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News Notes OF LOCAt Happenings VISITED RECENTLY Mrs. George Gaines, 204 son, was a recent guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jenkins of Brookfield. IN ST.

JOSEPH Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Sowder accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Huff of this city to St.

Joseph today on business. BIRTHDAY SHOWER There will be a birthday card shower for Mrs. Silas Keeler who will be 80 years old January 20. Her address is RFD 1. Hale.

IN PRINCETON Mrs. Dale Courtney of the city and Mrs. James Meservey and sons, Steve and Jim, were in Princeton to visit with relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Cavanaugh and children on Thursday.

MRS. WILLIAMS RETURNS Mrs. Iva Williams of 226 Henry returned Thursday evening from a 3-weck visit with her sister, Mrs. Oletha Jenkins at Kan. She spent the Christinas and New Year's hoi- idays there.

MRS. DEFIES HOME Mrs. Leon Dcnines, 1721 Borden, returned home Friday from Rochester, where she had been a patient at St. Mary's hospital. Mrs.

Deines underwent major surgery on January 6. Her condition is satisfactory. RETURN HOME Mrs. Jennie Strong, Chillicothe, returned home yesterday after being in the home of MM. Orson Cochran of Clarinda, la.

'Mrs. Walter Cochran of Milan accompanied Mrs. Strong to Iowa to attend the funeral of Orson Oochran which held on Tuesday in Lenox, la. IN FISHER HOME Guests in the Roy Fisher home at 621 Cowgill on Friday were the Rev. Eldon Smith, Leon, the Rev.

and Mrs. Jim Wells, Windsor; Mrs. Charles Case, Sedalia; Nicole Smith, Otterville; Mr. and Mrs. Larry Boley, CMllicothe; and Mr.

and Mrs. Charlei Fisher, City. ON DEAN'S HONOR ROLL Janeen Lindhorse, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Columbia, has made the dean's honor roll for the fall semester at the School of Social and Community Service at the University of Missouri in Co(Continued on Page 3.) Delberf Blair Was Native of County Died Friday Night at Age of 87.

Delbert Blair, 87, died Friday evening at 7:30 at a local nursing home. He had been in failing health several years. Prior to moving to the nursing home he had resided at 1305 Polk. A son of Ferris and Nellie (Corzctte) Blair, he was born March 2, 1884 in Livingston County. He spent his lifetime in this county with the exception of a year in California.

Ha farmed at Wheeling until 1948 at which lime he moved to Chillicothe where he had resided since. On Nov. 1, 1922, he was married to Miss Velma Moore at Meadville. Survivors in addition to the widow include six daughters, Mrs. Vere (Helen) Davis, Braymer; Mrs.

Byron (Ethel) Baf- ley, Raytown; Mrs. Henry (Mildred) TJbanks, Little Rock, Mrs. Clifton (Irene) Couch, Overland Park, Mrs. Bill (Jeanette) Boom, Phoenix, and Miss Florence Blair, Denver, a son, Forrest Blair, Oxnard, a sister, Mrs. John Cimi- mings, Wheeling; 26 dren and three great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a brother and a grandchild. Funeral services will be held I Tuesday afternoon at 2 from the! United Methodist Church. The! casket will not be open to the public. Burial will be In Resthaven Memorial Gardens under direction of the Norman Funeral Home. 1866 -106 Years of Service to Chillicothe and This Area -1972 CfnUicotfje Constitutor VOL LXIII DAILY EDITION CHILLICQTHE, MO.

64601 SATURDAY, JANUARY 15,1972 SIX PAGES NO. 12 STRIKING A CABLE TV POLE and shearing it off at its base, this 1963 Ford, driven by Jim Graham, slid on icy pavement after Graham applied his brakes to avoid striking a car that was pulling from a driveway. The accident occurred yesterday morn- ing at 11:40 in front of a residence at 1547 Polk street. The Cable TV company reported this morning that the pole had been replaced and that cable service was not disrupted by the Photo. Marriage Licenses to Highest Mark in 24 Years; 237 Issued There were more persons getting married and fewer getting divorced, at least in Livingston County in 1971.

