The Herald-Palladium from Benton Harbor, Michigan • 11

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1969 THE NET7S PALLADIUM, BENTON HARBOR, MICH. PAGE ELEVEN DEATHS AND FUNERALS Families Of POW's Get Word Aim Arbor Murders Top Story the former Tressa P. Lamor- Jeffries, Willie Stokes, Brazell Epps and Marion Perry. NEW OWNERS: South Haven township supervisor Richard Bus (center) accepts check for purchase of the 59-year-old town hall from UAW Local 1210 president Tom Newton (left) and Norm Pearce, financial secretary. Local 1210 is comprised of employees at the two Bohn Aluminium plants in South Haven.

(Tom Renner photo) 20,000 Congress Fails To Produce Oscar Dahlstrom i Oscar V. Dahlstrom, a former St, Joseph resident, died Tuesday morning at his home at 1351 West 97th st. in Chicago, following a protracted heart condition. He would have been 73 on Saturday. Services will be held at 1 p.m., Friday, from the William Bartz Funeral Home at 1811 West 103rd in Chicago.

Burial will follow in Chapel Hill South cemetery on 111th st. The deceased was born in Chicago on December 27, 1896, one of six children of Charles and Anna Dahlstrom. When a young boy, the family moved to St Joseph. After attending St Joseph high school, Mr. Dahlstrom worked at the old Compound Pyreno Door factory and then enlisted in the army's chemical warfare service when the U.S.

entered World War He returned to St Joseph briefly following the war and then moved to Chicago where he worked as a printer in a catalogue plant Illness forced an early retirement 10 years ago. Surviving are the widow, Beatrice; a son, Vernon, of Villa Park, two grandchildren; a brother, Edwin, of St Joseph; and one sister, Mrs. Madeline Schoff, of Los Angeles, Calif. Hornbarger Infant Danny Ray Hornbarger, infant son of Mr. and Mrs.

Robert rnbarger, 1135 McAlister avenue, Benton Harbor, was dead on arrival at 11 a.m. yesterday at Mercy hospital. The infant was born in Watcr-vliet, Oct 4, 1969. In addition to his parents, survivors i nclude three brothers, Larry Gene, Robert James and David Lee; a sister, Tina Ann. all at home: Brand- parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Robert Hornbarger sr. oi Benton Harbor and Mrs. Edith Hess of St. Jnspnh- and preat-erandnarenls.

Mrs. Meddie Emanuel of Ben ton Harbor and Luther Horn barger of Portage, Mo. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in the Frost funeral home with the Rev. John Whitsitt, pastor of the Ronton Harbor Tabernacle, ot- ficiating.

Burial win follow in Coloma cemetery. Aastad Rites Held TTiinoral services for MrS. Edith M. Aastad, 62, 1139 Circle Contnn TTnrhnr. were held UilVC.

Tuesday at 10 a.m. the Seventh Day Adventist churcn. Casket bearers were Scott Thar. Marvin Mor row, Joel Davis, Dale Joslyn and Frank Larson. Rurial was in Mcuoweu cemetery, Allegan county.

The Florin funeral home was in charge of arrangements. Yack Rites Held Moca far the Dead was iuai0 celebrated at 9 a.m. today in thA JoseDh Catholic church for Frank L. Yack, 79, 2515 Langley avenue, St. Josepn.

Casket bearers were uger, ttnnsid and Ravmond Yack, Robert Yack Wesley Gorritt and Douglas Connor. Burial was in Kesurrecuon cemetery. T.itiir?ical oravers were re cited Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Dey Brothers funeral home. Cooper Rites Set Fnnpral services for Mrs.

Holly (Velermae) Cooper, 54, in Aasrri etrppt Bfttltnn Har- avw aO -J bor, are scheduled to be held Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the rnmmimitv Church of God In Christ, East Washington avenue, Benton Harbor. Elder Nathaniel Wells pastor of the church, will officiate. Burial will follow in crystal Springs cemetery. Fripnds tniv call at the Finch funeral home beginning Thurs day.

