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A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT WARMER High today .SO Monday — Fair. Warmi»r 51 ST YEAR — NO. 25 — 72 PAGES Memhrr Audit Borefto of Circulattos WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 1957 TNITED PREf^S Wlr« New* S«rTlc« PRICE 15 CENTS SYRIAN TROOPS ENTER JORDAN i ?\an Laboratory Tests Tomorrow \n S/aying Of yNWkeS'^Qtr^ Woman Investigation into the bludgeon-ganotc death of 65- vcar-old Rita Thomas Scrhan of Rolling Mill Hill will move into the "laboratory .stage" tomorrow morning. She wa.s killed a week ago this morning. A ranking city police of¬ ficial revealed last night! that pieces of blood- siained paper found in the vic¬ tim's small grocery store—but not near the death scene—will bo taken fo Harrisburg for ex¬ amination by State Police crimi¬ nal laboratory technicians. The blood-spattered pieces of paper, it was learned, were re¬ covered by detectives at places in the store-dwelling where it would have been impossible for the bludgeoned and garroted woman to have made her way •fter the attack. Points of discovery were fixed at the cash register; at the foot of the cellar steps and on a broken latch at the foot of thc cellar steps Hottest' Tip In Malia Probe Fizzles Out Check of Pistols Shows Not Same Used in Killing Piiision Scoots Sei Qui Firsi of 25.000 Trees The "hottest" of the very few clues uncovered Mrs. Serhan was attacked and Jf, (he l!)-week-o!d murder' killed in a bedroom situated at ^f ^S-vear-old Francis ,1.! nn ?nH 'jLm^/'.ftT M.iinai^M^li*. Exeter Acme Store man- r?nnpH f^r^ThP frnnt nf hpr ^Ser, was shattered during the npped from the front of her « ^^^^^ p^,.^^ ^^^^^^^ dre.s^ was used to choke her ^ ^ y^^ -^^ ^o„. ^^1" ^1' "T *° " J'^'k ^'"^''fiscated here over a week ago «kull beheved causjd by a ^ ^^^^ ,„ Harrisburg for bal- hatchet-w.eld.ng murderer. The!,,^jj^ j„,^ ^^^^ ^^ no way con- floor of the bedroom was ^.f^j ^1^^, j^e Nov. 23 slay- .smcared with blood. Hatchet Not Found ing in Wyoming. State Police Lt Israeli Expresses Concern BEIRUT, Lebanon (ID— Charles Hart- A tireless search for the hatch-iman, officer in charge of the et or other instrument u.sed in case, was contacted at his home the attack has been to no avail, yesterday, but denied that the 2 Congressmen Demand Summerfield Quit Post; More Postal Cutbacks WASHINGTON (IP)—Rep. John Le.sinski (D-Mich),| a member of the House Post Office Committee, de¬ manded ycsterda.v that Postmaster General Arthur' E. Summerfield resign for halting Saturda.v mail de-i ^liveries and making other! Cost of Junkets And Inquiries Will Be Aired Utah Congressman Says Loopholes Permit Hiding WASHINGTON (IP) f'«'<l's resignation and prosecu- r, ifii- * r\ tion A similar one was made on —Rep. William A. Daw-jupsdav bv Rep. Charles O. son (R-l tah) served no- Porter (D-6re). tice yesterda.v he will tr.v Meanwhile, Summerfield made to close a loophole which al- good on his threat to halt reg- lows Congress to hide its spend- ular mail deliveries yesterday ing for junkets and investiga- and follow this up wifh other tions from the public. postal service cutbacks tomor- ———^—^————~—— The loophole also provides row because Congress failed to ,^0^6 Syrian troops had bepun that executive agencies which give his department an extrajn^oyj^g "jntQ the northern sectors cutbacks in postal .service. Furthermore Les-'Syrian troops marched into inski .said, Summerfield should Jordan yesterdav over the be prosecuted under the anti- ; .,'. , deficiency law, which is de- reported opposition of pro- signed to punish government of- Western King Hussein and de- ficials vvho so mishandle their , warnings from Israel, agencies money that acute *^.„.. , t .u .