Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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50TH YEAR - NO. 22 - 76 PAGES
•nT-rci^Ieu,        WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 1956
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SMILES WORTH $140,000—t"**^* ^*'^« ^road
Mr. and Mrs. John Novak and their son. Robert, who will share a $140,000 winning Irish Sweepstakes ticket, posed at their Ply- mouth home with a daughter. Norma.   At right, Robert, who
purchased the winning ticket, did not permit the good fortune to keep him from taking his turn as bartender at Plymouth American Legion Home where he received the well-wishes and congratulations of friends and strangers, alike. (Photos by Broody).
13 Men Killed In New Flareup .Over Algeria
French Acting To Curb Violence; Troops Pour In
ALGIERS, Algeria OP) —Thirteen Frenchmen and Moslems wtre killed inj scattered violence across revolt-tom Algeria yesterday.
The death toll mounted stead-' j!y despite the French govem-j ment's determined military and! political offensive designed to| end the month of fighting in thin northwest African territory.
French officials estimated that" some 80% of the Moslem farmers will profit by the newj aKricultural raforms decreed by> Premier Guy Mollets govern-; HARRISBURG ment Friday. jGov.   George   M.
^^^^ 01 UnreiC iye.sterday   signed
^Mi cabinet  apprr -d   sevenjpartisan  bill
M/roc/e AsHred For 3 SittTs
l^URDES, France ffl—The three daughters of a Hicks- ville, N. Y..- policeman—ona blind, one paralvzed, one suf¬ fering from leukemia—bathed yesterday In the waters of the grotto of Lourdes while he prayed for a miraculous cure.
Patrolman William Maher arrived here with his three daughters, Anna Marie, Mi- chele and Marie Alice. Anna Marie, tit six the eldest. Is the leukemia sufferer. Michele was bom blind and Marie Alice is paralyzed.
The three girls met Bishop Pierre M. Theas of I^urdes, after mass yesterday and then went with their father to the shrine.
No Splurge Planned
Plymouth Father, Mother, Son Win $140,000 in Sweepstakes
Leader Signs Pension Bill
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9 Flee Blaze In Brookside; S3.000 Damage
2 Alarms Sounded To Check Fire in Apartment Hous6
Nine persona were rout-,    ^he fabulous success yes- ed  yesterday afternoon ati terday of three  members of
Mr. and Mrs. John Novak Share Son's Good Fortune; Thought It Was Huge Hoax
By JOHN V. DUGAN Staff Writer
An unemployed ex-serviceman from Plymouth, who shared his ticket with his father, won $140,000 yes¬ terday when "E.S.B." came in first to cop the Grand National Sweepstakes at Aintree, England.
He is Robert Novak, 28, son of John and Bertha Nfovak, 114 Franklin St., Plymouth. All three names
Two Parsons Men Won 20 rears Ago
J , ,3:35 when a two-alarm fire ,^*"^.'";that followed an explosion tne   01- sv^rgpt jhe rear of a four-family
.<m^ «¦;„,„ ™,i«» ii„ I'   —¦   "* '¦^'**  leg-japartment house in the Brook-
.-. .-.1 rl2.-    ""P-'^'nR "V-ilsIators-  pensions  based on an side section of Wiikes-Barre.
M'oslm.   "rtlRerif    MVletl*'":^^ .  . I    Th"'   ''rg^   ^«'"«   structure,
ployment for mSch of the un-|!°i'^? ^''^JJL ^l^i'/^^ "J^l^^f^^ '^\*,-   '»   occupied   by
rest which has sweot the t«rri-l"^* .*'' .     y*"* '"^ 2° -^**" l"^e owner. Mrs. Catherine Ter- toryfbr 16 mUh,"^ |!t^'« '"»»«'<' «' «« ye«" '"d Pak.  who  lives  on  the  second
The decrees were issued un-?? ,^*'"   '^"^ice "  stipulated ^ „-.-..      -   -
der the "blank check" powersi'" fhe previous law. which is Eiven Mollet by the French p,r-i"PP''<=2'''« to state workers, liament to restore peace and:..'l**,!*'" "•'IjarljK las week order in Algeria, now France's!*''"* **"*. ""certainty of legisla- last major foothold in northwest *°" reelection every two years Africa. fo""   House   members   and   four
L'nder the military  phase of ^ears   for   Senators   was    the
floor at 874; Chester F. Kos- cielski family on the second! floor at 872 and the Joseph C.j Pozda family on first floor at 872. The first floor apartment at 874 is vacant. i
Most   serious   loss   was   suf-
the Novak family of Plym¬ outh who won $140,000 on the Irish HospiUI Sweepstakes topped anything of its kind the valley ever knew.
