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( .".".."..."....'.". v.. .v..". ,y, v.". v.y.Vw.rijyJ EDITORIALS Furse s Fresh Flashes QOINC FORWARD OR BACKWARD? For nearly 10 years Plattsmouth has made the most forward strides in its his tory. No community can surpass the im provements made in this area during the past decade. Progress was made only through the willingness of local people to overlook any differences, work collectively for a better ,town, a finer city, and a more enjoyable 'place in which to live and prosper. It is not necessary to again list all the wonder ful things that have taken place in Platts mouth from street improvement projects, to new schools and buildings. nuirici, vijr uiiiuiaio cvt kills uiuc til c alarmed. And, they have a perfect right to be. For over eight years many individuals have planned, worked and sweated out a program that would insure this communi ty immunity from flood damage for years to come. Today, these plans have reach ed the point where Plattsmouth is being .offered more than 70 per cent of the cost of carrying out a five-year program of flood control. The money has been ap propriated, ready to be spent only if a small amount of local matching money is provided. Over a five vear nrotrram the amount of local money needed is the small sum of about five thousand dollars per year. This amount is less than the resultant damage to our streets and parkways of two or three inch rains. Street depart ment costs alone soar following each down pour. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage has been .caused when flood waters reached high points from rains of three to six inches. We here in Plattsmouth have been for tunate these past few years. Although a dry cycle has played havoc with the area's crop reports, it has spared our community flood damage and driven them into com placency But, we are long overdue for heavy rains that will spell. FLOOD in big letters. We cannot afford not being pre- nnrprl -fnr it A . We cannot believe the citizens and bus iness people of Plattsmouth will pass up this great opportunity to remove flood danger from our city. A small expendi ture now can prevent great future dam age, perhaps save some from complete ruin should rains (like those that have fallen on many of our neighbors recently) of such intensity as those in the past fall over this entire watershed at one time. It is something to think about you could be the victim. The time to buy in surance is before the damage comes. It" could arrive here any minute. , If you haven't signed up for your share of this worthwhile program, get in touch . with Mavor Bruce Gold or anv member of the committee. We perhaps will nev er have another opportunity to accom plish so much with so little money. r The editor of a small town newspaper in Ten nessee recently criticized a candidate for office for going to New York and joining with civiliza tion. -"He will never suit us," the provincial journalist cried, "for he went to the big city and L . . i j 1 J abajrcu 111 a. iiulci. vyiic vvuuucia uuw lug cuibux expected the poor fellow to subsist in a city wiiicn is nut graced wim u;iii,-ipa.i:e ana wiieie visitors are not permitted to sleep on a rock in Central Park. Nebraska City News-Press. THOUGHT FOR TODAY Man is a tame, domesticated animal. -Plato The Plattsmouth Journal Official County and City Paper ESTABLISHED IN 1881 Published Semi-Weekly, Mondavs nd Thursdays, at 410 Main Street, Plattsmouth, Cass County, Nebr. National Award Winner 19 fr 56 fitiAl CLlaiai tlifciatiam Am1 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 TO AGRICULTURE. 1955 Presented Nebraska Press Association "GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD" First in 1952 Second In 1951 and 1953 (In Cities over 2,000 Population) RONALD R. FURSE. Editor and Publisher MARGARET DINGMAN ..Woman's Editor H. M. JOHNSON .Advertising Manager JANET PTAK Bookkeeper DON WARGA . Shop Foreman PHONE 241 vncxiL urrcgui Ascogsi Scandal is a breeze that was stirred up into a cyclone by a couple of windbags. It is alright to be a promising young man if you can back up the promise. Traveling through the country in an air-conditioned car is nice, but you never know how it smells. You have to admire a parrot , he's the only creature in the world that will repeat what it hears without- trying to make a better story out of it. There is little chance of a man living within his income these days. . It's about all you can do to live within your credit. The average girl's ambition is to make some man a good husband. r Flipper Fanny, our dainty little con tour twister, says she used to long for an all-day sucker now she would be satis fied with one only for an evening. 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'cexrts for two weeks. ' ' Entered at the Post Office it Plattsmouth, Nebraska as second class mail matter in accordant with the Act of Congress of MaicH 3. 