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Thursday, February .J4r 1963 'Pork Industry's Future Squarely Up to Producer' LINCOLN The future of the pork Industry is directly in the hands of the swine produc er, a University of Nebraska swine specialist declared this week. "It is the responsibility of the producer alone to put quality, ' lean pork on the market at all times," according to Dr. Leo Lucas, Extension animal hus bandman at the College of Agri culture. "The producer cannot afford to wait for the packer to pay more for top-quality, lean hogs before he begins raising this type. In the interim, the con sumer is likely to express his or her disapproval of over-fat pork by shifting to other meat products. "On the other hand, much Can be done to maintain the present level of pork consump tion, and even increase, if pro ducers put forth a major effort to select breeding stock to pro duce quality, lean pork. Con scious planning of production allowing the marketing of hogs between 200 and 225 pounds is also important," the University specialist added. -One of the best means for 6oth purebred and commercial producers to evaluate their se lection programs is through de tailed carcass information. Such information may be obtained by consignors to the annual Mid west Market Hog Show at Fre mont, Lucas pointed out. This show was organized 11 years ago to focus attention on t h e need for swine men to produce hogs carrying the lean type of meat which has consistantly been demanded by consumers. . While much attention is still , eommanded by the live hog competition of the show, sched Oled this year for March 23, the carcass contest March 27 has greater educational signlfl eance for the producer, Lucas stated. Every hog entered in the live show is automatically entered in the carcass contest. Carcasses will be graded in dividually according to the a mount and distribution of fat, conformation, and- acceptable quality. A bonus of $5 will be paid to each owner whose, pen-of-three hogs all grade No. 1 carcasses. In order to be eligible tor premiums in the carcass contest, each carcass must meet carcass certification re quirements of 29 inches in length and not over 1.5 Inches in backfat. Carcass awards will be given to the top 30 pens. Placing will be determined b the total percentage of hams and loins of the three carcasses, based on adjusted live weight. Premium money for the show Is made possible by the Fremont Chamber of Commerce and the Oeorge A. Hormel Co., whose Fremont plant will be the site of the show and carcass con test. A team composed of Prof. Charles Adams, head of the meats laboratory at the Uni versity of Nebraska College of Agriculture; Robert Rust, meats department, Iowa State Uni versity, Ames, la. and Bob Wells of the Hormel Co. headquarters staff, Austin, Minn.; will evalu ate the carcasses. aqk Clara Echelman, of Franklin, and her nephew's wife, Mrs. Al bert Horn, of Lincoln, visited the former's cousin, Mrs. A. H. Blekmans Thursday afternoon. NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS March Isf is the final day to file your personal property assessment schedule with the County Assessor. After that date a be added as provided by law. PLEASE NOTE!!! For your convenience, the County Assessor's Office will BE OPEN on MONDAY EVENINCS, FEB. 18 & 25 until 8:30 P.M. in order to service those who are unable to get to our office during regular Courthouse Hours. IF . . , you are unable to come to the Assessor's Office, you may write in or phone requesting an Assessment Form and we will mail one to you, which you may fill out, sign and return to this office. 44 CLARA OLSON i Couasy Assessor. JOE'S BACK IN HARNESS panied a special gift for Joe Zastera, who marked 50 years as a pharmacist Tuesday, was that if you're going to work like one you might as well dress like one. The horse collar was present!! to the Plattsmouth druggist at the Rotary Club meeting. THE 'SNOW JOB' The buildup about the gift In the attractively-wrapped, beribboned box was given Zastera bv Rotarian Steve Davis. The gift was a sure bet in avoiding duplication. It was the first horse collar Zastera had ever received. The Law On Lotteries One of a series "You and the Law" prepared by the Nebraska State Bar Association). You may De one of those who voted to ease the lottery law of this state. If so, you may be wondering when and what con tests will be permitted In Ne braska. The Legislature is now considering a bill to permit cer tain contests. Even under the new law and the new provision 1 1 "irinwitiil 50v penalty will if i ( The Implication that accom- 1 of the constitution not all con tests will be legal. This bill will probably be passed in the near future. How soon it will become effective de pends upon whether or not it is passed with an emergency clause which takes twenty-nine votes. If passed as an emer gency measure then it will be come effective as soon as It Is signed by the Governor. If not, it will not be effective until three months after the Legisla ture adjourns. Under the proposed law, draw ings and contests may be held and prizes awarded where there Is no