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8 Omaha World Herald riday October 29 1954 Anderson Ritchie Outlinef Tax Views to Women Voters oes Split on Selection of County Assessors Both candidates for Governor stated their views on the eight proposed at constitutional amendments Thursday before the Orfiaha League of Women Voters J' Democrat William Ritchie and Republican Victor Anderson were in agreement except on the proposals to permit appoint ing of county assessors of a Board of Educational Lands and unds and of a Tax Commission Mr Anderson favored these proposals Mr Ritchie opposed them Ritchie Tells of Plan kept us out of the war In Indo he said Neville Says Curtis oe of Social Security a Keith Neville Democratic Sen atorial candidate for the six year term charged Thursday night that his Republican opponent Representative Carl Curtis had introduced a bill in Congress that would have destroyed Social Security and other similar pen sion funds such as railroad re tirement Mr Neville said found few Congressmen who shared his views and his bill failed to Weaver: Campaign Is Not Talkathon World Herdd Photo Dawson four issues Sbifci Pastors ight Tavern Move Near Northside Action Advisement WofW Rm4 IJarnli Burn BOl ederal SecrttlM BulMInc Three Omaha ministers Thursday testified against the 'request of Irving Wohlner to transfer his tavern license from 1623 North Twenty fourth Street to 1709 North Twenty fourth Street The State Liquor Comjnisslon took the matter under advise ment after a three hour hear ing 1 The Rev Adams pastor of Paradise Baptist Church 1811 North Twenty third Street pro tested that the proposed tavern location would be less than one hundred feet from where his congregation plans to build a new church at the northeast tty Stockmen orm Council Start Eat BeefJDrioe Beef promotion on an inten officio member of the council: fives of packers and retailers as we we our Issues Called Prime Damage Action iled in reak Accident A $58900 damage action was filed in District Court Thursday because of a freak accident last August The suit was brought by the estate of John Stevens who lived at 1433 Jaynes Street against Union Transfer Com pany Mr Stevens was a member of a city street marking crew working near Thirtieth Street and St Avenue A street marking tape was being dragged behind a city truck The Union truck driven by George A Hol lis 2307 Avenue East Omaha drove onto the end of the tape Mr Stevens was flipped when caught in a loop of the tape He died September 14 sive scale was the objective of a group of Nebraskans who met in Omaha Thursday Representatives of various segments of the Nebraska livestock industry met in the Livestock Exchange Buildingand organized the Nebraska Beef Council Chester Paxton of Thedford was elected chairman Melvin Todd of Union vice chair man and Robert Howard of A 1 1 i a secretary treas urer Messrs Paxton and Howard are representatives of the Ne braska Stock Growers As sociation Mr Todd represents' the Nebraska Livestock eed ers Association Others at the organizational meeting were Governor Crosby who was made an ex will be invited to join The council decided to start immediately a campaign to in crease consumption of beef November will be designated "Enjoy Beef by proc lamation of Governor Crosby The council also went on record as favoring a recon mendation to the next Legis lature that Nebraska be advertised on auto license plates as Beef Chairman Pdxton pointed out the unique position of Ne braska as a state which has a major interest in many seg ments of the beef industry producers feeders processors A special publicity commit tee comprises Bob Cunning ham chairman: Howatd Ken nedy and Roy Tucker nffinin mnmhor thn f'Aiinnlb Lyle Dierks of Ewing repre senting the Sandhills Cattle Association Willis urman of Marsland Nebraska Growers Association Marvin Tucker of Mullen Nebraska Hereford Association Charles Beermann of Dakota City Nebraska Aberdeen Angus Breeders Association Howard Kennedy of Broken Bow Ne braska Shorthorn Breeders Association Roy Tucker of York Nebraska Livestock Auction Association Harry Coffee Union Stock Yards Company Bob Cunningham Omaha Live Stock Exchange These with several additions compose the board of direc tors Another representative of the association will be appointed and representa Curtis Thanks Women Workers Carl Curtis Republican candidate for the six year Senate term Thursday' told a noon luncheon that 1952 many wonderful things have hap One of the dearest to our hearts he Said is that we are out of war Mr Curtis spoke to the