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SPRINGFIELD (M.) LEADER-PRESS Sedalia Firm Today's Market For complete stock market details read The Daily News, regularly 1 'W: 1:30 STOCKS Quotations by KeinhoMt Gardner 209 S. Jefferson Phone UN 9-2391 2:30 NEW YORK TIME Allied Storm Gen. Dynamics SS Philip Morris S'-t Alia Chalmers 25 General Electric; MT4 Phillips Pel. Si American Airlines 79W General Motors 7M4 Radio Corp. atrta American Jhotors 7 Gen.

Tele. 47 Republic Stiel 43 American Standard IS1, Gillette 431 Reynolds Tob. 37 American TAT 57 Greyhound 18 Saleway Stores 3614 American Tobacco 331t Gulf OU SDVt St. L-San Fran Anaconda vwp. SB Illinois Central 78Mi Sears Hoebucfc 47 BMa.

Steel 35 lnt Harvester '40 Sperrjr Rand 30 Borg Warner 114. Johns-Manville 55 Std. Oil Cal. fM Burroughs KennecoU Copper 4tM Std. Oil SVi Chesapeake It Ohio 7 Laclede Gas 22 Sterling Drug 43'i Chrysler 35 Ugf.

Myers im Studebaker 4fM Cities Service 46 Lily-Tulip 27lii Swilt It Co. Comsat 49 Litton IBV4 Tenneco KW Continental Airlines 8314 Minn. Mining ao Texaco 74 Davoo igi MrlXinatd 3.1H Union Carbide 53 Deers ft Co. 67H Mobil Oil United Aircraft Kli Delta 122 Montgomery Ward 23i United Air Lutes 70 Dow Chemical 67W Motorola NMVs U. S.

Rubber 42 Dn Pont 158Vi NY Central 76 U. S. Steel Eastman Kodak 132V. Olin-Malhieson 4H Upjohn farts Emerson Elec. lVa Pacific Pet.

1W Western Union 4JKs Emnirs Dis, Eloctrle 30 Penney JC 5W Westinghousn ford Hs Phelps Dodga TZVi Zenith 17 I Lafc. Produce Southwest Missouri Market steady. AT -POIVR Fu Turnr surveys the smoldering ruins of an unoccupied vrV11 two-story frame house he owned and which was destroyed by fire about 7 a.m. tiday. The Bre was lirst spotted and reported to sheriff's deputies at 7:20 a.m.

by Perry Halbert, Route 9, and sheriff's fire units from Galloway, Battlefield and Nichols Junction arrived too late to save the structure. Deputy Sheriff Ed Young, who Investigated the matter, reported Turner said he "had bo idea of the value of the house, and no insurance." The house contained bedroom and dining room furniture and some supplies Turner used in his florist business. A LJUiM: gfn aass asW klOak. as I fl syiafjl I MM8JW -T 13 ABOUT 120,000 CLIMATEI FINE Marriage Licenses APPLICATIONS FllEO Carl Everett McCullougb, 38, Ava. and Carolyn Rose Perkins, 28, Spring- field issued la Dougiaa County).

AnpHcatiwis Bily J. Epos, 29. of East Locost. snd Lois C. JUymond.

13, of 1342 Norm Robberson. Earl Robert Jones, of 1617 West Olive, and Mary Elisabeth Clelaad, Sftaw. nee Mission, Kan. Lawrence Carl Kernm, 22, of 1310 North Clay, and Pamela Sua Pnyear. ao.

Of 1024 East Klngaley. Ronald Edward Varner, 21, Route 2, Buffalo, and Dianas Ruth Kei looter, 11, Fair Grove. BUILDING PERMIT Jamea Weston, sevearoom house, 2725 Patterson, II5C. Bill Rehagen, five room house, S2B North Lime Pine. L1.5on.

Jim's Body Shoo, addition. 1460 North Forrest, M500. Gene Brown, rooting, W7 west iiaer- een. S100. Ernest Watson, siding.

2901 west Elm. 200. C. White, remodeling. 121 West Webster, tooo.

limy wotte, remoueiing, sjd cast caess nut. 3.. E. H. Henderson, remodeling.

