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Ike Reaps Good Will From His TV Show-The Editor's Notebook, Page 2-E AKRON BEACON JOURNAL final Italy Votes Today Story on Tag? 2 EDITION i A a Fifteen Cent! NO. 183 114th Year Sunday, June 7, 1953 176 Pages TRUCE TEAMS MEET AGAIN Way Up Here Rfaee New Reauest Send Ike BUREAU REPORT Freeways Need Cash Bcforc-1961 Up To Levy "Vole JL reck Armistice Not CABINET STANDS RY REPORTER TURNS SKY WRITER May Offer ROKs Fresh Assurances Of U. S. Support HI Surprise! Jet Ride Quiet And Comfy! By S( RIVEN IF THK RADAR COPS could have seen me There I was whizzing; over the North Hill Viaduct and up Main si. at fi.V) miles nn hour.

But. I was fi.OOO feet shove th From Braron Journal 1 lr Svlf President Eisenhower was reported to have sent a new and urgent request Saturday to Tresident Syngmurt Rhee of South Korea to accept the now almost-successfully negotiated armisrjcft terms as truce teams prepared to meet again. The new message to the rebellious South Korean leader WM said to have resulted from nn emergency conference Mr. Eisen hower held with military and diplomatic aids, seeking action designed to prevent, Knee from wrecking the truce expected to end the Korean War in a week or 10 days. OS COP TICKET J.

P. Riddle Junius Iulo Mayor Race Vows Vigor In Campaign By ('LM)K MANN lUarnn JnurnRl r(ll1ir Writer The Rppuhlicans have come up with a. fighter for mayor. He P. (for rritch-ard) Riddle, a firebrand politico and A life-long Republican on the liberal side.

Riddle Jumped into the rare Saturday after some coaxing hy COP party heads who had searched three months for an sg-; gressive, two-fisted campaigner. I Convinced they must battle to' retain Control of City Hall, the! GOP policy makers induced Riddle into the race after a series of conferences. J. P. RIDDEK "I have my own certain the United States would offer South Korea new guar- (antees of American support against any renewal of Red aggres To "JET MAN" S('RI EN (in the edge of the cockpit as I hs craw ling; In.

The tucking-in and emergency briefing took a little time. I.t. Prendorgast helped me fasten ami adjust the parachute straps. Next came the seat straps. Finally, 1 had the hardtop jet helmet nn and my microphone and headsets hooked up.

THEN HE TOM) me about the gadgets the lever that flips the canopy off snd the trigger switch that send the seat and the passenger shooting out of the plane in rase yoil have to jump for it. At 1:26. I was strapped In like I've never been strapped hefoie. And "Nick" started his cheek of the controls. He fired See IT MAIN Tsge 2 nr e.

it -rA -torn1 9 By KENNKTII F. COLE Akron's 5-year Expressway building program will need a financial transfusion if it is to be completed on schedule in 1961. The North-South Rnd super-roads across the city mam goal of highway strategists-will require $9,653,000 mora than is In sight now. A $6,900,000 chunk of It will fome in if voters imcw the highway levy before it dies at the end Of 'lflo5. But somewhere, somehow the fity will have to dig up the remaining; $2,74.1,000 If postwar highway planner' dreiun are to eome true.

Furthermore, if City Hall officials dip into the till for anything but Expressway projects, the shortages will be even greater. THF.SK POINTS stand out tn a comprrhensive review of the city's highway program hy the Chamber of Commerce Bureau of Municipal Research. The 27-page report Is the first complete study of highway levy expenditures made in the eight years it has been on the books. The survey was conducted by the Chamber's taxation and legislation rommlttee, headed hy Ralph H. Miner, assistant secretary of Goodyear Tire Rubber Co.

The committee snd John Davie, head of the research staff, spent three months on the report. It Is full of statistical tallies spelling out. what has happened levy funds and what remains to he done. Chamber officials plan to turn the study over to their highway committee, headed by Timothy Doyle, assistant comptroller of the Firestone Tire A Rubber Co. Future highway policy by the Chamber may he guided by the bureau's findings.

