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AloCOOX COLJLkXia RETORT -tt Volume 29 Number 151 Price Fire Cento NEA Features and Pictures McCOOK. NEBRASKA. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 26. 1953 United Press Leased Wire Christmas Tragedy r.

Palisade Man, 3, MM In Hear Curtis To Use State To! 335; illation's Traffic Deaths KHOL-TV, State's 5th Station, On Air Friday; Clear Reception Indicated TV Death marred-the Christmas holiday for the Nicholson family IS. of Palisade, was killed early Christmas morning when his car left west of Curtis. Nicholson was driving to Curtis to 'Join his family at a 40-fool, embankment and ha was apparently killed instantly. He and his parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Willard Nicholson of Palisade. (Photo of Palisade and the Linnemeyer family of Curtis. Timothy Nicholson. the highway near the Wells Canyon bridge about a quarter of a mile the home of his lather-in-law. Charles Linnemeyer.

The car went down is survived by his wife, Evelyn, and their four-year-old son. Bandy. by Gamber Studio. Curtis). Area Children Given Break In Yule Gifts Indochina Beds Knife Across Mainland; Siam Calls Emergency State SAIGON, Indochina (UPS The blow to them.

Communist Viet Minh rebels split I Laos Premier Phouma Indochina In two today in a an appeal to the world against nlng offensive which took them to the rebel invasion of his state, calling it "the most criminal of attacks upon the rights of man. the Thailand frontier. Premier Souvannah Phouma of station dev el opes. Walls, said. A staff announcer will be one of the first men hired, he said.

Gilbert is in charge of scheduling all programs and of handling film, copy, news and. weather reports until another man is added. Bob Schnculle of Kearney is in charge of market news, filing films, and selling time. Now that the channel is broadcasting, the big date is Fell. 1 when KHOL will be tin! in wilh the const-to-coast microwave.

This means "live" programs. The microwave connecting Omaha with Denver runs just north of Kearney. It will be relayed to Klin Creek, then to KIIOL. Programs of national Interest, such as "big" entertainment, sporting events, or major news happenings can then be seen as they take place, Watts said. When the DuMont television network joins CBS at KHOL this spring, the channel will feature more sports events, he said.

"In the meantime, well be broadcasting the top shows by kinescope, Watts said. They will be approximately a week late, but will be the same as when live. Well show them on the same day of the week and at the same time as when theyre actually being given." Kinescope is the showing of the program by a filming process which cannot be distinguished from a "live show. Watts said. A feature western film an old movie will be shown each Saturday at 5 p.

m. "Hopalong Cu sidy will be on each Monday. Jack Benny and Ann Southern will alternate at 6:30 p. m. -Sundays.

Benny wiU have every fourth Sunday. Other Sunday shows will be Ed Sullivans "Toast of the Town, Robert Cummings "My Hero, Melvin Douglas In "Hollywood Off Beat, and the CBS Man of the Week interview. Programming will begin at p. m. Saturday and Sunday, at 5:55 p.

m. weekdays. Broadcasting will end at 10:30 nightly. "Beanie will be shown at 6 p.m Saturday, "Capt. Video" daily at 6 p.

m. A few old movies will be presented throughout the week, Watts said. Some of the top shows: Monday Liberace and Hoppy; Tuesday "Dangerous Assignment," with Brian Donlevy and Stars on Parade, a variety show; Wednesday Arthur Godfrey and "Captured formerly Gangbusters; Thursday Wrestling from Chicago, Place the Face. and, beginning In January, Joe Kirkwood, in Joe Palooka; Friday Heart of the City, formerly Big Town, and Douglas Fairbanks, Saturday Medallion Theatre and "Old American Barn Dance. Test Patterns will be shown 10 a.

ra. until noon and 3-5 p. m. for about two weeks, Watts said. Special TV Section Special advertisements la eon-action with the opening oil television station, KHOL-TV, Axtell, me being carried today In the pages of The Gazette.

Special news stories on the TV world, prepared by the Gazette editorial staff, are also being ran. 1773 Returning To Parents' Home With Basket A 3G-y car-old Pulisade man who hail Just cheered up un elderly couple's Christmas with a basket of. groceries was killed early yesterday morning when his auto left the road near Curtis and plunged over a 10-fx)t embankment. Tim Nicholson, 36. had been visiting with his wife, Evelyn, and son, Randy, 4.

at the home of his wife's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chtfrles Linnemeyer at Cmt is when he decided to make the 74-mile round trip to with the food. lie apparently fell asleep while returning, Frontier County Sheriff R. ledersen- said.

