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EDITORIALS
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RY ACAINST COURT INCREASES
The great protest against the con
tinuing abuse of state powers by the Su
preme Court is gathering momentum. The
latest national publication to join the
growing dissent is The Saturday Evening
Post.
The Post, unlike Collier's, does not
come out against unrealistic and unin
formed demagogues, politicians and re
formers in various parts of the country
who feel that they alone are qualified to
settle problems being faced by Southern
ers hundreds of miles away.
But The Post does cite several de
cisions in recent times in which the Su
preme Court has taken over powers re
served for the states, or amended the Con
stitution, or stepped far over the line the
authors of the Constitution intended the
Court to go.
And, in a passing comment, The Post
does mention the 1954 decision of the
Supreme Court which reversed all other
legal precedents and struck down the
rights of the states to operate their own
school systems. That decision, made in
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If you're right, argue like a man. If
you're wrong like a woman.
Couple of fellows standing outside a
bar here the other day when it started to
rain, didn't know whether to stay out
side and get wet or go inside and' get
soaked.
; A local business man tells us he has
a confidential secretary his wife doesn't
know about her yet.
. Being on the right track doesn't mean
a thing unless you keep moving.
Overheard two women discussing the
recent hydrogen bomb explosion the other
day. One said, "It's awful. It could blow
you into maternity." The other agreed,
and added, "Yes, and you wouldn't know
who to blame."
TV has a terrific impact. While the
band was playing the National Anthem
Mpmnn'n 1 dflv a fellow turned to his
May, 1954, also reversed a Supreme Court neighbor with, "There is that piece. They
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play it just before each boxing match
We always remember an embarrassed
banker's wife we once knew. Her daugh
ter had been cautioned never to say she
was the banker's daughter fearing it might
sound snobbish. One evening at a party
when asked if she was the banker's daugh
ter, she replied, "Well, I thought I was,
but mother says I'm not."
TlckTers
By George
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decision of 1896, which was the opposite
of the 1954 decision.
As former Supreme Court justice
James F. Byrnes has pointed out, the Su
preme Court was unable to cite one prece
dent for its decision on school segregation
and, instead, relied on testimony of soci
ologists to a large extent. Some of these
sociologists have subsequently become in
volved in disputes over impressive charges
that they are followers of the Communist
niLnrberS f Communist-front ori twenty-five years, and throw it away when
ganizations. g it wag Qnly half uged Most husbands
The situation is a serious one. It is wouid be willing for them to pay $40 for
not a question of civil rights, but one of such a hat, and that might be the only
where this usurpation of powers by the way some women ever get a $40 hat. But,
Supreme Court will be stopped. t be sure it is made of monkey hairs.
The latest incident which stirred a
storm of protest in New York was a Su
preme Court decision which held that New
York State could not hire or fire em
ployes violating New York State laws.
The trend being followed by the justices
.of the court as evidenced in the New
York State case is highly dangerous, un
American and threatens the. very founda
tion of our constitutional form of govern
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I ICKS HIGH CLOTHES COST
- Mrs. Mollie Walsh, of St. Petersburg-,
Florida, has licked the cost of keeping in
style with the. latest model hat.
You might think that Mrs. Walsh did
this by learning how to obtain hats cheap
ly, or making them herself at little cost,
but the answer is not to be found there.
In fact, the hat which Mrs. Walsh wore
on Easter Sunday this year, cost $40. We
admit this is not a cheap price for a hat.
However, Mrs. Walsh has something
going in her favor. She bought the hat
she wore on Easter Day fifty years ago.
She has worn it ever since, and if she
bought a hat equivalent in quality today,
she would probably pay $100 or more.
The hat is made of monkey hairs, and
they are woven like lace. It, was made in
Germany and is still going strong. Mrs.
Walsh bends the hat to various shapes and
c6ntinues to wear it in the latest style.
We point this little item out to all
those ladies who just "must" have the
latest hat every few months, whether it
be the present-day bean-pot shape, which
is the rage, or whether it be another style,
which is the rage at another time.
