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THE SED ALIA DEMOCRAT Volume Ninety-Two, Number 306 Sedalia, Missouri, Friday, December 23, 1960 Fourteen Pages Ten Pass Pay Bill Gov. Blair Signs Bill Early Today JEFFERSON CITY (AP) special legislative session completed its work today by passing and sending to the governor a bill to raise legislative salaries from $1,500 to $4,800 a year. Gov. James Blair signed it into law at 9.58 a.m. It "ill become effective at the start of the 1961 regular session Jan.

4. There was only a flurry of last minute opposition and it got nowhere. When the salary bill, already passed by the House, was called up in the Senate Sen. Hartwell G. Crain.

R. of St. Louis County tried to get the amount lowered from $4.800 to $3.600. He said that would be a sufficient amount in view of the time legislators spend at their work. amendment was defeated by a one-sided voice vote and the bill then was passed 25-2 with Sens.

Arkley W. Frieze. of Carthage and James Kelly. of Trenton voting against it. Sen.

Michael Kinney. D. of St Louis voted present. With 23 votes tequired. the emergency clause to make the bill effective in time for the 1961 session barely slipped through 23-4.

In addition to Frieze. Kelly and Crain. Sen. Floyd R. Gibson.

D. of Independence, the president pro tern, voted against it. Hustled over to the House, where only 20 members were present, the bill was signed during a five minute session by Rep. A. Basey Vanlandingham.

of Columbia, speaker pro tern. Economic Post Given Dr. Heller Democrat to Publish As Usual on Monday, Departments to Open The Democrat and Capital will be published without interruption during the Christmas holiday. The Sunday morning Democrat will be delivered at the usual time as will the Monday afternoon Democrat and the Tuesday morning Capital. The business office will be closed Monday, Dec.

26, however, all departments will be staffed and may be reached by calling TA 6-1000. Classified advertising for the Monday edition will be accepted until 10 a.m. Monday morning. Display advertising for the Monday edition will be accepted until noon Saturday, Dec. 24.

Display advertising copy for the Tuesday, Dec. 27, edition will be accepted until noon Monday. To Hike Water Rate On Schedule, Jan. 1 BROKEN IN TWO The stern section of the American tanker Pine Ridge, which was broken in two during a raging storm off the coast southeast of Norfolk, floats helplessly in high seas. Crew members were still aboard US Fears Eased By A Report subject to fcc i Sale of KMOS-TV Seen In Israel WASHINGTON (AP) Is Announced Here U.S.

fears that Israel was trying to become the Cook paint Varnish Co. ship it is expected a similar ar- fifth nuclear mili- (ociay announced the sale of sta- rangement will be made to re- power were reported tion KMOS-TV in Sedalia to the ceive the signal from KRCG-TV Jefferson Television Co of Jeffer- in Jefferson City, however, Welson City, the sale being subject don was out of town Friday and to Federal Communications Com- could not be reached for commission approval. ment. made when this picture was taken. At top right is the wing pontoon of the U.

S. Coast Guard plane from which the picture was made. Helicopters later plucked the men from the ship. (AP Wirephoto) Reds Readv To Improve US Relations After Kennedy Takes Office, Gronivko Declares tary eased today by assurances from the government at Jerusalem. Officials here said they hoped that the assurances also will be favorably received by Arab governments.

Reports of Israeli activity in the nuclear field in re- TV station. The cent weeks have been seen as a vision Co. is headed by William threat to political stability in the H. Weldon, former president of Middle East. the Blair Television Representative Organization in New York The firm also owns and operates A I station KRCG-TV and radio sta- Cl I tion KWOS in Jefferson City.

1 The State Department officially welcomed Thursday night assurances by Premier David Ben-Gurion and Israeli Ambassador Avraham Harman that a new re- MOSCOW Minis ter Andrei Gromyko declared today that the Soviet Union is ready to improve its relations with the United States after the inaugura- The announcement was made In related transactions Cook an- tion of president-elect John F. by Lathrop G. Backstrom, chair- nounced the sale of station KMBC- Kennedy Gromyko told the Supreme Jefferson Tele- (Plcase turn t0 PaRe 5 column 7), viet. the Soviet Union Parliament, that his government hopes U.S.-Soviet relations after inauguration will revert to the state they were in during the administration of Franklin D. hope previously expressed by Premier Khrushchev in a cable last month congratulating Kennedy on his victory.

