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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1962 ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 3A 21 211 Officials of Four County TownsjVERDICT OF $270,001) rt it back Anti-roiiution Bond issue fjyjy jyj ARRESTED NONPARTISAN frTi; i pspr i COURT PLAN FOR -ifepj COUNTY FAVORED fcrh, INLAWYERS'POLL 1 Council Members in Ladue, Kirkwood, Pagedale and Brentwood Favor $95,000,000 Proposal. i 1 week, the Pagedale Board of Aldermen urged support of the proposal by all eligible voters in St. Louis and St. Louis county.

"We believe passage of the bond issue is a matter of necessity for the health and progress of Metropolitan St. Louis, to insure sufficient pure water for domestic and commercial uses, to preserve property values, to promote growth in the area, and to help in the development of recreational resources afforded by the Mississippi river," the Pagedale resolution said. Mayor A. Ray Parker of Brentwood, in announcing indorsement of the bond issue by his city's Board of Aldermen, said the proposal has been approved by federal, state and local experts as the solution to the serious health and welfare problems created by river pollution here. The bond issue was indorsed unanimously by members of the Republican City Central Committee at a meeting last night.

I By Poit-Dltpatch Photographer. At Bar Group Meeting At Lawyers Association meeting last night (from left) seated: UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGES JAMES H. MEREDITH and JOHN K. REGAN, and UNITED STATES SENATOR EDWARD V. LONG; standinq, DON B.

SOMMERS, president of the asso-elation; UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE ROY W. HARPER, SENATOR STUART SYMINGTON and JUDGE M. C. MATTHES of the United States Court of Appeals. Appeals.

62 Pet. of About 200 Members i in Association Canvass Back Extension of the Program. Extension of the nonpartisan court plan to St. Louis county was favored by 62 per cent in a poll of members by the Lawyers Association of St. Louis, Don B.

Sommers, president, said last right. Sommers said that more than 200 attorneys, about 10 per cent of those actively practicing law In the city and county, responded to the pH- 0ne tnircl tnem were opposed to the nonpartisan court plan. He announced results of the noil at a dinner meeting honor ing United States District Judges James H. Meredith and John K. Regan, both of whom were appointed last spring.

United States Senators Stuart Symington and Edward V. Long of Missouri, who recommended appointment of the judges, attended the din- ner at the Anheuser-Busch brewery. Object to Retention Vote. Many of the lawyers who replied in the poll objected that judges were frozen in office under the" nonpartisan plan because they need only a simple majority on the question of whether they should be retained. Objectors favored requirement of a two-thirds majority.

Sommers said that a substantial majority of the lawyers replying favored establishment of a mandatory retirement age for circuit judges. The Senators, both Democrats, acknowledged that their recommendations for federal judgeships in both the eastern and western districts of Missouri had been criticized. They praised the performance of Judges Meredith and Regan and reaffirmed their confidence in Defendant in Trial Fined $100 For Contempt; Met With Juror AFTER HOLDUP Caught in Chase One of Group Says They Committed Three Other Robberies. Two escaped convicts and two women were arrested early today after a holdup at Bob's Inn, 7220 St. Charles road, Pagedale.

One of the women said the group committed three other recent armed robberies. The arrests were made by Patrolman William Pierce of the St. Louis county police department, Pierce, who was patrolling in Kienlen avenue, Wellston, saw an automobile go through a stop sign at high speed. He gave chase and stopped the car eight block away at Hodia-mont and Ridge avenues. Three of the occupants matched the descriptions of persons who had robbed Bob's Inn of $65 an hour earlier, he said.

They were identified as Mrs. Lorain C. Lesieur of the 3900 block of Germania street; and Jerry W. Anglin and James Wie- land, both laborers who said they lived In a hotel in the 80( block of Chestnut street. The fourth suspect, Mrs.

Gen eva Matthews, 6400 block of Myrtle avenue, Wellston, owned the car and was arrested at her home. Six witnesses identified the four suspects, who admitted the crimes to police. They confessed to committing three other hold ups. Anglin and Wiejand were serving sentences of 1 to 20 years for armed robbery, police said. Wieland escaped from Michigan State Penitentiary six weeks ago and Anglin escaped from the same prison two weeks later, police said.

The pair, sentenced in Michigan for the same crime, registered at the downtown hotel here Oct. 6. Mr. and Mrs. Walter York said they were closing the tavern and had already locked the door.

