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Lincoln Journal Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 2

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AwyMit T.tnrnlw ftate Jwnrtml School Levy Set at $37.03 Per Total Tax $69.68 Thf new tax levy for the Lincoln School Diitilel hai been aei by the Lancaster County Board at lor each 11.000 of aasesxed valuation. Thit represents a of tl .93 from the levy proposed by the Lincoln School District. $38 and an increase of S.1 2ft for the district over last year. Approval of the school levy means that Lincoln property owners will be paying a total tax of $69 per $1,000. This sum Invalidas Hmhami Pushes Her to Back NEW ALBANY, Ind.

City officials put Roacoe Mendenhall, 50, and his invalid wife, Elizabeth, on a bus for their Hot Springs, home Friday. Mendenhall said that several montha ago a doctor advised him to take his wife to Florida for her health. He said he started out pushing his wife in a wheel chair. When the pair finally reached Miami Mendenhall could not find work, 80 the two started the long trip back, helped along by motorists who gava them rides. The wheel chair finally broke down outside New Albany.

Mendenhall estimated he had pushed the chair nearly a thousand miles. Two Saiiiiclers Officials Die WAHOO Two Saunders County officials died Thursday night. George Hopkins, 61, of Wahoo, court reporter for District Judge H. Emerson Kdtjer since 1947, died Thursday in Lincoln. Ernest Rexilius, 62, of Ithaca, county supervisor since 1949, died in Omaha.

He ia survived by five brothera and three sisters. Mr. Hopkins previously was court reporter for the late District Judge L. S. Hastings of David City.

He was a veteran of World War I and held memberships in the National Court Reporters Association, American Legion at David City, Elks Club at York and the 40 and 8 at Lincoln. The funeral of Mr. Hopkins will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Hodgman- Splain in Lincoln. Surviving are his wife, Grace; daughters, Mrs.

Frank Kleoger of Scottsbluff and Mrs. Richard Myers of Boise, Idaho; and a sister, Mrs. C. A. Bangston of Cicero, 111 Cheney Woman Lived There 35 Years Mn.

Agnes G. Fagan, 81, died Friday at Qieney. Mrs. Fagan had been a resident of Lancaster County for 75 years and had lived at Cheney the past 35 years. Skiving art her husband, Harry brothers, Henry McCaffrey of Lincoln and John McCaffrey of Davenport, sisters, Mrs.

Mina Murphy of St. Louis. and Mrs. Margaret Gable of Lincoln. includes levies for the state, f'ounty, state-county, sanitary dis-' irict and city.

The total levy last year was $61.27. The County Board set the levy hen Commissioner Del Liene -1 inann submitted a report on his recommendations after he had conferred with officials computation $274.171 .52 off the district general iimd tax request of $4,896.0.59., Amounts requested for the three ether fund.s were left intact. Licnemann, in figuring the money needed to cover district tax needs, assumed that 3.5 per cent) of last levy will be received 1 by the district this year. He then i computed the total tax requirements by taking into account, that 65 per cent of the new assessment will go to the schools during' this fiscal year. Slate Offered Federal Polio Vaccine Program can take advantage of (or a federally financed polio I nation program If physicians and for 1-19 year-oldi and fxpecttnt other workers co-operate and ad -1 mothers.

minlstrative help can be obtained. That was the report from Dr. E. A. Rogers, State Health Director.

Rofers said Nebraska already has received 1245.862 to buy vaccine for one third of the unvac 2. Doctors cannot chargt fop the vaccine itself. .1. Accurate recordi muat be kept by physicians. Rogers will meet separately Sunday with the State Medical Association policy committee, and WHEN LIFE BEGlN.S-Who said older folks don't like to do things and have fun? Mr.

and Mrs. Dervie Hall (left) of Wayne and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Coates of Callaway (host and hostess) are attending a Methodist older adult conference at Nebraska Wesleyan University designed to prove the can have a great Long push is over. (AP) Senator Backs WASHINGTON (vP Sen.

Capehart (R-Ind) suggests that travel is broadening for and that it ought not be looked on as In fact, he said in an interview, all .531 menibers of Mouse and Senate should go abroad each year to cope better with the responsibilities that we have to I meet almost every day during a congressional And, he said. Congress members have an or greater obligation to get around to all parts of the United States He said the of such congressional should be paid by the government. Fire Chief Tells About Call to Pen Fire Chief Paul Fcaster said his firemen told him the department had received a call Titesday afternoon saying there was a dis-, turbance at the Penitentiary and i that help might be needed. The Board of Control has denied a call to the department was can-; celed. An engine started for the institution, Feaster said, but on the way out a call came over the radio saying firemen be needed after ail.

The truck started back, but was met by Asst. Chief Henry Badf erg who said the Penitentiary had called again and said need firemen after ail, Feaster said he was called to the scene but that Warden Joseph Bovey let firemen inside the walls even though smoke was visible. I warden said he couldn't i I let us in until state troopers ar-1 rived to give us protection inside the the chief said. I Check Writer Back in Pen A man relea.v.'d from the NeiWaska Penitentiary June 12 after serving a one-year r.entence Highway Department Reports Low Bids on 27 Projects The State Highway Department for writing a bad check nas been reported apparent low bids on 27 sentenced to another two-year term projects totaled $1.80.5,286. on a similar charge.

Several large projects in western John Podewitz Jr. of .121 No. 16th Nebraska were on the list. They had pleaded guilty to issuing a were: check with intent to defraud. on He was charged in Lancaster Dis- Frrm.mi.

