Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 101, Decatur, Adams County, 28 April 1964 — Page 1

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Price - Fixing Conspiracy Charged By Government In Indictments On Mills

Asks Business And Labor Join Fight

WASHINGTON (UPI) — For i an hour to the nation’s busi- I ness leaders and a half-hour to editors of union publications, < President Johnson sounded al- • most identical themes: > i —Come join in his war on < poverty. Assist America’s 1 downtrodden 20 per cent of the < population to share in the i country’s peak prosperity. —Help guard that prosperity t against an inflationary spiral of ] price-wage rises. < —Back his effort to keep ; able men in government serv- ; ice by increasing federal pay. ] —Support his other programs as well — civil rights, medical . care for the aged through Social Security, a foreign policy • and military posture of “reason and. . .readiness.” Johnson spoke first at Constitution Hall Monday to the U.S. Chamber o f Commerce, combinfhg rat-a-tat readings of sta- $ tistics with lofty sermons, one- I line gags, and admittedly t corny homilies. ( Close to 7 p.m. EOT, John- 1 son strode to a podium in the 1 East Room of the White House J and talked to 155 of * labof union newspapers and magazines. ~ ] He repeated much of what | he had told the chamber, and E threw himself open to questions from the floor for almost j 15 minutes. The first question: j. Would his war on poverty be c helped by increasing the mini- E mum wage and extending cov- s erage to more workers? j Johnson saidnotoincreas ing the $1.25 an hour wage floor < this year. It is more important j to get jobless people on pay- a rolls under the existing mini- f mums, he said — and to ex- t tend those levels to categories t presently uncovered. I How did the Chamber of i Commerce react to his call for f

45 Are Honored For Red Cross Service

I Forty-five Adams county people were honored for five years or more service to the Adams county chapter of the American Red Cross at the April meeting Mon- . day night, Claren Neuenschwander. chapter chairman, announced today. Mrs. Ed Bauer was awarded a 35-year bar, the first bar to be awarded in the county. She has served as a board member, on the bloodmobile staff, as a staff aid, and on the Grav Ladies. 15-Year Pirw Miss Bernice A. Nelson, who is serving as a board member and has served as secretary of the board, and Miss Glennys Roop, present board secretary and former junior Red Cross chairman, and present board member, were honored for 15 years’ service. Ten-year awards went to Dick Macklin, chanter treasurer: Earl Fuhrman, board member and former chanter chairman; Miss Marie Felber, board member; Gail Grabill, board member; Wilbur Petrie, board , member and former chanter chairman: Gerald Durkin, board member.chairman for first aid and'water safetv-, Mrs. 11. E. Archbold. Mrs. Edgar Reinking. Mrs. Bert • Halev. and Mrs. Charles Beineke, canteen workers: Mrs. Roger S’nglcton. first aid: Mrs. Harold Engle, board member and staff aid: and Mrs. Herman Krueckebcrg. staff aid. Doctors honored for ten years service to the bloodmobile were Drs. Harold Zwick, John Carroll. James Burk. Arthur Girod, NorvM Rich, and G. J. Kohne. Five-Years Award » Five-year awards went to Claren Neuenschwander, present board chairman; Dick Heller,

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its members to join his war on poverty? “I may have become intoxicated with the applause,” Johnson replied. “But I thought it was very good. They accused me of talking out of both sides of my mouth. ..1 talked to them about poverty and medicare and what their fair share was. ..” And Johnson added that he told the chamber “if it is impossible to make peaceful, orderly changes in our society” and in the underdeveloped areas of the world “then violent change is inevitable.” Backed Krueckeberg For Board Member Wilbur H. Blakey, Union townshrp = trustee, and “chairman bf the group of three trustees from Preble, Root, and Union, stated today that he had proposed the name of the present North Adams school board member, Louis Krueckeberg, for reelection, and had supported him. Blakey stated that he feels that Krueckeberg did a fine job on the board, and should be praised for his work. The original report, made by Preble trustee Robert M. Kolter,. had been that the three had decided unanimously in favor of the new school board member, Russel Fleming, who will take office July 1. This was not true, Blakey asserted, but the misunderstanding could have arisen because all three trustees signed an official report to the school board; the official report, however; mentions that both Krueckeberg and Fleming were candidates. Fleming will serve from district two for four years.

