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A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT RAIN, MILD Hll^art Today, SO-ta Monday: Colder. Windy 50th YEAR — No. 6 — 96 PAGES >trmhvr Anrtif Barcau i4 CIrrnlatloB TWO VALLEY BANKS WILL PAY 2% INTEREST —.—. — 9 tVi/f Dedfcafe New JCC Next Sunday New Sales Tax Measure Miners Ond Kingston Banks to Double Rate WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1955 * riirrn rBr.)«« WIra Xanra .Ml »*o PRICE 15 CENTS Dedication cerenioiiieH for the newly com¬ pleted Jewish Coinnimilty Center. OO South Itiver St, Wilkes-Barre, will Ix- held Sun¬ day, Dec. 11, at 2.-SO P. M. City offieials, dig¬ nitaries ol the Jewish faith and other re¬ ligions will witness the opening of the struc¬ ture which will have i* swimming pool, new everutive offices, elub rooms, and lleaJth (lull. —Ace llufrrnaii Work on the building was started in Septeinlier 1954. S«'rvices to romineiiiorate the completion will be held In all synagogues and temples In Wyoming Valley Friday night The dedicatory services will mark the l)e- ginning of a week of festivities for various religious, civic and social groups windng up with a dedicatorj ball, Saturday, Dec. 17 and a dedicatory dinner, ^Sunday, Dec. 18. Harriman Says President VVest Fears Yielded to Big Business ||g^ Bg,.|j„ OKLAHOMA CITY (IPV-Gov. I He declined further comment I ^wsssss Averell Harriman of New Yorkon Adlai Stevenson's "modera-lf%| | ¦ said yesterday he believes a ma-ition" views. Stevenson, in ai Kl Af^ V5lflO Jor 1936 campaign Issue will be.speech here Friday, reminded UIUUIm€lU V tirhat he termed "President Ei-ithe delegats of his much-dls-| tenhower'3 surrender to bigjcussed Chicago statement—"wc BERLIN (LP)—The East business." jraust never confuse moderation German Communist re- Harriman, in a news ci«nfer-iwith mediocrity or settle for (,,Tnp i,^,.u ;t« firat aton tr. «nrp prior to his speech at the, haif an3Wer.s to hard problems.' /^j uh iirhl biep 10- "clcsing banquet of the national! i„ ^oKards to the '»moder- ;Ward a possible new block- convontion of Young Demo-l„„„„ rfi,,.„„i„„ H»rri,r,an -om l^^^^ of Berlin yesterday. The Communi.sts refused to re¬ new the yearly permits by which ,, „,, ^ «... ,West German barges bring f.ary Sidesteps Question 11,500.000 ton.s of supplies to West Oklahoma Gov. Raymond ¦ Berlin through the Soviet occu Expected to Bring End To State Financial Row First Move is to Kill Leader's Excise Plan; Some Democrats Seen Joining in Compromise Movement HARKISBURG—Daylight is expected to start shin¬ ing through the 11-month tax-fight haze this week. A pcssible final solution may be foun^ in a sales tax sufficiently different from the one in effect the last two years so that some Democrats will be per¬ suaded to vote for it in a spirit of compromise. First step will be to get rid of Governor leader's excise tax which has Old Sales Tax- Cost $8 Million HARRISBURG -^ In addi¬ tion to lining up a heavy at¬ tack against the excise tax. the hearings last week on I Knowland Wants Ike's '56 Answer Senate GOP Leader Asks President to Speed His Decision 4mm.^- GE'ITYSBURG, Pa. (LP) aroused such a tremendous,—Senate Republican Lead- wave of op positioner William F. Knowland throughout the state and . which the administration again called on President Lilt- iiraiiiix» lasi weCK on ..»»i*.i( mc rtuiiiiiii.-«ti c^Lit/ii r-»- i. . . , Governor leader's proof«ai itself has admitted was i,,;t-isenhower yesterday to also produced the cost of the ;bad old salofi tax. It was shown that in Its short lifetime the sales tax brought in $121,646,000 for Pennsylvania and eo.st $8.- 500.000 to collect. That indi¬ cates a collection cost of about 'f't. A sales tax modeled on the Ohio plan, it is claimed, would cost much less to administer while producing a greater yield. shape when ru.shed!"'^'^^ *" early decision on ithrough the Hou.se by pro-l whether he wilJ run for a! loosing such a long list of .second term. He made the j ""^ndmonta in the Senate.dema nd while virtually ' The excise tax may meet itsistanding on Mr. Eisenhow- fate in either of two ways. er's doorstep. i In one the bill can be reported; Knowland told reporters, im- ¦mit^ t .hT'%^?,'"'^'^'""-'"''''"«'*"y «"«^ a private con-; 'L th.n r.n K ' nf"„ \ «'''J;'Jithat it was his personal opinion! 