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The Greenfield Daily Reporter PHONE tH YOUR NEWS Phone HO 2-5528 Entered as Second-Clas Matter at The Post Office, Greenfield, Indiana By Carrier 25c Per Week: By Mail in Indiana $6.00 Per Year SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS Member of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GREENFIELD, INDIANA, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13, 1958. WEATHER Continued cold, light snow flurries tonight and Sunday. 197 Plan for Punishing Intoxicated Drivers Tigers Lose to Franklin Twp. G. H.

S. Netters Have 'Black Friday' Local basketball fans are beginning to wonder if this year's Greenfield Tigers can hit or whether they are just starting the season a little slow, as the Collman Band Plays Elks Yule Parly George CoIIman and his orchestra, a well known musical combination from Batesville. will play for dancing entertainment at the local Elks Club December 20th. Christmas dinner dance, it was announced today by Jack New. Elk's committee cha'rraan.

Dancing wiil start at 9:30 p. m. and will continue to 1 a. m. at the South Street clubrooms of the Greenfield Elks lodge.

Prior to the dancing, dinner will be served from 7:30 p. m. to 9 p. m. A cocktail hour will precede the dinner with the planned ca-tivitics of the evening starting at 6:30 p.

m. said Chairman New. "All Elks members are urged to make their reservations early since the reservation list will be closed on Thursday evening." warned the committee VOLUME NUMBER Jury's Verdict For Defendant $100,000 Wrongful Death Suit Ends A verdict for the defendant was returne by a Hancock County jury Friday in a venued $100,000 wrongful death suit after about three hours' deliberation. The plaintiff was Harry Boles, a member of the U. S.

Air Force and administrator of the estate of his mother, Mrs. Gertrude B. Boles, a former Marion County resident. Mrs. Boles, mother of five children, was killed In an auto crash July 11, 1957 on U.

S. 31 south of Indianapolis. The absolved of liability by the jury, was Des-ter Pape, Yonkers. N. Y.

Pape, a salesman for the New York dress manufacturing firm of Jonathan Logan. drove his car onto U. S. 31 without stopping and collided with the Boles car. Mrs.

Boles' automobile was knocked into the path of a truck pulling a house Defense attorneys contended that Pape was not negligent in his driving and showed that a stop sign on the side road was obscured by trees and growth. At the time of the crash considerable newspaper publicity was printed about the partially hidden sign. The State Highway Department cut down obstructing growth a few days after the accident and still later replaced the sign with a new one which was supposed to be more Yule Shopping Puts Zip Into Nations Economy Outlook Is for Record Christmas Trade By WALTER BREEDE JR. NEW YORK (AP) A vigorous upsurge in Christmas buying put new zip in the nation's economy this week. Heavy sows smothered Chrstmas sales in some cities and a newspaper strike stymied sales promotion efforts in New York.

But for the nation as a whole the outlook was for a 3 to 4 per cent rise over last year's Christmas volume. Electric consumption climbed to a record high of more than 13 billion killowat hours as the main streets and shopping centers of America turned on the Christmas lights. Detroit contributed to the winter upturn. Auto production again topped the 140.000 mark and if Chrysler Corp. plants hadn't been hobbled by strikes, the total would have reached 130,000.

Chevrolet and Rambler set new production highs. Steel output was the highest since October. Likewise encouraging were the latest figures on jobs and paychecks. Unemployment held steady from mid-October to mid-November instead of showing the usual seasonal rise. Increased hiring by industry offset cold weather cutbacks in farming and construction.

Average weekly earnings of factory workers punched to an all-time high. Stock sales totaled 19,091.914 shares in the latest week compared to 17,565.462 in the previous week and 11,487,210 shares in the Tigers suffered their fourth defeat of the season 43-39. Other Greenfield players are: Shore (25) and Windgassen (23). Franklin players are: J. Barnett (33), W.

Barnett (35) and Drier (45). (Reporter Photo Kivett) Two Points Coming Up Tony Hunt, (21) of the Tigers, lets loose with a shot that was good for two points in last night's encounter with Franklin Twp. Tony ended the evening with 10 points to his credit but it wasn't enough as the Harold Smith Is BLOOMINGTON. Ind. (AP A New York police scientist proposes that persons convicted of drunken driving be required to display insignia emblematic of the convictions on their license plates.