Wom en Supporters of Curtis and thanked them for their work He said the present Adminis tration has not let the people down "The right kind of leadership Holdrege Neb A drive to keep affiliation with the Columbia Broadcasting System for station KHOL TV Thursday had reached "amazing propor station manager Duane Watts said The count of postcards and letters on: hand Wednesday totaled 27513 and 24 thousand more were received in the mail Thursday Mr Watts expects the figure to go to 80 thousand by the deadline riday night The South Platte United Chambers of Commerce spear headed a drive for postcards and letters from viewers of the station expressing dissatisfac tion with the proposal by CBS to cancel the KHOL TV contract effective ebruary 1 However a station spokes man said the drive had reached church groups service and civic organizations and teachers KHOLrTV announced Monday tha it had received word of the contract cancellation pro posal The swarm of letters and postcards followed Mr Watts said he planned to see CBS officials next week ana would take with him to New York the protesting mail "We have fallen down in eessment in this state and if elect rood men then must said Mr Anderson "I believe the people should have the right to choose their own said Mr Ritchie Both candidates were ques tioned by the women about their plans for taxation Mr Ritchie explained his "added value proposal which he would substitute the state' levy on property Mr Ritchie'? tax similar to the plan now in use in Michigan would be levied' against business re ceipts Makes Law "It is not an income tax and It is not a sales Mr Ritchie said in reply to questions is an added value tax and you call it anything When asked what kind of tax he would recommend as a sub i stjtute for the property tax Mr Anderson said: Legislature not the Gov ernor makes the tax laws If Mr Ritchie is elected it doesn't mean his added value tax would necessarily be put in 'Leadership i Tt would be useless he said i "for me to come here with a new or fancy way to tax is more important for me to sit down with the Legisla committee and offer them some he said "I have some ideas and maybe they can work out some Each candidate was offered five minutes for rebuttal Mr Ritchie took his five minutes Mr Anderson' declined Grten Says Ike Tour Holdrege Neb (UP) Presi dent one day fly ing campaign tour Thursday was described as little too by James Green Demo cratic candidate for the four year Senate term In a speech here Mr Green said last minute appeals to woo farm votes by trying to explain away Secretary Ben disastrous policy are bound to fail" time to have done some thing about the Democrat said two years ago when his advisers adopted the short sighted ideas" Hruska Defends Tax Cut Policy Roman Hruska Republican candidate for thefour year Unit ed States Senate term told a television audience at Sioux City Thursday night that the Demo crats had 20 years in which to pass a tax cut But he said they failed to do it Now said Mr Hruska opposition says the Republican tax cuts this year weren't the right Mr Hruska said: like the parents without children trying to tell us how to rear our IVprld Henld Lincoln Bureau Bui ederal Securlliea Building i Phil Weaver Republican nom inee for irst District Repre sentative said he sees no advan tage in attending political meet ings arranged for the benefit of hi opponent 'The Democratic candidate rank Morrison has chal lenged Mr Weaver to debate several times At a meeting ear lier this week he made his re marks in the form of debate with an empty nMr Weaver said many par ents have an empty chair in the homes of war or a so celled police action experi enced when my par ty was in The Republican nominee said he regard the campaign as a talkathon He said Mr Mor nson hps tried to promote po litiral meetings "where he could demonstrate his known and acknowledged talkativeness? Mr Weaver also asserted: opponent attacks me be cau my father was a former Governor of Nebraska am proud of my father and thankful for his forthright pub lic service Hart Would Keep Office in Omaha James A Hart Democratic candidate for Congress from Ne Second District Thurs day night promised that if elect ed he would have an office in Omaha He said it would be staffed by a qualified assistant who would be in constant touch with him in Washington The office will not involve any additional expense to tax payers he said this tyay the services of your Congressman will be with in reach of every one not just those few who can afford to make the expensive trip to Wash he concluded Chase