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Springfield (O.) NEWS-SUN, Sunday, Feb. 20, Third Tour In Viet Nam Offbeat by art Christen Henry Saeman, the Sun's was convinced that I could write wart City, Hall reporter, has the great American novel, transferred to the Dayton Daily short story, and I had a loud News. alarm clock. The combo was will miss him as a left-handed In September, told me Sun Sports Editor Dan Hoyt playing on weekendhry golfing buddy whose red-headed of a vacancy on the News and complexion took a brutal beating my sputtering freelance writing from the summer sun. career came to a halt.

I was And the City Hall crew, know, hired. will miss his jaunts from office In September, too, Henry to office in the afternoon. bought his first car, a 1937 Chevy, Henry had six months of sen- and I was the driving instructor. iority on me and began working He was an apt pupil but flunked for the Daily News under the the final. We ran a stop sign in able tutelage of Sports Editor Bob Dayton, the same night that Sullivan in February, 1951, but Rocky Graziano fought Tony he had a failing.

He had a really Janiro on TV, the car was derough time hearing an alarm molished, and we took a bus back clock, and there was the time to Springfield. Undaunted, he when he ended up at a Reds' aft- bought another 1937 Chevy. ernoon game on a day when he Then Henry transferred to the should have been working. He Sun and we worked opposite ends had simply misread the schedule. of the police beat, and Henry, During the summer, he and I fundamentally a night person, roomed at a fraternity house on prospered because he didn't need Woodlawn splitting light and an alarm clock at 5 p.m.

gas bills while he worked and I He and Mitzi were married on a hot August afternoon in Piqua The Week In Review Thirtv- protests alleging various errors in affidavits of nominating petitions for Democratic precinct committeemen were lodged with the Clark County Board of Elections Monday by Herbert C. Wolf, leader of a faction of Democrats seeking to oust John P. McDonough from the chairmanship of the Democratic Executive Committee. Charles L. Dunn, 64, of 1812 Crescent active in many business, civic and charitable affairs of the community, died at 2:35 p.m.

Monday in Mercy Hospital after being stricken by a heart attack at 11 a.m. the same day. Springfield city police and firemen Wednesday accepted a twostep pay increase proposal from the municipal government. The steps will be effective Monday and also will apply to all city employes. Springfield received conditional approval Thursday from the U.

S. Department of Housing and Urban for the final plan North Hill Development, No. 2 urban renewal project. Congressman Robert E. Sweeney announced Friday that the Office of Economic Opportunity had approved a 12- month grant in the amount of $29,328 to conduct a parent education project, to be known as ENABLE, in Springfield and Clark County.

Mad River (Concluded from Page One) grams are considered on a firstcome, first-served basis. The local ranks 16th. According program, Waldorf, however, there is a way to speed it up. Local sponsors may advance the planning money to the state. Said Mr.

Waldorf, "This would allow the Soil Conservation Service to deviate from normal procedure and employ a consultant to do the planning and feasability study." The major portion of a this planning is the acquiral and study an aerial photograph of watershed district from which feasibility can be deternimed and much of the detail planning done. Average project cost of this stage, he said, is about $30,000. This money, or any portion it contributed by local sponsors, would be returned in the form credit when other local expenditures were incurred. The local sponsor, for instance, must pay for land purchased dam sites and easements, and must bear other costs. The money advanced would be discounted against these costs, Mr.

Waldorf said. He noted that this procedure had been followed in the Maumee Watershed Project in the northwestern portion of the state. The federal government pays all construction costs for flood prevention, he said, and 50 cent of the cost of construction of recreational facilities. The Department of Natural sources, according, to Mr. Waldorf, favors program of this sort to the point of encouraging it as an expedient means of complishing low-priority projects.

This leaves the sponsors of Upper Mad River Watershed project several options: -Advance the state the planning money. -Wait in line. -Amend the project proposed in a bid for a different priority classification by getting either state or federal sponsorship. Mr. Waldorf noted that the federal act which makes possible the watershed projects is aimed primarily at stopping the small annual, or semi-annual floods that cut agricultural profit.

