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2 KOKOMO (Ind.) TRIBUNE Big 3 Reply To Reds Arms Plan Written By JOSEPH E- SINGER WASHINGTON -American, British and French diplomats bammered out details today of the western reply to the latest Soviet disarmament proposal. Big Three consultations on the arms reduction plan were carried out by the North Atlantic Treaty tee" Organization which the U.S. standing picked commit- for a tri-partite study of the response. The three nations have different ideas about various points in the Moscow proposals. The tri-partite study is designed to smooth out these differences.

However, American officials plained, the three Western replies will not be identical. Only on mafor points will all three notes to Moscow agree. They still have not yet decided whether they should reply to the Kremlin note point by point, or whether some of the Soviet propasitions should be ignored. The Americans feel that some of the Russian ideas contained in Intest Soviet note, sent Nov. here should not be honored by considcration on grounds they were Youth Is Held For Slaying His Cousin MISHAWAKA, Ind.

(P)-'A 16- year -old boy was held 'in a detention home today for investigar tion of manslaughter after authorities reported he confessed the deliberate killing of a 14-year-old cousin. Detective Lt. Julius Maenhout, said Chester A. Hamman Jr. first contended the cousin, Mamman, was killed cidental discharge of Maenhout said the broke down and said ately loaded the gun ward while he was sweater.

No motive lished. The shooting occurred bedroom a of Chester's Dec. 19, 1956 put in for propaganda purposes. Secretary, of State, John Foster Dulles in his news conference Tuesday said the U.S. reply would definitely not indicate that American troops might be pulled out Europe: in return for a Soviet troop withdrawal.

But American sources explained the U.S. reply would ask questions about the Soviet proposal for lited aerial inspection over heart of Europe. The main idea is to get the viets talking about their acceptance of the principle of aerial inspec-(be tion over the conference table. Pravda Says U.S. After East Power LONDON Pravda the United States today of planning to take over the lion's share of British and French economic and political positions in the MidIdle East.

The Soviet Communist party newspaper, quoted by Moscow. radio, said the United States "is evidently to replace Britlain as the chief power in the Baghdad 'Pact defensive aligoment. The broadcast apparently was to substitute the United States for Britain in Arab eyes as chief imperialist menace to the Arab world. Killed by Auto ROCKPORT, Ind. IP--A 7-yearold boy was killed Tuesday afterpOon when one of two cars that collided at an intersection swerved;" into a filling station driveway where he was standing.

State police said Phillip Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Smith, was struck by 'one of the cars, which then crashed into two other autos. Killed in Ohio HAMILTON, Ohio (a Ernest Myers, 31, Muncie, was killed early today when his truck, filled with 10 tons of Christmas mail, left a road and overturned on U.S. 27 just south of McGonaligle.

Myers suffered a crushed skull. He drove for the CMW Trucking which had a contract for hauling mail here. 9:30 A. M. to 5:30 P.

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M. (Good Fellows' from H. Jones, Mrs. Walter Koonta and few others who each year volunteer their help. On next Sunday morning the dolls, toy cars, games, pop guns, cuddle toys, blue jeans, dresses, shirts and many other things, purchased for the Good Fellows will be delivered by Kokomo merchants to the Kokomo Armory.

The National Guard again has given the use of the Armory basement for the assembly. of the gifts. A crew of volunteers 'will working all day Sunday to select, tag and place in the baskets the gifts that are just right for each child according to age and whether the child is a boy or girl. By nightfall these weary will have completed the assembly of the several hundred baskets. Each basket will be properly tagged with the family name, address and the name of each child.

One task will remain after Sunday and that will be the placing of fresh fruit in the baskets and the delivery of the gifts to the families. This will be performed by National Guardsmen with the help of Explorer and older Boy Scouts. of the baskets! will be supervised by members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce as in past years. Nehru Says from Page One) (Continued the position that the 188 Convention which guarantees freedom of navigation does not apply to Israeli shipping, he said. A reporter alluded to broadcast Tuesday night in which the Indian leader pressed confidence that peace will prevail although not saying past." He "the noted danger that Nehru had spoken of India of war is as standing for freedom of the human spirit, and asked how the Prime Minister reconciled this pronouncement with India's "refusal to condemn Russia's action in Hungary." "It is not a question of condemning anybody," Nehru plied.

India itself United sponsored Nations a resolution in the on the situation. It is a question whether we are going to do more forby condemning, or by putting ward a constructive proposal. We thought constructive approach better. We expressed our own disapproval of what happened there, in very strong Asked whether President Eisenhower had indicated any plans to visit India, the prime minister replied: "I know you wouldn't want me to commit the President. But do hope comes, I'd be happy if he comes." Another reporter asked what happen to Nationalist China it the Unied Nations admitted Red China.

