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THE EVENING STAR
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Stanley Will Oppose
Legislature Moves
To Abolish Schools
Sy IK* Associated Priu
RICHMOND, Va„ July 3.—•
Gov. Stanley says he favors the
maintenance es a State public
school system and would sup
port the continuation of such
a system if the Legislature at
tempted to abolish it.
“I am very definitely in favor
of continuing a public school
system/’ he said yesterday.
Gov. "Stanley suggested, in a
statement a week ago, a section
of the State constitution be de
leted which required the main-
a public school sys
tem/ The school system has
been in effect since 1870.
He said it was “not my
thoughLeto do anything to de
stroy the public school system"
but rather to give the Legislature
a freer hand to solve problems
arising from the Supreme
Court'a-decision outlawing segre
gation in the public schools.
Separate Law on Books.
Removal of the constitutional
provision would not mean the
end of public schools in Vir
ginia ./There is a separate law
whhrfvparallels the provision and
provides for maintenance of the
school system.
But taking out the provision
wogUHremove the strongest bar
rier against doing away with
public schools should the Legis
lature decide abolition was neces
sary to. maintain segregation in
all or part of Virginia.
Gov. Stanley took his stand
on a day when Delegate Sam
Pope of Southampton suggested
a local option plan could be
devised to remove the necessity
for doing away with the consti
tutional provision.
Silent on Pope Suggestion.
Gov. Stanley declined to com
ment on Mr. Pope’s suggestion.
The 49-year-old legislator said
a State constitution provision re
quiring the Commonwealth to
maintain a public school system
might be amended to say that
a public school system shall be
operated except in areas where
the -Legislature may deem it in
the public interest not to do so.
“I am willing to go to any
extreme to see that the races
do hot go to the same schools
in. the southside,” said Mr. Pope,
a : farmer who has been a mem
ber of the House of Delegates
since 1946.
“But I am not ready to say
what shall be done in other sec
tions of Virginia. Integration
may work out all right in some
places and I certainly am not
going to propose that the pub
lic school system be abolished
throughout the State."
. Under the local option plan,
tylr. Pope said the southside
could abolish public schools and
possibly set up a string of pri
vate schools, with the State pro
tidihg each student with funds i
to pay his tuition and other ex
penses.
300 U. S. Pilgrims
Arrive in Rome
By th* Associated Pr*»»
ROME, July 3.—Led by Arch
bishop Richard J. Cushing of
Boston, 300 American pilgrims
from 21 States, the District of
Columbia and Canada arrived
here yesterday.
The pilgrimage is the biggest
American group to arrive here
for a Marian Year visit. It will
totir eight countries*— Italy,
Prance, Ireland, Switzerland,
Germany, Holland, Belgium and
England.
The pilgrimage landed at Na
ples and came by train to Rome.
School Boord Change
ORANGE, Va„ July 3 (Spe
cial).—B. H. Hudson of Lahore
has been appointed to the
Orange County School Board to
succeed Wayatt A. Williams,
who recently resigned.
The Weather Here and Over the Nation
District and vicinity—Scat
tered thundershowers this af
ternoon and tomorrow. Pair
tonight with low near 70. Not as
warm tomorrow.
Maryland Some cloudiness
tonight with low 66-72. Tomor
row. partly cloudy and somewhat
cooler with chance of afternoon
thundershowers.
Virginia—Scattered thunder
showers tonight and tomorrow.
Low tonight 66-70 in north and
70-75 in south portion. Some
what cooler tomorrow in central
and north portions.
Wind —North to northwest
10-20 miles per hour tonight.
Rhrer Report.
(From U. S. Engineer!.)
Potomac River clear at Harpera Ferry
and slightly muddy at Oreat Falls; Shen
andoah clear at Harpers Ferry.
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Scattered showers and thunderstorms will be widespread
tonight through the Gulf area, South Atlantic States, the Ap
palachian Mountain region and the Eastern Lakes section.
