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w94 Comic Dictionary TACT The fine art of knowing what to say. or the finer art of knowing what not to say. Today Chuckle A career woman is a woman who goes out and earns a man's salary instead of staying at home and taking it away from him. Farm Journal Tuesday, December 25, 1956 THE SECOND FRONT TAGE Page 3 467 Lose Lives in Holiday Traffic JAMBS. POOLER 4-Day Toll MP Traffic IWIWtWWWWBWtWW o.

v. z. x-v mm May Hit Holiday In State Kills 24 Mother and Child Die In Crash on Telegraph New High 40 3Iillion Cars Due on Road Today j. Vim! II 8 4iU -4 Jr -xtfZtey' ii tfii nr I Til 1 BY NEAL SHINE Fre Press Thron o-ripf-BtriVlrPn in a hushed room at the talked quietly of a Christmas holiday that might Staff rlter nHnor.ntc cfn frtrW Wayne County Morgue and was cut and bruised but he will recover. He repeated overi and over: "Where's Mommy! Tne accident was one of four 'which boosted Michigan's noli- dav traffic death toll to 24.

Others killed were Francis La-! ivelle, 25, of Flint, and George iCollard, 75, of Averill, near (Midland, and an unidentified man in Highland Park. OF Mrs. Ressler. Mrs. John Ambrazie, of 12317 Pearl, Ecorse Township, and Ressler's parents.

Mr. and Mrs. Claude F. Ressler, of 28261 Van Born, Inkster, tried hard to con sole each other at the Morgue. Cheryl Ann was to find a doll, a doll iwd and some doll clothes under the Christmas tree Tuesday at the Ressler home at 13043 Pullman, Ecorse Township.

Little "Claudie" had asked for i ij: 4 I' St'pj Furniture after a Car 1 2v The Walls Came Tumbling Down and So Did 1 a carpenter's tool box so Penoa enaln saay could help his father build an'mldnight- upstairs bedroom. Dearborn said the high pro- The Resslers were apparently Portion of cars expected to returning from a friend's home dunnS the. weekends at the time of the accident. The in.al, represented a prob- HOLIDAY PLANS SHATTERED Police Hunt Pair have been. They had just identified the bodies of Mrs.

Johanna ana ner rwo-year-oia aaugn-, ter, Cheryl Ann, killed Sunday nigm in an auiomoDiie acciaeni i at Telegraph Road and Haas, in. Dearborn Township. The Morgue also held the body of the accident's third victim John Manta, 33, of 1802 E. Outer Drive. At Wayne County General Hospital, Claude R.

Ressler, 29, i husband and father of the vie-1 jtims. was near death with a broken neck. i His five-year-old sort. Claude Shoppers All Tied Up Downtoivn Selling Volume Falls Off a Bit Downtown Detroit was jammed Monday with last-minute shoppers whoi clogged the stores and' merged with early- leaving office workers to i Create one Of the biggest traffic Snarls Of the year. Police reported bumper to Douhle-parkers added to the confusion as they attempted to meet shopping friends.

Hundreds cruised aimlessly as! this-tr -in Vi rnrtm in narkpd nfl rU- ing lots. DESPITE the llth-hour rush. Charles E. Boyd, secretary of the Retail Merchants Association, predicted that total Christmas sales "probably will be down slightly from last year. Boyd said the season started slowly.

Despite an upward surge in the last 10 days, it was running short of last year. To move out the crowds as quickly as possible, extra police men were added to traffic con-l i trot. The 38 stationary traffic I i Royal Oak Intensifies Sniper Hunt More Detectives Assigned toCae Royal Oak police Mon- day intensified efforts tO In Killing of Dad Two men were sought Monday in the brutal slaying of a Port Huron man at Willow Run Airport. La Verne W. Wegener, 41, ani assistant St.

Clair County agri-! Her two youngest children, atiHoins, and Mark, 4. were up, i v. i. aoiiv-u aa-i u. wv playing near the Christmas tree.lgggT Gratiot Monday after- children were in nightclothes.

My daughter called earlier Sunday and said fche might be over," Mrs. Ambrazie said. "I live only a mile away. If they'd come, they'd still be alive." Sheriff's deputies said Manta! apparently made a U-turn in front of Ressler's car. i Manta.

a Chrvsler Corn, work-1 er. is survived by his wife, Margaret. word th General Motors Corp. transmission plant at Willow Run. LAVELLE was killed Monday when his car rolled over after i striking a utility pole four miles west of Flint.

