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PAGE TEN THE NEWS -PALLADIUM, BENTON HARBOR, MICH. FRIDAY, 17, 1958g OBITUARIES 30 DAY MCIMATIOH OtUOOK Democrats Corrections Chief Talks In Buchanan No. Michigan (es After U.S. I 1 i 1 Brooks Praises Parole System BUCHANAN. Jan.

17 Stressing; that 85 per of the Inmates lodced In Michigan corrective institutions are freed to return to civilian life, Earnest Brooks, chair- man of the Michigan Department of Corrections, described the functions and operation of state prisons to the Berrien County Democratic club Wednesday evening at the BuchanT township hall. Brooks said that half of the persons convicted of minor off ens-' Frakes and William Frakes of Coves, particularly first offenders and ert; Josepfi Coash and Howard youths, are placed on probation. CLAIMS SAVINGS Michigan, he said, has had great success in the field of probation and -parole, and has saved taxpayers -great sums" through the inteiii- Memorial Dedicated tent use of these Dractices. i xi liii tuTiiiiiiirwiiiliiw 'in ii Hi mi ii iiiiiiiii hi. I ri -1 1 the cost of keenin a prisoner in a state prison is about j1? ufM'1 i9nn rnmnarwl to about11957- wil1 dedicated at the Chil- Souret: U.S.

WtllHt tUMAU ttpanmti BRIDE AND GROOM: Edward G. Robinson, 64, arid his bride New York dress designer, Jane Adler, 38, are all smiles. in Robinson's dressing room at the National Theater in Washington last night after it was disclosed they were married, earlier in the day at nearby Arlington, Va. The bride holds Camp, Robinson's miniature Doberman Pinscher. Robinson is playing the lead in the stage production of "Middle of the Night," a play centering on the May-December marriage of a man to a much younger woman.

(AP Wirephoto) THIRTY-DAY FORECAST: These maps, based on those, issued, by the United States Weather Bureau, show the precipitation and temperature outlook for the country for the next 30 days. (AP Wire-photo maps) $100 a year when placed on proba tion or parole. Another new and successful project of the state corrections department has been the of prison camps for prisoners who are considered ready for supervision, rather than confinement behind walls, the chairman continued. "These camps, established with local consent, become a part of the maintainance of our state parks and aid in the conservation of the natural resources of our state," oiWM iuB REAL ROMANCE me prisoners in wiese camp, ia Neson 39 BoXi 208, Riverside, will moral one, and there are no guna heid Saturday ftt 3 p. m.

the in the camp and only one JBenton- Harborr Tabernacle. The Walsh, pastor, Hrila Held Ideal For Sites WASHINGTON, Jan. 17-(AP) Michigan's Upper Peninsula has launched a campaign here for increased defense spending to pep up the area's economy, it was disclosed today. Upper Michigan has asked for intercontinental ballistic mlit lie ICBM launching sites, atomic installations and generally Increased defense spending. A representative of the Upper Peninsula Development Bureau this week visited the -Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), Civil Defense Administration and Defense Department offices In quest of a variety of projects.

Gerald L. Johnson, who heads the bureau's industrial department, was here Monday to push the Upper Peninsula's fight for natural gas. LOCATION "IDEAL" But he told reporters today he stayed through the week in an attempt to convince federal officials, that the peninsula's gepgraphic remoteness makes it ideal for defense establishments. "There -was a good reception to our presentation," Johnson said. He declined to give further details of the officials' reaction.

Specifically, Johnson asked for; 1. One or more ICBM launching sites. 2. Underground atomic storage projects and atomic reactors. 3.

Underground storage projects of medical supplies by civil defense authorities-. -V 4. More air bases in addition to the! existing Kinross Base near Sault Ste. Marie and K. I.

Sawyer Base near Marquette. "We're trying to" make the things work for us that have always been problems for us," said Johnson. Traditionally, Upper Michigan's industrial development has been hamstrung by its extreme northerly position and the lakes that surround It. CITES SEAWAY But Johnson said the government wants remote areas for defense projects. The lakes will become revived roads of commerce with the opening of the St.