Jr., past chairman; Joseph Anderson, board member; Mrs. Mark Colchin, Mrs. Wilbert Fuelling, Mrs. Arthur Miller, Mrs. Richard Parrish, nurses; Mrs. Earl Fuhrman, staff aid; and Mrs. Ferris Bower, staff aid and bloodmobile chairman. - Doctors honored for five-year service to the bloodmobile were Drs. Robert Boze, Howard Luginbill, Norman Beaver, and William Freeby. Others with five yehrs or over are Mrs. Arnold Ostermeier, Miss Fan Hammell. Mrs. Robert Zwick, Mrs. Claren Neuensch•vander, Mrs. Edwin Nyffler, Mrs. Homer Augsburger, Mrs. Robert Augsburger. and Mrs. Gilbert Stuckv, staff aides; and Mrs. Fleming, canteen and mass feeding. Appointed to the nominating committee were Wilbur Petrie, Mrs. Ed Bauer and Fred Kirsch. First Aid , Four teams of first aid volunteers led by the doctors of the county and assisted by ambulance personnel were on ciuty at the four sessions of the Adams Central sectional basketball tourney. Gerald Durkin and Mrs. Roger Singleton, co-chairmen of the first aid committee, announced. Chief first aid activity has been among the juniors, thev reported. Sister M. Audrey of St. Joseph’s school taught a class of 37 who were awarded certificates Feb. 7. Mrs. Ann Schwaller of Monroe and Gerald Durkin taught two Girl Scout classes. A total if 26 certificates were awarded to them March 5, making a grand total of 63 junior certificates. Mrs. Mary Howard is teach(Continued on Page Four)

WASHINGTON (UPI) — The government indicted a dozen companies today on charges they took part in a price-fixing conspiracy that inflated bread prices in much of the country. An indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Buffalo, N Y., named 12 flour milling companies which produce 65 per cent of the bakery flour sold east of the Rocky Mountains. It also named six officers of the companies. The companies named in the indictment included General Mills, Inc., and the Pillsbury Co. • Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy charged there was conspiracy which resulted in artificially high and non-competitive prices for commercial buyers of flour used principally in white bread. Although the Justice Department declined to comment on the alleged conspiracy’s effect on consumer bread prices, increased flour prices were understood to have been passed on to consumers. Kennedy said the defendants, who do about $305 million annual business in manufacturing and selling bakery flour, began the jprice-fixing conspiracy in 1958. The conspiracy was carried out in a series of meetings at which company executives agreed on flour prices for sales to commercial buyers, the indictment said. It saijj the conjpanies agreed on uniform price lists which were published daily in the Southwestern Miller, a trade journal. In addition to General Mills and Pillsbury, defendants named in the indictment were: William A. Lohman Jr., vice president of General Mills; Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. and its vice president, Lawrence J. Weidt; International Milling Co., Inc.; the Peavey Co. and its vice president, William R. Heegaard, all of Minneapolis; Bay State Milling Co. of Winona, Minn., and Bernard JRothwell 11, its president; The Weber Flour Mills Co., the Western Star Mill Co., both of Salina, Kan.; Gooch Milling & Elevator Co., Lincoln, Neb.; Inland Mills Inc., Des Moines, lowa, and John J. Vanier, president of Gooch; TTie Colorado Milling & Elevator Co., Denver, and Earl F. Cross, president; Seaboard Allied Milling Corp., Newton, Mass. Between the meetings, the indictment said, the companies communicated price changes to each other through two industry statistical services, the Colton Economic Service in Minneapolis, and the Hartley Service in Kansas City. Maximum penalty upon conviction would be a year in prison and $50,000 fine for each of the officials and $50,000 fine for each firm. ~~ " Three Judging Teams Qualify For State The Geneva high school 4-H and FFA judging team placed first in forestry division in the Fort Wayne district judging contest at Fremont Saturday. The Geneva team, coached by Bill Kipfer, was tops with 1,250 points. Individual scores were: Mary Lybarger, 630 points; Mary Ann Duff. 620; Kay Wheeler, alternate, 580. The Decatur high school forestry team, coached bv Bill Journay,, placed third with 1,245 noints. Individual scores were: Tom Schnepf, 638 points; Steve Kohne, 607; Roger Lehrman, al-, ternate, 592. Both these teams will compete in the state contest this summer. High individuals in the contest were: Tom Schnepf, Decatur, first; Mary Lybarger, Geneva, second; Mary Ann Duff, Geneva, fourth; Steve Kohne, Decatur, eighth; Roger Lehrman, Decatur, 10th. In the dairy judging contest, the Adams Central team, coached by Martin Watson, placed third, and will also represent Adams bounty in the state contest.

