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Springfield Leader and Press from Springfield, Missouri • 17

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Funeral Tuesday Saturn Sighting Feb. 17, 1964 17 SPRINGFIELD (Mo.) LEADER PRESS Holdup Death Takes Colonel Hunt Fonrier Roirient Prof at Academy Council CONTINUED OH ACE tonight. The plan has been ap- When the proposal does reach proved by the Traffic Advisory council's agenda, the mayor as-Board, but no recommendation sured that notice will be given and no engineering on the im- and an opportunity for hearing provemcnt have been submitted afforded any residents wishinf for council consideration. to appear. WASHINGTON (AP) Tb National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced today these sighting times for the Saturn satellite: Joplin, Mo.

7:18 p.m. Feb. south of city, 9 degrees above horizon, moving northeast; 6:56 p.m. Feb. 22sautb 9 degrees, moving NE; 6:34 p.m.

ren. NE. 23; south 9 dpgrees, February Toll Climbs to 10 Crash Kills Woman Mountain View The Ozarks traffic death toll stands at 10 today as the result of a one-car accident at 9:50 a.m. Sunday on Static 17 three miles iqutMo? Mountain View. Dying in the crash was Mrs.

Cary Hoff, 73, Mountain View. She was nrnnnnnrflrt HoqH mi Guests of council tonight will be a seventh grade social stu-1 dies class from Jarrett Junior Huh School, with their teacher, George Harsen Mayor Ander-1 son addressed the group on city guvi-rnmem last weeK, saiu me i 9 young people held him an i hour and 45 minutes in spirited discussion of citv affairs later decided attend tonight's coun-! Cij meeting. Sleuths Collar Boys Who Admit I Stripping Truck SECURITY $15,000 LIFE INSURANCE FOR 5 YEARS Funeral services for Ira A. Hunt, a former Spring-fieldian and instructor at the V. S.

Military Academy at West I I'oini, wno died Saturday in Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, will be at 4 n.m. Wednesday in First Con "'Z The Rev. Thomas Pexton will of ficiate. Tne body wiI1 be taken to 1 exas Ior Dunaj oesme ms wile, witn military services to be conducted at the graveside. A retired lieutenant colonel, Mr.

Hunt had served as assistant professor of economics at West Point for seven years. Col. Hunt was the- son of a well known pioneer farm couple, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Houston Hunt.

He began a teaching career at an early age, teaching at the Bona school district aftei graduating from the old Dade vi lie He was gradu ated from Drury College in 19)4. and received law degrees from the University ofTtSs and Washington University in St. Louis in 1915-16. He also taught at the Howe Military Academy, a training school for boys, in Howe, Ind. i me mystery of a stolen and, sisters, Mrs.

Belle Bennett stripped pickup truck has been I Waterloo, Iowa, Mrs! J. A. Mc-solved by a Springfield reserve Connell, Kansas City, and Mrs. J6C6 MONTH A Ait 30 $6.40 MONTH kgt 45, $11.90 M5JIH s0 Century-Old Woman Dies Fuperal services for Mrs. Minnie T.

Anderson, 100, a resident of Springfield' for the past ner nome at 1352 North Summit De at 2 m. Tuesd in the WoodUnd church with tne Rey RoDert officiatlne. was Judge J. N. Hosey of the Greene County Court, lived at Brookline for 42 years before; moving to Springfield.

She was) a member of the oodland i Heights Church, the WCTU, and a charter member of the War I Mothers. She is survived dy two daugh ters. Mrs. G. L.

Lloyd, of the home, and Mrs. John Sumner, 1321 North Jefferson: ihrep (j. tarter. SDrinirfie d- 17 grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren. Mrs.

Anderson is the widow of Charles H. Anderson, who died in 1937. Burial will be in the Brook-line Cemetery under the direction of Gorman Scharpf. A memorial fund will be established at the Woodland Heights Church. Murder Hearing Delayed 10 Davs BOLIVAR (Special) Preliminary hearing for Edwin Collins, 51, being held in the Polk County jail here without bond on charges of first degree murder, has been postponed until Feb.