Lawrence Seaway next year, he added. He said abandoned iron ore and copper mines, and some active ones. could be utilized as underground storage, areas. In arguing for atomic installa tions, Johnson pointed to the prox imity of Canadian uranium veins and the availability of large tracts of federally and state owned forest land. He said the location of Michigan Tech In the Upper Peninsula provides a ready source of scientists to help with atomic projects.

Johnson was to pay another visit to Defense Department-' offices today before returning to Michigan. Driver Is Fined $50 PAW PAW. Jan. 17 Simmeon A. Meachum, 42, of Route 2, Hartford, was fined $50 and $4.30 costs Thurs day by Justice Glenn of Paw Paw.

lor reckless driving. A drunk driving charge against Meachum was dismissed after a conference' between Meyer War-shawsky of South Haven, assistant county prosecutor, and Attorney John Verdonk of Bangor, representing Meachum. State police arrested Meachum Dec. 21 and he was released on $150 bond after pleading innocent to the drunk driving-charge before Huey Dec. 23.

Fred L. Stanflll, 16, of rowte 2, Paw Paw, was bound over to Van Buren" circuit court on a charge of larceny from a dwelling after ex amination, before Justice Glenn Lowman of Lawton Thursday. Stanflll is accused of taking $26 from the Frederick Osborne home In Lawton 'an'. 5. He was arrested by Lawton police.

Stanflll was re turned to the Van Buren jail under $1,000 bond. Changes Are; Opposed By Constitutional Convention Hit LANSING, Jan. 17 (AP) The Michigan Townships association has gone on record as opposed to the ceiling of a state convention to revise the state constitution. Winding up its annual convention here Thursday, the group said any changes in the constitution should come about through gradual amend ment as in the past. This tar resolution declared, individual amendments could re ceive more careful study and consideration than if many amend ments were submitted under a general revision.

The group also voted to plan for a conference with the governor, similar to the recent mayor's conference, to discuss township DEFEND JUSTICES Other resolutions 'called for abolishment of the Michigan Turnpike Authority and opposed any move to abolish the office of Justice of the peace. Another resolution opposed any change in the law permitting a farmer to shoot an unaccompanied dog. Victor Eckardt of Lake Odessa was named association president. Elected vice presidents were Francis Drake of Crystal Falls, Milford Mellon of Ashland and Clark Most of Mendon Township. Drunk Driver Fined In St.

Joe Mrs. Virginia Elem, of Battle Creek, who was originally arrested by St. Joseph police last Nov. 11 on a charge of driving while drunk, reappeared in St. Joseph municipal court Thursday.

Mrs. Elem pleaded guilty to driving while drunk and was fined $50 plus $22.45 costs by Judge Joseph R. Collier, Jr. Township Venezuelans Get Appeal Students Urged To Cease Riots CARACAS, Venezuela, Jan. 17 (AP) Venezuela's new education minister has appealed to Caracas students to end their demonstra tions against the regime of Presi dent Marcos Perez Jimenez.

The speech by Dr. Humbert Fernandez Moran over a nationwide radio hookup last night wa taken as an indication of the government's concern over the student outbreaks. The demonstrations have con tinued for four days. Five were re ported yesterday. (Reports in New York said the police fired on 250 students demonstrating in a Caracas schoolyard Wednesday and wounded two.

The government continued its tight cen sorship, and communications with outside werld were Virtually nonexistent most of yesterday. They Improved last night.) Fernandez Morari promised high school and university students in he did not say how many were there would be released when order Is restored. THE COUNTRY has been In a constant state of tension since the abortive New Year's Day rebellion disgruntled air force units. The new education minister, him an atomic scientist, asked striking students to go back to their classes and announced government plans for a broad scientific- pro gram. He said student teams would be trained abroad and in new technical Institutes at home for the oil chemical Industries.

