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The Sidney herald., 1961-08-02
Is Residents At
RiehIand Homes
(By Miss Cora E. Hines, Supt.)

(By Miss Cora e. Hines, Supt.)
The Richland Homes has now
been in operation for n month.
We have Is residents now. Mrs.
Jchanne Hansen, and Mrs. Eliza
beth Hardy jolled US on Tuesday
making % residents. On July 2.
the Richland Homes Board helc
their monthly meeting at the
Home. Ten members of the board
were able to be present. The meet
ing started with supper served al
$50.
On July the 18th the Golden
Band of the Pella Lutheran
church met at the Home. We en-
joyed having them at the Home
and invite other clubs and church
groups to hold n of their meet
ingS here.
Mrs. Johanna Weiderrich had
her Beth birthday one day this
past week. Some of her grand
children and friends brought
birthday cake and gifts 10 her.
They had their party in the dining
room.
We received our silverware on
M,,lday afternoon. We r CRATE
full to the Pella Ladies' Aid who
let us use their silverware unit
ours arrived and also to them
for cookies for our coffe hour
and to Mr.. and Mrs. D. w. John
son who brought US flowers from
their garden.
We will announce later the dat
of our dedication and open house
The Sidney herald., 1961-08-02
installation OF
Dial Phones AT
Savage Complete

Installation of new dial tele-
phone switching equipment at
Savage is rapidly nearing COM
pletion according to X. T: Pack
ard, local manager for Mountain
States Telephone. Mountain States
Telephone & Telegraph company
facilities in the Savage area will
cut over to the new seven digit
system of dialing, August 3.
The $57, 900 project to provide
better telephone service IN savage
will bring with it the latest tele-
phone numbering plan. Seven
digit numbers will provide uniform
numbering and eliminate the pos
sibility of Mistakes through mis-
understanding or misspellng OF an
exchange prefix. Charles ?. hlrk
is the installation crew foreman;
Incoming long distance calls
NAV be dialed directly to Savage
telephones from the originating
CITY thus speeding the completion
time for long distance service
Packard said. Long alStance calls
will be handled through Giendive
CONTINUED ON PAGE A.
The Sidney herald., 1961-08-02

len members of the sidney Future fnmer OF America CnapNr and ADVISOR JIM Nordn
Expeimentsl ShmnP nre Packing PLANT and feed yard in Billings Custer Battlefield Holly Sugar
EXPERIMENTS tahona Sherdan Wom and into Cheyenne Tor tour of the famed Wyoming Hereford
ranch Asa climax to the tour before starting homewardh through the BRckhnkh the boys viewed an
afternoon and evening performance of the Cheyenne Frontier days ce. ration The boys provided
their expenses for meals which were. all prepared by themselves Sleeping bags thrown on beside
the High school activity bsA selected sites Expenses trh e bus were paid by the local Chapter
from their past ears money making activities Mr. Nuden haed Trips of tsn nature add meaHr-
ably to "a Students @ourfures as veil as bringing him into direct contract with educational am-
ties studied in the Ia@omsd during the school year Left to right Dae Dynnesn Tor Saa Den
mis- Ruxhaum Dennis Wick Leonard hmGrerT Tom Thompson aYmon Leland Tad chHhng
Melvin Leland. Cary hhd and jim NoMhn F Advisor
The Sidney herald., 1961-08-02
Gustav Fieldstad
Dies Of Heart
Attack AT Chico

