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51ST YEAR — NO. 45 — 60 PAGES
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1957
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ilty's Greenhouse on River Common Presents Picture of Xeglect^ tinee Was Beauty Spot
Shown above are three views of something else of which Wilkes-Barrt once was proud.
It is the city's greenhouse at the upper end of North River Common, opposite Union St. The greenhouse force consists of two men and a watch¬ man—with more assigned in busy periods.
Once upon a time one of the places to which officials took visitors they wished to impress and which most of the people also were glad to claim
as an asset lo their (own, it has fallen (o a pitti- fully low estate.
The glass has been smashed, cracked, daubed with painl or allowed tn become filthy. Most of the paint has been flaked by time from the wood¬ work. Piles of refuse or old boxes and baskets lie wherever they were dropped. The "formal" en¬ trance is a disgrace.
It is a perfect picture of what neglect can accomplish as it stands at the head of River Com¬
mon, which also felt the same withering touch, with the result that its lights long since have been smashed, the whole central city park is in dark¬ ness every night and the police no longer even try to patrol the place.
Gangs of thugs often take over undisturbed.
.Iust across North River St., shown in the pic¬ ture at left, is the Main Building of King's College, with its striking statue dramatically poised on the rooftop.—(Photo by Bieley).
General State Auihoriiy Seis a Bad Example fof Penna. 'Righi to Know' Law
Heralded Meeting As 'Open' but Had 'Executive Session' In Private First
By JOE B. KIRKBRIDE UP Press Staff Correspondetit HARRISBURG dP) — The state'i new "right-to- know" law.s go into op¬ eration today, climaxing a long fight by newspaper or¬ ganizations for access to rec¬ ords and meetings of interest to the public.
The   companion   mpasuros  re¬ quire that municipal bndies and
. finme key state agencies have open deliberation and keep their filp.t available for public inspec¬ tion.
Numerous tests are expected of the new laws, particularly by newsmen. A tipoff was given thi.^ week on the effect of the laws when tht General State Authority, «yne of the agencies cominij under Its provisiorw. when It held w^at was heralded a< an "open meeting" prior to the effective date of the bills. Had "Exeeutlve Session"
Reporters     flocked     to    the,
'moeting of-the state's borrow-j build agency because it wasi slated to allocate $50,000,000 In additional borrowing power. The ]2-member authority never did- pct around to the 50 million| dollar.'! and handled only rou-' tine busine.ss, the group had held a prior "executive .session"' behind closed doors to iron out the day's business and settle anv  possible squabbles.
Gov. George M. I,eader said ho was not "pprsonallv enthu¬ siastic" about the executive ses- sion.s, but that the "majority" of the authoritv members had
(requested them. Reporters podnt- !ed out the closed executive ses¬ sions would allow the authority :to merely rubber stamp approv¬ al to previously decided action iduring the formal and open meeting.
I The new laws involved were signed last June 21 to go into effect yesterday with Gov. Leader proclaiming them "per¬ haps the most important" leg¬ islation he signed. One requires open meetings of the Pennsyl¬ vania Turnpike Commission and the handful of state authorities. The authorities include those which spend public funds.
The laws are among 100 that I become effective today. Sept. 1 is the effective date of most bills passed by the Assembly which do not contain a specific starling  time.
The "right-to-know" legisla¬ tion was hacked by the Penn¬ sylvania Newspaper Publishers Association, the Pennsylvania Society of Newspaper Editors and the United Press Editori of Pennsylvania. Sotn« Excluded
Excluded from the open meet¬ ings law are all departments of stat* govemment, all commis¬ sions and various boards. Re¬ porter! can ttill be denied ac¬ cess to controversial hearing* Of protested highway rcnttes or meetings of the Delaware Joint Toll Bridg* Authority, for ex- ampl*.
Municipal govemment report¬ ers will have a law to hack up existing rights to attend coun¬ cil meetings, school board ac¬ tions and hearings of local au¬ thorities among others, more lattitude in requiring that all records of all state and local boards, commissions, authorities and departments be open. The law, primarily concerned with funds expenditures and pur (Continued on Page 2, Sec. 1)
Great Debate On Record of Congress Opens
Democrats Have Ended Deference To Eisenhower; Republicans Split
W A S HI N G T 0 N OP) —The Democratic con¬ gressional majorities which seldom tried to lay a glove on President Eisenhow- ler in his first administration went to the country today with a record of trying to rough him up.
