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Weather METROPOLITAN Final Official Syracuse Area Weather Fair today, tomorrow. Partly cloudy tonight. High today Report on Paje 8 130th YEAR SYRACUSE, N. TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1959 SEVEN CENTS U. S.

ORBITS DISCOVERER NO. 2 The Post-Standard Volunteers Quell Oil Fire ARCH OF SMOKE FRAMES SCENE AT LAKE F1KE Smoke from two flaming oil slicks spans fire fighting activities yesterday at Onondaga firemen fought blaze from- early morning until sundown. Drug May Control Heart Attack Cause ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. can-Societies for Experimental Bi-i That further 'research is" needed a possibly im proved- drug; method control fatty substance, in the blood suspected by some "of being a major contributor to heart attacks and brain strokes, was announced Scientists of the William I on me aavisaomty or any increase At the. same meeting, a bio- in dietary.

levels of chemical researcher in an such as vegetable oilffr-un-! state instutiori-for the mentally ill! less possibly such diets are also; reported findings said! supplemented with additional -vita-j suggest the 'possibility that what min to counteract what he said, we eat, especially as related to! now appears to be. human embryoes developing wombs, may affect fu- Merrell pharmaceutical firm ofjture mental health, Cincinnati- told of development, of) The latter scientist, Dr. Max K. the stiH-experimental new jHorwitt, medical research super- called "Merr29" for at the! visor of Elgin State Hospital, also opening -'of-the 4drd annual findings which-he maims" of the Federation of Ameri-t cated suggests this: Wire News in Brief In Workhouse for Chaining Child TOLEDO, Ohio A mother who admitted chaining her seven-l year-old daughter to a bed was sentenced to six months in workhouse Monday. Her husband received a six-month suspended sentence.

Ball, 41, and her husband, Paul, 45, appeared before Juvenile Court Judge Paul W. Alexander on charges of contributing to the delinquency of their daughter, Juditn Ann. Judith Ann police her mother kept, her chained more than a year, taking offj the chain. only to permit her to 50 to school and to the at night The mother testified the girl was in the habit of getting: up at night, turning on a gas stove, and wasting food tne kitchen. Judith Ann and.

her sisters, eight and nine, now are in the custody: of the Child Welfare Board. Income Tax Protestant to Be Freed BOSTON A Superior Court judge Monday ordered that Annis Vautier, 41, a New Hampshire man jailed a week ago for refusing to pay a Massachusetts income fax, be released on bail Tuesday. Vautier has been held in Suffolk County Jail for failure to pay a 1956 income tax of $140.80, He lives in Pclham, N. and works for a Boston engineering firm. Massachusetts law says nonresidents who work in the Bay State must pay an income tax.

Vautier went to jail to test the law. Judge Frank E. Smith said Vautier may be released if a person subject to Massachusetts law will post bail sufficient to cover the amount of the tax and $16 for costs of service. Van Beinum, Conductor, dies AMSTERDAM Eduard Van Beinum, one of the world's most famous orchestra leaders, died Monday on the conductor's stand. Van Beinum, 53, who continued the international fame of Amster dam's Orchestra after World War II, collapsed at rehearsal and died of a heart attack.

The rehearsals had been under for forty-five minutes when Van Beinum told his musicians he; needed a break and that Asst. Conductor Jan Brussen would take! over. He then slid from the podium to the floor and died. He had! Quits Merger Talks NEW YORK planned merger of three key eastern rail roads became a two-way proposition Monday. The railroads the Erie, the Delaware, Lackawanna Western and the Delaware had been studying a possible merger since 1956.

reportemy oy mutual agreement of ah three the Delawa Hudson stepped out of the picture. The Erie and Lackawanna then announced they planned to continue merger negotiations. Syracuse Headlines COMMON COUNCIL ORDERS LEASING OF MacARTHTJR Stadium opened to competitive 8. COUNCILMAN LASKOWSKI SUGGESTS THE CITY GO Into the junk rage 12. CITY PLANNING EXPERT SAYS CITY WORKING toward plans that will be carried Page 8.