York said that two women, who were the only customers in the establishment, unlocked the door to leave and the men stepped in side. The two men displayed pistols and announced: "This is a holdup. Get in the back room. We're going to tie you up." Mr. and Mrs.

York were bound with wire and the men stacked beer cases against the door of the rear room. The money was taken from the Cash register. The men then joined the two women in the car, took Mrs. Matthews home and were headed toward St. Louis when Patrolman Pierce gave chase.

Pierce said he found a pistol under the rear seat of the car and a toy pistol in a jacket on the back seat. The pistol belongs to Mrs. Matthews, police said. Mrs. Matthews told police the group robbed Vi's Bar-B-Q Inn, 7G62 St.

Charles road, Page-dale, of $215 Wednesday night. Mrs. Violet Cheklich, owner, said two men entered the place. One drew a pistol, forced her and a customer into a rear room and bound them with wire. A COUNTY MAYOR VOICES SUPPORT OF BOROUGH PLAN Mayor Martin E.

Gardner Jr. of Oakland showed today that there is at least one St. Louis county mayor who is in favor of the borough plan for consolidation of St. Louis and St. Louis county.

Mayor Gardner said that the fragmentation of what is really one metropolitan area produces a spirit of separateness that works against the interests of the people as a whole. The fact that the plan Is proposed as a state constitutional amendment on the Nov. 6 ballot and thus permits outstate voters a voice in determining local government is as it should be, In Mayor Gardner's opinion. "I think it is difficult to separate the people of outstate Missouri from the people of the St. Louis area," he said.

"Our area's 'prosperity affects the economic health of the entire state." Card ner is an office manager for the Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. S43 TKEFT IN CITY HALL Police were investigating today the theft of $43 from a cash box in the office of Mrs. LuRene C. Kaiser, city register, in City Hall. The theft was discovered by Miss Grace Heneck, deputy register, when she arrived for work yesterday.

only walked a few blocks and had not discussed the case with the juror. Judge Kimberlin questioned the juror, who reported walking with Hubbard 10 blocks to Market and Twenty-second street, entering Hubbard's car driving to a restaurant and having lunch with him. Hubbard then admitted he had lied. The juror was discharged by the judge and the trial proceeded, by agreement of the attorneys, with 11 jurors. The jury rendered a $2000 verdict against Hubbard in favor of 5-year-old Norma Elizabeth Holcomb, 5G54 Cote Brilliante avenue.

She had suffered a broken leg when struck by an automobile driven by Hubbard in the 5600 block of Cote Brilliante. REPORTS HYPNOSIS GAINS IN HELPING AT CHILDBIRTH New techniques are increasing the number of women who can be aided in childbirth by hypnosis and reducing the amount of time required for patient training, Dr. Herbert Spiegel, an associate in psychiatry at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons, said here last night. In a talk at Jewjsh Hospital, he said that women are being successfully prepared in groups for use of hypnosis in childbirth. A single physician may put six or eight women in a trance at one time and complete their training in one-hour monthly sessions in pregnancy, he said.

Hypnosis is being taught in more and more medical schools and enjoys a wider acceptance in the profession than ever before, he said. He attributed this to its formal recognition by the American Medical Association as a valid and useful medical technique. 3 ROYS ADMIT STARTING FIRP It Is Returned by Jury Here in Case of Paralyzed Rolla Youth. A $270,000 verdict for the plaintiff in a railroad injury damage suit was returned last night by a jury in the court of Circuit Judge John C. Casey.

Court employes said the amount was among the largest in their mem-ory. The plaintiff was Ernest Coff-man, a Rolla (Mo.) high school student, who was paralyzed from the shoulders down as the result of an accident at Rolla the night of Nov. 27, 1961. The station wagon in which he was a passenger was struck by a Frisco freight train. The defendants were the railroad and the driver of the station wagon, 17-year-old James Waterman, a classmate of Coff-man, Four other students were in the car.

Coffman was thrown out and pinned under the wreckage. The collision occurred at a grade crossing marked only by a wooden standard with crossed wooden arms. Witnesses said that it had no signals, gate or guard, and that it was used by 12 trains and about 2400 cars a day. Members of the crew testified that the train was moving at about 36 miles an hour, and that the whistle and bell were sounded on the approach. The driver testified that he neither heard nor saw a warning of any kind.

