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Strength for the Day I leave with you; My peare I unto you lad not your hrarl be troubled, neither let It Wht JWarplrilfe Hatlp jforum Fair and Colder Fa ir and colder tonight and tomorrow. Low tonight near 25. High tomorrow near 37. Vol. 48.

No. 169 Maryville, Missouri, Friday Evening, December 20, 1957 EIGHT PAGES Single Juror Deadlocks Hof fa Trial NEW YORK-mP-A lone Juror, who held out againxt unyielding conviction of 11 col- GR AIN' ON of m.lo stretch along former highway 50 in front of the farm of A. Stapleton of Belpre, Kas awaiting permanent storage or sale. The old road alao aa paramg place for farm machinery. The nearby new road waa conrtructed to prevent anow NtA TelephcAoi.

180 Yule Deaths On Highways I Are Predicted CHICAGO Traffic accidents may kill 180 persona during the short Christmas holiday period, says the National Safety Council. The council said if motorists are leagues, early today brought the extra careful ind considnate, the Hoffa wiretap conspiracy Christmas toll could be held close ca.se to a deadlock. The federal court Jury of men and five women was dismissed at 12 50 a.m. U. Atiy.

Paul he would seek to retry the case as aoon as passible. didn't think the government proved beyond a reasonable doubt that a conspiracy asserted the holdout juror, EarJe MacHardy. MacHardy, 49. is vice-president of the Refined Sugars, of Yonkers, a suburban community just north of New York City. is a member of the board of tors of the Yonkers YMCA a the lather of two 5 and MacMillan Gets NATO 1 Plan Approval Pumpkin Center Charlie la not to worry about hot being rrasy a bout The hoy will get over It In tttne, when he 70.

Home area residents have been looking over the string of incorrectly addresed cards at the local post- office in the effort to retrieve cards which belong to them and they may have sent without the full information. One "jolly good fellow must have been in quite a rtish when he she sent out about 20 Christmas cards They are addressed in what to be the writing of a young permm. They have no return and wonse still, they have no affixed. Although the toff ice appreciate his good intentions, they jurt send said cards without the required two or three-cent Had thia individual used a return address, he would have learned of error; but as it la. he'll never know his were not delivered and his friends will not know of his good Santa had to make a hurr.ed order to save face the other day at the Quitman grade school.

Mr Claus made entry to a roomful of excited children in triumph and glory. He was a hit of the day for about three minutes. Then his face became unfastened and started to slip Santa had to make a hasty departure In order to save face, but he made it. City police today received delivery of a training aid for their upcoming training program which will be conducted by Chief George commissioner, attributed LONDON Prime Minister Macmillan tonight won approval lor establishment of nuclear missile sites on British soil By vote of 289 to 251, the House of Commons supported decisions taken by the prime minister at the NATO meeting in deci- which involve the busing of Amencan-made mjunies Britain The prime minister told the House these ballistic missiles of intermediate range, able to reach in the Soviet Union would only be used by the United States with British agreement. Britain not be able to use them on her own.

but would have to have Washington approval before they could be fired in earnest, Macmillan said. Living Costs Climb to New High in November WASHINGTON The government reported today that liv.ng rose again substantially in November. A month earlier, they had leveled off after a steady 13- month climb. The November rise of four-tenths of one per cent means a pay increase for one million workers effective Jan. 1.

Most of them, mamly in the steel and aluminum industries, will get five cents an hour boost under labor contracts tiemg wages to price levels. The November increase brought. the labor department's living cost index to 121 6 per cent of the 194749 average. This is 3.2 per cent higher than a year ago. Ewan Clague, labor statistics He direc and I 18.

MocHatdy stuck firmly to po- despite the plea for the panel to make every effort toward reaching unanimity, and in the fact of an unusual courtroom display of something like exasperation by the woman Jury foreman. Only 3 Families Left for Adoption For Christmas All but three of 49 needy families have been adopted" for Christ- nja.s oy friendly Maryvillians. the Rev George Barger, co-ordinator of the program sponsored by the to a non-holiday level of 80 for the 1 30-hour holiday period. But if the extra holiday dan- ger isn't met with extra care and consideration for the coun- cil said "the holiday toll of immed- iate deaths may reach The council figures some 45 million will travel on the streets and highways during the holiday period from 6 p.m. Tuesday to midnight Wedneaday.