THK REPORT suggests that "some change'' in the city's fi- nancial policy may he in order if "satisfactory progress is to be. made nn the Expressway program. Since fact-finding ws the pur-: nnu rf the mirvev. nolirv flue-1 linm a lfff fnr hlchwav mm-! mittee members, chamber officials said. Rut the report does suggest that: Expressway (Insuring be reviewed to determine the meril See FREEWAYS.

Page 2 He Simps jsecrecy covered tne vvnue sion after an armistice. THAT THK NEXT few days Korean reaction are crucial was indicated by the fact that Sccte-; tary of State Dulles canceled a commencement address Monday at I Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa. President Eisenhower is reported to have asked Cabinet members to stand by for conferences on the truce situation over the weekend. Concern of Washington officials is first to get South Korea to sign the impending truce agreement or, failing that, to prevent any viola- tion such as has been threatened the peninsula bridge and Main st. And them aren't any speed laws up there.

I want taking m.v flrat ride In ii ji-t. And, for sure, I've never hud it so good. You can't beat It for getting around and In I'omfort, too. My "chauffeur" was I.t. g.

Nicholas Csstrurnin, Korean sir vet. snd now Navy jet instructor pilot st Corpus Christ Tex. He did the work. I wm along for the ride. HE fiAVK ME a good one, too.

When I thought out loud how Cleveland and Lake Erie would look while whipping along at S00 plus he turned the npse and we went up to take look. "Nick" you get. friendly fast st 5.r)0 miies an hour --is In Akron with the Navy's fumed Blue Angels precision flying team. The Angels, visiting (he Akron Naval Air Station, put on it demonstration at Municipal Airport at 3:30 p. m.

Saturday. It was 1 m. Saturday when first met "Nick" at the Naval Air Station. We chatted while we pulled on our flying gear. He told me I bad real thrill coming.

WE EKE OCT on the flight line hy Nick hegan bis visual pie-flight (heck nf the T-V-2 Jet trsiner he had flown in from Corpus Christ i the night before. Another Ny pilot, I.I. E. .1. PrrndcrgaM, alio stationed nl orpin Chrlsli, began tucking me in Ihe rear eat.

I needed a Utile boost In gel nn the wing. And I must hate looked II little awkward when I got aide-saddle Riddle is made to order for the assignment. He has been one of Heavy wind along with a slash-Akron's most, colorful political ing rainstorm whipped through figures since he left his native i sections in the Akron area Sat-North Carolina for a legal career urday. i here. fii Hours Huer a ccp pi ing me ran-1 didary, Riddle issued a statement out hy falling limbs.

Richard Ap-jby Chee's announced determina-which showed he hasn't lost any pieman, general forpman of the tion to fight on for unification of of his political independence and dnesn care toes he steps1' was cut ntr ror arxuit 4.1 mm-on. lutes In the Northampton area Said he- ani nn Hollow ay t. in the down- "The fact that Mavor Slusser I are both Republicans does I Th and rain was seat-not mean that ihini, however. The Weather Bu- RHEE. IN A counter.propoSal'warcoP,,butProbablywo,lIlnot to truce terms being negotiated.

permit withdrawal of any Amentias asked among other things for I can troops until there is a "perma-iormM United States-Korea ppacg Stale, is reluctant! 'hir" ilpy, Wisconsin Re-to enter into such a formal lh" Spa 'orelgn Rhee prompt assistance In event act alike. Tn saying this I pay the highest respect to Charley Slusser. He is the moat popular Akron has ever had. "But I simply want to emplia- io, nave m.v own ideas South Korea were attacked again. jthdnmn from Korea in event of In this connection, Senate Re- a truce, publican Leader Taft and Pemo- Wiley said, however, that ro-cratic snd Republican colleagues tation of the U.

S. troops there be continued and stepped Chronology of Korean War, fM hf hopf!) Tage iv.er.t can be made so that the mayor you welcomed the rain. It brought hate a new administration with niurh-needpd relief to crops and npw policies. flowers wilting from a dry spell. He promised to wage an aggres- Th, wag thp irst measurable sive.

constructive campaign anmunt since May 30. which all the issues will he spelled Thft Weather Bureau said on out for the people." th hools of the scattered showers ST AS A4.II.K if he were nn the ground Is Merl.wi "Chief" Thompiion. Seneca Indian snd evprrl TV antenna worker, who scooted to the top (arrow) nf this WAKR-TV lower to nap a picture looking down. A Picture i i Falls Hit Hardest In Rainstorm Major damage reported was In Cuyahoga Falls where two pri mary power lines were knocked I rails light department, said serv- lean at Akron-Canton Airport reported no sharp jump in wind ve- locilv Rut nine tenths of an mrh rainfall was recorded between 2 snd 4 p. Saturday.