charge in any way for en tering the contest. Those con tests will be legal which only re quire a person to go into a store to register. Those which can be ! entered merely by mailing an entry blank for which no charge is made will also be all right. ' A contest or promotion will still be illegal if the conslder- : ation for the chance to partici pate involves the payment of money either for the purchase of ; property, services, chance to participate, or admission ticket, or which require the expenditure of substantial effort or time. Bank-nights will still be prohi bited. ; Raffles where a sum of money ; is paid for a chance will still be ' bad. Those contests which re i quire the purchase of merchan , dlse to receive an entry blank or j the giving of a door prize when ; an admission price Is charged I will still be unlawful. A rough guide on whether or not such contests are legal is whether or not you have to buy something, or have to pay to enter. If not, then the promotion is probably legal. In any legal contest there Is no limit on the value of the prize which may be given. Contests where skill is the main element are not affected by this law. t". lit ' Journal Want Ads Pay o Joseph Crimond, British Liber al Party Leader speaking in Scotland: "Let President Kennedy with draw his protection and Oalism would collapse like a pack of card.'." Out of nearly $99 billion that consumers spent for food and clothing in 1960, about 35 per cent went to farmers and 65 per cent went for marketing services. The PLATTE' Provides Navv Fleet 'Lifeblood' BY STEWART PRENTISS Navy Journalist PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii Just as the Platte River system provides the water which is the lifeblood of the crops along its banks in Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska, so its namesake, the Pacific Service Force Oiler US3 PLATTE (AO-24), provides the fuel that is the lifeblood of our Pacific Naval forces. However, unlike the Platte River which is confined to its twisting 900-mlle bed. the Navy's PLATTE roams through out the yast Pacific Ocean.; , Delivering fuel oil and avi ation gas at the rate of 350,000 gallons per hour, she can refuel as many as twelve destroyer, three cruisers and two aircraft carriers during an 18-hour day. During the Second World War PLATTE was one of only five oilers which supplied the entire Pacific Fleet. To do this, she steamed over 330,000 miles, pumping almost five million barrels of oil to 350 ships in 1,060 separate fuelings. , Part of PLATTE'S ability to fuel so many ships is her size. From bow to stern ghe Is not quite the length of two football fields, and extends three stories below the waterline. Designed and equipped to de liver fuel while underway, oflers are the keys which enable our fleet to operate continuously at great distances from home base. This feature also makes oilers different from ordinary tankers which merely deliver fuel from port to port. PLATTE'S capabilities are not limited to being merely a "Floating Service Station," how ever. A cargo deck was added to her early in World War II enab ling her to carry food, clothing, lubricating oils, depth charges, ammunition, medical supplies and even airplanes. Commissioned Dec. 1, 1939, she is the second oldest ship in the Navy on continuous active service, and holds ten engage ment stars from World War II and four from the Korean con flict. Her World War II duty took wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmnmmmmmmmmi I I inn un 11 I ' ' I ' i " " -4v . - a, i ' - ' CHOW TIME USS PLATTE (AO-24) feeds fuel oil to aircraft carrier USS BO.N HOMME RICHARD, and destroyer USS KYES while on At County Schools LINCOLN Twenty-seven sen iors in home economics educa tion at the University of Ne braska, are receiving "on the spot" training in 14 vocational homemaking departments In high schools throughout the state. For seven weeks, February 3 March 22, two girls are living in each of these 14 towns, under the supervision of qualified vo cational homemaking teachers, and entering into the teacher-life of the community. They are helping teach high school and Junior high home making classes In subject areas such as foods and nutrition, fam ily living, child, care, and home furnishing. Evening classes, of fered to adult members of the community, are being taught by the student teachers and the reg ular vocational homemaking teacher. While at the teaching centers, the 27 girls are also working with the Future Homemakers of America chapters, and are! carrying on the home visit pro- j gram practiced by the voca tional homemaking teacher. After student teaching for seven weeks, the girls will re turn to the University of Ne - Drasna to complete ineir senior year In home economics educa tion before becoming high school vocational homemaking teach ers. The trainees include: Mrs. Karen Hamer of Paw- nee City and Mrs. Mona Zink of Lincoln who are teaching Eagle under the direction of Mrs. Doris Reinholt. And Mrs. Darlene Mlnarik Parr of Dodge who is teaching at Plattsmouth under the direc tion of Mrs. Barbara Heffelfn ger. her from the icy waters of the Aleutians