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Gn4 Many Motorist Would Bat Fnjotea SUlhir-la For India Batch launda. 75th Year kmpmi oSSf mcSS. Friday Morning, May 27, 1955 Published Every Morning 56 Pages La Four Sections Price 7c Ffrl oraad recka 0. Mounts- as Sifi ge Hundreds Injured, Property Damage Reaches Millions City Commission Bans Acceptance Of Gifts, Favors Bud Rice, Officer Lectured By WAYNE S. SCOTT Simms Demands 'Rough" Cleanup Of Gallup Bars Angry Governor Demands Action In Indian Drinking 0 TORNADO DAMAGE: A row of homes in the residential section of Blackwell, is shown after a killer tornado reduced them to ruin late Wednesday night.

At least 18 persona lost their lives in this north-central Oklahoma town of 10,000 population as the twister tore In all, the tornado claimed at 600 persons. The chief target Kansas town of UdalL Dies in Its Sleep Britain Boosts Udall Practically Leveled As Killer Tornado Cuts Down Kansas UDALL, Kan. (INS) The quiet prairie town of Udall, died in its sleep Wednesday night. In less than a minute, 60 years of growing was cut down to the sod. It came at 10:29 p.m.

and Scott Mathews, 25s the town barber Policy Announced Following Mexican Trip by Official The City Commission Thursday put a ban on ac ceptance of gifts, favors or money by city employes irom anyone naving any business relations with the city of Albuquerque." The nev policy was an nounced Thursday by the commission majority Chairman Maurice Sanchez, Lars Halama and Richard Bice following disclosure by the Journal that E. O. Betts, director of public works for the city, had gone on an expense-paid fishing trip as guest of two city contract hold ers. The policy states that the "minimum penalty for violation of this policy shall be a 30-day suspension, and the maximum shall be dismissal." Does Not Condone' The commission said that it "does not condone" Betts' action However, no action will be tak en against Betts as a result of the fishing trip to Guaymas, Text of commission policy page 2. Mexico, Sanchez said.

The chair. man said that Betts "shouldn't do it" and he said he was "not condoning" Betts' action. Sanchez 6aid that had the commission thought that the op eration of the city had been "put in jeopardy, action would have been taken" against Betts. He said that city employes' accep tance of favors and gifts appar ently was the practice under previous administrations. He said that the Betts incident is the first reason for a policy brought to the attention of the commission majority.

Betts went fishing with Gor don Herkenhoff, consultant en gineer for the city, and A. J. Haney of Allison Haney, a firm that holds contracts for city work. Haney and Herkenhoff paid the bills for Betts during the trip. Haney had "no comment" on the incident and Herkenhoff could not be contacted.

City Manager Edmund Engel said Wednesday he planned no action against Betts since the public works director made the trip with "old friends." He said, "I don't see how this, would have any effect on the operation of the city." Retains Confidence On Wednesday Sanchez said, "I share the confidence the city manager has expressed in Betts' integrity and faithfulness as a city employe." After the com-1 mission majority's policy state-: ment was issued Thursday, San-j chez explained that he was not! condoning Betts' action, but re-! tained his confidence in the employe's integrity and faithful-; ness. The commission's policy state-j ment supplements the city's merit system ordinance. The or dinance in effect for a number of years, states in part: "No reward, gift, or other form of remuneration in addition to regular compensation shall be received from any source by em ployes for the performance of their duties, as such employe. Commissioner Lars Halama said that "everything" in the way of gifts or favors is banned by the policy. He said, "I think it's quite clear in the policy statement that acceptance of gifts of such things as Christmas liquor by city policemen also is forbidden.

His statement was made when he was asked by reporter for clarification. Twisters Level Little Kansas Town. Pound Four States UDALL, Kan. UP) Tor nadoes that lashed and swirled across five states have killed at least 115 per sons in two days and Thursday night the vagrant twisters still were poised over the Midwest. In addition to the dead, more than 700 were Injured and millions of dollars worth of property was destroyed.

The focal point of the far flung storm Was this little town of 500, devastated by the furly of an early-morning funnel that killed 74 persons, many of whom were sleeping when the tornado struck without warning. More than 200 others were injured and taken to hospitals and relief centers. Eighty miles south of here a tornado demolished a 36-square- block residential and factory area in Blackwell, killing 18 persons and injuring more than 500. Three Buildings Left The twisting winds brought death to 79 in Kansas. 20 in Oklahoma, 15 in Texas and one in Missouri.

