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2-A Fort Myers (Fla.) News-Press, Sept. 12, 1967 11th Grade Student Charged With Murder in Gainesville Funerals Powell Is Mum On Short Visit To U.S. Court WVro 1 7 Dot From U.S. WiATHt iUi AU ARTHUR H. BEAULIEU ty Jane Howell, Indianapolis, GAINESVILLE A first- p-- OCHOPEE Arthur H.

Beaulieu (Copyright N.Y. Times Service) i degree murder warrant was is- died Friday at the Naples Com WASHINGTON Adam munity Hospital. He is survived by a sister and brother of Mas Clayton Powell interrupted Monday for an 18-year-old exile on an island in the llth grade student accused of the two-month-old murder of a Oil 70 sister, Mrs. Mary Ruth Miller, Ellenton, three grandchildren He was a member of the Christian Church and Brookside Masonic Lodge 720 of Indianapolis. Funeral service will be held tonight at 7:30 at Leo W.

Engelhardt Funeral Home with Rev. W. O. Daugherty officieting. The body will be sent to Shirley Brothers Funeral Home, Indianapolis, Indiana for interment in Washington Park 25-year-old graduate student at Bahamas Monday and spent more than an hour in the grand jury room of the United States the University of Florida.

The nude body of Carol Per District Court here. He and his sons, missing since July 27, was lawyers refused to say why he was here. "No answer, no answer, no sachusetts. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Earl G. Hodges Funeral Chapel.

MRS. MARIE D. PETTIT NAPLES Mrs. Marie D. Pet-tit, 75, died in Naples Community Hospital Sunday evening.

Mrs. Pettit was the widow of Chester Arthur Pettit and had been a resident of Collier County for a number of years. She was a native of Cuba. She is survived by two sons, Elmer E. Pettit of Naples and Lawrence A.

Pettit of Marco; one brother, Rafael Rojas of Cuba, three sisters, Mrs. Mercedes Thomlinson of Tampa, Mrs. Olympia Ferrer and Mrs. Rosa Curry, both of Ft. Myers, and eight grandchildren.

Funeral mass will be at 9 a.m. CHARLES E. GILBERT Funeral service for Charles Gilbert, 51, of 2670 Jackson answer" and "talk to my found in a shallow grave in a field heavily covered with dense brush and palmetto scrub Sunday. Alachua County Sheriff's Lt. Ron Stanley said the warrant was being served on Willie Sam win us neia raosy II p.m.

at LeOM W. Engelhardt Funeral Home was Powell's only Rev. Joe H. Courson officiating. In ferment will be in Fort Myers Ceme tery.

Pallbearers will be comment on leaving the court. One of his lawyers was Edward Bennett Williams, who represented him in a criminal income tax case in 1960. Powell was acquitted then. Hendrix, Gerald Evans, Jake Murphy, Vine Burley, Leland Yeo mans and Warren Dees. Figures $hw High Tnprofures I ipextaal For Ooy'im Twa-tdoy uel Rivers in Columbus, where he was held in county jail on federal charges.

itl(4 fi No Ul Wednesday at St. Ann Catholic RUDOLPH JOHNS Church, Scripture service will be ati Funeral service for Rudolph 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Earl G.IJohns, 68. 1120 Palm North Stanley said the gravesite was Powell, a Harlem Democrat, Hodges Funeral Chapel. Visiting was excluded from his Housed two blocks from Lincoln High CAROL PERSONS School where Rivers went to WEATHER FORECAST Rain Is expected Tuesday through the plateaus, Florida and Texas Gulf Coast.

It will be cooler in the Plains area and warmer in the Mississippi Valley, New England and Pacific Northwest. (AP Wirephoto Map) seat last March. i-ort Myers, will be held today at 10 a.m. from the Harvey Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Gordon Price, pastor North Fort Myers Baptist Church, officiating.

Burial will ba hours will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 at the Hodges Funeral Home. Burial will be in Fort Myers Cemetery Wednesday. Also with Powell was Jean school. The white and pink striped dress Mrs. Persons was Camper Cahn, who has been 3 p.m.

in oak Cemetery, Wau ichula, Pla. wearing the day she vanished RALPH R. DENIEN Ralph R. Denien, 67, of 3105 S.E. 17th Place, Cape Coral, died Mon one of the principal legal advisers in his fight against ex Young Billfold Snafcher Sought Al 11-year-old boy was the Local Skies was found in the grave beside Schedule of the Tides for Today her, Stanley said.

