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wn m $ m arm m nrw '. in i rmm w m m 'mmvm mm' m m wvrm m t m - " f - - THE PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE TWO Section B Thursday, June 6, 1957 The Big Question Furse's Fresh Flashes Capitol News Congress And Defense Money The prevailing' atmosphere in the House of Representative indicates the De fense Department's budget requests are jruinjr to be cut. We did not anticipate that the House would be ready to whack huge defense requests this year, although we have predicted that this was an inevitable development, military expenditures being what they are. In recent days, the House Appropria tions Committee chopped some $2,587, 000,000 from the original Defense Depart ment appropriation requests which was $.'(), 128,000.000. As soon as this cut was made, the President and Defense Secret ary Charles K. Wilson asked that at least half the cut be restored. However, a scene occurred on the floor of the House shortly after this appeal which indicates the sentiment prevailing in the lower legislative body. A Democrat, a member of the House Appropriations committee, defended the committee's ac tion and was applauded by both Republi cans and Democrats. Moreover, Republi can members of the House arose to defend the position taken by the Democrat and that of the Appropriations committee. This would indicate that the House, at least, is in a mood to cut defense expendi tures. It is difficult to say that a military budget of over $36,000,000,000 cannot be cut without impairing the nation's security. It is also difficult for an editor, or a citizen far removed from the scene of budget study, to say where the cuts should be made. And, if Congress feels that the mili tary requests for fiscal 1058 can be reduc ed after studing the proposal budget, and being aware of the international situation, then this judgment is not necessarily fri volous. In our system of government, Con gress often makes mistakes. So does the Executive Branch and the Pentagon. Therefore, Congress having granted huge defense budgets for many years in succes sion and having supported the foreign pol icies of both Democratic and Republican presidents consistently, chances are that Congress is more right than wrong. . Univac Fails Univac, the all-purpose electronic brain machine, has fired a dud. Yre are not speaking seriously of the machine's ability to perform operations for which it is designed. However, a recent newspaper article reveals that Barbara Smith, 23, who ap peared on a television show last October, who had a mate selected from the audience by Univac, is not to be married to John Carran, 28, the mate selected by the ma chine, after all. When the machine picked out John from the 1,000 questionaires, he and Bar bara became fast friends. In fact, they were finally engaged to be married. Then people thought that Univac must really have something in the way of heart, as well as mind. But now that the romance is apparent ly off, some of us can rest a little easier. It is not that we wish any bad luck on John or Barbara, but hope the best for them. However, if Univac is to begin selecting mates, a lot of us might become a little un easy. . In the first place, such a system would do away with many preparations, immeasurable speculation and untold raan oeuvering, flirting and other courting hi- THOUGHT FOR TODAY ' " Heouties in zvin their prclty eyes may roll Charm strikes the siht, but merit zeins the soul. I 'ope. The Plallsmoulh Journal Official County and City Paper i:yi.ni.iMii:u i issi Pul)lihn! S'lhi Wi'i'kK , MoimIhvs uml Thur-d.i) s, at 410 Main Sirct'l, I'I.iIImiuiiiUi, Cus County, Nt'lir. Ijitrrnl at the Post Of I ice at I'latlsniiiutli, Ni'lira-ka as mtihhI cla mail matter in aiconluiKC with tlic Act of Consrrss cf March S, 1ST9. Contents of The Pluttsmouth Journal are the sole property of this newspaper and use of, or reproduction, In whole or in part, is expressly forbidden to any person, persons, or publications other than legal newspapers (as defined by Nebraska statutes) without written consent of the publisher. Three Times Winner Ak-Sar-Ben Plaques for "OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE" 1949 1951 1952 "Honorable Mention" 1953 Ak-Sar-Ben First Place Plaque 1955 for OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO AGRICULTURE National Second Place Winner 1955 Presented Nebraska Press Association 'GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD" First in 1952 Second in 1951 and 1953 llu Citirs iivcr L'.niiO l'iiulalMiiO RONALD R. FURSE EditoTand Publisher EARL S. DAPP News Editor MARGARET DINGMAN Woman's Editor H. M. JOHNSON Advertising Manager JANET PTAK Bookkeeper DON WARGA Shop Foreman u - -firanE'jftSS- uncut uaosui mwm SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $4.00 per year in Cass and adjoining counties, $5.00 per year elsewhere, in advance, by mail on! side the city of I'latts niouth. By carrier in Pluttsmouth, 25 cents lor two weeks. you don't like the move somewhere llie If the skull bone does nothing else, keeps the fat from showing. It's great to live in a free country. If weather here you else and not like can the weather there either. A strict diet will