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TEE DAILY JOdKN AL-GAZETTE AND COMMERCIAL-STAR, MATTOON, ILLINOIS ra.cz i. MONDAY, JULY I. MM In Shotgun Blast Legion of Merit Chang Quits Harris Installed Rotary Governor Attorneys Form Partnership 1 1 Dominican Officials Quit ParadeTd Conclude Convention As Top Man CHARLESTON, I1L H. Ogden Bralnard and J. Leeds Bower to day announced the formation of the Bralnard and Bower law firm, Offices of the partnership will be in the Linder Building here.

Bralnard was educated in the Charleston, public schools and at Eastern 'Illinois University. After teaching and coaching In Illinois high schools for five years, he enrolled in the University of Jill' not law school. He received his law degree to 1933. Bralnard opened a law office here In 1939 after spending two years In St. Louis as an attorney for the Federal Land Bank.

He was admitted to practice before 1 Pne rain Annamary Dickey will portray in 1954. rtAiint Ulv In th flummw nf Mn. InS. Korea Br' ALAN KXINC SEOUL, Bouth Korea Lt. Gen.

Chang Do-young resigned today from the top potto In South Korea's government, Ma J. Gen. pak Chung-hl, general-ly credited with being the strongest man of the regime, wu named head of the ruling junta, Chang's other job of premier was assigned to retired Lt. Oen. 8ong yo-chan, burly B-foot de xense minuter who was army Byngman Rhee waa overthrown laat year.

Chang In a statement said he resigning because South Korea needs "a leader who is snore ag' greaslve and who commands great respect and. confidence at home and abroad. wafgen waJlyassumedTTiow ever, that he had loaf in a strug gle for power within the top mil ltary leadership. The resignation was announced after an emergency Cabinet sea slon at which. Chang arrived flanked by a heavy guard of 20 plalnclothesmen.

He left the Cap! tol building after the meeting under heavy guard, also, but a spokesman for the junta denied that he was under arrest. Chang, 36, waa the front man for the group of officers who on May 16 seized control of Seoul and overthrew the elected government of Premier John M. Chang, It had been expected for some time that Pak, architect of the May 16 coup, would replace Chang. The general Insisted, however, that he was primarily a soldier and had -no such aspira tions. Pennington Funeral Today dmIiI ths Journil Ouatt TOLEDO 111.

Funeral services were conducted at 3 pjn. today at the Cottonwood Church for Emmett F. Pennington, 73, Cottonwood Township. Rev. James Poe officiated.

Burial was In Tip-pett cemetery with graveside rites by the Dlona Masonic Lodge. The Markwell-Lashmet funeral home was In charge. Mr. Pennington died at his residence at 10:20 ajn. Saturday.

Death was attributed to a heart attack. i He was born July 31, 1887, a son of Francis and Elizabeth Stallings Pennington. He never married, a brother, Ben and a sister, Mary, died within the past two years. Surviving are nieces and nephews. Paul Vail Heads Legion District Paul Vail of Windsor was elect ed commander of American Legion District 19 at a district meeting Sunday at Farmer City.

Elected as district vice commander was Archie McCarvie, Bethany. More than 100 members from 62 posts were present. Attending from Mattoon were Joe A. Matthews, Oscar Homann, Cy McCurley, Paul Houchln, Les ter Smith. J.

B. Lepley, Fred Pleasant, Robert Tweed, M. D.i Smith Jr. and Robert Wilcoxen. Mississippi Rites The body of Mrs.

Elizabeth Rob' lnson, 48, Hattlesburg, Mlsa, was shipped to Hattlesburg by the Schilling funeral home. Mrs. Robinson was dead on arrival at Memorial Hospital at 6:05 am. Saturday after she became ill near Mattoon while enroute to her, home. Funeral Rites Held Funeral services for Martin David Jennings, 83.

of 700 Oklahoma, were conducted at 1:30 p-m. 'today at the Lockart and Son funeral home, Shelbyville, with burial In Jordan cemetery. Mr. Jennings, father of Everett Jennings. 700 Oklahoma, died at 10:15 pm.

Friday at Memorial Hospital mm tot mm -rv ut ainn at the Grand Theater in Sulll van. The show opens Miss Dickey Is a native of Decatur. Local Firemen Answer 3 Calls Three weekend fires here caused only minor damage, Fire Chief L. E. Weaver said today.

