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fHE PL ft TTS MOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAI PACK SIX .Section H Thursday, December 21, V.MI Ccpitol News !y Mflvin I'mil St;tt house ( .rrespiHich-iit The Nebraska I'ress ssci ition Srb is one of the busiest men in the 8tatehou.se during the f months every other year that the lawmakers are in session in Lincoln. He has plenty to do when the solciiis fo home, too. Immediately after the session LINCOLN The Nebraska adjourns, Srb supervises elean Lei'islatur'e never ends for Clerk; inn un unfinished business, pets Ifut'o Kit). the session laws printed and then 0". VW Y -; ' v' V, : '"!', ' i our friends T j iJ r Bussed Christmas... if' Ladies Toggery V A- - Merry Christina Everyone! Norma & Bill Spradlin f JOYOUS HOLIDAY GREETINGS R. V. Bryant Motor Co. rv v ' -i' ''Mi J . wuminww May the Joy of the Holiday Gloiu Brightly for You and Your Family STAN'S BAKERY AND HOTEL RESTAURANT ronceniiatlna: on peltliv? the Journal dady record of legis lative motions and votes com pleted. The Journal is expected to be ready for distribution soon. In between sessions the 59-year-old Srb. who is popular with the state senators, gathers information for individual law makers, makes speeches on the Unicameral, and handles moun tains of correspondence from other states on the Unicameral and some of its unique proced ures. Srb is qualified to di cuss the , Unicameral as compared to the old 2-house Legislature. He , served as a senator and as sec-' i-etary of the senate before the one-house body became effec tive in 1937. Since that time he has con tinuously been renamed by the 'awmakers. Usually the senators give the clerk some task to handle be tween sessions. This time, Srb is studying ways to most aceur a'ely and economically record debate of lawmakers on the floor. He must recommend, sur; pestions to the senators when they convene again in January, liWl. No l ull The Christmas holiday week, is not the traditional quiet time : in the sUitehou.se. The expected serenity was : shattered with the resignation : of Pttte Enginer Roy Cochran ; : and his deputy, Henry Schlitt. , This came after Cochran was j told the governor wanted Schlitt ij fired because there had been , deiay in progress of planning : and nht-of-way acquisition on : the Interstate Highway. : Cochran took out after Brooks in strong words. ': For the governor to want to fire a top official under a de- j partment head's immediate jur isdiction without the depart - :: ment nead's knowledge creates!;: an "intolerable" situation, Coch- : ran r.da. ;:: The blowup was not unexpec-,:; ted, There had been recurring;;: reports in the capitol and in the ! j; road construction business of a 1 :; rift between Cochran and Brooks. A former three-term Demo cratic governor, Cochran also had twice been state engineer. He was appointed by Brooks a year ago. Cochran said he al most quit twice before after dir ectives on road building were issued from the governor's of fice, Cochran said he "almost ne ver" saw the governor during his year as state engineer and felt this was without prece dence" in Nebraska governmen tal operation. It was known in the capitol that Cochran did not like the orders on road building plan ning coming from the govern or's office although both Coch ran and Robert Conrad, admin istrative aide to Brooks, had publicly denied any difficulties. Boyle-Morrison The segment of the Democra tic party which follows Frank Morrison of Lincoln is taking out after the faction headed by Bernard Boyle of Omaha. Morrison has filed as a Dem ocratic candidate for governor. He charged that Boyle, the par ty's national committeeman, has a "political machine" and is trying to dominate state gov ernment. Further, Morrison charged that Boyle' had "hand-picked" Robert Conrad, administrative assistant to Gov. Ralph G. Brooks, to run for governor. Nebraskans, Morrison said, will decide in the May, I960, primary whether to turn gov ernment over to the "Boyle political machine." Boyle fired back at Morrison and said he was not surprised by the Morrison attack. Boyle also said it was the first time he had heard of some-j one who is a candidate "begin-1 betore an opponent has enter ed the race." ! The committeeman also said he has taken a hands-off atti tude on candidates in the pri mary and that there are sever al who would make good gov ernors, including Conrad. New Chairman Two state groups have new chairmen. Joseph J. Brown now heads the State Railway Com mission and Jess Quinn of Goth enburg, the State Aeronautics Commission. Chairmanship of the three -member railway commission is rotated. Brown succeeds Rich ard II. Larson who has been head of the commission the past two years. Quinn succeeds Chet Flies bach of Scottsbluff. Fliesbach's term ends March 1. State Aero nautics Director Jack Obbink said the aeronautics department has recommended the govern or reappoint Fliesbach because of his interest in aviation. eep Faith 'Shiny' Throughout Year This is the time of year when! the whole family gets up early all the little ones are wishing that their dreams will come true. Dreams of toys piled be neath the Christmas tree. Dreams of happy laughter as to see what Santa has delivered You see, little ones have Faith that all this will happen. For parents, there is the Faith that somehow they will make tarn fsivTO? - r its im..v It is with a great ileal of sentiment and joy that we extend to all our friends our greeting and best wishes for a Truly Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year I Mr. and Mrs. August Gall Sea ERNIE'S BAR ELVINA & ERNIE SCHULTZ MAKE YOUR NEW YEAR'S RESERVATIONS EARLY '53 Just Coming Aroniul to Say wIInve a Cay