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2 Airliners Lost; 127 Aboard Home Newspaper of the Calumet Region THE TIMES FINAL Price 15 Cents Vol. LL, No. 12 Phorw WEstmor. 2-3100 Hammond-East Chicago, Sunday, July 1, 1956 AP, 1N3, UP, CP, AP Photo 76 Pages UNI 1 1 TM Region Picketing Starts; Mills Shut 2 Airliners HdtldleV FO6S i Lick Wounds Lost Witl 127 Aboard Feared Down in Arizona Wilds; May Have Collided WINSLOVV. (AP)--Two giant airliners which left Los ballot of the party state convention Friday.

Angeles i apart i 127 By 4AM NEWLUND INDIANAPOLIS (UP)--The forces of Governor Craig licked their wounds Saturday while Harold Handley turned to the "county fair circuit" as the new Republican nominee for governor. Handley, who was elected lieutenant governor along with Craig four years ago and has been at odds with him ever since, scored a crushing victory over his GOP factional foes on the second Handley, 48, LaPortc, thus faced persons aboard were presumed Democratic Mayor Ralph Tucker down Saturday mght in Ari, i I wua a auiyuac zonas rugged nortnlanda. winner over five opponents on the Unrcportecl since before noon, I ninth ballot of his party's conven- the big ai rimers were last heard tion three earlief from near the Arizona-California border. They were headed Hnndley told newsmen as 2,023 (lclcgatc.1 filed out of the State Fairgrounds that he had "a very into a broad expanse nf waste-1healthy respect for cam- land covering thousands of pock-marked with high mountains, deep canyons and i desert. Heavy thunderclouds dotted the area throughout the day.

Onn Is a TWA Super Constella- i carrying 63 passengern and a of six. THE OTHER is i United Air Line Ii. 7 carrying K5 passengers and a crew of five The two planes may nnve collided in mul-iur. The first word that the planes were In trouble came from Winslow. In ArUona.

The CAA reported It started a search for the ptine-- at 11: IB a.m., MST, a i unsuccessfully for an hour to establish radio contact. As the Air Foree. civil aviation authorities arid law agencies throiiKout northern Arizona organized for a search, there was a of reports that wreckage of one nr both planes had been spotted None could be confirmed immediately THE TWA plane left t-os Angela) International A i at IH'OI a MST, bound for Kansas City via nnggrtt. a i Trinidad, a Dodjtr City. Kan.

-tt was last ported at 35 IT MST, over Lake Mohavr, de-sort lake near the California border. United a took off three minutes Inter, headed for New York via Needles, Painted Desert, A i Durnngo and Pueblo, Hltehinsnn, St. Joseph, Jnliet. 111., Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia and Newark, J. Thi report from it was at Needles, nt 10:58 tMST).

Thp most persistent of the wrerknse reports had one or both pintles down in the Marble Canyon- Tutin City aren the western end nf ihe vast Navajo InHmn re.iervn- tion A.V Highway Pat'ol car started for the area hut had not reported to its headquarters hours later The plane" entered the desolate nren i i 50 miles of each other where the Colorado River devldes Arizona and California. The terrain ahead ranged from the Grand Canyon -thi world's deepest gorge to the San Francisco peaks-(Continued on I'uKo 2, Col. i) palgn ability." But he said Tucker Is "vulnerable on that he "more or less represents the New Deal philosophy." HANDLEY NOT onlythwarted Craig's efforts to defeat him but got a friendly set of fellow campaigners on the party ticket. Several delegates booed as Craig got up to Introduce the keynote speaker. After Handley was nominated, Craig congratulated him anci pledged support to election of the ticket.

On the first ballot, it was Hand- Icy 986, Frank Millis 560, Frank Sparks 241, John Scott 173 and Dan Cravens 48. Handicy needed only 31 more votes to win. Cialg and his lieutenants tried to get Mlllls and Scott to throw their votes to Sparks in an effort to beat Handley on' the second ballot. Millls, Scott and Sparks then held a meeting in a nearby horse barn to escape newsmen. THEY EMERGED cither noncommittal or vowing to "go it alone." On the next ballot most of Millls' delegates switched to Hand- Icy to give him 1,430 votes--more than enough to win.