PUBLIC HEARING IS SET ON BEAR ST. ARTERIAL highway with construction bids to be opened next narmiul results of excess saturated fats" in -the system." Some scientists have recom mended additional such fats in the! at the expense of "saturat ed" fats like those from dairy products and as a possible means of reducing or preventing nigh levels ot oiood cholesterol, The development announced Merrell researchers is 'a possible drug, rather than a dietary, meth od of controlling cholesterol. Dr. Thomas -R. Blohm and a group of colleagues said that in! tne past, various drug and methods have been attempted-to slow down or stop production of cholesterol But they asserted that choles- (Continued on Page '3', Col.

1) Soviet Union's demand that Amer ican Air planes fly no higher than 10.000 feet in. flights to West Berlin. In a formal note, this country served notice that "whenever weather or the operational characteristics of equipment require," flights at higher altitudes will be carried out. Jets fly best at high altitudes. The note, delivered to the- Soviet Foreign Office in Moscow, was in reply to the Soviet's complaint that a flight by 3 U.S.

Air Force C330 jetprop March 27 violated the Soviet's to forbid high altitude flights. In turning doxvn the Soviet's deck after a four-week illness from a'mand, the Unites States said the Donh Miss WitherilPs Storewide SALE Be sure to read the second section of TODAY'S POST-STANDARD "Your Good Morning Newspaper" Soviets Cool To Allied Bid GENEVA- CAP) The. United States" ahd Britain Monday proposed a prompt termination of at mospheric and underwater nu but the. initial Soviet! reaction to the proposal was cool. The new move was designed to! tackle test suspension on a step- have professed concern.

Leaking Tank Feeds Blaze On Onondaga About 100 firemen fought an all-day battle yesterday against an oil-fed that roared along a half mile 01 Onondaga Lake's shore, from the Crucible Steel Co. to the loading docks of Sol-vay Process Co. A spokesman for Crucible said a three-inch underground pipe broke, either by freezing or being run over by a heavy and dumped approximately gallons of fuel oil 1 into a sewer and ditch that run into the lake. Tiv fire was discovered by a sateman at the steel plant at 9:40 a.m. The gateman turned in the alarm and the Solvay Fire Department came to the scene.

The spokesman said a trash fire on the shore of the lake ignited the oil. Seen for Miles The jumped 200 feetj in the air and the billowing black funnel, o. smoke could be seen clearly from as far away; as Marcellus. Bv noon yesterday Crucible; Steel crews had located and shut. down the leak that was coming from a 300.000-galion tank and firemen had smothered the ss with foam, but at p.m.

slicks along the edge of the lake burst into flames again. About 80 firemen contin ued to fight the fire and brought- it under control by 4:30 p.m. Damage was slight and con fined to a small portion of dock midway between' the two plants, but it was feared earlier that heavy winds might drive" the burning oil slicks to the something from teSpoSSfT of ft provided by Process. nuclear ban conference here. The! Western powers hope agreement can be reached on the easiest part of the problem first, with attempts later negotiations Endangered A Solvay Process spokesman at the scene said if the docks and conveyor caught fire and winds changed, three large tank; of highly explosive benzine behind them could be in danger Firemen poured thousands -0: gallons of foam on the fire, the! vay Fireman Jim Guiley of the Solvay Fire Department was overcome by the smoke in afternoon and was revived widen the ban so as to include the scene' outer space and underground! Diasts.

U.S. Ambassador James Wadsworth and British Minister of State David Ormsby-Gore made it clear their governments preferred a complete cessation of all types of atomic and hydrogen weapons tests. But in vievy of the deadlocked (Continued on Page 3, Col. 1) U. S.

