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PAGE TWELVE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1967 THE NEWS -PALLADIUM, BENTON HARBOR, MICH. Romney I Obituaries Retired Teacher Dies At 97 Highway Commission Asks Probe 'Undecided9 About Race Perry Tripp Word has been received of the death of Perry C. Tripp, 59, of 23540 David street, North Olmsted, Ohio, formerly of Benton Harbor. He died Thursday morning at a hospital in Ohio. Mr.

Tripp was born Sept. 13, 1908 in Benton Harbor. Memorial services will be All Records Will Be Thrown Open (Continued From Page One) were guilty of "bribery or other criminal profit." The report said there were numerous "improper and unlaw held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the Lakewood Congregational church, Lakewood, Ohio. MP 'A Memorials may be made to ful payments" to Holloway Con the Lakewood Congregational church.

struction Co. of Wixom, calling 'the firm "the beneficiary of extremely lax and favorable Continues Urban Studies In Boston BOSTON (AP) Michigan Gov. George Romney is looking into studies of urban disorders at Brandeis University. In addition to meeting today with researchers at the university in suburban Waltham, Romney will meet with staff members at the Boston College Bureau of Public Affairs. He is on a -national tour, which he called nonpolitical, of urban centers.

On his arrival Thursday night from Philadelphia, the possible candidate for the Republican presidential nomination said at an airport news conference: "I personally haven't decided if I will run or when I will announce. I haven't fixed a time." Romney is scheduled to visit i Mrs. I I at tie Parks Mrs. Hattie E. Parks, 95, who made her home with her niece, Mrs.

John (Evajo) Gustafson, of 1400 South State street St. Joseph, died at 2:30 a.m. today in her home. Mrs. Parks was born in Gahanna, Ohio, March 23, 1872, and had mtde her home with her niece since 1959 coming from Bourbon, Ind.

A brother, Maurice Neis-wender of Denver, survives. Her husband, Dr. John P. treatment by the Highway Department." "Many privileges and payments in excess of or prohibited by the department's rules" went to the firm, Kelley said. SUE FOR RECOVERY The attorney general's office is trying to recover more than half a million dollars it says were overpayments to Hollo-way.

The commission also has ordered a review of the qualifications of Holloway to bid on projects and has asked the firm "to show why it should not be declared ineligible as a bidder." Following Kelley's report, the commission removed Frederick Tripp as acting administrator Pittsburgh Saturday, then re I I 7 MRS. ELIZABETH BURNS Mrs. Elizabeth Burns of 144 Fifth street, Benton Harbor, died at 12:10 a.m. today in Memorial hospital at the age of 97. Prior to entering the hospital 12 days ago, she had been ill for four years.

Mrs. Burns, a resident here for the past 38 years, taught is a A turn to Michigan. Earlier Thursday in Philadelphia, Romney welcomed GOP Sen. Thruston Morton's assertion that President Johnson had Parks, whom she married May been "brainwashed" on Viet school in the Arden district in 15, 1901, preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m.

Sunday in the Kerlikowske and Starks funeral home. Burial will be Monday in Park cemetery, Bourbon. nam by military and industry leaders. Morton "put what many peo the 1920s-. She attended services of the department and named him chief of the, bureau of internal services.

ple had been thinking into strong words, Romney said. ALIEN BAND TAGS: Getting his tag a little ahead of Galien high school's band tag day set for Saturday, is band member Robert Luther. Presenting tag is Jessica Naragon, a varsity band member wearing her band uniform in Scotch Plaid of the Galien Gaels. Galien residents will Jbe asked for donation for the "band booster" tags. (Staff photo) The Kentucky senator's state Kelley's report said Tripp had placed relatives on the highway Monument Dedicated ment was "no slip of the tongue, Romney said.

A monument will be dedicat Romney, who said several ed for Mrs. Rose Rosenberg at the Children of Israel cemetery weeks ago that he was "brainwashed" by American officials during a tour of Vietnam in on Crystal avenue, Sunday, Oct at the Salvation Army Citadel and had been active in its Women's League. She was also a member of the Golden Agers. Born in Delphi, Oct. 31, 1869, the daughter of Henry and Nancy Gillam, she came to Northern Michigan in 1910 and later moved to Berrien county in 1921.