Sparks ended up with 318, Millls 210, Scott 39 and Cravens IS. Handicy said he would spend 10 days In Canada to rest up, then embark on the "county fair circuit" In a hard-hitting campaign for election. Sen. Homer E. Capehart was re- nominated for a third six-year term, winning with ease over the token opposition of George B.

Huff, Indianapolis, 1,669 to 159. RIDING TO victory with Handley was his chief factional friend in the Statchouse, Secretary of State Crawford Parker, for lieutenant governor. Parker, as "anti- Craig" as Handicy since the governor wrested control of lucrative auto license patronage from him, easily trounced Samuel R. Harrell of Indianapolis on the first ballot. Former Marion County Sheriff Dan Smith place.

trailed badly in third The Craig defeat also spread beyond the two top state offices. State School Supt. Wilbur Young, a foe of the governor, defeated B. VV. Johnson of Indianapolis, to 605 for renominatlon.

Ray Combs of Indianapolis was nominated for state auditor over for- (Contlnued on Pago 2, CoL 3) Lake Gives 99 Votes To Handley By JOHN G. BYERS Times Staff Writer INDIANAPOLIS "This was the toughest job I ever tackled politics, but no campaign manager ever had a. better candidate in every respect. "Our team put it across, and want to thank all who helped. I am convinced Harold Handey's nomination--and election November--assures a united Republican Party." So declared an elated Vernon C.

Anderson, former Hammond mayor who served as campaign manager for Handicy, winner of the Republican governor nomination late Friday afternoon on the second ballot after a near first ballot victory. ANDERSON made his statement to The Times immediately after Lt. Gov. Handley had given his acceptance speech to the Republican State Convention in the Coliseum at the State Fairgrounds. Of Handley's 986 statewide first ballot votes--just 31 short of victory--Lake County contributed 51 from their 328-vote delegation.

On the second ballot, ths county came through with 99 as he steamrollered to a total of more than required. On the three district-county voting machines, Handley got 19 first ballot votes from Gary to 16 for Millis, led 24 to 13 in Hammond and East Chicago, but trailed 11 to 14 in Whiting, Hobart, Crown Point and the townships. On the winning second ballot, he led Millis 29 to 12 in Gary, 35 to 7 in Hammond and East Chicago, and 35 to 4 in Whiting, Crown Hobart and the townships. AS PREDICTED earlier in The Times, the county to vote as it pleased" on the first ballot, according to a pre-convention caucus decision--split the bulk of its first ballot almost equally between Handley and State Revenue Commissioner Frank T. Millis.

Handicy got 84 to Millis' 43 on the first ballot and 99 to 23 on the second. The 99 votes on the second ballot--a gain of 45--helped in nominating Handley. Fred Ferrini of (Continued on Page 2, Col. 7) Mill Shutdown Workers at South Chicago plant of U.S. Steel Corp.

go through process of claying, a step in furnace banking, as contract negotiations faltered Saturday. Similar shutdown operations were in progress at Calumet Region raills of Inland Steel, Youngstown Sheet and Tube and Republic Steel. Handley Family i a nomincr (nr governor HaniM is i smilcj as he pnaes with family for Hammond Times photographer Les Galloway after Friday's state convention victory at Indianapolis. Mrs. Handley, Martha, 8, and Kenneth, 11, share candidate's big moment.

(Hammond Times Photo) Ike's Unfit For Office: Harriman "3ES MOINES (AP) Gov Avereil Harriman, a series of vote-hunting session 3 with Iowa Democrats, asserted Saturday that President Eisenhower "is not. qualified for the presidency." He said the President does not understand either the farm problem nor the critical factors in the cold war. "He hasn't read a book," the New York governor said. "He doesn't read the papers. He doesn't read anything except what they put before him.

So, he just doesn't know what's going on. He is not qualified for the presidency." HARIUMAN IS on a three-day of Iowa, ISiorth Dakota and Minnesota in search of support Democratic National Conven delegates for his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. It was a sweltering day. Nevertheless, Harriman attracted fair-sized crowds and he appeared to be making a good impression generally. Iowa political observers believe Adlai Stevenson at this point is the favorite of most of the delegates.