1202 South Stewart, (W. Fire Alarm Grass fires at 1321 East Woodland, at 11:12 a.m.. 711 East Belmont, 11:38 a. 260) Cherry, 10:21 a.m. extinguished by firemen.

SHERIFFS OFFICE Webster County sheriff's office- reported breakin at the Wagon Wheel Cafe west of Fordland Wednesdsy night: taken were-seven esses of beer, eight to 10 cartons of cigarette- and S20 in change; p.m. Thursday. Bois D'Arc firs unit was sent to ffraas fire on Greene County three tnitea west of Bois D'Aroi 3:03 p.m. Thursday. A Mrs.

Napier, 427 Ridgerrest. reported that she put an sxpensiv brown beaver rug on her patio for airing and that later she found that some kind of snimai had drsgged it off and chewed it, damaging it considerably; at. 3 p.m. Thursday. POLICE CALLS Officer Frank Bonsmsn located a ls Chevrolet in the vicinity of Uie 2900 block East Division; the car had been stolen from Don R.

Doty, 20. of 2S30 west Lynn, a short time earlier, Bous-maa reported; 11:05 p.m. Thursday. nonnan Maxwell Nelson. or aw South Robberson, cited on complaint of drunkenness and supplying Intoxicants to minors after Officer Warren Game! said he observed him enter a liauor store at Short Benton and St.

Louis, buy intoxi cants, and give them to two youths and a girl in a car; cited on complaint of pos session of Intoxicants were David Eu gene Roy, lg, of 3372 North National, Randall Gene White, 18, of 721 West Chase. and Mary Donna Turan, 19, of 830 west Walnut; Officer Gamel said Miss Turan tokt htm she had been to get Ur. Nelson several times in the past, so that he could buy minors intoxicants." and Nelsoa stated the people la tba car had give him money to buy Jntoxicants," 12:30 a.m. Friday. Officer Joe Jared reported he and Sgt.

Raymond Rargrave were notified by Ruby Fletcher, barmaid at Log Cabin Bar, 411 South Campbell, that Barbara Tummons, 32, of 1001 West Tampa, was in thrf rest room "cutting herself with broken glass." The woman refused to answer any questions and hsd suflered several scratches on a forearm; she was booked for drunkenness snd investigation of self protection; 10:30 p.m. Thursday. Cited on complaints of drunkenness were Damon Ellis Kelly. 40, of 425 West State, 10:58 p.m. Thursday; Jack Rymer, 60.

of 2524 Cherry, 10:10 p.m. Thursday. Dr. Clara Harding, lw, South Avenue, reported theft probably between 1 and :15 p.m. Tuesday, ol sgn from ner nurse while she was wsshing dishes in a back room at ner office; Dr.

Harding told tn-ficer David Haun the money included SX7 in church funds; Thursday a.m, u. J. rcaater, manager of Kmptre inn. 2555 North Glenstone. reported about $2 stolen from a coin box for a vibraUng bed, and thaft of a pillow, two pillow cases, a sheet, bed pad, two bath towels, two wash cloths, three bars of soap and two druutinf glasses; Thursday a.

m. Urges a Pure Missouri River For Recreation JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Rep. William L. Hungate, D- told the Missouri Water Pollution Board today the Mis souri River must be made so pure it can become a major rec reational asset to tbe state.

The congressman from Troy presented a statement to the board which said: 'Heedlessly depositing unde sirable waste in tbe nearest wa tercourse, upon which others depend for water supply, navi gation, recreation, fish and wild life, is not fair play and not in our own ultimate self interest. Hungate said the cities below Kansas City "are entitled to expect the water to be in condition to use without danger to their health and without requiring the application of complicated and costly chemical purification before It is fit to use." He said "Proposed use of the river as a sewer is unthinkable for a stream providing a source of water supply for nearly half our state's population and con stituting a significant factor for our TONIGHT Jan. 20, 1967 SPRINGFIELD! POft ALTITUDE: 1334 FT. To Mr. and Mrs.

Lester Bennett, tS09 Drury, a boy, 8:16 a.m. Thursday, fit. John's. To Mr. and Mrs.