Those ladies who do not wish to wear
their hat fifty years could wear it just
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Gaiety makes us gods.
Frederick the Great
The Plaifsmouth Journal
Official County and City Paper
ESTABLISHED Itf 1881
Published Semi-Weekly, Mondavs and Thursdays, at
410 Main Street', Plait smouth., ' Cass County, Nebr.
Three Times Winner Ak-Sar-Ben Plaques for
"OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE"
1949 1951 1952
"Honorable Mention" 1953
Ak-Sar-Ben First Place Plaque for
OUTSTANDING SERVICE XTO AGRICULTURE,
1955
Presented Nebraska Press Association
"GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD"
First in 1952 Secbnd in 1951 and 1S53
(In Cities over 2,000 Population)
RONALD R. FURSE Editor and Publisher
BILL BURTON News Editor
MARGARET DINGMAN Woman's Editor
JANET PTAK ...Bookkeeper
VERN WATERMAN Advertising
YEARS AGO
A youth program was begun pro
viding work for young people. The pro
gram was in conjunction with the Na
tional Youth Administration wherein the
work would include 46 hours a month for
$13 . . . Dr. Howard J. Hill was honored
as having the longest service record in his
Masonic Lodge ... Miss Mildred Cacy
began work as a clerk at the Plattsmouth
State Bank . . . Miss Rutheda Dysart of
Union and Leslie Feusner were married
in Papillion . . . Mrs. Henry Wulff of Avo
ca and Mrs. William Peters of Weeping
Water were house guests of Miss Helen
Hunter . . . Arthur Chrisman was selected
as a conductor on the Zephyr operating
between Chicago and Denver.
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Qf YEARS AGO
3U Mr. and Mrs. Hallie B. Perry re
turned from an auto trip in the central
part of the state . . . Red Oak, Iowa, res
idents expressed a strong desire to have
an automobile bridge constructed across
the Missouri River. A number of the Iowa
"enthusiasts conferred with Plattsmouth
committees about the bridge possibility.
. . . Connie Allen was on his way to a
marine training camp in San Diego, Calif.
. . . Plattsmouth State Bank underwent
redecoration during the Memorial Day
holiday . . . L. H. Peterson reported raising
a large crop of strawberries ... A chicken
thief stole a complete incubator hatch
from Dale Topliff of Murray.
10 days ago, opposition erupted Party, helped persuade, the
from old-line Nebraska Repub- sometimes nervous Eisenhower
licans. - . that the press would not bite
Nebraska bitterness him; after election was ap-
ThLs climaxed a lone series pointed assistant secretary of
of attempts by Seaton to put defense to hold the wobbly
his friend Peterson in high po- public-relations hand of Charlie
sition, beginning just before Ike Wilson. .
took office when Seaton urged In that job, and later as a
Peterson as Secretary of Agri- member of the White House
culture or Secretary of the In- staff, he has handled tough and
t.erinr touch v Dolitical problems. He
v-nnvprnnr PPt.prsnn how- urged the firing of GOP Na
ever, had run agianst crotchety, tional Chairman Wes Roberts
conservative Sen. Hugh- Butler when Roberts was revealed as
in the Nebraska ReDublican Pri- a Kansas lODDyist. ne was uei-
mary, and Butler would neither egated to fire Ed Mansure as
fnrcrpt nnr fnrp-ivP TTp hlnrkeri DOSS OI Uie Crenerai oervitca nu-
t.he nrmointment.. Hp even block- ministration, was also delegated
ed Petersons appointment as to smooth out the Farm snafu,
U.S. Ambassador to distant In- ana went to ues Moines w per
dia suade five Midwest Republican
Finally Peterson was aDDOint- governors not to censure tne
ed to Ikes White House staff, Eisenhower Administration on
which doesn't require Senate farm policies.
confirmation; and later to the Seaton's plicies as secretary of
thankless , job of Civil Defense the interior should , be almost
Administrator, where he has directlv ooDOsite to those of
Illegal Drink
Is Expensive
To Teen-Ager
A Lincoln youth was charged
with illegal possession of al
coholic liquor this week.
