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12 hale Father Kills Si US. WEATHfft BUKIAU MAP Department Cemffltui There's a A piacs A WAY TO PAY BILLS rl yeu are unable to eey yeur payments, debts or bills when due, set BUDGET PLAN end arrange payments you can afford I rtaardless of how much or how many you owe. I NO SECURITY OR fNDORSgRS REOU'BED NOT A LOAN COMPANYONE PlACi TO PAY BONDED and INSURED Drugstore Operator, Irvin B. Voelcker, Dies Irvin B. Voelcker, who operated a drugstore at Clay and Market for many years, died of a heart attack about noon yesterday at his home, 4500 Cordova Road.

He was 49. Voelcker sold the drugstore here about three years ago. He recently had worked as a pharmacist at Frankfort Drug Company, Frankfort, Ky. Sni, tad, 11 he Budget Plan A Family Financial Service 212 SPEED BLDG. WAbash 6781 Copvrifht, lesj, P.

tush, St. Loun, Mo. iOPIN MON. NITES P.M. CLOSED WEDS.

1 PM well, and eight grandchildren gh limptroturt and Afo of rtopiiolitn Ep1d Mondoy ILSJs vT fit A fYrfrfAr5' 1 tmioln 'sum Shaw kJw3WjU80 "'Z voficKer, aim luur uromers, j. Carl, Alfred Richard and Norman S. Voelcker. The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at Neurath' Funeral Home, 725 E.

Market. The body will be cremated. I iMMPTdv r.npnnv HAMPTON K. GORDON The funeral for Hampton K. Gordon, a bindery-department foreman at Slater-Gilroy Print- I ing Company here, will be at I 10 a.m.

tomorrow at Blanford- Ratterman Funeral Home, 2815 I.B.M. PROCEDURES AND METHODS Man with extensive operating and procedural expe-. rience. College degree preferable but not essential. Excellent working conditions; attractive and liberal employee benefit plans.

Call WAbash 1241, Extension 4109, or apply to Personnel Office, E. 1. du Pont de Nemours Inc. Indiana Ordnance Works Charlesfown, Indiana His Daughters Boy Friend, 16 Buffalo, N. April 3 An irate father shot and killed his daughter's boy friend, early today as the teen-age couple stood talking in the vestibule of her home, police reported.

A shotgun blast struck 16-year-old Gordon Thuman in the neck and he died as Jean Klein, 19, watched. John J. Klein, 71, father of the girl, was charged with first-degree manslaughter. Police said the shooting occurred shortly after 2 a.m., after Klein had ordered Thuman from the house and Jean had pleaded for a little more time to talk. The father went to his bedroom for a 12-gauge shotgun, returned, and fired once, police reported.

7 lrffci ariiieu AlllTIIBE LCMKW DCMUIl VUklWKS What I So Easy le Uarn Other 1 Pays So Well Profession Insures Independence ENROLL TODAY PERMANENT WAVE Complete withrPfl Pft 2 Haircut. (ShamAj II doo and Hair- I style extra.) I $5 value for I Work Done By Graduation Class Under Sueervision of Instructor 4 am in ni-l a a ma art OPiN SATURDAYS llMift1 (Ml Associated Press Wirephoto Map WEATHER BUREAU 12:30 P.M. FORECAST: Showers and scattered thunderstorms are forecast today from upper Mississippi Valley and upper Great Lakes region to central Gulf states. Snow is due in northern Plains, snow flurries in northern Rockies, and showers in central Plains states. Afternoon temperatures will turn colder over Plains states and Mississippi Valley and cool in northeast and northern and central Rockies.

so WITH YOUR CHOICE FRAME Rx tENSH AND CASE mmm SINGLE VISION BIFOCALS TINTED LENSES HgM ana1 laws in Inchti Yesterday's Weather Washington, April (AP) Weather Bureau report of temperature and rainfall for the 24 houre ending 1 p.m., for selected areas: High. Low. Pree. Atlanta, Ga 75 51 .00 Birmingham, Ala. 76 52 .04 Boston, Mass.

4.1 38 .02 Chicago, 111 58 38 .00 Cincinnati 44 .00 Cleveland, Ohio 58 3d .00 Columbus, Ohio 39 .00 Dallas, Tex. 83 55 .00 Denver, Col. 46 35 .00 Detroit, Mich 52 .00 Duluth, Minn 41 29 .00 Indianapolis, Ind, 82 43 .00 Jacksonville, Fla. 7 5R .00 Kansas City, Mo. 75 54 .00 Los Angeles, Cal.

6 50 .00 Louisville, Ky 71 47 .00 Memphis, Tenn. 75 44 .00 Miami, Fia. 82 62 .45 Minneapolis-St. Paul 62 3 .00 New Orleans, La. 78 48 .00 New York, N.