Says oes Off Key Jackson Chase Republican candidate for Second District Congressman told a television audience Thursday night that opposition seemed none too concerned about employment while in He quoted President Truman as saying in an Interview on ebruary 19 1950: certain amount of unemployment say from three to five millions is supportable" Now Mr Chase added there are three million unemployed and the candidates for that same opposition party are painting the nation as being in a horrible depression "Some Mr Chase said off ployment Ag Price all A i Democratic Representative from Illinois said in Omaha Thursday there are four Issues in the Congressional campaign which affect every part pf the nation He spoke at a Democratic rally at Carnation Ballroom irst said William Dawson irst District of Illinois is rising Ingunemployment Next are falling farm prices the rapidity with' which the United States is losing world leadership and the necessity of electing a Democratic Congress to stop the The unemployment issue is perhaps most universal the Rep resentative said in an interview As an example he said that thousands of persons in Chicago are getting or seeking some form of unemployment relief Among farmers he said he sees a trend toward the Demo cratic Party farmers desire a he said are not satisfied with the Benson farm pro A Democratic Congress would give the farmer relief from low ered parity Representative Daw son added Concerning the third issue he said that the State Depart ment dnder the Republican Ad ministration has lost the initia tive in the world "The Korean settlement did us no he dd "We lost face in Holdrege CBS Drive Growing World Hwild Photo Promoting beef Crosby Howard Paxton Todd corner of Twenty third and Clark Streets Landlord Asked More Also testifying in opposition were the Rev Walter Daniels executive secretary of the Omaha Council of Churches and the Rev Joseph Reyn olds 2810 Seward Street presi dent of a five state conference of the Baptist Church Attorney Irvin Levin who said he was representing tha Paradise Baptist Church said the Rev Mr Adams feeis "he have to fight the liquor industry on his door Mr Wohlner testified that he tried four times to renegotiate his lease at his present loca tion but his landlord asked more than he could afford' Out of Business Unless the license transfer is approved he said he will be out of business when his lease expires next April 30 Mr Wohlner's attorney Jack Marer declared that the Para dise Baptist Church has grown and prospered despite the num ber of taverns on North Twen ty fourth Street The proposed new tavern building would be 208 feet from the church building he said and plans for the proposed new church structure are vague All the arguments were heard by the Omaha City Council which approved the proposed tavern transfer Mr Marer con tinued He said Mr Wohlner will remodel and illuminate the outside of the new tavern build ing thereby helping clean up the area No More Wherrys in Pawnee Garage Hie WerM New Service Pawnee City Neb Cecil Da vis associated with the Wherry Brothers Motor Company since 1924 has bought the building and ord franchise here The Payvnee City agency Is one of the oldest in the state and A Wherry started in the auto business in 1913 They continued until 1941 when It was taken over by Ron ald and Tom Wherry the sons of Wherry and the late Kenneth Wherry It remained in this partner ship until June 1953 when Mrs Kenneth Wherry took over sole ownership Davis lived at DuBois when he first started with the firm He' was Salesman five years then became general man ager He said one of his first assignments was to canvafcs the county and start a file of In formation on all the families I A I i I nmirgaMiBEc ng? 'tss 2 Students Ugliest The and' "Cutest designations were won at the University of Omaha Thursday by Samuel Georges 1728 South Twenty seventh Street and Barbara xPeddicord 6116 Burt Street Vying for these titles part of a Campus Cht drive for the Community Chest World University Service and the Red Cross In four days $27252 In cash and $1586 in pledges was col lected Miss Peddicord a liberal arts major collected? $47103 in cash and pledges Mr George $32690 Colored Tax orms Here Nebraskans Will Get Them in December Samples of the income tax instruction forms with en velopes marked with colored stripes have arrived at the In ternal Revenue office here Similar envelopes will be go ing out to' Nebraska taxpayers in December The colored stripefe on some of them will offer a hint as to the income the taxpayer reported last March Envelopes