'It_th,.n_can be sent_back to the;the President has reached noi committee and killed. {final decision" Snow, Wind In Midwest CHICAGO (IP) snowstorm with wta In regards to the ''modern- non" discussion, Harriman said, ^ .,, 1. . J "Cm not going to pursue it any publicans have turned over our , ,1,..., s <•" k" ^"«; ¦. an} natural resources right and left to the public utilities monopoly." In bis speech, Harriman ex¬ panded on the theme by charg¬ ing the Eisenhower administra- on with conducting a "giant grab-bag for private privilege" while farmers are caught in an "economic aqueeze." Dplegates to the convention »i<li'stepp<;d a civil rights de¬ bate which had cuusi^d a split In the Resolutionti (.lommittee. The committee, which passed a j Gary added resolution commending the U. S talks." Gary, who sat beside Harriman at the news conference, was asked if he supported Harri¬ man. "Oklahoma Democrats like a hard-hitting candidate," Gao' replied. pation zone. Allied officials belleVe that at¬ tempts to interfere with high¬ way, railroad and perhaps even air traffic may follow. Barge companies made appli- ^¦atlon to the East German Fupreme Court and Interstate Commerce Commission for de Bejfregation rulings by •» 8-9 margin earlier, finally sent two sur>.stitute measures to the floor jnxtead. Approve Reaolutions In the final genera! -business tcssion, the delegates approved the two resolutlone with no de- hate. They called for federal aid to education and additional aid to states which integrate Negro •11(1 white students in public •chools. Harriman, In reply to news¬ men's quevtions, said he did not consider himself an "active can¬ didate" for the 1996 Democratic pre.sidential nomination. A reporter then asked Gary if he thought Stevenson wae "a hard-hitting candidate." "Well . . " Gary checked him¬ self and made no comment, (iary is hcheduled to head the Oklahoma delegation to the nominating convention next year. Harriman told the banquet crowd the talk about "modera¬ tion" and "middle of the road" was a "trap." "These are words that have been used by the Republicans to try to put their ina<'tion in a favorable light," he said. ^"Dem- ocrats don't tackle problems In a half-hearted way." / \Kefauver Coal Waldorf Blaze h President \Extinguished >r Nothing Asked if he thought Karri- ] waterway.? administration for re¬ man Utted the specitications, ncwnl ot transit permits, which I like the way he expire oti Dec. 1, A 'Sovereign' State The applications were rejected on the ground that East Ger¬ many is now a "sovereign" state and that renewal of permits muat jje discussed directly be¬ tween the traflic ministries of the West German and East Ger¬ man governments. This was an open attempt to force the West German govern¬ ment of Chancellor Konrad Ade¬ nauer to recognize the East Ger¬ man puppet regime. It implied a threat to blockade Berlin if recognition were refused. Adenauer has said that he will not recognize the Red regime. Beginning uf Squeeze? Allied officials expresaed belief that the barge permit refusal might be the first move in a Communist "master plan" to use the alleged sovereignty of Blast Germany to cut the life lines of West Berlin's conununications NEW YORK (IW-A fire brokel^^J^^,^^"^- NEW TORK (IPi-Sen. Estes icfauver <D-Tenn.) put in a pliB last night for New York's i'ii.vor Robert Wagner for the pernocratlo vice presidential omJitation but said his own |oal would be the presidential domination or nothing. liCefauver said he would an- nce this month or early in lanuary whether he will ae- [ivply seek the DemocratK nom- nation. If he docs decide to ^up. he said, he will participate "as many primaries as I can handle." The Senator discussed his po¬ litical future at a news confer¬ ence after a speech at tlie New fork Mirror"* 13th annual foiith Forum Iimcheon. out .yesterday on the 43rd floor [of the Waldorf-Astoria Tower, home uf Gen. Douglas MacAr thur, former President Herbert Hoover and other notables, but an automatic sprinkler system quickly extinguished it. The spokesman said hotel eni- ploycs were unaware of the miS' hap until a guest in an elegant 42nd floor apartment complained that water waa dripping through his ceiling. Members of the Hoover and MacArthur households reported they h€id suffered no damage. An investigation disclosed that the fire had broken out in an upholstery ahop. The blaze was believed to have started in a short-circuittfd refrigerator In the S'hop. T^e fire ignited refuse near the refrigerator, sending flames to the ceiling. [Idle Miner, Wife, Five Children Uravel 2,400 Miles on Job Huni RAN FRANCISCO (IP)— Sr.