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Pharos-Tribune, Logansport, Ind. Sunday, June 15, I960 Hunt Suspect Late News Roundup QUENEMO, Kan. (UPI) Police Saturday searched for a suspect in the fatal shooting of a motorcyclist who was gunned down during a rowdy Friday the 13th rally that attracted some 2,000 bikers from around the country. Two other bikers died in traffic accidents as the motorcyclists converged on Quenemo, a town of 400, for a day of drinking and drag: racing, authorities said. Quenemo for several years has been a gathering point for bikers each Friday the 13th.

The practice began when the town's only bar began serving 25-cent beer on that day. United Cuts Back CHICAGO (UPI) United Airlines Saturday announced that as many as 1,160 pilots and Hight attendants could be laid off by the end of the year due to cutbacks in service. Joe Hopkins, United's director of corporate communications, said the airline will have a surplus of up to 800 of its current 8,354 flight attendants by Sep. 1. In addition, 360 of the airline's 5,780 pilots could face furloughs by the end of the year.

Triple Slaying VELMA, Okla. (UPI) Officers searched for more clues Saturday in a ransacked, rural home where the bodies of two British women and an Oklahoma man, who had been shot, were found. The victims were Identified as Robert Leon Swinford, 41, of Velma; Averil Joan Bourque, 42, of South Wales, and Julie Sheila Lovejoy, whose age was given in various identification papers as either 28 or 38, of Greensway, England. French Protest PORT VILA, New Hebrides France Saturday denounced the disp'atch by Britain of 200 British commandos to the New Hebrides to crush revolts by secessionists and "cargo cultists." Jean-Jacques Robert, French resident commissioner, told reporters in the capital city of Port Vila that the troops could only be used with the approval of both France and Britain, who jointly have ruled the chain of South Pacific islands for nearly three quarters of a century. Mysterious Fire NEW ORLEANS (UPI) Another mysterious fire broke out Saturday in a police patrol car, causing damage to the fifth Ford LTD owned by the city in a month.

No injuries were reported. The car, which was believed idling when the fire broke out, was taken to the police department's central garage for inspection by Ford Motor Co. engineers, who were already investigating the cause of the other four fires. Gunmen Kill Priest SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (UPI) Unidentified gunmen Saturday barged into a rural church and shot to death an Italian priest saying mass, authorities said. Officials said four men armed with submachine guns entered a church in San Juan Nonualco, 27 miles east of San Salvador, and opened fire on the priest, Cosme Spessoto, 60, while he was at the altar saying mass.

Spessoto; an Italian who worked 27 years in El Salvador, died immediately with multiple bullet wounds in the head and chest. Execute Former Afghan Officials NEW DELHI, India (UPI) The Soviet- backed Afghan regime said Saturday it executed three more officials of a rival political faction, part of a bitter feud over the Soviet presence in Afghanistan. Radio Kabul said in a broadcast monitored in New Delhi that three officials who held top posts under former President's Mohammad Nur Taraki and Hafizullah Amin were executed because they "killed thousands of innocent people and had terrorized a large section of society." Sealift Ends KEY WEST) Fla. (UPI) The sealift of Cuban refugees came to a halt Saturday and even Cuba's Prensa Latina "news agency agreed it virtually was over. The Federal Emergency Management Agency reported no boats reached Key West between midnight and noon and the Coast Guard said none had been sighted heading across the Florida Straits toward Key West Cass GOP Delegates Divide Their Votes Cass County's vote at the Republican state convention evidently was well divided.

The combined vote of Cass and Kosciusko Counties for superintendent of public instruction was almost evenly divided, with 20 votes for Jean Merritt and 23 votes for Harold Negley, the winner. The delegates from the two counties voted on the same machine. The Miami, Fulton, and Grant County vote was 33 for Merritt and only 15 for Negley. This was believed to have been largely a protest vole against Negley's attempts to force the closing of the Kewanna High School in Fulton County. Fulton County people particularly have been angered at the harassment of Kewanna by the State Department of Education.

In the contest for attorney general, the Cass-Kosciusko voting machine showed 4 for Bogard, 10 for Fisher, 8 for Pearson, 4 for Reppa and 19 for Young on the first ballot, with Kosciusko County reportedly providing most of the Young votes. On the second ballot, the vote on that machine was 4 for Bogard, 3 for Fisher, 31 for Pearson, 3 for Reppa and 4 for Young, most of the Young supporters having switched to Pearson, who was the winner. Around Town Circuit Court The First National Bank of Logansport was named administrator of the estate of Blanche E. Parks, who died May 18. The estate is represented by Smith and Ridlen.