At 7:27 Sunday firemen were called" to the residence of Mrs. Bessie Zike, 3001 Commercial, to extinguish a fire in a chair. Weaver said the fire, apparently caused by a cigarette dropped In tha chair, did approximately $25 damage. A fire was' discovered in Bob's Market, 105 S. 19th, at 3:43 ajn.

Sunday. The fire, which started In a waste can containing sawdust that had been swept from the market floor Saturday evening, scorched a wall and filled the mar ket with smoke. Weaver said tha fire apparently was caused by a cigarette that was In the sawdust swept from the A fire in the front seat and upholstery of a car owned by Michael Rhoades, 612 S. 17th, was extinguished at 11:35 pm. Saturday.

The fire chief said the fire Is be lieved to have been started by charcoal that fell from a second floor balcony of the building at 612 S. 17th. He said the old model car had been partially dismantled for salvage prior to the fire and that there was no damage from the blaze. Florence Eichoff uiGS in v-nicago Mrs Florence Eichoff, 86, Chlctv go, formerly of Mattoon, died Sun day In Chicago. Funeral services will be at 9 am.

Wednesday at Immaculate Con ception Roman Catholic Church with Rt. Rev. Msgr. Daniel Daly officiating. Burial will be In Calvary cemetery.

The Schilling fu neral home is in charge. Thera home. Mrs. Eichoff was bom In April, 1875, a daughter of Lawrence and Bee Hayes Carr. Her husband la deceased.

She had resided in Chi cago aoout pu years. Kiwanis Program Richard Jones will present a rum on saiety at wednesoan ru-wanls Club luncheon at U. 8. Grant Motor Inn. FUNERALS ROBINSON, Mrs.

Elbtabetht Fu neral servlcea will be nead Hattiesburfr. Mississippi. SCHILLINGS EICHOFF, Mrs. Florence: Remains arriving rrom caicago. Tuesoay night, servlcea win be held '9 am.

Wednesday at Cathbuo Church. Rt. Rev. Msgr. Dame Daly officiating.

Interment Calvary cemetery. SCHILLINGS THS DAILT JOUEN A L-Q AXKTTB Mattoon. OliBoi Phana AT CDtrd'a Moond elaaa inattT Feb ruary 1 1J06, at ro unici at Mattoon. rttinoia nador the act tt March t. 117 Tli Associated froM otld elualvalr to th uoo for rooobueatJoa of all tha local bow printed la thla nowapapor aa wall as all AP awa dlapatebaa.

i Minbti nilnola Pmi AaaocUtloa, (lltnolt Dully Newspaper Markets, Inlaad DaUy Prosa Association. Newspaper ASvertlainf Assoclattoa Bureau of Adrertlainr. Audit Barest of Clrrolertoos and Adrertlalna Checktaa Burean. Vcre Oaten eetebllthsd ta Its. Wsekly Jourbal oatablUbed In UU DailyJouraai eetabllshed In 1174.

Consolidated Juaaary 1 lKa, HO MB DtUVtRT ftATES) Motor Routes) I Tr. 111 le Mix It 8 Ma HH I Wa, Ue MLATL. SUBSCRIPTION RATES urn muvwm lywiw where motet rout) ew esi itsr la snslatalned). ln. snaa, tntneis iia.ee gat gas an otha tatea flS.Cw- tlXM ttM CITJDAD TRUJILLO, Domini can Republic UR Oenerallssimo Rafael Trujlllo's hand picked President Joaquin Balaguer was given free hand to name his own cabinet today after 11 of the 13 ministers resigned' But they asked him to keep the poli cies of the slain -1 The resignations came after the ruling Dominican Party voted u- nanlmonsly to hack the 53-year tuold Balaguer, professor-diplomat turned politician.

The defense minister, Maj. Oen. Santo Melida Marte. who wu named arter Trujlllo's awaaslna Hon May 30; was the only cabinet minister that did not resign. Balaguer did not Indicate im mediately whether he -would ac cept any or all of the resigna tions.

