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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1969 THE NEWS PALLADIUM, BENTON HARBOR, MICH. PAGE ELEVEN Families POW's Get Word Cards, Letters Come From 131 (Continued From Page One) captured pilots. 'DRANK HAPPILY' from their men previously or had not had word in months. RED CARD Mrs. Gwen Schweitzer of Lemoore, received North Vietnamese card.

The card addressed to her and two small sons read: "Dear Gwen, Eric and Carl, Merry Christmas 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 i 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 Duckles 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 Over a traditional Vietnamese repast of beer, tea and tangerines, private building in Hanoi by the military, Mrs.

Weiss said, "We had a very good and very pleasant time together. The men drank beer very During their conversation the pilots "spoke very highly of antiwar movement and very militantly against the war," she said. The women also visited a detention camp in Hanoi that they clean and where the Americans, better were fed being than most well 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 difficulty with respect mail will be that, eased." LETTER A MONTHShe 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, The envelope should be marked: Via Moscow.

"The men will be released the war are she when the over all solutions, to 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 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 decreases. 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 Corp. 137,481 said its sales in midin 1968, and Chrysler December were 37,596 compared to 43,236 last year. Ford Motor and American Motors had slight increases.

Ford sold 63,465 new cars, compared with 63,418 Motors last 6,319 year, in and American mid-December and 6,274 last year. Strike Enters 4th Month FLINT (AP)-A- dispute over a contract major stumbling block in point is apparently the 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 has forced layoff of 1,600 men at an adjoining Chevrolet assembly plant, began in the dispute over the speed of production line. Mayor's Aide Gets New Job DETROIT (AP) Outgoing Jerome Cavanagh TuesMayor day named his press secretary, James L.

Trainor, as a Detroit city assessor. The appointment means that Trainor, a old veteran Detroit newsman, will remain in Detroit city government for at least six months. DEATHS AND FUNERALS Oscar V. Dahlstrom 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. p.m., Services Friday, will from be the held at William Bartz Funeral Home at 1811 West 103rd in Chicago. Burial I 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 I. He returned to St. Joseph briefly following the 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 Ho rnbarger, 1135 McAlister avenue, Benton Harbor, was dead on arrival at 11 a.m. yesterday Mercy hospital. infant was born in Watervliet, Oct. 4, 1969. In addition to his parents, survivors include three brothers, Larry Gene, Robert James and David Lee; a sister, Tina Ann, all at home; grandparents, Mr.

and Mrs. Robert bor and Mrs. Edith Hess of St. Hornbarger Sr. of Benton HarJoseph; and great-grandparents, Meddie Emanuel of Benton Harbor and Luther Hornbarger of Portage, Mo.

Funeral services will be held Friday funeral at home p.m. with the Rev. 2 in the Frost John Whitsitt, pastor of the Benton Harbor Tabernacle, officiating. will follow in Coloma cemetery. Aastad Rites Held Funeral services for Edith M.

Aastad, 62, 1139 Circle drive, Benton Harbor, were held Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the Seventh Day Adventist church. Casket bearers were Scott Long, Jacob Thar, Marvin Morrow, Joel Davis, Dale Joslyn and Frank Larson. was in McDowell cemetery, Allegan county. Florin funeral home was in charge of arrangements.

Yack Rites Held Mass for the Dead was celebrated at 9 a.m. today in the S.t Joseph Catholic church for Frank L. Yack, 79, 2515 Langley avenue, St. Joseph. Ronald Casket and bearers Raymond were Roger, Yack, Robert Yack Wesley Gorritt and Douglas Connor.

Burial was Resurrection cemetery. Liturgical prayers were recited Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Dey Brothers funeral home. Cooper Rites Set Funeral services for Mrs. Holly (Velermae) Cooper, 54, 1055 Agard street, Benton Harbor, are scheduled to be held Friday at 1:30 p.m.

in the Community 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. Friends may call at the Finch funeral home beginning Thurs- 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 Jeffries, Willie Stokes, Brazell Epps and Marion Perry. Burial followed in Crystal Springs cemetery. The Robbins brothers funeral home was in charge of arrangements. Area Deaths Bailey Rites Held WATERVLIE Graveside services for Charles F.

