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Olson Ruelle Funeral Mrs. Voida Olson, 73, of 437. E. Main Mishicot, died Thursday, evening at Bellin Hospital, Green Bay. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m.

Monday at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church, Mishicot. The Rev. Richard Weber will officiate and burial will be Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc. Mrs.

Olson, nee Leonore Dickert, was born Dec. 16, 1899, at Manitowoc, daughter of the late Emil and Lydia Jens Dickert. She attended Manitowoc schools. She was married to Voida Olson Aug. 24, 1921, at Manitowoc.

They resided at Manitowoc until 1946, when they moved to Mishicot. Her husband preceded her in death in 1961. She was a member of St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs.

John (Gwendlyn) Utecht, of Bethesda, a brother, Harold, of Manitowoc; two sisters, Mrs. Arthur (Methalie) Meissner, of Rt. 2, Two Rivers, and Mrs. Joseph (Ethel) Markoski, of Manitowoc; Two granddaughters, Nanette and and nieces and nephews. A brother and a sister preceded her in death.

Friends may call at Jens Funeral Home, Manitowoc, from 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday until 11 a.m. Moday and from noon at the church until the time of service. Raatz Obituaries Funeral services for Arthur Ruelle, 77, of 2608-13th Two Rivers, who died Friday morning at Two Rivers Municipal Hospital, will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St.

Mark Catholic Church, the Rev. Michael Koch officiating. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Two Rivers. Mr. Ruelle was born July 10, 1896, at Lena, a son of the late Eli and Emily Wells Ruelle.

He married the former Sophia Vanden Busch Vieau at St. Luke Catholic Church, Two Rivers, April 10, 1923. A longtime employe of Mirro Aluminum he retired in 1964. Besides his wife he leaves two daughters, Mrs. Paul (Alice) Posvic and Mrs.

Hilary (Marion) Hearley of Two Rivers; two sons, Robert of Rt. 2, Two Rivers, and Edward Vieau of Two Rivers; a sister, Mrs. Fred Krey of Two Rivers; two brothers, Robert W. of Menasha and Albert of Two Rivers, 19 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. A daughter, son, two sisters and four brothers preceded him in death.

Friends may call at Klein Stangel, Inc. Funeral Home, Two Rivers, after 3 p.m. Sunday where memorial services will be at 7:30 p.m. Rohrdanz Leroy O. Rohrdanz, 62, of 613 Lee Brillion, died Friday.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Trinity Lutheran Church, Brillion. The Rev. Arden Stuebs will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery. Mr.

Rohrdanz was born March 6, 1911, in the Town of Charlestown, son of the late Charles and Bertha Wunrow Rohrdanz. He married Myrtle. Gilbertson June 29, 1938, Valders. He had been employed at the Brillion Iron Works. Mr.

Rohrdanz was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Brillion. Survivors include his wife, a son, Russell of Brillion, a daughter, Mary Rohrdanz of Green Bay, a brother, Norman of Rt. 4, Chilton, two sisters, Mrs. Fred (Ruby) Wunsch of Brillion and Mrs. Ed (Mabel)' Hillmann of Rt.

1, Brillion. A son preceded him in death. Friends may call at Wieting Funeral Home, Brillion, after 3 p.m. Sunday until 10:30 a.m. Monday and then at church from 11 a.m.

until the time of service. School Bus Boost Asked A request for an additional 10 per cent increase in revenue for bus transportation will be discussed during the regular monthly meeting of the Manitowoc Board of Education in the Administration Building, 1514 S. 14th at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The request, received in a communication from Keith K.

Crocker, president and general manager of Safe Way Motor Coach is due to additional gasoline, labor and parts costs, Crocker said. In other board proceedings, Dr. Vernon C. Childs, schools superintendent, will present reports on student insurance, school milk bid quotations, the special learning disabilities program and homebound instruction. Lost Boy Contacted By Radio CHILILI, N.M.

(AP) Contact was made again today with the mysterious broadcast voice believed to be a boy calling for help, said citizens band radio operators involved in the search. But there still was no indication the origin of the voice had been located. The search has concentrated in the Manzano Mountains southeast of Albuquerque. Meanwhile, state police a missing persons report involving a Marvin A. Fadler family from Desoto, had no connection with the distress call.

"They found the missing party from Missouri," police dispatcher Don Delgado said in Santa Fe. Authorities say they have no report of a missing boy and his father. In Albuquerque, Air Force S.Sgt. Walter Schmitt said he had been in citizens band contact with the mysterious voice several times early today. Radio pleas for help were first 'picked up on Tuesday.

