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JL rr jt Ay mm a mm 'mm sr'rs 52 PAGES SPORTS IN At WORLD'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER Founded June 10, 1847 Thi American Paper for American 1981 BY CHICAGO TRIBUTE VOLUME CXX NO. 51 WEDNESDAY, Ttf ARCH 1, 1U61 THIS PAPER CONSISTS OF THREE SECTIONS SECTION ONE PRICE SEVEN CENTS TRIBUNE SQUARB. CHICAGO 111. ILLINOIS A EM MM UUJ UVJ VJ Wins Fight to Boss Tea Hoffa IT HAPPENED IN MARCH Way Paved for Holding Convention Editor's of Today's News WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 19G1 MAR.9,1862. DECISIVE BATTLE BETWEEN! THE MOM I TOR AND 53 IN MEETING VOTE TO FIGHT REFORM BILLS Deputy Conliskls Among Group THE M6RRI.MAC BY WILLIAM MOORE H'hfcaso Tribune Press Serried Washington, Feb.

28 James Hoffa won today his i SPeSo three year battle to free himself of the monitors appointed by Judge F. Dickinson Letts of the federal District court to clean up NATIONAL An air force tanker plane crashes in flames on Michigan highway in rush hour traffic, killing all five crew members. Flames engulf the highway as the giant KC-97 bounces thru a tulip field, forces two cars from highway, and demolishes a house, the occupants of which were away. Page 1 The confessed slayer of Edith (Googie) Kie-corius, 4 year old New York City girl, is seized on a New Jersey chicken farm after farm owner recognizes the drifter from published pictures, and calls policed The odd job man admits luring the child to his room and bashing in her head and then raping her. Page 3 Dag Hammarskjold, United Nations secretary general, warns Congolese President Joseph Kasavubu that he no longer will tolerate interference with U.

N. work in the Congo. Hammarskjold warns that U. N. troops are prepared to use force if necessary in preventing all-out civil war in the Congo.

Page 3 The AFL-CIO national convention ends with a Hoffa ISSUES IN DISPUTE The issues in the dispute between Chicago policemen and Supt. O. W. Wilson over plans for reform legislation are outlined on page 2. Wilson reveals insurance plan for police.

Story on page 2. See the editorial. "The Police Prove Need for Reform," on page 24. Hoffa's scandal rocked union. Judge Letts dissolved the three man board of monitors.

This paved the way for a con- vention at which Hoffa can establish himself as the unquestioned president of the Sim. Mon. Tue. fFed. Thu.

Fri. Sat. 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2728 29 30 31 AMERICAN FlAG 1.7 million member union.1 (Picture on bhek page) removing the cloud of rigging The dispute between Supt. i charges from his title. O.

W. Wilson and his police Since the monitors were department over legislative established, he has been only proposals sharply revising provisional president disciplinary procedures holding office by permission picked up momentum yester of the court under an agree- day with the following devel-; ment approved by Letts. opments: Gets Busy on Convention 1 Fifty-three of 60 active I Hoffa lost no time in ar- members of the Police i ranging to hold the conven- Captains' association met in tion in Miami in mid-May. the Congress hotel and voted It was in Miami that Hoffa unanimously to fight th jwas originally elected -jn'Eislation. Among those pres-October of 1957, to succeed ent were Deputy Supt.

Jamei jDf.ve Beck, who was toppled B- Conlisk Capt. Terrence FLIES AGAIN OVER CORRXGISOR MAR. 6,1 800 WUQ FORTRESSES BOWB BUr4 demand for immediate action to halt the spread of communism in this hemisphere. The organization's executive council also urges stronger civil rights laws to check racial discrimination. Page 28 WASHINGTON A federal court removes monitors from giant teamster union, clearing the "way for James Rf Hoffa's election as president at mid-May conventioif.

Labor observers are unanimous in predicting Hoffa will be reelected head of the scandal ridden organization. Page 1 Glacier and Staten Island, navy icebreakers caught in ice pack of the Antarctic drift slowly with the pack. Navy experts believe the Glacier's powerful engines will break the ships free when the wind shifts, relieving the ice pressure. Page 4 mm. r- mm JT IASSACRE.

(Accounts of the above events and others that occurred in March are on page 21.) from power when it became uonerty, cniet ot tranic, ana known that he had misused CWX- Maurice Begner, chief $370,000 of the members' of detectives, funds. It was learned that Frank The Senate rackets commit- Carey, head of the Patrol-tee, which investigated the men's association, talked dur-union scandals, charged that ing the day with Don Peters, Hoffa won his 1957 election president of local 743 of the HOSPITAL PICKS Death Threat Clash TANK PLANE I Snarls Weger's Trial FALLS; 5 DIE C5 BABIES BY EAR by hand picking the delegates. Declined to Oust Glimco I Secretary of State Dean Rusk, in a blast at distorted interpretations in newspaper reports of But Hoffa is far from out 1 ViSSis. i coirof mamn cant in iho Pont -j on 11 Hon ioc ho hac BY SANDY SMITH I ight begin to Spews Flaming Fuel on 'of the woods. He is under t'Tl fT'J' proposed that the United States relax its policy ofrri0t0S Identity I hem: CIash testimony about that the jury mi federal indictment in Florida inreats ot deatn in the eiec-: deliberate on Friday.