Note Rejects Berlin Flight Limit WASHINGTON (AP)-The Unit-! Soviet Union had no rights what- rejectea monaay me: ever to set a ceiling. (Continued on 8, Col. 5) Methodists Slate Kennedy Talks WASHINGTON OP) Bishops of the Methodist Church, hold ing their annual election meeting here this week, will have "off the record" conference: with Sen. John F. Kennedy (D Mass) and other political lead Kennedy aides said today the conference with him har been asked by Bishop G.

Bromley The note also rejected, as con-pxnam, president of the Meth trary to the facts, Moscow's sug-i gestion that the United States had! deliberately staged the March 27 flight in order to wreck a sched-j uled Big Four foreign ministers! meeting set for Geneva May 11. The C130 flew into Berlin at a height of about 25,000 feet and1 was buzzed by Soviet fighters on both legs of the round trip. These Soviet fighters, the note said, "intentionally created tne very hazard to flight safety about which the Soviet representatives! odist Bishops' Council, and thej time had been set noon Wednesday. The aides said the purpose of the conference was not given; that the bishop had requested the meeting, and the senator had said he would be glad see them. Bishop Oxnam was not avail able ior comment.

One of his assistants said private neetings had been asked with several political leaders, but did not (name the others Backs Benefits for Jobless Actors Up to Doctors WASHINGTON President 1 Eisenhower delayed a decision Monday, on John Foster Dulles' future as secretary of state. Doctors will make ai. effort to check Dulles' cancer by new medical treatment. Most administration leadens! were gloomy about the prospects -uuiies couia win ms ugnt. mey expected 'he would resign perhaps within a.

comparatively few days. Dulles' condition aroused imme diate concern in Congress about who will represent the unitea at the foreign ministers! meeting Geneva May 11. Sen. George Aiken (R-Vt) said; at unless Dulles is able to re sume full-time work by that date, 'I would expect he would re-; sign. don't think the country can: go on and on without an active! But Less So Clear and cooi weather head of.

the State Department," Aiken said. Aiken was saying in effect that an acting secretary could not stand on an equal footing at Geneva with th; ministers of the Soviet Union and the Western allies of the United States- Eisenhower, who is reported very worned about Dulles, save Will Attempt To Parachute Its Nose Cone Planes Poised To Grab Device After Release VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. America's second Discoverer satellite roared southward into polar orbit Monday, setting the stage for a gigantic game of aerial catch in which planes may try to snatch its parachuting nose' cone from the air. Two hours after the launch ah Advanced Research Projects Agency spokesman said tracking Top space doctor says man may reach other planets in 10 years if Einsteih theory is correct. See story on 3.

stations in Alaska, Hawaii and at this West Coast missile base had established that Discoverer II is in orbit. The 1,600 -pound satellite is whirling around the earth in. a nearly north-south orbit every .94 minutes. At its high point it is 445 miles from earth, at its closest 158. The orbit would allow the satellite a life expectancy of about 30 days, he said.

First 12 Hours Vital Within hours, he said, they will be able to determine if the orbit meets requirements for an attempt to recover the If all goes the nose cone will be ejected, Tuesday or later, over the Pacific mar Hawaii. There C119 Flying Boricars, ing trapeze-like -devices, hope to sna? thp lU I the launch one expert m. uit chance ox recovery jatil in 1,000. I. Such in future shots' I of the Discjverer satellite I will contain mice and; monkeys.

I They will be used to determine the effects of such perils as radi ation, heat and gravity stress so that man may follow them into space. Fog Delays Shot Fog delayed the launching for 3-hours and 13 minutes. There was fog. as the 78-foot rocket roared skyward, but! upper altitudes were clear The engine of the first-stage a Thor, apparently- functioned perfectly no clue to the future after a its mnute life. minute visit with Dulles at Waiter! After a period of coasting, the Reed Army hospital.