Mild and Dry Christmas Is Predicted KANSAS CITY Missouri's Christmas weather has a strong chance of being rather mild and dry The five-day forecast, which extends through Christmas day. says temperatures will average three to five degrees above normal with little or no precipitation expected. Generally fair weather is forecast for tonight and in the south Saturday It will be partly cloudy in the north The lows will be in the northwest and 30-35 in the southeast. Saturdays highs will be 35-40 northeast to near 50 southwest. Showers fell over much of the state yesterday with north central sections reporting the heaviest amounts They included Con- Congress to Be Asked Billion for Missiles ILLINOIS fMISTER aerial view show wreckage of property at Murphys boro, 111., after the community was hit by a ton.ado which took 9 lives and hospitalized at least 35 Telephoto Mrs.

Eckert Named Cotton Belt To State Education Planning Group WASHINGTON Secretary! of Defense McElroy today the Pentagon will ask for about a bil- I lion dollars addition to current funds when Congress convene.s. The i money will be used for missiles and other arms In connection with the NATO military buildup. This supplemental appropriation, as it is called, would boost the defense budget for the fiscal year ending next June 30 to approximately 39 a billion dollars. McElroy, arriving from the Par NATO meetings, was whetn- er the defense department expected to ask Congress for more money. The amount is not quite set, he replied.

Asked whether it might be about a billion dollars, he "That wouldn't be far McElroy said missiles would represent a large part of the total. The disclosure that the Pentagon thinks it will need another billion dollars between now and next June 3G that tne tempo of the military buildup for NATOr outiiu- ed in the Just concluded Paris meetings. Ls being moved up rapidly. Ministerial Fellowship, announced cordia 2.20. Chnlicothe 1.73, Waverly 1 69, Warrensburg 1.62.

Trenton 104, Farmington 1.02, Malden 74 Kansas City 65, Springfield 19 and West Plains .14. Doctor Pat Wardlow, assistant commissioner, division of instruction, state department of education, has appointed Mr, Eckert, English and journalism instructor at Maryville High School, to a position on the language arts cumcu- Cleans Up After Tornado MAGNOLIA. Ark Shatter- outside the missile test center, ed Cotton Belt began cleaning up from which the public is barred, today in the wake of a tornado Some activity appeared under which left two of its 100 residents wav at the far eastern end of the Ike Returns To U. S. From NATO Meeting WASHINGTON Eisenhower returned to Washington at 9:33 ami.

today after a week's tr.p to where 15 NATO allies drafted a blueprint for coping with the Communist in the missile age. Eisenhower's plane was delayed more than three hours by 80-mtie headwinds. It made refueling stops at Keflav- Iceland, last night and at Harmon Air Force Base, Newfoundland, this morning. A delegation of about 50 U. S.

mid foreign oiiieiais greeted Eisenhower on his arrival in a light drizzle. i iaoh iea tne -American group at Washington National Airport The delegation also included Christian Herter, undersecretary of state; Harold Stassen, disarmament aide; and George V. Allen, head of the U. S. information agency.

Eisenhower's plane, Columbine III, flew at a maximum altitude of 13,000 feet both ways across the CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla AY antic. The prassurized cabin Another missile launching was in kept at the equivalent of sea- prospect here today. level pressure The nature of the test vehicle Eisenhower was smiling as he left involved was unknown to watch- the plane. His first greeting was to Mrs, Another Missile Launching May Be Tried Late Today dead and three others seriously mat noon today The three are all large families in nearby areas.

Persons or clubs or organizations may adopt these families either by making cash donations or by making up ba kets Individual may also be made by calling or contacting the Ftev. Barger Defore Monday night. The three families left are: No. and seven children. four boys and three girls.

