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l73r.No. 197 Poughkeipsie, New York, Monday Evening, February 17, 1958 .18 Pages 7 Cents FINAL BOMS EDITION THE WEATHER. Bitter cold, wlndr tonight aad tomorrow. Tempera tares for XI boare to a. hUh IT; lew I.

Weather detail, pare 11. 4 County Fighting 22 inch Snowfall Storm Toll Placed at 72 In Northeast 30 Below, 58 inch Snow Records TTorMarlon By The Associated Press A death dealing atorm wept acton the Northeast yesterday leaving snow Tails of up to SB inches. The storm had hit an area from Mississippi to New England. The storm was centered over Portland, Milne today and heading for the Atlantic ocean. MEANWHILE, a Polar sir miss over the midwest dropped temperatures to the lowest level or the The tipper plains had read lni such as 30 below zero at Blimarck.

N. and 29 below at Bemidji, Minn. I WlnteVa double baft eled blast left in lu wake st least 72 aeatns. While Weather bureau offi cists In New York City hesltat ed to call the northeast storm a blizzard, they conceded today tnit one or a blizzard's three key features frigid tempera tures had made use of the term possible. The temperature In New York City was down to 8 de grees before dawn.

THE TWO OTHER attributes of a blizzard, swirling snow and high winds, had already taken hold Of much of the Atlantic coast. Even after the center of the storm had passed most of the Northeastern. section of the nation, snow continued to fall from the eastern Crest Lakes and 'the upper Ohio valley to New England. Gusty winds reached 90 miles an hour. Lebanon, N.

recorded SS Inches of snow while Boston and Caribou. Maine, reported depths of IB and 32 Inches, respectively. In Boston, a 37 yeir otd record wss swept from the books when 17 inches were measured. City Weather bureau spoke of "the wildest coastal storm of the winter," The old mark for a 24 hour snowfall in the city wss ion inches, set uwbzi. AT LEAST 11 Connecticut communities declared states of emergency and similar steps were ordered In other New England states.

New York and Pennsylvania. The big problem wss drifts tome as high as two story building blocked highways and isolated entire towns. Among the causes of death were accidents on roads, exertion from shoveling snow, trying to Jockey car from drifts and A freakish blizzard over area only about 20 miles square around Michigan City, Ini, dropped up to 30 inches of snow, THE LAKE Michigan Port city's 30.000 residents were al most completely Isolated. Mayor Jtancis redder declared a state of emergency. Chicago's Mayor Richard Daley sent nine snow plows to aid the stricken community.

George Chacharie, act ing mayor of Gary, Ind, sent 13 pieces of road equipment. Washington. D. waa par alyzed by a 14 Inch snowfall, the district's worst la 22 years. Thousands of government work ers remain home today with White House approval.

All schools were SCHOOLS WERE closed In hundreds of other communities In a number of states. Many In dustries and business offices were dosed. Juliano Jailed for 6 Months After Pav Theft Restitution Declaring the defendant had "misused a trust and confidence County Judge Schwartz today aentenced William L. Juliano, 4JB, City Public Works department clerk, to six months in the County jail. He' was sen tenced oh chargea of misap printing in city tunda and stealing $355.64 from three city employes.

weiense attorney Vincent dl Gennaro told the court Juliano. a life long friend, had mad complete restitution, and con tended mat. a prison sentence wouia serve no good. The real loser is no one but the defend ant himself. dlGennaro added.

ASSISTANT District Attor ney Ilellman ssld the Judee should Impose a jail sentence as punisnment and as an exam. Die to others. He reDorted that Juliano had" held a position of puouc trust and had enjoyed the respect and confident of mis superiors. on Jan. 20.

Juliano. 43 North Clinton street, pleaded guilty to 33 counts, which Were lodged against him Oct 22. Cltv police arrested Juliano Sept. 30 after viiy Manager uesmona report' ed payroll Irregularities. Judge scnwsrta said It was distasteful and difficult" to pass sentence.

"Your family will suffer and by your short coming, you hsve lost your good reputation. The Judge ssld substantial punishment would not accom plish a great deal, but pointed out some punishment wss need' Mr, dlGennsro read a news paper clipping, which reported a woman employe of the Port Jervis water department, accused of misappropriating about $12.000 la city funds, hsd re ceived a suspended sentence. "She took three times as much aa Juliano. and got a suspend' ed sentence." the attorney said. I dont go along with the Judge who imposed that sen' tence," Judge Schwartz said later, "I can convince myself In my own mind that It's the tight thing to do." Judge Schwartz aald he was being lenient, pointing out that Juliano receive credit for time served In Jail since Jan.

