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rTT-y yyMr SMpaii yiji'yysir'pftityia THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1960 yw yr ivyyrpw 7 aJ- I "8 MfyyggHi jtM UHMlIuy pWl i a -Y, yvy i vi i. 1 Vv yv Wj 4, jV vw- v' iiY'-0 List Float Winners for Homecoming Winners in the annual homecoming parade of Rook Island High School yfcsterday afternoon were announced as a climax to homecoming activities last night at the game against Washington of Cedar Rapids. First place went to the float, Lick Em, a large Ice cream cone, assembled by the homerooms of Mrs. Mary Brent, George Franck and Jerry Symons. Well Cook Their Goose" was chosen second place.

It was entered by the homerooms of Julian Peterson and H. V. Almquist. Tied for third were "Were Not Lion," entered by the homerooms of Miss Dorothy Hall, Miss Sophia Kougeores, Robert Lentz and Robert Motz, and "Yogi Bear Sez, the work of the homerooms of Miss Kathryn Boyd, Sam Chilton and John Bevill. According the panel of three judges, this years homecoming parade was one of the most outstanding ever.

The number and the quality of floats were termed exceptional. After Rock Island gridmen defeated Washington 21 to 13, students staged a Victory Homecoming Dance in the gymnasium with some 700 attending. Linda Moore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.

E. Moore, 1542 28th Rock Island, homecoming queen, reigned at the dance as well as at the football game. 17 More Briefs Filed in TV Channel Case WASHINGTON (Special) The Federal Communication'' Commission Friday allowed two applicants for television Channel1 8, Moline, to file additional brief in the prolonged proceeding on the Quad-Citys third TV outlet. HI! way Television, and Moline Television both of whom are seeking to have the record in the case reopened, want to -answer charges made against them by Community Telecasting Corp. An FCC examiner last April, la an initial decision in the case, re- commended Community be award- ed the channel over four other applicants.

llliway and Moline want the record reopened to refute what they contend is false and defamatory matter in communitys case. Community protested the mov -and questioned the motives of th two stations in wanting the record renpsned. At issue is the evidence Community presented relating to the experience of Its executive vice president and general mana ger, Mark Wadlinger, 33 Linwood Davepnort. Before oral arguments, the next major step in the case, can be set, the ECC will have to rule on the two applicants request to reopen the record. Should the commission grant the request the case could go on indefinitely.

The hearing in the case, which began Jan. 26, J959, was the out-growth of a 1957 FCC order transferring the very high frequency channel from Peoria to Moline. At one time there were eight applicants in the case but, three dropped out. ate, center, and Illinois Governor William G. Stratton, right.

The pair are shown cheering for the Rocks while Morris E. Muhleman, left, of Rock Island looks on. (Argus Photo.) CHEER FOR ROCK ISLAND On hand to view Rock Island High School's football team trounce Washington of Cedar Rapids last night were Samuel Witwer, candidate for the United States Sen A. 't, A. -A- A V- The float was entered by homerooms of Mrs, Mary Brent, George Franck and Jerry Symons.

(Argus Photo.) vkfau L1CKIN GOOD This large ice cream cone bearing the inscription Let's lick em was judged the best float in the Rock Island High School homecoming parade yesterday afternoon. Three Carpenters Union Officials Await Sentencing U.N. Troops Given Orders To Fire at Congo Rebels Delegate to Cuba Comes Back to U.S. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) U.S.

Ambassador Philip W. Bonsai arrived from Cuba today and indications were that he would not return to the Island Depublic. Bonsai, his wife and two secretaries fame 'n aboard the City of New Orleans, a luxurious car ferry which makes regular runs between the Port of Palm Beach and Havana. The Bonsai party had more than 40 pieces of luggage, Including five large trunks, and a 1959 model (Ford) automobile. Three par- cels were labeled State Department and were locked and sealed with metal strips.

Bonsai would not indicate whether he Plans to return to Cuba or will take another assignment. He said the secretary of state had ordered him home for series of conferences, "which is normal. However, the luggage Indicated he does not plan to return to Cuba soon. Bonsai and his wife left Immediately to drive to Knoxville, -Tenn her family home. He said they plan to leave Knoxville Wednesday for Washington, Nine Motorists Are Assessed In Police Court INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Three top Carpenters Union officials awaited sentencing today after being convicted of bribing an Indiana highway official latest in a series of highways scandals that have rocked Indiana the last four years.

