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THE JtHtNELANDim (W1S.) DAftY NEWS OCTOBER 28, Highway South Next Project in County, Board Told Improvement of Highway 17 setittt of Rhinelnndpr to the Lincoln ftdujhty line will be the next major toad constmctiott project in Onelda county, the County Board of Supervisors was informed today during the opening session "of Its annual budget mooting, Earl A. Nehls. Third ward alderman-supervisor and member of the county highway committee, gave the board thnt information Vrhen a question was raised about a resolution submitted by the committee to give it authority to file a petition with the State Highway Commission for advance of state highway construction funds. Nehls explained that slate engineers recommend the Highway 17 project as the next item on the construction program. The state agency is willing to "mortgage" the county's allocations of construction funds for several years ahead in order to begin work on the project next year, he pointed out.

The same sort of "mortgage" plan was used when Highway 17 north of Rhinelandcr was improved several years ago, Nehls added. The board adopted the resolution Without a dissenting Vote after being assured that, the committee was being given authority only to petition for advance of Construction funds for state highway work and not for county trunk projects. Illegal Taxes Charged Hack. In another resolution, the board authorized $1,081.38 worth of illegal real estate taxes charged back to the towns and city of Rhinelander. The amounts were: Cns- sian Crescent Enterprise Hnzelhurst Lake Tomahawk Little Rice Lynno S3.43: Mlnocqua Newbold Nokomis Pelican Pine Lake Sugar Camp Three Lakes Woodruff mid Rhinelandcr $175.

The board instructed county officers to execute tax certificates to the county for all delinquent tax lands from the sale of 1954 after notifying original property owners of the impending action. It also adopted a resolution increasing the compensation for town and city clerks and assessors during attendance at schools conduct- BIG FILTER DRUM INSPECTING Chief Jamns Hainil i. noirlhn? portable radio, Inspects damage In the kitchen of the home of Mr, and Mrs. Robert Sommrrfeldt, 823 Randall after a fire which caused damage totaling more than $5,000 Friday afternoon. T.ie tan in Die picture window Is helping draw out smoke following the News Photo) ed by the stale supervisor of sessmenls for this district.

Such schools normally ni'e held once a year. Assessors only have been attending these schools, but clerks may be asked to attend In the future. Tin 1 pay has been $5 per day nnd six ecntR under the new rule the compensation will be $12 a day and eight cents a mile. Other Actions. Other resolutions adopted during the morning session today took these actions: Authorized the rerouting of County Trunk In Rhine-hinder from the present route nlong Pinos and Eagle Sts.

to the now extension of Dwlght St. between Stevens and Eaglf Sts. Instructed the county clerk to certify state taxes and special charges to the 20 towns, the city of Rhinelnnder, school districts and school boards, as rilrcndy certified to the county by the secretary of state. Named as public depositories for county funds the following banking institutions: Merchants Stale Hiitl First National, in Rhincland- er; Security Stale, Miuocqua; Woodruff State, Woodruff, and Peoples State, Throe Lakes. Today MODCl.

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It. was reported by C. A. Vig, city superintendent of schools. Senior High's morning attendance showed 200 absentees.

There were 130 missini! from the roll in Junior High. Vig said that one day last week, Junior High reported 137 children absent. Senior High's attendance was about normal throughout last week, he said. Of the 1,000 students in both schools, 33(5 were absent today. Sobell Freedom Bid Rejected WASHINGTON The Su- premo Court today rejected a new bid for freedom by Morion Sobell.

convicted of atomic espionage with Ethel mid Julius Rosenberg. Sobell, sentenced to 30 years imprisonment, is serving his eighth year in Aleatraz Penitentiary. Tlie Rosenbergs were exe'eut- ed in June On applications of one sort or another, Sobull's case has been considered by the Supreme Court six with the result thai the conviction remained undisturbed. Today's action was on a plea of Sobell's attorneys thai it reverse itself in the earlier refusals lo hear his case. Cub Pack 61 Meets Tuesday Cub Pack (51 will hold Its monthly meeting at 7 p.m.

Tuesday iti the West School. All Cub Scouts are asked to attend In costume, and all parents are urged to take part In tin; festivities. Walter R. Payne, Parrish, Dies Here Sunday WREXPERTS FREE ESTIMATES BUSTED As we've said so many times before, there's no need to let it worry you! We have three expert body men here, able and willing to make your car look like new again. And our prices are so reasonable, too just ask for a free estimate and you'll see.