It was argued for the plaintiff that the crossing, on an embankment, was obscured by buildings, trees and weeds, and that the railroad was negligent in not providing a warning. The defense argued that the driver did not keep a proper lookout for trains. AMENDMENT NO. I BACKED BY STATE LABOR COUNCIL The proposed Amendment No. 1 to the Missouri Constitution to enable a county-wide equalization tax for education in St.

Louis county has been indorsed by the Missouri State Labor Council. The decision was reached after consideration was given to labors' long-standing support of education and its concern with education problems, John 1. Rollings, president of the coun cil, said today. If voters approve the amendment Nov. 6, the St, Louis county Board of Education would be able to present a proposal to county voters calling for a special tax of up to $1 for each $100 of assessed valuation for educational purposes.

Young sophisticates feel so naturally attractive in this VandervoorCs print wool shift A special winner with or without the bell! Fitted sleeves have zipper clonings. Paisley print 100 wool; blue on blue, red on red, gold on beige. Sizes 5-13. Young Sophisticate Shop Third, Downtown; Garden Terrace, Clayton; Middle Level, Crestwood. open tonight till Walter Hubbard, a defendant In a damage suit being tried before a jury in the court of Circuit Judge William H.

Kimberlin, was fined $100 for contempt of court yesterday. Hubbard, a concrete worker living at 5735 Theodosia avenue, admitted that he misrepresented the character of his meeting with one of the jurors in the luncheon recess. He was committed to City Jail until the fine was paid. Judge Kimberlin, who came here from St. Joseph to serve as special judge in an effort to reduce crowded dockets, was informed that Hubbard had been seen strolling along Market street with one of the jurors.

After lunch, Hubbard was questioned by the judge and replied under oath that he had JOBLESS ELECTRICIAN UPHELD IN SEARCH-FOR-WORK CASE The claim of an unemployed electrician that registration for work at his union's hiring hall constituted an active search for work and qualified him for un-ployment compensation has been upheld by the St. Louis Court of Appeals. James L. Andert, 2533 University street, was laid off by the Globe-Democrat Publishing Co. in May 1959 and applied for unemployment compensation the following January.

The Missouri Division of Employment Security ruled him eligible, but the Globe-Democrat appealed the finding on the. ground Andert had not "actively and earnestly" sought work. Andert's contention was upheld after appeals by the publishing company to the Missouri Industrial Commission and later to circuit court. The appellate court last Tuesday upheld the ruling of Circuit Judge Robert J. Kirk-wood.

Andert, 66 years old, is a member of Local 1, AFL-CIO International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. IIUUIILO ULH I IILT ILLL uU I Donald L. Scheland, 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. L.

D. Scheland, 460 North Seventy-third street, Centreville, suffered minor injuries yesterday when he was struck by an automobile which was being pushed by another near his home. Darrell Dickerson, 438 North Seventy-third, said he asked a neighbor, Edward Maine, 459 North Seventy-second street, to give him a push when his car would not start. As the cars began moving, the boy ran from the sidewalk into the path of his car, Dickerson said. The boy was taken to Christian Welfare Hospital.

CLERK CANDIDATE PLEDGES TO TRY TO ABOLISH POST Richard N. McKelvey, Republican candidate for county clerk, said last night that the position he seeks is "the most lucrative and least necessary" political office in St. Louis county. He pledged that if he Is elected, his first order of business would be to work toward the abolishment of the office a job he says pays twice as much as is paid to the Governor of Missouri. McKelvey made' the promise at a rally at the Valley Park Lions Club.

"The duties of the county clerk could be handled by any reasonably intelligent $500 -a-month administrative clerk," McKelvey asserted. Yet the law, he said, calls for a salary of $15,000 annually plus fees that make the job worth about $30,000 a year. McKelvey accused his Democratic opponent, Edward Walsh, the incumbent, of operating the office as "a small gold mine for him and an underground railroad to sneak undeserving Democrats into jobs for which they cannot qualify." PEDESTRIAN IN BRIDGETON IS STRUCK, KILLED BY AUTO Charles R. Burke, 55 years old, Liberty, was struck and killed by an automobile late yesterday when crossing in the 4G00 block of North Lindbergh boulevard, Bridgeton. The driver, Robert B.

