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Many Imioceni |50 Lost aS II. S. Stllp
E w   Cracks in Two in Arctic
Charges Devoted Workers Purged To Make Showing
BODGE, Norway (IP)—A converted World War 2 Liberty .ship with approximately 50 men aboard broke in two and sank in a raging Arctic storm off Norway's rocky coast yesterday.      ^.  .
The ship was the 7,238| |
ton   freighter   Pelagia   of|        Cose Put Back
Canal Traffic Moving^ Nasser Vows Defiance
, . « TT T XT /- T. ^ XT ^r^'<^^^ York, bound from the' mmmr \VASHINGT0N OP):Arctic   Circle   port   of P^ -Adlai h. Steven.son as-, Narvik to Baltimore with gerted ]a.st night that the io,000 tons of iron ore Eisenhower   ad m i ni.stra-
Watchers from shore said three lifeboats left the ship, but 12 hours later seachers said no trace of survivors had been fobnd. Directors of the air-sea search said there was every indication the ship and
tion "has pilloried innocent men and women under the pre¬ tense of conducting loyalty and security  investigations."
The  Democratic   presidential candidate said the lives of "de- -cent  and   devoted   government i its entire crew were lost. servants    have   been   wrecked!
'for partisan political purposes"! More than 20 ships searched in the administration's effort to I''* disaster area, just north of make a show of weeding sub-'t^'e Arctic Circle at the mouth versives out of the government.'of the treacherous Vestfjorden
Stevenson lambasted what hei^j°^^ ^ ^'8 "• ^-..^jf Force FC called the "shameless political 1^4 Rescueniaster flew to the trickery" of the administra-!*""«'™"?. ^''^'twick Scotland, tion's loyalty-securitv program' To"8h fishermen from Vae- in a speech at a barbecue rally/oey Island at the fjords mouth on behalf of a Democratic con-i Graved f"«"' *'"•* ^usts of 40 eressiona! candidate Warren D.! knots m their 80-foot craft to Oucnstedt. ,attempt a rescue.
The rallv was  on  a  country .R«>"'*''^ radio,   co-ordinating estate 15 miles .from  Washing 'he search, said there were no ton in Fairfax Countv. Va., anl^^POrts after the American ship area   heavily    populated    with f'"t 'e"'""'. d'*tress signals. Bovemment  employes. ;    Roervik radio said the British,
"^ ifreighter   Cingston   Scepter:
Reconstruct Security System
He   pledged   that   "the   first. .,.    .      l.   _
objective of a Democratic ad-,^°"" without observing any ministration will be to restore iT*"* "^ ">* P«'«Sia or its crew, ^^itv and honor and self-1 The Scepter then continued its estfem to the  public  service."!"^ voyage
"We mean to reconstruct thei present security system and de¬ vise a program which will safe
guard the state without degrad¬ ing those who service it."
Cop Shot Paralyzed
Stevenson   also   strongly   in¬ dorsed a recent Supreme Court
d-cision which held that thej PHILADELPHIA IP—A Phil- Eisenhower administration ex-1 adelphia policeman, shot by a ceeded its authority m extend-iholdup suspect, was paralyzed in? "security risk" firings tO|from the neck down yesterday workers in non-secret and non-;as a result of the gunman's bul- sensitive jobs. He called on letu. Episcopal Hospital said. Democrats in Congress to "holdi    George Dor.sey, 30,  was shot yesterday postponed until
fired k'" '^^"' '^' '"""^ ""iJ^i^.J" !^' """^ "m Tk  "Rafter the November elec- ""f™ " ;teif>pted    to    arrest    Nathaniel
Post-Election Hearing Set For Nixon Aide
Chotiner Probe Delay Surprise To Both Parties
WASHINGTON (IP)
¦Sena t e   investigators char^e^s to
A congressional in\'estigation,|Easley,   30,   a   former   convict,!
tion   their   controversial    hear-
Parties Start Slugging in Pennsylvania
Bloom Hits Dems
For Collecting From
State Employees
HARRISBURG OP) —Both major political parties, having completed formal campaign "kick- off" ceremonies in. the state, turn this week to slug it out with each other for the favor of  Pennsylvania   voters,
"We are accepting the Repub¬ lican challenge to fight it out," said Democratic Chairman Sen. Joseph M. Barr. Sees End of Duti
Barr predicted that U. S. Sen. James H. Duff, seeking a second term this year, will meet his "Waterloo" in his Democratic opponent, former Philadelphia Mayor Joseph S. Clark Jr.
