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51ST YEAR — NO. 21 — 76 PAGt'S
Member Andtl BnrvAQ of Ctrculatina
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1957
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ISRAELIS MAY
ENTER GAZA
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Friendly Sons Honor Sf. Patrick at Annual Dinner
Deadline Set For Teamsters' Union Leader
Must Produce His Personal Records By Wednesday
W A S H I N G T 0 N (IP) —The SenatP Labor Rark- pt.s Committpe .ve.stpiday jravc Tpani.stpr l'nion T'icsident Dave Back until 3 P M. Wrdne.sday to apree to sur¬ render hi.5 personal financial record or face a subpoena.
Chairman .lohn I,. McClrllani fDArk.) agreed to wait until! Beck confers in .Seattle, wirh! his lawyers Tuesday. But hel said he wants the issue settled.
"What I want to know," Mc-j Clpllan told reporters, "is whether Beck's offer to coop-i erate means he'll make his rec- ords available voluntanlv on re- oufst—or if a subpoena is re¬ quired to jtet them " j
The chairman added'
"A subpoena will very likely' follow   anv    refusal    to    make
a\:iilable  to the committee the       -••..     ---      ,     , j     r  u
records it needs." foi're   la.st   night   to   cele-.^^f «  background  of  banners,
McClellan said that when the:hrate   .St.   Patrick's   Day. Sh"^   ^L    Sta" SpaneS committee    g'^t^    Beck's    hooks- „-^    i,,^r^^A    U.,t«l^   ^    '    !"«,  =>J_ar    spangiea
and examines them, it will he';''"1.« ^To jammed Hotel;Banner and Irish Republican readv fo question the porfly^'^''''"K for the annual FriendlyiFlags, an array of smaller flags prr^sident   of   the   nation's   big "' '^   ""-''' "¦ '-'"'     •    -     -' •• "
Nixon Greeted By Ex-Pastor Of City Churcli
Bishop O'Connor Will Accompany Veep to Vatican
ROME (lP>_Vice Presi¬ dent Richard M. Nixon flew in from North Africa ye.sterday to begin a three- day stay in Italy which will in¬ clude the first visit ever paid to a Pope by a U. S. Vice Presi¬ dent during his term of office.
U. S. Ambassador James D. /Ccllerbach, Premier Antonio Seg- ni and other officials welcomed Nixon and his wife Pat af the airport. An Italian Air Force band played the national an¬ thems of the United States and Italy.
See Pope Today
The welcoming party also in¬ cluded   Catholic   Bishop   Martin T.  O'Connor,  rector of Rome's, North   American   College,   who srid will   accompany   Nixon   to   the Strip were   out   in of  rich   Irish   humor  and   song'speakers table added to the di.s-'of .¦?2 and  who is now serving! J^^t'c^n at ^^^ ^J^- *9?l?y for troops
Hint They Will Do So If Other Steps Fail: UN Force Ready to Co
J ERT i SALEM,  Israeli Sector (IP)—Foreign  Minis¬ ter Mr.s, Golda Meir may tell UX Secretary General Dag   Hammarskjold   to   "get   the   UN   Emergency Force out of the way" of an Israeli push-back into  the   Gaza   Strip,   an   in-
Clergymcn, public officials and representatives of other prominent organizations were among those in attendance last night at the annual Friendly Sons of St. Patrick dinner in Hotel Sterling.
Shown, left to right are, seated: Judge W. Alfred Valen¬ tine, Bishop .lerome D. Hannan, Congressman Eugene J. Mc¬ Carthy, President Thomas V. Tinsley, Atty. .loseph L. O'Don- nel, Ambrose T. Nolan, new president; Msgr. Francis A. Costello, Judge Frank L. Pinola, Judge John J. Aponick.
The   Iri.sh
Standing, John M. O'Donnell, secretary; Atty. E. Charles Coslett, president of St. David's Society; Congress¬ man Daniel J. Flood, Judge Arthur A. Maguire, Judge J. Harold Flannery, Judge Thomas M. Lewis, Very Rev. George P. Benaglia, Frank A. O'Neill, R. E. Neal, president of the Shrine Club; John T. Stapleton and Msgr. Joseph A. Madden. —(Photo by Bieley)
formed diplomatic source said last night.
