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Temperatures High and low yesterday 78-59 low year ago 84-53 Precipitation 37 Precipitation this month 5.3» Precipitation this year 11.91 VOL. 60 BEATRICE DAILY SUN Weather Partly cloudy through Wednesday, cooler tonight, low in mid 50s; cool tomorrow, high in 70s. NO. 273 "If Tou Didn't See It In The SUN It Didn't BEATRICE, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 29, 19G2 Membei Associated Press 7c Per Copy Kasscbaum Pt'TTHWr- 1 Searl I Pojero Weekes Prep days end for 1962 class 157 seniors to graduate from B.H.S* Commencement tonight at 8, City Auditorium Honors, including scholarships and grants, will be presented to 38 members of the Beatrice Senior High School graduating class at Commencement tonight at 8. A total of 157 seniors will receive diplomas at the program at the city auditorium.

Scholars Honored The top ten percent of the class in scholastic achievement are among those to be honored. They include: Esther Ann Wiebc, Sandra Jeanne L'ns-cott, Shirley Kas- Katherine Anne Fritz, Gary A. Heaston, Linda Sue Srhlichting, Conrad Arthur Much- ling, Marcella Adriana Pojero, Karen Kay Searl, Arnfried Max Popp Linda Lee Wright, Patricia Swarth out, Marybeth Weekes, Linda Darlene Mahloch, Robert Louis LaCroix II and Claudia Hannibal. The above students will be presented ith their diplomas first. Karen Ludlow of the graduating class will give the Commencement address, "Quest and Conquest" Music during the program will, be played by the wind ensemble and the full band of the high school Under the direction of Louis A.

The Senior High Choir directed by Miss Lucile Reilly wi 11 sing three numbers. Accompanists i ii will be Sandra Linscott and Maria Louise Wiebe. Rev. Otto Fangmeyer will give the invocation and Rev. George Warren Campbell, the benediction Dr.

Wayne L. Riggs will present the senior class, who will receive their diplomas from George Kilpatrick, president of the Board of Education. Scholarship Awards Senior High Principal Francis Colgan will present honors to the seniors and organization representatives will award scholarships from the Kiwanis Club, Beatrice Education Association, the Key Club and Elks Club. Each senior has been given four reserved seat tickets. These seats will be held until 7:45 p.

m. Marshals of the marches will be the junior class president and vice president, Jim Tiemann and Sue Elliott. Ushers will be members of the Industrial Arts Club. Decorations are in charge of the jun- ier The senior class officers are James Grapengeter, president; Galen Plihal, vice-president; Gale Henderson, secretary and Judy Hill, treasurer. Faculty sponsors for the class have been; Miss Lucille Reilly, chairman, Darrell Cottingham Ron Gluch, Warren Jones, John Kudlacek, Rex Lutz, Miss Linnea Peterson and Miss Grace Souther.

Schlichtim Wiebe Wright Popp Linscott City to pay half the cost of lift station Controversy develops over paving district By AL RIDDINGTON In a controversial session last night, the City Council voted to pay half the cost of a $11,500 lift station in Kyle-Wright 2nd and 3rd subdivisions, Wittenberg Addition. The lift station is in Sanitary Sewer District No. 96 which has been set at a cost of $31,514. Objectors to paying the full amount ol the lift station, and present last ght, were: Llovd Wright and Ben Kyle. The two were represented by Attorney Robert Baumfalk who pointed out to the council that the original plat has been changed to include iess footage than his clients w.erc charged with.

Half The Cost Two motions pertaining to matter, iir.de by Councilman Rav Flwood, died for lack of a second. The motion to assume half the cost of thp lift station was made bv Rex Li'tz and seconded by Harry Milke. One of Elwood's motions was to delete the entire 500, the other to delete part of the sewage footage. Baumfalk also pointed out that Kyle and Wrigdt was paying more than 52,000 over the engineer's estimate. The council had met as a Board of Equalization on both Sewer Dist.

06 and Paving District 147 (Grant Street from I6th to 19th). It was on the paving district that the council received considerable controversv on the part of i property owner Clarence Mitchell, 1 1804 Grant St. 'I declare the entire district unlawfully Mitchell said as he threatened the city with a lawsuit. He added that he has attained a Lincoln attorney. However, the attorney was not present.

