The Lincoln Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 3

Knox Leaders Believe Food Plan Unnecessary County Listed Among Lowest One-Third In Income to be in themselves he added, a a acknowledged there are some low-income Santee Sioux Indians living in Knox County, but he said they are already covered federal poverty programs through the Indian affairs office at Winnebago, Neb. State Welfare Department said the country is among the, officials in Lincoln said Knox lowest one-third From Press Reports A controversy stirred Wednesday over whether Knox County in northeast corn and cattle country is a poverty-plagued area in need of the federal food programs for the poor. The U.S. Agriculture Department in Washington lowest one-third in' per capita income and thus should put the program into immediate effect. But local officials contended no one is starving or undernourished and therefore no need exists for federal assistance.

like the federal government cramming something down our throats that we don't feel we said James Danaher Center, chairman of the county board of supervisors. Knox County is the home county of Gov. Norbert T. Tiemann. He declined comment on the situation saying Hastings Will Host Masonic State Meeting Hastings The 111th annual communication of the Grand Ixidge of Nebraska is expected to draw about 500 Nebraska Ma.sons to Hastings June 4-5.

the County docs not have an unusual number of public assistance recipients. They added, however, that this does not necessarily mean incomes in the area run about the same as other Nebraska counties. A check of welfare records showed that currently 2.50 individuals receive public assistance in Knox County, with most of these coming under aid to the aged, blind and disabled programs. There are only 46 aid to dependent! children recipients. believe anyone up there is starving, but the fact remains the food stamp program could be of benefit to some Individuals with low in- i said Russell Wallace, who coordinates the federal food stamp program for the state.

He said 41 Nebraska counties now participate in Thursdoy. Moy 23, 1968 The IJneoln Manufacturing Plant, 2 Offices Destroyed In Walthill Blaze; Cause Unknown trxH 1 COMPimiY DEMOLISHED his death. '68 model car carried student to Omaha Branson, The Grand the food stamp plan governing body of NeorasKa Agriculture ucpari- Masons and is composed this week warned Knox principally of 11 gnd .52 other counties delegates from the 273 lodges states that it will in the state representing unless they participate only a purely local mat- nearly 44,000 members. John federal food programs, I A. Bottorf of Sutton is grand said the food stamp roaster.

program is strictly voluntary but that the government Branson Jailed For Possession Of Marijuana Crash Victim Is Identified Rare Bontebok Born At Omaha (I PI) Donald H. 18 who formerly A 22-year-old Union College student who died late Tuesday night in a one-car crash on the south edge of Lincoln has Danaher said the of the residents can "get along without Agriculture Department handouts. are proud people and consider lived in Fullerton. identified as Timothy P. given a 30-day jail sentence! Pederson, on a charge of possessing Falls Citian It will be the first since 1883 the annual gathering will be held at a site other than Lincoln or Omaha.

Grand Lodge officers will elected and installed on June 5. Rainfall Reports A Latest rainfall received UlOS In Action throughout Nebraska as reported by the U.S. Weather Falls City Specialist Fifth Class Gary Wayne Dunn, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles II.

Dunn, died in Vietnam May 20 of wounds received May 5. He was wounded in a Viet Cong mortar attack on the base camp where he was stationed. Specialist Dunn had been wounded in action twice previously. He had been in Vietnam since July of 1967. Bureau and the Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Co.

included: Alda Omaha PlatUmoutfi Ashland Rule ...............20 St. I.i»v f'hadron Fairbury .20 Grand Island ...21 ..........10 Stromsburg Hebron .................30 Superior Imiierial ...............02 Syracuse Lincoln Tecumsel lx)uisville ..........17 Valentme Mullen ..............07 Wahoo .13 Nebr. City Weeping Water ..10 Norfolk ............09 West Point North Rend .10 Wood River .14 North Platte .02 used federal personnel in some instances to distribute i food to needy families in non-i participating counties. Hel added that it would cost Knox County less than $1,000 nually to operate the program. Thurston Under Plan Federal officials began administering the commodity distribution program in Thurston County the same living Branson has been with relatives here.

Municipal Judge Paul Hickman imposed the sentence after Branson pleaded innocent. J.j Pederson, a pre-medical student from Wahpeton, was alone in his vebicle when he apparently lost control of the car, which then rolled over several times before coming to rest on its top. ......12 ...13 30 18 08 .06 .08 ...10 24 U.S. Movies Wanted Baghdad, Iraq The Branson was arrested May semi-official newspaper 2. Vice squad members said has urged the govern- thcy found marijuana plants to permit American and seed in his house, in Iraqi cinemas.