The Upper Mad River project area contains a preponderance agricultural lands. It begins the end of Springfield, running north of extending east as far as Cable and west just about to St. Paris. Support for the project has been expressed by International Harvester Steel Products and Wright-Patterson Division of Kelsey Hayes, Bauer Force Base, along with spokesmen for other agricultural, recreational and industrial interests in the multi-county area. TO PLAN REUNION The 1936 class of Springfield South High School will hold a meeting for the 30th reunion on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

in Room No. 107 at South High School. All members interested are asked to call Richard Raster, (399-2238), or meet at the school. Springfield's Fightingest GI? There are some young Ameri-1 cans who would say that Gene F. Scerba didn't know when he was well off.

He is doing his third tour of duty in South Viet Nam! He did two tours with the U. S. Marine Corps and then when his enlistment was up, he re-enlisted in the U. S. Army.

This time he is piloting a grader through the jungle making a path for the motorized Army that is on a perpetual hunt for the elusive Red guerrillas. Pfc. Scerba wants to make sure some of his Springfield pals and friends from Springfield High will know that he is still around. Heart Drive Sunday Several Hundred Local Volunteers To Be Out The Heart Fund Drive of will be observed in Springfield and Clark County Sunday. The Rev.

Kay M. Glaesner, pastor of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church and the 1966 Heart Fund chairman, said several hundred volunteers will visit homes throughout the area, They will accept contributions to be used in the fight against diseases of the heart and blood vessels. The volunteers also will give out educational literature on cardiovascular ailments. In addition, they will distribute information on how Heart Fund dollars are used by the Central Ohio Heart Association in combatting heart disease.

The Clark County Heart Chapter is an affiliate and participating agency of the local United Appeals Fund. The Rev. Mr. Glaesner asked that those who not at home when volunteers call to mail their gifts to the Heart Fund in the pre-addressed envelope that will be left at the door. Heart Fund dollars are currently at work in research laboratories in central Ohio, the Rev.

Mr. Glaesner said. Among the 21 separate projects currently being supported by the Central Ohio Heart Association are investigations dealing with a more scientific basis for the administration of the widely-used heart stimulant, digitalis; the relationship between low-body carbon dioxide levels and heart performance; a better understanding of the mechanism by which blood vessels constrict and dilate; and the effects of diabetes on the heart. All investigators donate their time, the Rev. Mr.

Glaesner said. Funds are used to provide the tools and technical assistance for research. In addition, the drive chairman said, the Heart Association conducts programs of public and professional education and community service to help people everywhere receive benefits of research. Public Records 61978-Mary L. Verro vs.

Samuel Carpenter; action for support under uniform reciprocal enforcement of support act. 61974-Doris Rife Vs. Marvin Rife; divorce action; gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty charged. 61975-Bonnie J. D'Amico Vs.

Richard D. D'Amico; divorce action; gross lect of duty and extreme cruelty charged. 61976-Roger W. Terry Vs. Stirl Sparks, dba Stirl Sparks action for money judgment of $26.250.

81977-Denise D. Hatch vs. Robert W. Hatch; divorce action; gross neglect of duty charged. Current Business James Edward Moore vs.

Administrator, Bureau of Workmen's Compensation et al; case dismissed. In the matter of the appropriation of the land of Keith Evans et al; matter settled for $10,500. Forest Hills Property Owner's Association vs. Mark A. Kirkland; demurrer of defendants ordered dismissed.

Anastasia Alexander vs. Angelo Micochero et al; motion of trustee dismissed. Jacquelene Q. Blinn et al Suzanne Qualls, a minor et al; order to make Barbara Qualls Donnley party defendant filed. Cliva H.

Richardson vs, Billy R. Richardson; case dismissed. Mossie M. Smith vs. Clarence C.

Smith; motion of defendant dismissed. Ruby Whitt vs. Talmage Whitt; motion of defendant dismissed. Fanny Tucker vs. Charles Wilson, aka Charles Henderson; case dismissed.

