The Kansas City Times from Kansas City, Missouri • 47

Mki Monday December 8 1969 THE KANSAS CITY TIMES IE SMpaptives Say Reds Ill-Informed Ntn UrrtK Hong Kong (AP) our chances were not too good other Bid Included 3 Per Cent Rise in Second Third Years I GIVES PROPOSAL Electrical Workers Suggest 'Alternate' 16- Month Contract fired by Charles Evers Negro mayor of Fayette Miss because of their interracial marriage (Wirephoto) She retired In 1941 after 15 years with Home Family Laundry company A son James Gray 3315 North Sixty-third Kansas City Kansas survives Services will be held at 11 Tuesday at the Porter chapel burial in Quindaro cemetery Friends may caU after 6 tonight at the chapel MRS KATINA HEOTIS Mrs Katina Heotis 76 of 403 Harrison died Saturday at the home She was born in Argos Greece and lived here 53 years Mrs Heotis was a member of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox church Surviving are two sons Chris Heotis 4415 Ridgeway and James Heotis Norwich a daughter Mrs Mary Morris of the home six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren Services will be held at 2 Tuesday at the church burial in Saint cemetery Vespers will be held at 8 tonight at the Muehle-bach chapel where friends may cal after 4 today ERNEST HOUSEWIRTH Ernest VV Housewirth sr 69 of 600 Northeast Seventy-second terrace Gladstone died Saturday at North Kansas City Memorial hospital He was born in New Point Mo and lived in this area 15 years Mr Housewirth was a machinist for the Chicago Quincy and Burlington railroad company before he retired He was a member of the International Association of Machinists Surviving are his wife Mrs Iva Housewirth of the home two sons Ernest Housewirth jr 8930 North Cherry and Robert Housewirth St Joseph Mo and two grandchildren Services- will be held at 10 Tuesday at the Stamey chapel St Joseph burial in Memorial Park cemetery there Friends may call today at the chapel MRS BERNICE LUCAS Mrs Bernice Lucas 80 of 5215 East Twelfth died Saturday at a nursing home at 911 East Linwood She was born in St Paul and lived here 50 years Mrs Lucas was a member of the Holy Trinity Catholic church and the Altar society and the Degree of Honor Surviving are two daughters Mrs Marion Lucas and Mrs Dorothy Sparks both of 12817 East Forty-seventh Independence three brothers Frank Kachinsky Spokane Wash and Joseph Kachinsky and the Rev Leonard Kachinsky both of St Paul Services will be held at 10 Tuesday at the church burial in Mt Olivet cemetery The rosary will be said at 8 today at the Sheil Colonial chapel where friends may call after 6 today The family requests no flowers and suggests contributions to the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows Bellville 111 PAULLUFF Paul Luff 58 of 808 Manner road Independence died Saturday apparently of a heart attack while visiting friends near Warsaw Mo He was a lifelong Independence resident Mr Luff owned the Driftwood restaurant 9904 Eastj A PHOTOGRAPH of her daughter Bessie Hope Donald released Saturday after 10 captivity in Communist China is held by Mrs Ray Finney of Bristol (Wire- photo) the Chinese moved us they built screens around us I jokingly asked if they expected the Seventh fleet to come up the Pearl river and rescue us They think that was very That dry humor came from Simeon Baldwin a 56-year-old American businessman who was released yesterday with another American Mrs Bessie Hope Donald after the two as judged by treatment Americans bad he added They first were taken to a location about 10 miles north of Macao then moved to a commune about 70 miles west of Canton Finally they were transported through Canton the major shipping and commercial city of South China put on a cargo vessel and floated down to where their yacht was The cargo boat then towed them to Hong Kong waters and they sailed to Hong Tsing Yi island During his captivity Baldwin said the only thing he had to read was a 1500-page book on navigation Mrs Donald said she had been given some reading material but all of it was propaganda Both confirmed they were watched carefully given light clothes during the humid summer and plenty of cigarettes