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Ledger-Enquirer from Columbus, Georgia • 2

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The Columbus Columbus Enquirer, Columbus, Thursday Morning, Sept. 17, 1970 Channel 38 Tower Erection Slated Columbus' third television station, NBC affiliate WYEA (Channel 38), rapidly nearing completion with telecast date set at Oct. 22-26, will "see" the rise of its 1,390 foot transmitting tower Wednesday, according to Maury Farrell, general manager of the $1.5 million complex. "Erecting the tower is the biggest step toward actually going on the "air," commented Farrell, who stated that the tower is currently under construction on the ground site, located on Buena Vista Road, two and a half miles beyond the Lindsay Creek Bypass. "An earlier completion date had been set at Sept.

1, but had to be postponed when RCA Broadcast Systems Division in Camden, N. J. underwent employe walk-outs," explained Farrell, adding that "WYEA contracted the Camden firm to provide complete color studio and transmitting systems." The color equipment has been completed since the strikes are over and is being moved into the station's ouilding, he said. "The Doctors," a soap opera previously aired in the area by a local ABC station, will be carried by Channel 38. Farrell said that he had received numerous calls inquiring about the program by viewers of the popular daytime show.

"Peyton Place," a night time serial that made names of many of its actors and actresses will be rerun by the station which will offer Alfred Hitchcock reruns when the other two Columbus sta- Shop Where The Brands J. CARSON BOTANY M. WILE LEVI ALAN PAINE McGREGOR PURITAN HAGGAR WRIGHT IZOD REVERE HICKOK ROBT. BRUCE PALMER GINO PAOLI ECCO THOM McAN KAYNEE TOM SAWYER YORKE THANE SEWELL GLENEAGLES EVANS H.I.S. PENDLETON FRETZ MANN Local Deaths Page Two Local Deaths GRADY M.

HOLLIS Grady Miller Hollis, 80, of 1940-B Wildwood died Wednesday at The Medical Center. Graveside services will be held today at 11 a.m. at Parkhill Cemetery. Mr. Hollis was born Oct.

15, 1889 in Chattahoochee County, the son of the 1 late Richard H. and Lucinda Miller Hollis. Survivors include daughter, Jeane Hollis, Columbus; a sister, Mrs. D.W. Bagley Cusseta, and several nieces and nephews.

For complete details of funeral arrangements, please see Funeral Notice Column on Page 64. Mrs. Sarah Feinberg Dies Here at Age 85 Mrs. Sarah Feinberg, 85, 2000 Wynnton Road, died Wednesday at The Medical Center. Graveside services will be today at 1 p.m.

at Riverdale Cemetery. She was born Oct. 2, 1884, in Poland and had been a resident of Columbus the past 25 vears. She was a member of Shearith Israel Synagogue. Survivors her husband, Jake Feinberg, Columbus; five nieces, six nephews and several great nephews.

The Columbus Enquirer Published every mormas excent day by THE R. W. PAGE CORPORATION, 17 W. 12th Street, Columbus, Georgia. Second class postage paid at.

Columbus, Ga. Address all mail (subscriptions, change of address, forms 36-39) to Post Office Box 711, Columbus, Ga. 31902. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Daily and Sunday One .65 One Month 2.82 Three Months 8.45 Six Months $16.90 One Year $33.80 Daily Only One Week .45 One Month 1.95 Three Months 5.85 Six Months $11.70 One Year $23.40 Sunday Only Each Week .25 3 Pet. sales tax on Ga.

4 Pet. sales tax on Ala. subscription; City subscriptions. Mail subscription rates on request. TELEPHONES Newsroom: 322-8831: Circulation: 322- 8836, Sports; 322-8835; Phenix City: 298-8787; Macon Road: 561-8496; Classified: 324-5171 All other Departments betwen 8 a.m.

and 8 p.m. 322-8831. National Adverusing Representative: Branham Moloney, Chicago, Ill. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all printed in this newspaper as local news AD dispatches Kinder Care 4909 Buena Vista Rd. PH.

561-0139 3009 Cody Rood PH. 563-3798 Today's Almanac A THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: A motto on the seal of Thomas Jefferson said, "Rebellion. tyrants. obedience to God." Data From U.S. WEATHER BUREAU ESSA Coo COOL COLD 70 70 80 STATIONARY Rain 80 90 90 100 Showers 100 90 Snow FORECAST 90 Flurries Figures Show High Temperatures Expected For Daytime Thursday Isolated Precipitation Not Indicated- Consult Local Forecast AP Wirephoto NATION'S WEATHER Cool weather is forecast for much of the throughout the central Showers are expected in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas weather is predicted for more cold weather for New Midwest today with rain and eastern portions.

New Mexico, parts of and Missouri. Warm much of the South and England. The 17th Day of September By United Press Today is Thursday, Sept. 17, the 26th day of 1970 with 105 to follow. The moon is between its full phase and last quarter.