The lawmakers left more than 100 pieces of legislation for Eisenhower to act upon. Thc President worked on some of it at his office Saturday. He won't start his belated Summer vaca¬ tion until after the Labor Day weekend.
Republican congressional min¬ orities were still riding over-all
Hungary Banishes Catholic Bishops '
VIENNA (IP—The Commu¬ nist Hungarian government has banished two Roman Catholic bishops to a remote village and has forbidden them to perform their religi¬ ous duties as part of its all- out campaign to crush the church, it was learned yester¬ day.
The banishment of Bishops Bertalan Badalik of V'eszprem and Josef Petery of Vac coin¬ cided with fresh attacks on the primate of Hungary, Josef Cardinal Mindszenty, who has been in asylum at" the U. S. legation in Budapest since the Nov. 4 Soviet bloodbath crushed the Hungarian revo¬ lution.
Holiday Killing Rising; Autos May Set Record
Old Forge Boy Is Hit by Car, Seriously Hurt
A    seven-year-old    Old on  the  program  of the  Presi-,Forge boy wa,<( in "guard- factory    in dent, who was re-e'lected to a ed" condition this morning Mountains, second term by a landslide ma-|at   Tavlor   Hospital   after| Saturday, jority only 10 months ago. Evenjbeing hit by an automobile ves-l    Word   of  the  banishment so,  GOP  Individuals  and  blocs|t«rfay afternoon on South Mam *« former first deputy premip
Kaganovich Is Banished From Kremlin
Joins Molotov
And Malenkov in
Krushchev Purge
MOSCOW (IP) — T Kremlin rid it.self Lazar Kaganovich,. ...the third of the ou.stpd "anti-| party" Soviet leaders, by as-| signing him io run a cement; the remote Urall it  was   Irarned  oni
he of
Sfafe Rood Woffe At All-Time High
HARRISBURG W — A new all-tiine high for contract con¬ struction has been established by the State Department of Highways, according to Gov. George M. Leader.
Leader said the department has estimated that projects costing well over .$15.3.000,000 will ha\p been advertised for bids for the first eight months and a half of this year. The figure includrs the bid open¬ ing set for Sepl.   1.1.
The previous high was set in in.'iO when a high of $l.'f2,000.0t10 for highway proj¬ ects was annouced for the full   12   months.
The Highwav Department is aiming at a total of $200,000,- 000 in projects for the current vear.
With 2 Days and Nights to Co Nations Death Toll Hits 124
\ By UNITED PRESS
Safety officials e.xpre.sscd alarm last night at the rapid rale of traffic deaths during the first day of the Labor Day holiday and feared the toll woiild run above estimates un le.ss drivers slowed down.
At  midnight,  30  hours.   _      __
after    the    United    i'ress
fatality count showed at least in   traffic
began. lOf)
it
had cut adrift from the admin
istration on such issues ai it
record  peace-time  budget,  for
eign  aid  program,   farm  POlicf;„
and  legislation  for  federal  aid, ^"^'"^
for achool construction. ,
Argue over Rec(>rd jjckie  and  his  brother.  Carl
, Ji;"   P?"'""*/";,- fO"'™"ed, jr.^  10. reportedly ran into the
1957   editioii   of   Congress   ad- street in front of the automobile
journed   Friday  aftemoon  until
'next Jan. 7.   A» the lawmakers
I departed,    they    were    already
to a  Ural  industrial center lowed   the   announcement
;?!Nice Holiday Weather'atoof
•^r ' holiday
fol-
lasl
Is Expected, But—
The Weather Biirpaii at Avoca
Rockies  eastward  to the  Mid- atlantic   and    .southern   roa.Mal
.     . .   tf J    P'^rs^'is states,    foroing   many    persons
dead   in   traffic   accidents.    Be- outdoors
sides,   there   were   nine  drown- ' .
ings   and   10   deaths   in   mi.scel-
laneous  mishaps for an overall All  Available
toll of 12). California   registered   a   sharp TrOOperS On DutV
ri.se in traffic deaths by states     _. .    r. ,        , ,., r,
^1,1^   ,g State PolRf *f Wvommg Bar-
Ohio was next with nine, and,racks reporred every available New York. Pennsylvania. Texas >"»" <>" ^"f'?_ <l"'y X''?*!,'''.?!^ and Michigan registered six fs the fir.st 24-hour period of the an.o^n 'oif?  Labot Day weekend came
Iraffic   deaths   exceeded   the ''•an ena.
