Globe-Gazette from Mason City, Iowa • Page 1

North Iowa's Daily Newspaper Edited lot CITY 'THI NiWSPAPIR TH AT MAKIS ALL NORTH IOWANS NEIGHBORS' HOME EDITION VOL. AuocUted fntt htcnuttiontl MASON CITY, IOWA, SATURDAY, JANUARY Haptr Coniltd Two Legislature Gets Down to Work After 'Best Start in DES MOINES lawmakers expect (o set some speed records in the coming weeks the 1959 legislative session. Credited in part to what one veteran legislator called both houses moved swiftly during the'first week of the' session, despite considerable time devoted to inaugural proceedings and other routine matters. Surprisingly, legislators dispatched the routine matters quickly and got down to the problems of organization and legislation with a minimum of, bickering. Partisanship popped -up strongly once during the first four days.

'That was when Senate Republicans, led by -majority leader Jack Schroeder of Davenport, formally announced their decision (o take away the committee appointing powers of Lt. Gov. Edward J. Me- Manusj, Keokuk Democrat, by revising Senate rules. The Republicans designated a Committee on Committees to make appointments to all standing committees.

Thus, the Republicans, who hold a 33-17 Senate majority, will name two-thirds of (lie members on each of the 31 standing committees and let the Democrats have one-third membership. Following his inauguration Thursday, McManus criticized the GOP majority for stripping him of the traditional committee appointing powers. "I'm like a bird who had his wings clipped before he could fly," he said. Bolh McManus and Schroeder are expected to announce com- mittee appointments Monday. The House got off to an even quicker start by naming standing committees on opening day- Monday.

Rep. Clark McNcal (H-Bcl- ino'iul), majority, floor leader, said Saturday "I'm more than pleased with progress so far from (he standpoint of miming standing committees and the introduction of bills." He credited (he quick'action to "togetherness" on the part of both parties. Of future progress, he said, "1 hope (hat where we differ wo will find a common denominator through the legislative process and come to an amiable agreement." He said the House probably will set up a culeiulur of bills next week, establishing wha( he termed "record" for early action in the lower house. Ry the lime the Legislature recessed Thursday afternoon for the weekend, the Semite had introduced 32 bills and the House 20. Also, the lawmakers were considering legislative recommendations outlined Gov.

Hcrschcl Loveless' inaugural address. They called for reap- porliomnont of Hie Legislature, sweeping revisions in governmental a i I a 1 improvements at stale institutions and legislation in the fields of labor, social welfare and mental health. Sen. George O'Malley of DCS Moincs, minority leader, said, "I hope tho Legislature will Rive first In the recommendation (by Loveless) changes in the laws instead of spending lime on a mountain of special interest bills now be- ing dumped in (he legislative hoppers." Hut hundreds of interest and being prepared for introduction in vveek.i ahead. The deadline for introduction of bills by individuals probably will be a bout l-'eb.

Several already read are being watched carefully by observers. There Is a bill in jtlie House to appropriate a million dollars for a slate college student revolving fund, A Senate bill, also concerned with education, would grant pri- vate colleges exemption from sales and use taxes. Measures have been introduced to set up a brucellosis disease control program for, swine, to legalize cigarette vending machines and to authorize the governor to prepare plans for the reorganization of jlho executive branch of state government. Sen. J.

Kendall Lyncs (R- Plninl'ield), speaker pro-tern," said, "Our potent and latent drive shows more promise.this session than ever before. won't bo a dragoul operation." A Frigid Weekend Forecast Warmer Trend Delayed lowans had just tas well look forward a very cold weekend. Temperatures Saturday morning were below zero over the entire state. About the only consolation was that the northwesterly winds were not quite as strong as they were Friday. The Weather Bureau still is promising a warm up, but its said a warm front from the south which was expected Saturday had been temporarily stalled.

