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a a a a a a a Member of Associated Press 1957 5c Per Copy NO. 188 W' Temperatures Weather High yesterday, low today 62-35 High Precipitation Precipitation and low this this year month year ago 33.77 52-22 1.31 BEATRICE DAILY Precip. this date last year 19.70 tomorrow in lower 40s. SUN Partly Thursday, cloudy low to tonight cloudy 26-32; through high "If You Didn't See It In The Sun It Didn't VOL. 56 Carpenter calls for tax laws of 1920 Special session or wait 'til '62 for any changes GRAND, ISLAND, Neb.

4P-State Sen. Terry Carpenter, chairman of the Legislative Tax Study Committee, called Wednesday for a return to the constitutional provisions of taxes in effect prior to 1920. And he said unless there is a special session Legislature, it will be 1962 before" the conditions uncovered by his committee's investigation can be changed. In statement summarizing the findings in three days of hearing in Grand Island Carpenter said that prior to 1920 the constitution gave the Legislature the right to assess property as to classes and to set up for each class a method by which it should be assessed. This is generally done in the other 47 states, he said.

"It seems to me that the taxation and assessment laws in Nebraska have been administered by habtt through which people have learned to disregard the law itself," he said. "The taxpayers gencrally admit that what they do is not in relationship with what should be done but what they think others are doing. Much of this fault lies in the Legislature, which unknowingly passed laws creating areas of favoritism. Outside of real estate everything is strictly 011 a self-assessing basis." Carpenter said that what had been learned in the Hall County hearings was repetitious and about the same thing the committee will hear in "almost every county." He said the committee feels "taxpayers in Grand Island. and Hall County Officials are no better and no worse than in any other county.

In this hearing, without exception, the taxpayers have told the truth and have brought facts and records. And while the does not agree with the procedures, realize that great area of we. difference exists as. to whether they can do legally what they have done." Carpenter said it was his personal opinion only that the matter could be corrected easily and rapidly. He said the cost of a special session would be nominal 000 to $11,000.

"Even though it might not accomplish anything the risk involved between the dollars spent and the collection that could be made is so small: as to be virtually. no risk. He added that if the people are not willing to amend the constitution "I presume that no elected officials in the future such would attempt to bring about a He said the committee would continue its work until the next session of the Legislature, however, "so that no one can complain that we did not have a desire to treat everyone alike." SA kettles go on street The familiar sound of the Salvation Army Christmas bell will be heard on the streets of downtown Beatrice beginning Friday, November 29th. The kettles will be out each business day from then until Christmas Eve. The money raised at this time is used to bring Christmas cheer to many people in Beatrice and money is also used for the general relief program of the Salvation Army as well as for carrying on a youth character building program.

There is a need for extra income at this time because of an increased program and lack of funds from other sources to take care of the need according to Capt. Isabel Boyington. Families needing help for Chrismas can apply at the Salvation Army office at 5th and Bell. "It is our hope that no family or child will go without food for Christmas dinner or toys under the Christmas three on Christmas morning," Capt. Boyington said, The Salvation Army is an agency of the Community Chest.

22 TILL SHOPPING CHRISTMAS DAYS READ THE ADS Beatrice stores open every Tuesday and Friday night through Dec. 20, and on Monday night, Dec. 23. BEATRICE, NEBRASKA, BITTING CAR -I. E.

"Junior" Bitting suffered severe injuries carly this morning when this car, which he was driving. went out. of control and struck A telephone pole (right background) along Highway 77 at the curve north of Beatrice. After hitting the pole, the car moved forward several yards before coming to a stop. (Photo by Fred Steinkamp) Thanksgiving union services in Beatrice Thursday will be a day not only for feasting but also for moments of devout thanksgiving for our blessings of the year.

At least 25 churches in this area will have special Thanksgiving services, most of them in the morning. Most Beatrice Protestant churches will join in a union ing service at 9 a. m. at the First Christian Church. Rev.