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Decatur, Indiana, 46733, Tuesday, April 28, 1964.

$150,000 Damages | Is Sought In Suit A suit asking damages in theg amount of $150,000 has been filed = by Darrell L. Grice, of 963 Park-. 2 view Drive, against John Dale? Meyers, of 417 Line St., for injuries received in a traffic accident in 1962. j His father, Frank J. Grice, of the same address, has filed suit against Meyers also, asking $1,575. The damage suits stem from an accident involving an automobile driven by Meyers and a motorcycle operated by Grice, that collided at the intersection of Monroe and Tenth streets, the evening of May 6,1962. In his suit, the younger Grice, who is represented by John H. Logan of Fort Wayne and Bierly and Sullivan of Decatur, claims five points of negligence on the part of Meyers that led to the mishap. Grice claims in his suit that Meyers failed to yield the right of way to his motorcycle traveling on Monroe street, pulling off Tenth street into the path of the cycle. In asking the $150,000 judgment, Grice claims he has suffered a permanent injury to his right leg and has a permanent limp. His suit says that he suffered severe shock, several fractures, and multiple cuts, bruises and abrasions, and that he was confined in Parkview memorial hospital in Fort Wayne from May 6,1962, to August 19 of the same year. He also says he has made several trips back to the hospital far treatment and therapy. The suit alleges that the younger Grice lost sll,lßO in wages from his job, and that he has not yet returned to work; and that he has had $2,162 in doctor bills and $8,507.45 in hospital fees. The elder Grice’s suit requests a judgment to cover the loss of the motorcycle which was owned by him, and was allegedly demolished by the accident. Lewis L. Smith, local attorney, has entered a special appearance for the defendant in the cases, for the * purpose of filing a plea in abatement. Lee Monroe Byer Dies This Morning Lee Monroe Byer, 82, a resident of Blue Creek township, near Willshire, 0., most of his life, died at 6:45 a. m. today at the home of a son, Beryl Byer, 4801 South Park, Fort Wayne. He had been in failing health for the past year and critically ill for one week. He was a retired farmer and also a former employe of the Schafer Co., in this city. Born in Mercer county, 0., June 30, 1876, he was a son of Christopher and Margaret Frank — Byer. His wife, the formed Ada Viola Detro, preceded him in death June 6, 1943. Mr. Byer was a member of the Union E. U. B. church at shire.Surviving are five sons, Elvin Byer -of Willshire, and Beryl, Verl, Ronald and Donald Byer, all of Fort Wayne; four daughters, Miss Ethel Byer of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Donald (Doris.) Strayer of Willshire route 1, Mrs. Floyd (Gladys) Kohn of Ohio City, 0., and Mrs. Merle -(Lucile) Foor of Monroe route 1; 23 grand children; 37 great-grand-children ; one sister, Mrs. Elis Ann Spitler of Willshire, and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Lottie Jones, of Willshire. Six brothers and sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p. m. Friday at the Union E. U. B. church at Willshire, the Rev. Robert Heckman officiating. Burial will be in the Willshire cemetery. The body was removed to the Zwick funeral home, where friends may call after 7 p. m. Wednesday. The body will lie in state at the church from 12 noon Friday until time of the services.