He also a program to build atomic re actors would be studied. Asks 25,000 In Accident Suit Theo. Ciendehen of St. "Joseph asked for $25,000 in damages compensate him for injuries he received when he was struck by an auto at Colfax and Empire avenues Benton Harbor on June 8, 1957. Clendenen, represented by the Benton Harbor law firm of Gore Williams, names Mr.

and Mrs. Joe Hassle, Route 2, Decatur, as de fendants in a Berrien Circuit Court suit. Mrs. Hassle was driving when plaintiff was injured, the suit said. i Now Control MSU Board Have Tour To Two Yoting Majority EAST LANSING, Jan.

-n-CAF) Democrats took control Thursday of the State" Board of Agriculture, governing body of Michigan State University. They now have a 4-2 voting majority. Dr. Conner D. Smith, Pinconning veterinarian, was elected chairman.

He succeeded Clark L. Brody of East Lansing, a Republican and board member since 1921. The last time the Democrats had a majority was in 1938 and 1939. Asked if anv nolirv f.hnnimx were contemplated, Smith replied: we wouianx want it. we nope to continue to make this a great university and have- every confidence in the administration." New board members are G.

Don aid Stevens of Grand Rapids and Jan C. Vanderploeg, who were elec ted last April. They succeeded Republicans Forest H. Akers of Detroit and Frederick H. Mueller of Grand Rapids.

HANNAH KEY FIGURE Dr. John A. Hannah. MSU presi dent and generally regarded as a Republican, is the strong policymaker at Michigan State. The board named Durward Varner, vice president for off-campus affairs, to take charge of development of MSU's new Oakland branch college.

Varner said bids probably will be taken the last week in February for the first building to be con structed on the Meadowbrook Farms estate donated by Mr. and Mrs. Alfred G. Wilson, The board-accepted gifts and grants totalling $268,078 for the uni versity. It also approved Theodore S.

Leipprandt as assistant agricultural agent in Macomb County. Fingerprints Chan Doctor Says CHICAGO, Jan. 17 (AP) Fingerprints contrary, to the general belief can be changed permanently, a New Orleans physi-can reported yesterday in a medical in the current Archives of Dermatology of the American Medical association, Dr. James W. Burks described two medical xiases where fingerprints were obliterated.

"The potential inconsistency of fingerprints renders positive identification by this means uncertain and thus has legal implications which will undoubtedly affect certain Judicial decisions," Burks said Burks, of Tulane university school of medicine, noted that law enforcement agencies and other workers in the field of identification long have considered fingerprints unalterable. In the cases described by Burks, revolving wire brushes of a type used to remove acne or smallpox scars were used in a technique called skin planing. CAR, BUS CRASH Ticketed In Collision Berrien sheriff's officers Issued two ticket yesterday afternoon after an auto and a Twin Cities Motor Coach Lines, bus had minor collision at PontJac 'and Onondaga roads, in Fair Plain. The bus driver, Bobby Roberts, Route 3. Benton Harbor, was charged with not having a chauf feur's license in his possession.

The car driver, Barbara Ringer, 1415 juangiey avenue, St. was charged with failing to yield the right-of-way. Young Driver Is Arrested PAW PAW. Jan, 17-Davld Couch, 17, of route 3, Paw Paw, was booked at the Van Buren Jail early this morning by Paw Paw state police on a reckless driving charge. Police said they arrested Couch at about 2:05 a.m.

on M-119 in Porter township after chasing him and another motorist at high speeds northeast from Decatur. They said they lost the other car when the two cars split up near the Decatur-Porter township line. Couch was to be arraigned -this morning before Justice Glenn B. Huey of Paw Paw. SAUE Ftrkii Webb Fuel Co.

101 K. Short WAS-6159 -W Give Green SUmpt Phont WA 6-6159 Apollo Egg Coal OnV: JM65 4 the Jail by self and said has to in the Frakes Rites Hejfl Funeral services for Mrs. Leah Frakes, 61, of route 3, Coloma, were .1 i ii i iieia xiiursuay anernoon in u.e Florin funeral home, The Rev. Stanley Buck of the Methodist Peace Temple conducted the services, with Mrs. W.

Butch er at" the organ. Casket bearers were Morris Patil- J'ZLl Wayne Frttkes." Burial was Springs cemetery, Among the out of town friends and relatives attending the services were, Mr. and Mrs. Linden Frakes, Larry and LinSy Frankes, of Park Ridige, Mrs. Harry Tutton of Chicago; Mrs.