Frank Jackson vs. Dale Allen Jaeger et al; answer filed. Clarence Wyman, administrator, vs. William R. Doreen et al; answer filed.

Gary A. Brooks vs. William R. Doreen et al; answer filed. Dale A.

Jaeger, individually and administrator, filed. V8. Frank Jackson, Howard Wyman vs. William R. Doreen et al; answer filed.

Robert E. Potts vs. Virginia Potts: motion for modification of support order filed. Joseph K. Coblentz et al vs.

Mary Lucretia Noonan, et al; order of confirmation and distribution order for deed filed. Henry R. Snyder vs, Helen L. Snyder; petition dismissed; divorce granted on cross-petition; defendant awarded custody of child, separation agreement approved. Charles J.

Hardin vs. Dorothy C. 0g. den et al; payment of attorney fees ordered. Jacqueline L.

Timberman vs. Raymond E. Timberman; Robert S. Olinger withdraws as counsel for defense. Eugene McCarty et al vs.

Charles H. Custer: case dismissed. Roger L. Houseman et al vs. Everwear Top and Cabinet motion of receiver for authority to sell chattel property at private sale for appraised value filed; report of inventory and appraisement filed.

Jolan Jane Phillips vs. Wilbert Reese Powell; motion for new trial overruled. Bryce Hill vs. Rendal Richard Bass et al; entry confirming sale and ordering deed amended nunc pro tunc. C.

Duncan, deceased, Anna L. Duncan, vs. administrator, Workmen's Compensation; case dismissed. In the following cases, motions made by the prosecution: plaintiffs were dismissed for lack Judith Ann Back vs. Glenn Edward Back.

Tanya Lee Perez, a minor et Hilario Ponce Perez, Minnie L. Davis vs. James M. Davis. Christine Anderson vs.

Albert R. Anderson. Jacqueline K. Perkins Vs. Roy Calvin Perkins.

Marie McFarland vs. Durward M. McFarland. Juanita Cavins vs. Roger U.

Cavina. PROBATE COURT Accounts Estate of Harley F. Long; first and final account of Ellen N. Long, adminis: trator; total amount chargeable and credited, $15,051.80. Estate of Sandra R.

Martin, Constance A. Martin and Cheryl E. Martin; state, ment in lieu of first and final account Bessie L. Martin, guardian, filed, Estate of Paul Goode Lambert; first and final account of Charles W. Frayne, administrator; total amount chargeable and credited.

$1,263.78. MARRIAGE LICENSES Applications Gary LaVerne Hudson, 21, of Dayton, Station To Start Sunday Discussing plans for the first broadcast of FM radio station WUSO at Wittenberg University are (left to right) George Henrichson, Wittenberg senior from Garden City, N.Y., the station's business manager; John Netts, Bogota, N.J., senior, station manager, and Robert Wills, instructor in speech at Wittenberg, the station's faculty advisor. WUSO will start regular broadcasting operations Sunday at 1:45 p.m. 1 sour (000 Shown in the control room Berg, a senior from Newcomerstown Wittenberg station, which watts. Nine Divorce Actions Set For Monday Nine uncontested divorce actions are set for hearing Monday at 1:30 p.m.

before Clark County Common Pleas Judge Ben J. Goldman, Clerk of Courts R. Leigh Swanton said Saturday. Plaintiffs, defendants and charges in the cases, include: Violet Titer of 142 N. Belmont against James David Titer of the same address; gross neglect of duty; Mary Helen Miner of 2717 E.

High against Robert W. Miner, no address listed, gross neglect of duty; Herbert E. Wood, of 1904 Washing. ton against Audrey K. Wood of W.

High wilful absence and gross neglect of duty. Gloria J. Mancini 2745 Share against Ronald R. Mancini of London, 0., gross neglect of duty; Audrey Rust of 608 E. Rose against Oscar Lee Rust of the same address, gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty; Mary Catherine High of 1615.

