Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

              puplan Strike-Ending Pact OK'd by Hazleton Local
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47TH YEAR — NO. 28 — 94 PAGES
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1953
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"Commercialism?" Well, Moybe
'Unsatisfactory', Says Dulles of Red PVI Plan
Kingston Mill Votes Today on 2'Year Contract
Must Be Clarified; '^l^^^netum WiH Aid Thailand If UN Takes Action
WASHINGTON—Secretary of State John Kosier Dulles yesterday said the Communist Korean truce plan will require clarification and perhaps modification before being ^acceptable as "peace with honor."
DuUes told a news conference the United Spates and its allies are agreed the eight-point Red plan is unsatisfactory on a number of points and must be clarified.
He also sai,d the United States will aupport Thailand if it brings before ths United Nations the Communiat Invasion of neighboring Laos and Its threat to 'DtailatKl'a security.
Thailand may take such action quickly.    Thai  Ambassador  Pote
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'Box Cor' Truck Fighi Due to Start Soon
Sarasin told ths United Press he expects his government soon to ask the UN to send a peace ob¬ servation commission to southeast Asia in view of the Communist Viet Minh Invasion of ths King¬ dom of Laos,
"It is the objective of the United Nations to try to maintain peace and this would be a good occasion to put theory into practice," Sara- sin said. Oivea Kadio Statement
After his news conference, Dulles mad* a statement for radio, newsreels and television in which he said:
"Aa I have said many times, we want peacs In Korea If It is a peace with honor. Whether or not the armistice terms will mean that kind of a peace is atill under discussion between the representa¬ tives of the two sides in Korea, under guidance, of cotfrae, as far as we are concerned, from Wash¬ ington.
"The Comumntsts made propos-
Motor Truck Group Ready to Back Bili For 60,000-lb. Loads
HARRISBURG —The state's General Assembly may be on the brink of its perennial legislative hassel over truck weights.
A spokesman for the Pennsyl¬ vania Motor Truck Association indicated   on   Saturday   that   the
eiGGER TAX AIDS
Washington Studies Writes-Off Program To Help Building
WASHINGTON-Informcd,^^^^,^^^^ ^j^,^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ sources said yesterday the gov- , measure already in the hopper ernment may grant special high!or "cause a bill to be sponsored" tM  write-off  ratss to encourage during this week's sessions.
defense plant construjAlon InareM .  I' ^ "PSfif? ."»** ***• bl" b««-
.    ,.      . ,   _    * Ing   the   PMTA's   sUmp   of   ap-
of  chronic  unemployment. ,p„^,, probably will be the meas-
Parts of New England and the ure pushed in tha expected legis- hard coal region of Pennsylvania!lative  drive  to   up  weight  limits have   been  hit  by  unemployment o" Pennsylvania highways, despiie tbe booming defense mo-;May Have Owa BiU , ,,,    ,, The   PMTA   spokesroan   wouid
blllsatlon program. 1^^^ „^, ^„y spscifm I*gi.J*Uve
The   suggestion   for    high    tax g,,^^ but he said •*we would sup write-offs haa been made by the I.«bor Department,  the a o u r e e • taid.   n la ecpeeted te open for
review, dlsouasion, and poasible change, the entire multi-billion- dollM npid U* wrlte-ofC Fw- gram.
Vf te m% Write-Off
Theee souroee aald the Labor Department has asked that the government grant write-off priv¬ ileges for as much as 100 per cent nf oonstruction costs In aelectlng the forthcoming review to reault in a tightening of atandarda for tne write-off program. It may be narrowed down to plants pro¬ ducing direct military items and siiecial military materials.
Others said there also were aug- gpstiona—not yet seriously dis- cis.ied—either to end the p»o- K.-am or put It on a more perma- » nt basis for some special In- i->i.stries such aa the machine-tool industry,  whoae   war  and  peace
port « bill which follows the Joint 9tate Government Gommisetoa formula for determining tniek weights
He eKprseaed the hope that sueh a bill might be Introdueed this week, adding. It mo bin showi up on the hortaoK oa Mandmr or Tueeday, then we'U eauee one to be sponaored." He also iadioated that the association would rather have the bill come frotn "some other group relying upon highway transportation," rather than the PMTA.
