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'I'l'I'l'I'I'I'W Kl EDITORIALS A Green Star If you never study the stars and the sky at nitfht you should. And if you do and even if you don't we suj?jrest that you take advantage of a clear night to ob serve a phenomenon visible at this time of year. It is the small twinking star called IV'ta. It is the only naturally green star in the heavens, and you can find it rather simply, if you will follow these directions: At about 9:00 p.m., on a clear night, begin searc hing for the constellation Libra. It lies on the ecliptic (path of the sun) and it forms a rhombus (a squeezed-out rect angle). You will notice that the four stars in this misshaped rectangle will contain three third-magnitude stars and one dim mer one. You will note that Beta is near a bright star (named Spica) but it is not as interesting as I?eta, and if you look at the dim star carefully, and at length, you will begin to see that it is green in color the only green star, to the naked eye, in the skies. There is another star worth noting, if you are so inclined. It is the largest star yet measured, the super-giant Kasalgethe, or Alpha Herculis. Its diameter is some thing like eight hundred times that of the sun, or nearly 700,000,000 miles. You will find it in the constellation Hercules, which can be located in the east ern sky. It will take careful searching with the naked eye to find it, and one should remember that it will be found in a con stellation of eight visible stars, probaby the finest globular cluster of stars in the sky. When you locate these stars, pick out this reddish one midway between the two stars on the side of the rhombus nearest the brightest star. Use opera glasses or a pair of field glasses, to locate it and it will appear as a roundish patch of fuzzy white light. Incidentally, it is believed that there are 100,000 stars in this great cluster which you will be studying. We commend the study of the skies, and the stars, to all. Some day, perhaps, we will know much about the heavens and the infinite space and matter we study, so feebly, today. A realization of the scope and vastness of the heavens, and study of the sky at night will improve one's perspec tive, perhaps his philosophy, and certainly add to his humbleness and reverence. Down Memory Lane yr YEARS AGO The district court room was filled by a large group of the friends and oppon The Contents of The Plattsmouth Journal are the sole property of this newspaper and use of, or reproduction, in wliole 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 'he publisher Rotation Will Raise Yield Of Pastures LINCOLN Better yields of forage and more milk are pos sible by dividing a pasture into several parts and grazing the parts in rotation, reports P.H. Cole, Extension dairyman at the University of Nebraska. Dairy cows generally will do a more thorough job of grazing if they are confined to a limit ed area and moved frequently. Cole says. Under very intensive rotation grazing cows may be moved to new plots as frequent ly as every 12 hours. The electric fence provides the simplest and most econom ical way to subdivide a large pasture Into smaller plots, Cole says. The size of the plots will be determined by the size of the herd, the productivity of the land and the total amount of pasture available. Enough fields should be pro vided so that each field has a rest of two to three weeks dur ing the grazing season. Pastur es may be Irrigated, clipped and the manure spots spread out over the whole pasture dur ing the rest period LIFE BEGINS AT 50 Chicago Life will begin at 50 for men who are hired as salesmen by S. Max Becker Jr. Becker said that he will give preference to men 50 or older who apply for places on his sal es force. Older salesmen, he said, are less easily discourag ed and have a calm maturity of manner that Inspires confi dence In customers. $2800 for care 30 was held with