11 2 61 il r- vol-crtv. K. Co Me- look. 11 7 Koreans Mass To Shake Fists SEOUL, Korea (UP)-An estimated 4,000 South Koreans massed before the United States Embassy here in a fist-shakxng demonstra- tion against the presence of Com- Defeiise Coin mil tee's i Budget to Be Studied i The Lincoln-Lancaster Civil Dei fense Committee has appointed a three-man committee to examine I the budget. I Attempts will be made to cut some requirements from the $9,000 budget approved by the county and I city in order to provide a salary for a paid CD director, committee members said.

George Day, Bill Smith and Cobe Venner were appointed to the budget committee at a meeting Thursday. .7 1 r-. 1 1 tr. I'l I I -iij II Nn.k.ilt* 10 i iravel, tov I iik.cr 1 Vrnold inU Jlivn Hi'w. 1 TT'i No.

80 WMt i I Rlair yet. Frproont. S1S2.618. 117. trict Court with utterins a $10 no- hem of r.ordnn.

WICl WHO uiieruig a between Morrill and Mtlrhe I. I.W 1 Co. i nt. account check on Aug, 1 to The Hub 524 jj, upon the Continental Natioiial Bank aid td I.inrnln i No. 29 between Mitchell and Harrisim, 1 Abel ConBtrurtlon I.incoln.

Judge Harry Ankeny, said Pode -1 2 hoH a tprm in and mrfactng of 8,4 Witz naa servea a one-year lerm in Murheii. mi reformatory on a bad check Valley Constroction Omaha. charge prior to his more recent and 14,2 miies in Cherrv Cmmty north of Whitman. Mi.ssourf Valley, 84 2 Other projects by counties: separation. 275 and C.S.

77 at Junction, tl! 2 8 C.S. 281 tlrceley- i Sc Paul. Roltsmcier Construction $91 Beatrice 4 1 a rbio Koorh rocnrt Co. Beatrice. bridec, don Riddle of this beacn resort whiDOed by two hurricans in a Grand fl 4 40 a -4 5 1 Nor- week, wanted to know the cnepest (oik north; xradlna and pavement wnv tn opt a mpcqapp throiich to Norfolk Brtdfe and way to get a me.ssage inrougn hrldses, Chria- Mexico.

home of 97,000 Indians. Fremont. 45.319 -I want to get this message to cu'Zli them." he told Mrs Hyde, Kni.ju manager of the telephone com- Coostnicuon 22 2 tf U.S. pany office here, passing her a uhriyicnyco. 1102.012 sheet of paper on which was r.uid* nooh I and Sand and written: Gmvcl Uowcll.

Bodae Hndgc between Fcrmtmt and Hooper, in conniction with MParaiion of IS 27 77 Hcatricc Co. cinoted children in Nebra.ska from he Stale Pan 1-19 yeara old during the next six Dnadhne for the state to months. ri. iJs" The federal money does not need to be matched. Rogers Nebraska needs only to present 1 OUIII 5 JL 1 OS 68 to the federal government 1 name of an agency officially tO JrfltPOl lected by the governor to admin-; ifi.year.old Lincoln youth tried ister the vaccine and a plan of twuw II match driving skills xfith a inoculation allocation and adminis- i.

member of Nebraska 1 Safety Pa- Rogers needs co-operation from trol. but lost the cfxitest and paid physicians who already have a $100 fine for reckless driving in agreed to controls under a vohin- Municipal Court, tary program for handling com- clocked at 62 miles mercial Salk vaccine. an hour by radar wett of Waverly He must find somewie to handle trooper gave pursuit to tlck- the heavy administrative burden speeder turned off of such a program. Highway 6 and attempted to The federal government has a1- officer, located an additional $44.600 for -phe patrolman testifed that he and other This reached excess of ino money innst be matched and hour on county roads in Rocers said the can do this, trying to apprehend the youth. He The program would u.se all Ne- fmaily got him at a dead- hra.ska’.s available vaccine for the end intersection of Adams Street next month.s Nebraska has and Cornhu.sker Highway.

received no commercial vaccine The patrolman testifed the speedster violated two stop signs at mile an hour speeds. Federal regulations involved in; Charged with reckless drivinf, use of the money include: the youth pleaded guilty befort 1 The vaccine must be used (Municipal Jiidgt John Jacobson. penitentiary sentence. Two Hurricanes Too Much OCEAN DRIVE, S.C. At Anderson Hardware BIGGEST TRADE IN LINCOLN can have it Hurts Thirty RUSSELL, Mass An estimated 30 persons were injured, none seriously, it hen two diesels and four cars of a Chicago-to-Boston train jumped the tracks at a washout.

Three were hospitalized. Doctors said all would be releaied shortly. The and is the wetk-cnd connccung newj-link to your daily paper. Jet Crash Victims Are identified GLENVIEW, m. Glen-, view Naval Air Station has dis-i closed the identity of two men killed in the crash of a jet trainer near Mt.

Vernon. 111. The pilot was Lt. (jg) Stanwix M. Williams, 29, Denmark.

S.C. The other victim was Airman' 2C Vernon O. Mense, 24, St. Libory, 111 Teen-agers Took Cars for Pickups RICHMOND. Va.

(fi-Two teen- agMl boys picked up cm auto theft charges admitted having taken aome 100 cars, chiefly bright- colwed convertibles. The boys, 15 and 16, said the cars made it easy pick up pretty munist truce inspectors. Nearly 100 demonstrators made i three pre-dawn attempts to storm the main gate at the U.S. Air I Force compound at Kunsan. American troops guarding Czech and Polish members of the inspection team billeted there repelled the assaults with high pressure hoses.

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