THE MERCURY fumbled to 11 below zero at Mason City Saturday, and was 10 below at Spencer, 9 below at Waterloo, 7 below at Dubuque and 5 below at Lenox. The lows ranged up to one be- 'Ibw at Burlington. The Weather Bureau said temperatures get much above zero Saturday or Sunday. Highs of 5 to 15 were forecast for both days. Ike-Mikoyah in 1st Conference KKOM OUR WIKK WASHINGTON President senhowcr and Soviet Deputy Premier Aniislnssl.

Mikoyan. conferred on coltl war problems for an hour and 45 minutes Saturday, but the While House said "no new proposals" were exchanged. James C. Ungcrly, press secretary, said Eisenhower arid Secretary of Stale John Koslcr Dulles bolh felt that "it was a useful discussion. llagerty said topics ranged from the Berlin crisis to Gcr- Miy, disarmament, increased TO SEE Forty-one members of Wa- Tan-Ye Club-board buses headed for "The Music Man" at KRNT Theater, Des club is included in the story of Meredith Willson's musical hit.

The Mason Cityans are out to see if Willson did right by his- hometown in "The Music Man." Top readings Friday were from 4 above at Mason City to 16 at Council Bluffs. Mason City's NO ONE INJURED Night Out at "Music Man" Lows of zero to 10 below are 'on tap for Sunday, The wind-driven storm, part of massive cold front that en gulfed the eastern third of the nation with sub-zero temperatures, snow and high closed down factories, offices, stores and schools in the South- Bend- Mishawaka area Friday. Seventeen inches of snow fell. ADDITIONAL highway workers were taken on to combat the traffic-paralyzing snows. Thousands of workers from the big Stude baker-Packard and Bendix Corp.

factories were sent Home, a four hour trip in some cases. Notre Dame University and St. Mary's College shut down, as did ail the city's public and parochial schools. Wind-whipped snow also piled drifts high on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The fresh snow and previous rains caused the Monori- gall elk River lo approach flood stage.

Temperature readings from Minnesota to Florida indicated the range and intensity of the cold snap. The mercury plunged to 25 below.zero in northern Minnesota, "hovered near zero along the southern shores of the Great into the teens in Alabama and Georgia, and dropped below the freezing mark members of the Ma son City Wa-Tan-Ye Club planned to see themselves Saturday as others see more specifi; cally as Meredith Willson sees Music Man." Willson drew pa'rt of his inspiration for his current musical hit from the Mason City organization and included the club in (he opus. The Mason-City club members boarded buses Saturday morning for the matinee performance of The Music Man" at the KRNT Theater in Des Moines. Hundreds of other Mason City- ans planned to see the final performance of the National Company in Des Moines Saturday night before it leaves for Cincinnati. Besides the Wa-Tan-Ye Club and the Grandmothers Club House at Lake CLEAR, LAKE The Cecil Ditsworth home at 1424 S.

3rd St. was blown'apart Saturday morning, but no one was hurt. Firemen said a gas explosion in the rear of the house occurred at 7:55 a.m. The explosion, in either the kitchen or utility room, blew out the concrete block walls of the two rooms and the attached garage. It also lifted the entire roof, off the house-and dropped it back in northern Florida.

buses, 296 independent theater goers scheduled eight buses through the Vance Music Co. to carry, them to Des Moines for the closing performance. Following the show, a buffet dinner is planned for the Mason Cityans at the Hotel Fort Des It will be Mason City's night out 'for "The Music Man." Florida Fire Toll May Reach Seven STUART, Fia. -At -least three and possibly seven persons were killed Saturday fire swept a small hotel. other guests fled into 32-degree I weather.

Mason City: Partly con- "'tinued cold Saturday night, lows 10 -15 below. Partly not, quite so cold Sunday, highs 10-15. Iowa: Continued cold with considerable cloudiness west, partly cloudy east Saturday night, lows 15 below northeast to zero southwest. Sunday partly cloudy, west, highs 10 northeast to 25 southwest Further cloudy with slowly rising temperatures Monday. Minnesota: Continued very cold.