Witnesses estimated his speed at nearly 100 miles an hour. Collard died in a three-car collision on US-10 west of Midland. A gray-haired man who attempted to cross the Davison expressway near Oakland in Highland Park was killed by a car driven by George Adams, 45, of 13504 Greeley. Highland Park Police Lt. Wil i rlnu-n a cninor wVin less 01 an an hour after nei waitea tor tne two oiaest, track dOn a sniper wnohad wplcomed h.s w.fe,s parents LoAnni and Max 12 tQ no0n, injuring three persons in wounded a 14 year Old for a Christmas visit.

jwake up. jthe store and causing the front girl and shot at another; He died an hour later in Uni- Then she gathered them in the! of the building to collapse, wnmnn versity Hospital, Ann Arbor. Hiving room and tried explain I Injured in the crash were woman. Detective Marvin Krans, of why their father hadn't come William Wakeman. 32, of 2S18 Edward Lietzau.

chief of de- the Ypsilanti State Police post, home. i Illinois, who is in serious con- THE CHILDREN' understood, finally, except for Mark who was too busv Dlavinsr with the Christ- mas presents from his father, -Wp wprp an Sn ham iv Wegener sobbed. "This was to have been a wonderful Christ I've given the children all mas their presents from their Edward Williams, 79, of 2522 By tht Associated Prm Prospects of the na- tion's greatest Christmas t-T 4. ff. A A wm s-1 AM A I If I 'America Monday The total of deaths in traffic accidents reached 467 in the first three full davs of the 102-hour weekend which began at 6 p.

m. Friday, The total of accidental deaths amounted to 575, including 32 in fires and 76 in a variety of mishaps. THE SPECTRE of a sharp rise in auto fatalities Christmas Day loomed in the estimate of Ned H. Dearborn, National Safe ty Council president, that 40 1 million autos will take to the roads during the last 12 hours of Christmas. Dearborn said he expects the Council's preholiday estimate of fi(M) highway deaths will be exceeded.

The Council had estimated that 55 million cars would travel seven bllnon. miles during tne ability that most Christmas travelers would want to extend holiday sojourns until dinnertime before starting their return trips. "THE DEATH rate in traffic has been tragically on schedule for topping our estimate of a record 660 holiday fatality toll," Dearborn said. 'The most horrible aspect of this carnage is that it is needless and senseless. It could be curbed sharply if drivers exemplified the spirit of Christmas.

They ve ishared gifts; they should apply. a same thoughtfulness to sharing the roads." The all-time holiday traffic death record is 609. set during last year's three-day Christmas Woman Flees Crash-and Dies Anyway MORRIS. 111. (JP) Wreckage 1 yinS lrom an auto-train coi- cheated death, i Sne was Mrs- JosePn Studyvin.

59, of Gardner, southeast of Morris. Her car stalled Sunday on a Gardner crossing of the Gulf, Mobile Ohio Railroad tracks as a Chicago to St. Louis fast passenger train approached. Unable to" start the engine, she jumped from the car and ran out of the train's path. The speeding train scattered parts of the car more than 100 feet Some of the metal hit Mrs.

Studyvin. inflicting injuries that caused her death Monday. Oafs from U.S. WfATHf $JKIAU Michigan Forecast (T.S. Weather Brean Detroit Area: Cloudy and colder with snow flurries.

West- leily winds 13-18 mph. Low 26-30. 1 high 31-35. I On Tear Tneda: Low hich 140 vreriDitalinn Hairttd't, Mon4av: 9 a-m. 83.

6j HSV TeaaDerattirea lee. 1871: Low 1 (lf1 hich 6 (1893). Mtinacr Fvreraat: 16. 25. 73.

20. AREA FORECAST SF. anil MV Lower Dniidy and enlder with nnw flurries. nrth winds lt-! mnh. Low fcirh 30-34.

and NW Lewer tlonil, -with iitnw flurries and northwest winds -lt-16 mph. Low 'JO-'iH. hiih 2-30. and I pper Cloud ard eold with flnrries and northerly wind mnh. Tow 14-10.

hlrh 11-1. Wdneda' Outlook: Ckittdr and I warmer with aw flurries. 'owS! tectives. said another team detectives has been assigned the case. of to THE GIRL, Cindy Estes, of 1115 Catalpa.

was recovering1 from a bullet wound in the back. She was shot Friday night while walknig with a friend on Catalpa, at Forestlawn. Ten minutes later a woman in a bus stop at Woodward and i Thirteen Mile, was shot at twice. Lietzau said two similar shootings, Dec. 15, in which one man suffered a minor wound, now are believed unrelated to the latest outbreak.

