Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

              Site of 5    Million Cross-Valley Bridge and Bypass
— faul    Blfley
Plans have bt^en completed for the cross-valley bypass — with elevated roadway and one of the large.st and most modern bridges in the state — vihich will be con.structed at a point above Nanti¬ roke. The federal government ia interested as it is designalfd a military road.
The picture at left above was taken from a point on Route 11 in Plymouth township, about a half mile north of the Nanticoke Bridge, and the dotted line traces the course the elevated road wili take towards the weltern end of the new bridge.
Aerial view in center, looking over Nanticoke
A.i.al   I'huto   By   .\i->5   Hoft 1.mil
towards Wilkes-Barre, shows the course of the by¬ pass on the 2,800 foot viaduct to be built. Dotted line again ahows the cour.<'e of the road.
Vie%V at right is back towards the river from the eastern end, which is ju.st south of the Dundee sec¬ tion — a half mile above Nanticoke and a mile be-
—Paal   mtHfir
low Loomis Colliery. Brush waa cleared during sur¬ vey. (See "New River Bridge Fits Elaborate High¬ way Plan," Section One, Page 16.)
Plymouth and Hanover township officials raised no objection  when the  Public Utility Commission (Continued on Page 2, Section 1)
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Duff Joins Eisenhower In Plea for Moderation
;   Says Violence Can Hurf Nation and COP
j VVASHI>rGTC«>r (U'l—Sen. Jamea H. Duff (R.-Pa.) urged moderation Saturday aa a very wwe" course in political o.ratory as the Rcpub-
Ilican-Deimocratic n«une calling grew in bittemcas.
I Giving a heartier endorsement to President Eisenhower's views tiULU many other Republican leaders have Duff warned that partisan violence could hurt the country and the koptiblicana
"While moderation is not u.sually very spectacular," Duff »aid in an interview, "it is generally very wise." Timea Too Serious {
He said ht agreed ¦with the "The oniy persons disturbed by! President's news conference state- "'^'at a politican says ia anothtri ment this week tliat the timts areiP"'''^"'"'" "
too serlou* for extreme partisan-;. Sen    Bourke   Hickenlooper,   R-i ^Ip I la., told a reporter that Mr. Eise.i-;
Black and white lines on the engineer.^'  map, above, sho'w exact location of the new cross-valle.v bypass and bridge.
"I (o  along with   the  position
hower's remaiT^ts have been "mls-
the President took tins week thatlL"'^"Pf«^^<?."   becau.s,. ^ ^^^^ ..P"""!?!
Intense personal invt'ctlve la not m the best interest."! of the coun¬ try at this time," Duff said. "To succecafuUy indict a whole group of persons ia one of the moat dif¬ ficult things in the world.
'The international sittiation now
I dent was "not criticising all cxiU- cism of the Democrats."
Molotov Dismayed By Allies
Calls for Delay When All Changes He Proposed for Treaty Are Accepted
BERUN tlPi—The  Western  Al-Ve needed in Korea." ilie."? in a .<-urpriae attempt lo forceiWanted VanFIeet
To Reject Rhee's Offer of Troops For Indo-China
disruptivo   nersonalj'yPe    of animoaities are not in order."        I Lincoln
Stevenson Says OOP Is Forgetting Lincoln
NEW    YORK    ^^'^^-i^\^i^lg;;;,^n^Z^^ Stevenson    said    the    Repubhcan j^j^,^
sia's proposed changes  to the
isas touchy as it ha*" ever'been   party wa.   reporting  to  the  vcry,g.^^« i-ri^J^'^il^^^^^^ A.  VanFIeet.  former
consequently,   disruptive   ner,onal|lype .of   Po>i"-^that   ^."^^^la^ five articles blocking accept-l^«-,,tt   to   Indo-Chin.
WASHINGTON, <1P> — Official sources indicated yesite-rday th« United Naitiona coimmaind i'n Koria wWl turn down the surprise offer of South Korean President Syngman Rhee to send a diviaion of troops to Indo-China to  battle the Commtmists.
Officiaily. the South Korean offer i« still "under ooinisid*ration." But It was abundantly clear that high American poUcy-imakers toolc a cool view of it.