HOWARD M. MILLER Howard M. Miller, 71, 333 Pon-della North Fort Myers, died Sunday. Retired from the Wheeling day in Lee Memorial Hospital. He came to Cape Coral in 1966 from clusion by the House.

That case is now in the Court of Appeals Rivers left Gainesville Aug. Indianapolis. Ind. He was a Navy (Times computed eastern standard. Add one hour (or daylight time.) 18 to stay with relatives in Don- ubkh trie rcauroao, he came here veteran of World War I and a mem for the District of Columbia.

ber of the Fort Myers Chapter of subject of a city police search Monday after the boy removed a billfold containing $200 from a seven years ago from Toledo, Ohio He was a member of the Rabe O. the Experimental Aircraft Associa alsonville, Stanley said. He was charged with assaulting a postal Low Wilkinson Post No. 38 American tion and the Airplane Owners Pilots Association and the Amerl- a a Legion, Local No. 790 40 and For several months a grand jury has been looking into possible violation of the laws by Powell and possibly others in 3:24 p.m.

woman's purse at the Dunbar employe at Donalsonville on voiture, National Association of Aug. 29, Stanley said. .14 p.m. 0f Cape Coral. He was a member Sunset today 7:36 p.m., Sunrise tomorrow 7:12 a.m., Moon-set tomorrow 2: 13 a.m., Full moon (Harvest Moon) Sept.

18. Prominent star: Capella, in northeast at moonset. Visible planets: Saturn, rises 8:50 p.m., Mars, sets 11:03 p.m., Venus, rises 5:52 a.m., Jupiter, above Venus. High 6:50 a.m. 8:00 a.m.

6:12 a.m. 11:18 p.m. 9:00 a.m. 10:10 a.m. 9:24 a.m.

2:48 p.m connection with his use of Boca Grande Bokeelia Bonita Beach Cape Coral Edison Bridge Everglades Stanley said Rivers denied any knowledge of the Persons Variety Store, 2754 Anderson Monday morning. Chief Burl Underhill said the boy left his home at the usual 7:14 p.m. rcetirea ana Veteran Railway Employees, the A A.R.P. of Fort Myers. Holy Name Society and St Francis Xavler Catholic Church Surviving Is his wife.

Mrs. Mamie Miller. Funeral arrangements will h. n. also of the Cape Coral Civic Association.

He is survived by his widow. Ella R. Denien; sons, Walter K. and John R. of Indianapolis; a brother.

public funds while he was 8:24 p.m. slaying. chairman of the House Educa 4:03 a.m. Investigators found the crude tion and Labor Committee. nounced later by the Harvey Fu Leonard of California, a sister, Mrs Ruby Edenfield of Jacksonville seven grandchildren.

jly-dug grave Sunday after infor- neral nome. There are some 2.500 dif- mation was received from one Friends may call from 7 to 9 time Monday morning to go to school but instead went to the variety store where the billfold was stolen from the purse of Mrs. Bernice Coachman. At 8:30 p.m. Monday the ferent types of mineral to be of the 400 persons interviewed 7:15 p.m.

3:48 p.m. 3:38 p.m. 2:38 p.m. 4:48 p.m. 6:54 p.m.

3:28 p.m. 2:08 p.m. tonight at the Cape Coral Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. 12:42 a.m.

in the case. Weather Yesterday EDWARD WILFRED DOYLE Funeral service for Edward Wl. fred Dovle. 67. 1210 Walps Drive were held Monday.

Funeral were under th direction of the Harvey Funeral Home. Ft. Myers Bch. 7:12 a.m. Marco 7:02 a.m.

Naples 6:02 a.m. 11:08 p.m. Pine Is. Bridge 8:12 a.m. Punta Gorda 9:10 a.m.

Punta Rassa 6:52 a.m. 11:58 p.m. Sanibel 5:32 a.m. 10:38 p.m. Strong Tide.

found in rocks. They range from the popular finds such as Mrs. Persons and her husband imica, pyrite, calcite and quartz were both graduate students in psychology at the university. police were still looking for the youth. In Fort Myers Sept.

