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lo Bandits Get $1,500 in West Side Supermarket Safe i3 A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT Cloudy, Cooler HJgrh 8« To<J«y. Monday Fair, Warm. 48TH YEAR — NO. 35 — 92 PAGES Member Audit BorMin tt Clnolationa WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY JUNE 27, 1954 rxiTRD FRESA Wire ?iews Bertie* PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS ^ To Cheek rominiiiiisis: Churchill Calls for 'Time and Vigilance' School Auihoriiy Receives Big Check To Pay for CoughUn Modernization Shown above in what appears to be a typi- «al froup picture is a little pipce of paper which makes the event anything but typical. William C. Giitman, of Butcher and Sherrerd, purchaser of the bonds which will finance the Couifhlin high school modernization project, li ahown handing a check to Maurice S. Cantor, chairman of tJie Wilkes-Barre City School District AuthTity. I| i<< worth exact¬ ly $1,712,000. The money will be used to re¬ model the old-school and btiild an addition. Seated from left to right are Francis T. Truscott, secretary of the Authority: Roland Grover, member of the Authority, and Harry R. Glllman. president of the board of education. Standing left to right are Floyd Siegfried, secretary of the school board; Theodore A. Evans, solicitor of the board of education and member of the Authority; C. W. B. Townsend, of Townsend, Elliott and Munson, legal ad¬ visers; William C. Gutman; Maurice S. Can¬ tor; A. W. Driesbach, trust officer of the Miners National Bank; Stockton G. Johnson of Butcher and Sherrerd Co.. and J. Harry May. vice-presidemt'of the board oJ education. Asks Unity: Better To Talk it out Than Fight it out' WASHINGTON <IP>—British Prime Minister Winston Churchill told congressional leaders Saturday that "time and vigilance" are the ingredients of a successful Allied policy (or checking Communist aggression in Southea-st Asia. He also emphasized, in an impromptu speech to 2« Republican and Democratic lawmakers, w\ho attended a White House luncto In' his honor, that America and Britain must maintain a basic unity in their approach to world problems. That unity has lately beeni strained by shArp differences'over highlight of a bu.sy day in which Far East policy, but Churchill|the 79-year old Prime Minister minimized these by saying "it islheld two lengthy talks with Presi- bettcr to talk it out than fight it dent Eisenhower and conferred out." Steal Fund for i Young Cripple ' DBa^MR, N. J. (IP)—They put ; t Jar for contribiitioni! behind th* bar of th* White Owl Inn i wh«i) ndne-yeftr-oJd Henry Wy- i hipek fell on a 4.000 volt tran.s- ! former Uutt May 16 and lost a j Th» men earrylni? platoU | broke Into th* Inn today, bound ; ,iatchman Earl Malloy. ««. tfl a rhair and taped hJs mouth with •dheslve. They atole the contribution )»r. containing an estimated I2O0. wtien their attempt* to (men two safes failed. FRANCE TO SEND ENVOY TO DISCUSS ARMING WITH WEST GERMANY r.^RIS (IP — Premier Pierre /jf«|<le« Pranct will send a per- |»offil envoy to West Germany to IdlscuM reanuaiinent of that na- Vion under the European Defense JCommunRy pJan. the foreign of- |^ce announced Saturday. Mendes-France will bypass the tii nation talka EEX:; scheduled for Brussels next week. Innead b* will follow the pattern of di- r«« approach to France's proh- l«ina pioneered ia.st Wednesday wh«n he went to Bern to see Red Cbina'f Preimier Chou En-Lai on Ili4o-c9ilna, Mannear Says Anthraciie Must Have Tax Relief To Meet Its Competition Burden Increased 22% in 1953 Though Pro4uction Dropped 56%—Can't Raise Prices to Finance Modernization; $50 Million Payroll at Stake Here William E. Mannear ot' the . cured V>v wlshf\il fhinkins: *>r thf Taxpayers Aiaociatlon of Wyo- ' panaceas of weli-wlslierK. My nb- ming Valley (peakH today a* an inervations and oonchmlons are fiy individual citizen, and not as ! own perHonal oonvicttono and do manager of the asioclation. He inot necessarilv reflect the view- was born and has lived all of hit ! point of any or ell of my