A report for the year from the office of H. J. (Jay) Jones, county recorder shows that the highest number of the marriage permits since 1948 were issued here last year. A total of 237 marriage licenses were issued in Livingston County, the second highest figure since 1948, and up 41 from 1970. At the same time in 1971 there were 90 divorce petitions filed and 62 couples granted a divorce.

In 1970 there were 117 divorces filed and 75 granted, according to the figures compiled by the clerk's office. For the second straight year June and December proved to be the favorite times for the 'I In 1971 there were 31 applications for marriage licenses in June and 30 in December. Next to those two months, August ranked as a big favorite with the ladies with 28 permits. October with 11 and 12 each in January and March were the slow months for weddings. In 1970 the month of December surpassed old-time favorite June as the month for the brides.

Other Interesting figures reported by Jones showed the oldest male to request a license was 77 and the oldest female was 74. On the other end of the age ladder the youngest male was 15 as was the youngest female. Largest span of years between a couple's ages last year was 29. There were 34 couples of the same age and 168 cases where the male was older than the female and 34 instances where the female was older than the male. A total of 64 males under 21 had to obtain consent to be married while 43 females (under 18) had to receive consent.

Marriage licenses by the month for 1971: January, 12; February 16; March, 12; April, 19; May, 18; June, 31; July, 21; August, 28; September, 21; October, 11; November, 18; December, 30. Licenses issued in Livingston County since 1944; 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 76 82 174 211 238 225 206 208 188 182 149 189.. 193 164 171 182 137 163 177 175 107 195 198 181 218 206 196 237 Student Glen Weeks to Be Legislative Intern U3HJ.VHM BHl increase in cloudiness and not quite so cold tonight and Sunday. Lows tonight around zero north to around 10 above south. Highs Sunday around 30 north to upper 30s south.

Official Temperatures Yesterday's 4 Yesterday's Minimum 0 Today's Minimum -12 Precipitation 1:00 p. none River stage, stationary, 4.07 Year Ago Today Maximum 20 Minimum 10 FULTON, Weeks, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Weeks, 1420 Forest drive, is one of 10 Westminster College students who are testing college education in political science this semester as Jiey serve in the legislative jranch of government. The select group, all upperclassmen enrolled in a new course in Westminster's political science department called State Government and Public Policy, are serving as student nterns to 10 Missouri legisla- Weeks will serve as student assistant to Rep.

Winifred P. Weber (D-132nd district) of louse Springs. Working an average of five to 10 hours weekly in the Tef- ferson City office of Representative Weber, Weeks gives assistance in researching, abstracting, briefing, analyzing, evaluating, collecting, and preparing data and bills for his legislator's committee assignments and legislative preparations. In this function, he has opportunity to observe, analyze and evaluate the reasons for bills enacted by the Missouri Legislature. The class also holds weekly seminar meetings on the Wes- minster campus, under direction of Professors Bernard Axelrod and Ernest Mitler, when they discuss on-the-job experiences, sharing their new knowledge with classmates.

Each student is also required to prepare a term project of his choosing to complete the three or four-credit-hour course. His project must utilize the expertise, special field of interest, or committee assignements of his supervising legislator, who in turn will evaluage the student's performance at work. Among Missouri's senators and representatives who are assisting Westminster College in this project are Sen. Earl Blackwell, Sen. Ike Skelton, Rep.

R. J. (Bus) King, Rep. William C. Phelps, Rep.

J. Anthony Dill, Rep. Donald J. Gralike, Rep. Edward E.

Ottinger, Rep. James G. Baker, Rep Robert H. Branom, and Representative Weber. able and efficient plan of organization at the present time.

The nominating committee with Roy Hicklin as chairman met previous to the meeting of the directors. The directors were brought up to date on the required cedures necessary for any gift to the museum fund to be income tax deductible. The Internal Revenue Department is cooperating with this matter. It was ordered by the directors that the by-laws be reprinted with the changes authorized at the annual meeting. Copies Discuss Plans for Historical Society Membership Drive Mrs.

