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THE PLATTSMOUTH, NLBRASKA, SCMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAC1E SIX Thursday, July 9, 1959 You And The Law (One of a series, "You and the Law", prepared ly -he Nc bra.sku State Har Association). I'mileed Communications You have often heard It said that a wife cannot testify a gainst her husband. This state ment Is true, but there are ex ceptions. It is also true that a husband can't testify against his wife. Tlie exceptions to this rule are defined by law. For instance, an exception is made when a crime is commit ted by one spouse against the other, such as an assault on his wife by a husband. The general rule Is not Uue in certain crim inal cases such as adultery and bigamy. Other exceptions are civil cases where in the mar riage relationship is involved as an action for alienation of af fections. The parties to a marriage are further protected. Even though no longer husband and wife a privilege still exists as to state ments made to each other dur ing their marriage. Legally, then .secrets may be exchanged be tween husband and wife with out fear by either that the oth er can be forced to disclose them. Thus in certain cases you may talk freely without fear that what you say may be used a galnst you without your consent. You may waive these rights. That is, you may permit or con sent that confidential communi cations be revealed. In a crim inal action you may call your spouse as a witness in your own behalf. There are other persons to whom you may mai;e confiden tial statements. These are your attorney councelor, physician, surgeon, minister or priest. These persons may not disclose any confidential communication entrusted to them in their pro fessional capacity which state ments are necessary for them to do their Job. Thus the statements made by an accused to lawyer are confi dential and may not be reveal ed by the attorney without the consent of his client. ' The law recognizes that there are times when a person must be able to talk without fear that what he says will be used a gainst him. Secrets must be kept to a minimum in a mar riage or it may break up. Soc iety Is interested in preserving the marriage and does not want it destroyed. KEEP BOOKS HOW TO for your Farm or Ranch The IDEAL SYSTEM Bookkeeping and Tax Record Book No bookkeeping experience needed. Meets Federal and State Tax Laws. All in one loose-leaf book. Includes pages of sample entries to show you how. , Approved for all kinds of farms and ranches. As low as $3.50. Plattsmouth Journal . 410 Main Street : Plattsmouth, Nebr. 'TOR" M&ii?i THE EASY WAY TO KEEP BOOKS FOR YOUR FARM or RANCH THE IDEAL SYSTEM and Tax Record Books No Bookkeeping experience needed. Pages of sample entries ihow you exactly where to post every transaction. Approved for all kinds of farms and ranches-to give you better control of your finances, help save on taxes, and show you at a glance how you stand. Meets Federal and State Tax Laws. As low as $3.50. The Plattsmouth Journal The minister and priest must be free to receive confidences so that they can offer spiritual service. The doctor needs to know more than just the location of the pain in order to prescribe lor bodily and mental ills. Thus the need for "Privileged communications." THE DRIVER'S SEAT Teen-agers account for 7.2 per cent of the total driving popula tion, but are involved in nearly 12 per cent of all accidents and 10 per cent of all highway fatal ities, according to the National Safety Council. The "accident index" - ratio of percentage of all accidents to percentage of all drivers is substantially higher for teen agers than for any other age group. And when schools let out late this spring, teen-agers will be doing even more driving than during school terms. Much of tneir driving win oe clone at night, when it is most danger ous to drive. , Since about 56 per cent of all U. S. high schools now are of fering some form of driver education to roughly 65 per cent of potentially eligible stu dents, why do teen-age auto ac cidents continue to run high? For one thing, only one-third of the high schools that offer driver education provide courses that meet minimum national standards, and students taking such accredited training make up less than one-quarter of all teen-agers eligible for driver education. For another thing, though teen-agers do much of their driving and have most of their accidents at night, only 25 high schools in the entire U. S. offer specialized, one-the-road train ing in night driving. This is far from adequate education when measured alongside the National Safety Council's repeated warn ing that darkness on the high way is the biggest accident and fatality cause of all. Three times as many drivers are killed at night as during the day for every mile driven. Thou gh traffic engineers and safety officials each year are improv ing night highway visibility by marking hazards, traffic signs and even vehicles so they reflect clearly in headlights, accident trends are determined ultima tly by the ability of the man or the youngster in the driver's seat to skillfully use such safety aids. Substantial research in this field has developed knowledge of the special tecniques of using the eyes, headlights and the head to survive at night. Impro ved safety records that have re sulted from the many night driv ing traning courses required by truck fleet operators attest to the fact people can, and need to be, taught how to drive in dark ness. High school driver education already has paid off for parents in terms of sons' and daughters' lives saved and insurance pre miums reduced as much as 10 per cent. It is apparent that training standards need to be raised further to increase these savings. Efforts to expand driver edu cation to equip youngsters to meet more fully the very real dangers of the highway in sun and shadow should be