Labor   Day     Traffic    was    comparatively 'ight   in   the   local   region   and
the    1956 when     United
Day Press '
counted 84 fatalities in the first on'y^<»e s^^'ous accident came
24 hours and 4,37 for the entire .to 'he attention of the authon-
weekend.
420 Deaths Predicted
Old Forge.
.,,i*'^M?.'^rll\"''AAlv.*?" r/ ^onniRht"that"former Foreign^M The Weather Bureau at Avoca w'eeken'd  """ "'  """  """ ' l"^*    following    a    considerable
and  Mrs.   CaH   Martm,   of.320    « vyacheslav M. Molotov had Airport announced this moming «oDea,h» P'-«»'=»«^0 hTr"^ ?[. '^^'if" ^''"/"^h'"
•i -I.," v'"^K*. *,"''^'^*" been   ordered  to  tak.  over  as .,   I „, ,, ,, ,,      . '''^" ueains rreuicieu g^^j j^^ „f jj,e vallev on Friday
',^a possible concussion in the mis-^^3g^^'^^;^'^'^YJ!ig'^g^ Ihe  National  Safety Council, night.
nized republic of Mongolia. A generally fair weather today and|which predicted 42(1 deaths lor The movement Of cars to minor post that was a far cry lomorrow, except for possible!'^e three-day weekend, uryed lakes in the local countrys.ide from his old preeminence as di-,thMnriprUnrm<: [drivers to be ever vigilant and;was   described   as     'light    and
rector of all  Soviet foreign af-
Widow Stops Them
Black Shiris Siage Brawl Ai Mussolini's Coffin
PREDDAPIO, Italy (IP)—Black-shirted Italian Fascists brawled around the coffin of Benito Mu.sso-i lini at his funeral rites yesterday until the dictator'sj widow stopped them. <*	
It   was   »   noisy.   flag-!,jke box, on its back, legs bent swinging      demonstration to chest, that would have delighted     The widow's plan was to have the    heart    of    the    would-be a requiem mass and place the Caesar.   It  left his  widow dis-l^ody m state for two day*, mayed and angry As a result of the uproar, po-
An estimated 800 Neo-Fas-|||f=« ,<=a"«''«i h']!tJ^i"fj'h".!rfi;i cists, many of them wearing the f'^"!,. flt^iil  ^.J^k Ji.w"'^ familiar  black   shirt  that W'"^"^" ,,family   tomb   w^^^^^
was their uniform, stormed intol^'^^'"/^nir^vf!? I.Vth. tn!,K the little cemetery of San Cas- "^«''l"^/"f av*^j>n *he tornb-
siano,    waving    Fa.scist    flags, ^""f./"^, %^«=**'*''««"*='f"^ ru„..f:_..   c,-„i>f   .i«»,„o    ,-j bundle   of   rods   and   an   axe
fk^rmUhinr wit^  nh^Tr'lnhP^ ^hich Mussolini used as a sym- IJI ,^HrJ^ photographers .^, j„ ^-^ disastrous efforts to
and police. Emulate the Caesars.
Enter Funeral Chapel j^e    Fascists   who   stormed
About 100 of them forced into the tiny chapel interrupted their way into the tiny chapel the rites for the dictator with where the remains of Musso-ishouts of "Viva L' Italia" and lini lay in a three-foot-by-three-"Viva II Duce." foot plain wooden coffin One veteran Fascist called for draped with the Italian flag.       a  Fascist salute. Arms shot up.
The widow. Donna RacheleiAll but the widow's. She stood, Mussolini, received the body: dignified and dres.sed all in Friday from the govemment black, her arms at her side, which had kept it at a secret! "Stop it," she cried, turning burial place for 11 years. She^from her husband's coffin, ruled out an ornate coffin andj "Even in front of his bier you the body was left in the trunk- continue to quarrel."
fe
arguing over the record which
Eisenhower de.scribed last week Forge   Fire   Department   ambu- as      tremendously    disappoint- |a„(.g
'"5^" _ . ,   _ The  driver  of  the  car.   Mrs.