Convicted Friday night of bribing Harry Doggett, former right-of-way buyer for the Highway Department, were Maurice Hutcheson, president of the member intemation union; O. William Blaier, vice president, and Frank M. Chapman, treasurer. Criminal Court Judge M. Wal- Court Halted To Watch Nixon Parade DAVENPORT Police Magistrate Phillip Steffen Jr.

adjourned police court for a few moments today in order that he and others in the courtroom could see vice president Richard M. Nixon, his wife and entourage as they passed the city had. After the political parade bad passed, Steffen levied fines of $50 on each of two counts against John M. Mayer, 550 26th Rock Island. Mayer was charged with operating a motor vehicle without a valid drivers license and also for improper registration.

It was learned during the testimony that Mayer had taken plates from another persons car and displayed them on the car he was driving when arrested. In other action today Samuel Duvall, 1709 Perry St was fined $20 for speeding, as was Roy W. Chamberlin, 624 43rd St Rock Island, on the same count Other speeders fined were Charles Hinternerger, 2611 Jefferson $14; Harry C. Carter, Route 2, Davenport, $15; Phillip Rotundo 2926 Jersey Ridge $15; William R. Kniegge 3015 E.

18th St, $5. Other speeders fined today include Gary G. Graham, 3009 E. Locust $10; Wilbur F. Godfrey, 3116 Keota $15.

Freddie L. Richards, 1829 W. 1st was assessed costs of $4.85 for amuffler violation; Vingene Martens, 2023 Brudge was fined $10 for following another vehicle too closely; Elwood D. Pyle, 3436 Sturdevant, $10 for failure to have his vehicle under control, and Ray M. Argudlo, 1415 W.

7th St. was assessed costs of $4.85 for having no vaiid drivers license. George Stack, 3209 Marquette paid $10 for running a stop light, and Charmaine Coghill, 225 W. 3rd $21 for unpaid tickets and a fine of $29 for a total of $50. Guy E.

Tutur, 918 Madisom Davenport, was fined $31.85 for assault and battery. Song Fete Set Tomorrow at Moline Church MOLINE A Fall Festival of Song will be presented by Tabernacle Baptist Church choir at 7:30 tomorrow night in the church at 26th Ave. and 15th Moline. The St. Gecrge Greek' Orthodox Church choir will be featured.

Other participating will be Second Baptist Church, Rock Island; Mount Zion, East Moline, and Bethel AME, Davenport. Featured soloists will be Miss Leah Collins of First Methodist Church, Moline; Mrs Harriet Harper of Second Baptist Church, Davenport, and the Tri-City Har-monettes. Mrs. Lillian' Wallace of first Mission Covenant Church Will give a dramatic reading. The public is invited.

Puerto Rican Bishops Issue Second Letter SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) Puerto Ricos Roman Catholic bishops said in a second pastoral letter Friday that Gov. Luis Munoz Marins ruling Popular Democratic party is anti-Christian and voting for it is a sin. America, an influential weekly put out by the Jesuits in New York, challenged the interference of the bishops in the islands politics. Munoz Marin is a Catholic himself and favored to win re-election as governor of the commonwealth, whose population is 90 per cent Catholic. The second letter was issued, the bishops said, to correct certain inexact interpretations of the first one, which had contained the original order against voting for the Popular Democrats.

Archbishop James P. Davis said at first that whether it was obeyed was a matter between a Catholic and his conscience, while Bishops James E. McManus and Luis Aponte Martinez contended disobedience would be a sin. Friday in South Bend, Archbishop Davis told newsmen the first letter was issued because he and the two other bishops felt we could no longer keep quiet after 20 years of constant disregard for moral principles as such and Catholic tradition. Says U.S.

Different The archbishop continued, If democracy in Puerto Rico had achieved the maturity of democracy in the United States, the letter would not have been necessary. He denied that he and the other signers were playing poll-tfcsr The second letter said the real issue is whether, to a Catholic, it is licit in conscience to vote against his own religious convictions, not whether the bishops restrained or not the free expression of the voting right. All three bishops said flatly that it is not (licit) religiously permissable for Catholics to fa-vo. with their votes the establishment and spread of a morality without God. The bishops chief objections to Muno Marins Popular Democrats are that they did not peal a law authorizing the teaching of birth control, did not repeal until recently another law providing for the sterilization of some mental cases, and allowed public tolerance of common law marriages.