But it Is not the first time that a big winner has been held here.
More than 20 years ago two men from the Parsons section of Wilkes-Barre divided more than $100,000 even though they previously had sold half of their ticket to a New York City dealer.
The men were Louis Houser and   Albert   Trethaway   and
Ike Wields Cavel At Ultra Secret Security Session
Farm Bill Final Vote Pushed Up
Democrats Promise To Complete Work On a Compromise; Result in Doubt
WASHINGTON OP) —House Democratic lead¬ ers, fearful of being ac¬ cused of stalling, cleared the decks yesterday for a "des¬ perate effort" to finish work on a compromise farm bill before Congress starts a 10-day Easter vacation Thursday night.
The Democratic high com¬ mand abandoned plans to sub¬ ject Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson to a final round of questioning in the House Agriculture Committee on Tues¬ day.
The decision, which would have interrupted work on the bill, was reached at a secret meeting late Friday between Speaker Sam Raybum (Texas) and committee Chairman Har¬ old D. Cooley (D-NC). It came after some Republicans began accusing the Democrats of de¬ laying action. Remote Chance Of Finishing
"We're going to make a des¬ perate effort to finish work on the bill before Congress leaves Thursday." Cooley told the United Press. "While I think there's only a remote chance we
White House Refuses To Give Any Hints Of Nature of Talks
WASHINGTON OP)—-President Eisenhower pre¬ sided yesterday at a top-secret conference on U. S. security programs.
The White House refused to discuss the session, but
—— ^there  were hints it dealt
_ _ with classified aspects of
Social Security Liberalization On Way to Pass
Republicans Face Uphill Battle To Beat Proposal
»»r > r, -,, , -^T ^ f^ y^ ¦^r   /».^, cussion was classified—a "rou-
WASHINGTON   OP);tine..technical briefing" on se-
—Some   Republicans   con-,curity programs, it said it did
ceded   yesterday   the   ad-llIo^'^°"c^''" ^^^ chaotic Middle
U. S. intelligence opera¬ tions which may lead to an important presidential decision.
Attending were Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson; IJndersecretary of State Herbert Hoover. Jr.; Allen W. Dulles, chief of the Central Intelligence Agency; Air Force Secretary Donald A. Quarles; Chairman Arthur W. Radford of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Nathan F. Twining.
The White House kept silent after the 45-minute session. It had said the subject up for dis-
F.ast.
Conference Opens Tomorrow
The  meeting  closed  out  the
President's official appointments,
_,       .   . .        .     , and he prepared to leave tomor-
The administration is opposed row   night   for   White   Sulphur
Spnngs. W. Va.. where he will hold a "hemispheric solidarity" meeting with President Adolfo Ruis Cortines of Mexico and Canadian Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent.
The meeting gets underway ,on a social note Monday night ate Finance Committee said thati^hen Mr. Eisenhower plavs host backers of the amendment ap-jat a dinner party. One business parently have enough votes session i, scheduled for Tues- lined    up   already   to   put   it day  morning.    Wednesday  the
House ministration faces an up¬ hill fight against Democratic proposals to liberalize (ocial security benefits.
to both a House-passed bill to lower the retirement age for women and disabled workers under the federal insurance pro¬ gram and a Senate amendment to increase payments to the needy aged. One GOP member of the Sen
through. Spur to States
The amndement, by Sen. Rus sell B. Long (D-La), would in crease   federal   funds   for   the
were  on   the  ticket  purchased 5''"  »"fcee^; we will make a by Robert. '^". desperate effort."
