Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
Heavy Snow
Highest today 16
Monday — Flurries, colder
52ND YEAR —NO. 17
Member Aadlt BnrMia of CIrcalatlon
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1958
CNITED  PREO* Wire  Newe SrrTJre
PRICE 20 CENTS
HEAVY STORM CRIPPLES REGION
Fire Razes Browntown Home; 5 Forced to Flee
Five children of hospitalized parents were forced to flee their home in the Browntown section of Pitts¬ ton Township last night durinjr the heavy snowfall when fire gutted the structure shortly after 10 P. M.
Mr,   and   Mrs.   Joseph,«>——	
Gibbons,   of  20   Ford   St.,|prank. 18; Julie, 15; Bobby. 14;
Browntown,   are   patients iand B'illy, 12: were given shelter
at Pittston Hospital and the fire by a next door neighbor, Mr. and
forced their five children, rang- Mrs.   Edward  Cawley,  30  Ford
ing  in  age  from   10  to  21,   to!St„ Browntown.
seek  refuge  in  the  home  of  a Frozen Hydrant
neighbor. Firemen were hampered by a
Pittston Township firemen, using a new 500-gallon pumper, brought the fire under control within an hour, but the interior was declared a "total loss."
frozen fire hydrant at the fire scene. It was necessary to stretch hose .300 feet to the next hydrant.
The alarm was turned in shortly after 10 P. M. and Chief Mr. Gibbons has been a medi- truck Driver John Gallagher cal patient at Pittston Hospital and a dozen volunteer fire- since Wednesday, His condition fighters responded. Later Eagle IS reported as guarded. His j Hose Co. of Pittston was sum- wife was admitted to the same^mnnd to give assistance, ho.spital on Feb. 6 and under- xhe frame building had eight went surgery last Monday. Her rooms. It was reported the fire condition is good. started   near   a   refrigerator   in
The    children.    Donald,    21; the  kitchen.
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President Will Urge New Disarmament Talks Before Summit Meeting
WASHINGTON (LP)—High officials disclosed last night that President Eisenhower is planning to urge the Soviet Union to begin earl.v diplomatic talks on disarmament and other issues as a possible prelude
to an   East-West  summit^^ _ 	
conference.
A    I  ^4. *!¦   •        \ii    iunderstood
A   letter   outhning   Mr. itated    by
to   have   been   irri- Russia's    campaign
Eisenhower's views is expected against Secretary of State John
to  be sent  to Russian Premier! Foster Dulles, in whom he has
Nigolai Bulganin soon. {full  confidence.
North Atlantic Treaty nationsi    .The President also will firmly
have  been  given  a  preview  of If}?'^^^-.
the letter and were said to have
American     insistence that    preliminary    negotiations •DProved it "show good hope of advancing
t.    ,.   .. J_     ,   . peace and juttice" before he will
Pretident Provoked agree  to a  summit  parlev.
Diptomatt familiar with the Officials said the first test of frequent Eisenhower - Bulganin this would be the diplomatic exchanges said the President's,contacts, primarily between U. new missive will be somewhat S. Ambassador to Moscow I.lew- tharper than hit previous docu-el lyn E. Thompson Jr. and the mentt.   The Chief Executive is Russian  foreign office.
Dilworth Not A Candidate For Governor
8 fo 12 Inches Expected Before End of Downfall; Zero Temperature Due
Says He Prefers
To Continue Serving
City of Philadelphia
early today and of interstate bus
The second crippling snow storm within an
eijfht   day    period   snarled    highway   traffic
throughout  Luzerne County
resulted in  u.c cancellation
schedules and plane travel.
With   the  snow  still  falling  heavily  at  12:30  this
PHILADELPHIA (U')—jmorning  the State Highway Department headquarters
Mayor    Richardson    Dil-!on the Last End Boulevard reported a measurement of
worth,   indicating   he   did six inches of new snow atop varying depths still on the
not wish to be a tool  of iground since the paralyzing storm of Friday, Feb. 7.