in on charges arising from his trie chair was heard yester The seven women and five' nOad; WreCKS Home transfer of a half million dol- for Mothers massive nuclear counter-attack as a war deterrent. Hrs proposal, he says, is that nonnuclear arms also be built up, to allow the United States more freedom A lars of union funds to Florida day by the jury in the murder men on the jury are qualified Mount Clemens, Mich, Feb. Identification of a new- inai oi inesier irioCKy ito impose the death penalty if a 07 DanKS- He 1S accused ot using ZJ Ui dtuuii. infant by ear photo-! Wegerf 2 collateral for CK Jkx the monev as Ithpv finH Wpppr miiltv of thp i ij frr 1 1 A vivirt arr-onnt of s.n rtvo iioaueu Willi o.uuu gduuns ui President Kennedy calls on Congress to retain grapn is more man Pei a friend who was promoting Conlisk (left) and Doherty murder of Mrs. Lillian fuel crashed and burned trocution threat to Weger the 4 cent a gallon gasoline tax and to boost taxes accurate, was, reponeu voctornau aftor turn vpar yesterday after a two year rmer Drosecu-1 ting' 50, of Riverside- a highway in rush hour a Florida land development.

Warehouse and Mail Order Hoffa's 1 in the emploves a 20.000 member union began when a of teamsters union local. Carey study at Cook County hos other Riverside women. Mrs. jtor, who testified as Weger's traffic late today, killing all five air force crewmen on defense concluded in his trial Frances Murphy, 47, and Mrs. ranK ana ine reDeis iook in La Salle County Circuit Mildred Lindquist, 50, court action against him.

This fam 11 me POP0 on heavy trucks in order to provide cash to keep the 41,000 mile interstate highway program on schedule. Page 7 An administration bill to provide a billion dollar tax increase for extension of unemployment benefits is cleared for a showdown battle on the House floor. A House subcommittee finishes its draft of a mini- court in Ottawa. slain with Mrs. Oetting in a me tour engine propener brought the establishment of lvfe pital.

Ten basic types of ears were analyzed, and of 285 children who were photographed, it was established that no two ears are identi- stale park canyon last March P1ane bounced thru Ithe monitors. io unionize me ponce Weger has claimed that 14. SO MILES i threats by authorities to send ine moniiuis uiuereu nim, to oust such racketeers asfo Wilson angrily threatened SELFRIDGE AIR FORCE joey uumco. czar oi ine cm- i. iral "no ma.tpr whpthpr of! to prosecute policemen cago taxicab drivers, from mum wage bill which would bring full coverage in ithe same individuai or of a' BASE who roughly ejected Raymond iViicrH nnclc in flio lininn Knf i 1 LANSING two years, instead oi mree.

rage 5 1 same-sex twin," the study who was a dishwasher at the Starved Rock lodge at the time of the murders, said he was confident of acquittal. Deputies Deny Threats MOUNT Vi. i him to the electric chair impelled him to confess the murders of three Riverside women in Starved Rock state park. Ex-Prosecutor Vs. Deputy Craig Armstrong, a former.

CLEMENS! Hoffa defied the monitors. I a'or DaIe: lelsla i tive aid. from a mass meeting THE WEATHER Monday night of the Patrol St MICH. yft'Wiiifnsnfl- Lake Erie men association in St. Jude's hall.

The captains' meeting was In their rebuttal testimony. TNTjI TOLEDO first assistant state's attorney i Dummett and his partner. Trr" in La Salle county, testified Wayne Hess, also a sheriff's that on Sept. 28 seven weeks: deputy, disputed the story before Weger confessed the' Weger gave the jury in more CHICAGO Street construction and lighting installation programs are expanded to speed public works projects to combat unemployment. This work is expected to provide 2,150 jobs within coming months.

Page 4 Michael Reese hospital and medical center announces an expansion program involving nine buildings costing 16 million dollars, be completed or under way within five years on 37 acre tract at 29th street and Ellis avenue. All financing has been WEDNESDAY. WSCH 1, 1961 CHICAGO AND VICINITY: Cloudy this morning, clearing in afternoon; high, in upper 40s; fair tonight; low, near 30. Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy and mild. NORTHERN HALF ILLINOIS: Con-siderable cloudiness early today, becoming partly cloudy and mild this afternoon; fair; little temperature change tonight; high.

reported. Exhibit on Display The infant ear identifica-on exhibit is one of dozens on display for more than 5.500 physicians, medical personnel, and guests during the annual clinical conference of the Chicago Medical society in the Palmer House. The conference opened yesterday and will conclude Friday. Manuel Zimberoff, medical photographer, said the com- told by its counsel, Isadore Goldstein, that all the rights policemen enjoy have been attained under civil service, and that it is essential that civil service be retained to protect those rights. The proposed legislation murders a snentt deputy, William Dummett, said to Weger: than five hours on the witness stand.

