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a Lincoln Evening Journal Formosa Bustling Over Alert Scare Nationalists Cite Big Red Buildup in Air Strength Taipei, Formosa (M Formosa echoed with warnings of war Various official Nationalist spokesmen reported: 1 All Nationalist China--Formosa, the Pescadores and island outposts off the Communist mainland--is in a state i a precautions against sabotage are being taken at all strategic points, such as bridges and arms plants. 3. Troops manning Formosa's coastal defenses have been reinforced. 7 Dr. Condra Led Or In Development Continued from Page 1 division from 1918 until 1954; state geologist from 1910 until jvl954; former president of the Rational Conservation Congress; former president of the State Irrigation former vice president of Lincoln Chamber of Commerce; and former trustee of Midwest Research Institute of Kansas City, Mo.

Among his honors were the American Forestry Award, 4. Nationalist ground, sea and air forces are in full combat readiness, 5. Air raid precautions were urged on the public. The Nationalist air force reported a clash with Communist MIGlT's near Quemoy, but said its planes returned to Formosan bases unscathed. "We are on the defensive and will not start trouble," a i defense ministry spokesman vcdi AVJ- tury affiliation with Scottish, said Rite Masonry, the Kiwams District Service Award in 1945; the distinction of being the first agricultural geologist to have been named to the Nebraska Hall of Agricultural Achievement; the A a i a Award of Merit; and the Nebraska Builder Award, the highest non-academic honor bestowed by the University of Nebraska.

Innocents Founder He was one of the founders of the Innocents Society, men's honorary organization of the University of Nebraska, and was its counselor for 30 years. Dr. Condra was also a member of many other University, city and professional groups. "There are no cities, towns or villages in Nebraska that George Condra hasn't visited, few places where he doesn't have personal friends. There are few acres of Nebraska land that he has not inspected first hand," said Dr J.

R. Johnson in his book, "Representative Nebraskans." Dr. Condra was born Seymour, in 1869. From 1889 to 1891, Dr. Condra was a student at West- Some foreigners on Formosa wondered whether the present atmosphere of crisis had been artificially generated.

Nationalist officials emphatically repudiated this idea and said the dangers of the situation were real. Two Charged With Rape Burwell Girl Shoots Herself Burwell (UPI) --Tworanch hands, both married, were to be arraigned Thursday in Garfield County Court on charges of statutory rape, as one teenaged victim lay in poor condition at an Omaha hospital with a self-inflicted bullet wound. The girl, 15, shot herself in the abdomen June 30. touching off the investigation that resulted in the charges Authorities, however, could not tie the shooting with the i statutory rape charges, County Atty. Keith Kovanda said.

Morgan D. Welton, 23, and Kenneth Swett, 21, were era Normal College in Shenandoah, and from 1891 to 1892 he was a student at the University of Michigan. Instructor He received his Bachelor of Sciences from the University of Nebraska in 1896; his master's degree in 1898; and his doctor's degree in 1902 Dr. Condra and Hattie charged after an investigation by Nebraska Safety Patrol Criminal Investigators Donald Grieb and Wayne Rowe The incident happened at a ranch home north of Burwell, the charge said. Kovanda indicated the case might not be limited to the 1 me incident He said he would not comment about whether there were other incidents in the case because "that might involve future prosecutions." Welton was involved with Lincoln Normal School in the 15-year-old while 1892 and held the position un- was implicated with another til 1896.

girl, 16, who was "out of the In 1896 he accepted a po-, city," Kovanda said. sition at the University of Ne-, 0 and Gneb, who work braska as instructor in geog raphy and geology. In 1903 he became assistant profes sor at the University and held Davenport were married Aug. 13, 1893. He became head of the Department of Sciences at the Undersecretary Murphy Talk With Nasser Helpful Murphy Ignores Egyptian's Snub Beirut (UPI)--Deputy Undersecretary of State Robert Murphy, shrugging off a snub and a spate of anti-American propaganda, said in Cairo that his meeting with President Gamal Abdel Nasser was "very friendly and very satisfactory." "I feel personally I now have a much better appreciation and understanding of the problems here," Murphy said.

