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Death Toll On Roads Tops 100 CHICAGO, Aug, 30 (UPI-AP) The traffic death toll for the long Labor Day weekend passed the 100- mark late last night as motorists jammed the nation's highways, Safety officials were hopeful that advance death estimates would not be exceeded. At 10 p.m. (CST), the toll stood at 102. Drownings claimed 19 others and 21 died in miscellaneous accidents. The count began at 6 p.m.

local time Friday. California paced the nation's highway slaughter with 17 auto fatalities, followed closely by Ohio with 10. Florida reported 8 traffic deaths. The toll was running more slowly than the National Safety Council had predicted. The council had estimated 420 persons would lose their lives in traffic mishaps during the three-day holiday.

The toll also running behind the rate of the was, 1957 Labor Day weekend, when 443 persons died in auto accidents. In a period of five-and-a-half hours, the traffic toll jumped from 13 to 15 Saturday. Most accidents reported SO far involved single and double fatalities. But two accidents Friday, just before the holiday period began, accounted for 11 deaths. Five persons, including four members Tulsa, family were killed near Williams, in a head-on auto collision.

Highway patrolmen said a blowout caused one auto to swerve across U.S. 64 and smash into the vehicle containing the Oklahomans. Near Friona, six persons were killed when a car slammed into a loaded grain truck at a farm road intersection. The victims, all from California, were in the car. Mass Celebrated For Mrs.

O'Brien BEVERLY HILLS, Aug. 30 (P) Requiem mass was celebrated in the Catholic Church of the Good Shepherd today for Mrs. Gladys O'Brien, mother of actress Margaret O'Brien. Mrs. O'Brien, 52, died in a hospital Thursday following a heart attack.

WESTERN OPINION Space Flight by Russian Held Possible in Year By ALTON BLAKESLEE AMSTERDAM, Aug. 30 (-Within perhaps a year, a Russian will fly into space and come home again, space experts predicted today, Several Western scientists cited a minimum timetable of a year for Russia to send a man orbiting around the earth in a recoverable satellite or at least give him a brief rocket high jump of a few hundred miles into space. Making the first human leap into space seems to be the main Soviet target, delegates said at the close of the ninth general assembly of the International Astronautical Federation. But they don't put it past the Russians to try to grab off the further glory of making the first explorations of the moon and embarrass the United States again. "I'm flabbergasted they haven't done it yet," said Dr.

Kurt Stehling of the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. gathered the definite impression here that the Russians want to be first to the moon" said Dr. August Frederick Staats, of Bremen, president of the German Rocket Society, "The Russians said it wasn't true that had already tried once and failed," Staats continued. "We urged them not to try to hit the moon but just to circle around it. This is in line with the idea no one should contaminate the moon with anything until it can first be learned whether any kind of life exists there naturally.

"The agreed this was a good idea, but if (Soviet Premier) Khrushchev told them to land a rocket on the moon-because that might have bigger propaganda value-then I'm sure they would try to hit it." FORECASTS VARY Staats agreed with Stehling and others that man-in-space could be a reality within a year or two. England's Kenneth K. Gatland, vice president of the British Interplanetary Society, estimated 5 to 10 years. Just a year ago, all this seemed fantasy, but the space age is developing with revolutionary speed. In one year, astronautics "has been elevated from ridicule to becoming one of the most important activities man can take up," re- YOU The two people who witnessed the accident on the Mansfield Road, Shreveport, Louisiana on Friday, August 22nd, 1958, in which my husband, JAMES C.

HIGHTOWER, was killed, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ME. MRS. FRANCES HIGHTOWER, 65-4758. Buying a Car Save Money THE SHREVEPORT TIMES in flight--bringing closer the day when men can travel in space. The rocket which carried two dogs 281 miles into space on Aug, 27 was stabilized, the broadcast said.

The dogs came back to earth safely and their flight chamber did not rotate even after the rocket motor cut out. "It is known that to insure safety in future flights by men in cosmic rockets one of the most important conditions is the elimination of all kinds of rotations by the rocket an unnamed Russian seientist said over Moscow Radio. Sunday, August 31, 1958 1-B Tex. Crash Kills One, Hurts Five marked Dr. Wernher Von Braun, a main architect of the U.S.

Explorer satellite successes. The Soviet parade of highflying rocket dogs, propelling two of them up 280 miles last week, was just routine to Soviet delegate K. F. Ogorodnikov. This is one clear sign of Soviet preoccupation with manned space flight.

So was the saga of Laika on Sputnik 2. Secondly, the Russians clearly have the rocket to do it, or shoot for moon, Stehling said. power, "From the weight of Sputnik Ill, they are capable of putting a man up for a few turns around the world, or even flight lasting a day or two," he added. "A can could sit up in the head of Sputnik Ill. "He could carry enough oxygen, some backward-firing rockets to slow him down, and parachute out in capsule maybe.

The satellite could have a thick, coating of plas. tic or ceramic would burn off without harming him when he reentered the atmosphere at high speed." Gatland a said the Russians might wait until they develop a winged satellite which could swoop back into the earth's atmosphere to become airborne and land. SPACE BREAKTHROUGH REPORTED BY RUSSIAN LONDON, Aug. 30 UP--Moscow Radio said today Soviet scientists know how to stop rockets spinning EL PASO, Aug. 30 (UPD One teenager was killed and five injured, one critically, Friday night when, their control car on a city apparently street went and struck a tree.

Rafael Hernandez, 15, was dead on arrival at an El Paso hospital. Felipe Colmenera, 16, was in eritical condition from injuries suffered in the wreck. The boy's death was the 32nd in traffic within the city limits this year. MATCHING WITS in the 1958 Open Chess Tournament, which opened yesterday James and continues through tomorrow, cham- are S. Noel (left), Shreveport pion, and A.