cniploy- i WASHINXiTOX <1P1 — Presi- ! dent EisenhowiT and I'rinte Minister Sir Winston C'hureh- iU, Ntill divided on Fur Kat>t problems, decided lust night to extend their White HouHe "unity" conferences through tomorrow. The decision to add an extra day to the top-level talks, orig¬ inally scheduled to end today, came as White Houm- sources reported there is a gooil chance The after-lunch .speech was the! (Continued on Page 7, Sec. l^ Seek Army Revolt in Guatemala TEGUCIGALPA. Hondums (m — Anti-Communist rebels called on the Guatemalan army Satur¬ day to revolt against 'pro-Ooni- munist President Jacobo Ar^eni Guzman and set up thei own mili¬ tary government. The revolutionariea reported tliat Arbenz had begun to re¬ place key men in his fighting forces with hard core Spanish Communists—veterans of the civil war in their own country, "nie President was reported fearfri! of the Army's loyalty. The army high command ad¬ mitted Saturday that the antl- ofiRed forcpfl were threatening Chi- quimula in ^he center of the In¬ vasion dee? Into Guatemala. Admit Losses An army communique said that .^..„.^ „ ^ . . the rebels bombed and machine slogan were the bipartisan lead-^-^o-'^ l^f ^t.f^ .L^,'f,/r^;?H:;/:l/!^::^.,l.''rKr/, °! ^-ed Chiquimala. The rebels —Chuklnna privately for an our with Secre¬ tary of State John Foster Dulles. Dulles Reluctant Dulles, architect of the "united action" iKjlicy which Britain has been reluctant to suport in Indo¬ china, also had a "good talk" with^ m^ J ^ a a ^ ^% ms • Foreign Secretary Ar.thony Eden 7 DeOCf, J HUrX OS COf PlUnQeS TfOlll who accompanied Churchill on ^ what may Be his last White Housc vlsit. The Indochina crisis, with Its inherent threat of a Red march Road to Wedge Between Trees through all of Southeast Asia, was the main topic of all these con- One man was fatally injured|the car operated by Gordon. The and three other persona seriously other vehicle in the mishap was hurt early Friday in the car ¦ operated by Michael Simon above. It sideswiped another ve-lDallas. hide, swerved over a 10-foot em- Mr. Gordon died of crushed ribs bankrnent and was wedged in the and a possible fractured skull, approach the problem of check- 'tended the lunch but the princi-i"«^s belown Fcrnbrook-DeMunds while tile other victims are suf- iiig (\mm„nist aggression in i pal guests--and the targets of R«a<J- .^ho door had to be pned fermg pos-sible fractured skulls Southeast Asia. •*'^''"""' '" Churchill's "time and vigilance-loP^" ^'^h crowbars to got the un-|a:id multiple lacerations. the final rommunique will re- ferences. fleet some eontinuing U.S.- j Chief Justice Earl Warren and British differences on how to top administration officials at- STATE OFFICIALS SEEK ALABAMA ASSASSIN PHEMX CITY, Ala., ilHi -Top life in Wyoming Valley and for several decades ha« l>een active in the health, goeial welfare and ; tax affain of the community. ' He frequently describee himielf I aa one who was not active in , the political field but since he i wai a kid he has Had a front i Seat in the bleachera and has ' watched the game with interest, i and confesses that he haa from I time to time thrown a pop bottle I when he didn't like tha play. His I article calling upon businesa and professional men to demand that political teadera give anthracite a break for tha aske of the future of Wyoming Valley followa: ers. Nevertheless, I feel thHt it Ik my duty as a s<-ntor cltizfn nf' experience to e.vpres* my convic¬ tions even at the risk of hell\}r i termed a third or foUrth-ratf; Jeremiah. j Hufle Payroll at Stake Tn .American financial liff ft not \mcommon to linve an Inrtusti fold up and l>ecome Just snotlier "business failure" and general con-j nern for the stockholders is llkei that expressed to a fripnd whoi has bet on tlie wrons: horse. The' present market value of the utorki of the varlo\m coal companies | operating In this area is vi'ry .small! PREOICIG OK MS PM!C!1 OF EISENHOWER'S FOR rCARM hanging reported they held the town but were fighting Spanish Civil War veterans 4n a "fortresa" in the center of the