The Parsons Sun from Parsons, Kansas • 2

PAGE 2 THE PARSONS KANSAS SUN TUESDAY JANUARY 4 1972 Crash Injures Vacationers JhsL 0mh dfacoJuL Two Companies Gasoline Bids Accepted by City located in the southwest section of the city from the US Army Reserve Center east to Ashwood and from Southern south to Rosewood Southern Oaks contains about 40 acres and is owned by Louis DaHarb 1630 Corning and Dr Bair 2601 Gabriel Second Home Addition is compromised of about eight acres and owned by Home Investment Co of Parsons Rezoning of a two-acre tract in Southern Oaks Addition also was approved for a proposed new building to be constructed for an office of the Parsons district schools superintendent The land was rezoned from single residential to office and professional building A building at 1931 Main which now houses the Subway tavern officially was condemned by passage of a resolution The building is owned by the Parsons Urban Renewal Agency and scheduled for removal In other business commission ers agreed to annex a 10-acre tract belonging to Mrs Russell Drumm at 1402 North Boulevard Mrs Drumm had requested annexation Transferral of an ambulance license from a 1964 to a 1963 Cadillac was approved for De Muth Ambulance Service at 2300 Main A Paola couple traveling to Texas vacation was injured Monday afternoon in a collision on US59 highway five miles south of Parsons Orval Burton 56 driver of a 1971 Chevrolet and his wife Mrs Marguerite Burton 53 were taken to the Labette Coun ty Medical Center by ambulance after the accident which occurred about 2:20 pm Burton was reported in poor condition today with cuts to his right arm and possible chest injuries Mrs Burton was describ ed as in fair condition with forehead cut and a fractured bone in her left hand The Burton car was south bound when it collided with car driven by Wayne Myers 75 of 714 Central accordin to Burris Milliron state highway trooper Milliron said Myers who was testing a 1969 Buick from a Parsons car dealer had pulled onto the right shoulder and was making a U-turn to return to town when the accident occurred The Burton vehicle spun around and stopped ir a ditch after the impact Myers was in good condition today with possible head and shoulder injuries A passenger in the Myers car William Geasland 4320 Main was examined and released from the hos pital Milliron estimated damages at $1000 to the car driven by Myers and $3000 to the Burton vehicle Wall Street NEW YORK (AP) Latest stock prices: AP PHOTOFAX shire Democratic presidential primary At left is Robert Stark Massachusetts secretary of state Peabody had 2005 petitions filed FOR V-P Endicott Peabody right former governor of Massachusetts today filed his papers for vice president of the United States in the New Hamp- Summer Programs Parsons District Gets New Funds Officials of Unified School District 503 have been notified of an additional $23897 federal grant which will enable the district to continue summer reading and remedial mathematics programs will allow us to continue summer Reit-emeier assistant school superintendent said Monday can also beef up the regular term reading program plus buying equipment and The new grant is an addition to an original $90626 received for the current school year It Aerospace Pact Is Discussed By Pay Board WASHINGTON (AP) The Pay Board was expected to order its first wage rollback today cutting a 12-per-cent raise for aerospace workers probably to 8 per cent or less But it appeared to be an open question whether the board would honor its own new rule limiting all pay raises in new contracts to no more than 7 per cent even in special circumstances Various sources said all 10 business and public members were determined to vote against the five labor members and order a cut of some amount Not all of them however were reported ready to roll the aerospace raise back to 7 per cent A Pay Board spokesman said the panel went into session about 10 am but immediately broke up into separate meetings of labor business and public members The noon hour passed without the board going again into full session On another matter the five business members were reported ready to press for a legally binding regulation that would automatically cut off future pay raises in old contracts exceeding 7 per cent a year Business member Virgil Day a General Electric Co vice president said the business members would propose such a regulation during meetings this week Heavy Damage In Home Fire A fire which started in a chimney flue caused several thousand dollars damage to a Parsons home Monday night during a freezing drizzle mixed with snow Firemen received a report at 7:58 