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Journal and Courier from Lafayette, Indiana • 4

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riday Evening October 5 1962 Plaintiff DEATHS IN CITY AREA LIONS CLUB SA LE SAT OCT 6 I kl Slayer Of 1 When i EVERGREENS the told them he had seen UNERAL NOTICES IOR ALL YOUR DRUG NEEDS Shop AND TO CELEBRATE THE COMING ALL RALPH BOWERS OERS YOU THESE 1522 Main Lafayette Phons SH 2 2653 TERRIIC BARGAINS Young Paint Hardware Says Have 1 You Tried If? I It's ri abulous! (P9001) MRS LORA CAMPBELL Get It Now At reach PANT 110 5th SH 2 4083 Ph SH 2 8251 310 16th St Ambulance Service 4 I larswgj PE CIA SALE! retired discuss the pistol in a suitcase as he collapsed dying in his room When officers arrived and could not find a weapon they thought the killer was still on the loose The man witnesses saw leave the hotel was apparently Runolfson It wasn't until the pistol was and ballistics tests proved Thursday that all the shots came from that officers traced what had happened li NIGHTMARE Twenty three ve hicles caught in a sudden fog bank on Route 93 near Wilmington Mass ground into each other Six persons were taken to Winchester hospital with various injuries Police said the pileup came when the driver of the first car came upon a fog bank and suddenly applied th? brakes (AP Wirephoto) rivers and harbors and flood con trol projects It was sent back to the House which had cleared a much mailer version The Senate also passed and re turned to the House the highway fi nancing bill for the two years ahead i It cleared for the President the legislation authorizing a $36 mil lion federal aid program for mass vaccination of children against polio diphtheria whooping cough and tetanus IMPORTED "DIRECT ROM HOLLAND1 slow forward movement a gradual turn to the north and continued gradual increase in swirling wind speed gales' reached out 300 miles to the east and north and 100 miles to the Southwest Seas were rough throughout the Bahama Islands Small craft were warned against venturing too far from port MOORE and BROWN UNERAL HOME Phone Rossville 379 1411 24 Hour Prompt AMBULANCE SERVICE ABSPRAY COLOR for aded abrics IB DECORATOR COLORS RESTORE THE "NEW TO ADED DRAB URNI TURE chairs sofas drapes auto interiors lamp shades etc OR LESS THAN $500 ECONOMY SIZE 24 oz Oiont REGULAR SIZE uneral Directors 014 COLUMBIA ST AT l0i PHONE SH 2 2S2B LAAYETTE A Tippecanoe Superior Court jury was dismissed by Judge Robert Munro riday morning after the case they had been hear ing since Tuesday was dismissed on a plaintiff's motion The jury had heard evidence in the $3500 possession and damage suit trial filed by Homer Har ris of Rt 9 against George and Anna Purcell also of Rt 9 in Shel by Township 1 The suit involved a mixup in a lease agreement between Harris and the Purcells Thursday afternoon after plaintiff's attorney George Weigle rested the case the defense attorney William Bennett filed a motion for a di rected verdict Judge Munro overruled the mo tion for a directed verdict riday morning Then the at torney filed a motion to reopen the case to present further evi dence This motion was denied and the attorney then filed the motion to dismiss the case Judge Munro then discharged the jury The Harris complaint stated that on June 1 1961 Harris leased a farm in Shelby Township from Mr and Mrs but that the Purcells had held full posses sion of the property since that time Harris was attempting pos session of the farm and to collect damages for alleged loses in crops Midway They and Schirra to his cabin to and evaluate his reports The astronauts who arrived with a group of space agency doctors and technicians are Marine Lt Col John Glenn Jr Navy Lt Cmdr Malcom Scott Carpenter Air orce: Maj Virgil I Grissom Air orce Maj Leroy Gordon Coo per Jr and Air orce Maj Donald (Deke) Slayton Schirra the same astronomic phenomena as Glenn and Carpenter on their orbits These included snowflakes and a blazing sunset in which the sun ap peared flat on the horizon The capsule already has been lifted by helicopter to Midway from where it will be flown to Houston Tex for detailed study by NASA technicians REXALL DRUG STORE STILL TIME TO ERTILIZE YOUR LAWN A Complete Line of 'ertilizers in Stock Socialite Accused Of Killing Suitor BOSTON (AP) Suzanne Clift 