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C t "i - ) 1 Some of the Men of B Cattery, 6th Missile Battalion the Nike-Hercules Team THE PLATTSIWOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Monday, January 28, 1963 PAGE THREK T3 fHAWKA NEWS 4 Mrs. F. 0. Sand Phone 2708 II-: V i- i ' I Sp-S MacArthur checks and adjustments computer. T , ' i; Pfc. Clinton E. Strouse of missile track radar console. ; 70 Below Zero 'Didn't Bother' Camping Scouts Bey Scout Troop 369 sponsored i by the plattsmouth Lions Club i had their monthly Campout In the hills north of Plattsmouth iFrlday night. jl After preparing the campsite, t they cut firewood with axes and a crosscut saw, spending the riRht around a roaring camp fire with the temperature dipping to 10 below zero. "Being well equipped with winter camping gear, the cold ; did not make much difference to the Scouts," It was reported. After a good breakfast, they returned home, a little cold, but no after-effects of a night spent camping in the winter time. Scouts on the campout were lloyd Fitch, Gnry Williamson, tienny Dasher, Emery Bashus, Steve Kahler, Stanley Kahler, Billy Rlshel, Burton Hill and John Rlshel, Scoutmaster. The average, seven-Inch pen cil can draw a line at-least '35 miles long. It contains 25 or more ingredients, including wax from Brazil, clay from England, gum from Iran, zinc from New Jersey, graphite from Mexico or Ceylon and sperm whale oil from the South Pacific. BY CARL & JOHN JR. "I jut 6U CASH "John will give you the KEY." Excellent service Is the "key" to customer satisfac tion ... WE KNOW I OFE OIL CO. MOBIL PRODUCTS We giva S&H Creen Stamps QUALITY DID IT Phone 2175 ' Platttmourh, Nebr. 1 Tlfl Wllliami, Detroit, performs on the Nike-Hercules (Brain) 0 y s Genoa, III., checks a Nike-Hercules is '3rd Generation' (Following are Information on the Nike-Hercules, surface-to-air missile based -n.tr the Mlsalle Base between plattsmouth and Louisville; and photographs of Base personnel aa they are seen on duty. Photos are by the Mis sile Btse Information Section). Nike-Hercules Is the first combat-ready surface-to-air mis sile with an atomic capability to enter the active air defenses of the United States. It has been deployed with units of the Army Air Defense Command since June, 1958. It is the second "generation" of the Army's Nike family of supersonic air defense mLssllcs, and represents effectiveness many tunes over Its predecessor, Nike-AJax. What Nike-AJax can do against single targets, Nike Hercules can accomplish a gainst entire formations of air craft and do It with greater lethality at greater ranges, alti tudes, and speeds. Nike-Hercules has a range of more than 75 miles. In Us sec ondary mission, &a a surface-to-surface missile, It has been Boys Who Stole Car Here Caught At Oakland, Iowa Two 13-year-old boys who are charged with breaking into a garage at Murray about a week earlier, last weekend were ap prehended near Oakland, Iowa, in a car reported stolen from Main Street here Saturday night. Sheriff Fred Tesch said the car Is owned by Sylvester Hard man of Plattsmouth. It was parked on Main near 4th before the owner reported Its theft. The car, with the boys In It, was recovered east of Oakland. The boys, runaways from Boys Town, were presumably being held at the County Youth Center In Omaha pending charges for breaklns and car theft on the earlier spree. INTRUDER SWAPS GOODS Redwood City, Calif. An Intruder has been swapping worthless goods for valuables taken from the home of Mrs. Rosa de Benedlttl. Mrs. Benedlttl told police that she had lost about $2,800 worth of goods during the last six months. -The Intruder had taken sheer lingerie and left course under wear In Its place. On another occasion, he took valuable silver and left sheap flatware. How ever, when he took 5,000 trading stamps he did not leave any thing In 'their place. Pfc. Clinton Eastrouse, Genoa, III., makes an ad justment on the radar test panel. III.LIIII II IIIMIIWUI MM , ' ' 1 ' " L. r-T-v; Pfc. Philip Grenchik of Whiting, Ind., performs radar sur veillance with the Battery acquisition radar. test fired at a range of 100 miles Its altitude capability ranges from less than 1,000 feet to more than 150,000 feet (over 28 miles). Hercules Is a direct outgrowth of the Nike-AJax research and development program, and its universal-type ground control equipment permits both Nlkc Hercules and Nike-AJax to be fired from the same launcher area and to be directed by the same guidance equipment. In fact, the Hercules system actually Improves the lethality of Ajax by acquiring and at tacking targets at far greater