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52ND YEAR — NO. 4
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1957
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Special  Session   Urged   ^^rrking Ban on Square Speeds Rush Hour Traffic
By Democrats if Funds Needed for A-Research
WASHINCiTON (U')—The Democratic Advisory Council .said la.st night that Pre.sident Eisenhower .should call a .special se.ssion of Congress "if our mili¬ tary and research programs are being held back be¬ cause of lack of funds." (^ —
It charged that U. S. air-atomic superiority over Russia "is rapidly being lost" and that the Western alliance "is seriously weak" from years of nefilect" under the Eisenhow¬ er administration.
The Democrats called on the administration    to   "develop    a prcater sense of urgency about those matters." Must Stay Strong
"We have fallen behind in ... weapons vof tomorrow," the council said in a statement. "We must do more than merely catch up. We must become and stay so strong that the Communists will not start an atomic wai or allow    ne to start."
"If 3ur military and research
program are being held back
because  of  lack  of  funds,  a
special   session   of   Congress |
should   be   called,   requesting i
the   necessary   additional   ap- j
pr >priations  and,  if  required,
the  raising  of  the  debt  limit
which    is    today    artificially j
holding back the expenditures ;
of money already approved."   1 The   debt   limit   set  bv  Con
Russians Start 'Science Town' In Mid Siberia
Will House 20,000 Engaged in Program Of Wide Search
MOSCOW (LP) — Russia is building a "scientific town" of 20,000 inhabi¬ tants in the heart of Si¬ beria, Moscow Radio said yes¬ terday.
The town will contain 10 large research institutes, a new uni¬ versity, housing and living fa¬ cilities 'or thousands of scien¬ tists from Moscow, Leningrad gress is $275,000,000,000. fhe'^"'' o'^er Russian cities, debt now stands in excess of The city, to be headed by M. $27.?,000.000,000. A. Lavrentyev, vice president of
The council also said it be- the Soviet Academy of Sciences, lieved rivalry between the armed will provide facilities to allow services "is delaying our pro-ithe scientists to "devote them- grams and causing unnecessary!selves to the solution of import- e.xpense.' It said "this rivalry^ant s-ientific problems con- should be put to an end and!nected with the development of unifie ¦ action taken within thei Soviet Siberia and the Far East." department of defenee." Work Started
And it .said that "it is abso- j g^, ^j^^^ j^ g„ interview on lutely necessary to restore and „^,gj.j,^   Ra^jo_   ^^^^   ^Q^k
rcp      has begun on the project and that three or four of the in-
strengthen the grand alliance" of free nations.'
The statement was signed by:°;;;* ;;;"^^;iJ^o ;'„ -^^."^ a year.
, H l^ '^fiir*^   p    cr*"^""'     No   name   has   yet   been   se- mcludmg   Adla.E.   Stevenson,j,^ ,,,, „,g t^^-^ ^ut it will
pemocratic presidential nominee^     ,^^3^^^ ^^^^ Novosibirsk, on in 1952 and 19.56. .Stevenson wMllj^     ^f,^,^,   of   the   Ob   Sea   in come here   omorrow at the ad-i      j^^g^t Siberia, ministration s invitation to con-     ,,       . . r -u   *¦   » u -u
fer with Secretary of State John . He said one of the^ first build- Foster Dulles on ways tol'"Ss will be occupied by the in- strengthen the North Atlantic j stitute of mathematics and its Tre-tv Organization. electronic computing center.
-: -         Atom Energy for Peace
MAMIE  DONATES $.5 :    The institute, he said, would
WASHINGTON ilPi — Mrs.jdeal with problems connected! Mamie Eisenhower has made a^with the use of atomic energy $5 donation to CARE tn he usedjfor peace, the development of in the international relief or- jet engines and question con- ganization's current holiday|cer ig automatic production food  crusade. techniques.
3 Gunman j'<^5o;'«y ^ofes possible
n . ffn rno     ** Prison Term;
uBl }D,5o3Counse/ (o Ask Reversal
At Hawley
The top picture shows the result of ban¬ ning parking on the eastern side of Public Square from 4 P.M. to 6, leaving the full width of the pavement available to essential traffic.
