The Kansas City Times from Kansas City, Missouri • 3

THE KANSAS CITY TIMES TUESDAY OCTOBER 22 1957 6 KILLED IN A COLLISION TO ACT ON WOOLRIDGE TALKS AT ROAD MEET Users Missouri Highway Rummage Sale Is a Bit Too Successful to Hear Arthur Butler PRISON CONFUSION BLAMED ON CARTER A South Dakota Man in Crash Near Nevada Mo Committment to State Hospital Scheduled Tomorrow Trouble Started When Penal Director Arrived Ralph Eidson Testifies WARDEN POST AS WEAK St Joseph Mo Oct 21(AP) Judge DuVal Smith said today the order committing Daniel Woolridge 14 to state hospital No 1 at Fulton probably will be issued Wednesday The boy was acquitted Friday in the slaying of his fa ther on the ground he was insane then and is still insane He also killed his mother a brother and sister A remaining murder indictment against Woolridge here will be dismissed Nevada Mo Oct 21 (AP) Don Teel 22 Vermillion DJ was killed today in a 2-car collision on 71 about 16 miles south of Nevada Three other persons were injured They were wife Mrs Patsy Ann Teel the 2-year-old daughter and Scott 19 Greenfield Mo Mrs Teel and the baby w7hoj was reported injured danger-! ously were taken to a Lamar hospital Scott to a hospital Legislative Committee to Urge More Authority for the Penitentiary Chief St Charles Mo Oct 21 (AP) A rummage sale at the St Charles Lutheran church Saturday was a great success Everything was sold including two coats that supposed to be The coats belonged to tw7o women election judges who served at a polling place in the church while the Zion Aid society of Harvester Mo was conducting the rummage sale there They hung their coats in a cloakroom which later was used as a storeroom for clothing sold by the Aid group Purchasers of the two coats were asked to return them in advertisements carried by a St Charles newspaper MINUTE BY- MINUTE ACCOUNT here Jefferson City Oct 21 A report on progress and an analysis of problems confronting Missouri and other states as the expanded fed-eral state highway program goes forward will be presented by Arthur Butler of Arthur Butler Wash ington director of the national highway conference at a luncheon meeting of the Missouri Highway Users conference October 29 Spencer conference chairman said the meeting to be held at the Hotel Missouri will be attended by state officials and civic leaders as well as conference members Butler currently is under taking a speaking tour covering the 48 states meeting with representatives of highway groups public officials and others interested in all phases of highway transportation NEOSHO CHURCH FETE 90th National Moderator to The Day texas eny BEST OF THE HEREFORD This is TR Zato Heir owned by Turner ranch Sulphur Okla who appropriately enough on Oklahoma day was judged tops in its category at the American Royal Live Stock show Jim McClelland ranch manager holds the senior yearling A FETE FOR TEACHERS Presbyterian Anniversary Neosho Mo Oct 21 The 90th aniversary of the Neosho Presbyterian church will be observed with a homecoming tomorrow night at the church and an anniversary dinner Wednesday night at the municipal auditorium The church was orgaized October 27 1867 The Rev William Elliott pastor of the Highland Park Presbyterian church at Dallas Tex and a moderator of the Presbyterian churches of the United States will speak at the Wednesday night dinner Training School Group Join's Cooper County Association Boonville Mo Oct Crash Near Boonville Boonville Mo Oct 21 An Ohio couple suffered dangerous injuries today when their car overturned on 40 about six miles east of here Mrs Lindsey Nay Van Degrift 56 of Dayton 0 suffered a skull fracture and is reported in critical condition at the St Joseph hospital here Her husband also is in the hospital with a chest injury fractured ribs and possible internal injuries Van Degrift 53 lost control of the car on a curve the state patrol reported in pulling back onto the slab after the machine had edged onto the shoulder of the highway FLU TOTAL GOES HIGHER More Than 1700 New Cases in Missouri Last Week TO MOBERLYC OF Verne Baker Succeeds Moberly Mo Oct 21 Verne Baker 47 a civic leader here since 1947 has By Lew Larkin (The Jefferson City Correspondent) Jefferson City Oct 21 Col James Carter began creating confusion at the Missouri penitentiary shortly after he became penal direc tor in July 1955 Ralph Eidson former warden testi fied here today Eidson who served as warden under three penal direc tors resigned in December 1955 following a disagreement with Carter He was the main witness today before the final session of the special legisla tive penal committee To Seek Changes After hearing Eidson and Willard Reed present construction consultant to Carter the committee voted to recom mend changes in the present laws to strengthen the authority