Police recovered the bullets, i I I liam Mills said the driver had fatally injured a woman chanre to avoid the nedpstrian i motorist who believed she had Whv Not Make It Last for a Year? By now all the Christmas cards have been read "good health" "good cheer' "good year" "God bless you." And the carolers and the choirs in the churches have heralded in this loveliest of all our days "Silent Night, Holy Night" Little Town of Bethlehem" "Adeste And radio and television have told and retold Dickens' "Christmas Carol" how the meanest man in the world, Scrooge, discovered Christmas in time to save his soul. All the packages so beautifully wrapped, have been opened. And the gifts the thoughtful gifts, the gay gifts now rest in their boxes under the resplendent Christmas trees. And no one, so far as we know, in even the shabbiest home, has gone untouched by this wealth of giving that comes with Christmas. Most people are basking in a glow.

Wondering about this strangest of all our days. Wondering why it is so rich and warm so full of kindness, love and giving. Of course, they know what it symbolizes. The birth in a stable of Him, Whom the humblest and the greatest came to honor, shepherds and wise men. The Prince of Trace of Whom the angels sang "Peace on Earth To Men of Good Will." Who set afoot in our dark world love, kindness, brotherhood, understanding, charity.

Which, somehow, we capture and condense so beautifully in this one wondrous day of the year. On Christmas Day! So what we would like to do is wish for you that the glow of Christmas Day stays in your heart for all the other 364 davs of the year. Question for Today Has Detroit Enough Car Washes To Slush Down Our Fenders. From The Load Of Salt Our Cities Tut Out To Melt The Snow And Slush From Our Streets Not To Mention Melt All The Paint And Chrome From Our Cars? (Submitted by Bill Lewis, of Royal Oak.) AUTO WASH officers were augumented by upper teeth and was1 dozen officers from Central Sta- Kuirt Tree Press Photo by Fred Plofchan Struck This Building Car Rams Building, Hurting 3 Part of Structure Collapses Later An out-of-control automobile crashed into a shoe store at Idition at Receiving Hospital: i Mary Jane Hoffman, 35, of 3712 Mitchell, and Jake Ball, 2680 Rnrhrstpr. ro-owner of the store.

TOLICE SAID the building collapsed an hour and 40 minutes 1 after the structure was weakened bv the impact of a car driven Conner. Williams told police he was turning right from Gratiot Pamnan u-npn nis ni into Joseph Campau when his brakes failed and the car continued into the front of the building. Hunt Station police evacuated nine residents of two flats above the store immediately after the accident at 5 p.m. At 6:40, a bedroom and living room of the flats fell into the salesroom below. Ball's two brothers, Charles, 57, of 19481 Lahser, and Julius.

60, of 2611 Carter, said half their $12,000 stock was ruined I by falling debris and water 'gushing from broken pipes. on an assignment to write a it But tney don care Wegener, a graduate of the of innesota- moved: in Pnrr Huron vparc ncrn to Port Huron 2H years He a employed by the Michigan State University extension service. Late Monday, Mrs. Wegener and her parents bundled up all the except Mark and At the airport they took the p. m.

plane to Minneapolis. Mrs. Wegener said the family 1 "uu'u uia, to Bertha, Minn her nusoanas nome vvegeners boay was the same plane, put on ''was tn have hpen the familv's Jelt Ior mow nun Airport. both. 22 caliber, from the Friday WarT mJThey left Mark with friends.P who waiked into heavy traffic in ihe westbound lane.

Th man ur. fin vpar Ha haM 0M paid shirt maroon sweater coat jand gray topcoat. 100th Birthday COLD WATER (vP) William Reynolds, of Coldwater, received birthday congratulations Sunday from President Eisenhower. Rey- nolds is 100. shootings.

Utead, a horrible nightmare. "We definitely have several, Wegener and his wife, Lois, 41. thing3 to work on," said Lietzau. had driVen to the airport to pick cultural agent, was assaulted 9:30 p.m. in the airport parking; said two young men, in a 1949 or 1950 maroon Chevrolet, were sought.

i saili me pair answered a general description given by, Wegener before he died. A gas station attendant on US-112, near the airport, report ea me pair aiiempieo. locasn a. savings bond shortly after the time of the attack. the strangers had blood on the He told State Police one of seeve of jjis coat Krans said are Negroes, and one has the wanted men Both are young a mustache, he said.