M. J. Taywr. ion West Sunshine, a boy. 6:53 a.m.

Thurs day. St. John's. 10 Mr. and sirs, aiicnast Vermont, Verons, a fir1, 1:58 p.m.

Thursday, St. John's. To Mr, and Mrs. Bernard zolier. 2010 East Page, a boy, 4:07 p.m.

Thursday, St. John's. To Mr. and Mrs. Marvin woods.

Route 12, a boy, 8:39 p.m. Thursday, St. John's. To Mr and Mrs. Curtis Caxell.

Bout 10, a hoy. 1:02 a.m. Friday. Burge-Protestani. Magistrate Court Crlmlsal Oases Daryl Wayne Ray, Ronta Fair Grove, fined $22 for careless and imprudent driving, and charga of no operator license dismissed.

Elmer Richard Olitord. 502 West Pat-Hie, fined Wi. and Vernon Dale Sanders, Republic, fined 837, lor csre- less and imprudent driving. Jtn Wesley Riebter. Hoots Evcr-ton, lined 22 for speeding.

Kennetn Dal Petersoa, noivj South State, fined (27 for expired state Ueenss, improper registration and ao operator's license. Kern French. Thayer, fined tl? for no operator license. Fined S17 each for expired license or registration were Uonaid Mites ftyre, iwtsvt aast jwm: George Michael Arbera. Branson; and George Winston Marshall, 1442 South Luster.

Judges Send Four to Pen Two Get 3 Years On Theft Charges Prison terms totaling 10 years were assessed against four men in circuit court action here today. Kenneth Joseph of 1602 North Hillcrest, and Lewis Lee Burgess, 20, of1807 North Hilton, each received three years for burglary and three "years for grand stealing, to run concurrently. The two pleaded guilty earlier before Judge Douglas W. Greene in connection with a breakin Dec. 14 at the home of Ruby Aldridge, 1926 -North Golden.

Lawrence Andrew Pryor, 25, Stotts City, received a two-year term from Judge Greene on a car tampering charge for the theft July 15 of a 1959 Chevrolet owned by Al Runge, 1339 South Clay. William Offutt Fenley, 41, of 901 South West Avenue, receiv ed a two-year term from Judge Jack A. Powell on a no-account check charge. Fenley was- ac cused in connection with a $15 check to Consumers store at 1421 South Glenstone last Aug. 4, In other action in criminal cases today- Daniel Mazza, 19, Fort Worth, was fined $200 and plac ed on indeterminate- probation by Judge James Keet on a ear tampenng charge reduced to a misdemeanor.

Mazza was accused of the theft Aug. 21 of a I960 Buick owned by R. B. Rain es, operator of Raines Dinner House Mo. 266.

Sentencing was set for Feb. 24 for three men who entered guilty pleas. Michael Garrett Dunlap, 17, of 1339 Sherman, pleaded guilty before Judge Greene to a burglary charge, and the state dis-missed a grand stealing charge. Dunlap is accused in connection with a breakin Nov. 13 at the Stockyards Cafe.

Harvey Gene Agee, 18, of 2115 Washington, pleaded guilty before Judge Greene to a car tempering charge in connection with an incident Oct. 25 involving a 1958 Chevrolet owned by Weaver Motor Sales, 1045 St. Louis. Harry E. Brooks, 26, Doniph an, pleaded guilty before Judge Keet to a no-account check charge in connection with a $20 check given Nov.

8 to the Trav-elodge Motel. JAMES DALE RAMSEY, 27, of 1643 North Hayes, an unem ployed painter, remains In jail today under a $2500 bond pending preliminary hearing Jan. 30 in magistrate court on a grand stealing charge. Ramsey is ac cused of tbe theft Oct. 31 of a 1958 Chevrolet owned by Gary W.

Anderson, 1906 East Elm. 1COMI IN Low on 60 Job Other Road Bids Opened at Capital The Howard Construction Company of Sedalia today -sub mitted the apparent low bid on widening and resurfacing proj ect on. S. 60 in Webster Coun ty. l( The Howard firm bid 184.62 on the project, which is for widening and resurfacing of existing U.