\pn members of a poverty- •Uioken family from Weet [Virginia were on the last leg of a 2,400-mile search for work yesterday, grateful to a postal 'n.spector who helped them I when they were down to their lla.it 35 cents, Robert White, 43, his wife [•nd five children arrived here l»lmo8t broke Friday after initchhiklng for five weeks l«ipr their battered 15-year- |«'d sedan broke down "right Ifaack in the middle" of St. I")uis, Mo. j|,'''*}e car broke down while ¦""jr'hites were en route to fp\ Cal., from Wheeling, JW^ where White lost his "^ a coal mine. •"Pended on Strangem , *''"°'n St. Louis, White, his |«}JP, Margery, 29, and their ^'idren, Shirley, eight, Wll- •«am, seven, Robert Jr., four Jiwles, two, and Ri.hard, r^"n months, hitchhiked to cwunentc^ Cal, depending The on strangers to give them shel¬ ter and food. In Sacramento, a benefactor gave them bus fare to San Francisco. When the tousled, hungry family arrived in San Fran¬ cisco Friday they took brief shelter in a marble - walled corridor of the Post Office Building. $15 Contributed Postal Inspector Violet Swain aaw the huddled chil¬ dren and opened her purse, giving them her last two dol¬ lars. Other nearby postal work¬ ers atid passersby chipped in and by the time the Whites left they had »15. "It kind of gives you faith in human kind," White said. "People here have been bo derned good to us. Why, now we'll be able to take a hue to th^ main road and start hik¬ ing from there." White hopes to get a job in a lumber mill when they reach Eureka in the northwest cor¬ ner of California. Berlin is an enclave under American, British, French, Rus¬ sian occupation. It is separated by 110 miles of Soviet occupied territory from the West German governmenL The East Germane were tak¬ ing their stand by virtue of the announcement on Sept. 20 that Russia had signed a "treaty" with the Bast German puppet regime giving it "complete sov¬ ereignty." At that time the Russians said they would keep control over Allied—but not West German — communication to Berlin under xisting four-power agreements. But Maj. Gen. P. A. Dibrova, the Russian commandant in Ber¬ lin, has now notified Western officials that Russia no longer has responsibility for eotorcing four-power laws In Berlin on freedom of movement. He main¬ tained that East Berlin, like the rest of East Germany, is no longer occupied territory. Army Speeding Return of Men For Christmas SEOUL, Korea (IP)—The U. S. Sth Army said yesterday it was speeding up return of American soldiers to the United States so as many as possible can get home for Christmas. "Soldiers due to leave Korea in December have been moving out at an accelerated rate since mid - November," an Army spokesman said. The spokesman said 3,85i U. S. troops have sailed from Korea so far in time to be home for Christmas, "^v POPE TO BROADCAST VATICAN CITY (U^ — Pope Pius XXI will broadcast a mes¬ sage tomorrow marking the 25th anniversary of the U. S. radio program "The Catholic Hour," k wag anaouoced yeaterday. :to reach 40 ;pounded the last night. Blowing snow cut down visi¬ bility to a quarter-mile in aec¬ tions of Nebraska, South Dako¬ ta, Kansas and Minnesota and .snow piled up an high as seven inche:<. Zero Temperatures The storm was pu.ihed by a mass of Arctic air that is ex¬ pected to knock temperatures down to 10 below zero in North Dakotia and as low as zero in other states in its path. The air disturbance which spawned the new storm reach¬ ed as far south as northwest Mississippi and parts of Ten-i nessee and Arkansas, where the weather bureiau i.-rsued a severe- weather forecast with a pos¬ sibility of tornadoes. Plane Crash Kills Six MO.NTMEDY, France (IP) —A Royal Canadian Air Force trans¬ port plane crashed in a mist- shrouded forest near the Pelgian border yesterda.v, killing six per¬ .sons. The twin-engined Bristol air¬ craft carrying 17 persons plowed Into a wooded hill as it approach¬ ed for a ground-controlled land¬ ing at Marvllle Canadian air ba.se. RCAF European headquarters at Metz said one other person was injured .seriously, seven were hurt slightly and three were shaken up. The plane carried a four-man crew. on his 1956 in¬ in the other. It can merely betentions. Then the Californian.i kille.J m committee- where thej who may be a candidate him-' :Republicans have a 10 to 7 ma-|self, said it would be "helpful"! i'°"ty jif the Chief Executi-,. would; New Kind of Sales Tax Imake up his mind soon. ! ! After that, the new sale.