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WILKES-BARRE, PA.,  SUNDAY,  MARCH 27, 1955
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PRICE  FIFTEEN   CENTS
Brussels Arrests t.SOO In Catholic School Fight
30^0 in Violent Protest to Stasti Of Parochial Aid
BRUSSEXiS, Belgium <lPt — Thouaands of angry Roman CJathoMcs battled 10,000 city and federal police with fistn. atonea and clubs in! the atreeta of BrusseU Saturday during a violent protest against the' government's cirt in aid to parochial nchooUi. ^
A Red Cross apokeaman said at least 80 of the estimated 30.000; demonstrators were injured, many of the*n seriously, when massed; police forces broke up their parada with truncheons, tear gas, flrei taoses, and dull-edged sabre*. I
Police finally drove the demon-^ '¦ ¦ ——^1
Auiomaiic Heating Plant at New Sears Store \Yf// Burn 231 Pounds of >lnt/iracite Hourly
—Au Hoffmaa
Geared to burn 231 pounds of anthracite »ach hour and earn,- a gross load of «.085 iquar* fe<^t of ateaan per hour, the anthracita burning equipment at the new Sears Roebuck and Co. Kor* in the Oateway Shopping Center on the Narrows Road was inspected yeater- dsy by mMnbers of the anthracite committea ot'Cireater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Co«n- ¦icrcf.
Viewing the equipment are: Kneeling- Don¬ ald Davis. Ctiarkes Hall, asaistant store man¬
ager; Paul Griffin, committea chairman and C of C vice presldenrt. Standing—Samuel Apfel- baum, atore manager; Frank Figlock, Tom Flynn, John Sabol and David Cummings,
The liea;ting plant, '(vtiich haa a (KKinch I«aoh grate, will heat the main bulMing, which Is 120 feet wlda and 300 feet deep, and a 50 by 140 feet *ix-«ar aervica atatlon In tlia rear of t*ie main store.
The unit also hiaa automatio «o»l f««d to the grata and automatic ash removal.
atrators back from the center of th« city in a aeries of cavalry charges and by driving armored trucks into the milling crowd
The issue involved was tht afl-| nounced plan of the Socialist gov-: epnment to trim $9,800,000 froml the  70-million  dollar annual  sub-
Predict Tax Cut
For'56
President Wants Low Income Groups To Benefit Most If Budget Balances
WASHINGTON  (IP»   House Re-'^*''^'-*'^-
But Reds Said No
U. 5. Offered To Reduce Army By 2 Million
LON'DON <IP» British Miniater>sian plan proijably would leav» of Slate Anthony Nutting dis-'the Soviets upward of 3,1500,000 closed Saturday that the United.men—after "disarmament." That State.^ offered to cut its armed]would be twice aj; many as any forces by two million men in a'single Western power would hav« disarmament plan Russia has re- and slightly, more than the corn-
By evening the government an- "'„   "^m  hv fC .Vlfr V    rJ«.„     washing'IXJN  (IP)   House Re¬ nounced that upwaTd of 1,600 dem-^^^ho^rCXJl^ ^ Ro™*" publican  Uader Joseph M.  Mar- _..^_-_   ^_,,-_     '   J „^.,_ Catholic schools U;„   i,     .„;.    „„..„,j.„    .u.j»    ,,
onstrators had been arrested while attempting to march to the Parlia¬ ment building. Planes Bolnter Poliee
Actual casualties were believed
The opposition Catholic party-
tin   jr.,    said    yesterday    that    if President   Eisenhower   is   able   to
Under the same plan. France would have trimmed 300,000 men from its armed forces and Britain
bined  forces of the  Western  Big Three.