going to those with incomes of 10 thousand dollars or over will bear a yellow stripe Those with incomes less than that will get an envelope with a red streak Officials at the Omaha office said other colors will be used too Taxpayers getting farm schedules will get a different color So will those receiving business schedules And the farm Instruction envelope will iiave picture of a cow on it The color code will help In temal Revenue employes tell at a glance what forms the tax payer should receive Traffic Deaths Dropping Chicago Ill Traffic deaths in the United States dropped again In the ninth' month in a row to show a decline The National Safety Council in reporting this Thursday com mented: since the early years of World War II when gasoline rationing went into effect has there been an unbroken string bf reductions for the first nine months of any The council said the perform ance gained significance when viewed in the light of increased motor travel The traffic death toll for the first nine months of this year was 25770 a reduction of 6 per cent from the corresponding pe riod of last year Jn September alone fatalities totaled 3020 That was 7 per cent under the total for Sep tember 1953 2 Year Old Drowns in Automatic Washer Milwaukee Wis JP A 2 year old boy who liked to help his mother load the automatic washer fell into it Thursday and was killed The County' Medical Exam iner's office said the probable cause of the death of David Zalewski 2 was drowning The mother Mrs Eugerie Zalewski said David wandered away from her while she was hanging clothes in the back yard When she returned to the kitchen she found a chair next to the chair David used to climb on when he helped her The boy was in side the dead Police said he apparently had fallen into the opening at the top of the machine Brother Lost lying Back to Capital Tehran Iran A plane carrying Prince AH Reza 32 the younger brother and his private pilot has been miss ing more than 24 hours on a flight from near the Soviet bor der to Tehran Hussein Ala royal spokes man said search parties were covering a two hundred mile area between the capital and Gorgar about 40 miles from the Russian border Iranian Air orce planes were conduct ing a search The Prince'was returning to celebrate the birthday after a visit to cotton lands he cultivates Next Tour Goes to Central City The Omaha Tribe of Yessir will make its next good will trip to Central Neb No vember 18 Big Chief (Bart) Elsef fer Little Chief Einar Viren and Gene Agee train trip chair man were in Central City Wednesday making arrange ments They met there with Presi dent Elmer Mahlen and Secre tary Kenneth Larson of the Central City Chamberpot Com merce' Dulles House Guard Is ined for Sleeping Washington (P) A police private accused of falling asleep while guarding the home of Sec retary of State John oster Dulles has been fined $75 The District of Columbia Com missioners th city's govefning body Thursday upheld the fine imposed on Joseph Rhodes He dented he had been asleep New Sewer Suit in Court Parsons Cons traction Co Sues Omaha Another Benson Storm Sewer dispute landed in District Court Thursday Parsons Construction Com pany filed a $33244 action against the City of Omaha Parsons was awarded a con tract for patching up the sewer The company's petition said the city owes $27325 on the initial contract $4339 for extra work and $1580 for removing a defec tive section City Attorney Edward garty said Parsons did not meet the completion date in the con tract and was penalized at the rate of orie hundred dollars a day The money was withheld from the contract and Parsons is sping for it he said Must Take Lead in Platte The United States must take the leadership to enact enforce and interpret world law Norman Cousins editor of the Saturday Review said Thursday "The United Nations could be the rallying power for peace but not in its present weak he told the District 4 con vention of the Nebraska State Education Association The rest of the world does not know where we stand he went on have the sac red responsibility of making Vacation Town 2 Below Zero Coldest raser Colo (A) raser where President Eisenhower goes in the summer to fish for trout was the coldest spot in the United States Thursday with 2 below zero The little cattle and timber town is 70 miles jiorthwest of Denver and west of the Conti nental Divide fe x' i Petersen (right) Levitt 4 10090 Kids Get Safety Leaflets Nearly 10 thousand safety leaflets have been distributed to Omaha elementary schools during Child Safety Week which ends Sunday The ninth annual