Mitchell went on to exnlain that he doesn't feel he should nay for something he didn't get. He was referring to curb and gutter in the district. He stated that the original netition stressed that there would be existing curbs and cutters He also pointed out that the $6.95 per foot is 30 percent above the estimate. After considerable discussion, following the exnlanation bv Citv Market partially recovers from grip of panicky selling Turnabout I'astor Saloga New pastor at Bethlehem Richard Saloga is installed in Bremen church BREMEN, Pastor Richard L. Saloga, Purdy, is the new minister of Bethlehem Lutheran Church In Bremen.

He was installed a week ago Sunday. The congregation presented their new pastor with a chest- type deep-freezer, 60 packages of meat, five baskets of groceries, and a cash gift of $157 at a lunch fo'lowing the installation. Rev. Saloga received his pre- ministerial training at St. John's College, Winfield, did his theological work at Concordia Seminary, St where he was graduated with the class of 1958.

He was vicar at congregations in Ogden and Salt Lake City, Utah, and Rangely, served Trinity Lutheran Church, Hunter, Kan. and Lutheran Church, Downs as interim pastor after graduation, until a post-operative infection forced his resignation. Early this month he married Aletha Fay Kleiboeker, of rural Wentworth, Mo. Pastor and Mrs. Saloga are now at home the Bethlehem Lutheran parsonage in Bremen.

Search fails to find wanted Iowa fugitive Whereabouts of accused slayer puzzles posse UNIONVILLE, Iowa The whereabouts of Gayno Gilbert Smith, young farmhand wanted for five killings, grew Tuesday into a frustrating puzzle for a posse seeking his capture. A section of the wooded hills of southern Iowa wfierc it was believed the 24-year-old fugitive had cone info h'ding was drenched last Monday night by heavy rains. Forty-eight hours of searching for the bespectacled youth since he his uncle and aunt and picked off three cousins one by one Saturday night have produced no results. Search Dwindles The masFive manhunt jn which more than 100 peace officers have taken part dwindled off to a few carloads of officials but patrols continued a watch on this area where Smith abandoned his car. Unionville is 60 miles southwest of and the site of the slavings, thf farm home of Smith's relatives, Mr.

and Mrs. Andrew Muehling Swarthout Mahloch Soil Conservation contest winners The Beatrice Kiwanis Club today announced the winners in the club's annual conservation essay contest. Essays were on Report on Kiwanis Soil Conservation Day." Prizes of $3, $2 and $1 were awarded in each of three Gage County niral school grade levels. The winners: Sixth grade: first, Dennis Lane, District 71, southwest of Beatrice; second, Jim Trauernicht, District 63, northeast of Pickrell; third; Janelle Holsing, District 167, southeast of Clatonia. Seventh grade: first, Janene Penner, District 20, west of Beatrice; second, Donna Holsing, District 167; third, Robert Rohe, District 167.

Eighth grade: first, David Spilker, District 167; second, Kathy Remmers, District 135, east of Pickrell; third Russell, District 61, west of Pickrell. Judges said they had a difficult time selecting winners among nearly 100 entries, which showed a great deal of preparation and ingenuity. Sentenced to death for apple swindle MOSCOW Ukrainians have been sentenced to deat.i for a gigantic apple swindle, labor newspaper Trud reported today. Trud said the trio headed a ring of government employes who charged the government top prices for low-grade apples and pocketed the difference. Four other members of trie ring each got 15 years in prison.

An unspecified number of others got sentences ranging from 5 to 12 years. Trud said millions in rubles and valuables were found hidden in the homes of the defendants. easton Hannibal LaCroix Fritz CLEMENCY FOR EICHMANN IS NIXED BY COURT JERUSALEM Israeli Supreme Court rejected Adolf Eichmann's appeal today and left the former Gestapo officer only the slender chance of executive clemency to escape the gallows for his part in the Nazi massacre of millions of European Jews. The 56-year-old chief of the Gestapo's Jewish Affairs Section stared fixedly at the five Supreme Court judges as Associate Justice Simon Agranat began reading the judgment affirming "without hesitation or reserve" the death sentence imposed on Eichmani) last December Eichmann's defense counsel, Dr. Robert Servatius, was expected to submit an appeal for clemency to Israeli President Izhak Ben-Zvi.

