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lit 8 TH OURN AL AND OURIE RL AA YE EIN riday Evening January 3 1969 4 AND CLINTON COUNTY i tW' Dozen Win Yule Decorations ade Speeding ine Stewardess in ABC SHOE STORE sREHM'SM 4 $7225 1: 6 OTHER STYLES $1295 to $1595 Trash Compactor Vote Runs 'Amuck' in Council Meeting That Christmas spirit was fading Thurs day as city employes began taking down the Christmas trees which adorned the Court as re house Square over the holidays Passers by pay little attention now to the discarded decorations (Staff Photo) Judith Stewart daughter of Mrs Carolyn Stewart 2401 Happy Hollow Road recently graduated from Pan American World Airways stewardess school She is based at Miami la and flies on jets to South America and Europe Judith was graduated from Purdue University last June This unny SHOE STORE HOURS MON and 9:38 AM TNI PM OTHER AM JIII 5 PM COLOR ILM PROCESSING Tomorrow At Purdue 0 Drinking Driving Charges Net $64 RANKORT Charles Thompson 48 of Rt 1 paid a total of $64 in the Justice of Peace Court of Otto Love less riday He was fined $25 plus costs of $1825 for drunken driving and $5 plus $16 costs for public in toxication In addition Love less suspended op license for a year He was picked up about 5:30 pm Thursday by Trooper Young and held in Clinton Coun ty Jail overnight You needn't worry about anyphe taking over your job i it's been abolished' Medals On Calves Six drivers paid fines on a variety of traffic charges in ap pearances in City Court Thurs day Mats Sjostrand 24 of 115 South St was assessed $7225 on a speeding charge Judge Charles Kemmer withheld judgment on a charge of run ning a stop sign A third charge on which Sjostrand was arrested a red was not filed in court John Booth 21 of 2501 Sol diers Home Road was assessed $4225 on a reckless driving count Keith McLaughlin 22 of 204 Lindbergh Road paid $3225 on a charge of making a false accident report James Hession 21 of 1625 Purdue St Lafayette a i $2325 on a charge of stopping in a prohibited zone on State Street Terrance Grogan 20 of Rt 13 paid $2225 bn a charge of making an improper turn John Hicks 16 of 1016 22nd St Lafayette was as sessed $2325 on a charge of fol lowing too closely behind an other vehicle which resulted an accident OVERMAN BROS CONTRACTORS Biullderi of Towne House Apartments Salisbury ad Robinson Hospital News Clinton County Hospital dismissals: Mrs John Clinger and daughter 250 1st St Mrs Russell Cox Rt 1 orest Mrs James Scott 601 Jackson St Mrs Charles Stine Rt 5 Paul Decker 561 Armstrong St Mrs Charles Warburton Lebanon RANKORT Twelve Clin ton County winners of 1968 Hoo sier Gold Medal Calf Club awards from the Animal Science Department atr Purdue Univer sity have been named To draw awards winners had to be members of the Indiana Livestock Improvement Associ ation and had to exhibit high ranking animals in'one or more 1968 Gold Medal shows Receiving gold medals were: Mike Pulley' Rt 6 Tom Selke Michigantown George Woods and sons Rt 4 and the Miller brothers Rt 1 Silver medals were given to Robert Grimes and family Rt 4 Martin Pearcy and son Rt 5 Joe Stillwell and family Rt 5 and Donnal Walker and family also of Rt 5 Winning bronze medals were: Rex Marlatt and family Rt 4 James Neal and family Rt 4 William Ramsey and' sons Rt 6 and Michael Stillwell Rt 5 St Ward Underwood Arthur Maish and Marsh voted in favor and Delmar Johnson who supported it the first time was absent Without comment Mayor Brown supported the issue soon as the tie vote was corded DEAD NEXT VOTE? There was some indication among city officials that the or dinance may not pass on third reading at the next meeting if it does not no one is sure just SATURDAY 8 am to 5 Hoosier Chapter meeting of the Soil Conservation So defy of America 214 Memorial Cen ter Closed conference 9 am to 3 NDEA History Seminar 322 Memorial Center Closed conference? IB Refunds Await 'Oedipus' Ticket Holders Ticket refunds for perfor mances of canceled last month are avail able until Jan 13 at the Loeb Playhouse box office? Three performances had to be dropped Dec 18 19 and 20 because of a cast ill ness A self addressed stamped en velope along with the tickets can be mailed to the box of fice Loeb Playhouse University The i University Theater said it regretted any inconvenience and asked ticket buyers with questions to call the university what could be done There is the possibility tih a another means of financing the machine could be found I City officials have announced no progress on a proposed plan to ask the county commission ers to share in payment of the machine An option discussed under that would be to charge Rossville