observ ance to trim the number of traffic mishaps involving chil dren is sponsored by the Trav Protective Association and was proclaimed by Mayor Rosenblatt In addition to the leaflets five thousand membership cards were sent to Police Headquarters to enroll bi cycle owners in a program of traffic safety The pledge cards bear a list of 10 rules for safety on the reverse side World Herald Photo five hundred hours Water Safety Pins Awarded 11 Red Cross Workers Cited at Program Eleven Red Cross water instructors received service awards from the Douglas Coun ty Red Cross Thursday night Theodore Petersen 2603 ow ler Avenue was given a igold medal for five hundred hours of volunteer work much of the time with handicapped children Pauline Spencer 1843 Laird Street received a pin for 15 years of service Receiving 10 year service pins were Arthur Johnson 2445 Titus Avenue and Neil ennell 6014 South Thirty ninth Street ive year pins were given to Jeanne Roncka 5005 Webster Street tNancy Spring 1508 ranklin Avenue Bellevue Mrs Mary Rose Volcek 3402 South orty second Street Mrs ran ces Autenreith 5416 North Twenty fourth Street Ted Kana mine 1954 Jones Street Jack Katz 3228 Myrtle Avenue and 3304 North orty eighth Street were made by Aaron Levitt chapter chairman Melvin A Buzzard St Louis director of Safety Services American National Red Cross was guest speaker 4 Brothers Jailed for Wheat Thefts our brothers were arrested by Burlington Railroad special agents in the Gibson railroad yards near Riverview Park Thursday in connection with the theft of several bags of wheat Verryl Dwight Rose 40 Ron ald Leonard Rose 24 Richard Toland Rose 21 and Charles Harvey (Chuck) Rose 16 whose address police gave as 1922 South Sixth Street were jailed I The agents told police that seven bags of wheat were stolen in the yards Thursday morning They waited near the scene and arrested the Rose brothers when the four appeared and began to fill two sacks with wheat Nationalists Again ly Rice to lood Victims Taipea A fleet of 12 Nationalist Air orce trans port planes flew over East and Central China again early Thursday dropping tons of rice and leaflets in the seven prov inces worst affected by last flood the Chinese Air orce announced This was the" second large scale undertaken by the Nationalist Government in two months "despite the United States State Depart plea that relief food should 'riot be given to an en emy nation which shipped badly needed foodstuffs out of the country in exchange for arma ment Parole Ideain Speed Case Youth in ast Chase Had Other Violations Sarpy County Judge Joseph Strawn Thursday night told The World Herald he will rec ommend parole for a youth who was chased at speeds up to 95 miles an hour Wednesday night by Highway Patrolman Stewart Halpin Mr Halpin said a car driven by Harvey Groves 17 of 2926 Street struck a pole on Madl sons Street after leading Mr Halpin on a chase north on Highway 75 The youth ran away 1rom the car Mr Halpin said and was arrested later at his home Second ast Chase It was the second 90 mph plus chase for Groves In July he was caught in Sarpy County after being chased through South Omaha by police At that time he had piled up 12 traffic points His driver's license was revoked for one year His past charges have in cluded malicious destru i with an auto in a city park speeding no driver's license and running stop signs ined $85 This time he drew an $85 fine 40 day jail sentence and another license suspension of one year He appeared before Judge Strawn in Sarpy County Court in Papillion Describing the s'd a night Incident as Judge Strawn told The World Herald he is in favor of having Groves paroled if responsible rel atives can be found to vouch for him think have better luck with him that the judge said had a hard his parents were parted and had to make his own way for about six Judge Strawn said he recom mends parole for youths they show any inclination to be can always catch them the judge added 3 Persons Hurt as Autos Collide Three persons were hospital ized after a two car crash at Six teenth and Martha Streets at 10:22 Thursday VlrginiaSunday 30 of 518 South Twenty fifth Avenue suf fered possible head and internal injuries Don Thornton 17 of 7303 South Twenty sixth 1 Street leg Don McCormick" 17 of 7604 South Twenty fifth Street sprained right wrist Police said the injured wom an was a passenger in a cap driven by Santo Grasso 28 of 516 Park Avenue Young Me Cormick was riding in a car i driven by young Thornton Both drivers were booked for 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