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Eight Logansport. Indiana, Pharos-Tribune DAILY RADIO PROGRAMS WMAQ '(All Listings Central Standard Time) TUESDAY EVENING WBBM (780) WLS WSAJL (1230) Ales Dreier Town Crier 6:1 a Bus. N'ews Vews :3 'Y 3 Spoils 1 a Fan a News a Sports Business News Snorts Heatter Fisher Dragnet Dragnet News Sound Xc wa Sound Hcriiase Heritage. News Best Bands Best Bands Civil Defense Bis City Bis City Bint; Grosby i 1-lall i Hall i Hall a tova i a a i Bob Ray Bob Ray Bob Ray Bob' Hay Xews NOW.I Rern'r i i a i 0 Campus lioht. Q.

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Collins, who admitted slaying her paraplegic husband, his mother.and two small sisters last May 26, was sentenced to die in the electric chair at Indiana State Prison in Michigan City Feb. 15. Flowers also was sentenced to be electrocuted at Michigan. City Feb 15. He was sentenced June 30, 1955 for killing his ex-wife and received three stays of execution.

"The action taken has no bearing on belief or disbelief in capital punishment," Craig- said in 'a statement released after he spared the, -two convicted murderers' lives. "The people of Indiana have never destroyed the life of a woman," he said. "I fear if they did they would later be.ashamed Craig said, "If we are to learn more social deviate and the emotional and mental makeup Peru Defendant Sentenced PERU, Ind. (UP)--Ray D. Warren, 36, Peru, was sentenced to years in the State Prison Monday for sodomy.

Special Judge Alvin Marsh of Marshall Circuit Court sentenced Warren, who pleaded innocent, in Miami Circuit Court here. The chief witness for the prosecution was Miss Florn Maxine Barnett, 24, who lived with the Warrens for five years. She is serving a life sentence for strangling three of her four sons with scotch tape and burning their bodies in a trash eui at the Warren home. She testified that Warren, her uncle by marriage, was the father of the children. Warren, a former city lineman due University school of agriculture.

The widow survives. Services will be held at Lafayette today. INDIANAPOLIS (UP) The Mews-Weather state Finance Board Monday ap- News' proved five million dollars worth Navy Log I of bonds for school building con- David Nivenjstruction. The finance board approved Frisco Beat Warners J. Winters Name Tune News Big Surprise Basketball Noah's Ark Brothers Basketball Jane Wyman Shriner Basketball Aluminum Hr.

Skelton Ray Anthony $64,000 Ray Anthony Break Bank Trust Wife Ray Anthony 2-Star Final News-Weather News Weather Laie Show Tonight Movies two weeks ago by School Fund Corn- action taken the- Common mission, which has authority to buy bonds of local school corporations for building construction after all other sources of income fail. 'Hobart City Schools got $1,580,000 for bonds; Connersville School Building Springfield Twp. of Allen County. 000, Argos Common School Building Corp. in Marshall County, and 'Lawrenceburg School Building Cites Russian Sub Maneuver LONDON Russian submarines are believed to be prowling Atlantic waters, U.S.

Adm. Jerauld Wright, the NATO naval said Monday. His report coincided with recent dispatches that Soviet submarine activity has increased and that Russian craft were operating in the Mediterranean. Russia has more than 400 submarines, twice as many as the United States, according to the authoritative naval enclyclopedia, "Jane's Fighting Ships." Wright told newsmen here that 'we have had some submarine contacts in the Atlantic which we think come from Soviet submarines." They are always a 1919 and 1922 in Carmel and in source of great interest to the that year moved to Lafayette and nations of NATO. was employed at Doner's green- However, Wright said, "we have house and later by Williams Flow- not determined any specific pat- ers.

He retired in 1952. tern (of operation) in them." Surviving are the widow, two He added that there is no reason ubur of Antigo Wis why Soviet submarines should not an Robert of Lafayette, and be in the Atlantic. who is married and father of five children, filed a motion for a new trial and his attorney said the sentence will be appealed. Warren was lodged in the Miami jail pending -further 'action. His defense during the trial was that he had to provide for a wife and four children.

Attorney Richard Rhodes described his client as a "poor laboring man with an eighth grade education." He claimed that Warren did not understand legal terms used by officers in a written confession. Judge Marsh, in handing down a decision, said "this is a'n unsuual case and was not a pleasant task presiding as judge, but he felt that the evidence presented proved without a reasonable doubt that the defendant was guilty." Valiant Lady Farm News Love of Life! WEDN'ESDAI AFTERNOON (CST7 4 Channel 6 Channel 8 fi Channel a 4 Channel h' Channel 4 Channel 6 Channel 8 8 4 Channel 8 Channel 8 4 Channel 6 Channel 8 4 Channel fi Channel 8 8 6 Channel 8 8 Secret Storm 4 Abbott-Costello Channel 8 Edge of Night 6 Romances 4 Mickey Mouse Channel 6 Comedy Time Channel 8 Santa Claus 6 Chuckwagon Place Russell Kellogg Case Before Miami Grand Jury-Monday PERU, Ind. A Miami county grand jury will investigate Monday the fatal stabbing of Bussell Glenn Kellogg, 22, of Peru, last June 15 here. Kellogg died Aug. at Robert Long hospital after the incident, attributed to Norville Tanner, Raton, N.M., airman stationed at the Bunker Hill base.