Cam-mon, 1 Irene court, Dcs Peres, a field engineer for General Electric told the highway patrol that he was traveling south and was partly blinded by lights of approaching cars at a slight rise in the road. He said that he saw someone crossing from east to west and swerved to the left, but was unable to avoid hitting Burke. St. Louis County Coroner Ray mond I. Harri; ruled the death an accident and said there would be no inquest.

Burke was a sales engineer here on business, police said. He was a former member iam Jewell 59 SUITS FILED TO COLLECT MISSOURI INCOME TAXES Fifty-nine more suits to collect alleged delinquent state income taxes from residents of St. Louis and St. Louis county were filed yesterday by Missouri At- Magistrate Peter J. Maniscalco 1 DEPARTMENT Officials of four St.

Louis county municipalities announced support of the proposed $95,000, 000 bond issue for river pollution abatement yesterday. The bond issue, for construction of sewage treatment facilities on the Mississippi river, will be voted on in the general election Nov. 6. Magnus F. Peterson, mayor of Ladue, said the Ladue City Council adorited a resolution indorsing the bond issue and pollution control plan as the "most efficient, practical and least expensive for the solution of the Mississippi river problem." William H.

Pfitzlnger, mayor of Kirkwood, said council members in Kirkwood have pledged to work as individuals toward obtaining the necessary two-thirds majority required to pass the bond issue. He noted that the Kirkwood Chamber of Commerce also has indorsed the proposal as "vital to our growing community." In a resolution adopted last DRIVER HURT IN COLLISION AT SCENE OF ACCIDENT Kenneth Robertson, 2 Adrian court, Creve Coeur, suffered scalp lacerations and internal injuries in a collision of automobiles on Lindell boulevard just east of Grand boulevard yesterday, Police said the accident apparently occurred when the attention of Robertson and the other driver was distracted by a minor car accident on the parking lot of the Mercantile Commerce National Bank, 3950 Lindell. Robertson's eastbound machine collided with the westbound car of Michael Light, 60 Plaza square, as Light tried to make a left turn into the bank parking lot. Light's car was pushed against a parked car belonging to Catholic Charities, 4140 Lindell. Roberson, 38 years old, was taken to St.

John's Hospital. iKUUf HtUUVtHtU MUM LAKtj The body of Walter T. Kaat-man 8603 Engler avenue, St. John, was recovered today from under a boat dock at the Malibu resort 'on Lake of the Ozarks, Kaatman, 34 years old, fell from a boat near the Grand Glaize bridge Saturday night. He was a former used car dealer.

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Roos, Kennedy Exchange. The court plan was the subject of an exchange of charges by the two candidates for County Supervisor. Lawrence K. Roos, Republican, said yesterday that his Democratic opponent, Francis H. Kennedy, had refused to take a definite stand on extending the plan to the county.

Kennedy replied today that he had been for it without qualification, and that Roos was "dishonest and immoral" in misrepresenting his views. Roos made his statement in a speech to the St. Louis County Bar Association, saying that when Kennedy was questioned on a television program he said that extension of the nonpartisan court system was a matter for lawyers to decide. Kennedy Statement. Kennedy said today: "The Republican campaign in St.

Louis county, now consisting chiefly of distortion and misrepresentation spearheaded by Lawrence K. Roos, continues at full speed ahead. "Yesterday Mr. Roos totally and completely misrepresented my position on the nonpartisan court plan. The fact is that while Mr.

Roos conveniently kept his mouth shut during the primary campaign on practically every other issue, I appeared on radio, television, and at a number of meetings, stating my unqualified support for the nonpartisan court plan in St. Louis county. Every newspaper carried my views. "Since Mr. Roos and his Republican committee members can be assumed to be in full control of their senses they must have been aware of my support for the nonpartisan court plan.

To quote me otherwise, as Mr. Roos has done, is nothing short of dishonest and immoral." 2 WEBSTER GROVES BOYS ADMIT BURGLARY OF STORE Two Webster Groves boys, 13 and 14 years old, today admitted breaking into Norm's Sport Shop, 9238 Manchester road, Rock Hill, last night and stealing $17 and merchandise valued at $236. The loot was recovered. The burglary was discovered by Patrolman James Bell of the Rock Hill police, who recalled having seen one of the two boys at the rear of the shop earlier in the evening. Knowing of the boy's police record, he had ordered the boy to go home.

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