The marriage of Lucille B. and Carl W. Black was dissolved. The marriage of Nancy and James R. McMinn, was dissolved.

She was awarded custody of the children and he was ordered to pay $22.50 per week in support. Hospital Notes Logansport BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Gunion, Rt.

5, a son. Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Lidy, S07' 2 Bates.ason.

Mr. and Mrs. Bradley L. Kitchell, Roya! Center, a son. Mr.

and Mrs. James W. Hill, a son. Mr. and Mrs.

William H. Shepler, a son. ADMITTED Bertha W. Judy, Camden. Anna B.

Brew, Senior Citizens Village. DISMISSED Angela K. Bell, 1728 High St. Doris P. Barr, Royal Center.

Jay A. Hollis. 1123 Woodlawn Ave. Mrs. Michael Hanawalt and son.

1324 Liberty St. Samuel A. Cover, Twelve Mile. Maryan Rnpp. 1417 Chicago St.

John R. Anderson, Royal Center. Michelle M. Rusk, 2325 Myers Lane. Steve D.

Tabler. Rt. 4. William C. Farrer, Royal Center.

Julia J. Fettte. 2125 Wright St. Jason L. Harding, 3303 Maplewood Dr.

Beth K. Henderson, Rochester. Raymond Spencer, P.O. Box 747. Mrs.

Robert Sturgill and son. Akron. Jessica L. Reed, 2101 Usher St. Samuel A.

Winegardner, 121 Northern Ave. Peru BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Tornetta, Grissom AFB, a son. ADMITTED William Duncan, 202 W.

10th St. Mrs. William Bale, Grissom AFB. Mrs. Rowland Garver, 182 E.

Fifth St. Raymond Hall, 580 E. Jefferson Ave. Mrs. Maynard Wiltshire, 24 W.

Huntington St. Mrs. Terry McKinney, 24 W. Franklin St. Andrew Pope, 278 E.

Third St. Mrs. Lyman Stanton, 370 W. 12th St. Tracey Spohn, 266 E.

Sixth St. DISMISSED Frank Woodward, E. Sixth St. Richard Guillaume, 317 Columbia Ave. Arthur Setty, 510 E.

Main St. Mrs. Edward Holdren, 33 Jean Ave. Mrs. Loren Peiffer, Grissom AFB.

Mary Davis, Wabash. Mrs. Benny Caldwell, 218 E. Main St. DelmarSease, Rt.

5. Mrs. Terry McKinney, 24 W. Franklin Ave. Mrs.

Roger Ream, 312 Chili Ave. Mrs. James Eberle, 356 W. Fifth St. Carrie Sixbey, Rochester.

Monticello DISMISSED Craig Thomas, Indianapolis. Dwayne Cummins, Monticello. Ceola Suiter, Idaville. Linda Edwards, Lafayette. Rochester ADMITTED OpalSherrard, Rt.

2. Joseph Oliver, Rt. 6. John Delworth, 1806 Oakwood Dr. Jason Shepherd, Silver Lake.

DISMISSED Mrs. Robert Sturgil, Akron, transferred to Logansport Memorial. Nancy Shriver, Mentone. William Clemans, Macy. Corey Smith, 608 Indiana Ave.

Laura Rudd, Rt. 1. Winamac ADMITTED Russell Nale, Star Mrs. City. John Johnson, Star City.

Marjorie Noodwang, Ora. Troy Van Meter, Monticello. Hot And Humid By United Press International Hot. humid weather with a chance of thunderstorms rumbling through the state, especially northern counties, was forecast for today. Thunderstorms may persist tonight and Monday, the National Weather Service said.

Predicted highs were in a range from the mid 70s north to the low 90s south for todav and from the low 70s north to near ao south Monday. Tonight's lows should be in the 60s. The extended forecast for Tuesday through Thursday called for a return of cool, cloudy weather with a chance of showers Tuesday and showers ending Wednesday. Highs should be in the 60s and 70s Tuesday and Wednesday and in the 70s and 80s Thursday. Nightly lows for the three-day period should be mostly in the 50s.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST to 7PM EST 6-15-80 Kr 24 "A dHMOLOO SEATTLE 90 UPI WEATHER FOTOCAST National Weather Outlook MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES KAIN During Sunday, showers will Mill over northern Plains, the upper valley and the Lakes area, Chicago whin- in'iHtly fair weather should Cleveland miiuiii. ihen-sl of the nation. Dallas Denver 90 Duluth 60 New York 80 79 Houston 92 Phoenix 103 74 Los Angeles 75 San Fran. 66 72'Miami 88 Seattle 68 97 Minneapolis 71 St. Louis 88 83 New Orleans 91 Washington 88 Five On Death ROW In State Undzy Rites Set Prosecutors in murder trials now in progress at Lebanon and Lafayette have asked the juries to raise from five to seven the number of men on death row at the Indiana State Prison.