Showers and thunderstorms also are forecast for the Central
Plains and higher elevations of the West and Southwest. Rain
showers will fall over the Northern Pacific Coast area. No signi
%ficant temperature changes are enacted. —AP Wirephoto Map.
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JET CRASHES, KILLING FOUR PERSONS—Utica, N. Y.—A Jet fighter loaded with rockets crashed in the hamlet of Walesville
yesterday, killing four persons, injuring one and destroying two houses and an automobile. —tap Wireuhoto.
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Virginia Republicans
Admit Lack of Man
To Oppose Hardy
By Alex R. Preston
Star Staff Correspondent
NORFOLK, Va., July 3.—Sec
ond District Republicans con
vened here today to name a Can
didate to run against the vet
eran Democrat, Representative
Porter Hardy.
The odds were that they
wouldn’t.
“We just don’t have the ma
terial for it,” said the leader of
this area’s G. O. P. forces.” After
Eisenhower and Dalton we don’t
have the money.”
The reference to Mr. Dalton
was to State Senator Ted Dalton
of Radford, who narrowly missed
being elected Governor last No
vember.
Nominated as Judge.
President Eisenhower this
week nominated Walter E. Hoff
man, popular Norfolk attorney,
to be a Federal district judge
after Representative Broyhill of
the 10th district, who previously
had favored Arlington Attorney
Oren R. Lewis for the post,
withdrew his objection to Mr.
Hoffman.
So today's 2d district conven
tion is expected to be a victory
celebration, but otherwise rather
perfunctory.
Mr. Hoffman, for many years
a shining light in 2d district and
State Republican circles, does
not intend to be present today.
An accomplished orator, he has
lent color to previous district
and State Republican conven
tions.
Second district Republicans
Intended to go through with the
formality of a nominating con
vention anyway. They probably
will go home satisfied to leave
the problem to the State Central
Committee “in its wisdom” to
select a nominee.
Seen as Tribute to Hardy.
If the Republicans don’t name
a candidate. It will be a tribute
to Representative Hardy.
The popular Democrat is a
man who has both business ex
perience—he's a graduate of the
Harvard Business School—and a
fanner’s background.
Mr. Hardy has a reputation
here of getting along with the
Byrd organization and yet Is not
accepted as “one of the boys.”
He is favorably received by the
anti-organization crowd, but te
not counted as an anti-organi
zation Democrat.
Mr. Hardy found himself di-
Hamlßlty.
(Reading* Waahincton National Airport.)
Veaterday— Pet Today— Pet.
Noon 41 Midnight «0
4 p.m. 32 8 a.m. 71
8 p.m. 35 10 a.m. 55
Recard Temperature! This Tear.
Highest. 100 on June 26.
Lowest. 13 on January 23.
Hicb and Low of Last 24 Hoars.
High. 95. at 5:40 p.m.
Low, 72. at 6:15 a.m.
Tide Table*.
(Furnished by United Btates Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
Todby. Tomorrow.
High 10:56 a.m. 11:39 a.m.
Low 5:22 a.m. 6:11 a.m.
High 11:30 p.m. 12:15 p.m.
Low 5:51p.m. 6:37 p.m.
The San and Maaa.
Rises. Sets.
Sun. today ... 5:47 R:37
Sun. tomorrow __ 5:47 8:37
Moon, today 9:06 a.m. 10:42 p.m.
Automobile lights must b* turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
Preelpitatlea.
Montnly precipitation in Inches In the
Capital (current month to date):
Month. 1954 Avc Record
January .. 2.30 8.38 7.83 ‘37
Pebruar* 0.85 3.00 6.84 ’B4
Special Unit Probes Jet Crash
That Killed Four on Ground
Sy tK* Associated Press
UTICA, N. Y., July 3—A
special Air Force team today
spearheaded an investigation of
the wreckage of a jet fighter
plane which crashed into a ham
let crossroads near here yester
day and killed four persons on
the ground. One person, a year-
I old girl, was injured.
