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Tuesday, Nov. IS, I960, The Palladium-Item and Sun-Telegram, Richmond, Ind. Rape-Slaying Investigation Of Ohio Girl, 14, Continues ounties Plan 70 Delay Sentence For Suspect Who Admits Burglary A guilty plea to third degree burglary by Lawrence Edward Logan, 25-year-old Richmond man, was taken under advisement Mon Believe Chicago Girl, 9 May Have Recognized Killer Fayette Highway Worker Injured CONNERSYTLLE. Merritt Blanton, 67 years old. Rural Route 5, was injured in an accident Monday while working on the iron bridge over Williams creek.

He is employed by the Fayette County Highway department. The west end of the floor caved their parents worked, called the sheriff's office after bearing School Revamping 4 Suggestions OK'd By Voters; Nothing Yet Proposed Locally By Fred S. Lord A progress report Monday of the State Commission for the Reorganization of School Corporations shows that 70 county committees have proposed preliminary plans. There are 92 counties in Indiana affected by the 1959 law calling for reorganization of present school In last week's elections, cepted plans proposed by their county committees. Vot ers approved one-unit administrative plans in Floyd, through as he was driving a truck and the truck slid into creek bed.

One of two gasoline tanks was knocked off but the truck could be driven from the scene. Blanton had a bruised head and was shaken up. He was taken to Fayette Memorial hospital by Highway Superintendent Glenn Christensen. Two Slayings Committed By Same Killer? CHICAGO (UPI) Illinois au thorities Monday checked an Ohio slaying in an attempt to ascertain whether the killer might also be the same man sought in the death of a 9-year-old Chicago Sirl- Capt James McMahon, cruet ot detectives, said several similari ties were noted between the slayings of Gloria Kowalewicz, 9, Chicago, and Nancy Eagleson, 14, of Paulding, Ohio. 'Have we got a taller traveling cross-countrv? McMahon won dered aloud before reporters.

McMahon said he checked with Sheriff John Keeler at Paulding by telephone about the two slay ings. coin notea ine uiceness oi the two atrocities, McMahon said. The similiarities in both cases, McMahon said, included: The abduction. Gloria appar ently was seized by a man as she walked to church Saturday. Nancy was grabbed by a man in an auto as she and her sister wanted home from a movie Sunday.

The death scene. Gloria's body was found in a wooded area. forest preserve southwest ot Chicago, lying in a ravine about 100 feet from a road. Nancys body also was found in a desolate wooded area about 100 feet from a county road. The cause of death.

Oloria was shot in the head twice with a weapon believed to be of either .32 or .38 caliber. Nancy also was shot in the bead, but the caliber of the weapon wasn't immediately known. Despite the similarities, McMa hon said there wasn't enough evi dence presently to warrant send- ine a Chicago detective to Ohio. But McMahon emphasized that if Keeler ever has a suspect, the Chicago ponce department will waste no time in sending a man to Paulding to assist in the ques tioning. E.

Germany, Poland Sign Trade Pact WARSAW. Poland (AP) Po land and East Germany have signed a new agreement providing for an 11 per cent increase trade between the two countries Think Bright voters in four counties ac two-unit administrative omy hi school corporations are proposed. This is a reduction of school corporations in the state. One-unit plans have been submitted by the following 34 county committees: Vanderburgh, War rick, Perry, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Clark, Orange, Pike, Jack son, Sullivan, Monroe, Bartholo mew, Franklin, Union, Fayette, Rush, Johnson, Owen, Clay, Vigo, Parke, Putnam, Madison, Jay, Howard, Benton, Fulton, Hunting ton, Whitley, Lagrange, Scott, Jefferson and Switzerland. The 12 counties submitting two-unit plans include: Spencer, Dubois, Martin, Daviess, Jennings, Decatur, Delaware, Carroll, Newton, Jasper, Vermillion and Posey.

