Beatrice Daily Sun from Beatrice, Nebraska • Page 10

iMtflM Pillr tun. Btafrlo, N.b.. Sepf. 1, ms ENTHUSIASM BASED ON CASH REGISTER The mall-spectacular reply to lure of the suburban shopping centers By STEPHEN SANGER FRESNO, Calif. (AP) One year ago the rity of Fresno, in a spectacular reply to the lure of suburban shopping centers, ripped out 10 blocks of its main downtown business street and put in a p-3destrian mall.

People wondered will it work? Today, busily waiting on customers who stroll in from the flowery, tree-shaded mall, hardheaded storekeepers are almost unanimous in answering that, yes, it is working, fabulously well. Cash Register Jungle Their enthusiasm is based on the jingle of the cash register. About the only opposition has come from one shoe store owner who declines to give his reasons. He planted onions in one of the flowerbeds as a form of protest. Downtown Fulton Street was noisy, dirty, clogged with cars, and parking was a long-shot gamble.

Today the $1.6 million, 10- block mall, financed by urban renewal and local funds, is a sprightly place. It invifes strol- lers to relax and seems to put them in a buying mood. Splashing fountains, small watercourses, shaded benches and small protected play areas for the kids dot the entire stretch. Beds of flowers are kept in bloom, and $150,000 worth of modern Saturday adds to the atmosphere. For those who tire to walking, there are pleasant, quiet electric carts, chauffeur driven at 10 cents a ride.

Nearby parking is cheap or free, but still not entirely adequate. Sample Comments Sample comments from officials or larger stores on the mall include: "We invested $100,000 on the basis the mall would get it back for us. Our business has increased substantially. We are delighted." "The only guy who would bo against this would be against motherhood." "Our gross profits are up 18 jer cent during the year. We spend a lot on advertising, and we consider the mail in the same category.

It attracts customers." "It's more convenient now for shoppers to get in and out. Our business is up 30 per cent." Small businessmen's representative comments include: "I'm pleased. Customers wi- by tlie quiet atmosphere. It's convenient to park. Business has improved.

The general atmosphere puts the customers in a buying mood." "When the mall is busy it has a carnival air and is fun," said the manager of a clothing shop for women. "Small stores profit because customers who have to fight traffic will not go out of their way to find a small shop." "My business is up 15 per cent," said a small jewelry store owner, "because the mall lends itself to leisurely shopping." Tom Hoxie, executive director of the Downtown Association, a merchants group which cooperated closely in the planning, said, "the mall is fabulous. It has beauty and utility." Came Too Late Some skeptics say it came too late to reverse the trend of a Steinauer By MRS. CHARLES OBRIST Sr. M.

Ermaline O.S.B., Sr. M. Esther Marie O.S.B. and Sr. M.

Mark O.S.B. will complete the teaching staff for St. Anthonys School this school term. Mrs. Jack Schmit and Tillie Brauer visited Mr.

and Mrs. Bryon Kehmeir, the Lillick families, and other friends and relatives in Bird City, Kans. Rev. John C. Obrist and Pat Murphy, Lincoln, and David Malsh, Milwaukee, were overnight guests of Mr.

and Mrs. Charles Obrist. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Supen- check and son, Mt.

Clemens, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Gottula several days the past week. Mr. and Mrs.

Gerald Obrist and family were luncheon guests of Msgr. L. F. Obrist at Falls City. Mr.

and Mrs. Charles Obrist and Mary Jo visited Madeline and Monica Barry and Mrs. Ed Whalen and Joe and Leo Barry in Greeley, Nebr. Mrs. Robert Fletcher, Beatrice, visited Mr.

and Mrs. Edwin Rinne. Her mother, Mrs. Alvin Steiner, accompanied her to Beatrice. Mr.

Mrs. Edwin. Rinne visited and Mrs. Dan Fankhouser in Humboldt. Mrs.

Ed Karbowski and sons and Mrs. Lloyd Mathews, Tommy and Paul, Pawnee City, visited their mother, Mrs. Emma Vrtiska. The ten children of Mr. and Mrs.

Leonard Gyhra had a reunion at the home of their parents, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Rinne visited Mrs. Minnie Droge, Mrs.

Carl Rohlmeir and Mabel Ord at DuBois. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lierz dying downtown, but concede It has at least halted the decay. There still are complaints about parking being insufficient.

Donald Pollard, deputy city manager, says the city recognizes the need and eight large parking garages are built or planned, plus designs lor a new freeway with easy access. Pollard estimates ha has conducted tours for 85 groups from other cities interested in similar projects. He believes the mall has been a big factor in a record $42 million invested downtown in the past two than during the previous 40 years. Actually, the mall is the existing glamorous showpiece of a redevelopment program that includes an 18-block "super-block" and 2,000 outlying acres. Meanwhile, the mall merchants treasure the words of a housewife, who said, makes me want to come downtown to shop." Sun Want Ads bring results.

fpuch off bedlam in Frisco SAN FRANCISCO (AP)-Five teen-age girls were injured when a frenzied boy leaped on stage with Britain's Beatles, touched drummer Ringo Starr on the shoulder and did a swan dive off the stage into the front rows. The incident was during a bedlam Tuesday at the Cow Palace as thousands of screaming, fainting and sobbing teen-agers threw jelly beans, stuffed animals and themselves at the mop- haired singers. Police said there were no serious injuries and that everyone recovered, including a pregnant woman who fainted and was carried to a first aid station. Wave after wave of frantic mostly girls, charged the line of police and guards in Front of the stage during the Beatles' concluding performances on their $l-million American tour. Six were able to touch one or more Beatle before they and about 70 other Beatle fans were carted off the stage.