Hugh Crandall, First Baptist Church, will deliver the sermon, and the First Christian Choir will sing the anthem. Aiding Rev. Crandall will be Rev. Hubert Sias, First Christian and Rev. George Neubert, West Side Baptist.

Christ Episcopal Church will (have its choral eucharist at 10. a. 111. Beatrice Mennonite, First Mennonite. and Christ Evangelical Lutheran will have special services at 10:30 a.

m. St. John's Lutheran at 9 a. m. St.

Paul's Lutheran at 10 a. m. St. Joseph's Catholic Church will Cool Thanksgiving in prospect here Associated Press A cool Thanksgiving is in prospect for Nebraska. The passage of cool Pacific air dropped temperatures in the state somewhat and marks were expected to average below normal seasonal levels through the weekend.

Imperial recorded a high of 71 on Tuesday and the mercury climbed into the 60s over most of the state. The overnight low was 26 at Alliance. celebrate a Thanksgiving high mass at 8:30 a. m. First Church of Christ Scientist will have special meetings at 11 a.

m. and 4:30 p. 111. Most Lutheran churches in the area, and some others, have scheduled special Thanksgiving services. Among them: 8:45 a.

-Peace Lutheran, Lewiston. 9 a. m. -Emmaus Evangelical Lutheran. 9:30 a.

m. -American Lutheran Filley; Christ Lutheran, Pickrell; St. Paul's Evangelical, DeWitt. 10 a. m.

Immanuel State Line Lutheran; St. John's Lutheran, of Wymore; St. Paul's Lutheran, of Diller; Trinity Lutheran, DeWitt; Zion Lutheran, Pickrell. 10:30 a. m.

Emmanuel Lutheran; St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran, Plymouth. 11. a. m.

American Luthcran, Adams. 7:30 p. m. Burchard Methodist. 8 Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran, Hollenberg.

Aim drive boosts juvenile courts LINCOLN -An eight-member statewide committee had been established Wednesday to launch a drive aimed at evoking voter approval of a constitutional amendment authorizing the Legislature to establish a juvenile court system. The citizens committee was formed Tuesday at a meting of civic and welfare groups. about 60 representatives of stately First aid class in final lesson Making a traction splint and learning how to move an injured person was the final lesson for this first aid study group meeting at the Senior High school last night. 'The 'victim' here is Mrs. Harvey Ahl, with Mrs.

Jim Emal holding her head. Fixing the splint on the leg are Mrs. Velda Lemon and Mrs. Francis Anderson. Observing the procedure are Mrs.

Ollie Hagemeier, Mrs. Bob Henrichs, and Mrs. Warren Swartz. About 10 other class members observed the treatment. Ike back into office in less than 48 hours EVENING, NOV.

27, Urge NATO meet despite Ike's illness With VP Nixon substituting for ailing president PARIS (m Britain. France, West Germany and Italy urged Wednesday that the scheduled NATO summit conference take place next month despite President Eisenhower's illness, with Vice President Richard Nixon taking the Chief Executive's place. These countries--chief European members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization--made their views known in answer to queries from the U.S. delegation to NATO here. Similar views were eXpressed by the Netherlands and Turkey.

Greece suggested a postponement. The United States officially offered carlier Wednesday to send Nixon, if this was agreeable to the other members of the alliance. Informed sources in London said the British government feels the conference should go on as scheduled with Nixon as the top U.S. representative. They said the British view was that the meeting still should be held at the heads of government level and that there should be n0 postponement.

