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SI LOUIS POST-DISPATCH WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1957 ST.LQUIS POST-DISFATCH 3A Under Arrest LL FOR STRICT County Home That Fell In CENT PARK MAN SERVING 3 LIFE TERMS i nomn niu ir TAX in COUNTY numt GETS ANOTHER BY HOUS Obtained Small Amounts of Cash in Hampton Avenue Neighborhood. Pleads Guilty in Rob- Would Replace 3-Cent bery Already Sen-' Levy on $100 Proper- ft '-'l' i. it RULES SOU 10 H0USEFL00R Measure Already Has Senate Approval Governor's Group Begins Work on Fire Code. ty Valuation Bill Goes to Senate. tenced for Murder, Two Holdups.

Twenty recent burglaries In the area of Hampton avenue, between Manchester and Oakland avenues, were admitted today by Robert Jerkins, 17 years old, of the 1400 block of Sulphur avenue, police reported. The burglaries. In rhich small amounts of money or a few pe' sonal articles were taken, fol lowed a pattern, usually with, entry gained by prying a window open when the family wai away. Detective Sgt. Guy Livingston, head of the Hampton By a Staff Correspondent of the Post-Dispjtch.

1 1 JEFFERSON CITY, March 6 A bill to let St. Louis and Jackson counties levy a tax for park purposes of 10 cents on the By PJiotof raptwr. ROBERT JENKINS By HERBERT A. TRASK State Political rormnnnricni James Bradley, who is serving three life imprisonment sentences for murder and two robberies, was sentenced today to a fourth life term in the state penitent iury. He pleaded guilty of robbery with a deadly weapon before Circuit Judge Noah Wrinstein at Clayton.

Bradley. 21 years old, was returned from the State Penitentiary at Jefferson City to appear in court. He pleaded guilty of robning Mrs. Virginia I Davis of $225 Nov. 27, 1955.

in her home, 7108 Lexington ave- prices, and it also would elimi- Urict fljing squad, assigned De- of the Post-Dispatch. JEFFERSON CITY. Marrh fi nate warehouse probl ems itective Cpls. John Ferry ana $100 property valuation, instead of the present 3-cent rate, was approved by tie House of Representatives today. The measure was sent to the Senate.

Representative A. Clifford Jones (Rep.t, Clayton, minority floor leader, opposed the bill. caused from the present need By a Pnst-Pispttfh Pnotor8ph. MRS. WALTER ADAMS views front of her abandoned home at 1041 Hopedale drive.

Belief ontaine Neighbors. Cracking walls followed sinking of the surrounding earth and forced her family to vacate the house in February 1955. Cabled garage roof -at left col A Senate-approved bill giving the State Division of Health broad powers to establish and enforce stringent nursing home regulations advanced another clan tnil'firfj finnl vncon lapsed yesterday. Meanwhile, an emereencv.com- Homes Falling declaring it was "unsound governmental principle." "It is best to authorize local governing bodies to levy an increased tax, only if the higher rate is approved by the voters." Fred Owens to keep a constant lookout in the area in the hope of finding the person responsible for all the burglaries. Last night they stopped the Jenkins youth as he was walking in the 1400 block of Kraft avenue.

He had a flashlight, a screw driver, cotton gloves and a paper bag, and soon was admitting that he was the burglar they were looking for, the officers said. The youth told the officers he escaped last August from the State Training Schools for Boys nue, Normandy. The life sentence today was I Imposed on recommendation of Assistant Prosecuting attorney David Godfrey. I Three other men were in-i dieted in the Davis robbery. Continued From Pare One.

Hopedale, showed a reporter DRIVER LICENSE LAW view from her back door imurc uici neie ia uegjn aran-ing fire safety standards for nursing homes. The Spradling bill, providing for licensing and regulation of nursing homes, was sent to the floor of the House today with a recommendation that it be passed without amendment, following a hearing by the House Public Safety Committee of storing a year's supply of materials. A second bill receiving tentative approval would permit the St. Louis School Board to use its own maintenance and building department employes in work involving repairs, alterations or additions to school buildings, playgrounds or apparatus. At present, private contractors must be employed if the labor cost on a project exceeds $2500.

Both measures are sponsored by the School Board. The House was in a passing mood today. It sent 14 bills to the Senate with little debate. Included were measures that would: Raise from 16 to 18 years the age limit of children eligible to participate in the aid-to-dependent children program. I at Boonville.

where he had I been sent for burglary in St. foot drop off to a moat of rainwater, glass and rubble, creating by the shifting of ground. A year ago the ground had only been a foot below the back steps. Mrs. Arbaugh said seven and one-half truck loads of dirt had been put in the back yard in an attempt to prevent it from shifting.

