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QUIZ, Ord, Nebr., 'I hursday, Mar. 5, 1970
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What Will You Do
For Your Community
I11 aunour~cing his candidacy for the office of state auditor
recently, Hans Johnson of Lincoln issued the following statement:
"lt is niy klig that most of the roblems of today gre attributable
to a baslc misallocatio~~ of ! u~iian resources between
the private and governmeptal sectors of our nation. At both the
state and national level, qualified and go~lpetent citizens myst
btconie directly involved in the political processes if we are to
effectively solve our nlost crucial proble~ils . . . ."
Mr. Johnson could have carried his statelpent olle step further.
He could have $aid, qnd he would have bee11 right in doing
so, "At the state and national alld local levels, qualified and cornpctent
citizens must become directly involyed in the political pro-
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CCSSCS . ...
During the last session of the Nebraska State Legislature& a
bill was, passed outlawing the caucps fqrm bf selecting local candidates.
Now, each person who desires may file for office without
securing the approval of anyone else.
This change was welcomed, for it was felt that the caucus
systenl had outlived its usefulness. At last yearBs Ord city caucuses,
for example, the two local "parties" both nonlinated the same
individuals for each post that was up for election. The people
therefore had no choice, other than a hossible write-in vote, when
they cast their ballots.
Now, one year.later, the deadline for fging as a candidate
in the 1970 elections is qnly eight days away. And overall, at
kast in Valley County, it must be said that response' to the new
system has been wvefully dis-~pp~ointirlg. +
In the city of Ord, for example, there's bhly one candidate
for mayor, one for the City Council's Ward 1 position that is be-
ing vacated, t ~ for o the Ward $ positiu.n, and none at all for the
Ward 3 lwst. For the two District 5 Uoard of'Education posts
there are only three cdndidates.
Unless things have changed drastically during the past week,
thc situation is worse in the county's three villages.
And at the county level itself, only two of four supervisor
races are being cbntested. 8
During the past year the Quiz has occasionally been critical
of lhc various local governnlental badies.; qucstiollidg their decisions
or the nialtner in which they were conducting their business.
In each instance various private citizens have expressed 'their
agrce~llent with the Quiz stand, and a few have gone a lot further
in criticidng local officials.
But where are these people now, when they have an opportunity
to do something more than gripe, to take a hand then~selves
in providing this conlmunity and those round about us with better
government
In calling for more candidates, the Quiz is not advocating a
complete turnover of personnel in the vario s public offices. But
it is saying that every citizen has i(q pbliga!ion to do sonlething
Inore than gripe. And when the cilizen is qualified, that includes
serking at whatever level of government he feels he can be most
cffcctive.
During the next eight days we hope each concerned citizen
will consider soberly his individual responsibilities and then take
action. If each one does, there will be no shortage ~f candiddtes
for any office come election day.
When You and I
la Years Ago -
An Arcadia farm woman, Mrs.
Darrell Drake, gave birth to a
9-pound baby unassisted in her
hone. She had tried to summon
he&, b ut the phone was out of
order. When the doctor arriced,
he pronounced mother and baby
dping fine.
Rev. E. V. Dunbar, pastor of
the Ord Asse~nbly of God
Church, retired.
Lee Joot~langler, 74, died unexpectedly
at his home. Death
was apparently due to a heart
attack. .
Yeoman C. L. Smith had a
happy reunion with his wife
(the for~ner Marilqn Absalon)
an$ thin daughters he had never
met. The twins were born
Oct. 23 while Yeoman S~nith
was on sea duty in the Med~terranean.
Mrs. Sinith and babies
had been residing with her parents,
the Stanley Absillons.
20 Years Ago
40 Years Ago
Late Paist, former treasurer
of Valley County, was to go before
the parole board. IIe had
been found guilty of embezzling
from the county in order to save
his business, but when caught
turned o\er all his persons1
funds to the county and paid
back the stolen money in full
He had serbed two years of a
one-to-21-year sentence.
Two daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
C. F. Boettger dere married iny
a double ceremony at their
home. Llllian became the brid~
of Roland Gross from St. Michael,
and Hazel was married to
Herman Bredthauer of Scotia.
The family of Rev. D. C. Willia~nson
was released -from several
Heeks quarantine whlch
had been imposed uhile their
son, Donald, was ill with splnal
meningitis.
Dear Sir:
We uould like to express our
regrets to the people of Valley
County for losing Jenell Buoy,
who we th~nk to be an intellectual,
ino~ing force, capable
of produc~ng proglesslbe, 21st
Century thinking in the educatile
colnmun~ty of this area.