"We're having trouble getting a fix on his position," Schmitt said. "There's so much interference from other citizens bands that we can't pin him down." Herald-Times-Reporter, Manitowoc-Two Rivers, Wis. August 11, 1973 City Band 75th Year Recognized The Manitowoc Marine Band was commended by the Manitowoc Common Council on the 75th anniversary of its existence. In a special resolution adopted by the council, it was noted that the band was organized in 1898 with 12 members and has grown to its present size of more than 60. For almost one half of its years of existence, the organization has served as the official city band.

The resolution commended past and present members of the Marine Band "for the loyalty and unselfish service so freely given by them and from which our citizenry has been richly enhanced." The resolution was introduced by Ald. Daniel J. Schuster, council president. The council also adopted a resolution regarding the use of table and chairs at the Citizen Park. Recreation Center Building, formerly known as the Armory, by private and civic organizations.

The rental fee is $10 per 100 chairs and $10 for tables payable upon receipt of the items. The group requesting the rental must pick up and return the property to the building after using it. A one month advance notice in writing to the Manitowoc Recreation Dept. will be required before rental. In other matters the council: Adopted a resolution which provides that persons responsible for hiring employes in any position with the city avertise the position in the local newspaper for a period of not less than two days unless it has as been previously filled according to provisons of a collective bargaining agreement.

Chairman Fred Wagner of the Employer Relations Committee said newspaper advertising would give all residents of the city an opportunity to apply for the position. Granted permission to The Mart and the S. S. Kresge Co. to sell merchandise on sidewalks in connection with Dollar Day Aug.

15. Officials said the Downtown Manitowoc Assn. would be advised to alert other stores about the sidewalks sale request. Granted a request by the Manitowoc Submarine Memorial Assn. to use city owned equipment for its annual memorial day services and art fair Saturday.

Granted a request by the Holy Family Hypos softball team to conduct a parade on North Seventh Street from Commercial Street to Lincoln Park where it will its homecoming game. The parade is scheduled at 7:15 o'clock this Wednesday evening. Adopted an ordinance establishing an 80 foot industrial street in an area bounded by Menasha Avenue on the north and Waldo Boulevard on the south between Fleetwood Drive and North 24th St. Officials of the Manitowoc Industrial Development Corp. said the street was necessary in order to open up the site for industrial development.

Adopted an ordinance which provides that all property owners within 200 feet of a proposed zone district map change be sent notices prior to the public hearing. A map outlining the area being considered for a zone change will be incorporated in notices published in the local newspaper when City Plan Commission officials deem it appropriate. Adopted an ordinance providing for two hour parking on both sides of South 10th Street between A Marshall Street and Hamilton Street except for a portion on the west side of 10th from the north curb line of Hamilton for 57 feet to the north, which will have 15 minute parking. Kenny to Speak Larry Kenny, executive director of Manitowoc United Fund, will address members of the Kiwanis Club of at its weekly dinner meeting, slated to start at 6:05 p.m. Thursday at the Guest House Inn, Manitowoc.

BLACKBIRD FAMILY Birds of the blackbird family can be found only in the Americas. SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS Part Time, Men or Women needed. 7 to 9 a.m. 3 to 5 p.m. Apply At: SAFEWAY MOTOR COACH COMPANY 510 Commercial Street No-Show Pays Fees For Jurors A Two Rivers man convicted Friday in Manitowoc County Court Branch 2 for issuing a worthless check in the amount of $15 was fined $50 and costs then also assessed $207.60 in juror and witness fees because the defendant failed to appear for trial scheduled Thursday on the bad check charge.

A jury was present, witnesses had been supoenaed and the day set aside for the trial Thursday morning when Leonard Roidt, 214 Park Two contacted his attorney shortly after 9 a.m. and said his car had broken down near Tisch Mills. Judge Harold W. Mueller dismissed the jurors until 1 p.m. and Roidt's attorney went looking for his client but was unable to locate Roidt.

Judge Mueller then ordered that Roidt be assessed the costs of $14 per day for the 12 jurors their mileage pay totaling $21.60, in witness fees. The jurist also issued a bench warrant for Roidt. The defendant went to his attorney's office, however, and the attorney brought Roidt into court where he withdrew his plea of not guilty, waived his right to a jury trial and entered a plea of no contest to the bad check charge. In other Branch 2 proceedings Paul Louis Schultz, 18, of 910 21st Two Rivers, charged with burglary of a Cemetery and Parks Dept. storage building at Manitowoc, was bound over to Circuit Court following a preliminary hearing.