The lower photo shows how this space also is able to provide an unimpeded lane by which the busses, carrying thousands out of central Wilkes-Barre every evening, cpn move freely along the lane thus provided without  being forced out  into lanes which
should be available fur moving traffic.
Before this side of the Square was thus cleared, the busses shown along the curb jammed traffic and offered a constant ob¬ stacle.
The proposal now is to treat the other three sides of Public Square in a similar manner and offer far greater freedom of movement than ever before to the evening traffic rush. . . , (SEE EDITORIAL PAGE TODAY.)—(Photos by Bieley)
Effort fo End Dispute With France Is Failure
PARIS (IP)—Urgent efforts by the Atlantic pact's
permanent council to settle the French dispute with
the United States and Britain ended yesterday in at
least temporary failure. The differences between the
Big  Three  members^..	
thi'eaten the Western alli-l    ^-u   n-      u . u
I    The French are upset because ance. ¦    -   ¦  ¦        ..'-_._
The    council     assembled 10:15 A.M. with the pact's sec¬ retary general,   Paul  H.  Spaak and adjourned at 5:,30 P. M. aft-
Stevenson Will Receive Defense Data
WASHINGTON (IP)
President Defense Chief Will Confer on Tuesday; Big Budget Increase Seen
AUGUSTA, Ga. (LP)—President Eisenhower yester¬ day called his defense secretary to the vacation White House for an important meeting this week on the new
—The Eisenhower admin-:defense budget which will involve a "'very consider-
istration   will   lay   before!able"  increase in federal,^	
Adlai  E.  Stevenson  Mon-,spending.
day its sweeping and still ten-:    Secretary  Neil   H.   Mc-
tative plans for converting West-, Eiroy will fly from Washington
^"-^"[""il^^'f^^f/f."**^ *°        ^^^ *o Augusta for a meeting Tues- t- j^^  ^1^ ^.jj ^^ accompanied by
Acme Supermarket Manager Forced to Open Safe or Die; Getaway Car Found
Three men brandishing revolvers, their fa c e s masked* with stockings, held up the Acme Super¬ market in Hnwley, Wayne Coun¬ ty, last night at 6:25 and es¬ caped in the manager's 19,56 sedan after removing $6,.583 from the store's safe.
State Police -set up roadblocks throughout Wayne and Pike Counties in an effort to capture the daring gunmen.
Detectives from the Bureau of Criminal Identification, Wyo¬ ming Barracks, were called into the case after the car was found abandoned near Hawley late last night.
Threatened to Kill
Frank Kelly, .310 Church St., Hawley, manager ot the mar¬ ket, said the trio forced him to open the safe after threatening to kill him, and then bound him and the store's bookkeeper, Mrs Dorothy Sonsen, 421 Woodlawn Ave., Hawley.
Mr. Kelly, manager of the store since it was opened in Hawley three years ago, could give no description of the ban dits.
He said silk or nylon stock¬ ings covered their faces like gauze. He was unable to state whether the men were young orj old, but did believe they were strangers.
Store Closed j
The store closed at G and the last person to leave before the holdup was the butcher, Ernest Giinuskey. 313 Tenth St.. Hones¬ dale.
The manager said the trio; walked in the store momenfsl after Mr. Ounuskey departed.
One of the men was quite tall.' all had guns and all three wore gloves, the manager told police
last night's stickup came within a week of the anniver¬ sary of the Frpncis Malia slay¬ ing at Wyoming. The Forty Fort resident, manager of Exeter Acme .Store, was found mur¬ dered in his automobile Nov. 2^. 1956, and State Police still have men assigned daily to the investigation   of   this  cas^.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (LP) — G. Franklin McSorley, 'suspended Pennsylvania Turnpike Commis.sjon chair- ¦man, was convicted last night of misconduct in office.
A   Dauphin   County   jury   deliberated   nearly  six
I 4 hours in finding McSorley,
53,  guilty  of  misconduct
Murders Seen As Aftermath To Mafia Raid
New York Officers Warn of Possible Gangland Reaction
NEW YORK (LP)
for providing a private chauffeur at commission ex¬ pense for his predecessor, Thomas J.  Evans,  Coaldale.