Highs Sunday 5 below "north lo 10 above south. Globe Gazelle Weather Data up to 8 a.m. Saturday: of place, sagging down at the kitchen end of the 'house. Daylight can be seen between walls and roof throughout the house. Mrs.

Ditsworth, and Mark, were in bed at the other end of the-bouse and were not injured. They were sheltered by a neighbor after the explosion Maximum Minimum At 8 a.m. 4 and moved later in the day to 319 7th Ave. N. Fire started in a davenport but was quickly put out by the firemen.

Ditsworth had gone to work at 6:30 a.m. He is a school custodian. He reported lha.1 he liad nol it Ihe gat slove in Ihe kilchcn made his coffee in an electric coffee maker. The walls are still standing around the gas furnace in the middle of the house. Executions to Reach 450, Says Castro HAVANA, Cuba Fidel Castro estimates that 450 persons will die before the current wave of executions ends in Cuba.

Already 205 persons have been reported shot on charges of crimes against the people during he dictatorship of Fulgencio Ba- ista. Cuban prisons recently held an estimated 5,000 to 6,000 more for trial on similar charges but some have been released and others given jail terms. Castro gave his estimate to a crowd of about 10,000 in front of the' presidential palace Friday night.MIc called for a rally of half a millidn persons in Havana next Wednesday to signify approval of the executions. 5 Killed in Argentine Plane Crash BUENOS AIRES MV-An Argentine ail-liner with 52 persons aboard crashed into the Atlantic Ocean Friday night off the seaside resort of Mar del Plata. Only one survivor was found.

Almost four hours after the vn cation flight crashed a man wa found alive on the beach, hi clolhes burned or ripped off. Al others on Die jilnne apparently perished. Only three bodies'were recovered. SEARCHERS who weri hampered by stormy waters said many of those in the plane presumably were trapped inside and drowned. Among those on the passenger list, were Eduardo JJrnun Menen- clez, one of Argentina's most famous scientists, and Dr.

Jose another well known THE CUBAN gtntralfy have applauded the trials and executions. Police broke up 200 persons in front of a police station Friday demonstrating for lynching of one sus'peci. The actions have aroused sharp criticism in the United States and other countries, however. Castro invited foreign newsmen and dip- CHANGES MIND N.J. (UPI) Poet Carl Sandburg telephoned Presi dent Evald P.

Lawson of Upsala College Friday to tell him he' was ready to accept the honorary degree he turned down 10 years ago because he was too busy. lomats to attcild the trials to check their fairness. Newspapers in Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina and Costa Rica have called for a halt to the bloodshed. The Uruguayan representative to the United Nations appealed to Provisional President Manuel Urrutia to stop the killings. scientist.

There was no immediate confirmation that they actually had been aboard. The plane belonged lo Airlines, a new company known throughout the country for its penguin trademark because of flights lo Argentina's cold and bleak southland. THE AIRLINER was on a special summertime vacation flight from Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata, 240 miles lo the south, and then lo Bahia Blanca, another 260 miles west. was coming in for a landing at Mar del Plata in windy and rainy weather when it smashed into the ocean aboul J50 yards Kidnaping Charge Fifed by Mother at Decorah 0 A II A kidnaping charge was filed Kriday night by Marjorie Roderick in of Peace court of Harry Hanson against Clict co-owner ot (he JGA store here. Mrs.

Roderick accused Allen of kidnaping her daughter, Lolclia, wife Ronald Rear, the other co-owner of. the slorc. Mrs. Rear 22, and Allen have been missin since Thursday. 'Allen Ls the father'of Uircc dren.

Rcnr is check-ou clerk at Ihe filorc. II is believed Ihcy are heading west, in a 1958 Nash. Intoxication Count Against Bennett A. Webster Dismissed DES M.OINJCS charge of iHoxicalipn against Bennett A. Webster 35, DCS Moincs al- lorncy, was dismissed Friday by Municipal Judge Harry R.