,P9^..  r?*T''"*..**.'   Congress!Florence  Saar,  21,  of 517  Mil- pitched   their   criticism   of   the waukee   Ave.,   Old record on the fact that the leg
.   .      ,    ,   ,¦ u: .   icuiu.   u.  a.i  ouvrt i^^.t^.K,. a.-     .,.,     , . ''Step up thcir care" OH the high-ordeHy." An eight ccMi per ga!
but only Jackie was hit, accord-|fa,rs !     "'*'  temperature   is  expected I ways. Ion boost in  the retail  price of
'"^*° PW forge Police. I    Former   Premier   Georgi   Ma-to rise to 82 degrees today and!    "We are concerned over  tiie gas^^ine   over   the   weekend   no
i!..'i"!."'"i*„5^.°!!!  :.?^^.*L.-*^?.^"llenkov already had been assign-lthcn drop to thp low 60s dur- rapid   pace   of   the   early   toll joybt contributed to holding the
to Taylor  Hospital   in   the  Oldj^ ^^ ^ p^^t 35 head of a power in^ the night.   The Bureau said; which will exceed our estimates volume down. F^,„«   tr„«   no„,.„^»„f   .,„K.. K" on t'le   weather   will    be    slightlyiunless the drivers slam on  the     frank Martz Bus Lines add
warmer on Monday, wilh a pos-jbrakes," said Ned H. Dearborn,;three  extra   sections  to  accom^
islative branch had failed to act on parts of the Eisenhower pfc- gram and had given a good overhauling to other parts. But there was no ringing defense of specifics in the program, such as the budget, foreign aid and school programs, which drew about as much opposition from Republicans as from Democrats. Those issues along with civil rights, tight money and infla¬ tion, and public power emerged as the political heritage of the 1957 session. On these latter issues, the Republicans find it more easy to unite behind Eisen¬ hower. Pass Civil Riglits
Forge, was arraigned before Justice of the Peace John Buday of Old Forge and pos'ted $500 bail on a charge of assault and battery with a motor vehicle.
station in isolated Kzakistan, the fringe of Siberia.
modate holiday travelers travel-
There has been no o<'ficial an-1 sible high of 86 degrees. 1 safety council president,
nouncement   as   yet   concerning     The  weekend  weather   is  in-     Dearborn     emphasized     that |„g (^ a^j from the valley Fri-j Kaganovich who, with Molotov, fluent ed  by  a   stationary  frontli^o^onsts  could  hold down  the jgy ^jght.
Malenkov   and   former   Foreign,extending wesl from North Car-death    count    on    the   nauon s     Greyhound     Lines     reportet! Minister    Dmitri    T.    Shppilov, olina.    Below the front  there isarteries to 375 or less by using j^ree  extra   busses  were  added
patience of   the
and caution.'
on  the  Washington,   D.   C.   run
Joseph
Molotov's successor, was ousted warm   and   moist   air,   which   is "extra  . „ ^
from the party's presidium andexpeded   hrrc   later   this   week     0"e   '^^   '^"^   worst   accidents [,^^,3^^^ normal  schedules could
niH Fnro- P«iir. c^.^i^ir. T^hr, '''^^ ^^^ government job as well as the front  moves northward,  ireported in the early hours oc-     j handle the load.
Old I-orge Police Captain John |, .  1 ^ .   curred  near Cairo, Ohio.    Four     ,..,,,,,      „  .,      ^    _.. .
.--, .        '----¦-     Lviet Partv leader Nikita S   ./T,:   ';h''f%.h   .4    '".Ohio    teenagers     were    killed     Lehigh Valley Rail rnad added
soviet Karty ueaaer '^'«ita ->. ,1,^   ^^„g^   ^^   ,hc   fifth   driest    .       ,. %. throuuh a P^'ra  cars  to  scheduled   trains.
of'acctisaLn?S.nst^hrfor^^ "^^   """^^   -"l">,redlirhraTcrTsU   info   a h"t no extra flights were added
Z,Z iTch^^i^TtLl M^^^^ T^'-'^Khes'ltruck.   The car was demolished, by    airiines   operating   out   of
some   oy  tnarg^ing  mai   iviaien   temperature recorded during the
kov had been "a weapon in the piopih  was 93 degrees on  Aug.
