Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 302, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1964 — Page 8

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Uy wfcLA gRt. " * ii* - I* JI J**T jFW. *’B £VI <ir I bB ™ B I Bl s®fjßnfcMgß^^dS THE INDIANA-PURDUE UNIVERSITY elce chib at the Fort Wayne regional campus will pr- ent its Christmas convocation at 8 p. m. Sunday at the campus. Composed of students of univcrkitm attending the campus, the give club comoris ss singers from several communities including those pictured above, first row Heft to right), Thane Coder, Decatur: Hr st inn v Shough Hicksville, O.; Carolyn Baird. Paulding, O.; second row, Rudy Kleink.ilghV Decatur; John Griffith, Huntington; and Don Stucky, Decatur. y

The Lighter Side Time For Government To Aid Harried Christmas Fathers

By DICK WEST United Press International WASHINGTON (UPI) — The federal government in all of i|s

FAIRWAY RESTAURANT HOLIDAY MENU APPETIZER Assorted best wishes Jor health, friendship and good fortune. ENTREE A generous portion of good cheer mixed with a full measure of happiness and joy spiced with an added dash of excitement. SALAD Combination of warm feeling and tender sentiment blended with the season greeting. DESSERT Best wishes for the coming year filled with great promise and fulfillment. ¥ A full resume of golden memories. ¥ Heartfelt greeting overflowing with happy Yuletide cheer. BEVERAGE LIST , ... - -.,p- — A cup that tunr.elh over. ¥ The milk of human kindness. v ¥ A brimming cup of Christmas cheer. INCLUDE WITH THE ABOVE Sincerest wishes for a very Merry Christmas and a New Year full of jay and hnp linoss for you and ycurs, from ALL the Fairway Restaurant AGNES tyARY K. BARBARA MARY L. BARRY MILDRED C. BETTY L. , MILDRED F. BETTY S. MILLIE BONNIE ' NELLIE CAROLYN NILAH CLARA NORA CLETE OLGA DAVE - PAULETTE DIANA RAY FLORENCE RICHARD A. GLORIA RICHARD D. GREGG _ • • RUTH HELEN A. SANDRA HELEN C. SANDY ILENE SARAH JANET SUZY, . JIM d - TATE JO TED •••' ' KATHRYN THERESA LUCY _ TOBY MARGARET TOM MARIE - VELMA MARTHA VIVIAN MARY F.

solemn majesty has finally taken cognizance of a national problem that slicks out like a sore thumb.

It is the thumb and other appendages that each Christmas are left torn and bleeding by the struggle to pht together •oys, bicycles and other unassembled gift merchandise. On Christmas Eve. dear old dad is suddenly cons ion ed with a stack of sheet meta), a set of blueprints comprehensible only to mechanical engineers, and orders to turn this into a miniature Atlas missile launching si'.e by daybreak & Dad Sees Double Further complicating the situation is the likelihood that by tlie time the stockings are hung bv the chimney with care, dear old »dad will be pretty well snookered. < Heretofore, the U.S. govern-r meat has more or less ignored ’ this problem, leaving us poor fathe’-s at the mercy of a shiftles. Santa Claus who is too cot-ton-picking lazy to complete the construction of that stuff he hauls down the. chimney. But this year, for what it,, may be worth, the Federal Trade Commission has taken a position on what it calls the "Christmas Eve battle of the bruised, knuckles." “Tlie commission feels tha* where mcrchiuiilise is depicted as ready to” use but in fact rcquires assembly, the advertising should contain a disclpsure that, the item must be put together," it said. Not Very Effective While it' is nice to have the comini sion on record as at least recognizing the existence of the problem. I rather doubt that such a gentle admonition will prove very effective In my opinion, the sale of un-ns-embled gift items should be mad ' a capital offense, punishable by pulilie banging. Until the FTC e lit 'o fake a .•.tioege.r .-t .nJ. 1 fas >r a move advocat d by a colleague of mine who sent me the following blood-splat e - cd note: "Having just completed a s’j hour stint putting together a box of bolts called the Go-Kar. a chain-driven imitation hot rod (without motor) for ages 4-10. I would like to see the AFL-CIO gel busy and organ.ze a union for all of us parent put-togeth-erers "’the union would ojx'n negotia ions with toy manufacturer.; to obtain for Us all the wages and benefits enjoyed by the International As ociation of Machinists. "Our contract would par’icuInrly need a strong provision for wo; kmen’s compensation to cover fingers, notched by slipping screwdrivers and thumbs lacerated by sharp edges.’ Hear- Hear- putters-together of ’he world, unite! you have nothing to lose but your

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THE DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT. DECATUR, INDIANA

I. U. Searching For New Football Coach BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (UPI) —The search is on< for a .new football coach at Indiana University where Phil Dickens has quit after eight frustra ing seasons. ’ Dickens,- 50, resigned Tue-day as football coach but will stay

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on at Indiana aa general manager of off-campus facilities which includes the school's biological and geological research stations. The announcement by University President Elvis Stahr Jr., said nothing about Dickens' salary which as football coach was >17,500 a year. The hunt for a new coach was apparently launched about 24 hours before Dicken’s resignation. Athletic Direc or Bill

Or wig, away from the campus for the holiday season, was said to have started shopping around Monday. There was speculation that Bob Devaney of Nebraska was under consideration. Devaney compiled an impressive 24-4 won-lost record in three seasons at Nebraska where Orwig was once athletic director. Army’s Paul Dietzel, an earlier "possible” notified Indiana that he was not interested.

“FABULOUS EXILES” Are Rocking The Rettert at BILL’S BARN MIDDLEBURY, OHIO Every Friday, Saturday & Sunday

• -WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1964