Kerner to Decide On 'Hot' Issues (Continued from Page 1) city officials who contend they don't have the funds to meet them. The $2,000 annual pay raises for legislators costing an extra $480,000 a year are an item not Included In the budget. The only constitutional amend ment to emerge from the session would, reorganize the court sys tem. It will be placed before a statewide referendum in 1062. Kerner thus was confronted with carrying out his repeated threat to call a special session if the lawmakers did not produce an amendment for overhauling the constitution's tax article.

Overall, the new Democratic governor fared well at the hands of the politically-divided assem- His biggest victory was the half- cent sales tax boost but hev also helped put over a single board for higher education, the state's first fair employment practices mission, a separate state mental health department, and Increases In unemployment compensation. Hold Rites Today For Mrs. Doty DMIII Ult JwinwI-uiMtt CHARLESTON, 111. Funeral services were held at 2 p. m.

today in the Harper-Swickard funeral home here for Mrs. Stella Ora Doty, 84, of Charleston. Rev. H. L.

Hayes officiated and burial was in Doty cemetery near Charleston. Mrs. Doty died Saturday after noon at her home following a brief illness, She was bom Jhtne 28, 1877, in COles County, a daughter of Wll 11am and Alneda Doty Corbln. She was married to Oliver Doty. He died in 1954.

She leaves two sons, Forrest, Bethany; and Don, Charleston, a daughter. Miss' Dorothy Doty, at home; a sister, Mrs. Grace Ncese, Charleston; and three grandcnu- dren. She was a member of the First Baptist Church at Charleston. Former Mattoon Physician Dies Mattoon friends learned today of the death of Dr.

Harold Osterhacen. Traverse City, Mich Dr. Osterhagen was associated with the Mattoon Polyclinic here from 1937 to 1946. He left Mat toon in 1946 to practice In Tra verse City. Survivors Include his widow, Aileen; three sons; and his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. A. W. Osterhagen, Melboum, Iowa. Honor Society Gordon A.

Fuqua, Rural Route 2, is among 1961 Initiates of North western University's chapter oi Beta Beta Beta, national biology honor society. Births To Mr. and Mrs. John O. Phoenix, Arix, in a Phoenix hos- nital June 28.

a son, Earl Andrew The mother is the former Alicia Cooper, daughter of Mr. and. Mrs. Cooper, 2213 Marion. Mrs.

Bessie Cain. Mattoon. Is a great-grandmother. To A. i.

C. and Mrs. H. Ckutto, Olendale in a Glen-dale' hospital Friday, a daughter. Maternal crandDarenU are Mr.

and Mrs. W. H. Adams, Cooks Mills, To Mr. and Mrs.

Gene Carml. formerly of Mattoon, In a Carmi hospital Sunday, a daughter. Mrs. Doughty is the former Marilyn Green, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Merle Green, TWla. You Can Drive A Swoopsterl RENTAL 50c CARS a 4 Kills Novelist (Continued from Page 1) literature and the ways of thought of men and women In. every country In the worM." Hemingway was a rugged out' doorsman even in his youth. After high school Hemingway be' came a cub reporter for the Kan aas City Star, but left, soon to be loome an ambulance driver on the Italian front In World War "A Tarewen to Anns," in which Cooper starred when it was made Into a movie, was based partially on his war experiences. It was with this novel In J929 that Hemingway won world re nown.

Wars always fascinated Hem' ingway. He entered enthusiasti cally into the Spanish Civil war on th loyalist aide. From this came his "brilliant and angry novel, "For Whom the in a movie version of this book When World War broke out.1 he was again at the front, spend' Lng weeks at the regimental headquarters of Col. Charles' T. Lanham, later a major general conimanding the First Division In Germany.

This too resulted in a novel, "Across the River and Into the Trees." Gen. tanham remembered Hemingway as enormously brave" through the most dangerous battles. Hemingway had homes here and in Cuba, where he lived alternately in recent years and wrote "The Old Man and the Sea," which won him a Pulitzer Prize in 1953. Hemingway lived as lusty a life as any of his fictional characters. When his Nobel Prize was an nounced in 1954, Hemingway was in a hospital, recovering from an injury he received when his plane crashed on a big game hunting trip in" Afrtea.T Hemingway married, his fourth wife in 1946.