ranges, higher altitudes, and greater speeds. The Nike-Hercules covers the range from very low altitudes to altitudes far in excess of any known drone-type or ram-jet missile, or manned aircraft. With Its booster, Nike-Hercules weighs approximately five tons and has an overall length of 39 feet. The missile alone Is 27 feet long and has a diameter of 32 inches. Its cluster of four boosters Is 14'2 feet long. Nike-Hercules Is a two-stage ml.tslle using a solid-fueled propellent rocket booster and a solid-fueled pro pellant rocket motor to sustain it In flight. Solid fuels are superior to liquid fuels in the ease of hand ling, safety, and speed of pre paring missiles for firing. The Hercules has demonstrat ed effectiveness against targets traveling faster than Mach 30 (2100 miles per hour). Full al titude capabilities of Nike-Her cules have never been tested be cause of lack of suitable targets. An Improved computer and guidance system permits Nike Hercules to . Intercept Its tar get at hypersonic closing speeds and with an accuracy which re sulted In an early 85 per cent kill record. Hercules is a fully mobile sys tem which can be airlifted to a site. If necessary. It can be fit ted alternately with a nuclear warhead or a vastly ' Improved Murray Mavericks MURRAY (Special) The Murray Maverick's 4-H Club met the evening of Jan. 14 at the home of Bill Spangler with 7 members present. Mrs. 'Virginia Spangler Is the leader. Vice-president Roger Howard presided over the business meet ing. Also, he gave a demonstra tion on a Rat-tail Splice, and Western Union splices were judged. The next meeting will be. Jan. 28th at the Plattsmouth Consum er's Public Power sub-station. Mrs. Spangler served refresh ments at the close of the meeting. ' 11 A r j r, fragmentation-type warhead. With the atomic warhead the Hercules represents an advance over Nik-AJax as great as the departure achieved by Ajax over the conventional 90-millimeter gun. Nike-Hercules Is now aug menting and will eventually re place its predecessor, Nike-AJax, in the air defense system. New Army air defease missile sites will be Hercules sites. Hercules deployments and Nike-AJax deployments togeth er total more than 240 active Army air dcfen.se missile firing units in the air defense system. Recent modifications and Im provements in the fire control and acquisition radars of the Nike-Hercules system have im proved the system's capabilities agalast target of smaller cross section, such as bomber-launched alr-to-surface missiles and certain types of surface-to-sur face missiles launched from the ground, surface vessels, or sub marines. These Improvements have re cently resulted In successful In terception of the Corporal surface-to-surface missile and an other Nike-Hercules missile. Some Phone Contacts For Murray 'March' MURRAY (Special) Murray March of Dimes Chairman Mrs. Forest Beil reports mailing en velopes ran snort. No house calls will be made but some will be contacted by phone because of lack of mailing materials. Any one missed may mall a donation to her at Plattsmouth, RFD 1. BIKTII LOUISVILLE (Special) Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kelley of Louis ville are parenU of a son born Wednesday, January 23 at the Memoaixt Hospital in Omaha. He weighed nine pounds and one ounce and has been named Mich ael Wayne. Mrs. Kelley was the iormer JoAnn Habel of Louis ville. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Joe Habel of Louisville and Mr. and Mrs. Hose Kelley of Norwood, Missouri. Great-grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Ben Freeman of Norwood, Missouri and Mrs. Laura Stovall of Elm wood. N FHAWKA EXTENSION CLt'B NEHAWKA (Special) The January meeting of the Ne hawka Extension Club was held at the home of Mrs. Duane Everret. Mrs. Lonnle Wood pre sented the lesson, "Those Bar gain Ads". Mrs. John Knabe presided. The February meeting Is with Mrs. Jack Lindsey. A Classified Ad in The Journal cost as little as 50 cents. M-Sgt. Howard B. Bryant of Pelham, Ga., Is the chief fire control mechanic. He lives at South Side Trailer Park here. The other men shown live on base. j ' ! S-Sgt. John M. Boyd, Brooklyn, N.Y., left, and Sp-4 Ronald Fox, Shenandoah, Iowa, acquire an aerial target during one of their many training exercises at Battery B. Honor Roll LOUISVILLE (Special) The Sophomore Class led the Louis ville High School studentfi on the Honor Roll for the first se mester. Students on the honor roll are: Seniors Mary Franke and Kathryn Rumph. Juniors Loren Amelang, Judy Harbison, Ralph Puis, Joan Spri- eck and Donna Mayfield. Sophomores Gail Hennlngs, Donna Scott, Gazle