"mere political expediency." an-!   ,     The  Weather  Riirpaii  nt
nounced yesterday he would not , _ ..    .. ^ ine   wearner «ureau at
"under any circumstances" be ail I- 1^ 1J<«|& C^^i '''"® -Avoca Airport reported candidate for the Democratic!lin Til r||l|T 1001 that 8 to 12 inches of snow gubernatorial nomination. l^f*   *V  I IVI I   I VVI ^re expected to fall before
The announcement came only two days after Dilworth lost the backing of party leaders by mak¬ ing a statement in Washington
Up to Half Foot Of Snow Covers 'Sunny' South
Many Roads Closed In Dixie—Chains Not Easy to Buy
RICHARDSON DILWORTH
recognition    of
Sixth Atlas Fails to Leave Launching Pad
Failure of One of
Engines to Ignite
Blamed; No Damage
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fl*. (IPX—Th« Air Force failed in an attempt to launch a lixth intercon¬ tinental Atlas yetterday because of last-tecond "technical diffi- cultiet."
The trouble may have been failure of one of the big bird's engines to ignite properly. From distant beaches fire appeared to belch from only one side of the Atlas when the firing button was pushed.
The 100-ton missle apparently was undamaged. It still sat on its launching pad, gleaming im¬ pressively in the tun, after the tmoke and steam from the aborted launching attempt drift¬ ed awpy.
There was no official word on what had gone wrong. In a state¬ ment, the Air Force said only that the flight test was post¬ poned "after encountering tech¬ nical difficulties immMiiately prior to launch. Apparently Undamaged
"The test conductor cut off the engines when instrumenta¬ tion indicated • possible mal¬ function. There was no apparent damage to the missle, which was rescheduled f<M- firing in the near future."
Just when the next launching attempt will be made probably will not be announced.
Bad weather may have held up
Air Force Plans 18,000 MPH Ship
WASHING-TON (ffl—A sena¬ tor's attack on what he called Air Force "lack of decisicm" led yesterday to disclosure of plans for an 18,000-mile-an- hour manned rocket ship.
Air Force sources said they hope the craft, called the X-15B, will put the first man into orbit around the earth and bring him back safely.
It would be an advanced version of the X-15 rocket ship which the Air Force and the National Advisory Com¬ mittee for Aeronautics plan to fly 100 miles above the earth at about 4,000 mile* an hour early next year.
Dulles Will Act In Tunis Crisis
AND AWAY V^E QQ Sleds and skis got a real workout yester- Mni/ M¥¥#% I WW fc ^9\J jj^y j^^ children free from classes hurried to the nearest incline to slip and slide. Mothers and dads who went along to keep ^ eye on the younger children seemed to en.ioy the fun just as much de.spite the cold. Even a dog got in on the fun with a group of children (top photo) who found the dike in Kirby Park an ideal place for a long, fast ride. Reynolds St., below Tioga Ave., Kingston, isn't very steep but it proved to be a popular gathering place as the lower photo will attest.—(Photos by Paul Bieley).
wave swooped down on the na¬ tion's Midlands and was expect¬ ed to extend as far as Tennes¬ see. Forecasts were for 25 to 35 degrees below zero in Minne¬ sota.
The gravest danger in the favoring recognition of Red South was icy roads in a region China. '" equipped for snow conditions.
Dilworth said he would noti Many roads in the uplands of seek the nomination because "itl Alabama, North Georgia, the is now clear that there is no Carolinas and Tennessee already unanimity of opinion that we; were closed. Tennessee counted should strive for something'five deaths from the weather. more than mere political expedi¬ ency or compromise this year."i
Good govemment both at thej local and state levels was para-- mount in his mind, Dilworth in¬ dicated. The Mayor had told state Democratic leaders several ^ weeks ago that he would be a candidate  for governor  only  if
the storm abates sometime this morning.
