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THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. SEMI-WEEKLY 0URNAL PAGE TWO Section B THURSDAY. AUGUST 8, lib',' Fall-Out EDITORIALS Howard's Homespun Capitol News -.t " "Ti Another Wolf Boy The latest wolf hoy to turn up seems to hi' a confirmed wolf, at lea.t in part. Several mouths atro ho was found living with a pack of wolves in faraway India, running on all fours, eati iifjf raw meat and lapping milk. When found, he was 1aken hy Indian soldiers to a hospital. From there police took over and finally j,rao him to a child less couple, who reported the hoy howled at night, like a wolf. At long last, n peasant couple said they wore the parents of the hoy and he was yivcn to them. However, the hoy is still hilitiK those who anger him, prefers raw meat for his food ami laps water. He cannot talk and does not walk on his two The boy's name is I'arsram, and is the third wolf hoy to be found in India in re cent times. Maryland Ends Hangings The State of Maryland has officially ended hanging. The state still retains capi tal punishment but from now on capital punishment will be carried out in a gas chamber and not in the gallows. The last man to go to the gallows in Maryland was Kelly Uriley, a .'!o-ye;ir-old Negro convicted of a fatal shooting in Ilaltimore. And, although the gas chamber became available to the State of Maryland on June 1st, the law specified that it be used only for persons whose murder trials began after that date. Neither the gallows nor the electric chair are modern ways of carrying out the death penalty. The gas chamber allows condemned men and women to pass out of existence painlessly and causes less terror and fear than either the gallows or the electric chair. The State of Maryland is following the. modern trend in obolishing the gal lows and adopting the gas chamber as its official mode of capital punishment. More and more states are likely to follow in the years immediately ahead, and rightly so. Faith Wiser men than the editor have writ ten over the years that men must have faith in the future and in some of the things which touch and surround his life. We would not attempt here to be specific and to offer cheap advice on just what people must have faith in. However we would remind our read ers that one must have faith in something. If life is to contain hope and one's efforts are to be enthusiastic, then it is necessary to have faith in (lod, one's fcllowmen, the hereafter and the value of right and justice in this world. The strange thing about faith is that it, itself, produces wonderful results. The person who exhibits faith, especially faith in others many of whom do not enjoy such support, often produces surprising results. Many a soul, abandoned by society, has responded to someone else's faith in him or her with admirable steadfastness A balanced philosophy, we would say, would be one which included the general assumption that in most people there is more good than bad. Following this philosophy and looking for the good, one will find plenty of good in his fellowmen. Looking for trouble, he will find trouble. Therefore, it would seem best always to look for the best the good in people and, in a surprising number of instances, unexpected good will be found. The Plaflsmouih Journal Official County and City Paper r.M'ABUMlt I) IN I SS 1 rullihed Srmi Wt-ekly, Mondays and Thur silays, ;it 410 Mjiii Stnvt, PLitUnmuih, Cas County, Ncbr. Littered ill the IV, t Olticc .it I'UttMiioulh, Nebraska as seeoml ii.i5 m ill in it 1 1 r in acconljiue. with the Act of Congress of M.irch S, ISTft. Contents of The Plattsmouth 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 (at defined by Nebraska statutes) without written consent of the publisher. Three Times Winner Ak-Sur-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 1051 and 1953 (In Cities out 2,'intj l'.i;iu!.ilio:i) HOWARD LINDQUIST .... EditurTincnUsher EUGENE SCARLETT Publisher KARL S. DAPP News Editor MARGARET DINGMAN Woman's Editor 11. M. JOHNSON Advertising Manager DON WAR OA shop Foreman k i PHONE Z41 7j IUiGlUlESiTOKUU.tU:Cai V I 1 -V I A Why some people take themselves so seriously is a puzzle that probably escapes their own solution. It is surprising how quickly a busy man can finish his day's work when there is a baseball game on schedule. Don't bother too much about your boy or girl just be sure their parents set them an example worth following. There may be more in the man than there is in the land but there's a lot more in the land than some people think. The man who attempts something un usual is generally laughed at if he fails and hailed as a great guy if he succeeds. Wonder what has become ot all the liquor drinkers who said, before repeal, that they would never buy from a boot legger. Hint to husbands ol June brides