New Director MENASHA Earl Kubale has been named director of field service of the newly organized Bay Lakes Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Kubale served as scout executive of the Valley Council from December, 1966, to June, 1973. A veteran scouter of 24 years in professional scouting, Kubale will direct a of 22 men to extend scouting in the 20 counties served by the Bay Lakes Council. "We hope to see even boys deeply involved in a quality Bob Scout program," Kubale said in accepting his new position. Bay Lakes Council, headquartered at 1650 Midway Menasha, is a solidation of the Boy Scout council of Menasha, Green Bay, Manitowoc, Sheboygan, Fond du Lac and Oshkosh.

July Road Tolls Grim July was an exceptionally grim month on Manitowoc County roads with four persons sustaining fatal injuries and 60 others hurt in traffic crashes. These statistics were in a report for the month issued by Chief James L. Benishek of the Manitowoc County Sheriff Traffic Dept. Topping the list of possible contributing circumstances in the total of 82 crashes occurring in July was driving too fast for conditions, a factor in' 19 of the mishaps, Chief Benishek's report showed. Of the 124 drivers of vehicles involved in the crashes by far the majority were in the 16 to 20 (a total of 31) and 21 to 25 (32) year age groups, Benishek's report noted.

8 Divorces Granted Judge Edwin C. Stephan of Door County Wednesday granted eight divorces in Manitowoc County Court Branch ground of cruel and inhuman treatment. They follow: Carol Agnes Duerwaechter, 914 Fourth Kiel, from Thomas Duerwaechter, 828 Fourth Kiel. The couple was married July 30, 1960, at Marytown in Fond du Lac. County.

Custody of four minor: children was awarded the wife. Shirley Doris Maruga, 1911 School Two Rivers, from Loren Paul Maruga, 2514 Lincoln Two Rivers, on her counterclaim. The couple was married May 15, 1954, at Sheboygan. Custody of one minor child was awarded the wife. Doreen Marie McDougall, 801 S.

18th Manitowoc, from Neil Patrick McDougall, 1413 N. Seventh Manitowoc, on her counterclaim. The couple was married Sept. 4, 1961, at Manitowoc. Custody of three minor children was awarded the wife.

Pamela Jean Gadzinski of Wausau from James Keith Gadzinski of Green Bay. The couple was married Nov. 18, 1969, at Chicago. Custody of two minor children was awarded the wife. Jean Hrobsky, 713 N.

Water Manitowoc, from James Charles Hrobsky, 1617 Green Manitowoc. The couple was married Dec. 12, 1969, at Manitowoc. The court granted restoration of Mrs. Hrobsky's maiden name, Block.

Robert M. Stoelting of Osceola, Iowa, from Bonnie R. Stoelting of Philadelphia, Pa. The couple was married Jan. 29, 1966, at Grand Lake, Colo.

Mary Louise Sornson, 1424 Clark Manitowoc, from William, Hubert Two Sornson, Rivers. The 104 couple was married 14, 1963, at Manitowoc. Linda Ann Jaecks, 1012 28th Two Rivers, from Keith Charles Jaecks of Wausau. The couple was married June 26, 1965, at Manitowoc. Custody of two minor children was awarded the wife.

Bus Fund Account Settled The Downtown Manitowoc Assn. has settled its accounts with local banks for funds borrowed to help finance the public bus service system. The $30,000 was borrowed by the DMA from local banks in 1968 and advanced to the Manitowoc Motor Coach Co. to resume discontinued bus service. 'Merchants received bus tickets to cover the advance, but because of the declining popularity of buses, the slow acceptance by the community and subsequent poor service, ticket sales were slow and the bank loans were not reduced too a DMA spokesman said.

"The tickets were later substantially reduced in price to lessen the burden of the loans, plus interest. A settlement on the balance of the tickets was made at the time William Kelly sold his franchise to Keith Crocker. "Now the final payments have been made to the banks by the Downtown Manitowoc Assn. and the five local merchants who guaranteed the loan are pleased to know they are no longer needed as the spokesman concluded. Boyle Reveals His 'Who Needs It' List By HAL BOYLE NEW YORK (AP) Things we could all do without: Musical liquor bottles that play "How dry I am." Colored bedsheets printed with chessboard patterns festooned clusters of writhing snakes.