land Mulberry more each year to use the dump The City Council unanimous ly approved on all three read ings Thursday an electric utili ty revenue bond ordinance to finance the new $2 million gen erating plant expansion pro gram The ordinance had been passed late in 1968 but was processed again since bonds had not been sold before the new year arrived WT City Court Nets $30000 Income During 1968 Poor driving and law break ing in West Lafayette during i 1968 provided the city with $5000 more income than in 1967 Russell Harshbarger clerk treasurer said Judge CharlesB City Court opera 11008 brought in a total in fines last year i The 1967 total in fines and 'costs was $25000 Harshbarger said The population growth "provided extra income in otherareas too During 1968 income from doglicenses zipped to $1495 as con trasted to a total income of $913 "during 1967 Last year building permit fees amounted to $6281 as compared to $5987 during 1967 These fig lures more readily reflect the growth i The city also registered more bicycles in 1968 Total bicyclq registration: fees amounted compared with total income $240 for registering bikes during 1967 i riday RANKORT City Council opposition to the purchase of a $55000 trash compactor in creased Thursday night when members cast a 3 3 vote on sec ond reading of an ordinance Wmch would allow borrowing money to pay for it Mayor James Brown broke the tie by votihg in favor of the ordinance which would al low the Board of Works and Public Safety to advertise for bids from lending institutions ATE UNCERTAIN The fate of the new yellow compactor at the city dump and the plans for a sani tary landfill operation there were uncertain In the event the ordinance fails to pass on third reading at the Janz 15 meeting it is conceivable the monster ma chine may have to be shipped back to the dealer At the Dec 11 meeting the ordinance barely gained passage on first reading by a 3 2 vote with Councilmen Ralph Hin shaw and James Young voting no and Councilmen John Marsh and Gilbert Clemens absent Before voting against the or dinance again Thursday night Hinshaw said he did not ap prove of the haste by which plans were to acquire a compactor and said he feels some other plan could have been worked out at less cost Councilman Young again voted no and he was joined by Gil bert 1 ejm ts Councilmen Patron Thought Beauty Shop Theft Suspect RANKORT The Kay Ma rie Salon of Beauty 313 Kent wood Drive was robbed of an estimated $211 just before the shop Was closed on New Eve it was learned today Mrs Katherine Moore said the money bag containing cash and checks was stolen from her business partner Mrs Mary Johnson There were four operators and several customers in the shop when the theft was dis covered about 5:50 pm Tues day A woman who had had her hair done is suspected of picking up the bag of money At least one of the checks has been cashed in rankfort and returned to the bank Mrs Moore reported 7' City Police reportedly have been investigating but have not released any in 9 Couples Are Licensed To Marry RANKORT Nine mar riage applications were filed in the office of Clinton County Clerk Lucille Wooffendale over the Christmas and New lolidays They are Alan Brent North '20 US Army Scircleville and Linda Sue Bombei 17 Clinton Prairie pupil of Rt 6 Joe Coapstick Doan 24 engi neer of Griffith and Alice Lu cille Howard 21 student of 752 Glendale St Alan rederick Campbell 21 Kokomo and Mary Jane Pugh 20 of Kirklin Purdue students William George Smith Jr 21 Marine of Baltimore Md and rankie Ann Hoskins 21 fac tory employe of 408 Wash ington St William Harold Eldridge 24 mechanic of 858 Rossville Ave and Glenola Mae Larson 35 laundry employe of 658 Jack son St Wayne Lee Orem 21 US Army of Michigantown and Linda Lou Corwin 18 secretary of Kirklin Robert Lee Hailman 26 mechanic of 1001 Paris St and rances Louise Arnold 29 of 1007 Paris St Jerry Robert Bradley 20 of Rt 3 and Anita Beth Carney 20 of Sheridan Ball State Uni versity students Ronald Dean Ross 22 of 601 Main St and Linda Dianne Ross 22 of 851 Hawthorne Ave factory employes AST 'HIGH QUALITY PHOTO INISHING ONE DAY BLACK WHITE TWO DAY COLOR Animal Sciences and the ood Sciences Institute at Purdue University have announced plans for a one week short course in dairy manufacturing March 30 April 5 The purposes of the short course will be to give plant foreman and supervisors a bet ter understanding of the dairy industry and the basic prin ciples of dairy technology The course will emphasize proper processing techniques of fluid milk cultured products ice cream and cottage cheese manufacture sanitation an quality control as well as good management