Survivors include four children, Mrs. Alice Kreigh of Benton Harbor, Mrs. Fannie Brandt, with whom she made her home, Mrs. Russell (Opal) Eggert of Durham, N.H., and Harold of St. Petersburg, 20 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and five great-great grandchildren.

1, at 2 p.m. She is the late wife 1965, added that Morton ex perience certainly qualifies him to evaluate the miscalcula payroll, engaged in outside enterprises without written permission of his superiors and had subordinates cosign a loan from the highway credit union. In other action, the commis-sion: Approved requests by three counties for advance payments totaling $310,000 from the Motor Vehicle Highway Fund. The recommendations (need) approval of the State Administrative Board. The payments would include $215,000 for Ma No Break In College Deadlock tions issued time and again by the administration with respect to the war in Vietnam." of Ben Rosenberg, Sodus Township Supervisor.

Mrs. Rosenberg died Oct. 12, 1966. Meeks Rites Held Funeral services for Rosh- MINISTER The Rev. Loren Thompson, 42, pastor of Ganges Baptist church, and his wife, Carol, 33, were hospitalized when their car (top) collided head-on with auto driven by Marvin Johan-sen, 22, route 1, Allegan, Thursday evening on M-40 four miles north of Allegan.

Rev. Thompson is listed in serious condition at Kalamazoo Bronson hospital with fractures of arm, leg and ribs, possible interna! injuries and multiple lacerations. His wife is reported fair at Allegan Health center with cuts of face and wrist. Johansen was transferred from Bronson to Grand Rapids St. Mary's hospital where he's reported in serious condition with severe face lacerations and possible internal injuries.

Ohio driver told Allegan sheriffs deputies cars collided after Johansen overtook another car and was still on the centerline. (Prosch-Jensen photos) Four Killed In anda Meeks, infant daughter of comb County, $50,000 for Me Headon Collision Near Au Gres Her husband, Charles, whom she married Dec. 24, 1892, in Delphi, died Jan. 21, 1936. Funeral arrangements were incomplete this morning at the Florin funeral home.

gan County and $45,000 for Newaygo County and would come from the third quarter allocation, normally distributed by U.S. Adding To Nation's Atom Might (Continued From Page One) ened firing silos, and the Navy's Poseidon successor to the Polariswhich can be launched by submarines beneath the sea. Sources have told The Associated Press the Minuteman III, A missile, will carry three nuclear warheads, while the Poseidon will haul more than 10 warheads. SUBS CONVERTED The latest Air Force missile may eventually comprise 60 per cent of the land ICBM force. Thirty-one of the Navy's 41 Polaris subs are being converted to Poseidon, which requires a larger launch tube.

These numbers make possible an adequate, if unofficial, projection of what the U.S. strategic missile force of the early 1970s will be. Sources say this is a fair picture: Air Force Minuteman III: 600 missiles, three warheads David, all preceded her in death. the commission about Nov. 15.

ROAD MAINTENANCE Announced it has approved contracts for maintenance of state highways in Battle Creek, Centrevilel, Charotte, Dear Old Palace Is Reopened She was a member of the Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Meeks, 1233 Blossom Lane, Benton Harbor, were held Thursday at 1 p.m.

in the Finch funeral home. The Rev. R.D. Richardson, pastor of the Greater Harvest Baptist church, officiated. Casket bearers were Larry Midgett and William Finch.

Burial followed in Crystal Springs cemetery. Mrs. Ambrose Graves Mrs Ambrose (Hallie Buck-ner) Graves, 73, of 269 Chestnut, Benton Harbor, died at 10:45 p.m. Thursday in Memorial hospital, St. Joseph, where she had been a patient for one week.

She was born March 28, 1894 Allegan Methodist church, the Maccabees and the Women's born, Marshall, Monroe, St. Jo (Continued From Page One) night at the IAM union hall in Benton Harbor, reportedly decided on some steps aimed at pressuring both the trustees and faculty to end the strike. A spokesman declined to outline the steps, but said the students felt they now must look out for themselves and aim what pressures they can bring to bear at both sides. A faculty spokesman this morning took particular exception to one statement in the so-called "white paper" issued Thursday by the trustees. He said the claim that the board's last salary proposal exceeds the recommendation of a fact finding report is not so.