His first wife, whom he married In 1919, the former Hadley Richardson, was a boy hood sweetheart. That marriage ended in divorce, as did two other marriages, to Pauline Pfeiffer In 1927 and to novelist Martha Gell- horn in 1940. Hemingway had been discharg ed from the Mayo Clinic last Monday after two months of treatment for hypertension and for what a clinic spokesman call ed a "very old" case of hepatitis. Two Rescued PONT ANA, Wis. W) A lifeguard from a patrol boat rescued Kenneth Collins, 27, Downers Grove, 111., and his 4 -year -Old Wendy, from drowning in Lake Geneva Sunday.

Police Chief George Stallman of Fontana said officers in the patrol boat spotted Collins beginning to flounder as he swam outside the Fontana beach ilmits with his daughter riding piggy-back on his neck. Admitted Sunday Mrs. Clara M. Cornell, Neoga. Brenda K.

Evans, daughter of Mrs. Doris Rural Route 2. Mrs. William F. Fleming, Rural -Route 2.

Mrs. Malda B. Jackson, Hidal go- Mrs. Chauncey Michaels, 2504 Marion. Richard D.

Montague, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Montague, 637 Illinois. Mrs.

Annabelle Blagg, 1212 S. 18th. Theresa Lynn Lawaon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Merle Lawson, Charleston.

Admitted Saturday Dallas Brown, Trilla. Willis French, 2613 Marshall. Walter Haines, 1800 Richmond. Mrs. Cleo C.

Lacy, 1104 DeWitt. Harold Lawson, 1712 Piatt. Mrs. Nelson Mitchell, Greenup. Herman Van Note, 800 Piatt.

Artie Williams, 320 N. 1st. Released Today Robert H. Kdlbus, 821 Marshall. Theresa L.

Lawson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Merle L. Lawson, Charleston. David R.

reets, Casey. Gloria and Jerry Madigan, chil dren of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry W. Madigan Srl216 Richmond.

Released Sunday Miss Ella Aten, Hidalgo. Mrs Gerald Caste 111 and son. 3420 Willow. Drive. David Dale Davis, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Roy Davis. Westfleld. Rick Leon Evans, son of Mrs. Doris Blanken-shlp.

Rural Route 2. Released Saturday Mrs. Donald BinnWn and daugh ter. 1H Edgar. William Douglas, son of Mr.

-and Mrs. Richard Douglas, Neoga. William Kingery, son of Mr. and Mrs. Freddie Kingery.

1321 Champaign. James C. Owens. 1221 8. 18th.

Mrs. Homer Bailee. Humboldt. David Sandy, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Otis Sandy, Ashmore. Belinda Sharp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. E.

8harp. Trilla. Mrs. -Jackie, Spraggins. 2200 Prairie- Z.

Mrs. Clarence SUnberry, 1401 19th. Mrs. Fred Swank, Decatur. Mrs.

Minnie Wknmer, Sullivan. Hospital Notes a. aao p. m. L.

Paul Harris of the Mattoon Rotary Club was Installed as governor -of Rotary District 640 for 1991-63 at today's luncheon meet lng of the local club at U. fl Orant Motor Inn. rour past district governors were present for the ceremonies. They are Aqrustus Schllcher. Mattoon, who was governor of District 148 in 1940-41; Lowell Samuel, Effuighamrgovernorof District 215 In 1956-67; Paul Norrls, Robinson, governor of Dis trict 649 In 1958-60rand Edward R.

Ahlenius, Bloomington, immed iate past governor of District 649 The governor's gavel, was pre sented to Harris by Ahlenius, who also presented the district gov ernor home oiub banner to Wayne Moore, club president. Harris received a district gov ernor pin from Norrls. samuei pledged Rotary support to Harris, then presented a past governor's pin to Ahlenius. Other visiting Rotatians at the meeting were M. H.

Engelbrecht Dubuque, Iowa; Dwight Chapman, Olasgow, T. B. Norrls, De catur; F. E. Cox and Harold Popham, Charleston" Lyman Nef St." Petersburg.

and Hal Evans. Efflmrham. Monday's meeting will' be a hamburger fry at 6:30 pm. at the Rotary picnic grounds at Lake Mattoon. City Court Suit Seeks $13,300 A suit asking damages -toU ling 113.300 was filed Saturday In Mattoon City Court by John Mln- gU Named defendants in the suit are Valentine Bergmann.

doing business as The Garden House, 1409 S. 18th; and Don B. Knight, doing business, as The Hide-A Way, also, known as Knight's Buf fet, 1704 Broadway. Mlngus stipulates in the suit that the damages are "for the sole use andbenefitcrhis wife. Mary." He alleges that on the evening of April 13 or early in the morn' lng of April 14 he obtained in toxlcating beverages In the two taverns and that after leaving the taverns the car he was drtv ing struck a bridge on Route 121 near Coles.