and' personnel practices The short course will be con ducted by Emeritus Prof Dr Malcolm Trout Michigan State University Emeritus Prof Dr Herreid' University of Illinois members of the Pur due staff and guest lecturers from industry Enrollment is open' to anyone in dairy or allied fields but will be limited to 30 on a first come basis A registration fee to cover the cost of the short course will be charged urther information on regis tration may be obtained from Prof Roy Stein Purdue University Department of Ani mal Sciences Smith Hall MURRAY MOBILE HOME SALES 52 Bypass Across rom State Police Post PHONE 743 4483 Wes Owner? Short Circuit A short circuit in a water pipe heating device led to a fire run to an apartment building at 460 Littleton St at 9 am Thursday West Lafayette firemen said damage was confined to the heating tape wrapped around the pipe The building is owned by Wolever THE CLINIC I much is 2 plus The student answers The machine types a or as the teacher wishes The student tries again or if the strategy so dictates the ma chine may branch taking the student back through some ear lier1 steps to provide more fun damental instruction before ask ing the question again Now the studept answers cor rectly into the micro phone' The tells him he is correct goes on to pose another question and finally in structs him on a new assign ment system demonstrates that we can break the voice Swallow says we want eventually is natural ness coming': as close af posr sible to the human teaching situation of voice communica tion while going beyond it in terms of what individualized in struction machines can make He is already busy on im provements for successful rec og i i 0 and matching of phrases and has hopes to devise machine adaptability having listened briefly to an individual student the machine can quick ly determine his preculiar speech characteristics and auto matically modify its filtering mechanism to accommodate Thieves Strike' Motel Two 7 Theft of a television set from a motel and thefts from twoapartment buildings were re ported to police Thursday Herbert A Hicks manager of 200 Brown St re Jported the theTt of an 18 inch RCA color television set from a room 1 Police' said a check revealed that the last occupants of theroom a man woman and child had registered under a ficticious name and gave a phony license plate number The set was valued at $300 Marjorie Dailey 2501 Sol diers Home Road reported the theft of $50 worth of miscellane ous items from a storage Jfrea in her apartment A similar theft was reportedby Kathleen A Baumgartner2550 Yeager Road She said a sewing machine worth was taken from a storage "area in her apartment building A 1REITWIESER Oww 34t STATI ST LAAYETTE IND i The first completely voice controlled teaching machine is going through its paces in an 'electrical engineering laboratory at Purdue University A new kind of educational de vice the voice controlled" elec tronic system could be a sub system for what its developerProf Ronald Swallow fore sees as a whole new kind of educational tool He is encouraged by success 'with the present system de scribed in the January issue rom Schools of Engineering pub lication since voice control rep resents a critical link with spe cial problems He is convinced the machine will be as feasible to produce as it is desirable tohave The core to the pro is a hand me down dlgi 'tal computer linked to a mem ory unit a filtering system Swallow wired together anda microphone The objective: Al low a teacher to record answers and store them in computer memoty permit a student his answers and have "the computer judge the matchbetween the two WEIGHT A PROBLEM Sounds simple But words are fmade up of segments some long and drawn out some briefEqual weight must be given State Street Stop Costs $2325 Two drivers were assessed fines Thursday in Traffic Viola tions Bureau at City Hall Sing Ho Le 25 of 106 1 Mar ried Student Courts Purdue paid $2325 on a charge of run ning a red light Richard Swank 17 Rt 8 was assessed $2325 on a charge of stopping in traffic on Sfate Street in violation of a city ordi nance prohibiting stopping and standing WEAR State at Northwestam i Lafayatte 743 2578 4 This Machine Talks West Lafayette and Purdue Damage Set At $17000 Journal and Courier State News ROSSVILLE An estimated $17000 damage was caused when the bam at the William Combs farm caught fire New Day Rossville firemen said they thought the blaze was caused by overloaded water heater wiring They saved the milking parlor The Rossville United Method ist Church will hold meetings throughout January The pro grams on missions will begin at 7 pm Sunday with Mr and