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)ni'in; mm iwmwil Dps Moines Register Pgno 3 Dec. 29, I960 6 YOUTHS HURT rv is vrx i I IMkM AMP Xk tVA it. It It 1 iTV i I'll- ii i vj Firemen on Roof of Burning House Firemen work in glare from searchlight as smoke rolls from roof of burning house at 1938 S. E. Fourteenth court Wednesday night.

Another fireman is silhouetted on wall of home. HUFFMAN HEAD OF LABOR UNIT NO INSURANCE, HOUSE BURNS M. C. Streight, 58, of 1938 S. E.

Fourteenth court, who said he let his fire insurance lapse less than a year ago, watched most of his home and personal belongings go up in smoke Wednesday night. Fire Lt. Carl Freburg said Snow, Snow, Come This Way Snow, snow, come this way. Vicki, Cindy want to play. This is the refrain of Vicki Satrom, 13, of 2307 Forty-eighth place, and her 3-year-old dog, Cindy, as they sit on sled waiting for the snow.

Snow flurries Wednesday afternoon and evening were just a teaser for the covering they'd like to have to use that sled. Vicki, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Satrom, is a seventh-grade pupil at Franklin Junior High School. Register Photo by Larry Day.

3 Cities Deny LaginDrunk Driver Data State Safety Commissioner Donald Statton drew fire from police officials in several Iowa cities Wednes day after say ing some de artments were failing to tie report drunken driver arrests. as a resuu, Statton told a news confer ence, the state safety depart ment was pow' erless in many cases to sus STATION pend drivers licenses for such arrests. Statton mentioned specifi cally Des Moines, Davenport, Sioux City and Council Bluffs. For more than a year, the safety department has been suspending before trial the licenses of motorists arrested for drunken driving. This policy was upheld recently by the Iowa supreme court.

3 Deny Charge Police officials in Davenport, Sioux City and Council Bluffs denied Statton's charges. But in Des Moines, court authorities confirmed that only persons convicted of drunken driving were reported to the state. Council Bluffs Police Chief Earl Miller said the general policy of his department was to notify highway patrol headquarters at Atlantic immediately of anyone arrested for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. "There has been no deviation of that policy in the past year," he said, "and any possible deviation would be merely an oversight that would be corrected within a few hours." Sioux City Sioux City Police Chief James O'Keefe said that whenever a drunken driving arrest is made, a charge is filed in municipal court and a report is filed with the highway patrol. Highway Patrol Sgt.

Ralph Miller of Sioux City confirmed that he got the police reports. He said he forwards a record of suspension to the Safety Department in Des Moines. At Davenport, Chief Clyde Ileckerman said his department "has been co-operating 100 per cent in this program ever since it started." He added that highway patrol officers in that area always are notified. Des Moines Municipal Judge Luther Glanton said in Des Moines that it has been the policy to notify the Safety Department only on drunken driver convictionsnot arrests. "We have never received any directives from the state safety department on its policy, and we would be happy to follow its requests when we do," he said.

What 2j Long's Testimony Needed For Hearings on Firings IN PARK CRASH Five Des Moines Technical High School students and a youth from San Antonio, were injured Wednesday afternoon when their car crashed into a tree in Charles Sing Denman Woods. William Fitz, 16, of San Antonio, the driver, was in "fairly good" condition Wednesday night at Still Osteopathic Hospital with face, chest, and possible internal injuries. He was spending the holidays with his father, Dr. Erie W. Fitz, 4333 University Ave.

Max Street, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Street, 2750 Cottage Grove also was in "fairly good" condition at Still Osteopathic Hospital with severe head cuts and facial lacerations.

Treated at Broadlawns Polk County Hospital for minor cuts and bruises were: Steven Henricksen, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence C. Henricksen, 1441 Thirtieth Charles Noyes, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Dick M. Noyes, 3938 Fifty-seventh Janis Martin, 15, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Martin, 2215 Thirty-third and Sandra Tigges, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Ceroid F. Tigges, 3423 Washington ave. Police said the car slid sideways when it went into a curve too fast and hit a tree. Fitz was given a summons for reckless driving by Police Accident Investigator Derald Learning. The accident happened in the northwest corner of the park.

The youths had been ice skating at Witmer park on Thirty-Fourth street and had gone for a ride before returning home. The Henricksen boy, stunned momentarily after the accident, ran more than a half mile to Fleun drive where he hailed a motorist who called police. Rainbow Club Gives Up Stamp A federal retail liquor dealers stamp issued to the Rainbow Club, 407 Fifth was turned in to City Clerk Cortez Souter's office Wednesday. That raised to 17 the number of taverns and clubs that have surrendered such stamps since Dec. 20.

