Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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A Paper For The Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
51ST YEAR -   NO. 19 — 70 P.AGES
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 1957
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DOUBT
Senate Retains Aid Provisions For Middle East
WASHINGTON (li') — Thc Senale heeded a la.st minute appeal from Pre.sident Ei.senhower yesterday and voted to retain the $200 million foreign aid pro vi.sion.s in hi.s anti-Communi.st Middle Ea.st Doctrine.
The  roll  call  vote  was'?>	
58 to 28.
Only five Hc|)ublicans voted with 2.3 Demociats for the proposal. It was defeated hy a combination of 20 Democrats and 38 Republicans.
lhe vote was on an amend¬ ment by Sen. Richard B. Rus¬ sell (D-Ga.) to kill the provision.
This gave the President a hard-fought victory, and cleared the way for .Senate approval early this week of the entire resolution. Tho measure is de¬ signed to block Commiinist pen¬ etration into the Middle East— hv use of U. S. armed forces if iv'i-rs.sary.
Sends Senate Letter !
A few hours before the show
Exchange Greetings at Sf. David's Day Dinner
'Cat and Dog Fight' Looms On Farm Bill
Opposition Plans
May Be Wiped Out
During Floor Rift
i WASHINGTON (LP) —Democratic Leader John down vote, Mr. Eiseilhower sent W. McCormack (Ma.s.s) the .Senate a letter saying thatiyeslcrdav forecast "a cat scuttling of the provision would and dog" ' fight on the House "gravely impair" U. S. effort to floor this week over rival farm prevent Red domination of the subsidy plans offered by Demo- arca.    ' crats and Republicans. I
He aLso sard it would have Farm congressmen acknowl-l the "deplorable" effect of sug- edge that both plans may be p'-stine to the rest of the world killed in a savage floor figiit. Ifi "'hat our country wants to wage so. il would just about wreckj peice  in  terms  of  war." 'administration   hopes   of   using'
soil bank subsidies
Atty. E. Charles Coslett, newly elected president of St. David's Society, welcomes Thomas V. Tinsley, president of lhe Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, at the annual dinner of the  St.  David's Society last night  in Irem
Temple. Observing thc greetings are H. Mer¬ ritt Hughes, retiring president of the society, and Mrs. Tinsley.
Story   on   Page   I,   Sec.   2.—(Photo   by Bieley)
FBI Checking Disappearance Of Young Girl
Family and Police Deny Story Ransom Has Been Demanded
BKLLMAWIl. N. .1. (IP) —A doze n F^BI kidnap specialists conducted a te¬ dious ste))-by-step recheck of facts yesterday in the mys¬ terious disappearance of pretty four-year-old Mary .lane Barker.
Federal agents, however, em¬ phasized their work was on a "voluntary" basis because it was admitted there was no "cen-' Crete evidence" the blue-eyed, blonde youngster had been kid napped.
Both Mary .lane's family and Police Chief Fdward ,1. Garrity denied printed reports that .f.'iOb ransom had been demanded for the return of the youngster, who
Ben-Gurion Faces Rising Criticism From All Parties
.IKUISALKM, Israeli Sector (IP)-—Mounting op¬ position at home threatened last nipht to force can¬ cellation of Premier David Hen-tJurion's agreement to withdraw troops from thc Gaza and Aqaba areas,
 «    The   Premier  called   an
' I    emergencv  Sabbath  meet-
Israeli Demands For Guarantees Stir State Dept.