Justice Ministry officials said a decision is not likely before mid June A certificate rejecting clemency would constitute an execution order probably would be hanged soon after, TROPICAL STORM MAINLA (AP) storm Iris headed for Okinawa today after dealing a glancing blow to the northeast coastal areas of Luzon, the Philippines' ggest Attorney Anne Carstens that dis- island. Five Filipinos were report- tricts are not created solely on ed to have perished in the storm. basis of petitions, thp f'rst readin" of Ordinance No. 1348, by title onlv, was read. A letter of obicrtinn from William Robertson, 1817 Ella was read pertaining to the construction of, and transferring a liquor license, for Drug, Inc.

The Plaza Drug requested a McBaath. Sheriff Paul Thomas of this county surmised that Smith had time to get away before his car was found Sunday. Smith's motive in the shooting rr-mained a mystery. One survivor, Patsy Lou. a 15-year-old LANSING, Mich.

(AP) You could shed no light on it. She can't go to Hell on a state high- "Miss Broken Bow" Miss Donna Marie Black, above, will represent Broken Bow In the Miss Nebraska Pageant here during; the Homestead Centennial. She is the daughter of Mr. and Allen F. Black of Broken Bow and a Chicago Conservatory student.

To Paradise, yes, but not to Hell on state highway managed to escape with bullet wounds in the shoulder. Still Armed Smith, it is believed, is still carrying the combination shotgun and way but you'll soon be able to drive to Paradise, says the State Highway Department. Hell, near Ann Arbor in Livingston County, and Paradise, rifle he used to kill the McBeths west of Sault Ste. Marie in Chip- and their children, 19-year-old pewa County, both are reached by twins Amos and Anna and their county roads divorced daughter, Mrs. Donna The State Highway Department Jean Kellogg.

17. says it soon will take over the The possibility that Smith might county roads that lead to Para- have taken his life, rather than dise and the famed Tahquamenon su'rendsr, has been considered. Falls. But if that were true it could take weeks to find him in the woods, officers said. The department said there are no immediate plans for a state highway to Hell.

Creeks swollen by torrential rains BIG INDIAN JUMPS ITS BANKS AT DILLER AND ODELL Southeastern Nebraska streams were still swollen today with run- transfer of Honor license from 408 off from Monday's torrential rains E. Court to 119 N. 19th where a build mi is to be constructed. Since a building permit has been issued to Dell Hedges, head of Plaza Drug, and the area is zoned for business, the transfer was granted. Plaza Drug, must, according to sources, pick up thp ontion on the property by June 1.

The license will be trans- fererd about Aug. 15 upon completion of hn'Idine. Other Items Other items on the agenda and action taken, included: Approve continuation certificate on citv employees blanket position bond at a premium of $350.93. Tabled a request by To Hawkins for the re-zoning of pro- pertv in Harrington's Sub-Division. June 11 at 7 p.

m. as deadline for receiving bids on Pav ing Districts 151 (Washington Street from 14 to 16). 152 (Belvedere District), 153 (From 19th to 22nd Streets on Ella) 154 (Belvedere District), and Gutter and Gravel Districts 88 (Davison Village), and 89 (Market Street from 22hd to 24th Streets, and 23rd from Market to Court). Approved final payment to Meints Brothers for Sanitary Sew(Continued on Page 2. Col.

8) and Summerfleld, viewed the ruins of a parish hall, destroyed oy fire touched off by a giant bolt lightning. Indian Subsiding Big Indian Creek, which moved into both Diller and Odell yesterday, was subsiding. But farther downstream, just south of Wymore one old-timer said Big Indian was higher than he had ever seen it. At Wymore, however, the creek does not threaten the town. Three fire departments were unable to quench fire, touched off by lightning which struck the Holy Name Catholic parish hall in Summerfield some time between 8:30 and 9 o'clock Monday night The building was an old frame church, converted into a parish hall after a new brick church was constructed, a few years ago.