Three-unit plans have been sub mitted by the following 14 county committees: Knox, Lawrence, Fountain, Boone, Tippecanoe, Cass, Miami, Wabash, Wells, Adams, Noble, Starke, La Porte and Washington. hour-unit plans have been sub- miteed by the following eight counties: Grant, White, Elkhart. St. Jo seph, Porter, Hamilton, Henry and Hancock. Shelby and Hendricks counties have submitted five-unit plans.

Final approval had not been given all the preliminary plans by the state committee as of Nov. 4. Chilean Workers End Strike SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) About 6,500 workers returned to their jobs Monday at Anaconda's big Chuquicamata copper mine, end ing a costly strike that ran for six weeks. A wage agreement was reached over the week end after the labor minister, Hugo Galvez, visited the mine and appealed to the workers to settle the strike that was damaging Chile's economy. Workers settled for a 25 per cent wage increase and fringe" "oeneiits.

They had asked for a 69 per cent increase. A company spokesman esti mated the strike cost $29 million in lost production, including $5.8 million that would have been the Chilean government's share, Chile's economy depends heavily upon copper. Meanwhile, 700 miners at the Braden Copper company's El Ten-iente mine are negotiating for wage increases which if not met may mean a strike there at the first of the year. Speeder Is Fined $8, $16.75 Costs Barbara Hodges, 23 years old. 415 Randolph street, Monday was fined $8 and assessed $16.75 court costs, a total of $2175 on a charge of speeding when she appeared Detore Judge James Konaid City court.

Police charged she was driving 50 miles an hour in a 30-mile zone on West Main street PAULDING, Ohio (UPI) Police in this tiny rural village Monday checked reports of "strangers in town" in their investigation of the rape-murder of a 14-year-old girl who was abducted while returning home from a Sunday movie. Residents of the village near the Ohio-Indiana border gave Sheriff John Keeler all the information they could remember which they thought could help in the search for the killer. But it was scanty. One girl recalled that a man had offered her a-ride home, too, but that was a long time ago and she did not remember what he looked Most of the local policemen and sheriff's deputies had never be fore investigated a murder. Deputies said the murder of Nancy Eagleson resembled in a number of details the slaying of a 9-year-old girl in Chicago about eight hours earlier and 250 miles west of here.

The evidence indicated that Nancy had been shot in the head after being dragged out of a car and possibly raped. An autopsy in a Fort Wayne, hospital Monday showed that the girl had been raped and shot with a small-caliber pistol. The kidnap-murder was the first of its kind in this community of 2,300 persons. Four-year-old Sherill Eagleson, the victim's sister, ran to the home of John Larson, a neighbor, to report that a "man in a big car" had forced her sister into bis car after the girls had refused a ride home. Body Is Found Five and one-half hours later, the body was found.

Larson, who often had been baby sitter for the sisters while Admiral, Five Others Die In Manila Crash MANILA (UPI) Rear Adm Arthur F. Spring, commander of U. S. navy forces in the Philip pines, his wife and four other navy men were killed when their plane crashed into the jungle-covered slopes of Mariveles moun tain, the navy announced Tues day. They were' aboard a navy Alba tross that crashed about 50 miles west of here after taking off short ly before midnight on a flight from Nichols air force base near Manila to the U.

S. naval afa-station at Cubi Point 50 miles northwest of Manila. Rescue teams parachuted to the scene Tuesday morning reported there were no survivors. In addition to the admiral and his wife the plane carried three crewmen and one officer who was not a member of the crew The navy corrected its first re nort that there were two non crew officers aboard. The plane disappeared in good weather after taking off at 11:35 -p.

m. (10:35 a. m. EST Monday). Flash In Sky Ohio Manchester and Hills-boro.

Kentucky Fleming county south of Maysville, Warsaw, Ft Knox. Hardinsburg and Irvington. Indiana Vevay, Dillsboro, Ev-ansville, Florence and Indianapolis. Illinois Central part of the state. There even was one that two planes from the Clinton Coun ty air force base had crashed.

A check there brought word the base didn't have any planes in the air. The "hottest tip for a time was that a plane was down near Hardinsburg, Ky. State police took up the search but gave up when they, too, decided it was a meteor. Personnel at the Nike base in Dillsboro, even reported see-mg the object explode into three pieces. One report from Manchester was that a vapor trail still could be sees from the "exploding" plane.