The board's offer on salary is clearly below the fact finder's recommendations, he asserted. AU GRES (AP) A 31-year-old Whittemore man was passing a car Thursday on a level stretch of U. S. 23 when he collided headon with another car, killing its four occupants, police reported. The victims, all from Dearborn were, Thomas Joseph Lynch, 63, tie driver of one car; his wife, Josephine Ann Lynch, 59; Mrs.

Lynch's cousin, Susan Marie Tima, 21; and Mrs. Tima's 1-year-old son, Robert. The driver of the other car, Harvey Smith, was in serious condition at Mercy Hospital, Bay City. Arenac County sheriffs deputies said the accident occurred SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -The people of San Francisco take to their hearts today a very personal gift of love a by Mrs. Rood.

An autopsy was to be performed today to determine cause of death. The infant was born July 11 in South Haven. Besides his parents, survivors include a sister, Eileen Reen; a brother, Robert Alton; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Alberta Darling of Hartford; and paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.

Alton E. Rood of Albuquerque, N.M. Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. today in the Chappel funeral home, Fennville. The Rev.

Ronald-P. Wise, pastor of the First Methodist church of Fennville, will officiate. full-scale reconstruction of their Relief Corps. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Gobies chapel of the Robbins funeral home.

The Rev. Paul Arnstrom, pastor of the Gobies Presbyterian church, will officiate. Burial will follow Rowe cemetery. Wilson Rites Held BRIDGMAN Funeral serv cherished Palace of Fine Arts of the 1915 Panama Pacific seph, Sturgis and South Haven. Approved contracts totaling $73,661 for railroad crossings and highway work in seven counties.

The contracts still need approval of the State Administrative Board. Contract amounts and counties include: Barry County, Iosco County, Kalamazoo County, Lenawee County, Mason County, Osceola County, in Mississippi, the daughter of Exposition. For beauty alone, so a vaulting expression of human spirit and culture should not die, more than $7 million was donated by the city, state and indivuduals, including $2.3 Will and Mane Boykins. Mrs. Graves has been a resident of this area for the past 42 years.

She is survived by her husband; three daughters, Mrs. Dewey Leonard and Mrs. Helen ices for Dondd Wilson, 15, of box 73, New Troy, were held at Ottawa County, $2,000. The faculty spokesman also renewed the faculty's oft-repeated appeal for the board 2 p.m. Thursday in the Boyd funeral home.

million from one man. members to meet fact to face Casket bearers were: Garry The body will be sent to the Fitzgerald funeral home in Albuquerque for funeral services and burial Monday. Henry Hansen with the teachers negotiating Roberts, Wilbur Ferry, John Insurance Probe Asked Tackitt, and Bill Martin each, plus special packages of decoy warheads and penetration aids. Total 1,800 warheads. Air Minuteman II: 400 missiles, one warhead each with decoys and "pen-aid' Total 400 warheads.

Navy Poseidon: 31 submarines with 16 range Poseidons each, at least 10 warheads per missile. Total 4,960 warheads. and J.W. Brown. Short Circuit Caused Crash Of Army Missile team.

Greg Longpre, a vice president of Pearson Construction said his firm filed a charge of secondary boycott against the Burial followed in New Troy cemetery. teachers union with the Detroit Reil Rites Held Funeral services for Henry Reil, 58, of 255 High street, WHITE SANDS MISSILE EANGE, N.M. (AP) White Sands spokesmen say that an electrical short circuit caused in Army Pershing missile to over Benton Harbor, were held at 2 Johnson of Benton Harbor, and Mrs. Cassey Birch of Battle Creek; two sons, Mack Buckner of Chicago, 111. and William Buckner of Phoenix, two sisters, Willa Mae Boykins and Mrs.

Ella Mae Moore of St. Louis, two brothers, Louis of Detroit and Rev. Harrison Boykins of St. Louis; 20 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Arrangements are incomplete at Robbins Brothers funeral home.