There's absolutely no obligation! We'll be lookiur forward to seeing you today! See Us Today! LOOMIS AUTO BODY SHOP West on Hwy. 8 right at first crossroad. FO 2-5654 Walter R. Payne, resident of Pnrrlsh for the last SO years, died suddenly Sunday evening in St. Mary's Hospital.

He was 73 years of age. Mr. Payne was born Oct. 0, 188-1, in Autlfio. He settled in Parrish in 1017, where he operated a farm ever since.

Surviving arc his wife, Frances; four sons, Howard nncl Earl of Pnrrlsh, Elmer of Rhinelnnder and Arthur of Sand Point, Idaho; four daughters, Mrs. Lawrence (Ruth) King of Glcason, Mrs. Reuben (Evelyn) Iweri of Parrish, Mrs. Irma Kellogg of Bancroft and Mrs. Robert (Marion) Cohen of Rhinelander; two brothers, Dave of An- ligo and of Beloil; two sisters, Mrs.

Theodore Spcnro of Milwaukee, and Mrs. Hi Edwards of Elkhor'n; 20 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Funeral services will bo conducted ut- 2 p.m. Thursday In the Hildobraiid Funeral Home, with the Rev. Edward Gade of Gleason officiating.

The body will lie In state in the funeral home from 4 i p.m. Tuesday until time of serv- Yumn, ices. Duria cemetery. will be in Forest Home 'Phone Employes To Vote on Raise MILWAUKEE A total of 7,300 employes of the Wisconsin Telephone would get pay raises ranging from $2 to $5 a week under terms of an agreement reached Saturdtiy by the firm and the Communications Workers of America, The 15-month pact, covering em- ployes in number of state cities, must be voted on by Nov. 15 by members of 30 locals.

The agreement calls for pay increase of $2 to $5 a week far craft workers; weekly for traffic department in 1 and weekly boosts of for clerical workers in both departments. Present wage scales were not available. Edward Peil, Wisconsin director of the CWA, said the agireemeul was reached after a Saturday bargaining session that lasted nearly 11 hours. The company and union began negotiations last September of a pact to replace the contract that expired last Thursday. Members had voted to strike, but remained on the job under a contract exteniuns.

The union sought improved health insurance, vacation mid other benefits in addition to wage increases. 5 Miles West On Hwy. 8 OCT. 30 Johnny Cash With JUMP TOWN Warmer Trend To Give Way to Cold Late in Week Wisconsin stood betwixt and between a slightly warmer trend and more cold air from Canada today. Tlie huge mass of frigid air thai held sway late last week and over the weekend moved eastward and southward, "bringing the lowest, temperatures on record to many Southern slates.

Freezing temperatures were reported as far south as Mobile, and Austin, Tex. It was rather cold In Wisconsin overnight, although the minimums were, not as low as they were early Sunday, especially in the normally cold Superior region. Overnight lows were mostly 3 to 12 degrees below seasonal nor- mals. The state's lowest, reading taken early today was 25 at Hales Corners and Lone Rock. Big Plney.

Wyo. led the nation with a reading of 13 above. Other state lows ranged from a 20 at Belolt to a 35 at Superior. Rhinclandcr's overnight low, recorded early this morning, was 3 degrees, six degrees warmer thai Sunday morning's low of 25. The highest reading of the weekenc was 49 degrees Sunday afternoon Saturday's top was 39.

Thorp, was no precipitation over the weekend a 's maximums were mostly in the upper 40s and 50s or 8 to 13 degrees warmci than they were on Saturday. The highest Sunday reading in the slate was Superior. The fig ure was far from a national high had that dislinctioi with a reading of 89. Grantsburg and Park Falls re corded high readings of 52, Greet Bay had a 51, and Eau Claire La Crosse, Madison and Wausau 50s. The Weather Bureau's long range forecast predicts genera shifl to colder weather Friday 01 Saturday.

Saturday, the Associated Pros, said. Chef Pleads Guilty To Check Fraud MILWAUKEE 58-year-old Pholps chef, once a candidate foi the Republican nomination foi Milwaukee County sheriff, pleaded guilty today to charges of entering fraudulent checks in interstate commerce. Robert T. Reynolds entered the plea before U. S.

District Judge Robert E. Tehan who ordered a presentenee investigation. Reynolds was accused of passing five fnke cheeks totaling $392 in Tampa, last January. The checks were written on a Milwaukee bank. Reynolds ran unsuccessfully for the GOP nomination for sheriff in 1944.

Retired Duluth Mining Exec Dies DULUTH, Minn. WV-LeRoy Sal sich, 78, retired president of Oliver Iron Mining Division of the United States Steel died here Saturday. A native of Hartland, Sal- sieh was the husband of novelist Margaret Culkin Banning. He retired in 1946 after 45 years with the Oliver firm. Funeral arrangements were not announced.