Food, clothes and small No. and wife and four boys and two girLs. Father has been hospitalized. Food, and small gifts. No.

mother, three boys and two Food, clothes materials become available, and small The Rev. Barger reported that 28 clubs, organizations and are participating in helping needy families have a merner Christmas Others may help, out lum planning committee, Supt. El- Jured. Construction Of MSC Dorms Well Underway Construction of two new dormitories on the campus of Northwest1 State Cohege is well underway. Men and equipment have moved en on campus and work is now progress.ng as machinery and mer F.

Klein has reported. Mrs Eckert will work with English teachers from parts of Missouri and Raymond A Roberts, state director of curriculum, in 2 up a new language arts course of study for Missouri. Committee will do research before the first meetiug which will be held sometime after Jan. 1 at City. Former Jap Prisoner Slays Three was one Southern of three Arkansas Both new are being built by the Construction Company.

which its headquarters in St. Joseph. Located to the south of he suggests calls before Monday Hall is the portable office of Rod Thc.na.?, company representative and acting foreman in charge of the building of the hall expansion. Excavation and preparation for the foundation the first operation in progress. Once the digging ehinery has completed its work at night at phone 105.

1958 County ACP Registration List Open to Farmers Fanners may start signing up now for the 1958 Agricultural Conservation Program in Nodaway County providing they are ready to show them Donald "Dick Haynes, manager of the county ASC office, ROY. N. 45--year-old veteran Corregidor and Japanese prison camps slew three members of his estranged family in this northeastern New Mexico cow town last night. Theslayer was shot dow he struggled with a policeman. The man who killed him was Bradley Weathers.

59. whose parents and sisters were slain by Weisdorfer. "He hadn't been right since he got out of the prison camp," a relative sobbed. "He'd been threaten- The twister which struck yesterday. followed sonal tornadoes which left 13 dead and 250 injured in Missouri and southern Illinois Tornadic winds and torrent.al rams wrought further damage Illinois yesterday.

The Cotton Belt twister smashed five and damaged two others the all-Negro community five miles north of here. Stunned neighbors found the mangled body of Sarah Hardin. 83, in a field 100 yards from her dem-. ohshed home. Christine Turner, 35, died on the way to a Magnolia hospital.

Three Cotton Belt residents were hospitalized at Magnolia Minnie Bell Wilson. 11. was on the critical lust. Mrs. Henryetta Zachery, about 40, and her daughter, Rita, 18, were in fair condition.

A smaller tornado at nearby Cape, from which u.sually are fired such aid breathing guided as the Boeing Bomarc and the Northrop Snark. Reports persisted that Van- John S. Eisenhower, wife of the President's son and temporary aide. Then he shook hands with Nixon and the other members of the welcoming group In spite of the drizzle, the President took off his gray Homburg. At the end of the receiving line guard satellite-launching rocket was he turned around and called to the being geared for another try at putting up America version of the Soviet Sputnik.

Work the Vanguaia launch stand was effectively concealed by canvas coverings which are used generall to keep wind and sand off missiles. Meanwhile the Air Force disclosed that its secrecy measures at the test center have been tightened considerably and that wothin the past month a number of suspected security violations have been investigated. group: you very Residence Hall, it will be moved 1 ing to wipe cut the family, but no to the Men's Quadrangle here Glen one believed him the No- Spencer. vember rise primarily to higher A large, reversible blackboard was prices for new model automobiles announced today, brought in Actually, it should be a although prices of clothing and ser- Fanners must bring in a soil test DeVooght is in charge of construction. The combined digging operation is expected to take from one to two weeks, depending upon the weather.

because that is its color. Police are scheduled to begin the course Jan 15. and it will be based on the police training Chief Spencer received during the past three months at the Southern Police Institute at Louisville. to show their land needs the prac- prie hikes tlcc requested or a farm lay out About 30 Per Cent Clague said, living costs would have i10 display the need of dirt work, risen only slightly if at ah in No- depending on the ACP practice be- vices also increased. Without the auto vember.

