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Beware of Lightning A bolt of liKhtnintf .struck a tree under which four golfers had taken refuge dur ing a thunderstorm recently, and killed two of them and injured the other two. This is only the latest in a long num ber of similar accidents where-in golf ers seek refuge under a tree in a thunder storm. Despite warnings of weather ex perts, editors, and others, some people re fuse to understand the basic principals in volved in lightning. In brief, lightning is an exchannge of electricity from a positive and negative source, and when it comes from the sky, in a thunderstorm, the exchange usually takes place between the highest object on the ground in a limited area and the clouds. Therefore, if one is on a golf course, the last place to seek refuge is under a tall tree. Likewise, he should not stand under a radio or television transmission tower, or under any high object, which might act as a receiver for the electricity above. The best place to seek refuge, in a thun derstorm, is in an automobile, or in a home, or out in the open, on the flat surface of the ground, some distance away from all high objects. Contrary to pop'ular belief, aircraft are not necessarily dangerous places in thunderstorms, although lightning did strike an aircraft in Florida several months ago, killing the occupants. There fore, it is possible for lightning to strike an aircraft, although this is rare. Perhaps one of the reasons it is rare is because the sky is so large and there are so few air- planes in it. Also, airplanes have no ground, an they would not nnecessarily at tract electrical discharges of the type which strike ground objects'. In summary, the places in which you should not be during a lightning storm are under a tree or other high object, in the tub, in the kitchen, or around your television set. These are the dangerous places, and should be avoided even at some inconvenience. Down Memory Lane OA YEARS AGO 3V Mrs. A. L. Todd, for many years a resident of Plattsmouth, died September bth at the family home hear Ashland fol lowing a long illness. She was born Sep tember. J8, 1867 at Conn,eijit, Ohio, where on December 19, 1894 she was married 'to A. L. Todd. They lived there a few years and then moved to Cass county in 1904, residing here until in 1920 when they mov ed to a farm near Ashland Leroy Bashua, 9, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bashua, met with a serious accident on Washington Avenue near the Fred Kunzmann resi dence. He was struck by" a passing car and suffered the fracture of the left leg be tween the kness and hip. He was brought into the city by the driver to the office of Dr. R. P. Yvestover to receive temporary his jaw is too sore to chew. As the dance hall was closing four men drove up to the hall and alighting from their car, descend ed upon Iske, two men, the larger of the quartet, seized Iske and one struck him on the jaw. After the scuffle, the men climbed back in the car and drove on. It was then the loss of the machine was dis covered. Iske took out after the robbers but, failed to catch up with them. The machine contained "considerable money" Iske stated The home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Elliott was made very happy by the arrival of a son Frank llorsack is t h e new city golf champion, winning over Dr. R. P. Westover, former city and South east Nebraska champion by one up, win ning the honors of the local tournament. The new champion started his golf career on the local course a few years ago The Trunkenboltz Oil station at Murdock was visited, by looters Sheriff Bert Reed re ports, not only stealing gas but also mak ing away with a 350 gallon gasoline truck. The truck was later discovered at Have lock where it had been abandoned. Years aco A history making event occurred at the Plattsmouth Missouri river dock when a barge of the Sioux City-New Or lean s Barge lines, arrived here on its northward bound journey to Sioux City. The barge carried a cargo of freight from St. Louis to Sioux City and stopped here to pick up a consignnment . of sweet corn from the Norfolk Packing Co., to Sioux City. The arrival of the barge was awaited with great interest as it was the first river cargo boat to visit this section since the eighties