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a a a a PRESS, Newport News Hampton Warwick, Monday, May 14, 1956 Adlai Rigs Out As Cowboy, Estes Wears Silk In Calif. Los Banos, May A spectacular exhibition of what the well dressed politician wears on campaign brought generous applause here today for Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver. The occasion was the annual Los Banos May Day celebration and the, two for their party's presidential nomination made the most of it--with Adlai rigged out as a cowboy and riding a roan horse. while Kefauver, in a silk suit, rode in splendor in a fancy Lincoln convertible. The contrast in their getups brought cheers and long applause from the estimated 50,000 central Californians who had trooped into this farming center for the big May Day celebration.

Both candidates GRACE ENJOYS THE BULLFIGHTS Madrid, May P- Prince Rainier of Monaco and his American movie actress bride, Grace Kelly, went to the bullfights today. Miss Kelly applauded enthusiastically and persons who sat close to the couple quoted her as saying: "This is my second bullfight and really I enjoyed it even than my first morse honeymooners oneiended the bullfight with the Count of Mayalde, Madrid's lord mayor, and the Marquis of Valdavia, president of the Madrid provincial government. The 23,000 spectators cheered them as they entered their box. Reuther Continued From Page One Reuther said "Obviously this sort of thing disturbs the people of India." The UAW chief, who recently returned from a trip to India, said he felt that "if Mr. Meany I had shared the same experiences had" he would also share Reuther's view that India is dedicated to "demodon't want to get into a public cratic, values." controversy with Mr.

Meany--that's obvious," Reuther added. said the dispute had been exaggerated in some published reports and emphasized that he and Meany agree on "most basic Ike To Campaign Washington, May 13-lP-James C. Hagerty, President Eisenhower's press secretary, said today the President has "a lot of plans" for campaigning this Fall the issues "will be amply covered before we get finished." discussed the matter with Rep. Keating (R-NY) in an interview filmed and transcribed for broadcast by several upstate New York TV stations. Keating asked Hagerty whether Eisenhower was going to stump the country in his bid for reelection.

"We have a lot of the White House press secretary replied. "It's a little bit too early now to announce those plans, either to the people or more particularly to the opposition party. "We are in a new age an electronics age--and we have a lot of ideas and a lot of thoughts on how to campaign." This indicated again that the President was thinking of television as one medium of reaching the people. It was announced earlier this month that Eisenhower probably will make five or six TV campaign speeches, some of which may be other parts of the country. Hagerty said: "He will campaign, but I think it will be in a little different sense than a traditional whistle campaign.

view- our But I do arguments, think our discussions points of the campaign will be fully and amply covered before we get finlished." Johnson Waits Washington, May 13-(P) Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas apparently is not going to foreclose himself from the Democratic presidential nomination until he can be relatively certain that it will go to a "moderate." Johnson, assured of favorite son designation, will share with House Speaker Sam Rayburn control of Texas' 56 presidential nominating votes at the party's Aug. 13 convention in Chicago. Rayburn will be the convention's permanent chairman and thus in a powerful parliamentary position.

As a favorite son, Johnson's friends believe votes from other Southern States may add about 200 to Texas' total in the early convention balloting. This could put Johnson up among the leaders, if trends continue among the present candidates. Since Rayburn nudged him into his successful contest with Gov. Allan Shivers for control of the delegation, Johnson had modified somewhat his previous statements that he wouldn't become a serious contender for the nomination. He now says he isn't "at this time." On the basis of his present health, Johnson apparently could accept the Presidential nomination if it should come his way.

He doesn't believe it will, however, and is considerably more concerned about getting a nominee who will keep the party together 'Go Fishing' 'Go Fishing' Denver, May 13. (P) Gov. Averell Harriman of New York today said the Democratic party "might as well go fishing if we forget it is the party of Franklin D. CONVERTIBLE TOPS 1-Day Installation AUTO CRAFT 1601-25th St. Phone 2-3216 Uncle Ray's Corner On the southern side of the Gulf of Mexico is a peninsula which contains Yucatan, a province of Mexico.

Various ruins exist in Yucatan, and many persons speak of it as the home of buried cities. Several cities were built more than. 91,006 years ago! buried city of large size is known as Chichen Itza. We may be tempted to pronounce the first part of that name as if it described a barnyard fowl, but it should be pro- nounced "che-CHEN-eet-SAH." Perhaps it would be better to describe Chichen Itza. as an unburied or uncovered, city.

To a large extent, scientists have freed it from the overgrowth of plants, and the coating of dust and soil. The remains were found about 60 miles from the coast the Gulf Mexico. The spot is in the heart of the jungle, and we may wonder why it was chosen as the location for the city. There were two reasons, and both of them concerned water. Except during, the of rainy water.

season, is this water area un- is der the surface of the ground, but it is hard to reach. Layers of limestone rock exist in Yucatan, and these have hollow spaces with underground water. In certain places water issues from caves. Two natural wells, or springs, were found in the place which was Picture found at Chichen Itza showing men in boat. chosen for Chichen Isza.