The November new car aPPiieci for. prices were 11.5 per cent above those in October. Prices of food declined by three- tenths of one per cent, reflecting seasonal declines in prices of pork, fresh fruits and eggs. Clague said living for December will show little change from If a factory or an office is being operated inefficiently, you can't necessarily remedy the trouble by installing a new boss or a new The problem may by that i November, and that he anticipates time lie deep In the habits of the a slight decline in January. He said ordinary working force.

the consumer price level beyond Bad habits, once established, are January will depend on the bus- hard to eradicate. And it's the same iness situation generally and how in driving an automobile. this is translated into prices, why it makes such good sense to "get and teach driving correctly from the beginning. This is the theory that lies behind driving in high school, Sound habits become fixed before bad ones can develop and take hold. And the school-trained driver can go out onto the streets and highways with a better prospect of avoiding an accident.

Unhappily, the theory has not (Continued on Page Two) Corn Allotments For '58 to Be Mailed Dec. 31 In the past, the county ASC office has accepted early time filings and then have set aside money. But so many Nodaway County farmers canceled out later because of a lack of need for the ACP practices that the new policy has been adopted. FATHER KUNKEL TO REMAIN IN HOSPITAL OVER HOLIDAY The Rev. Father John Kunkel, 744 45 of township taxes been pastor oi St.

Catholic paid, or about 71 per cent Church. Parnell, who has been in St. i Some $25.036.36 of the city and John's Hospital. St. Louis, for the $75,568.77 of the taxes past two weeks, will remain in the are still not collected.

hospital until after Christmas, ac- --------------cording to members of the church parish. Of City, Township '57 Taxes Paid About 30 per cent of city and township taxes for 1957 is still unpaid w-ith 11 days left before a 1 per cent penalty goes into effect. The city reported that $58,163.56 of its taxes is collected after seven weeks, or about 69 per cent. Mrs. Mary Jane Thompson, Polk township tax collector, that CYF Christmas Party At Armory Sunday $7,210 Damages Asked In Suit Filed Against Stanberry Poultry Firm Operator." of a Stanberry poultry Lawrence Weisdorfer, oil company flrm have flled a suit for 40 minuses minmo pmninvps i $7.210 against the Waba.sli Ftailioad Company, alledging that the negligence caused a train to hit a truck loaded with jxiultry The accident occurred Mar.

29. 1954. according to the petition, about 4 or 5 miles west of Stanberry on Highway 4. Plaintiffs in the suit are A. Vogt and F.

M. Stamper doing business as the Vogt Poultry Co. They allege that Louis F. Stem was driving the truck when it was hit. Medical expenses and cost of paying Stein while he was recuperating totaled $3.500, they claim.

The vehicle was demolished at a of $2,810. the petition states, and there is $500 listed for the loss of the use of the truck. Poultry and crates lost in the crash are valued state association board fiom this at according to the petition, children, county. He expects to report on the meeting at the next regular meeting of the Nodaway county TB board to be held in the spring. This year, Dec.

17. was the gold- field office, injuring three employes. A capricious twister skipped about the Sherrill community, 100 miles northeast of here, causing considerable property damage but no injuries. Head of County TB Association To Make Report Mr and Mrs. Henry Hansen.

Bed- childhood. was through the Jaon. attended the annual board back of the head she tried to meeting of tin Missouri State Tu- hobble on crutches away from the Association held a( the Weisdorfer's victims were Mr. Mr. and Mrs.

A. E. Weathers, 38 and 78. and daughter, Katherine Weathers, 51. Katherine, a polio cripple since MSC, Local Schools Close Today Until Jan.

6 Christmas Holidays Northwest State College students, about 1,700 in all. bid farewell to their campus today and left Maryville for their homes to celebrate one of the longest Christmas vacations in recent years. The vacation started at noon today and will be concluded Jan. 6, classes will convene again at 8 a. m.