Cass County Prosecutor Tom Kragh told jurors in the trial of John Wall Jr. at Lafayette the Hoover man should forfeit his life for his "monstrous acts" in the killing of five members of his own family. Tippecanoe County Prosecutor John Meyers asked jurors hearing the trial of James Lowery, 32, Crawfordsville, to find him guilty of murdering two elderiy people for whom he once was caretaker and to sentence him to death. Both trials began this week. The last person to die in the electric chair in Indiana was Richard Keifer, who was executed in 1961.

Five men now are under sentence of death, but there is no execution date for any of them. All five cases have been appealed. Two men from Indianapolis, two from Gary and a fifth from Parke County now are on death row. They are: Judy, 23, Indianapolis, convicted in February 1980 of the rape-strangulation of Terry Lee Chasteen, 21, and the killing of her three children, whom he tossed in a creek to drown. W.

Daniels, 21, Indianapolis, sentenced to death in February 1980 on conviction of the murder of Maj. Allan H. Streett, 43, a chaplain at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Streett was shot to death as he shoveled snow in front of his home. Norton, 31, a Parke County resident convicted in 1976 of hiring another man to kill his wife and child.

Hicks, 22, Gary, sentenced to death Feb. 4, 1978, for the Feb. 4, 1978, stabbing deaths of two Gary men. E. Brewer, 22, Gary, sentenced to death March 1, 1978, for the slaying of Steven J.

Skirpan, 29, in a home robbery in Gary. Four Hurt In Accidents Four persons were injured in three separate traffic accidents this weekend. Jay T. Elliott, 22, 2 Forrest Drive, sustained lacerations and abrasions to the upper part of his body in a one vehicle accident Saturday at 2:30 a.m., according to Cass County Officer Rick Canfieid. Elliott was a passenger in an automobile driven by Russell D.

Pugh, 23, 400 Humphrey who suffered lacerations to the right arm. Canfield said the Pugh vehicle was westbound on U.S. 24, when Pugh attempted to turn left on to Pottawatomie Road while the going to fast. The automobile struck a utility pole and a tree on the southside of U.S. 24, according to Canfield.

Pugh was arrested for no driver's license, Canfield said. Mark Clark, 901 Helm was injured when a hit-and- run vehicle struck his bicycle Friday. Donald Clark, Mark's father, reported Friday at 10 a.m. that Mark was riding his bicycle on 24th Street, and was crossing Spear Street when an automobile, westbound on Spear, struck the back wheel. The bicycle went out of control and struck a parked vehicle, sending Clark onto the hood of the parked vehicle.

The youth sustained abrasions to the left leg, ankle and right hip. Christy Oliver, 4, sustained a cut and a bump to the left eye in a two car accident Friday at 2 p.m. A vehicle driven by Gayle J. Oliver, 23, 207 E. Miami was eastbound on E.

Market Street when an automobile driven by Oral H. Fox, 80,1518 Woodlawn attempted to cross Market Street on 17th Street, according to Patrolman Clyde Smith. The Oliver vehicle struck the Fox vehicle, damaging the front end of both vehicles. Fox told Smith he did not see any cars on Market Street and attempted to cross the road. When he saw the Oliver vehicle it was too late to avoid the collision, Fox told Smith.

General Tire Closing Peru Plant; Wabash Moving Line PERU General Tire in Peru will end its operations July 1, employees were told Friday. The plant has been operating with a third of its normal work force, at only twenty percent production. The decision to close the plant followed an announcement by the company that a major production line from the Wabash plant would be moved to Arkansas after representatives of United Rubber Workers Local 626 rejected wage and benefit compromises the company had proposed. fv Peru employees and Fire Destroys Automobile supervisors will be placed on layoff status effective July 1 in spite of the fact that Local 626 and the Peru plan reached an agreement June 4 which would extend the contract for another year. The Peru plant, which manufactures metal components for rubber bushings, has experienced financial losses in the past few years.