When the news broke yester-     Members of both parties gen-       ^ ^ ,       ^,
lay   afternoon   in   the   Novak!^'"*"^  "greed   there   was   little needy aged as an incentive to
home with the ringing of phonesi*^''""'^* Congress could reach alstates to raise their payments
by newspapermen it caused ex-'*'"'*''°^" ^°^ "" *^^ politic-|by $5 to $7.50 a month
      „..„„.,  „. '*red by the Koscielski family.: each won .$52,500, keeping a
the operation, France poured '"¦J°'" '«ctor in giving the teeis-ithe fire having originated on the; net of $43,000 after taxes on thousands   of   troop   reinforce-1'*^'"'* better pension  base than rear  porch  of  their  apartment.' the quarter-ticket owned.
 -n... •».. 1  TT,- D—1. *—.,.. ...«*._-j ..,-._.      Hauser, brother of the late
City Councilman William B. Hauser, was a mine foreman and he continued as such. He has since died.
Trethaway, who had been a mine electrician, later took a position in Wilkes-Barre's City Hall. Ha later left the valley.
mentg   into  Algeria   to   bolster <'*'^*'" *'"* employees 'he security forces battling the'Bigger Contributions rebel   "Army   of   Allah"    and.    Legislators will have to con marauding   ejrtremist    guerrilla; tribute  24   times   the   amount ™"<'' they   now   pay   into  the   fund
Native Policeman Arrested twice  the   normal   amount   be-
In  Palestro,   French   authori-'""** "' doubling of the base ties   arrested   a   third    native P*^   ''*''   ^tirenient   purposes.
policeman accused of participat¬ es m the massacre of seven Europeans last month. He is ac¬ cused of acting as the "finger man   for the extremists.
While violence still eruptad in Algeria. Tunisia and Morocco *ere reputed calm.
and one-half mora because of other factors.
The Governor vetoed a pen¬ sion Increase for lawmakers last year when it was passed far ahead of the tax settlement.
He said it gave preferential treatment to the legislators.
The Pozda family suffered heavy
damage due to water and smoke.
No fire damage was suffered in
the   Terpak   or   vacant   apart
ments.
Gas Leak Blamed
A full investigation will be completed this morning, but Deputy Chief Jacob Lauer said last night it Is believed that fire resulted following an explosion caused by a leak in a bottled gas line.
Flames enveloped the rear of the  structure  when   Engines  5
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:itement   and   confusion.    The *"y explosive farm  price sup Vovaks  had  no  official  notice'P°rt issue until after the recess sxcept   that  they   had  "E.S.B." which ends April 9. In the race. They thought some     Democrats are seeking a com- sf their friends were pulling a P''°'"'^* *'*•' would Include the
monumental gag.
•Wy wife was nervous and didn't know what to do," said John Novak. "It seemed that everybody but us had news that we won. She finally put on her hat and coat and went shopping according to original plans. I still can't believe It's true and am waiting for some official word." A    Sunday    Independent    re-
administration - sponsored soil bank and a restoration of rigid high supports on 1956 basic crops. Anticipating that the compromise will call for sup¬ ports higher than acceptable to the administration. Republicans plan to offer a substitute.
Even  if the  legislation  were ready for action  Thursday,
A stiffer fight is expected on the insurance benefits for women and disabled workers, Since the bill calls for an in¬ crease in social security payroll taxes to pay for them.
The measure, as ptassed by the House last year, would al¬ low women to collect insurance benefits at age 62 instead of 65. and disabled workers to collect at 50. It would increase social security taxes from 2% to 2'/2% each for workers and their em-
three leaders will return to their capitals.
Mr. Eisenhower was reported to have no big problems to raist The Canadian and Mexican lead¬ ers, however, may want to ask him about U. S. disposal of sur. plus wheat, cotton and other products which cut into their markets. But they are not ex¬ pected to get into any deep- rooted discussions on specific problems.