AHMKRS AND home garden 1r weather. High tempera 0f io degrees from Saturday's high. For Monday the forecast is more of the same: A little cooler. 28 Injured In Bus Crash VALLKJO. Cal.

A Grey hound bus careened off the high-( way and overturned north of here I Saturday injuring at least 2 per-j sons, none seriously. i The northbound bii4 loaded. with ,14 passengers, crashed at the tunption of Hichwsvs 40 and Lake Cahbot when the swerved to avoid plowing into a car stalled in the middle of the hichwav. i Francisco refused to discuss the crash hut tat hiehwuv natrol men said 28 persons were treated at Ptemanente Hospital heie for cuts and bruises. The Oakland-Reno hus.

driven' by Charles South. 28. of Oakland. overturned In a di'ch when the rain-sosked lniiiPiW llody Recovered CLF.VFLAND f.Ti-The C.txarA SafurHaif fff Ml l( I I I II rt.FVPl.iVn f.iPiTh nuard Saturriav recnve. eH lhl From WAKR-TV Tower said U.

S. fighting men must re- signed to guard against new Com 1 i munist reachery. ri-r i-m. i i TAIT, THh Senate majority ladcr. called anew for a military the United States could do at this aniance ln tne racif)C with Bnl.

time to meet Rhee a demands for jajn f-nM and other allle9 withdrawal of foreign troops ndSpn. McCarthy, Wisconsin Repub- umfication ofwar-wrecked Korea. 1 lican, fear of Russian tnck. ery if an armistice is obtained. THf.

AMLRICAN position was, truce in Knrea h(l said to he that a truce will be A temporary lull until the signed, if the Communists agree. Communists strengthen them-and this will he made clear to selves," McCarthy said. "Anyone who thinks the Rus- On the question nf withdrawing sians are lookinc- for remanent t.fh rwc' mousp nui a jrerawi of truce negotiations and South Keep Army In Korea For WhUc-Taft By JACK BELL WASHINGTON CP Sen. Taft, Ohio Republican, said Saturday that a Korean truce might eave the U. S.

$2,000,000,000 yearly in relntinnv pnmmlllaa airrnul lih Taft that C. S. troops can't be size of United Nations forces will balance those of the Communists. i assurance against possibility of poace wou, haV)1 to be awfully naive. We should keep our powder until the Communist half of tne worn tans or our naif of the world falls." TAIT SAID UK had not been briefed on the progress of truce negotiations, but believed if anv armistice is leached the U.

R. will keep its military strength Intact in Koiea wnue subsequent peace terms are discussed, He said this action makes mutual defen.se pa. proposed to lhe United Stales hy South Korea omv a nypotneiiral question. The mere halting of active war tdiuuld permit a redui tion nf about a j'ear In U. military spending, herause naval action would he limited and ammunition conered, he said.

Taft said such a saving in ex penditures would help a jfreat deal In efforts to reduce the aize of the federal deficit the admtnii- 1 1 1 1 i I ii in i win im run up in the fiscal year beginning July 1. The Ohioan said he didn't think the prospective expense cut should he employed in Congress tn an effort to hurry tax reductions. He said he thinks the Senate is willing to go along w-ith Tresi-' dent Eisenhower's recommends-l tion for a six-month extension I of the excess profits tax. but doesn't know what the House will do. I Ifmjlm I a llile 1 1 ''r11 1,11 JIIls 1 'Cleveland Homes CLEVELAND t.Ti Lightning, during a flah thundershower, bit 11 houses tn Cleveland's southwest suburbs Saturday.

I inch. 1 ran U1" r'nv warn 10 winning. ne said. RIimt.K'S past political ven- tures indicate he never gets into a fiht to lose. He'll battle anybody, anywhere, on any issue in which I'oiiucai principle i invoivea.

i He is an outspoken man who does not compromise easily. He Kaa vnalf, 1 annnlitA tn IMMn.rtn- a n-iiir I'll ff. on top of the political Nor is all his fighting verbal. Once he floored a couple of city officials In the Municipal Building In an argument over city finances, lla uum I'ltndh 'nn! eniincllnifin at the time. n.ir,-irf GOP for his independence.