"Clark has been tested in the crucible of public service," Barr said, "and he. unlike Duff, does not rely upon the fake props of the political magician."
Republican    State    Chairman Bloom also had some level, "Boodle-Happy"
"The Democrat platform is a thing of rags and patches, their
Tiie Long Way Around
Pilots Working Double Shifts; Russia Raps West
CAIRO (lP)~President Gamal  Abdel Nas.ser yes- terday pledged Egypt to keep the Suez Canal open even if it means a war with the West and takes the last drop" of Egyptian blood.
Nasser, on the first day
Newsmap indicates the comparative shipping mileage from England to Bombay and Singapore ;vla the Suez Canal, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said the United States would detour its shipping around Africa, regardless of the extra cost, if Egypt blocks passage of ships through the canal.
Kidnaped Infant Killed The Day Shi Was Taken
Died by Smothering, Not of Injury, Hamden Police Say Autopsy Shoived
HAMDEN, Conn. (IP)—Six-weeks-old Cynthia failure, but so long as they are'"^''tolo apparently was killed the day she was taken rich in campaign boodle theyi'ro'" "^r carnage in a crowded department store.
he said, showed that HO-*;, of follov;'ing the $2,000 holdup of:'"8s on the acUvities of Murray C'e employes fired as security a drug store and check cashingl^.- Chotiner Vice President ri<iki never were determined to'agency Friday. *lRichard  M.  Nixons  1952 cam-
b*>  security  risks   at   all.   and    One bullet, later removed at:P*i8" "If"^^''"        ,       u.   t. «re happy," Bloom said."     ' 'ibut she had suffered a head injury some time before
1 iiG   announcement,   w n i c n     -,,      •»«**.•
amky
were not even fired but,the hospital, jammed against his     ?he   announcement,   w •   tran.sferred   from   onespme,  injuring the spinal cord.''¦a'^«<l ^y^^^ws m both political ly to another Dorsey's    condition    continued'tramps,  was  made  in   a  state-
"And half of those who were!serious. jment by Chairman John L. Mc-
'red as security risks had been' Easley wsi shot down byClellan (D-Ark) of the Senate h-ed bv the Eisenhower ad-other policemen as he fled down Permanent investigating sub- mirrHtrafion   itself,"   he   added, an alley. Hrs condition was seri-jcommittee.
"FInany    the    administr-'tion ous    at    Philadelphia    General'    The   subcommittee   has   been udmitted,    Jifter    about    three'Hosplul. > looking  into  Chotiner's   activi
years of such devastating har-,'       	
««ments, that not a sinple ner--, • » » /» j * on behalf of law clients since son was fired for bein<» a Cora-VOnVICfS TO Vjrraauare the Eisenhower administration munist," Steven.son  said. I     PITTSBURGH   (W—Edu- took office.
'" cational    station    WQED,    the'    In one earlier appearance, the
R.APS AGITATORS Ifirst to offer high school diplo-iLos   Angeles  attorney,   a   long-
ORr.ANDO,    Fla.    W—Vice- mas    through    television,    will tim GOP political strategist and presidential     candidate     Estes,bold   commencement   exercises!campaign   expert,   denied   any Kefauver last night blamed pro- tomorrow for 46 graduates, 11'wrong-doing or improper use ofU •egregation   "outside  agitators" of   them   inmates   of   Western influence. '
for a large part of the South'si State  Penitentiary  and  five ofj    xhe    Democratic - controlled
"An autopsy conducted by Dr. Avereill Liebow, a certi-
Charging Democratic "strong-ithat,     police     announced< arm collectors" with demanding;       .. from   state  employees   "volun-•y'"'f'""J^' tary" contributions to tht Dem¬ ocratic   campaign   fund.   Bloom
said:   "It   is   perfectlv   evident,.   .        ,. ,    , . , ^    ,
that a great deal of the collect-jf'^**  pathologist,   revealed   that, ing   being   done   by   Democrat jthe cause of death of Cynthia tres" with'"government "agencies hagmen from the state payroll, Ruotolo was asphyxiation," po "        ' °l persons doing business with hc© announced. "All information
the   state,   is   being   done   by means which are clearly intimi dation."