Detailed talks may be held separately at White Sulphur Springs by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, Canadian Foreign Minister Lester B. Pear¬ son, and Mexican Foreign Mini¬ ster Luis Padilla Nervo.
19th Child Born
one   believed   that   leaders   ofi^'"^*"' ^ . To ChicoqO Couplo
either party would be willing to!"'^ »"«"¦••."PP"*®" .        CHICAGO   IP —Mrs.   August
risk   a   showdown  vote  in  the    The administration  based  its uoffn,a„ gave birth to her 19th porter lound Robert tending barHouse before the recess. jopposition on the tax increase. I ^^jid   last   nieht   in   St    James
m Shawnee Post 463, American    The vote is likely to be  so'Secretary Marion B. Folsom ofjjjospjta!   at   suburban   Chicago Legion    Home,    chatting    with'close  that  absentees could  de- the Health. Education, and Wel-jjjeights  a nine pound, five and
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Valley Scenes Legislature Off Again;
Holy Week Tliis Time
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UttU HazU St. restaurant f"jruUd Hot Dogs."
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Zit,^-' ''ft'^oon and ex- 2nxng to clerk "I don't "" to put things off until "^i wtnute."
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HARRISBURG W—The drivel the first two days to advance to  clear  the  work  dockets  of| non-controversial bills. j
major legislation to meet a final! The big legislative push to adjournment goal of April is'end the record 15-month session will come to a virtual halt inj will get under way the week of the General Assembly next week I April 2, with possibly four days because of tha Easter observ- of work. Members of Senate- ance. JHouse   conference   committees
Both   chambers   realizing   it 1 were requested to be on deck would   be   impossible   to   have!next week to hammer out dif- working majorities on hand dur- ferences between the two cham-!]j(,g ing^ Holy  Week  and  Pasiover.|brs  on  a  number of  bills,  so scheduled   only   token   sessions 1 that members could act on them
when they return in force. Salary Raiser Disputed
High on the priority list and apparently headed toward con¬ ference committee and compro¬ mise is a House-approved bill to give future Pennsylvania gov¬ ernors a $10,000 a year salary increase, provide judges and state cabinet officials with a $5,000 boost, and hike the com¬ pensation of legislators by $3,000 a year.
Death Faces I Internes
BULLETIN
MIAMI (IP)—Suburban Hia- leah police late last night lo¬ cated three young Washing¬ ton internes who had been sought throughout the South for immediate treatment for exposure to a deadly disease.
The internes were picked up by police as they prepared to register at a Hialeah motel and were rushed to Hialeah city physician. Dr. Tom FrelL
some friends.
"Bob, you hit the jackpot," | said the reporter. "How about ai picture?" j
His Expression Changed |
At that point the young man stood up, paused for a minute and remarked "Are you giving me the busine^, too?" He was unconvinced.
After we informed him of the horse that ran first and gave him the numtier of his ticket, the expression of annoyance changed to an ear to ear grin. Then he sat down again to get
termine the outcome.
!!ogey and Pravprs
^mer of Closed Furniiure Firm Pverwfie/med' by Offers of Help
by m^ii^L?'" "overwhelmed" ^ mail offers of help.
<lisclo.ii '<.r"™'ture Co. was
over th. , ^ ¦«"•"¦» 'rom all
a check you see
use as
»s"prSL"'"J"''" ^'¦ote he *i'! brtni^ "'«htly that "God
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ployees for luck in anything you may desire," a Port Ar¬ thur,    Tex.,    businesswoman wrote. Friends Everywhere
But aif even greater morale builder tO Spiegel was the re¬ action from his customers, creditors, suppliers and trades people.
Aa Illinois supplier, whose materials Spiegel buys to make his furniture, wrote, "You can take your time on payment of our recent ship¬ ment—at much time as you need."
Three customers who placed $200,000 in orders with Spie¬ gel last Fall — orders he be¬ lieved might be cancelled be¬ cause of delivery delays prompted bv the factory's closing—wrote they will wait as long as necessary.