Nutting gave a precui conferenca the first full details of the Wea-
the Social Christians—ordered thelrecommcnd   an   income    lax    cut-***'''''    have    reduced   Its   armed,'^'¦" disarmament plan, protest demonstration and march. I next   year   "low   income   groups"' As  the   rioting  developed,   bell-l^.j,, benefit the mast
The GOP leader said Mr. Eisen¬ hower win not propose a cut un¬
less   the   budget   is   balanced    or
Sine BILL
[LO100 HIGH
Annual Cost To I
Insure Cars, Bond I    Employees Is $325,000
I HARRKBUKQ <tP>-Tha In»ur-i I »Bc» Committee of tha Governor's, I Advisor>- Committea said the; 1 »utf'j $325,000 a year bill f««r lii-| Jlliuring state automobiles and: fF^Vonding employees ta twie* aal ^rhigli Si It should be.
But the  committee,   headed  by' Dr Stephen B Sweeney, auggested r(^««8mination   of  the  state   pol-j icy of not insuring atata property Igainit fira  loaa.
Tnt group aaid Uia "only bn- portant state prop*rty now in- lurtd against fire ia the stock of th« Liquor Control Board while In «'&rthouacs." VmUi and EitniTacanf
The three-man Insuranca Com¬ mittee, comprising Sweeney, Dr C, A, Kulp, chairman of the In- ••jrtne* r)epartment of Wliarton School. tJniversity of Pennayl- vtnis, and  Dr.  Howard  M   Teaf.
jLeader to Act Tomorrow iTo Aid Hard Coal Towns
I Gov. Georga M. Leader, it waa learnad lata liajrt, night, will
personally go  before the joint session of House and Senate to- !    morrow to ask  for a $20 million revolving fund for plant con¬ struction to attract new industriea to Pennsylvania, particularly its distressed areas.
The revolving  fund, it was  reported from Capitol aourcea.
Will  be designed  to aid  Wllke«-B*rre,  Scr««ton,  Pottsrvllla and
I    other  communitiea  in  th*  hard  coal  fielda,   aeverHl   aoft   coal
mining towns in Southweatem Pennsylvania and atrickan raii-
I    road centers such as Altoona.
Under Gov. Laader'a proposal, tha State would underwrite construction of industrial plants to smaller companies wtoe ©wild qualify for aasistanca and then lease them to concerns. This is aimilar to the plan used by the General State Authority In Ita building program for the Comvmonwealth;
As repayments are made by the concerns, th« funda would be returned to the revolving fund.
The Leader program also will eall for rad«r»l cooperation in extending tax wriU-offa for Indwrtrlal expanaion in distraaaed areas.
Funds to atudy devalopmcnta In tlia uaa of coal to ereata Jnduatrial by-produota *l»<t will ba aakad by tha fovernor, H waa reported.
much    higher    than    »„„ounced.i^?*"«;"Kf'"'""*""* "^^'^ through
Many of the injured were said toj*^"* atreeis.
have refused treatment for fear of jl^»ught Three Moura
arrest. For three houra the bitter fight-]"brought  cloac"   to   balance.    Mr.
Government     planea     hovered Ing    continued.     Then    Catholic Eisenhower previously ha* stated overhead   radioing   the  moves   ofjleaders   appealed   to   the   demo«i-jthat as his position, the riotera to police commandersj atrators to halt the fight. ,   -phe   administration   apparently
«> the ground. |    In   the   'T'^'i'"?   '**"**'•   P°""iia counting on a balanced budget
.u^""^. fi"*=*J^^, '''**)""*   noting;permkted   hundreds   of   the   bat-:i„ ^he 12 months starting Julv 1, that dethroned King Leopold five.tered   and   water-drenched   dem-,,.„   h-„i„_ ..„„»„,.~,j>i i„f.~„ year,   ago   have   such   disorders onstrators   to   cat«h   trains   back'J!*^' "f" "«^ , ""^''^'^*^    Interna- raged in the Belgian capibal. jto the provinces. .uonai mciaenis.
