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o o o o o O G 0 SIX MEDFCUW MA. Air Force Investigates Plane Collisions Over Panama City, (U.P.; The . Air Force began tn intense in vestigation today into y.ir of separate air collision, between two B47sciind another involvinj a B29 and an F86, avhi'ch left til 14 airmen aboard th ircrft dead or missing. Eight of the known Se4 were the crew member aboard the two big jet B47 bombtra, which crashed in the gir with thun derouP eylosion n? Tampa, spraying fie. bHj of wreckes h Plane Misus ByGoveao?s found Washington !y..) MJ. Gen. Winston V. Wileoft slid to day that in th?t yeert it Air National Gu.?4 ?vif he has found no 0"?o?t 'Mutu' of Guard plane fty J'jnietterinj governors. There have ft fpatd charges that ovefnore use the government owm! "plants for personal pleasure, ht slid. But in each case such charges have J proved to be "completely false" upon investigation. ' The use of Guard planes by governors has drawn attention recently as a result of flights made by Alabama Gov. James E. Fqlsom. Folsom threatened to make what he termed a' recon naissance and inspection flight to Jacksonville; Fla., in a Guard plane Jan. 1, the day Auburn is to play in the 'Gator bowl. Folsom already is under in vestigation by the Air Force in spector general on charges that he has been using National Guard planes for other than of ficial use. The report on the in vestigation is not expected until next month. . Grange Griffin Creek Grange Griffin Creek Grange will have its Christmas party at regu lar meeting Thursday, Dec. 22. Program will begin at 8 p.m. Bring gifts not too exceed 50 cents, marked for man, lady, girl or boy, or with your child's name on it, as you pj-efer. Also bring treats of candy, cake, cookies, etc. Coffee will be made for refreshments. A short meet ing will follow the party. HEC met last Thursday with Mrs. W. Werner on Stewart ave. for their Christmas party. Gift exchange was enjoyd by all. Mrs. Pearl Farnsworth was elected treasurer for the follow ing year. Officers will be in stalled at the next HEC meeting. Gold Hill Grange The Gold Hill Grange met in regular session Dec. 15 with Brother Alva Walker presiding in the absence of Master Her man Kamping, who is vacation ing in Kansas. After the business meeting, the large crowd took part in the Christmas festivities, "and every one enjoyed the exchange of gifts. The program was .out on by the Juveniles. This program showed the wonderful progress being made in the Juvenile Grange, by their worthy Patron, Harold Dens more. The lunch served in the dining room was enjoyed by every one present. O The next regular serving com mittee will be the HEC. STOMACH TROUBLE Hartford, Conn. (UP.) Eleven-year-old Kevin Thomas set out to set a stilt-walking record, but he quit after taking 4,701 steps because "I was starved, and supper was a half hour late as it was." 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Three other airmen were known dead and three others were listed as missing in the air collision of a propeller-driven B29 and an F86 all-weather jet interceptor about 14 miles east of Tyndall Air Force Base in the vicinity of Mexico Beach just outside Port St. Joe. One of the B47s was from MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, and the other was from Pine castle AFB, Orlando. Each car ried four airmen. Landing Gear Trouble Lt. Robert E. Johnson, public information officer at MacDill, said a preliminary investigation indicated that the jet bomber from MacDill had landing gear trouble. He said the Pinecastle plane apparently flew underneath the other bomber to check its land ing gear and "must have hit a downdraft and collided." They'slammed into each other over a wooded area between a factory and a railroad yard, but EMOTION PACKED REUNION Overcome by emotion, former German prisoner of war Fritz Merten and his sister, Margarette, break down in tears as they meet in Friedland, Germany. Merten, one of 600 former German soldiers freed by the Russians, hadn't seen his sister since 1935. Sadness marred his homecoming. His wife, who hadn't heard from him, had declared him dead in 1949 and remarried. The 600 war prisoners were the first re leased by Russia since repatriations suddenly stopped in October. founs Op Lovely sheers . . . sturdier crepes in long or ballet lengths ... all with lace trim . . . floral challis , . . acetates or fine nylons . . 4.95 to Open a Charge Today . , Tuesday, December 20, 1955 Pair of Florida there were no ground casualties. The propeller-driven B29 and the F86 jet were believed to have collided in the air while the fighter was making a gun nery run on a target towed by the World War II type bomber only a few hours after the B47s collided. No One Hurt The B29s nose landed on U.S. Highway 98 close to a tourist court where some 50 people were staying but none of the tourists were hurt. The falling debris missed by only 20 yards a man and his family in a car on the highway. Witnesses said the F86 crashed inland about a mile from the Gulf of Mexico but Air Force helicopters and search planes were not able to locate the wreckage of the smaller craft immediately. The bodies of three of the B29s crew were recovered and identified and two others of the crew and the F86 pilot were list- ed as missing. .rrv 10.95 Account . Disagreement on Prosperiiy Boom . Washington (U.R) Rival captains 'in next year's battle for control of Congress disagreed today on whether voters will credit the Eisenhower adminis tration or the Democrats for booming prosperity. Forecasting a Republican vic tory in the fight for Congress, Rep. Richard M. Simpson (R-Pa.) chairman of the GOP Congres sional committee said: "The thinking voter is going to vote to keep the party of peace and prosperity in power. Why would they vote to go back to Trumanism and waste and high taxes? But Rep. Michael J. Kirwan (D-O.), chairman of the Demo cratic Congressional Campaign committee, maintained in a sep arate interview that Democrats will not only capture and strengthen their control over congress