Bailey, 79, of Dwight Boyer road, Watervliet, were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Fairview cemetery, Watervliet. The Harvey R. Lord, pastor of Rev, Plymouth Congregational church, officiatCuster, Dwight bearers were Wayne Gerald Hunt, Robert Swartzlander, Ted Birmele and Griffith. The Hutchins funeral home, Watervliet, was in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Frank Lickley ALLEGAN Mrs. Frank (Edith Lickley, 71, route 1, Pullman, died Monday noon in the Allegan Health Center. Mrs. Lickley was born in Cheshire township, Sept.

8, 1898, the daughter of John and Ida Barnett. Survivors include. her husband, and a sister, Mrs. Ethyl Sheckler of Caledonia. Funeral were held today at p.m.

in the Gorden funeral home, Allegan. The Rev. Everett Ray of South Haven, officated. Burial was in Rowe cemetery, Cheshire township. Frank F.

Austin ALLEGAN Frank F. Austin, 62, of Allegan, died Tuesday morning in the Allegan Health Center. Mr. Austin was born in Cheshire township, Jan. 1, 1907, the son of Fillmore and Harriett Austin and had resided in Allegan since 1963, He was a farmer most of his life and prior to his retirement in 1965 was employed by the Allegan County Road Commission.

Survivors include his widow, Phyllis; a son, Frank of Bloom- Scott ingdale; a daughter, Mrs. (Ginger) Norman of Plainwell; a brother, Joe of Kalamazoo; sister, Mrs. Forrest (Rosena) Wedge of Allegan; and five grandchidiren. Funeral services will be held Friday at 1 p.m. in the Gorden funeral home, Allegan, with the Rev.

Kenneth Martin and the Rev. Clarence Olson, officiating. Burial will be in Pierson cemetery, Cheshire township. Memorials may be made to the Michigan TB and Respiratory Disease Association. Harris Rites Held Coloma Funeral services were held at 2 p.m.

Tuesday in the Davidson funeral home, Coloma, for Mrs. Margaret S. 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 Dowagiac. He is survived by his wife, Maribeth Clark Wright and three sons and one daughter.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete this morning at the Connelly funeral home, Cassopolis. Joseph H. Skinner Sr. FENNVILLE Joseph H. Skinner 81, route 2, Fennville, died evening in Community hospital, Douglas, following an illness of one month.

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 Survivors farmer, 'include his widow, ALL POINTS BULLETIN Bearded Man Dressed In Red Suit Is Wanted An, all points today bulletin by was issued to county police on sheriff's duty in the Berrien county the Berrien department. The for broadcast WHFB, was who given works by part Robert time K. as a Richards, LEIN continuity teletype director opaerator at all the units sheriff's and stations: department.

bulletin reads: "Wanted on the lookout for fol subj believed to be white male short heavy (date of birth) unknown. Subj wearing red furry type coat and pants -hippy type bootsbeard 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 wrapped boxes, then escapes from rooftop. Subj last seen near North Pole heading in 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 detain70-year-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. Ann Arbor Murders Top Story the former Tressa P. Lamoreaux, whom he married in Allegan on June 18, 1913; four sons, Russell, Joseph H.

Jr. and Dale of Fennville and Norman L. of LaPorte, five daughters, Mrs. Karl W. (Ruth) White of Kalamazoo, Mrs.

Robert P. (Carolyn) Vernon of Holland, Miss Carol J. Skinner and Mrs. Edward (Ellen) Cosgrove 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, Fennville, with the Rev. Gerritt Dykman officiating.

Burial will be in Fennville cemetery. Mrs. Frederick Binckes GOBLES -Mrs. Frederick J. (Birdie) Binckes, 84, of Kendalloo.

died Monday in KalaMrs. Binckes was born in Westmorland county, Brunswick, Canada, Nov. Ney, 1885. Her husband has pastored several Methodist churches in the Kendall area in recent years. Besides her husband, survivors include two sons, Frederick B.

