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A Paper For The Home 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. ¦¦¦¦ : ¦ T; V,, ¦^:^^# t ^V ^';t -F** ^1 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*. 1 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- (Continued on Page 2. Sec. 1) 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 I 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. Section Page 9, T 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 6 7 10 11 1-4 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. iny/j 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
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Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Volume | 52 |
Issue | 17 |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
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Month | 1958 |
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Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
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Volume | 52 |
Issue | 17 |
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Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
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A Paper For The Home
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 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
FileName | 19580216_001.tif |
Month | 1958 |
Day | 02 |
Year | 16 |
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