Broyles Rites Held Funeral services for Mrs, Fannie Broyles, 75, of 170 Concord street Benton Harbor, were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Progressive Baptist church. Casket bearers were Mack Seats, Rueben Holiday, Johnnie Burial followed in Crystal Springs cemetery. The Bobbins brothers funeral home was in charge of arrange ments. Area Deatlis Bailey Rites Held WATERVUE Graveside services for Charles F.

Bailey, 79, of Dwight Boyer road, Watervliet, were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Fairview cemetery, Watervliet. The Rev. Harvey R. Lord, pastor of the Plymouth Congregational church, officiat ed.

Casket bearers were Wayne Kine. Dwight Boyer. Gerald Hunt, Robert Swartzlander, Ted Birmele and William Gnrntn. The Hutchins funeral home, Watervliet, was in charge of arrangements. Mrs.

Frank Lickley at.t.f.gan Mrs. Frank (Edith Lickley, 71, route 1, Pullman, died Monday noon in the Allegan Health Center. Mrs. Lickley was uorn in Cheshire township, Sept. 8, 1898, the daughter of John and Ida Barnett.

Survivors include her hus band, and a sister, Mrs. Ethyl Sheckler of Caledonia. Funeral services were held today at 3 p.m. in the Gorden funeral home, Allegan. The Rev.

Everett Kay soutn Haven, officated. Burial was in Rowe cemetery, Cheshire township. i Frank F. Austin AT.T.FGAN Frank F. Aus tin, 62, of Allegan, died Tuesday morning in tne Aiiegan fie a an Center.

Mr Austin was born in Cheshire township, Jin. 1, 1907. the son of Fillmore and Harriett Austin and had resided in Alleean since 1963. He was a farmer most of his life and nrinr tn hi retirement in 1363 was employed by the Allegan county Koaa commission. Riinriwnr inrhlri his widow.

Phvllis? a son. Frank at Bloom- ingdale; a daughter, Mrs. Scott (Ginger) Norman of riainweu; a brother, Joe of Kalamazoo; a sister. Mrs. Forrest (Rosena) Wedee of Allegan: and five erandehidlren.

Funeral services wm De neia Friday at 1 p.m. in the Gorden funeral home. AHeean. with the Rev. Kenneth Martin and the Bui mrencii Olson, nfneiat ing.

Burial will be in Piers on cemetery, Cheshire township. Memorials mav be made to the Michigan TB and Respira tory Disease Association. Harris Rites Held Coloma Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Davidson funeral home, Coloma, for Mrs. Margaret Harris, 73, route 4, Box 220-B, Coloma.

Casket bearers were Roy Arnold, Frank Breed, Ralph Krieger and Donald, Larry and David Harris. Burial followed in Coloma cemetery. Dwight E. Wright CASSOPOLIS Dwight E. Wright, 51, of route 4, Park Shore road, Cassopolis, died today at 1:30 a.m.

of an apparent heart attack at Dow-agiac. He is survived by his wife, Maribeth Clark Wright and three sons and one daughter. Funeral arrangements re incomplete this morning at the Connelly funeral home, Cassopolis. Joseph Skinner Sr. FENNVHJLE Joseph H.

Skinner 81, route 2, Fenn-ville, died Tuesday evening in Community hospital, Douglas, following an illness of one month. Mr. Skinner was born in Prairieville, Dec. 15, 1888, the son of James and Martha Sanders Skinner and had lived in this area since 1919. Prior to his retirement in 1956, he was a fruit fanner.

Survivors include his widow, South Haven Toivnship Sells Hall To UAW eaux, wnom ne married Allegan on June 18, 1913; four sons, Russell, Joseph H. Jr. and Dale of Fennville and Norman L. of LaPorte, five daugh ters. Mrs.

Karl W. (Kutn) White of Mrs. Rob ert P. (Carolyn) Vernon of Holland, Miss Carol J. Skinner and Mrs.