Y. 46 39 Philadelphia 57 47 .00 Phoenix, Aril. 70 43 .00 Pittsburgh, Pa. 49 41 .00 Portland, Me 4 28 .00 St. Louis, Mo.

75 48 .00 San Antonio, Tex. 88 49 .00 San Francisco, Cal. 59 40 .00 Seattle, Wash 38 .00 Washington, D. 78 53 .00 METEOROLOGICAL DATA Louisville, Ky April 1955. (Official.) 7 a m.

Noon. 7 p.m. Temperature (dry bulb) 48 68 Temperature (wet bulb) 44 51 50. Dew point 40 37 38 Relative humidity 73 34 37 Temperatures and Precipitation Maximum temperature 71, minimum temperature 47, mean temperature) 59, normal temperature 52; departure for day 7, departure for month -1-18, departure since March 1 71; mean relative humidity 48, total precipitation 0, normal precipitation .14, departure for day .14, departure for month .42, departure since March 1 .87. BOTH STORES OPEN TONIGHT 'TIL 9 P.M.

a. rounn. cunai win De in cai- nome at 1460 S. Second. Her vary Cemetery.

Gordon, 52, died home was at 133 Brown Avenue, at 9 p.m. Saturday at his home, Surviving are two daughters, 3234 Taylor Boulevard. Mrs. Vita Willis and Mrs. Robert MRS phii 1 is sivkiihr Fisher Dallas.

0re sister, Mrs. PH'LLIS P. SINKHORX Sarah Moody Los Angeles; gix Mrs. Philhs P. Sinkhorn, 1008 grandchildren, and seven great- E.

Chestnut, a member of the grandchildren, altar society of St. Boniface The body will be at Pearson's Church, died at 6 a.m. yesterday Funeral Home, 149 Breckinridge in St. Anthony Hospital. She Lane, until tomorrow morning, was" 64.

when it will be sent to Villisco, Survivors are two sons, Edward Iowa, for funeral and burial C. and Leonard J. Sinkhorn; four Wednesday. daughters, Mrs. Laverne M.

MRS AVVA Douglas, Mrs. Benjamin Brucker, Mrs. James Helm, and Mrs. Alvin Pe funerLal Ann Lee Braun; a sister, Mrs. Mayme Johnson, who died at 9:15 p.m.

Schulz; a brother, August Dietz; f3. a th.e sis- 11 Erandchildren and a ereat ter Mlss Elizabeth Lacefield, 921 irandJfn? Shelby- wil1 be at 1:30 Pm- to" Th- ot orrovf at Neurath Funeral The funeral will be at 8.30 Home, 725 Market. Burial will rm. Wednesday at Bosse Funeral be in'Cave Hill Cemetery Home, 1355 Ellison, and at 9 Mrs Johnsoni 65 iived at 1401 a.m. at St.

Boniface n. Squires Drive. Survivors include Burial will be St. Michael ner husband, George W. John-Cemetery.

Son; a son, Thomas K. White; a torn rule brother, Clarence Lacefield, nine iRtu wus grandchildren, and nine great-Fred "Fritz" Gaus, 73, died at grandchildren. 3:15 p.m. yesterday at St. An- thony Hospital after an illness MRS.

FLORENCE MEYERS of four, months. He lived at 3307 The funeral for Mrs. Florence Autumn Way. B. Meyers, who died Saturday A retired truck gardener, morning in Dallas, will be Gaus formerly operated a farm at 3 tomorrow at Barrett on Cane Run Road.

After his Funeral Home. 1230 Bardstown I tinaj a- I KONKRETE KOAT I.B.M. SENIOR MACHINE OPERATOR Experience on basic I.B.M. equipment. Excellent working conditions; attractive and liberal em ployee benefit plans.

Call WAbash 1241, Extension 4109, or apply to Personnel Office, E. I. du Pont de Nemours Inc. Indiana Ordnance Works Charlestown, Indiana A Perfect Paint For All Concrete Outside or Inside A (in, easy-to-use, quick-drying enamel for concrete or wood lloort. A Kard lurfacs) enamel covert tatily wears wall, gives complete satisfaction 10 modern colors, Including black and whit.

ORDINARY COLORS OTS. GALS. The funeral will be at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Blanford-Ratter man Funeral Home, 2815 S. Fourth, and at 9 a.m.

at the Church of St. Leo The Great. Burial will be in Louisville Me- morial Park. The family aslce(J that pres- sions of sympathy take the form 0f donations to the American Cancer Society. MRS.

MARY E. LUCE Mrs. Mary Ellen Luce, 91, died at 1 a.m. yesterday at a nursing Road. Burial will be in Cave Hill Cemetery.

She formerly lived in Louisville. No Harm Is Done In U.S. byA'Tests, A.E.C. Chief Says Washington, April 3 Admiral Lewis L. Strauss, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, said today the recent atomic tests in Nevada have been "completely without harm to the people of the United States." Interviewed on a television program, Strauss said it would take 10,000 tests "of the size in this country" to equal one Pacific-test explosion.