Margaret Adams has been appointed membership chairman for 1972 for the Historical Society and she met with directors at their meeting on January 13 and discussed her plans with them. She would like for each director to be a member of her committee and to help as much as possible to increase the number of members for 1972. Mrs. Adams has plans for other persons to be on her committee also. The drive proper will start with the annual meeting of the membership on January 20.

Mrs. Adams stated that membership cards will be given to the members when they oay their dues this year. Mrs. Frances Riley, chairman of the By-Laws Revision Committee, reported that the final vote on the change of the by-laws will be taken at the annual meeting of the membership on January 20. The change, if adopted, will provide a board of directors of twelve persons instead of the present nine directors and nine trustees.

This will make for a more work- Continued on Page 3.) EYEGLASSES AND PLIERS STOLEN Leroy Mclrvin, RFD 3, reported to police Thursday that someone stole a pair of tri-focal prescription eyeglasses, a is ltt niv. iiiiiit-ji Wash, 1003 Washington street NEW QUARTERS FOR HUTCHINSON FIRM New offices for the C. P. Hut- 'Ohinson insurance firm are being constructed in the south section of the Strand Hotel Lobby. The Hutchinson agency to move from its present offices on the second floor of the State Bank building to the new quarters the first of February.

Hutchinson said the new quar. ters will consist of two private offices and the main office in an sqtfare "fetit area. Construction, which h'as been underway for approximately two weeks, is by John Hutehinson. Heart Attack Fatal To Russell Wilson Resident Since 1952 Died This Morning. Russell Edward Wilson, 68, of 804 State street, Chillicothe, died this morning about 6 o'clock of a heart attack he suffered while visiting in the Chula home of his brother, Charles 0.

Wilson. He had gone to visit his brother Friday evening. Born Dec. 21, 1903 in rural Chillicothe, he was a son of William Jurdon Wilson and Mary Rosetta (Colclasure) Wlson. He spent his entire lifetime in the Wheeling community until he moved here in 1952.

He attended the Jacksnipe rural school. Mr. Wikon was a stock buyer. On June 7, 1927, he was married to Miss Flora Albertson at Chillicothe. In addition to Mrs.

Wilson, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Mary Francis Rice, of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada; a son, Jerry Ray Wilson, RFD Chillicothe; two brothers, Charles and Virgil W. Wilson of Chula; three sisters, Mrs. Cora Vanlandingham, Mrs. Hattie Sickler, and Mrs.

Delray Smith, all of Chillicothe and 8 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, Merle Dean Wilson, two brothers and three sisters. Funeral arrangements are pending at this time but a fam 10-inch Crescent wrench and Jly visitation will be held Mon pliers from the Thrift-T Car day evening from to 8:30 at the Norman Funeral Home It's a Fact Enrollment in the Chillicothe area vocational-technical school has doubled since the program began in the 1967-88 school year. Many courses that began as one-teacher classes, now have two teachers and a number of them are approaching the three teacher necessity level. One hundred and fifty students were enrolled the first year; this year there are 291 day students in the program.

Six area high schools sent students to the first classes; now there are 10 high schools and 41 towns represented in the classes. No local tax money is spent in courses offered to post- high school students or for the adult education classes offered at night. With the hue and cry to keep young people in rural communities, it is a note of interest that the '67-'68 year, 22 post high school students were enrolled; this year there are post- high school students in the vocational classes. A $200,000 bond issue, which would require no tax lavy increase, will be submitted to the voters January 21 for approval. This would enlarge the present facility by a little more than half its present size.

A Minus 12 for Chillicothe ChilUcothe recorded its coldest temperature since January 21, 1970 last night when the mercury dipped to a frigid 12 below. Warmer weather is expected by tomorrow, but today's highs were to be only in the low teens. By noon today the temperature had reached only two above in Chillicothe. Yester a y's high was four above and the low zero. Plattsburg and Edgerton reported readings of 20 below and it was minus 18 at the Macon airport, 15 below at St.

