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The Wichita Eagle from Wichita, Kansas • 3

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The Wichita Eaglei
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Wichita, Kansas
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-I (If 1 If i jM Sr ir i The VIchiia EaglaSA fatirtir Aaysit tt IS Previews of KEDD Verdict Insurance the matter published" makes it "highly improbable or Impossible for the Jury to arrive at a fair verdict" He added: "I have no difficulty in finding that the intent purpose and effect of respondents' (the ad sponsors) campaign was to interfere with litigation immediately pending "However I cannot conclude that the danger to a fair and impartial trial was made imminent to a high degree "We must not underestimate the sense of fair play Inherent in our Jurors bred into them partly by our traditional beliefs concerning freedom of expression" Theater" -usually seen Monday night from 7:30 to 8:30 wW be previewed Sunday at I 1 The staff at KEDD has been rehearsing throughout the week when the test pattern has been going out over the 11-coimty area This rehearsal should enable the entire staff to work together smoothly from the opening of the station Saturday Grossman said He pointed out that each is familiar with his individual job but that rehearsal is necessary for the functioning of the group as a team Grossman said reports from the area indicate that the signal is coming in with more-than-antlci-pated 'strength Kansas State Teacher Sails for Netherlands HOBOKEN Aug (UP) A passenger aboard the Westerdam sailing tomorrow for The Hague will be Dr Margaret Justin for 30 years dean of the Kansas State college school of home economics Dr Justin will serve in the' coming year as a Fulbrlght lecturer and adviser in the Netherlands said is precedent-setting in Ithat suits in other states have been based on editorial comment or news columns stemmed from 'a $30750 damage action in the state court here I I Fleeson stressed that his firmrs clients were not the insurors in the damage suit from which the contempt action stemmed i and that the ads complained of were general not aimed at any specific case or cases The four ads with similar texts appeared in Lifemagazine Jan 26 and March 9 and in the Saturday Evening Post Feb 14 and March 28 of this year Counsel went bn record that the companies urged their agencies to insert similar ads in newspapers and offered supporting releases for publication Each ad told readers that excessive damage awards by trial Juries mean increased insurance costs and higher premiums' for the public Jurors included Each also said: i -1 "Most claims for damages legitimate and reasonable and are amicably settled out of court However as Jurors tend more and more to give excessive awards in cases that do go to court such valuations are regarded as establishing the rate for the day-to-day out-of-court all of which means increased insurance premium costs to I the public" The plaintiff Evelyn Hendrix of Wichita contended that the advertising was calculated to prejudice Jury action on her suit against Consolidated Van Lines Inc of California and Elmer EL Sisson South Pasadena Calif for injuries in a traffic accident That case still is pending Cites Bridges Case Judge Kandt in his ruling said the supreme court of the United States has set forth a "dear and present danger" rule in freeing west coast labor leader Harry Bridges in a California contempt case based on Bridges' telegraphic complaint to the secretary jof labor that a California conviction of two union men was "outrageous" The test he said is whether have a chance to present his facts and to ask and answer questions A number of the requests for Increased acreage allotments will not be allowed because they will not come within the requirements specified by law However Means said in the event an appeal is denied and the owner or operator still feels his allotment is incorrect the individual may appeal to the state PMA committee By The trailer from a large ready-mix concrete rig came loose from the traqtor and overturned Friday at the Intersection of highway K-42 and MacArthur road The mishap partially blocked the east-west road past Boeing plant two Henry Drury 37 of 413 West Harry the driver was not in-: jured Drury said he came from the south of K-15 stopped for a red light then began making a left turn to the east on MacArthur When he was nearly through the turn the fifth wheel on the trailer which bears the big concrete mixer broke and came loose from the towing tractor The trailer nosed into the roadway and rolled over on its left side No great quantity of the concrete was spilled The tractor was not damaged A crane and high-loader were sent from the Walt Keeler company owners of the rig and the big mixer waa righted and the spilled concrete scooped up The mixer was en route with a load to deliver to the hangar construction project at the Wichita air force base Douglas at Topeka Dial 5-5681 (A) (B) Is Discussed V-' Wichita attorneys still Were discussing the bail bond situation at the courthouse Friday' I One of them' Lee Meador referred to recent action by "City Court Judges James Riddel and George jM Ashford as well as other developments when 'he appeared before Riddel with a client i Judge Riddel fixed ttie bond at $2j000 1 Meador said "The way you fellows have been messing around with the' bondsmen' we if any of them are good" i Meador said "It looks like the county will have a lot of people to support: I Turning to his client he said Tit looks like -you will have to eat off the county for a few