hands of" executed secret police ;j   ^^^   n,p   |„wpst   was   43   dc--'f"a„„.,.;„. ;^V,H.r,„,,„» ^f:     Highwav, ar. e.nerMKl te be
Soroka   and   Patrolman Publik investigated
Red China Ousts American Student
chit?f   Lavrenti   Beria   who TOKYO (IP)—Red China threwishot for trea.son in 1953. one   of   42   touring   American!    Malenkov's    exact    where-ijmonth youths out of the country yes- abouts were not known, terday for refusing to show his     It   was   believed   that    both passport. Molotov  and   Kaganovich   were
Shelbv Tucker of Pass Chris-j still in the capital, preparing to Whatever was done with thet'an- Miss., a 22-year-old law leave for the jobs which will Eisenhower program, the I957|student at Oxford University inj isolate them from Moscow, rhe session was historic'because  itiEngland,   left   Peiping   by  trainiheart   of  the   Soviet   Union   by
was j.rpes on Aug
on   five   days   during   the
Ram fell onlv:^^^ f^^^^ P"'     Warm
operating   out Parks,   beaches   and   vacation|Wilkcs-Barre - Scranton Airport spots were crowded as millions'at Avoca. of Americans took advantage of!    Highways are expected to
fling of Summer. |crowded todav by folks vMtinjt
and    humid    weather; local   lakes  and  mountains.   Am blanketed   the   nation  from  the   (Continued on Page 2, See. 1)
Valley Scenes Modern Detective Works Siaried
On Tough Chicago Murder Case
passed the first civil rights bill (Continued on Page 2, Sec. I)
Believes Zhukov
To Displace Krushchev
last night on the eight-day ride about 3,000 miles. A govern- to the Soviet Union and thencej itient spokesman said Molotov back  to the  West. would   leave   according   to   his
Tucker  refused   to  show   hisj own plans, passport   to   the   Reds   as   re-l    The    spokesman    refused    to quired by their law for fear itl comment on the Kaganovich ap- would violate U. S. law. pointment.
WASHINGTON apt _ The House Committee on Un-Ameri¬ can Activities report'ed yester¬ day that counterspy Boris Mor- ros predicted Nikita Khrushchev
will fall from power in Russia!Amusement Four
within eight months. Around the Town..Three
Morros   testified   he   believes Better English Two
Khrushchev will be replaced by City Hall News ....Three
a   military   dictatorship   headed Classified  Five
by Marshal G«orgi K. Zhukov, County News Three
now Soviet minister of defense. Crossword Puzzle.. .Five
Morros said Soviet spy groups;Drew Pearson Three
now have been merged into a pj;,. .,, xh,.-
single   agency   under   the   Red!""""". '"'^**
Army and thus are responsible!Frank Tripp Three
to zhukov, the committiee aaid,   Homa of the Week Five
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House Doctor Five 4
How Can 1 ? ??....Four 21
Look and Leam ... One 12
Obituary  One 8
Politics  Three 6
Radio  Two 4
Robert C. Ruark ...Three 7
State Capital Three 10
State News Three 11
Sports Three 1-5
TV   Four 6
Women's Section .. four 1-s
Ailiilt aigniiifi a JS-itenr- old liilfrtiian nut of a trniit hi/ riniiniiiff it hrnl hrru rniifjht on the uiniig kind of bnit.
An. arpuwent belueen two youiiff brothers onr dtsriii- jirnraiire of a bit of enndii laid dntin tmiporarilil ended when theil aitw thrir dog strenfly licking hit chops.
Mnnumrnt and grnteslone husinffn on South W'loniinp Ave.. Kingston, d'«i>lniiing a large "We (hve. S&.H Green Sitimpt" $ign.
West Side wmi commenting to friend that the other iloji he walked hn a >itore window an/l had thnt definite feeling someone was watching him— then returning to thnt win¬ dow to find his fnther-in- laxu't inet urt on display.
CHICAGO OPi— laboratory' technicians have begun an analysis of a series of "sig¬ nificant" clues, including • razor - .sharp hatchet, in the butcher murder of 15-year-old Judith Mae Andersen.
While funeral services were conducted for the slain teen¬ ager on Friday, the police de¬ partment indicated three new discoveries may constitute a "big break" ir the mystery which triggered the greatest manhunt   in   Chicago  history.
Skin divers emerged from the water near Montrose Har¬ bor, where Judith Mae's dis¬ sected body was found cram¬ med in two steel drums, hold¬ ing aloft a city directory with the name "Judith Mac" writ¬ ten  in  it.
Although   Ralph   Andersen,
the slain girl's father, aaid neither the directory nor the handwriting was Judith Mae'i, police noted that several streets in areas where her friends lived had been under¬ lined. Girl Finds Hatchet
A teen - ege gir! walking along the rocks on Chicago's lake front found a hatchet wrapped Ln a towel stuffed into a crevice and turned it over to authorities. Chief of, Detectives Patrick Deeley saiJf stains on the rusty hatchc blade "could be blood stains." '
Police also investigated the discovtry of a black cardigan sweater several blocks from Montrose Harbor. None of the. murdered girl's clothing. In-i eluding such a sweater, hM| ac yet been f ouad.
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