East against Charles William High of 192 Milton-Carlisle gross neglect of duty and habitual drunkenness. Marie McFarland of South Charleston. Route 1, against Durward M. McFarland of the same address, cruelty; Ray Myers, Hilltop extremes against Izle Marie Myers of 3201 Mechanicsburg gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty; Paul Rittenhouse of 717 Drexel against Edna Rittenhouse of Russells Point, gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. Commission (Concluded from Page One) two items on which no recommendations will be made at this time.

Bidders on the units included Mefford Ford, North Motors, Mitchell Rambler, Airway Lincoln-Mercury, Bode-Finn of Dayton, Buckeye Truck of Columbus, Road Machinery of Cleveland, Weaver Trailer of Columbus, International Harvester of Springfield, and Standard Truck of Atlanta, Ga. Other reports will recommend installation of a street light on S. Belmont av. between Sunset av. and Sweetbriar In.

and setting of public hearings on the vacation of an alley and a portion of a street. Manufacturing Engineering Manager Named By IH Leo G. Weaver has been pointed manager of manufacturing-engineering at the Springfield Works of the International Harvester according to an announcement Saturday by H. of A. Ehrman, works manager.

Mr. Weaver, formerly a reat search engineer at the company's manufacturing research facility in Chicago, began his professional career as a personnel development trainee at Evansville, Co. He succeeds Leslie V. Anderson, formerly of 60 Villa who Air has been promoted to plant manager of the Metropolitan Body an IH subsidiary at Bridgeport, Conn. Mr.

Weaver, a native of Evansville, served in the U. S. Marine Corps during World War II. He attended Syracuse University, a Spracuse, N. prior to World War II, received a degree in refrigeration engineering from Evansville (Ind.) College and a to master of business administration degree from the of Chicago.

He writes that letters will be happily received. His letter follows: Dear Sir: I want to request a service note be put in the paper my friends will know whereabouts. First of all, my name is in the early 1950's and now there are Marty and Joey. Dayton editors will find that the redhead is a persevering little guy who can fire a million questions to get the right answer to one who will go after a story with a real doggedness and comes back with it. It's the same guy who, at Wittenberg while sportswriting for the Torch.

interviewed a Japanese wrestler at Memorial Hall, or who incurred the real wrath of a Wittenberg football coach for referring to a lackluster Tiger eleven "hapless." It was a hapless "team that year, there was no doubt about it. He's the same guy who took off alone in a 1937 Chevy, as a bachelor, and toured through Ontario, not knowing a piston from a sparkplug, mainly because he'd never been there and wanted to go. I was surprised he didn't da tackle the in Alcan Highway. Henry, a well into this world of deadlines. He hustles.

And maybe, Mitzi'll be to get him up the morning. He's working days now. You can't fool all the people all of the time but those highway signs along Interstate Route 70 pretty close. "I've got to listen to some music for a half hour and then write about it." said John, 12, recently. Thinking that I'd never had homework like that in junior high, I said "OK." So out of the record cabinet I selected Resphighi's "Fountains of Rome" and Tchaikovsky's Overture." "Gotta the mood" said John, bringing in a pillow and sacking out in front of the speaker.

"Fountains of Rome" trilled its merry way, the "1812" came on, and so did "Marche Slav." The gramophone clicked off and there was silence. Lots of silence. John had beaten the system he'd gone to sleep. Signs of Times In an area -man cafe. to wash dishes and two Sheriff Sells Five Parcels Of Realty Five parcels of real estate were auctioned, Saturday Clark at County sheriff's Court House.

All the parcels were purchased by the plaintiffs in the Clark County Common Pleas Court suits which resulted in the sales. The Manhattan Savings Bank bought the property of Earl C. Vance, and others for $12,000. Appraised at $14,000, the property is located at 304 Corington dr. The land of Elmer Meade and others in Park Layne Manor was purchased by the Prudential Insurance Co.

of America for $9,000, two-thirds of the appraised value of $13,500. Also sold for two-thirds of the appraised value was the property Larry Lee Gruber at 807 S. Burnett rd. The Kissell Co. made the purchase for $7,666.67.

