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Sunday Morning, March 2, 1958 89th Year No. 60 Sc Dully 15c Sunday Second Class AAaII Privileges Authorijed Ailnvlllf, N. C. WWNC Radio 570 CBS 44 Paces cans Reds' About-Face Parley Bid IkeS Russia Asks Conference Of Ministers Divers Fail To Find Bus And 26 Pupils WASHINGTON, March 1 -President Eisenhower and Secretary of Stale Dulles conferred for 30 minutes late today on Russia's proposal for an April foreign minister's meeting and reportedly found it inadequate. They may tell Soviet Ambassador Mikhail Menshikov when he calls at the White House Monday morning that the Moscow plan of preparalion for a summit meeting later this year is a step in the right direction hut does not.

go far enough. The State Department announced the United would consult with its Atlantic Allies on the Soviet proposition but refused any further comment. NOTE TO THOMPSON The proposal was put forward PR ESTONSB URG March 1 Navy frogmen from Norfolk, will fiy to join search operations in the muddy depths ot a swollen mountain stream hiding a school bus with possibly 2B students and the driver aboard. Lt. John Mundy, U.S.

Coast Guard officer directing the search said the search for the bus in the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River would continue into the night if necessary. Two civilian divers, Carlton Handley and Jack North of Huntington, V. already have been on the bottom but have been unable to locate the bus which plunged into the river early yesterday after hitting a wrecker truck and an automobile. BOATS DIVERT DEBRIS Boats were used upstream lo direct floating debris around the divers. The river showed no of dropping.

Skies remained overcast but there was no rain. Mundy said a second barge is being rigged like a giant comb. Holes are being bored through il.s deck and sleel piping pushed down through the holes. This by Foreign Minister Andrei Gro- AP Wlreoholo BOOKED IN ALCOHOL POISONING DEATHS myko in a note sent lo the U.S. government through Ambassador Llewelyn Thompson in Moscow.

It offers a wide range of possibilities as to the number of foreign ministers who would attend a meeting, from four to around 30. But the latest note like earlier ones from Premier Bulganin to Eisenhower bars from the agenda prac lice described as illicit alcohol seized in raid on Bronx apartment house. Anna Jackson, superintendent of the building, was charged with violating the alcoholic beverage control laws. Police described her as a partner of Billido. Noberto Diaz, 33, left, and Jose Billido, 42, sat in police station yesterday in New York's Bronx where they were booked on homicide charge in connection with two of 19 deaths from wood alcohol poisoning.

At right are cans and bottles of what po tically everything the United Stales wants to talk about at a summit conference. This applies particularly to such issues as German reunification and the lack of political freedom in Soviet- A Fine Day, High Of 60 On The Menu dominated Eastern Europe. Wolfson Completes Deal To Buy WLOS-TY, Radio barge will join boats in dragging, the river. I Gov. A.

B. Chandler arrived at' the scene and immediately arranged for a meeting with townspeople. Informed the school board had CItlzen-Tlmes Photo LINCOLN DINNER SPEAKER Rep. B. Carroll Reece (R-Tenn) was the principal speaker at a Lincoln Day dinner here last night.

The dinner was sponsored by the Buncombe County Republican Club. Max Wilson, president of the Buncombe Young Republican Club, is at right. Rep. Reece Sees No Depression The weatherman has stirred a ai i.iiuu pout mi me Mitcnen Miami M. Parker.

Asheville at-1 summer residence in Asheville Though the text of the Soviet note has not been made public it was learned that the proposed purpose of the foreign minister'! meeting would be to decide on the time, place, participants and agenda of a summit conference, but not to go into aclual issues such as disarmament and easing of tensions. CAREFUL PLAN'S av froThis vivi.sion station (WTVJ) yesterday lorney. represents Wolfson. on the Beaverdam Koad another elixir of be available fiom his I Wolfson, who has extensive owns the 18-hole Beaver Lake good weather today for the Ashe- ville area from this prescription: uno neip me iamu.es wi -E "u' holdings in Miami, also has a I golf course, nig children. Urol, of Asheville' WLOS tele-! "Fair and mild, with a high tem perature of about 60.