Similar reactions were pressed by France, Italy and the Netherlands. The spokesman said the American offer will be communicated to other NATO nations Thursday al the regular NATO Council session here. He said those instructions were relayed to Frederic Nolting, depuLy U.S. representative for NATO. Nolting will be substituting al Thursday's meeting for the permanent U.S.

delegate, W. Randolph Burgess who now is in Washington. Boy is recovering from shotgun wound Larry Guenther, 17-year-old Beatrice High School senior, is getting along fine at the Mennonite Hospital, though he has a hip full of shotgun pellets which will be there for a long while. Son of Mr. and -Mrs: Arthur Guenther, 507 South 7th was hit by the load from a .410 shotgun at the range of about 12 feet in a accident near Steele City Thirty-two pellets were ed from his right hip.

But even after these were taken out, the X-rays "looked as if we'd hardly started," his doctor said. The hip bone was pitted but not fractured. Larry had attended a family dinner Sunday at the Edward farm weast of Steele City, and after dinner he and his cousin, Jimmy Ikerd, 14, of Firth, went hunting. After they returned from their hunting excursion, they were unloading their shotguns in the farmyard. Somehow Jimmy's gun cidentally discharged.

Larry's doctor said the boy probably will be out of the hospital in a week or ten days. Thanksgiving dance at St. Joe tonight A 'Space Party' will be the theme of a Thanksgiving dance tonight at St. Joseph's school, sponsored by the Junior Class. The party which will be from 7:30 to 10:30 will include music by the school dance band.

One of the featured songs will be the recently released ballad, "I saw Sputnick" which will be sung by the "Three Martians" Joe Richling, Jerry Fisher and Tom Gehl. Health report was withheld for certainty Positive diagnosis necessary for the people and world WASHINGTON (71 Presidentinl Press Secretary James Ilagerty said Wednesday the precise report 011 the nature of President Eisenhower's illness was withheld 24 hours because doctors wanted 10 be certain about their ding. nosis. Hagerty, in a TV interview. cmphasized that there is a considerable difference between the President becoming ill and himself, for example.

Said Hagerty: Positive Diagnosis "You can make a tentative diagnosis, but with the President of the United States, you have to can make a tentative original diconfirm the diagnosis. While you a agnosis, it is awfully important also that you confirm that original diagnosis before you announce it not only to the people of the United States but to the world." Asked why the first announcement of Eisenhower's illness described it only as a chill, Hagerty replied: "I think the use of the word chill was used because that was the word used by the President himself." No Stroke The press secretary took issue with the use of the word stroke to describe the President's condition. He said the attending physicians had told him that stroke connoted a hemorrhage of the brain, whereas there has been none. He said the public would have assumed that there had been a hemorrhage if the word stroke were employed in discussing the case. Rotary sees film on Mayflower voyage Rotarians this noon viewed the color film, "The Mayflower Story" showing the construction and voyage of the vessel, Mayflower Il which sailed from England to America this year.

It was built to the specifications of the original Mayflower, Rev. Walter Jewelt prefaced the filming with some remarks about the Pilgrims. At each place, this noon, were five kernals of candy corn an old New England Thanksgiving custom. For, said Rev. Jewett, five kernals of corn was the Pilgrim's ration during the hungry summer of 1621, year of the first Thanksgiving.

The film was being shown in all American History classes in Beatrice schools today. Market rebounds from big tumble NEW YORK (-The stock marke: bounded up in a rousing, rally Wednesday following its steep dive of the previous session. News that President Eisenhower, despite his latest illness, was in fine spirits, took his usual shower and shave and had a normal breakfast evidently helped reassure the market about the President's Gains ran to around $7 a share. The market by noon had recovered around three billion dollar: of its loss of billion dollars of Tuesday. Physicians agree president's illness 'no heart attack' 0 WASHINGTON 'The White House appended the following note to Tuesday night's medical bulletin concerning President Eisenhower: "All attending physicians and consultants are agreed that the President has not had another heart attack and that the present symploms have no relation to his previous heart attack." 'The obvious purpose of that statement was to nullify even more completely the assertion dur.

ing the afternoon by Anne Whenton, associate presidential press secretary, that Eisenhower had suffered "a form of heart attack." She said that in reply to questions about technical Innguage in the first medical tin, then a bit later reversed herself and said the heart was not involved at all. Premiums for Fair boosted nearly $200'; Board elects '58 committeemen "Premiums in two divisions of the Gage County Agricultural Show and Fair may be increased nearly $200 next year," Vern Mulig, secretary said today. Following a meeting of the Gage County. Agriculture Society this week, members voted to investigate an offer being made by AkSar-Ben. Mulig will submit an application to Ak-Sar-Ben for the additional premium money which will be used in the open class of the dairy cattle and swine divisions of the local fair.

