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t'l i THE FRESNO BEE THE REPUBLICAN VOL 76 NO 14185 Founded 1322 FRESNO CALIFORNIA SATURDAY MARCH 17 TWO SECTIONS Phone AM 8 5221 By Carrier livery 1100 Monthly Par Copy Daily lOei Sunday 1W I Syria Battles Israel Force Objects In Sea May Be Plane Clue In Border Hit Run Attack Israeli vessel an LCM land ing craft patrols the Sea of Galilee scene of fighting AP Wirephoto Sea Unions Strike Idle 25 Coast Ships ROLLING IN And what better way for a colleen to spend this St Day than amid the shamrocks? Delighting in the greenery is Colleen Patricia Hogan daughter of Mr and Mrs- Thomas Hogan of 3836 East Donner Avenue This Colleen the name means says her will be 4 years old March 26th Bee Photo by John Lombardi SAN FRANCISCO Three sea going unions representing 12000 men on 120 west coast vessels last night began picketing west coast ports The strike against the Pa Msgr Dowling Hails Ireland's Peace Role MANILA AP Search planes reported sighting five artially submerged objects in the western Pacific today along the scheduled route of chartered airliner which vanished with 107 persons aboard No persons were seen the vicinity The destroyer Brister was dispatched to determine what the objects are The joint rescue center at Agana Guam said the Brister is expected to reach the area at dawn tomorrow A KC97 plane was ordered to circle above the objects until the Brister arrives Photographs Ordered Photographic Squadron 61 at Guam sent a jet to photograph the objects from the air in hopes that the pictures might reveal some identifies tion and possibly furnish a clue to the fate of the four engine1 plane of the Flying Tiger Line An air force spokesman declared earlier that are getting slimmer every that any of the 107 aboard the missing plane would be found alive The lane is presumed to have or ditched after leav-ng Guam Thursday night or a 1600 mile hop to Clark Air Force Base near Manila A search plane today sighted what was thought to be a Continued on page 3-A col 8 Court Blocks Los Angeles Transit Strike LOS ANGELES UPI Bus drivers and streetcar operators represented by the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen overwhelmingly rejected compromise contract offer but a superior court restraining order today blocked strike at least temporarily In a rapid fire turn of events 877 BRT members voted against union leader recommendations and rejected an undisclosed contract offer Only 342 favored it The contract proposal wa: based on an agreement reached Wednesday i i hours before a scheduled strike against the Metropoli tan Transit Authority Chantry immediately the strike March 26th at least Romance Emls GALILEE PATROL An armed and converted from Cross Country Bus Overturns 1 Dead 20 Hurt SAN BERNARDINO AP A Continental Trailways bus bound from New York to Los Angeles overturned on a freeway today after col tiding with a car which made a sudden turn in front of it One person was killed and about 20 were injured Among the injured are Mrs Myrtle Teague 55 of Visalia and Leo Kessler 57 of Fresno Two Flee The California Highway Patrol said two of 'the four occupants of the car fled on foot after the accident but were apprehended almost immediately The dead man was John Hernandez 18 of Barstow a passenger in the auto None of the others in the car was identified Six servicemen on the bus were among the injured The accident occurred near the Highland Avenue overpass on the Barstow-San Bernardino freeway inside the City of San Bernardino One of Ireland's most ardent champions today is calling on Irishmen of all nationalities to rejoice in the fact that on this SL Day the Emerald Island is a potent force in the peace and the unification of the free world Irish bom Msgr James 2 Famous Sons Miss Dublin's St Pat Salute Russia Wants US Troops Out Of Viet Nam The Soviet foreign ministry called today for the immediate withdrawal of United States military personnel from South Viet Nam It charged American troops are participating directly in the fighting In a statement to the participants of the 1954 Geneva conference on Indochina Russia says it still believes discontinuance of the import by the US of arms and military material to South Viet Nam is urgent It also calls for abolition of the US military -command in that country In a covering note to Britain the Soviet government suggests that Britain and Rus sia as cochairmen of the 1954 conference send a joint message to the US urging it stop at once interfering in the internal affairs of South Viet Nam and violating the Geneva agreement1 cific Maritime Association actually started Tuesday when members began refusing to sign aboard west coast vessels The walkout has tied up 25 ships caused cancellation of the President sailing and forced Matson to cancel tomorrow's departure of the Lurline and the Monterey with 825 passengers to Hawaii and the South Pacific Longshoremen said they will not cross the picket lines to work any vessel United States District Judge George Harris late last night issued a temporary re' Weal her FORECAST Partly cloudy today and tomorrow with a few scattered showers mainly in the foothills Little change in temperatures today Warmer tomorrow High temperatures today 62 to 68 degrees Lows tonight 