Gold and diamond studded bracelets four in a set for pampered pet dogs. Smutty phrases on sweatshirts for teen-agers. People with a high I.Q. (intelligence quotient) who fail at anything they try because it isn't backed up by a high M.Q. (motivation quotient).

Professional athletes in any sport who go on strike unless they are paid a salary amounting to nearly half their weight in gold each season. Television actors who fell 250-pound thugs with a single karate chop that actually wouldn't give a headache to an ailing midget. The 14-to-15 ounce pound pop-ular with many butchers. Whatever happened to the oldfashioned 16-ounce pound? Sen. Martin Will Attend County Board State Senator Jerome A.

Martin of Whitelaw, will discuss proposed legislation and conduct an open forum for Manitowoc County Board members during their regular monthly meeting at County Offices, 1701 Michigan at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. In other proceedings the board members will consider a Public Property Committee resolution that would authorize the committee to have plans and specifications prepared, advertise for bids and then report to the board on these quotations. for Center Manitowoc. (formerly known as the County Hospital) improvements.

A Judiciary and Law Enforcement Committee would authorize Manitowoc County Radio Club to use the county's communication tower and a Personnel, Judiciary and Law Enforcement Committee resolution would provide establishment of one each additional position in Manitowoc County SheriffTraffic Dept. Real Estate Transfers Real Estate transfers for the week ending Aug. 3, furnished by the Manitowoc County Abstract Edna J. Wilcox, manager: Norman W. Ely to Wallace G.

Guertin, property in Town of Manitowoc Rapids. Consideration valuable, transfer fee $27. Edward R. Walters to Anton Tollefson, property in Town of Newton. $1, $4.50.

Marvin L. Schmitz to Harold A. Hintz, property in Cleveland. $1, $3.50. Scott D.

Schroeder to James Shaw, property in Manitowoc. Valuable $16. Theresa Kapitz to Merlin C. Throndson, property in Two Rivers. $1, $18.80.

John F. Hager to James H. Busse, property in Town of Cooperstown. $1, $1.30. Robert R.

Braun to Nelson C. Tompkins, property in Manitowoc. $1. $21.90. Milton J.

Guex to Walter Springstube, property in Town of Gibson. $1, $5. Arwin W. Sommer to Gottsacker Real Estate Co. property in Town of Centerville.

$1, $35. Margaret M. Lesperance to Keith Schwahert, property in Two Rivers. Valuable $13.90. Claude Cameron Zoch to Andrew Shelak, property in Manitowoc.

Valuable, $35. Arnold J. Boettger to Karl W. Kahlenberg, property in Two Rivers. Valuable, $33.50.

Donald H. Gates to James N. Tietje, property in Manitowoc. $1, $16.30. Thomas E.

Holly to Wayne C. Riha, property in Town of Two Rivers. Valuable, $11.30. John J. Murzyn to Edward Brauer, property in Manitowoc.

$1, $8.50. Mae C. Wood to Harold E. Clement, property in Two Rivers. Valuable, $15.90.

James Koeppel to Harlan R. Harpt, property in Town of Mishicot. Valuable, $2. Res Ipsa Ltd. to John F.

Trastek, property in City of Manitowoc. $1, $32.90. Erma Martens to Margaret Lesperance, property in City of Two Rivers. $1, $15.90. Gary Hynek to John Sand, property in Town of Two Creeks.

Valuable, $19.20. George C. Liska to Paul J. Haas, property in City of Manitowoc. $1, $15.

Donald L. Johnson to Bill L. Stadler, property in City of Kiel. Valuable, $28.40. Lindstedt-Hoffman Co.

1 to Dennis T. O'Connor, property in City of Manitowoc. $1, $18.90. Hedwig S. Nash Estate to Jacob R.

Manitowoc. Westerhof, property in City of $1, $32.50. Kadow Estate to Bert Reimschuessel, property in City of Manitowoc. $1, $3. Virginia Jensen to Ronald F.

Zube, property in Town of Two Rivers. $1, $18.70. Robert K. Reeve to Eugene E. Rameker, property Town of Cooperstown.

$1, $1.50. Rosella F. Gretz to Choice property in Town of Kossuth. $1, $21. Trout Boil Set The Manitowoc County Master Builders Assn.

will have its annual trout boil at 6:15 p.m. Monday at Lincoln Park, Manitowoc. Taken to Jail Police late Friday night took a 33-year-old rural Two Rivers man to Manitowoc County jail after a disturbance at a south side tavern. Business Briefs Shimanek has completed a seminar in management problems solving and decision making at Delco Electronics Division of General Motors Corp. The son of Mrs.