The fuel in the rocket-laden
F94-C Starfire apparently ex
ploded and set fires that de
stroyed an automobile and two
houses in Walesville, about 11
miles southwest of Utica. None
of the rockets exploded.
The plane’s pilot, Lt. William
E. Atkins, 24, of Dutton, Va..
and the radar observer. Lt.
Henry F. Coydon, 26, of Perry
ville, Md., bailed out before the
crash and escaped injury.
Killed were the three persons
riding in'the automobile, Stan
ley Phillips, 38, his wife, Flor
ence, 32, and their son, Gary, 11,
all of nearby Hecla, and Mrs.
Doris Monroe, 28, occupant of
one of the houses.
Year-Old Child Hurt.
Betty Lou Monroe. 1, was in
jured, apparently by flying de
bris
The plane was one of the two
jets ordered, up in a practice
“scramble” flight from the 27th
Fighter Interceptor Squadron at
Grifliss Air Forc4 Base it Rome.
While the two planes were
aloft they were ordered by radio
to check on an unidentified
plane that had entered the area
guarded by the air defense oper
ation.
vested of the farming element
around Suffolk when the 1952
Legislature redistricted the
State’s congressional represent
ation. He also found himself
without the “machine territory”
of Princess Anne County, con
trolled by the Sidney S. Kellams.
Air Secretary Talbott
In Spain for Parley
By till Associated Press
MADRID, July 3—United
States Air Secretary Harold E.
Talbott arrived here yesterday
for a three-day official visit ‘to
Spain.
He confers today with the
Spanish Air Minister, Lt. Gen.
Eduardo Gonzalez Gallarza, on
the beginning of construction of
the four proposed bases to be
used under agreements between
their two countries.
Resort Areas Forecast
(Sunday)
Blue Ridge Scattered
thunderstorms and cooler.
Upper Bay—Mostly cloudy
and cooler, scattered show
ers. Northeast winds, 10-20
miles per hour.
Lower Bay—Mostly cloudy
and cooler, scattered thun
dershowers. Northeast winds,
10-15 miles per hour.
Rehoboth - Ocean City—
Mostly cloudy and cooler,
chance of showers. North
east winds, 10-15 miles per
hour.
Virginia Beach Mostly
cloudy and cooler, scattered
thundershowers. Northeast
winds, 10-20 miles per hour.
South Jersey Mostly
cloudy and cooler, chance of
showers.
March 3.47 3.65 8.84 ’9l
April 3.30 3.30 9.13 So
M»y 2.08 3.71 lo.«o ’53
June 1.24 3.97 10.04 ’OO
July 0.23 4.40 10 83 ’BB
August ... 4.3 ft 14.41. -TiiS
September 3.69 17.45 ’34
October 2.01 B.SI 37
November 2.71 7.18 77
December 3.09 7.66 ’Ol
Temperataree in Varieus Cities.
H. L. H. L.
Abilene 98 71 Knoxville 08 -71
Albany... 79 61 Little Rock 102 76
Albuquerque 9L 63 Los Angeles. 82 62
Anchorage.. 64 41 Uulsvlno.. 92 70
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Birmingham 101 71 Montgomery 98 73
Bismarck. 63 57 New Orleans 93 73
Boise 86 58 New York 92 73
Boston 00 68 Norfolk 95 73
Buffalo ._ 74 54 Oklahoma C. 98 72
Burlington 78 58 Omaha 100 77
Charleston 87 79 Philadelphia 94 71
Charlotte.. 99 73 Phoenix 103 82
Cheyenne 83 56 Pittsburgh 89 69
Chicago 94 68 Poland. Me. 86 62
Cincinnati . 94 71 F'Uand. Or. 71 45
Cleveland 97 85 Raleigh 101 68
Columbus.. 96 69 Reno 98 54
Dallas 100 79 RidwnoML. 98 73
Denver 90 81 SL Louis. 96 70
Des Moines. 94 79 Salt Lake C. 88 67
Detroit.. 90 68 San Diego 73 62
Duluth . _ 54 48 San Antonio 93 72
Fort Worth 100 78 ST Francisco 74 54
Houston.. 90 76 Sovannah.. 94 71
$f n scss:— p n
Jackson 99 72 Waahtngtoe |» 72
hs&'ZiM ?i wicMu - 103 73
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The pilots were satisfied the
aircraft was “friendly” and were
heading back to their base when
fire broke out In the cockpit of
Lt. Atkin’s plane. Both men
stuck to the craft as long as
they could, then Lt. Atkins or
dered Lt. Coudon to bail out.
