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Weather: Snow flurries, colder Wednesday and Thursday. Vol. 131, No. 308 Palladium with THE Established 1831. Consolidated Sun-Telegram 1909 and with Item 1939.

PALLADIUM AND Richmond, Wednesday, Fire Claims 3-Story Connersville Building -ITEM Final Edition Associated Press and United Press International Leased Wire Reports SUN-TELEGRAM December 27, 1961 Fourteen Pages the raging blaze late Tuesday about 4:45 p. m. Parker Man Loses Life In Collision PARKER. A 19-year-old Parker man became Randolph county's eleventh 1961 traffic fatality Tuesday night when he died of injuries resulting when his auto collided with 1 the rear of a truck about one mile west of Farmland on The victim, Mickey Joe Cheesman, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Eugene Cheesman of Parker, died at Randolph County hospital of severe head injuries about two hours after the accident. Investigating officers said Cheesman's westbound car piled into the rear of a semi-trailer truck and then was sideswiped by anwestbound auto. other. trucker, John Rickerman, 51 years old, Jewett, Ohio, said he was not aware at first that a car had hit the rear of his rig. The Cheesman car went partially under the rear of the truck and then was hit by a car driven by Michael Lee Harris, 16 years old, Parker, who said he did not see the damaged car in time to avoid it.

Both autos were demolished. Cheesman, who worked for Kesliter and Son, plasterers at Parker, reportedly was headed home from work when the accident took place. The Randolph County Sheriff's department, Indiana State police and Farmland marshals are continuing their investigation. In addition to his parents, Mr. Cheesman is survived by the maternal grandparents, Mr.

and Mrs. Russell Dow of Farmland; paternal, Hugh grandparents, Cheesman, Mr. Rural and Route 2, Farmland, and two brothers, Terry Lee and David Gene, at home. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Thornburg funeral home at Parker. 2nd Offense Drunk Driving Costs $41.75, Jail Term Four old cases, including a second offense drunken driving, and a new charge against Burnam Baker, Rural Route 3, were disposed of by Judge James Ronald in City court Tuesday.

The cases included three old ones for public intoxication, disorderly conduct and drunken driving in which Baker had asked a change of venue. Tuesday his attorney asked that the change of venue be dismissed and Judge Ronald heard the cases. On the drunken driving case, Baker was fined $25 and costs of $16.75, a total of $41.75, given 30 days in jail and his driver's license was suspended for two years. On the public intoxication count, he was fined $10 and costs of $15, a total of $25. On a public intoxication charge filed Jan.

16, 1960, Baker was fined $10 and costs of $15, a total of $25. Indiana -Nolte Photos afternoon at the Eagles Smoke billows from the Eagles lodge building at Connersville shortly after the fire was reported. Algerian Christmas Truce Ends As Violence Erupts; 31 Killed ALGIERS (UPI) The wing Secret Army organization (OAS) ended its Christmas truce in Algeria Tuesday and terrorist violence erupted in a new outburst of bombings and killings. Police said 31 persons were killed and at least 40 others were injured in three days of terrorism in Algeria. OAS terrorists, pledged to keep Algeria French, had called a three-day "truce of God" over the holiday.

It failed, however, to stem a wave of bombings, knifings and gunnings. Tuesday night a plastic bomb was set off in a Moslem restaurant in Bone, killing one person. Another bomb destroyed the empty car of a minor French official in Bougie. There was a growing feeling in Algiers that President Charles de Gaulle might soon announce new steps to end the seven-year-old Algerian war. There were rumors that the would announce a bilateral cease-fire and a date for a resumption of peace talks when he delivers a major speech on Fri- day.

Nationalists Blamed Most of the weekend terrorism was blamed on Moslem nationalists. But shortly after the OAS truce ended Tuesday, three persons were killed in Algiers in gunfire To Honor Nurses By Issuing Stamp WASHINGTON (AP) A fourcent stamp honoring the nursing profession will be issued Thursday. The stamp shows a student nurse in the traditional blue blouse and white cap and apron lighting one candle from another. In connection with issuance of the new stamp, a ceremony will be held at the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Katangan Effort To Trim Central Regime Power Noted LEOPOLDVILLE, the Congo (AP)-A Katanga move to trim powers of the Congo central government appeared emerging Tuesday on the eve of the first big test of the Kitona unity agreement.