Nehru commented: "Constitutionally speaking, there is only one China. In this situation, neither the Formosan government, nor the Chinese government, recognizes the existence the other. I don't think that in the circumstances of today, and the history of the situation, the two can continue. Obviously the Formosan government is at most the Formosan government. It is not To call it China is stretching a word." Passenger Killed SEYMOUR, Ind.

(A John F. Reynolds, 24, Seymour, was killed Tuesday night a car in which he was riding went out of control on U.S. 50 a mile west of here and rolled 250 feet into a corn field. The driver, Robert C. Burley, 123, also of Seymour, was injured.

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Deaths and Funerals REV. J. W. ZERBE The Rev. J.

W. Zerbe, 83, of Frenont, Iowa, Methodist minister for 43 years, died Saturday, Dec. 15 at Good Samaritan Home for Aged, Ottumwa, Iowa, where he was a patient three months. Born at Plevna, near Kokomo, Feb. 28, 1873, he attended Ohio Northern, Ada, Ohio; Elkhart Institute (now Goshen college), aart, and State University of Iowa.

He was married Feb. 26, 1898 to Millie May Paulus, Elkhart Ind. In 1902 he entered the ministry at Hartford City. In Indiana he served pastorates at galls, Fountain City, Williamsburg, Saratoga and Marion. He transferred to Dakota Conference in 1919 and served churches at Scotland and Colome until 1927 when be transferred to the Iowa conference.

His Iowa pastorates Columbus Junction, Iconium, Eddyville, Batavia, Williamsburg and Fremont where he retired in 1945. was widely known for his community and civic activities in addition to his church work. He was cited twice in Ripley's Belive-It-or-Not, once for 2,000 consecutive Sundays in the pulpit and again for his 25,000 miles of walking to his rural churches. He never drove a car. In 1942, the Des Moines, Iowa Sunday Register devoted a full page in its rotosection on his 40 years of ministry.

During the last 20 years; ministry he staged what called -Church Field Meet" with the belief that denominations tha played together could work together for a better world. He gave numerous high schooll commencement and patriotic holiday addresses throughout the Midwest. He was one of the first ministers to receive the Rural Church award from Iowa State College in 1927 while at Columbus Junction, la. He' was a members of the Whitewater, Masonic Lodge and of the Oriental Consistory, Scottish Rite Masons of Yankton, S.D. He is survived by his wife of Fremont, la.

and five children, Paul Missoula, Fannie Zerbe, Longmont, Donald Zerbe, Manitou Springs, John Zerbe, Winfield, and Mary Zerbe, Santa Monica, Calif. There are six grandchildren: a brother, Roscoe Zerbe, Bunker Hill, and two sisters, Mrs. Nora King, Amboy, Ind. and Mrs. Maud Kendall, Topeka, Ind.

Services were at with burial at Fremont on nesday. MRS. C. H. JACKSON Mrs.

Mayme Jackson, 71, wife the Rev. C. H. Jackson of Franklin and formerly of Kokomo, died Tuesday night in Marion at the home of a granddaughter, Mrs. Robert Hawkins.

She had suffered; a stroke four weeks ago. The deceased was a daughter the late Mr. and Mrs. Richard Foust and was reared in this city. Here she grew to womanhood and was married 38 years ago to Rev.

Mr. Jackson, a minister the AME Church. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday from Wayman AME Church with the pastor, Rev. C.

T. H. Watkins, officiating, assisted by the Rev. W. Crown K.

Robert-! Point son. Burial will be in Cemetery. The body will lie in state at church where friends may view it from 12 noon to the hour of service. Surviving with the husband one stepson, the Rev. Ralph Jackson of Peru, seven grandchildren and 10 great Mrs.

Jackson the last surviv. for of her parents' family. She was a member of the AME Church, the Eastern Star lodge: Anderson, the Church Council Franklin and took part in other' civic and church activities. ROBERT W. BAKER Robert Wallace Baker, 72, who spent his boyhood in Kokomo, died in County Memorial Hospital, Franklin, after a week's illness.

Mr. Baker's home had been Franklin for a number of years. He was a public accountant with offices there and in Indianapolis. Funeral services were held at p. m.

Tuesday, with burial Green Lawn Cemetery, Franklin, beside his wife, Mildred, who died one month ago. The deceased attended the Kokomo schools and Franklin College. He was a member of the Indiana Society of Public Accountants, the Methodist Church, Masonic Lodge and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Surviving are a son, Robert W. Baker Jr.

of Atlanta, two daughters, Mrs. Mildred Birch Indianapolis and Miss Betty Lou Baker, Jacksonville, and five grandchildren. EDWIN L. STUART BURLINGTON-(Tribune Area Special -Edwin Lester Stuart, 81, died at 10:15 p. m.