pm of smoke in the James Titus home at 1818 Clark Flames were discovered inside a chimney when firemen arrived at the home No injuries were reported Mrs Titus said the family was watching television when she smelled smoke and called the fire department Engel Parsons fire chief said today the fire burned up the chimney to the roof but did not penetrate the roof Imitation logs were used in the living room fire place The chimney was located in the center of the three-story house Holes were chopped in walls to extinguish flames inside the chimney Engel said Breathing apparatus was used by firemen to enter the second floor and attic of the home Flames also spread across the inside walls of a second floor bedroom and were extinguished by firemen standing outside the home on a roof Seven firemen using two trucks fought the fire in bitter cold more than two hours Those from station No 2 returned to their quarters at 10:10 pm and others returned to station No 1 at 10:25 pm Lawsuit Charges False Ad Claims DETROIT (AP) A $15-mil-lion suit has been filed in US District Court charging the makers of Bayer Aspirin the American Medical Association-AMA-and the American Broadcasting Co with conspiring to deceive the public with false advertising claims Also named as defendants were Detroit television station WXYZ and an unidentified advertising agency City Project December Arrests Show Gain Hospitals LABETTE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER Visiting hours: 1:30 to 4:30 pm (Obstetrical section 2:30 to 4:30 pm) and 6:30 to 8:30 pm (Visiting now temporarily sus-pended) Admitted Monday: Mrs Alfred Holding 1 Walnut Fred (Doc) Reeves The Parsonian Hotel Mrs Thelma Dye Belmont Towers Mrs Floyd Jobe Erie Wayne Myers 714 Central Dismissed Sunday: Master William Quinzy 1913 Apple-ton Dismissed Monday: Clarence Williams 2411 Stevens Mrs Bessie McWilliams Westgate Apartments Miss Wilma Vail 1501 Washington Mrs Bessie Cole 1 Oswego Mrs Hazel Robinson 2625 Clark Mrs Cora Lee Parsons nursing home Joseph Wor-rall 715 29th Mrs Virginia Rowe Kansas City KATY HOSPITAL Visiting Hours 1-4 pm Admitted Monday: Mary Taylor 2 Parsons John Salmon of Fort Scott Dismissed Monday: Nellie Skolaut 301 Katy OSWEGO HOSPITAL Visiting hours: 1:30 pm to 8:30 pm Dismissed Tuesday: Lillian Evans Oswego Mary Pender Oswego Mrs Louis Lincoln Chetopa Area Hospitals GIRARD Howard Stevens and Mrs Thelma Parsons both of McCune admitted JOPLIN ST Joe Hamilton Stark dismissed COLUMBUS CITY Mrs Flora Best 3 Columbus Mrs Helen Roberts Frank Dec-kard Mrs Jolly Montee Kimberly Fairbanks and Karen Pope all of Scammon admitted Dale Westervelt and Mrs Nettie Long both of Cherokee Mrs Lennie Mosler Hallowell and James Giedon Mrs Bessie Johnson and Mrs Arthur Hal-lam all of Scammon dismissed PITTSBURG MT CARMEL -Frank Ascanio and Dorothy Pruitt both of Cherokee and Mary Martin Scammon admitted INDEPENDENCE MERCY -John McCreary and Mrs David Williams both of Cherryvale and Mrs Edward Kellogg Parsons admitted Mrs Vickie Rorie Cherryvale dismissed COFFEYVILLE MEMORIAL Mrs Michael Shook Cherry' vale admitted WILSON COUNTY Aubrey DeWitt and Mrs Robert Me Claren both of Cherryvale dis missed CHANUTE NEOSHO Mrs James McGee Erie admitted and dismissed MIAMI BAPTIST Lahoma Cravens Welch admitted Births To Mr and Mrs Thomas Hayward of Oswego a son in Pitts burg Mt Carmel Medical Cen ter To Mr and Mrs Larry Wetherell 201 11th Parsons a daughter in Joplin Freeman Hospital i To Mr and Mrs Gary Block 16 Michael Drive a son at 8:33 pm Jan 3 in the Labette Coun ty Medical Center Police-Court Jay Hoffman 1431 Grand forfeited $16 for speeding Wilson Stewart 610 25th forfeited $5 for running a stop sign Fires Firemen received an alarm at 8:48 am today at 1608 Ken nedy the home of Mrs Susan Sayers Officials found a small trash fire on the back porch Lodge Notices There will be a Parsons Jay cee board meeting at 7:30 tonight at the Recreation Cen ter THE PARSONS SUN Second class postage paid at Parsons Kansas 67357 Published Evenings Except Sunday by THE SUN PUBLISHING COMPANY 220 South Eighteenth Parsons Kansas Clyde Reed Max Nutt Martin Thomas Edgar Jones Marvin Blankinship Editor and Publisher Business Manager Managing Editor Circulation Manager Mechanical Supt SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier in City of Parsons J206 a Month in Advance By Mail in Parsons City Zone One Year (2472 Six Months (1339 Three Months (773 By Mail in Parsons Trade Territory One Year (1236 Six Months (670 Three Months (386 Town Box Holders in Trade Territory (Where Carrier Service is Maintained) One Year (1 4 42 Six Months (773 Three Months (489 By Mail