Tornadoes struck Jessieville, and Wathena, Kan, Thursday night but no one waa killed. In this little town only three buildings were left standing and rescue workers still were looking for casualties. A report in Wichita said eight more bodies had been found here but this could not be verified. Mortuaries in Winfield and Wichita had received 62 bodies and only 41 had been identified. Some grief stricken residents still searched mortuarien anrl hospitals for their loved ones.

One father, Jimmy Costlow, was elated to find his son alive in a Wichita hospital but later found the body of his wife in a Winfield mortuary. Others wearily called at in formation centers, trying to locate relatives and friends. National Guardsmen stood guard over the debris of the town that practically disappeared in a matter of minutea. Funnels Reported Threat of further twisters hung over the area. The Kansas City Weather Bureau said tor-nadic conditions would continue until midnight over much of eastern Kansas, Missouri and adjoining areas.

The black funnels of destruction were reported Thursday night over Fort Scott, and Chiliioothe, moving northeast. Neither touched the ground. Most of the damage was done Wednesday night. Early Thurs day the twisters began popping again and Missouri counted its first fatality when a farmer was crushed to death in his barn near Paris in the northeast section of the state. Other Missouri areas reporting tornado damage but no casualties were Salisbury, Tipton and Gilman City.

Viilare Leveled This little south-central Kan sas community of 500 was virtually destroyed. At least 56 dead or dying victims were found scattered in debris that included the wreckage of three homes for the aged. More than 200 other casualties were in hos pitals and rescue centers. Blackwell, a north central Oklahoma city just 80 miles south of Udall, counted 18 dead and more than 500 injured. Five members of one family were killed by a small twister that struck the little community of Oxford, 10 miles south of Udall.

Five others in the family were injured. Two persons were killed and one critically injured by a tornado that struck Sweetwater, 140 miles west of Oklahoma City. Fifteen airmen died in the flaming crash of a B36 bomber Continue aa Faia ThlrtB Senate Approves Fund For Water Research WASHINGTON OB The Senate passed a bill to authorize an additional 10 million dollars for research in developing fresh water from salt water. The measure, introduced by Sen. Francis Case (R-SD), waj substituted for similar legislation passed by the House.

The differ, anccs remain to be adjusted, An act passed in 1952 limited appropriations for an initial five-year period to two million dol lars. The Senate bill would con tinue, the program until 1263. One of the most scathing rebukes ever heard from a judicial bench here wa3 de livered Thursday by U. S. Judge Carl A.

Hatch to a former peace justice and a state policeman. The judge termed "most rep' rehensible" actions of the offi cials in prosecuting and fining two drivers who had been involved in a minor collision on US-66 near Cubero last November. The judge suggested law officers "had better spend their time going after real criminals" than chasing those involved in minor collisions. Subjects of the rebuke are N. (Bud) Rice, former justice of the peace at Budville, near Cubero, west of Albuquerque, and State Patrolman H.

C. Stan- brough. While the judge declared that highways must be policed and those using them protected against law violators he added: "But citizens who have not violated the law ought not to be hailed into any court on trumped up charges which do not amount to violation of law At End of Trial The judge's remarks came at the end of trial of a damage suit for $50,000 brought against Rice and Stanbrough by Harry D. Chilcott of Long Beach, Calif. Chilcott charged that his arrest by Stanbrough and his fine by Rice last November constituted 'false arrest." "I think the conduct of these officers was most reprehensible," Judge Hatch said.

"I see nothing whatever in the facts as brought out here that justifies the conduct of either the state policeman or the Justice of the peace It actually deprived citizens of America of civil rights to which they are entitled." At one point in his criticism which was heard by State Police Chief Joe Roach, a spectator during the case Judge Hatch Continued oa Para Eiltbt Veterans Hospital Doctor to Retire Dr. Leonard Bernard, chief of professional services at the Vet erans Administration Hospital in Albuquerque, will retire at the end of June. Dr. Bernard, who has been with the hospital since 1946, has completed 33 years of government medical service. He said he has no plans for his retire ment.

In other staff changes at the hospital the chief of the neuro psychiatry department, Dr. Oscar Hubbard, has resigned ef fective Tuesday. He is leaving his position here, which he has held for about two and a half months to take a job as head of the mental health division of the Alaska Department of Public Health. Also due to leave the hospital Tuesday is Dr. John Salazar.

He announced his resignation some time ago to go into pri vate practice. He was clmical psychologist at the hospital. Another resignation, also ef fective Tuesday, is that of Mrs Ruth Groves, secretary in the neuro psychiatry department, D. K. Dalager, manager of the hospital, said she is leaving to take care of her children when school lets out.