Four Policemen Hurt in Curbing Rock Rollers MILWAUKEE, Wis. (AP)-A riot in which police sought to control a crowd of 800 persons broke out early this morning after a rock roll stage show at a neighborhood theater. Four policemen were injured and released after treatment at a hospital. Thirteen persons were arrested, eight of them juveniles. We had a riot on our hands, said police Lt.

Arnold R. Kramer who said bottles and bricks flew during the outbreak. Kramer said the disturbance broke out when officers attempted to arrest a white man described by the lieutenant as drunk and profane. He was one of those taken into custody. The others were Negroes.

We sent 25 to 29 squads," said the lieutenant. That Includes patrol cars' and patrol wagons. The trouble started at 12:55 a.m. Fall Treatment Is Given Car by Vandals The auto of Otto E. 2202 30th Rock Island, got the full treatment, from vandals in a parking let behind Downing Bros.

Dairy, 2268 24th St, between 7:15 and 10:10 last night. Hintz told police the vandals bent and broke a windshield wiper, took the cap off his gas tank -and threw it away, filled the gas tank with sand, let the air out of one tire, filled the taH pipe full of rocks, and smeared the auto 3 with mud, Still Think Georgia to Back Kennedy ATLANTA (AP) Georgias governor and lieutenant governor are standing firm for the Democratic party despite displeasure over telephone calls the Kennedy brothers made concerning jailing of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Gov. Ernest Vandiver said Friday night at Richmond, Va a phone call by Sen.

John F. Kennedy to the wife of the Negro in-tregatlon leader could affect the presidential campaign in Georgia to some extent. But he didnt think that Georgia would fail to go Democratic. She always has and I believe she will again this year, he told newsmen at a Democratic dinner where he was the featured speaker. However, Vandiver said Kennedys call was unfortunate.

The Democratic presidential candidate phoned Mrs. King Wednesday to express sympathy over the jailing of her husband in connection with a sit-in demonstration and a traffic charge in adjacent DeKalb County. Robert Kennedys call was to Judge Oscar Mitchell of DeKalb County to inquire about the right to bail. King later was released on bond pending appeal of his case. Lt.

Gov. Grland T. Byrd criticized the Kennedy brothers for making the calls but said, I dont think that it will materially change the position of the Democratic party in the state." Henry Home Economics Group Meets GENESEO Goals Ahead In Home Economics" was the topic presented by the goals committee at the Henry County Home Economics Association meeting at the home of Mrs. Art Gatlynan in Gal-va Tuesday. The committee, consisting of Mesdames Art Gathman of Galva, Fenton Hardin of Orion and T.

G. Maynard of Cambridge, discussed conservation of personal energy with the many social and family demands, stressing creativity and Individuality, should be retained with conservation of our natural resources. Mrs. William Heck of Cambridge, membership chairman announced that the present membership of the group is 36. Mrs.

A. W. Wellstein, Geneseo, reported on the nutritional conference at Normal and stated the emphasis was on child feeding. Members were reminded of the fall conference to be held Nov. 4 and 5 in Rockford.

A request from the American Meat Institute and aHEA was made lor someone to check stores and advertising in the area for mislabeling, especially on hams. Thomas Named Head of Erie Methodist Unit ERIE The Methodist Men elected Bill Thomas as president when they met in the church Tuesday evening (Oct. 27). Other officers chosen were Orman Dail, vice president; Jim De-Cap, secretary and A1 Pons, treasurer." i A representative from the East Moline State Hospital showed slides and gave a talk on the public welfare building bond issue. -Joe Slaymaker, president of the Whiteside County Farm Bureau, gave his view point on the bond issue as a representative of the Farm Bureau.

There was a discussion on the issue. Kenneth Cocking was program chairman. Plans were discussed for the mens annual turkey supper which will be served Dec. 1. It is open to the public.

Nyman Weber is chairman. Orman Dail. gave the devotions, ler Bell ordered a presentence investigation and set Nov. 28 for sentencing. The defendents could be sentenced to 2-14 years in prison and fined up to $15,000 each.