city. The Guatemala government ra¬ dio also admitted for the first §im PRICE /J Want Power to Make Reductions in 1955; Need Democrat Votes WASHINGTON 'IPi — Speaker| HIILERISI' Flanders Gaining In Ouster Drive: One More Speech WASHINGTON (IP>—Sen. Ralph and the loss of all of it would 1 |no catastrophe .xcppt to the hi-jJoseph W. Martin predicted Sat-|E, Flanders who is trying to oust ~ ~ „. .w _ ,^?"''"idivldual stockhol.lers. but the loHsjurday the House will override itsjSen. Joseph R. McCarthy from memorate the massacre at Wyo-;„, ^ SBO.noo.OOf) anntml ravroll ,„ Agriculture Committc and ' ming Next Saturday we will f . , K 11 fu 1 '"^ » SBn.noo.OOn annual fi'ivrnll toiAgriculture Committee and ap-|his committee chairmanships, saidj ,Ko*.,.o.i^°«^^ H i» T.!u, iV-ra'»h*i*''^ ^•''"•''' '*""lfl »'«¦ « calnmltv.j prove President Eisenhower's Saturday he is "glad beyond ^^11 v 1« f rt injuiy. ifTB.. tne|„„, „„,y ^„ ^^^ omployrps andiplea for flexible farm price sup- words" he decided to take on the 1»»»1 itaie officials today replaced: j.*?"^''., ""' ' "^ ''!|'*'''°''itheir families but to the merchants, ports on five basic crops. tV'i.soonsin Republican. local authorities in the search for I, ^„„^ k„L. '.-^^^t]'"'!-„_.'!-" .*i''''°'*""' Professional men. auto- But Democratic Leader Sam; "I think Im gaining ground,"iyestcrday morning: when a crack-i The safe moved in the Dallas ambulance, the death car pictured above, wasj I Nine hours later, Robert Gordon sheared open by low ¦|of Detroit, representative of the trees as it plunged over the em- Dodge Motor Corp., was pro- bankment. inounced dead at Nosbitt Mcmor- Simon, his wife, Margaret, and lial Ho.spital. Mr, and Mrs. Mark'their four ohildren. Catherine, I Rowley, Trucksville. and John; Michael jr, George and Ruth, es- jRemillet, North Stamford, Conn.,leaped injury. They reported that ' jail were admitted to the same; the victim's car waa traveling at j'•'''"* ^^^ government troops had ;hospial in "critical" condition andla fast pace as it rounded a .slight"j*''''"^'^ lo.sses and appealed to iwere .still listed as ".serious" la.st| curve while headed towards Fern- the populace for blood donations. 1 night. They were passengers inibrook.' JNunses also were asked to volun¬ teer for duty. The rebel forces of Col. Carlos Castillo Armas report they are 25 miles into Guatemala along a 40- mile front. Revolutionary sources said Castillo was ready to open the "second stage" of the inva¬ sion—heavy air attacks against the capital of Guatemala City and other key points. Dropping Dynamite The anti-Red air force consists of outmoded Worid War 11 fight¬ ers and light civil airplanes. But Robbers Surprised Threaten Kingston Man While Leaving Scene I 4 ..he latter were reported to be tnai HarrKsons store hadlf^e most effetcive in the recent I have been a closel oiwerver of the political and civic scene and the aaaassin of Albert L. Patter- ton, choaen as Alabama's «ttor-jf,ave' sp.-n it In action through m geneml on a pledge to clean Lyrloncs, lonp strikes, floods wars up" this high life gAmblmi? town. ^„,^ ,jeprp„,iona, and rejoiced in Its quick and courageous recover¬ ies. I am hopeful Oiat the crisis of today, whici) I might term the The temporary top It'gal officer li the state was directing the In¬ vestigation following the designa¬ tion of a new Judge, a special new pand jury ordered empanelled; "plight of anthracite", can l>e met The climax to a series of rob- covcry bcries on the West Side came; been entered through a rear <Joor. | .V^on,'bfng raJde". The light planes .T,!.- -.»- u-j 1 J ''i'ldrop boYnbs of dynamite sticks had iiecn opened mobile dealers, utilities, and all!Rayburn of Texas and two influ- he said. ied eafe yielded $1,500. Burglarizedi krarkmg off the dial. lurra'oDed around hand grenades others who'profit by the jrener.