One informant predicted the UN oommamd •oon wtH semd Rhe*
a   polite   message   saying,   in   ef-|
feot, "Thank you, but your tiw>pe <>"*   entirely   because   aome   Wgb
U.S. officials, including Adm. Ar¬ thur W. Radford, chairmatn ol tha joint  chiefs  of  staff,  are  known to  favor  sending a  high-ranking = U.S. officer there to work olooely ,1
SouLh Korea also pi^wpoaed that
OK Hughes J'?"*'^;' ^^^y ;»^*t*
^,,      . Brings 3 More Arrests
Offer to BuyRKO
But BitternenH Continues
Despite Duff's soothing word^, many Republicans continued to flMl at the Democrats In their week-long Lincoln Day attacks. Democrats retorted  in  kind.
Democrats were angered partic¬ ularly by speeches in Indiana by Sen. William E. Jenner R-Ind., {who taid tha Truman administra¬ tion intended thoA U.S. troops sent tnto the Korean war should be de¬ feated. But some older Democrats shrugged off the charges.
Sen. WaJUr F. Oeorge, D-Ga., dean of tbe Senate, said:
lamce of the pact.
|U.S. Army Ooimmander in Korea.iwith    Fi^>noh    Cotnmamder "        ~ to   help! Henri Navarre.
Gen.
1,000  Babies 'Sold' In Last 10 Years, Authorities Charge
'train   a>nd   organize   native   resis- .^    c j r- _   r»>r»_  i ¦
The  Allied  maneuver  was   pro-unce  forces,  as  he  did  in Southj" ^"^ *'"'• «''"''''
party,   ha<i   warned   against   morej
than  90 year.s  ago. \        .,   ^      .        , „ •     .      •  --    -   --    -   1    nn.,      .u ,        .     *   i
"Uncolns   birthday."   Stevenson'P<****'1   *>>¦   A.merican   Secretary  of.Korea. While   the   present   plan   is   to
said, "is evidently a signal for ani^'*'^    '^<''™    Foster   Dulles    and     Ameriean offiaale had nn com- send Gen. John O'DanieJ to Indo-. all-time  low  in "the political   dia-j'^*"^'''' Soviet Foreign Minister V. ment on this suggestion and there China,   at   leaat  on   a   tempomary logue  of the United States." ^- Moiotov flat fooled, |waa  no  indication It would drawk^asis, there is always the cih«inc«|
Lincoln Asked Same
". . . In New York in February of 1860," Stevenson said, "Linooln pleaded with the South not to call
Molotov Dismayed iany   sort   of   officina   reply.    The ^^   might   be  succeeded   late*  by]
At thp end of a four-hour debate feeing in some quarters waa that; ^a"^^^-
the   United   States,   Britain   andi't- **« "o* up to South Korea toj    Radford and Underseopetary o#l
^ France  agreeed  to  accept  Sovieti^^l^vt a U.S. ger.eral to take o%'er State   Walter   BedelJ   Smith   wHj
uie~Reipubircan«"in thV North rep-l*'"*^''™*'"'* t° "^ articles of thei^''^** responsibiUties in Indo-1 appear before the Senate FVireigaj tiles and outlaws and he pleaded'treaty on which Big Four agree-; C9i'na- jRelaUons  Committee  in  a •ecrail
ment haa stalled 1    That   does   not   mean,   however,'session Tuesday to fill in the eeti-I
Molotov,   surprised   and   appar-''J;*!,*^!!!: '"  ""  chance  '^f Van-j ators on administration plans fori
ently   dismayed,   insisted   the   Kr-'I!^» '^u"?-."*''^ ^  Indo-Oiina  dealing with the worsening Indo.
Ucles   be   turned  over  to  the  for-^^*   pos-sibiJ.ty   cannot   be   ruled'China   .situation.
re<use  to  sign  thihe  treaty whichi'""''*'   '-'*'''   ^-   ^°^^-   *"•   Clovis    |cated her death had been'caused
^ .   _„ . _. -, iri„v « h- W-.-,iwv.,. .- t 1       '    WASHINGTON    (IP) —Sen.'stuffs acquired by the government will    again    make   Austria   inde- ^'' ''^^ '^"'"^' °' ""* ''**f^* ""'"¦¦ !''>'  ¦'•^'¦'^"Kulation  <"•  '""ocation.
^IL'^T"'   y!^'^^l  '^^   'l^rUn^r^i^^^^m-.^ *5 CJeorge D, Aiken (R-Vt.) said yes-in its farm price sttpporprogram.pendenf. «  a   i    e .^^^ ,^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^,    ^^^^^   Attorney   Melvyn   Shrf.
:rrf .J!T.J:2r'L.^ii!ir^ Sl""f^r*L*^":L^*!:.*1? rt^lt^rday he expect, tiie Agricuitu,*;Other, l„t»re.ted^"^ i^senhower-s Plan i^-^y  Faye Allen.  22.  Wattsburg, ley. in his final argument attempt-
oaughit the ailleged racketeers red. handed by "buying" an infaint for »3.500.