of the state prison warden Rep Raymond Hopfinger St Louis Democrat and com mittee chairman said the committee also authorized him to turn over to Gov James Blair the record of all testimony before the committee in the last two months but without any specific recommendation Members of the committee Hopfinger said indicated they might go to the governor with their individual recommenda tions They might also request that proposed changes in the penal laws be included in the call for an ex-! CAUGHT IN A MACHINE Orlin Ritter Killed on Farm Near Smithton At 8 00 AM it was a peaceful city of 18000 By 9:30 it was a flaming shambles! Almost 600 were killed and over 3000 injured in a disaster worse than the San Francisco earthquake! Now in this Post read the whole harrowing story of the blast fire and flood that rocked Texas City Texas as well as the nation! Get an on-the-spot report from the people themselves who managed to survive one of the worst days in our history miss on the Water by Milton MacKaye VOTE ON HOSPITAL FUND Neosho Mo Oct 21 Voters of Newton County will vote tomorrow7 on a $980000 bond issue for a county The 11 instructors at Pershing school at Missouri Training School for Boys here became members of the Cooper County Teachers association tonight at a dinner served at the state institution to about 150 members of the organization headed by Sam Cochran of the Boonville high school Following the dinner Sweeney training school superintendent addressed the teachers and they toured the educational facilities for trades and academic courses through the eighth grade The training school today has 463 inmates and more than 100 employees Its gar-! den farm orchard poultry dairy and livestock operations produce nearly all its food needs' pie trying to do the same Reed was questioned mainly about construction of the new slaughterhouse He admitted that about 10 gallons of paint were used on it but that 210 gallons were purchased He defended this by saying some of the extra paint was used in the prison Explains a Requisition He also said that a requisition for $11000 for and on the slaughterhouse was put through simply because the money was available and then admitted all of the work was convict labor can't understand anyone who has been in the building business as long as you have and keep any better records on the costs of commented Sen Robert Linncman St Charles Republican and a contractor engineer Jefferson City Oct 21 (AP) total of flu type cases jumped by 1-719 last week the state health division reported today with Jefferson City and Columbia both moving into the epidemic class Scott County in Southeastern Missouri had been classed as a probable epidemic area earlier The newly reported cases raised the year's flu total to about 4000 compared with 281 reported at the same time a year ago Only about 21 cases have been established by laboratory tests as being Asian flu Two Asian flu deaths have been reported with the victims in both cases being elderly chronically ill persons More than 600 pupils were absent from Jefferson City been named to succeed Logan Davis as manager of the Moberly Chamber of Commerce Davis resigned last month to become manager of the Leavenworth Kas of Baker w7as the unanimous choice of of directors though he was not an applicant for the position He served as president of the organization in 1956 and spearheaded a campaign that led to the selection of a site south of Moberly for new 10 million dollar medium se curity prison The monetary unit in is the dollar Sedalia Mo Oct 21 Orlin Ritter 48 was killed near here today when he became caught in a silage cutter The cutter jammed and he was trying to free it Ritter a farm laborer for Olen Monsees near Smithton was helping with the silage on the farm of Dick Monsees when the tragedy occurred Ritter is survived by his wife and his mother who lives in Warsaw '58 RAMBLER KANSAS CITY'S OLDEST RAMBLER DEALER NASH CENTRAL MOTORS 4515 TROOST EMERGENCY LAW PLEA States Missouri One of Two American is tried in Paris -for murder! ARMOUR TO BUY PLANT Not Recognizing Disasters St Louis Oct 21 (AP) 1208 main schools today All schools are pected SDecial legislative ses- Mounam Grove Milk Unit to continuing to operate sion early next sear Become Cheese Center Mountain Grove Mo Oct Besides taking from the JOBS AHEAD FOR 350 Two New7 Plants Approved director some of his power and 21 Armour Co one of the for Harrison Ark Harrison Ark Oct 21 Harrison soon will have two genuine The Missouri legislature was urged to consider including natural disasters in the state emergency law in a resolution adopted by the Missouri Civil Defense Auxiliary Police asociation Conference speakers noted that Missouri is one of two states that do not include natural disasters such as floods