your wife will always be right, or so near to it that you might as well waive the technicality. Some people don t read the l'.ible be cause they fail to understand it. They still live, however, although they don't under stand themselves. It seems that democracy, in addition to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, must now guarantee its people a minimum standard of living. Down Memory Lane nrt YEARS AGO Louis Harris sued P. 1). Sullivan for $15,000 damages alleged to be due as the result of burns sustained while in the em ployment of the defendant, doing some work on the cabin cam) on Chicago ave nue. A plumbers lead melting pot explod ed and as the result plaintiff sustained serious burns Lee Myers of Seward was elected as head of the music department of the local schools. He is a graduate of Doane college, he also attended the Uni versity of Southern California. Mr Myers succeeds Lee Knolle, who was elected to the Omaha school system Stoehr fam ily held a reunion at Garfield park to hon or Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stoehr of South Gate, Calif., a picnic dinner was enjoyed by all of the group Sale of the OK garage on Chicago avenue was made by the Nebraska City Loan & Building association to E. A. Rosen of this city and Hen Novak of Neb raska City. The building will be occupied by the Rosen motor company with Ed Rosen as manager The Norfolk Packing company of this city started the sweet corn harvest at the plant here, they have 2,500 acres of land under contract for raising corn both in Cass and in Mills county, Iowa. At this time there are 125 men and women working at the plant and canning is gett ing under full headway. The canning of kidney beans has just been completed at the plant Harley Wiles has just re turned from Omaha where he had under went surgery at Methodist hopital Miss Plattsmouth of 11K'!7", Miss Genevieve Fdoom was married at Glenwood to Leland Laase of Wayne, Neb, who has been a member of the faculty of the local school where the bride was a student John H. Gayer, graduate of the class of 19;?7, is to enter the Universitv of Nebraska this fall. nr YEARS ACO V Miss Sylvia Noble was married to Mr. Robert Hill of Fremont at a lovely ceremony at the home of the bride's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Noble 11th street. A floral altar had been arranged in the livingroom before which the wedding ser vice was performed. Miss Violotte Regley was soloist for the service and Miss Helen Wurl accompanist. The bride was attend ed by Miss Catherine Hill of Fremont, sister of the groom and Edward Hill of Schenectady, N. Y. was best man. Miss Helen Reeson was the lucky girl to catch the bridal bouquet Ernest Trumble of Eagle was selected as clerk in the Platts mouth State bank to succeed Kenneth Kat terson who had resigned Sheriff P.ert Reed was called to north of the city where it was reported a stranger had his car in a ditch near the Will's farm. It was found that the driver of the car was Ivan Gaddis, well known Omaha newspaper man, who starting home had gone up Eight street and found himself lost near the rifle range. Washington Merry-o-Round SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $4 00 per year in Cass nnd adjoining counties, $5.00 per year elsewhere, in advance, by mail outside the city of Platts mouth. By carrier in Plattsmouth, -a cents lor two weeks. (Copyright, 1957, By The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: THREE LAMOR ( 1 ROUPS TURN ED TIDE IN CIVIL RIGHTS-JURY RATTLE: LYNDON JOHNSON CLE VERLY MANEUVERED FOR THEIR SUPPORT; LA LOR LINED UP WITH COALITION WHICH PASS ED TAFT-HARTLEY ACT. m v HIGH COST ' of . ;'."V - wm , , -iff ' V mm, AMm;e. 13 3 ... WASHINGTON. Just a few days before the vote on the jury trial amendment, Sen. Lyndon Johnson knew that he didn't have the votes to win. He stall ed for time. The fact that he finally won was considered no thing short of a political mir acle. The tall Texan had first per suaded southern senators to ac cept the jury trial amendment with negroes on juries by tell ing them it would merely re sultin hung juries. One white man on the jury could always vote against conviction, could always protect white defendants. With the south behind him, therefore, what Lyndon need ed was to cut into the huge bloc ol 38 republican senators which GOP leader Knowland had line ed up against the jury trial a mendment. At this point, Lyndon and the Church - O'Mahoney - Kefauver group conceived the idea of ex tending trial by jury to all cri minal contempt cases, includ ing labor. This, in turn, swung three potent labor groups be hind trial by jury. Their shift was what really defeated the administration's civil rights bill. The three labor groups were: The united mine workers, the postal workers, and the rail road brotherhoods. How Lyndon