Brick walls in the home of last nigni. State Representative Warren he said. "This bill, however, would not require voters' approval of a higher levy. The levy could be fixed by ordinance." In the Senate, meanwhile, a bill removing the St. Louis county prosecuting attorney from the county parole board was given tentative approval.

The measure, which was advanced to the Senate calendar for final passage, would retain the county's circuit judges as members of the board. The parole board handles applications for probation and parole filed by persons sentenced to terms in the county jail. Louts county. Burglary records were being checked today and the youth was taken on a tour to point out the homes he had entered. nearnes oi Mississippi ty, Democratic majority floor leader, said he will call the fCosimo Catanzaro, 1037 Hope- Frank J.

Demanuele and William Solven pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of robbery last year before Judge Weinstein and each was sentenced to eight years in prison. Robert Earl Barnes, charged with stealing $21,000 in a burglary in August 1955, is awaiting trial in the Davis case in the court of Circuit Judge Raymond E. La-Driere at Clayton. Bradley received his first life imprisonment sentence last Dec. 1, when he interrupted his murder trial in circuit court in St.

Louis and pleaded guilty of killing a policeman in a holdup at Joe and Pete's tavern, Ninth and Mullanphy streets, last March 16. The officer was Patrolman Thomas P. Mulrooney. Bradley and his accomplice in the holdup, Thomas B. Crews, then both entered guilty under their pension program.

Another measure introduced would permit intoxicating liquor to be sold by the drink at th Cf I r.nr-: Mil. measure up lor iinai House action tomorrow if possible. The bill contains an emergency clause, under which it would take effect immediately after its passage and approval by the Establish a revolving fund for tors of Mercantile Trust St. Louis; Dr. Herbert R.

Domke, St. Louis county health commissioner; W. C. Anderson of St. Louis, manager of the Missouri Inspection Bureau; George G.

Davidson, commissioner of buildings and inspection in Kansas City; Fire Chief Ralph K. McLaury of St. Joseph, and Clem W. Fairchild, attorney for the Missouri Association of Licensed Nursing Homes. Others who met with the committee included C.

Rouss Gallop, director of the State Department of Public Health and Welfare, and Dr. Elton S. Osborne United States Public Health Service officer, who is serving as special consultant to the Governor on plans for improving services of the State Division of Health. Fire safet yregulations drafted by the Truman group will be adopted by the Health Division under terms of the pending Spradling bill, if it has been enacted and signed by Gov. Blair by that time.

This was pledged last night by Dr. Hardwicke, who appeared before the House committee to urge aoproval of the Spradling bill. "With this bill," Dr. Hardwicke said, "we can call upon experts to help draw up the necessary regulations which will permit us to improve the care of patients in the nursing homes and increase safety." Fear of Homes Closing. When a menvber of the com the state purchasing agent so he By a Staff Correspondent of the Post-Dispatch.

JEFFERSON CITY, March 6 A strengthened driver's license law was passed by the Missouri House today and sent to the Senate. Provisions in the measure would: Impose maximum punishment of six months in jail and $500 fine for driving while a license is under suspension or revoked. Restrict to three attempts in six months the times allowed an applicant to pass the driving tests. Revoke a license if the holder is convicted in municipal courts for such offenses as drunken driving or leaving the scene of an accident. Permit municipal judges to suspend licenses up to 30 days, magistrates a year.

Redefine a habitually reckless driver as one convicted two times in three years of i il. Lin i are in unincorporated areas AUinor oi uie urn, oi-naiui and used supplies uovernor. Committee at Work. The bill will give statutory backing to the proposed safety code, preparation of which was dale drive, have separated as much as eight feet. The front drive is level but there is a three-foot gap between it and the tilting garage door.

The home of Mr. and Mrs. James Clifton, 1033 Hopedale, does not show in front why it is roped off and danger signs placed around it. But the rear view is of a home with its bottom dropped out. 'WOMEN'S TICKET' IS ON BALLOT FOR ELSAH (ILL.) VOTE thereby get lower prices.

Require St. Louis voters to sign signature verification slips when receiving their ballots at the Approprlate $76,600,086 for public schools for the fiscal year beginning July 1. Appropriate $26,160,853 for operation of the State Department of Revenue for the same Hartwell G. Crain St. Louis county, said the prosecutor was being dropped from the board because modern parole practices frown on letting the prosecuting official have a voice in granting probation and paroles.