After being shielded by clouds in the morning, the sun came BUS GONE WITH TIDE vision and radio stations in a The governor also expressed million-dollar transaction. The doubt the bu.s was anywhere near transfer is subiect lo approval Eisenhower and other W'eslern out yesterday afternoon and leaders such as British Prime The United Slates today "does, day in Ihe George Vandorbill Ho- the site where it plunged into the ne trederal Communications College Hall Dorm Burns At Montreal pushed the mercury up to 59 Turn To Pag Seven-A from its low of 36. One year ago Ihe temperature here ranged from 34 to 47. Tint have the factors that make for a depression," B. Carroll Reece.

Republican congressman from Tennessee, told a GOP Lincoln Pay dinner meeting yester- By BOB CONWAY I at the college, is across the street! The average temperature of I from several residences one of, 48 yesterday, was five degrees Clti7.en-Tlnies Staff Writer ilhem occupied by Mrs. W. H. above normal. Reece, member and onetime, "it doesn't stand lo reason that chairman of the Republican many boats we have nere Under term of an agreement tional Committee, said it was jc(urfn-t rind some trace of it." Ilie Wolfson interest ohtained "discouraging" lo hear Demo- His opjnjon was supported by 4.276 shares of stock in the Sky-crats like ex-Prosident Truman i Curtis Carter of McDowell, who way Broadcasting Company, America in a false position worked the river all day in a censee of Ihe WLOS stations, and make Ihe people believe that jhoat, starting at a point where 'from Joe H.

Britt of Greenville, the nation is in danger fromln DUS san and moving to als. Charles B. Britt and within and without." poinL one-half mile downstream. jHenry Joe Britt of Asheville for "There is no indication any-i Tne Ulls is not stretch 277,940 at the rate of $65 a where that there's any serious I of waier Carter said. Wolfson also agreed to trouble," Reece said.

"There's wouldn't surpri.se me if it's M' purchase any of the outstanding every reason the American as three miles down-'3 075 nl slouk In Skyway dIp should feel encouraged." I stream at a Pricie of fi5 a shale- Pope Names U. S. Cardinal To High Post CHICAGO, March 1 (-Sam-uel Cardinal Stritch, archbishop of Chicago, was appointed to high post in the Vatican today and greeted the news with an expres- widow of the founder ofj Temperature records in the Hall, a girls dormitory at Mon-lthe chain Her nouse and Asheville area for March 1 are treat College, was destroyed by; those of neighbors were in 1940 and 10 above zero in fire tonight, The loss was esli-l through the efforts of fireman! 1914. mated by college officials at be-'wno turned their attention loj On Clingman's Peak near Mt. tween $200,000 and $250,000.

neighboring buildings when they Mitchell yesterday morning, the i found ti impossible lo save the: low reading was 23. Only 15 of the 70 girls who slructure. i S. E. Horton In Race For State Senate cupied Ihe dormitory were in Me Those who discovered the fire He cited a national product last I A revised, unofficial list said 21 Since last May when he en-, building when the fire was dis i said it started at the base of a ihrpo.wav Firrht fnc nnn.

a. in Tl. year of 425 billion dollars, and scrambled to safely be- News On Inside Irol of the Asheville station. mainder were' attending a bas-j imney on the root and burned ision of surprise. said Ihe country "today has the bus was washed away.

Wolfson nas purchased 4770, ketball game in the college gvm- 000,000 more employed than ever Twice radio equipped boats The loss was estimated by with sweeping the river with grappling for approximately nasium or were out with friends before in history McDonnold ot Ashe-i 000. The Britt stock will in 000.000 fewer unemployed than in hooks thought they had found the I Vnm a ni onl norl 1 1 lAcg a IOM' "Never before in history," he commented, "has an American 1 prelate been called to such an important office." 1 Pope Pius Xlt named the car-i dinal pro-prefect of the Congrega Slate Plans Expansion Of Skill Classes lo 9.046: to s.oto: rt.rt, business manager of the. crease nis numiuKA 1940. bus Each time the object was shares and he hopes to obtain: Zi college. He said the building was He said that despite that fact i musi oi me ju.