"Our primary objective Is to achieve truck weight equality with surrounding states," he added,
He also said that the PMTA would insist that truck weights legislation include an increase In "safety factors," including the re¬ quirement of more brake power, more engine power for hlll climb¬ ing and an Increase In truck li¬ cense and registration feea "pro' portionate with any weight increase." Up to eO,OM Now
The   .loint    State    Government
lime ups-and-downs have been far;Commission -a   fact-finding   arm ninre drastic than others. |of  the  Legislature—recently  said
Tlie bulk of the program, as ithat gross weights of commonly- biased on present roughly-drawn jused trucks could be increased r:< pansion goals, has been com- from tho present 48,000 pounds to f'li.ted. Government officials es- 58,500 pounds, without dam*lting timate the fina) figure wlU beithe highiways If the axle loads «'>out   $30,000,000,000. were spaced uniformly. Later, the
no  passport.
On arriving here, Holllas agreed to talk to reporters over a Scotch and soda, that he couldn't pay for,   after   Immigration  and   eus
Wandering Salesman Back After TranS'Atlantic Binge
^ NEW YORK.-^Iohn K. HoUIns,,Airport, but wasnt sure. British '7. the wandering salesman who officials picked him up wandering sometimes travels in a Scotchjaround central London and mist, was back in New 'york—[shipped him back to the United t'lirsty and busily making plana;.States when they found he had 'or another trip.
HoUins arrived home from a trans-Atlantio binge Friday. He said he had a vague recollection
"f boarding a plane in New York .„.,   _  „       —
Jast Monday after having a fewitoms officiala were through with drinks "and the next day I some-1 him.
nj>w ended up in London." "Deep down inside Tm a tourist
'^ot Sure lat heart," he said. Then he added:
He thought he landed at London i "You'd   better   make   that   'akin
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Warning for Governor Fine
CHICAGO-iSome of the gov¬ ernors who attended a recent Washifigton conference were worried when they learned yes¬ terday that Gov. Herman Tal- nladge of Georgia haa the mumps.
Most said they felt fine, how- aver, and were inclined to min- Imise the poesibility that they, too, might come down wHh the dissaaa.
Talmadge aat with 4a other governors at a meeting called by President Eiaenhower earlier this week.
His doctor diagnosed hia Ill¬ ness as mumps and said it was possible that Talmadge had the virus when he attended tbe oon- (erenee.
ala day before yester.day whfch we are carefully studying. It is ob¬ vious that they will require eluci¬ dation and perhaps modification ¦before they will be acceptable to us as compatible with peace with honor, but that ts a matter which we are going into and which will be developed in further discus¬ sions which win be taking place in Korea over the coming .days." Too Many Uncertainties
Dullea   declined   to   say   what points   in   the   Reds   eight-point truce   plan   were   unsatisfactory. But at Panmunjom, Lt. Gen. Wil¬ liam K. Harrison asked the Keds for clarification on the Communist proposal    that    five    nations    be named neutral custodians of pri¬ soners'unwilling to go home, in-i stead   of   one   nation.     Harrison | also asked an explanation of thej Communist request that final di*-| position   of   anti-Communiat   pri-; soners  be  decided  by  a  political j conference to follow an armiatlee. I
Dulles held the press conference I (CXJontinued on Page A-81
Won't Be Checked
WASHINGTON — The odda are better than 20 to one the Internal Revenue Bureau will not audit your income tax re¬ turn.
That figure came out Satur¬ day, with release of secret testi¬ mony given a House appropria¬ tions subcommittee March 27 by Internal Revenue Commissioner T.  Coleman  Andrews.
