y niirMONi NUMIIi D ir TW 7-926) Eitabiiihed June, 1893 LOWELL. MlOi. THURSDAY. JAN. 26. 1956 Number 40 Five Pounds of Budget Figures FtiKkra Dviittd Saturday Floating Fuel Tank Finally Buried at Wew School Building In 2 Minor Accldtnft Sixteen Hour Hunt Ends in Detroit ^ Presented for Congress' Approval Fenders were dented and Last week the White House sent and cents for meetinR our national tempers on edge In two minor m mm Tuesday As Missing Pair is Found to my office a five-pound book objectives. These objectives may accidents on Lowell's Main street Lowell's Police Chief Frank have taken It with him. They then bound In a soft brown cover with best be defined as; 1) a continued Saturday. The first accident oc- Stephens looked a little haggard added to the radio report that the contwua which will affect not only dedication toward permanent world curred In the morning at 9:40 AWjiZW* and in need of sleep when we talk- boy was armed. tlie lives and welfare of Americans! peace; 2) to sustain and-achieve In front of Vic's Auto Service A A\ / ed to him Wednesday morning, but In the meantime it had been today, but the lives and wellbeing j newer and greater heights of pros- when a car driven by Peter he was glad to give us his version lenmed that Kocnig had changed of generations yet unborn. It was|perlty. and 3) safeguard the flnan- 11 j| * Baurman. 23, of Grand Rapids, ^4' K li of the "kidnap" hunt which was a tire on his car at the William Presidcnt Elsenhower's balanced j cial strength and stability of the turning into the station, was touched off Monday night at Elm- Geldersma home on 601 h st. about budget for the fiscal year 1957 dollar, not only for the present but struck by a truck driven by Jjf a. aZMKL* * dale. 9 o'clock It was learned later fmm Which becomes effective July 1. I future generations as well. John K. MacFarlane of Fore- a J™* It all happened when George Kocnig that he had gone directly • tWf • Our national budget is not just a | President Eisenhower feels that man. Drive. Officer George De- J Koenlg. a 17-ycar-old parolee from from the Johnson s to Elmdale to large book of cold facts and Imper- these objectives can be met satis- Graw issued MacFarlane a ticket Boys Vocational School In Lansing see Faith, but when he found she -who makes his home at the sonal figures describing fiscal oper- faciorlly in fiscal 1957 with a bud- for failure to have his car under was not home he drove towards atlons. It Is rather a comprehen- got which recommends approprla- Leonard Johnson farm, Nash av.. Alto. The car struck a culvert, control. > Alto—left the farm shortly • after ruining the right front tire and slve plan expressing the scope of tions totalling'$65, 865 billion. For The second collision came Sat- 8:30 p.m.. taking the Johnson's he stopped at the Geldersma home federal activity in terms of dollars this same period the president esti- urday evening at 7:05 at the son Dale's 1952 car. Mrs. Johnson to change the tire, driving later ' I mates revenue* at J66.300 billion comer of Main and Riverside immediately called Mr. Stephens' to the corner of US16 and M91. got i which leaves a $435 million surplus. dr., when a car driven by Harold home In Lowell, and left word that some gas. and returned to Elm- The President's balanced budget Carigon. Jr.. 19. of Clarksville, the boy had broken his parole. dale. This time he found Miss An- tresis on two main conditions. They was struck by a car driven bv lare reduced fpderal expenditures When Mr. Stephens contacted the derson at home; he told her that Floyd Hall, 40. of Covered Bridge I reduced federal expenditures re- boy's parole officer in Grand Rap- he had her boy friend in the car. rd. Hall was issued a ticket by , suiting from government econo- ids—who incidentally had been a and that he wanted to talk to her. Officer George DeGraw for fail- jmles made during the past three supper guest that evening at the Koenig was alone, however, but ure to yield right-of-way. years and greater tax revenues gen- Johnson home—a report was being the girl told authorities that she erated by higher levels of national prepared for the Grand Rapids ra- got in the car to talk to him; then dio stations for an all-state alert. pro6peri yi ho asked her to go for a ride, she We've received several cards ^ ' Jobs Daughters It wasn't an easy us It lool^frotn