the schools of Plattsmouth, Eagle, Nehawka, Alvo and Louisville parti cipating. Plattsmouth had 42 points, Eagle 31, Alvo 16, Nehawka, 14, and Louisville 1. In the track events of the meet Homer Spangler and Hamilton Meisinger were the outstanding local men with Tinker of Eag le, Troop of Nehawka being outstanding for their team. In the field events Steel of Alvo was the most outstanding figure with Herold, McClery and Lutz of Plattsmouth, Oberle of Eagle, Griffin and Pierce of Ne hawka, placing for their team The May Day Festival of the Plattsmouth schools was one of the most beautiful staged at , Garfield Park. The throne was erected in ,,'the west portion of the park and beneath the large trees the court was held. The Queen of May was revealed as Miss Vivian Livingston daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Livingston and Maid of Honor was Miss Janet Snyder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Snyder. Plattsmouth Journal 241 PHONE Entered at the Post class mail matter in March 8, 1879. DON WARGA SUBSCRIPTION and adjoining in advance, by two weeks 27 State Road Deaths During April Twenty seven persons died as a result of traffic accidents in Nebraska during April. This fig ure brought Nebraska's traffic death toll for the year to 86 as compared with 82 for the same period last year. Twenty-two deaths were recorded during Ap ril of last year . In reporting on April's 27 traf fic deaths In Nebraska, the Ne braska Safety Patrol report showed that 13 of the April tot al were the result of two-car accidents, 9 deaths were one car accidents, 3 deatns occur red at railroad crossing acci dents and 2 were pedestrians. The Patrol report also show ed that 14 of April's traffic deaths occurred on State High ways, 7 were on county roads and 6 were on city streets. Daytime accidents during Ap ril accounted for 18 deaths, while 9 were the result of night time accidents. Col. C. J. Sanders, in com menting on the April increase in traffic deaths, said this in crease was evidence of the gen eral Increase in traffic during April. "Since we are now start ing the months of vacation driv. Ing, and if Nebraska is to com plete this year with less traf fic deaths than the record high of 347 last year, motorists are going to have to carefully ob serve all traffic laws by being alert and attentive to their driv ing," Col. Sanders said. Subscribe to The Journal Novrl ents of the appropriations made each year for maintaining from tax funds of the Cass County Farm bureau. The meeting was held before the board of county commis sioners upon whom devolves the approval or disapproval of the appropiation for operation of the bureau. The matter dates back to the election in November 1938 when it was submitted whether to approve or disapprove appropriation of the sum of for the bureau expense. At the election the appropriation was approv ed by a plurality over the opposition, but lacked a majority of the total vote cast, a number over the county failing to vote on it. It was held by the office of the attor ney general that the proposition had fail ed to received a majority and the amount should not be appropriated. The question was raised again and in an opinion by As sistant Attorney General Beck, held that as the appropriation had failed to receive a plurality or majority of the vote? therefore the appropriation was to be continued as the voters had failed to reject it. A large delegation was present from the various clubs and groups. The board finally decid ed to allow the bill for the appropriation and the excitement was over "Hawaii" served as the motif for the annual junior senior banquet staged at the American Le gion building. The theme was selected by the juniors and their sponsor Miss Jessie Whelan. The setting was beautifully carried out. Responses were by the various class presidents, Tom Solomon, senior; Bet ty Jo Libershal, sopohmore; Robert Mra sek, freshman. Harley