37 to 42 Light to gentle winds mostly southerly today but becoming northwesterly tomorrow FRESNO FACTS 61 67 40 normals 68 43 1 Details on page 2-A Both Sides Issue Claims Of Victory TEL AVIV Israel AP Israel and Syrian forces clashed on the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee in a night battle which raged until early today Both sides claimed victory in the gravest frontier fighting in two years' At least two Israel planes joined the battle and one Syrian plane reported to be a Soviet made MIG17 jet also swung into action Syria charged Israel attacked with tanks and four were knocked out But an Israeli spokesman said no tanks were in action and the actually were trucks disabled by land mines An Israeli Army spokesman claimed at least 30 Syrians including a company commander were killed as Israeli forces launched a hit-run invasion of Syria knocking out gun positions He placed Israeli troop losses at five dead and six seriously wounded The Israeli force also captured a large amount of Syrian arms and ammunition the spokesman said Counters Claims A Syrian Army spokesman said in Damascus that only one Syrian was killed and five wounded in the battle along the tense frontier He claimed Continued on page 6-A col 4 Student Revolt Gains Support In Guatemala By Morris Rosenberg AP army today tightened its control over this capital as a student led revolt gained support in its fifth day -The army took over the city on orders from President Miguel Ydigoras after street fighting left 20 persons dead The conservative newspaper Impacto says five persons were killed and 136 wounded yesterday 345 Wounded The general hospital reports 345 wounded since the start of the trouble 95 per cent of the injured suffering bullet wounds It says seven of the injured died The government announced the mails telegraph electric power and city bus lines are under military control to combat strikes Impacto published a resolution by the municipal corporation of the City of Guatemala denouncing abuses by "public forces and shock brought in to put down the revolt Urges Resignation In an editorial the newspaper says Ydigoras must be forced to resign He wjh not resign by his own volition It is a pity because an immediate departure would bPtter than falIing by f0rce In The Bee Today Page Amusements Theaters 10-A Cartoon 12-B Church News 3-A To 6-A City News In Brief 6-B Classified 7-BTo 11-B Comics 9-A Crossword Puzzle 9-A Editorials 12-B Financial 2-B Household Arts S-A Letters 12-B Movie Times 10-A News Behind News 12-B Obituaries 2-B Patterns 8-A Politics By Phillips 2-A Radio 2-B Sports 3-B To 6-B Television 6-A Valley TV Log 6-A Vital Statistics 7-B Weather 2-A Women's Activities 8-A straining order to halt picketing of ships carrying perishable or military cargo The order also allows baggage and mail to be removed Morris Weisbergcr of the sailors union has said the union would refuse to lift pickets for unloading military and perishable cargo although the unions permitted this cargo to be unloaded in the two previous tieups in the past 10 months -Judge Harris said the union representatives will be asked to show cause why the: restraining order should not be put Into effect at a hearing Monday In the meantime a Pacific Maritime Associa tion spokesman said unload ing of the perishable cargo including $50000 worth of fruits and vegetables on the stalled President Wilson would begin Exporters sent a wire to President John Kennedy yesterday asking him to intervene in the dispute Captain Owen Murphy chief of staff for the military sea transportation service here said about 12000 tons of military cargo some of it designated is being delayed by the strike The strike culminated a hectic week of bargaining in which a trio of special federal mediators failed to find any area for settlement between the unions and ship owners concerning a new con tract to replace one that expired October IsL The two sides were reported about $6 million apart on a three year contract The struck lines are American Mail American President Chamberlain Grace Matson Moore McCormack Pacific Far EasL Pope Talbot States Steam' ship-West Coast Steamship and Weyerhaeuser Cargo earned by the af- fected companies comprises! about 35 per cent of the ton- nage moved Francisco through San Gl Is Accused Of Giving US Atom Secrets To Reds KANSAS CITY George John Gessner 25 a former United States Army nuclear technician has been charged with passing classified information to the Russians The charges against Ges- Janet Leigh Tony Curtis Split Dowling says everyone should express prayers of gratitude to Ireland for sending thousands of'young men to the Congo as United Nations forces fighting against Communism action in the Congo marks the first time that Irish forces have been engaged in a war for hundreds of years says the pastor of the SL The-rese Parish Ireland too is one of the few member nations of the United Nations to help meet the operating deficit The Fresnan says this was done through a bond issue which raised nearly $1 million By the time SL Day rolls around next year Continued on page 6-A col 3 Gessner AP Wirephoto about the work he was doing Mark Felt special agent in charge of the FBI in Kansas City said Gessner deserted from the army December 7 1960 