'Indian Bitter About 'Clipping LOUISVILLE, Ky. (JP) Hen-ry Moore looked strikingly like a Mohawk Indian and he was fighting mad about it Of his long, combed-b a brown hair, only a strip IVj inches wide remained. Not only that, but he is in jail. So is his wife, Margaret, 38. Moore, a 36-year-old laborer, and his wife were arrested while fighting, police said.

They were fighting about the haircut, which Mrs. Moore gave to her husband. Moore complained that the haircut was unsolicited that his wife gave it to him while he slept Officers said she told them he had passed out from drinking too much beer. SANTA FE (JP) Gov. John Simms warned Thurc day that a "rough" cleanup by the state is on the way if liquor abuses and un savory conditions in Gallup's Indian-frequented barg continue He said the state would step into the situation if other means Simms met at his office with representatives of Gallup, the Indian service, the Navajo Tribal Council and the liquor industry, The purpose was "to straighten out a serious Indian liquor situa tion in Gallup." Simms said he had received continuing complaints from judges, church croups.

Indian leaders and others. Reading from reports made in a two-month undercover probe, Simms related charges of open soliciting by young girls, of! drunks, including teenage girls being served liquor, of Sunday liquor and of children lying in drunken stupors in public. Simms Anrry Swearing mad, Simms said: 'That kind of stuff is going to be driven right out of New Mexico. We'll vote her dry before we allow it. "I called this meeting so that all of us could go over this problem together and see what can be done.

Bui if nothing comes from it, I will go it alone and it's going to be rough. I'll close up every one of these bars serving Indians in violation of liquor laws at Gallup if I have to." Those present included Simms and his administrative assistant, Richard Everett; Mayor Mickey Mollica, Gallup; Paul Jones, chairman of the tribal council; Gallup Police Chief Florence Dunsworth; Edward Junk-er, chairman of the McKinley County Commission; W. Wade Head, area director. U. S.

Indian Service; Secretary Earl Stull of the Retail Liquor Dealers and some Gallup bar operators. Legal Difficulties Legal technicalities which con-trivute to difficulties over such problems as jurisdiction were agreed to be a major problem. It was decided lawyer representatives will meet at Gallup June 17, and the entire group, including Simms, will meet at Gallup July 13. Everett suggested that if the need arose for any urgent legislation to clear away some of the legal difficulties, such legislation even might be presented to a special session of the legislature, in event one should be called on other matters. Once Simms commented the liquor industry should police itself.

He said if this is not done "there are going to be about 10 who will lose their licenses about next month." Such a policy as enunciated by Simms was described by Head as worth more than many policemen. He said he agreed with Simm3 that it is up to the industry to police itself and if it does not, that "the whole shebang should be closed up." Once during the discussion of legal-technical blocks, there was gome talk about whether additional justices of the peace could Continued on Par Sevm Noted Sax Player Is Found Dead T.AS VEGAS. Nev. (JPl A well known jazz musician scheduled to play at the formal opening of the inter-racial hotel Moulin Rouge, was found dead in a field. The sheriff termed it a probable murder.

The body of Wardell Carl Gray, 34, Los Angeles, was found in a field about a mile from the new hotel. He had a forehead wound and investigators believe he had been slugged with a blunt instrument. Gray was a saxophone player with Benny Carter's orchestra. He had reported for rehearsals Monday. Robert Calkins, secretary of the musicians union here, said Gray was formerly with Benny Goodman's band and wa9 considered one of the country's top sax players.

The body was found at 2:45 p.m. Sheriff W. E. Leypoldt said marks in the road indicated Gray's body had been dragged into the wheat field, a mile from the new hotel. through Kansaj and Oklahoma.

least 103 lives and injured some of the raging wind was the little (INP Soundphoto) Community rear of his shop. He can't be Weather IsBJamed For B-36 Crash Which Killed 15 (See Casualty List on Pace 9.) SAN ANGELO, Tex. (P)A giant B36 bomber plowed into a tornado-spawning thunderstorm Wednesday night, lost four jet engines and crashed in flames, killing There were no survivors. Walker Air Force Base at Ros-well, N. said the 10-engine plane was on a routine training flight when it crashed.

A cowboy watched the big plane hurtle earthward burning during violent hail and rain. It hit in rugged ranch country 60 miles west of this West Texas sheep rancing center, then was ripped by two explosions that scattered wreckage over eight acres. Charlie Davis, 21, said the plane was on fire on one side when it crashed. The four jet engines of the bomber were found 10 miles from Sterling City, about 25 miles from where the plane hit. A spokesman at Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth said you couldn't jettison jet en gines during an emergency, but could cut them out and fly on the six piston-type engines.