He is James L. Hartshorn, 17,
who pleaded guilty to the charge
and paid a fine of $25 and costs
Of $4.
Other cases taken before
Judge Raymond J. Case.
Melvin Strecker of Falls City,
overweight on capacity plates,
$10 fine, $4 costs.
William J. Welu of Houston,
Tex., speeding, $26 fine, $4 costs.
Charles O. Amos of St. Joseph,
Mo., improper use of local plates
$20 fine, $4 costs.
Howard L. Calhoon of Wichita,
Kan., overload on axle, $50 fine,
$4 costs. x
Herbert V. Hild of Louisville,
speeding, $35 fine, $4 costs.
John Mohr of Avoca, expired
driver's license, $1 fine, $4 costs.
Jayme O'Malin of Omaha,
speeding, $60 fine, $4 costs.
Donal R. Smidt of Lincoln,
no drivers license, over
crowding of vehicle, $11 fine,
$4 costs.
George A. Buffington of
lattsmouth, improper pass at
viaduct, $10 fine, $4 costs.
Theodore R. Poole of Lincoln,
no registration certificate, $10
ine, $4 costs.
Herman A. Funke of Louis
ville, improper muffler, $1 fine,
$4 costs.
Clarence H. Spilker of Omaha,
speeding, $15 fine, $4 costs.
E. H. Eager of Louisville,
overweight on capacity plates,
$10 fine, $4 costs.
Benjamin F. Wilder, Jr., of
Tulsa, Okla., overload on axle,
$50 fine, $4 costs.
Raymond M. Whalen of
Lincoln Air Force Base, speed
ing, $10 fine, $4 costs.
generous Doug McKay.
Milton Smith
Dies Thursday
At Plattsmouth
done an A-l job.
Peterson, also a liberal Repub
lican, also opposed the natural
gas lobby and the tidelands oil
lobby. So last week Nebraska
Senators Curtis and Hruska not
only frowned on him as secre
tary of the interior, but sent
word back to the White House
that the man to appoint was an
other Nebraskan. Clarence Da- Milton E. Smith. 92, died
vis, now undersecretary of the Thursday at the Masonic home
interior. ,1 ; Mr. Smith had been in the
Davis, however, was f rowhed hardware and implement bus
on bv Seaton and other White mess in Newport and for severa
House advisers just as much as years was Rock County treas
Peterson was frowned on by urer.
Curtis and Hruska. He was a member of Basset
For Davis had been closely Lodge for five years.
identified with the Al Sarena He is survived by Mrs. Mil
giveaway of the Rogue River dred Sacks of Wichita, Kan
National Forest, with the en- The body was taken to Roper
croachment of -oil companies on and Sons Mortuary of Lincoln.
wildlife refuges and with Mc- Burial will be at' Lincoln
Kay's generous ' policy toward Memorial Park
the private utilities
So Seaton, in turn, blocked
Davis. In fact, he had been
pulling wires backstage for a
month to keep the reactionary
Davis from becoming secretary
of the interior. Seaton's motive!
in this was not to get the job
ior mmseu. xutu nu mea sterling R. Miller, 27, were
that lightning would 'strike him. held Thursday at Caldwell
But in the end that is exactly Linder Funeral Home. Chaplin
what happened. Jacob E. Till and Miss Olive
Tidelands Oil J Sloan officiated.
When Seaton served in the! Sereeant Miller died May 26
Rev. Morris
Of Murray Is
In the East
MURRAY Roy P. Morris,
pastor af the Murray United
Presbyterian Church, left Oma
ha by train on Monday to spend
about three wTeeks in the East.
He will go i first to garrison-
burg, Va., to visit his brother
in-law, Prof. Clyde P. Shorts,
who is professor of psychology
of Madison College, and his sis
ter-in-law, Miss Lillie D. Shorts.
This will be his first visit in
Harrisonburg.