in 1956 but will cap ture the presidency, too. "Every bit of legislation that has promoted prosperity was put on the statute books by the Dem ocratic party," Kirwan said. "Name one act the Eisenhower administration .sponsored that helped promote prosperity. Pros perity will continue because of Democratic legislation." Huk Field Commander Slain by Army Troops Manila, P.I. (U.R) Philippine troops pressing an all-out cam paign against remnants of the Communist Huk rebels hunted down and killed Tomas Calma, a brother-in-law of jailed rebel chieftain Luis Taruc, it was an nounced today. Calma, labeled by Army in telligence as one of the "most ruthless field commanders" of the rebels, was trapped in the village of Santa Ana in Pam panga Province some 50 miles north of here Monday. Woman Teacher Ban Defended in Tokyo Tokyo (U.R) A spokesman for the Tokyo metropolitan school board ' today defended against newspaper criticism its policy of barring the hiring of women teachers who are less than five feet tall. "There are many difficulties invol . ing teachers less than five feet in height," the spokesman said. "In outdoor activities it is difficult to locate her, and in the classrooms she will not be able to reach, the top of the black board." ..... . ore mo lipS ... And what a selection . . tons . . . dacrons . . fates and a biz lons, tailored or trimmed . . boa insertion 1.98 to ilJJa ana rtosieru and Fluffy "bikinis" wood briefs . . . from tricot rayons to the finest of nylons . . . bright reds . . . soft pas tels and "oodles" of white ... tailored or with lace. 39c to LOO A Nichol's Worth of . . . Comment On This and That By HARMAN United P'tse Washington (U.R) The year coming up, 1956, is the leapin' kind, and you eligible male young fry had best head for the barn and hide out for 12 months or so. I got snared in a leap year deal in the long back there, al though neither mama nor I will admit any Harman Nichols blame. I'm kid ding, sort of. But as philosopher and inventor Benjamin Franklin once advised the young man: "By all means get married." I may shock you a mite, but the month of February was named after Febulia, the Roman festival of purification. Histor ians tell us that this month is sort of an assistant cousin in the family of months. That is because the Roman Senate robbed "Feb" of a couple of days to make up a month which now we like to call "Aug- ...FOR ...FOR i . . FOR on""' .Is" lt f 7 W ..v,ovefSl rrv aV-e V- Lrge- nylons ... in tYW , . t -a 0 i nr selection of ny lavishly lace many wuu no- .8.95 ace- tf ' " tv From "Humming Bird" comes your finest nylons . . . in the best winter shades ... comes in individual Christmas boxes of 2 pair or more. Sold everywhere 1.50, 3p . . . Holly SW? f y NLjw mitiM fMirm w . ims3t rWJS Asters r M .' .1 u 'I .s. St a M. M.'.-i-:: .' aT av I J . BBBBBBBP i ..K. . aaaruaai jjAaaaaaaaawsa W. NICHOLS Fajhira Witar ust." And getting away from February for a moment, "Aug ust" was named after August Caesar who was disinclined to play second cello to his uncle Julius. Julius, already had it made because "July" had been named for him. Calendar Problem Anyhow, research at the Li brary of Congress should ease the minds of folks born on Feb. 29. The idea of these people get ting presents only on every fourth birthday is nothing but a calendar problem, according to one student of leap year. "In reality," once wrote the late author George Stimpson who used to toil down the hall from me, "there is no problem at all, because none of us observe our birthdays on exactly the proper 24 hours owing to imperfec tions of tHe calendar. "Every four years, the calen dar is about 24 hours behind the astronomical or true solar j'ear. This difference is made up by adding an extra day to February every four years." Another historian would like SHOP LAWRENCE'S i t ror . . . . HIM HER The Carriage Trade! LAWRENCE'S YOUR SILVER STORE Specializing in Fine Diarhonds and Watches, Tool 130 EAST MAIN Est. 1908 Positively our finest selections . . . quilted cottons . . . sheer nylons . . . washable quilted nylons ... In muted florals or soft pastels or washable cot tons in dark grounds. Full prin cess length . . . 0f Coachman or duster length . C J r- - H i ' A a JT I 'ail l I vunu us to write It down that the Gregorian calendar, introduced by Pope Gregory in 1582 A.D. put it this way: Every year divisible by four is a leap year, "with the excep tion of those years whose num bers are divisible by 100 and not by 400." If you are still with me and can divide, maybe we can wind up with the. same results: The years 1700, 1800, and 1900 were not leap years. The year 1600 was ,of course. And if you can add and figure to stick around until 2000 (you swains) you can look for another year that will not be a good one for the man-chasing Sadie Haw kins clan. According to history, the Gre gorian calendar was a modifica tion of the Julian calendar. That one was introduced by the above mentioned J. Caesar in 46 B.C. The high minds of the Roman astronomical society at that early date fixed the solar year at 365 days and six hours. The six extra hours added up to a slop over. But it was discovered to thi amazement of: a lot of people that the extra hours add ed up to too much to make. the calendar year come out even. Clear thinking knocked off Feb. 29 except once every four Open Evening Thru Friday Until 9 P.M. Easy Terms! . "mTmt YL. jf iT'17t. 21 N. CENTRAL Housewive's Influence Cited by Brazil Official Rio De - JaneSo (U.R) A Brazilian government official said o Monday that American housewives exert a powerful in- ; fluence in the struggle against high prices in the United States. Vicente Ouro Preto, Brazilian treasury delegate in New York here on leave, said American . housewives have the ear of Con gress. He said this was shown when coffee prices rose to levels they thought excessive last year. years, give or take a few min utes. And 1956, upcoming, will be one of those years. And if the swains are smart, as I said, they will do a swan dive. 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