20, 'JULIANO I1AS nam vrr aeariy tor wnat ne a done. Mr, dlGennaro told the court "Because of his acts, he lost his prestige and stsndlnr In the community. run restitution has been made to the city. The citizens have lost nothing. The loser Is no one but the defendant" Mr.

dlGennaro said Juliano has an offer of a Job as the manager of the clgaret and sta tlonery department drug store. of a city Schwartz Tells About 'Evidence' WASHINGTON (API Bernard Schwartz today told Congressional Investigators there is circumstantial but not direct evidence of White House, attempts to Influence the award of a hotly contested Miami television channel. Schwartz, testifying under oath before the special house subcommittee which dismissed him as its counsel last week, also ssld Investigators learned that Colonel Gordon Moore had been a partner in a Dominican Republic shipyard wtth two officials of Public Service Inc. Gas Shortage felt Cotdest Wave Blasts South With a 23 in North Carolina ATLANTA AP The hardest cold wave of winter's worst visit in years hit the Southland today and a natural gas short age added to the hardships of Georgians. Temperatures ranged from 23 below zero at 8.684 fool Mount Mitchell in North Caro niniT hlghesrpeak esst of the Paging the Inside Ndws Editorials and Columns' Society loiwn Obituaries Markets Comics TV and Radio Theaters 5 Page 4 Pace 12.11 Page IB' Page 16 Page 17 Page 13 Page 13 Crossowrd Puzzle Pace 16 Names In the News Page 40 Mlsslslppl river, to an uncomfortable 43 at Miami There were 23 Inches of snow on the ground in the Mount area, THE NATURAL GAS short.

age waa reported In Georgia and Alabama. The Atlanta Gas ugftt Co.r which serves ,38 communities In 29 counties, sounded early appeals to residential customers to cut jhelr thermostats back to five They also were urged to delay washing and any cooking not strictly necessary. A spokesman In Atlanta said that with. these measures 'and added supplies of gss. being brought In by tank car from as tar away as New Mexico, serious difficulties would be avoided.

Gcorila temiriurr ran Lfrom 4 belOW zero In th maun. isinoua section to IB above at Brunswick, just north of the tine on' tne southeast Georgia seecoast Atlanta reported 5 above. Return of a Native Heavy Snow and Cold Not Strangers Here: They Add Up to an Qld Fashioned Winter ju Tyji pjffjfci jlyriw pTSl SJ 7 iJ'S' ij VJl 1 ijUi jiiB wit rtCTT WM saj Tg ffi 1T.lSnW "l' '3 iijr ii H''lML SJfr' WwlwyShSICg "siTtiL 'J'HUUt'l' 9 "Sj3l(l Drifts Problem In Town Roads Dutchess county and its municipalities wt re fighting back today from a 2 2 inch weekend snowstorm, the first old fashioned, storm since Dec. 26. 1947, when a 20 hour fall dropped between 18 and 20 inches of snow here Winds up to 29 miles an hour struck the Hudson valley tc whip tip drifts of more than 10 feet.

Some back roads may not be cleared until tomorrow Or Wednesdaysaid County Highway Superintendent O'Brien. Meanwhile, the United States Weather bureau fore cast more snow likely by Friday or Saturday, with possibly some earlier squalls, bzcept for bnef moderation at mid week, temperatures will be from 10 to 15 degrees below normal through Saturday, The Associated Press reported. Police counted one death ana Airport Reports Low 6 Degrees, Gush to 29 m. p. h.

Temperatures ranged between five and IB degrees during yes terdsy's storm, and gusts of up to 29 miles an hour were clocked yesterday at the County alr port. The wind, from the north northeast, registered steady during the day with velocity of 17 miles an hour. Here Is a temperature chart rrom i clock yesterday after noon through this morning. MAIN STREET LOOKED LIKE TniS TODAY. Snow had been plowed and the street was open for 'travel, but there were few users.