The unity agreement, reached by Congo President Cyrille Adoula and Katanga President Moise Tshombe last Thursday, provided for Katanga members of Parliament to arrive Wednesday for seating in the National Assembly. Adoula is skeptical. He declared Friday his regime will take energetic action--its exact nature unspecified-if Katanga fails to honor Tshombe's commitment. He followed that- up by charging, after Katanga's Cabinet said only the provincial assembly was comgetic action--its exact nature unthe provincial assembly was competent to ratify the agreement, that Tshombe was torpedoing "the last effort to resolve the Katanga crisis by peaceful means." However, united nations sources indicated that arrangements are being made to fly 15 legislators from secessionist Elisabethville to Leopoldville in a united nations plane and to house them in quarters guarded by united nations troops. Proposals Expected The Katanga deputies and senators are expected to bring proposals to amend the Congolese constitution to give the provinces more freedom from the central government's control.

Tshombe objects to specifications for a strong central government in the constitution, which was drafted by Belgium before it freed the Congo colony in 1960 but never has been ratified by Parliament. Tshombe's foreign minister, Single Copy 7 Cents Eagles Lodge Sees Loss Of $100,000 Movie Theater, Lodge Offices In Building; 2 Firemen Overcome also leases the phonograph supply firm office in the lodge building. Lowell Sasser, Connersville fire chief, said "It was two hours before we knew which way the fire was going to go." When the fire was at its height, one observer said flames shot about 50 feet into the air. "Two or three draft explosions" inside the building could have been dangerous if firemen had been near them, Sasser said. Crowds Line Streets Crowds of onlookers lined Central and Grand avenues at a safe distance from the blaze Tuesday night.

Local police and members of Fayette County Civil Defense assisted at the scene. The first aid emergency unit was standing by to treat minor injuries. Red Cross workers served coffee, doughnuts and sandwiches to firemen and others working at the scene. The blaze was Connersville's second major fire this month and second costly downtown fire for the yeat. A fire at Leiter's store caused an estimated $75,000 in damage early this year.

Loss was set at $20,000 in a blaze Dec. 20 at the Benson Aluminum company plant north of here on The Eagles lodge building was built about 1905, according to Armstrong and Sasser, on the site where the Central Manufacturing company had been destroyed by fire. The lodge purchased the building in 1924, Armstrong said. (Another Photo On Page 7) CONNERSVILLE. A $100,000 blaze destroyed the three-story Eagles lodge building here Tuesday night as firemen from Connersville and seven area communities fought for over two hours to bring the flames under control.

Two local firefighters, Capt. Eugene Perkins and Edward Grant, were overcome by smoke and exhaustion and were admitted to Fayette Memorial hospital for treatment. The blaze, which apparently started in the southwest corner of the basement, spread rapidly through the brick building which also houses the Fayette theater. Everything in the building was lost, including merchandise and equipment in the office of the Western Sales corporation, 123 West Seventh street, a supplier of coinoperated phonographs. Burned power lines darkened ty following a matinee earlier in several sections of the city.

the afternoon. Managed by Miss Firemen from Everton, Glen- Katherine Fettig, the theater was wood, Liberty, Richmond, Cam- leased from the lodge by Harold bridge City, Rushville and Milton and Pell, of Rushville, Armassisted the local department in strong said. confining the fire to the 55-year- The 728-seat Fayette theater old structure. was Connersville's only theater, The exact cause was not known having a balcony, gallery and box Tuesday night. seats.

Clifford Armstrong, chairman of At one point, part of the west the board of the Fraternal Order wall of the brick building toppled of Eagles, No. 1065, said the fire onto the roof of an unoccupied was discovered in a dressing one-story building on the west room beneath the theater stage side of it. The smaller building by Pete Flannigan, a custodian, is owned by Paul Deaton, who and Herman Thieman, local po- also leases the phonograph supply Two firemen, silhouetted against flames, battle lodge building in Connersville. The fire was reported Residents Of Florida Get Taste Of Winter By The Associated Press Frost and freezing weather introduced winter to Florida Tuesday. Fog slowed travel in some parts of California.