< taxi Hou.se Republican I>-ader Jog-| ibill of Rep. Wilbur W. Water-ieph W Martin Jr., who had a, I house, Corry Republican, intro-lseparate talk with Mr, Eisen-I A powerfuli'*"'^*"*^ "" Friday, can start| hower, came awav convinced ds exnected"""""^'' '^•" ^ouse mill to de-jthat the President will consent .-^^::..'termine if the Democrats there miles an hour ".,*'"'¦'"'' """ ."T'""?"'! "'-'«-|'.o run again "for the sake of nation's middlc,'''''j'7 ' .^"""»fh 7'*^» *<> P^.'l'Jlthe world." But Martin ac-; 1 and If Uovernor Leader will|Vnowledged that this wa« just! approve it. 1^,, „^^ opinion: he said he The Waterhouae bill does pro-Midn't talk to Mr Elsenhower; vide sufficient difference from!,bout his 195fl plans because Higher Earnings H i7/ Go Into Effect On Jan. 1- Decision Followed Long Consideration- Hit Low Mark in *42 Miners National Bank of Wilkes-Barre and the Kingston National Bank of Kingston will incrraae their interest payments on saving account.s from 1% .#to2'r on .Ian. 1. The Wilkes-Barre insti¬ tution, biggest banking house in Luzerne County, Oa^^M OAflnn" ^^^^^ weeks of considera- u6Cn IXUinS '-'<^"- I'eached its decision at a meeting of the board- of directors last Tuesday. The Kingston National did likewise on Friday. j The present interest rate paid by oil county banks is 1% , I Frank Anderson, president of ^ho .Miners National, confirmed NEW YORK <IP) — A,last night the plan of his bank strong bid to enlist inde- ^ p^.v -•<¦ interest. pendent unions in the new, _^Haroid Tippett, president of AFL-CIO labor organiza-;[S''''"«;^'°"^»''"^^^^ "• "'="«• .. J i J '"8 his banks formal announce^ tion was made yesterday ment in an advertisement pub- with the announcement'i»hed in the Sunday Independ- that the presidents of two ''"' '"-^y- powerful unaffiliated rail- it will be the first time in road unions would attend -« .vears that an.v local hank the five-day merger con- •"** p"'«* "» ""•<»> ¦¦ -"» in¬ vention this week. w"mi'"T"""'^u k. ¦ „ „ .^ ,j While nioM other banks of George Meany, AFL pre.sident the county have Indicated that who Will head the new 16-mil- they will keep their Intercut lion member union, said the two independent unions have indi¬ cated they will consider the possibility of affiliating with the new CIO-AFL. ^ Thc two v'ficials, who will sit down with representative.i of 138 AFL and CIO unions to- Many Unions Going To AFL-CIO Railroaders Consent To Talk Alfiliation; j Mines Stay Out rate at I'f. it In expected that at leaht nonie of them will fol¬ low the trend to incrcane. One is <uijd to tie certain t» make formal announcement this week. Back of the decision to irhange the recent sales tax plsin to win some new support. It wouljj "liminate many of the abases, much of the chiseling and a great deal of the cost of admin¬ istration which the plan pas.ied under the nreasure of Governor Pine contained. Ever since that bill passed ft has been contended it should have had many amendments but did not meet the opposition which Governor Leader's excise bill has aroused. As a result, after Fine's in- this is "the poorest time" for su'-h a discussion. Contented To Walt Martin fiai*' he is "perfectly! contented to wait" until Mr.; Ei.senhower is ready to an¬ nounce Iiis intention.s. Knowland, on tho other hand, firmly refused to say whether he d'8cu«sed lil."'^ politics with the President. He did say, how¬ ever, that he did not dlrwtly C9ipr«as to Mr. Eisenhower his plea for an early decision. morrow for the launching of" upward and to a point un- the largest labor organization In touchctf for two decades are the free world, are H. E. Gll-| two main factors. bert of the Brotherhood of Ix.-|L„,,M,„Aceoiinls comotivp Eingineers and Fire-, _ , . men and W. P Kennedy of the ""^ <>' these is the situation Brotherhood of Trainmen, .Merger Bandwagon Official of the AFL and CIO which has found three .wvings and loan associations In Wilkes- Barre's financial district ac¬ cumulating savings accounts ot come tax effort was defeated,!Knowland previously hsd oalled his sales tax was rushed through.jon the Chief Executive to The Ohio plan sales tax pro-l,-^^), ^u^ vides for tax stamps being pur- 3hased from the state by re^ hope sortie of the country's 57, about $15,000,000 In the last f«W national independent laboriyear*. ' unions and hundreds of local, ai,u„„_i, *u-. •— . i_i ., 1. .