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THE REGlSTERrNEWS MT. VERNON, ILLINOIS MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1960 Deaths Florence Hand Rector Dies At Age Of 78 Years Mi-s. Florence Elva Hand Rector died at 11:40 Sunday morning at her home, 1001 south Sixth street. She was 78 years and ten days of age. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2:00 p.m.

at Myers Chapel. The Rev. Ace Summers will officiate and burial will be in Famsworth cemetery, in Wayne county. The body will lie in state at Myers Chapel, where friends may call after 4:00 p.m. today.

Mrs. Rector was bom December 23. 1881 in Wayne county, the daughter of John and Mary (Maulding) Whalen. She was first married to Garfied Hand, who died in 1930. In 1949 she was married to Arley Rector, who survives.

Mrs. Rector was a member of the Bethel Tabernacle. Besides her husband, she is survived by one son, Leonard Hand of Ivll. Vornon; tliree daughters, Noma PIKK of Mt. Pauline Gardner of Lima, Ohio, and Nadine Mayberry of WIdwood, four brothers, Vem Whalen of Bluford, Roy Whalen of Rochelle, 111., Ed Whalen of Roxanna City, 111., and Robert Whalen of Wood River.

Four sisters, Laura McQure of Flint, Nora Jones of DeKalb, 111., Golda Guthrie of Peoria and Clara Loge of Mt. Vernon; 11 jjrand- children and 13 grreat grandchildren. Marfho Snyder, Former Resident, Dies At Age 96 Detailed Weother Report THE YEARS BETWEEN Mrs. Martha Ann Snyder, a former resident of Mt. Vernon, died Friday in San Bernardlnb, at the age of 96, She was the widow of John Snyder.

Survivors include two sons, Frank of West Frankfort and Arthur of San Bernardino, nine grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. One daughter, Mrs. Mae Latham, preceded her in death. Burial was to be In San Bernardino. Mary F.

Piercy Dies At Age 87; Rites Wednesday Mrs. Mary Francis Piercy of 1116 Park Avenue, died at 6:00 o'clock tills morning at the Schumm Nursing Home in Bluford, only three days after observing her 87th birthday. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 p. m. at the Pulley Funeral Chapel.

Tlie Rev. L. A. Wagley will officiate and burial will be in West Salem ceme- teiy. The body will lie in state at the Pulley Funeral Home, where friends may call after 4 :00 p.

m. Tuesday. Mrs. Piercy was bom January 1, 1S73 at Vandalla, 111. She was first married to Harvey Sowders, who preceded her in death.

She was later married to Harb Piercy, who survives. Mrs. Piercy was a member of the West Salem Methodist church. Besides her husband, she is survived by a son, Arthur E. Sowders of Dixon, two daughters, Be Mae Gaska of Harvey, 111., and Verta James of Mt.

Vernon; six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. She wa preceded in death by her parents, one sister and two brothers, LillieHobbsOf Centra I ia Dies; Rites Wednesday Mrs. Lillie (Crane) Hobbs, 79, died at 8:40 a. m. today at the home of her daughter, Mrs.

Ruby Bounds 1021 East Broadway, in Centralia. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p. m. Wednesday at the Queen- Boggs Chapel in Centralia, with the Rev. Homer Watkins officiating.

Burial will be in HiUcrest Memorial Park in tliat city. The body will lie in state at the Queen-Boggs Chapel, where friends may call after 6 p. m. Tuesday. Mrs.

Hobbs was born in Jefferson county, the daughter of William and Christina (Snow) Crane. Slie was married to Wilbum G. Hobbs, who preceded her in death Survivors include a son, Edwin Hobbs; a daughter, Mrs. Ruby ftounds, both of Centralia; two a ndphildren; two great-grand- three brothel's, Smiiey and fvan Crane of Mt. Vernon, and spencer Crane of Centralia; and (wo sisters, Mrs.

