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Page 2 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! There isn’t much more time to get that lette.- off to Santa Claua in time for Christmas. Each day The Citizen prints the letters which are sent to Santa in its care, and then places them in a special mail bag and sends them to Santa at Toyland, North Pole, by special airplane. Letters will be published which are in The Citizen office in time to be printed before Christmas. If your letter arrives too late to be published, it will be placed in a last-minute special mail bag and rush ad to Santa anyway. Dear Santa, Will you please bring me a foot ball suit and a carpenter play set. I also want two guns. I am six years old. Thank you, Santa. Love, Alfonso Manuel 5-F Fort Village Dear Santa Claus, 1 want a doll and a pair of skates. I want some books too. I hope you are happy too. I am hap py too. Santa Claus. I have been good sometimes. Love, Nancy Peacock 807 Fleming Dear Santa Claus, I am a good boy. I want a paint ing set for Christmas. 1 hope that you have a very merry Christmas. I hope that I get the painting set for Christmas from you. Love, Heriberto Figueroa, Jr. Dear Santa Claus, 1 am trying to be good so that I will get my Christmas toys. I will hang up my stocking so you put something in it. Please come to my house this year too. My Christmas tree is all ready for you. Love, Dana Gallagher Naval Station, Quarters H Dear Santa Claus, “Zippy” Chimp Howdy Doody’s buddy; Ring ‘n' Buzz toy switch board; walking-talking robot; life like marionette Howdy Doody; medical kit; nurse kit; Hoy Rog fKiTTI IRK3 WEST'S OH TM Logun s Lobster House W ishes Everyone A Merry CHRISTMAS and Extends A Cordial Invitation to Our Family Christmas Dinner WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS $2.50 As Alnays . Those Who II ant The Best Go To LOGIN'S In Our Teek-A-Tan Room Hector Barroso s Quartet For Your Dancing and Listening Pleasure Free Parking Simonton-on-the-Ocean Thursday, Dacambar 23, T 954 SANTA’S Mail Box i ,rs clay set; walking doll, ward robe with steel trunk; 4-room ranch house; ironing board and electric iron; doll’s laundry set; costume jewelry craft; aluminum bake set; formula set; dishwash set; American plastic bricks; bi cycle; beauty case. Dorothy Diane Booth 817 Fleming St. Dear Santa Claus, I have done some good things around the year and hope I can do more good things next year. Here are some things I did. I help ed with the dishes, I made my bed and cleaned the table and a lot more things. Do you think I did a kit of things? Love, Gwendolyn Skoko 618 A Green St. ; Dear Santa Claus, How are you and your wife? I am feeling fine and so is my fami ly. I have done some good things around the year. I have made my bed, helped with the dishes and fed my dog and a few' other things : like that. Love always, Brenda Jenkins P.O. Box 342 1 Dear Santa, My name is Billy Low r e. lam 4'/2 years old. 1 have tried very hard to be a good boy For Christ mas I would like a cowboy suit, guns, boots, drum, a blackboard and some chalk. Thank you for the toys you brought last year. I love t you. There will be milk and cook ies on the table for you. Love, Billy Lowe 816 Francis St. Dear Santa Claus, f am ft good girl who wants a cap gun because my big brother Lynne w'on’t let me play with his. He is not good. i want sorAe sweaters and a long ladies nightgown. I help my mother and get good , grades at aschool. Bring Lynne 1 something. Love, Carol Flood Age 8 68 Arthur Sawyer Road Dear santa, My name is Betty Davis. I am a good girl. Will you please bring me a pair of skates and a walkie talkie set. For my sister and bro thers, bring them something nice. Love, Betty J. Davis 1010 Howe St. Dear Santa, Thank you for the so many gifts you gave me last year. This year we would like a dolly that wets and some games, and most of all w r e want a real baby brother. We love you a lot, Janet and Pamey Gonzaga 165-B Poinciana Dear Santa, My name is John and my bro ther’s name is Edward. I wold like a Marine holster and gun, mitt, roller skates, big truck and flash light. Edward would like an In dian head dress, big truck, skates. Brother Bobbie a Mickey Mouse, Teddy Bear. Thank you for all the nice things you brought us last Xmas. There will be something for you near the