He followed the other man over
the side from about 7,000 feet.
An officer at the air base said
earlier the plane apparently had
exploded in its flight to earth.
But the base said later it was
not certain whether the explo
sion occurred before or after It
struck.
The jet crashed into an elm
tree behind the Walesville gen
eral store, its body continuing on
through the roof of the one
story Monroe home, which
quickly went up in flames. Mrs.
Monroe was preparing lunch,
while her children played out
side. Her husband, Lloyd, was
at work.
Another Section Hits Car.
Another section of the plane,
probably a wing, ploughed into
the Phillips automobile. The
vehicle burst into flames, spun
off the road and'crashed Into
the home of Mrs. Mary Peck, 79.
Mrs. Peck fled to safety as the
frame structure burned.
An air base armament team
later roped off the general area
and searched for the plane’s 48
high-powered, 2 I / 2 Mhch rockets.
Many of them were found In the
crash area, the Air Force re
ported. *
Officers said it was routine to
carry rockets even on training
flights.
Principals Named
For Assignments in
15 County Schools
Miss Rebecca G1 adi n g, a
teacher at VVildercroft Elemen
tary School, will be principal of
Prince Georges County’s first
special school for mentally re
tarded children.
The new school will open In
what was formerly Calvert
Holmes Elementary School this
September.
Miss Gladlng’s appointment
was announced yesterday by
County School Supt. William S.
Schimdt. He also announced
seven principal transfers and
eight new principal appoint
ments.
Elementary school principals
scheduled for transfer In Sep
tember are Miss Miriam John
son, from Brentwood to Ridge
crest elementary schools; Miss
Elizabeth Fugitt, from Hollywood
to Parkway; Miss Thelma Smith,
from North End school at Green
belt to Woodridge; Victor
Parker, from Lanham to Holly
wood: Wilbut Scott, from Bran
dywine to Temple Hills; Rich
ard Hohing. from Baden to
Brandywine, and Mrs. Margaret
Walsh, from Berwyn Heights to
Kentland
Promoted to priricipal were:
Mrs. Maxine Grimm, North
End Elementary, now a teacher
at Laurel High School; Mrs. Ivy
Snyder Adelphl Elementary;
now teaching at O. W. Phair
School; Mrs. Alice W. Carney,
Lanham, now teaching at
Hyattsville Elementary; James
St. Leger, Baden, now teaching
at District Heights Elementary,
Miss Marian Farwell, Berwyn
Heights, now teaching at Ber
wyn; Mrs Ruth Keane, Brent
wood, now teaching at College
Park, and Theodore Wertz,
Lynn Park Junior High School,
new vice principal of that school.
Paralytic Smashes
Pane With Bible to
Get Aid in Fatal Fire
By IK* Associated Press
BALTIMORE, July 3.—A wom
an was fatally burned today
despite her paralytic husband’s ;
efforts to summon help by hurl- j
ing his bedside Bible through a
window.
Mrs. Mary Emma Burnham,
63. died in Union Memorial Hos
pital. The husband. Harry
Burnham, 73. said his wife’s
night clothing was enveloped by
flames when she dropped a kero
sene lamp.
