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DECEMBER 15 IS Thtn a Centmrjf in Trtr Strtitt- THE SAMDUSKV STAR-NEWS An Institution of Program and Snow flurries will conllmit ti intervals through noon Thursday with little of no accumulation expected. Low tonight 28, high Thursday 30 to 35. founded 1122, Vot 132. No. 211.

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United CAUTION HOLDS DOWN S-D DAY TOLL Fear Blasts At Crash Of Two Trains Boxcars Hurtled In Air At Paris, Tank Cars Leaking PARIS, Dec. 15, (UP) crash of two New York Central freight trains early today sent boxcars hurtling through the air like sticks of wood, ripping of an off the walls apartment roof house. Police reported that by a acle" no one was seriously injured, although four persons who escaped death by a whisker were treated for minor injuries. The -W £Sl aide of Paris "shook about a two mile area," poliec said. Witnesses said boxcars were sprawled across the street and across the tracks "like a river log jam." Explosion Threat A new threat was posed when police discovered that three tank cars derailed on the tracks were loaded with inflammable fuel nap- tha, fuel oil, and gasoline.

All city and county police were called to the scene, but officers were afraid to move the tank cars for fear a spark might touch off an explosion. All three of the tank cars were leaking their contents onto the tracks and street, police said. Patrolman Herbert Meeks, 29, said "if a spark hits that stuff this place will blow sky high." Rope 4-Block Area- A four-block area was roped off! to, keep back hundreds of spectators. Police meanwhile made plans to route children going to school from the scene. Officers said they were afraid to move the wreckage from the streets and tracks for fear of an explosion.

One of the policemen, patrolman Wayne Redmon, said "it's a miracle the whole west end of Paris hasn't blown up." A total of 21 cars were derailed when a 70-car NYC train went off the tracks just as another 70-car train was pulling out of the yards. CHRISTMAS 'POP' gum help the little so prized by choir masters as children at Jon es Center Society their Christmas presentation. "angel" at right achieve that big. round of the. New York City Children's Aid Dr.

Sheppard May Gifts Pour To Child Found Know His Fate In Blanket Judge Picks Before Week Over Parents In "Solomon" Ruling Nphril Dair Science Of I1CIII ttondFuhire Discussed En-Lai Talk Meel To UN Chief! Tribute Paid William Levis For Bequest of Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station. U. Britain Say Red China Reply UNITED NATIONS, N. Dec. 15 observer, believe Red China may reply soon to Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold's request for face-to-face talks on release jt 11 U.

S. fliers held as spies. An air of cautious optimism, tempered by advice to be patient, prevaded the global headquarters following reports that Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru had interceded with Chou EnLai in Peiping. Nehru, an Red China ago, has which a Judge Blythin To Charge Jury Panel At 9:15 a. Friday; Rebuttals Now In Progress.

CLEVELAND. Dec. 15 (INS) The state began its final argument today to send Dr. Sam Sheppard to the electric chair. The nine-week case closed with Dr.

Sam sobbing as his murdered wife's last letter saying "all is well" was read to the jury which must decide his fate. Judge Edward Blythin, who quickly disposed of defense motions to throw out the first degree murder indictment and a motion to direct a verdict of acquittal from the jury, said he will charge NORWALK, Dec. Ifv-No onej the panel al a Friday. was injured although three truck-i Each side was given trailer outfits collided early today: hours for on Route 18 at Clarksfield, cans-' prosecutor lng considerable property damage 3 Truck Outfits Crash On Rt. 18 Near Clarksfield five The local post of the state highway patrol investigated the triple! crash, the only report accident of -D day up until noon in Huron-coJ Harley Lynch, 39, Detroit, was eastbound and his trailer skidded out of control as he drove downgrade on a curve at the edge of Clarksfield.

His outfit hit a glanc- 1 ing blow to the truck-trailer being driven by Paul Evans, 49, Canfield, and then hit a truck operated by Paul Mock, 420 Dewey-st. Sandusky. Extensive damage was done to Lyneh's outfit, slight to the front of Evans' equipment and heavy loss to the rear end of Mock's trailer. Indict- Operator Of Mecca For Sick KEWANEE, Dec. 15 --Mrs.