The scientist, James Ostergerg, offered one plan Friday at the country's first national symposium on alcohol and road traffic, being held at Indiana University. Ostenburg said license revocations, fines and jail sentences have not decreased drunken driving. He said 'social stigmatization' might prove more effective. Tiny Monkey Is Space Traveler Primate Lost in Jupiter's Nose Cone WASHINGTON AP The Army flung a tiny monkey into space today but lost it in the south Atlantic. Six hours after the monkey began its journey in the nose cone of a Jupiter intermediate range ballistic missile the Army announced that the search for the little space traveller had been abandoned.

It was the first attempt by the United States to put a primate a higher type of mammal irtto space to start a determination of the effects of space travel upon man. The nose cone of the Jupiter with its cozy cabin for the squir rel monkey reached an altitude of 600 miles on its roaring trin from Cape Canaveral, Fla. The Army reported the 1,500 -mile flight was completely successful. But. it said, 'there appears to have been a mishap in the tricky recovery gear which is carried in the nose cone to assist search planes and ships in recovery efforts.

Brig. Gen. J. A. Barclay, commander of the Army missile agency, said observers on naval vessels stationed in the target area reported seeing three sections of the Jupiter reenter the earth's atmosphere.

But, he said, they were unable to locate them in the south Atlantic. Barclay said the parts reentering the atmosphere were the booster stage rocket of the big Jupiter missile, the instrument compartment containing guidance devices and the nose cone itself. Despite failure to recover the monkey from the ocean depths, the flight provided much information on the effects of space travel on a higher order of animal. Raymond Knoop Dies Suddenly Raymond Knoop, age 62 years, of New died unexpectedly Friday night in his home. Mr.

Knoop was born in the same house in which he died, but had lived the greater part of his life in Indianapolis. A World War I veteran, Mr. Knoop was a member of the New Palestine Methodist Church and American Legion Post No. 4 in Indianapolis. Surviving are the widow, Mrs.

Mary Knoop; one son, Raymond Knoop, of Indianapolis; three grandchildren; his mother, Mrs. Carrie Knoop; one sister, Mrs. Gladys Jacobi, both of New Palestine. Funeral services will be conducted from the Hendryx Fields Mortuaries, New Palestine Chapel at 2 p. m.

(DST) Monday. Interment will take place in Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the Chapel after 7 p. m. Saturday.

Cardinal Spellman Attends Consistory ROME (AP) Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, arrived by jet plane today to attend the consistory at which two Americans will become cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church. The two U.S. Cardinals-designate, Archbishops Richard J. Cushing of Boston and John O'Hara of Philadelphia, met Cardinal Spellman. With them was Msgr.

Amleto Cicognani, long the Vatican dele gate to the United States, also here to receive the red hat of a cardinal at the consistory beginning Monday. Tigers could manage but a poor .191 from the field last night and were defeated by the Franklin Township Flashes by the score of 43-39. The los3 dropped the local squad to a 2-4 season mark while the victory was the first for the Flashes in seven tries. Greenfield took the led at the end of the first quarter by the score of 3-7, but that was the last time the Tigers were to lead. Franklin outscored the home team 18-7 in the second period and held a nice 25-15 lead at the half.

The Tigers roared back in the third period and tied the score at 30-30 before Franklin could pull away to a five point lead at the end of the third quarter, 35-30. Greenfield tried to puil the game out of the fire in the fourth quarter but could manage to chop just one point off of the Flashes' lead as they out-scored the winners 9-8 in the final eight minutes of action. The Bengals shot .056 (1-18) in the first period, .154 (2-13) in the second, a hot .429 (6-14) in the third and a poor .125 (3-24) in the final stanza. The Flashes shot .133 (2-15), .583 (7-13), .294 (5-17) and .182 (2-11). The winners shot .292 (16-56) for the game, while the Tigers could manage to get only 12 of 69 shots for a .191 average.

Tony Hunt led the local squad in scoring with 10 points on five field goals. Dick Shore chipped in with eight markers. Ned Fox led the winners with nine points. Gasaway and J. Barnett each scored eight in the Flashes' balanced attack, to help the winners' cause.

BOX SCORE: Greenfield FG FT PF TP Hunt 5 0 1 10 Ballinger 0 2 0 2 Windgassen 110 3 Warrum 10 3 2 Skinner 0 0 0 0 Shore 2 4 5 8 Hart 2 3 4 7 Willard 0 11 1 Kelly 14 2 6 Jessup 0 0 10 TOTALS 12 15 17 39 Franklin Twp. FG FT PF TP Harkness 10 3 2 J. Barnett 3 2 2 8 N. Fox 2 5 4 9 W. Barnett 2 0 4 4 Akers 2 14 5 J.