^ « ' Although there are restne- groups represent ng about 2.- ,:„_. „" ....i L . . , nri/trJv. „ Z.U .J . tioHs On savmgs accounts in OOO.OtX) members are expected to ^.^.o _..«.,!..,¦ ^i. . v , j . „ _ . . I taese associat ons that banks do jump on a merger bandwagoni^j ¦ ^^^ ,,J.„» f^ after the new union u org«.-j^„p,'^^,„ ^^^^ J^^^ ^H*. Heading the list of proapects.' '^''•* trend of change — or are the trainmen, which with!t^°"«'^'t« <>' change in thi.s In- 207.421 members is the largestU^^'t rate started in 1930 when, railway union, and the engl-/*t a meeting of the Wilkes- tailers. who then affix these stamps to merchandise as It is sold, with the cost of the stamps added to the retail price. Policy .Meeting Tonight It may be that final decisions included tax relief-:f the will be made tonight at a meet-! .' ,_ i.,, j. . u;„ -. Ing here of the Renublican Poll- °""««^' Both Martin and Knowland S'lt B preview of the legislative program Mr. Eisenhower will present to the new session of Congress next month. The five key points outlined by Martin ¦ontained. no major surprises neers and firemen, with 69,731 members. Miners WUl 8tay Out The largest of the unaffiliated unions ig John L. Lewis' United Mine Workers, with 600,000 members. Lewis has broken Barre Clearing House Associa¬ tion in December of that year, a plan to pay more than the 3% 'nterest then being paid was "considered." However, nothing came of it. Instead, just two years later, ias the shades of the Great De¬ gression fell lower, the rate wa* cy Committee, but that Is far from certain. As for the action of the Sen¬ ate Finance Committee which now has the bill, that Is not cer¬ tain either. Sen. Edward J. IS bal'Ticed; a big pa ticnal highway building pro¬ gram: fedsial aid to schools:! new farm legislation: and crea-: tion of a new agency to foster] increased world trade. Knowland Growini; Restive away from both thc AFL and; CIO in his stormy career and,:'"^^:"'"" ':¦'' ".TV"! ?"" , there are no indications he ever '""'^'^ '"''"'' «"* *™%i" will return to the fold. j iecades. It was reduced to 2%. TKn ,.-;... « _.!« Ml' Six years later, on April t. Thc unity convention will ,93^ ^^\^ ^^^ ,^^.^ ^^.^ ^^^^ open unity convention will at 9:30 A. M. tomorrow! to 1*4% and then, on June 1, with a welcoming address byl^o^" T'" ,t^'"„',''V,V„"'.L""'^"'.,'^ Mayor Robert F. Wagner. The! '*?' f° Jf ;/'"ut"r J"" Z*^'" fi./> ^.A... „# !...„;_" ...,n v„;lat''r 't hit the bottom and waa Kessler (R-Lancaster), said hel Knowland's strong reiteration is still against the bill in spite (,f j,|, demand made clear that of amendments. His committee will meet to¬ morrow or. Tuesday to act on it. The fact that the administra¬ tion forced the bill t.hrousrh the House first and then added the obviously es.sential amendments later has damaged the prestige of the bill and of all concerned. The matter of sponsorship of m • .i ¦¦•^....nF... #».-.i-i-i-«'*"y lales tax bill also i* '"i- PLAN HISTORY CENTERloortant in view of the fact that Governor Leader camnal^ned WASHINGTON (IP) -- The American Historical Associatiom announced last night that it will establish a service center for history teachers with funds supplied by the Ford Founda¬ tion. The center will make available for coruiultations 50 to 60 recog¬ nized professional historians in various parts of the country. igainst It. Por that reason, Sen¬ ate Majority Leader John Dent 'ias been heard to demand thit every. Republican in the Legis¬ lature would have to vote for a sales tax before his party would <^ve enough votes In the House to pass it. However, that statement also has been called a sign that the (Continued on Page 2. Sec. 1\ the Senate GOP leader is grow-| Ing increasingly rp-tive about| thc prospect that it may be late next month or even February, before Mr. Eisenhower reveals his intentions. The present White Hou.se plan! is for Mr. Eisenhower lo make; his decision after he gets a final j report from his doctors on howi fully he hae recovered from hisj Sept. 24 