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THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE EIGHT Section B Thursday, October 17, 1963 MURRAY NEWS Mm. Dorothy Van Ackern Phone 325-3556 Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Kuhtis, Gayle Lynn and Howard of Bea trice were Sunday visitors at the home ot her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Wheeler. They had attended a picnic at Pioneer Park in Lincoln and then drove to the Wheelers'. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Jones and family of Omaha and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Cundall accom panied Mr. and Mrs. Grant Det erding to Nehawka Sunday eve ning to visit Mr. and Mrs. John Deterding and were taken on a tour of the newly remodeled Nehawka Bank. John had done the work. Mr. and Mrs. Loren Sack of Lincoln were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs- Reuel Sack. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Barthold of South Sioux City spent last week visiting at the home of his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Wheeler. They had also come to attend the fun eral of William Hennings of Plattsmouth. Mr. and Mrs. Ron Van Ack ern were Sunday dinner guests at the Bill Van Ackern home. Later in the afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Van Ackern drove to Omaha where they called on Mr. and Mrs. Walter Chase. The Chases formerly lived near Mur ray many years ago. Mr. Chase is ill with a heart condition. Mr. and Mrs. Will Nolte were Monday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Nolte. Mrs. Ruth Buffington has been quite ill at her home the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Nolte and family attended the Horse Show at Plattsmouth Sunday. Mr- and Mrs. Forest Beil and family spent Sunday at Hanover, Kan., where they visited Mrs. Beil's grandmother, Mrs. Mary Luhring, uncle Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Luhring and an aunt, Mrs. Mathilda Grancer who is hospitalized. The Murray Menders 4-H Sew ing Club will hold a reorganiza tional meeting at the Murray Christian Church Oct. 21 at 7:30 p. m. The Murray school children and their teachers walked over to Rev. H. B Hutchman's house Thursday afternoon and had their pictures taken in the yard near one of Mr. Hutchman's lovely trees. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Epper son of Plattsmouth were callers Thursday evening of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Van Ackern. Word has been received here that Mrs. Susie (nee Scott) Zim merman of California has died. She, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Scott of Ashland, formerly lived near Murray. Mrs. Scott is now deceased. Mrs. Art Uhe and Mrs. Ralph Rathbun entertained at a "come as you are" coffee Tues day morning from 9:30 to 11 o' clock at the Rathbun home. A few games of bingo were play ed and prizes awarded and a door prize was won by Mrs. Ethelyn Flint. Refreshments of coffee and rolls were served. Guests attending were the Mes dames Monica Taylor, Marilyn Uhe, Lavina Ramge, Linda Lew is, Ruth Ramge, Virginia Rhu mann, Ethelyn Flint, Helen Steeby, Helen Altschafll, Doro thy Van Ackern and also three children. The Rev. Willard Scott, Mrs. Art Uhe, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Glaze, Mrs. G. O. Schwenneker, Mrs. Charles Thomason and Johnny and Mrs. Clayton Pierce attended open house Sunday af ternoon at Crowell Memorial Home at Blair. George Nickels returned home last week from, Clarkson Hos pital. Mrs. Roger Whitney is in Lu theran Hospital at Omaha for x-rays and observation. Mrs. Dan Hoschar, Mrs. Char les Sayers and Mrs. Havley Sav ers and Bart attended a mis cellaneous bridal shower at the home of Mrs. Curtis Farls, giv en in honor of Connie Jo Pfeif fer who will be wed to Bill Faris Oct. 26. Mrs. Bill Hoschar who had surgery at Clarkson Hospital in Omaha is getting along as well as expected at this time. Mr. and Mrs. H- B. Pfeiffer of Dawson. 111., have been house guests of his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Druec ker and also visited Mr. and Mrs. Eueene Gruber and fam ily. Monday, Mr. and Mrs. Daw son went to Omaha where they had lunch with Clarissa Gruber at the Mutual Building and then they toured Omaha. The Pfeif fers left for home Tuesday morning. Area Reapportionment 'Given' To U.S. Judges SEE FILM NEHAWKA (Special! The Navy recruiter from Nebraska City showed a film on Fleet Ballistic Missiles to members of the Junior Woman's Club Thurs day evening at the Methodist Church. The color film showed the ground and submarine laun ching of missiles. A question and answsr period followed. Mrs. Frank, wife of the re cruiter, and Mrs. Charles Spon gier of Murray were guests. Mrs. Spangler joined the club. Mrs. Kent Balfour presided. Twenty-five dollars was contri buted to the Helping Hands school for Retarded Children. Hostesses were Mrs. Clinton Anderson, Mrs. Elmer Ross and Mrs- Richard Norris. Journal Want Ais Pav 6 mm was Tvl vtbJ fS' as&J RELY OH US By MELV1N PAIL Statehouse Correspondent the Nebraska Press Association LINCOLN The arguments concerning the constitutionality of the area reapportionment a mendment have once more been dumped into the laps of a panel of three federal judges. A suit challenging the validity of the amendment approved overwhelmingly by the voters last November came up for trial in Lincoln's federal district court recently. Under the amendment, voters authorized the legislature tc give 20-30 per cent weight tc area in redrawing the boundar- I ies of Unicameral districts. I After Introduction of more I than 30 exhibits and testimony from several witnesses, attor ! neys for both sides rested their cases. The judges gave the plain tiffs three weeks to file briefs, and the defendants another Jwo weeks to file reply briefs. Filing the suit were a number of individuals, including the mayors of Omaha, Lincoln Bellevue and Beatrice, and AFL CIO officials acting as inter venors. Making up the three-judge panel were Robert Van Pelt ol Lincoln, Richard E. Robinson of Omaha and Harvey M. John son of Omaha. The plaintiffs argue that re districting should be based on population alone. Among witnesses at the trial was Sen. Arnold