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a I Dec. 21, people WILLIAM BRYANT 1973 ST. LOUIS POST- DISPATCH Rep. Alexander Accused Of Assaulting Officer signed "From your friendly bank robber-Richard Alsop." Bryant is the assistant manager of an Evansville, savings and loan association that was robbed two years ago. Alsop, who was convicted of the crime, currently serving a sentence in the federal prison at Marion, Ill.

Even for sportscaster CURT GOWDY, who has covered virtually every kind of sport, his assignment following Rose Bowl game Jan. 1 will be unusual -a playby-play of a symphony. It's part of a concert it by the Los Angeles Philharonelicopter from Gowdy the Rose will be Bowl flown in by Pasadena, to Los Angeles. An orchestra spokesman said Gowdy would "appear as himself doing a sportscast of the first movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony with Prof. PETER SCHICKELE at the Los Angeles Music Gowdy Center.

received a Christmas card this week FRANKLIN H. COOKINGHAM at age 91, is the oldest pracand he still makes house calls. The red light bulb on Rudolph's nose has been turned chon the wrote interest "Rudolph of energy The Red-Nosed conservation. Reindeer" ROBERT L. in MAY, 1939, says he turned off the nose bulb of a 9-foot-high statue of -Rudolph to conserve electricity.

The statue is in front of May's home in Skokie, Ill. MRS. MARJORIE B. CHAMPION has been granted a divorce from her husband and professional dancing partner, GOWER. A Santa Monica, judge awarded Mrs.

Champion custody of the couple's children, GREGG, 17 years old, and BLAKE, 11. The Champion's were separated a year ago. They had been married 26 years. JOHNNY WEISMULLER, former Olympic swimming champion and actor, is listed in fair condition following surgery yesterday for a broken hip suffered in a fall at a Las Vegas hotel reception. Weismuller, 68, underwent several hours of surgery.

A lightweight plastic cast was used to set the hip and he was placed in tracttion. The accident occurred on Wednesnight at Caesar's Palace Hotel, where Weismuller employed as a host Witnesses Weisumuller apparsalta ently lost his footing and fell on his Weismuller hip. The woman's touch can save, gasoline, says London oil company executive, GEOFFREY SHEPPARD. He said tests showed that a woman can more miles than a man from a tankful of gasoline. "It just because a woman pets has a gentler touch on the accelerator." TODAY'S QUOTE: "Many a man who is retired at age 65 is at his very best.

Retirement is a crime against 50 per cent of So said DR. of San Francisco. The doctor, ticing physician in California Illinois To Supplement Federal Aid Payments SPRINGFIELD, Dec. 21 (AP)-Gov. Daniel Walker has signed legislation authorizing payment of up to $5,000,000 to supplement federal aid to the aged, blind and disabled.

Walker said yesterday that without the supplement federal payments to some persons who began receiving aid after Jan. 1 would have been lower than. current levels, Payments to the aged, blind or' disabled are administered by the state. The state is reimbursed for 50 per cent of the cost by the Federal Government. Skylab Crew Weathering Gyro Problems HOUSTON, Dec.

21 (UPI) Skylab engineers are becoming increasingly worried about the slipshod performance of a gyroscope that keeps the space boratory flying straight. But they do not believe the situation is serious enough to end the current mission prematurely. Skylab 3 Gerald P. Carr, Edward G. Gibson and William R.

Pogue were not troubled by the problems of the controlling device and were doing their research work listening to Christmas carols piped up to them from the ground. The space flyers rolled their eight-room space house over again today to take another look at Comet Kohoutek and tooks turns sitting in a rotating chair to test their susceptibility to motion sickness. Kohoutek, still predicted to be one of the brightest comets of the century, picked up speed as it moved toward its spectacular loop around the sun Dec. 29. It is streaking along at 160,000 an hour pulled by the gravity.

