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EDITORIALS to::?: Taxpayers Almost Win The taxpayers almost won a major case in court recently, but they lost by the narrow margin of a 5-4 decision in the U. S. Supreme Court. The case was the much-publicized Flora case. Mr. Walter W. Flora, formerly of Wyoming, was assessed for a certain a mount in taxes due. He pleaded the assess ment, and then went to court to contest the action. As the case turned out, Flora finally ended up trying to establish the right of the U.S. taxpayer to file a suit in Federal tax claim, before payment of the assess ment. In other words, Flora sought to district Court, contesting the government maintain the right of the taxpayer to ar gue his case in court before turning oyer the money to the Federal government". As tradition in the United States has it, taxpayers ,can only go into the tax court to contest a government claim prior to payment. They are not allowed to go into Federal district Court. Many tax experts have argued that they should be allowed to do so. Tax courts are traditionally tough on taxpayers, while district courts involve juries and are nearer home, and are tradi tionally more lenient on taxpayers. Inter estingly, the Supreme Court in 1958 voted 8-1 against the effort to establish rights of taxpayers to go into district courts prior to payment of an assessment. In the latest case, only a few days ago, that margin has been narrowed to 5-4. In time, perhaps, this decision will bo changed. Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote the decision for the narrow majority in the latest case, and he, of course, vaj influ ential in the 1958 decision, which carried by a large margin. In 1958 Warren had said that there did not appcrv to be a single case before 1940 in yiu, .. j tax payer attempted a suit for i.a..iu of in come taxes without paying the awjnt to the government first, but lawyers i.i the latest case, decided by the 5-4 margin, proved that statement in error, and cited many cases prior to 1940 which Warren had overlooked when he made his 1958 statement. Down Memory Lane 'j" f YE AM M-WA-MWAWMWMWMAVM V Offices of the Missouri River Engi neers report that the Missouri river is a bout to 'stage its annual spring raise, al ready high waters is re ported, in North and4 South Dakota and spreading south. The army engineers are throwing up a large dike near Queen Hill to protect their work of dirt removal and their offices at that point of the stream. A six foot rait-e is re ported and more to come. Residents of the low lands, used to the annual spring raise, are already getting ready for the water at this point. The Platte river at this point is at a very low state at this time The Blue Devils baseball team with their coach Joe York, visited Louisville and came home Legal Notices SHERIFF'S SALE State of Nebratka ) ) ss. County of Cass. ) BY VIRTUE of an Order of Sale issued by Clerk of the Dis trict Court within and for Cass County, Nebraska, and to me directed, I will on the 18th day of April A. D., 1960, at 1:30 o'clock P.M. of said day at the West door of the Cass County Court House, Plattsmouth in said County, sell at public auc tion to the highest bidder for cash the following real-estate to-wit: Lots One (1), Two (2), Three (3), and Four (4), Block Fifty-seven (57), ex cept that part of Lots One (1) and Two (2) occupied by Chicago Avenue, and all that part of Lots Nine (9 and Ten (101, Block Fifty seven (57) lying West of Chicago Avenue, All in Plattsmouth, Cass County, Nebraska The same being levied upon and taken as the property of j Warren R. Fink, et al. Defend ants to satisfy a judgment of ! said Court recovered by Ne- braska Central Building and j Loan Association, a corporation Plaintiff against said Defend-, ants, Plattsmouth. Nebraska, : March 17 A. D., 1960. ; Thomas S. Solomon I Sheriff Cass County, No. 4728 March 17, 24, 31, April 7, 14. I960. NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed Proposals will be receiv ed bv Albert Olson, City Clerk of the City of Plattsmouth, Nebr aska at the City Council Chamb ers in said City until 7:30 o'clock P. M. on April 18, 1960 for fur nishing all labor, tools, mater ials, equipment and incidentals required to construct Outlet Sewer and Sewage Disposal Plant in Sanitary Sewer Dist rict No. 17 and work incidental thereto, as per plans and speci fications now on file in the of fice of the City Clerk. Said pro posals will at that time be pub licly opened, read aloud and tab ulated. The project consists of con structing the following approxi mate quantities: 1. Vitrified Clay or Concrete Sewer Pipe a. 27" Diameter 1862 L F. b. 24" Diameter . . . .1947 L.F. riv.'W.SW' 30 YEARS State c. 12" Diameter ... 