Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 158, Decatur, Adams County, 7 July 1955 — Page 6

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|£3k. .".. First segment pulled ashore at Clarenville, Newfoundland, on gasoline drums. Ship is the Monarch, world's largest cable ship.

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Western terminus of the trans-Atlantic cable at Clarenville. 36 ADDITIONAL telephone circuits between the U. S. and England win be provided when this cable is completed. The new cable, a joint operation of A. T. & T. and Canadian agencies, will stretch 2,250 miles from Newfoundland to Oban, Scotland. (International)

TRADE IN DECATUR

Carl Gerber Gets A Helping Hand Behind every famous man there’s always a woman ready to help him. For instance, when Edison was inventing the phonograph. y N» Who was there to give him the needle? Mrs. Edison. Wj W I--- n -■ ~F- .j»C * r "V. ■- t' aF« ■ - ~-|irijMT-7 SB?'-—-- - ■•*•• •■• .JjVnd’Yn'Tijs meat market, who’s there to give Carl jK Gerber the needle? Right. Mrs. Gerber. . She needles him to find ways and means of giving you the finest service in Decatur and she nags him to dope out money-savers like you see below: I „ ■"" . . “* -■• ■ \ ,/■ ■ i ujji ?i l".I"*'''' 1 "*''''. 1 - ■' ■ "'" 1 ' 11 1 PICNIC HAMS (Tenderized) .. . . 39c a ■ PORKTENDERLOIN b. 89c FRESHLY GROUHD BEEF 3 lb - s r°° PORK CHOPS 1 m 49c HAM SHANKS •• • • *• • Seasoning,*’ Ib. 33c YOUNG STEER LIVER ,k 39c HAM SALAD SX . n, 59c BORDEN’S ICE CREAM . ......... | Gal - 69c B SUN KIST LEMONADE 2 59c BIRDS EYE LEMONADE 2 kX 33C . • ■ . I. ;; BIRDS EYE ORANGE JUICE 2 69C BIRDS EYE FISH STICKS It()X 39c BIROS EYE FRENCH FRIES 39C Gerber’s 150 S. Second St. Phone 3-2712

■■ If'—"" 1 ■■■,.—■■,, ■ Motor Club Advice On Vacation Trips Advice Offered By Chicago Motor Club CHICAGO, (INS) — The Chicago Motor Club today advised vacationers Os things mechanical and otherwise that should be attended to before starting the trip. As far as the car is concerned the club suggested that tires be checked; repair kit be complete including flares; the car be lubricated, and insurance policies be checked. ! To avoid the worry of householders on the road, officials of the Motor Club suggested tourists make a list of dos and don’ts before leaving and check each. ' They are: Stop milk; notify newspaper circulation of your new address; shut off utilities; discontinue telephone, laundry and other services; provide for pets; arrange for gardening; arrange mail forwarding; lock all doors and windows carefully, and notify police and neighbors of your trip. The club further suggested that the trip be planned in advance. Spokesmen said to get accommodations early, list the points of interest and places you intend to visit and obtain the necessary maps and other road information. In addition to valid driver’s license with the correct addresses, other handy personal effects are a vacuum bottle for drinking water, camera and film, sun glasses and a first aid kit. As a note of parting caution, the club advised against more than 300 miles a day and suggested that travel be limited to 300 miles a day. Salt Lake City — The state of Utah contains 21 national forests, two national parks, and nine national natural monuments. If you have something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings results.

Motor Club Advice

On Vacation Trips

THE DECATUR DAILT DHMOCRAT, DECATUR, INDIANA

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Work On Extortion Motive In Murder Detectives Working On Extortion Plot , LOS ANGELES (INS) — Detectives are working on an extortion motive that could send John H. Crooker, Jr., law student “houseboy," Jo the gas chamber for the slaying of Mrs. Norma Thompson McCauley, socialite divorcee, in her Bel Air mansion. Crooker, 31-year-old educational itinerant who transferred from college to college, broke down under 14-hours of questioning Wednesday and confessed to the Tuesday stabbing and strangling of Mrs. McCulley, the pretty mother of three young children. He claimed that he became infuriated when she showed her complete indifference, to him by going to stfeep on a chaise lounge while he pleaded for a. renewal of the romance which he. claimed, began when he was employed as a. domestic in her home. The investigation turned up the information that Mrs. McCauley had given her former “houseboy” S3OO just three weeks ago and had given him other small amounts of money before that. The S3OO was to have been used for a trip back tq Crooker’s home ■tn --Buckwport. Me., but the law student never left town. Stay Os Execution Granted Three Men Eighth Reprieve To Convicted Slayers OSSINING, N. Y. (INS) — Confusion reigned among officials in i Sing Sing prison today following ' the latest stay of execution granted to the “Reader’s Digest” killers. _ . Warden Wilfred L. Denno said he would seek legal adv Left concerning the recent temporary stay granted to the killers whose lives have been saved by eight reprieves. The men were convicted of slaying a payroll messenger for the magazine “Reader's Digest” in a $5,000 ho.ldup at Chappaqua, N.Y. more than six years ago. The three—Harry Stein, 56, Nathan Wissner, 49, and Caiman Cooper, 47 — have been in Sing Sing death house since. 1950. Denno said that If the death sentence under which the three were to be executed Thursday night was not fulfilled by the week of July 4. they may have to be sentenced again by the full court of appeals. This wopld cause difficulty since the court of appeals is not know in session. The resentencing might be delayed until late August or even October. Driving Without License Is Costly INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Douglas Owens, 31, of Indianapolis, was arrested for public intoxication by city police and state troopers immediately closed in. Owens, it seems, had been the ob'jedt Os a state police search since his arrest June 18, 1954, on a charge of driving yhlle his license waq suspended. He drew a $25 fine and a 30-day term.