Weger contended that the a tulip field, forced two cars off the highway, demolished an empty house, and missed two others by less than 50 yards. Bursts Into Flame The crash occurred north of here just south of the intersection of U. S. 25 and "Chester, you're going to threat of death in the electric ride a thunderbolt." "scared him" into con- But Dummett, the first of fessing the slayings. He said a dozen rebuttal witnesses that Dummett gave him vir- 45 to 50; low, 25 to Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy and mild.

Page 16 arranged. INTERNATIONAL would set up a police board of rights to hear disciplinary matters and by-pass the Civil Service commission, eliminating civil service hearings for called by the state after the tually all the information for 1 22 Mile road. The plane had i bination of ear characters WEATHERMAN'S RECORD His forecast for yesterday was: Cloudy: high, in tow 40s; low, in low 30s. defense rested, swore "posi-lhis false confession in a two just taken off from Selfridge Three anti-Communist regimes in the Congo; tics could run into the mil Republic join in a military alliance giving them a 'lions tively that he had not men- hour talk before he admitted tioned a thunderbolt or the slayings. TEMPERATURES IX CHICAGO combined military force of 13,000 troops to battle Tells of Advantages The advantage of ear identification over fingerprints, for example, is that 2 p.

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10 a.m... 41 11 a. 1 1.1 the electric chair to Weger. 'Treated Like Gentleman Dummett is a part time photographer who claimed to 8 p. 4 a.

leftist rebels numbering about 5,000, already spread thin across a third of the troubled country. The rebel thrust toward Leopoldville suddenly dissolves. Page 3 In a move aimed at easing the strain on America's gold and dollar reserves, West Germany agrees to bear more of NATO's cost so United accused policemen. Goldstein described the legislation as "vicious, immoral, and class legislation discriminating against policemen." No Dissent Heard He said that hearings before the proposed board of rights, composed, of three police captains, would be al Air Force base on a routine training mission. George Hallin, of Mount Clemens, was standing in front of his garden supply shop when he saw the low flying airplane burst into flame.

"The flames rolled across U. S. 25t like giant waves," he said. Drivers Escape Injury The flaming plane skipped thru a tulip field adjoining a home occupied by Mrs Gerald Kabel. It bounded less lp.m...43! 9p.m..

.38 5 a. Hith. Low. Estimated. THE MOON S3 a id Sunricc, 6:27.

Sunset, 5:41. Monnset. 6:30 a.m.. tomorrow. Page 6 States can pay less.

Evening stars Venus and Mart. Morning i According to Weger, the murder details furnished by Dummett included the words the women were said to have uttered when they pleaded for their lives, and the fact that a red and white airplane circled the canyon soon after the murders. This was not true, Dummett testified. He said he talked with Weger only 12 minutes before Weger confessed last Nov. 17.

Dummett denied that he had told Weger how to confess the crime. The sheriff's deputy said he first Continued on page 2, col. 4 1 stars: Jupiter and Saturn. Eor 24 hours ended midnight. Feb.

28: most certain to admit irrele-. the ear is immediately recognizable," Zimberoff said. "You don't have to call a specialist or the FBI to satisfy a mother that she was handed the right baby." A report on the research prepared by Mrs. Lois W. Mednick, anthropologist at the University of Chicago, aid the four member study team found that the final ear form of different children could be predicted on the basis of first photographs.

have cracked the state park murder case single handedly after he obtained Weger's first confession. Dummett answered, "yes," when Weger's lawyer, John A. Mc-Namara, asked if Dummett "always treated Weger like a gentleman." A prediction by State's Atty. Robert E. Richardson that the state's rebuttal testimony would end tomorrow made it appear yesterday temperature, sv decrees; 31: month's excess.

18; year's V3nt and incompetent evi 138. A Moslem mob in Algeria, cremates two Women in their automobile, kills an auxiliary policeman, and injures three Europeans at Moslem freedom rally. Page 10 Premier David Ben-Gurion agrees to election, probabl in October, as only way to unravel Israel's Relative humidity. 6 a. 80 per cent: (Vinn SO Carrie frnm Vior VlOmp! noon.

43; 6 p. 4 Precipitation, none: months deficiency dence, which, upon a review by the five-man police board, would be prejudicial to a defendant. At the conclusion of tha meeting, Capt. John Nelligan .51 inch; year's deficiency, 2.09 Inches. Highest wind velocity.

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from east-northeast. Barometer, 6 a. 10.17; p. 19.22- Map and other reports ea pa 32 and set afire a winamm front of the house. Then it bounced across a Continued on page2, col.

5 political crisis, alter party vetoes his retirement and names him No. 1 candidate. Page 10.