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| - - This Is Your Newspaper This I* \ our Newspaper s H What you are doing is news !• ia r.u0U a^* d° xf' 18 n®W8, B Ll Please Phone Your News To ! Please Phone Vour News To ■ W* HA 0800 i: HA 0800 B Lf or send it to I1 THE OMAHA GUIDE o 2420 Grant St f /JUSTICE/EQUALITY HEW TO THE LINES *„. f EQUAL OPPORTUNITY gggg* - , ■■■"WBBBWiBMBaB'Y ———————i—i—————■ifHB—_.. .-J - -Li-- »• - -- *i-' ■ - ---'!- .!-. - 1---' Vol. 37 No. 45 ' Friday, January 18, 1957 - ' 10c Per Copy Seven Have Indicated City Council Candidacies Hollywood Stars At Ak-Sar-Ben . i Omaha, Nebraska—Top stars of Broadway, Hollywood, Las Ve gas and Miami are Ak-Sar-Ben bound to provide the free en tertainment for the 1957 mem bers of the Omaha civic organi zation, A. E, Stoddard, chairman of the Members' Shows Commit tee, announced today. The list he revealed included such celebrities as the renowned Andrews Sisters, Vic Dainone. Vaughn Monroe, Ben Blue and others. Mr. Stoddard said that not only will the five free shows give 1957 Ak-Sar-Ben members their biggest year of entertainment— and their most tremendous bar j gain for a $10 membership—but that his Committee hopes to add j another and sixth big free show! in the near future. Mr. Stoddard announced the following schedule; May 27-28: Vaughn Monroe, top-ranking vocalist; Johnny Long's Orchestra, recording stars; "Duffy's Tavern” radio and TV Conlin and Ryan, stars of the shows; Shepard Brothers, Modern bell ringers who just completed a 2vvmonths’ stay at the Empire Room of Chicago’s Palmer House; and Nicki and Noel, youthful dancers held over for four months at Chicago's famed Chez Paree. July 9-10: The fabulous An drews Sisters, reunited again, with their own show that has proved the sensation of the La Vegas season. July 22-24: The family show and Fireworks Festival, an out standing circus-type production by veteran showman Ernie Young of Chicago. August 6-7: The Vic Damone Show, co-starring y>e sensational young singing star with Ben Blue, comedy star of TV, stage and screen. Watch for Blue on the Ed Sullivan Show January 27, March 3 and April 21! August 12-14; The huge Mid summer Revue and Cavalcade of Stars, put together by the Bames Carruthers Agency of Chicago especially for Ak-Sar Ben and the major state fairs of the nation! Applications for memberships arc now being taken at the Ak Sar-Ben office, 201 Patterson Building. Electric Response Is Gratifying Replies to our invitation of January 7th. to the LIVE BET TER — ELECTRICIALL Y closed circuit telecast, have been more than gratifying. Looks like ev eryone wants to get in early on of this national campaign to sell beginning of the second year thc^Mwe/its of electrical living. ' This year** *ljow will be pre •Ortpd in the Music Hall of the .QjRoha Civic Auditorium on yfrodnesday. January 30tfi^l The /program will start promptly St 11:00 AM A buffet lunch will be served following the dosed circuit telecast. The telecast, emanating from New York. _ will again feature "What's My Line”—and singing John Dalv—popular emcee of star Giselle MacKenzie. You’ll see a stimulating progress report on how alert businessmen are already capitalizing on the LIVE BETTER EIJ5CTRICALLY pro gram. and you 11 get exciting news on how this year's program ia designed to increase your bus iness You won't want to miao this program If you haven’t sent in your reservation, mail the en closed reply card now. The buf fet lunch Is free, but this cam paign can mean dollars to you. You’ll realise how you can profit locally when you see the Council program outlined, too. Sincerely, R J. Harrison Managing Director Shriners Give $1000 To NAACP NEW YORK. January 3. —The Imperial Council of the Shriners last week gave a donation of $1,000 to the NAACP Legal De fense and Educational Fund, Inc., it was announced today by Thur good Marshall, director-counse) of the Fund. Imperial Potentate Dr. Booker T. Alexander of Detroit, indicated that in the future stronger fina cial support will be given to the work of the NAACP Legal De fense Fund. "We are fully aware of the great need of the NAACP Legal j Defense Fund for money- at the j present time,” Dr. Alexander1 said. The official name of the j Shriners is the ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles of the My j sHc Shrine of North and South America and its Jurisdictions, Inc. Mr. Marshall also disclosed that the Shriners' donation was the