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An Independent NEVSpaper Printing The News Impartially VOL. 117 NO. 3 Intartd Mcond tUM matttr. Po Ofdc Tucion. Arliona ARIZONA, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3, 1958 THIRTY-TWO PAGES With Minimum Loss WWWwfr.Jiw.Tw' Hughes' Tucson Plant Solons'Eye Change In JSC Plan Proposal Would Put Single Man At Helm WASHINGTON, Jan.

2 UP) To Rehire 500 President Talks With Advisers On Federal Budget 7 4-Bil lion-Dollar Proposal Incomplete, Mifsile Program Still Under Discussion WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (-President Eisenhower held a series of top-level conferences Wednesday preparatory to wrapping up the new federal budget reportedly a 74-billion-dollar package for presentation to Congress. Sinclair said the rehiring plan was possible "because we have aligned our work force with the production program, and because we are making progress in channeling to Tucson an appreciable amount of new work." He cautioned that the company's operations at the Air Force facility always are subject to revision to meet changing military needs, but he added: "As we see it now, we have reached the end of the employment reduction line, and the road ahead calls for gradual increases in numbers at least until June or July. "Wer already are rehiring workers in certain categories of production and engineering," he added, noting that the outlook for 1958 is one of optimism and confidence. Hughes Aircraft Co.

announced yesterday it would rehire about 500 employes at its Tucson Falcon missile plant during the first six months of 1958. The program announced by plant manager George W. Sinclair would offset to a large extent effects of the stretch-out schedule ordered last November by the Air Force, under which the number of employes was reduced from 5,500 to 4,700. The stretch-out schedule made it necessary to trim the size of the plant payroll and alter delivery schedules for the weapons employed by all-weather interceptors. Of those persons who left the plant, Sinclair said, 700 were released and 100 quit in normal turnover.

fmmsmm Tv A Lewis Douglas I Condition Is I 'Satisfactory' NEW YORK, Jan. 2 (ffv- Lewis W. Douglas, chairman of the board of the Southern Arizona Bank Co. and former ambassador to Great Britain, was re ported Thusrday night in "satis factory" condition following an abdominal operation on Monday. Douglas underwent the operation, for what was termed a benign condition," at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center.

The Medical Center said Douglas is expected to remain in the Center's Harkness Pavilion for another 10 days. 1 iJ I GEN. Sputnik Kaput, Experts Believe Smithsonian Official Predicted Satellite Would Plunge In Flames About Jan. 2 CAMBRIDGE, Jan. 2 UB The world's first man-made satellite may have plunged to its end in flames Thursday.

The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory said Men ilar to those of the common cold Others can cause paralysis. Still others appear to cause heart disease and even death. Some of these new agents may be related to other disabling diseases, or even to mental illness." He made his remarks in a speech on the eve of the Polio Foundation's 20th birthday. Loses Opera notables were in the audience. tered her hotel by another side door, avoiding crowds at both places.

Riot squads then were withdrawn, leaving only two uniformed poticemen outside the hotel. Miss Callas friend, party-giver Elsa Maxwell, spent considerable time comforting her in her dressing room and emerged saying Miss Callas "simply lost her voice entirely." Norma is one of the most difficult roles in opera. "She had a bad cold but she tried to go through the perform ance all the same. It was the bravest thing I ever saw." Proposals for reorganiza tion of the Defense Depart ment to place a single com mander at the head of the nation's armed forces rolled up strong bipartisan support in Congress Thursday. Sens.

Symington (D-Mo) and Flanders (R-Vt) urged that the Senate Preparedness Subcom mittee, ot which they are mem bers, recommend legislation to unify the military command at the top. Sen. Bush (R-Conn), a Senate armed services committeeman, called for an amendment to the national security statute which would "set up a general staff or ganization with a single head man." Rep. Mahon (D-Tex), chairman of the House Military Appropria tions subcommittee, urged a sweeping reorganization of the whole Defense Department. He said the present system un der which the Joint Chiefs of Staff serve in the dual role of military planners and commanders of in dividual services is "unrealistic and unworkable." Chairman Russell (D-Ga) of the Senate Armed Services Commit tee, raised the lone public dissent.

Kusseii voiced opposition to any drastic changes in the present set up. He said he is "not a single department man." Senate Democratic Leader Lyn don B. Johnson of Texas, who heads the preparedness subcom mittee's investigation of the mis sile and satellite programs, reported "the jury is still out" in the study of a series of recommendations that the Joint Chiefs be relieved of command duties. Johnson and the other members of Congress spoke out in interviews after it was disclosed the subcommittee's staff has been studying a series of proposals aimed at eliminating rivalry among the armed services. This rivalry has been blamed in part for creating confusion at the Pentagon, bickering which some subcommittee members indicated they believe has contributed to a lag in missile and satellite development.