Grund. Webster wns arrcsled during an early morning fire Jan. 8 MOVING The vacuum cleaner (extreme right) and other kitchen and utility room equipment.of the Cecil Ditsworlh home at Clear Lake lie in the backyard. An explosion wrecked the southwest corner (left) of the house while Mrs. Dilsworth and two children escaped unharmed in their beds in the opposite comer.

OTHER Latin American delegates at the U.N. reportedly arc planning a similar appeal. U.S. Sen Wayne Morse (D-Ore) suggested in Washington that Castro invite U.N. observers to check the trial and execution methods.

II was reported in Washington that career diplomat Philip A. Bonsai, presently U.S. ambassador to Bolivia, will be the new American ambassador lo Cuba. OUTSIDE JOB BOSTON, Mass. MV-As some 400 patrons watched "The Man Inside" at the Oriental Theater Friday night, a man the with a cashier's strong box containing $300.

from shore. The nil-line said il carried 47 passengers and a crew of five. WINTERIZED SAULT Dr. William Merlaugh said Saturday a man found frozen stiff had so much' alcohol in his blood stream it served as which damaged his home. Assislanl Chief of Police Mai colm Dailcy and Assistant County allorney James McKcon rccom mended the dismissal for "insuf ficicnt evidence and in the inlcr csl of justice." Dailey said Web ster had been in bed three hours when the fire broke out and thai lie was nol drunk.

A physician cerfificd (o the courl thai Webster's inhalalion ol gases and smoke could easily have crcalcd a condition which might have been mistaken for in- loxicalion. The blaze was believed caused by a smouldering cigarct. Damage Lo Ihe house was esliniatcd at $10,000. Webster is a native of Mason City. trade, and a "freer exchange of persons." Mikoyan (old newsmen on leaving (he White House thai he had passed along lo Ihe President best wishes' of Sovicl Premier Nikila Khrushchev for "belter relations" between this country and Russia.

THE RUSSIAN official said El. senhowcr (hanked him "most cordially" and asked thai similar greetings and hopes be conveyed to Khrushchev. Ho said he and the President agreed that their talk "was useful," a slalemcnt which Hagerty confirmed. Hagerty declined lo answer when asked if a possible summit meellng, or al leasl a conference of foreign ministers, was discussed by the President and Mi- koyan. ASKED IF anything was said about a possible U.S.

visit Khrushchev or a trip, to Russia by Vice President Richard Af. Nixon, II ugoriy'replied: "II wasn't mentioned." He said his statement thai no proposals were exchanged at- he meeting wns intended lo 'answer" stories speculating that omc new moves would be forth- during Ihe morning meet-: Mikoynn, speaking through ari nterprclcr, (old newsmen thai Ihe a Iks were designed lo "find vhal our counlries' posilions were on various inlernjilionalmallers." "WE DIDN'T conduct negotiations" he said. BeforcMhc meeting wilh MikoyV an the President gol a' half hour briefly from Secrclary of Slale Dulles. Dulles arrived at the White House as scores of uniformed policemen were deployed in --the streets around Ihe-While a sccurily precnulion. A squad of inolorcycle policemen accdm- lanicd Mikoyan and his parly on Ihcir short drive from Ihe Soviet Embassy lo Ihe While For Mikoyan Ihe mceling- was he climax of Ihe spcclacular lour vhich had lakcn him around itie United Slates making public and privale selling Ihe Soviet "pence" line and pleading for Irade and bctler relations, during Ihe past two' weeks.

Mikoyan next week will head' for Florida and a short slay fore reluming lo Russia. i SAME DATS 195J-2I TOP-LEVEL MEETING Anastas Mi- koyan, Russia's deputy premier, has been in United States for nearly two weeks but Saturday's meetirig with President AP Eisenhower was the first between two. With Mikoyan is Russia's dor to the U. Mikhail Menshikov (center)..