Because of cuts in approprls tion.s, Andrew.s said, the bureau will be able to audit only about 2,500,000 of the 55,000,000 annual 1 tax returns. The Eisenhower ad¬ ministration has asked $296,- 000,000 for the bureau, a cut of $6,500,000 from the figure pro¬ posed by the Truman adminis¬ tration. Andrews said the bu¬ reau needs more money and be¬ lieves it can get $10 to $15—out of taxpayers who make erro¬ neous or fraudulent returns— for each extra $1 it is given to spend.
Answers Promised by Reds Today
Duplan Corp. workers in Hazleton late yesterday afternoon ratified a two-year contract signed yesterday morning by United Textile Workers of America and the corporation.
This wa.s accepted as a "sure sign" by all quarters that Kingston and Berwick locals will follow suit at meetings today. The Hazleton mill reopens tomorrow morning, as will the others if tha worker* approve today.
A  UTW  officer  of  the  Kingston  Duplan local said, "I hava no
doubts that our members will,^^ ^^ „^,^j„„ i^^^j., ^^tlflcatloa, ratify" at a meeting scheduled forKj^^j^^^ „^„^ „, ^^^ j^^^, ^ ^he tonight at 7 m fat. Johns Hall,' ^^^^^3^^ ^^^er than it covera Luzerne. 'future wage negotiations and ar-
The Berwick local will act onjbitration provisions, the contract this morning at 11 inxwo-Vear Contract Hungarian Hall, Berwick. |    xhe   two-year   contract,   which
Terms Not! Announced | was signed in the general offices
Neither ranking union officials of the Duplan at Hazleton, waa nor top corporation spokesmen; agreed to by J. K. Cochran, vice- would divulge any of the terms of' president and general manager, the contract, which ends an eight-1 and R. T. Grohman, company ex- week strike and affects 1,600 Du-i ecutive, for Duplan, and Charlei plan workers in the three plants. | Sobol, regional manager, and Ed
However, It was reported from sources   close  to   the  negotiators
that the workers retain tlieir take home pay, but will lose some of the  fringe benefits  now  in  force
! to help the company cut costs and
j meet competition
ward Hirshberger, international representative for the UTW.
Also present was Federal Medl* ator Tliomas Martin of Scranton, who arranged the session after a deadlock meeting  last  Saturday.
First bright ray in the Duplan
A joint statement issued for the I labor picture eame yesterday union and corporation by R. T. afternoon at 1:15 when a joint Grohman,   Duplan   official,   prior'        (Continued on Page A-8>
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Burial at Night?
Home Folk Hostile to pttle Swimmer's Dad
;    TARPON   SPRINGS,   Pla.—pointed   to  a  secret  funeral  and I Burly   Russell   Tongay   faced   thei burial  service,  probably at  night. -TM        '      r»  u   *i>« 'hostile ."itares of fishing viilagerstThe only Met-hodist minister, the
By  RUTHERFORD  fU.VTS ; Saturday as he arranged to bury iRev. John M. Sikes, waa told only
TOKYO,   Sunday — The   Allies his swimming star daughter Kathy jto  "stand by" for word on when
Tokyo, Sunday — The Coni- .iiuiii8t« today answered some of the questions raised by the Allies about the new Red truce plan, but refused to give in on their demand that the final disposition ot war prisoners unwilling to go home be Inft to a post-armistloe conferesic*.
$11 Billion Says Taft as Hopes of Tax Cut Fade away
WASHINGTON-The    budget]    STATE  COLLEGE,  Pa. tuation for fiscal 1954 ia almost ident Ei-senhower made pis boiled   down   to   tha   question   of'terday to offer  Congress  soon  a
Plays Golf, Fishes With His Brother at Penn State College
imat Che Communists at Panmun- alongside   the  grave  of  his   first jjom today to get replies to a long son,   who   also   died   under  ques- ilist   of   questions   about   the   new^jonable   circumstances. Red truce plan which the United]    xongay,   charged   with   aecond
Nations    considers      "unsatisfac-
degree    murder,    left    behind,   in
the final ritea would be held.