Man Nets $3,000 In Holdup An armed holdup man with long black hair robbed a cashier of 13,000 in checks and cash in the Western Market, 828 N. Stone at 8:30 p.m. yesterday, city police reported. Investigators quoted Paul Ortiz, 18, of 1701 Riley Circle, that the bandit walked directly up to him at the cash register, pulled out a black automatic and ordered: "Give me the dinero." According to the officers, Ortiz said these were the only words the man spoke as he proceeded to scoop up the contents of the cash register drawer and, after grabbing a carton of cigarets, ran through a parking lot, then east on 3rd St Bob Thompson, store manager, said the cash stolen amounted to $300 and the checks roughly totaled $2,500. The bandit was described as be.

ing between 30 and 35- years old, medium complexion with pox marks on his chin, about 190 pounds and five feet, eight inches tall. He was wearing a short checked sport coat, brown hat and tan trousers. Police are checking the possibility that the bandit had an accomplice who picked him up in a blue 1949 or 1930 Oldsmobile a short distance away. St. Lawrence Seaway 75 Per Cent Complete OTTAWA.

Jan. 2 (f-The St. Lawrence. Seaway stands 75 per cent complete, Seaway Authority President Charles Gavsie said Thursday. In a year-end report, he said 154 months remain before the scheduled completion date at the opening of the 1959 navigational season and that work proceeds on schedule.

James Hagerty, the Presi dent's press secretary, announced late in the day that the budget is not yet in its final form, al though the White House is nearly through with it. Under questioning, Hagerty said the huge new missile program is one item still under discussion. The President saw Secretary of Defense McElroy, Deputy Secre tary Quarles and Secretary of State Dulles this afternoon. He also conferred with Sherman Adams and other White House aides. Hagerty said the President discussed both the budget and his State-of-the-Union message with the Pentagon people but that he didn know what was taken up when Dulles arrived later.

The annual tug-of-war between advocates of economy and those of greater spending already had begun as Eisenhower reached the White House after a one hour and 52 minute drive from his Gettys burg, farm. Chairman Cannon (D-Mo) of the House Appropriations Committee warned in an interview against any "spending spree" in the guise of natioaal defense. "We must be careful not to spend ourselves into bankruptcy," he said. "Russia Is just sitting by waiting for the United States to go bankrupt" On the other hand, Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) called for the investment of 5 to 10 billion dollars more a year in "bold, far-reaching programs" to meet Russia's space age challenge and arrest any tendency toward a business recession. ADA's legislative program was unveiled by national chairman Robert R.

Nathan at a news conference. The Elsenhower administration's budget is reported to be about two billion dollars higher than the 72 billion allotted for the fiscal year ending June 30. Most of the increase is planned for missile development and other defense measures. It will be the largest budget in peacetime history but one which will be balanced, the White House indicated, and which will not call for increased taxes. Driver I red By Speeding In Zones A complaint about "the number of Tucson drivers who ignore the posted speed limit" wins today's traffic gripe trials for Edward P.

Murray, of 826 W. Milton St. He writes: "Ignoring posted speed limits seems the rule for many Tucson drivers. Drive at the speed limit on Speedway, Broadway, South 6th avenue or South 12th avenue, for example, and see how many cars pass you and leave you behind. "How about some STRICT speed limit enforcement? "For that matter, on three occasions I've seen sheriff 's cars and city police cars exceed the limit by quite a bit and they weren't, as far as I could tell, chasing anyone.

For more traffic gripes see page 6A. Holiday Road Toll Of 160 Sets Record By ASSOCIATED PRESS New Year traffic deaths reached the highest total on record for a one-day celebration of that holi day. A tabulation Thursday showed there were 160 fatalities on the streets and roads. There also were 20 deaths in fires and 22 in accidents of other kinds to raise the over-all total to 201. The highest traffic toll recorded previously for a one-day actually, 30-hour observance of the New Year was 110.

That was in the transition from 1947 to 1948. The heaviest loss of life in traffic in any one-day holiday listed in the records was 253 on the Last Rebel Garrison Taken Only One Man Killed In Brief Uprising CARACAS, Jan. 2 (iPMPresident Marcos Perez Jimenez claimed Thursday the government had crushed a rebellion of Air Force and Army units with "a minimum of lossei in life and material." The President made a three-minute radio and television announcement soon after government forces captured tha rebel hold-out point at Los Teques, about 23 miles from Caracas. Only one man is known to have been killed. He was a civilian felled by a bullet at Maracay, where the Air Force launched tha revolt He apparently was struck when government planes strafed the area.