when river traffic was abandonned. An improvised gangplank was pressed into service from the bank to the barge to serve in the loading of two hundred cases of the unlabeled sweet corn. The barge was rest ing in three feet of water off the dock while loading and casting off for the trip on north up the river. The barge and tow boat had averaged about forty miles a day on the way from St. Lo'uis, running .days and tying up at night on the way north. Captain James Campbell, was in charge of the barge, the landing here being a home coming, as Captain Campbell was here for several years in construction work on the river The announcement is made of the marriage of two of the popular young peo ple of this community, Miss Evelyn King, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Grover King of Nebraska City and Leon Gansemer, young est son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Gansemer of Murray. The wedding took place on Saturday, August 31st at Globe, Arizona. Rev. R. E. Black of the First Christian church of Globe, reading the marriage lines Henry Wallace, democratic vice presidential candidate, spoke at Weeping ,Wter and discussed the farm program that was opened in his term as secretary of agriculture. There was an attendance of 1,000 at the meeting Bonds for the new Central school building in the sum of $35, 000, voted last April, were sold at auction at the high school with Baum, Beranheim er Co. of Kansas City being the success ful bidders. The bid was made on par ac crued interest plus a total premium of $151 for the issue. The bonds were serial and bore two per cent interest M i s s Frances Hadraba, daughter of Joseph F. Hadraba, departed for Rochester, Minn., in Omaha hospital Law- where she is entering St. Mary's nursing ial night watchman at school that is operated in conjunction with aid and then to a rence Iske, spec Naeve's park has lost his-gum vending St. Mary's hospital, used bv the Mavo inaaiine, out uoesn i care mucn, Decause cumc MT MA TV The Plaltsmoufh Journal Official County and City Paper PHONE 241 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 (as defined by ', Nebraska statutes) without written consent of the publisher. KSTABI.ISHLD IN J SSI Published .Semi-Weekly, Mondays and Thursdays, at 41 U Main Street, Plattsmouth, (ass t'uuuty, Nebr. Knterrd at the Post Office at Plattsmouth, Nebraska as second class mail matter in accordance with the Act of Congress of March N. 1S79. HOWARD LINDQUIST Editor and Publisher EUGENE SCARLETT Publisher MARGARET DINGMAN Woman's Editor H. M. JOHNSON Advertising Manager DON WARGA shop Foreman SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $400 per year in -Cass and adjoining counties, $5.00 per year elsewhere in advance, by mail outside of the city of Platts mouth. By carrier in Plattsmouth, 25 cents for two weeks. "You should have warned me about your I. .J Dods attitude towards tock ana .v... Chief Executive Succession Sure To Receive Attention Farmers May Have To Store Milo To Avoid Low Prices LINCOLN Some type of on farm storage for milo, at least on a temporary basis, may be a necessity this year if farmers want to avoid selling at low ,. market prices during the harvest season. "Since most of the new corn crop will be temporarily stored in the ear, it will not present such a critical immediate prob lem as will grain sorghum," he said. The Aug. 1 estimate placed the 1960 sorghum crop at 79 mil lion bushels companed to 59 mil lion bushels last year and 68 mil lion bushels in 1958. This year's estimate nf 7!) hushels is 2 mil. That's the opinion of Ted Nel-1 lion bushels more than the 1957 son, .extension iarm economsu at the College of Agriculture. Siince 1955, the October - Nov- ember price quotations average over 30 cents per hundredweight below the cash market prices in August. If the same relation ship holds true this year with milo now bringing $1.39 a hund red weight, harvest prices would sink to $1.10 a hundredweight. "T h e ben-storage situation crop which arrived to fill bins emptied by the drought, in 1955 and 1956. This year government financed on-farm storage con struction is also down fro mlast year and the year before. "In 1959, the spread between the loan rate and the cash mar ket reached about 15 cents per hundredweight at harvest