Yesterday it passed orbit of Mercury, making it the nearest object to the sun visible on earth. John D. Manley Services In Texas Funeral services for John D. Manley a former St. Louisan, will be held tomorrow in Corpus Christi, Tex.

Mr. Manley, 81 years old, died yesterday at his home in Kerrville, Tex. Surviving is his wife, Mrs. Mary V. Manley of Kerrville.

He was formerly married to the late Mrs. Alice Davies of St. Louis. Burial will be in Corpus Christi. Auto Price Hikes Announced By AMC DETROIT, Dec.

21 (UPI) American Motors Corp. announced yesterday retail price increases averaging $119 on its 1974 compact and sub-compact cars. The action was in line with AMC's agreement with the Cost of Living Council. AMC said last Friday its average increase would not exceed $119. Robbers Lock Pet Shop Clerk In Dog Cage WASHINGTON, Dec.

21 (AP) Representative William Alexander Arkansas, was arrested at National Airport yesterday on charges of assault after what he described as a run-in with a traffic officer. Alexander said he nudged an airport traffic officer with his station wagon to attract his attention, and that the officer pulled him out of the station wagon, frisked him, twice threw down and briefly pinned him to the wet pavement by pressing his foot against the Representative's neck. Alexander was charged also with impeding an officer directing traffic at the airport, said Dennis Feldman, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration to whom the officer reports. Feldman said that Alexander "disregarded the directions of a policeman and ran into the policeman" when he was directing traftic on the congested circle in front of the airport terminal. Alexander, 39 years old, said he did not recall whether he physically resisted the officer brake identified as Richard Prince.

Alexander said that Prince was leaning against the Repre- Rep. William Alexander sentative's stopped station wagon when Alexander turned his wheel and released the foot brake in effort to nudge the indicate deliberate, which direction he wanted to go. "I saw the skycap taking my 5 Seized In Creve Coeur On Marijuana Charges Questions put to three men thought at first to be burglars led Creve Coeur Patrolmen Gary Walker and Larry Rowden to a cache of 47 pounds of what is believed to be marijuana. Walker and Rowden stopped the men as they were entering an automobile in the 500 block of Graeser Road about 10 p.m. Wednesday.

The men were acting in a suspicious manner, the patrolmen said. In the auto, the patrolmen found a large plastic bag containing what the officers believed to be marijuana. Arrested on a charge of possession of a controlled substance were Jeffery Werber, 26 years old, Ladue Estates Drive, Creve Coeur; Richard Chewing, 22, Plainview, and Brian Cuddihy, 23, of the 500 block of Graeser Road. When Walker and Rowden learned that the three were renting the house on Graeser along with two other persons, the patrolmen asked for permission to search the house. A marijuana cigarette was found in an ashtray in the house, the patrolmen said.

They questioned the other two occupants, John Bennett, 23, Austin, and Miss Hillary Sutherland, 21. Miss Sutherland told the patrolmen to search behind a bookcase, they said. The patrolmen moved the bookcase and found in a hole in the wall 47 pounds of what they thought was marijuana. That much marijuana would have a retail value of at least $11,750, police said. Bennett and Miss Sutherland also were booked on the possession charge.

All five were released pending application for warrants today. ACTION Criticizes City's Hiring Quotas ACTION, a human rights group, has sent a letter to Mayor John H. Poelker, demanding that blacks make up at least 50 per cent of all job classifications in connectior. with the construction of the Convention Center and future city projects. ACTION's letter was critical of Mayor Poelker for accepting what the group said were insufficient minority quotas outlined in the St.

Louis Plan, which is designed to provide job opportunities for minority workers. PSC Begins Program For Safety In Trailers JEFFERSON CITY, Dec. 21 (AP) A program for enforcing safety standards on mobile homes and recreational vehicles was started yesterday by the Missouri Public Service Commission. The program, created by a law enacted in the 1973 legislative session, is designed to ensure that such vehicles sold or manufactured in Missouri are constructed safely. After Jan.