certainly take the starch out of you. You've got to hand it to the income tax people. If you don't, they'll come and get it anyway. Flipper Fanny, our dainty little con tour twister, says she doesn't want a man who will take care of her "smallest wish." She wants one who can attend to the laigcr ones. Note to drivers Watch out lor school children especially if they are driving cars. Wealthly people miss out on one ot life's greatest thrills paying the last in stallment. The two things most open to mistakes are the pocket book and the tongue. jinks. If Univac, or any other machine, could pick out the best-suited mate from a number of questionaires, it would be re latively simple for .Ma and Pa to find out who their next son or daughter-in-law should be. However, Univac, still cannot measure the emotions of the heart or the impress ions and the senses, and we think that is good. Who wants a machine-picked mate, anyhow? Down Memory Lane yr YEARS AGO V Mrs. Vesta Clark, chief operator of the Union and Murray telephone exchan ges retired from active duty. She first en tered the service in 1!)10 at Union and ser ved for eighteen years as the opera tor for the Union Mutual Telephone Co. until it was purchased by the Lincoln Tele phone Co., in 1018 and continued with that company for ten years Memorial day services were held at the American Legion building, Commander H. L. Caver of the American Legion presided. Burton Ris hel, of the Boy Scouts sounded assembly and at the close "taps," Miss Jean Howard Hayes gave three vocal numbers, "Tenting Tonight," "Columbia, the (iem of the Ocean" and "The Rose of No Man's Land," Robert Woest gave "Lincoln's Gettysburg Address," roll call of the Spanish-American war was given by Merritt Kerr of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, W. R. Holly gave the roll call of the world war. The address of the day was given by Rt. Rev. Monsignor Adolph M. Mosler of the Holy Rosary church Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Larson and family, enroute to the west coast, visited at Doming, N M., site of Camp Cody where the Nebraska National Guard trained in 11)17-18. Ray found all of the war time buildings long since dis appeared, even the "Teal Ducklings" Memorial services were held at the Young cemetery south of this city at the Young homestead. A picnic dinner was enjoyed and a program given. nr YEARS ACO 3U William and John Grebe local fish erman, landed a specimen of channel cat fish from the Missouri river that tipped the scales at 100 pounds, it made a great battle before being brought to shore The city was having the baseball park east of Main street repaired as it was in bail shape following several years of neglect, pans are to be placed to allow flow of water through the fence instead of tearing out sections of the fencing The home of Mr. and Mrs. George Conis was scene of the christening of their son John in the full ritual of the Greek church. Harry Mores of Omaha was the godfather of the young man Plattsmouth Elks lodge was sending a delegation to the state conven tion, L. L. Turpin, past exalted ruler, Ed. Fullerton, Sidney Bell, Clarence Cotner and Carl Ofe are among those planning to attend. WASKiNGTO Merry-Go -Roun (Copyright, 1957, By The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: SENATORS CAN'T SEE IKE. TH OUGH DAVE BECK DID; INSTALL MENT BUYING MAKES CAPITAL ISTS OUT OF YUGOSLAV COM MUNISTS; CONGRESSMAN WHO ONCE OPPOSED TITO CHANGES HIS TUNE. WASHINGTON. One reason Ike is having trouble with his budget is that Sen ators and Congressmen seldom get in to see him. They can't even get him to answer letters. Every Congressman who wrote a letter to Roosevelt or Truman ;th;i.s re ceived a persona! reply. Almost all who requested appointments with Truman got TESTS... A,, in to see him. He made it a point to see every Congressman except Adam Clayton Powell of Harlem, Democrat, and Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce, Republican of Connecticut. Both had once criticized Mrs. Truman. Not every Congressman got in to see Roosevelt during the war years, but they did prior to the war. One month ago eight southern Senators asked to see Eisenhow. er regarding what they consid ered cab discrimination against eastern airlines. They received a reply from Gen. Wilton Persons, Ike's deputy assistant, as to why they couldn't get an appointment- Six weeks ago, seven Sen ators asked to see Ike regarding Hell's Canyon. They are: Murray and Mansfield of Montana; Mag. nuson and Jackson of Washing ton; Morse and Neuberger of Oregon; Church of Idaho. After waiting a month, White House aide Jack Anderson wrote a long, involved letter explain ing why Ike couldn't see him. Observed Senator Neuberger: "The president was willing to take time for conferences with Dave Beck last fall, but he has not time to confer with seven Senators representing a part of the nation with the greatest natural resources." Two famous neighbors are feuding over guided missiles. They are Gen- Nathan Twining, new chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and Gen. James Gavin, The army's missile expert. They are so sore at each other that they will hardly speak. Ironical ly, they live next door to each other at Fort