He claims that because of in juries allegedly sustained in the crash he has been unable to work and his wife has been deprived of his support. He asks damages of $10,000 for loss of income, $2,500 for costs of medical treatment and $800 for damages to his car. Mlngus requests a trial by jury. Seeks $25,000 In Alienation Suit SpKiif Uii jourrai-Oiuiu CHARLESTON. Ill, A $25,000 alienation of affection suit wss filed today in Coles County Circuit Court here against Miss Joy Anderson, 3001 Walnut, Mattoon.

The suit, brought by Mrs. Doris Tolle, charges that Miss Anderson "enticed, persuaded and by diverse means" caused William G. Tolle "to abandon this plaintiff and separate himself from her." The suit seeks $25,000 from Miss Anderson on the grounds Tolle's affection was alienated and Mrs. Tolle lost her means of sup port. Police Court David A.

Schwerman, 20, of (fined $10 and costs today on a charge of speeding. He was ticketed at 10:15 pm. Sunday at 31st and Marshall by city whoj said he drove at speeds up to 45 miles per hour from 26th to 31st on Marshall. Cecil R. Crump, 40, of 8hreve port.

La, Sunday paid a fine of $5 and costs for failure to have warning flags on his truck. He was. arrested by State Trooper John H. Greathouse at 9:55 am. on VS.

Route 43 south of Mattoon. Two ticketed by city po lice at 10:15 pm. Friday, at 9th and Annis, each paid fines of $10 and costs Saturday on charges of driv lng too fast for conditions. They are William P. Clinton, 30, of 816 Moultrie; and Judith A.

Yocum 20, of Rural Route 2. Neoga. Guy H. King, 22, of 409 Illinois, was fined $10 Saturday lor speed ing. Costs were also assessed.

King was ticketed June 23 by city police, who said he drove at speeds up to1 42 miles per hour from Broadway! to DeWitt on N. 12th. William L. Belghtler, 601 N. 22nd.

charged with speeding, was fined $10 and costs Saturday. dty police. who ticketed Belghtler at 12:55 m. charged that he drove at speeds up to 45 miles per hour in the 2900 block of DeWitt Ronald D. Ross, 42, of Windsor, is In city jail for failure to pay fines of $10 for disorderly conduct and $3 for drunkenness.

The fines. plus costs on each charge, were assessed him Saturday. Police filed the disorderly conduct charge aft er Ross fought with officers as they Jailed him after his arrest at 25th and Marshall at 3:04 pm Saturday. 7 Shirley A. MendenhalL 19.

of 613. Piatt, was fined $5 and costs Sat urday on a charge of failure to yield the right-of-way. The charge stems from a traffic accident at A parade at p. m. Sunday will conclude the three-day Fourth Dl vision American- Legion conven tion here.

M. Bgk'Tom Hefner, local, re cruiting officer for the ITS. Army, Is chairman of the local committee In charge of the parade. Others on Sgt. Tom Hefner Hefner's committee are Fred Pleas ant and John Pryor.

The committee has arranged for several mili tary and civilian groups to march in the parade. The parade route will begin at 21st and Western, proceed to 19th, down to Broadway, then on to 6th St. Start of the parade will be slg naled by Civil Defense sirens. Hefner said today that the 505th U. S.

Air Force Band from Chanute Air Force Base, Rantoul, will lead the parade. Two local companies of the V. S. Army Reserves will also, march, accompanied by Mayor Carus S. Icenogle, city commls sloners, firemen and policemen.

The Rainbow Riding Club, under the direction of Gene Orlsamore, will have 25 mounted horsemen. Twenty color guards from Ameri can Legion posts in the division as well as fun cars, firing squads, Forty and Eight groups and others will provide special entertain ment. A clown band sponsored by Post 764 of Toledo will also participate. The Salem Hign School Band, consisting of 120 members, and their 28-member drill team, the "Wlldcatettes," will be led by Nor man Hanes. Clarence Brooks, state com' mander; Charles Johnson, Fourth Division commander; Mabel Orlce, state auxiliary president, and three local Judges will watch the parade from a reviewing stand on Broad way.