An apparent meteor can cause a lot of excitement. The membership will vote oa 16 new board members. Fifteen to serve for three years and one to serve the remainder of the un expired term of Robert L. Perkins who resigned due to moving from the county. In discussing the campaign.

Spencer stated that the average gift per employee has gone up in almost every employee group. The number of employees working in each group has caused some losses, as compared to last year. in some firms. Committee workers making reports after Friday, Nov. 13, should turn them to the Fund office, 1300 East Main street, as the teller windows in the banks will stop accepting United Fund money after that date, Spencer said.

Sherill's terrified tale. Sheriff John Keeler mobilized his three man force, the village police and patrolmen from two State Highway Patrol posts. The officers spent all night hop ing the girl would be found alive. It could have been weeks before the body were found had not hunt, ers Joseph AvFrance, 38, Route 1, Paulding, and Kenneth W. Nel son, 43, Paulding come across the body.

Marks on the ground and the disarray of the girl's clothing in dicated there had been a struggle. But the only blood on the scene was found in a pool under the girl's bead, indicating she was killed after being taken from the car. The hunters stopped a passing patrol cruiser. The body was 100 feet from county road 176. The hunters found it at 2:30 a.m.

Red China Rejected By UN Group PARIS (AP) The United States Monday defeated another attempt to get Red China into the united nations through the back door. By a vote of 44-26 with 15 ab stentions the united nations Edu cational, Scientific and Cultural organization (UNESCO) approved a credentials committee report re jecting a Russian-backed resolu tion to admit Red China as a member. The vote came at the opening of the seventh biennial UNESCO general conference. At each con- frence the Russians have tried to get Red China recognized as the UNESCO Chinese representa tive. A vote on the same issue two years ago was 41 to 21 with 14 abstentions.

Russia may raise the Chinese question again Tuesday when the conference considers a Soviet motion to put the admission of Red China on the conference schedule, Board OK's Renewal Of 4 Permits Four permits to sell alcoholic beverages were renewed Monday afternoon by the Wayne County Alcoholic Beverage board and forwarded to the Indiana Alcoholic Beverage commission for final approval. The renewals included: East Side Cafe, -restaurant at 1500 North street, to sell beer, liquor and wine. Wayne A. and Mary M. Thomas, grocery at 637 South Fifth street, to sell beer.

Robert L. Coffey, restaurant at 601 North Twelfth street to sell beer and wine. Hook Drugs, drugstore at Eighth and Main streets, to sell liquor and wine. No remonstrators appeared against the renewals. The boards next meeting is at 2 p.

m. Friday, Nov. 18. Warmest Weather In Two Weeks Arrives In Area Temperatures in eastern Indiana and western Ohio moved into the npper sixties Monday, the warmest day in two weeks. In Richmond, the high was 66, wannest since an identical 66 Oct 30.

The midnight reading also was the warmest since Oct 39. The Indian summer weather prevailed over most of Indiana and Ohio and weathermen predicted it might last until Thursday. Only a few scattered sprinkles interrupted the hazy warmth, less than a week after the early, shortlived snows of squaw winter. Daytime temperatures as warm as the middle 70s were forecast through Wednesday. Normal range at this time of year is 43 to 56.

The weather bureau predicted showers for this area Tuesday and possibly Wednesday with a change to cooler weather by the windup of the football season Saturday. Parking Meter Fines The following persons have been fined $1 for parking meter violations: Frank D. Hullinger, 2435 National road west; Gerald F. Frazier, 601 South Tenth street; William L. Hopper, Greensfork; Joe Fallon, 938 South Twenty-third street; Robert Booker.

Rural Route 2. Mrs. Dorothy Gore, 429 Tosch-log road; June Pierson, 1223 South Twenty-second street; A. L. 2503 South street; Selma Brunner, 604 South Ninth street; Pete Wissel 325 South Sixth street Kenneth L.