Myer, Virginia, and Gavin's little girls fren. qviently call on Mrs. Twining Gen. Tommy White,' new chief of staff of the air force, has been trying for six months to get a light bulb for a closet at his Fort Myer home. However, the army owns and operates Fort Myer.so General White of the Air Force has to get the new light bulb from the army. Ap parently the army figures it can save on the army budget by keeping Air Force closets in the dark Secretary Dulles was so worried about the 19 million dollar slash in the State Depart ment's budget for salaries and expenses that he personally tele phoned appropriations subcom mittee chairman John Rooney of Brooklyn at 8 a.m. Rooney was so impressed with Dulles' spirit in fighting for his budget that he agreed to restore five million dollars of the slashed funds -- Secretary Dulles has been vacationing at his private island in Lake Ontario. The ses sions Willi Adenauer Nearly ex hausted him. Be tries much more easily after diplomatic con ferences, since his illness Scientists are perfecting a new anti-radar fluid that can be spread on the surface of the ocean. It will then bounce radar rays back and will be used to confuse enemy reconnaissance planes. Congressman vs. Tito Installment-plan buying of American-style electrical gad gets is changing t lie Yugoslavs from communists to capitalists, says Pittsburgh s Gop Congress man James G. Fulton, heretofore bitter foe of U. S. policy toward Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia. He has just returned from Tito-land- Fulton discovered that the anti-communist revolt in Hung ary had produced "Explosive" results in Yugoslavia. "It had .similar effects in all the satellites, but particularly in Yugoslavia. The average Yug oslav today is scared to death of the Russians." To Fulton, this means Yugos lavia can never fall back under Soviet control. Hence . for the lirsl time he is supporting ceo. noniic aid to Tito phis de li ii. .)'.'(' unlit. yy aid "The stores arc lull of radios, refrigerators, stoves, and auto mobiles," reported Fulton. "All you want. The wife says to her husband, pay the next install ment, and the husband listens. As a result, the Yugoslav people won't do the economic things their Communist leaders want them to. "The leaders are losing sup port being forced to do what they don't want to do. "People .are still in jail. But there's religious freedom now. There's a law against interfer ing with a church service. I did not believe that until I went to a church in Osijek, near the Hungarian border. "I said to myself, If I can participate, though no one knows me here, anyone can come in. Not only did I partici pate, I even rang the church bell!" Fulton was amazed by the ex tent U. S. influence. Ihe May day parade had real American look," He declar- ed, "American tanks, American a equipment. There's tremendous American influence, so much that Yugoslav officials are com plaining. "But among the people, Amer icans are the most popular of all nationalities." Note Because of his past anti-Tito history, Fulton was denied an official visa, instead had to enter as an ordinary tourist. His appearence caused a stir in Belgrade. Said one offic ial: "We're surprised to see you, of all people- You aren't exact ly popular in our government circles, you know." Headlines and Footnotes UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold is trying to per suade Egypt to build a barbed wire fence between that country and Israel. Israel is willing to fence off the border, but the Egyptians are against it. They claim the Jews are encroachers and won't agree to any kind of permanent boundary line. This makes it very difficult to stop raids across t lie border Domi nican diplomats have been con tacting Dominican citizens in this country and ordering them to sign a petition praising Dic tator Trujillo. Those who refuse are threatened with retaliation against their families The signatures are to be used in a publicity campaign to combat the myterious murders of Prof. Jesus De Galindez of Columbia Murphy, who flew Galindez body University and pilot Gerald out of New York. In The Service GREAT LAKES, Ill.iFHTNCi Glen F. Nickels, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Nickels, of 1020 S. Fighth St., Plattsmouth, Neb., graduated from recruit training June 1, at the Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, 111. The graduation exercises, marking the end of nine weeks of "boot camp", included a full dress parade and review before military officials and civilian dignitaries. In nine weeks of instruction. the "raw recruit" is developed' into a Navy Bluejacket, ready! for duty with the fleet. ! FORT BTJLVOIR, Va. iAHT NCl Pvt. Harry J. Weichel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvy M. Wei chel, Alvo, Neb., recently was graduated from a medical aid man course at the U. S Army Hospital, Fort Bk'lvoir, Va Weichel was a student at Ne braska State Teachers College in Peru before entering the Army last October. FARM LAKGF.R A study of census records shows a decided drop in the num ber of farms since the end of World War II. but increasine mechanization of the American farm is resulting in larger farms. By MLLVIN P.U'L Statehoiise Correspondent The Nebraska