time under comparatively favorable harvesting conditions. It was starts out at serious level with! not particularly difficult to har- last years' record 351 million- vest the crop at a storable mois- bushel corn crop moving into closed storage along with the 89 million bushel wheat crop har vested this summer," Nelson said. ture content. The chances of another 1957 harvest season are slim, but that unsavory possibil ity also exists. "When the impending situa "Both government and com-j tion is compared to the historical r.iercial facilities are full; some' record of the past few years of the grains now subject to del ivcry will need to be shipped out of the state." there is a rather strong case for County Court LeRoy E. Reid, Union, $17 xnppriirio - neralH KtuHstpn Kvr-1 acuse, $14, overweight on cap acity plates; James M. Silhasek, Omaha, $29 speeding; Law rence W. Rase, Murdock, $54, overload on .axle. Ralph E. Iuock, Louisville, $14, passing on curve; Delbert Leay Wolcott, Weeping Water, $54, overload on axle; Dale A Gallaway, $29, operating without certificate of Public Convenience and necessity; Joe Arenas, Oma ha, $15, speeding. District Court These cases were recentl filed in District Court here: County Board of Public Wel fare of Cass County vs. Mildred Steele, et al, lien forclosure. Madsen Supply Co., a co-partnership consisting cf Arthur D Madsen Sr., Arthur D. Madsen Jr. and Willard B. Madsen vs. Earl W. Alexander, et al, suit on account. Harold C. Wilken vs. C H. Stohlmann, dba Louisville Lum ber Co.. ct al. limit) rum srttlc- low sorghum prices at harvest mini of workman s compensu time," Nelson emphasized. tion. 3y Melvin Paul . Statehouse Correspondent The Nebraska Press Association LINCOLN One problem is sure to get attention in the 1961 session of the Legislature. That is the question of when a governor is disabled and when he is ready to return to duties after being disabled. , Nebraska now has no law on this problem, only a section of the Constitution that says when the chief executive is disabled the lieutenant governor takes over. Deputy Attorney General Clar ence Meyer said fixing this blank spot in state statutes should be one of the first orders of business when the lawmakers convene in January. Meyer says Nebraska should not be without a governor for a minute. The situation came to light originally with the first illness of Gov. Ralph G. Brooks. Brooks suffered a mild stroke in April of 1959. He was ill twice after that and each time the problem came up again. The enigma was heightened because the governor was elect ed on the Democratic ticket and the lieutenant governor is a Rep ublican. It has been suggested that some type of a board or com mission, which has one or more physicians as members, should make the determination as to when a governor can or can not carry opt duties rf his office. Meyer says solution of the matter is not easy. He cited the case at the national level which Eisenhower had a heart attack. The deputy said that Congress tried to solve the situation but did not do so. Concluded Meyer: "The prob lem transcends political inter ests." Welfare Problems Nebraska's welfare depart ment is studying what effects a law enacted by Congress would have on the state. The legislation provides for medical payments to those over 65 years of age. This includes those on relief rolls and others not on them but who need finan cial aid for hospital and doctor bills. State Public Welfare Director Frank Woods estimates there are 150,000 Nebraskans 65 years of age or older. But he says not all of these woud be affected by the legislation. Of the 150,000, Woods stated, 15,000 are on old asie assistance rolls and would be included. How many of the remainder could be what type of standards would be set by the state. The Legislature would first have to authorize Nebraska par ticipating in the Medical Care program. Then, the welfare de partment would have to come up with regulations on who could be included among those not now receiving relief payments. And, concedes Woods, this will be the most difficult job the de partment has to face. Public Improvement Periodically a statement com es from the Tax Commissioner's office reporting the amount of money spent for properties and public improvements. This category of state