Joseph, minus 13 at Kansas City International airport and 12 below at Maryville. Kalian Premier Quits His Post Colombo Government Out After 17 Months Following Showdown. ROME Premier Emilio Colombo resigned today amid a fierce power struggle between the Christian center and the Marxist left represent- id in his coalition Cabinet. Colombo folded his 17-nronth- old government in a formal meeting with Italy's new president, Giovanni Leone. Earlier in the day, Colombo had met with leaders of the four coalition own Christian Democratic Socialists and Republicans.

Colombo's office issued a communique saying: "The premier has informed the Cabinet that, taking account of opinions expressed by political forces of the government coalition, considers it opportune to resign." The ostensible reason for Colombo's resignation was the pullout of the Republican party, in his coalition. The Republicans had demanded more effective action to cope with. Italy's oruimlbling economy, increasing unemployment and continued social unrest. But that only provided the excuse for a showdown between Christian Democrats and the Mlarxist left that has been leaning back closer to its old- time Voting alliance wifih the Communists. This came to a head in December during the longest presidential election in the history of the Italian republic.

Ice Involved In City Traffic Accidents Two dars were damaged in a collision at Highland and Webster streets at 8:05 a.m. Friday. Police said Curtis A. Howe, 60, RFD 2, was southbound and that Jerry Dale Fields, 20, Wheeling, was backing. There was damage to the hood, right front fender and front bumper of Howe's 1963 Chrysler sedan and to the left front fender and front bumper of the Fields car, a 1967 Dodge sedan.

The street was icy. Officer Ed Taylor and Lt. Keith Jackson investigated the accident. Both cars slid on ice and collided in an accident at Eleventh and Broadway at 8:08 a.m. yesterday, according to a report by Officer Maynard Hall.

There was damage to the 'eft front fender and bumper of a 1968 Plymouth 2-door driven by Joice E. Figg, 23, RFD, Ludlow, and to the hood, grill and bumper of a 1968 Ford sedan driven by Barbara Jean Meier, 23, RFD 5. Vesta Mary Stamm, Southwest drive, was unable to stop on ice and her 1970 Oids- mobile sedan bumped a car parked in the 300 block Dickinson street at 12:10 n.m. Thursday. There was no damage to the Stamm car and clam- age to the rear bumper of a 1968 Pontiac sedan which had been parked by Patrick Ray Double, 23, of 101 Webster.

Firemen KHted At lifSle Rack Two Dead, Seven Hurt As Well Coliopses While Fighting Blaze. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (ffi Two firemen were killed and seven others injured to a while fighting a four-alarm fire downtown Little Hock, Fire Ihief Jack Davis said. Davis said a wall collapsed while firemen were battling the blaze in a three-story building which housed an Army surplus store. The building was destroyed and several adjacent buildings were damaged.

The dead men were identified as drivers Jerry Jacobs, Jorth Little Rock and Eric Oliver, Little Rock, Davis said. Their ages were not available. Two of those injured were reported in serious condition in a Little Rock hospital, the fire chief said. Da-vis said the first alarm was reported shortly before midnight and more than a dozen units were -dispatched. He said firemen had brought the blaze under control when the wall collapsed on the nine men.

The victims were operating an aerial ladder truck and directing streams of water into windows of the building when the wall fell on them. The truck was heavily dam aged Davis said. Davis said the fire was almost out when the wall fell. He mm Red Missiles and U. S.

Planes Tangle at DMZ COUNTY JUDGES ATTEND SENATE HEARING County Court Judges Bill Hoyt and Roy C. Hicklin attended a Senate committee hearing in Jefferson City Tuesday night. The hearing was regarding a bill which would change some positions in the USDA surplus foods program. The meeting also was attended by Senators William Esely and Ike Skelton of this area. American Aircraft in Hew Raids Over North Vietnam.