Claude Bartlett, newly elected president of the GCAS, also had an announcement today relalive to setting up committes for the 1958 fair. Following are 1958 committee chairmen and co-chairmen: Ticket sales, John Bauer, val, Mulig; Judges 'and ribbons, Charles Kimmerling Horse Show and policing, Roy Wilcox; Publicity, Claude Bartlett and Mulig; Merchants Hall, Ed Podtburg; Premium books, Henry Brandt, 4-H Night, Frank Grone; of Barnes, Dr. William Simic, Marion Root; Implements, Clair Callan and Lyman Bartlett; Races, Bart Bartholomew and Bob Baumfalk; Athletics, Podtburg; and advertising, Ivan Hedge. Co-Chairman of the races, Bartholomew, was just recently appointed to the society's board. President Bartlett also announces there is still storage space available in the new building at the fairgrounds.

Anyone' interested in renting space may contact Mr. Hedge at Filley, President Bartlett, or Mulig. LEASES STATION Tom Gillman of Blue Springs has leased and is operating the D. C. Davison Oil Co.

filling station at 9th and Court. Signs dozen documents, in good spirits Confers with aide 'on everything under the sun' Tunior Bitting hurt in wreck One-car mishap; describe condition as 'satisfactory' H. E. "Junior" Bitting was sev. erely injured shortly after o'clock this morning when his car went out of control at the curve on Highway 77 six miles north.

of Beatrice, and struc': a telephone pole. Bitting is in the hospital with broken right shoulder, several broken ribs, a scalp laceration and many other cuts and bruises. His condition on was described today as "satisfactory." Sheriff Ned Maxwell said that Bitting, traveling south, had just made the curve when his right wheels apparantly went off the concrete into the soft, muddy shoulder. In an effort to get back onto the paving, apparently he jerked his steering wheel. The car shot across the highway over the bank to the left side of the road breaking off a fence post and striking a telephone pole in the fence linc.

He did not hit the pole head-on, and the car slid off and progressed several yards before coming to a stop. There was heavy damage to the 1957-model car. Bitting was taken by ambulance to the Mennonite Hospital. Not likely highway surfaced this year HALLAM -It doesn't seem likethat State Spur 577, which connects Hallam with Highway 77, will get a dustless surface this year. Hallam residents have asked State Engineer L.

N. Ress that the road be given a "dustless surface" this year before heavy equipment begins moving in for construction of the atomic generating plant at Hallam. Ress said he informed them that the project is not part of the 1957- 59 road program, and that the highway department can't build roads "overnight." A dustless road adequate for light trucks could be built for about $20,000 per mile, but one sufficient for heavy trucks and heavy traffic might run as much at $400, 000 for the stretch from Hallam to Highway 77. Announce plans for Xmas decor contest The Junior Chamber of Commerce today announced plans for the annual Christmas Decorating Contest to be sponsored in Beatrice. Ernie Steinkamp, general chairman for the Jaycees, announces that the contest will open Dec.

and end Dec. 23. Twenty one prizes will be awarded winners in four divisions, in addition to a sweepstakes winner. There will be four divisions: decorations of over 25 lights, under 25 religious scenes, and commercial. There will be five prizes awarded in each class.