Unable to leave his bed, Burn
ham flung his Bible through the
window. Thf sound of shat
tered glam attracted a neighbor,
who rescued Burnham and heat
.out the flames. I
Taxes
(Continued From First Page.)
the following changes in exist
ing law:
Medical expenses—both Houses
permit deduction of such ex
penses in excess of 3 per cent of
income, instead of five per cent
at present. .
Retirement income House
grants all retired persons over 65
exemption from the basic 20 per
cent tax on retirement Income
up to $1,200. The Senate ex
tended lt to teachers, firemen
and policemen, who retire before
65 under public pension plans.
Working mothers—House per
mits widows or wives with inca
pacitated husbands to deduct up
to S6OO for the expense of a
baby sitter. The Senate broad
ened this to include all working
mothers if the combined income
of husband and wife does not
exceed $4,500. The Senate also
includes unmarried mothers and
raises the age of children cov
ered by the amendment from
10 to 12.
More for Charity.
Charitable contributions—both
Houses ilicrease from 20 to 30
per cent of income the limit on
charitable contributions that may
be deducted.
College students Both bills
permit fathers to claim the SBOO
exemption on a child under 19
or one going to college, even
though the dependent earns
more than S6OO a year, pro-
I vided the taxpayer furnishes
more than half of the child’s
support.
Heads of households —i The
House allowed widows and wid
owers with dependent children
to take the full income-splitting
provision applied to married
couples. The Senate eliminated
this. Present law gives such
persons half of the income
splitting allowance. , • ,
Change of date Both’ bills
change from March 15 to April
15 the date for filing annual
income tax returns.
Corporation Changes.
For corporations the most im
portant changes are:
Accelerated depreciation—Both
permit corporations and indi
viduals engaged in business to
write off more-of the cost of
plant and equipment in the
early jrears of use. Tljis is esti
mated to cost the Treasury $375
million the first year, but Re
publicans say it is merely a
transfer of tax revenue from one
time period to another.
Foreign income House al
lowed most corporations to be
taxed at 14 percentage points
less on their foreign business
than the 52 per cent domestic
rate. The Senate knocked this
out.
Advance payments by corpora
tions—Both Houses would put
all large corporations on a par
tial pay-as-you-go plan by 1959,
so that in that year they would
pay an estimated 25 per cent of
their tax on September 15 and
December 15 of the year in which
it is earned. Now corporations
by 1955 will be paying their in
come tax in two installments in
March and June of the year after
It is earned. Under thfe new bill
the last half of corporation taxes
would be payable in March and
June of the following year.
Corporation carry-back—Both
bills permit companies to carry
back losses for two years instead
of one in figuring their tax.
Corporation rate—The corpo
ration tax rate was slated to drop
this year five points to 47 per
cent, but Is extended at 52 per
cent for one more year.
Youth Must Write Off
Firecracker 'Sentence'
By tK* Auociatad frail
COVINGTON, Ky„ July 3
Gene F. Bailey, 18, Covington,
yesterday was sentenced to write
“I,will not throw firecrackers at
people's feet” 5,000 times.
Patrolman Frank Tharp testi
fied in Police Court that young
Bailey was tossing lighted
crackers under the ped
estrians at a downtowii inter
section. X
Judge Eugene BenzingeT said
the youth must report to the
court clerk each Thursday until
the sentence is written out.
Cowboy Greetings
HELENA, Mont. (JP).—Summer
tourists are welcomed to &fcn
tana at the border by youngsters
garbed in colorful cowboy -re
galia. Twenty-one such greet
ers, mostly collegians, man ports
of entry to give highway and
fishing information and provide
Flexible Farm Prop
Backers Now Hope
For Senate Victory
By Robert K. Walsh
Advocates of flexible farm
price supports instead of fixed
levels at 90 per cent of parity
hoped today for Senate action
that would assure and perhaps
improve their gain in a House
approved provision fOr an 82%
to 90 per oent range.