Burchard and Beattie fire departments came to help the Summerfield department, but the church was burning like tinder, and could not be stopped. Flames lighted the countryside for miles around. There was no one in the parish hall at the time. Vulnerable to Lightning That part of Summerfield seems vulnerable to lightning. The new brick church, just a few hundred feet away, was damaged by lightning several months ago.

The bolt which struck the parish hall knocked out many TV sets in the town. Odell volunteer firemen were called out when Big Indian Creek, already far out of its bank, began a further sudden rise between 8:30 and 9 o'clock last night. Greatest damage was to stock in the Howell Lumber Yard where at the crest water was knee deep. The lumber yard is about a half mile from the normal bank of the creek. Volunteers moved out a quantity of sheet rock from the lumber Blue is flooding below Barneston The Toptka Weather bureau reported Uiat the Blue River this morning was flooding low land between Barneston and Blue Rap- ds, Kan.

At Blue Rapids, the. river as three foot above flood slange Topeka does not expect any ser- ious'rise in the River, above Barneston. Big Indian Creek appears to be providing most of the flood water for the Blue, below its juncture with river near Wymore. Turkey Creek, an old offender farther north, was reported in its banks this morning. Big Indian Creek moves up towards the Phillips 66 station in Oilier yesterday.

There was three ieet ol watei in the station. Accountant says papers destroyed after phone call By W. B. RAGSDALE Jr. WASHINGTON private accountant who submitted a rosy audit of Billie Sol Estes' finances destroyed his working papers after a call from someone in Estes' organization, an Agriculture Department official said today.

The statement of net worth was presented to the government in January 1961 when the Agriculture Department proposed to increase from $700,000 to $1 million the bond Estes had to put up to store U.S. grain valued at $50 million. Worth at $13.7 Million The agriculture official, S. R. Smith, administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service, said the audit put Estes' net worth at $13.7 million -more than the yard, but there was damage to stacked lumber.

Volunter firemen also helped resident's move articles from their basements, and, in some instances, from first floors. The water subsided, however, before the first floors of any homes were inundated, although water came within two inches of the first floor of one home. The swollen creek also got into Novotny Phillips 06 Station and up around both the Cooper and Farmers' elevators. A number of propane bottles, stored at the Cooper elevator, floated away. Water began subsiding about midnight, but volunteer firemen stood by until 1 a.

m. or after. Scare at Diller Big Indian also provided a scare at Diller yesterday. It fell rapidly during the night, end Highway 103 was open this morning. At the.

time of the crest yesterday, there was three feet of water in the Goer Phillips 6G Station in Diller. The Geer brothers had moved practically everything out of the station, ere cleaning out the mud today. At Farmers Elevator in Dille.r manager Tony Zrleny reported there was about two feet of water over the scales Tuesday, and wa- CoJJl show heie IS open to the public working order this morning, but I The Blue Valley Coin Club, with they were still working on' the i headquarters at Wymore, will hold west elevator, cleaning things up. an exhibit and dinner here at the Everything had been "moved out i Paddock Hotel, Sunday, June 10. of the old south office, at the new Virg Marshall III, secretary, north office, things were moved i savs activities open at approxim- up as precaution.

Water sloshed, about a foot doep, (Continued On Page 2, Col. 6) amount required to keep the bond at the lower level. He said the audit as made by Winn P. Jackson, a certified public accountant associated with a Texas firm. Jackson has conceded he did not make an adequate audit of Estes' records before submitting the report, Smith said in testimony prepared for the House Government Operations subcom- milce.

Bankrupt Estes, now under indictment for fraud, has declared he is bankrupt. One aim of the investigations into Fstes' many and complex operations is to learn whether Estes' jerry-built business empire was constructed on foundation of government influence. The 37-year-old Texan's dealings are being investigated by the FBI, four grand juries, the Internal Revenue Service, the Agriculture Department and congress committees two ter came right up to the office doors. The east elevator was in Window washers plunge to deaths NEW YORK (AP)- Four window washers were killed early to- dr.y when the moving platform on which were working plunged clown the side of the Equitable Building in midtown Manhattan. Three apparently were killed outright as the platform hit the sidewalk with an impact so great that huge plate-glass windows several yards away were shattered by flying fragments.