Red Cross Campaign Goes Well Over Top i “Thanks from the bottom of our = hearts to all workers and doniors,” John, B. Faurote and Har- ? vey Haggard, co-chairmen of the very successful 1964 Adams coun- , ty Red Cross fund drive, exclaimed Monday night at the Red Cross board meeting. Special thanks were given to Mrs. Wanda Oelberg, chapter executive secretary, a tower of strength in the drive. The two leaders of the county drive, which included more than 300 workers, and thousands of donors, were jubilant as $3,128.66 was collected, more than S9OO more than the goal in the rural drive'i This includes all but six sections still unreported. Totals Given Faurote reported the following totals to the board: Berne. $1,830: Decatur, $5,876; Geneva, $231.06; Linn Grove, $23.75; Monmouth, $18.86; Monroe, $157.40; Pleasant Mills. $35.13. From the townships: Blue Creek, $130.69; French. $242.35; Hartford, $172.50; Jefferson, $139.65; Kirkland, $234.81; Monroe, $365.12; Preble, $329.30; Root, 371.25; St. Mary’s, $162.85; Union, $288.87; Wabash, $240.66; Washington, $329 61;*’ miscellaneous, sl2l. This meant a grand total of $11,300.86, against a goal of $10,470. Praise Fine Work Faurote and Haggard praised the fine work done by the township chairmen and their many workers, and by the donors. They also mentioned the publicity given by the county newspapers as a great aid in the campaign. When one of the newspapers stated that a Berne store had opened and donated food, the owner of the store took out an ad, and stated that he had opened the store, but that Red Cross volunteers had helped, and had donated the food. A report was given to the board on the disastrous Easter fire at Berne, and it was reported that the two families left homeless had had their needs met. The Criders got a crib, high chair and ■ various church groups gave them clothes, kitchen utensils, food, etc., as they did the Lindsays. Clauser Furniture of Berne offered a kitchen table and'chairs, to the Lindsays, and they were going to take a look to see if they could use it. They have rented a small home. The two families and others were very grateful for the aid given. A total of $66 was spent on food from the special disaster fund, Mrs. Oelberg reported. Conrad L. Germann Dies Last Evening Conrad L. Germann. 87. of Van Wert, 0., route 4, died at 5:30 o’clock Monday evening at the Van Wert county hospital, where he had been a patient nine days. He was born in Harrison township, Van Wert county, Aug. 20. 1876, a son of Philip and Sophia Heffner-Germann, and was married to Emma Germann May 7, 1905. His wife preceded him in death in 1959. Mr. Germann, a retired farmer, was a member of the St. Thomas Lutheran church in Harrison township. Surviving are one son, Paul Germann of Decatur route 4: one daughter, Mrs. Arnold ("Dora May) Germann of Ohio City, O.; eight grandchildren; three greatgrandchildren; one brother, Theodore Germann of New Haven, and one sister, Mrs. Matilda Trautman of Tucson, Ariz. Funeral rites will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the St. Thomas Lutheran church, the Rev. Elmer W. Braun officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the H. D. Smith funeral home in Convoy after 7 p.m. today.