ROLLER SKATING TUESDAY NITE 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Who Isn't Tired Of Tiny-Vision? Have A Night Out at the Movies! Shows Tonight NOWAI0 HUONif JET PI LOT JOHN WAYNE MNET LEIGH U.S. AIR FORCE Driver Involved In Mishap Fined $50, Loses License Donald R. I-ondo, 25, 1G84 Eagle whose ear smashed into a parked Jeep station wagon on Stevens St.

last Thursday evening, causing extensive damage to boll vehicles and sending him to SI Mary's Hospital for treatment minor injuries, today ran into mor trouble in County Court. He was fined $50 and costs on a reckless driving charge and hat his driver's license suspended fo six months by George A Richards after he pleaded to a complaint filed by city police In the event the fine and costs arc not paid, he will have to serve an alternative Jnil sentence of OC days. After City Ally, Orville A. Du Dois described the mishap, Londc told the court he doesn't know what happened a he "blacked out" just before the crash. He admitted he had "12 or 13 beers" before the accident.

Another motorist, Terry E. Sei del. (540 Pelican was fined $10 and costs on a speeding charge City police said he was clocked a 37 miles per hour on S. Polham St. Oct.

20. Hunters 1'ny $50 Each. Two Indiana bow hunters paic fines of $50 and costs each for hunting deer after the closing hour Oct. 2(1. They were William E.

Os borne, Elkhart, nncl Arnold N. Hen derlong, Crown Point, who were arrested by Warden Lawrence Mil ler of Rhinelandcr in the town Casslan. Miller reported one the men was found hunting 20 min utcB after the closing hour anc the other was apprehended 40 min utes after the legal closing time Two young men who got into a fight on Brown St. in front Nick's Bar nt 1:40 a.m. Sunday were fined $10 and costs each on a disorderly conduct charge.

They were Donald W. Patrick, 20, for merly of Rhinelandcr and now living in Chicago, and Ernest Sachsc, 21, Rte. 2. President Installed; Guatemala Calms GUATEMALA 1 capital was generally calm again today niter installation of a new provisional president and the promise of new presidential clcc tions within four months. Ending a week of demonstrations, s.trJKfis and, government changes, Congress Sunday named Guillermo Flores Avendano, a 61- year-old retired colonel, to be the nation's chief executive.

He was sworn in a few hours later. Flores Avendano was seconc vice president under President Carlos Castillo Armas, who wa assassinated last July. The first vice president, Luis Arturo Gonzalez, succeeded Castillo Armas but, resigned last week in the turmoil which followed the presidential election Oct. 20. After that the Castillo Armas party claimed victory for its candidate, Miguel Ortiz Passa- re-lla, but the rightist candidate, retired Gen.

Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes, charged the election had been stolen from him. Ydigoras supporters began daily demonstrations and strikes during which two persons wore killed. The disorders culminated in mob violence Friday which brought economic life in the capital to a standstill. A three-colonel 'army junta which seized the government last Thursday and set aside the election results finally bowed to Ydigoras' demand that Flores Avendano take over temporarily. Neighbors Trock Woman's Attacker MILWAUKEE An 18-year- old youth who allegedly terrorized a housewife in her home today was chased by irate neighbors to his own home and held for police.

The 47-year-old woman said the youth stripped off his clothing, grabbed her and held a paring knife to her throat. She broke loose, ran from the house screaming. The youth pvit on part of his clothing and ran after her. Neighbors saw the chase, pursued the youth to his home and guarded front and rear doors. Police took him into custody there.

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Dominant in Oklsmobile's 1958 styling are striking twin blades thai sweep down the rear fender crown. The enlarged rear window extends 2Vz inches into the new thin-line roof. The massive rear bumper has unique I win back-up lights; at each extremity, with twin emblems and the Oldsmobilc name on the rear dock. Choice of three Rocket engines with improved economy is offered in the 1958 Oklsmobile, which has a smoother Jetaway Hydra-Malic transmission and New-Malic Ride, a new concept, of air suspension, available as desirable options. Priebe Funeral Held Saturday Funeral services for Mrs.

Selma Priebe, 54, of Eagle iRiver, who died in St. Mary's Hospital here Oct. 23, were held Saturday afternoon In the Community Bible Church in Eaalc River, with the Rev. Len Johnson officiating. Burial was in Restlawn Memorial Park at Wausau.