Named to the grand jury are Heart of Cityj Maugans, route C. D. Markets 1 Roberts, of Macy; Alta M. Butt, route William H. Smith, route William Lutz, 274 East Ninth street; Carlos A.

Life, 560 KFD west Sixth street. Alternates are Lindner. 611 East Third Search Jo Casey, 77 West Sixth Theater Tennessee Flowers, 221 Playhouse west Second street; Vivian Rlden- Ncws-Weatheri rou Boswell. route Farm-Home' 2 and Wilbert Alms, 369 East Headline sixth street World Turns Stan Wood Miss Brooks Short Illness Is Fatal To Frank Keitzer, 80 Tenn. Ernie; MONTEREY, Ind.

A three House Party week illness proved a a to Frank Festival A Keitzer, 80, who died Sunday at Theater Rochester. hospital, Born here April 27, 1876, he mar- Crosby ec i Mary Keller Nov. 21, 1899. Queen died years ago Brighter Day Surviving are three children, Mrs. Charles Dilts and Anthony Zehner, both of here, Gerald, of South Bend; eight grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren.

The body is at the Kennedy funeral home, Winamae, where rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. today. Final rites are scheduled for 9 a.m. Wednesday at St. Ann's church, Monterey with Rev.

(-narles K. 1 orrence, Charles Remakius officiating. Bur- Retired Dies be in the st Ann ceme At Residence In Peru PERU. Ind. Charles R.

Tor- rf-ncc, 59. retired plumber living at 341 East Jefferson avenue, died at his home Monday of a four- mnnth illness. Residing here for the past 10 years, lie was born Jan. 25. 1897 in and He be- Freight Car Jumps Track at Third Street A car of miscellaneous freight in a Chicago-bound Pennsylvania freight train jumped the track at the Third street crossing shortly before 8 o'clock Monday morning and halted traffic while trainmen the Argos the son of John JIarv Martin Torrence.

loused to the Latter Day church. broke the train a Surviving are two sons, Elmer cr 1: and Richard, both of Peru, and a T1 ar was replaced on sister. Mrs. Ross Repp, of Detroit, a ln about two hours A brother and sister preceded in death. Drake-Flowers funeral home is in charge of funeral arrangements.

the SPECIAL LETTER TAKEN A special delivery letter was from a mailbox at the Ned MAUDLIN SERVICES Services for Ida Maudlin, 95, ho died at a nursing home Sun! day evening, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Bethlehem Presbyterian church with Rev. Harry Campbell officiating. Burial will be in the Mount Hope cemetery. Dwyers.

2305 East Broadway. Friends may call at the Ohase- attendecl church Between 7:50 a Miller chapel until an hour before 8:50 a.m. Sunday, postal officials service when the body will lie in reported to city police. street, and in the.afternoon Mrs. Henderson, the hostess Mrs.

Boothroyd, taking the dessert, went across the street to the home of another friend, Mrs. A. B. Shenk, that she might also enjoy the gathering with them. Reports from White County Memorial hospital: Births: Sunday, Decemher Mr.

and Mrs. Robert Ward, route 1, Monticello, a son; To Mr. and Mrs. Jack Reppert, 2313 North 25th. Lafayette, a daughter.

Monday, December Mr. and Mrs. George Diener, Reynolds, a son. Dismissals: Saturday, December Hughes, 217 North Railroad; Mrs. Alberta Holcomb and son, route 1, Burnettsville.

Sunday, December Lillian Dever and son. route 2, Wolcott; Clyde Hanks, 421 West Washington: Mrs. Shirley Herron, South Maple. Monday, December Thelma Tomlinson and son, route 3, Monticello; Mrs. Martha Malott and daughter, route 1, Burnettsville: Mrs.

Jeanette Smith and daughter, Idaville. The Thalia Club will have its annual Christmas dinner Thursday evening, Dec. 13, in Holiday Inn. Reservations must be made with Miss Bertha Peet by Thursday night. Following the dinner the members will go to the home of Mrs.

Otta Nelson for the gift exchange. Mr. and Mrs. L. E.

"Pete" Condo went to Chicago Saturday, accompanying home their 14 year old granddaughter, Nancy Wendl. Nancy is improving but not yat able to go to school. The grandson, Billy Wendt, who has been here the past week with his grand: parents, entered school here today. He married Anita Valentine in Mr. a Carl A.