Zlers, Linda Johnson, Laura Parson, Kenneth Ahl, Sue Willis, Linda Inman, Gary Stander. Freshmen Marilyn Lefler, Ju dith Hutchison and Charlene Vogler. Science in Ag Conferences Set For Prep Students LINCOLN Nebraska high school students will have a chance to attend one of three Science in Agriculture Confer ences at three locations across the State in late March and early April. Dr. Franklin E. Eldridge, di rector of resident Instruction at the College of Agriculture, says the dates and locations are as follows: March 30 College of Agri culture, Lincoln, limited to boys; April 4 Scotts Bluff Experi ment Station, Mitchell, boys and girls; April 5 North Platte Ex periment Station, North Platte, boys and girls. "Each conference will permit high school students to see dem onstrations of the application of the basic sciences in agricul ture," Dr. Eldridge said. "As a result, students attending may gain a better understanding of the wide variety of career op portunities in agriculture." Obituary Alfred Nutzman NEHAWKA (Special) Alfred Nutzman died at a Hastings hos pital Jan. 22. He was bom at Avoca, Jan. 8, 1876, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Nutzman. He was married to Maude Durham In 1398 at Avoca and they moved to Bertrand that same year. She died In 1927. Surviving are three sons, Ken neth, Neil and Harold, all of California. Four daughters pre ceded their father in death, Mildred, Ruth, Eva and Truth. Mr. Nutzman was married to Clara Fox Dawson in Bertrand Feb. 7, 1929. He Is survived by his wife, two sisters, Mrs. Dena Ruge, Mrs. Henry Maseman of Avoca. MURRAY Mrs. Dorothy Van Ackern Phone 325-3556 Mr. and Mrs. Bill Van Ackern were Monday evening callers at the Ronald Van Ackern home. Mrs. Fred Druecker, Mrs. Perry Nickles and Mrs. Betty Barrows enjoyed a "little quilting bee" at the home of Mrs. Fred Campbell Wednesday afternoon. The host ess served light refreshments. The Jack Farls family had a very close call late Thursday aft ernoon and are fortunate not to have had a serious fire In their home. While they did have some smoke damage nothing was burned. The origin of it is not definitely known. Mr. Farls had thawed out some frozen water pipes Just prior to the start of the fire, and whether a spark from that set off the fire they do not know for sure. Luckily Mrs. Farls was at home and no ticed it immediately and called for help. Roger Noell spent Thursday to Sunday at home due to mid term exams at Peru State Teachers College where he Is a student. Also, one of his class mates Mike Hunt of Tecumsehj accompanied him home as his guest. j Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hooper and Ruth of Nebraska City were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lancaster. j Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Meisinger i entertained the following guests j of Pacific Junction, Iowa to dinner at Nebraska City Wed-! nesday evening: Mr. and Mrs. I Willard Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Fay Stouder, Mr. and Mrs. Dar rell Sarget, and Mr. and Mrs. j Ceroid Richardson. After din-! ner the group returned to the ! Meisinger home and played ! cards. They are former neigh-1 bornood irlends of Mr. and Mrs. Meisinger when they lived at Pacific Junction. The U. S. will need 40 per cent more food, feed and fiber In less than 20 years, according to the U. S. Department of Agriculture. BANKERS LIFE CO. DES MOINES INSURANCE For All The Family K. P. Pence 222 So. 6th Phone 3269 Wayne Snyder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Snyder was six years old Sunday. His birthciay din ner guests were Mrs. Lottie Sny der, Mrs. Minnie Poling, Nebras ka City; George Troop, Murray; the Ed Snyder and Glen Jones families, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Neu meister, Mrs. Bernlce Waller and daughters. The dinner also honored Mrs. Poling and Mr. Troop on their birthdays. Mrs. Richard Smith of San Francisco, Calif, and daughter, Kim, came Wednesday to spend several days with Mrs. Louie Allgayer and children. Mrs. Smith and Kim, Mrs. Allgayer, and Marlon were guests Thurs- i day at the J. R. Mayfield home near Louisville and Frioay they visited at the Lester Shrader home. Friday evening they went to Garland to spend the weekend with the Ray Mayfields. Mrs. Smith Is spending some time with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Mayfield. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kelly of South Bend visited Monday at at home of Mrs. Sadie Shrader and Gerald. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Stone visited Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Sturm at Bryan hospital in Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. Sturm are much improved and Mr. Sturm planned to leave the hospital soon. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Cooper of Nebraska City were Sunday din-1 ner guests of Mrs. Visa Brown I and Paul. j Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Thorns and family visited Thursday evening with the Larry Calla way family of Lincoln. ; Mrs. Mary Wessel of the Duff Nursing home in Nebraska City celebrates her 89th birthday January 31st. Friends are plan ning a card shower for her. Kelly Thome took Levi Wilson of Avoca by Lett ambulance to St. Marys hospital In Nebraska City early Wednesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Cookj were in Omaha Monday, where Mr. Cook had a check up. Their son, Robert of Plattsmouth, re- j celved a crushed foot In an ac- j cident Monday at Armour and j company, where he is employ- ; eo. Their son, Charles, received' third highest grade in his tests recently in a very lafge class at the navy station at' San Fran cisco. Mr. and Mrs. Arlen Rexlnger and Mark of Lincoln were week end guests of the John Buc holz family. Mr. Rexlnger and Mark stayed for a longer visit. Mrs. Weldon Stoehr of Platts mouth spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Stapert. Dinner guests of Mrs. F. A. Hansen and Mrs. Charlotte Ni day Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hild, Plattsmouth; Bruce Pollard, Papillion; Mrs. Doris Pollard, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Han sen and family. The Ralph Hobble family of Nebraska City were Sunday afternoon and evening guests of the Kent Balfours. Kurt Snyder is spending sev eral days with his grandmother, Mrs. Lottie Snyder and Mrs. Nellie Poling of Nebraska City. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Lacy re turned Wednesday from St. Louis where they spent several days with Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Harshman and Ron. They were there for Ron's second birthday, January 21st. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Royal and John stayed at i' - 'it. The confidence physicians and their patients have in our prescription service is the highest tribute that can be paid to our ability and willingness to supply prescribed medicines promptly and at reasonable prices. Try us you'll like us. Fred J. Feldhousen, Ph. G. R.P. Pefer 3. Oepson. B.S. R.P. Pharmacists In Charge I '...,...... .'VTfc. . .. - t w tSbmnjn mmmmi the Lacy farm during their absence. Mr. and Mrs. Vance. Balfour were guests at the 25th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Al Stabin at Elk!orn Saturday eve ning. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Richter of Lincoln visited at the home of Mrs. Mable Nixon Saturday. They were on their way to Plattsmouth to attend the fu neral of Mr. Richter's father, Herman Richter. attended and assisted with the farrh sale of Mrs. Margaret Garrison Monday at Union. Trail Riders NEHAWKA (Special) The Trail Riders 4-H Club met with Diana Dietl Jan. 21. Ten mem bers and sixteen guests were present. Terry Thorns is a new member. Following the business meet ing the Junior leaders led a dis cussion on the markings and col oring of horses. Next meeting February 18 will be with Richard Lorenson of Weeping Water. Mrs. Dietl served refresh ments. Diana Dietl, reporter. Call Your News Ana Social Items to 2141 by I. A. Caldwell Sleepy Thoughts The experts get around to everything sooner or later. We read where they've been study ing the sleeping habits of ba- b i e s. It seems that ne w b o r n infants d o not sleep as many hours a day as some people th o u g h t. Any new father could have told us that without doing research. On 'the first day the "avenge" baby sleeps seventeen hours. By the third day, it's down to six teen. In the beginning, the longest they'll sleep is about four hours. They're like primi tive animals during this stage, who have short periods of sleep rather than one long one. Babies sleep both longer at a stretch and fewer hours a day as they get older, and higher brain areas take over. By the seventh or eighth month, babies can sleep 1 1 hours at a time . . . as long as they don't get hungry or hear a noise. In other words, it takes intelligence to sleep long hours ... or to stay awake. So next time someone complains about you sleeping in too late, you can point out that it takes brains to do it . . . CALDWELL FUNERAL HOME ,'C'2iL--- l ...s. 702 Ave. B Plattsmouth Ph. 4111 Next week Mr. Caldwell of the Caldwell Funeral Home will comment on The Boy Scouts. DRUGS COMMENT ' i, : I