The morning stars are Mercury, Mars and Saturn. The evening stars are Venus and Jupiter. Those born on this date are under the sign of Virgo. Baron Von Steuben, a German officer who served with the American Revolutionary Army of 1777 was born Sept. 17th, 1720.

In the Chattahoochee Valley today the sun will set at 7:48 p.m. and rise at 7:22 a.m. Friday. The moon will rise at 9:08 p.m. and set at 10:53 a.m.

Friday. International Wednesday's River Levels: Bartlett's Ferry 519.0; Columbia Dam 101.0; Fort Gaines Dam 188.7; Woodruff Dam 77.0 On this day in history: In 1787.. Constitution, completed at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, was signed by a majority of the 55 delegates. In 1796. George Washington delivered his farewell speech and warned the American people to avoid foreign alliances.

In 1968. Wallace former governor of Alabama, was nominated for president by the American Independent Party. Local and Southeast Forecast COLUMBUS AND VICINITY-Mostly fair and warm today and tonight, slight chance of afternoon thundershowers. Low this morning, 68-72; high today, 88-92; low tonight, 68-72. Probability of rain, 20 per cent this afternoon.

Wednesday's low, 67; high 89. Rainfall .33 inches. Forest fire danger, high. NORTHWEST FLORIDAPartly cloudy and warm today and tonight, with widely scattered afternoon thundershowers. Easterly winds, 8-18 along the coast.

Temperatures in Other Cities High Atlanta 88 Boston 81 Buffalo 71 Charleston S.C. 86 Chicago 60 Columbus 0. 82 Des Moines 61 El Paso 86 Houston 89 Indianapolis 83 Low Pep. Kansas City 68 61 .41 67 Los Angeles 85 61 53 .41 Memphis 91 73 64 Miami Beach 85 77 .07 76 New Orleans 88 73 1.05 55 New York 92 61 64 Phoenix 97 64 52 Pittsburgh 87 67 64 Portland, Me. 61 53 .34 74 .26 Portland, Ore.

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and spect master cylinders. with self adjuster recappable casing use your Bank Americard, Master Charge or fry our easy credit. A TIRES STAPLES CENTER Dayton TIRE FLOYD ROAD AT BUENA VISTA RD. PHONE 563-1818 Mrs. Wade Dies at 85, Rites Today Today 85, Wade, a widely family, died Medical illness.

Waterford which at the CemDr. G. officiate. former born May Columbus, a late Joseph Wall Kirven. founder of the largest in south widow of the Wade, who an active of First and was a of its 12 She had the famiKirvens, who there for two daughP.

Swift Charlton H. WilAl- Columbus; Annie Kirven and Kirven grandchilgreat-grand- requests the VALUE METCALFS. School The Value Saving MEN'S and ALL FIRST SINGLE REG. BUY ONE FOR $3995 2 SUITS ANY STRIPES, REG. 5.98 3 BUY NOW REMEMBER HI Metcalf's Looks" for Three Men Sentenced For Drug Importation tions are telecasting evening news.

Evening news will be telecast by channel 38 daily from 5:30 to 6 "All station personnel has not been Farrell stated, naming an Alabama native and graduate of Mississippi State University. James Hemphill, as a newscaster. Hemphill has 20 years experience in this field. President of WYEA is Charles F. Grisham of Huntsville, president of the local station's proprietor, Eagle Broadcasting Company.

Columbus directors of the station are David Rothschild II, J. Kyle Spencer, and John H. Swift. Retired Official Dies in Atlanta ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) Dr.

Allen C. Smith, 65, retired deputy state superintendent of schools, died in a hospital Wednesday, where he had gone for a routine physical examination. Smith, 65, had retired last June but was employed as a consultant by the State Department of Education. Smith was a native of Turner County and began his career in education as a principal in Calhoun County in 1926. He became area representative for the department in 1948 and was named deputy superintendent in 1967.

He was graduated from Young Harris College, the University of Georgia, and obtained his master of arts degree from Duke University. DOWNTOWN A They Show You Know. Special Holiday Hours Downtown CROSS 9 A.M.-6 P.M. 10:00. MEN'S SIZES TO 17 DRESS SHIRTS LONG or SHORT SLEEVES REG.

or B.D, COLLARS SERO, YORKE, Cr EIGHTON, ETC. 3 FOR $10 Mrs. Albert Brown 85, member of known Columbus Wednesday at The Center after a long She resided at 6511 Rd. Funeral services, will be private, graveside in Riverdale tery at 2 p.m. today.

Othell Hand will Mrs. Wade, the Eula Kirven, was 7, 1885, in daughter of the Albert and Ella Her father was Kirven's, one of department stores Georgia. She was a late Albert Brown died in 1950. Mrs. Wade was and lifelong member Baptist Church, descendant of one original members.

given to the church ly Bible of the have worshipped generations. Surviving are ters, Mrs. George Jr. and Mrs. liams, and a son, bert Wade, all of a sister, Mrs.