They Another youth arrested with been barred since last Branson has been returned to jyne when Arabs claimed Omaha A rare animal has been born at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha Zoo Director Warren Thomas aid it is a first to be born in the United States and one of only about 250 members of the species known to be in the world Tlie Omaha Zoo tlie I one in the United Slate to have bonteboks, a type of African antelope. The new addition, born this week, brings the bontebok population to five, including two pairs. Sex of the calf ha.s not been determined. In Memory of Lincoln Temperatures 1:00 a.m.(Wed) 57 2:00 a.m 58 a.m................53 .4:00 a.m................53 5.00 a.m................51 6:00 a.m ................52 7:00 a.m................53 8:00 a.m 52 9:00 a.m ................52 2:00 p.m ...............52 3:00 p.m. ............52 4:00 p.m ...............52 5:00 p.m ...............51 6:00 p.m ...............52 7:00 p.m.........52 8:00 p.m................52 9:00 p.m...............51 10:00 p.m...............52 10:00 a.m!52 11:00 p.m.^^.....

51 1100 a.m 52 12:00 a.m.(Thur) 51 12:00 p.m................52 1:00 a.m..................51 1:00 p.m................52 2:00 a.m............... 51 High temperature one year ago 87; 6:04 a.m. sets 8:44 p.m. Total May precipiUtlon to date .58 In, Total 1968 precipitation to date 4 in. Nebraska Temperatures Lincoln 53 51 Sidney 64 41 Beatrice 54 51 lmi)erial 59 44 70 46 North Platte 5146 Chadron 66 48 Grand Island Norfolk 52 48 Omaha 56 Temperatures Elsewhere 87 .30 Los Angeles 71 8 91 58 Miami Beach 83 75 79 52 Paul 70 50 69 40 Orleans 83 57 64 51 New York 73 51 67 52 Phoenix 93 t'6 62 43 Reno 60 29 72 47 Salt Lake C.

62 41 53 44 San Francisco 60 34 93 71 Seattle 66 52 83 59 Washington 75 48 64 44 Winnipeg 63 37 59 54 Summary of Conditions The latest surface map shows a semi- slationary front acting as a warm front with large areas of overrunning precipitation on line from the Missouri-Arkansas border westward to a low in extreme western Oklahoma panhandle, extreme northern Texas panhandle, then front continuing mostly westward into southeastern Utah. By noon Thursday, there will be little change In the front, but the low will have moved over into about south central Kansas. ALso along this front minor waves of low pressure are moving through about 12 hour.s apart. The air mass will be moist and warm aloft, but cloudiness and intermittent precipitation factor will hold daytime temperatures down. Skies will be mostly cloudy through Thursday night with considerable cloudiness on Friday.

There will be periods of drizzle and ram through Thursday night and into Friday morning with chance of an occasional scattered thunderstorm. By Friday afternoon. little preclpiUtion of conseqeunee Is expected. JOE SCHRIER day Knox supervisors voted i California where authorities i Americans helped in the against the plan, May 8. want him for parole violation, Israeli blitz victory over the In Thurston County, Omaha police said.

i and Winnebago Indians will; continue to receive food commodities through the government plan in force for them for sometime. Indians living in Walthill will be invited to join the Thurston County food stamp program, according to officials at the Winnebago Indian Agency. Santee Sioux Indians at Niobrara coming under the federal commodity program handled by the Winnebago Agency totaled 47 families or 197 individuals as of May 1. A total of 112 Winnebago Indian families persons) and 165 Ornabas families (857 persons) were under the program at Winnebago May 1. However, the figures vary from month to month, officials explained.

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Tlie 4t)ycar-olJ huildin2. on a block site otf tfie Walthill mam hou-eii oni' of tiir Uompany' two plant- Ucmp iny ofii. e-, were another i 'Ihe alarm wa turned I aboyi 4 a Wedne dav by I nicbt nialrdial firemen trom Walthill I oimdme ommunitn' battled the until about noon befi're bringinii it under fontro! 'I'he builtling was con idei ed a total lo Brobing Scene of the fire wa- not dctermmetl State Fire mai hal's officer weie at tlie (me to aid the figa- tion. amj'iiell Faid it was earlv to make plan hut that the company ably wouhi rebuild Tlie firm lias in Walthill about 2U year- and until an expan-ion a tew yeai '5 aco. the burned building served as the mam plant f'nmpbell esiimaled that the company would resume production of wagons and wagon-gear in its main plant in about days.

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