Dulles, Eban Hold
Emergency Talks;       I
Departure Uncertain
WASHINGTON (U^) Israel   Ambassador
yesterday after a secret conference with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles wheth-
Down Payment on Houses Pa||jng GlaSS Would Be Cut by New Bi// pg,.j|j
WASHINGTON   (IP)—The   administration
ve.ster- to,
Senate    Repuhlic^n    leader "*"" """" suosmies to stop Mid-j U'llliam   F    Knowland   read   the ^'^' '^'"¦" fa™ers from produc-
letter to  the  Senate  in  a  last '"'^ "^"'''^ surpluses this year_    day   asked   Congress   for  discretionary  authority minure drive to win as decisive    McCormack would nqt predlctlower substantially the down payments required on a victory for the administration 'he  outcome.   But   he   told   theihouses financed with FIIA-insured mortgages. as  possible. United   Press   if   may   take   the,      ,,     . . j     .^i,   *     tu
Administration     forces    wereThamber three days to settle the       H     proposed     that     the» ^- ,	
confident,     even     before     Mr.iL*^^l^'_^'^;^aje opens Wednesday.;!* IIA     (rederal     Housing Eisenhower's  last   minute   inter
Soil Bank Benefits
vention.  that   Russell's  proposal      Republicans,  with
would   be   voted   down   despite
gress pass emergency legislation to restore soil bank benefits for commercia
levels available  last  year.  Most of the.se farmers are in the tra- Saturday  session  at   Joiditionally    Republican    Midwest A    M.   in   a   drive   hv   Sen
lion  backing,  are
administra- insisting Con-
its support by a bloc of south¬ ern Democrats and economy- minded  Republicans.
Unusual  Session
The Senate was railed into an unusual Saturdav session at  10 ,        ,   ,. Senale f^^'" *"^l' Democratic    leader    Lyndon    R      Democratic  farm  leaders who lohnson  to get  a  final  vote on hail from the South favor legis- the resolution bv Tuesdav night.i lation  to aid  the  corn  growers.
The  other  main   provision  of,''^" ""l-V if similar benefits are the   two-pronged   resolution   de-;^"''t«''?'^ed    to    farmers    in    the dares the United States is ready -^""'h to use armed forces if necessary
to  prevent Communist  penetra¬ tion of the Middte East.
The showdown vole on the aid provision was the biggest obstacle in the resolution's path. The few outspoken op ponents of the entire resolut, cnncedefl that the Senate would approve it by a large majority.
Administration) be al¬ lowed to insure a larger percen¬ tage of the appraised value of homes under the FHA program.
,   ,    Such    a    step,    if    approved, corn growers to the^^ouu have the effect of lower¬ ing  down-payments   as   follows:
On a house havinn, an FHA- appraised value of $10,000. the current downpayment of $700 wouid be reduced to .$400; for a $12,000 house, the reduction would be from $1,200 lo $700; for a $14,000 house, from $l„700 to $1,000.
For a $15,000 house, from $1,950 to $1,150; for a $17,000 house, from $2,450 to $1,600; for a $19,000 house, from $2,- 950 to $2,200; and for a $20,- 000 house, from $3,200 to $2,500.
Thailand Put Under Military
Election Protests Worry Government
vanished     last     Mondav    while   .lu     nu ,c.  .,j  t„  ,„,.
playing with a neighbor's puppy. Abba Kban refused to sa>
Man In Custody
Although thc FBI has not "of- ficiallv"  entered  the  case,  fed- „,   i,,,„i   ,.,;ii   ^.^u,,   ko,-   r>io„..
fn^:' :Sse'^?nd''Tak%"^--^'u°S-   - -h raw! g'h 7troo^ s 1^ ing  witnesses and  making sug- p„vnt gestions. '^Bypt;^^
It was reported the FBI agents The two met in a crisis at- would again question Vern "^o^'Phprp at Dulles home after Lovering, 43. of Glendora, who fhan flew here from the United presentlv is held on charges of Nations in New York, This fol- molesting an eight-vear-old girl, '"wed reports from .lerusalem Lovering has denied anv know- that   Permier  David  Ben-Gurinn
Goes  On   With   Drive  '^'^^^ ^^^^y -'^n^-^ ''''?r''^nTeetTe?ore^sra''el   pulls'" mu
ance. but a sign was posted on antces   oerore   israei   puiis   oui
To Make New Friend ^^e bulletin board of Gloucester "   'he ^aza Strip and the Gulf  _^^	
Countv  Jail   at  Woodburv  that"' Aqaoa, tt-u^j
to    receive    no     ^•^'*" refused to answer when j satisfied       with     the     United
asked   whether   he   had   voiced!States' position which held that
There  was  no explanation  of "hjertions  to  Ambassador Hen-jthe Israeli withdrawal would be
ry Cahot   Lodges  statement  in unconditional.    Israel    was    re- the   UN  on   Fridav   He  said  he ported  seeking further clarifica- had asked to see Dulles but he tion    in    Washington    and    the would not confirm that he h.Td United Nations, sought "clarification" of Lodge's,yQur  Cancelled 'pm^rU^i I    ^ scheduled tour of the Gaza
Inadequate Guarantee 'strip bv newsmen, under Israeli
Lodge's statement to the U. N. ^mtg^y  supervision,  was  called apparently   was   interpreted   by,gff j^g Israeli army blocked all Ben-Burion   as  an   "inadequate' lapproaches to the strip, guarantee  that  Israel's  interests; will  be protected if she recalls
ing of his co^ilition cabinet while under fire both from his own party and the left and right  wing opposition.