*., shortages result. The future of the poverty c " t ij J J .u stricken state, caught between Summerfield ordered the serv- opp^smg forces and torn by an ICC cutback on grounds his de-,„PP^„g,'^ ,jti„, ^^isis. was in partment has nearly run out of (jnyw, monev and Congress has not ^ ' . » vet voted it more. Diploma ic sources in Amman c Jr. J u n :. Capita of Jordan, confirmed that Second Demand He Quit ' Lesinski's was the second de- "ZZTZTZ. . , ™, mand by a member of the Post BEIRUT, Lebanon OP — A Office Committee for Summer- Syrian radio announcement said last night that anti-West¬ ern former defense minister .'Vbdu! Halini Nimr has suc¬ ceeded in forming a new gov¬ ernment for Jordan and has presented his cabinet list to King Hussein. It would op¬ pose the Elsenhower Doctrine. investigators had uncovered any^ guns they suspected might have. but the pieces of blood-covered paper, probably used by the in¬ truder to wipe off fingerprints and clean his hands of blood, mav prove to be a vital link in jested at Laboratory welding a chain of clues leading to an early arrest. Telephone "tips" continue to roll into police headquarters and all are being checked promptly. District Forester Manny Gordon of West Pittston, left, and Forestry Inspector Clar¬ ence Renfer of Suscon look on as Boy Scouts plant the first of 2.'>,000 trees along the Sus¬ quehanna River at Pittston. The four scouts are, left to right: Robert Jackson, Troop 310, Pittston; Paul Donahue, Troop 304, Jenkins Township; Stanley Piontek. Troop 365, Pitts¬ ton; and Thomas Tigue, also of Troop 310. ^Photo by Lukasik) of the country to reinforce the 3,00n-man brigade already there since the Suez crisis last Fall. Saudi Arabia, which sides wifh Hussein, also has a ,'?,non-man are investigated by Congress $47,000,000 in operating funds, can in some instances be billed Across the nation, post offices for the costs of the inquiries, jclosed and letter carriers failed Dawson told the United Pressjto make their appointed rounds he will seek to correct the sit-jOnly a trickle nf mail, most of uation tomorrow by offering a;its special delivery letters, got hVij^a'de'inTordanV stationed near rider to a deficiency appropria-:through. the southern towns of Maan and tion bill due for a House vote.!««-j| pji„ .,_ Airihn The tree-planting project,Iplanted 2,000 trees in the Pitts-iPittston, donated an additional The measure includes the emer-! ll' " j u . . i^Kand. a"''connection'''^vith the Malia'sponsored bv the Greater Pitts-jfon Hospital area and the Southi.5,000 trees for the hospital area gencv .$41,000,000 appropriation' P^ shutdown began to create jhe Beirut newspaper Frraw- murder case Iton Chamber of Commerce. isiPittston river-bank section. and;which extends into Jenkins for the Post Office Departmenti^ "^^^J'. backlog of mail tn ttie wad said Hussein appealed to designed to line Pittston's river 5,000 more near the Lehigh Val-JTownship. which curtailed some operations Pos*,"""^" °f'a''8"'^'"e^.. '"'^iSyrian President Shukri Fl Ku- Vf>,>r informatinn is had" he'bank with white pine, bank pinellev Railroad station in the cen-1 Other scout troops which par-1 vesterdav berau.se it is without;''^''"'*"'', becau.se even though jwatly for removal of all .Svrian «iH ''Wp h^v^inre he slavinB;and black locust trees. The'tral citv area. The planting willlticipated in yesterday's plant-,monev. post office window were closed;troop because the Syrian officers spnT several Xeai^i^ns to ourla^^^ is supervised by th^xontinue on Saturdays until com-! ing were: Trbop .¦?.52 of West Expenses Hidden fie lobbies remained open for were plotting agamst him. nraort fnr ^sX but T don't'State Department of Forests andi pleted. IPittsion. Troop 314 of Avoca,: Dawson noted the House has depos'ting letters and collecting | Asks Withdrawal know anvthine about the two^Waters. j The Chamber of Commerce!Troop 313 of Harding, and a special subcommittee which is|">a'j '"/••'op boxes. _ _ | Reports reaching Beirut said 313 of Capt. Joseph Murrav of thei.45s that'vou "mentioned." I More than 7,000 trees werei obtained 20 000 trees for the: Troops 302 and 354. West Pitts Detective Division said last night ,t was learned from reliablejP'^"*^*^ yesterday. The Scouts'project and Louis Fabrizio.lton. sources, however, that the two weapons were confiscated earlier in the week—one in I uzerne and after a conference with Chief J Russell Taylor that detectives will remain on a seven-dav dutv schedule fo insure that no leadsjthe other in Edwardsville—and! »rr neglected in the search for it was believed at the time ihatl they might have a strong