Journal and Courier from Lafayette, Indiana • 9

I URN AL AND COURIER LAAYETTE IND THE JO Thursday Evening November 13 1968 7 Sided Next to Last in College Class NIXON 'PAUPER COMPARED TO Coin Stirs Britons Ire '5 Commercial Credit PETE CONRAD TRAYS DARK 743 9703 ompani preienls THE CHRISTMAS SHOW jS 2000 Elmwood Av Next to Market Square OU6C Glenn Pitman Inc 5th and South Sts Ind Open Mon Set 1 5 PM Ph 447 501 1 I I Claris ord LTD Best selling luxury car Need money? what here for EATURING 79 VARIETIES CHEESE PARTY BREADS PASTRIES SPECIALTY OODS AND GITS Pete Conrad Navy Pilot To Be Next Man on Moon Built to be the quietest ord ever With a frame computer designed to swallow harsh vibrations With a suspension which works two ways to cushion your ride With a longer wheelbase wider track to keep the going smooth and stable With the quiet might of a 351 CID 8 And witha raft of interior luxuries to invite you in out of this noisy world LONDON (UPI) first new coin in 30 years a seven sided job has opened a moneybox of trouble for the British Treasury The issuance this month of the 10 shilling piece worth $120 brought outcry from both traditionalists and men in the street who said the coin con fused them Summing up an opinion now rumbling forth from pubs shops factories buses taxis and subways a London barkeep said: like it we want it and not going to spend One reason is that the British are great lovers of tradition And the odd shaped 10 shilling piece is not at all traditional When the coin was issued to replace the 10 shilling note Oct 14 treasury officials expected some unhappiness Within 24 hours of the debut shopkeepers unions pol iticians housewives bus con ductors and taxi drivers began complaining Some thought the coin far less practical than the paper money it replaced Many ar gued it was just another heavy piece of change to wear out pockets Others said it was just plain ugly The most widely voiced com plaint was that the coin is so similar to the two shilling oq 10 pence piece (worth 24 cents) that both the retailer and the consumer will inevitably suffer from mixups The Treasury Ministry was bombarded with hostile letters Bankers threw up their hands in exasperation as customers refused to accept the change over Your ord to see Hels No Din savings Ndfl in service in Lafayette 'Queen' ire Hazard PORT EVERGLADES la (AP) The retired liner Queen Elizabeth now a tourist attraction has been labeled a fire hazard and closed to the public Hollywood ire Chief John Gerkin said the liner could not be reopened until the owners observe stricter safety stan dards and then only for guided tours Ybur ord Dealers the 1 1 with the quietH Open Daily 8 5 PM Open Set I PM 447 50S3 a invested a lot in your home Nowget something out of it 80S Columbia Street Phone: 742 1017 Credit Life ond Disability Ineurence Available to Eligible Borrower Commercial Credit Loans PURDUE SERVICE CENTER NEXT TO BASKIN AND ROBBINS tronauts was number sev en and one according to a source close to the National Aeronautics and Space Agency Conrad trained at the Navy test pilot school at Patuxent River Md and immediately became a projects test pilot there Later he taught flying and was a performance engi neer at the school DESIRE TO LY Why did a young Ivy Leaguer give up the Wall Street life to become a career military man? wanted to a friend said was the only way he could make a career of it other than being a commercial pilot which they (military pilots) all THE GARDEN Where all sorts of luxuriant house plants abound Say "Merry Christmas" with an exotic plant THE GIT Where new things keep happening Our cottage is the place to find the right gift for each person on your list! Get up to 7500 with a second mortgage loan from Commercial Credit A second mortgage loan can be a big help in put ting your children through college paying off bills taking (Lost of Throo) By DARRELL MACK TAYLOR LAKE VILLAGE Tex (UPI) Pete Conrad is in his element at a black tie din ner party or a bash by the swimming pool on a yacht or racing a speedboat talking to a stockbroker or to a scientist looks somewhat like Dick Martin has the savoir vivre of Lord Snow don is as outspoken as Tom Smothers is as small as Eddie Arcaro and can fly as well as or maybe better than Neil Arm strong Navy Cmdr Charles Conrad whose versatil ity is exceeded only by his fame as an astronaut will be1 the next man to reach the moon As commander of Apollo 12 he is to stop onto the lunar surface at 6:02 am (EST) next Wednesday LIETIME TRAINING It will culminate a lifetime of training for the 39 year old Con rad who was born the son of' an investment broker in Phila Main Line Society He went to prep school at Haverford Pa and graduated from Princton University He