were always available even for a Mrs Donald said was almost Dislike for Government As one aspect of their generally good treatment Baldwin said the soldiers who guarded them stressed they had noth ing against the American people just the government responded to this that the American people may find it hard to believe when you have kept me prisoner for 10 Baldwin said said if a spy shoot me Then my wife can collect the insurance and you have to feed His wife he said was in California Mrs Donald said she Joked that she no longer had a job (she is an advertising consultant in Hong Kong) because she had been kept prisoner so long immediately replied that I have to she said said I could help their cause and work for them teach at Canton told them I was too she grinned Both said conflict with the Soviet Union and China's deep hatred for America were most evident in the communes Asked which country China believed was the main enemy Baldwin responded: depends on what Colorado Springs a brother Edgar and a sister Mrs Marguerite Kranz both of Toledo and seven grandchildren Services will be held at 10 Wednesday at the church burial in Mount Olivet cemetery The rosary will be said at 8 Tuesday night at Midtown chapel where friends may call after 2 Tuesday The family requests no flowers and suggests contributions to Rockhurst high school and Rockhurst college THOMAS PETERS Thomas Bracket Reed Peters 74 of 139lh terrace and Southern road Grandview died yesterday at Shawnee Mission hospital He was a lifelong area resident Mr Peters was a real estate broker He was a World War I Navy pilot Mr Peters was graduated from the University of Kansas and the University of Indian law school Surviving are his wife Mrs Marie Peters of the home a son Thomas Peters Chaska Minn two daughters Mrs George Patterson Seneca Falls and Mrs Todd Sermon Laramie Wyo a brother Nathaniel A Peters Omaha a sister Mrs Lewis Allison Boulder Colo and 11 grandchildren Services will be held at 10 Tuesday at the Stine McClure chapel graveside services at Mount Washington New York (AP) General Electric company announced yesterday it had made a new offer to the two unions leading a strike that has crippled production in 135 cities John Baldwin chief negotiator said the unions immediately rejected the offer made Saturday He said the company was with the action A Union Announcement At the same time officials of the International Union of Electrical Workers AFL-CIO announced the unions had made an 16-month contract proposal during the lastj four days make it clear to our great disappointment that is not prepared to respond in a realistic way to the needs of the workers over a 1-year said Paul Jennings I president Baldwin said Es new proposal would provide the same 20-cent hourly wage increase as the original proposal but would guarantee a 3 per cent increase in the second and third years of the contract It would also provide a cost-of-living escalator that could provide up to 5 per cent a year more depending on the rate of inflation More Company Offers Baldwin said the company also offered improved pension and medical benefits The original demand was a 90-cent an hour raise over a 30-month contract The second key union involved In the strike which has crippled production in 135 cities is the United Electrical Workers independent These two unions the only ones to bargain nationally with EL are supported in the strike by 10 other unions repre-! cm- niccivr -nrTHC senting employees and by SEEK MUSING YOUTHS a boycott of the prod- Two Bovs Last Were Seen at spent 9 months as prisoners of the Communist Chinese Yacht Was Halted Baldwin and Mrs Donald who have lived in Hong Kong several years were in a party sailing to nearby Portuguese Macao February 16 when their yacht was seized by Chinese gunboats The 13 others non-Americans were released April 3 Baldwin told a news conference yesterday that he and Mrs Donald both had to sign numerous statements before they were released Baldwin and Mrs Donald an attractive 46-year-old blonde said they generally wtfre well-treated during their imprisonment Baldwin noted one exception: At one commune where they were