Hammarskjold is likely to or¬ der the UNEF to withdraw from the Gaza Strip because Israel will not con.sent to foreign troops patrolling its side of the border.
He is expected to announce that U. N. troops must be sta¬ tioned on botJi sides of the Israeli-Egyptian border If they are to remain in the area, the diplomatic sourc added.
Earlier, Israeli government of¬ ficials said the Jewish state has the moral right to retake the Gaza Strip by force If altema- GAZA (IP) — Egyptian- tives fail.
The   government   from   Pre-
Egyptian Police Now in Control Of Gaza Strip
UN Force Leaves; Guards Maintained Over Warehouses
took
play as they formed a procession his fifth term, was the speaker, and marched into the hall wear- He reviewed the history of Ire-
his visit to
ing green carnations. McCarthy Speaker
Eugene  J.   McCarthy,
native
and. its saints, its people and their traditions. "It is difficult to those who
gr=t union.
Asks for Delay r
Beck, who returned six ago from Europe, asked delav when McClellan trie- gr.»phed him Fridav demanding an almost immedi.itc decmon nn whether he would turn over hi^ financial records to the spe¬ cial Senate committee which has started a nation-wide investi- paiion of the Teani'.trrs as the firsf farpet of a (?eneral labor rackefeerinp  inquiry
Reck replied hy telegram: "I will confer with mv attornev on Tuesdav nigtit and ' will repIv to vour wire Immediatelv there-| after." '
McClellan   said   that   former Sen   James H   Duff (R Pa,), who became   Beck's   personal   attor ne\' last week, will flv fo 5;eat lie  on  Tuesdav  fn  confer  wifh his new employer.
fn   view   of   that.   McClellan said.   'Til   wait   until   Weftnes dav noon" Seattle time to give trin time fo think it over. $20,0<>0 Traced
In answer to questions, Mc¬ Clellan .said Beck has rhe right to invoke the Fifth Amendment and refuse to produce his rec¬ ords even under subpoena.
The committee is already moving  down   the   frail   of  one
Sons of St. Patrick dinner.       iand   plenty  of  green.  Honored'of   Watkins.   Minn.,   who   was are not Irish to understand the Setting for the gala evening'guests   and    members   of   theielected to Congress at the age'   (Continued on Page 2, Sec. 1)
days  IRA Blows Up
for  a '^
Power Transformer
LONDONDERRY,   Northern Ireland.  OP—Outlaws believed 10   be   membors   of   the   Irish Republican Army blew up an electricity transformer yester¬ day in a series of St. Patrick's Eve attacks against Northern Ireland's power plants. The transformer at Dunner- Quarry   in   South   Derry just   been   repaired  after a similar ittark some months ago had wrecked it.
gan had
Tropical Sun Aids President
Bothersome Cold Improves Steadily
IMcBride Says He Will Stay
Will Not Leave Pardon Board Case
H A R R I S B U R G OP) —Atly. Gen. Thomas D. McBride yesterday again refused to withdraw as counsel for the state Pardons Board in the current legislative investigation of the agency and charged that "continual attempts to raise the disqualification is¬ sue" were politically inspired.
Rep. Edwin W. Tompkins (R- Cameron), chairman of the in¬ vestigating committee, asked McBride to "disqualify himself" from the inquiry on the grounds that "should the committee de¬ cide   that   certain   irregularities
Chief Leprechaun Sought by Police
GAR'Y, Ind. (IP—Police were hunting "Saumas Beg." chief leprechaun at Gateway Park, who admitted painting a bril¬ liant green center stripe along the Steel City's main street.
In a note to the Gary Post- Tribune newspaper office. Saumas said the line was painted because "in all of this city there was no visible mark of respect for St. Pat¬ rick."
Small Tax Cut Held Possible
Knowland Hopes Budget Will Allow
led   Palestine  police   luun ^^^^   ^^^^^   Ben-Gunon   down
over responsibility for law made   no   attempt   to   disguise
J •       ^v.      r'o.TQ 'he   fact   that   alternatives   in-
order   in   tne   uaza eluded the possibility of atuck
from     United     Nations to oust the Egyptians from the
yesterday.   It   was   an- ^O-mile   long   strip   they   began
other blow to Israel. |re-occupying   la.st   week.
