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Sporlf New, Poges 79-22 Business News, Pag 31 Comics, 28, 29 TV, 45 THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS Friday, November 15, 1963 Page 23 DON'T QUOTE ME YULETIDE GUTTER Is That Crystal Ball Still Full Of Snow? By BILL WILDHACK It will be interesting to kp urtipthpr tha Indiana riemft Monumental Tree' To Get More Tinsel The world's tallest "Christmas tree" will glitter and gleam a little brighter this year. Decoration the Circle and the Soldiers and Sailors Monument is moving along on schedule, according to the Indianapolis Christmas Committee and firms doing the work. cratic Club's crystal ball has cleared up any during the last year. The club annually holds a "snowball" dinner dance. A M- iL leaiure or me airair is to nave potential candidates for a top Puduc ouice mane Drier speeches.

Last year, with the city election in the effing, the club invited six party leaders from whose ranks it believed the nominee for mayor would come. But Mayor-elect John J. Barton was not one of them. This year the $10 -a -plate snowball dinner dance will be held Dec. 5 at the Severin Hotel.

The club, obviously with the 1964 Democratic nomination for governor in mind, has received acceptances to speak from five Dartv members. Last year's first effort to have contributed t0 $95orj turn the monument into a committee budget and that as- gigantic "tree" taught the in 6t, yn, 0 trkt 4 38th-VL( rry (38th Nsrsr50" Lake 88 iA 1 1 i i 1 2 '30fll1syR) yiXXA 30th -A-l 10th iflQBL I ioth ft" rr-rr EnU ir I Minnesota Roymondy hi stop 8 3i sistance from public agencies such as the Park Department and Fire Department in addition to the Indianapolis Power Light Co. is being given. The downtown promotional division of the Merchants Association is sponsoring the lighted Christmas tree. Picture on Page 18 Those scheduled to make an appearance are Thomas Lemon, former Bloomingtdn mayor, and State Representative Robert L.

Rock of Anderson, minnritv leaHpr of the Hoiisp novators several things. New ideas are being put into use to make the tree more visible. One of the difficulties last year was lack of a tree image in daylight. This time each of the 52 strands of steel cable will be decorated with reflecting golden metal tinsel. The tinsel will catch the gleam of December's sun and recapture both announced candidates for the nomination, and Clinton secretary-treasurer of the Indiana Port Commission; Roger Branigin, Lafayette attorney, and State Senator Mar- buau r.

mzer or lymoutn, minority leader or the Senate, the image. In addition, the four stars DID YOU NOTICE? A middle-aged man driving an ex- Densive foreign snorts car on 38th between I I.S. 52 an1 atop the tree, one facing in each direction, have been increased in size to 19 feet high and 12 feet wide. Last year's lege opening the door from time to time to spit tobacco juice A store in the 5200 block of North Keystone with a sign out In front savine simolv: "Ouch" A man nlckino nn a sheaf of baseball pool tickets from the sidewalk along Ohio 7 feet by 3 feet stars will nestle inside the new ones. Each star will be illuminated wesi iiimois ana nming tnrougn them, apparently looking by 80 light bulbs.

Nearly 6,000 bulbs will be strung on the 246-feet tree cables. The quarter-inch cables are made of highly flexible steel called airplane cable. Hatfield Electric Co. started putting cables in place Tues ior a careiessiy discarded winner. Borrowing books from the Indiana Reformatory library with big-sounding titles is apparently a status symbol.

An inmate recently asked to withdraw from the library a book titled: "Electro Dermal Responses and Psychosomatic Behavior of the Mind in Partial Transition," according to Charles McKinney's column in the institution's newspaper. The library clerk instructed the man to write the title and the name of the author on a piece of paper. "Would you do that for me?" the man asked. "I never learnt to write." The Catholic Digest has this warning for winter motorists: "Watch that freezy skid stuff" Speaking of nutty publicity stunts, the Florida state news bureau has mailed coconuts from Miami Beach parks to travel editors throughout the United States, at $1 postage a coconut. day and believes the job will be completed by the Nov.