Duff Says Dinner Biggest Shakedown'
available from the autopsy re vealed    that    death     occurred about fiva days before the body was discovered." Injury Not Fatal
This  statement  was  read  to newsmen  by County  Detective He   said   a
Troops in Clay Due to Leave
Chandler Agreed,
Mayor Asserts
CLAY. Ky. (lP>-Mayor Herman Z. Clark said yes¬ terday   that   Gov.   A.   B
U.Ss Proposes Appeal to UN In Suez Crisis
World War Tankers May Be Taken from 'Mothball Fleef
WASHINGTON (IP) —The United States fa¬ vors an immediate appeal to the United Nations if Egypt denies passage through the Suez Canal to ships sponsor¬ ed by the proposed new inter¬ national "users' association," it was learned yesterday.
High administration officials said Secretary of SUte John Foster Dulles will discuss the possibility of UN action in theiRtissia Reiterates Support
of full Egyptian control of the canal, denounced the new Western plan for a "canal users' association" and vowed again to keep the canal open for international vessels. The first convoys began .sailing through the lOi-mile waterway under pilots from Egypt and "friendly countries."
The first big convoy to start from Suez northward to the Mediterranean terminal at Port Said formed yesterday after the non-Egyptian pilots employed by the'old Suez Canal Company walked out. 41 Vessells Moved
Twenty-six Egyptian pilots and five of other nationalities manned the vessels led by a French freighter and including ships frfom the United Stataa and Britain.
Another 13 • vessel convoy started south from Port Said.
Nasser, addressing a graduat¬ ing class of Egyptian air force cadets, said 41 vessels moved through  the canal  yesterday.
As he sf>oke, Soviet-built llyu- shln bombers and MIG fighters thundered" overhead, symbols of Egyptian power and also Rus¬ sian friendship.
Suez   dispute   with   leaders Britain,   France  and   other   in¬ terested    powers    during    this week's London conference. Dulles   teaves   tomorrow   on
-« The Soviet Union reiterated 'its support for Egypt in the dis¬ pute yesterday and charged that Anglo-French military prepara¬ tions in the Mediterranean area near Suez "are nothing but ag¬ gression against Egypt."
his third trip to London to seek!    Speaking for 40 minutes in
a peaceful solution of the canal dispute. He prepared for the coming talks yesterday by con¬ ferring at his home with Under¬ secretary     of     State     Herbert
calm    voice,    often ^sarcastic. President    Nasser   accused Britain and  France erf "rattling their swords." If the West attacks, he said.
Hoover Jr.. Assistant ^tcr^^^rl^^^^^ f"^
i^^lTmin'I^^^dt^cto^^^t^^^h   '-" ^ tlSft •'•'„'<;
Offic'e'o"'D'efen«"MoSili^'tion':%^^^;'^-'    -"'   >-«    ^^^^
He singled out the United States for criticism on grounds it is divided on the Suez issue.
"The United States president has said he wants peace," Nas¬ ser said. "Then the Secretary of State John Foster Dulles sug¬ gests   plans   that   would   even-
Discuss Tankers
Fleming     presumably     was
called in to brief Dulles on plans
for removing U. S. tankers from
the   World   War   2   "mothball
A   t/^l^'*^''"  ^^^ tankers would  pro- u   to vide   an   emecenrv   flopf   whiVh
,    ^,     -     ¦      . ,      .^ u      X..   V /-      .     ,17   1, ¦    •-       —I    HARRISBURG,   Pa,   m_Sen. "''^s'^en  "/ «-oun'y  detective Chandler p r 0 m I S e a  tOjvide  an  emegency fleet  which
troubles over mixing the races.the   Allegheny   County   Work-sub-committee had announced it I James  H.   Duff said  yesterday Edmund   Flanagan.   He   said   a order   National    Guard   troopslcould   deliver   oil   to   Western
m public schools. house^   [would hold further public hear-|that   the   $50   a   plate   dinner,head injury found on the bodvl^H' of his town before tomor-1Europe from the United States,|t"a"y lead to war.
~'  ——— lings with Chotiner on the stand, which   opened   the  presidential;"djj    not    contribute    to    thei'"®^'   ^^^  governor would   notlSouth America or from the Mid-'!    "Egypt intends to make an ex
this Fall. It had been expected campaign of Adlai E. Stevenson jdeath." jconfirm this and there were in-j die East the "long way" around ample to the whole world that
fBl Chief Warns Russia Still Wants to Conquer
ithey would be held before thejhere   Thursday   night   markedj",,^.'    ^^  . . . jdications    the     troops    wouldJAfrica in case the°Suei shortcut
lelpction. I"the biggest shakedown of meni.^ „'^.'i;^i° LJ"J7-!!LA   f"',^: «'?"''. fast  at   least   until   after is blocked  by Egypt.