Tress Association LINCOLN The pressures of a legislative session are heavy -and it takes a lot of doing to keep from the shouting stage during final weeks. In Missouri last week, two rep resentatives got into a fist fight during debate over allow ing longer, heavier trucks on Missouri highways a controver sial subject in Nebraska at any time. To some, such a display may be shocking. But to trained legis lative observers, it is easy to see how such a situation could develop. Much depends imon the caliber of the presiding officer who must always guard against personality clashes that could lead to blows. Pressure from lobbyists, the peope back home, and the drud gery and nervou.s tension of parliamenary maneuvering can often upset a normally calm senator. One of the most violent out bursts of the current session of the Nebraska Legislative came during a move to revive a bill calling for a vote on a Consti tutional amendment to permit bingo. The bill would have allowed the game now outlawed as gam bling in Nebraska to be play ed if sponsored by established fraternal, charitable societies, veterans organizations and coun ty agricultural societies. That is, if the people approved at the polls. Introducer of the bill, Sen. Sam Klaver of Omaha, asked to reconsider a vote in which the measure failed to pass by three ballots. But he wanted to reconsider this week, after the lawmakers returned from a much needed long Memorial Day weekend. Sen. John Beaver of Bcemer, a leading opponent of the pro posal, said the maneuver was "unfair" in that Klaver knew aicm tHn nBont ,,m i ahspnt. fmnl t.1P T.PPidntmP this -r - week. Beaver forced a vote on the motion before adjournment last week. Klaver then launched a violent verbal attack on Beaver where upon Lt. Gov. D wight Burney of Hartington ordered Sergeant at Arms George Santo to see that Klaver sat down. There have been other clashes in the session, but not nearly so outspoken. Governor Defends Gov. Victor Anderson made a special appearance before the Legislature last week to go to bat again for his "hardtack" approach to state spending. The governor told the law makers that they must consider the economy of the state in making final decisions on how much to allow for state govern ment spending during the next two years. And, the governor said he stll wanted the lawmakers to go a long with his recommendations to reduce the state institutional building levy sharply and elim inate the special levy for the University of Nebraska Medi cal College. But, Gov. Anderson said, he would be willing to have his pro posals tried only for two years. The governor said also that he wanted a special committee nam ed with veto power to scrutinize expenditure of money from the I building fund. The chief executive told news men he would be w7illing to com promise, however. He said if the senators would go along with his "hold the line" approach to state spending and give him the special building committee, he would go along with a hieher levy for the state building fund and retention of the medical levy. The governor said his survey of state institutions showed no emergency or even critical buil ding needs at the present ime. 'He said he appeared before the senators "out of compassion" for tire taxpayers. Historical Articles The State Highway Depart ment isn't going to run rampam over historical sites in Nebras ka, in building the Interstate Hiehway. That's the word from State Engineer L. N. Ress. Ress said the department is making plans to keep an eagle eye for historical objects which might be uncovered during con struction of the super highway across Nebraska. Personnel have been asked to cooperate with the State Histor ical Society. The society will be able to get federal funds to help re claim historical objects uncover ed during construction of the interstate route. Commented Ress: "Historical objects, such as ruins, sites, buildings, artifacts, fossils or oilier obiicis of anthiuil.v luuin; significant. arelieologii-;;l, paho tological or historical value, By Stanley Jmrs. Journal Wwhlnrton Reporter WASHINGTON, June .6- Pres ident Eisenhower, who believed he could come to term with Senator William Knowland of California three years ago, after the death of the late Bob Taft, has signified his intention to light still another battle with the presidential candidate concern ing the 19uO presidential elec tion. It may be denied but Senator Knowland and the President have never settled down to the close harmony and cooperation that is desirable between the President and his Senate leader. And Know land has failed to come around, as some in the White House had hoped he might, alter years of nudging at the White House. He remains a basic Tuft-wing Republican, and his attitude on the Eisenhower program has been a handicap more than once to the modern Republicans fight ing under the Eisenhower ban ner. Knowland, however, has strong support for his cause a mong other Republicans, not the least of it in the Senate? itself. And because the group who follow his philosophy are making a bold bid to take over the party at the 1960 convention, President Eisenhower is already making plans to head them off. He has reportedly told friends that he will exercise something