con-' nection with thc slaying of thei Forty Fort resident, who was a| manager of the new Acme Store in Exeter. The guns checked in the Malia slaying were confiscated when State Police along with law enforcement officials from several West Side boroughs cracked down on gangs of juveniles who had been carry¬ ing out petty thefts. In denying that the State Po¬ lice had uncovered any new the brutal killer. Jury Convicts Portland D.A. PORTLAND. Ore. (IP)— Dist. Att.v. William .M. Lanjrie.v was found sriiilt.v ye.sterda,v of a charge that; he was negligent in failing to, prosecute a gambling operation| at a private fund-raising partv. ' . . , ,, , _ _„.i..,ii-., vnjn7,n.c- aim .,./t-n lu.i The verdict bv a circuit court^^"^"Ra'"rs are still working as^^^j^^^ members of their un jurv of six men and six women ^''''^ ''^ •"^^ '" J'"^ "^'' .P": ion rights. after nnp hn„r .nH -in son or persons who committed' 'Goon Squad' Violence in Scranton Will Be Probed ai Senate Hearings raising particular cain" with! If the backlog Is heavy |Hussein also had asked the with- executive agencies which trylenough, mail that normally woudjdrawal of the Egyptian military to keep information from thelbe delivered on Saturday will bejattache in Amman because he public. !delayed in reaching its destina-,was supporting opposition "Yet Congress itself has> per-tion in some cases for perhaps j groups, mitted this legislation to stand'Up to several days. goth Syria and Egvpt, leaders a,- a screen behind which in- The shutdown affected most of of the Arab "neutral'blor" were vpstigative expenses ran be hid-the nation's 38,000 post offices.'supporting former Jordanian pre- rlen frnm the eves not only of xhe only ones remainint; openjmier Sulr-iman Nabulsi, ousted the public and the press but ofiwere the fourth class, largelvllast Wednesday in a quarrel WAS II I .NG TON aP)|Kennedy said the "activities of a publican, was named to handle; S'Jl^/.J^.T^^I^.i''*''*"°"" ""''i'-ural offices^ which usually arejwith the king believed to have -pj^g Senate Lahor Rack- S°o" squad" are at the center ofi press relations for the Teamsters Senate." he .said. the picture which the committee plans to present starting Tues day. The "goon squad" operations, McClellan said, involve the use Union and edit its magazine under the union's new $200,000 public relations program. Smith will take on the dual; job as a representative of Allied ets Committee will unfold a case study of coercion and "goon squad" violence in public hearings next week in the Scranton, Pa. area. Chair- of violence against management|industrial Research As.sociates man John L, McClellan disclosed groups as well as labor union'New York - Washington firm yesterday. members. jwhich has contracted to handle Briefing newsmen on the com-1 He said one aspect of the case the troubled union's public rela mittee's forthcoming hearings,]"will present a very grave ques- tions program, the Arkansas Democrat .said the tion of ethics." He said union' The Rackets Committee staff 'stemmed from Hussein's opposi- these tion to Communism. came one hour and 40 Spring Cold Hits Seaboard Bv UNITED PRESS ... J, . „ , u u u u , J , J <• . u J A record-b r e a k i n jr provide $41,000,000. The Hou.s'e The U. S. Emba.ssy denied 1 .1 ^^ 1 I ? ;„., Irenes "involves conspiracy be-officials who have been con-ihas already had one first hand „ tj j uriii art nn th» mattpr fnmnrrnw charges some of them made bv clues in the Malia slaying, Meu-,,^.^^„ ^ff.^,^,, „f ^^f\^^^^^ un-ivicted in court of 'offenses that brush with threaU of violence in Sprinp cold wave .spread w.M act o^n the maUer Uirnorrow^ ^niaae^ny the Scranton area. McClellanjover the Eastern Seaboard (-^^^jj^^g j,gj said it will act the Nabulsi regime to fall. di.sclosed^dunnghe^rmgscenter-|yesterday while tempera-immediately after the House Mrs. Meir Warns Arabs Israeli Foreign Minister Mrs. run by storekeepers. [ Beginning tomorrow, I other cutbacks will go into ef- Israel was worried by the sud- fect: den eruption in Jordan. The anti- Post office windows will be Western feeling rising in tha kept open only 8>^ hours a day. country was empha.sized yester- Mail deliveries in downtown