McCoy Rites Held Graveside prayer services for Jerrie Lynn McCoy, two month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry McCoy, 130 South Fair avenue, Benton Harbor, were held at 2 p.m. Thursday in Crystal Springs cemetery. Robbins Brothers funeral home was in charge of near the intersection of 65 in Au Gres Township.

Indiana, Mich. To Open Road LANSING (AP) Nearly 25 miles of southbound I 69 will be opened Oct. 11 in Michigan from 60 near Tekonsha to the Michigan-Indiana state line, the State Highway Commission said Wednesday. Some 22 miles of northbound I 69 also will "be opened. At the same time, the commission said, the Indiana State Highway Commission will open a short section of I 69 south of the state line.

The final section of the Michigan freeway will be opened in November, the commission said. TISSUE ISSUE LACEY, Wash. (AP)-The North Thurston School Board tangled with the tissue issue and the outcome: junior high school gym students will continue to use paper towels after showers. p.m. lhursday in tne florin funeral home.

regional office of the NLRB Thursday, after the pickets appeared at the new campus. Construction remained at a halt today as union workmen there declined again to cross the picket line. Longpre said his firm was advised an NLRB investigator would arrive here Monday, and that a preliminary decision could be expected in couple of days after that. in shoot its target and crash northern Mexico Sept. 12.

Casket bearers were: Dewey O'Dell, Lester Moore, Del Pino, Charles Baron, Leonard Bar BANGOR Henry Hansen, 57, of route 2, Grand Junction, died Wednesday evening in the South Haven community hospital. He was born March 4, 1910 in Naugatiick, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hans Hansen. Mr.

Hansen was a veteran of World War II and had been a resident of this area for the past 17 years. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Hanna Sense of Toledo, Ohio. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Stafford funeral home, Bangor.

Burial will follow in the Veteran Memorial plot of Arlington Hill cemetery where the American Legion Post No. 160 will conduct military rites. Wheeler Rites Held rett, Donald Arent. Burial followed in Crystal Springs cemetery. Navy Polaris: 10 subs with 16 single-bomb missiles, Total 160 warheads.

Grand total of land-based and submarine-launched warheads: 7,320. Sources regard this figure as conservative. According to this tabulation, more than 5,000 warheads' will be Navy weapons. This strategic shift to the oceans was forecast earlier this year by Paul H. Nitze, then secretary of the Navy, who informed Congress in January that "over half of the programmed U.S.

ballistic missile re- entry vehicles will be sea-based." TITANS PHASED OUT A spokesman said the short circuit was discovered after the wreckage of the missile was recovered and studied. The missile was fired in Utah and was supposed to have impacted on this missile test center in southern New Mexico. It overshot and efforts to destroy it in flight failed. (Continued From Page One) panies do little to shed light on the variety of facts the consumer needs to make intelligent decisions." The government called the conference on orders from President Johnson to find ways of halting the skyrocketing of medical care costs. Hospital costs went up 16 per cent in 1966.

And the latest consumer index figures show doctors' fees rose almost 9 per cent between this August and last. Blue Cross, the largest single type of insurance in the country, has 76 programs state and local areas. The noirorofit Blue Cross plans have lost ground in recent years to commercial insurers, a spokesman for the Blue Cross Association said. McNerney said laws should be developed to prohibit insurance carriers from dropping subscribers for health reasons Pet hick Rites Held WATERVLIET Mass for VACATIONING IN TEXAS INDIAN LAKE Mr. and Mrs.

Lyle Hunt are spending a the Dead was celebrated Thursday at 10 a.m. in St. Joseph's Catholic church, Watervlit, for three weeks vacation in Texas where they will; visit their son, Lyle, who will leave soon for Saigon. Mrs. Dora T.

Pethick, 52, of route 2, Box 58-B, Coloma. Area Deaths Casket bearers were Vincent Amato, Ross Tarrantino, Frank and Carmen Batralone, Carl Gaegar and Peter Saiger. COLOMA Funeral services for Otis Wheeler, 66, of Post Office box 66, Riverside, were held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the The present U.S. missile force includes 1,000 Minuteman I and II, 656 Polaris missiles aboard 4-H Will March EAST LANSING (AP) Some 300 Michigan 4-H members will join Michigan State University's 175-man marching band on the field at Spartan Stadium Saturday in a salute to the opening of National 4-H Club Week.