27 Interstate Open To Traffic 1 Soufhport Interstate Open To Traffic deadline. In order to avoid U.S. Or Indiana Highways Other Roads Proposed Construction Q- Interchange damage to the monument shaft, cables must be put in YXZX Policemen Were Ready The theft of a 1962 Chevrolet, $300 worth of cigarettes and $150 worth of power and hand tools from the garage of a city policeman was reported at 7:30 a.m. today. Three hours earlier, a patrolman reported he stopped the same car less than a block away from the home of Police Sgt.

Clarence M. Lohman, 1812 Prospect. The driver of the stolen car fled on foot when the patrolman saw the car traveling through an alley at a high rate of speed with its lights dimmed and stopped it to investigate. Sgt. Lohman was notified of the incident when he reported the theft to 1 i a headquarters.

He identified tha abandoned car as the sama one owned by his son, Charles R. Lohman, a salesman for Liggett Myers Tobacco Co. Recovered from the car were a $50 electric saw, $100 worth of hand tools and seven cartons of cigarettes, only a fraction of the cigarettes Sgt Lohman reported were in the car when it was taken from his garage. place individually, each bal Interstate Under Construction iminiii Interstate Under Design Or Right Of Way Interstate Location And Geometric Studies Completed iy Hlr-rl'9nway icperation ancing one on the opposite side of the shaft. Decoration of the lower part of the monument, under a I County Line string of lights circling the Interstate Progress tree about 20 feet above the base will follow traditional lines in one basin, but will be changed in the other.

State Highway Department's 1963-65 construction program for contract letting. The remainder of the east leg and all of the north leg of 1-465 are expected to be put under contract in 1965-67. While most of 1-65 and 1-70 inside the city are under various stages of design contract, there is no construction timetable. Corridors for all routes in and around the city, however, have been approved by state and federal officials. According to Ted Allen, re tired manager of the J.C.

Pen Here's a progress report on interstate expressways built or to be built in and around Indianapolis. The south leg of 1-465, between Harding and U.S. 31, is expected to be opened to traffic some time next month, but the section between U.S. 31 and Emerson won't be finished until later next year. The east leg of 1-465 northward to 56th is in the NAMES IN THE NEWS: JAMES R.

COTNER, former Monroe County prosecutor, win serve as city attorney under Bloomington's Mayor-elect JOHN H. HOOKER U. ALEXIS JOHNSON, deputy undersecretary of state for political affairs, will discuss the nation's foreign policy Tuesday noon at a Rotary Club meeting in Claypool Hotel. Johnson will be introduced by ELVIS STAHR president of Indiana University ELLA SENGENBERGER, retired Tech High School journalism teacher, who has been in impaired health, can have short visits from friends at her home, 5325 Boulevard Place IRENE BARTHOLOMEW of Beech Grove knows her 4-year-old daughter JANET wants a doll for ney Circle store and chairman of the committee, the nativity scene once again will occupy the west basin. But the east basin will be transformed into a toyland scene.

Last year it depicted Christmas at home. Christmas, but the child has been vague about what kind. Mrs, W.C.Phillippi Mental Health The displays will be opened Bartholomew finally told Janet she would have to make up her mind about what kind of doll she desired. "That's a secret Dec. 1 and regular choral pro Brownsburg Man Held In Jail Death IsAPME grams will be started Dec.

16. Allen said 300 Individuals between Santa Claus and me," Janet replied, "and you'll just have to be surprised Christmas Day" DR. D. F. Salaries Assailed MITCHELL, chairman of the oral diagnosis department of Director PEOPLE IN THE NEWS The president of the Indiana salary hikes in the mental A Brownsburg man was ar By Associated Prist MIAMI BEACH, Fla.