But most of the nation had dry, clear, normal conditions. Record low temperatures for the date nipped most of Florida, forecasters said. The Weather Bureau in Miami received unofficial reports that ice had formed on automobiles in Homestead, 20 miles south of Miami. The mercury fell to 32, the freezing level, in Homestead. The reading of 42 at Miami International A Airport was 10 degrees under any previous mark for Dec.

26. Among other lows were: La Crosse 20, Gainesville 22, Tallahassee 20, Pensacola 29, Jacksonville 25, Tampa 34, Key West 51. Immokalee in the Everglades farming district reported 27 degrees, frost and ice. Fruit Damaged Some damage occurred to unprotected young citrus fruit and to citrus in low-lying pockets and to tender vegetables in the Everglades. Much of the South had something in common with the Northcold weather early Tuesday.

At- Area Expected To Get Colder Weather Today Temperatures in Richmond and its area climbed into the 40s Tuesday but the Weather bureau forecast colder temperatures and snow flurries Wednesday. The snow flurries are expected to end Thursday but the colder will continue, the temperatures, The 43-degree maximum reading Tuesday was 16 degrees above the 27-degree high on Monday, Christmas day, but it fell 12 degrees short of the record in Richmond. The high for any Dec. 26 since 1904 is the 55-degree reading, established in 1922 and tied in 1936 and 1940. Low for the day, incidentally, is the 9 below reading in 1914.

Ironic Situation In Action Against Reds In U.S. Columnist Riesel says FBI probably would have to expose its underground system in order to get convictions. He Writes About It On The Editorial Page liceman. Find Fire lanta, and Pittsburgh, had lows of 23. Birmingham, matched Rapid City, S.D., with 26.

Patches of fog plagued Southern California early Tuesday. Lockheed air terminal in Burbank was socked in, and passengers were transferred to Los Angeles International Airport, where traffic continued without interruption. In the North, snow flurries were scattered over the northern Rockies and Great Lakes region and the Great Plains area. U.S. Warns Reds Of Preparedness To Defend Greece WASHINGTON (UPI) The United States Tuesday answered a Christmas day threat against Greece with a warning of its own to the Kremlin.

Moscow warned Greece in a note Monday against accepting I nuclear weapons on its soil under the NATO alliance. The Soviet note warned that this might involve Greece "in dangerous war gambles." Responding to this, the State Department Tuesday said, "Threats against NATO members are a familiar element of Soviet tactics." Nevertheless, department spokesman Lincoln White said, spectacle of the Soviet government engaging in threats against a small country whose traditional dedication to peace and liberty is famous is not an edifying one." He warned that there should not be "any doubt whatsoever that the United States is fully prepared to meet its commitments and obligations Greece and its other NATO allies." attacks. Two were Moslem workers who fell under a hail of bullets fired from a passing car. Four other Moslems were wounded in the same attack, one of them seriously. Another man, a European civil servant, was shot and killed as he entered his office in the center of Algiers.

Four soldiers were among the Moslem's victims in the weekend violence. They fell in ambushes while on rural patrols. One of the worst incidents came when terrorists machine gunned a cafe in Boufarik Monday. Twelve were injured and one of them died in a hospital Tuesday. The wounded included Antoine Navarro, 31, one of Algeria's former great football players.

Pike To Take Oath Of Office As Commissioner Byron Pike, Hagerstown, Saturday will be sworn in as Wayne county's missioner to western succeed district himself. an.come Pike was elected to the threeyear term of office in November of 1960, but the term does not begin until Jan. 1, 1962. Pike first was elected a county commissioner in 1954. Wayne County Clerk Merle Carver is expected to give Pike his oath of office.

The other two commissioners are Carl Eggemeyer, Richmond, representing the eastern district and Herman Wambo, Centerville, representing the middle district. No other county or Richmond city officials will begin new elected terms of offices next year. The pair was investigating the presence of smoke in the building when they discovered the fire and attempted to put it out with hand fire extinguishers. The building was not protected by automatic fire prevention sprinklers was covered by insurance. The fire department was summoned around 4:45 p.

m. There were some persons in the lodge's basement restaurant when the fire broke out, but they were evacuated from the building. The restaurant served meals daily to lodge members and guests. The theater reportedly was emp- Act To Curb Misuse Of State Cars ariste Kimba, expressed hope that the Congo will evolve a fundamental law providing for a federation of states. In Paris to confer with Katanga officials there, Kimba said Katanga is "willing to make some concessions," but on condition that they are not one-sided.