The   Catholic   marchers   poured i    But    hundreds    of    others    re-ISeea Balanced Budget into Brussels in  bold  defiance ofimained  in  town. They were aplitj    Secretary   of   the   Treasury the Socialist  government  ban  onlinto small groups by police. JGeortre    M     Humphrey    reoorted
their promised demonstration and     The  fighting  continued   in   tideL^,.    „,_,, '.. .,  ,,,' ,    ,     .'^„^„,
^1.-   iiTnAn  ^i...  ^..^A   <   *„!_*.„.v..  »„- 0,°....  .»f». .-u-  —u.ithis  week   that  there   is  a    very
good opportunity" to achieve the
the  10,000 police  massed  here  to streets  for hours after the main
preserve order They came by bus, i demonstration broke up. Ij.^i-.     .        ..,.,        j
train, automobile and on foot from!    Catholic   leader   Theo   LeFevre a^™'""'t'f»*'°"»   ^"^'^   balanced
citiea   and   provinces   throughout blamed police for the riot*.
the country. "All we wanted," he aaid, "waa
I Blocked from Capitol a peaceful demonstration. But the
i    Police strategy  was devoted to gendarmes were obviously acting I bottling    up    fie    thousands    of l under orders to provoke us. 'marchers   and    preventing   tiheml    "Now," IjeFevre   promised,   "we,
from reaching Che capitol in thelwill continue the figjht in Parlia- I inner city. 'ment"
force? by 250,000 men. IDenounce Bed Breach
Ru.ssla balked. Nutting said, be-' He made the detailed figures cause the West's disarmament|»^*''^'''* ¦'''*•''¦ ^^* United States, proposal submitted to the dis-j^f'ta'" «"<! France had jolnel in armament conference now in se«-|^*''°""<''"K Russia for her"8hock- sion here -would have asked!'"»'"¦«^»<"'i of faith" in publiciiing Ru.ssia and Red China to cut their |» "distorted" .Soviet account of armed forces to between one mil-]'be Rus.sian proposals in violation lion and 1.500,000 men each.   Thatiof conference secrecy agreements.
Nutting  said  the   West,   laying
down specific figures for the first
,-. time   in  disarmament  talks,  pro-
Ked llan KeJectMl p„jp^ ^^^  following armed forces
Rus.sia countered with what the ceilings for the major powers: United States has described as "al    United   States-One   million    to pig in a poke" plan for one-thirdil,,'500,000 men. cut of all forces across the board.!    Russian-Oie  million  to  1,800,- But   Russia   has   refused    to   say 000 men.
what her present armed strength'    Red   Ohina—One  millioB  to  1,- U. 1500,000 men.
Thus it would be Impossible for!    Britain—650,000 men. the West to make better than an     France—650,000 men.
is   the  same  figure  proposed   for the United States.
IBULGIN BACKS |6RI0G[S FEARS
iREOS TO AnACK
educated gueaa how many men under arms would be left the So¬ viets under the Ma-^cow plan.
France made such  an educated guess  Friday  and  said  the  Rus
BIG FOUR TALKS
budget.
In holding out hope for cuts for low income groups. Martin said in an Interview that he did not see how the Democrats could de¬ velop a tax issue that would give them "political advantage" in the 1956 election campaign.
The Massachusetts Republican ¦ spoke out in the wake of the col- ¦ lapse of the fight by House Dem-, ocrats to cut everybody's Income! taxes next Jan. 1. The House- approved plan, which would have j 1 reduced  taxes  next  year  $20  for:
leach  taxpayer  and  an  additional i   V^%      #• J     M 	
30 for each dependent., waa killed; g ^     i^O^QO     1 f OfW
Nutting said these flgurea would represent a cut under pres¬ ent levels of two million men for the United State.-^: 300,000 men for France and 250,000 for Britain.