Gustav A. Fjeldstad, 70, died
Unexpectedly of a heart attack
Friday afternoon while swimming
at Chico Springs. He recently
moved to Livingston to retire.
Funeral services were conducted
at 2 p. m. Monday in the Franzen
chapel with the Rev. Peder Wal
dunn of the American Lutheran
church officiating. Burial vas in
Mountain View cemetery. Military
honors were accorded by Park
post No. %, American Legion.
Fjeldstad was born January %,
1891, in Belmond, Iowa, son of
the late Mr.. and Mrs. M. H.
FjeldS.ad of Wells, MINI. He
spent his early life and received
his education in Wells and was
graduated from Wells high school.
He attended the University of
North Dakota at Grand Forks and
in 1916 received a B. A. degree at
Luther College in DEBORAH, Iowa.
He was superintendent of
schools at AShby, Mimi, for a
time and in 1917 was called to mil
itary service during World War l..
He was commissioned a second
lieutenant while ~ a field artillery
division. Fjeldstad had taken an
active part in the American Lee
gion and was a past commander
of the Legion post in Havre. AT
the time of death he was adjutant
of Legion post No. IL IN Sidney.
After being released from the
service Fjeldstad held positions in
banks at Havre and Grand Forks
For the past 10 years he wa:
manager of the Axel Nelson In.
surance Agency in Sidney. H
recently sold his interest in In
agency and moved to Livingston
to make his home with his sister:
Fjeldstad was a member of Pell
Lutheran church at Sidney, til
' Havre Rotary club, Sidney K
wants club and Richland post N
,. IL of the American Legion.
!. Surviving are a brother, Dr.
A. FjeldStad OF Minneapolis, a
- three sisters, Laura, Agnetha a
"a Florence Fjeldstad of Livingstc
x He was preceded in death by I
parents, sister and two brOtl
erS.
The Sidney herald., 1961-08-02

Harvesting in Richland County
is in full swing, with cutting OF
winter wheat practically complet-
ed, and harvesting Of spring wheat
and other small grains in progress.
Yields of winter wheat varied
widely, with some acreageS in the
Mt. Pleasant community running
as high as about 80 bu. per acre
and those in the drier areas yield
ING only 8 to 10 blu. per acre. The
lower yieds were in such COM
munitieS as Andes, Girard, Elm
dale, Mona, and Hillcrest. County
wide, the winter wheat crop is
expected to average about Is bu.
per acre, with an estimated total
acreage of roughly $4,000 acres,
according to Dean Davidson, Rich
hand County Agent.
Yields of spring wheat will run
considerably lower, with some
fields expected to yield about IL
bu. per acre, but with an overall
average of about 5 bu., Davidson
estimated. Many of the fields
would not repay the labor and
costs on cutting.
Yields of other small grains
such as barley and oats, and
flax are worthless, Davidson said,
with oats being cut for hay. Saff-
flower yields were also reported
poor, except in the Sioux Pass
area, where some fields will be
about average. Hay crops except
n the irrigated section of tine
Lower Yellowstone Valley, are
also below normal.
Two light rains which fell in
the area, have helped to improve
range and pastures. About 2 in
cheS fell early Thursday morning
in the Sidney area, extending fol
about 40 miles out from town, alc
including the Brorson, Sioux Pas.
and Girard areas, but did no
: reach the Andes = Elmdale area
where crops are driest. The secont
rain on Thursday evening brough
less than " inch of moisture t.
: tine northwest part of the county
Y in the Mona-HillcreSt communl
ties Both rains came too late t
help grain crops.
r Thursday evenings shower wa
accompanied by a severe ha-
storm which struck the FairvieV
n area cutting a mile wide swat
: for a distance of about 10 mile;
if breaking windows, and doing con
n siderable damage to beets, bean
and corn in the area just east {
Fairview, and across the Mort
The Sidney herald., 1961-08-02
Vital Statistics