"It was a very satisfactory evening." Asked by Egyptian reporters his opinion of Nasser, Murphy replied, "I have a very high estimate of his ability and knowledge. I have a satisfactory appreciation of him." Details of the Murphy-Nasser talks were not announced officially, but i sources said the Arab leader repeated his demand for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Lebanon. Murphy, who came to the Middle East to "clarify U.S. policy" in the current crisis, stopped off in the Egyptian capital on his way home from Beirut.

Nasser, who was to have seen Murphy at 10 a.m., let him cool his heels until 8 p.m. in what appeared to be a calculated snub. The Egyptians were somewhat more cordial on Murphy's departure. Anglo-American flights from Cyprus to Jordan, cut off at Israel's request following threats from Russia, resumed at least temporarily. Britain was reported preparing to fly troops up from Aqaba to reinforce its Amman garrison the position until the following year Active As Author From 1903 until 1904 he was associate professor and from 1904 to 1905 he was pro fessor.

He was the author of nu- erous papers, bulletins and books, chiefly dealing with geology, geography, resources and conservation in Nebraska. Dr. Condra was especially active in reclamation and conservation and is noted for starting the soil conservation survey. He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Macfarlane.

A son preceded him in death Each to His Own London (UPI) Asked why he slept on a bed of newspapers surrounded by 600 empty milk bottles in a rooming house, Ronald Baker, 25, told a magistrate Wednesday: "I fancied it." out of the patrol's Grand Island office, began investigating after the shooting by terrogatmg the girls and sev-. eral people at the ranch house party from which the charges stemmed. In Fondling Case A 69-year-old Lincoln man pleaded no contest and was found guilty in District Court to a charge of fondling a 9- year-old girl June 27 Judge Harry Ankeny deferred sentencing of Ben Thompson, 4942 Adams, pending an investigation by the adult probation office. Thompson was ordered held in County Jail. real thirst-quencher! I Genuine Fuller Fabrics Reg.

to SI.98 Plains Prints Novelties Border Prints 72 yd. YARDAGE SHOP tJLincoln'i fabric (Center" 1130 'N' Union Fund School Districts Determine IVeeefe Disclosure Bill OKd May Be Only Action This Year Washington UP) Sen. John Kennedy (D-Mass) has hailed House passage of an employe pension and welfare fund disclosure bill as assuring legislation in the field at this session of Congress. The House passed the measure by voice vote after turning down a proposal to eliminate employer-run plans. The Senate cleared the bill 88-0 on April 28 with Kennedy as its chief sponsor.

Normally a Senate-House conference is named to compromise differences between the two houses, but Kennedy said it is possible the Senate will just accept the bill as the best it is possible to get this year. Both versions of the legislation would require fund administrators to file with the secretary of labor comprehensive reports on the makeup of each plan plus annual data on its financial operations. These would be open to the public. Appetites in Orbit Fremont, Ohio --Consumption of rice and hamburger balls rose in the cafeteria of nearby Helena school after their menu listings were changed "porcupines" to "Sputnicks," it was reported by the school cook, Mrs. Fred Fisher.

By Del Snodgrass All but 1 of the Lancaster County's 69 rural school districts have determined what funds they will need to operate during the coming year. The requests will be reviewed by County a members Friday morning when they meet to set mill levies for the county, the rural districts and the Lincoln public schools. The estimates are presented to the board, which sets the levies required to raise the cash. County Clerk J. B.

Morgan said Dlst. 37 is the only school which has yet to report Us proposed budget. Including Lincoln, Lancaster County has 10 high school districts. The other 9 are Raymond, Waverly, Sprague Martell, Malcolm, Hickman, Bennet, Panama, Walton and Firth. The following figures may vary considerably in cases because of such variables as the number of enrolled students, high school tuition received, the combining of districts, paying off bond issues and balances on hand.

This year's estimates, from general funds only, compared with those a year ago- Gun Kills Little Girl Firearms Fatalities 1958 1957 Nebraska 5 10 Lancaster County 1 0 Lincoln 1 0 Hastings UP) Rosemary Bieck, 4, of Harvard died in a Hastings hospital Wednesday night of a gunshot wound suffered earlier in the day while playing with a young companion. Police Chief Ward Wiebe of Harvard said the girl was playing with Johnny Schueler, 6, at the Schueler home when the children came across a .410 gauge shotgun in the closet The gun discharged as they played with it. The Bieck girl was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Romaine Bieck.

