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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
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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.