The Jury of eight women and four men brought In their verdict at 6:45 P. M. after receiving fhe case at I P M. The jury was In continuous session until It announceJ itl derision
McSorley. a Pittsburgh realtor, showed no emotion as the ver- dirt was read. He refused to discuss the four-day case with newsmen. Jud^e Homer L. Kreider di- _ 'I'fjgi rected   defense   counsel   to   file
nolicp  raid   that   hrnkp   nn'"^*'   """^l   motion   for   a   new polite laia tnat DioKe up ,ri:,i within four days.
an underworld meeling ini    But Carl  Shellev, McSorley's
a New York State hamletiittorney,   indicated   there   was
inadvertently could touch pff a!'''"e   chance   that   the   motion.
series of gangland murders. New hased on the possibility of error
York City police said yesterday.
during    the ranted.
trial,    would    be
Authorities     speculated     the ,,„„ „   ,   „
Thursday meeting of the under-,*^'" ''f'* Reversal
world representatives at Joseph     Shel ev  .said  he  would,   how-
Barbero's plush mansion in Apa-r^"'  '"'« «  F^tition  asking for
lachian. N. Y., was designed toi^   ""^T^u    r    ^^'^   "^'"''AI'   "^
carve  up  the  national  criminal "^""""^^'^'^ ^""^'"""^^i''^;;''-
dence    aid    not    support    the
empire ruled by the late Albert Anastasia.
(Editor's Note—Among the 65 picked up were three Lu¬ ieme County men, thev are:
Rusioll Buffalino, M, ot 304 Dorrance St., Kingston, who told police he was thc operator of the Penn Drape and Curtain Co., 161 South Main St., Pittston.
Angelo Joseph Sciandra, 33, of   101   Dorrance  Ave.,   Wyo¬ ming, who said he was a gar¬ ment   manufacturer   and   or¬ chestra leader. He had a 1957 Chrysler   Imperial    regl.stered in   the   name   of   Ann   Lee Frocks,  a  garment  firm,   112 South Main St.. Pittston.
James Osticco. 44, of I56'3 I Elizabeth St.. Pittston, listed 1 as a  transportation   man»"fr. j
charges against McSorley.
McSorley was indicted when it was learned that he had pro¬ vided Evans with a chauffeur for eifht months after Evans had left the commission. The state charged that McSorley's action was illegal and that he h<\i defrauded the commission of fhe $2,800 .salary paid the chauffeur while assigned to ^vins.
During the trial, fhe rfefense contended McSorley acted under jthe authority of his "discretion¬ ary powprs." The defense said he placed a car and driver at Evans' dispos.al in exchange for his services as a consultant.
McSorley'* sentence would be made at the discretion of the court. The sentence could run anvwhere from a suspen-
The meeting was held at the  i  sion  to a  possible two years palatial   but    remote    hilltop     in  prison.
of nuclear rockets Administration   officials
.u^,^::'ll!';^!^!^^'Z!^Jr!^Dy^^r^^y^^^^ ' ^^^^"' ^^^'^"" ''''''''
er  thrashing  out  the  situation It   will   not   meet   again   until probablv  Wednesday. Members Divide
It was known, however, that most pact members from south¬ western Europe were siding with the French against Anglo- American arms shipments to Tunisia. The Scandinavian allies tended fo side with the United
acting t
420 British machine and sub¬ machine guns, .500 U. S. rifles and .50,000 rounds of ammuni¬ tion to Tunisia without asking France's permission. Tunisia Harbors Rebels
Montgomery Will Retire
>.i,Mg  to  forestall"Soviet   infil-:^"lT^"na' v'Td'eas°\liaT'secretaV^^ and  the   department's
ration   of   North   Africa,   flew SrstTSn Foster DuM^ °" budgetary matters.