A Chicago furniture de¬ signer offered frea servica throughout 199&
his bearings
Bob is not thinking of a fancy car and a big splurge with his winnings. "First I Intend to pay off my bills and the rest will be put away for ¦ecurity," he said. "The auto I now have is good enouglf forme.
"I bought the ticket from Ed Saroscek of Idetown and affixed the names of my father and mother to it, hoping and pray¬ ing that I would win and give them some help. They supported me through some pretty tough days and this was one way I thought I might help repay them. It's going to be a three- way split. We have been buying
WASHINGTON (IP)
Police from North Caro-
to   Key   West,   Fla.,
were alerted yesterday to
fl»l**l-rnt^TcfiK?i''H«tth°/r,^ sweepsukes  tickets  for  years, ^JI^JI'a 02™.,P£.l'i^l*u*!!***' ^'°"' some through a relative in Eng-
land, and we always sign each other's name for a split."
The Novak family moved to Plymouth from Larksville, the birthplace of Mr. Novak and the
Government Spending Up
WASHINGTON m — Govern¬ ment spending continues to rise despite administration efforts to hold it down.
Informed sources said yester-: day spending is up not only in the  "obvious" areas of foreign i
fare Department told the fi-Ij |,aif ounce bov. nance committee Thursday the! The .19-year old mother said extra benefits for 1,050,000, she planned to return to her women and disabled workers 1 job as a nursery aide in the would not justify the 25% tax (hospital eariv next month. The
increase for 70,000,000 workers. The bill is high on the Demo¬ cratic legislative program and party leaders already have served notice they intend to make political capital out of the administration's opposition
Marie O/onne K?"S!| W/// Open Shop
dread spinal meningitis.
Washington   police   sent   out the emergency call after doctors at George  Washington  Univer¬ sity Hospital here said the three found
must   be  found   for  immediate   . .,. „   ..      n u   ..    »u
anti-biotic treatment or face children. Besides Robert, they the threat of death within 48 have a son, John, in the IJ S. hours. I Air Force, and a daughter Nor-
The doctors said one of theji"". ¦* home,
aid,    defense   and crop support programs most everywhere you look
"A little here, a little there, but it mounts up," they said.
Secretary of the Treasury George M. Humphrey told the Senate Finance Committee in :losed session that the spend¬ ing "trend" continues upward However, no dollars-and-cents estimates were available to pin¬ point the latest rises,
CAMBODIA WILL nessman will be her adviser
CLOSE BORDFR
PNOM PNEH, Cambodia W-}*A MajOF Tool* The Indochinese state of Cam- bodia is closing its border with|^^, _, .,       -^        ¦-•¦     ^^    aa      a
'^p'Sf^J^r^S^^^^oP' Friendly Coekiails Called
%t'e''measure is in retaliation iV/to/ tO NoilOn'S FOfeign Po/lC/
MONTREAL (IP—Marie Di- onne, one of the surviving quintuplets, who left a con¬ vent last November because of illness, plans to open a flower shop May 1, the Montreal Star reported yesterday.
The newspaper said the shop would be called "Le Sa¬ lon Marie Dionne." She will be sole owner but a local busi-
family—her husband and the 13 other children living at home- will get along just fine, she said. Their six-room home is large enough to accommodate tha newest arrival, Paul, she said. Foldaway beds and the conver¬ sion of one room into a dormi¬ tory does the trick.
Pro-Stalin Students Anger Georgia Reds
MOSCOW (IP — Communist Party officials in Josef Stalin's home state of Georgia yester¬ day appealed to the party and to the militia to crack down on students violating the "element¬ ary rules of conduct" in public places.
The appeal is believed to re¬ fer to the recent pro-Stalin stu¬ dent demonstrations in Tiflis, capital of Georgia.
for an economic blockade estab¬ lished by Viet Namese govern¬ ment last month. The border will be closed tomorrow.