-ill ential farm bloc leaders, com- The mustached, 73-year-old Ver-|wa.? t.he bi.n; food market of As.h l)elieves the robbery took,q^/J. ^pi, fjalm such a "bomb" imitlee Chairman Clifford Rimont Republican told a reporter:Samuel Harrison Sons. Inc., 804 place about 1:40 a. m. He saidlujt th„ .mmnnition i'lmn Friday I Hope, -R-Kan, and Rep. Haroldlthe tremendous response to his'Wyoming ' | hit the ammunition a,imp pnaay •sMcltor from any further activity!the couini la the probe, circulation of the these paj'roUe. So today I approach I hl.s problem I <^^- Gooley. D-NC. asserted thatiiatest attack on McCarthy. chair-jof'Dorranre street. not from the atockholders' stand- P'"es<'nt high supports-9(i. perl man of the Senate Investigating! x..(>aving the scene two of the bandits threatened to .shoot W. Sterling Ash, 41 East Dorrarace ""^'street, King.ston, home ' for the Weekend from. New York City. point but solely from a consldera-''^<'"t of^ parity -\vill be retained, jsubcommittee, convinced himmorej tlon of the welfare of the com- mnnitv, for I am firmly convinced ¦> — - --¦ •¦ ^ |"> —wv.-a. —..r » iv/.jv.T<ria in '-""'i otrpet asd_.the ^barrinir of the oouniy'sla^.d ' bandi;;rt;ir;^,.-" „;;„-;::/:a,_theJate _of _the^^^^^ .„.!to^^gl^. farmers ^^r iiKome in,„f tbe most interesting and dan- To Give Fair Profit jthan ever that the "fascination "^ Parity is a standard set by law.^^f McCarthy's followers is unity who also wi 1 u«eUx'.., ...i- »- n t < I .,_ J ,» " «vominp \ al ev In so far as the 'courageous methodw. It cannot be __„.„_» „„„„„,. , « ut present generation is concerned. du.stry will also he the fate of relation to their costs. Mr. i^isen-lgerous things of our time. ' hovver and Secretary of Agricul-jsays Parallels Hitler Afih. Services Adopt Standard B Ration Including Cobblers and Ice Cream "ASHrxGTON ili'i Tile Army.ioluiie fresh foods, whe.e refrigera-i ^»vy. Air Perce and Marines saidltion is available | yirterday they have agreed on a 111 Types of Food ! standard field ration for troops' The new B ration includes 111 wait includes such dainties as!canned , dehydrated and other! '""P'y*""*' pneappie upsidedown cake, pc-achitypes of non-|>»>rishable foods, and ture Ezra T. Benson are fishtlng] "jj very closely parallels the,""'^''''^ " *w °f tools and money for flexible supports on th^lfanatici.*"! that Hitler had over'''^^'"S: a,?.ninst the side wall. As Since the turn of the century, I theory that farmers won't over-j^jg people." Flanders said. "It aP"!*'^ """¦'' about to inves^iaratc, two anthracite hae been the finen- I produce if they can't look for-jpgaig t„ something in the lower, men, one oointing a gun at him, cial life atream of the valley, jward to guaranteed high pi'ices.fevgjg j,f conscj^yusnpgj j,p pp^jj^p^;ordered him to keeip on going, millione of dollars being paid | The big fight is over the firstjbelow the level of consciousness."! T'^"' other men picked up th» box. annually in wagee from which sentence of the 49-page measure.| McCarthy was not available fori At *'"'** moment an auto.mobile business, real estate, utilitiee and 'if would require a one-year ex-^.^mment. He is winding hp a; came along and two banks have prospered, and other avenue, at the corner that he received a ride from New^^j Zacapa and blew up much of "' '' ' " " ' ' """ the garrison. Shuttle bombing raids on Gua¬ temala City and other military points wouid be a sharp blovv to the morale of Arbenx force*. Civi¬ lians have been warned by the rebel radio to stay in cellars be- cau.se the raids are coming. The Arbenz forces claimed to have "frustrated an enemy at¬ tempt to take Puerto Barrios, its reaching hi? home York to the city and took a bus to Kingston, Ash wna able to give State Police and the King.ston iiolice a good description of the men. He told a Sunday Indeipcndent re¬ porter he believed they had hid the loot, while waiting for their accomplice, who had been on the look out while the robbery wai taking place. ten.sion of mandator.v price sup- millions paid in coal taxes have i ports of 90 per cent of parity for letaened the burdens of other i wheat corn, cotton, peanuts and j rice which expire at the end of vacation — in some secret spot—jgot in wliich began after the 36-day| Ash, startled by the threat. en- Army - McCarthy feud hearingsitered his heme and called police. oobblers and Ice K l» called {is deeigned for group feeding. Iti this year. T know of no other Industry Ini Administration of these sessions that Flanders forces will at- (.almly walked in and handed Mc-; Carthy a note advising him he. was going to attack him on the: . . I Senate floor. ?'