"The purpose of sponsoring the contest is to help beautify our city during the season of the year, and to create a friendlier munity spirit," Chairman Steinkamp said. Shortly after the first of the month, a contestant form will be in the Sun. CHEST LAGGING Claude Minick, Community treasurer, said today that Chest pledges sO far total something over $27,000, or about 75 per cent of the $35,855 goal. port 480 acade PREPARE FOR PARADE -Several members of the Intermediate MYF of Centenary Methodist Church are seen above working on the organization's float to be entered in the Christmas Parade here Nov. 29.

Left to right, Lynne Trussell, Mary Van Winkle, Lynette Krueger, Loa Morris, and 'Zoe Chudley. (Sun Photo) Big Christmas Parade in Beatrice Friday at 2 p.m. WASHINGTON President Eisenhower eased back into the duties of his office less than 48 hours after he sufWednesday, fered slight stroke. 'The President conferred for 16 minutes with Vice President Nix011 and Chief Presidential Aide Sherman Adams. The White House said they talked about "everything under the sun." Earlier Eisenhower spent a half hour with White House Staff Secretary Andrew J.

Goodpaster, signing dozen documents and Initialing another. Eisenhower's doctor announced earlier that the President had 10 hours of almost continuous sleep during the night and showered and shaved himself before eating a normal breakfast. Presidential Press Secretary James C. Hagerly said Nixon and Adams conferred with the President while he was working on a painting in the studio across from his bedroom. Hagerty said in answer to questions that the three discussed official business, including the 1958- 59 budget, next month's NATO meeting and legislative matters which will be discussed at next week's White House conference of leaders from the Capitol.

It has not been indicated wheth, cr Eisenhower, who suffered a blockage of a brain artery Monday, will be able to meet personally with the Congress leaders. The Chief Executive's brother; Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, was having lunch with the President Wednesday. told a news conference shortly after noon the President has not discussed with anyone the possibility he might have to delegate his powers because of his illness.

Hagerty also said he does not expect to be able to. say before Thursday, at the earliest, whether the President and Mrs. Eisenhower will be going to their Gettysburg, Pa. farm in the immediate future. Hagerty said they definitely will spend Thanksgiving in the White House.

Although a stroke is the layman's term for what happened to Eisenhower, the White continued to balk at calling it a stroke--even a mild one. said in response to questions that he had talked to the President's doctors about use of the word "stroke," and that they "quite advisedly" had steered away from use of the term. NO PAPER THANKSGIVING Public offices and business places will be closed. Thursday for Thanksgiving. The Sun staff will be celebrating the holiday, and no edition will be published Thanksgiving.

Christmas Parade Church, civic and school groups are hard at work preparing floats for the Christmas Parade here at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon. The present count, according to Chairman Jay Timmons of the sponsoring Chamber of Commerce, is that there are 18 floats being entered. In addition to floats, eight high school bands of the area will add color to the parade. Theme of the parade is "Keeping Christ in The parade will be led by the American Legion color bearers, and bringing up the rear will be Santa Claus, riding in the Shrine Club's fire truck. Following the parade, ta Claus will pass out treats to the youngsters on the east side of 5th Street just south of Court Street.

Float judges will be three out: of-town ministers Rev. Eugene Bock, Plymouth; Rev. Richard Fruehling, Pickrell; and Rev. E. Allen Magill, Wymore.

The parade will assemble in front of Senior High School and the parade route will be: south to Ella, east on Ella to 7th Street, then south to Court, and west to 4th Street. The parade will disband in front of City auditorium; in 25 The PTA council sponsored the first aid sessions which were instructed by Phil Hall. He explained that last night's class was the fifth of a series which included instructions on treatment for shock gas poisoning, articial poison, snake bite, and transportation of an injured person. After securing the splint in last night's class, the first-aiders demonstrated how to. transport a -patient on a blanket with a minimum of movement for the injurled.

(Sun Photo) -Local Grain(Approximate cash prices be ing pair in Beatrice Wheat $1.96 Corp $1.15.