Rules Death Is Due To Natural Causes NEWBURGH, Ind. (INS) — Sev-enty-one-year-old Carl Koch, of Newburgh, died of natural causes rather than accident injuries. That was the decision of acting I '

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THE SHOOTING down of an American plane In the Bering sea by Soviet jets does not appear to be a deliberate Russian policy, but is a result of trigger-happy Red pilots, Secretary of Stats John Foster Dulles tells Washington reporters. (International/

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JOANNE GILBERT, 22, dancer daughter of songwriter Ray Gilbert, and screen writer Danny Arnold, 30, look comfy here as they honeymoon in Las Vegas. Nev. (International SoundnhotoJ

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A MOTHER and five of her 10 children are dead as result of this crossing accident at Alien's Grove, Wia. It happened with the husband and father, H. ■ Smith, watching from the front porch of his parents’ home 200 feet beyond (house shown). ' Dead sue Mrs. Eddie Smith; Larry, 13; Jacquelyn, 4; Keith, 6; Debbie, 1; Skippie, 3; Beatrice Smit’, the driver, a sister-in-law of Mrs. Smith, and the other five children were injured. The crowded Smith auto was I struck by a Chicago-bound passenger train. (International)

coroner Gilbert Myer in the death of the elderly man, whose body was found in his truck after it had hit a tree along U. S. 66 in Newburgh Wednesday. If you nave omechlng to sen or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Al. brings results.

$17,000 In Checks And Cash Missing Money Missing From Railway Express Car WEST CHICAGO, 1 IH. HNS) — Special agents of the Railway Express agency and the Chicago & North Western railway are investigating today the mysterious disappearance of $17,000. The money, $15,980 in cash and $1,500 in checks, was discovered missing at the West Chicago station Wednesday when an employe found the safe open in the railway express car. The car, which had collected the money from various express offices along the North Western line, had sat on a siding for more than two hours before it was hooked onto a Chicago bound train. Chief Joseph Buenrostro of West Chicago said an unnamed express company employe had left the car for a few minutes "to- 1 relax and read the newspaper" while the car was on the siding. Gunwoman Sought in Valparaiso Holdup VALPARAISO, Ind. (INS) —lndiana and Porter county police are looking for a brash gunwoman and MB

A HARVEST of more than 64 bushels of wheat per acre has been recorded by Cyrus Crowder (above) of Sweet Springs, Mo. From his 10-acre field he took 643 bushels, 40 pounds. The field was in com last year, and the com crop was ruined by drought. But the com fertilizer 70 pounds of nitrogen as anhydrous ammonia, and 250 pounds of 12-12-12 fertilizer per acre—staved. (International)

.. BEST BUY IN TOWN FOR SIZE AND WEIGHT H ATEiniELOXS r a.GUARANTEED RED RIPE Choice Os 1000 89 c ...i. ORANGE MEATED You Can Still Order CANTALOUPE cherries , LARGE SIZE a "“_ i A $ -.00 - RASPBERRIES Q For JL s For Our Next Load. Hammond FRUIT MARKET 240 N. 13th St. Phone 3-3703 OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK ’TILL 10:00 P.M.

THURSDAY, .TVLY 7,1958

No Change Reported In Johnson Condition WASHINGTON (INS) — Senate majority leader Lyndon 'B. Johnson continued to “progress satisfactorily" today in his recovery from a heart attack but he was still on the serious list at Bethesda naval hospital. Spokesmen reported there was “no change” in Johnson’s condition Wednesday anS that the 46-year-old Texas Democrat spent a "comfortable day.” Boy Is Drowned In Tippecanoe River 7-Year-Old Boy Is Drowned Wednesday MONTICELLO. Ind. (INS) — Seven-year-old Joel Belstra, of Lowell, lost his life in Tippecanoe River while relatives w<ye searching frantically for him along the river banks. The little boy was on an outing with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Belstra, and other relatives Wednesday at the Buffalo Island resort when the tragedy occurred. State police said the little boy apparently returned to the water shortly after eating and suffered cramps. Searchers along the river bank saw him struggling below the water surface, then' he disappeared. The boy was recovered about 10 minutes later, but efforts to revive ‘ bim failed. her two companions who held up a Valparaiso filling station. ~ wMded the gun during the stick up and issued the orders, although her male companion at one time threatened a 14 year old station helper with a pop bottle.. A second man stayed in a get away car. Loot taken in the holdup was listed at $l9O. ade In a GcoC Town — Decatur IT’S THE TALK Os the whole country-side—we mean the BIG, BIG LIQUIDATION SALE now in full progress at the ECONOMY Dept Store in Decatur. Don’t wait and be sorry—Come in NOW and share in the SAVINGS. Remember —it's the ECONOMY in DECATUR. i —l ...a. ... .