while stationed at Fort Bliss Gessner was arrested in Panama City Panama last March 21st for not having proper registration certifi Irishmen today drank a toast to the 1500th birthday of their patron saint St Patrick but two of the most famous sons of Erin were not here to celebrate Robert Briscoe the famous Jewish lord mayor of Dublin is in Chicago to help Mayor Richard Daley and other transplanted Irishmen cele brate the day And Irish President Eamon de Valera a leader in this fight for independence from the British is in Rome to spend the day in an official visit with Pope John XXIII But there were enough Irishmen left here for a gala celebration as Eire looked back on St battle with the snakes and lookec forward to an economic rebirth as a member of the Eu ropean Common MarkeL Becomes Theme Ireland hopes to join the Common Market soon am that hope became a theme of this SL Day In Dublin the highlight 1 the official celebration was a 90 minute parade tracing economic growth The theme was Be Irish Buy Irish For the second year Irish men the legally Until last year the pubs had been closed on St Day But most pubs slipped their customers in the back door anyway and the government decided to legalize the practice by permitting them to open for 90 minutes in the morning and three hours in the evening Sparkling Day In NY NEW YORK AP The Irish of New York plus thousands of others turned Irish for the jammed the sidewalks of Fifth Ave- nue today for the annual SL Day parade The march began under a spark In sun a tan6y "reeze Former Postmaster General James A Farley was grand marshal Savannah Ga celebrated with a two hour parade and former President Harry Truman was the star of the sner now confined at nearby Fort Leavenworth for desertion were filed yesterday by Newell A George US attorney for Kansas They stem from investigation of several months by the internal security division of the justice de-partmenL The complaint alleges Gessner communicated restricted data to a representative of the Soviet Union in Mexico City while he was stationed at Fort Bliss Tex Gessner a native of Homestead Pa was a nuclear maintenance man and worked on nuclear warheads and missiles at Fort Bliss near the Mexican border Gessner will be released from the barracks at Fort Leavenworth to the custody of US marshals and FBI agents Monday He then will be taken to Topeka to appear before US District Judge Arthur Stanley for arraignmenL If convicted Gessner could Aside from the troubles here the army pursued two guerrilla bands in the hills The army declared it is ready to take extreme measures to put down students protesting what they call fraud in last elections which returned Ydi- Conservative Party in control of congress 1 i HOLLYWOOD AP Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh today split up after more than 10 years of marriage They expressed the hope the separation will be temporary The handsome 36 year old actor moved out of their $200000 mansion and went to Palm Springs to stay with friends There have been recurrent reports the last few months that the couple had been hav' ing trouble They had denied the rumors on several occa sions Curtis and Miss Leigh who formerly lived in Merced issued a joint statement through a spokesman saying they have had trouble with their marriage for some time and that it is their sincere hope to worts out their problems through a temporary separation There are no plans for divorce The curvaceous actress in their home w'ith their two daughters 5 year old and year old Jamie- The romance has long cap- tivated lovers of filmland! sagas as one of those dreamy love affairs where handsome 'swain and irresistible gal get- married and live happily ever after 1 I Thieves Escape With $41000 From Mail Bag postoffice today reported the theft of $41000 in cash from a railroad mail bag Postal authorities said the money was en route to the federal reserve bank in Boston A second bag containing $500000 thieves and was left untouched The FBI and city and railroad investi gators joined in the hunt for the thieves It is described as gest theft of its kind New Haven The empty bag was found discarded near the New Haven union station was missed by the treasury agents Today's Chuckle Back in day there was something to' make you sleep good They called it work rr-r NEW HAVEN Conn AP be sentenced to death life imprisonment or a long prison term under the Atomic Energy Act He is the son of John George Gessner of Kingsville Tex and Mrs Hazel Blanche Raymond of Melbourne Fla don't think he ever gave Valley and occasional snow any information to any for- in the Sierra over the week-eign said the father end an employe of an electrical Nearly all the rain he service firm in Kingsville (added will be in the believe this boy hills Even in the areas which told anybody anything He get no rain the skies will be even talk to me partly cloudy will be a few scattered show- ers in the central San Joaquin SEPARATED Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh shown here in a ioyul reunion after the return from an show He rode in one of the! 1951 Miss Leigh is 33 Curtisi lead cars 'is her third husband 1 CreenwichConn June 4 European tour last December today- revealed their mar- riage is on the rocks AP Wirephoto A A.