Vera King, operator of Kewanee's "uranium tunnel" has been indicted by the Ilenry-co grand jury on charges of violating the Illinois medical practice act. Mrs. King opened the "tunnel" Nov. l.i in an 8-by-16 foot room whose walls, ceiling and floor were lined with low-grade uranium ore. Stale's Attorney William Kirman said the place became a mecca final argument and Tom Parrino began for the stale immediately after both sides rested in Ohio's longest and most sensational murder trial.

Rebuttal After calling one brief rebuttal witness, chief prosecutor John J. Mahon, who is demanding the death penalty for the accused wife killer, rose and declared: 'The state rests your honor." 'Moments before, even as the handsome osteopath buried his head in his arms and wept, the defense completed its case midway in the ninth-week of the sensational! trial. The rebuttal witness was Bay Village police sergeant Jay flu- bach. lie said he "didn't recall'' suggesting Dr. Sam carry a gun soon after the murder.

Dr. Sam, on the witness stand, said he toted the ptelol around because the sergeant suggested it to him. The defense's 39lh witness, an aulit of the slain Marilyn Shep- ipard, testified the Sheppards were "very, very much in love." 1NDIANOIS, Dec. 15 bore gifts today to the joyous farm home where a child, found swaddled in a blanket, is being given her first Christmas by a young, childless couple. Mr.

and Mrs. James M. Sandling said Chancellor S. B. Thomas' gave them "the best Christmas present we could ask for" Tuesday when he made them foster parents of the 1 three-months-old foundling.

Sandling, 28. and his wife, 24. had delayed their holiday plans until they were sure, but neighbors were on hand with gifts as soon as little Susan Elizabeth was brought to her new home. While the visitors flocked to the modest frame house near, the little community of Silver City, Mrs. Sandling busily planned a tree with "olenty of presents" for the girl's first Christmas.

"She is a beautiful child," thej happy mother said over and iil've had-to pinch myself all day; to see if 1 was awake." I Toledo Firms To Build Pike Plaza, Unit At Castalia Two Toledo firms have been awarded lump contracts to construct toll plazas and erect maintenance buildings for the Ohio turnpike in this area, the International News Service reported today. Maintenance buildings at Swanton and Kimkle will be constructed by the Giant Lumber and Building who se- honored guest in the capital two months written Chou a letter New Delhi foreign office spokesman said it was "reasonable to assume" concerned the American airmen. Receive No Reply Hammarskjold, who cabled Chou last Friday requesting the meeting, had received no rely uy lining, had received no reply up until an early hour today and radio Peiping also had failed to mentionj the UN chief's cable in propagan-i da broadcasts. i But the UN chief was convinced the protracted silence the Peiping regime was giving his request "serious" consideration, Nehru earlier assured Ham -J marskjold of his co-operation in connection with the proposed meeting and the secretary general made plans to fly via New Dehli so he could confer with the Indian leader. Also aiding, in attempting to arrange the talks with Chou were the UN chief's nephew; Peeler Hammarskjold, who is Swedish charge d'affaires in Peiping, and the British and Indian representatives in the Communist capital.

Hands-off Policy Meanwhile, the heads of the U. S. and British UN delegations advised delegates to adopt a "hands- off" policy toward Hammarskjold's "mission to Peiping" and allow him a free hand for his projected meeting. Both Henry Cabot Lodge and British Minister of State Anthony Nutting are convinced that "patience" is called for at this delicate stage of the situation. The future of dairy science was given a complete airing at Hotel Rieger Tuesday when 35 farmers from six counties and 10 members of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station at Wooster attended the first of a series of meetings arranged for getting a program set up for the new north-central substation of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station and located west of Sandusky.