21 Boston society girl was held for a grand jury riday on a charge of murdering the man she had talked of marrying Piero Brentani 27 Italian electronics engineer No plea was entered as her counsel rank Juggins promi nent criminal lawyer waived ex amination Sgt Det Leo Gannon recited in a low voice to Judge George Roberts the circumstances of the finding of the body of Bren tani padlocked in the apart ment He had been shot in head I SERVING LAAYETTE OR 23 YEARS JOHN TRISKA 664 Main St PHONE SH 2 0617 Union Hikes Dues INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The Indiana AL CIO voted to raise each monthly assessment to the state labor treasury from five to seven cents after the only major debate of the state convention East Sid Rd 26 East West Side Rd 26 West Gl 7 2875 Rl 3 1275 OPEN SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS Crash Kills Three COLUMBUS Ind (AP) Three elderly Indianapolis residents were hurled to their death Thurs day afternoon when their car was smashed broadside by another auto as they tried to turn left from busy 31 into a drive in restaurant The victims all of whom died later in Bartholomew County Hos pital here were Samuel Hylton 79 his wife lorence 76 and Mrs sister Mrs Mary Wilson 78 All three were pinned beneath the wrecked autos COMORT INC GERIATRICS and Convalescents' Home Registered Nurse On Duty 24 Hour 312 8th SH 2 8455 3 Coeds Pledged At Miami Two Lafayette coeds and one from rankfort were among 402 pledged by sororities at Miami University Oxford Ohio Miss Tara Louise Balfe 801 Oaklawn Drive was pledged by Pi Beta Phi and Miss Linda Ellert Dierstein 2100 7th St by Alpha Chi Omega Miss Sue Ellen Edington 800 Jackson St rankfort was pledged by Alpha Omicron Pi New Wabash Basin Commission Voted WASHINGTON (AP) A Wa bash Basin inter agency water re sources commission estimated to cost $3 million was included in a $4 billion water projects authoriza tion bill which passed the Senate by voice vote Thursday Sen Vance artke Ind in troduced the Wabash Basin amend ment which was 'tacked onto the bill In another action a Senate House conference committee adopted these figures for construction of In diana projects: Huntington reser voir $100000 Wabash River levee unit 5 $350000 Mississinewa reser voir $2 million or Additional Information TELEPHON SH'2 7302 UNERAL HOME 1104 Columbia Street Phono SH 2 7873 JOHN KORTY John (Elmer) Korty 66 World War I veteran and retired plant protection worker died in St Eliza beth Hospital at 7:15 pm Thurs day He entered the hospital Sat urday The family home is 3142 Longlois Drive Born in Lafayette he was em ployed in the airfield Manufactur ing Co plant security service for 25 years before his retirement He was married to lorence Weis becker in 1923 and was a member of St Boniface Catholic Church Surviving with the widow are four sons Bernard and William of La fayette Richard of Trenton and Charles of San Diego Calif four daughters Mrs? Donald Bros sart of Decatur Ill Mrs Leonard Ciota and Mrs Donald Smith of San Diego' Calif and Mrs Cletus Heimann of Monroeville four brothers the Rev Elmer 'Korty OM of Cincinnati the Rev Leon Korty OM of Waterflow NM Norbert of Road 26 east and Ray mond of Lafayette and three sis ters Mrs Lambert Jansen and Mrs Walter Anthrop of Lafayette and Mrs Albert Pinard of Bridgeport Conn MRS RANCES SWITZER OTTERBEIN Mrs rances (Smith) Switzer 74 of' Otter bein died at 10:45 a riday in St Elizabeth Hospital Lafayette where she had been a patient since Sept 17 She was the widow of Bert Switzer who died in 1957 Bom near Otterbein she spent her life in this community and was among the first graduates of Otterbein High School She was a member of the Methodist Church and its official board and was the church financial secretary and a Sunday School teacher for many years Surviving are a son William of Rt 10 Lafayette two daughters Mrs Alberta Palmer of Otterbein and Mrs Norman Vernon of Rt 2 Danville two brothers Sidney Smith of Texarkana Ark and Herbert Smith of Rt 2 Pierceton and two sisters Mrs Dwight Call oway of owler and Miss Rosalie Smith of North Judson GEORGE LETEMEYER RENSSELAER George lete meyer 73 native of Lafayette and former resident of Rensselaer died at Clearwater la at 5:15 pm Thursday after an illness of eight months He had lived at