Gerti-ude Dorris and Mrs. Ellen Wilson, both of Mt. Vernon. Mrs. Hobbs was a member of the Fii-st Christian church in Centralia.

Noma Mitchem Dies At Age 71; Rites Tomorrow Mrs. Noma Mitchem, of 416 south street, died at 10:45 m. at Jefferson Memorial Hospital, wiiere she had been a patient for the. past four weeks. She was 71 years, six aicmths and one day of age.

Funeral services will be hdd Tuesday at 10:30 a. m. at Myers Chapel. The Rev. Howard Flota will offldate and burial win follow in Arnold cemetery.

The body will Ue in state at Myers Chapel, where may call after 4 :00 p. m. today. Mrs, Mitchem bom July 1, 1888 in Jefferson county. She was married to John Mltchcnj, who preceded her In death February 14, .1969.

Surviving are a Bistovln-law, EfQe Hayes of Mt, Vernon, and an aunt, Myrtle GQlum of Sandwid). IB. PROCLAIMS DIMES MARCH Mayor VlrfcJ T. Bailey today signed a proclamation citing the New March of Dhnes campaign as supporting vital work coinbatting the three major crippling diseases; birth defects, arthritis and polio. Present at the ceremony were (left to right) Mayor Bailey, Bob Hendrlcksnu, pnbilcity chairman and BUI Howard, campaign director.

(Delo Photo Craft) Jaycees To Conduct Fund Campaign Here Mayor Virgil T. Bailey today proclaimed January as the New March of Dimes month in Mt. Vernon. His proclamation: Virgil Bailey, Mayor of the City of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, hereby declare that Whereas the March of Dimes has com- batted the dreed disease of poliomyelitis for more than ten years, with the generous help of the dimes and dollars of the people of this City, and Whereas the March of Dimes has achieved great strides forward in the fight againsi; this awful crippler In caring for the stricken and engaging in extensive research toward erasing the polio virus from the face of tlie earth; and Whereas the New March of Dimes for 1960 has also taken up the battle against the diseases of juvenile arthritis and birtli defects, before now unexplored, in addition to the continued and constant fight against polio; and Whereas the New March of Dimes needs and deserves the unqualified and enthusiastic support of the people of Mt.

Vernon, Illinois in order to raise the funds necessary to effectively care for, cure and prevent these three dread crippling diseases; NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the powrer and authority vested in me as Mayor of the City of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, I do hereby proclaim the Month of January, 1960 to be NEW March of Dimes Month. VIRGIL T. BAILEY, Mayor. Elevator Burns At Springerton FAIRFIELD, lU.

Firemen from Carmi, Enfield and Fakfield battled a fire which swept through a grain elevator Saturday night, 12 miles south of FalrUeld. About 5,000 bushels of grain were stored in the steel and wood structure, situated in the White Cbunty community of Springerton. Anti-Semitic Outbursts In Europe, U.S. (Continued From Page One) EISENHOWER ELATED OVER STEEL PEACE agahist what happenhig in Ger many, we are going to tjike strong action." "To prove we really mean busi ness, the offices of the Jewish Chronicle and the Board of Deputies have been attacked," the man added. were smeared on the offices of the newspaper and the Jewish board, and windows were broken.

Swastikas also appeared on the European headquarters of the World Jewish Congress in London, and on buildings in Glasgow, Manchester and Dai-tford. Just outside Melbourne, Australia, a stone was tlirown through a window of a synagogue at St. Kilda. The rabbi blamed hooligans and said "the attitude of Australians towards us Jews as iellow citizens always has been above reproach." were painted on railway stations in Hawthorn, another Melbourne suburb. In Italy, an unsigned letter was left on the doorstep of a Milan synagogue threatening to blow it up.

