The Kansas City Star from Kansas City, Missouri • 3

THE KANSAS CITT STAR FRIDAY NOVEMBER 24 1961 3 On hour free parking with purchaae jjoolf Jfjrotfierj when you Park Shop Downtowa A TRUCK FIRM HERE IS SOLD MEETING SITE MOVE IS HIT IN TELEGRAM Human Relations Commission Secretory Regrets Union Convention Shift Any Man Would Like a Sport Any Man Would Like the Shetlander! Arkanss-Bst Freight System Buys the Healzer Cartage Company SEGREGATION IS ALLEGED State County and Municipal Employees Are Asked to Reconsider Decision MORE THAN tt MILLION Tha Traneaction Took Moro Than Two Years to Bring Abeut It represents the new conception in sport coats lighter in weight lighter in shades easier of fit with a bright cheerful appearance Fine woolens in checks plaids plain shades tailored by Bradmore 4500 Exclusive ftilh lie A $500000 BUSINESS TRANSACTION is made by Robert A Young jr Fort Smith Ark at the left and John Healzer of Mission Hills seated at right The signing of the papers was for the sale of the Healzer Cartage company owned by Healzer to Arkansas-Best Freight System Inc Fort Smith Ark Overlooking the details is Charles Franks vice-president and trust officer of the Merchants-Produce bank ARSON CHARGE OUT AGAINST MERCHANT Clay County Prosecutor Follows Advice of Missouri Attorney General Regret that the Federation of State County and Municipal Employees had changed the site of its convention on incomplete information was expressed today by a city official in a telegram to the union The organization had announced earlier it was moving its national convention from Kansas City to Milwaukee because of alleged segregation practices here Robert Adams executive secretary of the commission on human relations said he wished the union had consulted his office before making its decision He also asked that it be reconsidered should be apprised that in the last three Adams wired the union Negro Baptists convened here with no reported difficulties In addition 11000 Christian church delegates con-vened here after carefully assessing that Kansas City is an open convention city other cities we have serious segregation problems but we doubt if these would materially affect your convention procedings Major hotels restaurants and auditoriums are open and successfully wel coming conventions with far more Negroes than you have in your Adams asked the union to reconsider its decision and also to get more complete information in the future when deciding on a convention site SHIP HIS FOOD STORE BURNED Victor Oddo Sr Was Indicted by Grand Jury Guilt Is Doubted more importantly some doubt in your mind over the funda mental question of the guilt analyzing the evidence I have serious doubts as to whether the state had enough evidence even to make a prima facie or submissible case case is seriously lack ing in any evidence of motive which in an arson case is-one of the more necessary fundamentals too harbored some doubts as to defendant complicity in this Passed Polygraph Test In the polygraph test given by the St Louis police department Oddo passed flying colors indicating that he has no knowledge or complicity with this Eagleton said adding: advice to you is that you dismiss your Friends and relatives said today that Oddo has sold his North Kansas City store and also one at 608 Ward parkway and has been in ill health The Woolf Brothers Label On A Gift Adds Much to Its Prestige But Nothing to Its Cost NO AUTOPSY SET Death of Student a The capital stock of Healzer Cartage company a trucking firm with headquarters in Kansas City was sold for more than $500000 today to Arkansas-Best Freight System Inc of Fort Smith Ark Healzer was founded and owned by John Healzer 3007 Tomahawk road Mission Hills Healzer started the firm in 1930 in Hutchison Kas at first driving a truck himself The business volume now is nearly 3 million dollars a year Kansas City became the base for the line in World War II In a Bank Here The deal was closed with the signing of papers by Healzer and Robert A Young jr of Fort Smith president and principal stockholder of Arkansas-Best in the board room of the Merchants-Produce bank 531 Walnut street Young 53 years old a 1933 graduate of the University of Arkansas school of law purchased the Arkansas Motor Freight company in 1951 That firm was merged with Best Motor Lines of Dallas Tex in 1957 to form the present organization Arkansas-Best will do an estimated 18 million dollars in business in 1961 Young is a former owner of the Fort Smith city bus system and a bus line to Ft Chaffee Ark Healzer will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Arkansas-Best with Young as president Other officers elected at a meeting today are Thomas Harper secretary and Kizer vice-president general counsel Floyd Anderson treasurer and Hutcheson vice-president and general manager Hutcheson lives at 9705 State Line The rest of the officers live in Fort Smith In the Works 2 Years The transaction has been under way more than two years with final approval for the sale issued November 3 by the Interstate Commerce commission Arkansas-Best was granted temporary authority to operate Healzer in September 1959 At that time application to purchase Healzer was made An ICC hearing examiner turned down the application The parties then applied for a hearing before the ICC board which approved the sale Arkansas-Best with the assets of Ifealzer will have a total worth of about 11 million dollars It has operated In nine states Ohio Indiana Illinois Missouri Arkansas Oklahoma Texas Tennessee and Louisiana Healzer has about 350 employees and operates in Kansas Missouri Illinois and Wisconsin Those present for the sale also included Floyd Shields attorney for Healzer Charles Franks vice-president and trust officer of the bank and Hugh Hembree director of finance for Arkansas-Best A Refrigeration Pioneer The Healzer company was one of the first firms in this area to use refrigeration in hauling perishables Healzer who has not been active in operation of the firm for about two years said he will devote his time to a 560-acre farm near Versailles Mo An indictment charging arson against Victor Oddo sr Kansas City food market operator was dismissed today before Judge James Rooney of the Clay County Circuit court by Richard McFadin county prosecuting attorney McFadin acted on the strength of a letter from Thomas Eagleton Missouri attorney general whom he had asked to take the case because McFadin was personally acquainted with Oddo Made Three Points Eagleton in his letter said he had personal doubts as to guilt that the state did not have sufficient evidence to make even a submissible case including a motive and that Oddo on November 10 passed a lie detector test "with flying Oddo was indicted June 1 by a Clay County grand jury in connection with an explosion and fire last Anril 18 at Food store 1051 North Burlington street North Kansas City He lives at 204 West One Hundred Twelfth street At the time of the indictment Oddo asserted he had enemies including seven men he had helped send to prison after they were involved in burglaries at his store and had received threatening calls before the fire letter to McFadin said in part: your discussions with me you expressed some concern over the sufficiency of the evidence and even Nehru Tells Parliament of Portuguese Incident New Delhi Nov 24(AP) Prime Minister Nehru reportedly told Parliament today that the Indian passenger ship Sabarmati was fired on from the Portuguese island of An-jadiva just off the west coast of India and an engineer was injured Nehru said he would pass along details to the house when the government received them Some members demanded that armed convoys escort coastal traffic past the tiny Portuguese enclaves PICKET A MANSION Sweaters in Camel Shade The new look of the season for men 70 lambswool 30 camel hair in a rich warm lightweight knit Lustrous Sport Shirts 80 cotton 20 silk hand washable one plain one with woven pattern in black gray beige toast olive gold XL 1 005 2250 High-V pullover Cardigan There will be no autopsy on the body of Ronald Lewis 21 of 401 North Wheeling avenue who was found dead yesterday in his basement Dr Hugh Owens county coroner said today Lewis a chemistry major at the University of Kansas City was wearing a mask attached to an empty tank of cyclopropane an anaesthetic 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