Dulles, 7L worn and haggard, returned to the' hospital Sunday after cutting short a rest stay in Florida. During his Florida visit, Dulles' second stage Bell-Hustler engine took over for. rmother minutes. In the nose cone of the. second stage was a 160-ppund capsule shaped like an ice cream cone 33 inchest diameter at the strength he had when he was full-time architect and Af.r 3 for weeks er Eisenhower's visit to the hos-i of pital that Dulles would remainl for some days for additional! Each plane is equipped medical observanon ana newj treatment I Eisenhower went directly to the! hospital after he interrupted his! hospital alter ne interrupted his.

with (Continued on Pasre 3. Col. 2) Augusta, golfing vacation for; 9 TQ I Ty ll i w)u in i iu) Han I The WhilS Said the lW0' WASHINGTON An the timei tempt to put two Vanguard COCK JIElQ. iahmit flniW hpaHh well act Yesterday's high was and matters relating to world affairs, launching vehicle failed at the low was 2,. The record low James C.

Hagcrty, White House! Cape Canaveral. Monday for the date was 21 in 1914. To- press secretary, emohasized to -iu 1 vvinews conierence rnai uunes nas; did not ignite. rt AUW vx not resnmeo. desone some recur- 10-15 m.p.h.

westerly. njniors that he has decided Temperatures for the next few! to quit. days will average seven degrees "I can say there has been no belov normals of 56 and 36 resignation submitted. Hagerty trend starting late is nHiner ThiirsHnv' ending Thursday; today but slim chance flowers tionei. for Thursday Associates who know about Tallulah Stars at House Hearing you said, so I don't know 1 enter into voluntary I Miss Bankhcad said actors need riaSf! The failure was announced half an hour after the 72-foot rocket blasted aloft Inside Today (Continued on Fajre 3.

Col. 1)! Page Comic Pages 22-23 Crossword Puzzle 23 Death Record 9 Editorial 6 Markets 18-19 Mornings Mail 5 Puzzle Quiz 22 Hadio-TV Programs 17- Sports 13-14-15-16 racuse News WASHINGTON Mamc" and a movie academy; you're fur us or agin us." cer, heart disease, floods, ah, m. 8-9-J 2-16-22-23-24-26-27-28-32 jobless benefits for out-of -work ac-j awards nominee. Reading carefully from her; "Tornadoes?" inquired Rep.s i.nca^s "6 T3 thanked the commiteejthe work performed in one state! "Tornadoes! Thank you, dah-l Features Tullulah Bankhcad for allowing her to appear Turn-should count towarn unemolov-l line." she said. "Tornadoes, tele-i Women-Social I her entrance on the arm ing to the spectators, she gracious-Iment benefits in any other state thons: and the thinn Jerry is on; Your Horoscope of an escort, Miss Bank-head fied before the House Ways andi federal unemployment compensa utm legislation.

The reason for assistance to the committee table, "in case you have other ideas." she explained, was a sprained ankle. Tallulah played the starring role for Actors Equity Assn. Her supporting cast consisted of redheaded Peggy Cass, a star of the Broadway production "Auntie -That goes for "The unwillingness of state? to; so head of Alabama, was once speaker of the House, then announced: "I had to get up at 5 a.m. this morning, so for that reason alone I think this 111 should be passed." Surrounded by mink, of ice water and igarcttes, Miss Bank-head opened with a frank admission to the committee: "1 haven't heard a bloody word whose "Reciprocal," she was prompt- unemnloymen' protection because! DCflr Abby COLUMNISTS they are out of work so Leonard Lyons Thank you, Recis-j Maybe they shouldn't be Investor sopal agreements." jshc conceded, but added to the! Drcw Pearson Miss Bankhcad assured commit- committee members: "Maybe you i Today's Etiquette tee members she personally has) shouldn't be elected to Scripts never collected unemployment! who knows? compensation. She said she was; Members tried some questions, not speaking for herself, but for-but not for long, all actors.

I "I'm deaf, didn't "Whenever there's a national! hear what you said." Miss Bank- disastcr-lhank God. Salk vaccine head informed Chairman Wilbur cured but there's still can-'D. Mills (D-Ark). Bill Reddy Victor Ricsel 4 Peg Stevens 17 Robert Ruark 4 Inez Robb 4 George E. Sokolsky Strength for the Day 28.

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