Jennings, 101 South West street; Margaret Levy, Spring Grove Heights; Albert Thomas, 1420 Harris street; Lowell Fisher, 3243 Forrest drive; Norma Lee Smith; VA South Fifth street James Dolehanty, 227 North West Third street Vernon Booth, 285 Snyder lane; L. H. Phems, 624 South West Twenty-fourth street, Michael Thornburg, Earlham college; F. SchaBc, Liberty; Hildegard Hutch-ings, 415 North Fourteenth street. CHICAGO (UPI) A little girl on her way to church may have recognized her murderer-to-be and clambered willingly into his car.

Police advanced this theory Monday in their investigation of the Saturday slaying of 9-year-old Gloria Kowalewicz. The little girl was abducted as she walked to mass at SL Mary of Mt. Carmel Church and her body, shot twice in the head, was found a few hours later beside a forest preserve driveway southwest of Chicago. The slaying was the eighth unsolved killing of a Chicago child or teen-ager in the last five years and the second within one month. Question Three Suspects Police questioned three possible suspects, one of them a 22-year-old Montrose, itinerant who sports beatnik style sideburns, moustache and goatee.

The man U. S. Foreign Aid Problems To Be Studied AUGUSTA, Ga. (UPI) President Eisenhower Monday arranged an "important" conference with Treasury Secretary Robert B. Anderson Tuesday on mounting problems involved in multi-billion dollar U.

S. aid to so-called "have-not" nations. The men were expected to renew suggestions that America's allies, particularly West Germany, increase their economic assist ance to newly independent countries in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. They also will discuss U. S.

defense spending in West Germany and the impact of foreign aid out lays on the new federal budget, the White House said. Press Secretary James Hag erty indicated either the presi dent, Anderson or the White House would issue a statement after the conference is over. Anderson probably will arrive at Eisenhower's vacation headquarters at the Augusta National Golf club Tuesday afternoon for the talks. Later, Hagerty said there was "good chance" that Defense Secretary Thomas S. Gates, would accompany the treasury spokesman to discuss the defense budget with the president This increased speculation that the top-level talks would concern the payments made by this coun try to maintain military forces in West Germany.

Anderson asked to discuss the $3.5 billion aid program with the chief executive before departing with Undersecretary of State Douglas Dillon for Bonn this week end to seek stepped-up Ger man help for underdeveloped lands. Satellite Timetable Here are the times when area residents may see the Echo I satellite: Tuesday 7: 04 p. in the south, 9 degrees above the hori zon, moving northeast. Wednesday 5:46 a. in the south, 6 degrees above the hori zon, moving southeast.

Also at 6:34 p. in the south, 4 de grees above the horizon, moving northeast. Thursday 5: IS a. in the south, 11 degrees above the hori zon, moving southeast Also at 8:15 p. in the south, 63 de grees, and moving northeast.

Friday 4:46 a. in the south, 16 degrees, movinz southeast Also at 7:46 p. in the south, 54 degrees, moving northeast Saturday 4: IS a. in the south, 22 degrees, moving south east Members of his family were in Batesvflle Monday. Young Coblentz was a grandson of the late F.

J. Coblentz, onetime mayor of New Pans. He worked at the Belden plant during summers as be studied at Earlham. He was made an industrial engineer in June of 1959, fol lowing graduation from Earlham. Coblentz was among honored guests Saturday night at a gath ering of members of the industrial engineering department of he Belden plant He was a native of New Paris and graduated from New Paris schools prior to going to Earlham.

His father died about nine years ago. Survivors in addition to his mother are two brothers, Don and Harold, both of near New Paris; a sister, Mrs. Donald Brown of New Paris. Services for Mr. Coblentz will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Kessler funeral Rev.

Sam Stone of the Christian church will officiate. Burial will be in Spring Lawn cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p. m. was picked up wearing woody clothes in a stolen Chicago car at La Porte, 70 miles away.

Chicago police were questioning him at La Porte late Monday. Another promising lead was a report by a motorist that he saw a girl resembling Gloria riding in a car with a man within an hour after her disappearance. The witness said he saw the man and child two miles from the ravine where Gloria's body was found. Chief of Detectives James Mc- Mahon said the killer could well have been a young person who drove up as Gloria walked to church and enticed her into the car. "Out And Out Maniac" Other churchgoers said they saw Gloria one moment and when they looked again she was gone.

