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Weather detallaon back pafe, i A prr it HnH BB mrm I si.d minion issue Backed By Millbrook Owners' Group 54 Aboard Itral African Aitlinea report' ed one of ita planet with 54 persona aboard crashed to day (n the Kills near Beng hazi. Libya. An Airline spokesman said at least 20 survivors from the 47 iters and crew of seven were reported. lie did 'not know how many had been killed or Injured. British Overseas Alrwiyi iorp.

auo samr mere ai least. 20 wrvlvorl. four engine Viscount bad scheduled stops it Benghazi and noma on Its flUht from Sills. pury, southern Rhodesia, to London. The plane reportedly plummeted Into a hilly area six miles from Benghazi's Benlna airport In predawn moonlight.

Benghazi, one o( Libya's two capitals, lies on the Mediterranean tea in the eastern part of the desert nation; niM IS THE SINGLE ENGINE amphibian plane which yesterday crashed into a cornfield near jlugtisonvllle when I wm tj9 uiMif miv iwt vwiywia, otfj rww biuu Four persons Were in ured at 5 p.m. yesterday vhen their singli engine amphibian plane ran out of gaa and crashed into a corn field on the Raymond Bala ey arm near Hughsohville. Injured, according to Tjshklll State were Lawrence Mark, 39, Scarsdale, the pilot; his wife, Mrs. Annette Mark, their daughter, Wendy Dora, 8, ana Jienry Jacoby, 41, of 303 ttiverajoe ame, New York City. MR.

MARK AND Mr. Jacoby are officials of Uie Grove Con traction Co, 313 West 03rd treet, New York City. Troopers said Mr. Mark left Montrcse airport with 12 gl ions oi gas ana punned to stop at the County airport. New ganrp.

Th red and black plane was bound for Tupper Mke in the Adirondack tnounuimv THE REPUBLIC DC3 imnltl. tlous aircraft ran out of gas minutes before reaching tbe new iiackensack airport and crashed into a cornfield off old State road west of Route 9 and near Wheeler Hill road The crash occurred within sight oi uie nuason river Two SlODer Wtllen Isnces removed the injured to Highland hospital, Beacon. The mouiance service received another call about the asms time. and a third ambulance was dls paicnea 10 ine wapplngers Falls anopping center on a sick call. TROOPERS SAID Mr.

Mark suffered a severe laceration of the forehead, while Mr, Jacoby uncrca a compression 01 uie pine and a possible ruptured spleen when thrown against the catch on his'aafety belt by the Impact. Mrs. Mark had body Injuries while her daughter suf zereq shock. A hospital spokesman said day and listed Mrs. Mark's con dltlon ai, fair.

Both Mr, Mark and his daughter were In "good condition," THE LEFT WING on the pltne was smashed, and there Were cornstalks Imbedded In it and scattered inside the cabin, On the back seat aat a stuffed dog the Mark girl had been playing "with before the crash which was investigated by Ser eetnt McCoy and TroopersCo bey, Lamjorecnt and Conway, Hewburgh Man On Nautilus Trip A Newburghx sailor was the only Hudson Valley represents tlve, on the Jules Verne Uke voyage of the atomic submarine USS Nautilus under the Arctic Icecap and the North Pole. Strangely, the )s named for the ship Verne's fictional voyagers sailed in his novel, 'Twenty Thdusand Loa sues Under the Sea." i Making the approximately 600 league voyage, or 1Q30 miles completely submerged to be exact, was Edward D. Dunn Jr. son of Mr. and Mrs.

Edward Dunn. 18 Downing avenue, New burgh. He was one of 14 officers and 08 crewmen and four civilians who made the four day trip through the Icy'ocean valley be neath the Arctic. PvufMutptfc Nw York PboU the pilot, LAWRENCE MARK, 39, Scarsdale, left Montrose with 12 gallon of gas, and Planned to refuel at the County airport, New Iiackensack. (Second picture onpage 2) At Leastz20 Survive Plane Wreck As Craft Falls Near Libya Capital LOIMUUff I APJ Cen Daughter Injured By Father's Car Bonnie Lee Brown.

4. nf Zlmmer avenue, was inlured yesterday afternoon wheh struck' near her home, by a car operated by her James Brown, 30, city electrician, according to a police accident report. The girl was treated at Van. MrrawbyTrartalrlyToodoJ'wsPll1orlcferation of me ncaa. I Mr.