guarded by People's Liberation army soldiers they were ill-treated this one I want to say which one there were some threats he said stared at you through the windows for hours They followed you everywhere even into the bathrooms There was no privacy You lived in a glass Aviation Firm Director Baldwin of Laguna Beach Calif is managing director of a Hong Kong company representing American aviation firms He said he was questioned at length about his business but by persons who had no- concept of what business was like or what America was like have no concept of he said have to give them a course in economics before they would know what I am talking about They are terribly ill-informed about the world They just believe an individual can own a car or a motorcycle 1015 Lowell Kansas City Kansas died yesterday at Bethany hospital She was a lifelong resident of the area Her husband Lewis Toelle of the home survives MRS EDNA GERTRUDE WILSON Mrs Edna Gertrude Wilson 90 formerly of Kansas City died yesterday at a hospital in Springfield Mo She was bom In De Kalb County and lived here 40 years until moving two years ago to the home of her daughter Mrs Violet Packard of Clever Mo Mrs Wilson was a member of the Unity Society of Practical Christianity Also surviving are another daughter Mrs Bonnie Luther Sunrise Beach Mo five grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren Services will be held at 10 Tuesday at the Cantrell chapel Clever graveside services at 2 Tuesday at Fleral Hills cemetery FRANCIS ZIELINSKI Francis Zielinski 50 Excelsior Springs died yesterday at the home The cause of death is not immediately known He was bom in Leavenworth Kas and lived in Excelsior Springs 40 years Mr Zielinski was employed at the Ford assembly plant in Claycomo He w-as a World War Army veteran Surviving are a son Robert Zielinski and two daughters Theresa Zielinski and Tammy Zielinski all of Excelsior Springs his mother Mrs Caroline Zielinski Topeka two brothers Ernest Zielin Miami Fla and Joseph Zielinski Manchester two sisters Mrs Mary Lou Adams La Mirada Calif and Mrs Marie Martin Topeka Services will be held at 10 Tuesday at St Ann's Catholic church Excelsior Springs burial in Crown Hill cemetery Excelsior Springs The rosary will be said at 7:30 tonight at the Prichard chapel Excelsior Springs SIMEON BALDWIN and Miss Bessie Hope Donald are shown after sailing their yacht into Hong Kong waters yesterday from Red China where they were held prisoners (Wirephoto) extensive signs that the Chinese were preparing for war including training of militia and People's Liberation army troops roadblocks and military movements Passports Thrown Away When they first were seized they both threw their passports overboard as the Chinese gunboats approached thought as Americans There one family has a Baldwin and Mrs Donald were kept separated the entire time went to ridiculous lengths to make sure we see each Baldwin said holding up sheets over doorways and windows It was The two also reported seeing MRS SALLY PICKERING Mrs Sally Pickering 80 of 8512 Walmer Overland Park died Saturday at St hospital She was born in Camden Mo and lived here eight years Sur-U 40 before he retired Hejviving are a son Sgt Charles was a member of the Reorganized Pickering Forbes Air Force Latter Day Saint Stone church1 base Topeka a daughter Mrs Mr Luff was a Mason and William Campbell of the home member of the Scottish Rite and i three sisters Mrs Blain the Ararat Shrine He was an 4220 South Spring Independence Army veteran of World War II: Mrs Howard Hamacher Rich-and a member of the American mond Mo and Mrs Mildred Legion Surviving are his wife: Bland Lakeland Fla and two Mrs Jennie Lee Luff of the home grandchildren Graveside services two sons Maj Gary Luff and will be held at 10:30 today Lt Lawrence Paul Luff both with i at Sunny Slope cemetery Rich-the Army in Vietnam hisjmond mother Mrs Annie Luff 422 FUNERAL SERVICES Mrs Joann Goodman Gum 33 Belton at 2 today at the United Methodist church Belton burial in Belton cemetery The family requests no flowers and suggests contributions to the Joann Goodman Gum scholarship and loan fund at the