There were no screams. Yet, police said. Gloria was a well-trained little girl who would not have been likely to accept a ride from a person she did not know. CoronerWalter McCarron called the killer "an out-and-out maniac" who may have "panicked" because the girl knew him. Although some of Gloria's clothing had been stripped from her, investigators pointed out, prelimi- nry evidence indicated she was not sexually molested.

Police concluded the killer might have shot Gloria twice at close range with .32 or J2 caliber bullets and then fled because the girl threatened to tell on him. Fire Guts Defiance College Hall DEFIANCE, Ohio (AP) Dr. Kevin McCann, president of Defiance college, said Monday plan ning will begin immediately for a new building to replace Weston hall, a 52-year-old campus land mark destroyed Sunday night by fire. Dr. McCann said meetings al ready are being arranged with architects, and that the college's board of trustees will assemble Nov.

26 for further planning. Dr. McCann. a speech writer and adviser to President Eisen bower, was in Washington at the time of the fire. Flames reduced the two-and three-story brick building to shelL It housed the college's departments of music, history, and English, in addition to a chapel, arena theater, and the college ra dio station.

The structure was built in 1908 at a cost of $50,000. But numerous improvements had been made, and Richard Wohn, director of de velopment, estimated the replace ment cost for building and equip ment at around one million dol lars. Dr. McCann said the new ture, part of which he hoped would be ready for use next Sep tember, will be built in such manner as to "preserve' as much of Weston as possible and save its traditions." Temporary headquarters are be ing set up tor classrooms lost in the blaze. Cause of the fire was not de termined.

Dean of students at the college is William M. Reynolds, formerly of Cambridge City. Reynolds was host recently for a meeting of col lege deans from all over Ohio and some of the meetings were held in Weston halL The building was not equipped with a fire prevention sprinkler system. Ballistic Tests Studied In Death Of Farmland Man WINCHESTER. Ballistic tests are being taken by state police to determine whether the .22 caliber rifle, which was used for target practice Saturday afternoon, Cred the bullet which killed Charles Eugene Thornburg, 24- ear-old Randolph county man, The part-time farmer and fac tory worker was found by his father, slumped over the wheel of his tractor, on- the Carson Ford farm south of Farmland Investigation proved that a .22 caliber bullet had entered his left arm, continued between his ribs and penetrated his heart, causing instant death.

Officers investigating the shoot ing said that in their opinion the bullet probably came from the rifle of a 13-year-old Farmland boy, who had hiked out into the country for some target shootina. Coroner Harvey White said he would give a verdict of "acciden tal death." The boy had left the area when Thornburg was found and was ap- parentry unaware his shooting naa done any harm. Survivors include the widow Linda Kay; a daughter, Diana Kay; the parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Thornburg, Selma, Rural Route a sister, Patricia Kay, at Home; a brother, Robert of Parker and the maternal grandparents, Mr.

and Mrs. Rob ert Walker of Parker. Services for Mr. Thornburg will be at 2 p. m.

Tuesday at Poplar Run Friends church south of Farmland. Burial will be in jWoodlawn cemetery. day by Judge John H. Brubaker. Logan, nabbed in Kessler's Sport shop, 916 East Main street, Oct 5, had been charged with sec- ond degree burglarly in Wayne Superior court Monday Logan pleaded innocent to the second degree burglarly charge and pleaded guilty to the lesser count of third degree burglary.

He told Judge Brubaker he was drinking at the time of the incident and was looking for a shot gun and shells. Police Officers Larry Miller and Delbert Davis, who nabbed Logan, found a bathing cap and two pocket knives in his possession. A front door glass had been broken to gain entry. Judge Brubaker ordered a pre-commitment report prepared on Logan by the Wayne county juvenile probation officer. Dale E.