the above photograph to bury the 10,000 gallon fuel oil tank at Sheriff's department and State Po- reported. w up 10 Krens from Lowellltes traveling In the the site of the new elementary ecbooi building. The plumbing and heating rontraotors ran into a little lice were also busy working on the After they started driving the wanner climates. Mr. and Mrs. The President's budget Is act- Plan Installation trouble la«t week when they elftick water about 10 feet down; as the cavity for the tank had to be matter. girl told police, he asked her to Norton A very enjoyed their 2020 ually a series o< estimates and re- IS feet deep, it was necessary to put some oil In the tank to weight It down and keep it from float- go to Little Rock, Ark., to be mar- mile trip to Phoenix, Ariz.. In a quests whkth he makes for Con- Monday Evening Fear Kidnaping ing. This was accompUsbed ItaaUv, aad the hole filled la; now a concrete slab will be placed over It It was not until later that the ried. She said she refused and they short SH days. Mr and Mrs. Lee gresalonal approval. Now It's up to Bethel Chapter 14 of Jobs and another Job In the constrattlon o? the new 7 room elementary school building will be completed. drove aimlessly for a while and Lampkin ate now at Delray Beach. | the Congress whether more or less Daughters will hold their in- authorities were notified of the The school's ultra-modern radtant h.-a ting system Is unique in that no floors pare Is used In the class- "possible kidnaping" of a 16-year- then headed toward US-16. On a Florida. And Mrs. Bella Murphy than the budget requests are to be stallation ceremonies for the rooms, all heat coming through and bt'ug reflected by perforated aluminum celling tiles; every corner old Alto girl. Faith Anderson, from side road, she said, they stopped sent us a colorful card from Mexl- made available. Already In the Con- incoming slatu of officers Mon- of each room will be heated equally- Another anvantage will be that all parts of the system will b« her foster home In Elmdale. Mrs. while he unloaded something from co. where she is enjoying wonder- gresslonal chambers there Is talk day evening, January 30, at the readily and easily attainable lor service and repair. The furnace will also easily accommodate ad- Johnson called Police Chief Steph- the trunk of the auto. ful weather with "no quakes" so!of more, not less spending than Lowell Masonic Temple. The ditional classrooms when the hnildiBg Is expanded in the future. ens about this later, when the girl's Abandon Car far 6n her trip. proposed by Ike and at the same program will begin at 8 o'clock. Your notes to the Ledger are time one hears suggestions for a foster parents started calling They ran out of gas at Fowler- Installing officer will bt Kay neighbors and friends about Faith's ville, and abandoned the car there, very much appreciated and tax reduction. There Is little If any- Wood, retiring honored queen: 1 thing being said In some quarters Wittenboch's Sponsor New disappearance. where police found It, and also re- bring some warmth and sunshine she will be assisted by Mrs. Vel- ^Honored Teeif Alto Man in about the public debt which stands Mr. Stephens then called the covered a loaded .22 rifle. Koenig to us via the mail as we shovel ma Hartley, Mary Alice Dey. Mystery Farm Series nnow, and sit by the fire. at about $279 billion and the $7 bill- Is Sandra Fonger Fatal Crash girl's foster parents, and learned states it came from the Johnson Mrs. Janice Copeland, Mrs. Jos- Wfttenbach Sales & Service are that George had stopped at their farm but this has not been veri- * * * ion In Interest payments which Robert Young. 27, of 6912 ephine Bryan, and Installing or- sponsoring a five-week mystery Elmdale home, and told Faith her fied as yet. Ray Parker of Keene called on must be made each year. Or the With DAR A\vard Tlmpson av., Alto, was Involved ganist will be Ann Marie Alex- &m series, and an aerial photo- boy friend was out In the car and Miss Anderson and Koenig then the Ledger Friday, with a picture!fact that the government has been in a truck-auto crash Sunday under. She will also accompany graph of a farm In this area wanted to see her. She had gone hitchhiked a ride in to Detroit with taken, of. his wife during a home-1 in the red 22 of the last 25 years, morning about 7 o'clock In which Mrs.