The fourth died en route to a hospital. The men were working somewhere below the 23rd floor of the which is located across the street and a block north of the Radio City Music Hail. ate 1 p.m., and that the club will appreciate reservations ahead of time for the 5:30 dinner. Coin collectors and other persons interested in coins and other rare items, are invited, according to Jack Graves, Beatrice, chairman of the event. Coin collectors from Kansas as well as Nebraska are expected.

least 10 coin dealers are expected and there will be dealers' bourse tables for the public's inspection, or for those wishing to purchase items. Various items will be auctioned off. signs gam momentum Any further comeback is anybody's guess By JACK LEFLER AP Business News Writer NEW YORK (AP) The stock market recovered partially late this afternoon from the worst plunge since But whether it could press the come-back further was anybody's guess. Heavy trading and an extremely late tape made it d'ffi- cult to chart the market's progress. Recovery Signs of recovery started popping up shortly after noon and gained momentum as the day wore on.

Late this afternoon badly battered International Business Machines held a $26 gain for the day. American Telephone turned a $2.12 loss into a $6.37 advance. Du Pont added $.7.50, Polaroid $4.50, Sears Roebuck $4.12 and Jersey Standard $4.62. The Dow Jones industrial average had pared its earlier loss by 2 p.m. But still was far in the hole for the day.

Bargain hunters appeared to have started buying the badly de- pressd blue chips Trading volume soared to record heights and the ticker tape fell 96 minutes behind transactions. The panicky desire to get rid of stocks swept across the nation, ignoring all accounts of good business, and had worldwide reverberations. Worldwide The London Stock Exchange suffered its deepest decline since the Munich crisis of September 1938. Steep losses on heavy sell-offs were felt by exchanges in Paris, Zurich, Frankfurt and Japan. The Soviet news agency Tass said the New York stock plunge had "assumed catastrophic proportions." Trading volume in the first two hours soared to 3.75 million shares against 1.89 million in the comparable period Monday.

The ticker tape fell more than 58 minutes behind. The Do Jones average of 30 industrials at noon was down 69 to 563.24. Trading in four of the Issues making up the Dow Jones Sears Roebuck, Swift and opened by noon because of inability to match buy and sell orders. American Telephone turned a loss of $2.12 to a gain of $3.37 at $104. Jersey Standard was up $3 at $49 and Boeing was up $1 at $37.

Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges urged the government to take positive action rather than words to restore confidence. He proposed a tax overhaul and an early announcement of a revision of depreciation schedules. 'No Reason" In Washington, Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon said after a conference with President Kennedy that "We don't see any reason for panic selling in the stock market." Trading in the first hour soared to 1.7S million shares, compared with 1.09 in the like period Monday. The tape trailed by 22 minutes.

The Dow Jones average of 30 industrial issues at 11 a.m. was off 11.09 to 565.84. Trading in American telephone of the bluest of the hard- hit blue an hour late, off $2.12 to $98.50 on a whopping block of 50,000 shares. Other losses included Polaroid $6.25 to $117.25, Westinghouse $3.75 to General Motors $2.75 to $46.12, Hast man Kodak $3.50 to and U.S. Steel 37 cents to 50.

The maarket's long, sharp decline swelled to titanic proportions Mcnday as trading rocketed to the highest level since July 21, (Continued on Page 2, Col. DRIVING WITH KNEE PF.RTU (AP)-Fraii- cis Rea was fined 10 for combing his hair with one hand, patting it down will) his other and steering his siwrts car with his knee. Francis said he was on his way to hee his girl. Many to observe Memorial Day here Beatrice stores and banks will be closed tomorrow. May 30, in observance of Memorial Day.

The Chamber of Commerce office ll not be open. County and city government offices at the courthouse and city hall will also close Wednesday. KANSAS CITY CASH GRAIN (Approximate prices paid day on the Kansas City Market for cash grain), Wheat $2.15 Corn, No. 2 or better Milo ....51.90.

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