Edward (Ellen) Cos- grove Jr. of Fennville and Mrs. Robert J. (Patricia) Engel of Douglas; 24 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11 a.m.

in the Chappell funeral home, Fenn ville, with the Rev. Gerntt Dykman officiating. Burial will be in Fennville Mrs, Frederick Binckes GOBLES Mrs. Frederick J. (Birdie) Binckes, 84, of Kendall, died Monday in Kalamazoo.

Mrs. Binckes was born in Westmorland county, New Brunswick, Canada, Nov. 7, 1885. Her husband has pastored several Methodist churches in the Kendall area in recent years. Besides her husband, survivors include two sons, Fred erick B.

of Gary, and Alien K. oi Pittsburgh. two daughters, Mrs, Catherine J. roma of Tempe, and Mrs. Ruth G.

Graham of Gobies; 13 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; a brother, Merle Branscombe of St, John's, New Brunswick; and a sister, Mrs. Greta White of Venice, Fla. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in the Gobies chapel of the Bobbins funeral home with the Rev. Allan Volkema officiating.

Burial will follow In Earl cemetery at Kendall. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow. Albert Bloom Sr. FENNVILLE Albert G.

Bloom 81, route 1, Pullman, died Tuesdav morning in the Community hospital, Douglas. Mr. Bloom was born in Chicag, March 19, 18S8, the son of Andrew and Anna L. Mystedt Bloom and moved to this area in 1950. Survivors include his widow, the former Ellen W.

Gustafson, whom he married April 17, 1920, in Chicago; a son, Albert G. Jr. of Otsego; a daughter, Mrs. Alvern (Evelyn) Fisher of Fennville; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m.

in the Chappell funeral home, Fennville. Pastor Jerome A. Moore, of the Pull man Bible church, will officiate, Burial will be in Fennville cemetery. Suit Against Judge Will Go To Trial DETROIT CAP) A $2-milUon damage suit against Oakland County Circuit Judge James S. Thorburn will go to trial under a ruling issued Monday by Wayne County Circuit Judge James N.

Canham. Canham ruled Thorburn did not have judicial immunity when he made statements about the Hazel Park Racing Associa-toin to a Lansing television newsman. Thorburn told the newsman last June that attempts were made on his life in 1967 while he was serving as a grand juror investigating crime in Oakland County. The association then filed suit against the judge. Canham said that since Thorburn traveled to Lansing on personal business, he did not enjoy judicial immunity and that there would have to be a trial to determine whether or not the statements were made with malice.

Health Care Advances Due In 1970's EAST LANSING (AP) Public unhappiness with medical services is leading to important advances in health care, says the dean of the College of Human Medicine at Michigan State University. Dr. Andrew D. Hunt said this dissatisfaction in the 1960s led to such developments as medicare and medicaid; com munity health programs for the poor; state-federal comprehensive health planning; and the start of new medical schools. Hunt says legislation in the 1970s will bring about a broad health insurance program.

"An effective form of univer sal health insurance," he said, "is not only desirable but essen tial for the people of the United States, and medical schools must begin to prepare tnetn- selves to adjust financially and educationally to such a system." CONSTIPATED PVET3 IAOC OF FOOD tzxx rmst diet 'TST State's 10 Biggest For '69 Selected By Associated Press The brutal murders of seven young women in the Ann Arbor- Ypsilanti area and the subse quent arrest of an Eastern Michigan University student charged with one slaying was the top news story of 1969, ac cording to a survey of Associated Press broadcasters and newspaper editors. RasHl nn a svstam nr in points for first place through one point for 10th place, the murder story received 458 points. The murder story actually started in 1967, when the first body was discovered. But it .1 i i it. icscueu a euiuax uua year when John Norman Collins was charged with the strangulation of Karen Sue Beineman, an 18-year-old EMU freshman.

Collins faces a first-degree murder trial on the charge this year. WIDE MARGIN The murder story was first choice of the editors and broadcasters by a wide margin. In second place with 376 votes came the sweeping plan for education reform proposed by Gov. William Milliken at a special session of the Legislature this fall. Of the top 10 stories, half dealt with education or had racial angles.

