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MO CAS RATE INCREASE? Wg are still scratching our head .trying to understand why our Nebraska representatives in congress supported the Fulbright bill that passed the senate Mon day by a good majority. This bill discon tinues Federal Power Commission control over prices charged by producers for natural gas at the well head. If, as many are trying to tell us, this will not increase the cost of gas to the consumer, then, we ask, "Why was it so imperative that this control be abolish ed?" We can understand why senators from great gas producing areas such as Texas, Oklahoma, and others would be in favor of such a change. Pressure from the big money boys forced a favorable vote but surely not in Nebraska. Local consumers can look forward to a substantial boost in their gas rates in the near future. It won't be the fault of Central Electric and Gas Company, local distributors. You can thank our repre sentatives in Washington for that. UR. BENSON'S USEFULNESS The latest incident involving Mr. Benson, which unfortunately brings us the, question whether or not Mr. Benson ap preciates the woes of the small farmer, is the result of an understandable mistake. But when a Cabinet official, charged with protecting the interest and the wel fare of the farmers in the nation, is in volved in such an incident and has his name signed to a letter criticizing farm ers as "pampered," much, damage is done. It actually matters very little about the details of the "boner." The Secretary of Agriculture has called the nation's hard-pressed farmers "pampered" and no amount of retractions will completely re store the situation. There have been other incidents, over the last few years, which have reduced Benson's usefulness. This latest incident seems to reduce it further. We believe the President will have to bring in a new Secretary of Agriculture, if he intends to run again, and if he wants to get the max imum support of the farmers of the na tion. I UCE APOLOGIZES Henry R. Luce, editor-in-chief of Life Magazine, has apologized for the choice of headlines used over a magazine article explaining how Secretary o' State John Foster Dulles led this country; to the' brink of war on three occasions.;;;-; The apology comes a bit late, after the damage has been done. Luce, who heads an outfit which publishes several magazines, admits that headlines used in the article, and the impression given there by, was unfortunate. We deplore the practice of high gov ernment officials passing out favors, in ' the form of exclusive major revelations, to one publication, especially a publica tion other than a newspaper, which is not actually dedicated to the presentation of news as a newspaper is. It is well known that the Luce publi cations were grea-t Eisenhower supporters, and, therefore, even if there is nothing to it, it does not look good for the Secretary of State to be passing out what appar ently is a major scoop to a Luce publica tion. '' We are not criticizing the magazine for using the article, which any editor would have done under similar circum stances, although many of them would have done it in a more responsible man ner. Because one does not care for the magazine involved, or any Luce publica tions, does hot mean that the magazine " 'ITlOUGliflORTODAY When clouds arc seen, zi'ise men put on their cloaks. - Shakespeare he Plallsmouth Official County and City Paper ESTABLISHED IN 1SSI Published Scmi-Wcckly, Mondays and Thursdays, at 410 Main Street, Plattsmouth, Cass County, Nebr. Three Times Winner Ak-Sar-Ben Plaques for "OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE" 1949 1951 1952 "Honorable Mention" 1953 Presented Nebraska Press Association "GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD" First in 1952 Second in 1951 and 1553 (In Cities over 2,000 Population) RONALD R. FURSE Editor and Publisher WM. L. MURDOCK News Editor MARGARET DINGMAN Society Editor JANET PTAK Bookkeeper VERN WATERMAN Advertising rriuiNt &z 241 Entered at the Post Oitice at Pldttsmouth, class mail matter in accordance with the March '3, 1S79. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $4.00 per year in Cass and adjoining counties, $5.00 per year elsewhere, in advance, by mail outside the city of Platts mouth. By carrier in Plattsmouth, 25 cecs for txo weeks. .V.'