that we can put men on a bus route to the moon and take pictures of the surface of Mars . . . but can't stop the flu bug from attacking children.
Arizona likes us.
Ten thousand Nebraska football fans generated an estimated $4.5 million in added revenue in Arizona during the Fiesta Bowl.
Nebraska and Arizona State each received $210,419, a record payoff, according to George Isbell, president of the Bowl.
During the Fiesta Bowl festival, 8,100 people participated in 24 events including 3,200 who were competitors in 14 Fiesta sporting events. Those included tennis, bowling, football, basketball, wrestling, judo, volleyball, gymnastics, golf and swimming.
Approximately 210,000 fans were spectators at these events including record crowds of 122,000 at the parade and 51,396 at the Fiesta Bowl game.
(Wonder how many went to the churches and how much the receipts were there, compared with a year ago.)
Stock car racing returns.
Ted Wilson, Sidney, Ia., has met with drivers and owners to plan the reopening of the I-29 speedway across the Nebraska City river bridge.
And new cars will be on the track, we're told. Dave (J.R.) Snodgrass and friends have been working ali winter.
"We're about ready to put the body on it now," J.R. says.
Auto racing attracts one of the largest group of sports fans in the country. The half mile dirt track near Nebraska City has also attracted some top drivers and race fans tell us they hope to relight that interest again.
Stolen.
Some green members of a hunting club returned from their first day's shooting. Since none were used to handling guns, the casualty list was a bit obvious.
One had his hand in a sling. One was hopping on one foot. A third looked like the drummer boy in the Revolutionary War picture.
"Cheer up," an old member urged. "Judging by the bulge in that bag, you're not coming in empty-handed."
"That," said the bag carrier, "is ole' Shep, our dog."
The March issue of the American Legion magazine has an interesting story about Eisenhower and his famous grin.
Frank Holeman, a former reporter for the New York Daily News, says he learned the secret of the grin in 1959 while Ike was visiting the Air Force Academy.
It was at a time when the President had much on his mind with illnesses of his cabinet, advisers and friends. He wasn't scheduled to speak, but took the podium anyway.
He didn't groan about his troubles. He didn't plead for sympathy or help. He said this.
"Make sure you get enjoyment out of every day. Life should be a thing to enjoy. Make certain that your face doesn't grow longer as the day grows older. Go to bed with a smile and remember a very fine day.
"And with that custom I am quite sure you will find a long, happy and fruitful life — fruitful to yourself, to your country and to humanity."
I guess that's why so many people said, "I like Ike."
Today's quickie on the law
Are fire and rescue volunteers exempted from traffic laws?
Nope. The blinking red or blue lights don't give them any more right than you. A volunteer who runs a red light and has an accident with his private vehicle or an emergency vehicle is "stuck with it." He knows that, too.
The same applies to speeding on streets and highways. Law enforcement officers cooperate on all emergencies, but an outright speeder is a plain speeder.
But — out of common traffic courtesy, you might give the volunteers the right of way. They're trying to do a job.
Fire Chief Bill Berger and Rescue Chief Harold Rowe say they remind the Nebraska City volunteers regularly about traffic laws.
After over 14 years, we finally enclosed our carport during winter and made a garage on the south side of the house. We had forgotten the comfort of puttering around in the evening in a garage. I like to tinker with cars and over the years the carport has left little cover, except for shade.
Meanwhile, my neighbor, Harold Gress, erected a double garage on the east side of his house, put a heater in it and has spent the winter working on projects.
My garage houses cars, a motorcycle and an electric barbecue grill, the latter which was purchased from Jack Scharp because he didn't like the !!!——&&&???++(())! (censored) thing and instead let Max Endelman talk him into a gas grill. The grill isn't ready just yet to go "into service." First, I have to get some of those Polynesian Love stones from Bill Brockley at City Utilities.
Back to this meanwhile thing . . . you see, my neighbor Harold doesn't just putter to putter.
I enclose a carport for a garage.
He puts up a double garage.
I tinker around with motor vehicles and barbecue grills.
Know what he's doing?
Rebuilding an airplane.
Yup. He's got a pickup truck, a sedan and a Piper Cub in his double garage.
Rebuilding airplanes is old hat for Harold. He's had a private pilot's license since the post-WWII days and has worked on a number of planes.
He went down during a coyote hunt some years ago and although he doesn't get into any foot races, he's steady and confident about airplanes. He still flies and is rebuilding the Piper as another project.
He has the best reason we've ever heard for such a project.
"I like to do it!"
Recipes wanted.
The News-Press will publish a Bicentennial cookbook edition soon and your help is needed to do the job.
Got a favorite "oldtime" recipe? Send it to the News-Press. The oldtimers had a way of getting a hearty meal on the table without the electric mixers, blenders and gas and electric ovens that have automatic timing devices etc.
We'd like to know how they did it and we think our readers would appreciate your sharing that treasured recipe.