4 Killed when Airliner Is Ditched off Oregon;
Tells Soviet Press He Welcomes Effort To Decrease Tension
Sees Ruinous Price War If Pennsylvania Re/axes
MOSCOW   (tPi—Soviet   Premier Nikolai    Bulganln    Saturday    en-
*Almost Anytime;' But Sen. George Sees No Such Indication
WASHINGTON «P>—Sen. Styles Bridges    (R-NH)    aaid    Saturday
dorsed President Eisenhow- tha Chinese Reda may amaah at er'a proposal for a big power con- j the MaUu and Quemoy islands ference.   probably   at  the  foreign]within   two  months  in an  "open
day 1b a Senate-House confer ence committee. i
Gave Vp Fight
PORTLAND,   Ore,
(IP) -A  Pan- overca.^t. This   made   the   landing
j American     luxury      stratocruiser'and   the   transfer   of   passengers
jwith 23 persons aboard ditched in amd  crew   to  the   life  rafts  m-^re
The Senate then promptly pas«-!{,j,e  Pacific  Ocean  off the south-!successful  than  if the  water had
ed the administration measure to|„n Oregon coast yesterday and albeen rough, the Coast Guard said.
continue   corporation   and   exclsejjjavy transport plucked 19 aurvi-lln Water Four Hours
sales   Uxea   at  current   rates  for vors from the sea. '    The   survivois    and    the   dead
floated around the scene of the crash in three lift rafta for nearly four  hours   before the  final  per-
minlsters' level. In   a   reply   to   an
Sz^.'^T:^r::^iMilk Control Program
Insuranca la "eoaOy and axtrava-;
l»nt," j    HARRISBURO  «!"»—TRia  Penn-only   oigiht   to   10   ««ajts   from   atbat  "exptotmtory Hialka"   be  held;    "I hope and believe that policy
The group aaid tha MoldMit |U-iaylv»aiia     Associatioa     of     Malk quart  of  retail mtlk.  "U to  12,5|between Ruasta, tha United States, ia now at an etid, because I be- liility insurance  for  4,000 of  the'DeaJars warned today «h*t any r«-icw>tj   por  quart  ia  mucii  nearer|3Ht«in and Franca.
another year. |   Four   persona   were   killed   and
In  giving up  the fight.  Demo-!two were reported in critical con- crats   expressed   confidence   theyldition.
could make taxes a major politi-]    The dead were identified as Don-j son   was   lifted   aboard   the Navy
cal   issue   next   year.   They   con-iald   R.   Fowler,   flight   engineer,|Transport Rayfield. The tranaport
tend   the   Republican   adminlstra- Loa Angeles:  passengers John  D.iwas   headed   toward   Seattle   »nd
lion  favors  a "trickle  down"  tax Peterson, Seattle   and    David    E.'was due to arrive tomorrow.
policy  in   contrast to  the  Demo- E»&rrow.   Auburn.   Wash.,   and   A.;    The  stiip  carried  a doctor and
campaign   against  For-(gratic   policy   of   helnina   low   Jn-'<3- Hendrick, first officer, Scattle.iwas   equipped   with   a   sick   bay.
,.    ^,,,   .imosa. ,.om»  ffrnnn". '    "The double-decker   plane- wentjThe Coast Guard  said  that some
unidentifiedi    Bridges   said   the   situatiot,   in^H^^^J,";" „^^ji„   ^^j^^^   confi-i*'"^'"   «'   l'*"   P"'    '^ST   ahortly'of  the   injured   required   immedi-
very   ««r'ou^'i^g„j,p that'any tax reduction rec-
, ing  gun
.   icome  groups, correspondent ot the .Soviet _new«|u,;-Far" e;",7 l.s~'"ve7yTeri;us',"i,„»r!u!!'."^'IT lt:^IJ''"!'l-'Tne" the pilot r^ad'ioed one of the ate medical  attention.