The murder warrant charged Tongay with beating Kathy with his hands and fists "but without any premeditated design to effect
tory'  in its present form. 'Miami  a  storm   of   protests  over i'he    death."      However,    Tongay
... ; Yrt?-  William  K.  Harrison,] hi, treatment of the five-year-old I was   supported   by  his  attractive
chief   UN   negotiator    and   North,^hiid.    He  slipped  into  suburban wife,  Betty,  in  a  statement that
Korean   Gen    Nam   II   sat   downL^^i^j^  yj,, ^j^^  ,ijj,^  „^ „^ithe giri died from a 33-foot dive,
I with their aides In the truce hut' y^p^^^^y from his acquaintances! hitting the water on her stomach
Presi-'^""'''¦'y after  U a.  m. 1^,^  years  ago i^'^^ rupturing her  intestines.
j situation for fiscal 1954 is almost ident Ei-senhower made plans yea-i    " ,^^^  believed  Nam  II  might Kathy's symoathlzers from,^'"* Child. Too
lhr,ii«H   ,i^,v„   .^   .u^    .4«_   ^,i.„j„.. ...  _«—  r> i.   _„„!   , ask for more time to answer the _,,°"^_._   ¦:?/'^''/rP*^"!^^" """"i    Tongay,   often   criticized   befora
how much will the deficit be.  "  jWhit^ House "blueprint" for dc-al-:^^;;':'^"""^^',^,';^;?^^';^^^^^ %f7lo^Tr>'   '^«   ^'«°^°"«   '^»'"'"«  °f   »>*«
Senate Republican Leader Rob-ling with manpower problem.s.        "'"  *-ommuni..s ert A. Taft gtoomlly told an tnter-
I Week's  Best
FMTA UuUoated that U would preaa for leflalatleai tit thla seeelon to Iwegeaae tha wwigtat Itmtt for ataa>dard fo«r axla traotocr traileva ta ao.OOO poMada,
A MU to lap tha Hmlt to ao,000 potMMla ibaarta^ the FMTA label —cleared the IMa Lagtelature, otOj to be vetoed tqr Oor. Joha B. VXam.
Aitar tarniac down the lefftsla- tion, the Govemor ordered the Joint State Ooverntnent Commia¬ sion to make c, atudy of the prott- lem—a project which took nine montha.
'CHASING A PHANTOM' IN ALABAMA SCHOOL   , FOOD POISONING ^
ANNISTON, Ala.—Tha county health officer said yesterday he is "chasing a phantom" in bla at¬ tempts to learn why 300 peraona were stricken with a food poiaon- Ing after a high achool banquet Friday night.
Dr. George A. OXJonnell, chain¬ ed with an Inveatlfration into the wave of sickness, said some vic¬ tims blamed it on salad oil, others on tile meat and atill othera on the Ice cream or cream cake. _
Ot^onnell said everything ~on the menu at last nlghfs annual junior-senior high achoot banquet was suapaot.
SIX ARE INJURED WHEN 5 ARMY BUSSES CRASH IN NEVADA
LAS VSXiAS, Nov.—Jnve Army buasea carrying 200 aoldiers col¬ lided 15 miles north of here yee¬ terday beoause of a mlxup In signala when they met a convoy taking two new atomic cannon to Frenchman Flat for the first teet tirinc ot an atomic artillery shell.
Six soldiers were injured and taken to Nellla Air Force Base HioepKaL
A   milltaiy   policeman   leading
the   eannon   eon^oy   waved   the
bussea to slow down. Instead, the
driver  of  tbe  first  bus   stopped.
jThe next threa busses also stop-
$ll,000,000,00a Some of his Re¬ publican colleague* in th* Senate were startled. They thought Taft was too peasimistio.
But none waa as optimiMie as Sen. Harry F. Byrd (D-Va.), who atood alone In proolalming that a balanced budget atill  is poaslble.