UN Emergency Force detach-, I'Jiar Harari, an Israeli dele- ments abruptly vanished from .^ate to the United Nations, told the streets of Gaza. A Yugoslav,the United Press he believed Is- detachment pulled out of the rael is morally entitled to go strip entirely and returned to hack into Gaza within 48 hours. El Arish, the UNEF advance:if it so desires, headquarters in Egypt's Sinai Breach of Agreement Desert^ 30 miles west of the, other government sources Gaza Strip border. UN authori-1 ec},og£| Harari's statement, which ties said the Yugoslavs were no charged  that Egypt's return to
It   was Pope Pius Xll
fEditor's note: Bishop O'Con¬ nor, a native of Scranton, for¬ merly served as pastor of St. Mary's Church of the Im¬ maculate Conception, Wilkes¬ Barre, and also was auxiliary bishop of the Scranton Dlo- cese before he was given his present assignment in Rome.)
A    crowd    of    about    2,00(1 longer needed. the  strip  was  a  breach  of  an
Italians, including a number of Warehouses Guarded agreement  under  which   Israeli
onlookers perched on the roof; Qj^er UN troops, however, troops withdrew in the belief 2 .^.! Jl"'''?'^u ^" ^"^' 'T'^icontinued to guard UNEF in-|the United Nations, not Egypt, out to cheer the yic" PresideiTt.lj^giig^jj^^j and the supply ware-'would control the strip.
speech   at   the   airport, ,,^^5^5  ^f  ^^^  yf,j   refugee  or-'    Premier     David     Ben-Gurion
said    the   contributions|      jcation     where     food     and met   his   military   leaders   late
ly    Italian    immierantSi^,gthing  for the 21.'5,000  Pales- into    the    night.      Sources
meant a great deal in the de-inne Arab refupee, in the Strin said     thev
In   a
Nixon
velopment of the United States." U. S.-Italian ties have never been as close in the history of our
tine Arab refugees in the Strip said     they     reviewed     Israel's are stored. armed  strength  in the light of
A UNEF spokesman in Cairo **^«  ^aza  developments.
ABO.'VRD TIIE EISEN- and conflicts of testimony might 1I()\\'I']R E.SCORT SIIIP"^""'''"'"'® * violation of law" it IP)—President   Eisenhow-
illion View Irish Parade
Truly Great Day For Spectacle
WASHINGTON (IP) —Senate Republican Lead¬ er  William  F.   Knowland
held the door open yester- ^^,^^ „ ,„ „„„,^ ^„ ^„„^ „p ,       .
day  for small  business  tax re-i    The Nixons will leave Mondayjpositions on the Gaza-Israel de-l'*'*   9^^^   issue   by   diploil^atir lief  later  this year but  said  itifor   Tunis,   last   stop   on   theirjmarcation line. Israel  which op-i"^SO'iations with American and
poatd    Egypt s    return    to
-. denied reports in the Egyptian . The Jerusalem radio ejnpha- r countries as they are today press that UN troops would be ^'^ed there would be no drastic ?" i ^^"./'^^^ P''"l« '" that evacuating most sectors of the Pleasures until Foreign Mmister
fact," he said
strip within 48 hours to take up
Mrs. Golda Meir tries to settle
was unlikely to he attached tojcurrent tour. the ta.x bill now pending m the Senate. ,
He told newsmen there! "might possibly be some adjust-l ment in this small business situ-| ation later on" when Congress knows more about the budget outlook.