Our sympathies are also extended
to the emotional name
do puch to 'help solce those
p r$ b 1 < m s Condelnnatlon and
sc' le tactics hare rarely, if eier,
sofied anything. Re belieie a
rational approach is in order.
I Harold and Mary Holoun
Box 105
Ord, Neb. 63862
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Diar Sir:
pursuant to our rccent phone
conversation, I am submitting
information concerning Legislative
Bill 542 and the cily elections.
Reference is made to an editorial
entitled "Closer Look
Needed." Ord will continue to
have six councilmen. The section
(19-612) which mentions five
councilmen does not apply to
Ord. Ord does not haw a citymanager
form of goyernmrnt.
This statute (19-612) applies only
to the city-manager plan.
Next, I don't believe the secretary
of state ever said, "There
is no longer a date set for municipal
elections." Enclosed is
an informational sheet setting
forth a reviewr of the law. It
specifically sets forth a day. for
municipal elections, either Apr.
7; or with the county on May
LC1.
The secretary of state did say
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F. E. Beran and sons Dick and Ger~nium Joe
Dpn purchased, the Karty Hard- - -
ware.
T C ~~~k~~ ~ began,construction Money Matters Occupy FeI lers at Store
on a new garage and machine
fiank Absalon took pos~ession
of Vera's Cafe.
Ellis Carson ~re~arfd td mole
his grocery and ick cream store
to a new location.
Soaq J'flalloran was croi\ned
queen o the Duchesne College
Mardf as Ball in a colorful
cerelnony at the college auditorium
in Omaha.
F. J. Dworak, Ord's pioneer
store keeper, celebrated his 88th
birthday.
' 3b Yews Ago
Beulah McGinnis, daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. J. W. McGinnis, was
reported to be very successful
in her chosen field of workscul
tur:. One of her re$e*n:
wor& St. Francls of ass is^,
was to stand in the entry to the
glass-enclosed gardens at an art
There's always a heap of up- .
side down, inside out thinking in
Washington, and the fellers look.
ed some of it up one slde and
down he other during their session
a t the country store Saturday
night. Most of the discussion
was about the different kind of
math used by Delnocrats -and
Republicans.
Elmer Vergin, who sides with
the Democrats whenever he can,
said the Nixon Administration's
$200 billion budget shows that
the two parties don't add the
saine way. Fer instance, Elmer
said, the Republicans took all
their income and outgo and came
up with a $1.3 billion sur lus, but
Democrats came up uit! a $7.3
billion deficlt.
Elmer said Senator Sam Ervin
of North Carolina figured the
school in Dayton, Ohio.
new budget has a lot of stuff. in
Laos Is Only the ~+6ginning, it the President ain't bragg~ng -- -
The children of Mr. and Mrs. about.
W~llianl Iiorner gathered wlth a The surplus, Senator Erkin
bountiful dinner, prepared and said, is based on another, hike ill
ready to sene, in honor of their postage rates, another increase
parents' 53rd wedding annirer- in social security pa~ments, and
saw.
a bunch of other taxes.
'The "domino theory," as applied to southeast Asia, is basically
this: If South Vietnam falls to Communism, other nations
will follow suit one by one until the Reds control every country in
that part of the ~orld. ,
For years the dolnino theory has been discounted by various
individuals and groups as being an out-moded relic of the Cold
War days. Yet, during the past weekend, North Vietnam proved
thdt the donlino theory is just as meaningful today as it ever was.
Without waiting for the United States to pull its forces out
of South Vietnam, the North Vietnamese leaders sent large-scale
army units plunging deeper and deeper into neighboring Laos. This
is the country whose neutrality was guarantied in 1954 and again
in 1962 through international agreenxeots.
As expected, a rlunlber of liberal U.S. senators rushed to the
national new outlets with statements opposing additional U.S.
aid to the legal Laolian government. They in particular wanted
to pint out that they felt no U.S. ground troops should be corniilitted
to the defeuse of Laos.
For once, conservdti\lgs and liberals - or hawks and doves
if you prefer - will probably find themsel\es on the same side of
the fence. Like the liberal benntors, most conservatives don't want
to see U.S. troops dying by the thousands in the far-off jungles
of Laos in agpther ~o~win w8r.
They prefer a much sinipler for111 of aid to the Laotians -
and the only type that can ever produce a lasting peace in thdt
p~rt of the world. That is tola1 and co~nplete militaly defeat of
North Vietnam.
But this gaqqpt he.arcol~ipli~hpd by corllnljtting U.S. troops
piecemeal to. the defense of South Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, or
whatever country the Conlnlunists select as their next target.