Holiday...!" RUSE MOTOR CO. And APPLIANCE STORE Moscow's clean streets reflect the zeal of thousands of broom wielding women. Noting the faithful use of sidewalk trash cans, an American visitor re ported, -'There are no litter bugs in Ru.'sia." ! jfrom all of u to all of pott May the gladness and cheer of the HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON Bring much happiness to you! MARGE & ELMER'S this the most wonderful holiday the children have ever known. Not merely by the showering upon them of gifts. Not alone by the glories of the shining tree. Not alone by thP turkey and the mistletoe. Not alone by any of these things but by the recognition that this season is a holy season. Thinking parents will want the rapture of the Christmas Faith to remain brilliant throughout the year. These are the parents who have discovered that one holy hour a week can make seven happy days. Now, while parents are so! aware of the strength and the joy that comes through Faith, now is the time to resolve to keep that Faith "shined up" throughout the year. We can do this by worshipping reguarly at our Church or Synagogue. There ; we can find the strength for our ! lives. There the shining light of j Faith, which now burns more! brightly than at any other time! of year, may be seen and may ! be captured for ourselves and for our children. Worship togeth er this week. . . and every week. Duxhury explained the ques tionnaire requests data on 19;9 income and anticiuateri income for 1 900 under the law which stipulates that any person whose annual income exceeds $1,400 without dependents or $2,700 with dependents shall not be en titled to pension. He added that any V. A. Of fice, or County or Post Service Office are available to assist veterans or their dependents in completing the questionnaires. Asia, bl'V.est of the continent v covers r.utily a third of the earth's land surface and holu ; mere than half its people. Th population of the huge land mass is 1.1)75.579.000. It is in ert asing by 30,000.000 a year. SATTLER Funeral Home Dial 3123 CPPDSets Record Budget For Equipment COLUMBUS, Consumers Public Power District's board of directors Friday approved a 1960 budget which includes a record $21,966,899 for construction and equipment. The total covers $14, 695.000 for the 100,000-kilowatt 'Sheldon Station" conventional steam power plant and the rela ted nuclear power facility being built near Hallam. Wayne E. Barber, CPPD presi dent from Norfolk, pointed out that $3,695,000 of the Hallam project money is being carried over from 1959 as part of the '60 budget. Funds for the com pletion of the Hallam work, Mr. Barber said, will come from a $23,300,000 revenue bond Issue sold last month. The steam plant will be in operation in April, 1961. The so dium graphite-type nuclear power facility is scheduled for testing in late 1961 and to be come a power producer in 1962. R. L. Schacht, CPPD general manager, discussed the high lights of the 216-page budget which feature this financial pic ture: Operating expenses $14,838, 058 for the Eastern System (Eastern two-thirds of the State) and $1,902,650 for the Western System. In addition, $3,083,788 is budgeted for prin cipal and interest payments on outstanding revenue bonds for the statewide operations. Operating revenues $20,669, 372 (Eastern $18,080,282; West ern $2,578,090) . Mr. Schacht pointed out that the operating revenues as proj ected in the 1960 budget show a 6.24 per cent gain over 1959. He said the operating expenses total a 7.96 per cent advance. Other highlights of anticipa ted 1960 operating expenses, other than the construction and equipment investment, include the largest of $8,279,000 for the purchase of power in the East ern System where CPPD buys nearly all of its power (CPPD produces it own power in Ogal lala and Scottsbluff in the Western System); $786,467 is tabbed for "in lieu of tax pay ments. A break-down of the construc tion budget, outside of the Hal lam expenditures, shows: high voltage transmission line work $2,677,400 (this includes a 62 mile 115,000-volt line from Craw ford to Scottsbluff); $2,008,690 for electric distribution work (CPPD serves 299 communities in a 71-county area); $1,812,149 for sub-station projects (new and also additions to present ones). Many communities, rural and urban, are ticketed for annual improvements on their local distribution systems, including some sub-station work, street lighting, 'beefing up'' of trans former capacity, expanding ser vice for industrial and resident ial growth and new or improved "rolling stock" and service equipment. OSIhe Sign of Friendly Servic. OFE OIL CO. (Dur ferbent Ctjristmas prapcr tijat aU of pou toill filjart taJitfj u5 t)t fjope for fteacc on Cartf), Sooo WUi Cotoarb itlen. RAY & JOHN'S SALES SERVICE Ray Harold - 5th Main - John Bergmann V. A. Urges Quick Returns of Income Questionnaires Annual income questionnaires will be mailed this month to more than 11,000 Nebraska vet erans, widows, dependent chil dren and parents receiving Vet erans Administration nonserv-ice-connected disability or death pension. A. H. Duxbury, Manager, V. A. Regional Office, said the questionnaires will be placed in the mail no later than Decem ber 31, and urged those receiv ing them to fill in all entries and return the completed form without delay. He warned that regulations require VA stop pension pay ments in any case where the questionnaire is not returned to the Lincoln Regional Office within 30 days. I f ' & fib V - v ' '.V V fry '?J&iV 15 I $ ft ft M ft ft ft ft I ft ft f Toward Men. ...here's a prayer thai oar Saiofs HcssagcfirsUoHsotongago. v.ill kingnimforl amlpearelo all mankind alfkristmas... Riverview & Hillcrest Nursing Homes MR. & MRS. ROY MOORE