In   his   statement   McClellan
the biggest shakedown of men    .  '•"= '"r"" '"'"'^ *"» "^fSf'^- stand and worHen on fh? public pay-^i^^.^°'J^^^'^%.^^^ore Sept. 1,'he school roll ever known in Pennsylvania '""*•   No df/mite date has been
said the hearings "will  be held either the second or third week political history.' , of November of this year." T
WASHINGTON (IP) — FBI    Director    J.    Edgarj    McCleilan said, however, that;tor.   — „        —_
Hoover warned   yesterdav  that  Russia's smiles  are!'' Chotiner requests an eariier "these matters will ba brought |c«""'age   in   a   Sears-Roebuck
part of the Communist plot to conquer the world, lilt"*"'' ''l*.'^''",'"'Z^'L^" **"^ '" **'^¦ii*"u*T'^fi'^^'I'^'^^Xiw^liL-t''^ v!!,"!*;^^^^ h.1* »^^ ri« .-;^ r»r..rv<„r.icf. o»<iv.r,„u«,^ .f,ii „._ 1.1^ .'The committee already has sub-general of the United States and I weeks ago yesterday. Her body He   said   Communists   everywhere   ttlll   use   'lowipoenaed     Chotiner's     records, the FBL |was found five days later float-
ascertained."
The junior Republican Sena-i.   Cynthia died on her first out seeking ^ re-elecUon,    saidi'^K-  She  was   taken  from  h«r
blows, brass knuckle.-* and^ and   spikes"   under   theiri traditional   motto:   "Play
icut   tha   cord   that   binds   the .    ^. , „      I Communist Party in the United!
it dirty or you re not a Com-;states with Soviet Russfa.   He' "'"'"**• tsaid American Communist.i still
He made the statement in an "echo slavishlv" the party line, article prepared  for  the  House Falling Into Line I
Committee on Un-AirxTican Ac-I    He    pointed    ouf    that    the' jtivities as part  of  the  group's "Stalin  debunking"   caught Report on "Soviet Total War.' 'American   Communists   u n e x- alse Front Ipectedly but they "have caught
Hoover   said    Ru>5,ia s    lead- their   breath   and   are   rapidly ers now favor democratic ways.' falling into line to support the .tconomic    competiition,     and present doctrine of Leninism." "peace   and   friendship   among'    He said Russia's present lead nations," but, he added, "this is!ers have adopted Lenin's "cyn
just a false front.
"Contrary to the opinion of wishful thinkers," he ob.served, "•he threat of Communist ty¬ ranny has not been lessened. The unaltering Communist goal "f world domination has not been rejected in favor of 'peace¬ ful co-existence' ..."   •
He said the recent "desanctl
ical hypocrisy" to "pay lip service to popularly elected gov¬ ernmental bodies as represented by parliaments, while at the same time refusing their own citizens a voice or vote."
Hoover said in conclusion that the United States cannot expect "Communist leaders to adhere  to fixed  principles  and
fication" of Josef Stalin has not to a civilized code of morality."
All Steamed  Up
Heights Woman's Chilly Dwelling ^ins Her Free Lesson in Firing
Chotiner called this a "fishing expedition."
Plane Blasf Kills Pilot
CLARION, Pa. Wt—A light plane exploded in flight here yesterday, killing the pilot and scattering wreckage over a half- mile area.
The victim, burned to death, was tentatively identified by state police as Charles Holden, of Levittstown, Bucks County. Identification was made through a billfold found on the body.
Officers said the plane had been checked out of 'Voungs- town, Ohio, at noon, presum¬ ably on its return to the Phila¬ delphia area. The pilot was the sole occupant.
Valley Scenes
Motorist entering Public Square tavern, asking har- tentier for a Bcreiidrirer and upon getting a vodka and orange juice drink explaining he wanted "fhe other kind of screwdriver to fix my ttalled ear."
Out-of-town moto^-iat halted for going through blinking yellow lights in path of fire apparatus explaining ht thought tlie drivers of other halted ears were just slow starters.
Man looking all the world like prottd parent at he strolled along with baby enir- riage—and then halting \n front of neigfihorhood saloon to unload empty beer bottles.
ing in a plastic potato bog on a reservoir three miles from the store.
Tlpird Death
The baby is the third Infant lost by Stephen and Eleanor Ruotolo in the last four years. Three-weeks-old Gary died two
opens   tomorrow   morn¬
ing.
