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Hooked With 9-Hole Golf Course, Looks for Fai- Way Out By DICK HERMAN in 1952, the hillside tract southwest of Mahlin reported tenant Berkheimer Little known facts about Nebraska: Gordon was nothing but pasture land. never sought written approval for COnThe state owns a 9-hole sand In the intervening years, however, course or struction of either the golf Berkheimer permitted fellow townsmen the country club. greens golf course. to develop the property as a golf When it came time in 1963 to offer country club, too. course.

the 80 acres for competitive lease bidA And both most reluctantly. They even built a country club, as ding, the Board asked the Gordon golfThe facts came to light this week well as putting in a fairway watering ers to put a value on their improvewhen the State Board of Educational system, says Elmer Mahlin, Board ments. Lands and Funds tabled a bid from the secretary. This they for the counGordon Golf and Country Club, to Not until a year or so ago was the try club, $4,000 for the land itself. lease, for 12 years, 80 acres of state Board -which employs 13 people to ad- So the Board advertised the tract school land.

minister its $40 million holdings- even at those prices, a total of $18,000. Cash It aware of what was going on. rental, a mandatory of appraised B. develops the former lessee was Too late the Gordon sand blasters The regulations decree unauthor- value, would then be $1,080 annually. D.

Berkheimer, Gordon banker. discovered a state law incorporating ized improvements on state school land To the Board's astonishment, neiWhen Berkheimer won the lease a dreadful hook (or slice). become the state's property. ther the Gordon golfers nor anybody LINCOLN EVENING JOURNAL MARKET CLOSES and Nebraska State Journal SPORTS FINAL FOUNDED IN 1867 97TH YEAR-13 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1964 TEN CENTS U.S. Will Discuss Canal Treaty; Panama To Retie Diplomatic Knot Outbound Interstate Open-'Til Spring Lorenson (left) and Sandahl Class Jam Won't Hurt NU Seniors Floyd Hoover, University of Nebraska registrar, says crowded classes or sections will not prevent' any senior from graduating this spring.

With an increasing number of classes being filled to capacity and closed, Hoover said arrangements will be made for seniors to take courses permitting them to graduate. "Adjustments also will be made for undergraduates to enrol -in courses which are educationally sound and lead to the degree of their choice," the registrar said. The student newspaper, Daily Nebraskan, reported more than 1,000 students have been notified they will be unable to attend classes for which they pre-registered. The Weather Official U.S. Weather Bureau Nebraska: Mostly fair through Thursday.

A little cooler in- northwest late Wednesday. 1 Lows 10-20. Highs -Thursday in 40s. Lincoln: Mostly fair through Thursday. Low near 15.

High Thursday in upper 30s. Extended: Temperatures through Monday averaging near normal in east to slightly below normal in west with cooling trend early in period, warmer over weekend. Normal highs mid 30s to upper 30s; normal lows 9-13, Weather Summary, Page 36. LINCOLN TEMPERATURES Official U.S. Weather Bureau Rea 28 6:30 p.m.

6:30 p.m. 8:30 08 10:30 10:30 11:30 p.m. 11:30 12:30 a.m. 16 12:30 1:30 1:30 2:30 3:30 4:30 else bid for the dozen-year lease. The rent's too high, it was suggested.

Now there's another state law. It provides when a lease isn't sold, the Board can progressively reduce its appraised value to attract bidders. Thus, this week, the Board received the Gordon Golf and Country Club's bid -a value of $5,000 for the whole business, a yearly cash rental of $300. What nettled Board members is that they willingly took the golfers' own valuation figures, and then found them unacceptable to the home folks. Clive Short, Chadron Board member, reckoned he'd amble: by Gordon and talk to the divot diggers about the situation in days to come.

Mild Readings Will Continue Day or Two Clear to partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures were predicted through Thursday. With no frontal patterns FaIR INTER STATE 180 34 rip covers off signs and motorists quickly move onto outbound overpass. 10th and Interstate 180 Leg Cuts Commuters' Travel Time By BILL KREIFEL The northbound leg of Lincoln's 180 access route and to the Interstate, Oak St. interchange was opened at noon Wednesday. As State Maintenance Supt.

Dean Sandahl, of 6515 Hartley and Ralph Lorenson, of 6713 Ballard removed barricades, several eager drivers moved onto the new strip of road. The 1.5 mile segment got light travel at first but the flow was expected to increase as it did on the southbound portion into the Capital Dec. City after it was opened on "Deputy State Engineer G. C. Strobel said the outbound segment will be closed again in late April or early May so that permanent construction work can be finished.

He said concrete will have to be poured in a 200-foot temporary connection at 10th and when the weather warms and estimated the work and "curing" of the cement will take four to six weeks. John Fraker, executive vice president of Lincoln's Chamber of Commerce. said the. opened access route will be a tremendous time saver, for people living outside the city limits. Minutes A drive from Waverly 9th and via Interstate 80 and I-180 took minutes compared with 22 minutes from City Hall to Waverly via Cornhusker and Hwy, 6 when traffic was moderate.