It can be doqe oql by striking at the rout sf tile problem 3
Iianoi itself. It can be d' one only by obliterating North Vietnamese
Icsourccs, supplies, and the will to wage war against her neighbo~
s.
Until t L U.S: and the reat of the free world is willing to do.
tl~t, thc doniino theory will be co~l~pletely applicable and no hdlf-
Ileatted etfolt_s or illusio~~bcan cila1$5 it. LBOS is only the beginainz.
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The Scott Report
By Paul scotti
WASHING -
'TON- A well
organized a n d
financed drive
is underway to
turn the Nixon
, A d m i n i s -
tration's anti-hunger caii~y sign
iqto a national dri~e for a guaranJeed
annupl incomy.
Under strategy ~orked out
by. United Autonlobile Workers
President Wdlter Reuther, a
chief advocate of the contro~ersia1
income plan, the recent White
House Conference on Hunger is
being used as the launching pad
for the new campaign
As a .starter, the 5,000 participants
In the Whlte House canference
are being urged to join
a new national ~rganization
which would be deslgned to
change the scope of the growing
anti-hunger campaign.
As outliucd in a confidcntial
n~~m~tand~~j~~i
prepared by a
Reuther aPtlbn' group, the purpose
of the new or anisatiop is
"to ~aC,fu!l use of the enkrty
of indl\uidua!s and g r o lt p s
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Furthermore, Elmer reported,
the ~Deniocrats didn't include collect~ons
from trust funds like
h~ghwaqs in their reLenues, but
the.Republicans are counting $8 6
bjllion in trust fund money in the
new budget. And they're cutting
ser L ices too, he added
Practically speaking, Elmer
12ent on, the Bepubllcan economy
inoLes reminded him of the time
Iioorer uot in the Whlte llouse
and sen Cal Coolidge's rlding
holse to Fort Rleyer fer "econ-
only.'' When Cal hea~d about ~t,
he grunted and asked I£ the horse
uould eat less hay at Fort Mejer.
Joe Knapp said you can't
pJease some folks. The new budke;eb
t as less fer military spend-
1n2 than any in the past 20 gears,
he ,said, and the Yresldent has
co I& up wlth a balanced budget
ju8 llke he proinised And as
fer'them serklces, Joe was of a
mind trlmniing as or erdue
M~ke Bower said money talk in
Jt'ash~~~gton uas all urong He
asked the fellers if they eker sac$
an>thlng sold fer eien money A
good . salesman, alloued Mlhe,
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puts a $4 shirt on sale fer $3.94
plus tax, and a 15-cent can of
beans is 31 cents fer two cans.
Instead of listing $200,000 to
study the mating call of the june
bug, Mike said they ought to call
it $199,999.47 so folks will know
they're really watching pennics.
Another thing that bothers
Mike is how the admihistration
can talk about sending $54 million
worth of airplanes to Formosa
and veto the $20 billion
IiEW bill at home.
And when they. hear weapons
cost $20.9 billion more than their
contrect price, they fire the feller
that told 'em. That's upside down
thinking, said Mike.
Personally, Mister Editor, I
figure these party money matters
in guvernment are six of one
and half a dozen of the othcr. I
recollect once when I told this
feller in a cafe the water he
ha,d given me was muddy, and he
sa~d the water wasn't muddy, the
glass was dirty.
Yours truly,
Geranium Joe
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(HOW many baiyquets have you
attendcd that thev " DlDN'T - serve
roast Last beef) ueek I spoke to the largest
group of high school students
I'ie ever encountered when I
talked at Iiastings High School.
Next in line are unadilla, St. Edward,
Curtis. Hemingford, and Mc-
Cook. If I've said it once, I've
said it a hundred times: fhis is
the most rewarding work in my
life.
At Eiastings I was greeted by
1,100 high school students that
were the most attentive and polite
audience any speaker could
hope to find. This school impressed
me very highly. Not only
neat and well-dressed, the students
of Hastings High School
had something else going for
them. It's
not so~iiething SOU
can explain in words . . . but a
feeling you're keenly aware of
the moment you step in the
school.
Something was "different" as
I visited with Student Council
President Jinl Koontz prior to the
convocation, Suddenly Jim made
me conscious of what it was these
young people had.
"You smoke, don't you," Jinl
said, looking directly at me un-
til I felt like crawling - under the
chair.
"Don't you know what that's
doing to your health," the young
man went on. "We have a rule
here . . . no smoking on school
premises."
By this time I felt like 1 was
the one that needed, a lect~re!