Ground for the sub-station and a $100,000 building for research was a gift, to the state from William E. Levis. Toledo industrial-! ist and operator of the Castalia farms near Castalia. The substation is 4ocated on Wahl -rd off U. S.

Route 6, seven miles west of Sandusky. C. J. Stark, general manager of The Register-Star-News, in welcoming the group to Sandusky, paid William Levis a glowing tribute for his philanthropic bequest to Ohio and particularly this community. said that the gift will greatly advance dairy science and provide an excellent institution lor this community of which Levis a part of reason 'of his residence at Castalia Farms.

"His gift will go down in history as one of the greatest in this section of Ohio from an agricultural standpoint," Stark said. Offer Suggestions The purpose of Tuesday's nret- (Continued on Page 7.) Two Killed In Ohio; Nation Lists Nine Warn Danger Hours After 4 P. New England Icy SPORE Arthur Spore Will Resign County Post Dulles In Paris To Seek Atomic Reprisal Answer 111 Health Given As Reason Leaving Chairmanship Of Board, Effective Next Jan. 3. Berlin, By UNITED PRESS American motorists drove with special caution today, to set a modern -day safety record on this ''S-D Day," but a rising number of and injuries was reported.

A United Press survey showed nine persons dead and 100 injured midnight, when the nation's motorists were asked to begin an all-out effort to" get through 24 For hours without a traffic accident, death or injury. Fatalities by early afternoon inn eluded two each in Mississippi and W. Spore, ioiiio and one each in Indiana, Heights, serving this year Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Vir- chairman of the board of Erie-co; ginia and Wisconsin. tntiriernri his First In Wisconsin has tenaeitn m.v tiw. 1 The first official report of an S-D resignation as a member ot Day accident came from LsCon- be where the Milwaukee-co i sheriff 's office said it received a By his resignation, Spore severs report at 1:23 a.m.

(est) of an ac- a period of approximately 20 in which Adelbert Jacobs of outstanding public service. First! 37, of near Waterford, was elected as county commissioner inj kilted when his.car missed a curve 1940, he served for a period of ion a highway near Milwaukee The eight years. Returned to the (sheriff's office they considered board tor a term of four years at it an S-D Day death, ihe election of 1952, he will have! Two early fatalities reported filled two years incumbency both in Ohio. At about 2:30 leaving two years yet to be Emmet G. 29, was For some time he had planned to but as a board, effective Jan cause of ill health.

3, next "j'udg? said he ontracl a Wd the "wisdom of Solomon" choose between the four "mighty fine. couples," all of them childless, whoi sought 'to have a baby in their home for Christmas. After a five-hour hearing in (Continued on Page 7.) of $849,900. The pike toll land five others be Co plaza to the No Parly-Line Fight Expected On UMT Test Run at Avery west will built by. A.

Bentley and Sons, who received the contract on a Cancellations Of Mails 124700 On Tuesday In City PARIS, Dec. 15 ttJPi U. S. Secretary of Stale John Foster Dulles arrived in Paris today for a series of crucial Big Three and North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO meetings. The meetings will: 1.

Determine whether military or i political leaders will be empowered to press the trigger of atomic I retaliation if the Communists attack. 2. Shape future Western policy toward Russia and Red China. A compromise wa.s reported to be shaping up on the heated question of when and how the West should bring its atomic arms into action in the event of Red aggression. dispute in which Britain and the United States found themselves on opposite sides of the revolves erals who want instantaneous atomic reprisal, and the European governments who want to be consulted before American atomic weapons are used.

S-D Day Score 1 accident. CITY 0 killed, 1 Injured 116 accidents, 2 killed, 27 injured 9 NATION' killed, 100 injured retire but deferred action because of the death of Commissioner L. G. Parker. Prior to being elected county; commissioner, Spore was a trus-' tee of- seVen years and member of the Berlin local school board for three years.