"Something does seem to have gone wrong." Finance Minister Levi Eshknl said as he entered Ben-Gurion's home here for the emergency  conference.
Ben-Gurion. who won a 72-29 vote of confidence on his policy last Tuesday, was reported   "not
WASHINGTON nn — Presi¬ dent Eisenhower urged in a letter to Israeli Premier David Ben-(iurion last night that Is¬ rael vvithdraw its troops from Egypt "with the tflmost speed." '
The President reit crated liis pledge that once thc with¬ drawal has been acomplished the United Slates will work "to bring about conditions" in the Ga/a Strip and (iulf of \qaba areas which would bc "more stable, more tranquil and more conducive to Ihe general welfare Ihan those which existed  heretofore."
But he still insisted that withdrawal   must   come   first.
(The text of the President's letter will be found on Page 2, Sec. I.)
h,i-,.c- Lo^-ering -visitors, of
CASABLANCA, .M CO (LP)—A  large  pane glass  knocked  out  by  ex-jthe action, cited Moroccan.s narrowly! missed   Vice   President   Richard M.   Nixon   yesterday   while   he! stood talking and shaking hands' iwith    residents;    outside    Casa- Iblanca's City Hall. I    The  three-by-four   foot   pane [fell from a second story window and shattered on a ledge, sprin-
was
Indiana Adopts New'Work'Law
lolutjpn finallv
and other areas. Their broader plan would restore corn benefits and ^Iso open the soil bank to growers of additional feed crops.
Republicans oppose the far- reaching Democratic plan. They charge it would add an extra $.'500,000,000 to $1,000,000,000 10 the cost of the farm program which alreadv is close to $.5,- 000,000,000.
Higher Readings Unload Milk Are Expected     At Honesdale
Afier Parley
Warmer   weather   is   in   pros¬ pect for the local region at least the   next   Iwo   days,   the   U.   S. Weather   Bureau   at   Avoca ported last night.
„ kling  glass  close  lo  Nixon.    Hc       i vtr-ir \ \' * ti/\t n-- /rm
BAN(;K()K   (lP)-Prime smilingly went on with his cam- ,, ''^^?f''^'^,^'    '^'^ *"   ,       her troops Minister  Pi|pul   Songgram;paign  of  making   friends   with ^'O^-   iliirokl   W.   Ilannley
declared a state of ""i"-'
gencv    throughout     ,,...,- ,        ,    ^     ,, t , ,, ¦.   ^ .,   .       ^        ,  *
:drove   to  Casablanca   from   the work"    bill,   and    noisy   union United Nations General  Assem-
threatened     to bly   to   speak   on   the   troops'
.,   - , - ,      , J.        1   i ,   1    Eban said he will go back to
emer- '"^ people. ycstei'day refused  to veto np^   York   today   and   "prob-
Thai-'    ^'^"^ Repiiblican vice president a   controversial   "right   to ably" will take tjie floor in the
iand yesterday after street dem-, ..  ,    , „ u .    i        .l j  j 	
onstrators protested the conduct I ^fP"^   "fl^^^^' ^long the road demonstrators
of last week's elections.. He said^^!^"*^''".'^-  ^^T^'L'""^  on, break   into   -
"certain elements are instigating'i';.^^'^''!^^ ^'¦¦¦^'^ to the North I fice and  m ,.. -^u    ,
trouble" ^lAfrican city. |executive  mansion. ,les   home without
Bangkok was outwardly calm'    Nixon left Rabat after confer-     A crowd of about 5,000 union announcement   soon   after  Eban despite rumors of a coup d'etat, ences with the ruling sultan Mo-'members     descended     on     the af'y™   "ere   trorn
Reports of explosions throughout the 30-mile long strip touched off rumors Ihat Egyptian oil insiallaiions were being destroyed as troops prepared to carry out the withdrawal.