The  tankers  are a  main.stay
The 500-man National Guard .°Li.*'?uPc.^:-*?_^^:?y ^°' <^''P'"8 detachment   moved , into   Clay last Wednesday moming to pre¬
vent disorders when Mrs. James Gordon entered her two Negro children, James, 10, and Theresa, eight, in previously segregated Clay elementary school. She twice   before   had   been  turned
with the Suez crisis
State Department officials were unruffled by Nasser's dec¬ laration yesterday that war will break out if the users associa¬ tion tries to challenge Egypt's authority over the canal. Offi¬ cials   said   the   United   States
away from the school by crowds!would not be deferred from go¬ of up to 400 townspeople. jinK ahead with the association The Webster County board oflP'an- But they also noted that
education, actin
Atty. Gen. Jo
it could legally bar the Gordon
ing on a ruling by M. Ferguson that
Dulles, at his news conference
earlier    last    week,    said    the iwith Nasser.
weaker   nations   can   and   will preserve   their  sovereignty   and dignity if they have determina¬ tion to do so." Denounces Big Threa
iie caustically denounced tha Big Three proposal for a users association to handle their own canal traffic and tolls as a vio¬ lation of the 1888 Constanti¬ nople treaty organizing tha canal.
' India, perturbed by the dead¬ lock, is sending roving ambas¬ sador V. K. Krishna-Menon to Egypt   for   further   con/erences
United States would not "shoot
ichildren,   and   a   third   Negro:'Is way" through the canal, r^h' ¦,   D v" was dropped on;child, Bobby Cari Copeland. 10,1    This   State  Department   reac th. h»«H  P„i,.. .,,H , n^.ohwfron,   the   school,   ordered   thejtion was in line with the stra-
three children back to a Negrojtegy of building a case against school at Providence, Ky. | Egypt  for  UN  action.  Experts
Mayor  Clark  said,   "I  called,pointed out that action could be
the head. Police said a neighbor child dropped Gary. Six-weeks- old Ruth died of pneumonia. The  couple   have  two  other,
children,   Kenneth,   eight,   and|*«  Governor  this  moming  toltaken in the UN Security Coun-|ain and France of pressuring the
tell   him  he  could  do  him.oif!„;i   «.   .•_   .u.   ,,-...^ •v,..,_^-l-.j    1   .:,-..   ¦....   ...?..:—
Both Russia and Pakistan sup¬ ported Nasser's eariier pro¬ posal for an international con¬ ference to discuss canal tolls and operation, a proposal which the West rejected.
Nasser himself accused Brit-
Susan, 20 months
A full autopsy report on Cyn¬ thia's death had been expected all week. But Flanagan indicated the whole report might never be made public. He said he had not seen it himself, and he read a statement that had been pre¬ pared on the basis of the autop¬ sy report and a detailed labora-1 classes Friday, and three tory analysis made by the FBI teachers have resigned or taken in Washington. I leave of absence.
himself j cil   or   in   the   United and   us   a   lot   of   good   if   he General Assembly.
would get his soldiers and state' 	
police out of here before Mon-|
H^^}^ he could get them outjAdVCllture    111    SkV
of Clay, then we could resume I-  •^
our normal  school facilities by Monday morning."
All of the 523 white pupils of the  school   stayed  away  frfom
Nations'old   canal their jobs.
pilots   into  quitting
Boys Take Plane on Fine Flight But Face Trouble After Landing
Successful, But
A Heights woman's attempt '" take the chill out of her "ome last evening ended with the arrival of four pieces of '"*. apparatus, two police cruisers and personal instruc- ™n in the operation of a 'team boiler from Deputy Fire <-nief Edward L. Jacobson.
Mrs.  Beulah   Barrett,   who recently moved into the dwel¬ ling at 189 East Northampton ^'v,,decided the house was too ci'lly. She built a roaring fire 'n the furnace* the  dampers «na control valves of which "aa been disconnected for the summer by former occupants. Mrs.    Barrett,    who    Iiv«s »ione with a pet dog, couldn't ""flerstand the  lack  of  heat I mo,        continued   to   throw 'man wood onto the roaring
Suddenly there was a hiss-
wKam"' ^'" •'""" '"'«> Screaming  that  her  house
was on fire, Mrs. Barrett ran a block to Box 221 at East Market and Welles Sts. to turn in an alarm.
Chief Jacobson answered the alarm with Ei.gines 1 and 4, Hose 4 and Truck 4 and two police cruisers were dis¬ patched to handle traffic and the big crowd that gathered.
Firemen who braved the steam found the gauge on the furnace reading 10 pounds pressure. They operated relief valves and dampened the fire.