*''._'".'." ,.*'.'. 1"''''lowering of price -supports next. The New Englander said Satur¬ day he ij planning one more; ended. Pt was in the midst of one'. strategic objective." The city w Guatemala's principal Caribbean port on the ea-stemmost end of the fighting line. SHARK'S STOMACH Investigation led to the die-! „ , u I . ^ .- , .wliich Kill h a lar^e percentage otitemot to knock out that provisitm eorHt« .u" B-ration and, ac-'covers breakfast, dinner and su^)- the pros, receipts of it, sales are!and substitute some compromise «rdng to the Defense Depart-IIHt for l.". days. Lp,nt f„r wafres and local taxe«.^h1ch would allow at least .somd »H '•etains the moet dcsir-i Here, sa.vs the defense depait-!When coal . - i •We components of the older B-iment, are t>-pical menus: jat n profit thei-e was but tokeniyear t type ration, togstlier with im-' For Breakfast--Citrus lulce.'resistance to excessive taxation! Tne fight will split tile Rf-lsp^ech on'McCarthj" probably'in! (Continued on Page 7, Sec. 11 I Proved or new products developed grilled sausage, cornmeal i^ri'ddle «•"'• "»"ak the coal companie.s" waKipubiipj^n;,"' most of whom arc not only a common expression but also a common practice. It is, liow- ever, a sad commentary on the experience of the past to find that there la now but little endiirinv to show for the millions of (Continued on Page 7, Sec. 1> FINE SAYS STATE'S J,,,'"*''*®*'the varietv and palttta-icakes, maple svrup. bread, mar- ""ty of fare in the field." jgaHne, jam and coffee. \ *» Spaee, (lieaiter j For Dinner - VKcgable soup, i»Hr»**" ''^P'*'''' pr'^^ent joint I crackers, tomato chile meat, sauce »B<t f°' "'^ Army and Air Force j and macaroni with grated cheese, CflTB. "^^ '^fivy and Mirinei buttered green lima beans, bread, r** ^' takes up le.vi si>ace,j margarine, rich oatmeal bars, lee yi the department, and more cream and coffee. ™Pnrtant, Is cheaper. It is de-i For Supper-Grilled franks with P strictly for field kitchen.s!sauerkraut, mustard, mashed po- »Mr* '*'^'^*^^''^"<"' i» not avail-itatoes, buttered peas, bread, niar-lpQULTRY INDUSTRY iw.k garine. peanut butter, pineapple ¦ ,-. ~ •^•¦¦- ,.¦.».» "^ service will contlnie tolupsidedown cake, coffee and hot WILL LEAD THE WORLD ""• A-type rations, which In-'oocoa. I _ t u c t.- . . Gov. John S. I* ine yesterday predicted that Pennsylvania's multi-million dollar poultry indus¬ try would eventually lead the na¬ tion in that field. Speaking at dedication of the fifth regional poultry diagnostic laboratory at Tunkhannock, the Ciovernor pointed out Pennsyl¬ vania, with a farm cash Income from poultry and eggs of t23C,- 000,000, now ranks second to California iti such revenue. 'THIgh dividends will iccrue from these laboratory centers," the governor sairl ''It can be readily appreciated if 'poultr>' lining up with the administration.; The farm bloc itself is composed| of Midwestern Republican^ *"^l CANCER SUIT FILED most Southern Democrats. !.«,,.,«- «i«,«r".- «« Both sides have agreed the; AGAINST CI6ARET CO. issue will be decided by the votes| ^^^^ FRANCISCO of Northern Democrats from the big cities. And both sides claim'y^»'"-°''^ ¦ ipi - Glendale, Calif., A 54- insur- .u .„ ..„fo='in the ance executive Saturday filed suit they will get these votes in the ^^^ ji6,50O,0OO against five c.garet show-down. j manufacturers, charging their ! product caused his «»ncer of the; o,,^ Honeji. 1 throat. Aelred Deutsch said 'ne smoked Wot a Case of Permanent Disability ^^ Pennsylvania Industry This Year TWO PENNA. SAILORS KILLED IN ACCIDENT !fr^m'm8To"mo H:;;k"suba;quent:iBIG ABORTION RING OI^THE. Kan. <IPi- iwo *'enn-|, became inflicted with ' cancer ... nnrn MCAD PAniTAI pylvania sailors were killed in a, ^ ^,^^ ^^^^^^ jj,^ ^^j^ charged.NADbtD iMtAR UAPITAL Ash is a graduate of Kingston high school, and Wyoming Sem¬ inary. He is the son of S. M. two men Ash, retired Kingston plumbing inspector. Ash studies music in New York and works for the Texa CO Co. Prior to the job at Harrison's.j REVEALS CLOTHING an attempt was made to open thCj BELGRADE. Yugoslavia, (IP) — .