The cabinet was awaiting a let-
the Indiana     The meetitig w?s held at Dul-jg^ f^^^^  President Eisenhower,
any
advance,
the New York.
The   mounting   opposition   to the   agreement   was   based   on
Am-
.            M       V   1,       Llnitedij^.g point.
Housing COhimissioner Albert I Although there were no'repohs, hammed V, which resulted in;Hoosier .'itatehouse to demand '^a''^';'"^^;^^^^^ demindsk "^^^.^ ''^u^"'''"^''^ ."^i¦¦^„„ m Cole s^aid in a statement that of any violence, tanks were'the Sultans announced support that the governor veto Ihe meas- , » tollowed renewed demnnaskj^^^jo^ Henry Cabot Lodge m Loie saia m a statement mat!       ,    y. .      ¦ f^^    ,^p     Eisenhower    Midea.st ure which  would  forbid the fir-''^'   '^''a*''   '"remier   David   Ben-lt^g  United  Nations  that  the  Is-
M. Cole said in a statement that of    any
the principal effect "would be to'slationed  at  every  major  inter- reduce down payments required,"section and the-country's armed^^o'''"*^ for families purchasing homes of f°''^'es and powerful police were To Visit Ghana moderate cost." ^on "full alert" orders. The  Vice   President   said  (hat Won't Sign, Either
ling of any work<'r jto join a union.
who refused
Gurion
withdraw
HONESDALE,    Pa.,'!? — P r o-
re-|testihg milk producers formed al^.u^ t^'f" ^°""' '" '"^^ f ^
human barrier yesterday and for^'* <* *"^"°" "^^ warranted by It   was  snowing at  midnight.la time prevented milk delivery!^""'''''""^ '"/he home-bui ding hut    Meteorologist    AIPlyJge|to an East Honesdale processing -^^ ThTfc^^cir'i^^^ne a '^"^ commented.   It won I last long. Iplant. I    ^^^^^  ^^^   ^^^^   speculation
that   the  administration   has  no plans to put the law into effect
Between 90 and 100 men tem¬ porarily  barred  the entrance to
the Clemo Milk Products Co., ;,ir.,i" l,',^.'i' mno u .u ^, but after a conference between hn iin™J«r^'fn'^ w h'u/^' truck drivers and demonstralersl?""",'"/ program for World War the trucks were permitted to en-p veterans is scheduled to expire. increasing    cloudiness    and     a ter thc plant and unload. Some
Today's forecast is partly cloudy with snow flurries and a high temperature of ."?.¦> de¬ grees.