Pedestrian travel, too. was almost non Absenteeism Up to 12 Pet. Area Workers Delayed by Storm Absenteslsm in Pouchkeeo ile area Industrial plants as a result of the snowstorm ranged from about five to 12 percent of day shift personnel today, in dustrialists said. At the International Business Machines Corp. plant the sb sentee count in the production aepartmenu alone, was 1,062.

or about 12 percent of the dsyslde operating forces, not Including engineering snd research employes. IBM total comple ment of personnel here Is about 9,400. AT THE DE LAVAL Separal or Co. plant which employs snout ioo, reports pisced the total at no more than "about 30, or five percent" The num oer not appearing lor wors: at branch factories of the Day strom Weston Division of Day. strom also was reported to be about fire percent or about employes.

At Western Printing. SO to 331 workers were absent irom the day shift eight to nine percent of the total Western Printing's overall personnel Is about 1,100 SchaU Manufacturing and Federal Bearings Cos. reported about 100, or about 10 percent absent from wont some em' ployea were appearing late so that the absenteeism counts were approximations. AN IBM PLANT spokesman said many of the employes live st a considerable distance from the South road' plant and the absenteeism count was expected to be cut down considerably by afternoon. A DeLaval plant spokesman noted that absenteeism there was not relatively high among employes living on the west aide of the Hudson river.

A con sle area employes of DeLaval were reported to have been kept at home by snow clogged drive ways Reufer Questions Acting Utici Chief NEW YORK AP Acting Chief James Lalno of the Utlca Police department appeared to day for questioning by acting State Investigation Coramla sioner Arthur L. Router In his Iwesllgstlon of gambling and prostitution in utka. Plane Reported 'Kidnaped Forced to Fly to North Korea SEOUL (AP) Pyongyang Radio admitted today a South Korean passenger airliner with two Americana and 30 others aboard flew to Communist North Korea yes terday, A broadcast from the North Korean capital asserted the' pUne "fled to North Korea (in protest) against the Syngman Rhee government a war policy," IT WAS believed one or more Communists boarded the plane and forced the American pilots to fly north. Korean National airlines charged the plane's pas sengers were kidnaped. The UN command wilT meet the Communists tomorrow and demand the return of the pi; The Pyongyang broadcast gave no details of the plane.

Its pas sengers or where It landed. It said only that the plane landed at a North Korean airport at 2 pjn. Previously, the Communists had remained silent on the fate of the The UN command said the nlan was tracked by radar north of the truce line before It van ished yesterday. South Koresn military sources reported that radar had followed the DCS at least 60 miles further north to Sunsn, site of a Red air base near the North Korean capital of Pyongyang. existent This photograph looks esst In Main street from, afl point east of Market street (Other storm pictures on psges 2.

8. 13 and 18). PMkkMpM Nw Ytr kou ii friend has returned to Dutchess county Old fashioned winter. He'd been away for some 10 yeara. But his coming back wa certain we had the word of oldtimera for that.

Many newcomers to the coun ty never hsd made his acquaintance. Thus they were surprised and annoyed at the crustiness of bis makeup: Bulletin JERUSALEM (AP) vio lence continued on the Israeli Arab frontier today. The fourth incident In five days was re ported. Woman Trapped Outside HerHome, Dies in Bitter Cold LOUISVILLE; KYv 4AP A 41 year old woman using' a ladder to preach her second story bedroom window, froze to death today when she slip ped and became wedged be Eisenhower Urges Bulganin To Use 'Channels' WASHINGTON AP)President Eisenhower in a new letter to' Soviet Premier Bulganin has suggested that both aides work through 'normal channels" for an eventual East West summit conference. He described present efforts as at an impasse.

in what was in effect a reply to Bulganln's criticism of Sec retary of State Dulles, Elsenhower said any preparatory work "would, as far as the United States was concerned, require the participation of our Secretary of StaW? THE WHITE HOUSE made public today the text of Elsenhower's six cage reply to let ters from Bulganin. It was sent to Moscow Saturday. Elsenhower expressed "con slderable puzzlement" In view of Bulganln's proposals as to "what you think another such (summit) meetlrur could contribute" to a genuine settlement of our, He accused Bulgsnln of de mandlns "the right to veto dis cussion" of the proposals Elsenhower believes vital to Interna tional peace. Car Parkers Asked To Aid Plow Plans Superintendent of Streets Healy said plowing forces would go out again tonight to plow tlderaWe number of Poughkeep 1 twee the roof and an over ectlons of atreett where ears COBECTION TEOOT LaSTBV. at plan k.