A new cold spell is ex¬ pected to set in today dropping temperatures to around the zero mark be¬ fore nightfall Sunday.
All    highways    through
the East were covered with
snow  and   highway  crews
were   out   in   force   from
early yesterday afternoon. Stata
ATLANTA  (LP)—SnowjPohce advised against any un-
un to half a foot deen en-r^"^"^   "^^®'   ^"^   warned up lo nail a looc aeep en-[motorists not to attempt moun-
cased Dixie last night and [tain routes without chains a hard freeze on top of it' .Many  of  the  hills late  last threatened to immobilize the re.\A ^gln'XTu'p*. '"' '" K'O"- !    The storm is expected to be
Far to the north, a new cold i followed by strong winds caus¬ ing heavy drifting.
All flights at Scranton-Wilkes- Barre Airport were cancelled eariy last night.
The Greyhound Bus Lines re¬ ported its carriers were running from 25 minutes to an hour and 10 minutes behind schedule be¬ tween Wilkes-Barre and Wash¬ ington, D. C. Martz Lines from New York
(J. S. Mediation Is Okd by France
Declines to Drop UN Security Action
PARIS (LP) — France agreed yesterday to let the United States mediate its dispute with Tunisia. But
Fire Sweeps 4 Tenements In New York
NEW YORK OPI-Fire swept four tenement houses and an¬ other building in Manhattan's lower Easrt Side last night, fore ing hundreds of persons to flee into the sub-freezing tempera tures and snow,
u A 1 J *_ -..UA •» ,, V, I Th« blaze, believed to have it, declined to withdraw its U. N. started in a shack behind a five- Security Council action against story factory .broke out some 24
WASHINCTON flP—Secretary of State John Foster Dullet will cut short hit Atlantic City vaca¬ tion tomorrow and taka personal charge of American effOrti to ![?«"*- avert an embarrassing U. N. Security Council ihowdown on the Frenoh-Tunsian dispute.
He informed the State Depart¬ ment of his decision yesterday, despite signs that France and Tunisia are controlling their temf>ers. Both Sides Willing
Officials were encouraged by press reports from Paris that the French govemment has decided
to accept "the good offices of Mau/ Government
the United States" to mediate in     „yi^,y!^T     .      , a
the crisis set off by la&t Satur-'    PADANG, Sumatra. Indonesia day's French air raid against a Tunisian border village.
the North African country.
Tunisia, in tum, relaxed the pressure on the 16,000 French soldiers garrisoned on Tunisian soil and permitted civilian trucks to supply them with food
Emile Claparede, tecretary*of state for information, announced after a cabinet meeting that "the good offices of the United States are accepted
He made it clear France was agreeing to mediation, not ubi tration.
In Washington, U. S. officials quickly welcomed the announce They said the United Statet had no wish to act arbitrator, but merely as a go- between
Tunisian President Habib Bour- guiba previously had indicated he would accept U. S. mediation. It appeared American diplomats would start working on the dis pute during the weekend. They already have been working be hind tiie scenes to prevent a ma¬ jor coijflict.
But no formal word erf the French decision has been ne- >iceived here yesterday aftemocm. for a time the test of the 5,500-j Tunisia eariier l)ad welcomed mile range Atlas, which hasjU. S. mediaticm and offered to flown twice successfully before drop its demand for Security today and run into trouble on jCouncil action if France agreed ks other three flights. 'to such negotiations.
(1P>—Indonesian rebels in Central Sumatra last night proclaimed a new govemment with "full sovereignty" over all Indonesia. President Sukarno, whose Jakar¬ ta regime rejected a rebel ulti¬ matum to rid itself of Commu¬ nists, was flying home from Japan.
East German Reds Purge Gina F6r Films on Farm Production
BerHn (IPI—The East Ger¬ man Communists yesterday demanded the purge of Gina Lollobrigida. She is cutting into farm production.
The official Communist newspaper Neues Deutschland complained the East Germans are watching western "trash" movie* instead of films on cattle raising and corn crop improvement.