heart attack. The doc¬ tors have said that report rnayl not come until late January orj February, after they have had! a chance to see how he stands, up under the strain of an in-j creasing work load. 1 Knowland told reporters Mr..; Elsenhower should give the Rc-j publican Party "ample oppor-l tunity" to select another can-; didiate U he decides against j (running 1 first order of business will be! election of officers. Prt'sidcnt Elsenhower will address the group at 2:30 P.M. by telephime from Gettysburg, Pa. Army to Push Missiles Work WASHINGTON lU^ Maj. Woman Paid $25 a Day To Organize Navy Wives HEADS FOR JAPAN WASHINGTON (U'l—Tha case of a woman who was paid fiS a day by the Navy to "organ¬ ize" Navy wives came under scrutiny of House investigators yesterday She is Mrs. Mary P. Paolozzl, national presidcni of the Navy Wives of Amcnca. She was liarted among hundreds of other consulants the Navy has carried on its payroll since 1953. The Navy told the House Gov¬ ernment Operations Committee Mrs. Paolozzl was hired for "full time employment as a con¬ sultant to visit naval installa¬ tions on the Bast Coast and pro¬ mote the growth of Navy wives' clubs currently functioning and TOKYO (IP)—U. S. SecreUry I of the Army Wilber M. Bruckerj arrived here last night for a! to stimulate the organization ofjP-ar Eastern tour that wUl take clubs In those areas where none »»"» to Army bases in Japan, exists at present." (Korea and Okinawa. The case came to light as the committee pressed a new inves tigation of the administration uee of doUar-a-year (WOCS) and special consul EnlValley Scenes made one-half of 1*?^. There It stayed until put back to the 1% still paid by county banks. The other factor which is r«- oorted to have Influenced the two banks to make the first real upward movement since the 11920's is the general financial I condition met throughout the nation. S300.000 a Vear ,- r i_ r> •• J Ths increase. It Is understood. Gen. John B. Medans, one ofi,yiii ^ost thc Miners National the Army 8 top trouble-shoot- Bank about $300,000 a vear, on ers, has been chosen to push Ithe basis of present deposit*, development of guided musiles,j i„ ^„„^her gesture, some of including s supe^onic balllsticithe other banks are offering miUile with a l„W0-mile range.j,^^^ on term deposits. It was disclosed yesterday. ^^^ j^^^j„„^, g^,^ „ Medans. now a top officer in,„ff^.^,„ -certificates of depomf thc Army Ordnance Corps, hasl^hlch can earn 2H% in 12 been assigned to the Reston- months. The plan Is announced Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala., cen-ij„ «„ advertisement in this ter of Army research on guid«di-,i,oer today, missiles. .^ », i This requires purchase of Informed sources said Me-|;,ertiricates sold in units of $100 daris will be an expediter" in.and the money must be left with guided missile development. His!,he banks for three years to primary task will be to pushiearn the 2%. development of a so-called mid- if withdrawn earlier. 90 days range missile-a weapon withj notice is required. Then, the speeds up to 5,000 miles perjamount of interest paid is de- hour and able to hit tajgets.jtermined, proportionately, by 1,500 miles from its launching jthe length of time the money point. I had been left with the bank. tants. The committee, headed by Rep. William L. Dawson (D-UD. has wked federal agencies for a list of all woes employed since January. 1953. It also ha-s asked for a lust of all industry advisory committee and an ex¬ planation of their fimctions, to¬ gether with special public rela¬ tions and management consul¬ tants. INSIDE THE INDEPENDENT Section Page. Section Page Air Force Man Gives 30% of Skin To Aid His Burned Twin Broiher Amusement Four Around the Town.... Tnree Better English Two Olaasifisd „___ Six (bounty New* «_ Five Crossword Puxzle ..Six Drew Pearson ..„._..Three Uditorioj „ _„. Three "rank Tripp Three Home ot the Week.. Six 11 How Can I?r? 71 Look and Learn 4 Obituary 1-4; Politic* Four One ...„ One _.^ I'hree SiRadio Five 1! Robert C. Ruark. Three gjState Capitol Five State New* Five Sport* Three TV . Five Women"* Section.__Four 2 12, si I 8-9 h »! 1-51 8-91 1-9' Bu)/ bieyctist careful to sig7ial all turns and nng hell at inttr8eetio>t.-<—o.s ke rode the wrong way on one-way South StaU St. Fifth grade boy telling pal "That's not the guy we study about" as ke pointed to School Guard Benjamin Fianklin at South Main Ht. School. Wpman lo!