1, the PSC will be responsible for issuing rules, inspecting units and issuing certification seals. Revenue from the sale of seals, $8 for each unit, will pay for the program. A section of the law that requires mobile homes to be properly tied down will be handled by the state Division of Health, The first phase of the program will require manufacturers to identify units with serial numbers and certify that the products meet the requirements of the American National Standards Institute. The second phase will include preparation and publication of a Missouri Uniform Standards Code, establishment of inspection criteria and the preparation of reciprocity agreements with other states. NORMANDY BANK HOLIDAY HOURS DEC.

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LOUIS, MISSOURI 63102 baggage across the street to my left and I tried to point it out to the officer to show that I needed to go 1 Alexander said. "Apparently I wasn't communicating SO turned my wheel and just nudged him. "He came around the car yelling at me, opened the car door, turned off the ignition and grabbed me by the lapel. Then he pulled me out and pushed me up against the car, twisting my arm up behind my back while he frisked me. "I said to him, 'Look officer, I'm a member of Congress.

Let's talk about this Alexander said, "When I said that he threw me to the ground, twisted my right arm and put his foot on my neck, pressing my face to the wet pavement." He said Prince let him up when another officer came over. "I pulled out my identification for the officer that came up and asked him to call for help," he said. "Then the first officer threw me down again and tried to handcuff me. I told him that that wasn't necessary and I wouldn't let him do it." Alexander said at no time did he say anything abusive to the officer. Cheer Section GUELPH, Dec.

21 (AP)-A homeowner opened his door yesterday and found his outdoor Christmas lights dismantled, neatly wrapped in ribbon and left undamaged on his stoop, police reported. Attached was a note reading, "Energy crisis, energy crisis, rah, rah, rah! Energy crisis, energy crisis, yes, boom, bah! We shall win! We shall fight! We shall get your Christmas light! The note was signed "Power Protectors." An employe of a pet shop was robbed, struck and locked in a dog cage in a holdup yesterday at the AACO Pet Shop, 3021 01- ive Street. Police reported that three armed men entered the shop and took $110 from the employe, Arthur Michelson, hit him on the head with a shotgun and locked him in the cage. He did not require medical attention. The three also took $140 from the cash register before fleeing, police said.

J. H. Brislin Dies; Won Pulitzer Prize SCRANTON, Dec. 21 (AP) J. Harold Brislin, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the Scranton Tribune and the Scrantonian died yesterday.

was 62 years old. Mr. Brislin won the Pulitzer Prize in 1959 for his four-year campaign against labor violence in Scranton. He twice won Heywood Broun citation from the Newspaper Guild and was honored by Sigma Delta Chi for a series on the abusive care of mentally retarded children." Surviving are his widow, who is women's page editor of the Tribune and Scrantonian, and a son, Robert Brislin of Scranton. CROWN TOPS 'EM ALL 3 COMPLETE $29956 ALL BOOMS NEW LONG EASY TERMS FURNITURE IMMEDIATE DELIVERY Parking on Our Lot CH.

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Plane Gets Stuck In Snow GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Dec. 21 (AP) A North Central Airlines DC-9 got stuck in a snowbank yesterday when the pilot the runway at Kent County Airport. The plane had started to taxi down the runway for take-off when it was ordered to turn onto a side strip because another plane was landing. The pilot cut the turn too sharply and got stuck.

A special crew will be sent from Detroit to remove it from the snowbank. Rhodes Urges Nixon To Reject Pay Hike Chicago Sun-Times WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 House Republican leader John J. Rhodes urged President Richard M. Nixon yesterday to reject the pay raise (from $42,500 to $55,000 a year) that is pending for members of Congress.

To avoid the responsibility for increasing its salaries, the House and Senate arranged for an outside commission to recommend the raise. The President has authority under the system to grant the full amount, reduce it or reject it altogether. His congressional liaison staff has recommended that all or most of the increase be approved. A decision is required by the end of the year. ST.

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