agency   Tass,   Bulganln   .aid   the ,,nd   to   ,o„^   e„ent   the   United^""^'' ^t"" tT^ '*" ^f'"'^'°" 'J^'ltoUT engines had torn loose from     Capt. W, U Parks of the 142nd Soviet government Ukes a "posi-(States has contributed to the war-'"°™*"°^°  ^,}T *°™'"«'"*tion .^ counting. iFighter-Interceptor    Group    in
live attitude"  toward  the   Marchj threatening situation by "our for-l"*"' y*'*'**'"'''°™^'"" "'"* •'•     The passengers and crew acram-jPortland.  one  of  the  first  to  fly
;.•? suggestion  of Mr.  Elsenhoweri mer policy of bluff aiid ratreat."!*"""^"^
•.000 ateta cam In/wrod waa wrlt-|l*M'tk>n of milk price controls in t*ia   truia*   and   eworn   testimony, ^^
t« o« ,l^„^li?S^Ir J^^u'th. staf would   Wa d«n*ging;r*t*in.d   in   Milk   Control   Com-|Not Sp«^
«*U eo..K!  aavT^bout  taJf  the'    '^^* atatftment waa prompt*! by;figi»r«.'- jcoW were called to a press  con-
«"%«« .,-,-^ Will  w       ^_LJ    iOov.   Oorge   M.   Leador'a   r«ent Shows SmiOl Profit iference to raceiva tha text of the|,.,-_„-.  a»v*i«w.'
^,T. THa.^^^^r^ ^?.:r:i~mment that h. w*a "waTering'i    "Actually,   th.  milk  dealem  in:Bulganln statement. \ *^»* ^'^^
iotlon that price! Penn-ylyania average. littW over.   ^^   Bulganln    reply    did I level waa nee-two centa net profit on the »'e«Ln„i,y
farmer* a fairidoUar with th. dairy farmer »»«<^L!.„„ ' „, .. ,„. ,„„ „, „„„ labor receiving tiha major por-jf*"*'""'' "^ **''«• '<>"¦• <"• ""'e tion."    Geisinger    aaid.    "If    ttiia'POwers.
lleva that If we bluff and retreat! once more our word will no longer! be taken seriously and our freei world friends wiu lose heart en¬ tirely," he aaid.
6 AREA YOUTHS
«Mary   to   insure
Mrvire.
¦^ ''^^ ! price" for their product,
ifts wmmltte. aaid that a "pml-ippedlcta "Ruination"
l»r pattern, which It lermad "fia «1 folly" had be.n followed in w« bonding of some 3,000 aUte  mployeea who must b. Inaured The committee aaid that 50 to 75
N
move'^br'j'usUfiaw'i^in attem^^^ it would save Pennsyl-jasked  th. Soviet attitude on  Mr.|attacking the Matau Islands about!    County
In*   »n   reduce  an   already   fairiy^-ania milk consumers little alncejEisenhower's   press   conference!mid-April. took six
nrlced ouart  of milk   it must beithe price of a quart of milk could'statement of last Wednesday sup-     *«    administration     of f Icialito custod ?. -.„^ .- #«^ .rtim r.iin.tionlnot be  reduced even as much as nortine    a    oossible    future    bie warned,  however,  that   an  attackirious   mo
"If the administration feels such ipublicited    'dealer    profit'    were!    The    Tass    correspondent
bled into life rafts. One of tthejover the crash scene, aaid "there dead died from injuries, the Coastjwas a great deal of debris and Guard   said.     It   waa   not  known two oil slicks on the water" where
whether the others died on impact or from injuries. 11 Women Aboard
Eleven women were aboard, in¬ cluding a purser and stewardess.
The Coast Guard said that, for
the plane went down.