won them, despite an emphatic, repeated resolution by the AFL CIO executive council to the contrary, is the real story of how he won his battle. Lyndon's Fast Footwork Here is how he did it: The postal workers have been desperately anxious to pass a pay raise bill. It must be okayed by Sen. Olin Johnston of South Carolina and his post oflice committee. So Johnston agreed to make postal pay increases the the first order of business be fore his committee and keep it there until passed If the postal workers in turn would woo republican senators over to the jury trial amendment. Lyndon Johnson and Johnston also a greed to push the postal pay in crease over Eisenhower's veto, if, as expected, he vetos it. Jerome Keating, able legisla tive representative of the letter carriers, kept his end of the bar gain, buttonholed many senat ors. He is creited with swinging Sen. Kuchel of California away from his colleague, Knowland, in favor of the jury trial amend ment. United mine workers The Journal had gone on record vi gorously against the jury trial amendment. Its June issue had described it as "phony as a three-dollar bill." Despite this, John L. Lewis suddenly reversed his union and sent telegrams to every senator urging the amendment which his own magazine labeled phony. This switch was accomplished through Welly Hopkins, onetime member of the Texas senate, a great friend of Lyndon John son, Now counsel to the United mine workers. The fact that John L. Lewis was once socked the biggest fine in labor history by U. S. Judge Alan Goldsbo roug for violating a court in junction, did not handicap Lyn don and Hopkins in swinging John L. Lewis around to the re written jury trial amendment. Lewis, in turn, swung at least one republican vote away from Knowland that of chairman Re vercomb of West Virginia. Railway Brotherhoods This was the most influential labor group of all. The brotherhoods have a railway retirement act which they want passed and which is stalled in the house. However, the chief factor which .swung them into line, was the personal persuasion of Lyndon. Parting The Red Sea Lyndon got hold of Cy And erson, warmhearted representa tive of the railway labor exe cutive association, put his nose almost against Cy's and told him that to save a split in the demo cratic party he had to swing the brotherhoods behind the jury trial amendment. When Lyndon starts talking he can almost persuade the waters of the Red Sea to part. He even persuaded ex-congressman Bob Mollohan of West Virginia to come to Washington to use his influence. Harry See, lobby ist for the trainmen, also talk ed to key senators. It was this big push by labor which really rescued Lyndon Johnson on the jury trial a mendment. There were two ironic facts about labor's position: 1. It lined up with part of exactly the same dixie-GOP coalition which put aross the Taft-Hartley Act. It was iTaft and northern republicans who worked out the long-standing coalition whereby the south vot ed against labor and northern republicans voted against civil rights. 2. Labor also lined up again st important laws which it help ed to pass - The minimum wage act, the Davis-Bacon Act, and the Walsh-Healy Act - All en forced by court orders. Enforce ment of these laws by jury trials is almost unworkable. Note At the last minute, Johnson almost lost one republi can senator, Barry Goldwater of Arizona, because jury trials were extended to labor injunc tions. Goldwalter, a Phoenix de partment store owner who hates labor, went up to Knowland and told him he didn't intend to re write the Taft-Hartley Act in the civil rights bill. He promised to vote against the jury trial. Later Goldwalter began to feel uncomportable siding with Wal ter Reuther and Jim Carey, for mer mainstays of the CIO, who fought against the jury trial compromise. Lyndon shrewdly detailed Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Varo lina to work on Goldwalter. Thurmond, former dixiecrat candidate for President, is Gold water's best friend in the senate and finally swung him away from Knowland over to the jury trial amendment. Teaching Your Youngster To Save Those pennies, nickles and dimes your youngsters like to collect offer a fine opportunity for you to increase their inter est in savings and to develop their own natural skills. Children love to draw, and to build, and to see things come 1 to life. So, as a starter, you might give your youngster a hand in building an easy-to-make, cardboard "bank." It needn't be anything more than a crayon-colored box with dolls, trains, horses or what ever represents the personal dream for which your small fry is saving. The bank should be given a name of course, and a "teller's window" or a "side walk teller" can be made as a slot for the coins. For a very simple home-made "bank" there's nothing bet ter than a plain glass jar