In" 1938 he was dumped from the party's executive committee for proteatinif See J. P. RIDDI.K, Puge 2 IJulaull Hopes To Top Cabinet iMPia ir, Voi. PARIS l.T Veteran politician Georges n.dault will go before i the national assembly Monday to l. I.

I I eciM- hi of the irt postwar cabinet of; nance on a piaunrm or auctrriiy unci auinnruy. I i M.l fhl nL Shin 'Will nf John M- session since May 25. moved rZS r. ln Uk Eri May hls belongings out of the Mun.an President Aurtol's Invitation to 30 when hia outboard motorboat capsized. i foreign troops.

It has been agreed this will be (liscuHPd at the pnlit conference which would begin ''er a mice. Jh problem of Korean unifi- Zut'nlLu' uJTm "'R'-tiona fol- inup in oia ri iiiriMMiii mi ii Rhee threats to boycott as spparently "no bluff meremre, an or Mr, r.nennou rr he needed to change his mind. WIIII.K AI.I.IK1) and Commu- nisi agreement on mice terms sp- Vrea onI.V hours away, emmt- f.r.H South threatened walkout from th. Panmunjom eonferne rnrnir, fprenre Th(, riru. k.

r.nm.m See IKK SEMI. Tage 2 night. Disciple." "The Last of Mrs. Cheney, snd "The Queen Hus- band. Ills other films, bclde the "Topper" erle, Included "Rug-jles of Red (ap." orever And ll-i "II, ld nniw rfirlil." i JKST KNOWN AS 'TOIM'KK' Roland Young Dies In Sleep Al Home V4 7y7vh form a government.

He made it clear he would un dertake the difficult task of lead ing the nation only if the assem- bly delegates to him the power snd enough time to act. Kliabctli Kniulits lOvrrrsl Heroes IX1NPON if.P Queen Eliza-beth II Satunlay night conferred knighthoods on the New Zealand beekeeper who conquered Mt. Everest and the British leader of the expedition. An announcerrlent said: I "T'U Un. ftrnnlttlilu blh.l,.l rnnf.rH nnnn Col.

Henry Cecil John Hunt, ie. pedition leader) and that Mr. Edmund Hillary be appointed a knight rornmandrr of the order of the British empire." You'll Find: NEW YORK Roland Young, 65, London-born actor died Friday night in his sleep at his Manhattan residence. His death was not announced until Saturday Young, whose tle of romedy if nftpefl' i i i rrcaii.r., mm the series of three "Topper" mnles. He had appeared, however.

In nearly a hundred other films dur. ins his career which started in Young tecenMy had quit the niovie to sppear nn television. He made his stage debut In Ismdnn In 1P0S and came to New York four years later In the rne nf Alan Jeffrote in "Hindle Wakes." THEN CAME a jeries of sue. resses in "Rollo'i Wild Oats." "Madame Time." "The- Devil'i "The Phllaclelphia Storv." "Tales a. in.N IT i nf Die Man Wbn rartlv cloudy today with high Could Work Miracle," end "And Tartly cloudy tonight, and Then There Were None." Monday.

tonight Record He had been mar-ted twu His hlh fnr r- f0rnr first marriage to Miss Msrjone low. in HH-V High Monday, 7 Kummer ended In divorce in 1310 Sslurdsy. i Sunset. M. In 1948 was married again, to Sunrise Monday.

VM, rrecjpits-Mrs. Tstlenre Msv Du Crozition Saturday, nin-tenthi in Edilorial-Magalne l-E Sport 1 to R-C Theater 12-H Kadlo-TV 12-K Women's Section 1-R Market 1W to Thon)vMn's feet hugging the tower. The worker on the structure looking up at Thompson Cecil Waggoner of Gtiihrle, Okla, And for other persona looldnj tip him to psg 2, AMI THIS IS WHAT the camera, eye rmigbt when Thief' Thompson rllekeH the shutter on pre-et Beacon Journal Bollrlflft ramera. The TV antenna uton th Hrl NiHonftl Tower rise feet nhove Main at Arrowa pornt Sh un-ives..

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