Cougill 2 2 0 6 Drier 0 13 1 Hammersley 0 0 0 0 Gasaway 4 0 2 8 TOTALS 16 11 19 43 Free Throws Missed: Greenfield Franklin Twp. 12 Score by Quarters: Greenfield 8 7 15 939 Franklin Twp. 7 18 10 843 The Greenfield Reserves lost the opening contest in the final four seconds, 34-32. The win came on a pair of free throws by an unidentified Franklin Reserve. Steve Davis led the local squad in scoring with 13 points.

Score by Quarters: Cubs 6 15 4 732 Franklin Twp. 6 11 6 1134 Greenfield will travel to Beech Grove tonight to meet the Hornets in their second Capital District Conference game of the year. Varsity game time will be at 8:00 p.m. C.D.T., with the reserves slated to start at 6:45. Beech Grove lost its first game of the year last night by the score of 48-45 to Wood High School.

The Hornets' record now stands at 5-1. Cited for Assault Battery on Mother Sandra Ellis, 19, 211 West South, was arrested by city police Friday on a charge of assault and battery on affidavit of her mother, Lucille Ellis. The complaint charges an attack on a younger sister earlier this week. She entered a plea of not guilty in JP Court and was returned to custody under $100 bond. Birth Announcement Mr.

and Mrs. Wilbur Young, of Route 3, Greenfield, announce the arrival of a new baby girl. The little Miss, who has been named Peggy Sue, weighed 6 lbs. 12 oz. at birth.

She was born at the Hancock Memorial Hospital. Chain Reaction Accident Occurs Four Automobiles Damaged in Collision Four automobiles, two driven by out-of-state motorists, were damaged in a chain reaction collision in the 800 block of West Main Street, Friday evening. City police listed the damage as minor and stated none was hurt. To start off the series of rear end bumps Howard Haugen. 20, Ft.

Benjamin Harrison, stopped his car before attempting a left turn into a service station drive. Immediately behind Haugen, was Waldo Madison, 36, Charlottesville, whose car was struck from the rear of another driven by Olive S. Woess-net, 53. Houston, Texas, which knocked Madison into Haugen. The third car was then struck by a fourth driven by Neal V.

Garrett, 44, Gambrills, Md. Icy road conditions and poor visibility contributed to the accident, according to the police report. Total damages was estimated at about $310. John Wickliff Dies Saturday John II. Wickliff, age 95 years, a resident of Greenfield, Rt.

1, died at 12:25 a. m. Saturday in the McGraw Nursing Home at Fountaintown. Born in Shelby County, the son of John K. and Martha Huffman Wickliffff, he lived all cf his life in Hancock and Shelby Counties where he was a retired farmer.

Surviving are five children, Mrs. Leona W. Quick of Indianapolis; Grover and Russell Wickliff of Greenfield, Rt. Ralph and Oren Wickliff of Greenfield; nine grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren. One son, Emmett Wickliff, is deceased.

Funeral serv'ces at 10 a. m. DST Tuesday at the Mt. Lebanon Methodist Church with Rev. Paul Bruce, the pastor, officiating.

Interment will take place in Mt. Lebanon cemetery. Friends may call at the Pasco Memorial Mortuary after Sunday noon until 8:30 a. m. Tuesday and after that time at the church.

Former Yugoslavia Premier Passes Avay LONDON (AP) Prof. Slobodan Jovanofic, 89, a World War II premier of Yugoslavia later sentenced to death in absentia by Marshal Tito, died in a nursing home Friday. At his death Jovanovic was president of the Yugoslav National Committee in London, a post he had occuped since Western recognition of Tito's regime. Jovanovic was premier of the Royal Yugoslav Government in London from January, 1942, to June, 1943. He served as deputy premier in the cabinets immediately before and after his own.

For over 40 yars before World War II he was a professor at the University of Belgrade. He wrote extensively of Balkan history, European literature, and political thousht. Ice Chill Southland Today Cold Extends From Texas to Georgia By TILS ASSOCIATED TRESS Snow and ice chilled the South today from Taxas to Georgia. The fall measured 10 inches in Pine Bluff, 5 in 4 in Clarksdale, 2 in Greenwood, and the Memphis Airport and 1 in Birmingham, Ala. Oklahoma's traffic slowed under the influence of the state's worst snowstorm this season.

Okmulgee caught ll2 inches and Tulsa 7. The fall in other parts of the state ranged from 1 to 6 inches. Snow and sleet hit much of northern Texas and the panhandle area had up to 4 inches of snow. Perry ton, in the panhandle, reported a zero temperature at 7 a.m. Warnings of heavy snow and hazardous driving conditions were in effect for a cold belt that reached from southern Kansas into Texas and thence eastward through Arkansas, southern Tennessee and the northern sections of Mississippi and Alabama.