Perez Jimenez said the sur render of an artillery and armored Unit in Los Teques brought an end to the revolt, which began early at dawn Wednesday while Venezuelans were still celebrating the arrival of the New Year. The 43-year-old president, who has ruled oil-rich Venezuela for nine years, praised loyal military forces and said they included the country's best officers. He also praised the citizens for remaining calm. With Perez Jimenez on the broadcast were Gen. Oscar Mazzei, minister of defense, and other officers.

The government announced this morning the rebel garrison at Maracay, the center of the Air Force revolt 50 miles west of Caracas, had been taken. Government troops then began stamping out remnants of rebel forces elsewhere. Los Teques, the center ot tha remaining opposition, was taken before noon. Lt Col. Sanchez Val-derama used a radio station there which had been broadcasting rebel claims all morning to announce that the garrison had surrendered on the same terms as the rebels at Maracay.

There was no indication what the terms were. Military authorities in Caracas announced that the leader of the insurrection had been captured but he was not identified. The capital was calm throughout the day. Troops were posted at strategic points, but the streets appeared to be normal. Jet planes in rebel hands swept over Caracas at irregular intervals Wednesday and observers reported seeing several strafing attacks.

Anti-aircraft batteries fired on the planes and the government said one was hit and forced to land. A government announcement said early Thursday ail planes were again in government hands. Gen. Romulo Fernandez, army chief of staff, said rebel leaders fled by air. He reported Aurelio Ferrero Tamay, commander of the' Maracay garrison and governor of the State of Aragua, had been freed from imprisonment by the rebels and restored to his post.

Venezuela was relatively quiet three weeks ago when Perez Jimenez won re-election in a na tionwide referendum. He had no opponents on the ballot and inw mediately after the polls closed" the government announced he had won an overwheiming victory. Many opposition leaders have left the country or have been jailed. Israelis Accused DAMASCUS, Jan. 2 laV-A Syrian army spokesman Thursday accused Israeli patrols of firing for 90 minutes at Arab fanners plowing in the demilitarized Israeli frontier zones.

He said tha Syrians did not return the fire and there were no casualties. inursaay nignt it naa no Big Red Fireball Reported Sighted Over Arizona HOLBROOK, Jan. 2 ilfy-A big red fireball apparently zoomed across Arizona Wednesday night. Sightings were reported from Holbrook and Nogales, Mex. Mr.

and Mrs. Eugene Probst of Holbrook said they spotted the fireball moving from northeast to southwest at 8:47 p.m. Mrs. Probst said the fireball was quite bright and appeared more red than a normal meteor. At Nogales, Daniel Hughes of Mexico City said he saw the fireball while driving.

He said it was "blinding" and appeared to drop near the U.S. border east of Nogales. Hungarian Revolt Leader Executed BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Jan. 2 Radio reported Thursday night that Laszlo Ko- vacy, a leader of the 1956 Hungarian anti-Soviet uprising, was executed in Budapest. The radio said Kovacy was ac cused of being the leader of the revolt inside Budapest, of abducting Communists from their apartments during the revolt and of forming a group to fight against the government.

The radio did not say when Ko vacy was arrested or sentenced. Dr. Salic Honored Dr. Jonas E. Salic (left) of the University of Pittsburgh, who developed the polio vaccine that bears his name, is welcomed to the Polio Hall of Fame dedicated Thursday at Warm Springs, Ga.

Greeting him are Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Basil O'Connor, president of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. On wall are bronze busts of leaders in the polio fight, including that of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (top).

(AP Wirephoto) Research Polio May Yield 'Secret Ot Lite' HENRY R. LARSON Industrial Post Goes To Larson Phoenician Picked For Commissioner PHOENIX, Jan. 2 (Special) Gov. Ernest W. Mc-Farland handed the choice Arizona Industrial Commis sion appointment Monday to a Phoenician, Henry R.

In so doing, the Governor passed up former Gov. Dan E. Garvey, now state and Lambert Kauten-burger, chairman of the Pima County Board of Supervisors, both of whom were active candidates for the $9,600, six-year position. Explaining his reason for failing to appoinj Garvey, McFarland aid he had been unable to find anyone acceptable to replace him as State Examiner. The Governor said he considers the position of state examiner more important than that of industrial commissioner, especially in view of work now being done to perfect a unified system of handling school accounts.

Larson, a court reporter, was named for the position now held by Fred A. Nathan, whose term expires Jan. 8. The appointment is subject to confirmation by the Senate. Because of the salary and long tenure, service on the Industrial Commission is considered a choice political plum.

