Beatrice Daily Sun (Newspaper) - September 9, 1965, Beatrice, Nebraska Temperatures High low today 8471 High and low year ago 8958 Precipitation this month Precipitation this year to year ago BEATRICE DAILY SUN Weather Considerable cloudiness with showers low 6065 partly cloudy chance of showers high in Ton Didnt It In The StW It Didnt Happen THURSDAY ZIP CODE 68310 7c Per Copy 64 53 Local zoning proposals hit opposition Public hearings on ordinance plans to follow An overflow crowd was on hand last night at the second between the Planning and Zoning Commission and the survey firm of and The two groups became t h e center of controversy last week following their first meet ing to discuss an ordinance proposed by the Kansas Sets Off Controversy Most of those on hand night were there to ask ques tions regarding zoning in cer tain areas and to receive full er explanation of the term non conforming The new as pro has ben called highly restrictive and set off the con last week following news reports that some bus nesses would be zoned into a non conforming thereby prohibiting future Primary discussion last night regarded the area along West where one side of t h e street is proposed as a busi ness zone and the other side as Objecting were the business owners on the side slated for Differences seemed ro be resolved somewhat following a question and answer period handled by engineer Jim Buch but some persons still ap opposed to the ordin ance as it now Mobile Homes Also coining into discussion was the placing of mobile homes in residential Un der the all mobile homes ond house trailers wouk have to be placed in s park or lot operated for tha Most of the crowd left afte the question and answer ses tion but some stayed until the meeting Last night the two group1 discussed three types o commercial neighbor general and centra Most of the discussion abou the commercial zones deal with signs and one change was made that will require boards to be no lower tha eight feet nor higher than 30 feet from the Public hearings will be held following a complete discussion of the ordinances by the two 96th State Fair is closing tonight LINCOLN record smashing 96th Nebraska State Fair draws to a close at mid night The final days activities were to be highlighted by the feature 4H beef quarter horse afternoon stock car races and an evening automobile thrill With an attendance record already gates open ed Thursday under sunny skies for the first time in three A total of persons visit ed the fair pushing the 1965 attendance to surpassing last years total set over six Mobile home burns west of Beatrice Fire caused several thousand dollars in damages last night as it gutted a mobile home owned by Walter Otto and located on Highway just west of According to Rural Fire Chief Herman the fire began about 11 last night from an unknown Otto and his family escaped from the trailer after they were awakened by strange noises from an The entire interior was burned out by the Square dancing lessons are free The Break and Swing Square Dance Club will conduct free lessons this evening at 8 in the Youth Center at City This gathering will be an organizational meeting and all high school age and are invited to attend Square dancing is one of the fastest growing ac in the country if you are in in learning to square now is the time to Thousands flee Gulf coast Fickle Betsy picks up steam Work on removing the curb and part of sidewalk for the Ella Street overlay is un derway as shown here at 5th and The high four feet of and park ing meters are being removed at the pres ent New curbing will be put back into Block at a time place along with the new sidewalk and parallel parking meters prior to the over Ella is the first of several streets to receive the overlay and is being completed first so it can serve as a detour route when Court receives the Sun Photo Stones cut short Mobile home squabble here takes new twist and Leland Stone 2014 started a stand in at the City Clerks Office this afternoon and then it after consulting their attor They were seeking the issu ance of four building permits and had said they would re main in the office until they were They were seeking permits that were requested a week ago to move four mobile homes on property owned by them in South Told To Hold Them Building Inspector John Kuhn said yesterday the permit were not issued because he had been instructed to hold Kuhn indicated he knew a suit would be in District Court seeking a re straining order on issuing the The law suit was filed yes by six property owners and a restraining order was thereby seemingly stopping the issuance of the Stone said this that a bond that was to be filed with the suit was not filed in District therefore he claimed the restraining order is He demanded the permits this afternoon from Deputy City lerk Evelyn who told him sho did not have Stone then called Kuhn and demanded the Stone said Kuhn stated he would not them unless directed to do so by the City Advised To Wait and Stone said they were advised by their attorney o wait in the Clerks office un til they received the permits Kuhn said yesterday that permit requests by Stone were ound to be in order and nor mally would have been is sued by Nations cities get place in Cabinet WASHINGTON AP Presi lent Johnson signed into law oday legislation creating a new of Housing and Ur ban Affairs and called it a just and progressive measure for all Speaking before a large froup I members of Con fess and other officials in the Vhite House flower said the legislation is he first step toward organizing ur system for a more rational to the pressing chal of urban Power Board studying Fairbury Norris request FAIRBURY The Nebraska Power Review Board has under study applications from the City of Fairbury and Norris Public Power District to serve rural Jefferson County electric power ing a hearing School bond Adams Elementary building cost at ADAMS The District 30 Adams School Board Tuesday night decided to submit a bond issue to the vot ers of district for construction of a new elementary There wil be a public meet ing at 8 at the school to ex plain details of the Until this school all kindergarten through were held in one Some