day by demonstrations in all business areas will be cut to main Jordan cities against the two a day fusenhower Doctrine. But the The House Appropriations Pai-ades were orderly, no vio- Committee on Friday voted to '^'^e ^^^ reported. tenant Hartman said that his in- minutes of deliberation. the crime. It was the first case fo come Widow is Confident to trial out of a welter of in-| Meanwhile, the widow of thej lions, violence and coercion thatshould disqualify them for longer holding office" are still in their posts exercising as great or greater control than before their convictions. Former Editor Named dictments by a vice-probing Multnomah County grand jury. The 41-year-old district aftornev was charged specifically with failing to prosecute William B Nettleton, a former slain man said that she still has "strong hope" that those respon¬ sible for the murder of her hus¬ band will soon be caught. 'We have heard nothing." she Portland! sajj] ??_"?:'!'!'¦•-'^!!ll,:'*"'"P "P ^".'^ ".P-1 have assured my son and I that "even though the police erating gambling at a charity ba/.aar .spon.sored by Portland paint and varnish dealers in February, 19,55. Judgment Delayed they are doing everything in their power to solve the case." Over two months ago, Mrs. Malia offered a $5,000 reward for infomiation leading to the Defense Atty. K. C. Tannerjcapture of the person or persons immediately asked .ludge Frank J. I.onergan for an arrest of judgment, which the judge granted. While the jury verdict will be filed, the arrest motion means that no judgment by fhe court will be entered until to¬ morrow. Judge Lonergan set April 26 ¦s tentative date for the sen¬ tencing. It was thc first of seven in- who killed her husband. This re ward was increased when thc Luzerne County commissioners approved another $1,000 to be added to the amount put up by Mrs. Malia. No Reward Offersd by Firm Mrs. Malia called it "rather unusual " that the Acme Store firm had not offered any kind of reward money as they have "The use of threat and vio¬ lence would appear to be very prominent in this," he said. He estimated the Scranton phase of the committee's much publicized hearings will take three or four days and involve 12 to 15 witnesses. It is under¬ stood to involve use of violence hy union officials fo force their way into construction jobs and to discipline balking members. Other Violence Cited McClellan said "there also has been evidence of violence in other areas' in which the com¬ mittee is investigating. Committee Counsel Robert F. As it did in the committee's five week series of hearings. Mc¬ Clellan said the Teamsters Union —the nation's largest—will fig¬ ure in the Scranton inquiry. Helbetween labor headers and man- said three AFL-CIO building agement in racketeering activi- vpiiL",irr'*'r'i^"v;rn^'n',,ffv^\hl"ni t"'-es moderated over the cen- does and then send a money bill vestigator La Verne Duffy. thenU,,, ,„^ „„,n,»r„ I^l,inc i.^ .u^ *..ii p„.*. in Scranton, had been threatened with a beating if he did not abandon his inquiry and leave town. McClellan said the Scranton case does not involve collusion trades unions also will be in volved. Kennedy identified them as its widely-heralded hearings on ties. But he said he expects the committee will encounter that in I tral and northern plains. A team of four icebreakers! freed five of nine ice-bound freighters in Whitefish Bay neari Sault Ste. Marie. The Coa.st! Guard said the other stranded! ships must be broken loose be-| fore Great Lakes shipping cani resume. | A hard freeze was expected^ frnm the New England states! ito the full Senate. the Carpenters and Common La borers Unions and the Interna¬ tional Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Meantime. Tony Smith, for-jtee does not want mer editor of the Kane, Pa., Re- Scranton a black eye. City Store Damaged by Ceiling Fire \ Golda Meir, addressing a meet¬ ing of Mapai Labor Party mem¬ bers in Tel Aviv warned that any "false move of Arab troops into Jordan which constituted a change of status" in the military situation could lead to Israeli action. Mrs. Meir said the govern¬ ment of Premier David Ben- Gurion was following with grave concern