-  —   ——   -   --  Ictss' w'rtrCemocr"t',^,,,f„^f'^^ LONDON  (IP) -  Field
fn"lL'7i^sY Tr'Z.rT^'^^ r:m"a"rk7o ' "a^t^^dn^^ :lMarshaI    Viscount   Mont-
in  the  tirst  ot  a  series  of  bi-ij,,, .    „ ,    ,, . j       <¦ .     .
partisan planning sessions: 1^^^ *" '^F^" ^^^^., "Pending for gomery,   one   of   the   last
A  possible   bid  by   President'\"„^,f.f "'*«'' '"'^'"'<'- l''^^''^ ^"f^Vreat   generals   of   World
jEisenhower in his address to the '^'^ "« P^'^^"'" "f^* ^f^"" will|8:reat   genet als   ot   V\ 01 Id
mansion of Joseph Barbera. 51. on Route 17. 10 miles west of Binghamton, N. V. Barbera is formerly of Old Forge and Pittston).
' Judge Kreider will not sen¬ tence McSorley, pending a de« fense motion for a new trial. The jurist however approved a motion   for  continuance  of  the
Police said the raid called sojfj'r'i'"''t"H''l" ""f" "^w- much attention to the conclave'^'^^^'-''^y ^ad been free since that  the  underworid  could  not "'^ indictment.
risk  holding  another  anywhere
in the United States in the near
future.
Small Meetings Predicted
A series of small meetings of the underworld elite would be the only answer but these could not solve the many "jurisdic¬ tional" problems that syndicated crime involves.
And unless some of the.se prohlems can be solved quicklv some greedv underworld figure- are going fo start talking with buHrts, police said
There was wide speculation that somp of the voiin"er hoTis were trvinp to move in on the older generation.
States and Britain, but West iiands of their Algerian enemies. Germany's attitude was un-] Premier Felix Gaillard de- knnwn. Inounced the shipment yesterday
Diplomatic sources in Lon- hinted that France might boy- don said the United States and cott next month's "summit" ses- Bntain are working behind the sion of the pact unless a "clear scenes to smooth down France's and unequivocal solution" of the ruffled feathers. 'dispute can quickly be fou.id
Tunisia is known to be har-lmid-December NATO "summit" boring bands of anti-Frenchjmeeting in Paris for permission guerrillas from neighboring Al-ito base U. S. 1,500-mile missiles geria. and the French are surejat NATO bases ringing Russia. that the Anglo-American weap-jDefen.se Secretary Neil H. Mc- ons   will   go   straight   into  the Elroy said yesterday the United
resul,t in "not too large" an in-War 2 still active, will resign as! buTet   '"    *^*    ^°^^    ''efense;NATO's deputy commander on!
"The President said Wednesday f^Pi',i";rt'^»=;.rHL^"''""'"^"* night in Oklahoma City that the
added cost of new weapons pro-
Stork vs. Cops
Succession of Children Keeps Woman Oui of Jail for 11 Years
NAPLES, Italy HPi—A news¬ paper yesterday opened a campaign to win a pardon for Concetta Muccardo, whose only sanctuary from the long arm of the law these last 11 years has been a maternity ward.
Concetta's troubles started after World War 2 when she was caught selling contraband cigarettes and was sentenced to 786 days in jail when she could not pay a fine. Succession of Children
But Concetta was pregnant. Police agreed to hold off the jail term until her child was born.
Umberto, now 11, was the first in a long line of children Concetta produced to keep from going to jail. In rapid succession, she gave birth to Adelina, Assunta, Gennaro, Maria  Giuseppe  and  Gigino.
Each kept Concetta one step ahead of the sheriff .
Last month the police ap¬ peared again. But a baby didn't. Concetta went to jail. Paper Pays Fine
The Rome newspaper 11 Messagero yesterday paid the $.505 fine to get Concetta out of prison.
But she still was faced with another 211-day sentence for filching impounded fumiture fK n the police during her long years of pregnancy.
II Messagero appealed to President Giovanni Gronchi to pardon her. That way the fam¬ ily can be reunited again.
Concetta's unemployed hus¬ band is home with the five oldest children.