«p.fe of the Scranton SpringiA huge Sihark believed to have Brook Wattt Co. near Kinmton!devoured several humans waa Comf'TB. Apparently the robbers,shot near a public beach at the were soared away. They had Adriatic port of Pula. it was knocked the dial off the sare'learned Saturday. there but failed to oPen if. A Yugoslav army officer killed A number of attempts hevej^jj^ i7-foot, 1,700 pound shark been made during the past lOjvnth a burst of automatic rifle years to open the saf" at theifjfp jg,^ Tuesday after it was water company's office, but none lighted swallowing a floating has been successful. jcoprse. Police said they found The store of Tliomas Hontz. atjfour men's coats, a woman's ny- other wnv—with all auto horim 'the corner of Pierce and Rutter.ilon blouse and a gold ring In the blarinff their loudest was entered last Monday nisht'shark's stomach after it waa * jand $22 taken. dragged ashore. Sweet Valley highway stand i , , ¦ aHi'ertisinfr "Greeting Cardu ' Valley Scene Cit:f reninufnnl man, tirt^i of ptovidinu nirkles for purk- ivg meters, pnttiiifj »(p n mgn readinn: "If Yon Want Change Buy Something." Funeral proeesKion prorejjintr down South Main street pnsKed hii wedding partp dririnn the Non-fatal in juries, however, reached their lowest point in 1954 during the past month when 6,226 persons received injuries of one ^^R-KBURG (PNS)—Amaz-.month's figure was tha second ibilitv^" ?* permanent total dis out tL * *"**" re.i>orted througl ''Mmth.f"*^* •" '**¦ '*"' y^"- Hejfly ^, fjlr''"*^ *^e ^*ct that persons rcceivea injuries or one tr. !fc,„ 'It*' Pennsylvania work- kind or another non-fatal In ">»'' Jobs '"^"'•ed to date at^nature. '«Jn>r,'io''"'^"« ^* period a injur J 1^* Prisons were fatally P-nniJi »'=<^'dent.9 on their jobs /'.Vwjek"'* ^"^^ ^"^'""^ '"*'¦"*'* Wa.]"!!!? ..'^* Pa.st month «uch w^rv *""'» ^°°^ '*•* "i^es of fom th. Jf- ^°^" considerably •e«dh,t high of 79 deaths in the '"'« «»ontih. In /act laat Interestingly, of the 2,497 acci¬ dents taking place in Pennsyl¬ vania manufacturing firms, only 13 proved fatal—vrtiile 52 of the 3,747 occurring in non-nianufac- turing industries resulted in death. Injuries causing a time loss of seven days or less last month numbered 1,109, While injuries re¬ sulting in temporary cotal dis¬ ability with a time loss of more than seven d^a totaled 4,942. traffic crash near this naval base.jjj^ fj,,^^ ^^^^ fraudulent adver- here Friday, naval authorities re- ^jj^.^ ported today, Leonard Oancy, 21. Meadville, and Charies Neveroski, 19, Scran¬ ton, were fatally injured when their car, driven by CHancy, waa wrecked while passing a truck. WARRENTON, Va. (tP>~Police 3 Dead, 3 Missing Atmospheric Pressure Causes Wave to Slash Lake Front c CHICAGO «IP)-A gigantic wave, j about six feet along the shore, Named in tlie suit were the R. ^^° raided a house a short dis- ^^^j^gj j,y ^ ^^^^^.^ clvinge in at-i then quicljly subsided. Weather J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., the Am erican Tobacco C>j., Liggett and Mvers Toba^-co Co.. P. Lorillard Co.. Phillip Morris and Co., Ltd and 10 John Doee. INSIDE THE INDEPENDENT tance from the nation's capdtol mospheric pressure, hit beaches| experts said a great weight «>f claimed today to have broken up! and piers for about six miles j heavy «gr presses down on the an abortion rin« that may haveia'on^ the I^ke Michigan shore surface of the water, lifts and here Saturday and at least three! causes the lake to rock like water persons drowne. [in a bowl. ibeen grossing a $1,000,000 a year,! partly 'rom Waahlngton govern-j About 20 fishermen were swept I Nate Goldsand. 