804 L.F. 2. Railroad Crossing a. 36" CMP jacked ..70 L.F. b. 36" CMP 36 L.F. c. 16" Steel pipe licked 60 L.F. d. 12" CIP jacked ....32 L.F. e. 12" CIP 14 L.F. 3. Manholes 12 Each 4. Remove, haul, replace paving 80 S.Y. 5. Intercepting Structure 1 L.S. 6. Site grading, Fence, land scaping, drainage structur es 1 L.S. 7. Control Manhole, com plete 1 L.S. 8. Screening and grit removal structure and equipment ..1 L.S 9. Primary Clarifier, com plete ..1 L.S. 10. Pump Station, com plete 1 L.S. 11. Control Building and Di gester, complete 1 L.S. 12. Sludge Beds, com plete l L. S. 13. Interconnecting piping, site water lines 1 L.S. 14. Water Lines a. 4" Dia. CIP 1400 L.F. b. 4" gate valves wbox es 2 Each c. Fire Hydrant 1 Each 15. Electrical Work, com plete i L.S. Bids will be received on vitri fied clay sewer pipe, cement concrete sewer pipe, cast iron pipe and other material deem ed necessary. The Engineer's Estimate of construction cost is $247,875.00. . Payment will be made as by law required, and partial pay ment will be made to the Con tractor in an amount equal to eighty-five percent (85) of the value of the work completed during the preceding month, as determined by the Engineer. Where partial payments are made, the fifteen percent (15) retained will be paid upon ac ceptance of the work by the' Owner. Copies of the plans and speci fications are on file at the office of the City Clerk and may be re ceived from Henningson. Dur ham & Richardson. Inc., 2962 Harney Street. Omaha. Nebras ka, upon payment of $15.00. No bidder may withdraw his pro posal for a period of thirty (30 ) days after the date set for the opening bids. All proposals must be submit ted on bid forms furnished by Henningson, Durham & Rich ardson, Inc.. or the City Clerk, and must bp enclosed in an en velope sealed and addressed to with a 3 to 1 win over the Louisville high school. Merle Dasher was making his in ital how as a pitcher for the locals and struck out thirteen of the host team. Stan ley Cole was the batting star of the Devils. Securing two for four with Carl Ofe get ting one for two Harry Griffin has pur chased the tavern of Martin Kroeger and is taking possession May 1st. He is retain ing the taxi business until that time. Mr. Kroeger is retiring because of ill health Gene Curtiss, well known young man re siding east of this city near Pacific Junc tion, was severly injured while clearing some bottom land east of the river. He was cutting out a stump, when the ax glanced off the stump and struck the left foot, cut ting it very badly. He was brought to this city and the foot dressed by Dr. Hudson. He will have to use crutches for several days William F. Evers of this city was named grand commander of the Knights Templar of Nebraska at the conclave held at the Masonic Temple in Omaha. He suc ceeds Arthur W. Melville of Broken Bow L. W. Barrett of Aldersyde, Alberta, Canada, was here to attend to matters in the county court in the estate of John Todd, being an old neighbor of Mr. Todd in Canada. Mr. Barrett is a former resi dent of the Weeping Water community. AGO Department Adjutant "Hank" Dudley and District Commander "Mike" Poteet were guests of the local Legion post at their April meeting Four youths were apprehended in a loot laden car near Grafton. The youths were held for rob beries at Grafton, Greenwood, Waverly and other places in the state that included Syracuse, Union and Eagle, State Sheriff Condit led the raiding party making the arrests The jury hearing the appeal of the state highway department from the award given Elbert Wiles, for damages to his farm by reason of re-location of high way, No. 75, brought in a verdict giving Mr. Wiles $9,000 in damages. This was $1,000 more than the original award by the appraisers The Young Men's Bible class of the Methodist church observed their twenty-fifth anniversary at the church, also the election of officers, A. H. Duxbury, president; R. E. Kelly, vice president; W. L. Heinrich, secretary; Howard Davis, treasurer; John E. Turner, song leader; E. H. Wescott, teacher. This class was organized in 1906 and the group of eight young men started on the task of securing a meeting place. They started the