Brown told oollce he was driving west In Zlmmer avenue when his daughter ran Into the cars path from the south side oi the street. Hammarskjold Offers Plan To Stabilize Mid East Nations UNITED NATIONS' (AP) Secretary General Uag Hammarskjold tried today tcrdjrect the UN debate on the Middle East toyyard ahaping a constructive plano siaoiuze tne area insieaa or pig power name calling. otered TPagiiig the Inside News Editorials and Columns Society" Sports Obituaries Market Comics TV and Radio' Theaters Crosswordipuftle Pase 4 Page 3 Page 0 Page 10 Page 10 Pagtf'll Page 7 Page "2 Page 7 Page 3 Highland News Wanpfneers News Pase 12 la the News Page 12 Girls Obtain Refund from Stora On Sioien Sweaters Three unidentified girls yesterdsy stole eight sweaters from the Wallace Co department store, 331 Msln street, and obtained a refund from a clerk for two of them. Chief Martin said today. The girls were seen In the store carrying paper bags between 1:30 and 2 30 p.m.

yesterday afternoon in Uie ladies' wear department. While confirming' the theft of the sweaters, a Wallace' Co. official decllried comment on the reported refunds. Space Boss Cites Progress CLEVELAND (AP) Dr T. Keith Glennan, bead of aJ new civilian space agency, is Impressed by Russian science education, but Sputniks do not worry him.

He deplores any criticism of American progress in efforts to conquer apace since the Russians put the first earth satellite into orbit last fall. "WE'VE DONE a treat deal he said last nldit. "But you don't do It all overnight." Dr. Glennan will take an in definite leave from his post as president of Case Institute of Technology to head a civilian agency dealing with satellites, rockets and spice travel, i His nomination as director of the national aeronautics' and apace administration was announced In Washington by President Eisenhower. He will fly to Washington next Thursday to appear at senate confirmation hearings His new assignment will begin about Sept 1.

The NASA, created last week, will handle all non mllltary space projects. It apparently will be built on the foundations of the National Advisory Com mlttee for Aeronautics, a quasi nubile civilian body. which han dies basic aeronautical research tor the government Rockefeller Gains 4 Orleans Votes By The Associated Press Nelson Rockefeller is four votes stronger today In his quest for the Republican nom ination for Governor He picked up the support yesterday on a visit practically on the home grounds 'oi Erie county's Walter J. Mahoney. Parrot Fever Can Be Stopped Where It Starts, Say Experts STOCKHOLM (AP) A disease sometimes calledpar rot fever, that causes a type of pneumonia in humans can be stopped where It In household blrds eclentlsts aid todays The disease Is psittacosis In birds it Is" mainly an Intestinal disease, But in humans, who pick It up from the of 'Infected bird cages, it causes a sort of pneumonia.

Dr, 'James H. Steele of the U. S. Public Health service, there Is a method tof Elvlnz birds medicine and foodVat theame tiraInfectlorrsubslderihaTply after tne first 'day of treatment, he said. STEELE.

CHIEF OF the veterinary public division at Atlanta, Ga, told the International Congress of Microbiology that medicated bird seed had been developed at the university of California. "It has had remarkable results In, field (rials at the university's' Hooper foundation In Francisco', Steele said. Other1 trials were Conducted at the University) of Texas medical branch in Galveston. Psittacosis affects parakeets, parrots, lovebirds and other household birds. Feed for them uses the antibiotic, fhlortetracycllne, and hulled millet seed, which are reportedly also effective against bronchitis, rhinitis and other bird Illnesses.

'Heretofore, birds had to be treated by ln jeeuon lor psiiiacosj. In humans, ittls combattable by penkUlln and oiher antibiotic, Hammarskjold brosd plan for peace and economic improvements in the crisis ridden region at a 35 minute, opening yesterday the General Assembly's third emergency special session. The Assembly recessed until Wed' nvsday when debate will begin THE SECRETARY general proposed that Arab nations stop interfering with each. other and the big powers let them alone politically but help them eco nomically. His plan was unveiled while the United States and the So vlet Union aUU were working on proposal Washington talk Jim ncen along lines similar to Hammarskjold's plani Soviet 'Delegate Arkady A Sobolev demanded Immediate action to get U.