.V.VA Furses Journal Nebraska as secoiJ Act of Congress ol Fresh Flashes Women may spend more on, attire than men, but at least they do not keep buying their miRinery back from check room gals. A local woman says she thinks her husband has grown tired of her he hasn't been home for seven years, now. Every newspaper pulls a "boo-boo" now and then. Our most recent: We re ported that a local woman's 55-year-old twin brother was visiting her. ir ic Said he : "I think I'll buy a rope And end this daily strife." So he bought a rope of pearls And gave them to his wife. One of the boys in the office says he hopes we get no more snow. Thi3 snow shoveling has about wore his wife out. k A young fellow up at the pool hall says 1956 looks like a good year for him financially he finally got his wife a job. When asked her party-affiliation when she came up to register recently, Flipper Fanny, our dainty little contour twister, said she would rather not say as he hadn't got his divorce yet. It is 'hard to lose a beautiful daugh ter in marriage, but it is harder to lose a homely one. . should be expected to pass up a "scoop" such as that okayed by Secretary of State Dulles. However, newspapers,, and maga zines which have a-large circulation and are supposed to present impartial news (which is fast becoming a joke), have an obligation not to sensationalize, for the purpose of street sales, or any other pur pose, to the extent that foreign relations of the United States are affected. In the case of the recent magazine article about the "brink of war" policy of Secretary of State Dulles, we think the article was harmful to his foreign policy, misleading and generally in poor taste. Down Memory Lane r YEARS AGO Miss Irma Shera and Otto'Stodola, both of Plattsmouth, were married by the Rev, Meyer -at Papillion V . . Arnold Lillie was named by Democrats to run for may or of Plattsmouth. Others named were M. D. Brown for treasurer; Bernard Gi Wurl for clerk; C. L. Graves for police judge; R. F. Patterson, Don Seiver, Frank A. Rebal, Fred Vincent, and Walter Brit tain for councilmen - . . Miss Mildred Knoflicek of Plattsmouth won a superior rating for violin and was awarded $100 in the M-I-N-K meet at Peru State Col lege . . . Harry Haws of Manley abandon ed his car at Murray corner because of the snow drifts and nearly couldn't find it the next morning because it was cov ered writh snow. it OA YEARS AGO A mass meeting at Elmwooji en dorsed a bridge across the Missouri river at Plattsmouth with J. A. Gardner,editor of the Eagle Beacon, presiding , . A. Schneider was re-elected president of the King of Trails Bridge company . . Two Fords, one driven by Noel Golden with the sons of Ralph Door riding with -him and another driven by Harold Oehlerking with passenger Herbert Reeves and two ladies, collided near Elmwood but no in juries were counted . . . Cass Countv Sher iff E. P. Steward and Deputy Sheriff Schaus rushed to the hills east of Union about 1 a.m. but did not find a wild par ty reported there . . . The Coates block, at the corner of Sixth and Main in Platts mouth, was sold to Melvin Durkin of Oma ha for $45,000 ... A Plattsmouth man was sentenced to the stats penitentiary for five years for receiving stolen goods. rtie Washington Merry-Go -Round Ir DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1055, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: DEATH OF OREGON'S GOVER NOR PATTERSON UPSETS EISEN HOWER; SENATOR KENNEDY URGED TO SPEAK ON IRISH PROBLEM DURING PRIME MIN ISTER EDEN'S SENATE VISIT ; SEN ATOR SYMINGTON GETS STY MIED. Washington Two tragic deaths in the past few days have given pause to those concerned with picking the next President of the United States. One was the death of Randolph Paul, one of the nation's greatest tax attorneys and former counsel of the Treasury De partment. Paul probably had written more tax law than any other single man. Patriotically, he gave his time to Senate committees long after he left the govern ment. A few years ago he had suffered from a heart attack, and this week while testifying before a Congressional commit tee on economic matters, suddenly slump- Good tell Jm mm lftiiii "" I nun 'Mbmb i cannot endure permonentfy Nt &t&?&i I half slave and half free," ti tt' ri&SS A Abraham Uncotn. l&Si. S ed forward from a second at tack and died within a period of seconds. Paul was 65 years old, exactly the same age as the President. The second tragic death was that of Oregon's popular Paul Patterson, Republican, who also had been nursing a heart con dition, but who had finally been persuaded to run for the Senate against Wayne Morse, Democrat. Patterson had not wanted to run. Neither he nor his wife, Georgia, had been well during the past year. But political pressure mounted. Republicans were determined to get rid of Morse, who not only had re belled against the Eisenhower administration but helped elect the first Oregon Democratic senator in 40 years, his former pupil, Richard Neuberger. Among those who applied the heat to Patterson were John C. F. Higgins, ex-law partner of John Foster Dulles; Ted Gam ble, theatre magnate and behind-the-scenes bigwig of the Oregon GOP; plus Paul B. Mc Kee, president of Pacific Power and Light. , A., few close friends of frail Governor Patterson tried to pro teqt .hjm, warned he would have difficulty withstanding a cam paign against the horseback- riding, hard-driving Senator