majored in aeronautical engi neering because he was a bug on flying a skill he learned at 14 Conrad finished next to last in a graduating class of more than 700 in 1953 Industry re cruiters standing in line to hire an engineer with that kind of academic record so Pete joined the Navy and be came a pilot Since then there have been the Gemini 5 and Gemini 11 flights which made him fa I mous once said that landing on the moon is the greatest 12 minutes of test flying left to an associate said Con rad just missed being selected as one of the original seven as Lafayette "ONLY YOUR ORD DEALER HAS A USED CARS AND TRUCKS" care of unexpected family emergencies and making ma jor repairs on your home Commercial Credit also makes personal loans of $1000 $2000 $3000 and more Stop by any Commerical Credit office There are more than 500 from coast to coast A REE LOWER OR EVERYONE! Think Christmas! Think Clarks! ROYAL SALARIES LONDON (AP) what the royal families of monarchies cost their taxpayers each year: Britain Queen Eliza II Prince Philip Prince Charles Princess Anne Queen Mother Duke of Gloucester and Princess Margaret $174 million Netherlands Queen Ju lia Prince Bernard Crown Princess Beatrix and her husband Prince Claus $185 million Belgium King Bau douin and Queen abiola $146 million Denmark King red erik and family $900000 Sweden King Gustaf VI Adolf and family $152 mil lion Norway King Olav and family $786000 Greece King Con stantine though living in ex ile in Rome $580000 The president of the United States although serving in another capacity from the kings and queens has a salary of $200000 a year Open Daily 9 5 PM Wed end ri Night 9 i 447 5081 Hospital Staffers Judge Reinstated ARLINGTON Va (UPI) our circuit judges have rein stated County Court Judge Jack son Embrey who was sus pended for suggesting a mother spJank her teen age daughter mbrey had told a mother to spank her daughter as punish ment for shoplifting The judges said they restored him at the recommendation of the state bdr association without ex pressing approval of his con duct Attend Parleys St Elizabeth Hospital has planned an extensive training program for November and is sending various staff meubers to conferences and meetings Ricchetti MD associ ate director and Otto Lob stein PhD clinical biochemist of the laboratories returned from a trip to Washington DC where they attended the meeting of the American Society of Clinical Scientists They attended a symposium on Diagnostic Proce dures of Endrocrine Miss Brown RN and Mrs James Marshall staff pharmacist attended the Amer ican Nursing Association Amer ican Society for Hospital Phar macists Conference in Washing ton DC Nov 20 Norman Greene assistant administrator will at tend the Indiana Hospital Asso Administrators at Indianapolis Thursday through Saturday Mrs John Perez director of employes health service and The Rev John Market OM will attend the annual con vocation of the American oun dation of Religion and Psy chiatry in New York Mrs Thomas Deller associ ate personnel director will at tend an American Management Association workshop seminar at the American Management Center in Chicago The subject of the seminar is Descrip tions and Job Have you ever eaten a big soft Pennsyl vania Dutch pretzel? Hot from the oven Great snacking one almost makes a meal Come on in we'll serve you on the spot or gite us a call at 743 9703 and we'll fix you up with a bag full Best 15c bargain in town SATURDAY NOVEMBER 15 12 6 PM SUNDAY NOVEMBER 1612 6 PM We cordially extend to you an invitation to attend Clark Christmas Show We invite you to browse through our extended facilities including: The home of beautiful floral bouquets alive and artificial Here you'll see our Christmas room filled with the newest Yuletide decor kok down on like bus Conrad definitely is a man who likes fast things planes cars and boats He has owned apd raced speedboats over the objections of his wife Jane He is known i nthe program as a great instrument pilot He is also top banana among the astronauts SENSE HUMOR has an extraordinary sqnse of a friend said one fthe great swing It was the swinging Pete Con rad who in 1950 met Jane Du bqse a student at Bryn Mawr College Jane a striking bru nette about two inches taller than the 5 foot 64 Conrad was the daughter of a Uvalde Tex rancher Pete visited the ranch in 1951 aqd 1952 and married Jane in 1953 They have four sons Pter 14 Thomas 12 Andrew 10! and Christopher 8 Mrs Conrad is remembered at St! Hall an Episcopal prep school in San Antonio Ttx for riding and jumping horses bareback and barefoot ard fojr her artistic ability ti Li ii LTuE I 7 Gift Gottaqe Wed end Cfc 1 'h JJIta I liHllBK iOifcs ESS a tWMIgil'IMHMiB KWlilltl lioaiiili Ipwsr I 111 'W! Moi 1 HiiH!.