the developments in neighboring Jordan. Israelis feared that if Egypt to give dictments against Langlev to be done in similar cases where one taker, into court and it brought "f their managers or employees a direct clash between the em-1 has been held up or killed, battled district attorney andi "He gave 35 years to that racketeer James B. (Big Jim) Flkins, a recent star witness be¬ fore the Senate Rackets Investi¬ gating Committee. Russian Nuclear Blast WASHINGTON (IP—1 he Atom¬ ic Energy Commission an¬ nounced .yesterday the Russians!come. tested another nuclear weapon, She backed up her reasoning Fridav, the fourih in 10 davs.|".V saying that she was positive It was the 22nd U. S. an-1 that there was a direct connec- p--»^ Bt^r^ixit^m nouncement of a Soviet atomicit'on between the slaying of her:rOp« neceives tesi. (Continued on Page 2. Sec. I) |DeCOrated Palm company," she said, "and that's a lot of a man's life to put in with one company." Mrs. Malia made it clear that she had expected some sort of assistance from the Acme Store —either in the form of reward money or other help—and was disappointed when it did not Wisconsin Plane Lost ai Poriage PfTTSBURGH (ffl—An Oskosh, Wis.,'flier was reported missing yesterday, more than 24 hours after a fellow pilot lost contact with his light plane in a snow- squall over the Allegheny Moun¬ tains near Portage, Pa. Civil Aeronautics Authorities here alerted Air Force Search and Rescue Units and asked state police to search for the plane, a single engine Cessna 140, piloted by August Pitz.- The flier was reported missing shortly after noon by Warren Easier, also of Oskosh. Basler said he and Pitz, both piloting their own planes, took off from Lock Haven, Pa., for Wisconsin at 9 A. M. Friday. Handyman Sues Woman Employer For Paying in Paper Clippings BIRMINGHAM. Ala. (IP—A Negro handyman' charged in court yesterday that a white woman employer had been paying him for three years in newspaper clippings instead of money, Harvey Sparks, 5r>. said he'd been putting his unopened oay envelopes away for "a rainy day. When the day came he chaiged they didn't add up to enough to buy an umbrella. There were a few coins in some of rhe envelopes, he said, apparently intended as camouflage. Sparks asked $5,000 dam¬ ages from his part-time em- plover, Mrs. Sam M. Adler, and another woman, Mrs. Sam Jacobs, who his attorney said had acted as Mrs. Adler's "agint." Both women were said to be aut of town. The handyman's lawyer, Jerome Phillips, said Sparks had worked at the Adler home about one day each week over a three-year period ending a year ago. He said Sparks didn't get around to needing the money until recently, when he opened one of the envelopes and found the clip¬ pings. — Pope received in per VATICAN CITY (IP) Pius XII yesterday from monks who live petual silence the first of two richly-decorated palm branches symbolizing Palm Sunday and the start of Holy Week. Today he will receive the sec¬ ond palm as they are being dis¬ tributed in churches throughout the world to mark Christ's tri¬ umphal entry into Jerusalem on; a palm-lined path that led. five Amusement Four days later, to a cross on Cal- Around the Town..Three vary. i Better English Two 16 Are Burned to Death In Home for Aged Fire MONTREAL (IP)—Fire raged out of control for five hours through a 200-year-old home for the aged in suburban Pointe Aux Trembles last night trapping and burning a number of the 30 residents and gutting the building. Morgue official reported 16 known dead and rescue workers probed the charred ground floor of the building for other victims. Fifteen bodies were taken from the old stone home, and one re.sidenf died in the hospital. "There could be any number of people still inside." A spokesman for (he home said ."{S persons were in the Henri Hospital for the Aged when the fire broke out, .10 of whom were resident pension¬ ers ranging in age from .1.5 to 60. Chief iDeLorme .said the victims "died in their beds." "This is the worst I've seen in 32 years with the department." DeLorme said. the New'York area and in al-i^'^'^'l^^rd to South Carolina most every area to be covered|a"'^ 9*""'"^,.