The accident occurred iiIkmiI a quarter of a mile from Nicholson's destination. In addition to his wife and son, Nicholson is survived liy his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Nicholson of. Palisade.

In another accident, 'Mrs. Anna Choutka. 65, of Madison died Friday night in Osmond from Injuries received In a four-car mishap near there. The deaths hiked the state's total to 335 for the year. A Thursday accident near Waho claimed the life of Mrs.

Esther Leone Cummings, 55, of Dcs Moines, la. Saunders County Sheriff Jo Divis said Mrs. Cummings' car left the pavement and went onto shoulder 10 miles west of Wnhoo oa US Highway 92-3QA. Divis said when she pulled th car back onto the road it hit a spillway on the opposite side of th pavement and rolled over three times, landing on its top. Mrs.

Cummings parents, Mr. ani Mrs. John Allen, were injured. Russ Reported To Be Asking For Talk Delay MOSCOW (UP) The Russians replied today to the Western note proposing Jan. 4 as the opening date of the Big Four foreign ministers conference in Berlin, and unofficial reports said they asked for a three-week postponement.

A very brief note was delivered at noon to the U.S.. British and French embassies here. Its contents were not made public immediately, but it was reported the Russians had agreed to the idea of a January meeting with the stipulation that it start Jan. 25 rather than Jan. 4.

The Western powers had suggested originally that the foreign ministers meet in Switzerland. In a note dated Nov. 26, th Russians proposed Berlin as th meeting place. The Big Three replied Dec'. 8, accepting Berlin as th site of th conference-and suggesting Jan.

4. as the starting date. That note waa agreed on by President Eisenhower, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Premier Joseph Laniel at their Bermuda confer ence. Restraint Needed CHICAGO (UP) Christma will last all winter for Sheba, th winsome chimpanzee at the Lincoln Park Zoo. Sheba received so many Yuletid bags of peanuts zoo attendants plan to dole them out to her one-by one.

There are enough to last until next spring. gain. With the increased funds avails able, work will go forward in 1956 tQ make all classes of improve, ment on highways which have the' lowest scores on the highway de- partments report card system for determining condition of a road The $157,000,000 is needed to improve all sections of roads which score below 70 on the ratings and to provide dustless surface for gravel toads which cany more than 300 vehicles a day on the average. But Ress pointed out that by the time these improvements are made other highways will need extensive work. "I guess that the problems now facing Nebraska and all other states, he -said, "Will continue as long as highway transportation Is a primary factor, in our.

national He pointed out that it came after! France had granted independence to Laos, and after the alleged offer of peace made by Viet Minh leader Ho Chi Minh. Moscows broadcast attack on. j. Thailand quoted the Soviet govern-J city scrious liday ment newspaper organ Izvestia as accident occurred Christmas Eve saying: when Mrs. W.

H. Motter, 63, of 704 Thailand is to be a trans-i West Third -St. was badly shaken shipping point for raw materials Up and hospitalized after a head-on of United States armaments to! Mrs. Motter was released from Indochina. The United States pre-St.

Catherine Hospital this mom-fers not to act directly but through inS- The other auto involved was Thailand because it intends toriven iV Donald Dunbar, 21, of Mishap Victim Is Released National Death Rate Is Seven iiives An Hour I By UNITED PRESS Traffic deaths claimed an average of seven lives an hour today and safety experts warned the nations first peaceful Christmas in folur years may become "the bloodiest in history. jSince 6 p. m. Christmas Eve, a Upitcd Press survey showed 276 highway deaths, 31 persons dead in; fires, and another 31 in miscellaneous mishaps, for a total of 338. California led in the number of traffic deaths with 28, followed by Nfw York with 23:" Texas 16; Ohio 15; Illinois and Pennsylvania 14 each; Virginia 13; Kentucky, Michigan and West Virginia, 12 each.

The National Safety Council had predicted traffic accidents would clim' -510 lives between 6 p.m. Thursday and midnight Sunday. However, Safety Council experts said early fatalities Indicated a highway massacre might be taking place. Ned H. Dearborn, Safety Council president, laid unless they put on the brakqjr, this eould well be the bloodiest Christmas in traffic history.