Outside Parsons Trade Territory in Kansas One Year (2472 Six Months (1288 Three Months (773 Bv Mail Outside Kansas One Yeir (2500 Six Months (1300 Three Months (750 MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use of republication of all the local news printed in this newspaper as well ss all AP news dispstches Gasoline bids submitted by two companies were accepted Monday night by Parsons city commissioners The Farmers Cooperative Assn 409 20th will provide gasoline for vehicles at the city garage at a cost of 121 cents per gallon Standard Oil Co represented here by George A Auman 701 35th received a contract to deliver gasoline to Lake Parsons at 212 cents per gallon A Brown of the Brown Oil Tire Co in Parsons also bid on the contract Richard Combs a commissioner did not attend the half-hour meeting because of illness He is ill at home with the flu Two beer licenses were Issued to John George 403 Murdock for the Blue Lounge at 208 Central and The Place at 120 Central Commissioners denied earlier applications made for the clubs by Charles Newkirk of 2 Parsons The previous applications were rejected because Newkirk has been charged with violations of state liquor laws Two plats recommended by the Parsons Planning Commission were approved by commissioners The 48 acres within adjacent areas of Southern Oaks and Second Home Addition are Fire Loss Here An annual report released today by Engel Parsons fire chief estimated the total fire loss for 1971 at $6123931 The 1971 loss is $2264242 below that recorded for 1970 Firemen also made 26 fewer runs this year listing 244 runs compared to 270 the previous year Parsons residents lost $3545 on buildings and $8550 on contents destroyed by fire and not covered by insurance A total of $3366931 lost from buildings was covered by insurance plus another $15475 for contents which were covered The value of buildings endangered by fire was set at $4-736970 with $3761945 of insurance in effect Contents threatened were valued at $590150 with $548725 of insurance The fire department made 218 fire runs in the city 18 fewer than in 1970 Six rural contract runs compared to 16 last year were recorded plus 20 resuscitator calls an increase of four Thirty-eight houses and 22 commercial buildings were included among the 66 fires re- Frizzell Named To Federal Post WASHINGTON (AP) For-mer Kansas Atty Gen Kent Frizzell has been named acting assistant attorney general for the lands and natural resources division of the Justice Department Atty Gen John Mitchell an nounced the appointment Monday night and said Frizzell a Wichita Republican and former state senator would begin work Thursday Frizzell succeeds Shro Kash-iwa who has been appointed judge of the US Court of Claims Frizzell unsuccessfully sought the chair in 1970 but was defeated by Gov Robert Docking Congress is not in session so Frizzel was given the post on an acting basis He is expected to be nominated by President Nixon when Congress returns in two weeks The $38000-a-year job is subject to conirmation by the Senate serves as a community building The mayor said about $1500 is contained in a fund for a community structure Dunnick named to the board Eulalia Timson one year Lois Rockefeller and Helen Stewart two years Jackie McGuire and Mazie Davison three years Barbara Chambers and Agnes Strathe four years The mayor said he will call a meeting of the board soon to help it get organized and to explain its function He said it will be advised of funds available under the 1972 city budget The budget contains a 15-mill library levy At the Monday night meeting the council designated the McCune Herald as the official city newspaper and the McCune State Bank as the official depository The Parsons Police Department monthly report released today by Harry Tims chief of police shows a slight increase in arrests during December There were 45 arrests in December an increase of six from November One incident of grand larceny was reported the same as the previous month Twenty cases of petty larceny were investigated down 13 28 cases of vandalism down six and 12 burglaries up four One stolen bicycle was reported to police Officers received 77 general complaints compared to 123 in November They provided assistance 112 times and found 17 open doors or windows Police issued 109 traffic cita- Bids Disclosed For Chess Match NEW YORK (AP) The Yugoslavian capital of Belgrade has offered a high bid of $152-000 to be the site of next world championship chess match between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer The US Chess Federation disclosed Monday that 10 nations and 5 cities had competed in the bidding that