Shelby K. Horlon Asheville Homey and former judge, of Ihe Domestic Relations and Juvenile Court, yestrrday announced his candidacy for the State Senate. He will oppose the incumbent. Sen. James G.

Stikeleather, in tihe May 31 primary for the Democratic nomination. Horlon, a member of the Asheville law firm of Horlon and Hyldburg, was educated in the Asheville oily schools, Asheville-Riltmore College, University of occupants lost all their belong- '7" Snrnp from reJ anuificr iu ui me uiu standing snares. tion of the faith of the no powerful current was tumbling the bus downstream. Hundley entered the river from a barge in the middle of the North Carolina is planning to ma Catholic Church Mcuonnoia expressea nis ap- The agreement also provides ception hall was saved tor assumption ot wlus in-: irpmmi from AOwvilli. Swan.

P''ecialion for the work of the expand industrial education to The the loa VA and' from the tlpmamls ot ncw lndu ipreadinR of the faith in areas of tries. Details on Page 5-A. the world where the church is in stream. Lone cables run to the debtedness amounting to $341,000 00 barge enabled it to drift slowly fid settlement ol pending miga- Mountain fought Ille roomless girls were being M.mn'ain fnimht The roomless girls were being downstream as Handley combed the b'iaze (wo housed last night at Assembly the bottom. The application requesting ap-i hours and were still standing bvjInn an() Howerlon Hall.

Later, i The bus went into its dealhlproval of transfer of control of at midnight. lneV wi" hfi S'ven permanent' plunge after hitting a wrecker and jskyway Broadcasting Companyj The dol7nitol.y one nf lne twoi accommodations for the rest if that auto, electric and other industries are operating at below full capacity "we're producing more automobiles and electrical goods than all Ihe rest of Ihe world put together." On national defense, Reece said that as a member of Ihe Armed Services Committee he is convinced Ihe United Slates "has developed a defense posture under which this country has greater striking and retaliatory power than any nation on earth, including Russia." "Russia has made advances and is a challenge to us," he said, "but this is not the first lime America has been chnl- 'the missionary stage of develop- The Week in Wnshinglon was ment. It is a part nf the Curia, a round of hitter and good- the group of offices through which humored Insults. The Capital the pope governs the church, roundup column Is on Page i The prefect is Pielrn Cardinal IO.a. Furmasoni Biondi.

The prefects advanced age 5 has limited his activities. His new associate pre-Learn how the Regional share duties of an auto, the isauonai saieiy iio wtv.i oi Miami, win, n.e tum-sc j'roi rciniw.tniii Hall Council said it is the worst high- be filed with FCC in Washing way accident involving children While the blaze was al its height, some of the college girls, North Carolina and Duke University School of Iaw. Active in civic and religious affairs, Horton is a deacon in Grace Baptist Church in West Asheville, superintendent of the Young People's department ol the Sunday School, former director of Asheville-Biltmore College, member of West Asheville 1 r1.L nnJ nltili.m.ix if who had been out wilh ji. Commission can help W.NC nffi' that possessions had been de.l communities solve Iheir growing1 c'ardinBi stritch will take lo ftroyed. i pains.

Page 3-D. Rome a talent for handling a ton within a few days and it is anlieipalcd that approval will be forthcoming in time for the Wolfson interests to take over in May. Announcement of the agreement was made yesterday by Charles B. Britt, executive vice president and general manager of Skyway, and Mitchrll Wolfson, president ot Miami's WTVJ. in the nation's history.

Three families lot all of their children in the tragedy. The driver of the wrecker, Donald Horn, said "all the children could have been saved, but Ihey jammed up in Ihe door, screaming and struggling to get out. Then the bus slid into deep 4 Nations Fijdil ZD Nuclear Tests TOKYO, March 1 MV-Japanese political leaders were joined by delegates from India, Egypt and Algeria today in a mass protest against U.S. and Soviet nuclear weapons tests. Firemen said only the stone: i eavy burden ot work, or 18 shell of the building remained Asheville niiin Is one of two years he nas oeen nead oi me Buncombe County Junior Red prisons iiernilttt'il to encode Lnicago ftreiiiiiuroc, uic im.