S. 60 from a point two miles east of Rogersville eastward, to Webster County A near Digging, a distance of lightly more than 10 miles. The project is part of a pro gram which ultimately will lead to dual lane construction from Springfield south and east to Webster County Route A. Work is-now underway on dual laning of the section of highway from Lake Springfield to the location east of Rogersville. District Highway Engineer Dill says that construction of the additional, lanes of pave ment along the 10 mile stretch is anticipated in a "couple of years." Bids also were accepted by the Highway Commission in Jef ferson City today on several oth er projects in the area.

The W. J. Menefee Construe tion Company of Sedalia was the apparent low bidder with an of fer totaling $198,803.57 for the widening and resurfacing of 10.2 miles of U. S. 66 business route in Pulaski County ough Wayncsvuie and St.

Robert, Also included in that project is widening and resurfacing of the spur route leading into Fort Leonard Wood. The Menefee Company also was apparently the successful bidder on 5.3 miles of widening and resurfacing on Mo. 17, from the Buckhorn interchange to U. S. 66 business route in Waynes- ville.

Its bid on that project was $118,148.54. Three projects in the willow Springs highway district were included in bidding, along with three in the Joplin district. The H. and W. Paving Com pany of Fulton was the appar ent low bidder on resurfacing of Mo.

32 in Dent County from Mo. 72 west of Salem to Mo. 72's southward extension east of Sa lem with $169,624.52. In Howell County, the Howard Construction Company of Sedalia bid $182,722.80 on a project for resurfacing of slightly more than 13 miles of U. S.

160 from Mo. 101 at Caulfield northeast to Howell County AB. The apparent low bidder for replacement of a bridge on Oz ark County Route over Spring Creek at Rock Ridge was the A. E. Allcorn Construction Com.

pany of Mountain Grove with an offer of $79,831.80. Just $62.50 away however, with a bid of $79,894.30, was the J. M. Burk Construction Company of Rog ersville. In the Jopliri district, Snyder Construction Company and Sny der Bridge Company of Joplin had the apparent low bid on 1.255 miles of grading, installation of three bridges, base work and surfacing on McDonald County from Pineville east.

The Snyder firms' bid was 193.08. The J. M. Burk Construction Company of Rogersville was the apparent low bidder on a bridging project on Bates County at the north city limits of Butler, with $21,638.45. The Burk Company also was apparently low on another Route project in Bates County for grading, bridging, base and seal coat surfact with a bridge over Deep Water Creek, west of Spruce.

Its bid on that project was $54,836: Car Hits Tree, Two Boys Hurt Two Walnut Grove youths were taken to Springfield Bap tist Hospital for treatment of injuries suffered at 10:30 p.m Thursday on country road just southeast of Walnut Grove. Edwin Lee Gables, 17, suf fered possible chest injuries and possible left elbow fracture, and Danny Vest, 17, possible Dacn, right knee and internal injur ies, teeth injuries and a nead laceration. The youths are In "fairly good'' condition today at the hospital. Trooper Max Malenowsky re ported the accident occurred when younj? Gables car soum bound at excessive speed, ran off the road and hit a tree MRS. IRENE DOLLY GODAT, 34, of 610 South Mar ket, was committed to Jail in lieu of a fine of $102 today when she pleaded guilty before Municipal Judge Gerald Glea son to charges of driving while intoxicated.

Mrs. Godat was ar-rest4 by Officer Don Hartley, who observed her driving at 5:35 p.m. Thursday near Grand and Campbell. VIENNA (Special) -Burglary of the Community Recreation Center here early today Is being investigated hy state troop, ers am) Maries County Sheriff J. W.

Shoeklcy. Burglars entered the bnjWifiK by prying open a window and stole about $130 from three coin-operated machines, a box of flashlight batteries valued at $3 and playing cards valued at $1. -Leader snd Press Staff Photo MRS. SADIE FORBSTEIN Mrs. Sadie Forbstein, 83, of 1028 East Cherry, died at 9:15 p.m.

Thursday in St. John's Hospital after an extended ill ness. Mrs. Forbstein, who until recently worked at the Electric News Stand, 425 West Walnut, was a native of St. Louis and had moved to Springfield in 1944, Her husband, Edward, died in 1939.