Jim asked if I'd notlced tlie 8i)
to 90 young people that take their
lunch break at noon and spend it
on the grocery store lot across
froin the school - smoking. He
immediately started reciting the
Somefhing -- Differen)
many health hzards of smoking
. . . all of which l'm selfconscious
about anyway. Then , he
ended by saying sonlething l~ke,
"You uere smart enough to ar.
rest alcol~olisni and quit drinklng
, . , I don't understand why
you don't kick the habit and
lengthen your life by tossing
away those cigarettes."
By this time I was darned uncomfortable!
Why Because the
young mail was RIGHT. Saved
by the bell, calling us to the convocation,
I forgot about what
Jim had said for a brief time.
Following the convocation I
watched the young people leakc.
School was out for the day, I was
astonished at the number of
young people I saw that left the
building, droce out of the arking
lot . . . and DID NOT ligRt up a
cigarette! Maybe people think rules and
preaching the harniiul effects of
smoking are senseless. I don't.
I saw a school where the students
are keenly au7are of the effects
cigarettes may have on,
their likes - and the majority of
the111 aren't buying the habit!
The assistant principal that invited
me to Haslings told me of
the problem they encounter with
parents that say, "You aren't
telling MY children if they CAN
or CAN'T smoke!" .
"We get a lot of guff from par-
ents," he told me. .
I wondered - as I droie away
- who was the smartest. Is it the
parents who say, "Let my children
do as they want to do!" Or
is ~t TIiElR OU'N CI4ILDREN
who are saqing - with their ow11
rules - "Go ahead and shorten
your liles if you want to, folks,
but \,be aren't that stupid!"
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Alfae ked by Vicious Coconut
PUEKTO VALLAKTA, Mexico-Yesterday was the day
of the coconuts.
First I was attacked by a wild coconut.
I was sitting by the cement fence out front of niy hotel, .
peacefully reading a hard,to-obtain English-language Mexico
City daily for which I had squandered three pesos, or 24 cents.
All at once came a noisy crash. Somsthi~ig bdngeci me on
111y thigh and bounced around to hit a friend on the hand.
Half a dozen Canadian friends dashed to see if I was hurt,
and one pleasant fellow was so upset he had to go to his apartnlent
and lie dorcn anhils!
But I was fine, although a little shook. If it had hit nie
011 the head-kaput! Or the shoulder, perhaps broken bones.
So I was aufully lucky, as everjone keeps telling me.
A group of us have a lovely sunny corner of the patio
sort of staked out, and we sit in the sun there for hours each
day. Consequently, I am now a dingy brown color. Keallq!
Overhead 30-40 fe,et are the branches of perhaps 40 coconut
trees, each \bit11 two dozen young green coconuts and a
few brown older ones. It was a brown one that fell.
There was a table and parasol beside me, but I wasn't
under it. We all look overhead often now, as we park to knit
or read, or play cards. Or write columns.
Several of us already had coconuts when the wild one
fell, and since I had never tasted a Coco-Loco I decided this
was the day. To create this beverage ,you chop off the thick,
spngy outside of a coconut, bore a couple of holes in the face,
sip a little of the milk, and then replace it with your choice
of drink-gin, vodka, rum, or in this case tequila.
I can't reconlnle~ld it much.
Byt later we broke the hard inner shell of our coc~nuts
and enjo)ed the fresh meat thoroughly. It was so filling we
by-passed- a meal.
Other lively happenings includcd a visit by the finc Italian
lincr, "Princess Carld." The band pldled, and hordes of
strangely gaibcd pcoyle took a tugboat in and raided the local
shops, paqing too much and finding fault.
Then thev eot happily back aboard, to their luxurious
qudrters and ;urfveit of meals.
We can't figure it out. Each time a cruise ship calls a
Mcxican gunboat anchors close by.
Whdt's the matter Don't the hlcxicaiis tr ust thc Italians'
overn Un gn for Gua Annual Wage
throughdut the country that took
part in the recent White IIouse
Conference on Hunger "
Delegates to the White Ilo~ise
conference made more than 100
rcco~nmendations to flght hunger
and malnutr~tion in the United
States. Most controbersial of
these was a proposal to e~tah-
l~sh a national program for adequate
maintenance (income) for
the poor.
This recommendation is the
one Reuther is interested in having
his new organization push.
He belieres it can becoin6 the
basiq for his guaranteed a~inual
income plan
This strategy is indicated by
the memorandum uhich the
Reuther action group circulated
at a p~~vate organizatioilal meeting
in Washington on Feb. 19.