Meanwhile, he said, he thinks
it is not likely that any major NEW YORK (IP)—Some'amendments" will  be approved 'S non   «r>ns;   nnd    Hniiir}i.'°-y'"* ^^*'*'^ t''^ administra- would be obliged to report it to';"'''""''   Jt naugn .^-^^ ^^^ measure passed by the
^. McBride  in  his capacity as the ''^''¦''   "^   ^''¦'"   niarched   up House on Thursday,
nf Beck's friends  labor relations^'''^•'P' a'""*'"*^'-'^f t'T" -^''fl- 'States chief law officer. Fifth    Ave.    yesterday    in:    j^a,   ^ill   would
consultant   Nathan   W   Sheffer- f*'' ^.ast situation yesterday, but     Tompkins apparently referredjthe   annual   St.   Patrick's   Dayipresent ^2%  rate for corporate man  of  Chicago. "lost of the time hc relaxed be- to      contradictorv      statcments|Parade. jincome  taxes and   retain  exist-
( ounsci Robert F Kennedv "cath a tropical sun while crui.s- made last week bv Erie Mayor, Brilliant sunshine, mild hrcc£CS|ing exci.se sales tax rates on a •aid the committee had traced '"^ "^^ historic San Salvador in Arthur J. Gardner'and a former and temperatures in the 50's!number of items for another at   least   $20.n6R   in   Teamster '*"" Bahama Islands. ip.rie  newspaper editor. Imade  it   truly a great  day for'year.  Under present law,  these
funds to Shefferman's bank ac-     }^}''    bothersome _ cough   and     Gardner,   brought   before   the; the Irish as they stepped smart-|levies   are   scheduled   for  auto-
Death Sentence Under Attack
fl^g 11. N. officials in New York, troops Ffp'"^'' Back Israel
Israel had the full support of
SAN  FRANCISCO  OP)
France in  its stand. Mrs.  Meir
count.
U. S. Soldier Killed By German Engineer
MUNICH, Germanv  (m —
doubted   that   Egyptian    troop _, ,        [would move in behind the Egyp-
— Ine   campaign    to   halt tian governor, Maj. Gen. Hassan capital punishment in Cal- Abdel    Latif,   who   arrived   in ifornia grew by leaps and "^^^ *" TTiursday. -''i-"^_ "?^ bounds   vesterday  in  the  wake of   an   abortive   last-minute   at¬ tempt . to  save   kidnap-miirderer Burton W. Abbott from the gas chamber on Friday.
A bill to declare a moratori-1
strip,  has forbidden  UN to enter Israeli territorj'.
The    spokesman    said    there     -j  ¦        stopover in  Paris en was  no  time   limit   for  such  a,^^^      j^   ^^^  y^^   ^       , move which would  leave Epp  t^^f ^^   ^3, "sati-sfied" witS the in   virtual   complete   control   ofi.esults of a meeting with Pre- the   30-mile   long   and   six-milc'   j^, ^^^^ J^^^^^^      ^ wide strip. 1    ,^^5    y^^-^   ^^^   reported   to
Western diplomats in Cairo have told opponents of the Ben- Gurion regime in Jerusalem be¬ fore   she   left   Friday   that   the
cold improved steadily. committee   bv   McBride,   flatly jly   to   the   marching   tune   ofl matic reductions April 1.
M- j'"?*'^*"','"'    ¦'f'*^*^!.''''" ^^"'*<'   receiving   a   phone   call I "Gary Owen" played by the 69th     The Senate Finance Commit-
me guided missile cruiiser Can-|from Gov. George M. Leader, in|Regiment Band. tee will  begin hearings on the
berra, was sailing on a leisurely jwhich   Leader   was   alleged   to     Bright   green   flags,    scarves Wll Tuesday.
course  down   the  90-miIe   longjhave sought public traction be- and ties flashed in the sunlightl    Knowland «I.nevnresspH HonM
Exuma .Sound, which Is bounded fore granting clemency to for-' *•• '¦¦ '-« -— -:"?-_   . Knowiand also expressed doubt
by rocky Cat Island, .San Salva-|mer Erie Mayor TTiomas J. Flat-
rrrm.n .„»i h«* .„ At^./i       ?"2 * J'"",'",'' ?f '*''^'r «>"»"• le.v. convictcd in that city's 1954
firiman engineer shot an Amer- uninhabited   islands   and   coral'bribe scandal
ican  soldier dead in the centerireefs. Harold    J.'  Sullivan,    former
of Munich yesterday Tiny   San   Salvador   was   the editor   of   the   Erie   Times   and
Police arrested ludwig;first bit of land sighted hy'now assistant secreUry to the S< hwarzeauer, .52. immediately'Columbus in the new worid. state Senate, testified that in a after the shooting. The    Canberra    entered    the telephone    conversation    with
The soldier was dead on ar- sound just off a point of Cat Gardner he was told that Lead- rival at a U. S. Army hospital Island     named
Columbus
*
here.