or tornadoes in laws on The Crime: Stabbing his wife 26 times The Court: Witty learned sophisticated The Victim: A beautiful Parisian showgirl The Defendant: A naive ex-GI from Maine Be sure to read this dramatic courtroom report of the trial and its startling verdict! shenanigans largest meat packing and cheese making concerns is expected to complete plans for the purchase of the Mountain Grove Milk company this week Armour is expected to begin immediate plans for converting the plant into one of the largest cheese manufacturing plants in the Southern Missouri Ozarks texture is everything this fall and of all the textured leathers none goes more hand-in-glove with fashion than genuine cobra black or brown CALLED TO COLUMBIA to The Rev Blanton TO LOAN FIRM BOARD Nevada Mo Oct 21 Joseph Pohl 56 prominent midwestern contractor was elected a director of the Farm and Home Savings and Loan association at a recent meet ing in Corpus Christi Pohl managed the brick factory many years and later added contracting to his business interests Serve New Presbyterian Churc Columbia Mo Oct 21 The Rev James Blanton Caruthersville minister w7ill become minister of the Second 1595 new industrial plants that will provide jobs for an additional 350 employees in this area The Arkansas Industrial Development corporation has given tentative approval of a $412000 loan to construct facilities for a new Oberman Co building and a new plant for Central Homes Inc The Boone County Industrial Development corporation is trying to raise $45000 here to supplement the state loan The plant for Oberman Co which already employs 400 persons at its clothing operation here would cost $270000 and contain 50000 square feet of floor space The Central Homes building is expected to cost $150-000 and contain 30000 square feet of space Central Homes Inc is a new group that will manufacture furniture and furniture frames Harrison Chamber of Commerce officials said the new gains would add $1534000 in income to this region Presbyterian church that will matching handbags 995 plus tax shoe missouri only COLLEGE HEAD NAMED Dr James Rice to Be Acting President at Stephens phone ba 1-1000 or mail your order please add 25c postage for mail orders bestowing it on the warden Hopfinger said the committee also asked for changes in the law to put control of prison farms back under the warden Now Under Director Now the superintendent of prison farms is directly under the corrections director and not under the control of the warden Produce from the farms is sold to the prison in a paper transaction Also up for discussion as possible change Hopfinger said tvould be releasing the warden deputy warden ana yardmaster as well as other top prison officials from the merit system The former warden who was also acting penal director for seven months prior to arrival from Vermont appeared voluntarily before the committee and said the chief disagreement between him and Carter came because the latter in the duties would issue an order to me and then he would go into the prison later and change the order or countermand it and I would never be told about Eidson said created confusion not only for me but for the personnel and For Clearcut Authority Asked for his suggestions on how to improve conditions at the prison Eidson replied warden should be allowed to run the prison The director should be the director My main disagreement with Colonel Carter was that he was constantly interfering with my work When I gave an order I never knew if it was going to stand up confusion when I was there wTas caused by twro peo- be opened here early next year Mr Blanton plans to move here with his family in February when the new congrega tion will be organized The church has obtained a 5-acre tract in a new development in the western part of the city and purchased a manse a few blocks away r- Columbia Mo Oct 21 Dr James Rice dean of instruction and a faculty member since 1949 will become acting president of Stephens college here November 11 He was named to succeed Thomas A Spragens who resigned to assume the presidency of Center college at Danville Ky ECHO OF BOND DEFEAT Bullets Fired Into Home of i BIG SPRINGFIELD GAIN Springfield Mo Oct 21 Springfield now has a population within the city of about 104621 an increase of 32512 in seven years Henry De-Noble city planning director based the population estimate on a land use survey just completed by his office Gary Ind once had a law which made it illegal to board a streetcar for four hours after eating garlic ONLY DC-7: SERVICE TO not particularly big fast or strong yet when the Frank Gifford decided to concentrate on football instead of acting he tore up the NFL and helped the Giants to their first title in 18 years! 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