Morse. One of them was Hugh Barzee, Patterson's legal adviser. But, obsessed with a, hatred of Morse, Oregon political leaders would not listen. With them was Secretary of the Interior Doug McKay. Finally, to clinch matters, GOP leaders got - President Ei senhower, who did not realize Patterson's frail health, to make a personal plea. At this point the governor accepted. Forty-eight hours after ac cepting he was dead of a heart attack. Friends of the President say he was more upset over this than any other recent event. Irish Senator Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D., Minn.) had a laugh at Sir An thony Eden's expense the other day, but Eden didn't know it. The scene was the Senate floor just as the visiting British Prime Minister was entering to deliver his address to the sol ons. As the tall and distinguished Briton walked down the aisle, Humphrey strolled over to red headed Boston Irishman, Sen. John F. Kennedy (D., Mass.), placed a hand on Kennedy's shoulder and said: "John, I'm all for a united Ireland and I know that you are too. Why don't you get up and say a few words about it while Mr. Eden's here?" Livid Lyndon The backlash of Sen. Lyndon Johnson's revenge against op ponents of1 the natural gas bill already has begun to be felt. See By The Papers . . . . By Bill Murdock Sarpy County Attorney Dixon Adams told the Papillion Times last week he could not figure out whether there is more crime these days or whether more are caught, after 10 men were in the custody of Sarpy County Sheriff Ernest Arp on charges including grand larceny, assault to do great bodily harm, burglary, auto theft and de bauching minors. The question of parking meter installation as a means of solv ing a parking problem at Glen wood, Iowa, ran into stiff op position from business men last week when a committee of the city council made a survey, says the Glenwood Opinion-Tribune. 1 G. T. Boone, who turned 5n : his resignation as Saline county 'superintendent of schools to the Counsel The astute Lyndon, who in one term became one of the most powerful leaders in recent Sen ate history, has his likes and his dislikes. He plays favorites with open-faced charm and abandon. Then he can push a Senator or block him, can put him on a key committee or relegate him to the ragtail District of Columbia committee. One of Lyndon"s favorites in the past was Sen. Stuart Sym ington ((D., Mo.), the able ex Secretary of the Air Force. Lyn don even talked privately about making Symington, a Presiden tial candidate if there was a deadlock at Chicago. But not today. Today Lyndon is livid. For Symington made up his own mind on the natural gas bill. He was polite and cooperative with Lyndon, but he didn't fall for Lyndon's persua sive charm. He decided to vote against the bill. So an interesting thing is happening in the Senate today. Symington wants to investi gate our slackened air power. He knows we have fallen be hind Russia, knows this is a danger to the national securi ty. But he can't get permission to investigate. Lyndon Johnson is chairman of a subcommittee to probe mili tary waste and inefficiency, and he is . not probing oup slackened air power. Furthermore, when Symington has tried to get Sen ator Russell of Georgia, chair man of the full Armed Services Committee, to set up a special subcommittee, Russell says no. Russell is a close friend of Lyn don's. He knows what the score is. So Symington is stymied. It's highly doubtful there will be any probe of air power at least un der Senator Symington of Mis souri. Fired for Talking: It doesn't pay to express your views against the Benson farm program if you want to keep a job with the government. This is what Lloyd Bohlke of Prosser, Wash., has just discovered after he appeared on a tele-vision pro gram, "Questions Before the House." Bohlke had been trying to op erate an 80-acre potato farm near Prosser, but couldn't make both ends meet and had to quit. He knew the truth of what Sec retary Benson had said about the difficulty of small one-man farming. But he got a job with the Kennewick Irrigation Dis trict near Yakima on Jan. 2. The job paid $7,500. On Jan. 3, however, Bohlke made the mis take cf appearing with Miss Vir ginia Burnside on her television program and spoke out frankly about the difficult problem the small farmer faces today. He also wasn't too complimentary to Benson policies. ' Shortly thereafter, Bohlke was fired by Reclemation Bureau of- Saline county board in Novem ber, served second notice last week- that he now repudiates his resignation. The county board had demanded from him at the time of his resignation that he pay back $400 which the board claimed was wrong fully spent. "M i s s March of Dimes 2181286" a sturdy registered yearling Angus heifer, netted $418 for the Custer county March of Dimes, when sold, reports the Custer County Chief. Add quiet little town items: Two Bellevue Press employes, Miss Carol Shepherd and Arthur Taute, got married last week. The newspaper closed down for the event. ficials working for Secretary of the Interior McKay. They re placed him with Van E. Nutley at $10,0000 annually. Note Bohlke was former mas ter of the Rattlesnake Grange, had been a farmer for years, be longed to no left-wing groups. 