42, was one of meat girls. j off a pier and rtaininu wall at|the men on the pier, but he Thirteen persons. Including ajthe Montrose Avenue Beach 'indj escaped injury. . .. Amusement One losses were reduced but one per Around the Town Two* cent, the savings to the industry!City Hall FV)ur would be in excess of two and Classified Five one-third million dollars." lojunty Four Farmers of the region eontrib- Crossword Puzzle Five uted to construction of the lab- Drew Pearson ..Two oratory here. It will be rented|Editorial ...Two by the commonwealth, which will] Frank Tripip - Two handle supervision and main-Obituary ..„. _.On« tenanca. Section Page Section Page doctor, six associates and six j authorities feared at least three' other persons were missing. Six 22-23 George M. Adam* Two 9 Home Builders Five 19 Politics Two 15-19 Radio Four 18; Robert C. Ruark Two 1 State Capitol C)ne 8 Sports Two 8 State News One 9 TV Five CiWomen* Section ..Tbree g women patients, were arrested In I persons were treated for injuries jfi the raid Friday night on a house or .shock. 8 at Paris, a tiny northwest Virgi-|D«iK f"' Bodies- 17 nla hamlet only 40 miles -- lessl l^fe guards and boatsmen Bided 9i„_ . , . , , „, . most of the victims to .shore. Four » than an hours drive-from Wash-.^^^^j ^.^^^^ boats dragged the "Lake Came Right Ip" "It seemed like the whol-; lake just came right up," he said. "It rose to about knee height on the pier and a lot of the peoole were washed in." ^ — — - uoast uuara noaxs Tra?gra uie^ Doctors and nurses who sped to j_g ington. area for bodies. ithe scene from the American Hos- 21' Dr. <3eorge Thomas Strother, 54.: The huge wave called a sei?;he,'pital treated five persons on tha 16 of Brimswick, Md., was held in is a phenomenon caused bv a i beach for cuts, bruises or shoeir 1,12 lieu of a $5,000 bond on chargesjquick flucturtion in air pressurePaul Johnson was hospltahied of criminal abortion. *n<l wind. The lake rose sharply'briefly for shock- i n
Object Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Volume | 48 |
Issue | 35 |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Creator | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Place of Publication | Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) |
Date | 1954-06-27 |
Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Source | Microfilm |
Language | English |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
Contact | For more information, please contact the Osterhout Free Library, Attn: Information Services, 71 S. Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701. Phone: (570) 823-0156. |
Contributing Institution | Osterhout Free Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER LIBRARY: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Month | 06 |
Day | 27 |
Year | 1954 |
Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Volume | 48 |
Issue | 35 |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Creator | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Place of Publication | Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) |
Date | 1954-06-27 |
Date Digital | 2011-12-12 |
Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Digital Specifications | Image was scanned by Backstage Library Works. Archival Image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from film at 300 dpi. The original file size was 34865 kilobytes. |
Source | Microfilm |
Language | English |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
Contact | For more information, please contact the Osterhout Free Library, Attn: Information Services, 71 S. Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701. Phone: (570) 823-0156. |
Contributing Institution | Osterhout Free Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER LIBRARY: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Full Text |
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A Paper For The Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
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Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
FileName | 19540627_001.tif |
Month | 06 |
Day | 27 |
Year | 1954 |
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