The Uibeat airreisitH In tbe drive to stamp out the black ma;rket weire made Friiday niight, police saiid. Th'ose taken into custody were Louis Glaxer, S2, tbe Mconid lawyer aedsed in th« fervieatigiatlDn of the racket, and two wonMn wtioae names ¦weire not diiackwed. Deal Springs Trap
Th« tihnee were aeized iliiQctly aifter Theireaia Bogiaitto, haad ct the New York City poUoe wum- en's bureau and » vteteman b«by racket invealtigiatDr, «rr«n8«d fbr tbe "puTchaise" of a baiby at a house in Montreal.
Mias Bogiatto waa aooamipanliwl by Sgt.  Hilda Be«uc««» of M««i-
his family for « vaaUOaa  in Is-! rael.
eiiiated   out   of   Montneal   fior   lOi
MONTREAL, (IP) — AuthorltleB wlio   cracked   a   $3-million   inter-' B""*'. 38, • Montreail lawyer. He nationial  baby black  market ring:waa  ceught  in  a  poliice  traip  at
ATLANTA <IP) Millionaire pro- ajiinouneed the arreat of ti*ree|Montre«a'B Dorvial Airport on Fri ducer Howard Hughes twcame sole owner of the big RKO PiC' tures Corp. Saturday—subject to stockholders' approval—when oi re(«for» of the movie film accept' ed nis offer of $23,489,478 for tta« stock be did not already own.
The directors announced their acceptance after two days of in^ tens* aacret talks held far from tha tjnaeled aetting of the fabu Ioua Huchea' Holl)rwood produc¬ tions.
'nia talka proceeded against tim* becauae Hughes had set a Monday dwuHtna on his offer at 10 a ahai*. Tii* whopping offer >>*d Mnt RKp stock jumping from a little over $2 to $S.25 on (OofiMnuad -vn Page 2, Section 1)
with the Republican leadership 'n the North  not to think evilly of the South. "But humility, temperance, mod- "This Is a political year and  li eration. political morality was notjeign  ministers' deputies.  He then tf«».l     Th-*  «.-*,»"   <iuv\  «—  . **"'*  ^^o^ w-hat you  can  do toithe order of the day and the re-1 agreeed to discuss the Western ac-'^^      ^ ^^ ^^m . '    ^  ^ .m
Sg- anTLe!^  a  f^e  rHt^i*^ "'°" ^'""»'- ^sults w.;, very  sad  Indeed." jceptance of the articles at a Sun- Qfif g     QOS     QjlOmher     DeOtfl
cer*i«cate for it.  poiUos said.    aI f^ afternoon  se-ssion. ;¦*»%»•«»     -^^W^V     ^^fllMflllA^WI      B^l^WVIf
short time later, poUoe mided the C^,^ J     ^^mmmmm.mm.^    X^^     ^j ^ ^ J_ The Soviet foreign minister ap-
" parently    was   stalling    for    time
iuntil   he   could   ask   Moscow   for new instructions. However. West-
bouse and aeiaed tlie oocupoii'ta, VacaUon Plaa Gone Also under arrest w'tm Hennan
Food Stantps for Needy Proposed fo Cut Surpluses
For Torture-Rape Murder
ern observers said  his dej"ay also'    HOLBROOK,  Ariz.   HPi   A  jury .shot Folk who was leaving. Mra
of   four   women   ,and   eight   meniAllen   was  dead.  Testimony indi-
Indicated   the   Russians   still   will
DepartmenC*' to    recommend    his!    Sena.    Homer    Feerguson     (R-
Offldal poUoe aounsa aakl  the''**"** «tai«.p plan  for the nationsMich.)   and  Guy  M.   Gillette   (D- minutes    before    Satunlay'i
babv black markMti^ hiul nn   "*®^y faimUies or come up with a;Iowa> have become actively inter- session of the foreign minis.,..., ...     --    —-   -     -    —'.„.,. -      ^    ,.     ^ - m-
^TSLi^" ™ \il_rr!?. ^_ ^/.Itoetter plan of its own .ested in it. Mrs. John B. Sullivan the  second of their atomic talks  'lis ory of Mohave rounty that ai      This man used  the defense of'
DuJles and  Molotov  met  for 3oi ^^ ¦ ""<^ *« }^'' P^'^ally at death 's    19th''" ^'"' "^"amlKT.