Trophies will be awarded. Divorces Granted In Mattoon Court Four divorces were granted In Mattoon City Court Saturday. Eileen Stewart was issued i divorce decree from Russell Stew art on grounds of desertion. She was given custody of a minor child and he was ordered to make week ly support payments of $15. She was also given title to the house and furniture.

Kenneth L. Pedigo was granted divorce from Mary K. Pedigo. He charged desertion. She was given custody of two minor children and he is to make support payments of $20 per week.

Jo Ann Johnson was granted a divorce from Ronald Lee Johnson. She charged cruelty and was giv en custody or three minor cnu dren. He wu ordered to make weekly support payments of $30. Wayne L. Orlsamore was grant' ed a divorce from Marlene Orlsa more on grounds of cruelty.

A p-e settlement previously agreed to was approved by the court City Judge Jacob Berkowitzj presided at the hearings. Files Damage Suit In Circuit Court CHARLESTON, 111. Herman W. Mlnnick, Charleston, today filed suit In Coles County Circuit Court here in which he asks $25,000 damages from Crown Transit Lines, The suit alleges that Mlnnick, a Charleston taxlpab driver, was injured on March 7, 1960, when he fell over a box allegedly placed In the Charleston bus. station by driver employed by the transit firm.

The complaint charges that the company employe was negligent In placing the box in an area where persons commonly walk. Mlnnick asks a trial by Jury. Fireworks Display CHARLESTON, DL The Charleston Klwanis Club will pre sent a free fireworks display July Lincoln Field. The display wm begin at dusk, according to President' Stan Tyler, who said the club la also sponsoring its an nual July 4 Kid's Day-program at Morton Park. Bicycle Recovered Shirley Mullen, 3004 Prairie, reported to police that her bicycle was1 stolen between 4 and 5:15 p.

m. Saturday from Lytle Park. Police recovered the bicycle In the 1800 block of Broadway at 1:50 Bower Is a native of Mattoon schools there. He holds a bachelor of arts degree and a law degree from the University of Illinois. He has been admitted to prac tice before the Illinois Supreme Court, the U.

S. Federal District Court and the U. 8. Treasury Department, Bower is a member of the Illi nois Bar Association and Coles -Cumberland Bar Associa tion. MissMoorehead At El Friday CHARLESTON, HI.

Agnes Morehead Will headline the first summer Artists Series program July 7, at Eastern Illinois Unlver slty. Miss Moorehead's one-woman show, That Fabulous will be preceded by Christopher Fry's one-act comedy, "A Phoenix Too Frequent," starring Richard Gray and Mayo Loizeaux and featuring Louise Vincent. The twin-bill, produced by Paul Gregory, is scheduled for 8 pjn in Lantz 7 According to Variety (June 20, 1960), Phoenix' Is a romp, staged for laughter that accentu ates rather than blunts Fry's in' clsive jabs at human perversities and Miss Moorehead, a veteran of stage, screen, and television, re ceived Academy Award nomlna tlons for her performances. In "The Magnificent Aoiersons," "Mrs. "Johnny Belinda," and "AH Thai Heaven Al lows." She has also won the New York Film Critics Award and the Holly wood Foreign Correspondents World Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Tickets are now on sale at the University Union, and may be purchased at the box office the night of the performance. General admission is there are no reserved seats. Held for Shooting Driver on Rte. 54 KANKAKEE. UL (41 William Cain, 55, of Calumet Park, has been accused of shooting a Man- teno woman as she drove along U.

S. Route 64 north of Kankakee, Illinois State Police, who seized Cain Saturday night about 1 15 miles north of Monee, charged him with three counts of assault with a deadly weapon. He was unable to post 84.500 bond and Is being held in Jail in Kankakee. The victim, Mrs. Florence Lar son, 38, Is hospitalized in Kanka kee for treatment of a bullet wound In her neck.