Marriage Licenses:
Sydney Mike Gardner, Fairview
and Laura Ann Klose, Sidney,
July 10th.
Births:
MI. and Mrs. Arvin Henley,
Fairview, girl, July 26.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arden Johnson,
Sidney, boy, July 29.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Olson,
Sidney, girl, July 20.
MIR. and Mrs. Gerald Edmonds,
Sidney, girl, July 20.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Stordahl,
Sidney, girl, July 80.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Klein
sasser, Sidney, girl, August 2.
The Sidney herald., 1961-08-02

served as location agent for the
group in their original settlement
The group also plans to award
a prize for the person coming the
farthest distance, one for the old
est couple, and one for the one
longest in Montana as well as
other possible prizes.
Mrs. William Tinker and Mrs.
john Reidle, have charge of ar
rangamentS.
The Sidney herald., 1961-08-02
Harvest In Full Swing;
Rains Help Grass, Pastures

Dakota line. Hay in the area, es-
capped injury, because tine second
cutting had just been completed
and baled. No estimate of the
damage was available.
Evening star., 1961-02-06
First Impression: Favorable

are surface virtues, and that
underneath is q political ad-
ministration Of the type from
which the country has suf-
fered IN big cities like Bos-
ton, New York and Chicago,
the popularity of Mr.. Ken
nedy would drop precipitate-
ly. There was indeed. some
raising Of eyebrows when he
put his brother In the cab
met, but fortunately for him
that same brother Is q com.
petent young man who Is
likely to do O good job If he
can only suppress his natural
instinct and affinity for be-
ing in on political operations.
On the whole, President
Kennedy has made an aus
picious start. He has sur
priSed many conservatives by
his disinclination to propose
radical policies. though some
Of the reports from his nu-
merous task forces" are as
theoretical as some of the
ideas the New Deal "brain
trust" brought forth - and
equally unrealistic.
Certainly on world policy,
the new President has made
a favorable impression thus
far at home and abroad. The
real test will, Of course, come
when eloquently phrased
principles have to be imple-
mented by necessarily harsh
decisions.
The European governments
are In q receptive mood and
will try to cooperate with
the new administration here.
There's 9 chance for dynamic
leadership. and If world af-
fairs show q turn for the
better after these many years
Of steadily increasing gains
for the Communists, the
American people will send
the popularity poll up q lot
Of percentage points for
President Kennedy. Con-
versely. any impression that
the Communists are being
appeased - and there are
some signs already that could
be ominous-will in due time
bring an adverse trend in
the public -opinion polls.
(Copyright, lo6I)
Evening star., 1961-02-06
McNomoro Is Strong Man

he looks. For one Of his first
acts was to relieve an EN-
barrassment Of the chair
men Of these two power
full congressional committees,
Senator Richard Russell and
Representative Carl Vinson,
both of Georgia.
It has been incorrectly re-
ported that Mr.. Russell and
Mr.. VinSon, both highly re-
served and highly correct
old-school Southern gentle
men, had been "pressuring"
President Kennedy to ap-
point the Georgia Governor,
Ernest Vandiver, to q Penta-
gon post. Mr.. McNamara
picked up his hat, went to
the Capitol, and told Mr..
Russell and Mr.. VinSon he
would be glad publicly to az
firm that this was untrue.
They declined his offer,
with thanks. But the fact
he made it didn't exactly do
him any harm anywhere In
Congress.
Evening star., 1961-02-06
WILLIAM S. WHITE
New Defense Secretary Makes
Quick Transition at Pentoqon

