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• THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C.
THURSDAY. AUGUST It. I»SS
A-16
Poll of Lawmakers Asked
On Defense Shop Closing
Senator Robertson. Democrat,
of Virginia, said today the Ap
propriation Committees of Con
gress should be polled without
returning to Washington on the
proposal of the Defense Depart
ment to dispose of 14 business
activities now run by the Gov
ernment at military posts.
But Chairman Cannon, of the
House Appropriations Commit
tee, expressed doubt that the
committees could comply with a
recent act of Congress on the
subject unless a quorum as
sembled in Washington and voted
on the Defense Department or
der. •
He was referring to the clause
in the new Defense Appropria
tion Act, giving either the House
or the Senate Appropriations
Committee 90 days in which to
veto the dropping of any busi
ness type function which has
been performed on a military
post for three years or more.
President Eisenhower has
challenged the constitutionality
of the provision and has said
he would ignore it unless the
coiirts tell him to do otherwise.
* Cannon Critical
ikr. Cannon was critical of
the administration decision to
drop some of the Government's
business type functions after
Congress had adjourned. He said
'the Defense Department might
at least have waited until the
90-day period in the law would
include the January date for
the reconvening of Congress.
Senator Robertson said he was
“frankly surprised” tfhen the
President raised the constitu
tional question, but added. "It’s
all right with me if he takes it
into court and the court up
holds his view."
The Virginian pointed out.;
however, that for several years
Congress has imposed a similar
restriction on the purchase or
sale of land by the armed forces.
He had in mind an act passed
in 1951 which states that any
branch of the military estab
lishment buying or selling land
must “come into agreement with
the committees on armed serv
ices of the House and Senate”
before completing a transaction.
It was recalled today that
early in 1951 former President
Truman vetoed the first bill to
Big Farewell for Talbott,
Weather Permitting
-By JOHN A. GILES
Air Force Secretary Talbott,
whose resignation was accepted
by President Eisenhower after
questions were raised over his
business activties while in office,
was scheduled to be signally
honored today.
Defease Secretary Wilson was
to present him the medal of
Freedom, the Government's
highest civilian- award, during
elaborate ceremonies at Bolling
Air Force Base.
And, weather permitting, there
was to be a fly-over of the Na
tion's newest and latest aircraft
—a show rivaling those staged
by the Russian air force over
Moscow in May
Originally a squadron of ten
of the better than 600 miles an
hour, eight-jet B-52 stratofort
resses was scheduled to salute
the departing officer—the first
public display of such a squad
ron.
But the best laid plans of even
th« Air Force cannot overcome
thf weather and Hurricane Con
nie was steadily biting away at
the number of planes in the
•how.
A spokesman said “Hurricane
Connie has caused a change In
the number of aircraft for
merly scheduled and may still
change it.”
But if there is a 2,500-foot
ceiling and five-mile visibility
by later today, he said the follow
ing planes will fly past: 24
F-84F Thunderflashes; 26 F-86D
Sabres: 12 F-100 Supersabres
(all fighters); 12 B-47 Stratojet
Six in Car Die
In R,oad Crash
CLINES CORNERS, N. Mex..
Aug. 11 <JP). —A huge truck and
a Louisiana car collided yester
day, killing all six persons in
the car.
| State police said parts of
hpdies and wreckage were spread
Over the highway and it took
Jeveral hours to identify the
ead.
Ralph J. Riley, 33. Kansas
<hty. driver of the eastbound
trick laden with 19,000 pounds
Ojf frozen egg yolks and frozen
canned lemonade, said he saw
tjie car coming at him on the
Wrong side of the road and
swerved sharply to the left,
j At the same time, he said, the
oar also swerved to the left.
The entire side of the truck was
caved in and the heavy load
fell atop the car.