Cottingham, junior welcomed the party. Joe York gave a Hawaiian number, "Farewell." Miss Doro thea Fulton for. the seniors spoke on "Loy alty," Allan White spoke on the subject, "Enthusiasm." ' YEARS AGO The first Cass county track meet Official County and City Paper . ESTABLISHED IN 1881 Published Semi Wetkly, Monday! and Thursdays at 410 Main Street, Plattsmouth, Cass County, Nebr. Office at Plattsmouth, Nebraska as seconi accordanc with the Act of Congress HOWARD LINDQUIST .... Editor and Publisher EUGENE SCARLETT. Publisher MARGARET DINGMAN Woman's Editor H. M. JOHNSON Advertising Manager Shop Foreman RATE: $4:00 per year in Cass counties, $5:00 per year elsewhere. mail outside or the city or FiattS' mouth. By carrier In Plattsmouth, 25 cents for Place Fertilizer Near Roots of Corn To Benefit LINCOLN Corn roots can't see, so fertilizer should be plac ed so the very first roots ex tending from the seed will "bump into" the plant food. That's the word from M. D. Weldon, Extension agronomist at the University of Nebraska College of Agriculture. He says where soil tests show that start. er fertilizer is needed, it will do the corn crop the most good If it is placed in a band about two Inches to the side and about one or two Inches below seed at planting time. "This placement method helps the corn get off to a good start, speeds growth from germina tion to the knee-high stage and prepares the way for good yields at harvest," Weldon says. Where soil tests show that high rates of fertilization are needed for corn, it may be de sirable to divide the applica tion, putting some in the row and broadcasting the rest. Weldon emphasizes that to get top returns from fertilizing corn, you need a big enough stalk population to take advan tage of all the plant food. With low population farmers cannot get maximum yields, he said. FIRST G.I. LOAN PAID Washington The first O.I. home loan has been paid off. Miles E. Myers of Washington, an air force captain In the se cond World War, received the $7,500 loan in 1944 on Certificate No. 1 of the Veterans Adminis tration. He completed payments on the 20-year loan in 14ft years. "Joe'i always ready COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS Office of County Commissioners Cass County, Plattsmouth, Nebr. May 5, 1959 Board met pursuant to ad journment. Present H. L. Borne, meier, Melvin R. Todd and W. F. Nolte, Commissioners and Chas. Land, County Clerk. Minutes of the last session ap proved and the following busi ness was transacted in regular form. Fees for the month of April were reported by the following officers: County Sheriff $ 28.00 Clerk of Dist. Court $168.15 County Clerk $311.20 Register of Deeds $345.60 County Judge $720.70 The Claim of E. P. Snodgrass for dozing in District No. 1 was disallowed by the Board. Said claim was In the amount of $2513.50. Claims as listed on the follow ing Funds were allowed by the Board: GENERAL FUND COMMISSIONERS: W. F. Nolte Sal. adjustment $ 66.67 CLERK: Omaha Printing Co. Supp 6.99 Redfield & Co. Inc. Supp 3.61 G. A. Rutledge Supp. , 56.00 Underwood Corp. Supp 3.10 TREASURER: Omaha Printing Co. Supp 4.45 REGISTER OF DEEDS: Klopp Printing Co. Supp. .., 47.64 JUDGE: v Lawyers Co-op Pub. Co. Supp 7.50 Omaha Printing Co. Supp 2.48 Redfield & Co. Inc. Supp 6.26 Sitzman's Print Shop Supp 25.50 JAIL: Central Elec. & Gas Co. Gas 31.67 Consumers Public Power Dist.. Elec. service 14.75 Gardner Plumbing Repr 10.76 Franklin Kief Set clothes post 5.20 P. A. Martin Roof repr 77.00 Thomas S. Solomon Apr. Jailor fees. prisoner bd 171.50 W. A. Swatek Hdw. Mdse 14.86 SUPERINTENDENT : All Makes Typewriter Co.. Supp 163.46 ATTORNEY: Lawyers Co-op Pub. Co. Supp 7.50 ASSESSOR: Gordon W. Heneger Assessing & mil 51.43 No. Amerian Appraisal Co., Apr. service 195.00 Redfield & Co. Inc. Supp 12.83 G. A. Rutledge Sudd 32.50 Louis H. Schmidt Assessing, mil. pstg. .. 