isttr.s in     It was  thp  second  time  in  the
ed   to   refute   the   defense   claim J that Folk was Insane at the till of the slaying.
v«ara   and   hiut   nuvnv   n.nii««^i    "^^   deipartment   itself,   despite! (D-Mo.t  introduced a similar bill an American spokesman said STBwn,   ana   nao   f™^  ™™«^ by several members of this week in the House.
tlofia.     I>oation,   lawyen,   nurvas •md aocial workc«« were Mid to be fHQknv arreat, 1,«M BaMM
Eariy torvMtigaition fmlicat«d alt lea«t   1,000   balbiM   bom   lUeflti- malieftr jlnMowtneal Iwd been eotd '^^\^ working on to ohilhUeaa oouiple* In i«ie United Statea fbr «• mtich aa ¥8,000.
death  verdict  had  been  returned.M"'anitv once to es ape jail." Shel. The last time was in  1900. (ley  said,  "and  he's  trying  to d»|
ai'i."
_ ,.        , .,^. . , »., JJ   ...,        J       . ,    .,    '    The  Soviet   and   American   for-, ,,,
Oongreas. has given no official re-:    Aiken  aaid   nhe  a.dmmis^^^^^^ The   jury,   which   reoPived   the|^
action   to   Aiken's   p^n   for   dls-.dimoul'ties are formidable,  bin   f idiicussions   on   proceedural   mat- e^se    af    4:,50    p.m..    deliberated! »"l!t»f'";« ^„„:,,^ »„ .
¦poeing o< WTplus food stock*.        iwe  ever  get   such   a   program  it ^^^  concerning  President   Eiscn- slightly less than  an hour and a yf°\^^'^ T^lumTr ^
ButAJken chairman of the Sen-! would  end   th«   problem   of   farm ho.wPr'.,   proposi-ed   world   atomic! hair
ate   agriculture   committeee,   said surpluses
in an  interview that the despait-'    Government-held stocks of sur- n^jmjj,;  channel.!!
oank  wii:   be  carried  on through Torture  und  Rape
slaying of another young' woaittl| whom he had tied to a tree.
! pluses, much of them edible, no^v
That or .Something Else !amotmt to alnnoat '7 billion dollars.
I've  told   them   if  it   isn't  the How to dispose of  them without
Bnneat   M*tlw,   aautant   Newjanawer to go to worli on  some-;diierupting normal trade channe'ls V 3||6V     ^CSH© York    oounty   ¦dMriiot    attorney,;thing better," he said. is the big quesrtion, '
oaime h«i» to Iwlp Canadian au-: Aiken has been pressing for the Aiken said that, humanitarian thoritlee. He said he had inter-'food stamp plan regularly for the considerations aside, the virtue viewed at leaat 70 oouplea in Newjlaat decade. Basically, it involves of his proposal is that it would (Continiued en Page 2, Section 1)'giving   and    selling—on   a   grad- not   disturb   normal   markets   be-
uated scale depending upon a cause it would t)eneflt people who family's income—stamps or cou- are underfed and can not aWbrd ipona redeemalble for surplus food- to buy more food.
!    Folk, a former carnival worker, defense counsel. W. Dean Nuttlfl_ entered the parked trailer of Ray-Jwho was appointed by. the eourt^ I mond   Allen.   25.  on   Dec.   2   near! insisted that Folk never had ihpre and tied the young husband! declared   insane,   but   askod   tb»| up.   then   torturpd   his   attractive jury t^ commit him to an wyhiBi
on the grounds that he
EISENHOWER WANTS ALLIES GIVEN MORE
tZ.SstSX.'S'^.^Because Oklahoma Is MucA Too Dry;    INSIDE THE i:hn)EPENDENT
! wife with flaming new.spapers be- Ynung.tter   reUshmfl   popsirle    fore   raping  her   The   Allen   t>aby
while strolling m heavy snow¬ fall Inst veeic on South Wash¬ ington atreet.
: slept through everything.
Allen   managed   to  escape   and, ! with  the  aid  of a  passi^ng  truck
tally abnormal." Folk's wtf^ Mary, was with hira at tha tiBM the \-prdiot ¦was returned. ¦ brol" iJ'iwn in tears. Ftrtk NIMt
'¦""""'410W be paaned on to Ameri- MA aiTMea abroad and to cmcour
¦<*  lt«  oonvwYiion   to  peiacetinief| Air Force lieutenant yeaterday ad- '^•»   by   private »enterp'risea   at
•"¦"•i It waa discJooed Satuipday, The Preaident'a t^wo-fold plan to make the beat use of the United States' top atomic posi- Won WU deecribed by the White House as a rolo-up to the recom- ttiendationa he sketched briefly bl his January meeeage on the State  of   the   Union.