Appraisal value was $11,500. The Kissell Co. bought the land of Ernie J. Castle and others at Enon for $10,667.67. The property was appraised at $16,000.

Purchased for $11,600 was the land of Walter H. Prettyman and others which had been appraised at $12,850. The land was bought by the Chase Manhattan Bank. It is located in Park Layne Manor. PFC.

GENE F. SCERBA CLARK COUNTY COMMON PLEAS COURT New Sulta at Wittenberg University is John station's program director. The will have a power of 10 of FM radio station WUSO who is serving as the will be heard at 89.1 megacycles, Wittenberg To Open FM Broadcasting A new Springfield radio station will begin its broadcasting operations Sunday, The station's call letters, WUSO, stand for Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio. The station will be staffed by Wittenberg students and the studios are located in Wittenberg's Ferncliff Hall. A special program is scheduled Sunday at 1:45 p.m.

Taking part will be Wittenberg President John N. Stauffer, and Robert Henry, Springfield's mayor. The FM station will have a power of 10 watts and will be heard at 89.1 megacycles. Station personnel are hopeful that WUSO Wife Charges Neglect, Cruelty In Divorce Suit Divorce was sought Saturday in Clark County Common Pleas Court by Doris Rife of 1572 Columbus who charged gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty against Marvin Rife of the rear, 719 W. Main st.

Mrs. Rife states she and her husband were married June 27, 1955, in Tremont City and have three children. She seeks custody of the children, support, an auto, household goods, attorney fees, and court costs. Bonnie J. D'Amico of North Hampton charged Richard D.

D'Amico of Columbus with gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty in a divorce suit. Mrs. D'Amico states she and her husband were married April 24, 1964 in W. and have one child. She seeks custody of the child, an auto, household goods, and attorney fees.

Gross neglect of duty was charged in a divorce action by Denise D. Hatch of 412 Auburn av. against Robert W. Hatch of Chicago, Ill. Mrs.

Hatch says she and her husband were married June 15, 1957 in Indianapolis, and have four children. She seeks custody of the children, alimony and support. County To Receive $8,000 As Share Of Monthly Gas Taxes Clark County will receive $8,000 for its share in the February distribution of gasoline excise taxes, it was announced Saturday by State Auditor Roger Cloud. Total distribution for February reached $2,818,400 to the state's counties and townships. Shares received by other area counties include: Champaign, Fayette, Greene, Hardin, Logan, Madison, Miami, Shelby, and Union, $11,200.

SPRINGFIELDER TO APPEAR Mrs. Lynn Rector of 1131 White Oak along with other members of the Ohio State University Dance Group will appear in concert March 2 and 3, at 8 p.m. in Mershon Auditorium on the campus. For the March program, Mrs. Rector will perform Passacaquia the Fugue.

IN FRESHMAN SHOW Miss Lisa Diane Neufeld, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dietrich Neufeld of 2853 Evergreen took part in the Freshman Show at Bryn Mawr College. The original production was written and directed by mem. bers of the Class of 1969.

U. S. Marine and Dolores Kay Welch, 20, of 604 Linwood lab technician: Father William Welch. Delay period waived and license issued. David Neil Dresher, 28, of 3525 Troy heavy equipment operator, and Jackie Sue Smith, 25, of 4590 National clerk; Pastor Lawrence T.

Rugh, William Harvey Boisel, 84, of 1664 Edwards tire repairman, and Barbara Ann HIll, 29, of 867 Lawnview telephone operator; Rev. Harold Boyer. RECORDER'S OFFICE Deeds Floyd M. Kreps by administrator Donald D. Nickell et al; city property; revenue stamps, $9.90.

Jack L. Chadwick et ux to Anthony W. Fritz, Jr. et al; Enon property; revenue stamps, $20.35. George S.

Trego et ux to Nicholas E. Fedesna et al; Springfield Township property; revenue stamps, $23.65. Lucy M. Price to Douglas D. Ditty, et al; Springfield Township property: revenue stamps, $14.85.