The dead were identified as
Robert Emmanuel Singleton, 41,
apparent driver of the car; Mary
Carolyn Singleton, 21, Mrs. Har
riet Smith, between 50 and 60,
Josie Singleton, 13, and A1 Sin
gleton, 6, all of Ruston, La., and
ililly Mae Clark, of El Dorado,
Ark.
Mr. Riley and James Crow,
40, Kansas City, his co-driver,
suffered from shock and-jninor
bruises.
U. N. Parley Called
, UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.,
Aug. 11 i/P). —The U. N. nego
tiating committee for extra
budgetary funds has called the
60-member nations into confer
ence in mid-September to pledge
contributions for care of nearly
a million Arab refugees from
Palestine.
establish this congressional con-!
trol over armed forces real;
estate, expressing concern over;
a trend he said was developing
in the legislative branch to par
ticipate in the execution and ad
i ministration of laws.
Overrode Veto
The House on May 17. 1951,
overrode the Truman veto, 312
to 68. While the Senate did not
join in overriding, the same ses
sion of Congress wrote the con
trol provision over land pur
chases into a military construe
-1 tion bill qnd it become law.
Senator Robertson said it has,
, been his “consistent course to
; let the Government get out of;
! any private enterprise” that can
; be performed as well otherwise,
’ but said he felt there should be
' some limitation on the depart
! ment's authority.
Accordingly, at the recent ses
sion he favored the Senate ver
, sion of the defense bill, which
, would have required consulta
j tion with congressional commit
, tees only on the dropping of
activities which the Government
' has been operating for 25 years
or more.
! Senator Robertson said the
) Joint Conference Committee
> changed this to a much broader
• provision by giving the Appro
-1 priations Committees a veto over
; the disposal of any function the
? Government had been operating
1 three years or more. Senator!
• Robertson indicated today he
thought the conferees had
i stretched a point by going down
• from 25 to three years after the
. House had started out talking
i about applying the restriction
; only to work "traditionally” per
. formed by the Government.
The Defense Department an
. nouneed on Tuesday its inten
> tion of closing down the 14 func
■itions. which include paint sac
• tories, rope-making, coffee-roast
. ing. shoe repairing, baking and
I dry cleaning. .This would cause
r the 90-day period to expire in
• November, two months before
1 Congress returns if there is no
i special session. Both Mr. Can
■ non and Chairman Hayden ofj
' the Senate Appropriations Com- 1
. mittee, will be guided by con
; sultation with their colleagues
; on w'hat action, if any to take
i in the meantime.
bombers and 18 C-119 Flying
Boxcars. The number still wbuld
! be the greatest assemblage of
aircraft honoring a retiring of
' flclal. The planes are from all
i the three major commands—
, Strategic, Tactical and Air Re
. search.
The medal intended as a suf
ii prise for the outgoing Air Se
cretary, was awarded last month
11 to retiring Army Secretary
, Stevens for “exceptionally meri
torious service in a position of
great responsibility.” Mr. Tal
. mott’s citation was to be made
' available at the Pentagon simul
taneous with the 4:30 p.m. cere
' mony.
Whether the Navy also would
decorate Mr. Talbott with its
highest civilian award as it did
1 Mr Stevens last month remained
1 a secret.
[ Navy Secretary Thomas said:
: "I have no comment on that at
' this time ” So far, the Army has
no plans to make an award to
Mr. Talbott, whose resignation
| becomes effective Saturday.
In'addition to the decoration
. and the fly-over, there was
[ scheduled a parade of 1,800
troops led by the crack Air Force
Band, which recently made a
! triumphal tour of Europe. It
1 would be the largest number of
J troops honoring a retiring mili
-1 tary official. '
But Hurricane Connie threat
t ened to cancel the parade plans,
’ too.
“In case of inclement weather,
1 curtailed ceremonies will take
) place at Bolling Air Force Base
> Officers’ Mess," the department
t said.
RATE OF HICCUP ING
DOUBLES FOR MAN
STRICKEN AUGUST 2
LUBBOCK. Tex. UP).—
G. F. Wilson, who started
hiccupping shortly after
lunch on August 2, has
started doing it twice as fast
now-, his wife says.