411.00 Grace L. Sturm Assessing, mil ou.it Clement T. Woster Assessing, mil. pstg... tS4.zs SURVEYOR'S OFFICE: Ed's Repair Shop Btry chg luu Edna Herring Check Apr. claims .... is.uu Plattsmouth Lmbr. Co. Mdse 5.80 W. A. Swatek Hdw. Mdse 7.B7 BLDG. & GROUNDS: Board of Public Works Water 1900 Central Elec. & Gas Co. Gas & new Water Heater 217.03 Consumers Public Power Dist.. Elec. service .... 38.08 Ideal Awning Co. Alum, awnings 410.00 Industrial Chem. Lab. Inc., Supp 50.00 Roy B. Sharp Rock parking lot ze.uu MISC. GENERAL: Cass Co. Sheriff's Office Mil. exp.. Dist. & Co. court 27.17 Lancaster Dist Court Cass Co. mental case . . 25.00 Cass Co. Dist. Court Mental case 25.00 Co. Judge Advance costs, case . . . 100.00 Hotel Coffee Shop Jury meals 64.50 Photostat Corp. Sudd 9.80 Plattsmouth Journal Meeting of 4-20.59 . . . 22.15 Weeping Water Republi can. "Call for Bids'' . . 17.40 FEDERAL MATCHING Arter Si Speece. Archi tects. Field check ..... 800.00 Nebr. Dept. of Roads Proi S511 (2) 3.974.83 BRIDGE: Const. Service Equip. Co. Dragline pymt 1,273.75 to argue politics Mid-West Lumber Co. Lumber 1,997.74 Thomas Const. Co. Br. repr. V N, 1 W. Elmwood 372.81 Thomas Const. Co. 3 N. 1V4 W, Elmwood . 145.46 Thomas Const. Co. 3 N. 3 W. Elmwood . 145.46 Thomas Const. Co. 1 W. 2 S, Elmwood . 122.73 Thomas Const. Co. 214 N. 4 W, Murdock . 81.80 Thomas Const. Co. 4 W, lM N, Murdock . . 217.26 Thomas Const. Co. 1 E. l4 N. Murdock .. 87.40 Thomas Const. Co. 1 W, M S, Eagle 132.33 Thomas Const. Co. 3 S, 1 E. W. Water . . 218.23 Thomas Const. Co. Vh W. Nehawka 247.78 Thomas Const. Co. Pymt on Clamshell bucket 122.22 COUNTY ROAD. DISTRICT NO. 1 Consumers Public Power Dist., Platts., Murray patrols 4.85 Murray Hardware Mdse 27.12 Nebr. Tractor & Equip. Co., Reprs 218.01 Nebr. Tractor & Equip. Co.. Mdse 21.01 Ofe Oil Company Tire reprs 9.50 Plattsmouth Lmbr. Co. Coal 12.10 Red Oak Machine Co. April demurrage 2.40 Roy B. Sharp Dirt hauling, overpass 452.50 Sinclair Refining Co. Gas. diesel 111.37 W. A. Swatek Hdw. Mdse 1.85 COUNTY ROAD, DISTRICT No. 2 The Balbach Co. Mar. demurr 2.40 Clemmy Holmes Mtr. Co., Reprs 6.00 Consumers Public Power Dist., Union. Nehawka patrols 2.00 Eaton Metal Products Corp.. Tank 37.12 Lincoln Equip. Co. r(May rental. No. 12 ... 500.00 Lincoln Welding Supp. Co.. Mar. demurr 3.72 Mogensen Bros. Garage Reprs 4.10 COUNTY ROAD, DISTRICT NO. 3 Bornemeier Lmbr. Co. Mdse 6.91 DX Service Station Gas 30.64 E & H Service Gas, mdse 8.60 Ed's Repair Shop Mdse 66.85 Lincoln General Tire. Inc., Tires, tubes 450.40 Lincoln Equip. Co. Reors 77.53 Lincoln Equip. Co. No. 12 Cat. Mtr. Grader. Snow Plow ..16,990.00 Lincoln Welding Supply Co.. Mar. demurrage . . 2.48 Nebr. Tractor & Equip. Co. Reprs 58.20 Spauldlng Standard Ser vice. Gas. oil, tire repr. 40.11 MAIL ROUTE: Kelly Bros & Co Rock 479.15 Meadow Rock Co Rock 27.88 Hopper Bros. Quarries Rock 149.03 United Mineral Products Co., Rock bi.to The Board adjourned to re convene on May 19th, 1959. Board or commissioners Attest: Chas. Land County Clerk No. 4373 May 11, laoa. City Council Minutes Meeting of April 27, 1959 Council Chambers City Hall Cltv Council met in regular session at 8:00 o'clock P. M. with the following present: Mayor Grant Roberts, Councllmen L. W. Moore. Wm. G. Highfield, Louis Swoboda, George Kalarek, City Clerk Albert Olson. Absent: none. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Motion carried, request of My ron Rice to install a Trailer Coach Park on his property des cribed as L. 40, in the NEV4 SEVi Sec. 24, Twp. 12. Rge. 13 be granted, subject to requirements and regulations. Motion carried, request of Ray Story to connect with sewer on Ave. C. from his trailer court be granted. Rav Story to be allowed to build the sewer with one hookon fee each to Tom Cacy and Rolland Aldrich waived by the Council and subject to the approval and specifications of the Bd. of Pub. Works and sub ject to the customary require ments as to sewer connections. Ray Story