The youngest — 20-months- old Giuseppe and six-months-
States, recognizing Russia's lead f^^ams and the expansion of the in    .5,000-mile    intercontinental Strategic Air Command to addi- missiles, is placing emphasis on """al overseas bases would be the shorter range IRBMs, using "very considerable." bases close to Russia's borders.     But  the  President   also  .said An agreement with the NATO "We mu.st once more go over a allies   for   storing  atomic  war¬ heads  and  bombs under  U.  C. control in Western Europe and for their relea.se to Allied forces on orders from  Washington  in
announced yesterday,
A Defense Ministry statement! said Montgomery, who .om-' manded four American, British and Canadian armies in the European and African campaigns under General Ei.scnhower, also asked to withdraw from active other"m'ilUaryexpendi'tures~'wi"th service with the British army.
redoubled determination to save     "These requests have been ap-'
everv dime that can possibly be proved," thc announcement said.;
saved." |He is 70 Today I
.^....   ..,    Press    Secretary    James    Cj    The statement ended weeks of!
event of war. The problem herejl'agerty said the Tuesday meet-1speculation and rumor on Mont-| is to speed up the process of re-l'"g would deal, as other similarigomery's retirement and was re-' leasing the nuclear stockpilesjconferences between the Presi-'ieased ju.st a day short of his and putting them to use in theident and McElroy recently have, 70th birthday, which is todav. kind of blitz war that the push-jwith not only the new weapons! Montgomerv has been denutvl button age will bring, proRram but the search for spots supreme'  Aniedcomma"nder'n
A start on the politically com- '" tbe military structure suscep- g-J j        ,g-, ;
plex problem of really Integra-t'ble to stringent economies.     !    .,*  „ ' ,     ,,   e   /-   '
ting NATO's defenses and shar-i McNeil in a Washington; NATO commander U. S. Gen. ing military tasks. Officials said'speech last week forcast that Lauris Norstad issued a commu- this ultimately could mean theithe overall increa.se in the de- "'^ue saying he accepted Mont- scrapping of "balanced forces" fense budget would be small on Romery s retirement with regr.et. in each NATO country in favor|a "percentage" basis. There have "His services to the free world 0. specialization and complete been reports that the budget have been immeasurable both in inter-dependence Every nation rnight go up $1,000,000,000 over the Western Union from 1948 to cannot afford to maintain athe 19,58 fiscal year $38,000,- 1951 and in SHAPE from 1951 modern   army,   navy   and   air 000.000. through 1957," Norstad said,
force, they said. To attempt to do so dissipates the tremendous strength that the allies other¬ wise would have, the adminis- jtration believes.
Two Avoca Gridders Badly Hurt
Two Avoca football players were hospitalized—one in guarded condition—after they were injured in the annual Avoca-Jessup game played yes- Flu Death Toll terday at. Jessup.    Jessup won
50 0. {Remains at 106
Michael   George    15,   son   of gy UNITED  PRE.SS
Mr. and Mrs^ David George, 400 y^,^ ^pg,^, („„ f,„„ f,,,.,,,,, Packe^r St.. West Avoca, was re-,i,^p^,^ remained at 106 in ported   in     guarded     cond, ion!,, .^^     yesterday,     un-
last night at Scranton .State „^^j from Fridav's total J-',"!'?.'!^';-.?!: ^^'.^T"^.^!!"...f when   two   new   fatalities   were
reported in Philadelphia
Clarks Green said George suf fered a cerebral concussion, but was out of danger.
The other player was Joseph Farrell,   17,  sop  of Mrs. 'Agnes, .'^23 Pittston  Ave , West  Avoca, ie-"es who  was   admitted   to   Taylor
The charges against McSorley grew out of the same investiga¬ tion in 1955 which resulted in the indictment of 46 persons em¬ ployed or connected with th» Turnpike Commission.
Last July, Evans, former com¬ mission member James F. Ter¬ ra ce of Export, and three oth¬ ers connected with the commis¬ sion were convicted of eonspir¬ acv to defraud the agencv of $19,500,000 through contracts for construction of the North¬ eastern  Extension.
McSorley's ca.se was not con¬ nected with the Evans' trial. Ev is' conviction was not men¬ tioned during the McSorley pro¬ ceedings.