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The body of Mrs. Robbie Lee Keith was discovered by berlandlord. MrsrLoirltoeL i She told police she had the only key to the house and that Mrs JCetth often jised the ladder to gain entry. It was 3 below zero, police said, when Keith climbed a ladder and reached, the peaked roof of a bathroom addition directly below the bedroom window. She slipped add slid down the roof, her legs wedging between the roof and a short projection extending over the back door to the eotlaie.

shoes had fallen off and she waa not wearing a coat, hat or gloves. A aack of haro burger and coffee were found on the 'ground. DAY AFTER DAY of zero temperatures, a practice snowstorm and then the weekend smsckerod of some 20 inches of snow (drifts up to 10 feet) near gales, clogged roads, lmoass aoie onveways, stance cars and marooned people. nut no one is all bad There is a beautiful tide to the old Snow patterns of breathtaking attractiveness, swords of Ice suspended from rooftops. the frozen creeks and the ermineermine wrapped trees.

The coun tryside blanketed In a white quiet. the swarming tractors busy transforming the fields ot fleece into graying mountains. The brilliance of the sun re covering Its dominion over th Intrusion of the storm; and the stirring of the children who've always found the old man to be friend and playmate. i Tobaccos, Drugs Lead Stock Prices NEW YORK AP Some tobacco and drug shares did well fn an otherwise irregular Stock Market early this after noon. Turnover was light Most key stocks snowed frac tional changes with an occasion' al loss running Oo a point or so.

Among drugs and tobaccos went to a point and more. THE MARKET' was moder ately active at the start and prices were a bit lower than at sTldaya close. were parked last night He ask ed motorists, wno muse pars in the streets to park in tress al readyplowed" Snow waa being removed from the Main street shopping district, this afternoon, Mr. Healy said that crews' were as signed to pick up snow in some deadend, streets and parte of Corlies manor. here many cars are parked at night: also Git ford and.

Bain avnues. streets where traveling wss hazardous. Woman Dies Of Car Injuries Brockway Resident 5th Car Victim Mrs. Ctode Nelson. 36.

wife I a Brockway died I Even the Ttorra abati 1 pm. 18 degrees 2 m. IS degrees 3 pm, 14 degrees 4 pm. 14 degrees 3 p.m. 14 degrees 8 pm.

12 degrees 7 pm. 11 degrees 8pa 9 degrees 9 pm. 8 degrees 10 pm. 8 degrees 11 pm. ,9 degrees midnight Bdegrees 1 a.m.

8 degrees 2am. 7 degrees 3 am. 7 degrees 4 a m. 7 degrees 3 ajn 6 degrees 6 4 degrees 7 a.m. degrees 8 am.

3 degrees Bam. 8 degrees 10 m. 8 degrees 11 am. 7 degrees Noon 8, degrees lpm. 9 degrees 2 pm.

10 degrees one injury since the stqrm roared into this area at about 3.30 o'clock Saturday night. MISS FLORENCE SWIFTE, 72, of 134 Main street. Beacon, died from a heart seizure Saturday night after she fell twice In ithe snow In front ot her home. Miss Helen Anderson. 22.

ot 377 South road, suffered exposure and an injured right leg shortly before 3 am. yesterday in a two car accident in nouie 378 near Red Oaks Mill. The accident toil was light became there was little traffic yesterday according to police. Most residents spent the dsy attempting to shovel out their homes and drives. THE MID HUDSON brdlge.

considered a good barometer of traffic had fewer than l.ouo cars, described as the "poorest" revenue dsy on record. Normal ly. 3,000 cars on a winter Sunday is considered a poor day. SEVERAL TOWNS yesterday halted plowing when it became apparent roads could not be cleared ot.driftiJ'hey wenUmt again last night after the snow ended. This morning there were (new drifts and crews were out I again.

Mr. O'Brien said county crews have had only brief rest periods at the County garage since Saturday afternoon. Town forces were operating on much the same schedule. Town of Poughkeepsie High way Superintendent TerwlUlger said he called In his plows yes terday for repairs. A standby crew was on duty for emer gencies.