govern ment involves expenditure of funds for building of roads, ac quisition of land for non-highway purposes, automobiles and air planes, typewriters and office equipment. The Nebraska Ciitizens Coun cil made a ten-year study of this segment of state spending. It showed that the hike in this category was 146 per cent with the increase in road building ac counting for just about all of the boost. Williams Leaves Richard Williams, an assistant attorney general, will leave state government service Oct. 1 to join a Lincoln law firm. Williams has been in the at torney general's ofiice for eight years. He had high praise for the men working in the office under Atty. Gen. C S. Beck. Williams .said his financial fu- normally the prime reason for long-time state employes to enter private employment, re gardless of the type of work they handle. Williams worked with extradi tion and educational problems various state agencies, among other duties. Budget Requests State agencies are starting to make their wishes known on money they will need for the 1961-63 period. Requests of state departments are supposed to get into the tax commissioner's office by Sept. 15 although many divisions don't make the deadline. From the figures, and after hearings by the governor, the outgoing executive makes rec ommendations to the 1961 Leg islature. I The Legislature's budget com mittee then makes its own ap praisal, aftdr getting recom mendations of the incoming governor. dtomAvitle Mm. Ralph Wildrick Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Heard and Kathy were Sunday guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Nannan in Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. George. Grell, Delmer and Donald of Spring field and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Beck were Wednesday evening guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Grell, Larry and Terry, and helped Terry Grell celebrate his 5th birthday. There are eight ladies from Louisville who are teaching in and around Louisville. They are, Mrs. Marion Reichart, Fairview School, Mrs. Charles Smith, Ox ford School, Mrs. August Stohl mann, Jr., Becker School, Mrs. Mabel Ingram, Glendale, Mrs. Harold Hlavac, Dutch Academy, Mrs. Robert Knudson, Upper grades at Manley, Mrs. Kenneth Smith, Upper grades at Cedar Creek and Mrs. Lawrence Duerr, South Bend. Sunday supper guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Heim were Mr. and Mrs. Alex Christensen and Glen of Glen wood, Iowa. Evening callers were Mr. and Mrs- Eldon Rag oss. Mrs. Anna Rauth of Manley returned home Thursday eve ning from a trip which took her to many places of interest. She went to Dakota City where she accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Jos eph Huse to Cleveland, Ohio where they visited for some time with their son, Dr. Edgar Huse and family. They drove to Montreal, Canada to meet Miss Honore Huse, who was to ar rive by ship after a six weeks tour of Europe. Miss Huse joined the group and after sightseeing in Montreal, they drove to Three Rivers, Canada and on to Que bec. They visited Mr. and Mrs. Jack Huse in Milwaukee, Wis., and relatives in Madison, Wis., on the way home. Monday evening supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Hauschild and family were Mr. and Mrs. Louie Hauschild and children of Ashland. Sunday guests of Miss Lizzie Bauers were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schafer of Murdock, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Friedrich and Mr. and Mrs. George Bauers of Louis ville. Mr- and Mrs. Leo Fitz and family of Omaha have moved in to the Rhoden property in Man ley. x Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Leroy of Manley were hosts at a fish supper Saturday evening at their home. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Russell Coonts and family and Mrs. Florence Dobbs of Springfield.