House Republican leaders won
a notable victory—in which the
White House shared to a sub
stantial extent—when the House
late yesterday passed a 1954
agricultural act containing that
slUing scale provision.
The key controversial section
went through on a 228-to-170
roll call. The 182 Republicans
favoring it were joined by 45
Democrats and one independent,
mainly from metropolitan areas.
They were opposed by 147 Demo
crats and 23 Republicans. Many
members from dairy and wool
producing States sided with the
Republican majority.
The vote not only sustained a
test tally of 179 to 164 last
Thursday, but also upheld Re
publican leaders who offered the
proposal as a compro&ise in the
price supports battle.
Opposing Plans.
The Eisenhower administra
tion had asked for a flexible
scale In which supports would
range from 75 to 90 per cent of
parity, a formula aimed at guar
anteeing to the farmer a fair
rate of return for his production
in relation to his costs.
House groups, mostly Demo
cratic, but also including many
farm State Republicans and
members of the' House Agricul
ture Committee, wanted to con
tine for another year the man
datory high price supports at
90 per cent of pahty on wheat,
corn, cotton, rice, tobacco and
peanuts.
While the administration did
not get all it asked, Republican
House leaders regarded the 82 y 2
per cent "compromise” as a
substantial gain. Floor Leader
Halleck of Indiana declared the
amendment at least “re-estab
lishes the principle of flexibility.”
Others predicted it stood a
good chance of being accepted by
the Senate in view of the decisive
margin in the House. They re
called that the Senate Agricul
ture Committee recently reported
out a 90 per cent provision by
an 8 to 7 vote, whereas the
House committee voted 17 to 4
to recommend continuance of
the mandatory high supports.
See Close Senate Vote
Senate Committee Chairman
Aiken, of Vermont, backing a
flexible supports plan, and Sen
ator Young, Republican, of North
Dakota, who sponsored the high
supports extension move in the
Senate, have predicted only that
a Senate vote on the issue would
be very close.
President Eisenhower was be
lieved ready to veto the farm
bill If the high supports provi
sion were retained. The result
in the House was regarded to
day as likely to relieve him of
that problem in a congressional
election year. If the Senate re
fused to accept the House ver
sion and adopted the 90 per
cent of parity provision, the
conflict would go to conference
with the House as well as the
administration in a strong posi
tion. In such an event it seemed ,
unlikely that conferees would j
agree on anything higher than>
85 per cent.
Even if the bill was vetoed,
the White House would stand to
gain because flexible supports
at 75 to 90 per cent of parity
would go into effect automati
cally next year under previous
legislation.
Adoption of the compromise
amendment, and passage of the
voice vote, ended three days of
lively and sometimes bitter de
bate. v
Dairy Provisions.
In other moves yesterday the
House;
1. Left in the bill a section
that provides for dairy price
supports at 80 per cent of parity
from next September to March.
Secretary of Agriculture Benson
lowered these levels to 75 per
cent last April 1. The House de
feated, 108 to j)l, a move by Rep
resentative Andresen, Republi
can, of Minnesota, to put dairy
price supports at 82'/ 2 per cent
of parity. It also defeated
other proposals to boost the level
to 90 per cent and to increase It
to 75 per cent.
2. Retained in the bill a pro
vision that would allow the Sec
retary of Agriculture to restore
potatoes to the price supports
program. A 1950 enactment
banned inclusion of potatoes in
the program.
3. Defeated an amendment
that would haVe struck out the
"two price plan” for wheat.
4. Ruled out of order an
amendment by Representative
Roosevelt, Democrat, of New
York, to increase the milk allo
cation for the armed services.
5. Adopted, 76-71, an amend
ment by Representative Yates,
Democrat, of Illinois, setting
price supports for shorn wool at
a maximum of 110 per cent of
parity.