work of excavating the room in the base ment that is now the meeting place. Char ter members were, Hugh Cecil, Edwin White, David White, James Rishel, Paul Morgan, George M. Hall, Clyde Martin, Ed Roman, Lee Barnes Platte lodge No. 7, I O O F, had the pleasure of a visit from the grand master of the order in the state, William Dunn of Sutherland and Grand Secretary, E. S. Davis of North Platte. There were representatives from Omaha, Louisville, Greenwood and Havelock The Murray Red Sox won their opening game of the season from the Colored Red Sox of Omaha by the score of 5 to 4. The lineup of the Murray Sox comprised, Gan semer, 2nd base; Svoboda, 1st base; Lund, 2nd base; Newman, short; Spidell, catch er; Krejci, field, Pierce, center field, Sch liscke, pitcher. Mayor and City Council, Platts mouth, Nebraska. Each bid shall be accompan ied, in a separate sealed envel ope, by a certified check in an amount equal to not less than $37,181.25 and shall be made payable to the City Treasurer of Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as a guarantee that the bidder, if successful, will execute the con tract and file the required bond. Checks accompanying bids not accepted shall be returned to the bidders. The work herein provided for shall be done under written con tract with the lowest responsible bidder on the material selected after bids are opened and in ac cordance with the requirements of the plans and specifications. The successful bidder will be required to give a contract and maintenance bond in the amount of one hundred percent (100) of the contract price. The City of Plattsmouth, Nebraska reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive informalities CITY OF PLATTSMOUTH NEBRASKA By Grant Roberts Mayor (SEAL) Attest: Albert Olson City Clerk No. 4753 March 31, April 7, 14, 1960. White Fronted Geese Banded LINCOLN Some 50 white fronted geese were banded by Game Commission biologists March 26 on the Platte River near Lexington as waterfowl continued to pour into the area on their northward migration. Ducks in the Elm Creek to Lexington area were common, with large flights arriving dur ing the weekend. White-fronted geese and sand-hill cranes were estimatd at thir peak numbers by ground observers, with con servative figures at 50,000 cran es and 20,000 geese. Water and waterfowl were reported every where. Farther north mallards and 1,000 kiiow geese were the first migrants into the Alliance area. Subscribe to The Journal Now! "...$1,000,001 ,$1,000,002, $1,000,003, . . ." EUWOOD NEWS Ruth Mor.nin Phone 5-2167 Calendar: Bluebird Club, April 9; American Legion Aux iliary, April 21; Till we meet Again Club, April 21; John Creamer of Ogallala vis ited his daughter and family, the Arthur Reidesels of Ashland from Monday until Thursday. His brother Fred brought him to Elmwood Tuesday to see his sisters, Maud and Jessie Cream er. The regular WSCS meeting, April 8 at the church was con ducted by the president, Mrs. Strabel. Nominating committee chairman Lucy Mendenhall, read nominees and they were voted in. Mrs. Hansen had de votions. Mrs. Arlo Pratt conducted a panel discussion, "The Church's Mission Town and Country". Taking part were Susie Cook, Helen Charllng, Frances Pratt, Ethel Strabel and Vera Pratt. Reports were given by Mrs. Charling, Mrs. Neilsen, Mrs. Lannin, and Dorothy Miller. Mrs. Horton gave her book talk from Harry Emerson Fos dic's "What is Vital". Those toresent having April birthdays, wereGladys "'" Buell, Lena Arnold and Emily Gonzal es. It was voted to have another rummage sale soon. Hostesses were Mrs. Gail Mc Donald, Mrs. Eric Charling, Mrs. Ray Parsell, Mrs. Sanford Clements, Mrs. William Rueter and Miss Alice Kuehn. Mr. and Mrs. Don Erikson of Omaha were Saturday visitors at her mother, Mrs. Laura Hol lenbeck's home. After being a i shut-in for many weeks Mrs. Hollenbeck was able to get out some on. Saturday. She is still using crutches. Tommy Dennis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis came home from the hospital last Thursday following an appendectomy on Sunday. He is getting along fine. Mrs. R. M. Dennis and Mrs. Clara Zumbrum spent the week end at Bellevue visiting the Al fred Rase famiyl and the Loren Dennis family. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Clements re turned from Phoenix, Arizona where they had spent several weeks with their daughter, Dr. Betty Clements and making use of that sunshine which we did not see too much of -here in Nebraska. Mrs. Joy Miller ylsited her mother, Mrs. Streich in Mur dock last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Coe of California arrived Thursday to spend several days visiting his sister, Mrs. Harry Arnold and Mr. Arnold as well as other rel atives. Amos Haile of Seattle, Wash., died and was buried at Roca Friday. His wife is C. A. Bronn's sister. When a boy he lived at Roca and later he lived in Lin coln. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Bronn and Mr. and Mrs. Martin Strei ch attended the funeral services. Sunday dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Gonzales were Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hedges of near Lincoln, Mrs. Emily Gonzales and Mrs. Ruth Monning. The Royal Neighbor lodge met with Mrs. Neva Rhoden in her new home and she was .present ed with a 50 yr. pin as she has been a member for 50 yrs. Lena Reike was a Sunday din ner guest in Murdock at the August Rieke home, her brother. She attended church services in Murdock first. Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Otto Stege's occurred a shower in honor of Miss Barbara Barta who will mary Mrs.! Stege's grandson, Charles! Nickel. Decorations were pink and white. The cake being white! with pink decorations, mints and; nuts, etc. On the table was a maypole. Miss Barta received i many lovely gifts. Mrs. Lillian Cunningham of Lincoln visited Miss Grace Wood and attended the funeral services at the Christian church Saturday afternoon, of her aunt Mrs. Chas. Wood. Mrs. Wood had made her home in Wepeing Water for a number of years and since a fall, breaking her her pelvis, had been bedfast at the home of her son, the Stan ley Wood family. Mrs. Wood had previously resided in Elmwood. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pratt went to Omaha Sunday to visit his neice, the Bob Black family. They attended the confirmation exercises of a daughter of the Black's. Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Clem ents and Mr. and Mrs. Orley Clements drove to Peru, Nebr. Sunday afternoon and called on friends while there. The wedding of Miss Raylene Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Miller, occurred at the Methodist church Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The groom is Mr. Lar ry Joe Curnes of Falls City. Miss Miller has been attending State Teachers College at Peru, Nebr. Rev. J. W. Hanse.n offici ated. The 3 boys who were in Pas tor Hansen's training class and were taken into the church Sun day were Jimmy Charling, Tim Glantz and Michael Hansen. The Charlings and the Glantzes were guests at the parsonage for din ner Sunday to honor the three boys. Verner Perry of Big Springs was visiting his sister, Mrs. Wm. Cook and other relatives also his sister Mrs. Spangler, of Plattsmouth. He called at Ralph Dorr's, Orest Cook's and Marion McCrory's. Mrs. Laura Sutherland ob served her 92nd birthday Sun day, April 3rd. She had long distance calls from her daugh ter, Belle in Price, Utah and her daughter Irene March of Lara mie, Wyo. and her son Walter at Silver City, New Mexico. She also received many cards, calls, etc. Mrs. Sutherland still keeps house by herself and enjoys fairly good health. Mr. and Mrs. J. Clark Gon zales drove to Uni. Place Sun day afternoon to call on her brother, Ralph Davidson. They stayed to have supper with them. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Glantz, Tim, Rebecca and Lee were Sunday dinner guests at the home of Mrs. Glantz' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leland Smith of Lincoln. Mrs. Raymond Vogt will take the census here in the Stove Creek precint including the vil lage of Elmwood. She will also have the Weeping Water pre cinct which is east of Elmwood. Mrs. Laura Sutherland is still in Bryan Hospital recuper ating from a broken leg that she received due to a fall at her home. Her daughter, Mrs. Amos March of Laramie, Wyo. is here. She and Mrs. Ruth Hall see their mother almost every day. The men of the Methodist Church repaired the ceiling and roof of the church Monday and the women were cleaning the sanctuary. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Oehler king drove to Hallam Sunday to spend the day with their daugh ter Lila and family, the Loren Schwamnger's. Mr. and Mrs. Watson Jones drove to Ashland Sunday to visit his brother Jesse Jones and Mrs. Jones who is not too well. She was formerly Grace Bos worth of Wabash and attended high school in Elmwood. After noting the theft of $100 in money from a Kansas grocer, we can understand now just what "cold cash" means. The grocer had secreted it in his re frigerator. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. CAPITOL CORNER By Rep. Glenn Cunningham Washington, D. C. (Special) I have often said that there should be more votes in Congress on which every Congressman is recorded. Many bills are passed by a voice vote and no one knows how his Congressman votes. You may have read about a bill authorizing the Federal Government to purchase an old trading post in Arizona. The bill allowed payment of $300,000 for the trading post and 15 acres of land (valued for tax purposes at $9,957) plus some paintings and a collection of Indian lore. The bill also allowed spending $300,000 more to restore the old building. This needless piece of legisla tion almost passed the House of Representatives. The vote was 67 to 26 in favor when ther was no record made. But when Con gressmen had to go on record, the bill was defeated 208 to 171! The Government has no money to spend on projects such as this at a time when our na tional debt is over $290,000,000, 000. If there were more record votes, perhaps there would be less spending on such non-essential projects. The budget presented to Con gress called for appropriations of $79.8 billion. This huge figure is beyond the comprehension of most people. Perhaps it will be easier to picture this much money if you know that it would authorize the Government to spend: $1,482,692,307 each week $8,801,369 each hour $146,689 per minute $2,445 per second. The U. S. Code is a compilation of all Federal laws and was first published in 1926. The original edition was composed of one vo lume. In 1946 it required four vo lumes to summarize our laws, and the most recent edition of the U.S. Code contains ten vo lumes. This increase of roughly 1000 per cent since 1926 is indicative of the increased control exer cised by the Federal Government over the lives and fortunes of each citizen. One of the best known of our Presidents wives was Dolly Madison, who served as unoffi cial and official First Lady, fox 16 years. She served as "hostess" at the White House during the eight years Thomas Jefferson was President, since he was a widow er. Her husband was Secretary of State under Jefferson, then became President himself for eight years and Mrs. Madison was, of course, First Lady for those years also. PRISONER PRUFERS CELL Fort Madison, lowa - Nine months after he was paroled from the state prison at Fort Madison, John R. Hoskins re turned voluntarily. He told offi cilas he could not adjust himself to life on the outside. Pending a decision on his case, Hoskins was readmitted to the prison, where he had served 40 years of a sentence for murder. THE in Mobilgas Economy Run! aARKu...mm for second year THE HAWK V-8...SWEEPS ITS THE '!MHKsi..mi you money 21.86 miles per gallon ... but that's only U of the story. (.a mileage is just one way you save with The Laik. Sav e on minor repair, pans replacement, major collision work, insurance, high trade-in value.' Laik Total Economy saves you four dillercnt wavs! SEE YOUR STUDEBAKER DEALER TODAY I START YOUR SAVINGS TOMORROW WIYSEL AUTO SERVICE, Chicago Ave. & Holdrcqc PLATTSMOUTH, NEBR. 3 THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE TWO Section C . Thursday, April 14, I960 Think You Have Lawn Trouble? This Man Has 10 Acres of Grass By Melvia Paul Statehouse Correspondent The Nebraska Pess Association Lincoln If you think you have troubles trying to put your front yard in shape to get a stand of grass, consider Manuel Kahler. He has a 10-acre plot, plus the grounds of the governor's mansion to look after. Kahler is the groundskeeper for the State Capitol and the mansion. It is not an easy job. Besides the lawn which, requires cutting, weeding and fertilizing just like any home owner's front yard, there are many bushes and trees that need care. Kahler has had a lot of ex perience at the Job. He came to Lincoln when the present structure was being built and was employed as a stone cutter on the Capitol. Crews from the State Penitent iary help when the weeds start getting away from Kahler. However, the genial grounds keeper's assessment of when weeds are a menace would vary considerably from the average householder who begins to worry when about a third of the lawn is producing a good crop of dandelions. Cutting