Citizens Bank of Belton Charles Matney 42 of 4452 Gibbs road Kansas City Kansas at 1:30 Tuesday at the Simmons chapel burial in Maple Hill cemetery Friends may call after noon today at the chapel RICHARD WOLFE RITES MRS BARBARA PUGH Mrs Barbara Pugh 83 of 6405 East Thirty-seventh died Saturday at the home She was born in Austria and lived here 60 years Mrs Pugh was a member of Witnesses Surviving are a son William Nushy of the home a stepson Harold Pugh Springfield Mo and a stepdaugh ter Mrs Mamie Williams 30182 East Ninth Services will be held at 10 Tuesday at the Earp chapel Smithville burial in Brook- North River Independence and a sister Mrs Wilma Specht 829 West Thirtieth Independence Services will be held at 10 Thursday at the Carson chapel Winner road and Fuller burial in Mound Grove cemetery Friends may call from 7 until 9 Wednesday night at the chapel MRS MYRTLE MASSEY Mrs Myrtle Massey 83 of 2505 Glen Lane Independence died yesterday at the Smithville Bus Terminal Here Police here are seeking two 15-year-old Springfield Mo boys who last were seen Wednesday leaving a bus at the Continental Trailways terminal here Terry Wilson son of Lawrence Wilson Springfield was described as 6 feet tall weighing 180 pounds with blond hair ucts called by the AFL-CIO The two major unions represent a large majority of the 133-000 striking workers The new 16 month proposal made by the I would provide a basic wage increase of 35 cents an hour and a full cost-of-living adjustment after the first year Meanwhile representatives of the two key unions met with company negotiators and federal mediators yesterday as the strike entered its seventh week Community hospital She was bom ing cemetery Smithville Friends in nO Mn onrl Imn 17 1 1 in Crane Mo and lived the Odd Fellows cemetery Smith-ville Friends may call from 7 to 9 tonight at the Hanks chapel Smithville The family suggests contributions to the church memorial fund LEVI WESLEY BURRIS Levi Wesley Burris 88 Phoenix Ariz formerly of Kansas City Kansas died Saturday at the home He was born in Parkville and lived most of his life in Kansas City Kansas until he moved to Phoenix 9 years ago Mr Burris retired in 1948 after 25 years as a shipping clerk with Kansas City Wholesale Grocers Surviving are two sons Jesse Burris 1304 South Forty-fifth Kansas City Kansas and Raymond Burris Salem Ark three daughters Mrs Opal Bohac and Mrs Goldie Hamilton both of Phoenix and Mrs Zelma Manis 4951 Strong Kansas City Kansas five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren Services will be held at 1:30 Wednesday at the Simmons chapel burial in Forest Hills cemetery Friends may call after 4 Tuesday at the chapel PHILIP ANDREW CHAMBERS Philip Andrew Chambers 2-month-old infant son of Mr and Mrs Philip Chambers Belton died yesterday at the home of natural causes He was born here Philip was a member of St Sabina Catholic church Belton Also surviving are a sister Miss Teresa Lynn Chambers of the home the paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Willard Chambers Belton the maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs John Riordan 3001 East 107tli terrace the paternal great-grandmother Mrs Mabel Win ton )vinton 445 East Seventy-first cago and lived in this area 60 years Surviving are a son Jarles Al-berg Raleigh two daughters Mrs Emmy Jones 7619 Juniper Prairie Village and Mr Marty Davidson Springfield Mo a brother William Alberg and a sister Mrs Amy Newman both of Chicago seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren Services will be held at 1 Tuesday at the Charles Fillmore chapel at Unity Temple 707 West Forty-seventh cremation Friends may call from 7 to 9 tonight at Midtown chapel MRS MUEHLBACH Mrs Grace Grady Muehlbach 84 of 6810 Tomahawk road Mission Hills the wife of Frank Muehlbach Muehlbach mid nursing home at founded here 94 years ago by George Muehl- Muehlbach Institute of Certified Public er of Frank Muehl- countants and at one time Mrs Muehlbach was born in served on that organization Sioux City la and lived here 50 committee of professional eth-l years She was a member of St ics Mr Adam was a past presi-1 wage tne Altar