SJie was a member of the United Hebrew Congregation and B'Nai Brith. Two sons, Adolph, 1345 East Stanford, and Leo, 1311 East Delmar; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren survive Herman Lohmeyer will, an nounce arrangements. WILLIAM ROY BROOKS Funeral services for William Roy 54, of 1521 East Cairo, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in Klingner Chapel with the Rev. Eart Smith officiating.

Burial will be in Mt. Olive Cemetery, Mr. Brooks died at 9:20 p.m. Wednesday in his home after a short illness. MRS.

MARY EVANS Funeral services for Mrs Mary M. Evans, 83, of 1680 East Lombard, who died at 4:35 a.m. Thursday in St. John's Hospital will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Ralph Thieme Chapel with the Rev.

Tom McGath officiat ing. Burial will be in the Leb anon Cemetery. MRS. ALVA E. DOUGLAS Funeral services for Mrs.

Ma bel A. Douglas, 64, of 1070 South Market, who died at 8:37 p.m. Wednesday in Burge-Prot- estant Hospital after suffering an apparent heart attack, will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Ralph Thieme Chapel with the Rev. E.

E. Krogstad and the Rev. Noel Perkins officiating. Burial will be in Maple Parkr Cemetery. MRS.

DEWEY MURRELL Mrs. Grace Fanny Murrell, 67, Route 3, Strafford, died at her home at 5 a.m. today after a lingering illness, Mrs. Murrell, a member of the Fair Grove Methodist Church and a lifelonj resident of the Strafford community, is survived by her husband, Dew ey, of the home; three sons, Glenn, of Thayer, Marvin, Route 3, Strafford, and Gordon, Route 3, Strafford; one brother Robert Crow, Strafford; and six grandchildren. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Klingner.

HARRY WELDON STEWART Funeral services for Harry Weldon Stewart, 56, of 2021 North Wcller, who died at 5:56 a.m. Thursday in Burge-Prot-estant Hospital where he had been a patient 11 hours, will be at 3 p.m. Saturday In the Ralph Thieme Chapel with the Rev. Alden Jaynes officiating. Burial will be in Hopedale Cemetery in Christian County.

Call, Write or Come to REINHOLDT GARDNER far Mwkrt Information 207 South Je-ftarMB) Phone UN 9-2591 Mssaker York Mack t.eScuwjs A C. WIIMM TOO INDIVIDUAL Livestock THURSDAY'S FEEDER CATTLE AND CALF SALE SUMMARY: Receipts 2271, week ago 3531. Supply largely 30O-90O lb feeder steers and heifers, including liberal snare of good and choice grades. Trading fairly active. Compared to Wednesday, feeder steers and neifers steady to mostly strong, except few choice heifer calves, strong to 50 cents higher.

Feeder cattle, steers, choice 500-700 700-1000 23-24 70; mixed good and choice, 650-750 23.5044.50; good 5110-700 23-25, 700-1000 standard 50O-700 700-1000 19.50-22.50. Her, cbolce 500 700 21.50-24; good, 19-22; standard. Feeder calves, steers, few lota thin to moderate fleshed choice, 250-350 2D-3A0; choice 300-550 26-29; good, 23.50-26.50; standard, 21-24. Heifers few lots of thin to moderate fleshed choice 220-340 24.50-29; choice 300-554 22.50-25; good, 20-23. NATIONAL STOCKYARDS Estimates for Monday: Hogs caltia calves 2011: sheep 800.

Hogs 6300; barrows and gilts opened 25 to 50 lower, later mostly 50 to 75 lower; sows 25, Instances 50 lower; barrows and gilts 200-255 lbs 19.75-21.00, sows 300-6E0 lbs 14.75-16.75. Cattle 175; calves 25; cows steady; cows 15.00-17.50; calves steady; good to choice vealers 27.00-36.00. Sheep 50; no test. Shoots Wife, Calls Police And Undertaker KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP- James Sanders.

32, telephoned police Thursday night and told them he had lulled his wife. When police arrived at the home at 2904 North 12th, an undertaker already was there. Sanders had also called the undertaker. The body of Mrs. Hazel W.