tree. Love, Eddie, John and Bobbie 128-D Peary Court She Does OK Without Arms DALLAS, Tex. W lt doesn’t take two arms and two legs for an inquisitive youngster to find out what surprises Santa Claus has jr. store. Louise, the Waxahachie, Tex., baby born without arms and aban doned by her real parents, is doing all right with 10 nimble toes. Hardly had she finished with her big birthday party—she was 2 last Friday—than she began exploring for the gift-wrapped packages hid den in the home of her adopted parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Capps, of Scagoville, near here. She uses her nimble, sensitive toes as another child would fingers. Before Mrs. Capps knew what i was happening, Louise had found her No. 1 Christmas present—a i big doll with dark hair and black | eyes like Louise. Since then doll and girl can’t be separated. The other night the Capps heard a crash in the living room. Louise had climbed on top of the divan | and toppled the glittering Christ- I mas tree with her inquisitive toes : The tree has been righted but it ! leans slightly. Though Louise began life with a dark future, she now has loving parents and security. The Capps own a prosperous chicken farm. Louise is the legal owner of 200 healthy hens, whose eggs will pro duce an estimated $7,000 in cash l for her by the time she is 10. ' t Louise has many friends throughout the nation who want to help her. One friend. Col. Wes ley W'. Price, of Astoria. Ore., has been writing to Mrs. Capps about Louise since he read a newspaper story last August. The retired Army officer sent a musical rock ing chair that plays “Rockaby Baby” as a Christmas gift. But Louise found that too. Now she spends much of her time rock ing her Christmas doll in her Christmas rocker. Mother Is Shot In Family Row IRVINGTON, N. Y. <#-A 37- year-old mother was shot to death last night in front of her gaily decorated Christmas tree. Her hus band was booked qn a charge of second-degree murder. The victim. Veronica Cordeiro. j was decapitated by the shotgun blast. Authorities said there apparent ly had been a family argument. From the hysterical husband, Dan iel Anthony Cordeiro. 43, they pieced together a story in which ! he accused her of having failed to buy enough food for the chil dren. The Cordeiros lived in a care taker’s cottage on a large estate where they worked. IKE GREETS WORKERS WASHINGTON ufi— President Ei senhower will extend Christmas greetings to White House staff j members today and present them with replicas of his copy of a pot rait of George Washington by Gil bert Stuart. About 700 staff mem bers were invited to meet the President and Mrs. Eisenhower m the East Room. Benzine is derived from petro j leum and benezene from coaL Samuel Sheppard Is A Bitter, Shocked Young Man As He Waits For Word On Appeal; Pastor Reports On Visit To Jail Cell CLEVELAND <&—Shorn of com fort and prestige, a shocked and bitter young man sits alone today in his tiny county jail cell. Society has branded him a wife killer. He has been sentenced to j life. When judgment was passed Tuesday on osteopath Samuel Sheppard, his mortal life was spared. But the real day-by-day life of the once-prosperous, ath letic and socially prominent neuro surgeon may be ended, unless his lawyers find a way to undo the product of his grueling two-month long murder trial. His church pastor, the Rev. Al fred C. Kreke, says the handsome prisoner, who will be 31 next Wednesday, is still “bitter” over the findings of the jury, which took 102 hours to decide he was guilty of second-degree murder. The Rev. Mr. Kreke, who vis ited the osteopath yesterday, said Sheppard is “just amazed at the verdict.” He said Sheppard still wonders how the jury could have arrived at its verdict. “His social conduct was a very grave error,” the Rev. Mr. Kreke said, referring to Sheppard’s ad mitted extra marital affair with Susan Hayes, 24-year-old medical technician who once worked at the Sheppard family’s Bay View osteo path hospital. During the trial, the state pre sented the affair as a motive for the murder of Marilyn Sheppard, whose head was crushed by some 35 blows last July 4. Sheppard, while maintaining res olutely that he loved his wife,,told of rendezvous with Miss Hayes in parked cars, in a suburban apart ment near Cleveland, and for a week in California. “He is the first to say