Defibaugh, as required by Indaina law. Logan has been held in the county jail since his arrest He gave his address as South Twenty-first and streets. Businessmen Warned Of Bad Checks WASHINGTON (AP) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director J. Edgar Hoover warns that now is the time to watch out for the bad check-passers who iracuuonauy miensuy men activ ities around Thanksgiving and Christmas. In an editorial in the current issue of the FBI Law Enforcement bulletin, Hoover said: "Already bilking businessmen of a reported $500 million a year, or a staggering $1,000 a minute, check artists seeking easy money will invade department stores, supermarkets, drugstores, restaurants and other establishments during the year-end holiday seasons." The FBI director urges merchants to require adequate iden-tificatioa of persons offering checks for purchases and criticized businessmen who are sometimes reluctant to prosecute when restitution is made for a rubber check.

Hoover reported that during the fiscal year which ended last June 30, the FBI laboratory examined 33,516 fraudulent checks having a face value of about million, and said this represented only a small fraction of the racket "since many merchants accept their loss without reporting it to appropriate law enforcement authorities and many others will accept restitution rather than insist on prosecution of the wrongdoers. Kitchen Utensils Reported Stolen From Clubhouse A 50cur coffee maker and 38 other kitchen utensils were stolen in a break-in at the Whitewater Conservation club. Rural Route 2, Richmond, it was reported to the Wayne County Sheriffs department Monday. Sheriff Edward Cordell and Deputy J. Catey, investigating the break-in, found the building had been entered through a broken window pane in the west door.

The sheriff said apparently someone had squeezed through the opening and then opened a large kitchen window, possibly to let others in. Twelve dinner plates, 24 coffee cups, a large pas and kettle were listed missing. Hoosier Boy Killed In Tractor Accident LA PORTE, Ind (AP-A 415-year-old La Porte County farm boy was injured fatally Monday by the power take-off mechanism of his father's tractor. Charles Allen Doud, the son of Mr. and Mrs.

Robert Doud, climbed on the tractor as it was being used to power a corn conveyor at the comcrib of the Doud farm near La Crosse, 15 miles south of La Porte. Court News Circuit Court Carl E. Lipscomb has fifed a petition for divorce against Leoca Lipscomb. The couple was mar- nea may isjy ana separated uct. if, i9bo.

Richard Bennett Furniture, has filed a complaint fn contract against Donald J. Adams. A judgment of $750 is sought Married June 23, 1951 and separated Apr. 12. 1960, Juanita E.

Collins has filed a suit for divorce and custody against Leonard Collins. Superior Court Warder Thomas has filed a petition for divorce against Exma Thomas. The couple was married Aug. 4, 1956 and separated July 1, Magdefine A. Shuttleworth has been granted a divorce from James Shuttleworth on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment She.

was awarded custody of two children. Union and Vigo counties, and plan in Vermillion county. In Noble county the. voters, with a three-unit proposal, accepted two of the three units proposed. Proposed one-unit plans in Lagrange and Perry counties were voted down.

The committees now will have to submit new plans. Accepted plans go into effect Jan. 1, 1961. Both large and small populated counties were involved in the first test voting of the new law's mandate. Wayne county's committee, which plans a meeting this week, stiD has not been able to come up with a preliminary plan to be submitted to the state commission.

In recent weeks many of the nine members have expressed feelings that further discussion is of little value. Others have said they want to see if the 1961 legislature will make any changes. With this situation, however, it is possible the Wayne County School Reorganization committee may vote on a preliminary plan at any of its upcoming meetings. The Wayne committee has officially voted down a five-unit administrative plan and a two-unit administrative plan. The vote was 5 to 4 against the five-unit and 5 to 3 against the two-unit plans.

No Vote On One-Unit Plan The one-unit plan, which has been discussed county-wide, has not been up for an official vote. At the meeting when the two plans were voted down, however, the one-unit was voted on unofficially and five of the seven members voting favored it. Two abstained in voting unofficially. Of the 7ft county committees submitting plans to the state commission, 34 call for one-unit (coun ty-wide) administrative plans; 12 for two-unit plans; 14 for three-unit plans; eight for four-unit plans, and two for five-unit plans There are presently 732 school corporations in Indiana, IS of which are in Wayne county. In the 78 plans submitted thus far, Losantville Youth Held In Jail For Investigation WINCHESTER.