27. The hearing had been scheduled for today in magistrate court. Collins has been arraigned in connection with the death of Bob Wilcox, 74, a Pleasant Hope farmer, who died March 30, 1940, when a truck pinned him against a farm building. Collins allegedly admitted the killing after surrendering to La.s Vegas, poiice last month. A spokesman! for the courts here said the hearing was post- (juneu uecau.se a coun reporter was not available.

rrival at Springfield Baptist i Hosnital. Also taken to the hosnital wpre Mrs Ilnff'c Mo, ohlo- law, Mrs. Ancta Mable Hoff, 38, Mountain View, in "fair" condition today with a compound fracture of the right leg, broken right arm and a nose fracture; her daughter, Janet Louise, 17, in "fair" condition with frac-j tures of facial bones and a severe right eye injury, and her brother, Michael Joseph, 8, who is in fairly good 'Hii with a right leg fracture and i scalp lacerations. Taken to St. Francis Hospital in Mountain View were three other Hoff children, Diana Lea, 18, who suffered a skull frac turc; Georgia Jean, 16, facial I and right leg contusions; and Terrence Trent Hoff, 11, contusions.

Trooper's said Aneta Hoff was at the wheel of a station wagon when the right front tire blew out, causing the car to plunge Hnu'n an nmhonlrmonf orA into a tree. In other weekend auto accidents Jliny yuehl, 11 year old h.r Qn.hi ivnV Znn gate, i was released from St. John's Hospital after treatment of back and leg abrasions suffered at .1:45 p.m. Sunday when she was hit by a car driven by John R. Richey, 34, of 1330 North Clifton.

Richey told officers he was northbound at Colgate and Pacific when the girl suddenly ap peared in front of him after nnttinn- ff 1. 1 I 1 i I 1640 St. Louis Mo. Tour tnttt City Lift Atjvncy For ti and He served in both world -wars, i ent sjx per year: and add anoth-havmg held the post of judge Ler.one cent per hour, per work-advocate of the 1st Corps area" er, to the pension fund, in the New England" states and This will bring the pension also of the Hawaiian division. fund to seven cents per hour per At the end of World War I he worker.

The retirement age also was the personnel adjutant for; was lowered froni 65 to 62. the demobilization of the Army it will at GREAT SOUTHERN! iiuui'ciiibu ouu urcuoit-r vuuiuy officers Jne irucK was sioien Jan. ju from W. H. Perkins, 2747.

West Harrison, and recovered in a wooded area near Fordland Feb. Bud Kruse. chief of reserve police in Springfield, is an adjuster for the insurance company which was to make settlement on the truck, which had been stripped of about $700 worth of parts. 'Kruse and a Webster County deputy inspected the truck where it was recovered and found tractor tire tracks. A bit of sleuthing turned up a Fordland High School student who 'readily admitted stealing the truck, with fripnri; ririvinf it tn Ihp wnodprf rPa and strinrfinu nhnut $350 worth of parts.

He said somelme Plse lrucK and fin'sned stripping it, after tractor. The three youths were turned over to Webster County juvenile officers and the parts they had stolen were recovered. 3 City Students On Dean's List Three Springfield students at Evangel College have been placed on the dean's honor listj for the fall semester. They are Karen MacKinney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Verne MacKinney, Rolije 5, a junior majoring in elementary education; Paul Williams, son of Dr. and Mrs. Ward R. Williams, 602 West Norton; sophomore pre-medical major: and Dayton Kingsriter, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Harland Kingsriter, 2615 North Broadway, a junior elementary education major. Miss MacKinney maintained a 2.79 grade average out of a possible 3.0; Williams', 2.74; and Kingsriter, 2.65. Two other students were placed on the honor roll. They are Charles Nickel, son of the Rev. and Mrs.

F. P. Nickel, 3056 West Madison, sophomore elementary education major; and Phvllis Colbaugh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.

Wildon Col-! baugh, 2450 North Campbell, junior music education major. MELVIN BF.I.L, Route 2, Wil- lard, reported to the sheriff's office today that a new tire on his 1949 Studehnker had been stolen during the past week and replaced with an old used tire. You'll be amazed to find that your savings will "grow' in a very short time, our dividends being added semi-annually. Wm, takln and unsuccessfully at-West Plains Hospital with" in-Um. CONTINUED FROM PACE 11 tion, 2600 block East Sunshine.

Lane, a former policeman, called police headquarters. Officer rinn fpfrnclfpv a fnrmor Hp. nutv Hisnalrhprl ritv arc Ihtfn notified Blades since the market is outside the city. Blades was talking (o Greeno "when McCroskey relayed lne call. At the same time, on another; police 'phone, Officer Jack Cowens was getting a description of the bandits from Albert Mitchell, an attendant at a service station east of the mar- et.