The jury of seven men and five women deliberating less than three hours before finding all three guilty of bribing and conspiracy to bribe Harry A. Doggett of Greensburg, former right-of-way purchasing director for the Indiana Highway Department. The three were charged with giving Doggett a $15,000 check for advance information about proposed routes for highways in Wayne and Lake counties. The prosecution contended they bought land along the proposed routes then sold it to the state, making $81,000 profit. Will Seek Trial John A.

Royse, defense attorney for Blaier and Hutcheson, announced he would ask for a new trial. John A. OHara, attorney for Chapman, said he would request a suspended sentence for his client. He said Chapman was suffering from cancer, heart trouble and diabetes and would undergo surgery in Seattle, his hometown, next week. The union officials were indicted Feb.

18, 1958, by a Marion County (Indianapolis) grand jury after a Lake County grand jury failed to return indictments on similar charges. After the Lake County investigation, the alleged profits were repaid to the state by the defendants. The Carpenters officials trial was delayed nearly three years by a series of legal maneuvers. Dean Gardner Will Address Farm Bureau MONMOUTH Dr. Karl Gardner, associate dean of the University of Illinois College of Agriculture, will be the principal speaker Nov.

10 at the annual meeting of tie Warren County Farm Bureau. Held conjunction with the Farm Bureau meeting will be the meeting of the Warren Producers Supply Co. Dr. Gardner will speak on Our Two Biggest Bargains The meeting will commence at 7 Thursday night, Nov. 10, in the Warren School gymnasium.

Another feature of the program will be selections by the school band, conducted by C. P. Patterson. Warren students also will provide several choral selections. Reports for the year will be given by the treasurers of the two organizations.

Election of directors and other business will be brought before the group. Davenport Man Fined for Theft Edmund Brill, 48, of 514 W. 13th Davenport, paid a $25 fine in Rock Island Police Court this morning on a charge of petty larceny at the Eagle super market, 18th St. and 4th Rock Island, last evening. Brill admitted taking two cans of orange juice, a cn of apricot juice and a jar of jelly without paying for them.

Executive of State Sovereignty Group To Speak to Rotary- Club David M. Molthrop, Washington, D.C. executive secretary of the Committee on State Sovereignty, will speak to the Rock Island Rotary Club at noon Tuesday in the Fort Armstrong Hotel. His topic will be Trials, Tribulations and Taxes Facing Business." The committee is a Washington organization dedicated to political education for better govenment. Molthrop, a native of Chicago, has been associated with the Na tional Association of Manufacturers CM and the U.S.

Chamber of Commerce. He has been employed by United States Steel Corporation and the U.S. Gypsum Company. He holds a law degree. LEOPOLDVILLE, the Congo (AP) United Nalns military units in the Congo have been given orders to fire at rebellious Congolese troops resisting their authority.

U.N. officials said today the order specified that any opposition to U. N. efforts to maintain law and order will be considered an act of aggression. In the past, United Nations standing orders permitted the use of arms only In self-defense.

LEOPOLDVILLE, the Congo (AP) Associated Press correspondent Michael Goldsmith was taken under United Nations pro- Complains of Being Beaten By Detective A 22-year-old Milan man complained in Rock Island Police Court and to the states attorneys office this morning that he was badly beaten without provocation by a Rock Island police detective sergeant while being booked at the police station early this morning William B. Gosney 22, of Sun Court Addition, Milan, appeared before Police Magistrate John Cunningham this morning and his hearing on charges of disturbing the peace and resisting arrest was continued until Nov. 12. He was releaked on his own recognizance. He originally had been booked at 2.25 this morning on a charge of carrying drinks on the street but this count was dismissed because there is no charge on city statutes.

The disturbing the peace and resisting arrest charges were substituted. Gosney showed evidence in court of having been beaten about the mouth, head and ears. He claimed the beating was given him by Detective Sgt. Thomas P. Donnelly I after he asked what he was being charged with at the police station.

After making his complaint in police court, he repeated his story in the states attorneys office. Herbert Lowry, administrative aide to States Atty. Bernard J. Moran, who reportedly talked with Gosney couldn't be reached to reveal what, if any, action is to be forthcoming in the matter. Fuel Tax for Mercer Road Work Listed ALEDO Mercer Countys share of state motor fuel tax collections for September will be according to notice received by J.