he re grets that,” the minister said aft er the visit. “He thinks that and other tfcings gave a twist to the whole picture and made things look bad for him.” But, the Rev. Mr. Kreke con tinued: “He couldn’t see how the jury could have reached their conclu sion on the basis of the evidence.” For the most part, Sheppard was a calm, unemotional witness who spoke in high-pitched even tones. Asa prisoner, he displays like control. “I was quite surprised he was making an adjustment as quickly as that,” the minister said. According to the sentence im posed, in 10 years from the time he leaves the county jail to enter the Ohio penitentiary, Sheppard will become eligible for parole. His chief defense attorney Wil liam J. Corrigan sought a stay of execution of the sentence and this was granted by Judge Edward J. Blythin. Corrigan said that probably to morrow he will file notice of in tention to appeal. The judge set next Thursday for a hearing on it. Courtroom observers expect Cor rigan to base his appeal on cer tain alleged errors in the state's case. Among these are: The hearsay evidence rules were violated when Mrs. Nancy Ahern, a friend of the murdered w’oman, was allowed to testify about a private disclosure by Mar ilyn Sheppard last April that her husband was “considering a di vorce.” That the trial should have been held outside Cuyahoga County be cause of the widespread publicity given the case. That the testimony of Susan Hayes was irrelevant as a motive for the murder. That testimony regarding a pos sible murder weapon was inad missible. The murder instrument never has been recovered. But coroner Samuel R. Gerber testi fied an outline in the bloody pil low of Marilyn Sheppard might have come from a surgical instru ment. That Judge Blythin excused a juror who had been impaneled aft er the man’s police record be came known. That the grand jury was pres sured into indicting Dr. Sheppard. That the judge ruled out testi mony by a Bay Village youth. Miles Davis, concerning an al leged prowler with whom the boy ; said he grappled, i If the lawyer’s immediate and | eventual efforts\are not success ful, Sheppard stands to lose—be sides his freedom—his license to practice osteopathy, his comfort able. lakefront home and the guardianship of his son. The spacious house, empty since ; the murder morning, is deeded in I the name of Marilyn Sheppard. Her will, leaving all her property i to her husband, stipulated that m the event of his death. Chip, their 7-year-old son, would be sole heir. Assistant county prosecutor Saul | S. Danaceau said a convicted mur derer cannot be considered a legal heir, and the house would pass 1 to Chip. If Sheppard's conviction is up held. the Probate Court would have to appoint a guardian for Chip, who is now staying with a brother. Dr. Stephen Sheppard. Another brother, Dr Richard Sheppard, said the boy will spend Christmas Day at his home, at tending a family dinner. He added: ’ Chip knows that his daddy will not be home for Christmas. He hasn’t been told much else.” Monroney Says Demos Plan Wide Probe By JACK BELL WASHINGTON Ub - Sen. Mon roney (D-Okla) said today Demo crats plan to make a sweeping investigation of Republican patron age moves. He bracketed in this field Presi dent Eisenhower’s order to chan nel job applicants through the GOP National Committee. Monroney, who may head a Sen ate Civil Service subcommittee looking into patronage matters, said in an interview he believes Republican actions in handling fed eral employment matters “won’t stand inspection.” “They are rolling postmasters out of office, for instance, on the slightest pretext.” he said. “It’s got to the point where charges can be brought against a Democratic postmaster if the pens aren’t kept clean in his office. “Unless these people, who are covered by civil service, are vet erans, they have no effective ap peal because they can appeal only to the Republican-controlled Post Office Department.” Monroney said he for one wants to look into the operations of an Oct. 11 White House directive tell ing department heads the Repub lican National Committee would furnish them with employe pro curement forms. Eisenhower has said the White House memorandum was not in tended to apply politics to civil service jobs and represented noth ing more than an effort to get the best possible people into gov