Mrs. George Stowe, Route 2, igersvilJe, sister-in-law of Trooper James Stowe, of Crane, had stopped at the station and told Mitchell, "We believe-Consumer's is being robbed." "At least everybody was trying to be helpful," summed up Sgt. Taylor. "It was just one of those times when nobody could get a car there fast enough;" Shoe Workers Win 7tli Holidav AURORA (Special) The Ju Corporation and the i o- umiea bnoc workers of Amen n.w, uac iva.uru clu agreement on benefits over the next two years. The show company and union representatives agreed that the shoe corporation would grant a 3 percent raise in salaries over the two-year period; add one additional Daid holidav tn thp nr.

OSTERMOOR MUrum and Box Spring FROM $49.50 EACH Open Friday Evenings 301 E. McDoniel UN 9-1844 86 PROOF Old Taylor NO 9 5 iiumurvs I I 11 ytTTIV'Xi, i ifAS'SAL ad prices good 2 NATIONAL i jrr GLEN ISLE CENTER 7 17 5 Seagram's I fcA 7 Crown I lM yfT 1186 PROOF FIFTH i Jim Becm 86 PROOF FIFTH Yellowstone 86 PROOF FIFTH Hill HSSI FIFTH jiiiics suiiiira in iwo tioweu touniy accidents Sunday. Shortly before 2 p.m., Sharon Lundy, 21, West Plains, received head lacerations when a car driven by Richard Stephens, 17. West Plains, nulled in front of her car on U. S.

63 at the junc- On Vocations Clinic Set At Glcndalc Glendale High School will hoM lls annual vocational clinic from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday under auspices the Key Club inT CI. inic will be directed bv Harold Dicker, assistant principal. Parents have been invited to attend the sessions, which will begin with the introduction of the various speakers by Yfy Club president Jim Reynolds Speakers will be: architecture, Paul Rich; airline stewardess, Delta Airlines; athletic director, Aldo Sebben: oeaulv cuuure, Blue sonnet i Beauty School; building and i trades. Glenn Benson; business I administration, Glenn Downing; chemistry, i 1 Lorz; dentistry.

Dr. Glenn Johnston; Don Rich; forest-Deliruin: interior ry, Hank decorating, journalism laboratory Protestant Tibbits and Young; Dale Freeman; technician, Burge-Hospital; law, Gar ence Woolsey; medicine and surgery, Dr. Don Gose; mechanical trades, Charles Ter-rill: MusicrDr. Kenneth, Dustman; nursing, Mrs. Mary Barnetl; psychology, Dr.

Francis Jones; cnn.nu.ul ovuiLaiioi wuziv, jus. ueuiKia i Dr. Roy Litle; secondary teach ing, Dr. A. M.

tele-! vision and radio, Don Dailey; 1 retail selling, Joseph Liebman. Sheriff Prohins Theft at Ur)ana BUFFALO (Special) The Dallas County sheriff's office is searching today for thieves who stolp a quantity of loot from the n.iHnoc er L'rbana buildings, the post office. including Taken from the dealer's business were two tires, about $30 in change from a cold drink machine. $30 worth of old coins and 57 silver dollars. Dpputies said the thieves broke a lock ofTthe back door otlice.

ine doors were slightly damaged. Newburg Ex-Marshal D.ch of (un Wound NEWBURG (Special) Walter Lee Guffey, 61, former New-burg marshal, died in Phelps County Hospital Sunday after apparently shooting himself in the chest. Mr. Guffey was found wounded at his Newburg home about 10:45 a.m. by his 14-year-old son.

Taken to the Phelps County Hospital, he died at 11:40 a.m. State troopers said a .20 gauge' shotgun was found beside Guf-1 fey, who apparently had wound-; ed himself in the left side the chest about a half hour earlier. i REMODEL YOUR i3 'r nTrST yy. WE LADD 7TNJ I FAMILY EMODElN urn CURRENT RATE PARK tion of Howell County CC. i Unsuccessful attempts were At 4 p.m., Venetta Mae Sex-! made to enter Vaughn's Hard-ton, 25, Route 3, West Plains, Kldridge Grocery and the suttereel a possible back at the Auto Park, 30? West Walnyt, a few doon west of our Walnut Street Entrance transacting business.