The Communists insisted that people would rather see cultural and educational films rafleotiflg "th*  aodaliat  cul¬
tural life" than those that por¬ tray "bounjeois ideology."
The newspaper criticized The Culture Ministry and the film industry for ignoring the "high cultural level" of East Gecmans to bring in Ameri¬ can, West German, French and Italian films.
The paper did not mention Gina Lollobrigida by name, but the implication was plain. She has become the star of East Germany. Even party newspapers have printed her photcwraph over picturai ol ~ st German star*.
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PTA Sells Tickets For Quiet Evening
WASHINGTON (W—The Le¬ iand Junior High School PTA in nearby Beuesda, Md., is selling tickets to a play it doesn't plan to put on.
The PTA told purchasers that tickets to the non-exiat- ent show would enable them to "spend one more nice quiet evening at home," yet con¬ tribute to funds for various school  projects.
It urged buyers to purchase $2 reserved seats rather than $1 gallery seats or 50-cent standing room places. That way, the PTA said, "they will be absolutely sure of seeing absolutely notltjng from tha batt vantage point."
hours after another fire caused a six-story paper and twine fac¬ tory to collapse, killing two firemen and entombing four others.
No injuries were reported in the new blaze.
Fire Commissioner Edward Cavanagh, who arrived at the scene shortly after the first alarm was sounded, climbed a fire escape with another fireman to prevent a woman from leap¬ ing from a tecond-story window with a baby in her arms. Break Lowers Pressure
Thousands of residents of the area lined the streets in 20-de- gree temperature, watching 125 firemen battle the blaze. Fire¬ men said a watermain break nearby lowered pressure on the hosee.
The new fire wat about a mile across town from a six-story factory which collapsed last night, fatally injuring two fire¬ men and trapping four others. The search for the other four went on while efforts were made to bring the new blaze under cmttrol.
Dies at Fire
ERIE, Pa. (IPI — Deputy Fire Chief Harry Amann died of a heart attack yesterday while di¬ recting his men at a Salvation Army warehouse blaze, the fifth major fire here in three weeks.
Amann, a 40-year veteran of the   Erie   fire   department,   col-
House to Renew Probe of FCC
Commissioner Mack Set to Take Stand
assured  his  program  would  be continued   in   Philadelphia   and his policies extended to the state administration. Prefers Philadelphia
Under present conditions, he said, he would prefer to continue
At the Birmingham, Ala., Aiiport, a DelU Airlines DC7 with 43 persons aboard skid¬ ded off a snow-tlick runway and its nose wheel collapsed. The airliner came to a stop in the mud and no one wat in¬ jured.
The snow belt extended south¬ ward to the area of Montgom¬ ery, Ala., less than 200 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf region itself was just thawing out from a rare snow and   freeze   but   rain   and   high
were an hour and a half behind schedule last night and the mid¬ night run to New York City was cancelled. Highway Crews Out
State Highway Department of¬ ficials had M pieces of equip¬ ment with 225 men operating to clear majoi; highways. They reported major roads open but hazardous as drifts and wind covered cinders as they were being scattered.
Traffic moved slowly over Northeastem Pennsylvania Ex¬ tension of the Tumpike as snow¬ plows were pressed into service trying to keep the route open.
Wilkes-Barre    Transit    Corp.
ito serve the people of Philadel-!winds pelted the region yester-jand  Martz  Bus  Co.   announced
phia as mayor "for the next 22 months and beyond that, if it is their wish thf t I do so" to make the city a better place in which to live and work. Dilworth,   who   ran   a   losing
day.
Snow Warning Given i
Cold wave warnings went out to residents of Tennessee and Kentucky. Heavy snow warnings were  sounded  for  North  Caro-
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WASHINGTON (IP)! gubernatorial   race   against   Re-||ina, Virginia, West Virginia and
—Chairman Oren (D-Ark.) huddled with his staff yesterday to plan an¬ other week of House tub'">m- mittee hearings on payoff charget   against   FederAl   Com-
Hai-ris'P"'*''^^"
John S. Fine in 1950 had no desire" to seek the nomination again when dis¬ cussions began several months a^o regarding his possible can¬ didacy.
