Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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Bandits Get $1,500 in West Side Supermarket Safe
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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
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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
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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
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..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
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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.
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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
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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-
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