Mrs Oris Wright 4f Vin cennes speakers you see it but you feel it in Cradle Step MOLDED INSOLE LOOKING for the UNUSUAL? See the Lava Lite Aon display at 406 MAIN ST DOWNTOWN HIDDEN COMORT And Stores Answers both types for recognition Too there are many voice variations between speakers and a teach er must be allowed to irecord his answers regardless of wheth er his voice patterns arerep resentative enough of all voice patterns male female south ern Bostonian Swallow designed a filtering system to accommodate the va riations a technique he calls saw sequence searching" which would look for and find what should be corresponding parts of a word no matter how uttered by a speaker (The system as it operates to day uses a computer and filter bank at a remote location ca bled to an electric typewriter and microphone As a word is spoken into the microphone it is broken up into a sequence of frequency patterns If the word is part of the original input (an answer) it is stored in the If the word is a answer the machine compares to that which has been stored In addition 'the teacher can type in text questions and coded instructions to tell the machine to out test ma terial and questions in proper order for the student then wait after each question until it gets an answer by voice or example a question could Short Course In Dairying Scheduled The Department of MIDWEST 8AEKMR0S WELCOME HERE SchoolUnit Meets In ivjiuiperry Journal and Courier State Newt MULBERRY Thirty one persons from a five county area attended the annual dinner $nd party of Parents and riends Chapter 4 of the ort Wayne State School in the' social rooms of the United Methodist Church Mr and Mrs Ora Hawkins were hosts After the' dinner and meeting Roy lannery of Lebanon showed slides of a cross country bicyple trip Members of the Mulberry Mothers Club met with Mrs Robert Jones and Mrs Ken neth Beisecker Mrs Timothy Dirbus was a new member Guests were Girl Scout lead ers Mrs Stephen Brier Mrs Sue Good MrsixPat Neihouse Mrs Jean Davis Mrs Richard Mahan Mrs James Stinson and Mrs Paul Weflen Mrs Almond Harshman gave a talk on Christmas plate The next tneetipg will be in the home of Mrs William Smith for the March of Dimes program Mr and Mrs V' Culbert son attended a' dinner party of the Horseless Carriage Club in Speedway They also i sited Mrs sister Mrs Mary Garrett in Indianapolis Mrs Bertha Combs spent sev eral weeks with her son John Combs' and family of Miami Springs la Mrs Joseph aust near Michigantown is convalescing in the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Paul Whiteman Mrs aust recently underwent open heart surgery in an Indianap olis hospital Mr and Mrs Culbertson have been visiting Mr and Mrs Clyde Linton of St Petersburg la and Mrs Glen Culbertson of ort Lauderdale la Mr and Mrs Richard Dei ter and son Mount Vernon Ill are visiting their parents Mr and Mrs Eugene Deiter and daugh ter Mr and Mrs Richard Jaily and family and Mrs jecklitner Mr and Mrs Blanchard Sprun ger and daughters Champaign Ill visited Mrs mother Mrs Artus Burkhalter Mr and Mrs Bradley Troxel and daughter Bloomington spent the holidays with their parents Mr and Mrs Harold Troxel and Mr and Mrs Ralph Niebrand of rankfort Mr and Mrs Lynn Poppe and amily are visiting in Doran Minn and airmount ND Miss Jo Ella Rider Long Beach Calif spent the holi days visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Russell Rider Mr and Mrs rank ratus of about it Germantown NY were guests of their granddaughter Mrs Alan Nees and family Miss Linda Clendenning stu dent at the Indiana University School of Nursing visited her parents Mr and Mrs John Joe Clendenning Mr and Mrs Greene resno Calif and Dr and Mrs 1 Stewart and sons Tern pie City Calif are visiting Mrs Blanche Stewart and Mr and Mrs Kenneth Schiery and family Mr and Mrs Alvin ickle and son Galesburg Ill visited mother Mrs Doris ickle Alva Clendenning is a patient in St Elizabeth Hospital La fayette and Mrs Harold Stew art has been dismissed from Home Hospital Lafayette John Glick student at rank lin College is visiting his par ents Mr and Mrs William Glick i 1 I 1 5 I i ISI I as srs 1 HI 4 ta 1 1 i ffl 8 At i Ml MT i I II: I il blillHIIllllfikilllllllnilllllll 1 II I ii liiiB Ji' Jinwf ill hl Hill II mill i iiip i iNflRlKilh 1 iIiiliIjmiImB i ill! it IIMM I i I li III 1 li I 1 1 I li Il 1 In 1 il I bl Bwn I ufBl nl II yli I '1 I il I I MlHll nil I HBI 1 I Ily UaU I lM I i I iiUnlil ill MiB MM lllill III i III I Mil IllllliOd 1 Hili Illii SSHBiWB "fir ifiyiiii Ji Ukv 1 fe fe A' 1 ip Aff1 jr Jit 1 1 1 frw Mw1 jliVkil''iiiiiW 0 Iiniinirr ft 1 j'r iW Av VC I I McNiugtat Syndicate Ine aim rnirwrrara ns mm 1.