S. trooDs out of Lebanon and British forces out of Jordan. "Their presence constitutes a danger to world jeace," he contended In Tepeat ing the line on which Soviet Premier Khrushchev first want ed a summit conference and then, switched last Tuesday demandlng'the Assembly meet ing. Sr delesate Hennr Cabot Lodge In reply accused Russia of wanting the session as a propaganda sounding board He expressed regret thst Sobolev had introduced the discordant note and said Washington hopes the Assembly can come to grips wun basic Middle Eastern problems Hammarskjold proposed that 1. The Arab nations the United Arab Republic of Eavot ana syna, iraq, joraan, Lepa non, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Libya and Sudan reaffirm adher ence to such principles as non aggression and noninterference in each others internal affairs, i 2.

"TI1R WORLn onmmn. nlty" assure Arab nations "they may shape their own destinies. 3 Middle East nations Cre ate with UN help new. financial institutions to pull development money Into the 4 'Cooperation between oil producing and oil transiting countries President Nasser's UA.R, across which oil passes; would like to share In some of the production profits of Iraq and Saudi Arabia. 3, "Joint utilization and wat er resources 0 STRENGTHENING of the UN truce supervision organlta Men In Jordan on the border with Israel and' undefined spe cial) measure! "adequate In the specific situation meaning the weak and vulnerable condition qf J6r dan, i For School Building rogram Factions Aareelchomber Proect To Seek Ruling Old City Mansion Transforrriecl On Old Plant 'nt0 Modern Apartment House Black Demands, Complete Job Under Bond Setup Postoffice Machine to Vend 4 Cent Stomas Too said today that stamp vending Postofflce will be adjusted for the sale of the new four cent stamps but set no date for the changeover.

Presently, the machine sells one cent stamps in sets of five' for, a nickel, and five cent stamps for a combination of a dime and a nickel, I Millbrook School Board President Frederick Cur, mngham said today that the Parent, Renters and Proper ty Owners association "would find acceptable' building program for the die trict not to exceed $1,500,000. At a Joint meeting last night, the School board, its Building Advisory committee and the Parents, Renters and Property Owners association also agreed to tow a possible building site suggested by the association to morrow afternoon and all three groups agreed to send repre sentatlves to Albany to confer with Dr, Walter, S. Crewson of the State Education department on possible uses for the Memo rial school building. THE ALBANY' meeting will lake place "as soon as possible, perhaps next week," said Mr. Cimnlnehata.

Commenting on the meetlM. Lormgjjiacu. president Of the Parents, Renters and Property Owners association, said "The association saw one of Us prin cipal objectives realized when the Millbrook Board of Educa tion acceded to the advice of ur Crewson and conducted meeting with a dissident group In an attempt to reconcile the divergent views in the Mill brook district Dr. Crewson met In Millbrook recently to meet with the. three groups to get then to resolve their difference! on a building program "for the good of the sonooi district." Till? THREE groups will again on Aug 20, said.

Board President Cunningham, The Parents, Jtenters Property pwnera association also agreed to so over Plans. designs, specifications and other materials connected with a proposed building program advanced by the School "hoard with avlew towarUeffectlng cono 4 mies ancr mating outer suggestions, Mr. Cunningham reported "We'll all save much time and we can get started earlier On a building program If we can agree on much of existing nlans and thereby eliminate the time and expense of preparing new ones, ne aaoea. MR. BLACK SAID that ihe ngure bis croun sue gested would have to Include a 'complete building program.

including a new building, renovation of old ones 'or whatever Is necessary, Just so Ions as it provides adequate education for Millbrook children without hav. ins to go back to the taxpayers In a year or four or five t6 ask for another building." A statement from the Par ents, Renters and. Property Owners to i the Poughkecpsle New Yorxer today 'cited tne realization of one of their prin clpal objectives, as Mr. Black aald. In Mm mMlnc wlt.h Mi Sohool board and ihe Building Advisory committee and con tinues: iihaffinatlon.

inffnuitv and Dride at wnrlcmanihin combined to turn a South Clinton street house otice condemned by the Poughkeepaie 'Board of Health Into a gleaming, modern apartment house. old The 60 year old Stockton mansion at 61 South Clinton street was renovated by about 120 local firms of contractors, suppliers, manufacturers and stores under the Poughkeepsle inamDer or commerce's "ope ration Home Improvement." The 3 story house was open resident of the Cham' ed yesterday! by Wencel A. Neu pi ber, who cut a red ribbon mann, stretched across the door at City Judge O'Donnell was on hand to represent Poughkeepsle and scores of the men snd women, who Mad a part in the project, turned uo to see the finished product, Including contractor Harold Miller who coordinated the efforts oft the firms Involved, and architect Paul Canin. William II. Howell, who supervised construction, was unable to be present.