The word death was scrawled on the wall of the Jewish center in Pai'ma. Isolated anti-Semitic incidents also were reported in Denmark, Belgium, Norway and France. CIUNGSE YEARS Chinese years are named for dozen different animals, tating every twelve years. Year of the Rat is 1960, followed by Year of the Ox in 1961 and then successively by the years of the tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, fowl, dog and pig until 1972 again will be the Year of the Rat Alimost 20 pr cent of all pedestrian deaths in rural areas Involves people walking In the IroBidway. Nixon, Mitchell Had Ike's Instructions to Push Negotiations.

AUGLISTA, Ga. (AP) ElaUon over settlement of the steel strike enveloped the temporary White House today, although President Eisenhower himself was officially silent. The President, White House press secretary James C. Hagerty, said "has stayed in very close touch with the developments." Hagerty said he has done that by telephone since he came to the South for a working vacation a week ago Sunday and in personal conferences before that with Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Secretary of Labor James P.

Mitchell. There was no immediate statement on the settlement, for several possible reasons. For one thing, there remained the formalities of ratification by both sides. And perhaps more important, there was no immediate word on whether the agreement would result in a boost in the price of steel. Hagerty was silent, too, on what the settlement might mean to the pohtical fortunes of Nixon.

"How would I know? Hagerty parried when questioned atwut this. Hagerty sketched over this at a news conference: Nixon not only is vice president but also is chairman of the inet Committee for Price Stability and Economic Growth. Before he left Dec. 3 on his good will trip to 11 nations, the President had a long talk with Nixon and Mitchell about the steel strike. So the two were working on presidential instructions in initiating meets with both sides from time to time.

Back in Washington after his trip, the chief executive met once with Nixon and once with Nbcon and Mitchell. Since he has been in Augusta, Eisenhower has contacted Nixon a number of times by telephone about the steel situation. He also talked with Mitchell. Tlien last Satui-day, there was I a long conference call. Eisenhower was on the telephone here, Ni.x- on in California and Mitchell and Wilton B.

Persons, top assistant to Eisenhower, in Washington. Again Sunday night, the President talked with Nixon and Mitchell. Then he was on the phone with Nixon once more this morning in advance of tlie settlement announcement. Asked whether Eisenhower's instructions to (he vice president and labor secretary ran counter to his often expressed desires that labor and management reach a settlement voluntarily, Hagerty said he saw no conflict at all. ILLINOIS TEMPEKATtJKBd Belleville 33 JMoline 26 Peoria .30 Quincy 30 31 Rockford 2.9 I Springfield 31 Vandalla 32 FIVE-DAY FORECAST I will av- i erage 4-8 degrees below noiTnal.

Normal high 27-37 north, 35-45 south; Normal low 11-20 north, 1930 south. Rather cold throughout period but temporary warming Tuesday and again Friday or Saturday. Ptecipltation will average two tenths to three tenths inches Snow likely Tuesday possibly mixed with rain or sleet south portions. Snow possibly again Thursday or Friday. A sunny, nippy touch of weath- er reminded Illinois residents; I Monday that winter can be as weir as mild.

Tlie mercury rose to around 20 degrees in most parts of the state after slipping 38 low as 6 above zero at Rockford in the early morning. Other nighttime temperature lows were Moline 7, Peoria 8, Quincy 9, Chicago and Rantoul 10, Springfield Vandalla 15 and Belleville 17. Cloudiness which began overspreading the state from the south Monday was expected to bring some snow late Monday night or Tuesday. The precipitation was expected to be sleet or rain in the southern counties. THE WEATHER ELSEWHERE By THE ASSOOATED PRESS High Low Pr, Albany, cloudy Albuquerque, clear Anchorage cloudy cloudy Boston, cloudy Buffalo, snow Chicago, clear Qeveland.