A 16-year-old Losantville boy is beiag held at the Randolph county jail while charges against him are investi gated by county officers. Sheriff Gilbert Roberson report ed Monday the boy was picked up in a state of intoxication after a hit-run accident in Modoc and a break-in at the Union township school Saturday night. Koberson said the arrest was made around 8:30 p. m. Saturday when officers followed up the ac cident in which the juvenile hit an auto belonging to the Union township school principal.

When he was found later out side the school, he explained he had broken into the building "to use the telephone." In the proc ess, officers said, he had com mitted numerous acts of vandal ism, ransacking desks, pulling out cabinet contents, and breaking the glass is the school trophy case. Dublin Woman Arrested Here After Accident Mrs. Carolyn Sue Mohkr. 18 years old, Dublin, was arrested for failure to have an operator'; license late Monday afternoon when her auto was involved in minor accident at North Ninth and A streets- Police said the Ecense had ex pired Sept. 30.

She is scheduled to appear Friday in Cty court According to officers, her. auto hit the rear of a westbound auto halted traffic on North street. The vehicle was driven by Wilbur H. Schultz, 41 years old. New Paris, and received only bumper damage.

The front end of Mrs. Mohler's auto was damaged. Both were insured. 2 Hubcaps Stolen, Man Tells Police Inert of two hubcaps was reported to police Monday by Fred Higgins, 209 South Fourth street, Centerville. He said the theft was discovered at noon Monday after the auto had been parked over night in the first block of South Twelfth street.

The loss was in sured. 98 Meteor, Not Exploding Plane CINCINNATI (AP) A lot of people in widely scattered areas of Ohio. Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois saw a brilliant flash in the sky shortly after 6 o'clock Monday evening but what was it? Wright-Patterson air force base personnel at Dayton said a meteor passed over at about that time so maybe that was it However, the flood of reports that poured into press associa tion and newspapers offices caused a lot of fuss and furore. AH were the same, "an airplane exploded in the air." Checks at Wright Patterson, Lock bourne air force base in Co lumbus, Clinton County air force base at Wilmington, Ohio, and Ft. Knox, Ky.r showed no missing aircraft Apparently the first report came in to the Cincinnati bureau of The Associated Press from Manchester (Adams county) Ohio.

Then came a quick series of more reports that a plane had exploded and crashed at or near these areas: New Paris Man Is Killed, Mother Hurt In Auto Wreck To Map Ways To Put Fund Drive Over Top NEW PARIS, Ohio. VerKn D. Coblentz, 400 Cherry street, 22-year-old industrial engineer at the Belden Manufacturing company in Richmond, Ind, was killed and his mother was hurt in a two-car smashup Sunday night near Milan, Ind. His mother, Mrs. Cecile Cob-lentzz, 58 years old, is in a hosier! tz, 58 years old, is in a hos-dition.

i Coblentz, a graduate of Earl-ham college, was due to enter military service soon. He had taken his mother to Louisville, over the week end to see Fort Knox, where he was to be stationed. State police at the Versailles post reported that Coblentz had passed a car on and was attempting to get back into fine whea his car collided with an oncoming auto driven by Jerry WaJ-cott, 17 years old, of Dillsboro. Walcott also was hurt but not State police said Coblentz had passed a car in a "no passing" zone. The accident happened shortly after 6 p.

m. Coblentz never regained consciousness and died several hours later in the Bates-ville hospital. Lester G. Spencer, chairman of the United Fund campaign, announced Monday that plans to complete solicitation and obtain the final reports will be made at an Executive committee meeting Tuesday. The reports processed to date show that the fund has obtained nearly 90 per cent of the goal of 534L824.

Of the nearly 11 per cent remaining to be reported, most of it is due from the County division and several large industrial employee groups, Spencer stated. Ferd S. Kurdys, president of the fund, said that the Executive committee would, during the meeting Tuesday, make plans for the United Fund membership meeting in December and the fourth quarter board of directors meeting to elect new officers..