"1 dropped from a 15.000-foot elevation to 10,000 feet and saw what looked like fire coming from part of the wreckage." Parka said. "It   turned   out   to   be   a   smoke
tunately.   the   sea  was   calm   and i flare  from  a life  raft.  On  deter- the   weather    warm   and    partly'  (Continued on Page 2, Section 1)
prepared to-face certain ruination!not be  reduced even as
porting    a    possible    future    big power conference. could    be    aavedUie 'state    bylOeisinger, execuUve vice president,    "Most   mHk   <'**'"• .^'".".^^      'The  Soviet   government,  as   It Wopting    a    "Blanket    Position I of the association, aaid. i^ithout  the  law  but ^e aamm-^^^ ^^^^        ..^^^^        j^^^ ^        _
A^""" "Dealera could  not continue toiistrat.on ""«realiw moat farm-, ^  ^^^ ^^
While tha coKMnlttea  nada  no P*y   <:^r»nl   high   Pennsylvania ers cannot •»«<=•, t^'-'i'Ji ""^j^!
l>»f cent Of the loinual $75,000 bill of the dair^ Industry." Henry R.ja cent.      . „,     .    ,        ^ ,.   ,. """'''    "-    saved    the    atate    byjOeisinger, execuUve vice president,    "Moat   mtlk   dealers   could   live a     "Blanket
"•"¦¦ cna coRunitte.  «iada  no pay   cu",™   ...»4.    -^ ."L    win.*  »•>,» H.Kiera from buvin*»   "ig  power  conference   aa   ex-
snrm recommendation for Inauring f*"""    prices    •"<»^'?«*«5!;, J?.!*?,.^L"^ ott-of-a^ ^^^Tk ""Jien pressed  by  the  President of-the thst .Ufa vast atructural  prop- bl^hly. compeUWva 1**^ ^a" "^ ifi«*P    ^l^VX trbur hl«h United  States,  if  such  a  confer-
Bridges,   ranking OOP  member
noti(,j ,the Senate Appropriations and
favored a^on- Armed Services committees, spokei
"¦ out   after   high   military   sources!
reported   the   Red   Chinese   mftyi
hadjsp&rk  a major  Asian  conflict  by|
authorities     yeaterdayi
young men and boys in-
tody for invAtigation of »e-i
against   the   Chinese   Nationalist-edly   wZ^'detafnTng  aira[Tastl    CHICAGO   .tP.-^A   record   coldu'ive of then, in two plane crash* held   islands   off   the   Red   main-itemporarily,  at  the  county  jail,    jwave  w.ped  out  ''"'^.'^''/ff.t'" ^'7''^« '^";^„„.,^ land    could    come   "almost   •ny-     The  prisoners,  ranging from  le!table crops in the South Sat_urday!Storm I«ta^P«nn«>u'!;!!i* time," ¦ Ito 22 years, were described as res-land  turned  Midwe:^tern  highwajs
"We'VL- got to be prepared rightlidents    of    Hunlock    and    Plainsjin^. snow-packed traffic traps
sylvanla   dairy    farmers    receivemilk,  ^1^^^^^,, ^^^ ^^^^^ premler'a  reply
^t
aom.   kind   of    "caaatrophe »«   jaauranra   might   b.  «dvts **>•  "where   large   concentration •r property value may b. subject <» citastropha loss."
REDS SAY TANKER BROUGHT JET FUEL
Leaves Hospital With Dead Man's Collar Bone, Breast Bone, 4 Bibs
said
"Already Proposed"
"In this connection," Bulganln added, "It might first be pointed out that the Soviet Union has al-
Weather Goes On Rampage Damages Hit New High
The  storm  which  brought blii- _      _     _ zard  conditions  to  parts ftf Neb-
along," 12,is official-aid. "I don't townships and Kingston borough-i ^'f"^i"'^t^'P^'''' r°'%n^/'ul^wHhtH''*'m'^ternoXa^twa^<l''Md think anyone can pick « month! Plains township police said|on the South and ley winds ^^J^-\^»f JlXrtd over W^st^rn Pe^- When an attack will come. We three of those taken into custody ed up more dust storms m the was centered over Western Penn-  ,_ J f. ..I...--'    J M— ! J  -t . -Southwest. sylvania.