The 36 laid-off employees will be elibible for unemployment and the eight supervisors from the Peru plant may be offered positions at other General Tire plants. Plant officials say they will move the Wabash plant production line to a Batesville, plant and lay off half of the Wabash plant's 400-person work force. A company spokesman said that the workers at the Arkansas plant earn an average $5 hourly wage, compared to the average $8.55 hourly wage earned by the Wabash workers. Union officials said they would have accepted some of the company's compromises but not the entire proposal. The company's offer, besides asking a wage freeze and cancelling cost-of-living increases for two years, would have restricted the union's future bargaining power.

Workers at the Logansport plant have already agreed to the company's compromise proposals, which included a wage increase of only $1 per hour over the next two years instead of $2 "per hour. In return, the company promised to maintain stable employment and perhaps to transfer other operations to the local plant 'and bring back some workers aJreadv laid off. Fire destroyed an automobile Friday at 6:20 p.m. A1968 automobile belonging to Scott Fergus, 417 Day was termed a total loss by Asst. Chief Bill Cox following the fire.

Cox said the inside of the vehicle was ignited by a short in the wiring beneath the dash board. Firemen cleared the scene in 21 minutes. Churchmen, Women Plan Joint Meeting- The United Churchmen and Church Women United of Cass County will have a joint meeting Saturday, Aug. 9, at the Riverside park pavilion. Plans for the joint meeting were announced by William Riesling, president of the men's organization, at their quarterly breakfast meeting Saturday at the Anoka United Methodist Church.

The attendance plaque, won during the past year by Webb Chapel, was accepted in behalf of that church by Richard Rusk. The Rev. Harold Johnson, pastor of the Helm Street Church of God, used Psalm Eight as his text at the Saturday meeting. Richard Rowe and Don Strasser led community singing. Charles Rush.gave the invocation- and Rev.

Gail Price gave the benediction. Ruth Johns Dies At 79 Funeral services for Ruth Johns, 79, 517 Wheatland will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Fisher Funerai Home. She died at 8:50 p.m. Friday at Memorial Hospital.

Born Aug. 10, 1900, at Burrows, she was the daughter of Samuel and Nettie Cantner Price. She was married on April 7,1934, to William Frank Johns and he died May 6,1977. Surviving are a sister, Susie Lang, Flora; and two cousins, Florence Minter, 939 Garfield and Roselea Piter, 1301 Balsam St. The Rev.

Milton Beeman will officiate at the funeral services. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today. Francis Cronin Rites Monday HARTFORD CITY Funeral services tor Francis Patrick Cronin, 66, 732 W.

Conger Hartford City, a former Logansport resident, will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. John's Catholic Church here. He died Thursday at his home following an extended illness. Born in Hartford City on Sept.

5, 1913. he was the son of Joseph and Frances Flynn Cronin. His first marriage was to Vera Bedwell who died in 1949. On Aug. 12, 195l, he was married in Logansport to Patricia Carroll who died April 26, 1975.

He had resided in Logansport 25 years, returning to Hartford City in 1977. He was retired from ConRai! after 40 years and was a member of St. John's Catholic Church, Hartford City. He was also a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Fraternal Order of Police and the Eagles Lodge and was a life member of the Elks Lodge, all of Logansport. Surviving are five sons, F.

Patrick Delaware, Ohio, T. Michael, Indianapolis, Timothy, Las Vegas, Joseph, Fort Wayne, and Sean, Hartford City; a daughter, Kathleen Cronin, Hartford City; the mother, Frances Cronin, Hartford City; a stepson, DonaJd Carroll-Logan, Fort Wayne; a brother, Raymond, Phoenix, and eight grandchildren. The Rev. Robert Williams will officiate at the funeral services. Burial will be at the Hartford City IOOF Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Richman Funeral Home, 501 W. Washington, Hartford City, from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today and prior to the services Monday. A liturgical wake will be held at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the funeral home.

Annabelle E. Lindzy, 74, 848 Garfield, died at 4:35 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Hospital. Born Nov. 22, 1905, in Thorntown, she was the daughter of Theodore and Bessie Johnson James.

She was married on Nov. 1,1923, to Walter N. Lindzy, who survives. She was a member of the Burnettsville Baptist Church and" the church's Dorcas Class and taught Sunday school for' several years. Also surviving are two daughters, Doris Dodrill, Richton Park, and Emma Seitz, Evansville; one brother, Frank James, Indianapolis; five grandchildren and three great- grandchildren.