<ing balance ti.s f/acWe.ss trolley started unth a jerk and sitting on bo.c of Christmas tree ornamentu in lap of another woman, who unhappily counted 2i! of two dozen ornaments smashed. Two littU boys and their btg dog "potng hunting"— minus guns. The doy ran a rabhit inlo a h<U ¦ind thc two :ittle 6oi/o duy him oat, brir.:nng him hi in wtth great pride (ami posinu a pioMeia for thtir mother, wluit to do witk the anivM.) FORT DDC. N. J iU>)—Air Force Specialist Rodney C. Madeira, whose skin is 30'^o his twin brother's, left here wsterday for the U. S. Naval Hospital in New York. Madeira, of South Temple, near Reading, Pa. was turned into a human torch orf Oct, 1 when a cigaret lighter set his gasoline- soaked clothing aflame at an air base in Bor¬ deaux, France. He was clean¬ ing auto parts at tne time. While Rodney was enroute to an Air Force Hospital in Wiesbaden, Germany, his 21i yeir-okl twin, Cpl. Charles'R. Madeira, was notified of the accident at his base in Seoul, Korea. Charles was flown to his brother's side and shortly afterwards surgeons began a series of skin grafts on the 30% of Rodney's body that suffered third degree bum^. Within five days, physiciona announced the succescful grafts had "taken." Thc twins arrived at Mc¬ Guire Air Force Base here Fri¬ day and were greeted by A third brother. Army Specialist Kenneth, who is awaiting di»- charge. Charles expected to begin a 3i)-day leave tomorrow and planned to go to the fam¬ ily's home in South Temple, where Rodney said he hoped to join him soon, if all goes well at the Naval Hospitai i^SSL^S"' \ 1 ^
Object Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Volume | 50 |
Issue | 6 |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Creator | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Place of Publication | Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) |
Date | 1955-12-03 |
Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Source | Microfilm |
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Month | 12 |
Day | 03 |
Year | 1955 |
Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Volume | 50 |
Issue | 6 |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Creator | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Place of Publication | Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) |
Date | 1955-12-03 |
Date Digital | 2011-12-22 |
Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Digital Specifications | Image was scanned by Backstage Library Works. Archival Image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from film at 300 dpi. The original file size was 32369 kilobytes. |
Source | Microfilm |
Language | English |
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Contact | For more information, please contact the Osterhout Free Library, Attn: Information Services, 71 S. Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701. Phone: (570) 823-0156. |
Contributing Institution | Osterhout Free Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER LIBRARY: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Full Text |
A Paper For The Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
RAIN, MILD
Hll^art Today, SO-ta Monday: Colder. Windy
50th YEAR — No. 6 — 96 PAGES
>trmhvr Anrtif Barcau i4 CIrrnlatloB
TWO VALLEY BANKS WILL PAY 2% INTEREST
—.—. — 9
tVi/f Dedfcafe New JCC Next Sunday New Sales Tax Measure Miners Ond Kingston
Banks to Double Rate
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1955 *
riirrn rBr.)««
WIra Xanra .Ml »*o
PRICE 15 CENTS
Dedication cerenioiiieH for the newly com¬ pleted Jewish Coinnimilty Center. OO South Itiver St, Wilkes-Barre, will Ix- held Sun¬ day, Dec. 11, at 2.-SO P. M. City offieials, dig¬ nitaries ol the Jewish faith and other re¬ ligions will witness the opening of the struc¬ ture which will have i* swimming pool, new everutive offices, elub rooms, and lleaJth (lull.
—Ace llufrrnaii
Work on the building was started in Septeinlier 1954. S«'rvices to romineiiiorate the completion will be held In all synagogues and temples In Wyoming Valley Friday night
The dedicatory services will mark the l)e- ginning of a week of festivities for various religious, civic and social groups windng up with a dedicatorj ball, Saturday, Dec. 17 and a dedicatory dinner, ^Sunday, Dec. 18.