Two storm centers meanwhile moved towards the nations midsection, threatening to Increase driving hazards. One storm center, rolling towards the southern tip' of Lake Huron, promised light snow or snow flurries over parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan The other was expected, to hit Northern North Dakota by tonight and by Sunday night, bring light snow to parts of Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin. Most the nation enjoyed fair skies and mild temperatures Christmas Day, except for. light snow in North Dakota and rain over the Southeastern states and Northwest Washington. EJeapite holiday tragedies, It was the happiest Christmas in years for many American families who were celebrating with sons and daughters returned from the Korean War theater.

Traffic accidents did not cause the! only holiday tragedies. At Gilman, Kay Smith, 64. described as "happy go lucky, shot and killed' his stepson, critically wounded his wife and stepdaughter, and committed suicide Christmas Eve. A young father, Ross Hurst, 27, stood helpless only a few feet away as flames killed his wife and four small children Christmas morning at Flat Rock, Mich. At Long Beach, deputies searched for six "liquor crazy1 loodlums who beat and robbed a egless Korean War veteran fresh the hospital.

Wrecked Plane 2rew Of 10 Is Presumed Dead AGANA, Guam (UP) The Navy announced today that a ground crew has identified the wreckage of aj missing C47 search plane in the Crater of an inactive volcano and I the crew of 10 is "presumed dead. The ground crew had to scale almost vertical walls of the 3,166 foot! volcano before spotting the crash site on lonely Agrihan Island in the northern Marianas. The wreckage was spotted carter week from the air. A estroyer escort was dispatched to the island to land a ground search party. Aerial search for another missing Diane, a Navy FB4Y weather plane with nine men aboard, was cqjjed off.

the Navy said. But the Navy men ashore on Agriian would make a final search for its wreck age Sunday. )ec. 31 Deadline For farmers On Practices Farmers were' reminded again lis week they only have until eci 31 to list their completed 1953 Agricultural Conservation Program praclfoes, S. E.

Swanson, office manager of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committee office here, said, today. Swanson said approximately 150 aimers hadnt reported. They represent about 12 per cent of the per countys farmers and wont reveive government support if practices, By SYD LOVE Gazette Staff Writer HOLDREGE Nebraskas fifth television station and first out-state-went on the air Christmas Day, bringing TV to a wide area of the state. Station KHOL-TV beamed its inaugural program at 1:45 p. m.

Friday. Manager Duane L. Watts said telegrams came "from near and far" indicating clear reception. Workmen completed installation the 8,400 lb. antenna atop the 500-foot tower located near Axtell, Neb early in the The coaxial cable which brings in network programs was connected to the transmitter late Thursday.

Test patterns were telecast Thursday night. Residents, of McCook probably will have good reception from television station KHOL-TV near Hol-drege, according. to Jake Gilbert, program manager. 'Gilbert said that from what he tyid seen elsewhere there was "Reason to believe reception in McCook would be satisfactory. Operating on Channel 13, the the transmitter is located approximately 10 miles east Of here, just north of Highway 6-34 near Axtell.

The antenna is 585 feet high. Studios and equipment are in the middle of what used to be a cornfield. Gilbert said the spat was chosen because it could "vest provide television for the most viewers in the area. KHOL-TV Is the first rural station in the sector, and possibly the first in the country, Gilbert said. Most television stations are situated to beam to heavily' populated residential areas of large cities.

A lot of controversy has grown in McCook the past few months and residents and appliance dealers have debated the potential adequacy of reception in their city. Some persons have said KHOL-TV is too far away. Others point to freqhent good reception from Denver, approximately 190 miles further away. Some persons have said the terrain is too hilly. To this others say "phooey.

Two months ago, only a handful of McCook, residents owned sets. Sales have picked up. considerably in the last few weeks. Reception has been' good three to four nights weekly from Denver, Omaha and Colby, Kan. Nearly 14,000 television sets were in a 75-mile radius of the channel, according to Oct.

30 figures of the Radio Electronics Television Columbia Broadcasting System has predicted that figure will be 20,000 by Jan. 1. Sales have' been approximately 750 a- week for the last six weeks. Duane L. Watts, for 14 years station manager of radio stations KH-AS, Hastings, is station manager, assisted by Gilbert and Jack Lewis.