Sanders, 37. was on the kitchen floor with three bullet wounds in the chest. Sanders, a Negro, led officers to the body and pointed to a on the table and said: "There's the gun I killed her with." Lt. George Barberich, a de tective, said the shooting fol lowed an Mrs. Sanders, a white woman, had three children by a previous U.S.

WEATHER WEATHKB DATA FOB SPRINGFIELD TemDerstures: Highest yesterday 42 lowest yesterday lowest this morning 22: lushest this date in 80 years 7U 1895; lowest this adts in 80 years 4 ia i2; high a year ago 35; low a year ago 24. Precipitation: Rain or melted sn Inun a.m. vesterdav to 8 s.m. today 6, heaviest rain this date in 80 years 1.S7 In 1823. Sun: Rose this morning 7:25) sets to night lengtn ol aayiigni sours.

Dsta supplied by U. S. Department of Commerce Weather Bureau; first column, highest temperature yesterday: secono, lowest last night; third, precipitation during past 24 hours ending 6 s.m. Sialism High Lsw Pres. Albuquerque 48 18 Amarillo 61 34 Birmingham 41 Boise 52 44 Boston 25 22 Buflalo, N.

25 21 Chicago 27 24 Columbia 40 2 Denver 52 28 i-t Des Moines 35 27 Detroit i 24 20 Duluth 1 -4 .01 Fort Smith ...45 1 Fort Worth 47 26 Kansas City 48 34 Los Angeles 74 47 little Rock 3 Memphis 40 18 Miami Best '8 82 Minneapolis .10 2 .03 New Orleans 41 New York 25 21 Oklahoma City 51 28 Omahs 34 25 Phoenix 73 37 Pittsburgh S5 19 Salt Lak City 85 Seattle 48 42 l.t7 St. Louis SPRINGFIELD 42 Tulna 23 Washington 27 17 West Plains 1 Wichita 51 SOirrH MISSOURI Clear partly cloudy and mild tonight ar.j haiuros Ilw tonight 41 Hlgn oaiuruay as to 6.1. ARKANSAS Partly cloudy to cloudy snd warmer tonight and Saturday. Lows tonight 21 and 36. Highs Saturday mostly In 50s.

NORTH MISSOURI Partly clnody windy snd warmer tonight. Winds shilling to westerly tonight sod diminishing. Saturday partly cloudy and unseasonably warm. Lows tonight In Ms, Higns hat-rdy 55 to SO. 1 KANSAS Oar to partly cloudy tonight and Saturday.

Warmer tonight. Saturday partly clmidy and unaeaimna. hly warm. Lows tonUM In 30s. Highs Saturdaj.

55 to 80 northeast to 0a southeast OKLAHOMA Partly clmly tonight and Saturday. Warmer tonight, a little warmer southeast Saturdsy. I-ow Weight HI to 38. High Saturday In Prices unchanged. Demand good.

Offer- inj adequate and generally ia good balance who aeeaa. Esea Priced under volume and Quality incentive. Consumer grade: A Large or better. 34-36; A Medium, 31-33; A Smalls. 24-26; Large.

31-33, Dli-tiea and Checks 2fi. Sales to Missouri breakers: Market on set tied. Offerings fully adequate. Demand continues fair, but generally unaggres sive as prices tejui SiigntLy lower wim uie range. meet, pm a Dresners, oouars per case, delivered to dock.

S3 pound minimum average, case exchanged for 24 hours ending at 10 a.m. Thursday: Unclassified farm run, t.40-9.30, mostly undergrade ana cnecu, Southwest Missouri eggs: Market weak. Prices 1 to 2 centa'tower on targe eggs; 2 tn 3 cents lower -on balance. Demand fair. Offerings generally- fully adequate! however, in instances, well cleared.

priced under volume and quality Incentive. Consumer grades: A Large or better, a Moniums. zs- 31; A Smalls, 21-24: Larga 28-31; Dirt es snd Checks 24. Sales to Missouri breskers: Market weak. Offerings ample.

Demand fair, but selective as to quality. Prices paid by breakers, dollars per case, delivered to dock. 53 pound mini mum average, cases exenanged tor zs hours ending at 10 a.m. Friday: unclassified farm run, 7.50-8.50, mostly 6.25-S.30; undergrsdes and cnecks, Cash Grain Feed Grains Corn (per bn. tl-42 mio (uer cwi.) sz.m Oats (ner bu.) .85 Barley (per bu US Wheat Herd 1.60 Soft, fLtO CHICAGO Soybeans and grain fu tures orices were mostly mixed today.