G. Burns of Aledo, county superintendent of highways. The allotment by townships follow: A in ton, Duncan, Eliza, Greene, JCeithsburg, Mercer Millersburg, New Boston, 1,053.28. North Henderson, Ohio Grove, Perryton, $773 10; Preemption, $843 85; Richland Grove, Rivlo, and Suez, $667,72. Knox Professor To Talk On Chicago Politics MONMOUTH Dr.

Joe Bindley Knox College professor of political science, will speak on Chicago politics at 7:30 Monday night in Room 309 of Monmouth Colleges WaUace Hall. Townspeople as well as students are invited to attend the meeting, according to Walter Hahn, president of the college Young Republican Club which is sponsoring the program. VISIT" BROTHER ROSEVILLE Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth and two children of Lombard visited Mrs.

Reicks brother, V. R. Corman, ln tection today after a squad of armed Congolese soldiers attempted to break into his room. The soldiers barged into the Memling Hotel where Goldsmith was staying, shouting that they were carrying out orders of Col. Joseph Mobutu, Congolese army chief Mobutu announced three days ago he would ask Goldsmith to leave the country.

Goldsmith has been reporting acts of violence by Mobutu's soldiers and the charges of U. N. representatives that Belgian military instructors have been trying to undermine them Similar reports have been filed by other correspondents. The 18-man Congolese squad started pounding at Goldsmith's door at 6145 a. m.

Goldsmith refused to open the door and telephoned Indian Gun. I. Rikhye of the U. N. staff.

Congnrese Withdraw Within minutes, a multinational squad of U. soldiers and military police arrived and the Congolese withdrew. After two hours, the U. N. Command advised Goldsmith to take temporary refuge in the N.

headquarters building, and he was escorted to a jeep while the Congolese watched silently. Goldsmith, 39, is a British subject. He has been in the congo since Sept. 9. The United Nations said in a statement that Goldsmith was threatened with arbitrary arrest without pretense of a warrant or legal procedure and requested United Nations protection.

A U. N. spokesman said protection was given in execution of the United Nations mandate to maintain basic freedom in the Congo and prevent arbitrary procedures Halloween Dance Set By Demos A free Halloween masquerade dance, sponsored by the Rock Island City Democratic Commit-1 tee, will be held from 7:30 to 10 pm. Mpnday in downtown Rock Island, Carter Glancey. city Democratic chairman, announced today.

Glancey said 13th St. between 2nd and 3rd in front of the Democratic headquarters, will be blocked off for the event. Music wil be provided by a rock roll band. Those attending should wear a costume. Cash prizes will be awarded for the best costumes.

Engineer Electrocuted In Research Lab Mishap i CHAMPAIGN, 111. (AP) John Treasure 29, an engineer, was electrocuted Friday in the nuclear radiation laboratory of the University of Illinois. Witnesses said Treasure, diief acceleration engineer for the. universitys cyclotron was working with a booster oscillator beside the cyclotron when the current he was gradually increasing appar ently became grounded at a 5,000 to 10,000 volt level, inflicting the fatal shock. Firemen attempted artificial re suscitation, but Treasure was pronounced dead when he was received in a hospital.

He was a 1959 graduate of the University of Illinois, a Marine Corps veteran and the father of four children. Clinic Director Will Go To Los Angeles Conclave Dr. Donald C. Davis, clinic director erf the Crippled Childrens Foundation of Rock Island County, and assistant director of the Speech and Hearing Center at Augustana College, will attend the annual convention of the American Speech and Hearing Association in Los Angeles. through Saturday of next week.

Dr. Davis is one of two Illinois delegates to the House of Delebates which meets in conjunction with the convention, Man Draws Sentence to Penal Farm One man was sentenced to I months at the state penal farm in Vandalia and two others filed petitions for probation after pleading quilty to charges before Judge George Hebei in Rock Island County Circuit Court yesterday afternoon. Franklin E. Venetious, 56, Rock Island, was given the term at the state penal farm. He pleaded quilty to obtaining money under false pretenses.