to the balmy South Pacific. She was with Task Force 58 at Truk and participated in the first strike on the Marianas and occupation of enlwatok. Oper - atir.g constantly, PLATTE crossed the equator 14 times in; eleven days. The war gave PLATT2 no . added It is "ab.rolu'ely neces rest and she was on the Job for I sary" for the Unicameral to ine oaiue ui me i-iuiippme .i,,iaK(j a nrm sianu ro me nmu- the Iwo Jima assault, the Okl-. powl-r problems ere s'raight-; i.i ..r,n :.... a... .v... n.i- - i til i u 1 r . Hauiey's spectacular "Month of Fire" raids on the Japanese iiown si i r a, a iwti nuiuti as uuu : mainland and the official sur- render at Tokyo Bay When tne Korean conflict;" or lose if local air stations started she Immediately Joined; may be eliminated by jheCivll ; the Seventh Fleet and for 25 months operated off Korea and' Formosa in support activities. During the final weeks of the Korean conflict she began a new phase of underway fueling tac tics by remaining on the Job 24 hours a day, refueling many of the combat ships at night. With the end of hostilities in Korea and the advent of the "Cold War," PLATTE was called upon to perform a new type of mission. While carrying fuel, mall and supplies to fleet units in the far corners of the Pacific, she had to show the people of these areas that Americans are not as bad as Communist propaganda would make them seem. To do this PLATTE has fought her way through typhoons to de liver food, medical supplies WMkeUMid closing to their ! Plattsmouth, Mrs. Ed Her vlctlms. She has given money to! n,sen' lnc"ln and Mrs' "' clothe and educate refugee j Shirley, umana. children and hosted Ice cream I M,r- ard,M",fiWlleS mm'd 10 and cake parties for orphan-; California in 1938. aee. j Pallbearers at the service Today, as everyday, PLATTE Ed"d,,Ege,lb,erg,er?Uy Is on the Job fueling the ships of our Pacific Fleet and carry ing the good will of the Amer ican people to distant lands. Commanded by Captain J. L.' Butts, Jr., she Is under the ad ministrative control of Rear Ad miral Redfleld Mason, Com mander Service Force, U. 8. Pa cific Fleet. Power Companies Settling .Dispute BY MKLVIN PAIL i Ae ronautics Board because of a I was blocking Morris' reappoint Statehouse Correspondent The Nebraska Press Association LINCOLN Out -agreements which public power districts in Ne braska have been settled, spokesmen for the various fac tions Involved in the dispute said. The districts facintr stronir ae- .in hv h i-atci...!,, ... nnn alternate in cot.tinuine their wrangling, agreed to settle all ii. .i .,,.... r . tract and rate cases that have been pending more than three years. It was announced that final ac tion on pending litigation would be held in escrow until the re vised contracts are approved by the Rural Electrification Ad ministration in Washington. The over-all settlement amendments to contracts were signed by officials of Loup Power District, Platte Valley Public Power and Irrigation Dis trict, Consumers Public Power District, and several dozen rural districts. A couple of rural dis tricts withheld signing the agree ment until studying the matter jfurtner Spokesmen for the districts signing acknowledged the dis putes were included in the gen- ...... I nHnn Anlt.Ttnt.A V,1 4 Vl t !!( cameral when it told the dis tricts to solve their difficulties i r-.w 1 'i n ttwTii-lotlr.n In thn 10P.1 ' 6 Key legislators interested In I public power were pleased with ! the turn of events. ) Sen. Don Thompson of M11 ! Cook, who headed the interim committee which studied public t power, said the action should re sult in a "better atmosphere in the field of public power in Ne braska." According to Sen. Cecil Craft of North Platte, who favors a five-area realignment pln far generation and transmlss. n dis tricts, the agreement will "clear ' the air for bills presently before the Legislature" and should con tribute to "more harmonious settlement of the other issues." Sen. Harold Stryker of Rising City cautioned, however, that i"lne settlements f the pending ' lawsuits between NPPS and the rurals should not be construed that the power problems in the state have been solved. " He . i . . i . j . i . . . i ciiCU UUl uuiuig nuo ocanu. a i , ,h!. nirMr! Kpller had Involved in State Aeronautics Director !contr(m, f me James Sandstedt has warned ; D,cemb,r whcn a Drobe cf some of Nebraska s emht ' Ui : m... L i . .... Obituary Harley G. Wiles Funeral services were held Monday at Caldwell Funeral Home for Harley G. Wiles i.f Long Beach, Calif., who died Feb. 6. Rev. John Allen, Rector of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, officiated. Mr. Wiles was born March 21, 1898, at Platumouth, son of B. F. and Ruth Churchill Wiles. He was married to Frances Martin, who survives, as well as a daughter Mrs. Joy (Peggy) Miller, Chicago, 111.; three grandchildren; sisters, Mrs. C. A. Wetenkamp, Mrs. Carl J. 8chnelder and Mrs. Arthur Hild. tin, George Snyder and Howard Wiles. Organist Hodge. Interment Cemetery. was Mrs. Twyla was in Oak Hill Call Your News And Social Items to 2141 operations In the China Sea. PLATTE is capable of delivering about 350,000 gallons of furl oil and aviation gas per hour to ships alongside. t proposed $3 million reduction in ; its subsidy budget. of - court! Bunnsieai saia ne nas Deen m involve 28 ' formed "unofficially" the CAB is taking a long look at 120 local air service stops across the na tion operating under the "use it or lose it" policy with the thought of possibly eliminating lu .'K--": I s'"v reduction. j Nebraska has eight such sta - 1 Hons a t Chadron, Alliance Sid-1 : r.e v. lmncrial. McCoak. Kear-i i ii.i . . 