11: High to sulphur crystals so HARRY W. WATKINS NAPLES Harry W. Watkins, 68. of 2131 Pineland Ave. died Sunday night at Naples Community Hospital.

He was a retired fireman from Toledo. Ohio and had lived in Naples Ycutfiful Driver delicate that the heat of a handjThey moved to Gainesville last twill crack them. Recently aSeptember from Columbus, Sir Thomas Lipton was Iden Bl, low 77, humidity (per cent) 91 at 6 a.m., 62 at 1 p.m. Rain: 1.2 inches. Temperatures elsewhere: for 15 years.

tified with the sport of yacht He is survived by his wife, Nettie; TAMPA Fla IP! Carlo Colorado woman picked a 50-jOhio, where they attended Ohio Escribano' began his driving white topaz WOrth 2'000- State University- racing. Hazardous Areas To Get Service two sons, William Watkins of Toledo and Edward Watkins of Fresno. California; two brothers and eioht grand children. an early age. He started the Albany 68 37 Louisville 76 SO engine in his father's car which Friends mav call at the Earl Broward Will Close Schools (from Page Alpena, Mich 69 30 Memphis 83 61 Horlpes Funeral Chapel from 2-4 had been parked in a Amarlllo 89 60 Meridian 83 66 Ashevllle 68 57 Milwaukee 65 49i and 6-8 p.m.

on Tuesday. (From Page f) Atlanta 70 64 Mobile 88 70 Atlantic City 64 58 Montgomery 85 70 FREOPRICK R. MOORE CHARLOTTE HARBOR Fred Baltimore 68 47 Montreal 63 38 supermarket parking lot. The vehicle rolled across the lot and rammed into a station wagon. Five-year-old Carlos was startled but unhurt.

79 59 ing the summer the minimum erick R. Moore 57, of 714 Pal 83 66 Nashville metto died early Monday in 85 50 New Orleans 86 68 distance from which a child mooning cniei executive was oi 3u new TorK wi could live from a school and 61 47 Norfolk 69 61 constantly calling from Sarasota Memorial Hosoital. He was born in Brockton. came to Charlotte Harbor nine years at(0 from Concord, Mass. He was a member of the Episcopal Church of iHp(! 67 39 Philadelphia 74 52 60 34 Phoenix 102 76 Germany to get the latest on the school situation and the still get service was increased to two miles from a mile and a half due to a shortage of buses 78 65 Pittsburgh 68 41 Tomatoes are the No.

1 truck 63 55 Portland, M. 64 45 hurricanes. crop in the United States; lettuce ranks second. and funds. "If I could give you a $6,000 77 49 Portland, O.

69 56 72 43 Richmond 66 51 70 42 St. Louis 77 47 86 66 St. Paul 76 48 85 48 Salt Lake 81 66 81 50 San Antonio 89 64 "We haven't made Birmingham Bismarck Boise Boston Buffalo Burlington Chattanooga Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dallas Denver Des Moines Detroit Duluth Fresno Houston Indianapolis Kansas City Knoxvllle Little Rock Los Angeles anvjsalary schedule today I'd sign decisions," he said. "We have the papers while I'm standing 72 44 San Diego 82 69 taken a special deal to help out in front of you," Ashmore the Good Shepherd in Punta Gorda. He was one of the officers of the Eolscooal Men's Club and a member nf the Punta Gnrda Masonic Lodpe No.

115 PAAM. Surviving are the wMow. Mrs. l.ue'la H. Mnnre nf Oharlntt Harbor; two rtaiiohtors.

Mrs. Rail nf Lanrttnwn. Pa. and Miss Roberta Jean Moore of Charlotte Harbor: a sister. Mrs Gladys Younp of West Concord.