Gilbert was director of programs and morning news editor and announcer with television station WT-TV in Bloomington, for two years. Before that he was with radio statiomWSBT, South Bend. Lewis for 14 years was chief engineer at KGFW, Kearney. Part of his job with Channel 13 will be announcing. The staff numbers eight and will be added to as the.

Hess Hopes For Record LINCOLN (UP) State Engineer I N. Ress said today he hoped to get a record $18,000,000 in road work under contract in 1954 to bring about the' most-needed inv pnovements on Nebraska highways. The total would be about $1,200, -000 above the next largest amount of construction work ever put under contract in the state during a year, and more than $7,500,000 abovethe estimated 1953 total. But Ress predicted gloomily, "Well never be caught up on roads. He pointed out that the states basic highway needs as of Jan.

1, 1952, totaled $157,000,000 and that this didnt even include some work needed in. Nebraska cities. Well never be caught up either here in Nebraska or anywhere in the nation, Ress "Weve been in the highway business more I i i -1 5. 'V 1 the Imlochia state of Laos across which the. rebels knifed in one of their biggest attacks of the eight-year war, cabled a protest to the United Nations.

Thailand declared a state of emergency in nine of its frontier provinces and rushed troop re Viforcenients to Diem, fearing that -thousands of Indochinese refugees on the Thailand side of the border might raise a fifth column in aid of the rebels. It was believed In reliable circles here that Thailand also might cable a protest to the U. N. The French High Command in a grave communique admitted the robels had driven right across Iaos from ihe coastal state of Viet Nem and captured the strategically important town of Thakhek just across, the Mekong River frontier from Thailand. I French and loyal Indochinese troops are regrouping at Savannak-het.

50 miles south of Thakhek. Every available civil airplane in Indochina was requisitioned to aid in a giant airlift to take arms and equipment, to the French Union Forces. As the rebels reached the Thailand border, Moscow Radio broadcast a bitter denudation of Thailand, accusing the Bangkok government of interfering in the I Indo- 3 china war in behalf of the United States. French Union troops abandoned it Thakhek to the rebels this mom- ing, i retreating down the river mislead the public opinion in many countries, primarily in France. Speeding Taxi Kills Man At Intersection 201 Norris, Both autos were damaged considerably, police said.

They were towed away. In police court Christmas Day, Gale Mitchem, 39, of 103 West Nin-SIOUX CITY, Iowa (UP Peter for careless Hinsler, 68, Sioux City, was killed int He knocked over the no Friday when hit by a taxicab on turn gn at Norris Ave. and Kansas Patrol Shows New Radar Device Uaaetto News Kfrrln ATWOOD, Kan. The Kansas State Highway Patrol is now considering plans to Install radar in several of their patrol cars in an effort to cut down speeding on Kansas highways. Trooper Gerald Murray demonstrated the machine, known as the eleqtrqmatic-.

speed -meter In Atwood last week. Tentative plans are to place one $700 unit in each of the states six patrol districts. I Yule Traffic police reported. Merlin Monson, 17, of 209 East Fourth today was fined $10 for carless driving Tuesday, Quarter Million Fish Stocked In Reservoir Gaaette News Service OXFORD Over a quarter million fish have already been stocked in the Harlan County Reservoir, the Nebraska Game Commission. Fisheries Supervisor Glen Foster said the reservoir releases to date totaling 302,469 fish, comprised of foreign currency put up to match U.

S. dollar aid which lawmakers can use without accounting for it in many cases. The State Department, which keeps books on the foreign funds, never asks how congressmen spend it and has refused to make the information available to reporters. It contends this is up to Congress. No committee, of Congress, however, will admit to having the facts.

Hoffman, who thinks congressmen should be required to make the ame accounting of what they spend as other government officials, demanded a report not only on outlays of foreign currency but also pn how much the military has spent lugging legislative ve groups More than 230 McCook area children enjoyed a Christmas this year they ordinarily wouldn't have had. The citys toy collection, obtained and repaired mostly by volunteer firemen and their wives, was distributed Thursday. Trucks were furnished by Kleins Motor and Electric the Kan-sas-Nebraska Natural Gas and Pete Scheldt. Scheldt, Volunteer Firemen FYancis Haimler Carl Keeten and Roy Baker and Fireman "Punk Jones distributed the toys, helped by. eight youths from Troops 147 and 149 of' the Boy Scouts.