Two women called the highway department to ssy they might need their streets open to go to a hospital maternity ward. Plows were dispatched to clear their roads Immediately. Mr. TerwlUlger said snow will be picked up in Arlington Wednesday night. Tonight and tomorrow crews will concentrate on pushing back snow from roads and sanding.

Town and city officials Joined In sn appeal to homeowners to shovel snow from Are hydrants so they will be easily visible ana accessible in esse of nre. yesterdsy at Highland hospital. Beacon, from Injuries suffered Saturday In a car taxi accident in Main street. Beacon, west ot Cliff street. Beacon Police Lieutenant Fltzglbbons said Mrs.

Nelson waa Injured while riding In a car operated by her husband, Clyde. 40, which waa la colli sion with a taxi driven by Nor man Conklln, 02, of 48 Ackerman street Beacon. Asslstsnt Medical Examiner Thompson said an autopsy would be conauctea at st Francis' hospital. Dr. Thompson ssld Mrs.

Nel son suffered head and chest In Juries. Authorities said Mrs. Nelson's head struck the wind shield. The accident occurred Satur day afternoon and Mrs, Nelson died yesterday morning. Lieutenant Fitzgibbons said Conklln suffered neck and back injuries In the crash.

He was driving a taxi owned by the cab service or Beacon. The lieutenant aald the Nel son car was pulling into a park ing apace when the collision oc curred. Both vehicles were traveling east educators In the rougnaeepsie area cancciea classes for today. SHERIFF CLOSE put civil defense auxiliary police on alert and asked fire companies to have their members ready tor emergency duty. Pleasant val ley volunteers were on duty in the fire house overnight COUNTY HIGHWAY Superintendent O'Brien aald the snow was so deep tnat plows were used Instead ot blades for the first time since 1931.

By this morning state and county roads were open except for Chestnut Ridge road in the Towns of Union Vale and Dover. A County plow became stuck there last night and waa abandoned until today. Mlllerton reported nine foot drifts had been common in that area since the previous snow, and the new storm added three to four feet SUPERVISOR Culver (R North East) said that plows were clearing the way to farms for milk trucks. Yesterday See COUNTY page 18 rEaacaar ruanmiBC sale-Ul Uvi mil DUllf imbl BaS nw aolua. Tftbtta, ud an OceutMal FuxwlUira Sour Overt sal.

Joia St MUUMa'a, SS 1M Mill mcMBtas or Tag raiavncw nsit wnrtM vffl to fckt toalikttat Cma ruMrtl UaM.M Iw ga County Motor TotlRikstoS With Beacon Death Dutchess'. eounty 1958 hlghwsy toll Increased to five yesterday when Mrs. Clyde Nelson3.Brockway;aledr, at Highland hospital. Beacon, Irom Injuries suffered Saturday In a two car la Beacon. The fatality was the first In Bescon this year.

Beacon's first motor vehicle "Victim last year was William R. Henderson, 82. of 148 Mountain avenue.avenue. Beacon, on Jan. 23.

The fifth highway fatality of 1937 was Jimmy' Dale Pep per' Bradley, 18, of 1326 Mill street a helper, on Feb. 2.) He waa killed when hU ear was In collision with another vehicle 'and "then knocked down a utility pole In Salt Point road, near Bedell, road. Storm Oddity Here's a Switch: City Bride Carried Before Her Wedding Even the old tradition of carrying the bride; across the threshold klter, the wedding got a switch In Poughkeepsie because ot in? snowstorm. At least 'one bride was carried i before the wedding from her home through snow, drifts to a waiting car else the bridegroom would bsve been left "waiting at the, ehlirch. She was Beverly LeClalr, 4 Douglas street who wss married to Charles Morano1 Oak street, at St church.

Gallant, men ot the (wed ding party carried the future MrsMorano, the maid of hon or and two bridesmaids to' cktoJJT "touiefiK, cars In'a gesture of un tnmtamft Mia. The Rev. Peter J. Cody, as pastorrofuStrJPeter'a observed. "There sure were a lot ot Sir sGsllahads around yesterdsy Meanwhile, another hHch, was developing.

Joseph G. LeClalr, Miller place, destined to "give the bride (his sister) found his driveway blocked." But rock roll came to the rescue. "frocked sncLrolled my car out of the driveway," Mr. LeClalr said, "and finally made It to the church. The wedding was nearly a half hour late.

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