The present prosecutor, Edward W. Garnholz, does not object to being taken off the board, he said. The Senate also tentatively where such sales are prohibited. Jones introduced a bill to place the operation of the state fair under a four-member bipartisan board appointed by tha Governor. He said the measure's purpose was to prevent the fair's operation on a political basis.

In the Senate, bills were advanced to: Exempt one-truck operators from Public Service Commission reaulrements for detailed started today by a 10-member subcommittee of Gov. James T. Blair's emergency committee on nursing homes. The subcommittee, headed by Maj. Gen.

pleas to two charges of armed robbery and received life sen tences. Crews received an addi Ralph E. Truman Springfield insurance executive, is ex period. tional life sentence when he pleaded guilty of murder. Before receiving the life sentences, Bradley had served terms in Algoa Reformatory and the Missouri penitentiary.

approved a bill to let the St. Louis Board of Education buy careless and reckless driving, as Let busses operate at 60 miles A group of women In Elsah, compared with the present rule 7 of two times in two years. 111., have tossed their Easter pected to remain in continuous daily session until it has pleted its work. The proposed safety code is Intended to curb fire hazards in nursing homes and prevent another disaster such as the Feb. 17 Warrenton nursing home fire an hour in daytime and 55 at accounting reports that are sub-niRht, instead of the present 50- mitted by big bus and truck mile-an-hour maximum.

Heet operators. Among bills introduced in Let mutual telephone com-the House today was that of I panics do business with a quor-Representative William A. urn of only five per cent of the Geary Jr. St. Louis, to stockholders present, instead of bonnets into the political ring.

fLQOR WINDOW supplies valued up to $1000 without competitive bids. The present limit is $500. Another provision would let the board purchase supplies on a continuing basis, instead of buying everything it must have for a SPILKER QUITS OF C. POST Charles F. Spilker, secretary- BLOWS SHUT, MAN For tne ursi lime in me History of the village of 175 per which took 72 lives.

TRAPPED ON LEDGE sons, a women iicnei nas entitle St. Louis firemen retired 50 per cent. manager of the East St. Louis Chamber of Commerce, has re year at the outset of the board's been formed. in anouier legislative acuun, the House today passed a bill to broaden assistance payments signed, it was announced yes Four women are running on because of Injuries suffered in Let teachers transfer from line of duty to receive surgical, one teacher retirement system hospital and medical benefits I In Missouri to another.

the ticket seeking election to an nun iHirviinv iii fiscal year, July 1. Senator John P. Barrett St. Louis, said the new system would enable the school board to buy at advantageous terday. He had held the position 13 years.

A five-man committee has been appointed to select Spilker's successor. the village Board of Trustees the April 16 election. Appar Lloyd Schrieber, a window washer, was trapped on a one-foot ledge outside a third-floor window of the Federal Building without a safety belt for 25 ently to show they are Droaa Shop ThurtJay minded, the women have accepted a man on their ticket. 9:30 A.M. to 8:30 P.M.

He is Robyn Relph, who also is seventh and ollvm on the only other slate in the race, the "People'g Ticket" and so is unopposed. Fashion Note for Men SPRING PLAID WORSTED SUITS Dress Right! You can't afford not Women seeking election are Dress Right for Spring minutes this afternoon, holding on with his fingernails to keep a brisk wind from blowing him off. As he stepped out through a casement window, it blew shut and was held fast by a latch. He tapped on the glass in an effort to attract the attention of anyone inside, in a file room of the United States district court clerk's office, but there $10,000,000 to $18,500,000 annually. The bill would allow assistance payments to be made to persons living with relatives without regard to the wealth of the relatives.

Under present Welfare Department regulations, the income of relatives with whom old persons i make their homes is taken into account in determining the amount of state benefits. The bill was sent the Senate. After an executive session of the subcommittee today, Gen. Truman said: "We will make our report as soon as possible. I hope we can complete a report to the Governor today." He made plain that the re mittee expressed fear that Stringent regulations might force many nursing homes to close and leave many of the residents with no place to live.

Dr. Hardwicke said state authorities recognize all the problems involved in dealing with the situation. "The Division of Health is cognizant of the magnitude of the nursing home problem," he asserted. "We recognize there is a need for immediate action and we also recognize that we can't throw 15,000 patients out on the street. "We do not expect to achieve a cure-all overnight.