The third choice was closely linked with the No. 2 story. It was the continuing debate over public aid to private and pavo-chial schools. A parochiaid proposal was included in the governor's education reform program. Judged the fourth biggest story of the year in Michigan was the succession of Milliken to the governorship, filling the vacancy created when George Romney joined President Nixon's cabinet as secretary of housing and urban development SHOOTOUT FIFTH The New Bethel Church shootout in Detroit, in which one policeman was killed and another wounded, was voted the No.

5 storv of the vear in Michigan. In sixth place was the Detroit mayoral election of Wayne mm 1" wjunxy enerm noman unoos over the strong opposition of Negro candidate Richard Austin, the Wayne County auditor. Seventh biggest story of the year in the opinion of AP edit-i ors and broadcasters was the firing of Semon Knudsen president of Ford Motor Company about 18 months after he was hired away from General Motors by Henry Ford n. No. 8 on the list was the appointment of Clifton Wharton, a Negro, as president of Michigan State University to succeed John Hannah, who became head of the U.S.

Agency for Interna- 4a1 TAfrAlnnmAii vtuuai fci POLICEMAN'S TRIAL Ninth major story in Michigan was the first-degree murder trial and verdict of innocent for Detroit policeman Ronald August in the slaying of one of three Negro youths found dead in the Algiers Motel during the 1967 race riots. In 10th place was the death in a private plane crash of Dr. Le-roy Augenstein, a member of the State Board of Education and chairman of Michigan State University's Department of Biophysics. rmmiis BROS. FUHIRAL VMM Fair Main St.

Btntan Hbrber PH. 927-31 SI hate even more meaning at AAA aJ.4LAA Thousands Of Poinsettias Porf ecf Plants floral Arrangements Center Pieces Decorations CRYSTAL SPRINGS FLORIST HOUtfc Tfcr tw It 1475 Pipctton BENTON HARIOK PHONE 915-1167 tm O. AH llMarfiifl Mat CmJi Cvtry SOUTH HAVEN The 59-year-old South Haven township hall on M-43 and Aylworth avenue has been sold to members of United Auto Workers Local 1210 for $20,000, it was announced today. South Haven township last week completed the purchase of its new town hall at Blue Star Highway and M-140. Local 1210 represents the 600 employes of Bohn Aluminum Slants No.

6 and 12 in South Haven. The union, which was in 1965, had been leasing a building at 253 Center street. "We are delighted to be able to announce the sale of the hall to a group of local citizens who share our concern that it retain its aesthetic beauty," township supervisor Richard Bus said. Local 1210 president Tom Newton said that the building would be made available to other local UAW unions including members of Local 1425 from South Haven Rubber Co. and the retirees of Local 90 from National Motor Castings and Local 1210 The township will retain possession of the town hall until the new building is ready for occupancy next spring.

The unions will, however, be allowed to use the hall for meetings during the interim period. Bus said that the $20,000 from the sale will be applied toward the $75,000 purchase price of the new township hall. The township has already paid $25,000 on the new building and will have five years to finish final payments. Cards, Letters Come From 131 (Continued From Page One) from their men previously or bad not had word in months. RED CARD Mrs.

Gwen Schweitzer of Lemoore, received a North Vietnamese card. The card addressed to her and two small sons read: "Dear Gwen, Eric and Cart Merry and Happy New Year and Happy Tet This lovely card is an example of the kindness of the Vietnamese people. May God bless and keep you and grant us all peace in the New Year." Most of the letters were mailed by the two women antiwar leaders when they returned from North Vietnam Sunday night. They told a news conference in San Francisco that the North Vietnamese wanted the letters mailed in the United States "to ensure their delivery for Christmas." Cora Weiss of New York, a national coordinator of Women Strike for Peace, and Madeline Duckies of Berkeley West Coast head of the Committee of Responsibility, said they were invited to North Vietnam by the Vietnam Women's Union. The women said they were permitted to interview three captured pilots.