clear Denver, clear Des Moines, clear Detroit, snow Fort Worth, rain Helena, cloudy Honolulu, clear Indianapolis, dear Kansas City, clear Los clear Louisville cloudy Memphis, cloudy Miami, cloudy Milwaukee, clear Paul, clear New Orleans, clear New York, clear Oklahoma Qty, cloudy 36 28 Omaha, cloudy 9 -7 Philadelpliia, cloudy 56 31 .45 Pittsburgh, cloudy 44 24 Portland, Me. cloudy 59 33 .99 Portland, cloudy 37 Rapid City, cloudy 13 -8 Riclimond, clear 60 24 t. Louis, cloudy 32 16 Salt Lake Qty, cloudy 18 6 San Diego, cloudy 59 49 San Francisco, clear 54 46 Seattle, cloudy aTmpa, clear Washington Deor Abby Pros And Cons! Abigail Van Buren ABidAtt. VAN'BtmBK student only two every night, the work wouldn't kill the ikids and the teachers would be much happier, too. MR.S.

C. F. 41 33 .29 33 11 45 32 ,01 50 32 57 36 .87 37 28 32 10 40 24 .02 22 -1 18 0 39 24 41 32 .12 18 17 80 71 .01 33 18 29 9 54 39 43 24 41 34 79 65 31 5 7 59 42 54 35 .50 .02 35 2 6 73 53 .13 54 33 .17 Missing; TT Illinois Has 75 Traffic Deaths Over Weekend (Continued From Page One) along U.S. .51 noilh of De Soto. Two elderly pedestrians, Jay Ryan, 72, ot Northfleld Township, and Thomas Murphy, 78, of Peoria, suffered fatal injuries when struck by vehicles near their homes.

Glen Oliver, 19, of West Frankfort, died just 30 minutes before the new year when his car went out of control and crashed on Route 37 near West Frankfort Shortly before, another 19-year- old, Gerald Allstott ot Joliet, was killed when his auto rammed into a utility pole and cement porch in Joliet. Fires in their homes also claimed the lives of Roy Leslie Stevens, 70, in Galesburg Friday night, and William Lee Phipps, 18 months, in (Chicago Sunday. Five-month old Terry Redlight- ing of Waukegan strangled to death Friday on the headboard of his crib. A laborer working on a sewer project, Raymond Thomas, 39, ol Galesburg, was buried alive Saturday when a ditch caved In on him. David Bergman, 80, of Chicago, was killed Saturday when stj-uck by mi Illinois Central commuter train.

Newby Avenue Home Heavily Damaged By Fire Fire Sunday afternoon caused heavy damage' at the home of Clemet Newcomb, 1019 Newby Avenue. Firemen who controlled the blaze said it started from a faulty flue which set fire to the inside wall be'tween the kitchen and another room. They said the fire burned for some time Inside the walls before spreading to the attic and the roof. There was heavy damage' to the walls, ceiling and roof, firemen said. Vandals Hit Parked Auto Ernest Berry, of this city, reported to police Saturday afternoon that someone had damaged his 1959 Cadillac car while it was parked in the car shops shed north of Jefferson Memorial Hospital.

Berry said all four tires were punctured and the windshield was broken. Hospital Notes Good Samaritan Admitted: Alice Esther Goi-don; Anita Mai-ie Hunt; Stewart Selbert Barrett; Bessie Agnes Malcolm; Verne M. Borah; Nellie G. Johnson; Gilbert Gordon Hanle; Fred Jacob Wheeler; Carl Ray Kennedy; David Paul Wiggins; Kirby Roberson. Discharged; Cecelia Barb a a Johnson; John CHeveland Ayers; John Michael Paget; Thomas Allen Hulsey; Kathryn Marie Maze; Mrs.

Ira Mae Biglet and baby, Michael Glenn; Mrs. Ruby Chloe Bevis and twins, Brenda Ardell and Bradley Paul; Clara Abe Bakel; Inez Evelyn McGehee. Jetferson MenMrial Admitted: Charles Willis Martin; little Miss Lila Ruth Capps of Belle Rive; Mrs. JVIinnie Lou Bowers, Belle Rfve, Discharged: Mrs. Thelma Vem Davis and baby, Robert Allen; Maiy Kathaleen Pengelley of Belle Rive; Mrs.