New snow also was spreading into the western plains from the Rockies. The southerners had plenty of company in their weather misery. It was cold over most of the country. Thermometers registered -24 in Bemidji, -16, in Dubuque, Iowa, -14 in Duluth, and Fargo, N.D., -12 in Rockford, 111., -9 in Madison, and Joliet, 111., -10 in Minneapolis-St. Paul and Des Moines, Iowa, -7 at Chicago's O'Hare Field, -6 in Grand Rapids, Omaha, Sault Ste.

Marie, and South Bend, Ind. The cold spread way out west. Portland had 29 above and Spokane, 27. It reached into the South, 32 the freezing level in Jacksonville, 21 in Charlotte, N. 20 in Nashville, and 10 in Richmond, Va.

Miami Beach had a low of 52. During the early morning a spreading snow had coated northern Alabama and extreme northwestern Georgia. Temperatures dropped to freeing across the upper half of-Alabama as far south as the Birmingham area. The Alabama highway patrol cautioned motorists about hazardous driving conditions. Snow flurries also were forecast for the eastern slopes of the Rockies, the eastern portion of the Great Lakes, and New England.

The weather was generally fair west of the Rockies, especially in the Southwest and thae Pacific coastline. Mildred Campbell Heads Stale Group LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) The Indiana County Extension Agents Assn has elected S. B. Scott, Johnson County agent, as its president for 1959, succeeding M.

A. Nye of Porter County. Miss Mildred Campbell of Hancock County succeeds Miss Ethel Nice of Cass County as president of the Indiana Home Demonstration Agents Assn. SANTA'S HELPERS P. O.

Box 183 Greenfield, Ind. A Friend 2.00 Mr. Mrs. Wm. Lyon 5.00 Arthur C.

Downing 10.00 American Legion 5.00 Monday Study Club 8.30 Pasco Memorial Mort. 10.00 Mr. Mrs. A. B.

Priest 5.00 of Circle Rebekah 5.00 Miller-Jones Co. 10.00 Hazel Wood 3.00 G-field Bldg. Loan 15.00 McCullers Meat Mkt. 20.00 Received Today 98.30 Previously reported 905.00 TOTAL TO DATE $1,003.30 All Is Set for CD Rescue Show Bombs To Start Demonstrations The Hancock County Civil Defense Police will hold their rescue demonstration tonight at 8:00 p. m.

at the court house. At 7:55 p. m. the first of five aerial bombs will be exploded and they will continue to explode at one minute intervals until 8:00 p. m.

At 8:00 p. m. the fire whistle will be tied down for a short period of time. Local citizens are warn-, ed that this is just a demonstration and not to worry. When the fire whistle is blown at 8:00 p.

the fire rescue and rescue equipment will move in on the court house from the south side. Ot 8:10 the Marion County Rescue Unit and the American Red Cross will move to the court house from the west end of the city. Victims will be removed from all three floors of the court house. The victims for tonight's demonstration will be local Boy Scouts. SHOPPIE'S DAYS LEFT puty Sherif Center Twp.

Resident To Take Office Jan. 1 Harold Smith, of Center township, has been appointed deputy sheriff by Sheriff-elect Edwin Kirkpatrick. Mr. Smith will assume his new duties on January 1st, at which time Mr. Kirkpatrick becomes sheriff.

Mr. Smith and family reside on the Applcdale Road. He has been a resident of Center township for the past ten years. He is a carpenter and floor finisher. Mr.

and Mrs. Smith have two sons, who are students at Hancock Central. Sheriff-elect Kirkpatrick and Smith attended the two-day Police Training School held at Indiana University on Monday and Tuesday. Law enforcement officers from 54 Indiana counties were in attendance. Speakers included A.

Robert Matt, assistant director of the school; Robert O'Neal, Marion county sheriff, and formerly superintendent of the Indiana State Police, and members of the FBI. The school was designed to teach officers to better perform their duties in enforcing the law. Willov Branch esident Dies Howard Fletcher, age 75 years, of Willow Branch, died Friday in his home after a two months' illness. Born August 13, 1883 in Willow Branch, the son of John and Ar-minda F. Fletcher, Mr.

Fletcher lived all of his life in that community where he was an interior decorator. He was a member of the Willow Branch Methodist Church and the Eagles Lodge at New- Castle. Surviving are nieces and nephews, Mrs. Loral Ands and Mrs. Marvin Fletched, this city, Horace Fletcher, Winchester, a sister-in-law, Mrs.