The San Angelo Weather Bu reau reported a violent storm in the area about the time the plane crashed. It said the weather may have been a direct cause of the crash. Sheriff Bill Green of Sterling City said he saw a tornado funnel on his way to the crash site, shortly after Davis reported it. Maj. A.

K. Barnes, public information officer at Walker, said the unconfirmed cause of the crash was a tornado-type thunderstorm. Names of the dead fliers were withheld pending notification of next of kin. The last radio contact with the plane was at 10:44 p. eight minutes before it crashed.

The pilot reported no trouble at thatl time. Davis said he heard the low flying plane as it roared over his house on the Collins-Dren-nan ranch. He ran outside in time to see it coma down in flames. Nine bodies wert recovered early Thursday. A passing aircraft saw the flaming wreckage and reported it about the same time as Davis Traffic Ml So Far This Year 105 Last Year at This Date 135 Had Died on New Mexico Highways List of Casualties In Udajl Tornado UDALL, Kan.

(ff) The list of dead in Wednesday night's Kansas tornadoes as compiled by the Associated Press from various other reports: At Osfnrd: Nancy King. 12; Barbara Ann tcin; 11; Aonnit King. Bill) King, V1CIK1 King, i. At tdall: Mm. 1 D.

BaH. about 78; Wrs. Anna Carlson. Oary Atkinson, 10; Billia At-kini. S.

P. Rurid, HS; J. A. Rve. L.

N. Sh, Mra. L. N. Mrs.

Sarah Leforct, 86; Mri. Oerti Ward, 80. Dexter. Kan. J.

Edward Taylor. Ricky Wycoff. Mike Wood. Roland Hutomnson, Richard L. 8le, Mra.

Tuton AUiaon, Mil. Diek Mamie) Stone, Clinton Wayne Turner. Biille Kennedy, Lester Kennedy, Augusta Miller. Flornca fclnford: Mr. Boyd fflnat name unavailable Mrs.

Florence Boyd; Henry 6torey, Mra. Sadia Storey, about 04; George Kaimoa. Mra. George Karnes; Mr. Clodfelir (tirat name -un- Janitor ior at Ldall church.

Mary B. Taylor: AlDha Lawson: Mrs. Janitor tor Udall church. Mary E. Taylor Aipna lAwson David Council: Mrs.

D. P. Simons, 87; Patricia Boyd; Mary Florence Horn, Holan Butoher, 45; Oran Butcher, Emma Foulks; Mra, Jennie Atkins; Mra. Anna Harvey; Mrs. Opal Sherman; Sylvanla Mangrum, 8 monuia; Micnaei Ray Mangrum, Mrs.

Lucie Sargeant; Mra. Mary Reeves; Mrs. Stella Kennedy; A. c. snerman Ann nenneay Harvey Ray Kennedy.

Another Storm Due on Weekend A disturbance moving in from the west is expected to arrive tonight just in time to mess up the weather this weekend, the Weather Bureau said Thursday. Clouds will begin arriving this evening and more wind is likely by Saturday. The weatherman said it was too early to say whether there would be Saturday. Friday will be generally fair and temperatures are expected to rise. The weatherman agrees that this has been a cold spring.

Last year the mercury reached 90 here twice during the month of May, but this year it hasn't got within five degrees of that. Thursday maximum, for ex ample, was 75 here. The weather expects it to go up to 82 today. Over the state afternoon highs! ranged from 68 at Grants to 85 at Carlsbad. Air-Dropped Spies' Are Sentenced to Death TOKYO Peiping Radio says three U.S.

air-dropped spies" were sentenced to death recently at Changsha, in south central China. A fourth got 10 years. All were Chinese. A broadcast heard here said the three given death had been trained "under American es pionage agencies" in Japan, and flown to China from Okinawa. way fund measure made the move to change a "freeze date" on truck weights from May 1 to July 1.

This allows New Mexico's higher weight limits, approved by the last legislature, to go into effect June 10 as scheduled and without penalty. This means that New Mexico truckers who won a marked victory in the state legislature-won a similar victory in the national Senate. They had decried the May 1 date and the federal policy against higher weights as an infringement on state's rights. Chavez throughout had seemed to favor the May 1 date which would have caused the State Highway Commission to roll back the limits or be faced with loss of federal aid. On May 20, when as chairman of the SenaV' Committee on Commons Edge Of Conservatives LONDON WV Prime Minister Eden and the Conservative party scored a smashing victory in Thursday's election.

They won a new. five-year term with an indicated House of Commons majority of 50 or more seats, against the scant 17 seat margin they had in the last parliament. Morgan Phillips, secretary of, the opposition Labor Party con ceded the party's defeat. i The voters dealt a severe blow to Clement Attlee's Labor forces, who won the popular vote in the 1951 election but lost out in the tabulation of House of Commons seats. This time the Conserva tives ran ahead in popular vote, as well.