* ^^ *""""*'r"J"^.j ^^1 -ru 1 , ^ x. ^ - thereafter \^° * disturbance several hundredj The ceiling of a sbockroom in He stressed that the commit-1-le^ off the North Carolina,Un,t^ Furnitiire^ ^S^^^^^^^ Temperaturesdropped.ofreez- fire yesterday afternoon at 5:34. |^a^eh mi.i.ajy^^po^_^^^^^ ing or below over the eastern Mam part of the sore was j ,, ^„^,j be'surrounded bv third of the nation as the Arctic filled with smoke, but it was.j- ,3„.^„„^rQ„g^ ^^^^^ f^^^ air from Canada moved toward quickly ventilated and damagei^j'g^ -j the coast. Onlv exceptions werei was termed slight by Deputy ! , Florida and parts of Georgia and!Chief Edward Jacobson. South Carolina, which the chilly Defective Light Russio Asks U. S. air skirted. Good Weather For Fishermen The ceiling was ignited by a , , defective lighting fixture, ac- To LoOK fOf Seaman ""¦^'h^. i° !•'? ^!!j'''fAo ,..»H WASHINGTON (IP-The Unit- A hose line had to be used ^ 5 j,^^ ^^^^^ American when a joist was found blazing j^ ^ ,3^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ after portions of the storeroom | f^^ ^^^^.^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^,^^ ceiling were removed. | disappeared from a Russian mo- It will be a good day for the Chairs, dressers and other fur- tor launch in the Denmark opening of trout season tomor-jniture in the stockroom were re-: straits on April 2, the State row, according to the U. S.| moved by firemen to prevent Department disclosed yesterday. INSIDE THE INDEPENDENT Weather Bureau at Avoca. Fairj smoke and water damage and mild weather with a high; Hundreds of Saturday shop of 55 degrees is the forecast. Clear skies and a warmer The search was ordered m response to an appeal by the pers converged on the scene [Soviet Embassy here in the when Engine 1, Hose and Truck^h^P^'^e men may still be alive J . ..iOn ice floes m Denmark Strait 6 arrived in answer to a still between Greenland and Iceland. alarm. where their boat went down. trend has been predicted for to¬ day, starting with a cold morn¬ ing of 22 to 24 degrees and mod¬ erating to ,50 by mid-afternoon, according to the Bureau. The mercury will continue to climb on Mondav afternoon. ,r::^'^':^i'Zr,::^.Z:!^,1dentify Thieves by Their Walk to high of 4^ hy ^ffernoon. The Movie of Bank Robbery Helps mercury hovered at 30 at mid¬ night. Section Page 11 It will be a double solemn day for the Pope, who traditionally appeals for peace at Easier Shortly after he receives the second palm today, he will con¬ fer with a Japanese envoy on Japan's urgent proposals for banning atomic and hydrogen bomb tests. City Hall News ....Five Classified Six County Hews Five Crossword Puzzle.. .Six Drew Pearson Three Editorial Three Frank Tripp Three Hous« Doctor Six Home of the Week.. Six 4 12 8 6 10 How Can I ??? Fow 7 Look and Learn ... One 8 Obituary One 2 Politics Three 1-6 Radio Four ! Robert C. Ruark ...Three 6 State Capital Three 10 State News Three 11 Sports Three 1-5 TV Four 10 Women's Section .. Four 1-9 Valley Scenes Xirtei/ear-nld South Wash¬ ington St. hon refusing to wear white shirt In a, hirthdat) pnrtt/ hrrniise "the girl likes me iv rnlnrs." I Section Pagej .Mother rushing tn the res¬ cue ns young son toHdleil down street with new elertne toaster tn ninki a deal with horn-hlnwing junkman. Youngsters jius.sing new Wilkes science hiiUding par- tialhi covered with /dnstic weather coating and comment, ing "Iheij even sell huikUngs wrapped in eellopluine now, Joey." CLEVELAND OPi—The char¬ acteristic walks of a masked gunman and his girl friend, whose robbery of a loan com¬ pany was recorded by a hid¬ den camera, yesterday en¬ abled police to identify the pair. Warrants were issued for the arrest of Stephen Thomas, 24, and Wanda Di Cenzi, 18. Detectives Joe Avid and William Steele viewed the two-minute movie of the armed $2,376 holdup of the St. Clair Savings and Loan Co. They agreed the girl's walk was the same as that of a woman they noticed in a res¬ taurant near the bank just be¬ fore the robbery. Traced Through Girl Thomas, who police said had a noticeable prancing walk, was traced through the girl. Police Mid she was missing from her home for several days and was a known associ¬ ate of Thomas. Thomas' physical description tallied with that of the masked gunman. Police files showed he was arrested in 1954 for firing a Beretta .32 caliber Italian pistol, the type of weapon used in the holdup pictures. The film was believed the first motion picture ever taken during an actual bank robbery. Police Chief Frank Story credited the hidden camera with a fast solution of the crime. Manager Stanley P Zupan said he had installed the camera only a few hours be¬ fore the holdup As the rob¬ bers emptied the cash drawer. Zupan tripped the lever that started the camera and alto alerted polic*. ii * ¦ • I