A trip from City Hall to Municipal Airport on I-180 took 6 minutes. Fraker said Chamber president Myron Weil telegraphed State Engineer John Hossack, congratulating him and contractors on the opening. of two-way travel over the cess route. Both Flags Go Up At School in Zone Charge of Cuban Agitation In Demonstrations Is Denied issue within 30 days. Within hours of the agreement, the American and Panamanian flags were raised simultaneously on brand new and separate flagpoles in front of Balboa High School in the Canal Zone.

demonstrations over flying both flags in of the high school set off last week's rioting that resulted in death for 21 persons and injury to almost 500 others. At the height of the rioting, Panama broke off relations with the United States as a result of the differences over the U.S.-controlled Can all Zone. The agreement to resume relations and to negotiate was reached in talks sponsored by the Inter- American Peace Commission sent here by the Organization of American States (OAS). There was some grumbling among the students about the flag-raising, but others made clear that "We have -1 nothing against the Panama flagall we wanted was to get the American flag back Main Issue The agreement did not refer directly to 'Panama's demand for revision of the 60- year -old treaty under which the United States operates the Panama Canal. The United States was understood to have objected to such a reference.

But Panama accepted the agreement, considering it to imply that the canal will be discussed since that is the main outstanding issue. Army Secretary Cyrus R. Vance charged in Washington that at least 10 agitators trained in Communist Cuba had been arrested and are being held by Panamanian authorities. The charge was denied here and in Havana. "It is news to us," said Eloy Benedetti, legal counsel -Panama City, Canal Zone -Panama has agreed to resume diplomatic relations with the United States, and the two countries agreed to negotiate "all existing matters" at know what he is talking Schools Reopen "Ridiculous said a statement issued -by Fidel Castro's foreign ministry.

Panamanian President Roberto Chiari's press officer, Fabian Velarde, said his government would wait awhile, perhaps a week, "to let things cool off" before resuming relations with the United States. Panama is not expeeted call on the United States to get out of the Canal Zone, which cuts strategic Latin American country in half. Panama is not- interested in running the canal, but will seek to reduce the boundaries of the Zone, which is 10 miles wide and extends 36 miles from the Caribbean to the also is expected to seek an increase in the $1.9 million the United States pays annually for the use of the canal and greater opportunities for advancement for Panamanians in the Canal Zone Company. Ex-Governor Peterson's Mother Dies By The Associated Press Mrs. 1 H.

C. Peterson, mother of former Nebraska Gov. Val Peterson, died Wednesday afternoon in a Fremont hospital. She was 85. Mrs.

Peterson had been a patient in the Dodge County Hospital for about years. Mrs. Peterson, who was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., was the daughter of the Rev. Frederick Swanberg, a pioneer Swedish Lutheran minister in Mead, Oakland and Holdrege. She had lived in Oakdale, an Antelope County town, for 20 years before hospitalization in Fremont.

Her husband died in 1939. A son, Paul, was killed in World War 1 II. Val Peterson, one of five surviving children, is a former U.S. ambassador to. Denmark and U.S.

Civil Defense director. He now lives in Hastings but was in California at the time 'of his mother's death. Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Fred Kern of Battle Creek, and Mrs. W.

R. Launt, Oakdale, and three sons. Carl of Encinitas, Frederick of Columbus and Evar of Long Beach, Calif. The funeral, for which the date had not been set, will be at the American Lutheran Church' in Neligh. Burial will be in Wyuka Cemetery in Lincoln.

Don't miss seeing the Royal Crest Homes by Krueger. Check the real estate -Adv. in the vicinity, a general low pressure area with variable cloud development and no precipitation will continue through Thursday night. In cloud-covered areas temperatures will be slightly cooler during the day, but sunny skies and light winds were expected to prevail over most of east and central Nebraska. Predicted highs Thursday are in the 40s and upper 30s.

Overnight lows of 10 to 20 degrees were forecast. The state high Tuesday was 44 degrees at North Platte. The state low was 3 degrees at Alliance and the Lincoln Air Force Base. Tax Sought On Dorms At Dana Court Battle Likely If OKd Blair -Earl Long, Washing. ton County assessor, says he plans to recommend two Dana College dormitories, as well as faculty housing units, be placed on the tax rolls.

Long already has informed Dana College officials of his intentions. And they, he reported, will bring the matter into the courts if the Washington County Board of Equalization accepts. Long's recommendations. "We've agreed to a friendly court suit," the assessor said. "There is no animosity We need to establish a principle once and for all." Long is taking the position the predominant use of the Dana College facilities are residential in character and not educational.

The Constitution permits privately-owned properties used exclusively for religious, charitable or educational to be tax-exempt. Ownership alone, except in the case of the state or any of its subdivisions, is insufficient grounds for obtaining an exemption, the attorney general's office previously advised assessors. Long also reported he is planning to put some portion of the Washington County Fairgrounds on the tax rolls. In his capacity as secretarytreasurer of the Washington County Fairgrounds a non-profit organization, Long said some of the fairgrounds have been rented out for revenue-producing purposes. And, as assessor, Long feels some part of the grounds should be required on the tax listing.