The result is a vote of confi dence for Eden on the eve of four-power talks, where he will represent Britain. When counting stopped for the night the Conservatives had scored a net gain of 10 House of Commons seats, with good prospects of winding up with an over-all majority of perhaps 50 to 60. The election was for 630 seats in the House of Commons. The Conservatives had victory in sight because most districts which will report later today are strongholds of that party, and because of the trend in popular voting. Returns from 350 districts gave this popular-vote: Conservatives, 7,444,47249.68 per cent.

Labor, 7,159,855 47.78 per cent. Liberals, 283,738 1.89 per cent. Others, 97,183 .65 per cent. Tornado Kills 22 RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil UP) A tornado hit Santa Catarina state in southern Brazil, killing more than 22 persons aid injuring many others. Two persons were reported missing.

The Weather I ALBUQUERQUE anf VlflVITV! Oen- eraJly fair today. Some cloudines this afternoon and evening. Warmer today and tonight Saturday partly cioudv with moderata afternoon winds. High today 82, low 48 In valley to S6 at airport, NEW MEXICO: Fair today and tonight. Some afternoon cloudinem in the mountains and north west.

Saturday fair! souin, partly cloudy nortn, with moder ate winds In the east. Rising tempera' ture today, cooler In north Saturday High today 70 to SO northwest, 80 to 91: east plains and south. Low 40 to SO; northf- 50-flO south. Public Works, he introduced the Gore Bill, Chavez spoke of higher truck weights as a growing national problem with which many of the states have flirted. And he added "some members of the senate began to feel that the states had gone a little far with their flirtation and married the taxpayer's dollar to a destructive force." This week Chavez took note of the fact that the date had been changed to July one by unanimous consent while he was off the floor and asked why the dates had been changed.

He was told by Gore that they were changed to meet objections of North Dakota and Montana. Chavez asked if there was similar legislation pending in any other state and was told that Pennsylvania had law was sleeping in a bunk at the found. Neither can the shop. George McGregor and his wife were sleeping in the rear of the main street cafe they ran. Their, cafe is gone, but they managed to escape with their lives.

Their luck was remarkable. Every house in town except one was damaged. The house that came through unscathed was the Barry Holmes residence. No one in that family was injured. South Hardest Hit The south half of town was completely leveled, including a $350,000 high school opened only last year.

The only three business places remaining were the bank, post office and the Odd Fellows home and the Red Cross, Civil Defense and Salvation Army quickly set up headquarters in them. Sixty-two bodies were dragged from the debris, 10 victims from three old peoples' rest homes. Possibly a dozen more bodies may be found. A bridal shower was held at the community building Wed nesday night and most of those who attended had left for home when the tornado hit. Those who remained escaped with minor injuries, although the building was leveled.

Jean Foote, an employe of the Boeing Aircraft plant at Wichita, said he rushed home as soon as word of the tornado reached him. He found his wife and children safe. They had had time to crawl under a bed and were saved by a mattress when a wall Continued on Page Kin Vacation Pac Keeps The Record for You Decisions by state, county and city officials affect your lives. And you won't want to miss those decisions while you are on vacation. Call 3-6661 or see your carrier boy to arrange to have your Albuquerque Journals saved while you are oct of town.

They will be delivered to you on your return in a handy Vacation Tac. changes before it. Chavez, according to Associated Press, had no further comment, and the change in dates remained. The wage provision already in much federal road legislation would have required that contractors using federal money meet "prevailing wages" in an area. It was pushed by labor leaders.

Senator Chavez Wednesday offered the amendment to kill the provision, he said, "in order to satisfy some of the opposition." After considerable argument the Chavez amendment was adopted by a standing vote. On Thursday Chavez told the Journal that "this (Gore) bill will become a real monument tOj the Coneress which enacts it; into Senator Chavez Shows Quick Change of Heart On Two Features of Gore Highway Construction Bill Sen. Dennis Chavez apparent ly had a quick change of heart on two features of the Gore highway bill approved by the Senate in Washingtqn, Wednesday. Reports from the nation's cap-itol indicate that he made no attempt to fight an amendment to the bill which would allow New Mexico's heavier truck weight limits to go into effect. And he took the lead in killing out a wage provision which he praised less than a week ago as meaning that "a less conscientious and perhaps more un scrupulous contractor cannot move into an area and through his contract create local pressure for lower wages." The Associated Press reported from Washington that Sen.

Gore author of the Democratic high 7' i -1 A 4 A a 4 i 4.