Viola Shimanek of Two Rivers and the late Mr. Wenzel Shimanek, he was an honor graduate of the University of Wisconsin. He is employed by Delco Electronics as a project engineer in the advanced radio development group at Kokomo, Ind. Geigel MILWAUKEE Robert A. Geigel, former junior manager of the Milwaukee JournalSentinel Manitowoc branch, has been promoted to regional sales manager of Northridge branch, Milwaukee.

Geigel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albin A. Geigel, of 910 Hamilton Manitowoc, is a 1967 graduate of Lincoln High School, and earned a bachelor, the of science University degree of Wisconsin-La Crosse. A special award has been presented to David Hartwig, who owns and operates Dave's Union 76, 3337 Mishicot Two Rivers.

The award was presented for exceptional customer service by a representative of the Gates Rubber Co. Merlin R. Matter, FIC, of Rt. 1, Kiel, and John E. Jira of Kewaunee have qualified for the President's Executive Club of Aid Association for Lutherans for achievements in sales and service as district representatives of AAI Ronald W.

Shimanek has completed a seminar in management problem solving and decision making at Delco Electronics Division, General Motors Corp. He is employed as project engineer by Delco Electronics at Kokomo, Ind. Employe Moving Is Expensive CHICAGO (AP) When an American corporation picks up an all-expenses tab for moving an employe to another state, it now averages a hefty $2,280, a moving line executive reports. "The average. interstate move costs about $1,259," said Jack Thorne, vice president of marketing for Atlas Van Lines, Inc.

"That includes packing a household, which accounts for a third of the total moving cost." "By the time the companies for meals, motels, premove house-hunting trips, appliance services and all the miscellaneous expenses, they figure the average move costs $2,280," he added during an interview. Interstate long distance moving costs about $700 million a year in United States, and Thorne said about $2 billion is spent for all moving services. About 40 million Americans a year change addresses. Atlas, one of the nation's largest moving firms, surveyed 200 corporation traffic executives to find out who is moving and what the company does for transferred personnel. "Twenty per cent of the companies we surveyed move their executives about once every two years.

A third of the companies moved people once every five years," Thorne said The Atlas survey showed that nearly half the transfered personnel are between the ages of 30 and 35 and nearly all are between 30 and 40. "Many companies used to have no policy about what they would pay for in an employe's move. Now, just about all of them do," Thorne said. Most companies won't move a third automobile, a camper van or firewood, Thorne said. About half of the companies will pay for moving pets.

Many companies have started getting involved in real estate to take care of the sale and purchase of houses for transfered employes. Thorne said some companies are beginning to question their transfer policies. "When they replace a top man, they have to continue promoting all the way down the line, and it has a domino effect. Some companies say they have 14 moves to pay for just because one man retired." DEJA MARTIN Funeral Chapels Customer Parking Next to Building Two Rivers 793-1756 VALDERS Kenneth Deja, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Clarence Deja, of Two Rivers, and Raymond E. Christianson have formed the ChristiansonDeja Funeral Home of St. Nazianz and Valders. Deja, a 1964 graduate of Washington High School, Two Rivers, received a degree in mortuary science from Milwaukee Technical College and his funeral director and embalmer's licenses in 1972. He had been n.

with the J. W. Niemann Sons Funeral Home, Milwaukee. His wife is the former Marianne Martin of Manitowoc. The couple is residing in the Wallander Apartments.

Ind. Bob Fencl, Manitowoc, representative for Catholic Knights Insurance Society, led the sales force for July in a five county area, including Manitowoc. He was also leader of accumulated sales production for the first six months of 1973. Nordstrom John Nordstrom of Two Rivers has been appointed to a newly created position assistant to the vice president of engineering at Hayssen Mfg. Sheboygan.

He joined Hayssen in 1963 and had been chief product engineer since 1965. Roland Raatz, 68, of Rt. 2, Two Rivers, died Friday morning at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Klein Stangel, Inc.

Funeral Home, Two Rivers, and at 2 p.m. at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Two Rivers, the Rev. Harmon Krause officiating. Burial will be in Knollwood Memorial Gardens, Town of Kossuth.

Mr. Raatz was born in the Town of Two Rivers April 14, 1905, a son of the late John and Theresa Johannes Raatz. He married the former Florence Lehman at Waukegan, Dec. 26, 1927. He retired in 1969 from employment at Mirro Aluminum Co.