Bess Pearce of Val- paraiso, Mr. and Mrs. Earlj juoasn oi inicago. Mrs. Frakes died Monday "in the jWafcrvlieT hospital.

She had been A memorial erected in memory of Jan. 19, at 2 p. m. Barnet Alberts was an early settler of Benton Harbor, coming here 52 years ago. He is survived by his wife, Lena; two sons, Harold Alberts and Alex Alberts; a daughter, Mrs.

-Marty (Pearl) orau, and five grandchil dren, all of Benton Also surviving are two sisters, both of New York. Nelson Rites Set Funeral services for Mrs. Odus Mrs. Nelson died early Thursday morning at St. Joseph Memorial hospiul after a six montha 1Uness Friends may call at the funeral home.

Area Deaths Baby Thomas Sutherby BANGOR, Jan 17 Thomas Loyd Sutherby, one-day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Sutherby, of Bangor, died Thursday afternoon at the South Haven hospital. He was born in the South Haven hospital on Jan.

15. In addition to his parents, the infant is survived by a sister, Dawn Marie; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Drake of South Haven; and his paternal grand mother, Mrs. Margaret Sutherby, of Bangor.

Graveside services were to be held today at 10 a. m. at the Arlington Hill cemetery, Bangor. The Rev. Clifford Hilllker of the Bangor First Congregational cMirch was to conduct the services.

The McKane funeral home was in charge of the funeral arrangements. Robinson Rites HARTFORD, Jan. 17 Friends may call until 1 p.m. Saturday at the Calvin funeral home in Hartford to view thl body of Maurice L. Robinson, 47, route 2, Territorial road, Benton Harbor.

Funeral eerv-1 ices-will-then follow at 2 pjn. at the funeral home, with the Rev. Rex H. Lahr. pastor of the Evan gelical United Brethren church of Millburg, officiating, Burial will be in Maple Hill ceme tery in Hartford.

Mr. Robinson, a salesman for the Automobile Association of America tn Benton Harbor, died at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Memorial hospital in Joseph. Sherman Rites Today BLOOMINQDA LE, Jan. 17 Services were to be held today at pm.

in the Truesdale Chapel, Kalamazoo, for Mrs. Hazel Irene Sherman. 73, who died Tuesday evening in Kalamazoo. Mrs. Sherman mother of Mrs.

Max Michels of Blooming-dale. She was recuperating here in her daughter's home several weeks last fall. Mrs. Sherman was born June 30, 1884. in Kalamazoo, the daughter of Fred and Clara Perkins, and was a lifelong resident of Kalamazoo.

She was a past member of the Loyal Chapter OES and also the White Shrine. She is survived by one son and three daughters. Mrs. Michels, of Bloomingdale, Walter Sherman- and Mrs. Kathryn Keister of Kalamazoo; Mrs.

Maxam of Jacksonville, 10 grandchildren; and one great granddaughter. Burial will be at Riverside cemetery, Kalamazoo. Housetvarming Party Held Near Glendora GLENDORA, Jan. 17 Relatives and friends from Baroda, Stevens-i ville, New Troy, Berrien Springs and I South Bend surprised Mr. and Mrs.

Emu Franks, Glendora, at a house- warming party. The couple recent- Jimoved into their new home west of Olendora. gifts for their home. A ham dinner was Served. cons a ep IPrompt, Courteous Service) a Stage Star Robinson Is Wed Again WASHINGTON, Jan.

17 (AP) Veteran actor Edward O. Robinson was married yesterday to New York dress designer Jane Adler in. a Justice of the peace ceremony to nearby Arlington, Va. Robinson, appearing In a tage production here, disclosed the marriage his second in a backstage Interview last night. He gave his age as 64, and his bride's as 38.

The short, cigar-smoking actor, who frequently portrays the "tough guy," is starring in "Middle of the Night," a dealing with the marriage of a man to a much younger woman. The play rah for 485 performances on Broadway be fore going on the road. His bride Is associated with the production. ASKED ABOUT PLANS for a honeymoon, Robinson said: "The road is a honeymoon." And his tall, brunette bride com mented: "I dont know about Mr. Robin son, but I'm very happy and ex cited." Robinson's first -marriage, to Gladys Cassell of New York City, ended in divorce in 1956 after 29 years.