of a veto power in the next con vention. It is thought that the President is willing to submit a list of names, of prospective Republican nominees and that any one of these men nomin ated will receive the active, speaking support of Mr. Eisen hower. On the contrary, the President threatens to stay out of the campaign if someone who does not go along with his general philosophy is nominated. The main cleavage is in the field of foreign affairs, and Mr. Eis enhower is worried lest some of the old nationalism isolation ism of the past rears its head and takes over in the party. Reports from Africa tell of continuing widespread rebel ac tivity, in Algeria, a former shall not be needlessly destroy' ed." University Budget One of the surprises of last week's legislative session was the size of the vote for restor ing a $1 million increase in state tax funds for the Univer sity of Nebraska. The school asked for $5.5 mil lion more in state tax funds dur ing the 1957-59 period. Gov. Victor Anderson recom mended $3.2 million increase. But the Legislature's budget committee came up with a figure of $2.2 million increase. A two-day floor fight re sulted in a 25 to 15 vote for the restoration of the $1 million figure. There had been considerable lobbying by the University for the governor's $3.2 figure, some senators said. They had expect ed this to backfire more than it did. WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE sea Bird HORIZONTAL 1 Depicted sei I bird 4 They in colder regions of the North 9 Species of flounder 12 Arifier 13 Body's main blood artery MEggs 15 Hang loosely 17 Fisherman 19 Follow after 20 Correct 21 Ye iSn VERTICAL 1 Military assistants 2 Muse of astronomy 3 Recognizes 4 Large bundle 5 Fish eggs 6 Suffix 7 Greek letter 8 Native of Denmark 9 Charitable eift 32 10 Vindicate 34 11 Poets 35 16 Gules (ab.) 37 18 Gram (ab.) 21 City in Nevada 39 25 Hon products 40 22 Guineas (ab.) 23 Exist 26 Observ 28 Exempli gratiu (ab.) 29 Preposition 30 Norwegian (ab.) SI Near 32 Distress signal at sea 33 Scottish shccpfold 35 Epistle ab ) 36 Symbol for noon 33 It is an expert and swimmer 42 Conducts 45 Satiric 47 Salt 43 Permit 49 Minute skin openings 1 1 Female sheep r2 Compaq point .'I M;.U- into l,-,v 5 1 Onager I I 5 '( 5 o jd I it u j 1 1 1 km tmm -5 ifa 17 ,5' 3 , JEp yv 1I1L 'm; urn 1 1 . b) 10 hi h f"Vr9 ft 7rT mill FT French colonial possession which France today claims is part of France it-sell. The French claim is not the stronger of claims, for Alrica is a Moslem country and there is a growing passion there in lor lnaepcndance. In that country, the French are tying down huge quantities of military equipment and men and have weakened their NATO contribution to an insignificant level in order to suppress the terrorism in Algeria. But the latest reports indicate the French are making no progress. In fact, the murder of a prom inent Algerian in Paris a few days ago highlighted the cause of the rebels, who had placed this famous Moslem on the as sassination list because he had favored Paris' control of Algeria. And reports from Tunisia indi cate that the strength of tha rebels in Algeria is as strong or stronger, than ever. French claims of victories, it is said, against the terrorists, actually represent the number of Arab civilians killed in a raid on some town or village, these sources say. And the rebels seem to have plenty of arms. The re bels claim they get much of their equipment from French de serters, but much of it reaches them from Tunisia, it is believ ed, also. A year ago French military authorities were saying the end of the guerilla war in Algeria was in sight but now they only claim the situation is improving. Many doubt that. From Moscow the news is that Nikita Khrushchev has be come an even stronger figure in the Communist regime than he was a year ago. lt will be re membered that sensational stor ies were circulated about Khr ushchev and his drinking, and predictions made that he was on the way out, not too long ago. The contrary is true. Krush chev is active and is the most infuential official in the finance program, the agricultural pro gram, the heavy industry pro gram and in many other fields of government in Moscow. More and more, he speaks out on the major changes and intentions of the government in various fields. ...While he is not expected to stage a coup, and become an other Joseph Stalin, he is thought to be more firmly en trenched today than ever before as top man in Moscow. SAVINGS BONDS With the announcement of higher interest rates on Govern ment savings bonds, there seems to be a slight trend to greater sales. Total sales for April in the nation for the "E" and "H" bonds were $372,000,000 compar ed with $365,000,000 in March, To tal for the first four months was $1,563,000,000, compared with $1. 927,000,000 for the comparable period of 1956. Cash-ins, however, have not decreased, as shown by the fact that $1,880,000,000 was paid out during the lirst four months against $1,620,000,000 last year. 28 Fly aloft 41 Mature 42 For fear that 43 Babylonian deity 44 On the ocean 46 Against 47 Dry, as wine 50 Egyptian sun god 27 Grafted (her.) Steenles Enriches Roman official Domestic slaves Cast a ballot "' Half-cm Here's the Answer