German and American mili¬ tary police were investigating but thus far had failed to de¬ termine the reason for the shoot¬ ing.
Army authorities withheld the soldier's name pending notifica¬ tion of next of kin.
in     honor    of er had solicited the information.
Tlie cruiser was about 400 miles southeast of Miami, ll will remain in waters around the Bahama Islands until Mon¬ day night when it will tum north and take fhe President to Bermuda for a conference with British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.
Budget Cut Predicted
Hungarian Mother, Two Sons Uniied in New American Home
WASHINGION  (m  —  Chair-
ITA'iv^i^''*'"", Sf""°."u 'R;'^°->is'teps^of the famercathedral predicted   <""!•'>-'<'""   •i'-   u~—'¦    ^    .
and ties flashed in the sunlight from the estimated one million spectators massed along the two-mile parade route.
Forty-nine of New York's mounted police led the way, fol¬ lowed by the regiment band and troops.
! Halted the Parade
Next came the parade's grand marshal. Judge James J. Comer¬ ford, who was wounded twice while fighting with the Irish IRepublican Army
Comerford halted the parade at St.. Patrick's Cathedral while he broke ranks to kneel and kiss the ring of Francis Cardinal Spellman. The Cardinal and other church dignitaries re viewed   the   parade   from   the
NEW YORK API—Nine years of longing and anxiety were ended for a New Jersey mother yesterday when her two young sons bounded hap¬ pily down the ramp from a Swiss airplane.
It was a happy, tearful re¬ union for Mrs. Alexander Bodnar of Passaic, N. J., and her two boys, Ferenc, 13, and Andras, 12, who two days ago crossed the Hungarian border to freedom.
Mrs. Bodnar and her sons recognized one another from snapshots. After the reunion, she and her husband had only one piece of bad news for the young refugees—they'll start school this week. Ferenc and Andras said they hadn't been back to school since the Octo¬ ber rebellion in Budapest. Mother Left In  1947
lhe reunion was the climax of a long, fearful wait that be¬ gan in July. 1947. At that time, the mother left Budapest to come to the United States to marry Alexander Bodnar, a former U. S. Army sergeant she met while he was sta¬ tioned in Hungary
It was understood that she would be followed by her aons, born to her and her de¬ ceased firsl husband. But when tha Hungarian govern¬
ment came under Communist domination, it forbade the boys to travel.
Mrs. Bodnar never ceased her efforts to get the children to America. She filled out scores of applications, filed affidavits, and finally obtained necessary visas, but the Hun¬ garian government would not budge.
Wrote Everywhere
In her desperation, Mrs. Bodnar wrote the President of the United States, the secre¬ tary general of the United Nations, and the head of Communist Hungary person¬ ally.
During Hungary's short¬ lived rebellion tast October, Mrs. Bodnar's anxiety for her sons' safety became almost unbearable. Finally she was notified they had escaped harm despite the fact fighting was heavy in the area where they lived.
Then, early this year, the new puppet Hungarian regime, for no apparent reason, issued the necessary paper to permit Ference and Andras to leave the country. They crossed the border and boarded a plane at Vienna, bound for freedom and a mother they had not seen in nina years.
yesterday   the   House;    Reviewing the parade from a Appropriations   Committee   willigtand at 64th Street were Gov.
Averell Harrirnan, a shamrock in his coat lapel; former Post¬ master General James Farley, wearing a top hat and a green carnation in his lapel; and Lord Mayor Robert Briscoe of Dublin and Mayor Robert F. Wagner of New York City, both wearing greeen ties decorated with green harps.
Irish Whisky Served
Briscoe, the first ,Tewish mayor of Dublin, said the parade was a "powerful demonstration of the love the people of New York, particularly the Irish Catholics, have for the ancient ideas and ideals of St. Patrick."