Tuesday in the the Deer Creek Nursing Home. The last five years he had lived here with a daughter, Mrs. Nina Davis. Mr. Stuart was born Sept.

11, 1875 in Illinois. He had been coal miner living at Terre haute before his retirement. Surviving with Mrs. Davis are two other daughters, Mrs. Gladys Archer of Detroit and Mrs.

May Zimmer of Warsaw, There are eight grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren. The body is at the Carter Funeral Home in Flora where friends may call after 7 p. m. Wednesday. Funeral services will be there at 1:30 p.

m. Friday, the Rev. LeRoy Wright officiating. Burial will 'n the Burlington Cemetery. JAMES GRAHAM FOREST (Tribune Area Sperial) James G.

Graham, 83. lied suddenly at his home at Forest at 12:25 p.m. Tuesday. He was born Jan. 25, 1873, in Toward the son of Ira and Lydia (Gray) Graham.

Ir. 1905, he was married to Cora Wolfe and she died in 1925. 1 He married Anna Beard, who died in 1940. Mr. Graham a member of the First Baptist Church.

He had been a member of the Russiaville (OOF for 55 years. Survivors include one stepdaughter, Mrs. Marie Payne of Forest; a twin brother, William with whom Mr. Graham made his home in Forest; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services.

will be at the Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Thursday with the Rev. Earl Anderson officiating. Burial will be in the Cemetery. Friends may call home after 6 p.m.

Wednesday, ISAAC M. IRBY RUSSIAVILLE (Tribune Area, -Isaac M. Irby, 80, died late the Stoker Nursing Home near Frankfort. He was born Nov. 9, 1876, the son of Simon P.

and Mary M. (Suit) Irby. He was married to Henrietta Myers, who preceded him! in death. Mr. Irby spent most of his life in Clinton County.

One son, Chester Irby, of Warren, Ohio, and one granddaughter survive. One infant daughter and one son preceded him in death. Funeral services will be at 2 p. m. Thursday at the Stout and Sons Funeral Home in Russiaville, with the Rev.

Paul Reish officiating. Burial will be Friday in the Evergreen Burial Park at New Philadelphia, Ohio. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. Wednesday. CHARLES ALDER KEMPTON-(Tribune Area.

Special) -Charlie Alder, 45, at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Tipton County Hospital of coronary thrombosis. He was born July 1, 1911, in; Ewing, the son of Jess and Margaret (Pratt) Aider. On Aug. 14, 1932, he was married to Cora: Lester, who survives.

Surviving with the widow are one son, Charles at home: three daughters, Barbara at home: Mrs. Shirley Scott of Frankfort and Mrs. Betty Sedwick of Kirk-1 land; three sisters, Mrs. Cleo Johnson of Middlefork, Mrs. Julia Taylor and Mrs.

Lula Dean of Ewing; three brothers, Joe and Frank of Russiaville and Cass of and one grandchild. Funeral services will be at 2 p. m. Thursday at the South Scircle-! ville Baptist Church, with the Joe Thompson officiating. Burial! will be in the South Scircleville Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Ralph McMullen Funeral Home in Kempton until 1 p.m. Thursday when the body will be taken to the church where it will lie in state for one hour preceding the serv-' ices. PATRICIA SHALW FLORA-(Tribune Arca Special) -Patricia Shaw, infant daughter, of Leonard and Mertie Strong Shaw, died Tuesday afternoon at Riley Hospital, Indianapolis. She was born Dec. 10, at St.

Joseph Hospital, Kokomo. Surviving with the parents is a sister, Kathy Mae. The body is at the Carter Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Moss Cemetery. Seek Man (Continued from Page One) counts, and the presentation of the checks for certification, the banks had no reason to be picious of the man, authorities pointed out.

Officer said that when checks were presented for certification. scanning of the accounts revealed that there were sufficient sums in the accounts to cover the At one bank, the man said his boss was from Greentown, and at the other the employe who han-. died the account-opening was told the boss was from Burlington. Officials have not been able to locate anyone in either place answering to the names given by; the man. Authorities have learned that, the man used approximately 12; different names in the transactions, but they said as yet, there nave been no reports of him operating elsewhere in Indiana, other than Indianapolis.

Officials also pointed out that they were not yet certain whether. the altered checks had been cashed, or deposited, at the four Indianapolis banks. They did say, however, that the worthless checks, which the man attempted to deposit here were written on an Indianapolis bank. N. Y.

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C. Penney Pennsylvania Railroad 213 Fhillins 'Petroleum 52 Pittaburgh Plate Glass 824 Public Service Ind. 353 Radio Republic Steel 591 Sears Roebuck 233 Shell Sinclalr Ou 921 051 613 Southern Pacific 451 Standard Off Ind. 62 Thompson Products Union Carbide Union United Pacific Aircraft 933 U. S.

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