happens almost any time Soea Post-Conferenoe Action
Chairman    Walter    E.    George, (D-Ga.)   of   the   Senate   Foreign | Saturdays Relations committee said  he hadi   ^   county detective
Icy Arctic air blanketed all tha
shouldn't be surprised If anythingiwere juveniles aeized at a green-|So"thwest. ^
'house  in  the Hilldale  section  by| J^^^NewJork^Ute.^ Amy J,el.-,^
jam  in 46 years on the  Niagara]palachians.
county detectives at 3:30 yester¬ day afternoon. They said the youths   were   employed   there   on
named   by
{liver. I    Snow  and   rain   stretched   from
Blustery winter weather duringiCoiorado eastward to the .\tlantlo the    first    week    of   spring    hadicoast and southeastward into Ala-
lll ,   ™= Formoaa (irv- The Kng- J« iwiguag;. Chin* N««wa chiiraed four Hiurday that a Polish  freighter "^"^d   8,000   ton*   of   Romanian «^'irhlor   fuel    In   Red    China
nHTr-Aon   (UV-Clifford    Loitz,!taken  from  th*  body  of  a man ready proposed calling in the near
dead man. iMaivh 12 to remove a tumor.
Officiala of St.  Mary of waaa-j    .j.^^^ transplanted portion, meas-
reCh Hospital aaid th* bonea werei^^.^^^ ^^^ ^Jy ^^^ inchea, waa ^
future a four-power conference of United States. Russia, Britain and Franc* at which the question of an Austrian peace treaty could be settled." Those   two   paragraphs   constl-
not "heard  anything  directly" tolt^^^^rp policr« the office7who'taken a total o^ and   the   western
Caroiinas.
As the frigid air surged south¬ ward into the Gulf of Mexico, low
indicate the Imminence of a RedUook the minors into custody, de-jout the nation attack on Matau. clined to comment on the case.    !, Eight   persons   were   »ti"«d   in
But  George  aaid   it  "has   been     He   stressed   that   inasmuch   asi^n'^'*"*   traffic   accidents   Fr day augge.sted,   and   given   some   cre-U "f,i,',  were involved   he  couldini«ht on icy highways or in blow-iiemperaiure  recoras lor vm. .«• dence,- tllat after the Afro-AsianP„"ot d^cusTtL  intsUgat.^^^^ »n°^- ^^""^ »°"**^" »t«"°"^<l'" . *^ .»"»°"   ^fftn'^L;?^ C!^
conference    In    Indonesia    there "Vesta ^erenLlein^'the after- at Columbus   Ohio, were kiUed in;pointam   the   South   and   lowr "might  he   aome   ,tep-up   in   the|„^„, ^ut the defendanta were notla^f^l. accident at Fort V\ ayne. Mid-w^est. ^^^^^^^^  ^^^   ^^^ ^^^
Texas recorded six new deaths,' (Continued on P««e 2. Section 1>
JMjLSHghtly Hurt
Two Hurled from Speeding Car tolling Up Flighi of Steps
8,?f/^t>ELPHIA (UV-An auto-iTh* automobile waa »pu« around jj"""* which sped aeroaa the aa it hit the fender of another ""*war*    River    Rri/iT-    .f    70 car   then   alid   sideways   into   a
Wilsji
Rlvar    Bridg*    at    70
an  hour  roll«l  over  aide-
bi.- IJP 1» atep* of the Bridge
?*» her. yeaterday.
ean.!   ^"^ *"** a paaaenger ea-
thf   *"h minor Injuries. A pole
•i th"'*""**''''*  uP'"ooted  prevent-
' M fu* **"¦ ''¦°™  landing on  top
'the driver.
'ie    .5' '^°""'*  ^^P-  •'o^'"  ^"''
Im'*    *''* automobile aped past
W°" '*'* '"¦'<!«• at TO miles per
U   ' and failed to alow down aa
'""led  right OB  Fifth rtraat
chain  fence around the plaxa.