Sen. Kefauver (D-Tenn) also has a block of backers, they said, and they described the over-all situation today as "fluid." THE STATE'S 48 delegates, each with one-half vote, go to the convention uninstructed. Harriman breakfasted and spent the morning with 12 delegates and i alternates in Iowa City. Spectators quickly overflowed the ballroom and stood leaning against the walls during his meeting. The governor asked and swcrcd questions.

It was during these conversations that he attacked Eisenhowei aharply on matters of fcoth domestic and foreign policy. He asked delegates about the extent of interest in foreign affairs in Iowa and was told that it was secondary to interest on domestic problems ONE OF the questions he answered was about his income. A woman, evidently an admirer said she had defended him againsl criticism that he had been "evasive" about his wealth. Did he need to be evasive? Harriman grinned, a i question had been put'to him publicly before, but that he did not sec how it was pertinent to his presidential aspirations. He drew brisk applause and laughter when he said the New York taxi drivers are for him, and quoted one as saying: "This fellow's si dough, so he won't steal." The governor added, "Of course Adlai Stevenson is not entirely without means, either." Picketing Orders Local 1011 officials are shown as they issued United Steelworker Union picketing orders Saturday rtight to members employed in Indiana Harbor works of Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co.

Seated: Joseph Domsic, grievance committee secretary, left, and Reno Mussatt, recording secretary. Standing: Sid Thomas, grievance committee, left, and Joe Jeneske, international representative. (Hammond Times Photo) Jump Gun On Area Picketing United Steelworkers Union members in the Calumet Region Degan picketing from two to hours ahead of the offi- start Saturday midnight of strike of nearly 75,000 em- ployes in nine area steel plants. This followed the nation-wide trend of jumping the gun in estab- ishing picket lines. The first pickets to form were at the gates of Jones and Laughhn Steel Pittsburgh, at 9 p.m.

EST. Area union leaders ordered picket ines set up immediately after mass meetings which ended between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. Un'on spokesmen said the pickets appeared ahead of schedule to prevent workmen from entering the plants for shifts extending past midnight. UNION BIEMBERS received the atest word, that the strike would go on, from union president David J. McDonald through their district at the mass meetings.

McDonald's message reiterated the amon's pledge to strike until the union's demands are met. The union had between 300 and 400 steelworkcrs picketing the Youngstown Sheet and Tuba Co. plant at East Chicago at 9 p.m. Union officials said they did not know how many pickets will be utilized later. At Inland Steel's Indiana Harbor Works, picketing started at 9:30 p.m, also at the conclusion of a mass meeting.

PICKETS began forming at S. Steel's Gary Works slightly less than three hours before midnight. The workers marched down Broadway following their mass meeting in Philip Murray Hall. Two hundred pickets took their places at the Gary Works at 9:16 m. A few minutes previously, 15 pickets arrived at National Tube, a Gary subsidiary.

At 9:30, 200 pickets in line at Gary Sheet and Tin. Picket lines in Indiana Harbor ballooned in size at midnight when thousands of workers went off the 4 to 12 shift. There were no reports of any violence or unusual acts of any nature in any of the plants as the strike began. "HOW LONG will it last?" was the most-often asked question in the area Saturday, night. No one had the answer--from the most obscure laborer now assigned to picket duty to the bigwigs representing both management and labor meeting in New York who were unable to reach an agreement before the walkout began.

Company spokesmen reported that shutdowns were accomplished in an orderly manner as planned. Union leaders were well prepared for the strike. Picket signs, counseling services, soup kitchens and other aids were in readiness. The eight blast furnaces of Inland Steel's Indiana Harbor Works were completely down at midnight. Youngstown Sheet and Tube released its workers as each of the company's six furnaces were banked.

U. S. STEEL'S Gary Works, too. had the last of its 12 furnaces down well in advance of the strike beginning. The Gary Works, largest (Continued on Page 2, Col.