Every cabinet eventually
develops q strong man."
who by some seemingly in
evitable process becomes the
big, clear voice next to that
Of the President himself.
The Kennedy cabinet is
already turning up. such q
muscular figure, very early
in the game though it is.
Much less than a month in
office. Robert S. Mcnamara,
the new Secretary OF Defense,
is not only comfortably as
stride the vast Pentagon. He
is also-by that word-of-
mouth report which informs
the Washington world outside
the cabinet room-b e ing
identified as "the conner in
the Kennedy outfit"
He Is the first Of the new
cabinet to take a public step
Of the first magnitude. This
is his plan urgently to build
up our troop air transport so
that by July-rather than
four years later-jet troor
carriers will be available to
hurl our infantry upon any
brush-fire war anywhere.
But previously he had
taken important private
steps, too, which established
in days two points other De-
fense Secretaries had not al
ways been able to establish
in years. One was that the
civil authority-McNamara's
was to be unarguably final
at the Pentagon. The other
was that the generals and
admiralS were to stop dis
agreeing in public with the
high policies laid down by
their constitutional supe-
riors. the civil authority.
And McNamara in a Cab
met meeting is described as
something to See." One
source puts it this way: "You
watch that young fellow (4D
only a little while and you
no longer wonder how he got
Evening star., 1961-02-06
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Dick Nixon visits Washington. He has conducted him
self with such dignity in his role that Nelson Rockefeller
wants the G. O. to make Nixon its No permanent private
citizen.
Upcoming book The Collected Threatening Letters of
Harry Truman.
Secretary Hodges may cut the $500 duty-free
allowance returning tourists Democrats hope spur the
economy by revvng honorable forefathers
smuggling. -.-
The Agriculture Department says the average American
1488 pounds of food Much of it, Of
to waist.
House Leader Haleck says Republican Party full
Of "srgng vitality" The G. O. p has built strong sturdy
muscles since Notwithstanding away from televson
Evening star., 1961-02-06

to be president of the Ford
Motor Company"
An unimpressive figure, his
gold-rimmed glasses glitter
ing, his hair slicked back in
the fashion of thirty years
ago, he looks rather like a
small-town insurance agent.
But he stirs an impression,
indeed, by the quality of the
pleasantly firm, cool de-
cisions he makes for the
Presidents approval and for
the somewhat amazed at
tention Of his cabinet COL
leagues.
His power of concise ex-
preston is described - by
people who know something
about expression - as un-
matched in a cabinet which,
after all. has some other
pretty articulate men.
The least political" and
far the leaSt-known of the
cabinet when he came into
it, he is rapidly becoming the
best known of all. Already,
his bipartisan, undoctrinaire,
attitude is serving him well,
at the Capitol as in the
administration.
AS Secretary Of Defense
he must deal in Congress
with the two least-partisan
committees it has, those on
military affairs. And as it
happens, both these commit
tees are headed by conserva-
tive Democrats who will not
be happy with every aspect
Of Mr.. Kennedy's new from
tier but are still very happy
that an old frontier, ma
tional defense, is in the
hands Of Mr.. McNamara's
band.
Now, to repeat, he is mot
a politician" But in one of
the central political skillS.
the handling Of men, he may
be more Of q politician than
Evening star., 1961-02-06

B'Nai Zion, the American fra
ternal Zionist organization. The
dinner was in his honor.
Mr.. johnson said:
Preventing war itself is not
enough For the people Of
the Middle East the margin Of
bare survival is too narrow to
make tolerable the mainte-
nance Of costly burdens Of
arms"
Mr.. johnson repeated the
words Of President Kennedy,
who said last year:
The Middle East needs
water. not war. They need trac-
tors, not tanks, and they need
bread, not bombs"
Evening star., 1961-02-06
RALPH McGILL
Late Reading Proves Disturbing

Marse Henry's collection, and
! found what I wanted. In
discussing politics he had put
down q pearl Of wisdom. He
shifted at those who saw
danger in partisan conten-
ton. He said the political
differences which disturbed
the people of that day were
as nothing compared with
those which had confronted
"our grandfathers" He
pointed out the Republic had
outlasted the irrepressible
conflict; the Constitution of
the Nation had survived the
strain Of o reconstructory or
deal, a presidential impeach-
ment, q disputed count Of the
electoral vote >. yet stands
firm as q rock against. its
enemies. yielding itself with
admirable flexity to the
needs Of the country and the
time"
Then he said, in closing:
"The history of q hundred
years of constitutional gov
ernment in America - the
story and the moral lesson
of all our parties-may be
summed up in q single SEN
tence: When any political
society in this country thinks
it has the world in a sling,
public opinion just rears back
upon its hind legs and kicks
1t out"
I liked that Just fine. So
turned out the light and went
to sleep. Slept sound. too.
Evening star., 1961-02-06
DOM0 FEEEONTN
Reds Intend to Force the Pace