Object Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Volume | 51 |
Issue | 25 |
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 | 1957-04-14 |
Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
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Month | 04 |
Day | 14 |
Year | 1957 |
Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Volume | 51 |
Issue | 25 |
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 | 1957-04-14 |
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Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
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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. |
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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
WARMER
High today .SO
Monday — Fair. Warmi»r
51 ST YEAR — NO. 25 — 72 PAGES
Memhrr Audit Borefto of Circulattos
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 1957
TNITED PREf^S
Wlr« New* S«rTlc«
PRICE 15 CENTS
SYRIAN TROOPS ENTER JORDAN
i
?\an Laboratory Tests Tomorrow \n S/aying Of yNWkeS'^Qtr^ Woman
Investigation into the bludgeon-ganotc death of 65- vcar-old Rita Thomas Scrhan of Rolling Mill Hill will move into the "laboratory .stage" tomorrow morning. She wa.s killed a week ago this morning.
A ranking city police of¬ ficial revealed last night! that pieces of blood- siained paper found in the vic¬ tim's small grocery store—but not near the death scene—will bo taken fo Harrisburg for ex¬ amination by State Police crimi¬ nal laboratory technicians.
The blood-spattered pieces of paper, it was learned, were re¬ covered by detectives at places in the store-dwelling where it would have been impossible for the bludgeoned and garroted woman to have made her way •fter the attack.
Points of discovery were fixed at the cash register; at the foot of the cellar steps and on a broken latch at the foot of thc cellar steps
Hottest' Tip In Malia Probe Fizzles Out
Check of Pistols Shows Not Same Used in Killing
Piiision Scoots Sei Qui Firsi of 25.000 Trees
The "hottest" of the very few clues uncovered Mrs. Serhan was attacked and Jf, (he l!)-week-o!d murder' killed in a bedroom situated at ^f ^S-vear-old Francis ,1.! nn ?nH 'jLm^/'.ftT M.iinai^M^li*. Exeter Acme Store man-
r?nnpH f^r^ThP frnnt nf hpr ^Ser, was shattered during the npped from the front of her « ^^^^^ p^,.^^ ^^^^^^^
dre.s^ was used to choke her ^ ^ y^^ -^^ ^o„.
^^1" ^1' "T *° " J'^'k ^'"^''fiscated here over a week ago «kull beheved causjd by a ^ ^^^^ ,„ Harrisburg for bal- hatchet-w.eld.ng murderer. The!,,^jj^ j„,^ ^^^^ ^^ no way con- floor of the bedroom was ^.f^j ^1^^, j^e Nov. 23 slay- .smcared with blood. Hatchet Not Found
ing in Wyoming. State Police Lt
Israeli
Expresses
Concern
BEIRUT, Lebanon (ID—
Charles Hart-
A tireless search for the hatch-iman, officer in charge of the et or other instrument u.sed in case, was contacted at his home the attack has been to no avail, yesterday, but denied that the
2 Congressmen Demand Summerfield Quit Post; More Postal Cutbacks
WASHINGTON (IP)—Rep. John Le.sinski (D-Mich),| a member of the House Post Office Committee, de¬ manded ycsterda.v that Postmaster General Arthur' E. Summerfield resign for halting Saturda.v mail de-i ^liveries and making other!
Cost of Junkets And Inquiries Will Be Aired
Utah Congressman Says Loopholes Permit Hiding
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Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
FileName | 19570414_001.tif |
Month | 04 |
Day | 14 |
Year | 1957 |
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