days" Meador was referring to a demand by Judges Riddel and Ashford that all professional bonds-v men testify on oath as to the real estate which they offer as -surety for their bonds 1 Oldest Name At Radio Oatleal Filter EaSr GUn 4 Exnlnla 1 Open Daily 9:30 to 5:30 Thurs and Sat 9:30 to 8:45 AT WARDS i-v Saturday Sunday I Television viewers of this area will be treated to a week-end preview lineup of programs to come over: KEDD Bob Grossman of the KEDD staff announced Friday that short introductory sketches win go out over channel 16 Saturday and Sunday to acquaint the area with some of the regularly scheduled programs Saturday at 10 a preview of "Television 'Playhouse" regularly seen Sunday fronr 7 to wUl be telecast a 5 to 5:30 Monday through Friday feature will be previewed Sunday from 4:30 to 5 From 6 to 6:30 Saturday there will be a preview show of "The seen regularly Friday nights 6 to 6:30 At 6:30 Sunday KEDD wUl preview the Groucho Marx show normally presented Thursday from 6 to 6:30 Robert "Summer All 82 Channel UHF-VHF 21 -inch Picture Table Models up Console Models S3X9a50 TV Phono Radio 552500 up £jjGmiSD5CJ SHOES All Models FULL HIGH 44 YEARS IU FiDELITT IN WWW A Piyaui i WICHITA The Better the Aerial the Better the Picture Robbed of $39 A gunman held up the Tak-homa burger shop at 604 East Central about 11:30 pm Friday demanded the cash receipts and fled with $39 in bills police reported': An attendant at the shop said a colored man entered the shop with a handkerchief over his face He was armed with a 25-caliber automatic pistol the attendant said Officers said the man obtained $39 from the cash register then turned and ran from the shop Witnesses said he was seen running north on St Francis and apparently turned east on Murdock Police prowl cars immediately surrounded the area and near midnight officers were "shaking down" several blocks for suspects Reds Neutral Quiz About Red Cross PANMUNJOM Aug 21 The Comunis ts agreed today to a neutral nations Investigation of charges that their Red Cross teams in South Korea have been mistreated Staff O' Ufa Brand on Dates to Be Set at Monday Meeting 9 The Sedgwick county production and marketing administration committee will decide at a meeting Monday the exact date and time that wheat acreage allotment appeals will be heard Individuals who -have filed appeals- for increased wheat acreage allotments will be notified when to appear before the 'committee Sandusky PMA chairman said Friday Clyde Means office manager for the production and marketing administration here said Friday the appeals will be made before the county PMA committee Letters protesting the number of acres of wheat a farmer is eligible to plant must have been received within 15 days after the allotment notices were mailed The final date for letters requesting appeal hearings in Sedgwick county was Aug 19 -Means said The hearings will be scheduled and persons who have requested hearings will be notified The owner or operator will be given an opportunity to present facts to substantiate his claim for increased wheat acreage Any mechanical error such as a- mistake in mathematical calculations will be corrected without appeal Means explained: In some instances an owner or operator feels that he has been discriminated against Means said and therefore files a claim for increased acreage However allotments are made on the basis of a wheat history during the last three years Factors Involved are tillable crops crop rotation topography and soil conservation practices Iri the hearings the farmer will No 303 Cans Cans 290 FQi( LbeUw 7Q Choice 10 lb 190 Ilf 150 I- Cello 1 Bag 1 with your cheese kludge Holds Ads in Contempt Two casualty Insurance companies and an insurance association were cleared of indirect contempt of court charges Friday but criticised by the Judge for sponsoring advertising to influ- ence damage suit' Juries The ads questioned four in number appeared in nationally-' circulated magazines in January February and March this year They were sponsored by the American Automobile Insurance company and Associated indemnity company and the American Associated Insurance companies California and St Louis corporations Judge William Kandt in Sedgwick county District Court said he made his findings clearing the backers of the advertising of contempt charges "with reluctance He stressed also his belief in "the sense of fair play inherent in our in his written opinion Howard Fleeson Wichita attorney tdt the American Automobile Insurance company commenting promptly on the decision said: "The judge said that our clients had a perfect legal right to say what they said in their advertise- ments That is the core of his decision The language of the court which is critical of the ads Is unnecessary to the decision and represent only the court's personal views Others equally well qualified may and do entertain different views In Kansas we have fortunately not been confronted with the problem of verdicts as have certain large centers of population such as Chicago San Francisco New York and Los Angeles due to the high quality of our Jurors" The action which court officials Star-Kist Chunk Style TUNA GRAPE JELLY JZti Oak Crovo Brand PEACHES No 2V4 All Crinds 1 COFFEE OR LARGE BOX STRAWBERRIES Snow Crop PEAS Icelandic PERCH FILLETS i i-1 I ii f-: 5W i I (I ilj i li: i 1 4 I i fr i INTRODUCING GIRLS' BUCKLED LOUNGERS 2-STRAP SANDAL 5 645 595 For Girls 8 Vi 12 Brown PRE-TESTED BOYS AND OIRIS 8'2-l2 (E) looks! take Sizes OXFORDS 10Vi-12 MOC TOE OXFORD 595 Brown 8J4-I2 Boys' style combines com fort good 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