Mr.. Kennedy viii decide the
tone toward Mr.. Khrushchev
from day to day or hour to
hour If need be. Yet in the
absence Of a warning from
Washington about that tone,
Mr.. Stevenson might have
been wrong had he spoken
/harshly Of the impending
visit.
Nor is it wise or even pos
Sible to make the q. N. Am
basSador q mere sounding
board for what Is decided or
felt each day in Washing
ton. It is not hard to talk
tough TO the Russians: Mr..
Stevenso 80 ms predecessor,
Henry Cabot Lodge, did that
very wen but with no visible
Improvement in the inter-
national situation.
The President knows this.
The fact that he iS putting
men Of such stature as Mr..
Stevenson and George Ken
nan, former Ambassador to
Moscow, in sensitive posi-
tions affecting American
Soviet relations, shows anew
that he prefers brains and
sees no need Of yes men.
The fact that Mr.. Steven
son has Q devoted political
following remains o vexing
element In the situation. It
will tend inexorably by the
nature Of power to disap-
pear and the President is
helping the process along by
the old tactic Of divide and
conquer. It is an obscure
member indeed Of the top
Stevenson clique who is
not today househunting in
Washington after he has
closed an important Gov
ernment office thoughtfully
provided for him by the far
sighted young man from
Boston.
Evening star., 1961-02-06

seat in the Senate Of the
United States, the trail Of
the dollar mark is over US
all"
To embellish his point, Mr..
Watterson recalled a cynical
bit Of doggerel as follows:
"AS with cautious step we
tread our way through
This intricate world as other
d, folks do.
May we each on his journey
be able to view
The benevolent face Of q
dollar or two;
The gospel is preached
For q dollar or two;
You may sin sometimes,
But the worst Of all crimes
Is to find yourself short Of Q
dollar or two"
Marse Henry thought that
was sadly true Of his time.
How little Of the old.
primitive morality, with its
fine distinction OF right and
wrong. remains what a
struggle it Is to get money
for moneys sake"
II would lure our great
Republic" he said, in closing,
away from the pitfalls that
engulfed old Rome, and plant
it anew upon the sure foun-
dations Of morality and man
hood, the only genuine e
sources Of a nations
wealth. :"
I put down the book, fear
coming upon me. If, half a
century ago, Marse Henry
was discouraged by the lack
Of public virtue, the grubby
hunt for money, the use of
public office for private gain.
the worldliness Of the pulpit,
then, indeed. today we must
be very close to that preci-
pice over which toppled old
Rome.
I had one more try at
Evening star., 1961-02-06
Kennedy Popularity Expected to Grow,
HHe Can Avoid Stigma Of PoIitickinq


But the ups and downs Of
popularity polls show that.
while public opinion isn't
exactly tickle, 1t reacts
sharply to the things that
might be called irregular"
Thus the Truman admins
tration was hurt by the
scandals that cropped up In
various departments Of the
Government and, though Mr..
Truman personally wasn't in
any way involved, the epi-
sodes nevertheless did turn
public opinion away from
him and helped bring about
the defeat Of the Demo-
cratic Party. in 1852.
Anything that touches in
tegrity is a delicate issue,
which quickly influences the
voters. The public doesn't
like political fixing or polit-
ical chicanery. One of the
main reasons for Dwight
Eisenhower'S almost unbro-
ken popularity-it averaged
66 per cent throughout his
two administrations - was
his aloofness from politics.
He was for such a long time
in the military service that
he didn't have q chance to
learn the wileS Of politics.
In fact, his environment and
training led him to shun
politics. He suffered some
defeats in Congress because
he didn't understand the art
Of playing politics" but, on
the whole, the country ap-
proved Of him as a man who
put the Nations interest
above all else-even political
gain.
Already whatever criticism
has been heard about Presi-
dent Kennedy is that he is q
practical politician who will
make members Of Congress
"toe the mark, or else" The
American people. it will be
discovered in due time, don't
like that kind Of tactics. II
it should turn out that all
the high-sounding and noble
phrases Of recent speeches
Evening star., 1961-02-06