Lab on Wheels LaGrange, Ky. (M Following the of the bookmobile, Dr. W. E. Bewley, a veterinarian, has set up a lab on wheels complete with operating table, surgical tools, a microscope and a refrigerator stocked with vaccines.

N.Y. STOCKS -Dow Jones Close- Close Chr. Inds. 774.00 20 Rails 181.00 15 Utils. 140.60 65 Stocks 271.84 Wednesday Sales "Tuesday.

Sales 6.530.000 Details Page 26 AP Theodore Sorensen Top Aide For JFK Resigns Sorensen Will Write Book Compiled From News 1 Wires "This is just great," said Fraker. "It's a convenience that has been long overdue." The State Dept. of Roads had promised that the I-180 access would be open by the end of 1963 and the southbound segment was. Thanks to a race against the weather by workmen three highway contractors, Dobson Bros. Construction Capital Bridge Co.

and Abel Construction the northbound half was only two weeks late. Motorists will find that speed limits on portions of both the outbound and inbound segments are lower than the 75 m.p.h, normal limit on Nebraska Interstate. Strobel said finishing touches still remain both access legs and should be completed in the spring. These "extras" include guard rails, directional signals and lights that have to be installed. Barrels are presently being used in place of guard rails Ruhnke To Run Again State Sen.

Arnold Ruhnke of Plymouth, who has provided legislative leadership in such fields as reapportionment, public power, interest rates and time sales, as a candidate for re-election. Ruhnke, who authored the constitutional amendment allowing an area factor to be given weight as well as population in legislative reapportionment, has served since 1955 and is seeking his sixth term. He will be seeking a fouryear term since senators elected in odd-numbered districts will be seated for four years. and Strobel said he hopes traffice on the access won't be so heavy as to cause a hazard. He explained that a frost level now extending 30 inches into the ground will prevent work on the rails until the thaw.

Strobel said sodding, seedfording and landscaping along. the access will also begin when weather permits. 3.2 Miles The 1-180 access covers 3.2 miles and spans the tracks of four railroads with huge viaducts. It saves not only time and traffic-tired nerves but gives the traveler a city" look at Lincoln's skyline as he enters town and a grand view of stretching Nebraskaland when he leaves. The 1 Dept.

of Roads has placed the route's cost at about $7 million. for the Panamanian foreign office. "Frankly, we don't BE SURE TO READ Nkrumah's Road Bumpy GHANA-Kwame Nkrumah's avowed road to Marxism for the African Coast nation of Ghana turns bumpy with economic ills- Page 3 TRAVELING NEBRASKA Laurence G. Pickering of ToDAY U. S.

Shelton Thailand consul has where for three returned he was years. from a a was spent on field trips Page 6 Journal Much of Pickering's time CENTENNIAL STAMP--Post Office Dept. officials say Nebraska's request for a 1967 centennial stamp is too early to consider but there should be no trouble in getting a "first day cover." Page 34 Inside You'll Also Find Ann Landers 25 Deaths 37 Theaters 22 Births .23 Editorial 4 TV-Radio .37 City News 6 Markets 36 Want Ads 38-41 Comics .42 Sports 29-31 What to Do 22 Crosswords 42 State News 6 Women Daily Record 37 Sylvia Porter 14 World :....2,3,11 Washington Theodore C. Sorensen, 35, a top aide to the late John F. Kennedy for 11.

years, has resigned as White House special counsel. A native of Lincoln, Sorensen came from a politically -oriented family. His father, C. A. Sorensen, was a lawyer active in the populist wing of the Republican party.

The elder Sorensen, who died in. 1959, was campaign manager for the late Sen. George W. Norris. Sorensen wrote President Johnson that he wanted to be free during the next few months to write a book about the assassinated President Kennedy.

The resignation is effective Feb. 29. Johnson, in an exchange of letters, accepted the resignation "reluctantly, and regretfully." Work Completed During the last eight weeks, Sorensen has been Johnson's principal speechwriter task he also performed for Kennedy. Sorensen wrote Johnson that he was leaving the White House "with the greatest regret." However, he said he had largely completed his work for the President on messages that traditionally are sent from the White House to Congress early each year. Sorensen is the first ranking member of the staff of the late President Kennedy to leave the White House: No Pledges Sorensen joined Kennedy's staff in 1953 when the late President was a Massachusetts senator.

White House Tress Secretary Pierre Salinger said that neither Sorensen nor any other members of the Kennedy staff were under any pledge or obligation not to write about the late chief executive. In writing Johnson, Sorensen said he had "increasing confidence" in the new President's dedication to Kennedy's principles and grams. And he said he also was increasingly confident that Johnson would win election to a four-year term in November. Omaha Senator Is Recovering Omaha (P) State Sen. Sam Klaver reported Wednesday he is recuperating from an illness which hospitalized him for 18 days.

Klaver said he caught a cold which affected a nerve behind his left- ear. He left the hospital last week. The Omaha senator said he plans to be in Lincoln for a Legislative Council television committee hearing Jan. 30. 1 2 Pc.

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