She was brought to Manteno by another motorist, Thomas Dunn of Man teno. State police said a 32 -caliber pistol and a 20-gauge shotgun were found In Cain's auto when he wu stopped a short time after the shooting waa reported. Frenchmen Stage Tractor Parades PARIS Jh French arorers at tempting to force concession from the government paraded aboard tractors In two Normandy towns today. Hundred of the farm vehicles iammed traffic in Bayeux and Caen. Tourists heading for the Normandy beaches were stalled or forced to take detours.

The farmers, who have' been actively demonstrating against the government for nearly a mown. seek reorganization of the mark eting system, economic aid and development of export outlets for surpluses. Prison Strike Ends RICHMOND, Tex. 11 More than 190 striking convicts were back at work today after a 30- hour sitdown strike for shorter working hours was broken by heat! and hunger. ARCftO DEalliS Rear Admiral Robert E.

Cronin recently received the Legion of Merit for his improvements In Navy labor relations. The honor was Bestowed upon Cronin when he retired from active duty with -the TJJ3. Navy In June. The pre sentation was- made at thea Pentagon by Undersecretary of the Navy Paul B. Fay Jr.

Head of naval civilian employe administration since August, 1950. Crorliri has completed 36 years of active duty. He will soon join the technical staff of George Washington University. He and Mrs, Cronin, the former Carolyn Jane Cobb, formerly resided in Mattoon. John Snyder, 85, Lovington, Dies Npru '1st MiirMt-UwHtr LOVINGTON, 111.

John H. Snyder, 85, "of Lovington; died at 3:30 ajn. today at the Mary Ann Nursing Home In. Decatur. Funeral services will be at 2 pan.

Thursday in the Lovington Chris tlan Church with Rev. Lawrence Beebe officiating. Burial will be mi Keller cemetery here. Friends may call at the McMullln funeral home here after 7 pan. Wednesday.

Mr Snyder was born Nov. 4, at Bloomington, a son of William T. and Elizabeth Snyder. He was a retired farmer and had lived in Lovington 55 years. He leaves a son, Otha, Dal ton City; a daughter, Mrs.

Mary Glad ville, Lovington; a half-brother. Grover Snyder, Campbellsburg. four erandchildren and a great-grandchild. He was a member of the Lov ington Christian Church and the IOOF Lodge of Decatur, inoistoTest Colored Roads SPRINGFIELD, UL (JB Yellow, red, off-white and black colored asphalt paving will be tested on Illinois highways. State highway engineers said re ports on a new plastic material, a colored asphalt, indicate lt elim inates glare from the pavement and extends headlight vision.

Use of yellow colored pavement at approaches and red at inter sections will warn motorists to proceed with caution. The yellow paving will be test ed at approaches to the intersection of Algomruin, Dundee and Bartlett roads on Routes 69, 63 and 63 in Cook County. The inter' section will be paved red. also plan to test the material on a one-mile stretch of VS. 66 south of the Lake Springfield bridge.

One-half mile of the southbound lane will be paved in an off-white color and another half mile In black. Reports Hit-Run Dr. Norman H. Berkheimer, 3101 Oak, reported to police that the light rear fender of his car was dented by a hit and run driv er Sunday. He said the damage occurred about 10 am.

while the car was parked in the parking lot at the A and Supermarket, 1904 Prairie. Elected at Boys' State Steve Senteney of Mattoon was elected city treasurer of his mock city during his recent stay at Premier Boys' State, Springfield. Markets jar im Hogs Steady to 15 higher 190- 210. 18.00. 210-250.

17.15-1800. Rough hogs 14.75 and down. UattMB Dairy Market Butterfat, Grade 3 per lb- le Bntterfat. Grade 1 per Hl44o Matte Fetltry Market Leghorns, lb. Hens, lb.

8c Cocks lb Es, large 30. mediums 24. base price 24. Matte Grata Market Became af elffereat rrefgM -rates, grata srtee saay at be the same at aB Mattoea area levators. Price belew are tjaatee by ranker Grata Ca Deraaa.

New Soybeans f. 8232 Old Soybeans 82-60 Old Corn, SUM New Corn' tH OaU 8 JU New. Hard Wheat Rtgistmd Pharmacist On Duty At Alt Times PrascripUoBt PiclteJ-Up and Daliraad Frwl PHONE AD KARTING KAP1TOL, Inc. 2 Mile Sooth, oo Route 45 Mattoon TraVk Oim Dm Wik frm Noon Tin MMntte! 9th and Piatt on June 25. p.

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