He said he stated at that time.
munications  Commissioner however,   that   if   it   was   the Richard A. Mack: | "unanimous sentiment" of party
Bernard Schwartz, ousted i leaders and representatives of chief counsel of the Commerce!organized labor that there was subcommittee, will return to the a "compelling need for me to witness chair tomorrow to de- make the race" he would dis- tail further his allegations of ^ cuss the matter with them, misconduct reaching from top The discussions. Dilworth said, officials of federal regulatory, wou Id have been "both in terms agencies to the White House it- of future state policy and the self. j future  of  Philadelphia,  the   lat-
He wiil be followed on Tues-' ter being of particular concem day  by  four  Miami,   Fla.,  menito me." named   by   Schwartz   when   he «.„. »,_ ii„animltv told of the payment of $2,650 to!'*"^" "^"^     '"77, . - Mack by a lawyer allegedly in-     B"t,   the   Philadelphia   mayor
Pennsylvania.
Tennessee troopers refused to let cars without chains travel on mountain highways. And chains
Many Mishaps During Storm
..ro,- h,.-j »/» .n„», >.„ {„ n,.i Skidding on tnow-covered Wh PMhna .?,Hnn.'^H« n!^!k'*«ts Caused a number of mi- South.   Filling  stations  do  not „^^ accidents thixjughout Wyo-
terested in the PCC award of a Miami television channel. ' Mack himself, who appealed for an early opportunity to prove Schwartz's charges un¬ founded, was alerted to be ready to testify Wednesday, if the others have finished.
Harris, who has pledged a top-to-bottom investigation of the charges, was closeted yes¬ terday with Stephen J. Angland and others from the subcommit¬ tee staff.  Angland was  named
said,   there  is  no  unanimity  of opinion.
"This does not surprise me," he said. "Principles and policies which I have advocated and fought for in the past 10 years have certainly not endeared me to. many politicians,
unnecessary what would have been the most difficult decision of my political career — whether to resign as Mayor  of   Philadelphia,   as   re
Filling carry them.
Georgia troopers said some highways had been blocked by tmcks which skidded into ditch¬ es .during the night.
Rain fell on Florida and colder weather was due in the state which has suffered its costliest Winter in history.
Navy Tries to Reach 2 Victims of Crash
ming Valley yesterday aftemoon and last night. No one was seri¬ ously injured.
A New Jersey woman wat ad¬ mitted to Pittston HospiUl for treatment at 5:15 P. M, after her car skidded on Laurel St,, Pitts¬ ton, and crashed into three other automobiles on a parking lot there.
Mrs. Martha Ru.snock, 37. of 267 Grove St., Jersey City, N. J., was Uken to the hospital in the Pittston community ambulance and  adii|itted  for  treatment  of
temporary    caretaker    of    sub- quired by the home rule charter, committee  files  after Schwartz I in order to undertake a fight for
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (IPI —A Navy rescue team yesterdav bat-brush bums and observation, tied falling snow and heavyjShe was enroute to Exeter to drifts to take the charred bodies!visit her mother-in-law on of two officers from the wreck-jThomas St., when .she lost con- age of a twin-engine planejtrol of her car after skidding on which crashed into the side of jice. The vehicle crashed into Holston Mountain. three cars parked in the lot.
m manv Doiiiioans Ground parties were ordered'    •'J'"'  s^™'^'*  a  car owned
..2?^^. P""",'^'^"*-... I      fo mnvp nn th«. steen «ide of the by   Dr.   Charies   Adonizio   and,
"This ack of unanimity makes'" '"<"'*   P ^"jT   ?•      . or'"« J^ncmo off  hit a car owned bv
it iinnprpssarv for mp to makpin^ountain in Carter County after K'ancmg oil, mt ° car owneo ny
It unnecessary for me to make ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^.^^^^^^ .c-; Anthony  Lombardo of Pittston.
tivity and tumed a specially-!'Inving the latter vehicle into a constmcted road leading to the car owned by James Davis of plane into a mass of rutted ice Old Forge. Officer Joseph and snow. (Continued on Page 2, Sec. 1)
was fired for leaking documents and for other offenses.