Khrushchev was on the platform Tug Crewmen The cook firm acquired control actor being built in the Negev station KMOS-TV earjy in I9.i9, will be used entirely for peaceful when the station was sold by Milt, NORFOLK, 'AP' Foui scientific purposes Hinlein to the firm for $.50 000 crewmen from a commercial tug as Gromyko reviewed the mter- plus money already invested in joined engineer John Richart national situation and Soviet for- Some authorities said private-station by the firm The price aboard the stern section of the eign policy for the joint session of y. 8 are 1 of sale was not announced, broken American tanker Pine the Supreme Soviet A speech on worried about the question ol station been op- today as a destroyer sped foreign policy had been expected erated as an ABC affiliate, under the 28 other survivors toward from the premier also, but the the Cook firm. Programming will Norfolk. deputies wound up their four-day change from ABC to CBS about The crewmen were placed session and headed for home aft- said private- they are qu what Israel will do with the plutonium which the reactor is expected to produce as a by-product Living Cost Up Again Food Prices Hit New Peak In November WASHINGTON (AP) A jump in food prices pushed living costs to a new peak in November. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today its consumer price index rose to 127.4 from 127.3 in October.

In this index. 100 represents average prices for the 1947-49 period. It is unusual for food prices to rise in November The bureau said this is the first time they have gone up in a November since 1951. Also contributing to the November rise in the index were increases in movie admission fees and in costs of hospitalization insurance. On the basis of the November index, about 225.000 workers will receive cost-of-living wage increases.

The majority of these ate employed in the meat packing and aircraft-missile industries and will receive two-cent hourly pay boosts under labor contracts geared to the cost-of-living figures. The bureau also reported that the after-tax earnings of factory workers declined between October and November as a result of shorter hours. For the production worker with three dependents, spendable earnings were down 23 cents a week from October, to an average of $80 95. The buying power of factory workers was down about one- half of 1 per cent. This drop was due both to the decline in earnings and the rist in costs.

William Schien W. A. Sellien Installed By Kiwanis Club PALM BEACH. Fla (AP President-elect John F. Kennedy today chose Dr.

Walter W. Heller, University of Minnesota economist and tax scholar, to he chairman of his Council of Economic Advisers. Heller. 45, was with Kennedy when he announced the appoint ment at a news conference. In a discussion with newsmen Heller said there has been a business recession for six months.

He said the economy has been lag ging for 34 years. Heller said he favors a policy of exploring the idea of adjusting taxes to economic conditions. While he did not say so specifically, Heller apparently was endorsing the idea of a possible tax reduction in times of recession. Heller is head of the economics department in the University of Minnesota's School of Business Administration. He served for six years as tax adviser to Minnesota Gov.

Orville L. Freeman who will be in the Kennedy Cabinet as secretary of agriculture. it will use Plutonium can he em- May or 88 soon as aP' aboard the tanker by small boats er a brief discussion and unani- the manufacture of acquired, from the sharp contrast to mous endorsement of the policy according to Garner, ployed in atomic bombs. The cautiously worded U. S.

statement said: is gratifying to note that, as made public, the Israeli atomic energy program (Please turn to page 5, column KMOS-TV reaches about 44,000 homes in the mid-Missouri area. Under Cook management, KMOS-TV received its broadcast signal from KMBC-TV in Kansas City, anti under the new owner- Firing Controversy Arises Truman Says MacArthur Wanted to A-bomb China the ticklish operation Thursday by outlined by Gromyko, which the 28 were litted from the an bobbing hulk by helicopter. hour and 45 a re- Richart. 36, of Wilmington. hash of previously stated Soviet remained aboard to protect the positions.

He gave no indication salvage rights. that Soviet policy would be modi- Coast Guard ships and planes lied to improve relations with the resumed their search for the eight United States, crewmen still missing from the Post Office Monday; Deliveries Set Sunday, Monday With Christmas on Sunday this year, the Post Office will close and most postal employes will take a well deserved rest Mon day, Dec. 26. No one will be disappointed though, for Postmaster Maurice Hogan has announced there will be one delivery of Christmas gift packages Christmas Day, and if not home or if a package comes for you overnight, there will be another gift parcel delivery Monday, Dec 26 There will be no delivery of mail of any kind on rural routes either Sunday or Monday. Saturday evening all undelivered parcels will be moved from the Armory back to the main post office; Sunday and Monday delivery will be made from there.

that the end of the big rush is in the postmaster aaid, behalf of all Sedalia postal employees 1 want to express my thanks for the fine cooperation from out patrons. They have made it possible for our employees to sjiend Christmas Eve at noma with their families. NEW YORK (AP) Former President Harry S. Truman says that Gen. Douglas MacArthur wanted to A-bomb China and eastern Siberia during the Korean conflict.

MacArthur terms assertion Both men are in New York. MacArthur resides here and Truman arrived Wednesday to spend the holidays with his daughter and son-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Daniel.