is to secure easements and maintenance rights to Story and the City. A petition signed by Sam Brooks and 2 others to pavi Oold St. also known as Fifth Ave., her:ln nlng at the West property line of Eighth St., running thence west to the West line of the alley in BI. 3 in Stadelman s Add. ex tended, being the East line of existing paving on said street together with all included inter. sections was read and motion carried same to be referred to City Attorney to check the re cords. Ordinance No. 974 entitled "AN ORDINANCE CREATING STREET IMPROVEMENT DIS TRICT NUMBER 140 IN THE CITY OF PLATTSMOUTH, NE BRASKA: DEFINING ITS BOUNDARIES AND PROVIDING FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF A CERTAIN STREET BY PAVING AND SUCH OTHER WORK AS MAY BE INCIDENTAL THERE TO." was passed under suspen sion or rules. Motion carried, permission be granted to George Pohlmeir to excavate in North 15th St. for sanitary sewer service to his pro perty, subject to requirements. Motion carried, permission be granted to O. W. Finney to ex. cavate in North 13th St. for sani tary sewer service to the pro perty of Arthur Haden, subject to requirements. Motion carried, permission be granted to Carl Ulrich to ex cavate in South 9th St. for snni tary sewer service to his pro perty, subject to requirements. Resolution adopted transfer ring unexpended balance in Pav. ing Dist. 82-99 Fund to Bond & Interest Fund and crediting any future receipts to the Bond & Int. Fund. Resolution adopted transfer ring $1,053.45 from Sanitary Sewer Extension Fund to Sani tary Sewer No. 15 Fund. Motion carried. Mayor Roberts appointment of John Shotwell as Patrolman be approved. Motion carried. Police Judge reports for weeks ending Apr. 18th & Apr. 25 be accepted and placed on file. Motion carried. Parking Meter collections for the weeks ending Apr. 20th & 27th reported as $229.00 & $204.00 be accepted as read. Motion carried, that Bd. of Pub. Wks. be authorized to in stall 4 new fire hydrants on the water main extension on Lin coln Ave. to the Substation of the Consumers Pub. Power Dist. as requested. Motion carried. Official Bonds of Sebert Litle, Patrolman, A. W. Huebner and C. W. Rhyland er, Councilmen were approved. Motion carried, fol 1 o w i n g claims as audited by the Finance Committee be allowed. General Fund: Sal. V2 mo. & uniform allowance. Fred Tesch Jr $200.00 Estil Jenkins 172.50 Sebert Litle 172.50 Harold McCaw 162.50 Kenneth Dunlap Sal 181.03 Fred Vincent Extra Pol. duty 40.23 Erna Yenney Sal. Vt mo 87.50 Travelers Ins. Co. Ins. prem 69.66 Nebr. Liq. Control Com. Reg. fee 2.00 Norman Kellison St. Worker 134.40 Consumers Pub. Power Dist., Lighting Sts., Bldgs., & traffic 354.53 Albert Olson Misc. expense 5.91 Paul Fauquet Bond prem 17.00 Steve Davis Ageny Bond prem 5.00 Plattsmouth Journal Pub 6.90 Wilson Concrete Co. Sup. St. Dept 370.73 Wesco Steel Co. Sup. St. Dept 113.52 Missouri Valley Mch. Co. Rep. St. DeDt 9.38 Fire Dept. Fund: Lincoln Fire Equipment Co., Sup 30.00 At this time newly elected Councilmen A. W. Huebner and C. W. Rhylander were sworn in by Mayor Roberts. No further business, motion carried meeting adjourn sine die at 9:45 o'clock P. M. Grant Roberts Mayor Attest: Albert Olson City Clerk Meeting of Apr. 27, continued: City Council met in regular session at 9:50 o'lock P. M. at the call of the Mayor with the following present: Mayor Grant Roberts, C o u n c 1 lm e n L. W. Moore, Wm. G. Highfield, A. W. Huebner, C. W. Rhylander, City Clerk Albert Olson. Absent: none. Councilman Moore was elected President of Council. The following appointments were approved for one vear terms: Albert Olson. Citv Clerk Treas., Harold R. Lebens, City Attorney, Fred Tesch Jr.. Chief or Police Dr. R. F. Brende . Citv pnysician. Mayor Roberts stated Police Patrolmen are as follows: Estil Jenkins, Sebert Litle, Harold Mc Caw and John Shotwell. Wm. Schmldtmann and C. E. Ledgway as reappointed mem bers for three year terms on the Cemetery Board were approved. Lloyd Fitch, Robert Aspedon and Harold Smock as reappoint ed members of the Park Board were approved. Motion carried. Standing Com mittees were approved as fol lows for the ensuing year: Finance - Tax - Property Councilman , Moore-Huebner Judiciary - License Co uncilman Rhvlander - Moore Fire - Water - Lighting Huebner - Highfield Streets - Alleys . Bridges Highfield - Rhylander No further business, motion carried meeting adjourn. Grant Roberts Mayor Attest: Albert Olson City Clerk No. 4376 May 11. 