'DRANK HAPPILY Over a traditional Vietnamese repast of beer, tea and tangerines, at a private building in Hanoi used by the military, Mrs. Weiss said, "We had a very good and very pleasant time together. The men drank beer very happily." During their conversation the pilots "spoke very highly of the antiwar movement and very milltantly against the war," she said. The women also visited a detention camp in Hanoi that they said was clean and where tee Americans were being well treated and better fed than most Vietnamese. Amercian officials have complained that prisoners are not allowed to receive or send mail and packages but Mrs.

Weiss said: "We have every reason to believe that difficulty with respect to the mail will be LETTER A MONTH She encouraged one letter per month and one package every other month weighing less than six pounds to: prisoners name, serial number, Camp for Detention of Pilots Captured in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, Hanoi, DRVN. The envelope should be marked: Via Moscow. "The men wSU be released when the over all solutions to the war are discussed," she said, "and it is up to President Nixon to recognize that the only solution to the war is to withdraw all forces and agree to a coalition government in the South." Chrysler, GM Report Sales Dips DETROIT (AP) Domestic auto sales by the nation's automakers slumped 13.8 per cent in mid-December compared to the same period last year, as both General Motors Corp. and Chrysler Corp. reported de- CTCflSCS The four major automakers sold 215,661 new cars from Dec.

11-20 this year, compared with 250,409 last year. There were nine selling days in both periods. General Motors Corp. reported sales of 108,281 this year, versus 137,481 in 1968, and Chrysler Corp. said its sales in mid-December were 37,596 compared to 43,236 last year.

Ford Motor Co. and American Motors had slight increases. Ford sold 63,465 new cars, compared with 63,418 last year, Amaricsil MotOrS 6.319 VI mid-December and .6,274 last year. Strike Enters 4th Month FLINT (AP) A dispute over a contract point is apparently the major stumbling block in the way of solution of the strike at General Motors' Fisher Body No 2 plant in Flint, which entered its fourth month today. The strike, which has idled 2,300 workers at the Fisher plant and has forced the layoff of 1,600 men at an adjoining Chevrolet assembly plant, began in a dispute over the speed of the production line.

Mayor's Aide Gets New Job DETROIT (AP) Outgoing Mayor Jerome Cavanagh Tuesday named his press secretary, James L. Trainor, as a Detroit city assessor. The appointment means that Trainor, a 70-year-old veteran Detroit newsman, will remain in Detroit city government for at least six months. WASHINGTON (AP) The first session of the 91st Congress has ended after one of the long est but least productive legisla tive efforts in recent times. The Democratic-controlled Congress gave President Nixon only a handful of the major proposals he 6ent to the Capitol during his first year in office.

Action on about 25 of his most important recommendations was left over for what promises to be a jam-packed 1970 session opening on Jan. 19. Democratic leaders insisted, however, that one key measure, the massive tax and Social Security bill, was enough to make the 1969 session one to remember. HOUSING BILL The. lawmakers also cleared a major $4.8 billion housing bill, the most stringent coal mine safety measure ever passed, a draft law revision which permitted Nixon to institute a lottery system, and extensions of the surtax which the administration sought to fight inflation.

Senators easily confirmed Nixon's choice of Judge Warren E. Burger as Chief Justice of the United States, then handed the President a stiff rebuff by rejecting his nomination of Judge Clement F. Haynsworth Jr. for a second opening on the Supreme Court. Nixon indicated he will send a new nomination to the Senate early in 1970.

Not acted on were the President's proposals to deal with problems of crime, spreading drug use, reform of the welfare system, revenue-sharing with the states and cities, reorganization of the postal system, mass transit subsidies, new for-, eign trade policies, and many others. GOOD WISHES But the legislators, who bare ly finished Tuesday in time to make it home by Christmas Eve, left with the President's good wishes. Nixon went to the Capitol for lunch with congressional leaders in a last-minute goodwill gesture. But the general good feeling did not prevent House Republican Leader Gerald R. Ford of Michigan from calling the 1969 session a "do-little, stick-in-the-mud assembly." There undoubtedly will be political arguments in next year's congressional elections and perhaps in the 1972 national elections as to responsibility for the record of the 1969 Congress.