Harriman Says President VVest Fears Yielded to Big Business ||g^ Bg,.|j„
OKLAHOMA CITY (IPV-Gov. I He declined further comment I ^wsssss
Averell Harriman of New Yorkon Adlai Stevenson's "modera-lf%| | ¦
said yesterday he believes a ma-ition" views. Stevenson, in ai Kl Af^ V5lflO Jor 1936 campaign Issue will be.speech here Friday, reminded UIUUIm€lU V tirhat he termed "President Ei-ithe delegats of his much-dls-| tenhower'3 surrender to bigjcussed Chicago statement—"wc BERLIN (LP)—The East
business." jraust never confuse moderation German Communist re-
Harriman, in a news ci«nfer-iwith mediocrity or settle for (,,Tnp i,^,.u ;t« firat aton tr. «nrp prior to his speech at the, haif an3Wer.s to hard problems.' /^j uh iirhl biep 10-
"clcsing banquet of the national! i„ ^oKards to the '»moder- ;Ward a possible new block-
convontion of Young Demo-l„„„„ rfi,,.„„i„„ H»rri,r,an -om l^^^^ of Berlin yesterday.
The Communi.sts refused to re¬ new the yearly permits by which
,, „,, ^ «... ,West German barges bring
f.ary Sidesteps Question 11,500.000 ton.s of supplies to West
Oklahoma Gov. Raymond ¦ Berlin through the Soviet occu
Expected to Bring End To State Financial Row
First Move is to Kill Leader's Excise Plan; Some Democrats Seen Joining in Compromise Movement
HARKISBURG—Daylight is expected to start shin¬ ing through the 11-month tax-fight haze this week.
A pcssible final solution may be foun^ in a sales tax sufficiently different from the one in effect the last two years so that some Democrats will be per¬ suaded to vote for it in a spirit of compromise.
First step will be to get rid of Governor leader's excise tax which has
Old Sales Tax- Cost $8 Million
HARRISBURG -^ In addi¬ tion to lining up a heavy at¬ tack against the excise tax. the hearings last week on
I
Knowland Wants Ike's '56 Answer
Senate GOP Leader Asks President to Speed His Decision
4mm.^-
GE'ITYSBURG, Pa. (LP) aroused such a tremendous,—Senate Republican Lead- wave of op positioner William F. Knowland
throughout the state and .
which the administration
again called on President
Lilt- iiraiiiix» lasi weCK on ..»»i*.i( mc rtuiiiiiii.-«ti c^Lit/ii r-»- i. . . ,
Governor leader's proof«ai itself has admitted was i,,;t-isenhower yesterday to
also produced the cost of the ;bad old salofi tax.
It was shown that in Its short lifetime the sales tax brought in $121,646,000 for Pennsylvania and eo.st $8.- 500.000 to collect. That indi¬ cates a collection cost of about 'f't.
A sales tax modeled on the Ohio plan, it is claimed, would cost much less to administer while producing a greater yield.
shape when ru.shed!"'^'^^ *" early decision on ithrough the Hou.se by pro-l whether he wilJ run for a! loosing such a long list of .second term. He made the j ""^ndmonta in the Senate.dema nd while virtually ' The excise tax may meet itsistanding on Mr. Eisenhow-
fate in either of two ways. er's doorstep. i
In one the bill can be reported; Knowland told reporters, im-
¦mit^ t .hT'%^?,'"'^'^'""-'"''''"«'*"y «"«^ a private con-;
'L th.n r.n K ' nf"„ \ «'''J;'Jithat it was his personal opinion! 'It_th,.n_can be sent_back to the;the President has reached noi
committee and killed.
{final decision"
Snow, Wind In Midwest
CHICAGO (IP) snowstorm with wta
In regards to the ''modern-
non" discussion, Harriman said,
^ .,, 1. . J "Cm not going to pursue it any
publicans have turned over our , ,1,..., s <•" k" ^"«; ¦. an}
natural resources right and left to the public utilities monopoly."
In bis speech, Harriman ex¬ panded on the theme by charg¬ ing the Eisenhower administra-
on with conducting a "giant grab-bag for private privilege" while farmers are caught in an "economic aqueeze."
Dplegates to the convention »i |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
FileName | 19551203_001.tif |
Month | 12 |
Day | 03 |
Year | 1955 |
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