- Mr. and Mrs. Earl Beck and sons were Saturday evening callers at the Elwin Isaac home in Manley. Mrs. Oscar Cedarholm was t:ij-:cn by FusvMman Ambulance Corn Crop Performance Is 'Spotty Just as Decoration Day marks a decisive date in corn planting progress, Labor Day is a point when corn maturity can be as sessed. Since a great deal of corn was planted this year after Decora tion Day, much of it is still in a doubtful stage of maturity on Labor Day. Much later than average frosts will be needed to assure a maxi mum crop from this year's acre age. Probably at no time has the corn crop ever been so spotted in performance in the same field, the same county, or the same state. Heavy and unevenly dis tributed early rains spread planting over a wide and spotted August precipitation has favored some areas and damaged others. The July 1 estimate of the USDA was 4.08 billion bushels. The August estimate was up slightly to 4.11 billion bushels. A guess is that the Sept. l wnicn comes out Sept. 10 will again edge up a little. The big prob lem of the forecaster is to gauge immaturity against a possible final outcome. These reports from crop re porters indicate wide differences which occur: NORTHWEST OHIO "We badly need a soaking rain. Many fields firing; others beyond help." NORTH CENTRAL ILLI NOIS "Crop very good but need dry, warm weather to ma ture." WEST CENTRAL IOWA "Plenty of rainfall. Need hot, dry weather." MISSOURI "Corn yield prospects have im proved steadily during the sea son." SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA "Excellent crop best prospects for yield and quality in the past 10 years. Sorghum also looks good-90 headed." NORTH EAST NEBRASKA "Rains of 1 to 3 inches on August 23rd saved our corn crop. Most will be good, but much warm weather needed to mature." VIRGINIA "High average yield assured because of good rains." ARKANSAS "Recent rains give prospects for a good crop." EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA "Good corn crop, but need late late frost. Rains came too late in some areas." SOUTHEAST ERN MINNESOTA "Corn is generally too late for maturity before frost." THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE FOUR Monday, September 12, 1960 34 August Traffic Deaths Most in Month This Year August, traffic deaths in Nebr aska numbered 34, to make it the highest month of the year thus far. However, this was a decrease under, the 49 deaths during August of last year, and enabled Nebraska to experience a decrease every month thus far this year. The August fatalities brought the 1960 total to 169, a decrease under the 229 for the first eight months of 1959. Colonel C. J. Sanders, Nebr aska Safety Patrol, stated, "The 'large number of traffic deaths during August as compared to the past months of this year is explained in part by heavier travel and increased number of traffic violations. The Highway Department has reported an in crease in traffic on most of the state's highways. For the past month of July, the Patrol stop ped a record high of 24,786 motorists for traffic violations." The Patrol's records show that of August's 34 traffic deaths, 15 were the result of two-car acci dents, 10 were in one-car acci dents, 4 were pedestrians. 3 were in railroad crossing accidents, and 2 were young bicyclists. The Patrol report also showed that 23 of the August deaths were on highways, 7 were on county roads, and 4 on city streets. As in past months of 1960, day time accidents claimed the majority of the deaths with 20, while night-time accidents claimed 14. CHAIN REACTION? Miami The wasp that crawl ed up Joseph Smelter's punts leg as he was driving did not sting him but it still had an electric effect. Smelter lost con trol of his car1 and rammed a utility pole near Miami, inter rupting electric service to some 20,000 customers. FORGETS SON Berkeley, Calif. When she got off a bus, Mrs. Nora Findley was sure she had forgetten something. She had her two-year-old son, Melvin. Police chased the bus, flagged it clown, and retrieved Melvin for his mother. BUSINESS DIRECTORY A HOME AWAY FROM HOME PHONE 3243 Restful surrounding! for the aged and convalescent. Licensed and Approved 24 hour nursing service Special Diets RIVERVIEW AND HILLCREST NURSINC HOMES 616 Ave. F. EXPERT TREE SERVICE Phone 4966 Trimming, Shaping, Removal. FREE Estimates anywhere within radius of 50 miles. Homelite Saw Dealer PIERCE SAW MILL Plattsmouth UNION FARM SUPPLY Phone Union 2742 Complete line of Nutrcna Feeds and other ingredients; Farm Seeds; Farm Chemicals; Pride Of, The Farm Hog feeders and watcrers, Highest prices p)4 for Poultry, Feed & Eggs. MR. and MRS. Wm. WHIPPLF Union, Nebraska CAPITOL CORNER By Rep. Glenn