Bean guesser Winning the prize at the Pol- ng Drug bean contest at bounty Fair were Mrs, Lee Hansel 1st; Dan Low 2nd; and Mrs. Virgil Nickeson 3rd. The total number was 6,319. Sun Want Ads bring results. Things to be grateful for in a troubled time By HAL BOYLE NEW YORK (AP) A few things to be grateful for in a trc-Mbled time: The sig'ht of sailboats racing on a wind-grooved sea.

The sound of church bells at twilight. The purring contentment of cats and the eager inquisitiveness of puppies. Hearing two children doing their homework together. Waiting in the dark for someone you love to arrive. Watching the happy faces of people greeting each other at air terminals.

Reading a good novel that leaves you feeling that life is important and the human race worthwhile. Opening a package sent by a distant friend. Finding more money in your wallet than you had thought was there. Looking down on the peaceful face of a sleeping child. Lying awake in a railway bunk as the train roars through moonlit valleys and dozing towns.

Seeing lightning during a night summer storm in the Midwest as he aven were putting on if heaven were putting on a Fourth of July fireworks show just for you. Playing catch with the kids down the street and showing them you can still whip over a few fast ones. Waking up on Saturday morning and knowing Monday is still two full days away. Picking up a good luck penny from the sidewalk. Finding an ideal parking place after driving around the block only twice.

Getting a pay raise when you were sure you'd been passed by for another year. Going to the dentist and being told he had hope of saving the tooth after all. Kissing the honest wrinkles on the cheeks of an old lady, you admire. Shaking hands with a retired man who earned hi cal- louses from life the hard way. Clearing your conscience by paying a bill you've put off for too long.

Dreaming a pleasant dream of someone you were fond of when young and who isn't around anymore. The delightful terror of buying something you can't afford but don't want to do without. Listening to a carnival fortune teller stage-whisper fabulous lies about your fabulous future. Doing a kind deed for a stran- ger and seeing the surprised gratitude in his eyes. Wondering at thi world's strange blend of beauty and noise and suffering, but believing that something better is always on the way, heralded by bugles in the heart's ear of hope.

Chess champ wins long distance game NEW YORK (AP) Bobby Fischer, 22, U.S. chess chapi- on, has won his third long-distance game in the Capablanca memorial tournament. The tournament is being played in Havana but Fischer is cabling his mows from York because the State Depart- ent refused him a visa to visit Cuba. Tuesday night he defeated Gucorghia D. Tringov of Bulgaria 'n 22 moves.

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Sat. SPAAK ON THE young actress Agnes Spaak studies a script in a craggy spot on the Italian Riviera. Agnes is following the footsteps of her sister, Catherine, in seeking a movie career. Both girls are nieces of Belgian Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak. former NATO secretary-general.

and Lisa, Altus, arrived for a visit with, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lierz and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Gyhra.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Obrist and Larry were dinner guests of their daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Archie Neukirch at St.

Marys. Mrs. Emma Vrtiska, Mrs. Marie Rinne, Mrs. Maggie Chandler and Mrs.

Edwin attended a yard picnic at the home of Sam Gottulas. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Fisher and Mr. and Mrs.

Virgil Fisher and Marilyn Kay were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Marian Fisher at Topeka. Mrs. Maude Davis, Linda and Mary Ellen were Omaha visitors with Jack and Dwayne Davis and families.

Mr. and Mrs. Adrain Vrtiska and family, Wayne, were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Gottula.

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Heineman and son, Ohio, arrived for Health. a vacation and visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Leoanrd Gyhra. Mr. and Lawrence Fisher visited their daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Wickman, at Seneca, Kans.

Mrs. Julius Wenzl and Mrs. Clarine Obel and son, Tecumseh, visited Mrs. Christina Wenzl. Mr.

and Mrs. W. L. Coughlin, Mr. and Mrs.

J. W. Schutz, Mrs. Maryann Holler, Mr. and Mrs.

Charles Conradt, Mr. and Mrs. John Steinauer, Mrs. B. J.

Steinauer and Mr. and Mrs. Walt Huff attended the wedding and reception of Mary Huff and William Wilbur at St. Michaels Church, Fairbury. Mr.

and Mrs. Charles Conradt and Mrs. Gerald Conradt and family were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. J.

W. Schutz in observance of Mrs. Charles Conradt's birthday. STUDY GRANT OMAHA University School of Medicine will use "a $108,000 grant to study the influence of protein nutrition an hormones on development of the embryo. Tile three-year grant was made by the Child Health and Human Development Agency of the National Institute of Transfers Ralph and Betty Hawkins to James and Donna Purdy, part of lot 8, all of lot 9, b'ik.

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First time in 21 years he's seriously thinking of future By RALPH DIGHTON IQS ANGELES (AP) For the first tiros in his 21 years, Ronald HolJett is beginning to think seriously about his future. There wasn't much po'nt in doijig so before. Ronnie was born with heart trouble so severe his skin was always blue Jack of oxygen in the blood. Today, after a first-oNts-kind by University of Caltomia surgeons, Mi Sin a normal and fell doctor be te an ex- cellent chance for a productive life. "1 keep looking in the mirror End I can't believe it's me," Rcnnie said, before returning to his home at Waterford, Calif.

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