Mass. Services will be held Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the Kays Funeral Home in Charlotte Harbor with the Pun-' 93 59 son Juan 82 76 the hazardous areas until FLOWERS For All Occasions LIBBY'S FLOWERS 1530 N. Trail WY 5-2082 told the teachers. "I'll make you a promise that if in the millage election in November 2 J.

decision can be made." Future 65 37 deliberations may include areas much closer than a mile and 90 70 Savannah 77 49 Seattle 85 60 Toronto 72 60 Washington 81 60 Wichita 92 70 Wilmington 7 68 half, and steps to have the the people of this county choose not to support education in the manner in which we deem it WiEbI JfDJlAE The Number One at Gorda Masonic Lodge in charge county help remove hazards are FLORIDA CITIES Funeral service will be Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Episcopal Church of When You Plan To Mevt being considered, Moore said. should be, Myron Ashmore's Ml the faood Shepherd in Punta Gorda The service cut had all sorts resignation will be the first to with Father H. Benton Ellis officiat of reactions from parents in ing. Burial will be in the Charlotte ft Apalachlcola 83 72 Orlando 90 75 Fort Laud.

98 78 Pensarala 85 69 Gainesville 87 71 St. Pete 91 78 Jacksonville 84 70 Tallahassee 89 73 Key West 90 83 Tampa 92 73 Lakeland 89 73 W. Palm Bch 89 81 Harbor cemetery. Pallbearers are J. G.

Addison C. P. Sparks, U. S. Cleveland, J.

hit the floor come June of this year," Ashmore said. Only $50 Apart The Broward County different neighborhoods when school opened, all because of alleged safety hazards. One was Cook, S. E. Johnson, H.

Mac- Gibbon and George Orpin. mil Classroom Teacher's Association and the school board MRS. GERTRUDE B. MILLER HARBOR HEIGHTS Mrs. Ger trude B.

Miller, 80, of Tarpon Ter reportedly were only $50 apart Auto Strike Sure To Pass One Week; More Talks Slated a threat to boycott Bonita Springs Elementary beginning Monday, and apparently some mothers are doing so. Principal Jim Baker said the school had 35 absentees Mon race In Harbor Heights died Mon in the salary proposal, ine day afternoon. She was born in St. Louis. and came to Harbor Heights nine years ago from there.

She was a board proposed a $5,650 base pay contingent on a millage election in November. The teachers would get $5,508 im day, far more than normal for member of the Harbour Heights Methodist Church, The Harbour Heights Garden Club and the Har bour Heights Civic Association. She was a retired kindergarten teacher. mediately and the rest retroactive to the start of the school year if voters approved. the 175 students enrolled, ana some of them were from the area north of the narrow Imperial River bridge where the boycott was threatened.

Surviving are her husband. Dick C. Miller of Harbour Heights and sister, Mrs. Roselle Gunter of CTA President David Pierce Seal Beach, Calif. said the group wanted an im Funeral arrangements will be announced by Kays Funeral Home In Charlotte Harbor.

mediate raise to $5,650 with no strings attached and another GINGER DETROIT IT) The United Auto Workers Union and Ford Motor Co. agreed Monday to return to the bargaining table at 2 p.m. Friday assuring that the UAW's current strike against the 25-state Ford empire will last more than a week. The union's 159,000 Ford members have been striking across the country since last Wednesday midnight in support of new contract demands. The company and the union broke off negotiations when the previously announced Wednesday midnight strike deadline $50 if the county commission ARTHUR MERRILL BARNHART Arthur Merrill Barnhart.

86. 1345 Four in Hospital After Accident Four of the nine persons in-inrpri Sundav afternoon near approved a four per cent Rio Vista died Monday. A retired "FRAGRANT MEMORIES LINGER" Wire Flowers "Anywh.re" In The Free Nire Sunday OX 4-3188 2nd at Fowler EO 5-2571 emergency increase in property taxes for this year. electrical engineer, he came here 16 years ago from Amboy. III.

Surviving is his wife, Mrs. Grace Barnhart. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by the Harvey Funeral Home. LAWN and GARDEN TRACTOR NOWS THE TIME TO BUY SHELEY E. WILLIS BOmia apimgs ill an aiviuti.ii in which one was killed, re-jJtOte ASSOCIDIIOli mained in Lee Memorial Hos- i pital Monday night.

Still in crit- Head Will ipeOK leal condition was Benton Mer-U uAltk Shelev Willis. RA nf Mnhil Comments from the book by Haven Estates, died Monday. passed without a new had lived here for the past three years Gaylord Hauser: "Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall." VII IIICIIIUI liCUUM Survivors include his widow. Haz cer, 2-month-oId son of Mr. and Mrs.