Hopea for an early tax relief were dimming. In th* inunediate balance is th* excess profits tax, levied against corporate earnings, which is scheduled to expire auto¬ matically on June 30.
Byrd said It should not be al¬ lowed to lapse.   He also said Con-
ing   and   fishing   visit   with   hisj*"™f'^''
several   days  to ""''"^'^iHl fh^^lt'./17/r chUdrcn in swimming and diving. from   Peiping- ^° bep.accd on the casket of the, ^^,  questioned  by police  in 1945
in the death of 18-month-oId Rus-
The   President   mixed   business^^^   inslrucUons   from   Peiping- tTny"%ia«nrhai'red'\.>r"who"'died'""  questioned  by police  in 1945 rit^!.^-?A1'"»'» 't WiU b. aboutjand pleasure on a v^e..l..end golt-l'^^^ffy   °"   '*"«''   »" We'^lnS Saf tlie result or ^^^^^^
brother and close adviser. Dr. Mil-
Paiuuiylvania State College.
The brothera played two rounds of golf at the nine-hole Oenti« Hills Oowitry Club and then went fishing in a private trout stream owned by Robert L. Harpster, a Philipsburg,   Pa.,   businessman.
The   questions   Harrison   posed
a blow.
orouier ana Close aaviser. ur. 1*111..        -¦      ^,      • ft^u. su,n.^^» K'"'    *''''''*    ^'^*'    °'   *   cerebral
ton  S.   Eisenhower   president   of; y"^":^»y    P/\^"f**''y    we re, S««k« Secrecy hemorrhage from apparent blowa
• j framed m Washington. 1    The  ex-Coast  Guardsman,   who on   the  head.
Doubts Aroused > refused to see any newsmen, or-
Harrison   espeoially   questioned I dered   "No  Trespassing"  signs  to two pointa: j assure privacy.    Every indication
1.—The Rpd proposal that f^ft nations be named neutral custo-j dians of prisoners unwilling to gOj home instead of one nation.  Har-
This child was buried tn a small cemetery   given   by   his   grand- (OContinued on Page A-8)
Monsoon Pours Jn Loos;
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^'"Tr^*!Hn,.T'"^'l*™*'r«?'*°'^f'"l''  'V °i '''' f've nations By LOLIS GUILBERT ,French  artillery from the nearby
gress  should  not  allow  a  10 peri        '«^"^'""gd on Page A-8)        :U.^^^^handle    and    supervise    the,    hAXOI.   Indo-China.^The   first «arnson and fighter planes drove cent   reduction   in   Individual   in- 1    ,,      J-.     _     •,    ¦    . ..      deluges of t.^e early summer mon-: off the attackers, killing six.
Communis^   insistence   that j^^n   ^y^ned   the   valleys   of   the     The   victims   were   10   Franco-
come taxes, due automatically next Jan. 14.
Interviewed shortly before he ieft town for the week-end, Taft was asked how taxea could be cut In the face of the $11,000,000,000 deficit he predicted for the new fiscal year beginning July 1.
"We couldn't,"  he  answered.