The 69 - year -old West
Texas plains farmer has had
only a few breaks from the
spasms while sleeping and
is in a serious condition in
a Lubbock hospital.
Mrs. Wilson said it was
the second time her husband
has been stricken with mara
thon hiccups. It was 29
years ago, she said, when he i
had a similar seizure. That
time, however, they lasted
only seven days and, al
though Mr. Wilson was
under a doctor's care, he was
not hospitalized.
“We've had hundreds of
suggestions from well
wishers, and ‘the doctors
have tried many of them.
But none seem to help,”
Mrs. Wilson said.
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I
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Queens Bank
Robbery Solved
! NEW YORK, Aug. 11 UP).—
;The FBI says it has cracked the
1 biggest cash bank robbery in
; history, seizing two men as al
leged members of a smooth
working quartet who held up a
Queens bank and escaped with
1*305,000.
Warrants were issued for two
other men thought to have been
ringleaders in the carefully’
planned holdup. A, fifth has
been held as a material witness,
i Arraigned yesterday and j
charged with violating the Na-j 1
tional Bank Robbery Act were;
James McCoo, 36, and Frank
Cocchiaro, 34. both of Astoria,
Queens —not far from the looted
Woodside, Queens, branch of the
iChase Manhattan Bank,
j McCoo, accused of taking
part in the robbery, was held
; without bond. Cocchiaro was
held in *50,000 bail, charged
with aiding and abetting the
stickup.
Cocchiaro’s wife Mildred was
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this one is fully cooked!
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a teller at the Woodside bank
when four bandits appeared on
the morning of April 6 and got
their record haul without firing
a shot. Mrs. Cocchiaro since
has resigned.
Assistant United States Attor
ney Paul W. Windels said none of!
the stolen money has been recov
ered. He also said the holdup
was partly an inside job but did
not point a finger at any em
ploye.
Redmond (Ninny) Cribbins,
48, alias Mike Malloy, and
Thomas* (Duke) Connelly, jr.,
30, both veteran criminals, are
sought for questioning.
Vincent W. Kritil, 28, a Fire;
Island bartender described as
“knowing” Cribbins and Con
nelly, is held in *40.000 bail as
a material witness. Mr. Windels
said he feared for Kritil’s life if
he were freed on bond. Author- !
ities said Kritil has no criminal
; record.
McCoo has a record of nine
prior arrests. Cocchiaro has a
petty criminal record.
Identified by Employe
A bank employe identified a
rogue’s gallery photo of Crib
bins the day after the robbery.!
Connelly, with a long prison
record, dropped out of sight
about the time of the holdup.
His wife, Ann, and their two
children, George, 2, and Veron
ica, 3, disappeared about 10 days
| later.
,j The two children were found
abandoned July 27 —one in Bal
timore, Md., and the other in
Wilmington, Del.
To get into the bank, the
bandits, one carrying a subma
chine gun, first kidnaped a teller
outside his home and opened the
bank door with his keys.
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Baby Boy Is Killed
By Pack of Dogs
ANCHORAGE, Alaska. Aug. 11
(A*).—A 21-month-old boy was
mauled and killed by vicious dogs
l yesterday.
He was Danny Betz of subur
ban Birchwood Park. His mother,
.Mrs. Lavelle Betz, found his limp
body in the midst of a snarling
dog pack. He was rushed to a
hospital, where he died an hour
later. His body was covered with
deep gashes, the hospital said.
The mother was treated for
shock. She said she and her hus
band complained to territorial
police earlier this week that one
of the husky dogs in a neigh
bor’s kennels was running loose
and should be tied up.
| iSS:
SOURIHE
1 LASTS LONGER!
Eden Lists Two Aims
Prime MiQ|gter Anthony Eden
of Britain satd in London that
his two main political aims are *
"peaceful co-existence" and a
"property-owning democracy.”