The house will be open for Puduc inspection today, tornor row and then dally except Monday, from 1 to 8 m. (Picture on back page) Senators Scan Torch Car Sale WASHINGTON (AP) Sen ate rackets Investigators sought details today of tb. hurryup bargain sale of a Teamsters' urn ion automobile reportedly used in Michigan fatal human torch burning Chairman John L. McClellan (D'Ark) of the special Senate committee ordered the inquiry yesterday following testimony that the automobile Was son for no money down to Herman Klerdorf, uncle of the torch victim and former aide to Teamster President James R. Koffa KIERDORF'S nephew.

Frank Klerdorf, 66, business agent (or a Pontlac. Mich. Teamster lo cal, died Thursday after indi cating to police he suffered his burns In setting fire to a FllntUfuiscd unseen these underwa TllfS ASSOCIATION has Ions contended that Uie rMolu. tlons adopted by the'Mlllbrook Central School district Board of Education have not reflected the will of the voters as evidenced by the defeat of three bond Is sues at the "A step forward was taken last night when the board and Ki building advisory corrrmlttee agreed to meet wlih memberf the association tomorrow after noon for the purpose of examining a cite suggested for consid eration: by the association Jhe association, also lauded mentjw the thre to, meet with Dr. CrewaottMn A1 t1 TnE STATEMENT concludes: "This association Intends to cur sue Its course of bringing the voters a 'program to provide adequate education at a tost the district can afford." Mich, dryoleaning shop Sun day night Michigan authorities said the nephew also indicated his uncle, Herman, 06rwas "at' lire "fire scene The elder Klerdorf dis appeared Monday and Is sought a warrant charging posses sion of a silencer equipped gun.

TESTIMONY on tne sale of the union owned Cadillac ell jaxed a fast moving day in the committee's inquiry into allega tions that Holla's giant union Is involved wjth underworld char acters a nationwide plot to don.lnate business and labor. The hearings are in recess until Tuesday, Blimp on Flight Over Arctic Areas SOUTH WEYMOUTH. MASS (AP) The Navy's Arctic ex pioring bump ZPG2 took off at 3 06 am. EDT. today a round robin nlgM from Resolute bay C6rnwalllj island, Northwest territory, for Ice I 'and 8 3, the Naval Air station here said today.

The blimp then will so to Phillips bay, Ellcsmere Island and return td Resolute The flight shfuld take about 37 hours and will bring the craft witnin oonr boo of the North Pole. Nautilus Sails ForEngland Craft Blazes Transpolar Route WASHINGTON (AP) The American atomic submarine Nautlhis headed toward Portland, England, today after pioneering a transpolar path for to morrow's commerce or mis tlle firlng undersea craft In complete secrecy, the tyau tllus vworld's first nuclear sub completed its epic 1,830 mile Journey under Ice four days ago It traveled from the Pacific, to the Atlantic, passing through the Arctic sea lying between North America and Russia. NEWS OF THE dramatic feat wai announced yesterday at a special White House ceremony. President Elsenhower decorated the cubcommander, who was flown back especially for the occasion. And Elsenhower award ed a unit citation td the Niutl lus' 116 man crew, In his citation to the aub commander, Navy Commander William Anderson.

Elsenhow er stressed the commercial pos slbllltles opened up by the Nautilus' voyage. The military Implications are obvkmsj but the President left them tinmen tloned (Related story on page 2) 'This, he said, "points the way for further exploration and possible use of this route by nuclear cargo submarines asva new commercial seaway between the major oceans of the. world. ON THE BUILDINCTways are the first s. ballistic missile submarines From gaps in the beneath which the Nautilus LaHf HsH aaHai hsi iLBniMkaM.