Filing petitions for probation were David G. Dahlberg, 25, of Chicago, charged with larceny of a motor vehicle, and Billy B. Gilbreath, 29, of Addison, 111., charged with the burglary of the Dan Dea Tavern, Moline, Sept. 8. Dahlberg pleaded quilty to taking the auto of Lloyd Arnold Aug.

16 at the Quad-City Airport. Both men were remanded to county jail in lieu of providing bonds pending their probation hearings. Church Guilds Plan for Aledo Sessions Nov 3 ALEDO Four guilds of the Womens Assn, of College Ave. Presbyterian Church have meetings planned for Thursday night, Nov. 3 Guild one will meet in the home of Mrs.

Robert Sponsler at 2 p.m. with Mrs Willet H. Downey as assistant hostess. Bible study will be Chapter nine, and discussion on Hymn book of The Ages by Mrs. Stuart Brown.

Mrs. George Pittard will lead the discussion on Consider the Church and Mrs. Downey will direct the social program. Guild Two will meet in the home of Mrs. Gladys McWhorter at 2 p.m.

with Mrs. Guy Chandler in charge of Bible study. Mrs. Lehman McClelland will appear on the program which will be directed by Mrs. John Boruff and Mrs.

A. D. Moody is in charge of the social study. Guild Three will meet at 7 that night in the church with Mrs. John Cumming, Mrs.

Ed Davison, Mrs. Lillian Tschappat and Mrs. H. D. Cooper as hostesses.

Mrs. I. E. Cameron will direct Bible study; Miss Emily Swartout is In charge of the program and Mrs. E.

B. Vierich will direct social activities. Guild Four meets at 9 a.m. in the "home of Mrs. R.

G. Davison, with Mrs. Ethel Morrison and Mrs. R. L.

Davison as assistant hostesses. Mrs. Morton McWhorter will have charge of the Bible study period; Mrs. Charles Bog-guss, program and Mrs. Ernest Speer will, direct the social hour.

Henry Youths at Event In Rock Island County CAMBRIDGE Fire Henry County 4-H members accompanied by Mrs. Carolyn Stevens, home adviser, and Miss Alive Ann Simons, assistant home adviser, attended a meeting In the home of s. Lois Mitchell, Rock Island County home adviser, Thursday night. The group heard Rock Island County 4-Hers evaluate the Tee -Time Food Fare project Those attending were Earley of Annawan; Beverly Fester and Bob Godke, both of Kewa-nee; Joan Larson of Orion and Glen Werkheiser of Prophestown. ITALYS FLEET SIXTH ROME Down to 300,000 tons at the end of World War II, Italy's merchant fleet now stands at toqs, the worlds sixth largest.

Nine motorists were fined In Rock Island Police Court this morning and yesterday afternoon. Fined for speeding were: John H. Wilbur, 17, of 2922 Davenport Davenport, $15; John M. Barnes, 30, of 1016 W. 5th Davenport, $10, and Ronald L.

Min-teer, 22, of 2917 8th Rock Is-land, $5. Four drivers were fined $3 each for parking violations. They are: Albert Lewis, 28, of 1021 10th Rock Island, for parking in a loading zone; Charles W. Carmack, 18, of TO 30th Rock Island, for improper parking; James Hayes, 25, of 2505 4 5th Rock Island, for parking in a no parking zone, and Aaron Borchers, 40, of 210 6th Rock Island, for overtime parking. Richarji P.

Cummins, 17, or 419 15H Rock Island, was fined $1 for failure to have a city wheel tax sticker. August L. Wasenhove, 19, of Route 2, East Moline, paid a $5 fine for having an improper muffler. Women Drivers for Nixon Are Rejected DAVENPORT Although members of the Republican party in Davenport may approve of women drivers, the security chief who was in charge of protecting Vice President Nixon during his visit to the Quad-Cities doesnt, doesnt- This fact was learned by members of the GOP after they had planned on having the wives of Scott County Re publicans drive and other member of his party from the Davenport Municipal i Airport to the Hotel Black-hawk last night Some of the went out and, they say, purchased expensive dresses. Now they have' the dresses, but no off dal deed tot their chauffeur tog ability.

4 BOY CUTS THUMB David Lipsman, 7-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Lipsman, 3418 36th Rock Island, was taken to St. Anthony's Hospital at 5:30 last evening after he reportedly nearly severed his left thumb with a butcher knife. He was released from the hospital after treatment of the injury,.