(See Page 2, Section S)
Senate Majority Leader Row land B. Mahany, R-Crawford, said he would prefer the bill be amended to give lawmakers a $1,000 a year raise.
Gov. George M. Leader said at a recent press conference that proposal! for salary increases, including a bonus for echool teachers, face a "difficult fu¬ ture" unless more revenues be¬ come available to pay for them.
On the Senate calendar and awaiting   only   that   chamber's
internes—and possibly all three —had been exposed to menin¬ gococcal septicemia, a highly contagious and often deadly disease. The victims sometimes die within 48 hours.
The hospital listed the internes as Dr. George Polls, of Wash¬ ington, and Drs. Martin Stoker
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Father a Mine Worker
They resided on Carver St. In the Welsh Hill Section of Larks¬ ville until 10 years ago when they vacated their home and moved to Plymouth. That was done to pave the way for coal stripping operations. Mr. Novak is employed as a (Continued on Page 2, Sec. 1)
INSIDE THE INDEPENDENT
Section P^^
Amusement   Four   10-11 iHow Can I? ? ?
Around the Town..Three
Better English Two
City Hall News ....Five
concurrence before gomg to the classified    Six
Governor in a bill boosting pen-jcounty News Five
sions of judges, to make themi(;-^£,„^ord Puzzle ..Six eligible   for   payments   up   to
80%   of   their   final   salary
¦Editorial   ..Threa
Section Page
upon retirement at age 64 and
(Continuad on P»gt 2. Sec 1)  Frank Tripp Tbraa
....Four 2
7 Look and Learn ... .One 10
5 Obituary One 8
4 Politics   Three 6
1-6 Radio    Three 10-11
5 Robert C. Ruark ...Three 7
6 State Capitol Five 2
.State News  Five 3
"Sports  Three 1-5
«|TV  Threa 10-11
71 Women'! Section ..Four 1-8
FHA Orders More Houses
WASHINGTON (W — The Federal Housing Administra¬ tion has announced new regu¬ lations designed to speed the construction of cooperative housing project! for middle Income families.
FHA Commissioner Norman P. Mason estimated the new rules will hasten construction of about $36,000,000 worth of proposed cooperative construc¬ tion in New York City alone. He said this will mean about 3,600 new family units for more than 12,000 persons.
Chiefly, the rules require the builder of a co-operative housing project to operate un¬ der a cost-plus fixed fee con¬ tract and to certify to the FHA his actual construction coat!.
WASHINGTON (IPt—The State Department feels a friendly cocktail is "a major tool" of American foreign policy.
And the department feels they have never been used to their full effectiveness, either.
Deputy Undersecretary of State Loy W. Henderson out¬ lined State Department policy on cocktails in testimony be¬ fore a House appropriations subcommittee.
Henderson testified in con¬ nection with the department's request for $1,000,000 to pay for entertainment in U. S. em¬ bassies and consulates. To Make Friends
He said the lunches, recep¬ tions and dinners fall under the category of entertainment to create friends for the United States. He said they make the embassy a sort of international center, and add to the prestige and influence of the United States.
"And they make everybody feel good?'" Rep. John J. Rooney (D-N.Y.) asked.
"They encourage friendly fMlings,"  Henderson  replied.
"Furthermore, at these recep¬ tions we often obtain informa¬ tion which is desired by our government."
"Most entertainments art cocktail parties, aren't they?* Rooney asked.
"Cocktail parties ara tha cheapest form of entertain¬ ment," Henderson said. "If we had more funds we would have more luncheons and din¬ ners and fewer cocktail par¬ ties."
"The piece de resistanca ot a cocktail party is liquor, U it not?" Rooney asked. Who Wants Tea?
"We don't call them cock¬ tail parties." Henderson said. "We call them afternoon re¬ ceptions. At these afternoon receptions we serve liquor, but we also serve soft drinks, tea. coffee, whatever the guesta like."
He said the friendly cocktail "should be considered as a major tool of our foreign policy."
And he added it is tha opinion of the department "that this tool has never been used in a fully effective way."