society and Deaths PAUL ADAM Paul Adam 60 Dallas Tex formerly of Kansas City died Saturday in a Dallas hospital Mr Adam was a regional partner with the counting firm of Arthur Young and company He had been sociated with i Kansas City office 19 years Mr Adam was born in Dunlap Kas and was graduated from the University of Kansas He lived here about 28 years before moving to Dallas in 1962 He was a certified public accountant in Texas Missouri and other states and was a past (president of the Missouri Society of Mr Adam was a former member of the Council of American Catholic church Prairie the Altar soriotu PASS A MINIMUM WAGE Netherlands Antilles Legislators OK Boost to Workers Willemstad Curacao The Legislature of the Netherlands Antilles has approved a controversial minimum-w age package that also gives the government the right to fix consumer prices Boze Wilson Passage Saturday followed aiancj blue eyes He last was seen week of strikes and labor agita tion If approved as expected by the council of ministers the package will give many workers wearing a black coat and green pants Steven Boze son of Woodrow Boze Springfield was said to be 5 feet 3 inches tall weighing may call from 7 to 9 to- He Was a Hospitalman and on night at thejehapeh Navy Sea Team MRS ELLA SPENCER Mrs Ella Spencer 84 of 1340 Services for Ricnard Wolfe Greeley Kansas City Kansas died i 27 Imperial Beach Calif for- feartUMre merly Kansas a NavY North Fifty-first Kansas Chy hospitalman first class who Kansas She was born in Pitts-1 U1 burg Kas and lived in Kansas City Kansas 24 years Mrs Spencer was a member of the University United Methodist church and the Rebekah lodge Kirksville Mo Also surviving are two grandchildren and a great-grandchild Services will be held at 9:30 Wednesday at the War-nick-Eads-Hilden-Wilson chapel and at the graveside at 3:30 in the Union cemetery Gibbs Mo Friends may call after 4 Tuesday at the chapel VIRGIL STRIBLING Virgil Stribling 90 of 7014 Floyd Overland Park died yesterday at a nursing home at 3918 Charlotte He was born in Greene County Iowa and lived in Overland Park the last 24 years Mr Stribling was a member of St Mark's Methodist church He served in the Navy during the Philippine insurrection Mr Stribling was a grain inspector for the Department of Agriculture 43 years before he retired in 1944 Surviving are his wife Mrs Elinor Stribling of the home a daughter Mrs Aileen Fann 4615 East Seventh street a son Melvin Stribling Seattle a brother Ernest Stribling Pacoima Calif four sisters Mi Mina Heck Wichita Mrs Myrtle Brown Kimball Neb Mrs Goldie Dustin Denver and Mrs Isa Weaver Seattle five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren Services will be held at 10 Tuesday at the Hoge chapel burial in Highland Park cemetery Friends may call from 7 to 9 Monday at the chapel died Sunday in a helicopter crash in Vietnam will be held at 8:30 Tuesday at the Butler chapel 22 South Eighteenth Kansas City Kansas at 9 Tuesday at St Rose Our Lady Catholic church and at 11 o'clock Tuesday in the National cemetery Ft Leavenworth Kas Mr Wolfe was born in Kansas City and lived most of his life in Kansas City Kansas He attended De La Salle high school from 1956 to 1958 and was graduated from Wyandotte high school in 1962 He enlisted in the Navy in 1964 and began his first tour of duty in 1965 He began his second tour of duty in September as a member of the special Navy Seal team Mr Wolfe received the Republic of Vietnam Bronze Star medal with three stars the Purple Heart and the Presidential Unit Citation He was a paratrooper jump master and a career Navy man Surviving are his wife Mr Carolyn Ann Wolfe of the home his father Edward Wolfe and stepmother Mrs Jeanette Wolfe both of 616 East Meyer boulevard and his mother Mrs Marjory Cronin and stepfather John Cronin both of 501 Knickerbocker here 1 years Mrs Massey was a member of the Eastside Assembly of God Surviving are six sons Car-roll Massey 2601 South Norwood Independence the Rev Chester Massey 3506 Hunter and John Massey and the Rev Joe Massey both of SteelviUe Mo the Rev Darrell Massey 1810 East Forty-eighth terrace and James Massey 4606 