Cunningham Washington, D. C, (Special) A look at the record is in order as the 86th Congress closes up shop. Representatives and Senators Introduced 20,164 biils and re solutions, of which only 1,130 became law. The House was in session 1,039 hours and 8 min utes, for an average session of 3 hours and 55 minutes. Among the more ridiculously short sessions were those of 4 minutes, 11 minutes, 19 minutes, 3 minutes, and 8 minutes. It should also be noted that it took the House six months to get down to work on a 5-day week basis in the second session. Generally the House adjourned Thursday and did not meet un til the next Monday so that cer tain Congressmen could have a long weekend at home. The. Senate is virtually always in session longer each day be cause of the unlimited debate allowed in that body. The Sen ate met for 2,198 hours and 37 minutes during the two years of the 86th Congress. It took 35,958 pages of the Congressional Record to print all of the debate and speeches. FOR MOTOR TUNE-UP, MOTOR OVERHAUL. Phone 41 13 Front End Alignment, Wheel Balancing, - Ceneral Repair, Welding, Kendall Oils. LLOYD FRADY GARAGE Across from Plattsmouth Lumber Co. 'llEAloTOiANC Let us get your clothing ready for the season just ahead and we'll safely store your clothe from the season just past until you need them again. PLATTSMOUTH CLEANERS PHONE 4193 Free Pickup and Delivery or Use Our Drive-in An Exclusive Infants' & Children's Shop Phone 3181 A complete line of infanrs', pre-school and children's wear. You'll enjoy shopping at . . . - WEE WARCROEE (Helen Eiting) 425 Main Within the next few weeks the 1960 Yearbook of Agricul ture will be published. While this volume, entitled POWER TO PRODUCE, will be of special in terest to farmers, it will also be helpful to students or others with an interest in agriculture. I will receive a limited num ber of copies when the 1960 Yearbook is published and I will be happy to send them to any one who wants a copy, as long as the supply lasts. Please drop me a card or letter addressed to Room 600 Insurance Building, 17th and Farnam Streets, Oma ha, Nebraska, if you want a copy of the Yearbook. No Building Job Too Large or Small Phone 9177 New Homes, Remodeling, Cistom Cabinets, Store Fronts, Aluminum Storm Windows, Doors and Awnings. TIEKOTTER BUILDINC SERVICE "Plattsmouth' Oldest and Most Reliable" Armstrong Year 'Round Air Conditioning Phone 7152 Basement models Cas-Fired furnaces and summer Air-Conditioners. We are your Home Climate specialists. CARDNER PLUMBING & HEATING New Location 616 1st Ave. INTERNATIONAL FARM EQUIFMENT See us for New and Used Implements an Repair Service. ATTEBERY EQUIPMENT COMPANY Phone 2111, Union, Nebr. TAKE YOUR CAR TO JIM PHONE 4177 For ALtMITE OILS, Motor Tune-up and Overhaul, Front Wheel Alignrrcnt, Ceneral Repairs. Ford-O-Matic and Merc-O-Matic Service. JIM'S AUTO SERVICE (James Chappell) 337 Main BODY WORK & PAINTINC Phone 3210 Your car will look lik new if you let us do your body work and paintirg. CASS COUK.Y M0TCR CO. 1st. Ave., Plattsmoutti to the Methodist Hospital in ture prompted the move. This is' Omaha Monday. During these past two years of the 86th Congress I have at tended strictly to Congressional duties. During these two years I missed only one roll call vote. This was because I made a quick trip to Nebraska with the Vice President. I do not know of any better attendance voting record than the one I have established in the Congress, and I do be lieve it is essential that each Congressman be present when these important decisions are made. RADIATOR CLEANING & REPAIRING Guaranteed work. A faulty radiator cax result in seriouk motor damage. See us for Service. Lawn Mower Service OTTO WESER Phone 5926 1524 Avenue B. (Cedar Creek Rajdl HCSSON FUNERAL HOME Est. 1914 Weeping Water, Nebraska PHONE 10? MARILOUISE HOBSON, FUNERAL DIRECTOR PHONE 233 RAY A JOHN'S SALES & SERVICE Speed Queen Washers and Dryers. Motorola TV b Radio. HOOVER Vacuum Cleaners & Sunbeam Appliances. CIBSON Refrigerators, Freeicrs & Electric Ranges. 5th & MAIN PHONE 233 Journal Want Ads Pay WHEN IT NEEDS REPAIR . . . BRING YOUR FORD HOME. Phone 9104 Our modern shop and factory trained mechanics will give your car, regardless of m,ike, the best pcvblo ore. RUBIN AUTO CO. Washington Ave. Plattsmouth, Nebr.