The   forecast   for   Monday   is
for   American    secuntvi^ggu    agreement    lo ?uaranlees   before   Israel   with^j^^, ^ot "conditional." draws from the Gaza  Strip and     -j-^e   statement    bv   Secretary (he Gulf of Aqaba. jf state John Foster Dulles that
.„j ,1 ,   D.,„„      ,.      ,—,—•¦-¦   — -•-.,.         -"."    he     Dulles  at  the  same  time wasi..__,u,|_„   .^^^   nromised   to   Is¬
hed through Bang-inol come within the framework would allow thc bill—passed on understood to be urging an "im-' ."^'"'"^ promisee
protest   alleged of  the   Doctrine,   'the   Doctrine a narrow margin by the Legis-mediate" withdrawal. i". ..,.- ^
in   last   Tuesday s is    not    necessarily    limited    to lature---to   become   law   withmit r,.,'h-Off Balance |Charge  "Dishonesty
elections that gave the govern-what traditionally is called  the his   signature.   He   revealed   his ^"Amer^an  officials apparently     Ben-Gurion's     own     Mapai ment a strong hold on the Na- Middle  East." decision   in   a   conference   with were  cSt  off  bLebv  Ben   ^^'^y    ^"¦"'^''    ''™    "'      '*"
tn'^tht y„7n'!,''Hfn'!.^"*  ^"  route, nine leaders of the Indiana State G^rion's demands. Thev had re- to the independence ceremonies!Federation   of   Labor   and The  demonstrators  said  thev fo;" ^^e  new  African  nation  ofi United  Mine  Workers, were     protesting    the     ¦dirty" f'"ana, said the sultan told him     c^rl   H.   Mullen,   ISFL   presi- eleclion "   They   flew   the   Thai'"le economic   elements  of   ihe^ient,-   informed   the   crowd   of flag at half-staff on the campus ^oc'rine would be more >mpor-\y^^„a\cv\ refusal and the dem- of  Chulalonkron   University. ^nt    han   the   military   in   the o^.^rator..  broke  out   into  cho-
The   influential    daily   news-:'""*;  '""•        ,. . ^ ruses of boos
paper "3arnseri" reported Thai-!   .'r"?'?     Predicted    agreement
Cole    emphasized,     however,!    I^ore    than    2 000    univursity|While  Morocco  technically  does      Handlev,    however,    said
that   if   Congress   approves   the f'^dents marchr    * ....... 	
proposal,   the   government   will l^o**   streets   to not   neces.sarily   put   the   lower 'rregulanties down payment requirement into effect immediately.
Under the measure, Cole said
tional Assemblv.
honesty." Leftist Party speaker* told rallies throughout Israel that the 70-year-old Premier had given   away   Israels   hard won
little warmer, grees.
a high nl 40 de-
Rattle Causes Death of Child
men received minor injuries! when brushed by trucks entering' the  plant.
Sherrif Wallace G. Williamsi and his deputies were at the scene to quiet the crowd which at  times became  "boisterous."
The milk dispute is now 10 days old.
Failure Falls By Missiles Inevitable
LEVITTOWN, Pi.. tlP—A 10- month-old girl was suffocated last night when a rattle lodged in her throat when she fell while playing in her home at nearby Fairless Hills, Bucks County.
Police said the victim was WASHINGTON dPi—A mem- Mary Kay Parsons, who had,ber of the Senate Armed Ser- been playing in the living room vices Committee said lasfnight with her four-year-old brother.pt is "inevitable' that some Willi  iici   ii^u   } iguided   missiles  will  go  out  of
lohn, and her sister, Barbara.    Icontrol, as one did Friday over
.Iohn and Barbara told theirl Florida, mother, Mary, 24, that the baby Sen. Henry M. .lackson fO- had fallen and was lying prone.[Wash) told a reporter that "aft- ,„,,„j »«ar>. vav-er all. some man-driven aircraft Mrs. Parsons found Marv ^^V^^,^^ ^^l out of control occasion- unconsciou.s.   the  rattle  in   ber ^ny g^j fg|, j,„ people."
mouth. "It   is   inevitable   that   these
accidents are bound to occur, especially at this stage of devel¬ opment of guided missiles," •lackson said. "We must remem¬ ber that innumerable other mis¬ siles have been fired success¬ fully, though I am sure there will be other failures in the future."
Jaurtdite Closes Village School
SHARON, Wis., (W—An out¬ break of yellow jaundice has forced the Sharon public school to close for two we«ks.
The school was ordered closed by Dr. Joseph Schrock Jr., village health officer, after an immunization program two weeks ago failed to stop the disease in the community of 1,000. The^e have been 15 cases of the disease since last August, four of them in the last two weeks, Schrock said.
Train Kills Six
HAMBURG, Germany IIPI—An express train slammed into ai group of railroad track workers! here yesterday, killing six men.'
chief, Phao Sriyanond, had been detained at army  headquarters.
The premier proclaimed the state of emergency in a special communique. He later issued a statement calling on the popu¬ lation to remain calm and obey the law. ^
He named Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat, army command¬ er-in-chief, as supreme com¬ mander of the army, navy, air force and police forces.
Mixer Ownership Really Mixed Up
CHICAGO (IP) — Edward (Butch) Panczko, 40, said he walked up to a man and asked him of it was all right to take an $800 cement mixer which was nearby.