The probable reason that this vacation is longer is because the two main Christmas and New Year in the middle of the week. Students climaxed their last day in school with the singing of Christmas carols around noon today. Horace Mann School also was dismissed at noon and will run on the same schedule the College, with returning to classes Monday, Jan. 6. Maryville High School and Eugene Field, well as the two parochial schools, St.

and St. Mary's, were dismissed at regular time today for the beginning of Christmas vacation. MHS and Eugene Field students will return Jan. 2 and the others Jan. 6.

man who had just slam her ents. pai Statler Hotel in St. Louis on Saturday, Dec. 7. Hansen is the presi- Weisdorfer's wife, Elizabeth, 38.

dent of the Nodaway County TB fled from her parent', home as he Association and a member of the burst in the door. Two of Weisdorfer's James, 4. and Allen, 2, the slayings. witnessed RAIG FUNERAL KITES SUNDAY AT BOLCKOW The funeral services for Mrs. Rose Montgomery Craig, who died Woden anniversary of the Tuberculosis nesday, will be held at 2 p.

m. Sun- Chiistmas Seal. The Missouri Tu- day at the Methodist church in Bol- berculosis Association has just re- ckow. The Rev. Earl Locke will offi- Toe Fellowship cently published a booklet entitled: date.

Burial will be In Bol 'Continued on Page Severn I ckow Cemetery. $350 Damages Result In Two-Car Collision is sponsoring a Christmas party to be held at the National Guard armory Sunday, according to Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Watkins. CYF sponsors.

All the youth groups of Maryville are cordially invited to attend the event, which is to begin at 8 p. m. There will be no admission charge Fox, Wolf Hunt Sunday By Barnard Sportsmen The Barnard Sportsmens Club will meet at 12:30 p. Sunday at the Barnard fire station for the second fox and wclf hunt of the season. The hunters last week killed seven foxes in the first drive this season.

Only shotguns are allowed on the hunt, and youths 15 years and younger may not carry guns. Sherman McCord is president of i the club. 3 SHOPPING DAYS CHRISTMAS The Nodaway County ASC office will mail out 1958 corn allotment notices on Dec. 31, it was announced today. Included in the notices will be a report of the individual corn al- lotments and probably a listing of I the corn soil bank rate for that farm.

Most farmers will receive increases in both allotments and soil bank rates, officials reported. Weather Data MISSOURI WEATHER Generally fair west and south, partly cloudy northeast this afternoon with occasional light rain showers extreme northeast; gen- Police estimated $350 damages in a collision yesterday in the 600 block of North Main Street which suited when one car crashed into the rear of another. Ronald Logan DeMott, 18. Hopt kins, driver of the striking auto, was Rpai eraliy fair tonight; Saturday part- a citation to apnear in police ly cloudy north, generally fair court on a careless driving charge Real Estate Sales Mr. and Mrs.

Jesse Otte have sold their house at 416 W. Edwards St. to Mrs. Sallie Shell. Dale Birkenholz has sold his farm east of Maryville to Leslie Wilson.

The were made bv Car- FUNERAL RITES HELD FOR MOTHER OF MARY VILLI AN Funeral and burial were ducted yesterday at Prescott, for Mrs. Sarah Yeadon, 77, who died Tuesday at her home there following a brief illness. Mrs. Yeadon was the mother of Mrs. A.

L. Estes, Maryville. south; colder this afternoon and tonight; low tonight mid 20s northwest; 30-35 southeast; high Saturday 35-40 northeast to near 50 southwest. WEATHER RECORD Noon temperature 44 Barometer 'J9 74 Temperature at 7 a to. ao Lowest during nijthf 30 Reading yesterday, 0 p.m.

44 Highest yesterday 41 Highest year ayo todaj 45 Lowest year ugo today 28 Highest on record, 57 1917-1931 Lowest on record, 13 below 1901 Sun twta tonight 4:55 Sun tomorrow 7 A car he was operating struck the rear ctf one driven by Roy J. Hall. 19, Parnell, about 5:15 p. m. Both were northbound, and Hall said he had slowed down for a car in front of him which was preparing to make a left turn DeMott told police that he was lighting a cigarette at the time.

His car had about $250 damages to its front fenders, grill, hood and radiator, police said. About $100 damages was sustained by the Hall auto .39 to the rear end. CARRIER COLLECTS TOMORROW Please Have Your Change Ready Be Sure Your Carrier Gives Vou Receipt No. PAV ONLY FOR ONE PERIOD 17 DO NOT PAY THE BOY LN ADVANCE 1 TORNADO VICTIMS IN of a tornado which struck Murphysboro, 111., take shelter in a school gym. At least 9 persons were killed and 35 others hospitalized in the tNEA.