Elmer Fletcher cf Muncie; several grand-nieces and nephews. Three brothers, Leonard, Noble and Elmer Fletcher and a sister, Mrs. Myrle Nichols, are deceased. Funeral services at 2 p. m.

Monday (DST) from the Willow Branch Methodist Church with burial in Willow Branch cemetery. Friends may call after 7 p. m. Saturday until noon Monday at the Flannigan Funeral Home. Arrives From California.

Miss Barbara Turner arrived in Greenfield Wednesday from San Francisco, for a several days' stay with her mother, Mrs. William McCain, and Mr. McCain, of North East Street. Miss Turner's marriage to Robert Jameson will take place here on Sunday, December 28th, State Highway Plan Oppose Single Administrative Post Deemed Unwise INDIANAPOLIS AP Gov. Harold W.

Handley and Lt. Gov. Crawford F. Parker are oposing a proposal to place the State Highway Department under a single administrator with an 11-mem-ber advisory commission. The plan was advocated Friday by a General Assembly 'watchdog' committee.

State Sen. Ruel VV. Steele (R-Bedford). chairman, said the committee was not criticizing the present thrcc-mcmber commission but had uncovered many weaknesses in the operation. Handley and Parker said they would oppose vesting control in what they called a 'bureaucratic and they called the advisory commission Kendallville FFA Team Wins Judging BOLOXI, (AP A team from Tynder, won the Snyder trophy in the open division of the junior horticultural contests of the National Junior Vegetable Growers Assn.

The winers were John Roose, Sandy 'Karn and Jim Huffman, coached by Alvin Boise. A team from Kendallville, receive a plaque from the National Grange as th3 top Future Farmers cf America judging team. They were David McFarlin, who also was high individual, Howard Hodge and Don Gehrin. They were coached by Dale Schin-Beckler. Gerald Wentworth, of Kendallville, also scored high in the open division.

Saly Sue Boyll of Terre Haute won a demonstration contest for better methods of preparing fruits and vegetables. She showed how she prepared an attractively packaged ready-to-eat salad for sale. Her coach was Miss Beulah Dor-ney. Kelly Pellillo Is Refused His Parole INDIANAPOLIS (AP The State Board of Correction refused Friday to grant a second parole to Kelly Petillo, 1935 winner of the 500-mile auto race. Petillo is in the State Prison on a term of 1 to 10 years for slashing the face of bis former secretary in 1949.

Freed once, he was returned later to prison as a parole violator. same 1957 week. Bond sales had a par value of S32.377.500 in the latest week, S31. 890000 in the previous week and $30,035,000 in the corresponding week a year ago. The news about employment was good for just about everybody except the 3,800,000 Americans who wanted work and couldn't get it.

Unemployment was less than 3.200.000 a year ago. College students who expect to graduate next June may be offered slightly higher starting salaries than those who got their sheepskins this year. And jobs should be more plentiful for them. So says Northwestern University, Evanston, 111., after a survey of business hiring intentions. Starting salaries will run about two per cent higher, averaging S180 month for engineers.

S422 for accountants, S419 for salesmen and S413 for business trainees. How does 1959 look to the leaders of U.S. business? Ten of the nation's top corporate executives made their views known this week at a forum sponsored by the First National Bank of Chicago. The consensus will be a good year in many ways, but it will lack the heady stimulus of a full-fledged boom in capital spending. Here are some typical comments: Charles H.

Kellstadt, president. Sears, Roebuck Co: The new year should see a continued but gradual upturn from the 1957-58 recession. By the rate of recovery may slow down. Prices may go higher. Willie D.

Gale, chairman. Commonwealth Edison the utility industry in the first six months of 1959 should smash all prior records. Less hopeful was H.C. Turner Jr. president of Turner Construction who declared: am not as optimistic as many of the published reports and I do not anticipate boom conditions in Briefly over the business scene: American Motors Corp.

will spend 10 million dollars boosting the capacity of its Milwaukee and Kenosha, plants. The company says the factories can's keep up with demand for Ramblers Khrushchev touched off a ripple of selling in the stock market this week U.S. government statisticians say businessmen have cut back previously anouncrd expan sion plant. Starting Monday you'll be able ot buy voting stock in the Great Atlantic Pacific Tea Co. The 'A.

for the first time in the big food chain's 99-year-history. Pipeline companies are happy about the so-called 'Memphis Case' decision which gives them greater leeway in boosting natural gas rates. Output of the nation's mines and factories increased two per cent last month the hula hoop craze? It's a i ng Frenchmen are buping 20,000 hula hoops a day. And three buyers out of four are grown-ups. I ftmiSEAL TjaPRGIITTB.