He has made as yet no announcement of his future plans. Under the law. the vacant com- missionship will be filled by the' probate judge, county auditor aiK kl leri hLS Ca ra hed toto county recorder acting as a 'J' 1 At a.m jJohn Russell 32. died in a head-on collision near Ravenna. I Officials reported at "least 116 traffic accidents in Ohio, including two' persons killed and '27 injured, at almost the half-way point on President Eisenhower's nationwide Safe Driving Bay.

Two persons in an Ohip accident were hurt when their plunged over an embankment near Columbus as they tried to outdistance a police car. Create Big Job CHICAGO, Dec. 15 If you think stringing up your Christmas tre lights is a job consider forjthe case of Walter Stahl, chief en- sick persons 10 one-hour who paid STATISTICS BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Donald ers.

2024- E. Forest-dr, a daughter, at Good Samaritan Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wilt.

Castalia. a daughter, at Good Samaritan Hospital. $10 forlfeUneer of the Merchandise Mart. Stahl is in charge ol the bulbs that make the huge buildings $10,000 outdoor Yule display, which includes two green-outlined 15-story aces, bells that are six stories tall, a three-story star, and "Merry WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (INS) Lyndon Johnson's approval Ihe.

administration's plan for a test run of Universal Military indicated today there will jbe no party-line fight on the i The Texas Democrat, who be -j i comes Senate majority leader next I month, said the draft and reserve proposal outlined by President Eisenhower before key GOP and Democratic legislators is "an improvement over what we have." Mr. Eisenhower was reported emphatic and forceful when he declared the new reserve legislation, including six months of active training for 100,000 youths annually, is "absolutely essential" to national security. bid of $1,500,000. Reports of the possibility of another service area being constructed near Berlin Heights persist. The proposed is of extreme interest to the village because it is said to greatly facilitate plans for a water system there and make it 'economically feasible.

Reported cards and letters hut projected plans would obtain the 1953 date totals by water from Huron area and 1 substantial margins. Postmaster it to the village and on to the! Russell Lorenzen said today. The Christmas mailing pace ofi Sandusky postoffice patrons con-j tinned to hold Tuesday at its bet-! ter than last year rate. On both Monday and Tuesday the cancellations through the Sanduskv machines, and that comprised, nights next Sandusky Stores Open 3 Nights Of Current Week Big Asian Aid Program Planned In 1955 Budget WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 'INS) congressional leader said today that President Eisenhower's 1955 legislative program will call: ln Wajjh ngtl the resjd enrs for an Asian economic aid pro- Action Committee on Traffic of only "several which is sponsoring "S-D Day." million dollars" under a 63 to 64 said the success or failure no stores are open three week, and for four week, the latter the proposed service area a mile to the east.

Up To Control Board Meanwhile final studies are ready to proceed on the stalled north-south turnpike project when (Continued on Page 6.) Christmas" in red letters two- stories high. "When a bulb burns out we replace it at once," explained Stahl. "it keeps us busy, rushing floor floor." 6G. i POISE FOR BUS STRIKE i CHARLESTON, W. Dec.

15 (UP) Atlantic Greyhound idrivers were prepared today to ipark their buses at the start of ithe peak holiday travel period unless they find a Christmas DEATHS Mrs. Andrew Scnnish, 1513 Barker-st. Ray Barnett. 61. 1011 Warkel-sl.

Sylvester A 64, Par- (bonus in their pay envelopes Fn W. a. day. BULLETIN WASHINGTON (UP) President Eisenhower told a news conference today that an Air Force official told him some time ago that so-called living saucers do not come from outer space. He alsq said it will be necessary to delay reduction of corporation and excise taxes nest year to keep the economy in balance and gave newsmen the impression that he is planning to reduce the Army's strength by 100,000 men nest year.

The President who said the U. S. must' be strongly prepared for as long as 50 years to fight a big war. may order tbe first fla rine division withdrawn from Korea. Adenauer Says French Version Of Saar In Conflict BONN, Dec.