last sizable contribution to be received by the Legal Defense Fund at the close of 1956. He said the Fund would need an estimated $375,000 in 1957 to effectively carry on its legal work and meet the ever-incrcas- ( ing challenges of White Citizen* Councils and other foes of court' decisions which declare seg regation and discrimination un-, lawful. A man usually leads with his! chin when his mouth is wide open, i * —— Always begin somewhere. You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do. Life is ten per cent what you I make it and ninety per cent how I you take it. Editor Is Urban League Speaker Harry S. Ashmore, Executive Editor of the Arkansas Gazette, will be the guest speaker at the Omaha Urban League Annual Dinner Meeting, Tuesday, Febru ary 5, 1957, at the Sheraton Fontenelle Hotel. Mr. Ashmore, a leader of liber al thought in the South, is “one of the region’s most widely rec > Ogpized authorities on race re [ latfong," according to the Aaso ciatedFkmit In 1953-5? he headed a special team of forty resCftfaftan* assem bled by the Fund for'' vancement of Education foP'lg haustive study of bi-racial edu . cation in the United States. He wrote "The Negro and the Schools” published by the Uni versity of North Carolina, May 17, 1954, the day before the U S, Supreme Court handed down Ita ruling on the school segregation eaaes. The New York Times, commen ting on the book, said, “One of tbe Souths most realistic and readable editorial writers, Ash more. tempers his enthusiasm , for reform with consideration for | speaker, the Omaha Urhan Lea ; the facts of southern life " WUh Mr. Ashmore as gpest , gue will again present its An ' nuai Meeting audience with a nationally recognized leader who has a vital message to give. Reservations may he secured by calling tbe OUL office CUNNINGHAM WELCOMED TO CONGRESS i Congressman Glenn Cunningham, Republican, of Nebraska's Second District, Is shown as he wot welcomed to Washington by former Speaker of the House Joseph W. Martin, Jr. of Mass., just prior to the opening session of tho llghty-flfth Congress. Chamber To Pay Honors To Woman A woman whose salary eight years ago was $120-a-month as compared to one now high in the five-figure bracket will be hon ored at a dinner of the Women’s Division of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce at 6 P.M., Tuesday night, January 22. She is Eloise English of Dar ien, Connecticut, executive vice president of Slenderella Inter national. Eight years ago Miss English started to work for Slenderella for $l?0-a-month. She was re cently honored as one of the top 12 women in American business. Miss English's topic will be “American Women in Business and Fashion." The Women’s Di vision of the Chamber of Com merce extended invitations to women’s clubs in Omaha to at tend the dinner in the Chamber Dining Hall. The past two years, Miss Eng lish was selected by the Fashion Academy of America as one of the nation’s 10 best best-dressed women sharing the honor with such persons as Grace Kelly and Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower. Miss English also attended the famous Grace Kelly-Prince Rain ier wedding in Monaco last year. She was a fashion representative for NBC, reporting the festivities with Jinx Falkenburg. She also co-stars with Galen Drake on a full network CBS radio program on Saturdays. Miss English will be in Omaha Monday and Tuesday in connec tion with the opening of a new Slenderella salon ih- the Aquila Building. At 4 P.M. Tuesday she will be Bell Sees Need For Rate Hike “In order to meet the higher cost of furnishing telephone ser vice, an adjustment in telephone rates is necessary,” J. B. Moore, Vice President and General Man ager of the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company, stated to day as the Company filed an ap plication with the State Railway Commission requesting authority to adjust its rates and charges in Nebraska. “It has been almost four years since there was a general late adjustment in Nebraska," Moore stated. "The cost of doing bus iness has steadily increased during this period The Company is no longer able to absorb these rising costs although ev*ery j reasonable effort has been made to offset them through econom ical and efficient operating pro cedures and equipment. “In common with other busi nesses we have experienced high er costs of construction and op eration, including higher wage! costs. Wage costs alone have | increased $2,400,000 during thisj period. At the end of 1952 our average investment per telephone ! was $291. For every • telephone j added since then the increase in investment has averaged $378. j honored at a tea by the coeds of the University of Omaha in the Gene Eppley Library Building. Faculty wives and mothers of coeds have been invited to the lea. Mrs. Marie Flanagan is pro gram chairman of the. Chamber dinner-meeting. She asked that reservations be made through the Chamber office before 5 P.M., Thursday, January 17. Fatal Fallacies by Ted Key i _ I \ MI&M StHQOL-, ft- Triwfan Mity Mw V-r, _- - m i INAUGURAL SOUVENIRS AVAILABLE1 j OFFICIAL INAUGURAL1 ' - PROGRAM \ OFFICIAL INAUGURAL MEDAL WASHINGTON, D, C.—Two officio! souvenir* of a U.5. Inauguration ore now being made available throughout the nation for the first time in history. The Official Inaugural Program features a portrait of President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon on the cover by Norman Rockwell, famous Ameri can artist. The cover and book It in four colon. The program contains historical information on past inaugurals, photos, a calen dar of events and other interest ing moterial. The front of Ihe Inaugurol Medal features for Ihe first time since 1909 the heads of both the President and Vice President. The medal measures 3 '4 inches across and Is avail able In bronxe and silver at a historic keepsake of the 43rd Inauguration. Cost of the Official Inougural Program It $1.10, I pottage Included, trance medals tell far $3.30 and special silver serialised medals cost $27.30, ' postage included. Send check, money order or cash direct fa . Inaugural Committee 195?, Wash Ington 25, 0. C WASHINGTON, D. C.—The Official Inaugural Program—one of the most distinctive in history —and the memorable Official Inaugural Medal will be distribu ted throughout the nation, an nounces the Inaugural Commit tee 1957. This is the first time in history that mementos have been made available to the general public outside the metropolitan Wash ington, D. C., area. Except for the swearing-in ceremony at the Capitol, the en tire Inaugural funds are raised by the sale of programs, medals and tickets to the various events. No government /unds are pro vided for the Inaugural Commit tee. Sale of the two official sou venirs is an important source of funds to meet Inauguration ex penses. Norman Rockwell, one of America’s great artists, executed the portrait of President Eisen hower and Vice President Nixon for the front cover of the Offi cial Program. The President’s 1953 Inauguration Prayer is en graved on the back cover. Both covers are highly suitable for framing. The handsomely de~j signed brochure contains bio-1 | graphical sketches, historical in-| 1 formation, photo review sections! 1 and other features on Inaugural ; activities The distinctive Inaugural Med j al was designed by Walter Han | cock, American sculptor who de | signed the 1953 medal. The like ness of the President and Vice President are featured on the 1957 medar—the first since 1909 when the likeness of President, Taft and Vice President Sherman ! appeared on the medal. Medals in both bronze and silver are available for sale to the general j public. Orders for these historic keep sakes of the 43rd Inauguration should be sent direct to 1957 Inaugural Committee, Washington 25, D. C. Official programs are $1.10, ppostage included. Bronze medals cost $350 and serialized | silver medals are $27.50, postage included. Money order, check or , cash should be enclosed with or j ders for the Official Program . and Official Medals. South Sees Better Race Relations A new order ot business for race relations is emerging in the South, as a result of the removal of racial barrier* previously written into law, states the 43rd annual Tuskegee Institute Report, The report released today by Dr. Race Relation* in th* South— L. H. Foster, President of Tuske gee Institute, claims "Race rela tions in the South in 1956 may not be measured by acts of ob struction by the segregationists or by the aggressive moves of the desegregationists. The situation may be judged more accurately ; by assessing the degree of general orderliness in activities affect ing race relations. Despite some incidents of violence, desegrega- j lion activities during the year were generally orderly, which j was a most encouraging expres sion of the vitality of American democracy." This report emphasizes the im portance