1 1 i Ti..t the communities which would j creased 10,130 during the pres be in most danger of having 1 ent school yeir, a 2.9 per cent their service eliminated are Im perial, Sidney, Beatrice and Al liance. Sandstedt said their sta tions last year did not meet the CAB's traffic standard of five passengers daily. Stamp Meeting A meeting will be held in Lin coln Feb. 19 between Governor Morrison and industrial organi zations interested in Sen. LeRoy Bahensky's proposal to have the state sell state promotion stamps. Bahensky said petroleum, hotel, motel and restaurant busi nesses will have representatives at the meeting. Bahensky, who is from St. j Paul, has proposed using rev-j enue from the special stamps to expressed interest in tne itiea. The St. Paul lawmaker said the idea "just popped" into his head. After mulling It over, he said. "1 thought this was a much better method than assessing a tax against any group for tourist promotion." According to Jack Rogers, the Legislature's research director, the proposal is "brar.d new" and no other state has one like jt. Keller Resignation C. V. Keller, whose admini stration of the Men's Reform atory at Lincoln came in for criticism from some quarters, by resigning apparently paved the way for his boss, George Morris, to be confirmed by the Legislature as director of the State Department of Institu tions. When Morris was Interviewed by the Unicameral's Committee on Committees, It became ap parent that some of the mem bers wanted to give him their OK. but didn't want to do so un less Keller quit. The confirma tion of Morris, which had been stalled lor several weeks, came aul,.kiv ..f...r Keller announced 2 . J y, t " ' t L , V, ' h Jl iI. h i hls resignation, effective March 31 LI r 11:11)1111 rlllll V Wilt f'l IIUIIII'ICM M - at the )n;utu,lon were pub , j Keller told the Committee on i Committees he would resign If j the situation at the reformatory YES . . . WE HAVE VALENTINE GIFTS FOR HER . . . FOR HIM REVLON Manicure Sets REVLON Compacts Princess Gardner still rr)l r.ir.ARHTI! CASES AND KEY CASES I COM3 & BRUSH SETS ELECTRIC ALARM CLOCKS "DRY SKIN BATH OIL By HOUBICANT VALENTINE TABLE CLOTHS. AND COASTERS FOR YOUR Cass Drug -4 i WALGREEN ment. In a statement accompanying his resignation he said he was quitting because of a bill in me Legislature calling for formation of a penal complex which would include the penitentiary and re formatory. Thirty-eight lawmak ers signed the penal complex measure when It was intro duced, assuring it of easy pass- jage. Fnrn'lment I'D Enrollment in Nebraska pub- n. . i ..r.,.v,iui schools ln- eain over the previous year, ac cording to a report released by the statistical division of the Ne braska Education Department. The reDort also showed Ne braska has 3,099 public school districts more than any other state. The total enrollment figure was 359.828 as of Oct. 1. Of this total about 57,362 students were in attendance In non-pub! Ic schools. The report showed there Is one rural school in the state with one pupil; 17 with two stu dents, 38 with three; and 57 with four. There are 86 high schools with fewer than 50 students each. New Maps Out State Engineer John Hossack has announced the new edition of the Nebraska highway map is available for free distribution. The map, prepared by the De partment of Roads and the Ne braska Game Commission, fea tures a western theme and has many colorful photographs as well as lists of attractions and things to do in Nebraska. Hossack said the surface types and highway locations are up-to-date "and we are anxious to sunnly as many motorists as we can for the tourist season ahead. The mileage table and towns Index are printed large enough for everyone to read." Free copies of the maps may be obtained from the informa tion Bcction of the highway de partment. Bill About Ready Oovernor Morrison has sent to the bill drafter his proposal to establish a state Department of Economic Development. The governor said his bill will incorporate provisions of a measure submitted by Sen. J. W. Burbach of Crofton seeking the establishment of a separate Department of Tourism. Morrison wants a seven-member advisory commission to counsel the governor and the pew denartment. Another provi sion of the bill- will call for an executive director. The governor said establish ment of the department would not cost the state any more money then he recommended in his budget message to the Uni cameral. SPECIAL!! REVLON MOISTURE LOTIONS FOR HAND AND BODY. A $2.50 Value For $160 Arirv AND MEN'S JELECTRIC SHAVERS TIMEX WATCHES CAMERAS HAECAR POTTERY DESK BLOTTERS NAPKINS PARTY DIAL 2189 "AGENCY