Friday is the last day, as set by the city council, for establishments that have liquor stamps to turn them in to the city and be "presumed innocent of any intent" to sell liquor illegally. The council has indicated that it will cancel the beer permits of any taverns or clubs with beer permits that have liquor stamps, but fail to surrender them by Friday. Hunter Zoning Plea Is Delayed The Polk county zoning commission has delayed action on a request by Harold Hunter of Enterprises, to rezone a tract of land at Rider Corner from agricultural to light industrial. Hunter has asked that a half section of land that lies just north of Interstate Highway 35-80 and east of Highway 141-64 be rezoned. The commission referred the request to Anderson En gineering Co.

for further study. Anderson is the consulting engineering firm for the commission. RELEASE LIEN A release of a federal in come tax lien against A. W. and Lucille Lehman, 3714 Carpenter for $2,697.67, was filed with the Polk county recorder Wednesday.

it's with ABDUCTION AT BLAIRS6URG BLAIRSBURG, IA. Caroline Voight, 21, was abducted from the Kramer Truck Stop at the Highway 20-69 intersection Wednesday night by a man assumed to be her divorced husband," Marcus Sher-bourne, 41, Albert Lea, Minn. State highway patrolmen and other peace officers of this section of Iowa were searching for the abductor's car late Wednesday night, but lacked information on which way the man fled. rVews of the abduction had been broadcast to all Iowa and Minnesota peace officers. Sheriff E.

R. Lear said Sherbourne escaped two or three weeks ago from the Wa-tertown, S. jail. His divorced wife had been working at the truck stop cafe since last October. Other employees and patrons in the cafe said the man entered the back door.

The divorcee was seated in a booth with two truckers, the sheriff was told. The man faced the three with a long-barreled revolver and ordered her to "get out of here and go," according to Lear. The two patrons in the booth were so surprised they took no action to stop the abduction. The sheriff was told the the blaze was caused by an overheated coal space heater and had probably burned quite awhile before it was discovered. Streight was sleeping in a bedroom.

He discovered the fire when he awoke about 6:45 p. m. Streight and a neighbor were able to carry out some clothes, a television set and a davenport. Most of Streight's other belongings were destroyed. ing Long, Hanrahan said, is "he ought to serve his check-charge sentence just like any other parole violator." This is the order of events in the police cases: Sept.

9 Long told his story implicating the policemen to Sheriff Hildreth. Sept 12 Long testified before the grand jury. Oct. 17 Long failed to appear at a meeting with authorities. Dec.

15 Hanrahan re quested FBI assistance in finding Long as a witness who has unlawfully fled to avoid testifying. Dec. 19 The FBI declined to sign a fugitive warrant because Long had not been served with a subpoena as a witness. Dec. 27 Hanrahan filed burglary charges against Long.

Dec. 28 FBI entered the case. 22 Enlistments In Armed Forces Twenty-two enlistments in the armed forces were reported Wednesday by the recruiting stations here. MARINE old's: lr Mnlnn AMn Earl lldl. 1H.

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McVay, business representative of Iron Workers Local 67, vice-president Miss Norma Bruner, member of Communications Workers of America Local 7102, recording secretary. Charles Mathis, vice-president of the National Federation of Post Office Clerks Local 44, financial secretary. Elected to the executive board were: Mirry r.ran.comb. nt ll'a Tr)iitlMK I'tpxnirn lyaal Mi: (V I in. of I'aintri A iirrorator Jyiral Mun-ti lirll.u.t.

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rlfrtnt tn th- rvrt-iitiva tumrrl a. chairman rif ttia truttlrra hrMata la ciutiioltiK (irralilrnt of th. t.ilmr fitimtil couple left in a 1960 two- tone Ford. Sherbourne's relatives live in Albert Lea. and the first search was started northward on the assumption that he might be driving that way.

The abducted woman had told fellow employees her former husband had threatened her by telephone recently. S1TT573TEIT BY K. R. PALMER The late King R. Palmer, former state director of the U.

S. savings bond division, left an estate valued at an estimated $117,273, according to an inventory on file in Polk county district court. Mr. Palmer, who lived at 4816 Harwood drive, was also a former executive director of the Republican state central committee. He died May 7.

Named bencfi claries were his wife, Adeline, and son, Hiram Robert, both of the Harwood address. His widow and the Iowa-Des Moines National Bank were named executors. The inventory listed cash, stocks and bonds valued at $86,641, including $21,008 in U. S. savings and treasury bonds.

A car and personal effects were valued at $3,250 and property he owned jointly with his wife was listed as $27,382. 3 sure about that. I think a person should give should and can afford. Ten per cent may be more than most people can afford. They call it tithing, I think.

Most churches have these other ways of raising some money. People kind of enjoy getting together to do things. Our church has bazaars and dinners. My wife out on them and contributes sold. Then I give her some BOY'S EYE HIT BY BB PELLET By Mcrvin Nelson A 15-year-old Des Moines boy, who has been almost blind in his left eye for five years, may lose the sight in his right eye as the result of a BB gun acci dent Tuesday afternoon.