A TRUSTED NAME IN FUNERAL SERVICE Mrs. Mamie McCloud 2 p. m. Friday Church of God and Prophecy. FLOEIN FUNERAL HOME 8251103 PIPESTONE AT ROADWAY BENTON HARBOR, MICH.

Pontiac Applies For Aid To Buy 33 Neiv Buses PONTIAC (AP) The Pontiac City Commission has approved an application to the U.S. De partment of Transportation for half the funds to buy ten 33-pas- senger air-conditioned buses. The buses, which would re place all the buses currently in service on city lines, would cost a total of $271,000. The city would pay half the cost, al though officials said a refund might come from the state if a pending plan for subsidizing mass transport is approved by the Legislature. Street Light Fouls Blooming TARENTUM, Pa.

(AP) ty-thousand poinsettias can't be wrong, so city officials have agreed to turn off temporarily a street light near a local greenhouse. The poinsettias refused to bud after workmen installed the light. Fred Hinkel Jr. and his brother, William, owners of the greenhouse, took their problem to the city fathers. They agreed to shut the light off until after the holidays.

The foinsettias responded by turning ut in full bloom in time for Christmas. FUniRAL HO.Vi 926-6147 420 Pipestone, 13. H. Charles E. Hopkins Sr.

Services Held Today. Infant Danny Ray Hornbarger 2 p. m. Friday In the chapel. Failure Seen In Pontiac Recall Try PONTIAC (AP) An attempt to recall four members of the Pontiac School Board apparently failed when sponsors of a petition drive were unable to produce sufficient signatures by Monday's deadline.

The recall backers submitted a total of 4,992 names. A number of those, however, were believed to be invalid for various reasons. The law requires the signatures of 25 per cent of the people voting in the last gubernatorial election to force a recall. This meant organizers needed 4,482 names from the city of Pontiac, plus an indeterminate number from parts of the school district outside the city. The recall drive was started in September during a controversy over appointment of an assistant superintendent for school-community relations.

Targets of the drive were board members Russell L. Brown, John K. Irwin, Lucille Marshall and Elsie Mihalek. GET HOLIDAY WASHINGTON (AP) Government employes have beeH given a four-day weekend as a Christmas preesnt by President Nixon. The President said Tuesday federal employes will not have to report for work the Friday after.

Christmas. INCH FUNERAL HOME 1102 Main at Burton, B.H. 926-6022 925-1741 Mrs. Holly (Velermae) Cooper 1:30 p. m.

Friday Community Church of God In Christ East Washington Street. ALL POINTS BULLETIN Bearded Man Dressed In Red Suit Is Wanted An all-points bulletin was issued to police on duty in the Berrien county area today by the Berrien county sheriff's department The broadcast was given by Robert K. Richards, continuity director for WHFB, who works part-time as a LEIN teletype operator at the sheriffs department The bulletin reads: "Attn all units and stations: "Wanted be on the lookout for fol subj believed to be white male short-heavy build D.O.B. (dateof birth) unknown. Subj wearing red furry type coat and pants hippy type boots-beard and long hair carrying large sack.

"This subj usually makes entry into homes at or after midnight each Dec. 24. Means of entry is thru chimney. Subj has past record of littering homes with all sizes of paper wrapped boxes, then escapes from rooftop. Subj last seen near North Pole heading hi a southerly direction toward Berrien County, Mich.

De-scription of veh believed to be sleigh type license plate unknown. Subj may have accomplices known to be elves and eight tiny miniature reindeer. "Any dept having info on this subj is advised not to detain reepat do not detain contact this dept at once. "This subj is waned repeat this subj is wanted wanted for a Merry Christmas. "Auth: All boys and girls in Berrien County..