An official at the hotel where the former president is staying said Truman would accept no calls until morning The controversy was touched off by Truman during a television interview last Saturday night in Chicago The transcript of the in- terveiw became available Thursday. lrv Kupcinet, a Sun-Times reporter. moderator of the program, had asked Truman if. when he was president, he had been under pressure to unleash the atomic bomb during the Korean War. He said Truman replied: MacArthur wanted to do just that.

He wanted to bomb China and eastern Russia and every thing MacArthur issued a statement Thursday night denying this. statement such as that attributed to Mr. Truman that 1 advocated the use of atomic bombs in the Korean War is completely MacArthur said. records are available and will show that atom bombing in the Korean War was never discussed either by my headquarters or in any communication to or from Washington. allegation that 1 contemplated or even considered aetion against Siberia or areas not directly within the field of operations is equally fantastic.

did not need the atom bomb here any more than we did in the war against added the former supreme commander of Allied forces in the South Pacific. Truman relieved MacArthur of Pine Ridge. Among them is the master. Capt. Clark Snyder, 44.

of Havertown. Pa. Three survivors of the broken tanker had volunteered to return to assist in towing operations but the ship's agents told them not to go aboard. The owner is the Keystone Shipping Co. of Philadelphia.

Survivors aboard the Conway were transferred from the aircraft carrier Valley Forge whose helicopters lifted them from the stern section. The Pine Ridge was ripped apart Wednesday in gale winds that churned waters 100 miles east of Cape Hatteras. N.C.—that storied graveyard of the Atlantic. Once more he blamed the Nixon for the present state of U.S.-Soviet relations and the failure of the Paris summit conference. Press Time Bulletins ST.

LOUIS A new snow storm moved into central and eastern Missouri and into southern Illinois today. A further accumulation of two to four inches of snow was forecast, with possibly some sleet and freezing rain. 9 1 ires Claim Lives of 17 During Night A smorgasbord dinner, songs by the Sedalia Choral club and installation of officers for 1961 eon stitutod the main features of the Sedalia Kiwanis annua and guest night Christmas party at Flat Creek Inn Thursday night. The installation ceremony was conducted by Lt. Gov.

C. O. Putnam. of California, for the President, William Schien; vice- president, Dan Robinson; treasurer. Charles L.

Hanley; secretary, Pinkney Miller; directors. Robert Fritz. Chris Roose, George Ray, John Garner and Sam E. Boyle. On behalf of the club President John Ryan presented a Christmas gift to Miss Lillian Fox, club pianist.

Dr. C. Alexander was program chairman and he received the compliments of the club through its president, Mr. Ryan, for the fine programs arranged during December and particularly the Christmas party. Kiwani- queens who arranged the specia decorations, including poinsett ias in table centerpieces, and the assisting committee of Kiwanians were also recognized.

Appropriate songs in keeping with the Christmas season were sung by the Choral club directed by Kiwanian Abe Rosenthal with Miss Fox, accompanist. Generous thanks were expressed to them for their excellent performance. Invocation and benediction were by Past Lt. Gov. A.

Pharr is. Recognition was given special By the Associated Press Fires swept homes in five sepa- If a i guesta, Mrs. Clyde Heynen and rate cities during the night and 1 Mrs. Tom Yount, whose deceased and "two ver5' aclive in Kb including mothers. Three other wanis club work, suffered ActomPany)ng Lt.

Gov. Putnam childirn wys an(j critical burns in two of the blazes. Firemen fought the 1,1 I California, low zero cold in the homes in Chi-: Ind Past Lt. Gov. R.

Pope joy, also of Water Board To Go Ahead With Plans Despite Move By City Council At December Meet The water rate increase of about 35 per cent announced by the Sedalia Board of Public Works 3ec. 5 will go into effect Jan. 1. despite a resolution opposing the increase which was passed by the Sedalia City Council Dec. 19.

The Board of Public Works made its stand on the matter clear, in a statement released to the press Friday. The statement was signed by all members of the hoard: Herman E. Bloess, president; and C. R. Bothwell, C.

L. Kelley and Dorsey Walter, board members. The statement reads: Board of Public Works, at its regular meeting held Dec. 20. considered the resolution of the City Council opposing the water rate increase.

need for additional water revenues has been apparent for many months, however, the board delayed any action until an engineering study was made of the conditions and the needs of the water system. This study is required each three years by the provisions of the ordinance by which the City purchased the Sedalia Water Company. Dec. 2, 1960, the Board met with the Mayor and members of the City Council, to give a full and complete explanation of the financial needs of the Water Department and of the findings of the Consulting Engineers. "Unfortunately, Councilmen E.

Smith and J. M. Cunningham were not present at this joint meeting. is the unanimous opinion of the Board that the new rates are necessary if sufficient revenues are to he provided to meet the needs of the Water Department. Board regrets the necessity of a water rate increase at this time.