The first Mrs. Robinson was an actress whose professional name was Gladys. Lloyd. Suspected Of Hurling Object Benton township police this morn ing picked up a 17-year-old youth, Kenneth Alfred Hanners, 238 Pine for of, malicious destruction of property. Police said Herman" Brush," Ho- bart, complained Sunday after noon he was driving on US-12 in Benton township when a youth In a car coming from the opposite direction hurled on object against the windshield of the Brush car.

The windshield was badly shattered but no one was hurt. Hanners admitted he was in the other car, officers said, but maintained another person in the auto had hurled an ear of corn at the Brush auto. Cwnmwc Crash Injures Local Woman Mrs, Betty Sue Townley, 27, 24j Bellview street, Benton wai released from Mercy hospital after she was treated for minor injuries she received In a two-car collision late yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Townley's car collided with an auto driven by Arnold Francis, 44, Route 1, Sod us.

She was pulling onto- Naomi road from a grocery store driveway when the mishap occurred, Berrien Sheriff's Deputy Fred Baker said. i tl Mrs. Tonley was issued a summons charging failure to yield th right-of-way. Kirigfish In Trouble, Out LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17 (AP) The Ktogfish of.

the Amos n' Andy television show has been ordered held for trial on his wife's complaint of assault with a deadly weapon. But Just as Harry R. Tun Moore, 70, squeaks out, of one scrape after (toother on the. program, it looks as if he'll avoid this real-life one too. His wife Vivian' has hold the court she doesn't' want to prosecute.

The couple sat together, arm in arm and smiling, at his Municipal Court perliminary hearing Thursday. Moore had told police that during an argument in their home over a missing roast beef Jan. 7 he fired a pistol shot that landed in a china closet and hurt nobody. PRIVATE PARKING AT YOUR CONVENIENCE 1 it Phone WA 5-1103 WURLITZER1 Ell REPORTS HEARD Business coming before the club included a report by Roy Stanley on the legislative conference held in Lansing Jan. 11, and a report Jay Tom Slattery, state central committeeman, on the Democratic state central commi tee's meeting in Lansing, Jan.

12. Slattery reported that the central committee has established a community service committee to pro vide a liason between the people and state officials who can help them. The community service committee would not act on patronage problems, but would act only as a contact to help fill requests for The Berrien County Democratic club has scheduled a meeting for Feb. 19 when Miss Teresa FarrelL member of the Michigan socialwel-ware commission, will speak. Time and place of the meeting la to be announced later, South Haven BPW Elects Albert Labz SOUTH HAVEN, Jan.

17 Albert Labz, manager of the South Haven branch of the Michigan Fruit canners was elected president of tiie South Haven Board of Pub-lice Works Thureday afternoon. Labz, former vice-president replaces Mr Whitlow, who resigned as president several months ago. Elected as vice-president at the BPW meeting was Edwin Apple-yard, a plant superintendent of the S. E. Overton company at South Haven.

Safe Cracking Attempt Fails An attempt to crack open the safe of the Thayer Paper Co-; 627 West Main street, last night, was unsuccessful, according to Benton Harbor police. The dial was knocked off, but the burglars failed to get the safe open. Nothing else- was disturbed in the building. Entry to the building was gained through a rear window. State Jaycee Chief Due Here Richard Myerson of Kalamazoo, Michigan president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, wilf be the principal guest at the annual St.

Joseph Benton Harbor Jxii i Chamber of Commerce annual general membership meeting Wednes day. The meeting will be held at Eagles hall in St. Joseph, beginning at 7 :30 p.m. Gray, Evans Due To Attend Whirlpool Dinner Elkha Gray, president of the Whirlpool corporation, and Glenn Evans, general manager of Whirl-poors St. Joseph division, are expected to attend the Whirlpool Employes' Federal Credit, union's annual dinner meeting, starting at 7 pjn.

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