North Kenwood a daughter Mrs Selma Jones of the home 16 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren Services will be held at 1:30 Tuesday at the Blackman chapel burial in Macpelah cemetery Lexington Mo Friends may call after 7 tonight at the chapel MRS MARY JANE MeBEE Mrs Mary Jane McBee 93 formerly of Route 2 Independence died Saturday at the Jackson County hospital where she lived several years She was horn in Glasgow Mo and lived in Jack-son County 60 years Mrs McBee was a Baptist Surviving are a son Chester McBee Tumev Mo a grandchild two great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild Services will be held at 1 Tuesday at the Carson chapel Winner road and Fuller burial in Memorial Park cemetery Friends may call from 7 until 9 Monday night at the chapel ROBERT CLEMENT O'BRIEN SR Robert Clement sr 64 of 5520 Forest died yesterday at Baptist Memorial hospital He was bom in Toledo and lived here 32 years Mr w-orked in the accounting office of Rockhurst college He was a member of St Francis Xavier Catholic church and the Holy Name society Surviving are his wife Mrs Margaret Mary of the home two sons Donald Joseph Anaheim Calif and Terry 4500 North Campbell two daughters Sister Robert Margaret Hancock Mich and Mrs Marian Therese Paul place Friends may call from noon to 9 tonight at tne cuapei 1 terra5e an the maternal great- me MwUSL-fSM 5436 Harrison Graveside services wage increases up to 60 perj10- poUncjs with light brown cent ihair and brown eyes He last Particularly hard hit will be was sen wearing blue pants the Texas Instruments company yellow shirt and a green jacket Its 1600 workers now earn the! equivalent of about $8250 a MARRIAGE AGE DROPS month The package increases1! Vienna The average the minimum wage in many sec- marrying age of Austrian men tors to about $110 monthly 10 Employees at Texas Instru- now is 247 years while women electronic parts plant in married at 229 years a decade Curacao will get a minimum of ago and are repeating the vows about $176 monthly under the at 216 now a Catholic news new law I service Kathpress reports was 261 years and dent of the University of Kansas Alumni association and a mem- her of the board of directors of 4 Tjr- I' m-n 4- the Endowment a-ssocta tion He was a past member of the board of trustees of Mercy hospital the Bar-stow school and a school in Dallas He was a member of the Mission Hills Country club the Kansas City Club the Ararat Shrine and the Royal Order of Jesters Mr Adam was a past member of the River club the University club and a past president of the Indian Hills Country club Surviving are his wife Mrs Adrienne Adam of the home a son Paul Adam jr 3209 West Sixty-eighth Mission Hills three daughters Miss Patricia Adam Phoenix Ariz Miss Juditte Adam and Miss Mary Sue Adam both of the home brothers Blair Adam Junction City Kas and Reginald Adam White City Kas and three grandsons Services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday at the Stine AlcClure chapel burial in Mount Moriah cemetery ALEX ALBERG MRS LEWIS TOELLE Mrs Bertha Toelle 57 of Muehlbach also belonged to the Rockhurst circle Also surviving are two stepsons Leslie Muehlbach 450 West Robert Muehlbach b5i5 Woodson drive Mission 12 grandchildren and a great-grand-daughter Services will be held at 10 clock Wednesday at the church burial in Mount Olivet cemetery Friends may call from to 8 clock Tuesday night at the McGill ey Midtown chapel the josajy will be said at 730 clock The family requests no flowers and suggests contributions to Rockhurst high school and Rockhurst college JAY BENTLEY Jy Temple BentJey 58 Rock Port Mo died Saturday of complications after surgery at the Research Medical center He was born in Payne la and lived in Rock Port 25 years Mr Bentley owned the Bentley Grain company Rock Port and owned grain elevators in Watson Mo Lang-don Mo and Corning Mo He was also a grain farmer Mr Bentley attended Grinnell college Grinneii Ia and the University of Iowa He was a member of the Elks lodge the Masonic lodge and the Ararat Shrine Omaha Mr Bentley belong to the Christian church Hamburg la Surviving are his wife Mrs Mildred