Telephone Directory i Is Placed In Mail „ New telephone directories are ' now being mailed to all subscribers and should be received within the next few days, according to Mabie Murray, head of customers’ service aid department of the Citizens Telephone Co. One directory is provided for each of the 7,971 telephones in service in the area served by Citizens in most of Adams county and in parts of Jay and Wells counties. The cover of the May 1 directory contains a drawing of the area served and is in “tawnyred" over a white background. The new telephone directory has 80 pages of alphabetical listings and 72 pages of yellow page listings, compared to 64 pages in the alphabetical section last year and 80 yellow pages. The new directory contains listings for the telephone exchanges at Decatur, Berne, Bryant, Linn Grove, Monroe, Pleasant Mills, Preble, and Tocsin. The directory differs from previous years in that each exchange is now listed separately rather than the previous method of listing Decatur, Pleasant Mills, and Monroe in one section — Bern£ and Linn Grove in a second section — Bryant in a third section. Another change from previous years is the appearance of listings for subscribers ip the Preble, Tocsin, and New Corydon areas. Subscribers in these areas have been provided with dial service within the last year and these exchanges have only recently be acquired by. the Citizens system. Use Special Code In most cases where subscribers in one exchange? can dial subscribers in another exchange, it is necessary to use a special code to access the other exchange and subscribers are cautioned to carefully check the special instructions appearing in the first page of each alphabetical section. Frequently called eihergency numbers, such as fire and police, are listed at the bottom of each alphabetical section but, again, it will be necessary for each individual subscriber to carefully check the listings of each emergency call in his own particular exchange. The first name in the new directory is AAA-Chicago Motor Club, 126 E. Monroe St., Decatur, while the last name in the book is Thaeter Zaugg, residing at Tocsin. Due to the unusually high percentage of number changes required because of the rapid expansion of last year, telephone dompany officials advise and request subscribers to immediately discard their old telephone directory upon receipt of the new directory. Mrs. John W. Foster Is Killed In Wreck Mrs. Freda Mae Foster, 37, of Monroeville route 2, was killed instantly and her husband, John William Foster, 42, was seriously injured at 1:30 p.m. Monday when their car was involved in a head-on collision with a truck on state highway 101 onefourth mile north of Monroeville. Mrs. Foster died instantly of a crushed skull, and her husband is in Parkview hospital with a compound right leg fracture, face cuts and phest bruises. The truck driver, Joseph W. Liechty, 34, Grabill route 2, was released after treatment for bruises on his rjght side. The accident occurred when the Skelgas Co. truck skidded on the wet pavement into the path of the southbound Foster auto. The impact forced the Foster car back down the road almost 40 feet, at which point the truck overturned onto the car. Mrs. Foster, a native of Dixon, 0., was a member of St. Mark’s Lutheran church at Monroeville, its Ladies Aid society, and the Monroe township Co-workers. Surviving are her husband; a son, Johnie, at home; a daughter, Regina, at home; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gaskill of Dixon; three brothers, Roy Gaskill of Convoy, 0., and James and Charles Gaskill, both of Dixon, and four sisters, Mrs. Denver Morris of Owosso, Mich., Mrs. Elmer Gromeaux of Monroeville, Mrs. Wayne Habegger of Dixon, and Mrs. Agnes Gause of Convoy. Friends may call at the Marquart funeral home in Monroeville after 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. Funeral arrangements ate inBurglary Location Reported Erroneously The theft of money from vending machines and heavy damage done to the building contents, reported in Monday’s Daily Democrat, happened at the local DuoMarine plant, and not the Decatur Industries, as was erroneously reported.

Greeks Resume Cyprus Drive

NICOSIA, Cyprus (UPI) — Heavily -armed Greek Cypriots today resumed their offensive against ancient St. Hilarion’s .jCastle, the Turkish Cypriot stronghold guarding the key Kyrenia Pass. Officials of the United Nations peace force said the shooting, which died down after dark Monday night, started again at dawn with both sides using mortars. The outnumbered Turkish Cypriots held the 11th-century castle Monday against a furious assault led by Greek Cypriot Interior Minister Polycarpos Georghadjis, who came under heavy fire. There ’.vere no official reports of casualties in the fighting. Maj. Gen. Prem Singh Gyiani of India, United Nations commander, met Georgadjis and Turkish Ambassador Mazhar Ozkol today to discuss a possible cease-Fire at St. Hilarion. Later, Gyiani issued a statement charging that the Greek Cypriot attack was “pre-planned BULLETIN FORT WAYNE, Ind. <UPI) —The bodies of two young brothers were found at the bottom of a neighbor’s homemade swimming pool today after their mother reported them missing They were Eric, 3, and Neil Witte, 4. sons of Mr. and Mrs. Roland Witte. The boys apparently waded into the pool to retrieve a rubber beach ball. INDIANA WEATHER Considerable cloudiness with some scattered showers or thunderstorms this evening. Cloudy, occasional rain or Mule tonight, probably ending Wednesday. Law tonight 44 to 56 north, 47 to 55 south. High Wednesday mostly in the 50s north, 58 to 67 sooth. Sunset today 7:36 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday 5:49 a. m. Outlook for Thursday: Fair to < partly cloudy. Lows in the 40s. Highs from the low 60s north to low 70s south. "8 ■ Air Force Contract Awarded Bendix Co. WASHINGTON (UPI) — The Air Force has awarded a contract for a little more than $1 million to the Bendix Co. of South Bend for landing gear components for the F-101 aircraft.