From June 12-18, the General
Assembly of the United Pres
byterian Church will meet in
Knoxville, Tenn., and Mr. Mor
ris will be one of the two com
missioners from Nebraska, the
other being the Rev. Leland
Warren, of North Bend.
Among the important matters
to be considered by the General
Assembly will be that of union
with the Presbyterian Church of
the USA, which has already
voted unanimously in favor of
union.
Another stop will be at West
Allis, Wis., a suburb of Mil
waukee, where his son, the Rev.
Willard M. Morris, formerly of
Lenox, Iowa, is now pastor of
the Cleveland Avenue United
Presbyterian Church of West
Allis. He expects to return to
Murray on Friday evening, June
22nd, and will make a report
of the General Assembly at the
morning service on June 24th.
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For Father's Day
Gifting --June 17
Funeral Services
Are Held for Local
Airman, 277 Killed
Funeral services for S Sgt.
Plattsmouth Man
Graduates at Fort
Lee, Va. Army Base
FORT LEE, Va. Capt. Edward
J. Gradoville, 28, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward H. Gradoville, 618
Fifth Avenue, Plattsmouth, re
cently was graduated from the
officer advanced course at the
Army's Quartermaster School,
Fort Lee, Va.
The 35-week course trained
Captain Gradoville in the duties
and responsibilities of a field
grade quartermaster officer. He
received instruction in ground
and aerial supply operations,
procurement, research and de
velopment, and communications.
Captain Gradoville7 entered
the Army in 1950. He was pre
viously stationed at Fort Carson,
Colo.
The captain is a 1950 grad
uate of the U. S. Military Acad
emy, West Point. His wife, Jean,
lives in Hopewell, Va.
"riie Washington
erry-Go -Round
fy DREW PEARSON .
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Entered at the Post Office at Plattsmouth,' Nebraska as second
class mail matter in accordance with the Act of Congress of
March 3, 1879.
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 cens for
two weeks.
(Copyright, 1355, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
DREW PEARSON SAYS:
NEW SECRETARY OF INTERI
OR SHOULD REVERSE GIVE
AWAYS; FRED SEATON OPPOSED
TIDELANDS OIL FOR COASTAL
STATES; HE PROPOSED VAL PET
ERSON OF NEBRASKA FOR CAB
INET POST.
(Ed. Note The brass ring, good for
one free ride on the Washington Merry-Go-Round,
today goes to Fred Seaton,
newly appointed Secretary of the In
terior.) Washington Fred Seaton, the new
Secretary of the Interior, is one of the
best men Eisenhower could have picked
for that key spot. His appointment may
mean a complete change in the so-called
Eisenhower "giveaway" policy. But tem
pers sizzled privately a bit among old
guard Republicans when his appointment
was sent to the Senate.
The opposition was not personal. It
went much deeper and embraces the en
tire Eisenhower policy on tidelands oil,
public power, natural gas, wildlfe ref
uges, and even hell's canyon. Seaton was
opposed to giving tidelands oil to the
states when he was in the Senate and
might well reverse Eisenhower policies as
Secretary of the Interior.
Inside fact is that Seaton first tried to
appoint his friend, Val Peterson, another
leader of the liberal GUr, as secretary
-of the Interior. But when Republican
leaders were confidentially sounded out
Senate to fill out the unexpired
term of the late Kenneth Wher
ry, it became known that he
was not going to vote with the
Gulf States and various Repub
lican senators to give tidelands
oil to Texas, Louisiana and Cal
ifornia. This caused dismay and in
dignation among gas-oil lobby
ists. It was in the closing days
of the Truman Administration,
and Senate noses' were being
counted to override his expected
veto. So Governor Shivers of
Texas called on Gov. Val Peter
son of Nebraska, who had ap
pointed Seaton to the Senate,
urged that Seaton be persuaded
to vote for tidelands oil.
"I have no control over the
senator's vote," Peterson replied,
thereby winning the undying
opposition of gas-oil senators to
his own appointment to the In
terior Department later.
Seaton was in Germany where
he and his wife were adopting
two children when the tidelands
oil debate started early in 1952.