Gordy of Conway, a brother, duPont of Columbus; 14 dren and nine children. The family omission of flowers. EARLY FALL AT Get Back To Shop Metcalf's COUNTRY to 9 P.M. FINAL CLEARANCE BANLONS-ITALIAN KNITS SHORT SLEEVES ONLY IDEAL GOLF SHIRT VALUES TO 15.00; SIZES S-M-L-XL $397 ENTIRE STOCK MEN'S DRESS SLACKS SOLIDS, CHECKS, PLAIDS, SIZES 28-42 FAMOUS FOR FALL WERE 15.00 to 30.00* OFF NOW 7.50 to 15.00 WAISTS 28 10 42 PERMA-PRESS PANTS SLIM FULL-CUT STYLES ALL FAMOUS ALL FIRST QUALITY CAFES CHOOSE FROM VALUES TO 19.95 499 ALTERATIONS EXTRA PERMA-PRESS MEN'S PAJAMAS LONG SLEEVES. LONG LEGS SOLID PASTELS AND FANCIES COMPARE AT 5.98 EACH 3 FOR $10 Shop Now For These Value Saving EARLY-FALL ITEMS.

Special Items Reduced Throughout the Store USE YOUR BANKAMERICARD OR MASTERCHARGE. The Enquirer erroneously in its Wednesday reported, that Mark Allen Rooker, 21, and James Edward Hilt Jr. 23, were sentenced in U. S. District Court Tuesday to two years probainterstate transportation for, stolen vehicle.

Rooker, Hilt, and Albert A. Williams, 23, were sentenced two years probation for ilto legally, pounds importing of three marijuana and from Vietnam. Hilt and Rooker were stationed at Fort Benning at the time of their arrest in November, 1969. Willians, a civilian, is a Columbus resident. John S.

Moody Funeral Today WARM SPRINGS, Ga. John S. Moody, 84, of Warm died Tuesday at Springs, Pine Manor Nursing Home, Columbus. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. today at Manchester Church of the Nazarene.

Burial will be in Warm Springs City Cemetery. He had lived in Meriwether County all his life and was a retired employe of the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ellen Coffey Moody, Warm Springs; two daughters, Mrs. Louis D.

Fieseler, Columbus, and 1 Mrs. Roy CoBelleville, two ron, sons, John L. Moody, Albany, and Van Moody, Flint, two sisters, Mrs. Adelle Bulloch, Manchester, and Mrs. Susie Fuller, Warm Springs; two brothers, A.

G. Moody, Warm Springs, and Clark Moody, Manchester; 18 grandchildren and 29 greatgrandchildren. Beautiful Simplicity DIAMOND SOLITAIRE WEDDING RINGS 14K Truly Remarkable $20000 14K values Open An Account Today ROSENBERG JEWELERS 1239 Broadway Ph. 323-1691 (Next to Bradley Theater) CROSS COUNTRY I NEW FALL HATS DAYS NOW ARRIVING KEVIN McANDREW DOWNTOWN ONLY Easy Way Prices 1 DOWNTOWN ONLY FALL SUITS SPORTCOATS QUALITY: IDEAL FOR WORK BREASTED MODELS LONGS: LIMITED TIME ONLY GET 2nd FOR $100 FOR 40.95 LIGHTWEIGHT JACKETS Sizes 8 to 20 Water-Repellant Many colors $699 Monogram COMBO OF SUITS COATS BOY'S FAMOUS LION OF TROY DRESS SHIRTS SOLIDS, NEW COLORS to 17, SLEEVES 32 to 35 to 7.98 SPECIAL PURCHASE, FOR $10 SOLIDS and the NEW STRIPES ARNOLD PALMER SWEATERS EXCITING NEW COLORS WHILE STOCKS COMPLETE LAST YEARS SHORTAGE SCHOOL PANTS PERMA-PRESS SIZES 8 to 20 SOLIDS 399 Alterations Extra BOY'S SCHOOL. SHIRTS Sizes 8 to 20 LONG OR SHORT SLEEVES VALUES TO 4.50 EA.

Both FOR Stores 3 $5 NEWEST STYLES IN -POCKET PANTS BELL-SLEEVE SHIRTS NO-SLEEVE VEST SUITS has all the new "inthe Swinging Crowd ARRIVING DAILY LEVI-JEANS DENIM BLUE WHITE COLORS SUPER SLIMS BOYS SCHOOL SWEATERS PULLOVERS CARDIGANS SIZES 8 to 20 COMPARE AT $7.99 499 Limited Time Only WE HAVE 698 SLACKS FLAIR ALSO FLAIRS AND JEANS BEST SELECTION IN COLUMBUS.

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