Before watking to the review¬ ing .stand, Briscoe took part in a two-hour sabbath service at a nearby synagogue. A member of non-Jewish visitors accompanied him. Jewish pastries and Irish whisky were served from a snack bar in the basement.
cut President Ei.senhower's $71, 800.000,000 budget at lea.st $4,- .100,000,000 including a $3,500,- 000.000 slash in defense funds.
He said the committee be¬ lieves it can make the defense budget reduction without hurt¬ ing national security.
The committee has offered the Defense Department a chance to say by April I where the cuts can best be made but. Cannon said, "This doesn't mean we will take their advice
He said the committee plans a cut of not less than $1,000,- 000,000 each in funds for the Army and Navy and $1,!JOO,000.- 000 for the Air Force.
Mrs. Eisenhower At Gettysburg Form
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (IP)—Ma¬ mie Eisenhower settled down at the Eisenhower farm yester¬ day for a Spring vacation. All four of her grandchildren were with her.
The  first   lady  was   reported to  be  considering  a  stay  of a week or more while dent is awav on  his
that the Senate would accept an amendment sponsored by Sen. .1. W. Fulbright (D-Ark.) with some ,30 co-sponsors. That amendment would lower the in¬ come tax rate for small corpora¬ tions and offset the revenue loss hy higher levies on large corporations.
Knowland said he did not foresee any tax legislation that would reduce the "Treasury's in¬ come until "Congress has .seen what reductions can be made" in President Eisenhower's $71,- 800,000,000 budget.
He voiced the belief that the Senate will favor "substantial reduction.s" in the administra¬ tion's budget reque.sts and will not vote to restore cuts made by the House
um on death sentences for a period of five years was already before the California legislature at the time of Abbott's execu¬ tion.
But with the failure of Gov. Goodwin J. Knight to hold up Abbott's death—failure by the space of one minute—the bill became one of the most press¬ ing in  the legislative hopper.
The pellets that released! deadly cyanide gas into the San! Oueniin     gas     chamber     were
Philippine President Is Missing
MANILA (W—A plane carry-j matory actions
United States had forwarded assurances to Israel on Gaza through the French.
President Eisenhower confer¬ red urgently in secret radio code with the State Department last night on the critical .Middle East situation.
In similar critical situations in the Mideast in recent months, the President has issued strong personal appeals to Israeli Pre¬ mier David Ben-Gurion and Arab leaders to refrain from Inflam¬
ing President Ramon Magsaysay
from   Bebu  to  Manila  was  re-,
ported   several   hours   overdue!Safe Crocking  WaV*
this  moming. _ .,,
Ten others were aboard. jSweepS EvanSVllle
U.   S.   military quarters  con-     EVANSVILLE,    Ind.    OP — A
firmed   a   "giant"   air   and   sea "state of emergency" yesterday
dropped   at    I1:1R   A.   M.   PST -^^arch   was   underway   for   the cancelled  all  police  leaves and Friday. At 11:19 A. M. fhe tele-'missing plane. jdays off until  a wave of safe
Valley Scenes
Politician telling harteyi/ifr tn ";jivf ever]ione a drink" nnd later getting this report "one hit (nmn vho orders), 10 errors (those who took drink) and six assists (those who refuse)."
City businessman spread¬ ing graax seed on tinti lawn nt North Washington St. property and heing told hu passing gardener "you've spread snough seed now for a college campus."
City police notifying cen¬ tral city hardware store of the recovery of a $75 hand cart before the store knevi that the eart had fallen from the rear of ont of itt delivery trucks.
phone   rang—a   call   from   the
governor's   clemency   office   in
Sacramento.
It Was Too Late
But it was too late for Ab- bottt, a 28-year-old accounting student who went to his death
for the  kidnap  and  murder  ofj military   and   diplomatic, school girl, Stephanie Bryan, 14, summoned to their offices, of Berkeley, Calif., jhe plane was last heard from
10 minutes after its departure, when Philippine Air Force Head- in   Manila   received   a saying    "ceiling    un-
The full strength of the Amer-|<^''ac'«inE here is ended, ican 12th Air Force, the U. S.j Burglars netted more than Navy in the Philippines and Phil-j$14,000 in the past few weeks in ippine military forces swept the .about 35 jobs, police said.
area searching for the overdue —
plane.