Fire Chief Fred Walker said the public cooperated wonderfully with donations. The only serious holiday accident occurred Christmas Eve when Mrs. W. H. Motter was shaken up badly in a head-on collision.

Otherwise, persons in the area generally were happy and peaceful. Police Chief Homer Rabum called it one of the finest Christmas' ever. No arrests for drunkeness were made Christmas Eve or Christmas Day and "no one on the street even looked like he had been drinking on Christmas', Raburn said. He said that if the public "is as good" New Years Eve and the following days, "it will be quite a record. A dance will be held New Years Eve in Memorial Auditorium from 9 p.

m. until 1 a. Vernon (Red) Weskamp. dance promoter, said today. Sheriff Jim Short said his office was "absolutely quiet for the last two days.

No fires were reported by Fire Chief Fted Walker although an' apartment building fire in which no (me was injured occurred Wednesday afternoon. After two days of near-zero temp- eratures, the weather warmed up Thursday afternoon, melted much of the ice and snow which remained from the storm two weeks before, and just about washed out the citys white Christmas. around the world on plane end ships. He- also asked how much U. S.

embassies hhve doled out to keep touring lawmakers entertained. If the government agencies dont produce, the information, he said he will get the House Committee on Government Operations to sub-pena. it. He is the committees chairman. Apparently, however, wont be necessary Hoffman said he.

expects the agencies, to consolidate their information and furnish a single report. He will make this public, hie said, either on his own or through a subcommittee headed by Rep. Charles B. Brownson (R-Ind). He downtown street.

Police said the driver of the cab, Noah N. Steward. 58. will be charged with speeding 32 miles an hour in a 20 mile zone. Hinsler was hit while crossing the street at an intersection, police said.

Self Service SHREVEPORT, La. (UP) were on the lookout today for cussed at the January meeting of the opening of which will be-dis- unidentified patron of a local Christmas bar who celebrated there. Police said the man apparently remained unnoticed when the bar, catfish, crappie, bullheads, bass, was locked up on Christmas Eve perch drum, bluegill, walleyes, and but on Christmas mornffig the man! northern pike. Half of the fish were and $600 were gone. 'of adult size.

For $18,000,000 Contacts Highway Improvements Congressman Hoffman Plans To Inspect Globe Trotting Junkets By Bodies toward Savannkhet. Civilians had been ordered previously to evacuate Thakhek, which is the junction point of Colonial Route 12 from the coast and the main highway from Sigon to the Laos administrative capital of Vientiane. At last reports thousands of -coolies streamed across. the Laos plains "in the wake of the rebels bearing supplies with which they can try to hold their newly won position on the Mekong. The French Command started pouring in airborne supplies and reinforcing troops to Savannakhet.

It, is believed the French may try an aifbone counter attack. French Supreme Commander Gen. Henri Navarre, who was sent here from a top post in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to clean up the war, announced the rebels victory in a communique. "Within framework of regrouping our fosces, the city 'Thakhek. from the French population already had been has itself been evacuated by Franco Laotian forces, the communique said.

But Navarre expressed confidence- that he can smash rebels drive, and deal a crippling Ress said the auto industry was about 10 years ahead of highways in the nation with no signs of a slackening pace. In Nebraska, the problem is perhaps more grave because of a relatively small population and a large area, according to the engineer. But Ress praised the 1953 Legislature which authorized a gas tax boost and higher license fees to make some progress possible. "These increased revenues will advance the date when the essential needs of the state can be met, he said. And theres a limit to the amount that people can afford to pay for highways.

If the Legislature hadnt acted, the 1954 road work put under contract would have been only About $5,500,000, Ress estimated. The 1963 work contracted for came to about $10,300,000, so-the hoped-for represents substantial WASHINGTON (UP) American taxpayers may soon get their first peek at what they are paying to send scores of congressmen around the world on inspection tours. Traditionally this is a matter that is kept very hush hush. But Rep. Clare E.

Hoffman (R-Mich) said today he has demanded, and is getting, a report from the administration that will be made public. Hoffman, who does not always cater to the sensibilities of his colleagues. said he is distrubed by reports- that congressmen have been spending government funds freely on trips without making much bf an accounting. He is. particularly concerned about so-called counterpart funds, than 30 years and were farther briiind now than when we started.

i.1; Ml expects die report next month. arent reported, Swanson said. IlllllMHMl WlHi Hi iiM i J-ii b. T. --3- it V-hOi- -'r.