1879. Ticklers a By George) in I ' - - (y a I J "He's expecting a letter from one of those matrimonial Down Memory Lone jr YEARS AGO v Clark Boggess, Plattsmouth High School coach, was getting his squad ready for early football practice . . . H. L. Borne meier and Carl Rosenow of Alvo attend ed a breakfast in Omaha honoring Gover nor Landon ... A meeting of the year book committee of the Golden Rod Study Club was held at the home of Mrs. Virgil Per ry ... A shoplifter in the Michaelson Var iety Store in Weeping Water was caught by a clerk and turned over to Deputy Sher iff Cass Sylvester. The shoplifter was sentenced to 15 days in Cass County jail . . . The Plattsmouth Junior Drum and Bugle Corps was invited to march at the state fair on Veteran's Day . . . Over 150 descendants of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick P. Stohlman attended a reunion picnic at Kraft's Grove near Louisville . . . Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Stepanek of Omaha took over management of the Moffitt Cafe. it Sir or YEARS AGO 3U The First Christian Church voted to hire Rev. George Clark as their new minister to succeed Rev. Walter F. Robb who resigned . . . Fred Homan escaped serious injuries when the car he was driv ing slid into a ditch on the Louisville Road ... A son, Robert Joseph, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sevier ... A former local school teacher here, L. W. Whittiker, was visiting here from Canton, Ohio . . . Five Plattsmouth people were injured in Oma ha while getting off a train. Another train hit the one on which they were riding. Receiving bumps and bruises were Miss Teresa Temple, Mrs. J. D. Hawksworth, R. W. Porter, Mrs. R. W. Porter and Mrs. Michael Warga . . . Misses Clara and Alice Weyrich and Miss Estelle Baird returned home from an auto trip to Denver and the Rocky Mountains . . . Many Plattsmouth residents attended a picnic at the Henry Field Seed and Feed Farm near Bartlett, Icwa. Washington ERRY-GO-EtOUND fy DREW PEARSON EU1 (Copyright, 1355, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: IKE'S FEELINGS ON NIXON MA JOR QUESTION MARK; HISTORY REPEATS ON VICE PRESIDENT ISSUE; STASSEN OUT ON LIMB DESPITE SILENT SUPPORT. SAN FRANCISCO Biggest question mark in the mind of every delegate at tending this otherwise calculated gather ing of the GOP clan is whether the older man who is to be nominated by acclama tion does or does not want the young man from California as . his running mate again. They are puzzled by the fact that President Eisenhower has praised Nixon yet at the same time never definitely en dorsed him, that he seems to like him yet has given the green light to a member of his official family, Harold Stassen, to work against him. The broad answer to the mystery probably goes back to the general simil arity between the public relations strate gy of Dwight D. Eisenhower and the man who first made him a general, Franklin D. Roosevelt. Though different in their goals and in making international deci sions, their public relations techniques are almost identical. When the Republicans were meeting .in 1940, FDR threw them into a tizzy by 'appointing two top Republicans, Henry L. StimsOn as secretary of war and Frank Knox as secretary of the navy: It took the publicity spotlight away from the GOP. When the Democrats were meet ing in Chicago last week, Eisenhower did somewhat the same thing, by hauling the Democratic leaders back to Washington of Henry Wallace and the way he was eased out as vice-president. His situation was almost identical with that of Richard Nixon, with one important ex ception, namely the party boss es were against Wallace. The party bosses are behind Nixon. History Repeats In both cases, however, it was known that with an again unrobust president re-elected, the chances were strong that the vice-president would end up as president. It was also fear ed by those around Roosevelt as today with Nixon that Henry Wallace would be a drag on the ticket. Roosevelt .however, .didn't want to tell him this, just as Ike hasn't wanted to tell Nixon. He delegated the job to two members of his official family Secretary of the Interior Ickes and Judge Sarri Rosenman, the same Rosenman who was braintrusting for Averell Harri man in Chicago last week. They figured that Wallace, who once remarked, "I'd like to sit under a tree and study philos ophy." would be east to pry out of the vice-presidency,, but when they went .to see him, Wallace was irked, and like Nixon, said he would not retire unless FDR himself wanted him to. V He went to see Roosevelt him self: ''Wallace had been com pletely loyal to Roosevelt. Un like Jack Garner, he had never undercut the president's pro gram on Capitol Hill. And like Nixon, he had made speech after speech some of them on disagreeable subjects that the president himself didn't want to make, supporting the admin istration. Yet FDR knew he would be a drag on the ticket. He knew this, but because of Wallace's loyalty, he