It cannot, however, ignore the financial problems facing the Water Department These problems are so serious that the Board is powerless to modify in any way the rate increase which will become effective on all meters read after Jan. 1, 1961. The rate increase, based on a schedule recommended by the Board, and published in the Dec. 6 Sedalia Democrat and the Dec. (Please turn to page 5 column 6) Meg, to Alterni cago and Hartford City, Ind In each blaze, a mother and her four children died In Baltimore, with the memiry OSLO Norway AP Britain's at 16 degrees, a fire killed two Princess, Margaret and her com- children while in Poteet, moner husband, Antony Arm- four small children perished when strong-Jones, will be among the a kerosene bucket exploded.

foreign guests at the wedding A spreading flames throughout a princess Astrid of Norway and one-room house commoner Johan Martin Ferner The 17th victim of a fire was a jan J2 young woman in New York City who died in a blaze in her lower East Side apartment Flood Italy In Hartford City, a bottle of dropped accidentally ROME rains brought ary payment New Orleans Banks Loose School Funds NEW ORLEANS. La Four New Orleans banks released long-frozen school money today and the city school board began processing checks to reach teachers at two integrated schools before Christmas The money also will go for to 54 Santa On The Scovo near a stove Thursday night in flooding to storm-ravished Italy 1 tive, supervisory and clerical staff the home of Albert Coleman ex- Thursday, taking a mounting members who have not been paid ploded. starting a fire which killed property damage. More than bv the state (Please turn to page 5 column 8) SHOPPING DAY TO CHRISTMAS Aged Pilot Grove Wan of PILOT GROVE, Mo liam H. Davis, 85, died of burns caused by a box of matches in his hip pocket Thursday.

Sheriff Lylburn Mann said the matches ignited while Davis was sitting in a chair, and the elderly man was unable to rise. Mrs. Davis, returning from visiting a neighbor, helped beat out the flames in her husband's clothing, but he died in an ambulance on the way to Boonville Davis leaves his widow and nine children. Mrs. Coleman.

39. and four of persons have died in the past their nine children. Three other week as a result of the rain and children were hospitalized, two in that have swept the penin- critical condition and one serious- HUja the Alps to Sicily, ly burned Two other Coleman children and the father were not at home. A fire in the home of George A. Poe in Baltimore killed two of the Poe's four children Poe told police he attempted to guide his four children to the street hut the two eldest, Terresa 12, and Clayton 8, became separated from him.

Their charred bodies were found by firemen. While Christmas Indications are we'll be having a White Christmas, like it or not RRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU 1 If you fail to receive your Dem ocrat, please call TA 6-1000 tor delivery before 1:30 p.m. CLEARING FOR FINAL strange asks S-bgt. Douglas Riley, 1991st AACS. Whitman APB, for instructions.

Appearing on radar scopes around the world at this time of year, the strange craft brings a message of peaee and cheer to people everywhere. The craft is coiispicious, even on radar acupes for tho bright light on uose. Police Force Given Party at the Station forget the annual Christmas party at the police station tomorrow, kids, from 10 a m. to 5 pm Sub-teen children from Sedalia as well as surrounding areas will have a chance to visit with Santa Claus and get acquainted with the local police force. There will be a free treat for each child.

Funds for the annual party, police say, came from the Policemen's Ball and donations from Sedalia Cloudy and not so cold tonight with two to four inches of snow possibly mixed with sleet or freezing rain: decreasing cloudiness with little temperature change Saturday. laiw tonight around 20. high Saturday 23-28 The temperature Friday was 14 at 7 a and 35 at 1 Low Thursday night was 8, with one-half inch of snow. The temperature one year ago today was, high 45; low 35: two years ago. high 56; low 41; three years ago, high 60 low 45.

Lake of Ozarks stage 57 0 feet, 3.0 below full reservoir, do wo ,2. School Supt. James Redmond said release of the at about a million means the hoard can begin paying a half million dollars bills to vendors in the community. In addition, the board will start paying contractors tor construction and renovation work which they have already done, he The hanks released the money following an order from I Dis- I trict Court Wednesday. Redmond said the paychecks to the employes at integrated William Frantz and McDonough No.

119 school will put all school em- ployes on an equal ba-us He said all will have missed one payday. The District Court had ordered the banks to release some $728 000 in board funds which they i had frozen The court also or; dered the city to turn over to the board $200,000 in taxes that have been held in escrow Angered by court ruling, which also cited three top state officials for contempt of court for I holding the salaries at the integrated schools, legislative of Gov. Jimmie H. administration decided against introduction ot resolution to provide the pay.