Jf LHB asasaH AMM asisiHwlisaH Bill BaBaBaM SbhbbbI BBaBLm kBH I km iiBHH GEORGE V. MAHAR, died today of a heart seizure. ter war craft can lob their hy drogen headed missiles at targets In Eurasia. If Washington preferred to ignore publicly themilltary iimj plications, London did not. A British naval source Mid "It means phat 'atomic driven submarines could cross from the North coast of the American continent beneath the ice to launch attacks 'on the Northern shore of the Soviet union." THERE WAS NO immediate comment by tbe Russians, but a Communist newspaper In Paris laid it showed that "American research Is in no way orientated toward pacific realizations." The news of the Nautilus' voyage across the top of the world was nourishing tor an American public which has1 had a diet of Russian "firsts" in science and arms.

The White House obviously intended It to be so. By plan there was first deep $erecy, then a untuning tiiri of a 'good story" to come. This was fol lowed by dramatic announce ment, ana ceremony. But to whatever prestlge eS' ttblishlng purpose the' covern ment put (he Nautilus' feat, the 'ong cruise beneath the sea did compile a record of artful navigation, cold courage and tech nical skill. For the first time, man now has an accurate graph of the bottom of the Arctic basin In that path through which the Nautilus passed.

riANKli SZABO NOW.IXATIlia PUna Solovoi tl Quinoa'i TM rn. rMshi. i Hudson Popular Boating Playground. Notes Sundqy Feature, Citing New Boom 'he lordly Hudson oncatho chUfmanBMf travel in the valley area Is coming back Into its own In a resurgence of activity that started after World War II, the river now bustles with action for the bulk of the open water part of the year. Much of the traffic is commercial, freighters, tankers and tugs passing frequently.

3ut the real action Is furnished by an amazing number of small craft Thoughtful' of what's going oh In the frontyard, the Poughkewsle Sunday New Yorker presents a aurveyof current river condltldns, produced by Helen Myers, historian and feature; writer. It will be lavishly Illustrated to give a' full picture of what's happening Of course, you'll find all the other sews In New Yorker too, amplified by pictures social news, sport columns, features, special reports and oddities. You'll miss plenty read the Sunday New Yorker. we package will include; Family Weekly, the news magazine In color, and a 16 page colored comic! section George Mahar Dies of Seizure "George Mahar. about 56.

Dutchess County Suoreme court librarian, and brother of Supervisor Mahar, died today of a heart seizure along Route II. Town of Ktnderhook, Columbia county. Mahar was on a trip to Albany In a car driven by Edward Wansy, Staatsburg, and accompanied by James W. O'Brien. city MAHAR COMPLAINED of feeling 111 in Rhlnebeck.

ini stopped at a drug store and Abstained some stomach pills, lie was stricken In the car and died In Kinderhook, according to Columbia County Coroner Robert Near, HillloTush Education Bill WASHINGTON (AP) Sen. atoMJster HllHD'Alar iaid trp day he will Dush'hls 1U hllllnn. dollar education aid bill now that the House has passed a smaller measure stripped of college scholarship provisions The House sent a 910 million dollar bill fo the Senate by voice vote late yesterday after rejecting 233.140 mnv. A shelve It Before final passage, wis iiouso xnocxea out the scholarship section, shifting Its funds to a student loan program. HOWEVER, jrfvnrnl.

t.A eral aid to education wr n. couraged by the House vote. My Ml it was the first time the House had accenUrf KrA. cuucauon aid mil Traditional reluctance In Congress to pass federal aid to education legislation has been overcome somewhat by concern over Russian Thesa gains have been attributed by tome to a lag In American education, particularly In irfenra and mathematics THERE SEEMS little doubt ic Senate will vote at lease some scholarship money when the bill comes up there, probably Monday or Tuesday. If so, the House and Senate differ ences on this issue will have to be worked out In conference.

Many Republican senators were prepared to support scholarship funds, although not to the extent provided In the hill bill. Flemmlns said he hoped the Senate would Include, competitive scholarships in Its measure. rami A LM Eastern Reports: $4.9 Million Prolil NEW YORK AP) Eastern Air Lines today reported a net profit of equal to $1 69 a share, for the first six, months of 1938. This compared with $3,319,918 or $1 86 a share in the first six mqrtttut XI last etr hK 4 V4 L' KU 5 Ir Cy fJ.

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