He is Clarence English, son of Mrs. Mary Lee English, 1289 E. Nineteenth st. The boy was in fairly good condition Wednesday night at University Hospitals in Iowa City. He was transferred there Wednesday afternoon from Broadlawns Polk County Hospital, where he was taken after the accident.

Playing With Guns Clarence and a friend, Clifford Fisher, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford G. Fisher, 1343 Fremont were playing with BB guns that had been given to two younger friends. Clifford said the two boys were firing the guns inside the home of Mrs.

Leonard Jefferson, 1609 Stewart st. "I thought Clarence was going to shoot at me, and then my gun went off," Clifford said. "The next thing I knew Clarence hollered 'you hit He fell down three stairs and was bleeding." Surgery Planned The BB pellet was still imbedded in the boy's right eyeball Wednesday night, his mother said. She said surgery may be performed on the eye today, but added that doctors weren't sure they could save the boy's eyesight. The boy lost most of the sight in his left eye five years ago when he was hit with a piece of coal cinder.

Several operations have failed to restore the sight in the eye, his mother said. Has Key, Loots Coke' Machines A man posing as an employee of the Des Moines Coca Cola Bottling Co. has removed more than $200 from soft drink machines at six locations in the city recently, company officials told police Wednesday. Company officials said the thief unlocked the machines, removed the coin box, emptied the coins and returned the coin box to the machines. The thefts occurred at Des Moines General Hospital, Still Osteopithic Hospital, Milner Hotel, the lobby of the Municipal Airport terminal, the Federal Building and the parks department office in the Argonne Armory.

awi Do You Think? WITNESS- Continued from Page One on the check charge hanging over him, isn't going to appear merely because he has got a piece of paper the subpoena in his pocket." "We thought he would appear." Long told authorities he had participated in burglaries with Patrolmen Melvin Nico-demus, Martin B. Brightman, and Richard Elwell. All three have been fired by City Manager Elder Gunter. Awaits Trial Brightman was convicted in district court last month on a larceny charge and awaits trial on another larceny charge in January. Hanrahan said the grand jury does not have sufficient evidence to indict either fci-well or Nicodemus even if Long'is found.

Long's uncorroborated testimony against the policemen would be Insufficient, the county attorney said. Hanrahan said Long's testimony is unimportant in the second charge against Bright-man. The primary need for Long is as a witness in civil serv ice commission hearings on Elwell and Nicodemus, Hanra han said. Both policemen have appealed their dismissals to the commission. Could Uphold Firing The civil service commis sion could uphold the firing of the officers on the uncor roborated testimony of an accomplice, Hanrahan said, if the commission believed his testimony.

The second reason for find- NATIONAL BANK (una and tjn iVBTftfl fiftUBllfV Question: A Roman Catholic priest in New York, N. says his church will abandon carnivals, bazaars and raffles to raise money and instead ask members to donate 10 per cent of their gross incomes. U'ha's your op nion of this plan? (Andorra ulilmnrd Mrrl May I'larai Carroll Beane, Dexter, a trucker, member of St. Mary's Catholic Church: "A year or Mrs. L.

B. Wayne, Route One, Boone, of the Ogdcn Methodist Church: "I don't 1L 'If so ago I would have said that the 10 per cent donation would be a good way of raising all funds, but I think now with people having less money, churches should stick to the bazaars and so on. Not as many people have cash to give. It may be that members don't particularly enjoy all the work involved in such events, but I think think it is such a good idea. My church raises some of its money with bazaars and dinners.

brings people together in the spirit of doing something tangible for their church. I think we all should want to work to support our church in a way that we can feel, rather than just handing out cash although that might be easier. It isn't lust the auestion of It i-1 Mils. NK many do and it gives them a sense of belonging and doing something worthwhile although it may take some time from other work." John Heemstra, farmer, Liberty Center, member of the Methodist Church: "I'm not money. I really enjoy doing things and think most other people do, too." Mrs.

John N. Shaeffer, 1059 Forty-fourth a member of Central Presbyterian Church: Open '5 'TH Midnight New Year's Eve it's FASHIONABLE It's FLAVORABLE END 1960 or START 1961 At the STEAK RANCH Famous ANY Year For The Finest Steaks Party Favors No Advance In Prices Christmas shopping is a breeze when you have reserve cash in a Christmas Savings Account. Too late this year, perhaps. But. why not open an account NOW ana have ready cash next Christmas.

"I was visiting in California recently and the woman's organization of a Catholic church there really made money with bingo games, but I like the way the women of our church raise money. Our women's organization pledges a specific amount each year and then a committee of three" or four members puts on a monthly luncheon and we pay 50 1 mrs. siutrrts IV I II I I wu.ura.ii MIEMSTR works to help things to be Hotel Fort Des Moines i 5TH AND LOCUST MlMllt M6IIAI BIPOIIT INStflANCt COIP cents each. It's a lot of work but a person serves only once a year and enjoys doing it" money to buy some of the things..