Willie M. Burton et ux to Larry G. Jackson et al; city property; revenue stamps, $1.10. Stanley E. Carter et ux to Louise Thacker; Bethel Township property; no revenue stamps.

Talmadge E. Rush et ux to Louise Thacker; Bethel Township property; no revenue stamps. Louise Thacker et vir to Dewey R. Conn et al; Bethel Township property; revenue stamps, $1.10. Howard L.

Burden by executrix to Jewell Ann Burden; Bethel Township property by certificate for transfer; no revenue stamps. Park Layne to Philip R. Viens et al; Bethel Township property; revenue stamps, $15.95. Myrtle Shaw to Kenneth B. Hanaway et al; Springfield Township property; revenue stamps, $8.80.

Helen B. Ohnesorgen to William Swabey, Jr. et al; Enon property; revenue stamps, $11.55. Nevin Cunningham et ux to Paul F. Stultz et al; Harmony Township property; revenue stamps, $4.40.

Earl Skillings to Daniel T. McClintick et al; Mad River Township property; no revenue stamps. Dorothy C. Ogden et al by sheriff to Buckeye Enterprises city property; revenue stamps, $44.55. Mary Lucretia Noonan et al by sheriff to Buckeye Enterprises city property; revenue stamps, $45.10.

Three Local Liquor Permit Holders To Receive Hearings Cases of three Springfield liquor permit holders are scheduled to be heard Wednesday and the Thursday before the Ohio Liquor Control Commission in Columbus. Included are: Billie L. Franzee, doing business as Cedar Race Tavern, 239 N. Race hearing Wednesday on charge of sale to a minor; Martha Steeleer doing business as Our Own Grocery, 301 Fair charged with Sunday sales; and William H. Cottingham, doing business as the Hop Cafe, 213 Lyle two cases each of alleged Sunday sales and Sunday consuming, hearings set Thursday.

Area cases set for Wednesday are: George H. and Charles Shafer, doing business as the 151 Club, Bellefontaine, alleged sale of beer to a minor and a minor consuming beer; and Owen T. Reeves, of Washington, C.H., alleged sale of beer to a minor. Check Grinding Of Form Fixtures Final inspection of the grinding process of two form fixtures to be used by National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the development of a space "reflector" or mirror was held in The James Leffel and Co. plant.

Examining one of the fixtures are, left to right, J. Robert Groff, president of The James Leffel and Ralph Davis, president of The Eagle Tool and Machine contractors with NASA on the fixtures, NASA Inspector Ed Werner and Wayne Hickman of Eagle Tool. In order to program the fixtures, Eagle Tool designed and built the hydraulic tracing unit shown over the boring mill. Cooperation between the firms produced the construction of the fixtures. Pfc.

Gene F. Scerba. I am the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Sinfield, 1320 Linden Av.

Springfield, Ohio. I'm now in South Viet Nam with CO'B 65th Engr. Bn. 25th Inf. Div.

We are attached to the 27th Infantry known as the famous "Wolfhounds." This makes my third time being sent to South Viet Nam. My first two times I was in the Marine Corps. I spent from March, 1964 to Sept. 1964 and March 1965 to May 1965 at Da Nang with them. I joined the Army in August 1965.

I am now northwest of Saigon near the border. We are cleaning the jungles of Viet Cong. It's been a rough job, but we're moving along okay. I work as a grader operator. We have to make roads in the jungles.

I hope things, will continue to move along okay. I have to spend 13 more months down here. I hope it goes fast. Ha. By the way, I graduated from old Springfield High in 1958.

I hope I have given you enough information. Have anybody who wants to write me, write to this address: Pfc. Gene F. Scerba R.A 15602550 CO'B 65th Engr. Bn.

2nd Brigade Task Force 25th Infantry Division APO San Francisco, Calif. 96225 Thank you Gene F. Scerba will be heard throughout most of Clark County. John Netts, a senior from Bogota, N. is the station manager.