Clearwater for eight years rom 1921 until he moved to lorida he had been a resident of Rensselaer He was a former rail road employe and sheet metal worker and a member of the Ma sonic Lodge He was married at Louisville Ky in 1914 to Edna Donnelly who died in 1942 i Surviving are three daughters Mrs Dorothy Hartman of Rens selaer Mrs Lois Clark of Indian apolis and Mrs Phyllis Van Vuren of Clearwater a son Charles letemeyer of Stanford la and a brother Richard letemeyer of Indianapolis The body will be sent to Rensselaer CLOCK RADIO LOS ANGELES (AP) the first police officer reached the Cotner Hall Hotel he found three men and a woman dead or dying and a fifth man critically wounded Police broadcast an all points bulletin for a man seen leaving the hotel earlier and 50 officers sought a berserk killer They never found him why detective said: He was dead The mystery was explained this way by police: Sherman Sheridan Burch 63 be came enraged because of another blaring radio He ran into the room of Ed ward Clark 65 and beat him with a pistol Clark collapsed He may have died of a heart attack Cal Britton 60 another res ident ran in to see what was happening He was fatally shot The hotel manager Lucy Han non 54 ran up the stairs was shot and tumbled dead over the stair railing A passing man Daniel Haro 31 heard the shots ran to inves tigate and was shot and wpunded His condition is still serious A resident of the hotel Gene Runolfson ran to get police Then said officers Burch ap parently shot himself and locked MARION A SMART Marion A Smart 61 formerly of this community was found dead in his St Peters burg la home Tuesday follow ing a heart attack Born in Morocco he resided in Chicago prior to moving to St Petersburg where he had spent most of his life He was a profes sional musician and a veteran of World War II Surviving are brothers Boyd and Harley A Smart both Of Morocco and one sister Mrs Maude McClain of Morocco The remains will be returned to Morocco for services and burial 1 Wake you to music automatically ull GE warranty I Thoy'ro here! General Electric Clock radios at this rock bottom price! i They're hot Come in today while supply lasts BRELSORD AGENCY General Real Estate 31? State Street Ph RI 3 2569 IllL and Alabama Streets' AM5 'Phone SH 2 6254 SH 2 2633 Daisy's Winds Are Clocked At 100 MPH MIAMI la (AP) Hurricane Daisy grew overnight increasing center winds to 100 miles per hour but on a course to the north The US Weather Bureau located Daisy approximately 600 statute miles east of Miami at 8 am speed and course were clocked at 8 miles per hour to the northwest The erratic tropical storm which waxed and waned for several days before settling into a full blown hurricane swung from a westward to a northwestward course over the past two days orecasters predicted continued new com ADED ABRIC) MRS LORA CAMPBELL BATTLE Mrs Lora (Marine) Campbell 82 died Home Hospital Lafayette at 5:55 am riday She was in the hos pital for three weeks and had been in failing health for three years Born in Battle Ground Mrs Campbell was a life resident of the community She was married in 1904 to Sherman Campell a retired carpenter who died in 1948 Mrs Campbell was in the first graduating class of Battle Ground High School in 1899 when the school offered only a three year course She was a member of the Methodist Church Mrs father Charles Marine was a first cousin of James Whitcomb Riley the Hoosier poet and was the first graduate of the old Battle Ground Institute which was in the pre Purdue University era He later taught there Surviving are a son James of Battle Ground with whom she made her home and a daughter Mrs Vera Young of Lafayette DR JOE LANE CLARKS Mrs Nellie Holst has received word of the death of hr nephew Dr Joe Lane 45 who died of a heart at tack in his home at Lexington Ky i Bom in Clarks Hill he was the son of the late Clarence Lane He was graduated from Clarks Hill High School and was a vet eran of World War II reaching the rank of captain Surviving with the widow Mary are his stepmother Mrs Bessie Lane half brother Prof Clarence Lane of Kokomo and twosisters Miss Melba Lane and Mrs Mildred Satterfield of Cincin nati MRS EMMA McGOURAN RENSSELAER Mrs a Grace (Michael) McGouran 55 died in Jasper County Hospital at 6 pm Thursday She had been in health since 