Mrs, Priebe, who was born Nov. 5, 1902, in Wausau, suffered a cerebral hemorrhage Oct. 18 while visiting at the Ed Kracht home in Eagle River. She attended schools in Wausau and was graduated from Eau Claire Stale Teachers College in 1924. After graduation she moved to Eagle River, where she taught school for two years.

After her marriage to O. A. (Richard) Priebe, she served as a substitute teacher in Eagle River schools. Her husband Was former ly with the Eagle River light and water department and since 194 has operated Priebc's Men's Wea Store there. Mrs.

Priebe, who had been in ill health a number of years, wa a member of the Eagle Rivei Woman's Club and the Order Eastern Star, in which she was a past worthy matron. Members the Eastern Star conducted serv ices in the Gaffney Funeral Home in Eagle JRiver Friday evening. Surviving are her husband; one son, Richard of Calumet, Mich, her mother, Mrs, Eline Benson Wausau; five sisters and a broth er, Mrs. Chester Burk, Mrs. Olga Brenwall, Mrs.

Otto Sternberg Mrs. John F. Schneider, Mrs. Ma ble Rohrer and Olaf Benson, al of Wausau, and a granddaughter Lynn Katherine Priebe. Two Deer Are Registered Here Two deer, bagged with bow and arrow, were registered Sunday at the Rhinelander Ranger Station.

Vernon Baudhuin of Rhinelander checked in a buck fawn shot in the vicinity of Boulder Junction, and Alvin Leitl of Rhinelandcr checked in a six point buck taken in the Three Lakes area. News Paragraphs Rhinelandcr firemen were callec out twice over the weekend. Al 9:10 a.m. they extinguished a fire at the end of Rib St. Bark used as fill had caught fire.

At 4:00 p.m. they went to 313 Rose St. to check on wires thai had fallen down. Den 2 of Cub Tack fil made Halloween masks at a meeting leld recently. The meeting closed with the Cub Scout Promise.

Cleveland Sailor Drowns at Superior SUPERIOR Great Lakes sailor from Cleveland fell from an ore dock and drowned in St. Louis Bay Saturday night. He was 31-year-old Roy Tal- nadge, a seaman attached to the ore carrier Silver Bay. Police said nn unidentified companion tried to rescue Talmadge without success. The body was re- by the Coast Guard unit rom Duluth.

All RUBBER -AND TOUGH! I IT FOR FARMERS BY IA CROSSE SCHAUDER'S SHOES The Finest For The Entire Family Rites Held for Mrs. J. Morton Funeral services for Mrs. Josephine Jackson Morton, former resident of Rhinelander who died Friday in Albuquerque, N. were conducted Saturday in the Strong- Thorne Mortuary in Albuquerque.

The cremated remains will be brought to Rhinelander for burial. Mrs. Morton lived in Rhinelander for about 42 years, leaving here two and a half years ago to setlle in Albuquerque. She was a member of the Methodist Church, O.E.S. and Rcbekah Lodge Rhinelander.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. James T. May and Mrs. Robert M. Officer, both of Albuquerque; two sons, the Rev.

Arthur S. Morton of Seattle, and B. Frank Morton of Chicago; nine grandsons; two great-grandchildren; three sisters and two brothers. She was preceded in death by her husband, W. T.

Morton. Court Reporter Injured in Crash Mrs. Henry (Bernice) Krueger, Oneida county court reporter, was hospitalized at Park Falls over the weekend for treatment of injuries suffered in an automobile accident near her home in Price county Friday evening, the Price county sheriff's office reported today. She was reported in good condition. Sheriff Andrew Pilch, who investigated, said Mrs.

Krueger was riding in a car driven by John Bolton, Phillips, when il ran into the rear of a pickup truck on County Trunk about four miles east of Phillips al p.m. Friday. She suffered injuries to Ihe left knee, right arm, head and nose, Bolton suffered injuries to the right arm and shoulder, while John Hlavacek, 10, son of the driver of the pickup truck, sustained facial injuries. All three were treated by a physician at Phillips. 1 Sheriff Pilch explained the Bolton car, heading cast, was traveling down a grade when an oncoming automobile blinded Bolton by its bright headlights.

Bolton did not see the slow moving truck, driven by Rudy Hlavacek Phillips, until too late to avoid ramming it in the rear. Home Laundry Washers Dryers Sales Service Rhinelander Electric 1538 N. Stevens FO £.4206 THE LEXINGTON Fashionable men's Duffle coat for' sophistication. Every line of toe smartly tailored Dausheen combed polished cotton shell breathes an air of well-bred distinction. You'll! find this coat is made tor long wear and protection, with Us zelan water repellent treatment and warm lightweight Orion pile Superb fashion highlighted with zip-off Orion lined hoed.

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