Laura Belle Pagan of WaltonvUle; Mrs. Marian Lois SchnaiT; Fred Alonzo Wood of Bluford; Mrs. Sandra Douthltt of Dfx. Meetings A. F.

A. M. Stated meeting ol Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 31, A.

F. A. M. will be held Monday, January 4th at 7:30 p. m.

Members please attend. Visiting Brethren welcome. TAYLOR R. MABRY, W. M.

JAMES APGAR, Sec'y. The ways ot the ancient and modern worlds cross paths as boUdok haute heavy- vcheeled cart past the World Agricultural Fair in New Delhi, India. Wlrephoto) NIXON AND MITCHELL FIX TERMS (Continued From Page One) Difference Of Opinion On Nixon's Steel Effort DEAR ABBY: Re "MOTHER OF THREE" Who complained because her children were overloaded with homework: I think she is right and I disagree with your My son is in the seventh grade and here is his typical program: An hour and a half of arithmetic homework eveiy night. On the same night he had to read a chapter on history and answer twenty questions covering that chapter. For Englsh composition he had to write a 300-word essay on WHY I LOVE TO LIVE IN TEXAS.

For spelling he had to look up 30 words in the dictionary and luse each one in a sentence. For geography he had to turn In a map every week. City maps river maps, population mans mineral maps, forest maps, rainfall maps, livestock maps and land form maps. I never saw so many maps In all my life! Each one had to be beautifully colored and printed in ink wdth a compass rose and a frame around it. If anybody can do this without burning midnight oil, I'd like to see him.

MRS. G. B. H. STEEL STRIKE LOSSES AMOUNT Workers Lost $1,160,000,000 Woget in 1U Days.

PITTSBURGH (AP) The 116- day steel strike cost more than six billion dollars in wage and production losses. The strike lasted fi-om July 15 i basic steel industry absoirbed mest jof the loss, but other hidustries allied to steel also felt the effects. The half-million steelworkers lost an estimated $1,160,000,000 In wages. Lost steel production totaled nearly five billion dollars, based on prestrike operations. The strike shut down about 87 per cent ofj the steelmaWng capacity.

More than 350,000 workers in steel-related industries were laid off, resulting In additional wage and production losses in un- estimated mililsolon 5j the second year Tliat is, a base-rated worker would receive 7 cents increase, the worker rated just above him 7.2 cents and the next rated worker 7.4 cents. Tlie contract was said to provide a limited provision for cost- of -living wage escalation, and the union has withdrawn its planned court suit for payment of a 4-cent hourly living cost Increase which would have been due under terms of the contract which expired June 30. The 39 cents compared with an industry estimate that its last previous offer was a 30-cent package. The union had disputed the 30-cent figure, estimating the Industry oH af 22 to 24 cents. iuntil Nov.

7 last year. It was halt- the night there were various re-' ports that a settlement was at hand. Accept Nbcon, MitoheU Terms Shortly before 10 a.m., Mitchell made it official. Looldng tmed and haggai -d, tlie labor secretary received newsmen and announced that the Industry and union had "voluntarily" accepted the terms he and Nixon had proposed. Cooper and McDonald sat beside Mitchell.

The place was the banquet room of the Sheraton Carlton hotel where the negotiations had been conducted. The Jan. 26 date is the time when the Taft-Hartley labor law injunction, under which the men are now at work, would expire. Lacking a settlement, the union would have been free to strike again then. First word that a settlement was Imminent had come Sunday from New York.

41c An Hour Raise A national metal working weekly. Iron Age, said in New York a 30-month agreement costing the Industry about 41 cents an hour was Indicated. The publication said this would include a 4-cent- an-hour cost of living increase. Cooper said the recommended settlement represents compromise which goes beyond what the companies liad previously offered. "But it is clear that in light of all the circumstances at hand, the best course ol action was for the companies to accept the recommended settlem-ent," Cooper said.