Delayed Relief Checks
Reported Available Today
The 15,138 persons on relief in
the District should get their
checks today. A. R. Pilkerton.
accounting officer, said the 7,300
checks will amount to $513,000.
There was a delay of two days
In sending out the checks be
cause the District appropriation
bill was not signed by the Presi
dent in time.
The checks will show an in
crease over the amount received
last month. There was a cut of
10 per cent in last month's
checks because the available
money had run low. This 10 per
cent will be restored today.
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COMPACT FREIGHT TRAIN Hammond, Ind.— Thirty-four
freight cars that usually stretch for a good distance are com
pressed into a pile of wreckage after a 150-car Erie Railroad
freight train was derailed yesterday. There were no casualties.
—AP Wirephoto.
Mystery Auto Didn't Cause
Eisenhower Detour, Aides Say
President and Mrs. Eisenhower
motored to Camp David in Mary
land’s Catocton Mountains yes
terday for the holiday weekend.
They plan to visit their Gettys
burg farm before returning to
the White House Monday eve
ning.
The Presidential party traveled
via Leesburg, Va! The round
about route was at first believed
caused by a report a car was
spotted on Route 240 in Mary
land, and its occupants were be
lieved to be Puerto Ricans, pos
sibly connected with the island’s
Nationalist movement.
Puerto Rican Nationalists shot
General Confusion
Caused by Major
Was Rank Error
By th* Auociatad fret*
Typographically, at least, the
right name can work wonders
in the Army. Witness: Maj.
Hefley.
Maj. Hefley, a reserve officer,
was ordered to report for a 18-
week -course at the Fort Leaven
worth, Kans., Command and
General Staff School. His in
structions were addressed to
! “Majgen P. Hefley.”
Why, a Leavenworth Times
. staff member asked, was a
major general assigned to this
course designed for officers of
far lower rank? /
The Pentagon finally cleared
up the mystery today: The
orders, the Army said, should
hpve carried a period or at least
a space between “maj” and
“gen.”
Maj. Hefley’s given names are
“General Pershing.”
Hundreds 111 at Outing
TALLAPOOSA, Ga„ July 3
(A*).—Hundreds of persons who
ate barbecued pork and bruns
wick stew at an outing of the/
American Thread Co. came down j
with food poisoning yesterday, j
Apparently none of the cases
was critical, but hospitals in the
area were jammed.
The cost of long distance moving Is
regulated by the Interstate Commerce
Commission, as are railroad and express
rates, based on weight and distance. A
quotation on such removals is an esti
mate only. The actual cost, whoever
moves you, will be certified scale weight
multiplied by rate.
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up the House of Representative!
last March, wounding five law
makers, and made an assassina
tion attempt on former President
Truman.
Eisenhower party officials de
nied. however, the holiday trip
route was modified because of
the reported Puerto Rican car.
They said the route to the
President’s week-end retreat is
i changed each time he goes there,
■ to provide a change of scenery.
■ They added they were attempt
■ ing to avoid holiday traffic.
> The suspect auto was found
abandoned later yesterday in
; Jersey City, N. J.
: Humphrey Reveals Plan
To Sell Jets to Latins
By tK# Asiocioted Presi
Senator Humphrey, Democrat,
of Minnesota said today the
Defense Department has told the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee it wants to dispose of
some F-86 jet fighters to other
countries, including some in
Latin America.
Senator Humphrey said in an
interview that administration
i officials suggested authority for
| the transactions be written into
| the foreign aid authorization
! bill now before the Senate
j committee.
Union Approves Pact
With Weirton Steel Co.
By tK* Aitociated Preii
WEIRTON. W. Va.. July 3
The Independent Steelworkers’
Union, representing 11,000 pro
duction workers, today approved
, a contract offer from Weirton
l Steel Co. containing a 12-cent
hourly package increase.
The contract parallels the
pact which the CIO United
Steelworkers’ Union signed with
most major steel producers ear
lier this week.
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