The other officers of WUSO are George Henrichson, Garden City, N. senior, business manager; John Berg, Newcomerstown, senior, program director, and Warren Meister, Charleston, W. senior, technical director. Station WUSO is a descendant of radio station 8XAK, Wittenberg's first official radio station, which made its first broadcasts in 1923. The call letters were changed to WNAP in 1924 and still later that year were changed again to WCSO.

The power of WCSO, when operated at full capacity of 750 watts, made it possible for the station to be heard from the east to the west coasts and from Canada to Mexico. WCSO made its last broadcast on Oct. 11, 1930, when it carried the Wittenberg Washington and Jefferson football game. The station had been sold Oct. 9 by Wittenberg to P.

M. Thomas of radio station WJR in Detroit. Station WUSO will broadcast Monday through Saturday from 5:30 p.m. until midnight and on Sundays from 2:30 p.m. until midnight.

The emphasis in WUSO programming will be on music, Mr. Netts said Saturday, with probably two thirds of the broadcast time given over to classical, semi-classical, folk, jazz and "quiet pops" music. "There will be no rock and roll," he added. The station will also broadcast international news commentaries as well as campus news. A special feature of the WUSO schedule will be the Sunday afternoon program devoted to opera.

Operas to be featured during the first day of broadcasting Sunday are "Patience" and "The Mikado" by Gilbert and Sullivan. The staff for the radio station will number 45, Mr. Netts said, and 25 staff members have already qualified for engineering operating permits required by the Federal Communications Commission. Robert Wills, instructor in speech at Wittenberg, will serve as the station's faculty advisor. Coins (Concluded from Page One) wholesale source in the coin industry--the the big dealers are the "wholesalers." This is just one of the mysteries surrounding the half dollar shortage.

In 1963, when all of us had plenty of 50-cent pieces, the government minted only 92 million. This was much more than in previous years-48 million in 1962, million in 1961, about 16 million in 1960. In 1964, mint production of new half dollars soared to 201,859,612, with 185,975,838 more being coined in 1965-a total of 387,835,450. More than 12 million more have been produced thus far in 1966- and from 80 to 100 million new half dollars are expected to roll from the Denver, mint by June 30, according to Federal Reserve Bank officials. These figures show the government will have produced approximately five times as many half dollars than were minted in 1963 -yet they are not appearing in circulation.

Why? The government blames coin collectors, speculators and hoarders, points out that there has been an unprecedented demand since 1964 for the Kennedy coins both in the U.S. and overseas--says many individuals who are not collectors are keeping the coins for their children as inexpensive mementoes. The Franklin half dollars were snapped up because collectors and coin speculators knew this was the last one in that series. An uncirculated set of Franklin halves from 1948 to 1963 now sells for about $162.50 in coin shops, with individual uncirculated coins in this series bringing from 75 cents to $25 for the 1949 plain; $22 for the 1949-S (minted in San Francisco); $15 for the 1950 plain; $12.75 for the 1953 plain and $9 for the 1955 plain. In extra fine condition, Franklin halves now bring from 65 to 80 cents to $8.50 to $10 each.

The Kennedy halves minted before the "sandwich" type appeared currently are selling for around $1 each, uncirculated, and about 65 cents for those of extra fine circulated variety, coin shops report. Proof Kennedy coins bring about $13.50 each, and 1964. proof sets containing the Kennedy half dollar about $14.75. (There were about four million proof Kennedys minted in 1964, mint reports show.) The Kennedy halves being minted in Denver this year are "clad coins," like the new type quarters produced in 1965. They have copper cores sandwiched between coverings of silver and nickel-thus contain about 40 per cent less silver than the original Kennedy and Franklin halves.

But at the 1964-66 rate of colnage, there should have been ample half dollars to fill all of these greedy sources and still leave enough for normal tion purposes. (Bankers claim about 40-50 million a year are needed to meet such demands, or about a tenth of the minted supply.) What, then has happened to the other 350 million Kennedy half dollars and the millions of badly worn Franklins which were not sought by coin dealers, collectors and speculators? No one knows. He is married and has five children. He plans to move his family to Springfield in the future. LEO G.

WEAVER.