ernment service. He said officials had been told not to take into ac count a prospective employe’s po litical affiliations. Sen. Olin D. Johnston (DSC), slated to head the full Civil Serv ice Committee when the Demo crats take control of the Senate in January, has contended the or der violated the civil service laws and the Hatch “clean politics” act. Costly Christmas Faces Average E. German Father BERLIN lift—Santa Claus has come to Stalin Allee. But if the average East German father wants to buy a bike and doll, he’ll use up more than half his monthly pay of 300 marks. Santa Claus has unpacked his meager bag of toys in anew building at the head of East Ber lin’s showplace street. One floor of the building has been given over to the display of what Santa—in this case the Red East German government—can provide. The sight wouldn’t impress any one accustomed to Western stand ards, but for East German chil dren and their parents it looks wonderful. They troop through the building by the thousands. They look and ask prices, but they don’t come out with big parcels. A small toy automobile made of wood costs 7.80 marks; a metal scooter, 87 marks: a small elec tric tram, 123 marks: a doll with real hair, 39 marks; and a pint sized junior bicycle, 127 marks. Holiday Visitor PARIS, Tex. ijf) —A French bi cyclist was due here today to spend Christmas in Paris. Paris. Tex., of course—but 19- year-old Guy Chassagnard faces a lot of Texas hospitality. The Cham ber of Commerce is arranging his Christmas visit and he is expected to stay with Dr. J R. McLemore, president of Paris Junior College and an instructor of French. Chassagnard is cycling from New York to San Francisco. He headed here from Vinita, Okla.. Saturday with anew pair of cow boy boots. TODAY and FRIDAY Double Feature! ORIO,N Al ~ '** RZ H,T! Fox News Cartoon Box Offict Op*n: 1:45 - 9:00 P.M. Daily 3:45 - 9 P.M WEDNESDAYS CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE TELEPHONE 2-3419 FOR TIME SCHEDULE -^3 San Carlos Theatre Air-Conditioned Tidal Wave Prophet Now Must Prove He Is Of Sound Mind | LANSING, Mich. ■#—Dr. Charles j Laughead. the ousted Michigan State College physician who re- J ceived national attention as a I prophet of disaster, faced a fight 1 today to prove his sanity. A petition filed by his sister seeks to have Laughead and nis i wife, Lillian, committed to a Mich igan mental institution. If the couple are committed, they also will lose custody of their three children. The petitions were filed in the Ingham County Probate Court at Lansing Tuesday by Miss Marga ret V. Laughead of Des Moines, lowa, the doctor’s sister. “During the past few- years,” the sister said in her petition, “My brother has become a religious fa natic. He believes that he is to create anew age that the standing world will be submerged . . . and that he w ill be picked up by a flying saucer.” . Dr. Laughead had predicted that half of the American continent would be wiped away on Tues day. He was fired from his SIO,OOO a year job as stall physician at the MSC hospital after the college president, Dr. John A. Hannah, told administrative officials he was “upsetting” students with predic tions of “the end of the world.” Dr. Laughead described himself as a “reporter” for Mrs. Dorothy Martin, Oak Park, 111., housewife, who declared she received mes sages from beings in outer space. Mrs. Martin revised her predic tions of doom early Tuesday, say ing she had received another mes sage that the disaster had been prevented “by intervention on the part of God.” Probate Judge John Me Clellan said if warrants can be served on the husband and wife a sanity hearing will bo held Monday. He said the warrants can not be ; served until the couple return to i Michigan. At Oak Park, where he is stay ing at the home of Mrs. Martin, Laughead had “no comment” on the petition. He said ho was leav ing immediately for East Lansing by auto. The couple have three children, Charlyn, 18, an MSC freshman coed, Charles Jr., 17, and Mari lyn, 9. Betty Hutton May Ask For Default Divorce Decree LAS VEGAS, Nev. iJb Betty Hutton's lawyer says she may ob tain a divorce here tomorrow from ; dance director Charles O’Curran. The actress, who contends she has retired from show business, filed for divorce in November but Atty. 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