elementary grades were with two grades in one New Policy This year the school adopted a policy of one grade per which made neces ry kindergarten in a and using the library for the 6th Bob Norvell said there has been an increase in enroll ment of about 70 this making the total Dis rict 30 is contracting with more has more free h school tuition students effective with this Hooker District 8 merged with the Adams Norvell Proposed Building Ine proposed elementary with seven class to accommodate kinder arten through 6th would have room for about 40 Norvell and would take care of the districts needs as far as we can see It would be a separate build but on the same grounds as the present school Pedestrian 252nd traffic fatality NORTH PLATTE 252nd traffic death of he year was recorded day night when Luciano Gon 29 year old North Platte was struck by a car as walked on 30 east of Morth Duane Johnson of Minneapolis was driving t h e the Safety Patrol and he did not see ales until too Norris wants to take over most of the farms and all of the small town customers now served by the City of purchasing enough whole sale power from the city to offset the citys loss of reve The original Norris proposal would have restricted Fair burys service area to t h e city but later Norris amended its proposal to let the city also serve that part of the rural area over which it has zoning Board of Public Works wants to continue to supply power to the area it has been serving for many confining future expansion to a half mile beyond existing lin Presently the Fairbury pow er plant serves the towns of Steele Harbine and several the Endi cott Clay Products and farmer customers along those Reporting to the Fairbury City Council Glenn superintendent of Fairbury said that maintenance of the present service area is important to the particularly in light of the generating pro The utilities department has issued in revenue bonds to finance about two thirds of this Bound on a course for Louisiana By NEW ORLEANS AP Thousands of refugees streamed inland today from exposed coast al areas as Hurricane fresh from an attack on churned relentlessly The vanguard of residents of southern Lou and eastern Texas packed cars and trailers and headed from possible killer tides and 140 mile an hour The New Orleans Weather Bur eau urged them to evacuate quickly before rising tides cut off escape by At 10 Betsy was 185 miles southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River and moving west northwest through the Gulf of Mexico at 18 an Not Much Change Betsy is expected to contin ue moving about 18 miles per hour and turn to a northwester ly course a Weather Bureau advisory Not much change in size or inten sity is The bureau pinpointed the eye of the giant storm at 10 near An emergency Civil Defense center becan operating at Baton its purpose to nate evacuation and emergency Evacuation of Cameron Par 500 persons died in a 1957 at Officials there said all residents would be gone roy late Cattle from the marsh areas were being hauled out by Black and red hurricane warning flags were flying from the mouth of the Mississippi River west to Betsys exact tar get remained The as fast mov big and dangerous has proved itself The Weather Bureau said the most likely landfall for the hurricanes center was western Louisiana and the extreme up per Texas The multibillion dollar off shore oil industry oil wells and drilling some of them 100 miles from evacuating and bat tening All possible equip ment had headed for inland wa About oil workers had been moved to Evacuation Begins The trickle of evacuees start ed at the little town in western Louisiana neat the Texas where Hurricane Audrey killed 500 people in June Most of them died in surg ing tides which swept the coast al Betsy left most of the Miami Fort Lauderdale Florida Keys area without power and with ruined flooded No quick damage estimate was possible but it was expect ed to run at least Three lives also were This was considered a relative ly light toll in view of the 6 foot second only to the record 10foot tides of 1926 that ended great land Destroyer While Betsy was more of a destroyer than a it did not appear the damage would match that of last years hurri which also hit south ern But the where com had been knocked out since reported heavy property losses as re ports came in from the Out Is to capital of the Exclusive clubs of the very rich on Eleuthera and Nassau New Providence were struck But no one was reported killed in the Bahamas although the hurricanes center had lain just off the shore of New Provi dence for over 12 which live off the spending of American tour wen without electricity but were opened for Dam age there was estimated at Betsy took all Wednesday to pass over the tip of the Florida The high onshore winds pushed tides over lowlying swamping Mi amis posh Key Biscayne with its expensive villas under three feet of Three barges broke loose and made the only causeway to the island Amphibious trucks were used to rescue the several hundred stranded resi dents who finally agreed had been right when they advised them to leave before the Like River The water came down this street like the Mississippi River on a said one resi Down along the chain of sand spits that are the Florida several of the islets were com At Sugar Loaf Key 15 miles north of Key water was up to the roof Key West was flooded up to five feet in places and several large shrimp boats sank in the Key Largo was whiplashed by both sides of the storm as its eye passed Moon owner of the Pilot House waded through the water while the gales still blew to see what was left of his While I was there my station wagon floated On the way back to the I saw a 25 foot cabin cruiser up in the Later a small tornado spir near Marathon overturning several One of the dead was a who was hit by a flailing power line that had blown loose as she was walking head down into the A passerby shouted a but Helen failed to hear him over the storms President Johnson ordered two officials of the Office of Emergency Planning to inspect the Florida carnage beginning Shorthorn breeding heitei trophy Dennis displays is the Nebraska Shorthorn the Shorthorn heifer that won the