It will have no connection, Pnesa Secretary James C. Hagerty •aid, witJh Mr. BisenlioweT's De¬ cember proposal to the United Nationa    ¦niat was creation of a
TULSA,  Okla.  (IP) —A   Belgieui
mitted his spirited oase to get Canadian whiskey into Oklahoma turned out to ba a dry run.
Lt. H. Hayot ordered .a cMe of whiskey from Canada shipped to him at Spartan School of Aero- nautics here after learning U. S. Public Law 271 entitled him to duty free liquor.
But Public Law 271 couldn't compete witJi Oklahoma's dry law and Raiilway Express officials here refused to delivei" the case.
•pecial UN pool of fissionable ma- Went to Top
taiTJal and atomic knowledge. Hayot didn't give  up.
H«  ap¬
pealed   to   a   Chicago   distillery.
WANT   TO  SPEAK   WITH   EASE?—Read   about  the   new   public
which appealed to Atty Oe«. Macl •P«*»'*"» «=<«'«' '<> ^ o^'''^ ^^ "^^^- ^^^'=^'°" '^'^- ^^8* ^^ Q. WiUiamaon. The attorney gen-jCAUUNO PAT AND : IKE—AN E.'VIEKOBNCy—Read about the eral passed the ball to Asst. Tulsa seaich here for the men in all Irisih stories. Section One, Page 11. County Atty. J. Howard Edniond- „     ^,.„„„„  „„„„    .
son who bottled up the e«M for CLXTUBAL  APPEECIATION ON   LPIJURGE  HERE-A  story ofi -,j^^ i       new interesu developed by local reaidents. Section One, Page 4.;
"We have prohibition  In Okla-I Section Page' Section Page)
homa,"  Edmondson told the offl-Amusement    Three     8 Home Builders Two
cer.   "As far as I  am- concerned; .^^^^j.^,, .j^p ^.^^^  T\'/o        7;!Mii-acs    Two
vou will have to confine yourself cjty Hall  - One      iTRadIo    Three
to S,2 beer." Classified    Two  9-11;Robert C. Ruark Two
The case of whiskey is on   its County  One   .   16:Sports_ Two
way back to Canada and the lieu-Croaaword Puxsle  One
¦lenant  looked  forward  to  a tripJDrew Pearson  Two
o Pennsylvania. ! Editorial    Two
"I'll be able to get whiskey there.lFrank Tripp  Two
I hope," he s«idL , Obituary  _.._ One
ISiState Capitol  One
tiiState   News    One
8| rhomas Stokes  ^ Two
7|TV  Three
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^fale emf)loi)ee of eeyitral cil jl business establishment getting nowhere with meehani- cal mouse he had purchased to frighten the weaker (?) tex in /lia office.
Dyer Lane, which runs at the rear of buildings facing on first blocks of South Main I and South Washington streets, always jammed - packed wtih autoiiiobiles although ever y possible parking space is mark¬ ed with a private "no parking" sign.      ^
C < n t r a I city businessman, with u trace of tears in his eyes, telling ot realizing a life¬ long ambition and then, having it fade away when his expen¬ sive, pedigreed Great Dane took sick and died 'H hours after he had acquired it.
driver, returned to the trailer. He'ert -r-'>n.
*A Little Flirf      .
Hospital Staff Goes All Out To See Susie Has Pine Funeral
PHILADELPHIA   IPi—A brown-lworkera in the municlp€kl heaplttfj eyed   baby   girl,   with   whom   anilX'S*"   »   '"«<!   raising   driy»_
entire  hospital  staff  fel!   in  love, will   be  buried  tomorrow,  a  little
I give the Infant a funeral I money will pay the cost of ing,  flowers  and  headstone.
more  than  a year after she  was burial plot was donated by a '
found   sick   and   abandoned   in   a pital official.
paper bag on a street corner.      ,    gu^ig  ^„o^^   jjj,p ^.^ ^ j^.
Little   Su.sie.   who   inspired   the In her adopted  family, love   of   all   who   cared   for   hen    "You' could  tell   It  by  the since  she  was   brought  to  Phila-,she'd   work   her   eyea   on   the delphia  General   Hospital   Feb.   7,!said  Jean  Elumenfeld,  a hoopit 1953, died  last Tuesday. i social  worker.
Immediately doctors, nurses and'    "She waa a llttl* fUrt"
J