He said all Information pertaining to atomic energy has been made public except data on weapons. Asked about reports that several persons suffered eye injuries as a result of the Nevada A-tests, Strauss replied: "So far as I know, that has never been reported to the commission." Former W.P.B. Chief, Curtis E. Calder, Dies New York, April 3 Curtis E. Calder, chairman of the executive committee of the Electric Bond Share Company and former head of the War Production Board under the late President Franklin D.

Roosevelt, died yesterday at the age of 64. An active Democrat, Calder headed the W.P.B. in 1943 and 1944. He also was offered the post of secretary of the Army in 1945 by former President Truman but declined because of business commitments. Ofl? life rH5 1.

SZL-'JSSSl Train Kills Oliver Bush, Pekin Official Town Board Head On Way to Church Special to The Courier-Journal Pekin, April 3. Oliver S. Bush, president of the Pekin Town Board and a board member for 15 years, was killed at 6:35 p.m. today when his automobile was struck by a Monon freight train at the Pekin Canning Company grade crossing here and dragged three blocks. Bush, 81, was on his way to the Church of Christ, Martinsburg, where he had been an elder for many years.

In addition to his Town Board and church activities, he was active in the Pekin Grange and for a number of years served as chairman of the Pekin Fourth of July celebration. He had been employed at the Bierley general store here for the past 20 years and had worked yesterday. Survivors include six sons, Cleon and David Bush, Salem; Bob Bush, Charlestown, and Bernard, John, and Newt Bush, all of Pekin, and three daughters, Mrs. Roy Mullins, Pekin; Mrs. Wayne McKinley, Borden, and Mrs.

Helen Crockett, Louisville. The body is at Kahl Funeral Home, Palmyra, pending arrangements. Former Trustee, 64, Dies at Charlestown Lawrence A. Ross, 64, former trustee of Charlestown Township, died at 4 p.m. yesterday at the home of a daughter, Mrs.

Harry Payne, 1333 Thompson, Charlestown, Ind. The funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at Grayson Funeral Home, Charlestown, and at 2 p.m. at First Methodist Church, Charlestown. Burial will be in Silver Creek Cemetery.

Court Ex-Aide Dies Special to The Courier-Journal Harrodsburg, April 3. George G. Gibbs, 84, deputy Mercer County Court clerk for 25 years before he retired, died early today at his home here after a long illness. He also held the same job in Boyle County for two years. Our FREE Parking lot, 220 W.

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Each piece will be laundered according to its own particular needs, safely and carefully you'll be delighted. IMIMii ODEL FAMILY LAUNDRY mm mm. immm mmmmm vtMmmm smm JA 7218 543 E. Madison Tttixr It At EASTER FECIAL retirement, he worked at the Albert Orchid I arm on West-port Road. He was a member of St.

Peter's Evangelical Reformed Church. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Theodore Hartmann; two sisters, Mjss Elizabeth Gaus and Mrs. Arch Snawder; a brother, Goetlip Gaus, and a grandson. The funeral will be at 11 a.m.

Wednesday at Ratterman Brothers Funeral Home, 3711 Lexington Road. Burial will be in Rest-haven Cemetery. JOHN N. BURFORD John N. Burford, 60, an engineer with the Army Corps of Engineers, died at 4:30 p.m.

yesterday at his home, 2304 Glenmary. He was a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a member of the Society of Military Engineers. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Constance Cassilly Burford; a daughter, Mrs. Rose Overley; a brother, Stonewall Jackson Burford of California; a sister, Mrs.

C. W. Mentzendorff, Upper Mont-clair, N. and three grandchildren. The funeral will be at 9 a.m.

Wednesday at Maas Funeral Home, 300 E. Broadway. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. MRS. PLINA SIMPSON Mrs.

Plina Isabell Simpson, 84, died at 1:35 p.m. yesterday at her home, 4325 Louisville. She left 122 living descendents. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Iva Wheeler, Mrs.

Ellen Gillim, Mrs. Nina Simpson, and Mrs. Thelma Wilkerson; two sons, Odie and Jack Simpson; two sisters, Mrs. Pallie Gary and Mrs. Janie Scott; 45 grandchildren, and 71 great-grandchildren.

The body will be at McDanie.1 Funeral Home, 4339 Park Boulevard, until 8 p.m. today. The funeral and burial will be at 1 p.m. tomorrow at Nortonville, Ky. MRS.

SUD1E DORSETT Mrs. Sudie Dorsett, 65, died of cancer at 4:15 p.m. yesterday at her home, 313 Seneca Avenue. She retired January 1 after working for Brown Williamson Tobacco Company here for 25 years. Mrs.

Dorsett was a member of the Church of St. Leo The Great. was a native of Nelson County. Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Julia Wolf, Yeadon, Mrs.

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