Shortly afteir the opening, wheat was a to 1 cents a bushel hlgner, marcn SI corn was Vt lower to higher. March IU.Wl oate were Mi lower to Mi higher. March 75-75 cents and soy beans were lower to 4 nutner, Jan uary Noon OTC Quotes But Asked Anheuser-Busch 58 56W A. B. Chance ISVs 26V4 Carbotine Vi Central Air 8 Chase Nat.

Ufa SM Empire Bank 4Vi 66V Kounders a It Block 26 26 Malllnckrodt 100 103 Midwest Fire IV. 2 Mid-West Nat Modern Aroer Modern Sec. Ufa 6 11 111 9 94 Odeco Oiark Air 224 10H 10a R. Can Russell Stover St. Ship, Fed.

Barge 18 19 43 4344 1814 1914 234 24H Tidewater Marina Frontier Tower Edwin L. Wiegand 1'. 2 28 20 TODAY'S CHUCKLE SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP). Six-year-old Mark Virginia an nounced he would not eat any of the goose his father had shot and his mother was preparing to cook.

The parents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald P. Virginia of Syracuse, asked why and were told: 'I don't want to get goose pimples." Poplar Bluff UFOs Venus? POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (AP) The Missouri Highway Patrol at Poplar Bluff says if has re ceived numerous reports of un identified flying objects during the last three or four days.

A radio dispatcher for the patrol said, "they've been see ing things for the last three or four nights. I don't know what they've been seeing, but I think its the planet Venus." Two policemen at Cairo, 111., just across the Mississippi Riv er, rushed to a levee after hearing radio reports of the objects. Patrolman Gene Smith said, "if Carl (Jones) hadn't been with me I wouldn't have said a word about it." Smith and Jones reported the object they naW featured red and white, pulsating lights which turned green at five-second intervals. ,1 0 4 JOHN WILLIAM ASHER BUFFALO John William Asher, 69, Route 1, Buffalo, died 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in St.

John's Hospital, Springfield, after a long illness. He moved to Dallas County 10 years ago from Kansas City, and was. associated with Owensby Real Estate Company, Buffalo. Mr. Asher was a charter member of the Buffalo Kiwanis Club.

He is survived by his wife, Ethel Mae; three daughters, Mrs. Vivian Boyd, Sacramento, Mrs. Gloria Reiderback, Los Angeles, Mrs. Yvonne Comer, Provo, Utah; one son, Regin ald, Scottsdale, one step son, K. A.

(BOD) mte; BUI-falo; a brother, Keller Asher, Raytown; three sisters, Mrs. Florence Nelson, Raytown, Mrs. Roy John, Bonner Springs, and Mrs. Orpha Carroll, Buffalo. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m.

baturaay in Jones-cant- Ion chapel, Buffalo, with the Rev. Norman Logan officiating. Burial will be in Memonal Garden ojf Memory, Buffalo. MRS. MYRTLE G.

BREWER Funeral services for Mrs. Myrtle G. Brewer, 77, Route 3 will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Chapel of the Ozarks with the Rev. Roscoe Harding and the Rev.

Max Stark officiating. Burial will be in Weaver Ceme tery near Ozark. Mrs. Brewer died at 10:30 p.m, Wednesday in bpnngfteid General Osteopathic Hospital after a lingering illness. ABC, ITT Delay Merger 2 Weeks WASHINGTON (AP) American Broadcasting Co.

and International Telephone Telegraph Corp. have agreed to postpone their merger for two weeks so the Federal Communications Commission can consid er Justice Department objec tions. The merger was scheduled to be completed today. But Wednesday, the Justice Department asked the FCC to re consider its earlier 4-3 approval of the merger, contending that the $2- billion plan would have anticompetitive aspects. An FCC spokesman said the voluntary delay would give the commission time to reconsider its action.