Chief Jacobson then gave Mrs. Barrett a course of in¬ struction in the operation of the furnace and instructed her to have the heating sys¬ tem checked.
At 4:54 P. M. a short cir¬ cuit caused a minor blaze in the cellar of the home of John Kovach of 90 Brookside St., Brookside. The fire was con¬ trolled with slight damage by Engire 5, which was summon¬ ed Oil a telttphons alarm.
Edwardsville's Surprise Air Raid Test Gives Other West Siders Trying Time
Air raid sirens in Edwards¬ ville Borough at 5:55 yester¬ day afternoon started to sound the ominous red alert signal.
The wailing tones perked u? the ears of men on duty at Kingston and Forty Fort police-fire headquarters and in each place the men on duty rushed to air raid signal con¬ trol boxes to see if they had missed a signal. The boards showed no lights and warn¬ ing bells were silent. Con¬ fusion and anxiety held sway.
But in Edwardsville the sirens wailed on and on.
Ten hectic minutes later the mystery   started   to   unravel.
in case you had forgotten, yesterday was the final day of National Defense Week.
But Peter Konon. the ener¬ getic director of Civil Defense m Edwardsville, hadn't for¬ gotten and was going to maka
sure the residents of tis town would have something to re¬ member it by.
Konon conferred yesterday morning with his two key wardens and it was decided that a surprise alert be sound¬ ed.
At 5:45, Konon and his two deputies, A. J. Hozempa and
Frank Nemshick, "tipped off Edwardsville Civil Defense Wardens an alert would be sounded in 10 minutes. But somewhere along the way someone had overlooked "tip¬ ping off" county officials and men on duty at air raid signal control stations in other Wiest Side towns.
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Better English Two
City Hali News ....Four
Classffied    Six
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Drew Pearson Three
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Frank Tripp Three
Horn* of Week ...Six
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9'Robert C. Ruaik ...Three
2 State Capital Three
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6 SporU  Three
7TV   Four
5 Women's Section ..Four
So, at 5:55 the Edwards¬ ville sirens let loose. Wardens manned their posts, traffic was stopped and motorists and pedestrians were ordered to take cover. Held Other Tests
Director Konen termed the one-town drill "very success¬ ful the same as the tests he held Wednesday for school children and the fire-fighting drill held Friday night at Rus¬ sell St. for fire wardens.
No one denied that Ed¬ wardsville's observance of National Defense Week was 10 successful, but some folks in 71 other West Side towns last night had a nerve-tingiing few minutes until they detennined that the Edwardsville  "raid"
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MASTIC, L. I.—Two young boys who took a plane into the air Friday have run into trouble with the plane's own¬ er, the police, the federal government and their parents, but they are having a grand time telling their companions about  the  experience.
Eddie Gates, 13, and Roy Brosseau, 11, "borrowed" the plane of Ed Kaloski. a friend, owner of the Brookhaven Air. Service, whom Eddie had watched at the controls on a recent ride. Eddie told his friend Roy that he could fly the plane. Thev found the ignition key in the switch. Learned Everything
Eddie apparently had learn¬ ed all there was to know from watching Mr. Kaloski, because the boys zoomed off the driveway, flew out over Great South Bay, wiggled the wings over Center Moriches and Eastport and buzzed their own homes from roof-top level. They also performed over Westhampton .\ir Force base.
Then Eddie brought the plane down at its base in a neat* three-point landing. And that's when they ran into the trouble.
Police at  the  airfield  saw
was just a test and not the i the plane coming in for the real thing. ^ landing   but   could  not   te»
anyone in it. Then two little heads popped out of tha canopy, much to their con¬ sternation.
The boys were released In custody of their parents but probably will be taken befora the Children'Si Court to faca juvenile delinquency charges.
The Ercoupe is one of tha easiest of all planes to fly. though it certainly is not meant to be taken up by young boys. Its design elimi¬ nates the customary foot rud¬ der so that turns are made simply by swinging right or left. The climb or dive, tha pilot pulls back or pushes forward the stick, as on all planes. The Ercoupe also in-« corporates special anti-spia features. Policeman Is Startled
The boys would have had their adventure without notica had it not been for Brook- haven Police Sgt. Arthur Davis, who is also commander of the 'Suffolk County Air Patrol, and Thomas Jamer, another CAP pilot.
Sergeant Davis explained It this way:
"We were walking down the strip when suddenly wa ' saw this plane dive down on the field, zoom up into tha sky and turn around and come in for a perfect landing. (Continued on Pag* 2, Sac. 1)
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