At Wegener's modest Port Huron home, meanwhile, what! 1 up Mrs. Wegener tatner ana stepmother, Leonard and Ida Miller. Wegener, as a Christmas; gift, had sent plane tickets to; the Millers in Detroit Lakes. near Minneapolis, Minn. i THE PLANE arrived at 8:13 I p.

m. The happy reunion con- tinued through dinner at the airport. Wegener went for his car. He was gone a long time. Mrs.

Wegener said she saw the car drive by the waiting group, then stop. She tan to the car and found her husband, half slumped over the wheel. Wegener mumbled to her: My head, my head two men knocked me over the head." State Folice said Wegener told them he had ee slugged with a pipe or similar object. Between $60 and $80 was taken from his wallet. Mrs.

Wegener returned to Port Huron early Monday. i of at baskets and some clothing for Mrs. Guarnieri's four sons, ranging in age from 9 to 14. "But it's hard to be happy without Pan! here," Sirs. Guarnieri said.

The family has had no income since the father wa3 taken to the hospital. i I Some Snow on Way For Christmas Day Beef on Hoof Scares Hide Off People An 1.100-pound steer ran loose for an hour Monday, frightening the daylights out of people near the New York Central Station. The animal escaped from a truck taking it to the Ridley Commission 6750 Dix. Five police cars hemmed in the animal in at St. Hedwig Recreation Center bu, nobody could get close enough to put a rope on it.

The animal finally was sho and hauled off to the Gunsberg Beef 6800 Dix. 30 'GIVING YOURSELF AWAY' Christmas Lives In Child's Heart Little children sometimes do the best job of all of giving of themselves. In response to David Dunn's inspirational series' in the Free Press, hundreds of readers have told about their own children, or children they know, who have unselfishly and unconsciously set a pattern for others to follow. This Christmas Day letter is about a little Pontiac girl, Margarete Brown, who turned an assignment into a happy memory for her teacher: "Most children start their letters with 'Please bring tion and 10 from enforcement squad. the parking 14 Drivers Will Spend Yule in Jail Fourteen motorists will spend Christmas in jail, six for drunk or reckless driving.

The eight others were jailed Monday morning by Traffic Judge George T. Murphy on other charges. Those sentenced for drunk driving were: t'aas K. Hull, 2i, of 740 Military, 15 days: L. King, '27.

of 5980 Fischer, 10 days; Adelmo A. Urban, 44. of 1271 Pennsylvania, 10 days, and Clarence M. Voakes 35. of 10441 Bryden, 30 days.

Sentenced for reckless driving were: James F. Sipher, 29. of 2418 Margarette. Trenton, 15 days, and Henry L. Bell, 43.

of Lovett, 30 days. Twenty-two won adjournments. Judge Murphy promised, however, that any convicted would serve jail terms. Nehru in London LONDON Indfa's Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru arrived Monday for talks with Prime Minister Anthony Eden. Bonanza Sets New Deadline Wednesday midnight is the postmark deadline for Bo- nana Bill puzzle entries because of Christmas Day.

Send them to: Bonania Bill, Box 828, Detroit 31. i CRASH INJURIES KILL DAD me. But Margarete, letter Santa, did not ask a thing for herself, "Last year, her only request was for a doll with two dresses. "She does not know about 'Giving Yourself Away, but I thought you might like to read Family of 5 Facing Bleak Christmas It promised to be a bleak Christmas at the home Mrs. Marie Louise Guarnieri and her four children 8308 Essex, Warren Township U.S.

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46 19 Pboenn 11 Lk. CitT 31 San Fran co 48 3 2 Tucson 38 65 her letter." 'Dear Santa, I want you to give my friends a verry merry Christmas just like the one you gave me last year, because they'are verry poor and they have not got any toys and I want them to have a verry merry Christmas and a happy new year too. ELIZABETH DOXNELL Sight-Saving Room, Central School, Pontiac, Mich. Mrs. GuarnierTs husband, Paul, 47, died Sunday night at Van Dyke Memorial Hospital of injuries suffered Nov.

13 when he was struck by a car at Chene and Wilkin. The Goodfellows. the Eagles and students at Lincoln High School at Warren Township have tned to help with food.