ABC stock dropped 14 joints change Thursday in the wake of the Justice Department request, on the New York Stock Ex- closing at 79. ITT gained 1V4 points to 80Va. Maria Callas to Play In Film on Composer ROME (AP) Italian film director Lucchino Visconti says soprano Maria Callas has agreed to play a major role in a movie on the life of opera composer Giacomo Puccini. Visconti will star Mareello Mastroianni, Italy's leading male movie actor, as Puccini. The film will be shot near Lucca, where Puccini lived, and in Milan, where Puccini scored his triumphs at La Scala Opera House.

FRED De VIM Fred De Vine, 58, of 646 South Robberson, died at 11:55 p.m. Thursday in City Hospital where be had been a patient one day. Survivors include one sister, Loma Miller, of Sugar Creek. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Ralph Thieme. ROBERT Q.

FOSTER GAINESVILLE Funeral services for Robert Q. Foster, 68, Gainesville, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Mammoth Assembly of God Church. Burial will be in Mammoth Cemetery Under di rection of Cunkingbeard of Gainesville. Mr.

Foster died at 1 p.m. Thursday of an apparent heart attack while enroute to a- hospital in Springfield. Surviving are his wife, Loma; two daughters, Mrs. Wilma Cross, 2212 Cherry, Springfield, and Mrs. Theta Dickens, Ray-town; a son, Robert Kansas City; a sister, Mrs.

Cora Seivert, Nottinghill; and two grandchildren. Ozarker Leaves 255 Survivors; Service Sunday MOUNTAIN GROVE (Special) Funeral services will be Sunday for Mrs. Arminda Louisa Willhite Carder, 99, who leaves. 255 survivors. Mrs.

Carter, a lifelong resi dent of Texas and 'Wright counties, died Wednesday in the home of a daughter, Mrs. A. Alumbaugh, Huggins. She was the widow of Abraham L. Carder.

Surviving are six other daugh ters, Mrs. Angeline Coffman Mountain Grove, Mrs. Mary Jane Ellis, Manes, Mrs. Lissie Bennett, Madisonville, Mrs. Viola Daniels, Humboldt, Mrs.

Margaret Almeta Okey, Manitou Springs, and Mrs. Bercha Brown, Phoenix, Ariz. Also surviving are a sister, Mrs. Diece West, and a brother, John Willhite, both of Humboldt; 33 grandchildren, 124 great grandchildren and 89 great-great-grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m.

Sunday in Green Mountain Church. Burial will be in Green Mountain Cemetery under direction of Stapp of Mountain Grove. Alleging Attack, Union Man Sues KANSAS CITY (AP)-A Kan sas City labor leader and his wife are suing the Builders Association and others for $65,000. The petition was filed Thursday in Jackson County Circuit Court for Roy Petrie, business representative for the Painters District Council, and his wife, Emily. He alleges that five men beat and kicked him and knocked him down a flight of stairs at the new offices of the Builders Association on Dec.

30. Petrie, who is a trustee of the Painters Council health and welfare fund, said be went to Jhe new headquarters to claim some office equipment belonging to the fund. AVA (Special) The Dow-Tri County Corporation here is sponsoring a Neighborhood Youth Corps project which will provide 105 job opportunities for young people -16 to 21, announced today by Secretary of Labor W. Wiliard Wirtz. The U.S.

Department of Labor will provide $52,330 to operate the program. Many dishes made with salmonsoups, loaves, creamatyle casseroles, salads and pies orj pastry turnovers benefit from i liie addition of dill, fresh or! dried. at JfX- DON'T into ormr about your i Giv ui oil your lax worrits. Belidei laving your norvoi, can probably lavs you dollars. Our charge it nominal, and ur M)rvic guaranteed.

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Rain i Ifkdy io rontirtue lit the north Pacitic gtatrt, with (now forecast In the Berth and central Rockies, -leordiB the rly rooming- forecast of the IV Wcat'icr Bureau. Snnw and mow flurries are ftpMtert in the apppr MI- 'tlsKipnt Vallry. The ft" Mrr portion ef the nation, however, ran fnpert warmer tm m-i -fliuei Mff-pt In Hie northern New Ketlbnd tte, whrrf it will rrmaln fold. Wn Hayi I a m. tat, art: iun.

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