A pole supporting the fence was uprooted and hurled to tha toip steps of the plaza. Both Mamie Howell, 27, the passenger, and Eaton 'w. Wall. 29, the driver, were hurled from the car aa it rolled up the steps
The   automobile
wired   into   place   by  surgeons
uted  the  full  text  of  BuIganin'sjPandung April 18.
actual attack by the Peiping gov- taken    to    the   prison   until   last ernment." The conference opens at|night.
President   Eisenhower   has   in-!
George said he knew nothiiig in| Xorth Wanhington gtreet the nature of a "crisis" or "unduei rtataurant owner letting his tension"   that  would  have  led to
T^ts    .   bookkeeper   has   been! statement. i »-    ¦—-"    ••"—   ••• i ..
abl^to'breathe normally and com-j   President    Eisenhower,    in    Wsj^•''^^„^';"^'>"f ^ ^^^R^"^''"^" ^Cf^nP^
fortably ainoe .he operation, doc- March 23 statement, made it clear | [-'^-^¦" ^ ""hTm" n%"xt Xll'^.l ^^^^^7      ^^^^^ tors said. he wanted  any exploratory  talks
They said hia left lung and most|„j,^, jj^ij ^t a level below that of his heant were exposed during.jjf jj^g heads of state--probably the surgery. Jon  the  foreign   minister's  level—
They   aaid  tb.   transplant   waaj,^^^^^^ j,^ personally attends any necessary becauae "the defect cre-|        ^   ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^     j^^^, ated   waa   ao   large   that   aimple '^ cloaure of remaining tissues would not   produce   enough   atebillty   of the cheat wall to^aikw th* patient to breathe." Like » TreUia
The aurgeon in <diarge of the case aaid the bone transplant would not grow in Loitz' body, but "it will serve as a framework
the invitations. But the Formosan situation la certain to be a major topic.
on which new bone can be grown
cama   to   rest!in replacement." i
,A    -!-„,«  <»  tftn nf Willi  but     He likened the transplant to "a upside down on top of Wall  but!   ^^^^   ^^   ^^   ^^^^^    ^^.^^   j,
the pole supported it inchea above _j.^du^iiy covered by the growing] Frank XVipp  Fhrea
th, drivar. 'waea or vintm." jObituary On*
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cuMomers know then o.re deal¬ ing with an expert and display¬ ing sign: "ThtJi It One Place Where    the    Customer    ISN'T
Always Right!"
Girl, an expert dancer, trying to look interested as her non- dancing "blind date" spent the evfning at local ball telling her nil the fine pointu about milk¬ ing eows and doing other elwres on his Dad's farm.
« S «
7:      Most  flustered  gentleman  in
8 town was owner of brand new
9 car who ran out of gas in mi/i- l-5j die of busy South Main and 2-3| Northampton intersection dur- 1-81 ing th» rush hour.
Pottsville Man Attempts to Kill Neighbors;FearedTheyHexedHim
POTTSVILLE, Pa. ilPi-Querin Direnio, 42, broke into the next door home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sc4iaeff«;f Saturday and fired three wild ahotgun blasts at them because he believed they had "hexed" him, police said,
DirenBo told police the opell waa cast when the Schaeffers hung a sweater on their clothesline. In- ve»llgators were unable to deter¬ mine why Direnzo thought he was being "hexed."
Schaeffer aaid he went to in¬ vestigate noiaes on the first floor of hia home at reaAy Palo Alto. He aaid h. saw Direnio climbing ia A Uvinc room window with a
double-barreld shotgun und*r his arm..
Direnzo fired hut mlmtd Schaeffer, who ran out the front door. Direnzo went upat&ira and began choking Mrs. Schaeffer, police said. She fled to another room, slamming the door behind her. Direnwj fired twice through the door, but Mra. Schaeffer w«ui unhurt, police aaid. Schaeffer and neighbors then subdued the al¬ leged assalant.
Diremxo was arraigned b^ora Alderman William Thompson en charges of breaking and enter¬ ing and intent to kill. He ww committed to the Schuylkill County priaon in default of baB.
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