supported in every community. MM. J I I Sir J Ai 3 Bookkeeping CAPITOL. CORNER Washington, D.C. (Special) A basic belief in this country is the public's "right to know" a bout what their government is doing. This right was written Into the Constitution insofar as Congress is concerned by providing for a "record vote" in both the House and Senate. The Constitution says of the "record vote" (also called a "roll call vote" or the "yeas and nays") that: "The yeas and nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be en tered on the. Journal (official recordt." Any Representative may de mand the yeas and nays on any vote. If one-fifth of those present rise in support of the demand, a record vote is ordered and printed in the Congressional Re cord. I mention this procedure be cause from time to time I men tion a "record vote" or "roll call vote" on bills before Congress. Unfortunately, there are very few record votes, apparently be cause many' Representatives do not want the public to know how they vote on certain issues. Vacation time is here for many people. A great number will buy round-trip tickets to save money on transportation expense. There's another round trip that doesn't save anyone mon ey. That's the round trip your federal taxes make from Nebras ka to Washington and back. Federal aid programs use your money, only the states seldom get back as much as they put in. The bureaucrats have to take out enough to run the offices and pay their salaries. During this 86th Congress, 16 ladies are serving in the House of Representatives but you will never see them wearing hats while on the floor of the House ! . There's a good reason. It's a gainst the rules. Back in 1837, when not even our most forward looking forebears ever dreamed that a woman would serve in the House, a rule was passed, ban ning wearing of hats. Prior to that it was the custom for the male Representatives to wear the hats during sessions. The old rule is still on the books and still obeyed. I im agine that some of the Con gressmen find it difficult to forego showing off a new bonnet to the, rest of the Representat ives and to the visitors In the gallery. Pay TV is a perennial Issue before Congressional commit tees. One man recently said he didn't understand why there was so much opposition. Said he: "If they want to pay me a quarter for watching westerns, 50 cents for sitting through the old movies and a nickel for each commercial, it's all right with me! " WL.ji a man believes that marriage is a 50-50 proposition, he doesn't understand one of two things: women or percen tages. Count Down, Los Angel es, Calif. Henry Ford II: "Our whole educational system falls far too short both in quality and quantity...." THE LATEST in wear for underwater divinj and swimming la a mask and other equipment which can be used as a self contained unit for underwater swimming and can be converted to a eompressed air unit for static divlnr. An Army Engineers development In conjunction with a civilian firm, a feature of the set Is that no tell-tale bubbles escape to betray the under water nimmer when It is used as a self-contained unit. IBout "Swim faster, Dear! We don't want to pay any more rental than necessary!" Farmers Urged to Topdress Pastures LINCOLN Farmers who top-dress legume-grass pas tures after the first cutting will get dividends in the form of ex tra tons of hay per acre later this season, says Clinton A. Hoo ver, University of Nebraska Ex tension soils specialist. "In addition to giving higher yields, fertilized hay is general ly of better quality with a high er protein content," he says. "This means important sav ings on feed costs for beef or dairy herds and more profit per animal per acre." "Another important dividend from top-dressing pastures is that the fertilizer nutrients help lengthen the life span of alfalfa and other legumes in the pas ture stand. Thus you save time, money and labor by not having to reseed so often." Hoover says legume-grass pas tures use up large amounts of plant food. Three tons of alfal fa can take from the soil as much as 46 pounds of phos phate per acre. "On many farms, lime and phosphates should be used in or der to establish and maintain thick legume stands and high yields. "Soils specialists advise test ing the soil now to find out how much of each nutrient the land needs, and to add fertilizer ac cording to those needs," Hoover says. George Meaney, president, AFL-CIO: "We should always keep in mind that the Soviet Union makes agreements only to break them." King Baudouin of Belgium: "It takes 20 years or more of peace to make a man. It takes only 20 seconds of war to de stroy him." RENTflL Prepared by American Foundation for Animal Health One of the oldest and most bothersome problems of cattle men is still with us today, as it has been through the centuries. The problem is "pinkeye". In 1959 it is expected to cost farmers over $50,000,000 in production losses. This disease mainly occurs in cattle. Although it can develop at any season of the year, it is most common during the summer months. Pinkeye Is widespread, espe cially in warm weather. What should the farmer watch for in maintaining a lookout against pinkeye? There may be swelling of the eyelids and a watery discharge from the eyes. Often there is a pea-size bud near the pupil of the eye and a red discoloration of the eyelids. The disease usually appears suddenly, and spreads rapidly through a herd. Pinkeye is painful to the eyes, and animals will show evidence of that pain, especially when they are in bright sunlight. Frequently, pinkeye results in temporary blindness. In severe cases it even causes permanent blindness, either by clouding the eye or by rupture of the eyeball. Impaired vision is one of the major causes of livestock pro duction losses due to pinkeye. The affected animals cannot see well, have difficulty in finding feed, and thus lose