The united nations, in a move previously disclosed by New York headquarters, announced acceptance of more than 900 Congolese troops eventually to serve in Gen. Sean McKeown's Congo force. The decision is apparently aimed to emphasize support for Adoula's regime. Ninety will put on blue berets of the united nations Wednesday to join Indian, Swedish, Norwegian and Canadian troops at Kamina, a united nations military base in north Katanga. United nations officials, who rejected an offer of central government troops for the Dec.

5-18 battle of Elisabethville, said the Congolese will do guard duty and perform routine reconnaisance, but will not be used in any offensive action against Tshombe's government. Disorderly Conduct Costs Local Man $20 Ronald Godsey, 23 years old, 1449 Ratliff street, was fined $5 and costs of $15, a total of $20, on a charge of disorderly conduct when he appeared before Judge James Ronald in City court Tuesday. He 'was arrested following an argument with his father at home. Godsey is an employee of The Palladium-Item in the night composing room, INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Special license plates carrying the names of the schools will be issued next year for automobiles assigned to Indiana's four state colleges and universities. James H.

Berg, director of the division of purchasing, said the tags are meant to curb the reported misuse of state cars driven by more than 400 faculty members and others entitled to the special privilege. Berg said there were complaints state cars were seen around golf courses during the day, at evening functions and on other occasions where the use obviously was personal. The plates, similar to those issued members of the General Assembly, will be conspicuously marked with the words "state owned" at the left and numerals to the right. U.S. Sale Of Surplus Wheat a To Red Yugoslavia Planned WASHINGTON (UPI) -The at the conference of neutrals in Kennedy administration appeared Belgrade.

Tuesday to be partially resuming Kennedy also directed the Naits aid policy toward Communist tional Security council to make a Yugoslavia and was expected to full review of all U.S. policies announce soon a big new surplus toward the Tito government. wheat sale to the Tito regime. Now, the administration apThe transaction, expected to in- pears to be cautiously and slowly clude 30 million dollars in wheat returning to its pre-Belgrade conand perhaps 10 million dollars inference policy. The expected vegetable oils, was virtually cer- wheat sale would be a start.

tain to trigger new complaints But the accent is on caution. opponents of U.S. aid to For instance, no plans are known Yugoslavia. for further negotiations on inThe United States has provided dustrial aid. Considerable time Yugoslavia with roughly 2 billion may elapse before such talks are dollars in military and economic undertaken.

aid since 1948, when Tito broke The latest public outcry against with the Kremlin and set out on American aid to Yugoslavia was an independent, although Commu- directed against Kennedy's decinist, course. sion to go through with agreeBut President Kennedy in Sep- ments to sell obsolescent military tember ordered all future aid ne- planes to Tito and train Yugogotiations with Yugoslavia shelved slav pilots in the United States. temporarily because of his an- The agreements were made first noyance with the and by former President Dwight D. positions taken Soviet Tito Eisenhower, Weather (By Associated Press From U.S. Weather Bureau) Richmond Ohio) DistrictOccasional snow flurries and colder Wednesday; high of 25 to 31; mostly cloudy and colder Wednesday night with a few snow flurries.

Snow flurries ending but continued cold Thursday. Richmond Temperatures--Tuesday: 43; 25; noon, 36; 36. Trace of rain. The next pending case also was for public intoxication on May 19, 1961. For this he was fined $10 and costs of $15, a total of $25.

On a disorderly conduct charge of Dec. 1, 1961 Baker was fined $10 and costs of $15, a total of $25. The latest case against Baker was one for public intoxication on 25. On this count he was fined $10 and costs of $15, a total of $25. Total fines and costs against Baker amounted to $166.75.

En Route To Manila SAN FRANCISCO (UPI)-Gov. and Mrs. Robert B. Meyner of New Jersey flew to Honolulu Tuesday en route to Manila where he will act as President Kennedy's official representative at the New Year's day inauguration of President-elect Diosado Macapagal of the Philippines, A Classified Want Ad Can Help You Get Extra Cash For Year End Bills If money shortage is pushing you a bit too hard, you can relieve the pressure through Palladium-Item classified want ads. Gather up things you can do without, sell 'em through "For Sale" ads.

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