breeding Barbara heifer trophy at the State With him Association The Coast Guard station at is awash with waves and rain as hurricane Betsy slammed across south Florida to the Gulf of leaving a trail of injury and Indians claim 27 destroyed Bombs fall near China warplanes hit bridge within miles of border By EDWIN WHITE South Viet Nam military spokesmen announced today that American bombed a bridge 17 miles south of Red Chinas bor der with North It was their closest penetration to ward the Chinese frontier in the Vietnamese planes Damaged The spokesmen said four damaged the railroad bridge in the raid Wednesday and pounded two other bridges 25 and 30 miles south of the The about 140 miles northwest of is an impor tant transportation center ng to the North Vietnamese pilots are trying to disrupt a railroad in the area and last month bombed within 30 miles of Red China In the ground Marines and Vietnamese troops continued their giant sweep to clear the Viet Cong from the Batangan Reports from the old operation 20 miles south of Chu Lai said 148 Viet Cong had been 38 captured and 100 suspects Although between and troops were taking American and Vietnamese cas were described as No Other Action No other major ground ty was but a Army helicopter crashed in the Mekong Delta 100 miles of and all members of Us crew were reported The Batangan offensive was aimed at smashing a reported Communist buildup in the area 330 miles north cf The Marines made the biggest strike Wednesday when they blew up a tunnel and killed 66 Viet The Leathernecks discovered the underground maze after a Viet Cong sniper they were pur suing ducked into an The Marines planted a TNT but before they touched it two Viet Cong emerged from the tunnel and surren They were followed by two women believed to be Viet Cong Entering the tunnel after the the Americans found it littered with the bodies of Viet Cong wearing field load ed cartridge belts and other combat VFW District 16 meeting in Crete The VFW Post and Auxiliary 16 meeting will be held n Crete The Post will meet at the club room and the Auxiliary the City Registration will be at with the meeting at 2 All Post and Auxiliary mem bers are urged to HEAVY FIGHTING ON BOEDER By FINK NEW India and Pakistani troops fought heavy engagements on two new fronts in northern and southern Pakistan India claim ed 75 Pakistani American made were de in a 24hour In a Pakistani spokesman claimed both drives were stopped But India said its forces were advancing on both in the Sialkot sector in the north and in the Gadra area 600 miles to the in southeast Pakistan where launched invasions It was understood the tough est fighting was in the border regions of the north near the West Pakistan city of Kasur and Indias city of in Chinese Support As the fighting Pre mier Chou Enlai of Red China loosed another blast at India and said its massive armed attack on Pakistan could not have been carried out without consent and In a speech at a reception in Peking at the North Korean Chou stopped short of saying Red China would pro vide concrete assistance to Pak But he reiterated firm support of the Officials in Washington and London were concerned lest Red China take a hand n be half of Pakistan by starting new trouble on Indias There were these other diplo matic developments Secretary General U Thant arrived in Rawalpindi the Pakistan on his mis sion to seek a He said the situation was Amir Abass Ho veida of Iran flew into Turkey to consult with Turkish officials on Pakistans appeal to them for military All na tions of the Cen tral Treaty an anti Communist alliance with which the United States is asso An Indian re porting the claim that 114 Pak istani tanks had been destroyed since spoke in general terms of the On Defense the tenor of the In dian Defense Ministry state ment indicated India had gone on the defensive in the Lahore 60 miles south of Sial A Pakistani army spokesman said Pakistani forces had pushed a lot of miles into In A Pakistani government spokesman claimed that Indian navy and air operations had been brought to a stand still and Pakistani forces had made tactical gains on all fronts including He said Pakistans armed forces had stabilized their positions on all Fierce Fighting The Indian Defense Ministry reported fierce fighting was in progres in the Lahore sec An announcement said 17 Pakistani had been de in past 24 hours and that the Pakistanis have been trying to regain positions they had lost to the Indian These attempts of theirs have been repulsed with heavy losses to the the an The wording of the announce ment made it appear that the Indians had indeed gone on the defensive after driving toward India claimed its forces were advancing along two other fronts opened Wednesday north and south of the flatlands battle It tot these attacks in the Sind area east of Karachi ond n the sector of Kashmir were designed to spread out Pakistans army while India concentrated on tha Lahore In Rawalpindi As the fighting U Thant ar rived in the Pakis tani to meet President Mohammed Ayub Khan and his peace mission to the two warring Before I submit my report to the Security I cannot say Thant told news men during a stopover at Kara will not help to make a public More paratroopers were re ported dropped during the night in both countries at points scat tered across the Their mission apparently was Cool drier air is moving in Associated Press A cool front backed up by drier air headed into Nebraska The front could be expected to loose more showers and thunderstorms in how The state had a new round of rains Wednesday They brought as much as inches of rain a mile north of Central Other substantial lations were recorded elsewhere in central doused by cloudbursts which produced floods Monday had more than halfan inch of new Wednesdays top temperature was 86 at The over night low was 46 at Record take on parking tickets Figures in the offices o City Clerk Treasurer Al Kte man today disclosed a record take on 25cent parking meter tickets for the month of Aug This indicates that the crackdown by new Chief of Police Merl Hesser on pay ment of tickets is getting re states The turned In for August is a modern The previous month amounted to V