'We hope that the union officers at all levels and the steelworkers they represent will join hands with management hi a united effort to Improve efficiency and eliminate In this way increase the rate ol economic progress so greatly needed," Cooper said. The degree of such cooperation Cooper went on, will bear heavily upon the extent to which the settlement may Inflate steel production costs. "While we have not obtained our lull objectives, progress has been made on many of the Issues involved in this dispute," Cooper said. Mitchell said "there is no question in my mind, none whatsoever" that the settlement terms will be accepted by both sides. Met At NbcoD 's Home Asked about Nixon's rale in the crucial talks, the secretary said: "Without the vice president we would not have had a settlement." Mitchell said Nbcon began intensive efforts to arrange a settlement when President Eisenhower was away on his ll -natkai goodwill trip abroad.

Mitchell related that one or thr other of the parties, or both, mei quietly eight or ten thnes at he home of the vice president. Nixon also met with the heads ol the 11 major companies, comprising the industry policy team, in New York, Mitchell disclosed. The basic recommendation was made by Nbcon and Mitchell Thursday morning, the day that the vice president left for California, Mitchell disclosed. "His (Nixon's), influence, his leadership, and his prestige were very significant in this settlement the labor secretary added. Committee Studies Terms Mitchell said the only reason the terms were withheld was to give the union 's 170-member Wage Policy committee time to consider and ratify the proposal.

McDonald said he wanted to commend Elsenhower, Nixon and Mitchell for their etbrts during the long stalemate. Cooper, chiei industry negotiator, seconded that commendation, saying, "the same goes for me too." Ckioper, asked whether the steel indushy will be letniired to boost prices because ol the steel settlement, said, "I do not care to dls- ousis that subject." All but the final detaUs had been worked out some hours earlier. WASH1N(5T0N (AP) Settlement of the steel wage dispute today promptly set off rival pre- dictidnt about its possible effects on the political future of Vice President Richard M. Nixon. These quickly on the heels of a statement by Secretary Labor James P.

Mitchell that the vice president we would not have had a settlement." Mitchell, who with Nixon brought about the settlement in semlse- cret meeting with both sides, added: "His (Nixon's) influence, his leadership and his prestige were very significant In this settlement." The Senate GOP leader, Sen. Everett M. Dhltsen of Dlinols said Nbton's role in the settlement "should enhance the vice president's stature Immediately In the ej'es of the country." But Sen. Vance Hartke (D-Ind), Striking steelworkers and cfooi inrfiicfru ahtAfherf Separate uicerview, ozsagreeo New Telephone Number Cards At Rural Fire Dept. Due to the change from manual to dial telephones the numbers at the Mt.

Vernon rural fire department have been changed. To report a fire dial CH 2-2151. For all other business with the fire department dial CH 4-3824. Fire Chief Carl Jones said that new fire-phone cards have been printed and contain the new dial numbers. He said everyone In the Jefferson fire protection district is invited to call at the fire station, 806 south 17th, and pick up one of tiie new cards.

At the same time, he said, they should reche'ck the fire number and location of their own property on file at the fire department. heatedly. He termed the praise lor Nixon "a pretty obvious attempt to make political hay out ol the public welfare." "I don't think Nbm's stature can be enhanced," Hartke added. "1 dn't think he has any appeal to the Independent voters." The political aspect of Nixon's DEAR ABBY: My husband Is a high school teacher. A mother once came to him complaining about the amount of homework her daughter had.

My husband asked five students who were making straight "A's" if they had time to do their homework. They all said YES. Then he asked five students who were making a average the same question. Three sadd YES and two said NO. Then he asked five who were barely passing.

They ALL said NO. Then my husband suggested that the mother Investigate and fnd out how much actual time her daughter was putting in at home. The mother reported that she discovered her daughter was sketching, writing personal letters, talking on the phone and snacking about half the time. That's the last time that mother ever complained but homework. NO NAME PLEASE (We have to eat.) DEAR AfiBY: I am with MOTHER OF THREE aU the way.