However, his 111,000,000,000 de¬ ficit apparently was based on a calculation making allowance for both the tax cuts
U. S. PUSHES SEARCH
FOR   INTELLIGENCE   MEN iSfrm'sUr%o'l1ticlf Infer' ^aiuTday   and"7he*"FrenorH7;h-n^^^^^^^^
MleelM/^ nilCD  siiptp»i«        „!„     u      •        ^    i   fu     '^.°"'^/-,Command    expressed    belief    the^nine    civilians    wou:
MISSING OVER AUSTRIA    ;^"'=''-    WaT'son   said   this   >ndefi-;communist invasion of that state cars of the train we
the final disposition of anii-Com- Kj^^^g^ ^j Laos into'quagmires'Vietnam   soldiers  and   nine  civil-
soldiers  and wounded.      Four
VIBNNA-American   authorities!:?:i:,..;:T"nHrri./"^r".li°--"°t be resumed until October.:Klng Ready to Leave
But    high     command     sources'    T''*'-'!"^^^' "-^o"   ''oy*' «»P'-
coercing      prisoners    to    accept
officers missing .„  a light Vl^neiZlZ''Tror:''L'Z^^^^^ Luang   Prabang   appeared
since Tuesday may have crashediproposfI   submitted   weei s  ago     ''^ra^-al  '^e Communists  probablyi«"<^^<^   ""^  ^'"«  Sisavang   Vong in the Soviet occupation  zone  of;Siu.^tlave  Infornuttion        '       >-ould leave a division behind and|f""X'\dn?i;isT^atiirc'a"n1t,r^
We  think  that  befoif  we  can'" ^"'""^1 control of the territory f?."^  ^^^  .administrative  capital  of we  tninK  tnat  oefou   Me  can ^^.^^.^^^^   ^^^^       ^^   bloodless  )„. Vientiane   and   then   will   go   to
Franoe for treatment of his gout. He had sworn never to leave th*
said   two   Air   Force   intelligence officers missing in  a light plane since Tuesday may have crashed in the S Austria. The   Air  Force   and   Army  or-
'dered   a
fcive adequate consideration to tliCi
.fr^^'^Z.tll'^.   5"iCommu„ist    propo.sal.    we    mustiVa^'on.
"The only way out of it that Ijthe   two   officers,   indicating^ the; j^^'^'t^; ^„,Vers," Harrison told;    The  Communists  still   were acJ^^y   as   long   as   the   Viet   Minh
see is to appoint new joint chiefs of staff to review the whole pro¬ gram and see if all these projects are necessary,"  he said.
During the past two years, Taft haa repeatedly advocated such a restudy of the defense program, which accounts for more than half the government spending.
It was Taft's revenue estimate which brought skeptical com¬ ments from his fellow Republi¬ cans. None wanted to get into a public debate with Taft. but one Senate  GOP  leader said  he  had
drawn   no   such   inference   from;ed the Russians officially for aid White House budget briefings.      'in  locating them.
'¦^l°J\^r^ ^.^l^^''^'^, a"    "'T'in^*^""'"   '"   «P'a'ni"K  that   the jtive    in    Vietnam.     The    French! thrWexfs'tTd
l^L^tT^T n**""! ""ri^^lUN had neither accepted nor re-'command announced that 19 Por-rFre„ch co^i^and sources said a"at. a fUght from Safzhur^inl^^':'^'' "'« Communist plan. j-ns   were   killed   and   15   injured J-^^CmmuZ" were be i"eved"ii.
area on a nignt irom baizburg in gome observeis though the when Communis: guerrillas blew r-^dv at work in th» «rp« th7» the U. S. zone to Graz in the. United Nations may have asi<ed "P a Frci^h supply train justioverran-atout on^^hlrd «? I^^ BrjHsn zone. .^^ i„       j;^, „f questions mainly east of Quang Tri. 300 miles south!' !'."d.hat  the  ter'r ^nrv  m«^S
The officers were Col. James G. ;„   o.^er  to  gain  more time  for east of here on Friday. Uirimed   bv   fhe   R^d,   ^I^tLiw
Earnest   of   Richmond,   Va.,   dc- nnliino-    nthor    m»rr,i,«r.   «f    »v,„     rru     < .    ,. ciaimea   oy   the   Keds   eventually
scribed as a "valuable component" i^nHel^raon^"^^^^^^   *" Lj./u ??>!  ?^ *''°'i' "  "T^^"'"?"    '^^   '"^"""^   °'   *^«   "''«•
of the U. S. Air Force intellig^nrei Nation... attacked the train after exploding Laotian"  government,   proclaimed
In Europe, and Capt, Charles Wj"~" " several  mines  by  remote  control, recently  byjthe Viet Minh radia
Kelly of Shreveport. La., of the' 1142nd U. S. Air Force "special; activity"  squadron.
