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A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT Sunny, Mild Highest today 52 Monday—Fair, Slightly Wanner 51ST YEAR — NO. 21 — 76 PAGt'S Member Andtl BnrvAQ of Ctrculatina WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1957 rJflTED PKESd Wlr» New. 8«rTlc« PRICE 15 CENTS ISRAELIS MAY ENTER GAZA i 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. M^ I ^
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Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
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Volume | 51 |
Issue | 21 |
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Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
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Month | 03 |
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Year | 1957 |
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Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Volume | 51 |
Issue | 21 |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
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Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
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Date | 1957-03-17 |
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Full Text | A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT Sunny, Mild Highest today 52 Monday—Fair, Slightly Wanner 51ST YEAR — NO. 21 — 76 PAGt'S Member Andtl BnrvAQ of Ctrculatina WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1957 rJflTED PKESd Wlr» New. 8«rTlc« PRICE 15 CENTS ISRAELIS MAY ENTER GAZA i 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. M^ I ^ |
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