It stated:
"It is assumed that the initial
effort of the proposed organlza-
t~on would emphasize hunger,
and that as the brganization progressed,
the establishmeilt of adequate
income programs nould
occupy its increasing and c\cntually
full attention."
Anti-Hunger Campaign Pays
One of the key figures ill Reu-
ther's action group 1s Kobcrt
Choate, who wrbed as deputy
director of .the White iio,use
Conference on Hunger.
C oate', uho has made a prof-
itab-e career out of the antihunger
campaign, in addition tp
helping organize the n,ew group
servss as a $100-a-day consuliant
to Senator George RlcGovern's
select Senate Coln~nittee on Nutrition
and Iiuman Needs.
Before leaving the staff of the
White House conference, Choate
caused a major stir by Lilliug
the governluent for $48,000 covering
approximately six mcnths
of work. The bill caused Dr.
Jean Mayer, special cdnsultant
to the President who ran the
cpnference, to remark:
"Choate is the highest priced
volunteer to enlist in the war
against ~overtr! At that price
N% couldn't siand many more
like him."
Choate, who pla)ed an active
backstage role in gett~ng the
W h i t e House conference to
adopt the contr6~ersial rbcoinmendation
for a national inconie
maintenance program, is expecttd
to scrle either as a paid official
of the now Heuthcr organization
or as a paid ccjnjultant.
With Reuther ha~ldling the
rnoney raising, the new organizatiou
aheady has piou~ists of
$175,000 for its first-) ear operations.
Other funds are to be obtained
through grants from iuundations
and go~erninent agencles.
T'he McG.ovexn Corllmittee
Reuther, with Choate's inside
help, already has enlisted cooperation
from Senator McGovern
to use his Senate com~nlttee in
supporting the guaranteed annual
inconle proposal.
To .set the stage for this joint
effort, a resolution was pushed
through the Senate earlier this
month by Senator McG,overn
which widened the author~fy of
his committee so it could turn
its attention to incolne maintenance
and welfare reform.
Under the new mandate, Mc-
Govern plans to' bold hearings
throughout the country this
spring to help create grass-roots
support for substituting a guaranteed
annual income prograni
in place of the present welfare
sy'stem.
McGoverd's o b j e c t i v e s are
partly revealed in a memorand.tc!ii
circulated to othcr 111~111-
hers of the comniittce, as fol-
lorvs:
"It ip proposed that in 1970
in "addition to completing its
studies directly x~lhted-to nutii-
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I tion, the comn~ittee turns its attenlion
particularly to the areas
of income maintenance and wel-
fare reform.
"Food st a ln p s and commodities,
which the committee focused
on last year, are essential
interim solutions, but the
long-range answer to hunger is
an adequate income mainteiiance
program.
"It is suggested, therefore,
that the committee begin a series
of '\hearings in Washington
on income maintenace directed
toward problelns in urban areas.
These hearings would be followed
by field trips to Chlcago,
New York, and other large cit-
ies."
The Welfare State
While the significance of the
Reuther - McGotern rn o v e to
change the direction of the anti-hunger
campaign has been
rnissed by most officials in
Washington, it was recognized by
Senator George Aiken (R-Vt ), a
long-time supporter of gocernnicnt
progTaliis to fighl hunger.
In a reccnt spccch opposing
the ncw autho~lly for Mc-
Gohcrn's coin~nittee, Aihcn warn.
ed :
"I do not think I hake eier
read a r&solution - proposed to
the Senate that goes to the extent
that th~s oqe does . . .
"It Instructs his comlnlitee to
study ways and means of coinpleteiy
changing our goLernment
and setting up a complete
f e d e r a 1 welfare state which
uould be responsible not only
for food, but also for clothing,
s h e 1 t e r, recreation, education,
and ecerything else that fam~l.
ies in all walks of life like to
har e.
"I agree that ue must not let
people suffer from hunger, 'Jut
I do not belieie it is necessary
to change the gocernment s!
radically as this proposes . . . .
After addressing hls Senate
colleagues, A~ken sent a copy of
his remarks to the Wh~te House.
lie warned President Nixon that
McGorern and Reuther uere trying
to take ocer his anti-hunger
program and use it in an zffort
to remake the gocernment.
As a counter-measure, Alken
proposed that the Preside5t implement
recoinmendations of the
Wh~te IIouse confdrence which
arc designcd to fccd the poor
and denounce thosc w h i c I1
icould change the prebcnt sgstem
of go\crnmcnt.
(From the Was!lington Neccs -
InJell~gence Sy nd~cate)
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