of the king-size lawn is a considerable undertaking. In recent ears the state has acquired mowers upon which the operator can ride, cutting wear and tear on workers who formerly pushed the regular gasoline type cutters. Road Damage Floods caused an estimated half million dollars damage to eastern Nebraska state high ways. Acting State Engineer John Hossack estimates it probably will take about two years to eliminate the flood damage. Biggest single item will be a bridge over the Niobrara river near Niobrara, estimated to cost around $400,000. John McMeek in state maintenance engineer, figures it will cost about $100, 000 to re-route, mark, flag and make temporary repairs to grades, surfaces and bridge ap proaches, just to get traffic moving again. The wet weather also is ex pected to slow speed of con struction this spring. Brand Inspection A committee of state senators studying a controversial sub jectcattle brand area has come up with an initial report. The committee, headed by Sen. J. W. Burbach of Crofton, probably will not recommend a change in the brand area. Cat tle moved out of the area must be state inspected. The committee's report is the first completed of 16 similar j committees studying other state problems. Reports will be submitted to the Legislative Council in No vember at which time content of them will be made public. Other committees still are con ducting hearings or in the pro 23.28 miles per gallon with automatic transmission! Minneapolis, Minn. (Special). For the second year in a row, the amazing Lark V-8, liveliest of all the compact cars, out-economized every V-8 tar in the rigorous 5-day official mileage test. All cars entered were stock cars. The entire Mobilgas Economy Run was closely supervised by the United States Auto Club. The results? Look at the economy figures'. 22.99 miles per gallon out-economizes all Low Medium Price cars made ! A smashing victory by The Hawk-over more than a dozen other rars some costing hundreds of dollars more. And it made this impressive mileage record equipped with automatic transmission, power brakes, power .steel ing. 'I lie Hawk by Studcbakcr is designed lor sport-with new greater Y-8 power. cess of making recommenda tions. Council, recommendations carry considerable weight in the following session of the legis lature. On Guard Operation On Guard, Nebr aska's flood prepratlon activity, was in effect 17 days in the statehouse. During that time, officials re port an estimated 3,200 man hours went into the operation. Workers consumed more than 900 cups of coffee. About 20 officers and men manned the office in shifts of up to 25 consecutive hours. The operation began in the rotunda of the Capitol on the second floor, then shifted to the civil defense headquarters on the ground level after heavy flood activity. Refunds Farmers got $695,136 in re funds in March of taxes they paid on gasoline used in agri culture, the State Treasurer's office says. Staff members reported this was one of the largest monthly refund totals ever recorded by the office. It was theorized that the rea son for this was that farmers were handicapped with work by the long winter and took time out to fix up their accumulated claims for refunds. Election Deadlines Secretary of State Frank Marsh says there still are some important election deadlines before the May 10 primary elec tion. The secretary said April 25 is the deadline for political com mittees to file a report of their expenses and the final day for appointment of judges and clerks for the primary. On April 26, Marsh said, will be the final day for announce ment by the State Central Com mittee of both parties of the delegates alloted to each coun ty for state conventions. April 29 is the deadline for voter registration in Omaha and Lincoln and this same deadline is April 30 for cities from 7,000 to 40,000. Marsh added that April 30 is also the first day county clerks will receive applications and deliver disabled voter ballots. It is also the first day for publish ing the sample ballott. MOTHER SAVES SON Monroe, Mich. Minutes af ter she stepped out of her laund ryroom, Mrs. J. D. Thompson heard loud noises and cries for help. Rushing back, she found her five-year-old son, Richard, spinning around in the automatic washer. "His head was banging again st one side and then the other," Mrs. Thompson said after res cuing him Richard had climbed on a cabinet beside the machine and then had fallen in. CLASS too!