The new appointee has lived in Phoenix for 45 years, has been engaged in general court reporting since 1923, and has been an official reporter in Maricopa County for 31 years. McFarland described Larson as, "a good business man" and said he has a good knowledge of the law. did a large part of my re porting when I was a Superior Court judge in Pinal County, and reported numerous cases which I tried in Maricopa County including two water cases that required a total of approximately six months to complete," McFarland aaid. The Governor said Larson's knowledge of the law and wide practical experience "make him eminently qualified for the posi-tion of industrial commissioner." Larson, II, is married and has one son and one daughter. He is a 32nd degree Mason, is- a past master of Arizona (Masonic) Lodge No.

2, and is a member of El Zanbah Shrine, the Arizona Club. National Shorthand Report ers Assn. and Arizona Game Pro tective Assn. Fireman Gets Job In Very Nick Of Time OTTAWA, Jan. 2 l-Robert Westman reported for duty as a city fireman for the first time at 8 a.m.

Wednesday. At 1:30 p.m. he and his col leagues, responding to an alarm, hurried to a home where the dinner roast was on fire. The blaze was at 611 Norris Dr. the home of Westman.

PEREZ JIMENEZ nrm reports one way or another on the fate of Sputnik But Dr. Fred Whipple, Smithsonian director, stuck to his prediction that the 23-inch sphere whose "beep-beep once astonished the world would end its days "January 2 plus or minus a day or two." Dr. Whipple predicted the Nov. 30 death of the third stage rocket that launched Sputnik I over Russia Oct. 4.

Dr. Donald Lautman, senior sci entist of the Smithsonian's computation division, said a bright light reported flaring across central Il linois early Thursday was prob ably a meteorite. Although the Smithsonian had no recent accurate timetable of Sputnik the Observatory did know the position of the plane of its orbit. The flare was sighted in the Illinois area. at about 1:14 a.m.

This was nearly three hours after the orbit plane of Sputnik 1 should have passed Illinois. This would rule out the fiery object having been Sputnik Dr. Lautman said. By 1: 14 a.m. the orbit plane would have moved out over the Pacific Ocean, off the West Coast.

Chilled Chicagoans Dream Of Summer CHICAGO, Jan. 2 CR Some 40 Chicago area residents turned out in the freezing pre-dawn Thursday to get picnic permits. The picnics aren't being held now. This just was the first day for issuing 1958 permits for use of the county forest preserves for outings. 5C 5B 4D 7C Topics SB Sports 1-2D Weather 4A Women 1-3C space," O'Conner said, "so we are at the door to a new age in the conquest of disease." In the last 10 years, he said, scores of previously unknown viruses have been isolated and researchers are trying now to classify these.

He added: "We know that some of these new viruses can cause symptoms sim La Callas Voice At Today's News Index Arizona Pioneer Museum given Greenway papers, IB Miss America to make appearance today at Arizona National Livestock Show in Phoenix, 4D WARM SPINGS, Jan. 2 (A Basic research aimed at polio may help find the answers to many diseases and possibly the secret of life itself, the president of the National Foundation for InfanUle Paralysis said Thursday Basil O'Conner told some 300 persons attending the 20th anniversary celebration of the National Foundation: "In studying the polio virus, we made basic research grants for studies of viruses in general, because what you learn about one virus may teach you about another." Kicking off the 1958 March of Dimes, O'Conner said that of the proposed $44,900,000 polio fund this year would be spent on research with most going to rehabilitation of already stricken polio patients. He said: "Scientists doing basic research on viruses and on cells, of which all living matter is composed, have made discoveries of consequence, suggesting even the possibility of learning the very secret of life itself. "Much of this research has been done by investigators working under grants from the National Foundation. The significance nf this is simply that scientists engaged in basic research hoping to throw light on polio problems, uncovered knowledge affecting other research, other diseases, other medical problems." "Just as we are on the threshold ROME, Friday, Jan.

3 Opera Star Maria Mengehini Callas broke down in tears last night after singing the first act of Bellini's Norma and washed out the gala opening of the Rome opera season. The breakdown occurred in the temperamental soprano's dressing Helicopter used to free hunter mired near Florence, IB Boy injured in fall in Tucson Mountains, IB Russian consumer faces hike in price of vodka, 8A Religious leaders encourage decency i room. Italy's president and other The remain- der of the opera was called off after a long, unexplained intermission. The announcem brought a chorus of boos from the audi ence. CALLAS Hundreds of demonstrat gathered outside the opera house.

Riot police were called to suppress any rioting. Miss Callas slipped out a side entrance early Thursday and en- lift lit in mass meaia inaubiry, id Noyel Rescue One of three teenagers say federal censorship okay, 4C. Eyewitness to Murder, by Agatha Christie, 5A Comics 6-7C Crossword 5C Editorial 8D Financial 3D Movies Obituaries Pub. Rec Radio-TV ot a new age in the conquest of Christmas Day of 1946..