Four Os Zoning Changes Okayed

Four changes suggested by citi--zens attending the hearing on a! new zoning ordinance were ap-| proved, and ope was turned down,; as the Decatur plan commission | met following a two-hour public | hearing Monday afternoon in the J Adams county court room. Requests by William L. Bau-’ man, Lawrence E. Rash, and others, Lewis L. Smith for Strickler Trailer Sales, and Charles Leonard were approved; a request by Gordon Watts was denied. A number of people were satisfied by the revised plan and zoning map which was presented to the group. The meeting started at 4 p.m., and city attorney John DeVoss introduced Harry Sheridan for plan commission, chairman, Kenneth Hirschy, who was unable to be present. Sheridan, the planning consultant, suggested that those present ask questions and make their proposals. Amsbaugh Appears D. C. Amsbaugh, of 710 Dierkes, on the east side of Dierkes between St. Mary’s and Dayton, asked about the effect of the new zoning ordinance on his TV repair business. Sheridan explained that his home business in an R-l residential area was a nonconforming use, but that since it was in operation before the original ordinance, it is legal. It wouki not be legal for him to expand his repair shop beyond the present 22 by 36 foot garage in which he operates. Ampsbaugh then asked if he could construct an adjoining carport for his two vehicles; Sheridan said yes, if the carport met the other specifications for an addition to that

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... a complete surprise to the U-N. force.” ’’’As such,” he said, “The action can have serious implications regarding the obligations of the government and the role of the U.N. force vis-a-vis the Security Council resolution and the task given to the U.N. force.” Tension at another trouble spot, the village of Ayios Theodores in southern Cyprus, eased somewhat as Greek Cypriot forces withdrew from the hills following President Makarios’ intervention to halt bloodshed. Strong Greek Cypriot police units remained in the Greek quarter of the Turkishdominated town. Foil Wayne School i Closed For Safety FORT WAYNE, Ind. (UPI)— An accident involving a tank - truck loaded with 2,100 gallons of highly explosive propane gas I forced the closing of a school today and sent half a dozen families fleeing from their homes. The truck upset along U.S. 30 bypass late Monday. Experts worked throughout the night transferring the dangerous liquid petroleum gas from the wrecked tanker. Officials closed Brentwood Elementary School near the ■ scene and gave 650 pupils an unexpected holiday. A 10-unit shopping center nearby also was evacuated. Authorities expected the removal of the gas would be completed by midmorning, ending the danger and permitting conditions to return to normal in the surrounding area. Bill Cox, Indianapolis, an expert with liquid petroleum, was called and worked feverishly with little success in stopping the flow of gas from the ruptured line on the truck. Traffic on the busy road near the Statewood Shopping Center was re-routed from mid-after-noon Monday until early today when the last of the gas leaked from the truck. Six fire units were called and sprayed the truck with water to prevent an accidental ignition of .... the volatile gas. Cox credited the quick action of the fire department with the prevention of e an explosion. The truck was involved in a 1 collision with another and f tipped over, breaking the gas r line. William Traxel, 31, Fort -, Wayne, and the other driver were injured, but not seriously.

I property — adding a carport for his own car would not 'be increasing the size of the building for building purposes, he reasoned. 12th Street Lawrence E. Rash then press sented a petition for himself and - Mrs. Rash, for Mr. and Mrs. Don Whitaker and Mr. and Mrs. Don * Smith, who own lots 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 along 12th street, between Monroe and Jackson on the west side. Their lots are only 82 feet ■ deep. They requested that these lots be changed from R-l resil dential to B-2 business. The plan commission later voted to make this change, after taking it under advisement during the hearing. Those people who live in the next block north, between Jack- > son and Nuttman, requested that their area, except for Dierkes Garage, be left residential. This had already been planned. Simmerman’s Trailer The owner of Simmerman’s Trailer court then appeared, and asked what effect it would have on his business to change part of it from industrial to R-l. He was told that he could continue his business, could sell it, etc., but that he could not expand it. Later, in the plan commission meeting, the question of his recent sales of autos and boats was brought up. Ralph E. Roop pointed out that he had not obtained a land use permit, needed for his new retail business. Roop was instructed tq inform him of his violation, and warn him to get one immediately. Watta WeMlna Gordon Watts, who is operating (Continued on Page Two)