with colorful cut-outs pasted 011 it. The advantage of such a bank is that when children can watch their pile of coins grow, their ! interest in savings grows with it. As the savings grow and the coins collect, the best and saf est place for them is, of course, a real bank. There are rich rewards for the effort of teaching children to save. By MI I V IN PAI L Ma tehou.se Correspoiulfnt The Nebraska Press Association LINCOLN It's a considerable time until the next Legislature meets but there is one subject that will get more than the nor mal share of attention, taxation Importance of this subject in the one-house body has grown with each session. And, in the interim, study groups composed of state sena tors have delved into the many sided problems of equalized tax ation among all the citizens. This time, a committee head ed by the fiery Scottsbluff law maker, Sen. Terry Carpenter, is having a turn at ferreting out violators of existing tax laws. Some observers feel this may have considerable bearing on the sales-income versus property tax fight that will be a big one when the gavel opens the 195!) session. Carpenter has said that his committee is not on a "witch hunt," but is sincerely trying to see whether there are many fla grant violations of existing laws. And, along with this, the sen ator said that his group will attempt to determine if enforce ment of present laws can be improved. If not, he says, Nebraska may have to turn to another source of revenue. I Also on the tax front, the past several weeks have been busy ones for the State Tax Commis sioner and the Board of Equali zation. First came reports from counties on the value of property for taxation. Then, the board by law ad justed counties where it thought classes of property were either too high or too low. The state levy then was set. Included in the valuation prob lem was the perennial how much should railroads be worth for tax purposes? The state board always sets one figure the railroads claim a lower one. A key factor in determining value of property sales ratio cannot be used in the case of railroads because they are not sold like regular property. Gov. Victor Anderson, chair man of the State Equalization Board, slapped the hardest at the railroads as any governor in recent years. The governor said he feels the lines have been getting a "fair deal" and indicated in no uncertain terms that he doesn't like them automatically appeal ing every year from the values set by the board. Governor Anderson flatly told railroad attorneys he would not go along with any change in the board's original figure. Two companies the Burlington and Missouri Pacific asked at a public hearing that the state board reconsider and cut tlur values. The chief executive said he was not going to chop the value of railroads and push this on to the regular property owner. State Tax Commissioner Fred Herrington then said as one member of the board he feels the group should make a re commendation to the next ses sion of the Legislature. That should be, Herrington said, either that the lawmakers spell out in law how railroads should be assessed for tax pur poses, or change the formula. This could kick off one of the strongest tax fights in years in the Legislature. The railroad lobby in the Uni cameral body has been an ef fective one as it is powerful. Value of the Burlington for tax purposes was set by th" board at $54.8 million. Railroad attorneys said the figure should be $41 million. The next session will see what phase of the taxation fight th;it is sure to come will involve the railroads. INTELoGSAMI Chock the correct word: J(;orman physicist Wilhelm Konrad HoenlRon discovered (X-rays) (divisibility of the atom). 2 A megaton is equal to one (thousand) (mil lion) tons of TNT in explosive force. 3Vest (.'ermany is (half) (double) the si.e of East (icrmany. J. 1 Resignations from President Eisenhower's v cabinet total (four) (live). H Minimum age for serving in the House of t- Representatives is (25) (.'!()). C Africa has a (greater) (lesser) population 1 than South America. .7 The United States ranks (third) (fourth) among nations population-wise. 8 A minister is the highest diplomatic officer in a (legation) (embassy). 2 The Marshall Plan was set forth in a speech bv thin Secretary of State Ceorge C. Marshall in 1917 at (Harvard) (Yaie). 10 The transfer of the I'hiladelphia Athletics baseball franchise to Kansas City took place (before) (after) the St. Louis-Iialtimore transfer. Count 10 for each li)or; 3l)-U0, average; correct choice. A score of 0-20 is 70-110, t:uotl; 90-100, excellent. Decoded Inlelligram 'mjV 01 'p.nwjeii 6 untu?a.n !? Ml'"0.'