The program will come during half-time at the Michigan State-Southern California football clash. Interment followed in the Shore Davidson funeral hom, Col 41 submarines and 54 aging, liq mausoleum at North Memory Gardens. uid-fueled Titan lis which will oma. Casket bearers were: Johnny be phased out in the next five Rood Infant Hinton, am ana Barry wheeler, Paul Dodson, Harold West and years. McNamara's last official estimate of Soviet missiles listed John Hardin Jr.

6 I fs-t- itf fi Burial followed in North 340 land-based ICBMs, plus 130 Shore Memory Gardens. submarine-carried weapons. The Soviet subs must surface before 'launch, which makes Mrs. Minnie M. Gile GOBLES Mrs.

Minnie M. Gile, 90, who made her home with her granddaughter, Mrs. Ruth Healy of Gobies, died Thursday morning in the Allegan Health Center. Mrs. Gile was born Feb.

4, 1877, in Otsego, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Austin. Survivors include a son, Fred of Wisconsin; a sister, Mrs. Lilly Hoover of Kalamazoo; 14 grandchildren; 53 great-grandchildren; and four great-greatgrandchildren.

Her husband, Perry, and four children, Mrs. Bessie Ada Bishop, Gladwin, Gilford and GRANT TO COLLEGE ITS soon A rain WASHINGTON (AP) North them more susceptible to detec Nixon Favored Way Out West SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Republican county chairmen in a seven state area favor Richard Nixon for the GOP presidential nomination, says a poll conducted by a political reporter. Wes Vernon of KSL, Salt Lake City, said 10 per cent of the county chairmen in Utah, Idaho, Montana, Arizona, Nevada, Wyoming and Colorado responded to his mailed questionnaire. tion. Central Michigan College at FENNVILLE Richard Edward Rood, infant son of Mr.

and Mrs. Robert Rood of 644 East Main street, Fennville, was dead on arrival at Douglas Community hospital Thursday at 10:40 a.m. Police Chief Terry Looman, called to the home by the infant's applied mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Mrs. Richard Scoville, wife of the ambulance driver, also tried to revive the child which was found unconscious in its crib An estimate issued recently by the British Institute for Stra Petoskey has been awarded an $840,000 grant by the department of Housing and Urban Development.

The grant, with will be used to construct two tegic Studies gave the Soviet Union more than 400 land-based missiles at present. The private dormitories housing 84 students research group predicted this each and a student union. force will exceed 500 by next summer. TRUSTED NAME IN BET FUNERAL SERVICE KERLIKOWSKE STARKS GOODYEAR QUIPS tV QUOTES By SILL McCRAY FUNERAL INFORMATION FUNERAL HOME 2506 NILES AVENUE Mrs. Elizabeth J.

Burns An adult Is a person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the middle. To Be Arranged ABOVE GROUND ENTOMBMENT in a garden mausoleum constructed of time defying granite, bronze and reinforced concrete provides a peace of mind that comes only with knowing that the precious remains of loved ones are protected from the unfriendly elements of the earth. Prior to the advent of the garden leum the dignity of above ground entombment was a privilege reserved only for the very wealthy. Now, the cost is often less than earth burial. The Chapel of the Tines is the only garden mausoleum in southwest Michigan.

We invite your inquiry. Corth Shore Memory (Salens Cemetery, Mausoleum, Crematory Telephone WA 5-1101 3 ELOM Of Quality, Distinction and Good Value for all occasions, stop or call C3YSTAL FLORIST Flower Shop Greenhoutet 1475 Pipettone Ph. WA 5-1167 savt 10 mi ell petted plant cash fi" carry Mrs. Hattie E. Parks 2 p.

m. Sunday In The Chapel. No Steps All Entrances at Ground Level PHONE MEMBER OF THE ORDER OP TELE GOLDEN RULE GRIEVING: Kribi Kate, a gorilla at the Swope Park zoo, sits in a corner of her cage and yawns from a heavy dosage of tranquilizer administer-ed when she became distraught over the death yesterday of a 9-day-old daughter that died of pneumonia. Kate has lost three other babies. Zoo officials said there are only eight living gorillas born In captivity.

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