15 Chancellor Konrad Adenauer told the West German lower house today that the French version of the Saar treaty being submitted to the Paris assembly "conflicts with the original texts." He called for "clarificational talks" with the French government, and said that if they failed to settle any differences the I'. S. iand BriVtin should be- called in 1 to mediate the new snag in an old (dispute. Adenauer made his annoum-e- as part of the 52-page government declaration calling for ratification of the Paris accords which include treaties to rearm West Germany, restore her sovereignty and "Europeanize'' the coal and steel rich Saar. But he urged acceptance of the present Saar agreement, saying "though the statute is incomplete it does form the best possible basis for Franco-German co-operation." On Tuesday, the total cancellations were 124,700 against 89,300 recorded on Dec.

14, 1953. On Monday, the 111.51)0 cancellations more than doubled the 1953 dale figure of 45,000. HEART Gen. Mark W. Clark will serve as national chairman of the 1955 Heart Fund campaign which starts during February.

This will be his second year as head of the campaign for funds to fiaht diseases ot the heart. General Clark is president ot The Citadel, famous military college in Charleston, S. week preceding the Christmas holidays, and with only eight shopping days remaining. On Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week, they close at 9 p. in.

1 On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 20, 21, 22 and 23, stores are also open to that late hour. I On Friday, Dec. 24, Christmas i Eve, stores close at 5 30 p. in.

Reindeer On Way To Antarctic Home Dec. 15 i INS) Four Lapland reindeer were to leave Paris by plane today continuing their wrong-way Christmas season i vov age. The four-footed quartet spent the night at Le Bourget airport (after arriving by Swiss airliner. They fly on today to Kerguelen islands in the Antarctic. According to Ageiu-e France Presse.

French officials hope the reindeer will live and multiply to be as domestic by two French establishments in the cold suuthland. The Shah Walks WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 l.NS' -Shah Mohammad -tva Pahlevi of Iran and Empress Soraya spurn all automobiles today to walk from the Iranian embassy to the Washington mosque. Their imperial majesties, iop- hunored guests in the nation's capital announced that they will walk, as they do at Teheran, to I the mosque. billion dollar spending budget.

Both Republican and sources emphasized that while the economic aid program for the Far! East may not reach Congress un-j til it will not be a billion- dollar-plus undertakinv. The 63 to 64 billion dollar! spending figure was reported reli-i ably following the President's two days of legislative conferente on the program he will lay before the Democratic-controlled 84th Congress in his Jan. (i stale of the union message. NEW CONFIDENCE VOTE PARIS, Dec. 15 i Premier Pierre Mendes-France announced, today that he will stake the future i of his government on a confidence vote in the French National As-; seiubly on the controversial German re-armament plan and ac- companying treaties.

or probably of be the de- eampaign will cided tonight. After Dark Fatalities Three times as many traffic fatalities occur after dark, the committee said, and the danger hours will therefore be between 4 p.m. and midnight. On the comparative day last year Wednesday, Dec. auto ac(Continued on Page 20 8.) News In Brief COLUMBUS, Stale public utilities Commissioner Ray O.

Martin, a Toledo Democrat, told Gov. Frank J. Lausch today he would not serve beyond the expiration of his present term on Feb. 1. NORTH PORT, uorsotuv including the three children of the Edwin Grove HI lami- were missing and feared dead Overturned Truck Mars Sandusky's Safe Driving Day Sandusky's hope for an accident-free 24 hours on -1 National Safe Driving went glimmering after 10 hours Wednesday morning when a Sandusky dairy driver rolled his vehicle over Into ft field on the city's eastern outskirts.

Earl Hammond. 25. 2210 Campbell-st, a driver far the Cloverleaf Dairy, suffered shoulder injury and lacerations when his truck ended up in a field near Red Gables, Hammond was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital by Frey ambulance. toda- MI i town. tire estate which in this a seaport COLUMBUS, Governor today a the public utilities committee of Ihe legislative service commission for its and disappointing" failure to recommend changes in Ohio's rate-making laws at its Dec 6 meeting.

TOLEDO. Mayor Czelusta and City Manager McCarthy proposed today Toledo university put Mate operation. Oliie i John that under.