Son for Steve Aliens
Eastern   and   central
of the state have registered 90 deaths    from     respiratory    i
NEW YORK IIP—Television personalities Steve Allen and Jayne Meadows became the paren' - yesterday of an 8V4 nnind son.
Miss   Meadows,   who   is   on
leave   trom   the   "I've   Got    A
Secret"   TV   show,   gave   birth
to the    child    at    10,30 A, M.
portions! EST.   It   was   the  first   for  the
couple,     although three   children   by marriage.
Allen     haa a   previous
Hospital. He suffered a POSsible,'rip„__ A p.p_™ :>, PorOHOS fractured collar bone. His condi I ' *^*^" ^Kfr.N 111 i UCUlluw tion was described as "good."    | ak   •    » •
 !  Convention Frowns on Drinking;
Valley  Scenes   For Dating Steadily, Not Steady
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old Gigino — are in jail with
Concetta so she can care for :custody    at    her
them. iCounly home.
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woman Danker Held     i Around the Town... Three
PITTSBURGH (IPi—Mrs. Sarah! Better English One
Weaver,    .Marianna,    Pa.,    was City Hall News Five
arrested  by  the   FBI   yesterday Classified Six
on charges of embezzling $7,100 County News Five
from   the  First  National   Bank, Crossword Puzzle.. .Six Marianna,  Pa. Drew Pearson .Three
Mrs.     Weaver,     taken     into Editorial Three
Washington Frank Tripp  Three
House Doctor Su
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7 Indoor Gardening.. Fjur 7
12 Look and Learn Two 10
4 Obituary One 8|
1-5 Politics Three 61
5 Robert C Ruark.... Three 7 3 State Capital rive 6
6 State News Fivt '
6 Sports  Three 1-5
7 TV and Radio Five 10-12
4iWomen'sSection... Four 1-10'
Union man fined for duel drlinqiienrn aendinfj pmnnent to union witli irqurst that future Irlters omit the "Dear Brother" aalutation.
Nantiriike hoy on first plane, Avoca to Detroit, pentenng parents all the wan with the name i, ftstion: "Are you sure we got enoiirh ¦> «.'" and even reiuxing to accept the word of the pilot    nA ttewardeis.
El'lerlii citif woman ruthed lo hospital m police amhtt- lanci- after reporting she had Hwallotard her false teeth while slee/iing and then re¬ turning homr to find them on dresser after X-raiis had failed to reveal the missing dentures.
Young bou losing Christmas Ust (lata an/l asking sister does Mother wear i.» stock¬ ings (ind [>ad 8'/^ shirts or is ip thc other way around/"
.STROUDSBURG — Teen¬ agers don't think highly of a date who needs to drink, it was agreid yesterday by the delegates to the I2th Interna¬ tional Allied Youth Confer¬ ence at Buck Hill Falls.
Ihe more than 500 dele¬ gates from across the nation and Canada, ranging in age from 14 to 18. decided the average teen-age girl loses re¬ spect for a date who needs to drink and that the boy feels greater admiration for a girl who doesn't want to drink on a date.
During another seminar, the youngsters, representing 200 Allied posts with a member¬ ship of 20,000, concluded that parents should educate their children about alcohol and its effects but that the decision on whether to drink or not should be left to the indi¬ vidual.
On other subjects they felt.
teenagers would rather date steadily than steady and also fhat more schools should ini¬ tiate driver-training programs.
Subjects under study at the Buck Hill Inn four-day meet¬ ing which concluded with a dinner tonight, were "Alcohol and the Adolescent," "Dat¬ ing," "Religious and Racial Customs," 'Juvenile Commu¬ nity Problems," "Driving" and "Advertising."
Randall Hoffman, associate dean at Hofstra College. Hempstead. N. Y., directed the alcohol seminar.
A wind-up conference ves- > terday had Mrs Katherine Brownell Oettinger, chief of the Children's' Bureau, U.S. Department of Health, Educa¬ tion and Welfare, as a discus¬ sion leader. She is a former Scranton resident and one¬ time mental health consultant to the Visiting Nurse Associ¬ ation of Lackawanna County.