The Air Force already has ask-
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HoUins said he planned to restjped aafely but the fifth rammed for a week and then "I'm going|lnto th* line of vehicles, piling to .San Francisco, Dallas, Nogales, each bus into the one in-front of
Sacramento, El Dorado and Santa Anita.    I'm  going to work for a
Anita," he added  confidentially. Then,"  he  continued,  "I'm go
it.
Under observation   at  the  hos-
bartender   for   a   week   in   SanU pital are Ptc. Charles S. EMwarda,
S/Sgt.    Vlvemcl    Papaco,    S/Sgt. Ohariea  F.   Jonea,  Sgt.  James  J.
ing to rest up for a week and go.Brown and C^ Richard La Pierre to Bermuda." aU of Ft. J>ix.
'Flying Tigers' Fly Again; Aid French in Indo-China
HONG KONG—American piiota of Gen. Claire Chennault'g Civil Air Transport Company are flying C-119 "Flying Boxcars" donated by the United States in the war against Communism in Indo-Cbina,   a  CAT  spokesman  said  on  Saturday.
Chennault formed the company after World War 11, using som* of his old "Flying Tigers" as pilots.
A. T. Cox, president of the line, said 14 civilian CAT employees have been sent to Indo-China, six pilots, six co-pilots and two crew chiefs. Others sources said American ground crews also were there.
Cox said they were hired by the French government to carrj- supplies to the French-Union defenders of the invaded Indo- China state of Laos. Two of the C-ll&s were reported in action Friday for the first time when they parachuted supplies to de- f«nse« on the PUine dea Jarrea.
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Valley Scene
City Restaurant patron last night ordering hot dogs and baked beans dinner, with baked beans as "other vegetable" and side disk of baked beans inttecd of potatoes.
M/owan admiring flowery- print of flour bag at farm tupply store near Sweet Valley and remarking to friend, "You'd look good in this Mabel."
Dorrante blacksmith refusing for  15   minutes   to   uait  on  a \ lirospeetive  customer until  tke end of his favorite TV western thriller.
Ticket collector at recent con¬ cert being surprised on finding a   suit   claim-ticket   .Vo.    IS50
I   among hia ticket stubs follow-
i %ng th* affair.
Little Old Ladies Offer to Go On Relief fo Maintain Home
, .^^^^^,^^'"^'*-"^'^   *'"''"P   ^^1    •J"<l8re Frank Smith w»j told bl
little   old   ladies   have   offered   toi Commons  pieag Court on  Friday
sacrifice their dignity" and go on that neither plana has worked out
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as yet.
Offer Own PUn
However, Atty. Robert D. Abra¬ hams, who represents the liquid¬ ating trustees, said the wmnea have come up with a plan of their own.
He said many of the women an eligible for state welfare pensions and that if the jurist was wllUng they will go on the pension rolls.
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relief in an effort to save the home where they planned to live out their lives.
The 115 women—the youngest of whom is 70—paid from $500 to $1,800 when the^- entered the Old Ladies' Home here, where they hoped to live out independent and self-sustaining lives.
Finanrial Trouble*
trllZf'^'^,- »\'"^T''' '^*"J^'"!    It   was   just   such   a   situaUon
w« tn h. if   H f ,.^°'"''  '""^   '^\^'^   *"^   *'°P«'»   to   avoid   when was to be liquidated. Uhey    gained    admission    to    the
One group sought to raise $125,-) home.   Abrahams   said    but   they
000 in public subscriptions to savejare   willing    to    "sacrifice    their
the  home,  and  Charles  S.  Lavin. 1 dignity"    and    receive    th*   atat*
who    operates    a    similar    home-money    for    assignment    to    th*
near  Media,  Pa.,  offered  to  take!home.
over  the  place  and   run it  as  a I    Judge   Smith   aaid    h*   wouM
non-profit enterprise. 1 atudy the offer.