Fair, is a senior at Roosevelt high. 1917 after graduating from the Pur- the paternal grandparents, Mr. I Miss Anna Mae Newgent was Monticeilo Funeral services for Wilbur M. Stephan, Lafayette, a former Monticello resident, were held at 1:30 Tuesday afternoon in the Bradshaw Funeral. Home, Lafayette, with the Rev.

Thomas J. Luke officiating. Burial was in Spring Vale cemetery there. Mr. Stephan, who was a 64-year- old native of Chalmers, died at 5:15 Saturday afternoon in Home hospital, Lafayette.

He had been a -hospital patient for only three days but had been in ill health for nearly three years. He had been a district supervisor for Swift and company between two grandchildren. Dr. and Mrs. Charles M.

Infante, a a i Dies 201 Southland Boulevard, Louis- MONTICELLO, M. ville 14, Kentucky, are the parents Stephen, 65, Chalmers native, died 'of a daughter, Jan Maria, born at 5:15 p.m. Saturday at the Home Saturday night, Dec. 8, in Baptist hospital, after a three- hospital at Louisville. Mrs.

In- year illness. He was a resident of fante is the former Lindalee Fair. Lafayette for the past 35 years. The maternal grandparents are of those who perpetrate heinous crimes it will be necessary that we have some to study, and destroying them will prevent us from having the best at hand to study for information." Mrs. Collins received the news at Indiana Women's Prison in Indianapolis where she awaited transfer to Michigan City for her execution.

Flowers was in death row at Michigan City. Craig did not commute the sentence of Leslie Irvin, confessed killer of six persons who was con- Tuesday Evening, December 11, 1956. demned to death for slaying an Evansville filling station When-asked why Irvin was out Craig said, "Irvin is under indictment in Kentucky," and the others were not wanted outside Indiana. However, that does not preclude! the possibility that levin will be saved by the State Parole Board or a future Indiana governor 'before electrocuted March 29. AU I three could be freed at a a date by a governor or the parole board.

OPEN A CHARGE ACCOUNT TODAY and Mrs. Charles M. Infante, all dismissed Saturday from of Monticello. Dr. Infante is taking his residency in oral surgery at the General hospital at Louisville.

Mrs. Lillie Henderson, who observed her 90th birthday Sunday, December 9, was. honored with a dinner Sunday at her home, 534 South Bluff street, given for a few relatives and friends by her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Home hospital at Lafayette where I she has been a patient for the last! month.

She was brought to her home at Reynolds, route 1, where she makes her home with her sis- ter and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Tate. She will be in ted for around six months and! would be glad to hear from friends. Three Part Harmony Cotton Lace Trimmed Flannel Carl W.

Nelson, residing on V. H. Henderson, with whom she rou te is a patient in Holy Fam-ijp lives. On Saturday she was the luncheon guest of Mrs. Olla Boothroyd hospital at Laporte, having submitted to an emergency appendectomy Friday morning.

Mr. at her 219 Bluff Nelson, was working in that ritory and became ill Thursday night. He was taken to the hos- pital and surgery revealed a burst appendix peritonitis. Mrs. Nel- son, who has been at Laporte with him, reports he is doing as well as can be expected and showing Jf improvement.

He is in room 306. 0 A Cropped- JACKET $10 98f November Unemployment Up WASHINGTON The government reported today that unemployment rose "sharply" in November. An official report by the Labor and Commerce departments "said 2,473,000 jobless persons were ing for work last month. That was an increase of 554,000 over October. Slim Flying Panel I .98 Read the Classified Ads FOR CHRISTMAS C.

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Why don't all Hoosiers have the same God-Given right to work? You should! But in INDIANA employes are being denied this right. Union contracts in many industries dictate that in order to work you must join the union. You face this vital question: Is it right, and American, for you to be compelled to join a union to earn your livelihood? To protect your individual FREEDOM OF CHOICE to join or not to join a union--an INDIANA RIGHT TO WORK LAW is needed. Just such a law will be considered bj the 1957 session of the Indiana Legislature. Your legislators can guarantee your fundamental, basic, American right of Free Choice by voting for this bill.

Are you aware of the dangers of compulsory union membership to yourself arid family? Do you want the protection of a RIGHT TO WORK Law? Then drop a card to your local state legislators or talk to them at your earliest opportunity. What "RIGHT TO WORK" means Right to Work involves a single issue compulsory membership in'any union. Right to Work guarantees Freedo'm of Choice lo join or not to join a union. Right to Work does not interfere with the right of employes to organize and bargain collectively. Right to Work i.

Way THE INDIANA RIGHT TO WORK COMMITTEE, INC. I East Market, Indianapolis 4, Indian. The single purpose of the Indiana RIGHT TO WORK Committee ts enactment of a RIGHT TO WORK LAW to protect the right of all Hoosiers to join or not to join a' union as they see fit. White Blue Sand Beige Slightly Nautical White Bulky Knit A I a swm- mingly to modified sailor collar. White Size M.

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