weight and condition. Production of dairy cattle may drop 25 per cent. In their blindness, animals may also injure themselves by bumping into objects or falling into ditches. There are several steps the owner should take when first signs of pinkeye are noticed. He should move animals into dark ened quarters, or at least into the shade. He should have a vet erinarian start treatment prompt ly, because the disease moves very fast. He should also spray animals with insecticides, because flies and insects are believed to be spreaders. Pinkeye is one of the key targets of Livestock Loss Preven tion Year in 1959, because of the heavy losses it now causes tha livestock industry. With receipts of 41 million dol lars, Nebraska ranks 16th a mong the states in egg income. WE CARRY Thi Leading Lin I te SO Celomns All Standard Bis a ad Haling BETTER PADS stloh Qoottrr Canary ox Bull Bead Sosy oa Ih af tsnolUnl writing snrtaoa. Aoousoto pan ruling Plattsmouth Journal 410 Main Street Portsmouth. Nebr. wMm NEB SKA In the past few weeks the Ne braska State Historical Society has received word that Carbon 14 tests on charcoal found In fireplaces of a camp site which the Society investigated in 1957, at what we call the Logan Creek site, were 6,633 years old plus or minus 300 years. To our archeologist this Is one of the truly significant develop ments in archeological discov ery in the area in recent years. This discovery, linked with Indications of man found In Io wa and in Illinois that point to human habitation of those areas 6,000 to 7,000 years ago, extend our knowledge of human habi tation of this region backward several thousand years. Previous to these discoveries, our knowledge of people In this eastern Nebraska area (given the name Woodland by Archeol oglsts) had not extended much beyond 2,000 years. These discoveries of a people in this area also tie in with know ledge that has been available for some time concerning pre historic people In western Neb raska. Evidences of people in western Nebraska had dated back 6,000 years and more but until these recent discoveries there was no comparable indi cation of people farther east in the state. In historic times, the aborig inal inhabitants of eastern and western Nebraska differed much in economic and cultural cus toms and practices. At present we still see the great difference imposed upon ways of life from eastern to western Nebraska by our natural environment. Similar differences existed per haps to a greater degree be tween the people who inhabited the state before historic records were made, as the artifacts dis covered indicate. The importance of this discov ery is that it shows that people lived in both areas at that time, and gives us some knowledge about those people. Our explorations at Logan creek, in the summer of 1957, were in many respects the most satisfactory evidence of people from this period that have been found. Fragmentary evidence of hunters have been uncovered in other states, but this site show ed evidences of at least three living levels. This means there were camp sites here at three times with periods between when dirt was deposited on a living level by wind or water, the dirt deposits show no evidence of habitation. Actually, the charcoal that showed an age of 6,500 to 7,000 years came from the middle level, so more complete infor mation could show that the low er level is even older than the age we now have assigned. By studying items that can be found in a habitation site, a trained archeologist can place the age and type of people that lived there, using the assistance of other scientists such as the nuclear physicist. Archeologists of the Society and others from other institu tions working in the state have investigated a large number of Nebraska sites over a period of years, but there remain many areas in which we have little information. The State Historical Society Brides - to - be . . . . Let Us Help You in Selecting Your Wedding Invitations. Come in and see our samples of Wed ding Invitations, Napkins, Bridal books, Thank you notes, Bride's white Bibles, etc. Ar Large selection of type styles and paper it Choice of plain printing or raised lettering The Plattsmouth always solicits and welcomes Information concerning evidence of human habitation by earlier peoples in the state. Zinc deficiency symptoms in corn are easily distinguished from nitrogen deficiency symp toms, according to a University of Nebraska Experiment Sta tion circular. Zinc symptoms are near the base of the leav es and on each side of the mid rib, while nitrogen symptoms start at the tip of the leaf and work toward the base along the midrib. The pale yellowish str eaking of zinc deficiency is not ed much earlier in the life of the corn plant than is nitrogen deficiency. Also, another symp tom of zinc shortage bronze reddish coloring is not observ ed where only a nitrogen short age exists. PAPER CLOTH TESTED San.Antonio Patients in hos pitals may sleep in paper gowns on paper sheets and be treated by doctors and nurses wearing paper uniforms, if tests at Broo ke Army Medical Center prove successful. Maj. Gen. William E. Sham bora, medical center command er, said the Army Quartermas ter Corps is announcing the tests on the theory that paper items would be useful when laundry facilities were scarce and during emergency shortages of conven tional cloth equipment and cloth ing. Senator Patrick V. McNama ra (D.-Mich): "The economy of this country is being slowly strangled by the tight-money noose. Senator Kenneth B. Keating (R.-N.Y.) on the subject of Sen ate payroll secrecy: "I feel that the present policy results in un warranted suspicions." Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of West Germany: "One can step out only when one knows that the work will be continued as it was begun." 2L. alOU' Wr WAA PIMCM . .... 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