Wen Association for Mental Health health department. He said the Indiana University School of Dentistry, is in Ecuador for a series of lectures to dental students at Central University in Quito ALBERT P. SMITH, supervisor of industrial arts for the public school system, reports he obtained during the last school year government surplus property, with an original cost of $188,671.66, for handling charges of $6,245.24. rested today by state police in connection with the death of dell C. Phillippi, managing today assailed the Indiana there are some "modifications" Personnel Board and the di- in the salary plan as presented a 46-year-old war veteran who editor of The Indianapolis had been a prisoner in the News, today was elected to rector of the Department of by the department, but that Administration for their fail- the whole $5 million-plus has Flying Wallenda To Wed His Nurse Marion County Jail.

been earmarked for salary in the Associated Press Managing Editors Associ rranic a. Kaay, zo. was creases. charged with involuntary man Freehaf er, meanwhile, WEATHER FORECAST By the U.S. Weather Bureau slaughter in an affidavit filed ation board of charged that some staffs at yesterday in Municipal Court directors.

ure to upgrade salaries of workers in state mental institutions. "Without a complete reclassification of salaries in Indiana's mental hospitals, we cannot hope to alleviate a critical shortage of psychiatric aids and other personnel," mental institutions in Indiana 3. He will serve are getting "dangerously close Ml frmm US. WIATHit HJUAU By ROBERT CORYA Circus accident victim Charging of Rady climaxed a three-year to inadequate. i mm i i mi a month-long investigation of term.

MARIO WALLENDA and the He said Dr. Ott McAtee, the death of Norman G. Phillippi is superintendent at the Madison Hirschberger, 940 Middle nurse who cared for him after he fell from a high wire in chairman of the said Donald Freehafer, Logans- Hospital recruited only Associated Press port. Detroit plan to marry soon. one physician from 1,000 re Drive, Woodruff Place, who was lodged in the jail at 1:40 a.m.

Oct. 13 on a charge of drunkenness. The nurse, 24-year-oia mittee. LINDA CRONINGER, said in quests sent to young doctors across the country. The Madison Hospital, once adequately Last year he was' vice-chair Detroit the marriage will After being in the jail "tank" man of the AP general news take place in Sarasota, staffed, is now "slipping back committee.

In previous years for only 50 minutes, Hirschberger was removed to General 40 E3HD he has been chairman of the wards because of the salary situation for doctors," Free where the famed "Flying Wallendas" are practicing for a return to the circus. Hospital for treatment of a AP freedom of information hafer said. head injury. Hirschberger at -A and foreign news development Several in the group were The association's executive Freehafer, who met with hospital superintendents and members of the association's executive committee last night, said a letter had been sent to the Personnel Board asking for the status of the salary reclassification request made by the State Mental Health Department. "Silence on the part of the board apparently confirms authoritative reports that there will be no reclassification," he charged.

John Hatchett, director of the Department of Adminis committees. UmM iwvrrisy Mmiii fifurM Stow law Tampwahm directors and hospital super hurt again in a recent practice session. the time told jailers he had fallen in the "tank," in which there were 30 other prisoners at the time. intendents met last night at telegram to the Eisenhower farm near Gettysburg. Many others phoned.

In Houston, Dr. WENDELL G. SCOTT, head of the American Cancer Society, called for support of research that would make cigarette smoking medically safe. "People are going to smoke," Dr. Scott said, "they get too much pleasure out of it to stop.

The thing we have to do is make it safe for them." He said some cigarette filters had cut nicotine and tar consumption in half, and a research project showed that selective tobacco blending can reduce the harmful elements by a third. Fire in his living room forced NOEL COWARD, 63, to beat an undignified retreat from his apartment on New York's Eastside. The British actor-playwright-author had to crawl on hands and knees from his bedroom to the corridor. Mario, paralyzed from the the home of Clarence Efroym waist down, has learned to City Detective Sgt. Carl walk with crutches.

Michaelis said investigation son, 10650 Spring Mill Road, Butler University economics professor and a past president of the mental health asso Other new directors are: Charles Btnnttt, Oklahoma City Oklohoman-Timts. Ernest Cvttt, Charlwron (S.C.) Post. William B. Dickinson, Philadelphia Bulletin. Richard J.