I have four children in school and their teachers give them homework like there's no tomorrow. Each teacher thinks his (or her) subject Is the only one the student is canying. If a child carries five subjects Just before Mitchell's announcement Mitchell and Cooper had taken the terms to McDonald's hotel room for a final check-over. Before matters reached lhati stage a government official had reported announcement of an agreement might be made "within an hour or so." Republican presidential nomination this year. "I am very pleased the strike is settled without the necessity for legislation, which probably would have been distasteful to both management and labor," said Rep.

Hale 6(xgs (0-La). Rep. Carroll D. Keams (R-Pa) said the settlement "saved collective ttargahilng." Sen. Kenneth B.

Keating (R-NY); issued a statement congratulating Nixon, Mitchell and representatives of the union and industry. Rep. Qarence Brown (R-Ohio) expressed fear that tlie settlement might add to inflationary trends. Gray Running For 4th Term WEST FRANKFORT, 111. (AP) Kenneth J.

Gray (D-EI) today announced his candidacy for a fourth term from the 25th district ol southern Ultaiols. Gray said, "It has never been my hitention to perpetuate myself in office but many projects I am working on for southern Illinois need additional funds and other attention." He said the area needs his "seniority and experience on such important committees as roads, public works and rivers and harbors." Goal once was believed to be useless and hi some places the sale of anthracite was declared a fraud punishable by law. The diameleon has an Insect- catching tongue twice as long as its body. the teachers get together and decide which one vrtll give the homework for that night? If they cooperated and gave each DEAR ABBY: It is obvious from your reply to "MOTHER OF THREE" that you don have any children In high school. Have you' CURIOUS DEAR CURIOUS: I have.

A freshman son and a senior daughter. DEAR ABBY: I am an American and have traveled all over the world. When I saw the letter from MOTHER OF THREE, my bood boiled. Our American children don't know what work is. They have been spoiled and pam- iPered until it dlsgusUng.

No wonder some of our high school students can't spell or write. Children In other nations who are fortunate enough to get an work In school from 8 :00 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. When they get home they put in at least another hours. And I never yet heard one of those children (or their parents) complain.

"ALL AMERICAN" DEAR ABBY: After reading the letter from MOTHER OF THREE, as a FATHER SIX, I would like to put in my Uvo cents. Three of my children have finl-shed their education and three are still in school. There Is NO comparison between the amount of homework the older ones had and what the younger are now required To do. The older ones had plenty of time for play, helping with household chores, music lessons AND homework. The younger ones have so much homework they don't even have time for haircuts, dental appointments or outside play.

I suppose it is due to the stepped-up pace of living. What's the hurrv Where arc we rushing? To the grave? FATHER OF SIX? DEAR ABBY: To MOTHER OF THREE Our lO-year-old fifth grader complained about too much homework. We set up his schedule: When he comes home from school, he has one hour in which to do as he wishes. From then on, homework until it is finished. The only intenuption being dinner.

No outside activities or TV. It is amazing how the complaints stopped and the homework was finished and there jwas still plenty of tiaio for a family gabfest and a bath before MOTHER OF ONE What's your pi-oblem? For a personal reply, write to ABBY, paper. Enclose a care of th stamped, self-addressed envelope. 362 Traffic Deaths In U. S.

Over Holiday By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Traffic 362 Fu-es 61 Miscellaneous 73 Total A grim record toll ol traffic deaths for a three-day New Year holiday appeared likely today as the count soared far in excess of the pre-holiday estimate ol 320, Delayed reports of fatalities the highways during the long holiday weekend were expected to boost the total past the record of 364 set in a three-day New Year weekend in 1955-1956. The traffic fatalities, deaths In fires and in miscellaneous accidents also appeared likely to top the over-all record for any three day New Year holiday. The record of 513 was set in the 1955-1956 holiday period. But the National Safety Council, which had esthnated a traffic toll of 320, said it did not believe the final figures would surpass the record traffic total lor the 409 in the loupday period in 1956-1957. BLADDEirWEIUiS worried UncUVKI but MwiuUn' or Stront oommonj try yount tnct oM, See how fast rau Imprtfiw.