Ruhnke of Ply mouth, who played a lead role in getting the amendment on the ballot and in working up legis lation to implement it. Replying to a question, Ruhn ke said one of the motivating factors in the formula in the area amendment was the shift of people from outstate to urban areas. He said by 1980 Lancas ter and Douglas counties prob ably will have more than half the state's population. If, there fore, representation in the Uni cameral were based solely on population, those two countief would be in position to have con trol of the legislature, he said. Ruhnke added that "we want ed some voice in the legislature for the outstate economy." Another witness was John Bettinger, a Creighton university of mathematics. He presented computations purporting to show how a formula giving 30 per cent weight to area would affect representation in the urban and rural areas. According to Bettinger, In the 43rd district every person's vote is worth 2.44 units on the average vote. He said in a num ber of districts more than 3C per cent weight would be given to area. Attorneys for the plaintiffs were arguing that there had not been a correct application of the amendment in every case when the legislature was redistricted. August Ross of Omaha, one of the plaintiff's attorneys, main tained also that the voters were not given an intelligent sum mary or resume of what they were voting cm. Robert Nelson of Lincoln special assistant attorney gen eral who helped represent the defendants, said the state con sidered that the only issue was whether the amendment and the laws implementing it violated the U. S. Constitution. Finance Committee Governor Morrison said re cently that several senators serving on the special legis lative credit finance committee should function only in an ad TO DElBVEi W We supply you with a complete line of top-quality Sinclair Petroleum Products for your farm: gasolines, motor oils, trao tor f uek, lubricants, greases, heating oils and kerosene. Ve deliver promptly; promised. Youf can count on us. Call us today and you'll eee At Sinclair we care . . . about you . . . about your farm. RICHARD ROYER PHONE 5207 or 2173 PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA 'Jnif DON'T PAMPER YOUR WIFE Let Her Winterproof the Porch with FLEX-O-GLASS This Year Any little lady can enclose a porch or breezeway with Warp'i JLEX-O-CLASS. It's so easy! 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Russillo, who is from Omaha has revealed that he was con sidering an offer to become vice president of the NCCA. He has said he would make a decision after adjournment of the spec ial session of the legislature sla'ed to open Oct. 21. The primary purpose of the special session is to deal with time-sales legislation, In the wake of a supreme court opinion holding the 19f9 installment sal es act unconstitutional. Gottschalk, who is from Col umbus, owns a loan company and Brandt is a banker in ad dition to being an attorney. Morrison emphasized that he was not making demands upon the committee but was making a suggestion only. The committee Is scheduled to meet in Lincoln the week of Oct. 6 to consider specific time sales legislation proposals. Coonrad Dies Tal Coonrad, director of the Nebraska division of employ ment security, died Oct 3 In an Omaha hospital. He collapsed while attending a meeting In Omaha. He was with other delegates to the 27th annual gathering of the inter state conference of employment security agencies when he col lapsed and was taken to a hos pital. He died the following morning. No Illegal Wrestling There is no Illegal profession al wrestling activity in Nebras: ka, according to James Don ahue, Nebraska state athletic commissioner. He made the comment In dis agreeing with testimony recent ly given to the Missouri athlet ic commission by P. L. (Pinky) George, a Des Moines, Iowa, promoter. George was recently quoted as saying that various figures, including Joe Dusek of Omaha and wrestler Vern Gagne, "work in a high-handed monopolistic fashion so that the Independent promoter cannot sign wrestlers and they even make threats." Donahue said that after re viewing George's statement and the Nebraska statutes, "I can only conclude that his reference to the term 'illegal' is not ap plicable to wrestling in Nebras ka." Donahue said George "has been with us several times in the past three years, and has never complained of any Illegal activities to anyone associated with this office." Tree Planting The Nebraska centennial com mission's tree planting commit tee met this week and mapped out plans for the spring, 1964 FFixowsrnp MEETS AVOCA (Special) Mrs. Sill and Mrs. Nancy Carsten were hostesses for Woman's Fellow ship Thursday. Mrs. Maynard Bruns was devotions leader. Mrs. Dale Taylor and daugh ter, Nebraska City, Mrs. Fred Ruhge, Mrs. Mary Wulf and Mrs. Wayne Brooks were guests. The next bake sale was an nounced for Nov. 7 and a clean ing day for Oct. 25- Mrs. Brooks became a mem ber of the Fellowship. Call Your News And Social Items to 2141 Father-Son Dinner Held at Avoca AVOCA (Special) A Father Son dinner was served Tuesday evening at the United Church of Christ. The Rev. Barry Burkhart gave the welcome and also the Invoc atlon. Prizes went to: William O. Baier, oldest father present; El mer Kepler, father with most sons; Mike Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Allen, young est son. After dinner, Charles Mar shall showed pictures he had taken in Africa on a visit last year. Attending from out - of-town were Jack Hallstrom and son John and Richard Sutton, Om aha, Mr. Burkhart, Nebraska City; Paul Hlllman and son, Otoe. Ladies of the Fellowship of the church served the meal. FOI R CORNERS CLl'B NEHAWKA (Special) Mrs. Malcolm Pollard entertained the Four Corners Club Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Leslie Behms presiding. Each mem ber brought an apron she had made for the Children's Hospi tal Bazaar in Omaha. The ba zaar will be Oct. 28. Mrs. Oren Pollard was a guest. planting of trees throughout the state. The group's goal Is to double the number of tree starts in Nebraska by the Centennial year 1967. This means that approx imately six million trees must be planted. 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