One daughter preceded her in death. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Fisher Funeral Home with the Rev. Albert Buchanan officiating Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m.

Monday. Naomi Ege Succumbs DENVER Services for Mrs. Naomi M. Ege, 55, of Denver, will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the McCain Funeral Home.

Mrs. Ege died at 8:43 p.m. Friday shortly after her admission to Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester. She was born Sept. 10,1925, in Macy to Russell and Mildred Weller Zimmerman and was married Oct.

20.1946, to Willard (Duke) Ege, Jr. An employee of the Sherrill Corporation, Mexico, she was a member of the Denver Baptist Church and the Ladies Auxiliary of the Moose at Peru. Surviving are her husband; the mother, Peru: a son, Rickey, Denver; four grandchildrern and a brother, Ellis, Peru. One brother preceded her in death. The Rev.

Don Ritchey will officiate at the services Monday. Entombment will be in Ever-rest Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p. m. Sunday.

Edgar Webb Rites Tuesday PERU Funeral services for Edgar M. Webb, 75, 417 W. Second will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home. He died at 3:30 p.m.

Friday at his residence. Born August 5, 1904, he was the son of Robert L. and Wyoma Glassburn Webb. He was married on Feb. 16,1929, to Helen M.

Childers, who survives, He was retired from Redmon and Sons. surviving are four sons, Jerry and James, Indianapolis; Robert, Fort Wayne; and Richard, Melrose Park, two daughters, Mary Lashure, Bell Gardens, and Phoebe Bowers, Peru; two brothers, Glen, Dunkirk; and Otho, Port Richey, five Marguerite Shaffer, Mary Murray and Mildred Mills, Fort- Wayne; Clary Bryant, Walton; and Mettie York, Peru; 10- grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The Rev. James Marshall will officiate. Burial will be in Rankin Cemetery.

Friends may call from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday. Truman Kellie Rites Monday KOKOMO Funeral services for Truman R. Kellie, 65,207 Devonshire Kokomo, will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the Ellers Chapel, Kokomo.

He died Friday at St. Joseph's Hospital, Kokomo. Born Feb. 24,1915, in Kokomo, he was the son of Frank and Nelle Rapp Kellie. He was married in 1940 to Barbara Ruby, who died in 1963.

He was married in 2968 to Mary Flory, who survives. A1938 graduate of Indiana University, he was retired as an accountant with Continental Stee! and Dairy Queen Corporation. He was a member of St. Luke's Church, Kokomo, and Phi Delta Theta fraternity Also surviving are two sons, Truman Wilmington, N.C.;.', and Clark Indianapolis; one stepdaughter, Ruth Thompson, Warsaw; one sister, Mary Helms, Kokomo; and six grandchildren. The Rev.

Harold Williams will officiate at the funsrar services. Burial will be in Ever-Rest Memorial Park Cemetery, Cass County. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. today. Memorial contributions may be made to the Bona Vista School, Kokomo, or the special Olympics.

Death Claims Glenn C. Long Funeral services for Glenn C. Long, 77, Box 55, Ts'ew Waverly, will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the McCJoskey- Hamilton-Gundrum Funeral Home. He died at 1:15 p.m.

Friday at his home. Born March 6,1903, in Cass County, he was the son of L. J. and Dora Staver Long. He was married Aug.

19,1925, in Cass County, to Crystal Helvie. She survives. A retired farmer, he was a member of the New Waverly United Methodist Church and was past president of the New Waverly Lodge No. 484 AM. He was also a member of the York Rite and the Ancient Accepted Scottish'Rite' Valley of Indianapolis.

Surviving with the wife are a daughter, Lorraine Lowe, Rt. 4, Peru; a son, Carl New Waverly; a brother, Onis, Walton; seven grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by two sons, one brother and one' sister. The Rev. Jack L.

Rhoades will officiate at the funeral service. Burial will be at Ever-Rest Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. today. Masonic services will be at 7:30 p.m.

tonight. The family suggests that expressions of sympathy be in the form of contributions to the New Waverly United Methodist Church. Funeral Notices LUCAS PERU Funeral services for Gladys Lucas, 92,317 Blair Pike, Peru, will be at 1:30 p.m. today at the Eikenberry-Eday Funeral Home. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery, Peru.

WORDEN PERU Funeral services for Clarence Worden, 71, Rt. 2. Peru, will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery, Peru.

Friends may call after 2 p.m. today..