But he rushed back in time to
be recorded against the bill.
Small Town Publisher
Seaton is a Midwest, small
town newspaper publisher who
understands people as well as
politics. Through his friend,
Sen. Frank Carlson, he got to
knew candidate Eisenhower dur
ing the 1952 campaign and be
came one of his close advisers.
He was also one of his liberal
advisers; joined the group on
the Eisenhower campaign train
which wanted to throw Nixon
off the Republican ticket when
nis $i8,ouu personal expense
fund was revealed.
Seaton did his best to per
suade Sen. Wayne Morse of Ore
in West Palm Beach, Fla., as a
result of gun shot wounds
Details . of the death are not
known. He was serving with the
Air Force.
Graveside services were pro
vided by members of the Platts
mouth Veterans of Foreign War
and personnel from Offutt Air
Force Base.
Bearers were Linford Dasher,
Don Woods, Gils Bishop, Carl
Duncan. Bob Hirz and Don
Raines. j
Music was furnished, by Mrs
Hugh Stander accompanied by
Mrs. George Jacobs.
Burial was at Glendale Cem
etery.
Murray News
Summarized
MURRAY (Special) Dr. and
Mrs. R. W. Tyson left last week
for a trip to England where
they plan to visit their daughter
and son-in-law Mr. and Mrs.
Dick Huebner, They plan to
sight see while there. In their
absence the carpenters are
working on the. office. They
found termites had wrecked the
floor boards. Mr. and Mrs. Don
Morgan and son Donnie of
Baltimore, Md., are visiting at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Redden and family. Mrs.
Morgan is the former Flora Mae
Redden.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Farris
and Eilene Read left -last Fri
day morning for a 10 day trip
to Ohio, West Virginia and
Kentucky. They plan to visit
Roberts relaties while there in
cluding his grandmother, Mrs.
Chapman.
Mr. and Mrs.- Ted Emmert
and family left last Friday eve
ning for Guide Rock where they
plan to visit for a few days
with relatives.
CAN'T BE BEAT
Where or how can you reach
15,000 people for as little as 35
cents? There's only one answer
the Plattsmouth Journal's
Wont Ad section.
Bible School
Vacation Bible school staged
last Monday morning with a
nice turn out of children. The
younger children's classes are
being held at the Christian
Church and the older children's
classes are being held at the
United Presbyterian Church. No
Bible school will be held on
Memorial Day.
Lion's Convention
Well Attended By
Plattsmouth People
Attending the Lion's State
Convention in Beatrice Sunday
and Monday were.. Mr. and Mrs
Ray Story. Mr. Story is an in
ternational counselor and he
with Mrs. Story .will serve on
the hospitality committee at the
District convention in June at
Miami, Fla.
Appearing on the taletit pro
gram were four senior girls,
Sharon Harbaufeh, Mary Ann
Ryan Beverley Harris and Car-1
olyne Larsen singing a meiuuy
accompanied by Miss Pickett.
Sandra Sue Abel appeared on
the talent scout contest program
also, accompanied by Mrs. Ches
ter Wiles.
Other Plattsmouth people at
tending the convention were
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Abel and
daughter, Linda, Chester Wiles
and Janice Wiles, Mr. and Mrs.
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WELCOME BACK Waldamer Soennichsen (left) looks hap
py to see Sam Arn back at the meat department at Soenmch
sen's. Sam returned to work at the store May, 28 after a two
year's stay in Burbank, Calif.. Mr. and Mrs. Arn and two chil
dren now reside in Ilillcrest.
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Joe York, Mr. and Mrs. Chris
Bulin, Ed Ernst, .Cecil Karr and
gon not to bolt the Republican I Dr. and Mrs. W. V. Ryan.
PIANO and ACCORDIA
RECITAL
Wed., June 67 8:00 P. M.
Lions Community Building
Plattsmouth, Nebr.
FREE WILL DONATION
Mrs. Arnold Meisinger, Instructor
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$1.00 to $2.50
Gift Certificates!
FREE GIFT BOXES
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