Now Many Wear FALSE TEETH With Mort Comfort TASTT.rrH. pltM.nt tlkllln (non-fid pewder. hoirt fiU t.B mnrt flnr.iv To und u.i comfort. )ut uprinki llttl. PK-TKETH on yo'ir p.t gumrrr.

tor. p'y IM19 or frehnu Cf.e'H 'put tvjrx" fJrr.uir hretht. lit 35 kgt 40 $7.18 mon'h a.3t MONTH WRITTEN TO AGE 65 7rH, Poluift Convertible to Permanent flans it 1 1 FREE N.W. CORNER OF SOUTH AND WALNUT 80 PROOF Majestic Vodka 90 PROOF Gin FIFTH $303i mi illiui mmmmmmr. annum imiiiimii nn Hogg PROOF FIFTH It li mi mm aj FIFTH $2771 El Auto-Fire-Bonds JERRY NIXON JOHN SIMPSON EWELL S.

SHIPP Cherry at Pickwick UN 5-6603 in 1919-20. i 1 uumi jjia i i-ui vears. he lived at 1929 Cherry in Springfield, and was a member of the -First Congregational Church where he was on the boird of elders. Survivors include one son. Lt.

Col. Ira A. Hunt II, who is stationed in Washington, D. and three sisters, Mrs. Grace Smith, Mt.

Vernon, Mrs. Norma Worley, Grand Junction, and Miss Pearl Hunt, Tulsa, Okla.l The body will be at the Her-" man Lohmeyer Chapel from 1 1 30 a day. until 2 p.m. Wednes- BOB OF COFFEE WITH US GRACIE WBSLL EMCLOSi? I YOUR i Mixed Nuts li LMl1 FULL Vj GALLON Mattmgly Moore thru Wednesday Jiiif Old Echo Spring AT ELM 1 CAMPBELL SUNSHINE rv sM I Colton fc Bond Hall CJ Lillard ipj FIFTH tfyz 86 PROOF FIFTH ll McTacue's rJI nw. tf 86 PROOF FIFTH nfl Kentucky Tavern 4 eLA 100 PROOF FIFTH C00 Att' $36 J.

W. Dqnfc, $3 88M tM lmj COME IN HAVE A CUP COFFEE SERVER SET WITH EVERY PURCHASE! ttire and right arm bruises in a two-car crash on Howell Countv KK a mile northwest of Potters-ville. She was riding in a car driven by Donald R. Sexton, 26, Route 3, West Plains, when it swerved to the wrongf side of the road -as- the driver applied his brakes and collided with a car driven by William A. Simpson, 26, Pottersville Route, West Plains! Richard P.

Middletent. 24 Fort Leonard Wood, suffered right leg fractures and body bruises shortly before 11 a.m. Sunday when he reoortedlv jumped from between two park-i ed cars into the path of a can driven by Carolyn Combs, Waynesvillp, on in Waynesville. He was taken to the post hospital. A one-car crash six miles I southeast of Jenkins on Barry County EE at 12:15 a.m.

Sunday sent Ohip Mathis in Verona, to the Aurora Hospital with possible internal injuries and rib fractures. Troopers said he was riding in a car driven by Dale Bennett, 58, Galena, when it left a curve and hit a railing on a bridge. Bennett was charged with intoxicated driving, the patrol said. Speed was blamed for a three-vehicle accident on alternate U. S.

71, in which four per-; sons were injured about noon Sunday, four miles south of Carthage. Troopers said Judith Ann Ball, 18, Carthage, lost control of her car at excessive speed on a curve and it hit the side of a KQr rlmiran It- Lvons. 24, Kansas City, then hit a pickup truck driven by Homer If. Cunningham, 72, Carthage. Miss Ball suffered head and possible back injuries, her brother.

Wayne, 21, a scalo laceration and head and neck injuries, Suzanne Goddard, 19, Joplin, severe shock, and Cunningham a knee laceration and four fractured ribs. All were treated at McCune-Brooks Hospital in Carthage. Dri iree vers To Face Jmlge Three persons charged with intoxicated jlrivlng were scheduled for municipal court" appearances this afternoon. They are Jerry Dennis Williams, 30, Ozark; Paul G. Wixon, 43, Conway; and Mrs.

Ivon Kathleen Kahle, 39, of 1314 State. Williams was arrested about 1:50 a.m. Sunday at Seminole and Fremont, where his car had been driven into the ditch. Wixon was arrested at Central and Lynn Sunday after police followed his car at speeds up to 60 miles an hour. Mrs.

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