SAIGON (AP) Hanoi moved its mobile missile aunchers closer to South Vietnam's northern frontier han ever before in the war Friday nijrht, triggering iew engagements with U.S. ik Mers within three miles of (he border. The U.S. Command reported two new aerial engagements, one of them resulting in a pro- ective reaction strike over North Vietnamese territory, and intensified firing of surface at American planes. The U.S.

Air- raft were not damaged, lommand said. In Laos, a source who flew over the Long Cheng Valley said he observed the red, whita and blue banner of the pro- Communist Pathet Lao flying an area formerly controlled guerrilla forces backed by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. But official sources in Vientiane, the Laotian capital, denied the Long Cheng had fallen. Fierce hand-to-band combat raged today along "Skylina Ridge" as the Meo Tribesmen led by Gen.

Vang Pao tried to recapture the site overlooking Long Cheng. The North Vietnamese captured the ridge a few days ago. Communist-forces kept up their attacks South Vietnam for the, (Mb. day in a campaign to discredit the Saigon government's pacification and Vietniamization oro- grams. Thirty enemy-attacks reported against government forces for a total of 140, the highest la more than (Continued on page 3.) Steven Phillips, Mrs.

Dougherty On Honor Roll Steven Phillips, son of Mr and Mrs. A. V. Phillips, 1643 Springhill street, and Mrs. Gene (Elizabeth) Daugherty, Jamesport, were named to the fall semester honor roll at Southwest Baptist College at Bolivar.

Phillips earned a perfect grade point average of 4.0. To be eligible for the honor roll a student must earn a 3.0 grade point or better for 12 or more hours of class work during the semester. Southwest Baptist College is now in the midst of its first January term. Enrollment and registration for the spring semester will begin on Feb. 2.

(Continued on Page 3.) Building Auto Repair Shop On Washington Kenneth D. Davis announced today construction of a 45 toy 63 steel building to house an automotive repair service it underway at 81 Washington street. The new facility, under struction by Morton of Chillicothe is on two property sites formerly owned by John D. Fox and pupctaased by Davis. Operation of the new business, which will include ups, brake and muffler repair, is expected to begin by early March.

Davis presently is operating the Davis Standard service at 221 Washington and has opeiN ated a Standard station nera for the last 3VSi years. He said he will not continue at the service station after March 1. Mr. and Mrs. Davis and family reside at 1307 Burnam Road, Skelton Gives Answer On Senator Question Who is the state senator representing Livingston County? A question was raised whether it was the man Livingston countians (2,774 of them, anyway) helped elect in November, 1970-William J.

Esely of Bethany-or Ike Skelton of Lexington, whose name has never been on a ballot here. Skelton is senator of Missouri District 28, to which Livingston County has been assigned in redistricting to meet with the Supreme Court's 1-man, 1-vote rulings. Because there were two schools of thought on the matter, including differences of opinion among some political figures' The Constitution-Tribune called Senator Skelton in Jefferson City. Skelton said he was sure he had been Livingston County's senator since the redistricting of last August, but would be glad to oblige and get it down in black and white. From Secretary of State Actually, the answer came back in green and white- white stationery bearong green typewriting Secretary of State James C.

Kirkpatrick, whose ancestry 's Irish and who genially does lots of things in green, including changing to green the cover of Missouri's traditional Blue Book. Mr. Kirkpatrick's letter, forwarded to The Constitution- Tribune, reads: "Good Morning, Senator: "In answer to your request, the final report of the State Senatorial Redistricting Commission was filed in this office on August 30, 1971, on which date it became effective. "I trust this gives you the information requested. "We are always happy to be of service.

"Cordially, "James C. Kirkpatrick." Eight Counties In District The 28th district includes Macon, Linn, Ray, Carroll, Chariton, Saline, Lafayette and Livingston counties. Senator Skelton told The Constitution-Tribune when the inquiry was made that he will be glad to hear from Livingston County people at any time, and that he will listen atten- twely to what they have to say and to represent them..