Schwartz may be asked to¬ morrow to blueprint his claims to the press that his investiga¬ tions of six independent federal regulatory    agencies    indicated
good   govemment   at   the  state
level."
Expresset Appreciation
Dilworth said that he wished to express his "deepest appre¬ ciation" to individuals and groups throughout the state who
Indians Invoke Old Treaties, Refuse to Give Up Farm Lands
ENGINE TROUBLE
LONDON (IP)—A Trans World lapsed shortly after he had an- Airlines Super Constellation car
nounced over his car radio: "Thit is a bad fire, send three
additional trucks." He died en route to Hamot
HospiUl.
FORT HUNTER, N, Y, dP—
Mohawk     Indians     squatting
White House figures influenced haToffered"toTilpport'Tim."""   "ef!" the New York Thruway
their decisions. i    Dilworth sounded his political   held   their   ground   yesterday
death kriell as far as the guber-   agamst    an    eviction    notice natorial   nomination   was   con-| served by farrners who claim cerned in the eyes of Democra-! ''tie to the land. (Continued on Page 2, Sec. 1) The   Indians   say   their   an
rying 7,3 persons made an un¬ scheduled landing here yester¬ day after it had trouble with one of its four engines. It was en¬ route from New York to Zurich
INSIDE THE INDEPENDENT
Section Page I
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Amusement Three
Around the Town... Three
Better English Twro
Citv Hall News Three
Classified Six
Countv News Three
Crossword Puzzle.. .Six
Drew Pearson Three
Editorial Three
Fraok Tripp Thraa
Housa Doctor.
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llifiowCanl??? Two
71 Indoor Gardening.. Four
12 j Look and Leam One
SlObituary One
1-51 Politics Three
91 Robert C. Ruark.... Three
41 State Capital Two
6i State News Two
61 Sports Three
7|TV  Three lO-U
SI Woman's Section... four      1-8
Valley Scenes
Trucksville woman drtVer ttalled on patch of ice and placing aehes under FRONT wheeU of ear in hopes of get¬ ting some traction.
Motorist uning child's play
*'  shovel to dig snow from  un-
Jo   der   wheels   of   car   on   East
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Sorthampton St.
Kingston Chief of Police Kdris Williams scurrjiing about Kingston Corners pick¬ ing Hf> dozen oranges which scattered on road frorn torn th'wping bag of tldtrly lady.
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cient treaties carry more weight than the eviction no¬ tice which ordered them to get off a narrow strip of land alongside Schoharie Crefk. Court Order Next
An attomey for one of the farmers said he will obtain a show cause order in county court this week in a further effort to uproot the Indians who call the encampment near here home.
The Indians, a group which varies in number from -"IO to 100, seems to feel that no such technicalities as eviction notes or show cause orders can counteract the treaties which they lay prove the land is theiri.
il
And even though the Indi¬ ans may have been there first, farmers William Dufel and El¬ mer T. Buckman insist tha property is theirs, anrf they want the Injuns to pack up their tents and go away. Moved South
The Mohawks, led by a beefy young chief called SUnding Arrow, moved to the area last Spring after St. Lawrence Seaway construction rooted them out of their northern homes.
SUnding Arrow, who tayt he is a Navy veteran, insisU the land belongs to his people under 18th Century treaties. He said his people will not don warpaint, but will put up a legal fight for the land.
The chief said he has little hope that the county court will rule favorably on the Mo¬ hawks' fight. As a result, he said, he plans to carry the case to the U.S. Supreme Court i