1959. THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE SIX . Monday, May 11, 195!) Service. Academy Examination Set For July 13 The Civil Service Commission JULY 13, to give all young men interested in an appointment to the Naval, Military, Air Force or Merchant Marine Academies an opportunity to qualify. These appointments will be for entrane to the Academies in July 1960. In order to be eligible a boy must have passed his 17th birth day but not have reached his 22nd birthday by July, 1960. He must also meet certain mental and physical requirements. For each vacancy at the NAVAL ACADEMY the Senator Carl Curtis of this district is en. titled to nominate one principal appointee and five alternate ap pointees. For each vacancy at the MILI TARY ACADEMY the Senator may nominate one principal and three alternate appointees. Each member of the Nebraska Delegation will have one vac ancy to fill at the AIR FORCE ACADEMY. The regulations for nomination have been changed to permit the Senator to name either a principal and ten alter nates or eleven boys to compete for the vacancy assigned to him. With respect to the MERCH ANT MARINE ACADEMY, the Senator will nominate ten boys to compete with the boys nomi nated by the other members of the Nebraska Delegation for the three vacancies accorded to the State of Nebraska. Those interested should write Senator Curtis at the Senate Of fice Building, Washington 25, D. C, advising him for their in terest in an appointment. Your letter must reach him no later than JUNE 13, 1959. Corn, Sorghum Prices Rising, Cattle Steady LINCOLN The seasonal ag ricultural commodity outl o o k shows wheat prices declining, corn and grain sorghum prices rising and fed cattle prices steady. That summary comes from Everett E. Peterson, Extension Farm Economist at the Univer sity of Nebraska College of Ag riculture, Here's the detailed outlook by commodities: WHEAT Cash wheat pric es have started their seasonal decline as the start of the 1959- crop harvest season approach es. This year's support price $1.81 a bushel, U.S. average- Is only one cent below that of 1958. The season high for hard red winter wheat at Kansas City was 8 cents below the loan rate. It is anticipated that the mar ket for wheat will decline to the low for the 1959-60 marketing year by July 1. The record car ryover of old wheat 1.3. billion bushels and large supplies of "free" wheat will mean mar ket prices averaging about 10 cents below the loan rate in 19-59-60. Early estimates of the total 1959 wheat crop are around 1.2 billion bushels, the fifth larg est in history. FEED GRAINS AND SUP PLEMENTS Prices of corn and grain sorghum have been rising seasonally. Despite re cord crops and large supplies, increased feeding, higher ex ports and good quality for stor age have helped prices rise to near last year's levels. Pric es for both these crops should hold up through June. Peterson suggests selling by early uly. CATTLE Slaughter of fed cattle is expected to be above 1958 for the rest of 1959. This can be expected because of large numbers of cattle on feed this spring. Some cattle feeders are expressing concern over the possibility of a price break in 1959. Fed cattle prices should hold quite steady. Heavy runs can cause temporary declines but no sharp breaks or contin ued downward trends are In the 1959 cattle outlook, according to Peterson. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor: "Legislation can try to do too much and cause new problems. It can dodge existing problems and leave the public unprotected." CtOAM f V s tan 1 uuumn 4lJ OtWUlPcufyauto AgTP ll POPULAR PR.CES " I V i CLEAN. PLENTIFUL STOCKS f I , NATrGKALLY ADVfcHf ISED PRODUCTS V v FRIENDLY. PERSONAL SERVICE ww. LESS TRAVEL. NO PARKING WORRIES 1 What Is Governor's Veto Right? This is one of a SERIES, "You And The Law," Prepared by the Nebraska State Bar Associa tion. Recently the Governor of Ne braska made news when ho vetoed several bills passed by the legislature. You may won der about this. What part docs the governor have in the legis lation of the state? Can he re fuse to sign bills which have been passed by the legislature? One thing the governor can do is veto legislation. The legis lature may pass a bill which the governor thinks is. bad or Improper. He may refuse to sign the bill and may return it to the legislature together with his ob jections to it. This must be dono within five days after the bill has been presented to him. This is what is meant by the veto power of the governor. On receipt of the governor's veto, the legislature then reconsider! the bill and, If three-fifths, that is 26, of the senators vote for tho bill, it passes in spite of the governor's objections. The governor may approve a bill. He does this simply by signing it and the bill becomes law. If the governor fails to take any action, does not sign the bill or does not veto It, the bill becomes law automatically after five days from the date it was presented to him. He must veto the bill within five days. The governor has other im portant powers with respect to legislation. He recommends the budget to the legislature. This is his recommendation as to the amount of money each depart ment of state government should be permitted to spend over the next two-year period. The legislature may change this budget, but an appropria tion may be increased only by a three-fifths vote. When an in crease is so approved, it may not be vetoed. New legislation may be pro posed by the governor. He is also required to give a message to the legislature as to the con dition of the state. This must be done at the close of his term of office and at the commencement of each legisla tive session. Thus the governor has an im portant part in the making of our laws in that he does have powers to influence legislation. Offutt Asks Help To Find 'Oxygen Bottle' Safety officials at Offutt Air Force Base requested help in finding an 81-pound oxygen bot tle that was lost by a KC-135 jet refueling tanker over Southeast Nebraska or Southwest Iowa. It is believed to have fallen in the farming area bounded by Ne braska City, Union, and Sidney, Iowa. Anyone finding the oxygen bottle, or pieces of aluminum air craft cowling which were lost at the same time, is urged to leave the container where it is and to contacl the officials at Offutt as soon as possible. The container holds 3000 pounds of pressure per square inch and could explode with improper handling of the air release valve on the front. The container is painted black, and is tapered in shape. The wider end. is about 18 inches in diameter, and the smaller end is 14 inches in diameter. Stencil led markings make it easily identifable. It was lost one evening last week by an aircraft returning to Offutt from a training flight. The bottle was torn loose by an engine starter malfunction, and recovery of the bottle will aid inspectors in determining the cause of the trouble. Even pieces of the cowling will be valuable for this purpose. Anyone finding either the oxy gen bottle or pieces of cowling should leave them where they are and telephone collect to either Captain H. T. Wagner, BEllevue 2100, Extension 20280, or Major D. H. Lewis, BEllevue 2100, Extension 25213, or BEllev ue 3443 after 5 p.m. Subscribe to The Journal Now! r - V 1