1957 and entered the hospital a few days ago Born in Jordan Township in Jasper County Mrs McGouran was a life resident of the county except for 12 years when she lived in Chicago She was married in 1937 to ran cis McGouran who died in 1950 She was a member of the irst Christian Church of Rensselaer and Rebekah Lodge 346 Surviving are a son James of Tulsa Okla a daughter Mrs Kay Lambert of Highland and a broth er Victor Michael of Remington MRS CLARA A OWENS MEDARYVILLE Mrs Clara Alice Owens 86 of Medaryville died' Thursday in the Rochester Nursing Home at Rochester where she had been a patient over two years Born in Kentucky she lived at Monon and Wheatfield before mov ing here She was the widow of Joseph Owens who died in 1942 She was a member of the Christian Church here Surviving are four sons Walter of Rt 6 Rensselaer rank of South Bend Omer of Medaryville and Joseph Jr of Monon and a daugh ter Mrs Okie Slavens of Medary ville Schirra Continued from Page Congress Continued from Page 1 C0N0T0NE HEARING AID CENTER scons NURSING HOME Vacancies Men Women Married Couplet 1100 Sth SH 2 3270 $1 Z95 All Varieties All Sizes i All Prices OUR BINS ARE LOADED GOOD SELECTION NOW IN STOCK KOEHLER BROS Drops ann Lease Suit 3 Takes Own Life Modal 6201 6 Transistors Plus 'Diode Plays on 2 Penlite Batteries Slide Rule Dial I 7 Complete THE BIGGEST AND BEST SELECTION IN LAAYETTE If you can hear but don't Under stand Sonotone would like to help you Whether you wear a hearing aid or not let us give you a free audiometric hearing analysis in the privacy of our office or your home LEARN ABOUT OUR NEW HEARING AIDS Latest AII inEar Smart Eyeglass Models Midget Behind Ear Models 6 Transistor Models for Difficult Losses Easy Listening with AVC Our new models are the smallest lightest most convenient hearing aids possible through Sonotone research Let us help you enjoy good hearing again Budget prices too SONOTONE" THE TRUSTED NAME IN BETTER HEARING OR 33 YEARS RALPH BOWERS ELEC 'll SALES and SDVirr HIPPENSTEEL INC' UNERAL HOME The ollowing 'funerals Hve Been Scheduled: Our pledge to the community is one 1 of service a service within the end HARDWARE PORTABLE RADIO Long Rang Reception 7 Transistors Plus Diode of any income IHurplni THE AL AND COU I LAAYETTE IND Jobless Record WASHINGTON (UPI) The unemployment rate last month set a record high for September The jobless rate at the August level of 58 per cent a Labor Department spokes man said Thursday This meant that 58 of every 1000 persons in the labor force last month were out of work and looking for a job CAMPBELL Mrs Lors riends may call at Hippensteei uneral Home after 4 Saturday Services in Battle Groiaid Methodist Church at 2:30 Sunday the remains to lie in state on hour before the service The Rev Don A Bassett will officiate Interment in battle Ground cemetery LETEMEYER George riends may call at Jackson uneral Chapel Rens selaer after 7 Sunday Masonic service there at 7:30 pm Sunday uneral there at 3 Monday the Rev Loran Campbell officiating burial Weston Cemetery Rensselaer Ten grandchildren survive KORTY John riends may call al Zahn Schneider uneral Hrme after 6 Saturday Rosary service in funera home at Sunday Be cause of 40 hour devotions in St Boni face Church solemn requiem mass will be in St Lawrence Church at 9 a Monday The Rev Elmer Korty will be celebrant the Rev Leon Korty deacon an th Rev James itzpat rick sub deacon burial in St Boniface Cemetery amily suggests friends may contribute memorial gifts to Propagation of aith in care of the Rev Cprn lius Kelley of the Chancery office Twenty grandchildren survive McGOURA'tAMrs Emma riends may call after 7 pm Saturday at Jackson uneral Chapel Rensselaer where funeral will be at 1:30 Monday Rebekah memorial service at 6 Sunday in chapel The Rev John Snyder of Hessville Christian Church 'will lOfficiate: Interment in Welsh Cemetery Jordan Township Two grandchildren survive SMART Marion riends may call after 2 pm Saturday at Hancock uneral Home Morocco Services there 2 pm Monday interment Oakland Cemetery Morocco SWITZER Mrs rances uneral ar rangemen incomplete' or 'informa tion call Zahn Schneider uneral Home Lafayette SH' 2 5378 or Vogel uneral Home Otterbein LU 3 4455 LIGHT BULB 1 1 1 riHfe gj 2 MW i Rb IP'? 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