! L JOJeojo 0 'S3 S 'J"w.ip 'oiqnoo g -uotiniM Z '.J-X I nasium at Kearney College. But, the governor said, that's for the Normal Board to decide. He's just going to determine whether the building will cost too much. A Kearney delegation, led by State Sen. Norman Otto raked the Normal Board for what the group called letting Kearney think it was high on the priority list when it was not. Appearance of the group was unusual before the Normal Board, which in the past has functioned without much public controversy. No Hopper Funds At the present, time, it looks like farmers will have to get together locally to fight the grasshopper menace, without financial help from the state. Several inquiries have been made of the governor's office concerning state aid for control ling the pests. But Gov. Anderson said Ne braska has only $yO,0()0 for such a program and this is matching money. The federal government requires the funds to be used on range land only, not crop land, the governor said. But. he added, he understood control is being obtained in some areas at reasonable cost through local action. In The Service FORT CHAFFEE. Ark.iAHT-i NO -Pvt. Edar A. Mueller, 22. ' whose wife, Phyllis, lives in' Syracuse, Neb., recently was! graduated from the eight-week j General Supply Schoof at Fort j Chaffee. Ark. He received instruction in the; fundamentals of Army supply J procedures and the preparation; of supply records and forms. ! Mueller, son of Air. and Mrs. ! John Mueller. Avoca. is a 1052: graduate of Avoca High School. Mathematics Course Added To Ag Study LINCOLN- Students entering the Universitv of Nebraska col lege of agriculture this fall will find a more technical course of .study awaiting them than in pre vious years. Dr. Franklin E. Eldridge, as sociate director of resident in struction at the college, explains curriculum changes have been made because highly trained people are needed to keep up with technical advances in agriculture. Major portion of the involves mathematics ence courses. Starting this fall all in the college will be to take the beginning mathematics course. Students who have had a high school chemistry course will find they won't have to take the two 5-hour chemistry courses re quired in the past. Instead, they will be allowed to take two 3 hour courses in chemistry. This will allow students more time for elective courses. Although more science, social studios, humanities and mathe matics courses will be required in the future, the curriculum for both general agriculture and technical science students will be nearly as flexible as in the past, Dr. Eldridge says. revision and sei- students required college HM.ICOP'IIRS The Army has announced it U naming its helicopters, its fly ing platform ami several type, of light planes for Indian tribes to replace numerical designa tions. The aim is to provide more colorful titles, elimmal" confusion and reduce the likeli hood of numerical error . WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE Good Jumper DOOR TO DOOR SELLING It is interesting to learn that door-to-door selling accounts for only two per cent of the total retail business in the the United States today. This is in marked contrast with the figures of just a few years back. Call Your News And Social Items to 2-11 No Priority By Governor What some legislative obser vers figured may bn a king sized headache for Gov. Victor Anderson in having veto power over expenditures from the slat' building fund may not be that at all. The governor said lie is not going to determine priority of construction of buildings by cov erning boards ol state agencies wanting to spend institutional building funds. His veto, the governor said, will be strictly confined to wheth er cost of the structure propos ed is too high. Some observers in the recent Legislature which gave him the veto power thought it might put the chief executive in the middle of an inter-community fight. But, the governor said, he is not going to encroach in the field of administration now cov ered by such boards as those for the University of Nebraska and the four teachers colleges. The first opportunity for get ting in the middle of an inter city battle came up when the St ate Normal Board decided build .1 practical arts M rue W' at Peru College before a gym- ' HORIZONTAL 1 Depicted animal 7 It is a . 13 Shuns 14 Woman adviser 15 Wager 16 Girl's name 18 Obtain 19 It is found Africa 20 Bool; of Psalms 2; Lieutenant- au ) 13 Network 25 Competenf i hoviet river : 28 Portal 29 Chinese measure 30 is 4 good" jumper 31 Plural ending 32 Near 33 Cooling devices 35 Throw 38 Poker stake 39 Give forth ,'40 Indo-Ccr- ) manic (ab.) 41 Greets 47 Eye (Scot ) 48 Land parcel 50 Wearied 51 Era 52 F.xpunjer 54 Trader 56 Pet fi? Srru s ) ccr.terr.pt VERTICAL 1 Wj.i.ng t-irj 2 More l?vl 3 Decay 4 Tv.-u (prefix) 5 Advantages i It is also found la -1 Lease 8 Curved molding 9 Down 10 Unit of energy 1 1 Ornamental wo 1 k 12 Shred J7 Indian mulberry 20 Long cloaks 2! 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