Gary, and Allen R. of Pittsburgh, two daughters, Mrs. Catherine E. Toma of Tempe, and Ruth G. Graham of Gobles; 13 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; Branscombe brother, Merle of St.

sister, John's, New Mrs. Greta Brunswick; White and of Venice, Fla. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in the Gobles chapel of the Robbins funeral home with the Rev. Allan Volkema officiating.

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

Bloom 81, route 1, Pullman, died Tuesday morning in the Community hospital, Douglas. Mr. Bloom was born in Chicag, March 19, 1888, 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; 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 Pullman Bible church, will officiate. Burial will be in Fennville cemetery. Suit Against Judge Will Go To Trial DETROIT CAP) -A $2-million 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. an Canham ruled Thorburn did not have judicial immunity when he made statements about the Hazel Park Racing Associatoin to a Lansing television newsman. Thorburn told the newsman last, June his that life in attempts 1967 while were on 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; community 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. effective form of universal health insurance," he said, "is not only desirable but essential for the people of the United States, and medical schools must begin to prepare themselves to adjust financially and educationally to such a system." CONSTIPATED 2 DUE TO LACK OF FOOD BULK IN YOUR DIET Kellogg's ALL State's 10 Biggest For '69 Selected By Associated Press The brutal murders of seven young women in the Ann ArborYpsilanti area and the subsequent arrest of an Eastern Michigan University student charged with one slaying was the top news story of 1969, according to a survey of Associated Press broadcasters and newspaper editors. Based on system of 10 points for first place through one point for 10th place, the murder story received 438 points. The murder story actually started in 1967, when the first body was discovered. But it reached a climax this year when John Norman Collins was charged with the strangulation of Karen Sue Beineman, an 18- year-old EMU freshman, Collins faces a first murder trial on the charge this year.

WIDE MARGIN 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 South Haven Township Sells Hall To UAW 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 plants No.

6 and 12 in South Haven. The union, which was organized in 1965, had been leasing a building at 253 Center, street. "We are delighted to be able to announce the 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 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 new township hall. The township has already $25,000 on the new building and will have five years to finish final payments. 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. 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 been 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. FINCHI FUNERAL HOME 1102 E. Main at Burton, B.H. 926-6022 925-8741 Mrs.

Holly (Velermae) Cooper 1:30 p. m. Friday Community Church of God In Christ East Washington Street. Congress Fails To Produce WASHINGTON (AP) The first session of the 91st Congress has ended after one of the longest but least productive legislative efforts in recent times. The Democratic-controlled Congress gave President Nixon only a handful of the major proposals he sent 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 remem- ber. 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 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 foreign trade policies, and many others.

GOOD WISHES But the legislators, who barely 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-themud 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. TRUSTED NAME IN FUNERAL SERVICE Mrs.

Mamie McCloud 2 p. Church of God and Prophecy. FLORIN FUNERAL HOME 9251103 PIPESTONE AT BROADWAY BENTON HARBOR, MICM. The murder story was first choice of the editors and broadcasters by a wide margin. In second place with 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 parochial 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 story of the year in Michigan. In sixth place was the Detroit mayoral election of Wayne County Sheriff Roman Gribbs over the strong opposition of Negro candidate Richard Austin, the Wayne County auditor.

Seventh biggest story of the year in the opinion of AP editors and broadcasters was the firing of Semon Knudsen as president of Ford Motor Company about 18 months after he was hired away from General Motors by Henry Ford II. No. 8 0 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 International Development. POLICEMAN'S TRIAL Ninth major story in Michigan was the firs 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. Leroy Augenstein, a member of the State Board of Education and chairman of Michigan State physics. University's Department of Bi- Pontiac Applies For Aid To Buy 33 New Buses PONTIAC (AP) -The Pontiac City Commission approved an application to the U.S. Department of Transportation for half the funds to buy ten 33-passenger air-conditioned buses. The buses, which would replace all the buses currently in service on city lines, would cost a total of $271,000.

The city would pay half the cost, although 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. we 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.

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