produced the largest cash prize offers in the history of tournament chess In Liberia (DsmJtliiu Mrs Pearl Sutherland Mrs Pearl Sutherland a resident of Parsons since 1923 died at 7:05 am today in the Labette County Medical Center Mrs Sutherland whose home was at 1325 Briggs had been ill since October and entered the hospital Thursday She and Sutherland were married on June 16 1919 in Kansas City and came to Parsons four years later He survives at the home Mrs Sutherland was born on July 17 1899 in Greenwood County the daughter of Ben and Ollie Wilson Johnson and grew up in Argentine Kan She was a member of the Church of the Brethren Also surviving are three sons William of Long Beach Calif Charles Jr and Richard II both of Wichita five daughters Mrs Ernest Ashmore of Pueblo Colo Mrs George Rickies of Wolford Heights Calif Mrs Floyd Speck of Cen-tralia Mo Mrs Lester Hersch of Walla Walla Wash and Mrs Roy Divine of Parsons Two sisters Mrs Alpha Fitch and Mrs Viola Cox both of Kansas City Kan 33 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren Services will be held at 10:30 am Friday at the Church of the Brethren conducted by the Rev Terry Hatfield and burial will be in Springhill Cemetery Friends may call at the Bur-ris-Wall Funeral Home after noon Wednesday Mrs Lavicey Smay Mrs Lavicey Ellen Smay 91 years old died at 7 am today in a Parsons nursing home where she had resided since Aug 14 1970 She was the mother of Charles Smay 2326 Crawford the Labette County engineer Mrs Smay was born on March 23 1880 Her family name was Harvey Her husband Wesley Grant Smayc died on Dec 28 1957 She was a member of the Church of the Open Bible Also surviving are a daughter Mrs Helen Bump of Kingsport Tenn and two other sons Cecil Smay of Mechanicsville Iowa and Earl Smay of Fort Smith Ark Arrangements will be announced by the Burris-Wall Funeral Home jtwo saying: We hand-printed pink love you bless The women wore either long gowns or colorful native costumes The men were resplendent with colorful decorations on their white vests There were paramount chiefs the highest tribal leaders in traditional robes The party was typical of most inaugural hot and so crowded it was hard for the waiters to get around with the refreshments Graham said he left at home his African Redemption decoration which President Tubman gave him 10 years ago so he borrowed a similar one the Star of Africa from President brother Stephen He also borrowed a white vest from him NEW LOCATION A FOSTER LAWYER 14-A Parsons Plaza 421-2930 Parsons Kan Less in 1971 ported this year Mobile homes sheds garages and a dog house also caught fire There were 48 grass andor trash fires 36 motor vehicle fires 18 smoke investigations 15 calls to flush gasoline and 11 false alarms Miscellaneous reports were accounted for by seven boxcar fires five electrical shorts three assistance runs an overheated electric motor two overturned flare pots sidewalk lights on Parsons Plaza lightning pranksters a lawn mower and a wrong address Nixon in West To Meet Sato SAN DIEGO Calif (AP) -President Nixon in California to meet with prime minister flies here today to boost American shipbuilders who face stiff competition from Japanese and European yards Deputy Press Secretary Gerald Warren told newsmen that Nixon a great inter est in strengthening the maritime and noted that Congress has passed administration-backed legislation for heavy federal subsidization of modern vessels that otherwise would be build in shipyards overseas where construction costs are lower Japan in particular has been a maior builder of super tankers a breed of oceangoing giant that has not been constructed in the United States because of higher price tags The legislation enacted in 1970 could open the way for building of such vessels in the US with resultant increases in lagging shipyard payrolls Nixon apparently on short notice decided to visit the San Diego yards of the National Steel and Shipbuilding Co one of many feeling the burden of lower-cost foreign competition The President who gave no advance clue of the specific reason for his visit and informal address arrived Monday night at his San Clemente a 60-mile helicopter flight away from yards On Thursday and Friday the chief executive will be host at San Clemente to Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato Because of trade and other differences that have arisen between the United States and Japan the Nixon-Sato summit is widely expected to be the most contentious of six the President has been holding with leaders of major allies The Country Parson rather watch folks from the church display honesty than to hear it