The United Slates is not de- and many expressed the opinion that the dormitory was a "total in the United States with approxi Turn To Pnpe Scvcn-A loss. and decode top secret communications at Ft, Leonard Wood, Mo, Story on Page 9-A, mately two million members. He declined to talk with newsmen pending receipt of the offi- Cross. He served as ehairmnn of this yeair's March ot Dimes. Horlon is a World War II vel-wan and formerly taught in the W'eflverville High School.

Koamiiigf The Mountains cial documents frnm Rome about PreSchool children should not jve davs hence, be taught to read at home, Appa-j Blll ne' ifWUC(1 'a foment selachian Slate Teachers College inR he was -surprised and What's The Mystery Of Andrews Bald? expert anvises. aiory ana pictures on Page 10-D. amazed." pi ma min iiaiiiiiwiMgmnjpq A. Full page of photographs and si. iiics about several interesting Western North Carolina personalities, l'nge I By JOHN' PARRIM i They ace bald because ofj mounlain tops ranging from BALD, March 1 some sUajige whim of nature, 1 000 to 6,000 feel in this neck of Tins mile-high peak in the Ureal and not because of fire or the.

Ihe woods will not support trees. the inhabitants of (he mountains and thai they continually burned who used them as summer toff the tops to furnish space fur pasturage for stock." I their villages, and also lo pro- Slupka says he has no theory vide unobstructed lookout points, whv sonic mountain loos are 'this, however, is cnntinrv lo Smokios is one of nature's un lumbermjin's x. Altitude or limber line is not They have probably been bnld i the aixswer, for Clingman's ever since the world suffered the l)ome, which is nearby, and bald. the Imdincs of anthropologists 1'v'('ws solved mysteries. It's a botanical puzzle that has baffled the 1U 'xi Back In Dr.

W. A. dales land aroheologists. Dealhs 8-A travail and spasms of Ms youth Editorial Features Radio-TV Bridge Crossword Mount Mitchell are almost 7,000 feet and timbered lo the top. "These balds," says Arthur Stupka, the park naturalist, "do Strangely enough, the balds are found only in the of louisiana Stale University discovered twig gall wasps laying Iheir eggs in oak trees on moun- Their findings show that the Vheatcr Cherokee Indians always huild, House ran fi.R tUaiii III nrrnl in ttij.

1 1 aha minds of men for centuries. Trees refuse lo grow on us summit, and no Southern Appalachians tain Ions which evenluallv killed Markets 7 This lends to mak the mystery i rot indicate timber line con Sec. Class, more mysterious, more rare, and ditions, for nean'by forested sunr the timhcr. tai1 tops HP mn knows why. stranger still were responsible for making the Ano.

Jno evidence This pecull- nX- summits bald up that Ihe Indians built their villages on (tie bald lops. Some time later Dr. B. W. Wells, botanist at North Carolina mils stand as high or higher.

"One is tempted to think of them as relics of some fnrmet climatic period, now partly engulfed in the prevailing forest, but their true explwwtion remains elusive. "They have certainly been However, the Cherokee Indians Through the years theory after theory has been advanced to explain the "bald mountain" mystery. And still remains a mystery. Scientists have pondered the question and can not agree on arity, however, is not confined to Andrews Bald alone. For there are other peaks in State College, advanced a theoryjiMfl a lew myths to explain Uic rhflt the Indians had created the; balds.

SHELBY E. HORTON JR. Today's Chuckle The greatest achievements of mankind have been accomplished by two types of men those who were smart enough In know il could be done, and those loo dumb to know it couldn't. TARRIS Back in 189R. Mooney reported som of them in a re- Turn To Page Slx-A bald summits.

He pointed out llwt certain mountain lops were favored eamping grounds of lh Indians If the Great i.Smok'M and in Weslern North Carolina that are treeless, too. an answer. ny exposure in pire- No one ever has come up wilh i vailing winds and. lo some ex-an cceplabl reason why certain' tent during the last century, by BnllmBHH column, page 3. fffrllnn 1).

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