6) Last-Ditch Contract Talks Fail Sleelworkers Board To Keep 650,000 Out 'Indefinitely' NEW YORK (UP)--Stec industry wage negotiations -oka up without an agreement Saturday night and the union its 650,000 Steelworkers thu go ahead to strike across the nation at midnight Saturday. "At midnight Saturday the members of the United Stecl- workeis will follow their traditional policy of no contract, no work," union President David J. McDonald announced. Immediately after the brcakdow in the talks, the 45th joint se-Morc between the union and the Industry's big three producers, McDonald called th" union's executive board into session. BATTLE FOR BREAD RAGES ON THE BOARD pledged the Jiteelworkcrs on strike 'n definitely," a union official John A.

Stephens, chiuf industry negotiator, led his four-man bargaining team from the cr.nfr -mca room shortly after I m. C.5T. "We have not reached an a ment and no meetings are phi nrrl for Saturday night," Stephens reporters. Stephens and the other i i i negotiators looked grim as Iliev walked from the room less tlun six hours before the deadline for the crippling walkout. THE FINAL scheduled iin-rtris between the two sides had on a pessimistic note when Stephens told reporters, i no new offer to place before union." The union leaders filed at the conference rcom a the industry representatives left.

David J. McDonald, chief tlator for the United Steel ers, was at their head. "We have met with the i representatives and we havo not arrived at an agreement," McDonald said. "No new offer was made to us but we are standing by to bargain collectively." McDonald called a meeting of the union's executive i immediately after the breakdown in the talks. The meeting a to 1m followed by a meeting the nil (Continued 011 Page 2, Col.

J) A I Reds 'Kill Hundreds' in Poland BERLIN (AP) The Polish army trained artillery fire on the center of Poznan Saturday to smash workers holding out for the third day in their revolt for bread and freedom. Two businessmen from Portugal, arriving at Frankfurt, said they had heard talk around their Poznan hotel that "anywhere from 400 to 600 people were killed" in the uprising. Frightened by what they called the "revolution" a steady stream of Westerners, caught in Poznan where they were attending an industrial fair, continued to come through the Iron Ourtain Saturday. They brought fresh accounts of the strike and riots which a Thursday into bloody street fighting and suppression. It seemed doubtful if many of these sources would long be left in Poznan.

ONE INDICATION of the government's difficulty in suppressing the nests of holdouts was the report of three Frenchmen arriving at the West German town of Helmstedt who said they saw Communist militiamen join forces with the rebels and give them ammunition. There was no indication that the outbreak had spread to other cities or developed Red rule, though there were many rumors and reports of unrest at several places. Communist officials contended everything was "quiet and back to normal" in Poznan Saturday, but admitted there had fighting Friday, hours after the Warsaw government claimed the revolt had been crushed. The officials stood on their early figures of 38 killed and 270 wounded. But Western businessmen who left the city Saturday morning declared "the rebellion has not yet been fully suppressed." THE UNOFFICIAL reports indicated, bands of rebels still were liold up -n various places in the heart of the city with machine juns, rifles and grenades or had seen dispersed by tanks and troops to strongholds in the outskirts where they engaged in sniping.

Lucien Delam, a buyer from Muedon, France, one of the few travelers l.o permit use of his name, said he heaYd the Red artillery firing sporadically on the center of the city at 9 a.m. when he left Poznan. "It took an hour and a half for Polish police to escort a group of foreign cars through the military patrols in and around Poznan," he said. "I saw artillery concentrations on the outskirts of Poznan and from time to time I could hear them firing on the center the city. He declared the rebellion "very terrible" and the number cf dead and wounded "must be very high." Two Portuguese businessmen (Continued on Page 2, Col.

1) A Partly uarni and IT timid today. Chance of a dershoxver this afternoon or nlng. High today around t. Low tonight near 70. Monday probable showers.

toduy 8:29 p.m. Sunrise Monday 5:20 a.m. Indiana Illinois: Fair and partly cloudy with a few widely scattered aftprnon or evening thundprshowers rnii- tinued warm and hunvd 90-flJi. 5 i fiR -t a i fi a 7 a ri hT 8 a.rr 71 1C I m. 1956 1 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 30 JULY 3 4 10 II 17 18 24' 25 31 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 23 "INDEX- Classified Ads DH-11 Editorials B'.

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