Willie Jack Mercer of Bon el B. Willis of Fort Myers; Resumption on Friday was agreed upon at a conference Dr. Robert Vinson, president son, Lt. Col Richard G. Willis, 2 Year Warranty Air Force Base, San An Big Selection of Size and Price elect of the Florida Association between Malcolm L.

Denise, ita Springs. Reported in good condition a daughter, Mrs. Be Ford vice-president-labor rela for Mental Health, win oe tne were Mercer with facial cuts; tions, and Ken Bannon, the guest speaker at the Lee Coun- SAY IT WITH Allan uraaiora, oi trice' M.nta1 Hpalth Association in- UAW's Ford director. By Becky It is essential to the firm-n and health of gums Asked if anything else was Street with a chest injury, andjstallatIon banquet Sept 20. George Brown Jr 20, of 1819 The banquet will begin at 7:30 Palm Ave.

with a broken arm. at thp Fnrt Mvprs rnUntrv agreed upon, Denise laughingly told newsmen: "Yes that we are far apart." and teeth; it i- FLOWERS CARL GURTHA'S FLOWER SHOPPE We Wire Flowers 3250 Cleveland Ave. WE 6-1954 The accident happened when, It js open t0 interested car anven uy oiauy moi-, as association members, at a charge of $2.25 is an aid to the health of capillary walls and thus to the prevention of shell, 19, of 2707 Mango crashed head-on into the Mer per person. Dr. Vinson, a Vero Beach I cer car which was stopped to The average supermarket stocks no more than one-sixth of the 38,000 separate brands, sizes and flavors of products available.

make a left turn. Marshell died, varicostics and the occasion pediatrician, has been active for several vears in the mental from injuries he received. health association. He will al small patches of broken surface capillaries or black and blue marks that mar the skin. It helps to guard against infections, colds, al lergies.

Recent research also shows that vitamin is need ed for the health of connec speak on the role of the association in development of comprehensive community mental health services. Tickets for the dinner may be obtained from Mrs. Frank Chubbuck and Mrs. Joseph J. Pre-Genzer in Fort Myers; Mrs.

Donn Kavanaugh at Fort Myers Beach; Mrs. George J. Mailly in Cape Coral and Mrs. Keith Pase in Lehigh Acres. tive tissue which cushions ARE SO NECESSARY KINZIE'S Rose Gardens FLORIST We Telegraph Flowers 2900 Second St.

ED 4-1149 MODEL LI 07 157 wum nissj' siiij MODEL 657 07 jitlP MODEL 1177 1077 Complete Service Parts LI bones and joints and gives suppleness to posture and grace to body movement. Remember that vitamin must be taken every day since the 11 The News-Press Manufacturer Says: "REPEAT AUGUST SPECIALS" NEW MODEL HEARING AIDS Tiny "in the ear" 70 Hr. Battery Life $179.00 No. 100A "over the ear" ISO Hr. Battery Life $169.00 No.

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Fla. Mail address P. O. Box are: Kosenip, citrus fruits, black currants, berries, pine ID, 33902. Telephone EDison 4-2351 for all apple, avocadoes, tomatoes, Departments except classified advertising.

EDison 4-2401. green peppers, bean sprouts, News Bureaus Naples 456 N. all green leafy vegetables. Vitamin is also available in concentrated form, ascorbic acid or Rosehips in tablet lamiami Trail, Midway 2-9043. Punta Gorda, 123 Sullivan NEptuna 9-2856.

Subscription Rate By mail or carrier, payable In advance. Daily and Sunday: One year 23.40, six montha (11.70. three months $5 85. Sunday only, bv mall ana vaar form. BECKY'S HEALTH FOOD MART at the corner of JACK KB III I r- Av HI SON AND MAIN STREETS IN DOWNTOWN FORT MY POWER MOWERS, Inc.

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Member of The Associated Press. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all local news printed In this newspaper as wall as all AP news dispatches. Entered as aecond class matter at the Post Office at Forr Myers, Fit, 3 i O. BOX 1169 PHONE AREA 813 En uui SsHntV and Fannie May Candies to 6. Phone ED 4-3634.

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