All   American
officials,
both were
Knight, who was cruising off the California coast aboard the aircraft   carrier   Hancock,   was quarters attempting to determine whetherijf,essgge the execution could be held upliin,itgj" to allow Atly. George T. Davis: '
a  final  desperation   legal  move
on behalf of his client. Tmin   ffll^hgtK
State Atty. Gen.  Edmund G. ¦ 'OIH   WrUSflVS Brown   used  the  Abbott   death as the springboard for a state¬ ment   backing   the   moratorium;
on the death penalty. j    MACKINAW,    111..    flPi—Four
Rather th^n being a deter-imembers of a family were killed rent, capital punishment hasjyesterdav when their auto was given official approval to the'struck by a New York Central taking of life under certain cir- trai at an unprotected crossing cumstances," Brown said, on a country road near this cen- Tho.se   who   have   neither   theltral Illinois community.
Sfafe fo Save $75,000 on its Telephone Bill
Car; Four Die
INSIDE THE INDEPENDENT
money for continuing legal pro¬ ceedings, nor the emotional publicity attractiveness of their cases, are summarily executed as a routine matter.
70 French Miners Die
Saction Pagel
the Presi!Amusement  Three
South At-'Around the Town.. Three
lantic cruise and at this week's Better English Two
Bermuda  conference  with   Brit-j City Hall News . ...Five
ish Prime Minister Harold Mac-'Classified  Six
.millan. I County News Five
The first lady brought a I ong (Crossword Puzzle .Three
not only her grandchildren  but; Drew Pearson Three
a batch of presents she and the Editorial  Three
President    have    received    for Frank Tripp Thred
tbair Gettysburg homa. House Doctor Six
111 How Can I ??? Four
7! Look and Leam ... One 11   Obituary  One
2 Politics  Three
1-5   Radio Three
3 Robert C. Ruark ... Three
5: State Capital Five
6  State News Five
6 Sports Three
7i TV   Three
31 Women's Section ..Four
LENS, Section Page charges
Dead were Don Hoffman, 35, Mackinaw; his wife. Donna. 32; and their children, Linda, 10, and John, 6. 1
HARRISBURG, (IP—The state Property and Supplies Department said the Common¬ wealth soon will be able to cut its $415,000 annual tele¬ phone bill by about $75,000 a year.
Department Secretary John S. Rice said one saving, of $33,600 a year, will be effected by leasing long distance tele¬ phone lines from Harrisburg to the Philadelphia and Pitta- burgh areas.
Rice said $24,000 will be saved by having Bell Tele¬ phone Co. operators directly place long distance calls in¬ stead of capitol operators. Use of utility ducts to stale agencies will save another $16,192.
lialians Blame Color of Lake On Blood of Murdered Woman
France.   (W—Dynamite' triggered   a   coal   gas
11 explosicm in a mine here yester-
12 day. killing 10 men. 8     Four other miners were sen- 6 ously burned in the blast at the'
CASTELGANDOLFO, Italy (IPI—Frightened villagers in¬ sisted yesterday "the ghost of the headless woman" was re¬ sponsible for turning the waters of Lake Albano from their usual blue to a bright blood red.
They ignored the more sci-
10 No. 3 pit in nearby Lieven. Five .entific explanation offered by
h
7Iminers escaped injury.
4     The men were using dynamitel
5]to open a new shaft in the mine'
1-4;when   the   controlled   dynamite
10 explosions set off a shattering!
1-12 gas bla^t.
the Central Hydro-Biology In¬ stitute of the Agriculture Ministry: Billions of red sea¬ weeds so small they can be seen only with a powerful microscope.
Superstitious peasants ef the lakeside villages linked the lake's bloody color with the mystery murder of Sicilian housemaid Antoinette Longo in July, 1955.
"It's her blood crying out for vengeance," one shudder¬ ing old man said.
A nude and beheaded body, identified after long investiga¬ tion as that of the 30-year-old maid, was found in the weeds near the lake July 13. Neither her her head nor her murderer were ever found.
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