2 -Year Marine Enlistment Is Now Extended The TJ. S. Marine recruiter in this area, Sergeant N. H. West, said today that two-year Ma rine Corps enlistment policy has proved to be popular with the young men of this area. As a result, Sergeant West has asked and received an increased quota for this type of enlistment. With this increased quota available the sergeant is authorized to en list an unlimited number of qualified young men for the shorter two-year tour of active duty with the Marine Corps. This program is especially at tractive to young men who have already laid plans for civilian careers and desire to fulfill their obligated military service as quickly as possbile. Men may select the shorter two year enlistment and still qualify for the hundreds of Ma rine Corps technical schools in Marine aviation, sea and ground units; friends may enlist to gether and remain together throughout their recruit train ing at San Diego; high school graduates can plan on serving their obligated military service and make plans for a definite college entrance date. Another important feature of the new program is that married men who are draft eligible or who wTill become draft eligible may now enlist for the two year active duty tour with the Ma rines. Sergeant West who has his of fice at the Selective Service of fice, 3rd floor, court house, in Plattsmouth stated that he will visit this area every Tuesday afternoon or at 16th & Dodge Sts., Omaha. LETT The Journal welcomes lettri from readers for this column o: any subject. Your name must b nigrned to all articles Intended foi fiublication, however, by request, t can be omitted from the letter appearing In print. (Contents do not necessarily express the opin ions of this newspaper.! 2717 N. E. 11th Avenue Portland 12, Oregon January 29, 1956 The Plattsmouth Journal Dear Sirs: Enclosed find check for anoth er subscription to the Journal. i While I don't recognize many of the names it helps to keep track of events in Cass county, as well as of old friends and relatives. We had a nine inch snow Fri day, the most in 13 years. All area schools were closed. We've had more than twelve inches of rain in January and wish we could give you some. It has caused many slides in the west hills of the city, and along the Columbia Gorge. Our boys are both at Oregon State College at Corvallis. Fred is a senior in advanced Air Force ROTC, slated to be called in the fall. Mac, who spent the last five summers with his cousin, Charles Spangler, on the farm near Murray, is a Freshman in Business and Technology; both live at the Sigma Chi house. I'm still teaching at St. Helen's Hall, an independent Episcopal school. My mother was the late Min nie Nolting, and my husband is a nephew of Mrs. Wm. Schmidt ma nn. Best wishes to all my friends. Sincerely Grace Heitzhausen IIOMESTEADIXG A total of 413 farm units on five 'reclamation bureau pro jects will be opsned for home steading and sale in 1956, ac cording to the Interior Depart ment. Veterans will be given preference in each of the land openings, which involve 42,896 acres. The farm units are locat ed in the state of Washington, Idaho, Arizona and Wyoming. BIG BUILDING BOOM IN THE 60 S A building boom in the 60's is assured and it's likely to be al most twice as big as the present one, says the Kiplinger Letter. Marriages are the major factor in the demand for new houses. Marriages are now at the raie of 1.5 million, yet they justify 1.3 million houses. In the early 60's, 1.8 million houses a year j will be needed to accommodate i the 2.1 million new marriages. ! The Administration's farm bill as presented to Congress, would make the Secretary of Agri culture the absolute director of the soil bank. fHE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE TWO Section C By Stanley James, Journal Washington Reporter WASHINGTON, Feb. The situation now confronting tne Republican Party is a crucial one. Some Republicans say it is desperate. The majority opin ion among most Republicans close to the President is that Mr. Eisenhower has decided not to be a candidate again this year. So general is this belief that other would-be Republican can didates are stirring furiously to line up their tanks. If the Presi dent takes himself out of con tention they want to be ready. But for many top men in this G.O.P. Administration the prob lem is a different one. They are now trying desper ately to convince Mr. Eisen hower to run for the good of the country, for the good of his party, for the good of the