didn't want to ask him to step aside. Finally, when Wallace himself brought the matter up, Roosevelt gave him an answer almost identical with Ike Eisenhower's advice to Nix on ' to chart his owTn course." "If this were a peacetime election, I'd insist on your being with me," he said. "But I'm a war president and I can't do that now. However, I'll do any thing you think will help." And he suggested that "he call up some of the party leaders to rally support for Wallace's renomination. Wallace, how ever, asked Roosevelt to issue a statement of support, But just as Eisenhower has ducked giv ing Nixon a personal statement, so FDR ducked on Wallace. The most he gave him was a statement that 'If I were a delegate from New .York I would vote for Henry Wallace." But at the same time he said this, he also gave a letter to Democratic Chairman Bob Han- negan stating his preference for Harry Truman and Justice Wil liam O. Douglas. Stassen on Limb The nearest Eisenhower has come to supporting Nixon was a statement by Jim Hagerty, that the president was "delight ed" Nixon has charted his own course and decided to run again. But he did not pose for a photo with Nixon, as is customary on an occasion of this importance, and he did not make , the state ment himself. - .: The occasion of the Hagerty statement was after Nixon hur-v riedly went to see Eisenhower after he learned that' his cam paign manager and close friend, Murray Chotiner, ' could not es cape appearing before a Senate facts would come, out sure to investigating committee where facts would come out sure to hurt Noxon's political standing. Murray Briefs: Bobonylet Is Gassed At Allied Plant By Mrs. Neva Read Tel. 6021 MURRAY (Special) Spangler had the misfortune to be overcome by gas at work last Friday at the Allied Chem ical Company. He was taken to Clarkson Hos pital where he was treated. He returned home Sunday ana is doing fine at this time. Bob Linda Stones and Rheda Boardman were overnight guests at the home of Marjorie Hoschar Tuesday night. THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE FOUR JVionaay. u&uow Murdock Items: and he knew that the politica bosses were down on Henry. It's the support of the party bosses, however, especially the Taft wing of the party which is Nixon's only real asset. I chairman Len Hall was not vig orously behind him, he would have been overboard long ago. For the real fact is that some of the: men closest to Ike are decidedly down on Nixon. Sher man Adams the real power house at the White House scarcely speaks to him. Mil ton Eisenhower, the president's brother, considers him a danger ous drag on the ticket. They are the Harold Ickes and the Sam Rosenmans of Eisenhow er's Administration and they are the backstage figures who help ed inspire Harold Stassen's Dump Dick movement. There is a lot of silent sup port for Stassen. But the vigor with which Len Hall moved in to stop Stassen and the abject manner in which Governor Her ter folded in the face of the old guard opposition has left the boy Harold pretty much out on a limb. The only thing that can rescue him is definte word from yIke. And when it comes to dumping a man who has been loyal to him, Ike just doesn't like, to be definite. LETTER B It ,The Journal welcomes .letters from readers for this column on any subject. Your name must be signed to all articles intended for publication, however, by re quest, it can be omitted from the, letter appearing in print. (Contents do not necessarily express the opinions of this newspaper.) wXvXv.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.vv.m.v.w. Plattsmouth, Nebr. ' August 14, 1956 Dear Editor, The Plattsmouth School Board enters into contracts with de sirable teachers in April . and May, and trys to secure the best available teachers. Then the Board releases several of the best teachers shortly . before school opens, and replaces with whatever can be found at this late hour. One Board member said he favored releasing Mr. McKen ney because he did not want to stand in the way of his ad vancement. Shouldn't he con sider the advancement of the Plattsmouth school children al so? If Mac is good enough for Nebraska City, he is good enough for Plattsmouth and should have been held to the contract he signed. Yours truly, George H. Tuttle Mr. and Mrs. Leon Gansemer and family entertained Sunday at a birthday dinner honoring Mrs. Grover King. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. John J. Stones and Linda and Mr. and Mrs. Grover King of Nebraska City. Mrs. Gansemer is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. King. Mr. and Mrs. Val Johnson and sons were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Campbell Sunday. They all attended the SporerWeible wedding in the afternoon. The Johnsons then visited Mrs. Meyers at St. Marys Hospital in the early evening. Mrs. C. D. Spangler and her guest, a cousin, Mrs. E. D. Houch of Hickory, N. C, were spending a few days last week visiting with relatives in Kan sas City, Kans. Mr. and Mrs. George Small and Retha of Auburn were visit ors at the Earl Lancaster home Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Noble Kiser and son, Roger, of Fort Worth, Tex., are spending their vacation with relatives in this vicinity, as well as in Omaha. They came at this time to attend the Sporer Weible wedding Sunday. Mr. Kiser is a cousin of the bride. Mr. ahd Mrs. Paul Iverson and daughters, Paula and Port ia of Keyser, W. Va., are guests of Mrs. Iverson's mother, Mrs. Addie Perry, during the summer vacation. Jay Dee Druecker and friends are vacationing at Lake Oko bogi, Iowa. Dr. and Mrs. L. M. Haupt- man and daughters of Muncie, Ind., visited for five days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Brubacher. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Grabaw ski, Stephie and Tony of Penn sylvania are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Frans. Mrs. Grabawski was for merly Donna Frans. Rex Peters Soon To Leave For Tripoli By Mrs. Florence McDonald Tel. 2292 MURDOCK (Special) A fare well picnic supper held at the home of Mr. and Mrs Grant Peters, on Sunday evening was in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Rex Peters, who will soon be leav ing for Tripoli, Libya, in Africa for a two year period. Those present were: Mrs. Carrie Wolters and fam ily of Fremont, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Swarts and Stanley of Ashland, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rice of Lincoln, Mr. and Mrs. Buzz Gakemeier of David City, Mrs. Ella Gakemeier and John nie, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Gake meier and Mr. and Mrs. Dean Gakemeier and Mary Ann. After supper, Rex showed his pictures taken in Amman, Jor dan, where he and wife spent two years. a. m according to Verl Brun kow, postmaster. Weekday service will be from 7:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. This change in hours is in conjunction with new regulations issued by this area's office of the Post Office Department. It is part of an over-all pran A 4- nnnontlnriO ffliST.K- 1 ' tU UUl upciawu"" Visits Krusc Home Mary Ann Gakemeier return ed home on last Thursday from Fort Collins, Colorado, where she has been visiting at the George Kruse home. Miss Karen Kruse returned home with Mary Ann for a few days. Mrs L. W. Rase had her moth er as a guest last wek. She came on Monday and returned to her home in Auburn on Fri day afternoon, taking her grand daughter, Pamela Rose, home with her. Mr. W. O. Gillespie is visiting relatives in Casper, Wyo., and Billings, Mont. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Harms and two children of Aurora, 111., ar rived early Saturday morning and then early Sunday morning they, with Mr. and Mrs. Lacey McDonald, left for a three weeks trip to Seattle and Kent to visit relatives. Mrs. Herman Kupke was taken to the Bryan Memorial Hospital on Monday, where she under went major surgery on Tuesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Bud Rase and son, who have been staying at his' parents, L. W. Rase home for several weeks, left early Monday morning for California where they hope to make their home. MURDOCK VILLAGE BOARD MINUTES 3a August 3, 1956 tvio vilincrp Roard meWW regular session . with all mem bers present. The following bins were , or dered paid:: t- Peoples Natural Gas Co $ McDoDnald's Store ..... Plattsmouth Journal . . . Bornemeier Hardware . Bob Lichtenbereer Dick Trutna u.uu F. A. Brunkow lu.uu O. P. P. Dist 86.70 Receipts: $213.75, Cass County share on oiled road. There being no further busi ness the minutes were read and approved and a motion to ad journ carried. W. J. B. MCDONALD, s Clerk No. 3365 August 20, 1956 2.50 .70 1.90 4.03 5.00 Greenwood Soldier Is Recent Graduate Of Non-Corn Academy WURZBURG, Germany Army Sergeant First Class Vernon L. Grady, 23, son of Mr. and Mrss Lloyd A. Grady of Greenwood, recently was grad uated from the 10th Infantry Division's Non-Commissioned Of ficer Academy in Germany. Supply sergeant of the 35th Field Artillery Battalion, he re ceived instruction in leadership of units, map reading and other military subjects. Sergeant Grady, a former stu dent at Nebraska Wesleyan Uni versity, entered the Army in June, 1953, and completed basic training at Fort Polk, La. He arrived overseas in July, 1955. Visit Parents Mr. and Mrs. Edward Howard Linda and Roger are spending a few days with Mrs. Howard's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee and other friends and relatives at Dwight, Kans. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Howard are tending the farm while they are away. Annual Event Reverend H. B. Hutchman is in Pennsylvania, his former home, to spend a month with relatives and friends. This is an annual event for Mr. Hutchman. When he went to the White Hduse, ' Nixon took with him,, as did Henry Wallace, a list of state chairmen who supported him. It impressed Eisenhower who though he's become astute at National politics, does not understand state and local poli tics. Wallace's list did not im- to confer: over Suez. And like FDR, Ike doesn't like to fire i press Roosevelt. He knew poli aialivVltb' asbeen loyal. Take the case tics from the grass roots up, Joy K. Vallery Cited At Seoul For Advisor Service Colonel K. Vallery, son of Ed Vallery of 709 South 34th Street, Council Bluffs, Iowa, has re ceived a letter of appreciation while serving with the Korean Military Advisory Group, the Army reported Saturday from Seoul. He wTas commended for out standing service as an advisor with Detachment D of the groups 8202d Army Unit. He entered the Army; in 1940, holds the Silver Star and Bronz Star medals. His wife, Bobbette, lives at Falls Church, Va. Joy was , a frequent summer visitor in -his boyhood days at the Will Nolte! farm. Murdock 4-H'crs Model Their Aprons By Judy . Mills MURDOCK Murdock Sew and Sew's met at Bonnie -Stocks home for a modeling show for their mothers. They modeled their aprons, potholders and hand towels. The mothers talked about a float for the fair. Refreshments of sandwiches, ice cream roll and " ice drink and coffee were served. Mrs. Ralph Meyers is in St. Mary's Hospital in Nebraska City, where she underwent sur gery last week. She is doing as well as can be expected. Mrs. C. D. Spangler and the Charles Spangler family enter tained relatives from Wyonis sing, Pa., last week. They were Mr. and Mrs. Philip Jones and daughters, Margaret and Mary Ellen. They, with their son, Bill Jones, who has assisted Charles Spangler on the farm during the school vacation, departed Sat urday for Denver, Estes Park, Yellowstone Park and other places of interest in the West. They will return home by the northern route and enjoy seeing that part of the country for the first time. Mr. and Mrs. Hershel Hedger man and Mr. and Mrs. Ike Hedgerman of Edina, Mo., were overnight guests at the Earl Lancaster home Sunday. Mrs. Hershel Hedgerman is a cousin of the Lancasters. Mr. and Mrs. Parr Young have gone to Indiana on a business trip and will visit their daugh ters in Illinois and ' Michigan. 2 Murray Ladies Join Omaha Office OMAHA Two Murray ladies have accepted' positions in the home office of Mutual of Omaha. They are Miss Betty Morris and Mrs. Mary Jane Beins. Miss Morris is a 1956 grad uate of Plattsmouth High School. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ople O. Morris of Murray. Mutual: of Omaha is the lar gest company in the world specializing in heTalth and ac cident insurance. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Miller and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Boyd and children of Lincoln visited at the home of Mr. J. A. Boyd on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Wilkens and Mr. and Mrs. Warren Wilkens returned home on Friday eve ning from a weeks trip to Minnesota. Mrs. A. J. Tool, who entered Bryan Memorial Hospital , a week ago Monday, underwent major surgery on, Friday from which she is recuperating nice ly. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cooper were able to bring their small daughter home from the hos pital on Saturday morning. Mrs. Mark Stock and son are visiting relatives in Pennsyl vania for several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. D. Schlahoff are the proud owners of a new auto mobile. Miss Shirley Kupke spent the weekend visiting her parents and other relatives. She is in Denver taking nurses' training. Correction Two errors appeared on the Smith's Men's Wear Ad in the August 16 issue of the Platts mouth Journal. . ; The Gene Autry jeans sizes listed at 11 to 16 at $2.19 a pair shoulld have read sizes one to 10 at that price. The section on Dickie jeans should have read, sizes four to 10 at $2.49 a pair, and sizes 11 to 16 at $2.69 a pair. These sizecp and prices were reversed on the ad. Post Officce Hours Changed At Murdock As Economy Measure MURDOCK Effective Sept ember 1, Sunday and holiday hours for the Murdock Post Of fice will be 8:20 a. m. to 9:20 REAL ESTATE LOANS! 5 Percent Interest Charge Reduced for Each Monthly Payment Plattsmouth Loan & Building Ass'n. ARTHRITIS SUFFERERS! WHAT HAPPENED? Call 242 or 241 and tell your local Newspaper Plattsmouth Journal. fl, AS by JAY "What.onty a fan Belt?" JAY'S Texaco Service Free Pickup & Delivery Phone 4102 Hiway 34 - 73 - 75 OFFER SAME DAY RELIEF! 100 Tablets $2.49 AT ALL DRUG STORES Cass Drug Troubled with GETTING UP NIGHTS Pains in BACK, HIPS, LEGS Tiredness, LOSS OF VIGOR If you are a victim of these symptoms then your troubles may be traced to Glandular Inflammation. Glandular In flammation is a constitutional disease and medicines that give temporary relief will not remove the causes of your troubles. Neglect of Glandular In flammation often leads to pre mature senility, and incurable malignancy. 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