With the Governor's encouragement, we will do those things which must be done immediately to show the nursing homes how they can eliminate any conditions which endanger the safety of their residents. Then, over a period of time, we can work out a plan for eventual full compliance with acceptable standards." Outlines Plan of Action. After the hearing. Dr. Hardwicke explained that numerous improvements in safety conditions can be achieved immediately without forcing the closing ot nursing homes on a major scale.

The division will insist on immediate elimination of unsafe conditions and then Mrs. Josephine Copeland, Mrs. Margarie Rhoads Mrs. Lois Lyons and Mrs. Minnie Johnson.

Their opponents are Ora Prather, William Smith, Dewey McDow and Theodore Houpt, all incumbents. The "Women's Ticket" did not enter a candidate for mayor. Relph, in the happy position of having support from both slates, said the women had not confided in him their reasons for seeking office. "I guess they believe they can run the village better than the men," he said. to! Dress right in a new Eagle plaid suit.

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A passenger in the elevator, Charles P. Armbruster, a court reporter who works on the third floor, made the rescue, Stevenson Off on Vacation. NEW YORK, March 6 (API Adlai E. Stevenson, Democratic candidate for President in 1952 and 1956, left by plane today for Barbados, British West Indies, on a three-week vacation. port he relerred to was a arati of the fire safety regulations the committee was charged with preparing.

The job was expe-' dited, he explained, because some members of the committee and others had begun the task before today's meeting. Wk ft -v7V i mmm jam smmaa 4 at Ar A k'- Wi 1BI1. I I I J- a IV1 I I II II 1 1 h-r- i- CONVICTS BEGIN SECOND COURSE IN JOURNALISM niJUIWN it Gov. Blair said, after the first meeting of the Emergency Committee Feb. 28, that the sub-'.

committee would use the fire safety Standards of the Na- tional Board of Fire Under- i Spu-la! tn thf Post-Plapatfh. CHESTER, 111., March 6 Charles C. Clayton, former executive assistant at the Globe- III I work with the operators steadily to upgrade their institutions, he said. The Spradling bill, which was passed by the Senate last week, provides for regulation of all types of privately operated 1 1 a. 111 i is iit( at ci ill! rv'j's i "Vv Democrat in St.

Louis, began teaching a second course in journalism today to inmates of OPEN THURSDAY NIGHT TILL 8:30 P.M. writers as a guide in its work. I Availability of such a guide could speed the job also. The committee plan is to complete a draft of safety regu-' lations as quickly as possible. These will be reviewed in the light of reports from state in- spectors of conditions found in their projected inspection of all nursing homes in the state.

On the basis of the evalua-. tions, the original standards may be revised upward by the committee. Dr. Henry M. Hard- wicke, acting director of the State Division of Health, said his division will join in a "continuing program" of strength Menard state prison.

Clayton is a visiting professor of journalism at Southern Illinois University. He taught the nation's first prison newswrit-ing course at Menard last fall. The top 15 graduates in that class of 26 were chosen for further study in feature writing. The Menard Time, an inmate newspaper, began its twenty-fourth year of publication this week. Its 6120 circulation includes 4365 readers in the 48 states and 12 foreign homes for the aged, including those which furnish nursing service and those which provide only custodial and personal It gives the Health Division complete authority to promulgate and enforce regulations in regard to safety, sanitation and care of patients, and the right to suspend or revoke the license of any home which fails to comply.

Its author. State Senator Albert M. Spradling Jr. Cape Girardeau, told the House committee that his proposal A Superb Spring Tonic Our New "57 Gathered Back BlousoivEffect ening regulatory standards. The safety code to be drafted by the committee is intended to establish the highest possible standards that can be en- Spring COATS frvti finest foreign mills two special Sprint (roups of suit fabrics read now for dUinctit nind-tiilorlni la tor awn workrooms and priced to Bring you better value.

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forced without defeating the basic objective of the state pro-'' gram, Dr. Hardwicke said. The objective, he explained, is to assist nursing home oper-'' ators to improve conditions in their homes. This goal could i' be lost if standards were set so high as to be impracticable, he said. The proposed -stand- ards will not be "minimum" safety regulations, he empha- sized.

In addition to Gen. Truman and Dr. Hardwicke, other mem-bers of the subcommittee, all of whom were present today, were: State Representative Evelyn G. Stone 4373 West Pine boulevard; Albeit H. Baum, St.

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