world. The editorial appeal in a major Republican newspaper in the last days of January, on page one, signified a fear that the President had decided not to run, and signaled the all-cut effort of many high Republicans to draft the President. Only the most commanding reasons, these Republicans ar gue, should keep Mr. Eisen hower off the ticket. A com manding reason would be, of course, that his health would not permit another race and four more years in the White House. That question may be decided on February 10th, or shortly thereafter. Meanwhile the heavy pressure on Ike to run again is building up daily. There are many Republicans who say frankly that Eisenhower is the only man who can carry the Republicans to victory in 1956. Yet this might not be true. Cer tainly the -Democrats have no candidate with the power of another Roosevelt available. A darkhorse Republican candi date might be able to stir enough enthusiasm to win. He is not to be written off, before the nomi nation, and beofie the votes are counted, by any means. But Ike is certainly the only Republican who would be favored, what with the present farm situation, and labor opposition both to be overcome by the G.O.P. candi date this year. Time is running out for the President. In some states, such as Michigan, he must decide what to do fast, because of primaries. It may be that his decision will come within a few days after his physical exami nation. He might wait a couple of weeks. But most observers believe he will wait very little longer. Prime Minister Anthony Eden tried his best to get the Presi dent to agree to moderate trade concessions to Communist China. Sir Anthony believes that China is not finally and irre trievably in the palm of the USSR's hand. He also believes Chiang Kai Shek has no real chance to reconquer China, that the Red Chinese have the masses of this ancient land well under control and that a practical, long rrange policy would be one de signed to woo Red China out of the Soviet bloc. 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The British believe that by establishing dip lomatic relations eventually, and trade relations now, the United States might go a long way toward encouraging Chinese in dependence from Russia. The U.S. does not go along with the British view, even though this country may even tually be forced to admit that Communist China exists as the government controlling 600,000, 000 Chinese. It is reported Sir Anthony was told that this was not the year to make conces sions to Red China. Business leaders expect the level of business activity to pick up this summer or fall well before the November elections. Salaries and income of all kinds are still high and the country's economy is still strong, even though automobiles, farm in come and housing starts are all subdued at the moment. It is said that controls clamp ed on the economy in 1955 might be taken off if the business pace slackens, to insure a satisfac tory volume of activity for th year. Since the year has begun slower, this would mean a spurt rh the last half of the year if this analysis is correct. The second best year on rec ord is still expected in 1956. Air Force Seeks Technical Trainees "The Air Force is interested in obtaining qualified young men who desire sound, technical training in electronics, aircraft maintenance, automotive main tenance, photography, meteror ology and many other trained specialities" according to Ser geant May, in charge of the U. S. Air Force Recruiting Office located at Plattsmouth Post Of fice or Police Dept. One of the biggest Air Force problems is that maqor indus tries and business establish ments are constantly seeking Air Force trained experts in many of their modern technical fields. The sergeant emphasized that this is a chance for younp; men who can qualify to get what amounts to an advanced educa tion in some specialized field. Former servicemen now have up to 90 days to reenlist and re gain their grade, providing they hold a critical skill. A complete list of these critical skills is available at the Pest Office re cruiting office on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month. All discharged arimen are in vited to visit the recruiting of fice for full information con cerning this program. Office hours are from noon to 3 p.m. TAX EXEMPTIONS Organizations cannot c 1 a i in tax exemption status if their purpose is to recruit athletes for schools and universities, ac cording to a recent Bureau of Internal Revenue ruling. Here's the Answer 33 It is found in 43 Otherwise 44 Dry 35 Curved pieces 47 Accomplished 40 Encourage 49 Playing card 41 Underworld 51 Nickel god (symbol) 42 Canadian 53 Not province (ab.) (prefix) b a 23 11 6n PI 51 HO HI Hi hS P 55 Thursday, reoruary 9, 1956 S .3 Q p y ?Lf?:N Tfate Jl y 3 SJsll MCI to2 . Icjj l i AJUJ "f ACT Eaa W9 s3fe AA3iNj y a otao no aj"iN o x i"aP " t . V