of legal description. It! asserts that. "Patterns of race relations within the state and their subdivisions have been developed within the framework ' of law. These patterns have dif-! \ ferert because of variations In 1 state and local laws. The non-1 segregation principle laid down by the United States Supreme > Court would make these laws uniform and consistent with the HtUenship guarantees of the ; federal constitution." Referring to the violent epi sodes and public demonstratfMa | against compliance wilh federal law, Dr. Pooler pointed out that | these occurred mainly in com munities where public officials apparently condoned them and “did not take place, or were promptly suppressed, in commun ities whose public officials dis couraged them." He stated further that, “Citizens of nearly ; every community refused to re spond in large numbers to in flamatory appeals or encitement | to violence. The people relied | on the law and its orderly pro cesses as a major resource." The 14-page report describes the clarification of the principle of non-segregation by the Su preme Court in 1956 and cites the legal action taken by legis lative, judicial and executive branches of federal, state, or lo cal governments that influence relations between the races In education, employment, transpor tation, voting and recreation. Cited also are the actions by lo cal governments that express de fiance to comply with the non segregation principle. Activities of organizations and pressure groups to influence compliance or prevent compliance with de seiTegation court orders are re ferred to with special mention of the "dramatic ‘passive resis tance’ technique in the Montgom ery bus situation that is being in desegregation, t h e report adopted in other localities.” Seeking to clarify the issues maintained that "Great reliance was placed on democratic pro ceases as people in the South be gan to deal with tht practical task of adjusting publk activities j to the principle of non-aegrega- i tlon, The principle of non-aegre-j gatton neither directs nor re-! strains the individual in his per senai relationships, beliefs, or altitude*. Freedom of choice in these personal matters remains an individual light" I Would Be 1st Government Under the New City Charter A slate of seven prominent business and civic leaders will run for election to the new city council in April, it was announ ced Wednesday The “7 Friends of ihe Charter” are N. P. Dodge, 118 So. 67th Ave.; James J. Dworak, 4686 Pierce St.; Mrs. Kenneth T. Gra ham, 5105 Cuming St.; Sam W. Reynolds, 5505 Farnam St.; Wray M. Scott, 721 No. 57th St.; A. V. Sorensen, 657 No. 58lh St.; and Harry Trustin, 310 So. 55th St. The slate includes the chair man of the convention which wrote the charter, Mr. Sorensen, and four other delegates, Mrs. Graham and Messrs Dodge, Scott and Trustin. Mr. Trustin is a former city commissioner. Mr. Reynolds is a former United States Senator from Nebraska. Mr. Dworak is a civic leader and southside mortician. The slate was drafted by the Citizens Charter Committee to Finish the Job, headed by Mrs. Paul Gallagher, honorary chair man, and Lloyd Mattson, chair man. The committee, Mrs. Gal lagher and Mr. Mattson explain ed, was formed at the request of a large number of individuals who actively supported Omah’s new charter, which was approved by the voters in the November election. “The objectives of the Citizens Charter Committee to Finish the Job,” Mrs, Gallagher said, “are to carry through the work of the Committee for Ratification of the Charter and see that the new charter is properly established. Vice chairmen of the commit tee are Gerald Collins, 1114 So. 84th St.; Howard Drew, 5206 Chicago; William F. Fitzgerald, 685 No. 57th St.; H. Fred Jacob berger, 1844 No. 52nd St; and Einar Viren, 4927 Pratt St. A general committee wUl be an nounced later, according to Mr. Mattson. “Those who believed in and worked for the adoption of Oma ha’s new charter are very con cerned about the coming elec tion, Mr. Mattson said. “The citizens of this city have expressed their desire for a new form of government; the early years of its establishment will be crucial ones. It is imperative that community-minded, civic-think ing, business-trained, experien ced citizens be elected to put this modem instrument of gov ernment on a firm foundation. “Our committee was charged with the responsibility of draft ing a slate of candidates com mensurate to the task. The 