brings the total project amount to $114523 Both grants are within the Title I funds allocated by the US Office of Education for reading mathematics health programs supplies and cultural enrichment projects such as an instructional television studio at Parsons Junior High School All funds are distributed by the Kansas Department of Education The Title I program was initiated in 1965 for strengthening programs aimed at low-income students tions a decrease of 42 from the previous month There were 41 summonses issued a drop of five from the 46 recorded in November Forty-seven traffic accidents were reported and 43 investigated In November the respective totals were 62 and 38 Five injuries resulted from December accidents compared to only one the previous month Overtime parking tickets issued last month totaled 3154 and police court collections a-mounted to $415825 a decrease of $51350 Gold Price Rises On Free Markets LONDON (AP) The price of gold rose to record highs for the second straight day today in London and Zurich the two most important gold markets in the world Dealers attributed the rise to technical factors in the gold market unrelated to the strength of the dollar In London gold rose in morning trading to between $4425 and $4450 an ounce a new high since the free market opened here in March 1968 In Zurich gold rose to between $4425 and $4445 an ounce also a record on that Swiss market children died three weeks ago Mrs Nixon dance ei- ther Tolbert honored the American First Lady with the Grand Cordon of the Most Venerable Order of Knighthood of the Pioneers of the Republic of Liberia In an elaborate citation to Thelma Catherine Patricia Nixon he said that by triumphing over adversity in her early life she became a living symbol of what the American dream can He called her a woman of courage strength of character and fortitude of who had excelled in everything she set her hand to Mrs Nixon said she accepted the decoration with pride for the American people and it would go in the presidential library as a reminder of mutual respect affection and love When Tolbert hung the greenribboned star-shaped decoration around Mrs neck he bestowed the cheek-to-cheek embrace traditional here The presidential party sat at a long table on a stage beneath Admiral Allied Ch Allis Ch Alcoa Am Airline Am Cyan AM Motors Am Ampex Cp Anaconda Atl Rich Avco Cp Beth Stl Boeing Celanese Cessna A Cities Svc CBS Com Sat Cont Can Cor GW Curtiss Wr Dow Chm du Pont East Kod Echlin Mf Emer El FMC Cp Ford Gen Dynam Gen Elec Gen Mills Gen Mot Tel El Grace Greyhound Halliburt Hercules Homestake I Int Harv Katy Ind Kerr Me Kresge SS Litton Martin McDon Mid Util Minn MM Nabisco Nat Gyp Nort Sim Okla GE Okla Gas Pan Am Panh EP Penn Cen Penney JC Phill Pet Proc RCA Reyn Met Ryder Sys St Joe St Reg Sa Fe Ind Sears Sperry Cal Ind NJ Texaco Timken Trans A Un Carbide Un Elec US Steel Wn Union Westg El Dow Jones Averages NEW YORK (AP) Dow Jones 2 pm stock averages: 30 Indus 89088 158 20 Transp 24410 096 15 Util 11784 022 65 Stocks 31037 077 Chicago Grain Chicago (AP) Wheat No 2 hard red 164n No 2 soft red 168n Corn No 2 yellow 120n Oats No 2 extra heavy white 76n Soybeans No 1 yellow 304n Soybean oil 1105n Mrs Nixon Attends Ball McCune Library Board Appointed MONROVIA Liberia (AP) Billy Graham borrowed a decoration and white vest to wear and danced the cha cha President William Tolbert came late and stayed late And Pat Nixon got highest decoration at gala inaugural ball Monday night There was a grand march with all the distinguished guests promenading Then dancing until after midnight to the music of three bands including one from Grambling College in Louisiana The featured vocalist was Maitta Fahn Bulleh whose father was released from prison recently by President Tolbert He had been convicted of attempting to assassinate predecessor the late President William Tubman was thanks for my she said after singing for Tolbert The festivities capped colorful inauguration day There was one sad note however The president dance' because one of his eight Special to The Sun McCUNE Mayor Frankie Dunnick appointed a city library board Monday night at a meeting of the city council Voters approved creation of a city library in an election last spring A library operated by the McCune Improvement Club at the Scout House will become the city ibrary Volunteers from the club have served as librarians The mayor said volunteers probably will continue to run the library No 3lans have been made to hire a ibrarian Dunnick said the city hopes to build a new community building sometime in the future and place the library in it At present the Scout House.