TTie count started at 6 p.m. local time Thursday and ended at midnight Sunday. Deaths on the highway, many hi multi-fatal accidents, were far below the heavy toll ol 493 reported in the three-day Christmas weekend. However, more persons lost theh: lives in fires during the New Year period. The number killed in miscellaneous type accidents was about the same.

Traffic generally Is lighter and travel distances shorter during the New Year period. The Associated Press in a sur vey during a non-holiday period of 78 hours, from 6 p.m. Thursday Dec. 10 to midnight Sunday, Dec. 13, recorded 324 deaths in traffic accklents.

The survey also showed 22 killed hi fires and 68 deaths in miscellaneaus accidents, lor a total ol 414. Development Group Holds Meeting Here The Mt. Vernon Community Development Committee held its first meeting of the new year this morning at city hall, with Earl D. Jamison, the new president, presiding. In outlining plans of the group for 1960 Jamison said, "We must all boost Mt.

Vernon at every opportunity presented to us." He said the group should advocate' a policy of "Let's not wait for things to happen, let's make them happen." The meeting was attended by 25 representatives of local organizations and, Jamison said, 1960 prospects were hailed with enthusiasm. Goffrey Hughes, executive director of Southern Illinois, was guest speaker at the meeting here today. He spoke on Mt. Vernon's potential for industrial development. He sfoke on the possibilities of intersection of Interstate highways, coupled with "hopes that Rend Lake and the canalization of Big Muddy River will be realized." If and when such projects are realized, he said, Mt.

Vernon would become a heavy industrial manufacturing area and would gain in light manufacturing. He said Mt. Vernon could also a great transportation hub. H. E.

Gearhart. area conservationist, spoke on the possibilities of auxiliary water awaiting the time that a big water development can be realized. According to a medical survey, elderly persons who live alone do not sleep as well as those who are married. Births Mr. and Mrs.

Billy Gene Bowers of Belle Rive are the parents o( a son bom at 6:05 o'clock this morning in Memorial hospital. He weighed eight pounds five ounces. A daughter was bom to Mr. and Mrs. Billy Forst of 322 north Eighth street at 7:40 o'clock this morning in Good Samaritan hospital.

She weighed seven pounds, eight ounces and has been named Leesa Dawn. Mr. and Mrs. Wlliiam Carlyle of 215 south 16th street are the parents of a son born at 8:21 o'clock yesterday morning In Good Samailtan hospital. He weighed eight pounds fifteen ounces.

For you jDUr family your guests GRIGG'S FINE FOODS 1019 Mahi St. Mt. Vernon, Bl. Hands Market will be closed all day Tues- doy, Jan. 5, for the funeral of Mrs.

Arley Rector, mother of Mr. Hand. T-V Not All Good -Not All Bad Hemorrhoids What general effect vieteing televition hate on a child? it good or bad? A. From one recent study it seems that viewing T-V is neither as bad as some say nor as "broadening" as others would have us believe. There was no evidence that viewing led to eyestrain, sleep disturbances, or lack, of concentration in school.

The investigators concluded that if television is a window on the world, it gives a view not so different from that provided by books, comics, films and radio programs. On the other hand, the ability of T-V to "broaden" a child's mind is not very different from that of any other form of mass media. Q. I undentand that geotu remove heiHorrhoidt in a Kay to prevent ilhem from eonung hack. Would all guarantee the A reader.

A. Certain general principles are followed by all surgeons in cor- lectiDg hemorrhoids there, might be variations in the exact procedure used by individual surgeons. Those hemorrhoids removed will not come back but others can develop in the same area. There is never any absolute guarantee of complete success. Questions directed to Science Edt' tors, Box 396, Madison Sq.

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