Panczko said: "He said 'I don't care.' So I took it." "How was 1 to know," Panczko said in court, "the cement mixer didn't belong to him, either."
^2 Women Are Injured
the jected     as    "fantastic"    Israeli charges made in the U. N. that
this   country's   official   declara- - ^^-^ ^^^^ g,^,    .^^^ ^^^
tion  on   Israel s  withdrawal  de- | j,^^,^^   ^ J^,^,   ^^^^
cision   was    inade<iuate. J  f   ^    ^    (,a Gulf for a "mess
Two developments caused thei  , ^ottape " diplomatic   furore.   The.se   were;    ,^,^,,,1*^ p„reign   Minister   Mrs. indication.s  that  '^/ael  mav  de-,^^,^    ^^.^ ,„fj  ^^^  ^j^^   ^^at lay the withdrawal pendinp fur-,,,^^^^    withdrawal     would    be
tant long   run.
Nixon predicted with Morocco on the question of long-range American eco' nomics aid and the renewal o the leases on five U. S. Air Force bases,
Nixon, his wife and party went to the big U. S. Strategic Air Command base at Noussepr
for dinner before boarding spe-!    ^"^'0     Piltston    area    .voung, . „ ,       ,    .
cial   airliners  for  the   flight   to!^omen   were  admitted   lo  Nes- hassador Henry Cabot   Lodge Accra,  the capital  of the Gold'hitt     Memorial     Hospital     last Coast which will become a newl'^'Rht   for  treatment  of  injuries
received in an automobile acci¬ dent     on     the     Luzerne-Dallas     LAKE  WORTH,   Fla.   IP — A
thpr United Nations debnte on the Middle Eastern crisis .lerusalem reports of Israel's disanpointmeni in what it re- <^arded as the "inadeouate" dec¬ larations made in the United Nations on Friday by U. S.  ^m-
"ful
on the under-
independent nation March 6. It was a triumphal two days
Snake Bite Fatal
., luii and prompt' 'Standing there would be U. M. administration of the Gaza Strip and freedom of gulf navigation. The Uniied Nations Emer- oencv Force UNEF Commander, Maj.'Gen. E. L. M. Burns flew from Cairo to Israel for con¬ ferences with Israeli Command¬ er .Moshe Dayan about the with¬ drawal.
Highway at 9 P. M. They were 44-year-old    farm    worker   died in   a   car   which   skidded   and vesterdav of snake bite, struck a pole. The  .sheriff's  office  said   Dio-
Admitled    were    Rose    Marymisio M. Torres, wbo worked on Rucco,   23,   of    171    Cyril   SL.ja farm  near Delrav Beach, an- Pittslon, laceration of the right parently  died   because   he   was knee  and   bruises  of  the   rightinot  given emergencv treatment , „ Secretary arm,   and   Marie   Dileo,   20,   ofjquicklv enough,
of State John Foster Dulles yes-JFulton    St..    Duryea,     po.ssible     Torres was bitten by a water terday appointed Jo.seph C. Sat-[fractured   nose,   bruise   on   the,moccasin Thursday while wash
for the  Nixons in  Morocco.
Dulles Names Head Of Foreign Service
WASHINGTON ilil-
Red Infiltration Seen in Press, Radio
WASHINGTON ilPi—The Sen¬ ate Internal Security Subcom¬ mittee said yesterday the Com¬ munists ha\T made "vigorous and sustained efforis to infiltrate
terthwaith, U. S. Amba.ssador toileft knee and laceration. above:inrin"~'a"canaT"H7waslaken"to|'he American press
Burma, to be the new director-|the left eye. ihis quarters but was not givenjts ¦nstallment of
general of the Foceign Service He succeeds Raymond A. Hare, who recently became thc U. S. Ambassador to Egypt.
Satterthwaith's   sucQpssor    in Burma will be appointed soon
Bolh were passengers in a first aid. vehicle operated by Shirley Ka-| manuUs, 22, of Jackson St.. Piltston, who apparently escaped injury. She was examined and H'scharged
Chicken and Cake .Awoit Turncoof
OKLAHOMA CITY W--The nother of turncoat Samuel David Hawkins said yesterday an all-American meal of fried chicken and chocolate cake will be waiting for him when he arrives home today.
