of branch on
reenlistment. Ashton had made
application for specialized train
ing in the signal corps. He was
accepted for this special training
before enlisting. He will take his
basic training at Camp Gordon,
Ga., and will then be reassigned
at that training center to a three
month camera repair school.
For air force:
Maxie D. Angus of Ewing;
Luke A. Scholtes of Ainsworth;
Delbert R. Rouse of O’Neill;
Merlin Meyers of Bloomfield;
John D. Binkerd of Ewing; Ace
E. Shermer of Amelia; Robert E.
Courtney of Lynch; Donald F.
Scherbring of Petersburg.
Woodrow C. Vaughn of Valen
tine; Allen H. Walters of O’Neill;
Kenneth J. Macke of Creighton;
Lawrence Murphy of Bloomfield;
Richard W. Ring of Spencer;
William L. Allison of Burton;
George H. Courtney of Lynch;
Eward E. McCloud of Verdel.
Angus, Scholtes and Vaughn
went to Parks air force base,
Pleasanton, Calif., and all the
others went to Lackland air force
base, San Antonio, Tex., for fur
ther processing, reassignment and
training.
TIMES ARE BAD
A young man, losing a race
with a patrolman between York
and Aurora, was taken before
a justice of the peace. In court,
the youth told of his struggles
to secure an education and the
menial tasks he was forced to
do. Asked what kind of car he
was driving, the youth replied,
“A 1952 Oldsmobile.”
NO CAN SHOOT
The ducks now in the skies
aren’t there for shooting. A
Hastings man, fined $50 in
costs and $375 in liquidated
damages, learned the law en
forces a closed season—but 12
mallards and three pintails
too late.
When a strange man broke
open a lock on a front door and
entered a Blair woman’s home,
the housewife wasted no time
on heroic actions or thoughts.
She ran for the back door and
fled.
O’Neill News
Mr. and Mrs. Ned Porter and
family of Columbus spent the
weekend in the home of his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Porter.
Miss Betty Gallagher, who
teaches in Omaha, will spend the
spring vacation with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gallagher.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Miller of
North Platte were weekend
guests in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. L. A. Burgess.
Mrs. W. J. Froelich and family
spent the first of the week in
Chicago, 111. Mr. Froelich return
ed with them to spend the Eas
ter weekend here.
Miss Lou Birmingham of Oma
ha spent the weekend with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. J.
Birmingham. Mrs. Birmingham
returned to Omaha with her to
bring Miss Mardi Birmingham, a
student at Duchesne college,
home for spring vacation. They
arrived Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Campbell
spent Wednesday, March 25,
through Friday in Omaha on
business.
Mrs. L. A. Burgess spent the
weekend in Lincoln visiting her
son, Warren Burgess, and fami
ly
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brewster
and Gary called in the George
Winkler farm home Sunday eve
ning to see Terry Gallagher who
was recently dismissed from St.
Anthony’s hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Stevens
returned to their home at Oak
land Sunday after spending a
few days visiting in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. John Grutsch.
Mr. and Mrs. Tony Asimus
spent Tuesday in Kansas City,
Mo., on business.
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Clauson en
tertained at a dinner Sunday.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs.
George C. Smith and family of
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Chambers, Mr. and Mrs. Grover
Shaw, Charles Shaw and Mr. and
Mrs. K. C. Hunt.
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O'NEILL
First National Bank Bldg.
OFFICE PHONE: 28
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1 MUNSINGWEAR
Boys’ and Men’s BRIEFS CA/>
Values to 1.50 — NOW_ WW1
Munsingwear FOUNDETTES
J PANTIE GIRDLES
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| Men’s and Boys’ T-SHIRTS £Af
Values to 1.50 — NOW___
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Assorted SOCKS ^ SJA
Reg. 1.00 Pr. — NOW-3 Pr. R
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1 PAJAMAS - GOWNS - PANTIES
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Famous Munsingwear—
LADIES’ NYLONS U7r
Out they go! Pr._ V ■
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★ Men’s & Boys’ SWEATERS
8 ★ Sport CAPS
£ ★ UNDERWEAR
.8 ★ GLOVES
« * Children’s MITTENS
8 * Dress & Work TROUSERS
8 * MUFFLERS
| ★ Children’s SHOES
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f t RUBBER FOOTWEAR
OSHKOSH OVERALLS
Riders & Bibs_2.98 Pr.
WORK GLOVES WORK SOCKS
I Pr. 25c Pr. 35c
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SPORT-DRESS SHIRTS - Now. 3.95 |
Men's Reg. 50c jt
DRESS HANDKERCHIEFS—Now.. 25c j
Milwaukee-Knit, Nationally-Adv., 100% Wool
MEN’S SWEATERS—Now.4.50 |j
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Town & Country Were 59.50 H
STORM COATS—2 Only 37 J® I [I
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MEN’S DRESS SHOES... WORK SHOES I
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MEN’S DRESS TIES.65c j!
Men’s FELT HATS & STRAWS ||
2 Shelves—Good Selection 1 CA 1 :
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DRESS STRAW HATS (Stetsons) If
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MEN’S BATHROBES-Now_6.50 i
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SPORT SHIRTS-Now.1.98 |
Men's Dress Were 2.00 S
BELTS-Now..1.25 I
STETSON HATS !
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Were 12.50 — NOW_1__ _ „10.00 H
Were 15.00 — NOW___ 12.00 H
Were 18.00 — NOW_ _ 14.00 H
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