Hartford, Hartford (Conn.) Times. Henry MacLeod, Seattle (Wash.) Times. Malcolm P. Mallette, Winston-Salem (N.C) Journal. Wallenda was injured when the troupe's "human pyra (Eastern Standard Time) Temperature (24 Hours to 6 A.M.

Today) Actual Predicted Record This Date 26 5 a.m. Mid-20s 12 (1933) High. 48 (3:30 p.m.) Around 40 73 (1931, 1955) turned up two men, prisoners in the "tank" when Hirsch ciation. mid" high wire act collapsed Jan. 30, 1962.

Two members Year Ago 40 60 of the troupe were killed. tration, denied Freehaters charge, adding that maximum berger was brought in, who told him Hirschberger was knocked down by Rady during an argument. Tenney Griffin, Valdosta (Ca.) Times. SIR EDMUND HILLARY salaries in many areas of mental health work are being up er about Wednesday; precipitation will average one fourth to one half inch in showers Tuesday and Wednesday. Dr.

Dennis J. Nicholas, who Purse Is Snatched graded. originally ruled Hirschberger's Ex-Commissioner Ayers Freed On Gaming Charge Former County Commis is planning a combined mountain climbing and village welfare expedition into the Mt. Everest region next year. Hatchett said more than $5 death as accidental, has since Weather 7:30 a.m.

High Low million has been allocated for AHonta Clear A 24-year-old woman told police at 6:22 a.m. today her Bismarck PtCldy The New Zealander who called the death the result of a skull fracture. Rady was arrested Oct 12 as a disorderly person and fined $30 on Oct. 14. climbed Everest a decade ago told newsmen the 10-membef' Boston PtCldy 47 33 Buffalo Cloudy 42 15 Charleston, S.C.

Clear 52 37 Chicogo Clear 4 35 Cincinnati Clear 4S 22 HOMES, GIFTS sioner George J. (Dutch) Ayers purse was snatched at Udell and Anette. Barbara Paige, 854 Eugene, said a man beld his hand over her mouth and then grabbed the purse, which expedition wants to spend Coward was annoyed that Cleveland Cloudy 41 and two other men were found not guilty of gaming charges when they appeared yesterday 71 37 next September to December his sIeep was interrupted, but Denver Detroit Barometer (Sea Level) Inches Millibars 7 a.m. 30.34 1028 Noon 30.32 1028 Sunrise, 7:29 Sunset, 5:30 Humidity yesterday: High, 89; low, 63. Precipitation for 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m., none.

Total precipitation since Jan. 1, 30.26 inches. Deficiency, 4.71. Total degree days below 65 since July 1, 495. Normal, 696.

Indianapolis Partly cloudy and warmer tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy, windy and a little warmer; low tonight mid-30s, high tomorrow near 60. 45 31 around Namche Bazar, the El Paso Clear 71 51 contained no money. 54 22 44 2 Evansvilie Fort Wayne for trial in Municipal Court 6. Ayers, 60, 917 N. Cameron; center of the area inhabited by Sherpas at the foot of he was more concerned about the partial destruction of his latest short story.

"Now I have to re-type the top half of each page," he said. Everest Since I960 Hillary Maurice Moriarty, 55, 805 $1,230 In Diamond Offers To Billy Considered A Catholic Charities Bureau Port Worth Cloudy 41 54 Havre Cloudy 52 34 Jacksonville 54 31 Kansas City Cloudy 4 45 Los Angeles Cloudy 47 40 Louisville Clear 4 27 has built three schools Graham, and Walter Bradley, 60, 1619 N. Delaware, were orrested Oct. 4 at Corriden's Memphis Clear 51 27 Miami Beach Clear Minneapolis Clear 4 25 38 Rings Stolen tavern, 151 N. Delaware.