not wait, among them the
Congo. The solution now dis
cussed is a federation gov
ernment for that troubled
area.
The man in the middle,
as Mr.. Kennedy, Secretary of
State Rusk and the various
experts embark on their
search for q durable policy,
is Adlai Stevenson, United
States Ambassador to the
United Nations. It did not
take Mr.. Stevenson long to
discover that the old policy
guidelines had been frayed
to the point Of uselessness.
Nor had anyone in author
ity had time to figure out
what should be done to meet
the Congo crisis or handle
Mr.. Khrushchev's apparent
tactics. Mr.. Stevenson de.
cided that the thing to do
was to be extremely polite
to everybody until some de.
cisions could be reached.
He has been making duty
calls like mad and reaching
into every resource Of Ian
guage, travel and experience
to reassure members Of the
United Nations that the
country for which he speaks
Is q friend working for peace.
He has also blundered by be-
ing rather too genial about
MIR. Khrushchev's prospects
Of visiting with Mr.. Ken
nedy and the President let
him know it by a debating
press conference comment.
This was more than a mere
incident. 1t amounts to firm
notice to Mr.. Stevenson that
Evening star., 1961-02-06
DAVID LAWRENCE

Where does President Ken
nedy stand today in pop
ularity throughout the coun-
try?
Many people who didn't
vote for him are saying nice
things about him. Their
comment Is that his tele-
vision appearances thus far
have made . good impression
and that his. statements on
public policy have been re-
strained. cautious and pru-
dent. ..
Indeed, while it is hazard
Gus always to predict what q
public -opinion poll on the
popularity Of a President
will show in the future, it
wouldn't be surprising to see
the Kennedy percentage go
up into the 70S or even the
sos. It will be recalled, how
ever, that in the early days
of his first administration,
President Truman reached q
figure Of 81 per cent-an all
time high for Q President
only to drop to an all-time
dow Of % per cent in No
vember, 1851.
This writer recalls that in
the spring Of 1945 the late
Charles G. Ross, Mr.. Tru-
mans press secretary and q
former newspaperman of ex-
perience, said privately that
he, was puzzled by the SEEM
ing lack Of criticism and
that things "look too good to
be true" This often happens
in what is described as the
honeymoon" period. Even
President william Howard
Taft was thrilled by it In
1909, only to find himself
defeated three and Q half
years later.
President Kennedy got the
votes of approximately half
the American people last
November. Presumably he
has retained that support
and needs only to make some
inroads in the other half.
Apparently he now has made
some substantial gains there.
Evening star., 1961-02-06
Johnson Asks Cut
In Mid-E Arms

NEW YORK. Feb. 6 (AP).-
Vice President johnson says
reduction Of ornaments in the
Middle East Is essential to
world peace and to improve
ment of the living standards
Of people in the area.
He promises the Kennedy ad-
ministration will work for peace
in the Middle East.
Mr.. Johnson called for a
quick cutback in Middle East
ornaments last night in ad-
dressing the annual dinner Of
Evening star., 1961-02-06
Rocket Up in Test
Of Liquid Hydrogen

A rocket was shot to an alti-
tude of "a miles yesterday
from Wallops Island, Va, to
test the behavior Of liquid hy-
drogen under weightless con-
ditions.
The National Aeronautics
and Space Administration said
the experiment was successful
in its main objective. However.
a camera pack mounted in the
nose cone could not be recov-
cred because of rough seas. The
package parachuted into the
! Atlantic as planned.