Besides his wife he leaves two daughters, Mrs. John (Jean) Ahrens of Two Rivers, and Mrs. Leo (June) Bugler of Rt. 1, Two Rivers; a son, John of Rt. 2, Two Rivers; a sister, Mrs.

Walter Beth of Two Rivers, and foster son, Richard Panzer of Green Bay, grandchildren and 2 foster grandchildren. A daughter, sister and three grandchildren him in death. preceded, may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Sunday. Sukawaty Mrs.

Wenzel (Agnes) Sukawaty, 84, of St. Mary Home, Manitowoc, died Friday at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc, following a brief illness. Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. Monday at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, Manitowoc. The Rev.

Crispin Nowakowski will officiate and burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Mrs. Sukawaty, nee Agnes Meixensperger, was born Jan. 26, 1887, at Theresa, daughter of the late Michael and Barbara Lehanrd Meixensperger. She was a Manitowoc resident most of her life. She was married to Wenzel Sukawaty Nov.

11, 1919, at St. Theresa Church, Theresa. Survivors include her husband, a son, Sylvester of Milwaukee, three daughters, Mrs. Elmer (Charlotte) Ruplinger of Campbellsport, Mrs. Joseph (Mary Jane) King of Rt.

4, Manitowoc, and Mrs. Ned (Lucille) Sells of New London, three grandchildren and great grandchildren. Friends may call at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home from 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday where a Vigil Service will be held at 7 p.m.• Miller Firm Is Ransacked The interior of Miller Implement and Appliance St. Nazianz, was ramsacked early Saturday morning, but it was not immediately deter-.

mined whether anything had been taken by the intruder or intruders. It appeared that once the firm had been entered impliment repair tools were then used to force open interior doors. An investigation by the Manitowoc County SheriffTraffic Dept. is underway. MORTGAGE LOANS PHONE 682-4624 Pleuss, Realty Inc.

807 JAY Betty Ebert and Roger Krause, Choices representatives with Realtors, Manitowoc office, have joined the firm's $100,000 a month club. Mrs. Ebbert topped the' $100,000 mark in residential real estate sales in June and Krause did likewise for the month of July. Directors of AMF has voted a regular quarterly dividend of 27 cents per share on common stock payable Sept. 10 to stockholders of record Aug.

20. Today in History By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Today is Saturday, Aug. 11, the 223rd day of 1973. There are 142 days left in the year. Today's highlight in history: On this date in 1954, a formal peace announcement in Indochina ended more than seven years of fighting between the French and the Viet Minh.

On this date: In 1857, the first Atlantic cable broke after 335 miles had been laid. Work was halted until the next year. In 1863, the French established a protectorate over the Southeast Asian kingdon of cambodia. In 1900, Victor Emmanuel became king of Italy. In 1928, Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover nounced in Palo Alto, that he would accept the Republican nomination for President.

In 1935, Nazi storm troopers staged mass demonstrations against Jews in Germany. In 1945, as the Pacific war. was nearing an end, the Allies informed Japan that its surrender offer was acceptable. Ten years ago: Generalissimo Francisco Franco said Spain hoped to take an active part in East-West talks to ease international tension. Five years ago: An Italian oil tanker exploded off the coast of Sicily, killing seven persons.

One year ago: North Vietnamese and VietCong forces were staging attacks on the outskirts of Saigon. Today's President I.W.. of the United Steelworkers is 65. Actor Lloyd Nolan is 70. Financier Joseph H.

is 74. Thought for today: Silence is one great art of conversion. William Hazlitt, English Writer, 1778-1830. CATBIRD'S CALL The call of the catbird is a mew that sounds much like a cat and gives the bird its name. Rainbow-hued capsules of medicine that do you no more good than a sniff of sugar.

Adults who tacitly condone their children's going to marijuana puffing parties because they say it might keep the kids from doing something worse. Rundown vacation resorts where the bedbugs outnumber the mosquitoes and fare better. Schoolteachers who go to summer school only with the hopeful aim of marrying a seedy Ph.D. Fingerprints on the icing of your birthday cake. Cocktail parties at which the host pours the first drink from a triple-shot glass and all the rest from a thimble.

Teen-agers who describe everything from a sunset to a car accident with the same phrase: "Isn't it gross?" The monologues of dentists when they are trying to take your mind off what they are doing to you. From these and other burdensome afflictions of mind spirit, deliver us, Amen. KLEIN and STANGEL INC. FUNERAL SERVICE TWO RIVERS.