Bentley of the home two daughters Mrs Diana Brown and Mrs Julie La-Hue both of Tampa Fla his mother Mrs Viola Belle Long Hamburg a brother Louis Bentley Omaha and five grandchildren Services will be held at 2 Tuesday at the Rock Port Christian church burial in the Hamburg cemetery Hamburg Friends may call at the Chamber-lain chapel Rock Port will be held at 2 Tuesday at Forest Hill cemetery Friends may call after 4 today at the McGilley Midtown chapel MRS WILLIAM CREEK Mrs Betty Ann Creek Olathe died yesterday at hospital after an illness of eight years She was born in Hig-ginsville Mo and lived in Johnson County 11 years Mrs Creek was a member of the Oak Grove Baptist church Surviving are her husband William Creek of the home a son Kevin Creek of the home three brothers Albert Gash 5106 Willis street Independence Leo Gash Summit and Jack Gash 8812 North Oak Street trafficway Kansas City North two sisters Mrs Fran ces Johnson 5814 Slater Mer-riam and Mrs Mary Johnson Calhoun Mo Services will be held at 2 Tuesday at the church burial in Lenexa ceme terv Friends may call from 7 to 9 tonight at the Hoge chapel MRS ELLA DUNHAM Mrs Ella Blanche Dunham 76 of 918 East Thirtieth died Saturday at Downtown hospital She was born in Traer la and lived here 29 years A sister Mrs Marie Spaulding 8020 Garfield survives Graveside services will be held 1 Tuesday at Oak Wood cemetery Ames la Friends may call from noon today to 10 tonight at the Newcomer chapel Brush Creek and the Paseo LUTHER FOSTER Luther Foster 79 of 224 South Hardy Independence died yesterday at the home He was born in Garnett Kas and lived in this area 44 years Mr Foster was an employe in the paint department at Black Sivalls Bryson Inc before he retired He was a member of Mount Washington Methodist church Surviving are his wife Mrs Rosa Foster of the home two daughters Mrs Ruth Joines Billings Mont and Mrs Naomi Cheek 519 South Ditzler Independence a brother Tom Foster Topeka a sister Mrs Gertrude Certain Savannah Ga three grandchildren and a great-grandson MRS ADA mTgRAY Mrs Ada Gray 79 of 3309 North Sixty-third Kansas City Kansas died Saturday at Bethany hospital She was bom in King-man County Kansas and lived in Kansas City Kansas 65 years THE FLORAL TRIBUTE of the Pearl Harbor Survivors association was Alex Alberg 76 Sum mit former manager of the printing department at the Unity School of Practical Christianity died Saturday at the home Mr Alberg retired in 1964 after 52 years with Unity He was named Graphic Arts Man-of-the-Year by the Printing Industries association of Kansas City in 1963 Mr Alberg was a member of the Advertising Sales Executive club Toastmasters International and Kiwanis dub He was a member of Orient chapter No 102 Royal Arch Masons Oriental Commandery No 35 of the Knights Templar and the Leisure World Shrine in Seal Beach Calif He was a former member of the Chamber of Commerce and was a World War I veteran Mr Alberg was born in Chi- ROBERT BRECKENRIDGE Robert Breckenridge 69 Smithville died yesterday at the Smithville Community hospital He was a lifelong area resident Mr Breckenridge was a farmer He was a member of the Smith-viiie Christian church and was a deacon of the church Surviving a-e his wife Mrs Louise Breckenridge of the home three daughters Mrs Joan Denney 8141 Northeast Flagor Mrs Christine Davenport Ravenwood Mo and Miss Jane Breckenridge of the home a sister Mrs Mc-Comas 6828 North Baltimore Gladstone and five grandchildren Services will be held at 2 Tuesday at the church burial in tures made late Thursday by a hidden camera during the attempted holdup of a liquor store in Los Angeles In the top photo the holdup man at right waves a pistol at a clerk Sam Villa In the lower photograph the man later identified as Charles Edward Thomas moves in front of a small boy as Villa reaches under his sweater for his gun Subsequently Villa was wounded and Thomas was (Wirephoto) in place yesterday before the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National cemetery in Washington on the 28th anniversary of the attack as members of the color guard move from the tomb A light snow was falling (Wirephoto) i.