L. McAuley (right), defending state and New Orleans city champion. State Chess Tourney in 4th Round The fourth round of competition of the 1958 Louisiana Open Chess Tournament will begin today, at 3 p.m. in the Eleanor the and Hotel. Two local men were among the six leaders with two wins and no defeats after the second round of play closed out yesterday's afternoon session.

The evening session continued until midnight. The Shreveport men are Val Dimac and 0. C. Dupree. Other leaders included defending state champion L.

McAuley, Alwyn Buckland 'and Andrew Lockett, all of New Orleans: and Fenner Tarham of Natchez, Miss, Thirty-two players entered the event which will end about 1 12:30 tomorrow after the sixth and final roamong the players, six from Mississippi, one from Texas, and the restrict Louisiana. The state chess will go to the leading Louisiana player. In addition, a "lightning" chess tourney. 8:30 will be to conducted 12:30 today A a.m. p.m.

local champion, Woodrow Crew, will be defending his state title in the fast play division which allows only 10 seconds for each move. 2 Suspects Held For Bad Checks Bossier City police last night were holding two men for investigation of passing bad checks in Bossier, according to Chief George Nattin. The two were identified as A. T. Ezell, 52, of Ball, and Marvin L.

Malone, 21, of Pineville. They were arrested by deputies in Rapides Parish Friday and returned to Bossier from Alexandria yesterday by Detectives William R. Thornton and B. J. McHalffey.

Nattin said Ezell cashed two checks totaling $339.91 at the Bossier Big Chain Shopping Center. Malone was with Ezell when he was arrested. The two are wanted in port, Monroe, and Lake Charles for investigation of forgery charges, including three or four bad checks believed passed in Shreveport. Malaya Observes Its Independence KUALA LUMPUR, Malaya, Aug. SO (P- The Federation of Malaya observes the first anniversary of its independence tomorrow.

Congratulations poured in on the former British colony, now a member of the British Commonwealth. Premier Prince Abdul Rahman said in a statement "a year is not a very long time, but it is true to say we have already achieved a great deal." Speaking of the long jungle war against Red-led guerrillas, he said "we are determined to put an end to Communist violence in our democracy and the success we have, it." had is proof that we can Looking on is Alfred B. Wills, twice winner of the state title. Thirty-two players are competing in the tourney, which is being held in the Eleanor Room of the and Hotel. (Times Photo by Bob Dial.) BREAKS VERTEBRA Pet Snake Undergoes Operation MICHIGAN CITY, Aug.

30 (-School teacher Marjorie Green finally found what ailed her pet snake Tippy. X-rays showed the king snake had a broken vertebra, SO veterinarian Donald Pehlman gave Tippy a shot of ether yesterday and inserted a pin in his back. The operation took half an hour. Mrs. Green said the snake had a swelling nine inches behind its head and wouldn't eat when a Linton, man gave it to her five weeks ago for use in nature study for her fourth graders in Eastport school here.

Negro Musician Here Dies at 62 Hugh D. (Dick) Huntly, 62, band widely-known leader here Negro for musician than and quarter of a century, died at a local hospital at 1 p.m. yesterday after a long illness. A native of of of of of of of of of of Shreveport and a graduate of of of of of of of Wiley College, he operated a barber shop with his brother many years ago in the old Commercial Bank building. He was a World War I veteran and a member of the Legion.

He resided at 943 Madison. For the past 30 years he had operated a small band that played in both white and Negro clubs and homes. He played the saxaphone and other reed instruments. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Blanche Mills Huntly; one son, De Melvin Goodson Huntly, San Antonio, brothers, William Huntly, Shreveport, and James Huntly, Kansas City, and two sisters, Mrs.

Alberta Naley and Mrs. Lula B. Willis, both of Los Angeles, Calif. Funeral services under the direction of Benevolent Funeral Home are incomplete. Two Postal Units May Open Nov.

10 The Morningside and Southfield contract post office stations should both be in operation by Nov. 10, according to Congressman Overton Brooks. The Morningside station, being built next to the Shreveport Bank and Trust should be ready for occupancy Nov. 1, Brooks said. It will be a $64,000 building on an $8,000 parcel of land with a yearly lease of $7,400 and sponsored by Joseph E.

Crawford, operator of the Kick-a-Poo Courts in Bossier City. The Southfield station, being sponsored by the Pak-a-Sak Stores at 288 Southfield Road, is leased for 26 years at a rental of $9,600 a year, Brooks said. Contract for this station, a $61,000 installation being called for on the premise, was let in May and it should be in operation by Nov. 10, Brooks added. SCHOOL OPENS TUESDAY! Drive With SLOW children Caution everywhere, PROTECT OUR CHILDREN! CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CORP.

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30 UP Fifteen-year-old Bobby Fischer of New York improved his chances of qualifying for the world chess championship today when he defeated Colombia's Boris de Greff in a 15th round interzonal tournament match. The top six in the interzonal play qualify for the world tournament. Fischer, picking up a full point, has 7.5 points with one adjourned match to be completed and six more rounds to go. Two Soviet masters, Makail Talj and Tigran Petrosyan, lead with 10.5 points. Fischer played boldly against De Greff and forced the Colombian to give up in the 35th move.

James Sherwin of New York, who has little chance of finishing among the top six, was defeated by Soviet grand master David Bronstein after 40 moves. TV Space Cadet Dies in Hospital LOS ANGELES, Aug. 30 UP Actor Lyn Osborn, 32, died today after brain surgery. He played the role of Cadet Happy in the Space Patrol series on television. Osborn had been a patient at UCLA Medical Center since Aug.

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