Her father was at work at the time and her mother was in Chicago attending an Eagles convention. She had been staying with Johnny's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Schueler. Rosemary suffered a wound in the upper abdomen.

Cpl. Mike Noiv Sergeant Mike- Special to The Journal Corpus Christi, training is strictly a dog's life--at least for one Lincoln sergeant. The reason? He is a dog. "Cpl. Mike," bulldog mascot for the 86th Infantry Co.

of Lincoln, U. S. Marine Corps Reserve, received his sergeant's stripes at a special ceremony during summer training at Corpus Christi. l)ist 1 (UiKoIn) 3 5 12 13 13 16 19 (Raymond) 'ss-ji Screams Scare Away Prowler Mrs a Jennings scared away a prowler in her home at 1928 early Thura- day morning by screaming, police reported. Mrs.

Jennings awoke and saw a man moving about in the house with a flashlight. When she screamed, he ran away, she told police. The intruder entered by cutting a hole in the screen door. 147 148 149 150 5.885 5.026 2,958 1.832 20,200 3,021 3,041 2,947 2,766 3018 2,727 3,534 4,571 J.555 3,799 7,873 3,257 2,528 4,427 2.533 2,198 1,515 3,039 3,602 4,696 2,248 791 2,838 3,434 2,977 2,626 3,538 2,980 336 3,186 3057 4319 3,591 4,239 2,735 2500 2,416 2,329 W27 2,021 3,841 34,364 1769 8,080 812 3,769 115,500 27,565 29,474 7,520 (Hickman) 39,985 21 24 29 30 31 32 34 36 38 39 42 43 47 51 54 55 57 61 62 66 08 69 70 72 73 76 80 91 95 101 102 107 109 110 112 111 118 121 1 2 2 125 126 130 136 143 144 145 (Waverlv) (Sprague-Martell) (Malcolm) 151 (Bennet) 152 153 155 (Panama) 156 157 (Walton) 158 159 (Firth) 55.581 7,194 8,079 40,505 3.838 39,000 1533 47,000 $6.728.470 7.210 7.825 2,400 2502 1,993 2,701 1,675 18,001 2,999 3.500 2,531 2.798 2,633 2,223 2,619 2.999 1,999 3,501 5.356 3,201 3,000 1,610 2,999 2,301 2,626 2.500 2,745 W02 2,505 2,802 3,400 2,798 501 3,099 2,499 2,801 999 3.670 2.500 2 501 2,603 3999 2 J91 I 2 Ml I 2,321 1,499 1,738 1,570 I 2,017 I 26,321 7,500 999 2,545 101.493 25,670 24,241 6,612 35,501 40,996 7,276 7,503 36,997 3,500 39,143 4,001 38.995 2 Tankers Collide; 15 Killed Ships on Fire Off Newport, R.I. Newport.

R.I. tankers collided and burst into flames in a thick fog at the entrance to Newport harbor. The Navy immediately swung into the rescue operation combined with a battle to quench flames on one tanker which contained 650,000 gallons gasoline. The tragedy took 15 lives. Twenty-six crewmen were hospitalized--mostly from flame- seared bodies.

Estimates of missing ranged up to 12. The Gulfoil had a crew 38 and the S. E. Graham, a 250-foot motor tanker which carried the gasoh'ne, had a crew of 12. Both ships burst into flames almost immediately making the rescue work of the Navy and Coast Guard more difficult.

The fog also hampered operations. Rides Not Wanted Madisonville. Ky. W) -Bobby Winstead, a grocery store clerk, tmishef unloading stock from a warehouse truck and sat down inside to rest. The truck's slammed shut and it took off.

Winstead finally was able to attract the driver's attention in Springfield, Tenn after 3 hours of riding in the rear of the truck. PfeBfahH with Minute Tapioca as the magic thickener-Spry for a flaky crust all-veortibte shortening What makes a fruit pie perfect? Crust that's flaky--with crispy goodness so light it crumbles at the touch of a fork. Fruit filling that's juicy--never "runny." Sparkling with color full of true fruit flavor. That's fruit pie perfection! Easy to make. Use Spry to shorten your crust.

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