Hawkins stopped off briefly at Honolulu yesterday en¬ route to the United Slates from Communist China, where he has been living since he was captured in the Korean conflict.
Hawkins lold reporters at Honolulu he had some appre¬ hensions of his reception by the "home folks." but Mrs. Jones said she wasn't wor¬ ried.
Parents Arrange 'Kidnaping' of Own Ciiild
Killed by Gas
BUTLER, Pa. ilPi — Hugh F. iRiggle, 27, was found dead yes- 1 terday of carbon monoxide ipoisoning in his home seven Imiles north of here. ! His wife, Lucille, 26, also stricken by the fumes, was in :satisfactory condiiion in Butler Memorial Hospital.
Butler County Coroner J. Clinton Atwell blamed the fumes on a defective gas fur¬ nace flue. /
DECATUR, 111., (IP—A Dt catur couple was questioned by juvenile authorities yester¬ day in connectioii with the "kidnaping" of their four- year-old daughter as part of a discipline plan.
Police said the couple al¬ legedly "staged" the kidnap¬ ing in an attempt to frreak the child's habit of running away from home. '
The plan backfired, how¬ ever, and brought police into it.
Late Friday, two masked men, who apparently agreed to help in the "plot" entered the home, threw a blanket over tive child and carried her to their waiting car, police said.
According to lhe plan, thc
mother was to follow thc "kidnap car" and pick up the girl when the two men put the child out.
But the mother was stopped at a rail crossing and lost sight of the "kidnap car."
Meanwhile. Decatur police received a telephone call ex¬ plaining what was being planned.
Police Lt. Clyde Freeman told the caller, "This is a ridiculous plan. Its the silliest
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thing I ever heard of. The police will hava no part of it."
The "abductors" apparently put the child out thinking the mother was close behind them, and drove away, police said,
A passing motorist, Mrs. Fred .1. Hays of Decatur, saw the child wrapped in the blanket lying alongside a road on the outsltirts of town. She and her daughter. Sharon, oicked up the child and took her to police hcadquarier.s
Police said another phone call, from the same man, in¬ formed them of the mother's delay and asked them to aid in the search for the child.
Just then, Mrs. Hays walked in and the baby was reunited with her parents safe and un¬ harmed.
Valley Scenes
.Min^uye on tin nrrvice xrlirdiili- biHird nt tin- Salva- tio)i .Armii Citdilrl: Stinn(/f how 19 ilrofis of laiii keep 20 people  from  chnreh."
Seven-iiear-ol/l Triirkffiille iiiiii.i oblitiini) several malr luttroiix of Percil A. Broirn'.i eafiterid with cookien — a treat normullii reserved for the iioungsters.
Went Si/le noutiy woman driving nrninid Ki>i()iiti))i he- Iireen 2 (iml 5 ['.M. Fridait in ne(irch of her pet canine iiliich fled throiir/h an open door unit iva.t finiilhi re¬ covered n dozen blocks awail.
Pdlrolnmn at Soiitii Watih- ington nml En.it .Xnrthnnip- ton' .'^tx. tupping .ilionlders of trnnii n icIki forgtt tn remove hiindkirehiefg or tissues from their lien.ds after nttending ivrekditif nianse.t at St. .Mnrit'a Church—and getting profuse thankx for faring thetn em¬ barrassment.
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C/v/7 War Vet, 109, Will Have Operation
PENSACOLA. Fla. (IP—Con- federate veteran William A. Lundy, who says he has lived to be 109 by staying away from doctors, will undergo "minor" surgery at ' Baptist Hospital   tomorrow.
A physician at the hospital declined to reveal the nature of the operation, but said the old soldier's "general condi¬ tion IS excellent." He said Lundy, one of the three re¬ maining survivors of the Civil War. should be able to re¬ turn to his home at Laurel Hill, Fla.. by Wednesday. The doctor called it a "minor op¬ eration"
"Uncle Bill ". as he is known to thousands of West Florida friends, celebrated his lO^th birthday Jan. 17 with a party.
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