All were charged with pos Muskegon Cloudy 45 54 33 N. Orleans Clear New York Clear Norfolk Clear 4t 35 aid was sifting a variety of offers today for Billy a Four diamond rings valued session of horse racing forms, possession of a gambling device ond violation of pools, homeless 18-year-old boy at a total of $1,230 were taken from the home of an Indian whose plight was reported in i i. policy and lotteries ordinances. The News. apolis woman yesterday while Oklahoma City Cloudy 55 41 omoha Clear 44 37 Phoenix Pre My 54 P-maurgh PtCMy 42 35 St.

Louis Clear 40 32 Salt Lake City Cloudy 44 50 San Antonio 45 San Francisce Clear 43 55 S. St. Marie Cloudy 37 34 Seattle Rom a 42 South Bend Clear 44 30 Tampa Clear 54 35 Moriorty is the owner of the Two of the offers were of she was away. Minnie Hammon, 52, 2115 tovern where the arrest was made. Sherpa country.

Now he wants to improve them. Four-year-old ANTHONY DAVIES looked up from his hospital cot in Swansea, Wales, and said: "I flew like a bird. Dad." He had, too nine floors and suffered only minor chest injuries in the fall. He bounced on the sloping lawns below the apartment house. Two men told his mother: "We're afraid your little boy is dead." She collapsed.

Anthony was not dead. He was alive and crying for his mother. His mother is all right now. It was MAMIE EISEN Allfree, told police she found homes. Others were cash gifts, which are being turned over to the bureau for use in Billy X's Judge Pro Tem.

Raymond large trunk in her closet CLOTHING SELLS QUICKLY, TOO! It may come at a surprise fa acme housewives that Quick-Action Want Ait art used to tell clothing at well as all types of household items. The following ladies art among the many advertisers who have recently sold clothing through The News and The Star. Mrs. Richard R. Abrell of 2255 North Graham Street sold children's clotihng in one day.

Mrs. Homer H. Smith of 2829 Central Avenue sold a mink stole in two days and received 27 calls. Mrs. Leslie E.

Wat-ton of 1105 Waldemera Street sold a fur-trimmed coat to the first person who responded to her ad. Sell with the greatest of ease. Call ME 8-2411 nd you may charga your "For Sale" ad. Washington, D.C Clear 51 34 behalf. J.

Ackerman freed the defendants after ruling the city failed had been forced open when she returned home about 6:30 Meanwhile, Billy is contin to produce evidence to support High kt 4f-stote area: 15 at Yuma. Ariz, and Needles, Calif. Lew: 21 at Crossville, Tenn. Hourly Temp. Humidity uing to occupy the room ob -otr- m.

Missing from the trunk were the charges. FIVE-DAY FORECAST Northern Indiana Temperatures will average 3 to 6 degrees above normal; normal high 42 to 49, normal low 25 to 31; mild with above normal temperatures until turning colder Tuesday and Wednesday; precipitation expected to total one quarter to one half inch; rain likely about Tuesday with chance of snow or rain about Wednesday. Southern and Central Indiana Temperatures will average 5 to 10 degrees above normal; normal highs 46 to 54 and lows 31 to 35; slow warming trend over weekend then tained for him by two detec the diamond rings. tives who befriended him, Other crimes investigated Education Runs High by police in a 24-hour period ending at 6 a.m.: Nearly half of the Americans 6:00 a.m. 25 81 7:00 ajn 25 78 8:00 a.m.

26 78 9:00 ajn. 32 .....78 10:00 ajn 39 73 11:00 ajn. 45 60 12 Noon 49 52 Sgts. Frank A. Spallina and William H.

Hastings. They also obtained a job for him in a downtown restaurant, where he is continuing to work. A woman, enclosing a 55 check, wrote: plight wrings my heart. May God guide and bless HOWER'S 67th birthday anniversary yesterday. Thefts from cars 13 Larcenies 8 Break-Ins 8 Assaults 2 i over 25 have completed high school and one out of 11 has received at least four years of college, according to a survey by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.

Hundreds of well-wishers Noel Coward, back to tha typewriter, around the country sent their congratulations by card and j.s.h i i i I t1 ft titi. i If-.

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