7 Friends of the Charter are ex tremely well qualified to serve Omaha.” The slate has adopted this plat form; "WE BELIEVE wholeheartedly in the new charter exactly as ap proved by our citizens. WE PLEDGE to make full use of the charter for more effective, pro gressive, modem city govern ment, for the best interest of all the people of Omaha. ‘‘WE BELIEVE the new char ter, properly administered, will provide much greater efficiency in the operation of our city gov ernment. W e enthusiastically support the financial provisions of the new charter and pledge to keep taxes to a minimum. "WE BELIEVE city govern mcnt under the new charter, properly administered, will cre ate a better community environ ment so necessary to attract new Industry to Omaha. WE PLEDGE to use the influence of effective city government to bring new industries to Omaha, thereby creating more payrolls and jobs, spreading the tax load and con tinuing opportunities for our young people. Thumbnail sketches of the leven candidates are: Sam W. Reynolds Sam W Reynold*. IJ6. 5909 Farnfem St. Partner, Reynolda Cpdike Coal Co. Horn Omaha j Graduated from Omaha Public High School. President. Omaha. Chamber of Commerce, I Mi. General Chairman. Omaha Com munity Cheat Drive, IM3 Poten* | lata of Tangier Temple. IMS. Cochairman USO campaign Oma ha and Douglas County, 1946. Nationally known in American Legion circles. Past Commander, American Legion Post No. L Omaha Civil Defense Director | from 1950 until present time. Recipient of Freedom Foundation of Valley Forge Award by Pres ident Eisenhower in 1952 for directing flood fight here. Ap pointed to serve unexpired term of U. S. Senator Hugh Butler in 1554. Delegate to National Re publican National Conventiot four times. Currently member of the Mayor’s Bridge Commission. Married. Three children. A. V. Sorensen A. V. Sorensen, 51, 657 No. 58th St., Board Chairman, Mid west Equipment Co. Born Omaha. High School. Past President, Chamber of Commerce. Past Chairman, Omaha Parking Au thority. Former Chairman, May or’s Citywide Baseball Commit tee. Former Secretary, Omaha Industrial Foundation. Former President, Nebraska-Iowa Elec trical Council. Former Director, ■ Omaha Transit Company. Mar ried. One child. Mrs. K. T. Graham Mrs Kenneth T. Graham, 47, 5105 Cuming St. Housewife and real estate saleswoman. Born Greenwood, Neb. High School. Past president and vice president, City-County Heath Board, Can didate for School Board in 1950. Candidate for County Board in 1954. Member, City Charter Con vention, 1956 Married, Two chil dren. James J. Dworak James J. Dworak, 31, 4686 Pierce St. Mortician. Bom Oma ha. High School. Creighton Uni versity and San. Francisco School of Mortuary Science, San Fran cisco, California. Past President, Southwest Civic Club. Past Pres ident, Holy Cross Athletic Club. Member, South Side Turners Club. Veteran of World War 1L , Member, American Legion Post 331. Vice President, local branch, | Te Deum International. Married, j Five children. N. Phil Dodge Jr. N. Phil Dodge, Jr., 46, 118 So. 67th Ave. President, N. P. Dodge Co. Bom Boston, Mass. Harvard College. Former Board Chairman, I Metropolitan Utilities District ' Past President, Omaha Real Es i tate Board. Past President, Ur ban League. Candidate for legis j Iature in 1952. Member, City Charter Convention, 1956. Mar ried. Two children. Wray M. Scott Wray M. Scott, 55, 721 No. 57th i St. President-treasurer, Wray M. | Scott Co. Bora Omaha. High | School. Treasurer, Omaha In ! ident, Omaha Master Plumbers I dustrial Foundation. Ptest Prcs Assn. Past President, Nebraska Retail Plumbers Assn. Past Pres ident, Piping and Air Condition ing Contractors National Assn. Board Chairman, National Cer tified Pipe Welding Bureau. Member, City Charter Conven tion, 1956. Married. Four Chil dren. , Harry Trustin Harry Trustin. 63, 310 South 55th St. President, PortenTVus tin Co. College Education. For mer City Commissioner [’resi dent Nebraska League of Muni cipalities. Executive Committee, .VVsjuuippi Valley Assn. Past Commander, American Legion Post No. I. Past Commander, Omaha Chapter Reserve Officers Assn. Past Prerident, D'nal Il'rith. Sought election to Metro politan Utilities District. City Engineer. 1933 1940 City Com missioner. 1933 1049 Member, American Society of Civil En gineers Member. Nebraska En gineering Society. Member. En gineers Club of Omaha. Vice Chairman, City Charter Conven tion. 1966 Married. Two children.