"Chichen" means "mouths of caves," and "Itza" was placed in the name because this was a settlement of the Itza Indians, a branch of the Maya race. Uncle Ray To obtain a free copy of the illustrated leaflet on the "Seven Wonders of the World" send Ye self-addressed stamped envelope to Uncle Ray in care of the Daily Press. Rhee Foes Cite Campaign Tiffs spokesman for the Progressive party which has put up Cho Bong Am, the only candidate now opposing Rhee for the presidency. There was no comment from the headquarters of Rhee's Liberal party. The opposition charged that local police either took no action, or merely promised to investigate.

Seoul, Korea, May (P) Three reports of election violence marked the Korean scene today as time approached for Tuesday's presidential elections. All came then from opponents of President Syngman Rhee running for a third term. Lee Bum Suk, former prime. minister who is a vice presidentialcandidate of the rightwing Republican party, said 300 young government party supporters attacked him and other members of his campaign tour with stones and clubs today. to He said 10 est his aides were injured, two seriously.

Previously two instances of election violence were reported by a Gray Will Marry Nancy M. Beebe Winston-Salem, N. May 13. -(R) Assistant Secretary of Defense Gordon Gray will marry Mrs. Nancy Maguire Beebe, daughter of Gen.

and Mrs. Hamilton E. Maguire of Washington, this summer. The confirmed the report in Washington today. Gray, who was secretary of the during President Truman's second administration, and Mrs.

Beebe are spending the week end here with Mr. and Mrs. Bowman Gray. Mrs. Beebe is the widow of Marcus Beebe who died of polio in Hong Kong while in the U.

S. foreign service. She has three young children. Gray, whose first wife, the former Miss Jane Craige, died in 1953, has four sons ranging in age from nine to 16. Gray is a former president of the Consolidated University of North Carolina and heads the Piedmont Publishing Co.

here. 7 Persons Continued From Page One ficers said. Fitzpatrick was dead' when, pulled autos from were the demolished- wreckage. -it was one of the worst I have ever seen," we said Fonesca, adding: was driving his auto west and Fitzpatrick was going east Both apparently pulled out into the center lane of the highway at the same time to make passes. They met with such a terrific im-, pact that Fitzpatrick's car flew right up into the air and landed, on top of the auto he was passing.

The car was a damaged but its driver, Herman Kennedy of New Castle. Wasn't hurt." MASONIC NOTICE A called communication of Army Navy Lodge No. 306, will be held in the Lodge Rooms at Fort Monroe, May 14, 1956 at 7 P. M. Examination and work in the C.

Degree. Visiting Brethern fraternally welcome. A. C. Thompson, Secretary Panama Vote Finds Rivals Claim Wins Panama, May -Panama voters chose a new president, two vice presidents and a national assembly today in a quiet election unmarred by violence.

Rival candidates claimed victory, but results will not be known until after tomorrow, when the official canvass begins. More than 383,000 citizens were eligible to vote. For president, they chose between Ernesto De La Guardia a 1925 graduate in business administration from Dartmouth, and Victor FloreIncio Goytia, a former chief justice the supreme court who gave up a newspaper job with the Diario De Las Americas in Miami, to run for office. De La Guardia, 51, is the candidate of the national patriotic coalition, a merger of five parties which was put together by the late President Jose Antonio Remon, who was shot down in a machinegun assassination at a race, track here in 1955. Goytia, 57, is the nominee of the opposition Liberal Party which polled 54,740 votes in 1952 against the government party's 133,215.

The winner will take office for a four-year term on Oct. 1. The noisiest opposition, the third position coalition composed of three small parties, has no candidate. It failed to win 45,000 votes and lacks that many registered members, needed to qualify. The Remon assassination failed to become a major issue, in the election because of the failure of the Liberal Party to raise the question in a sharp form.

President Jose Ramon Guizado, who succeded Remon from the office of vice president, was tried and convicted by the national assembly as one of the plotters in the assassina; tion, and is now serving a prison I sentence. Ruben Miro, the lawyer who confessed pulling the trigger and then retracted his confession, and several alleged accomplices, are still awaiting trial. Despite this set of facts, Goytia's strongest, position on the case was that the investigation had "not been the friends Remon had been conducted cleanly," and that even accused of "concealing the truth." De La Guardia has accused defense lawyers of responsibility for delaying the trial of Miro. Two political figures have played part in the campaign. They are President Ricardo Arias, who cannot succeed himself, and Arnulfo Arias, who twice was deposed as president and who is still barred from public office by the national assembly, which convicted him in 1951.

on charges abusing his constitutional powers. Python Marks Day New York, May Day was a special occasion at the Bronx Zoo, too. A female rock python laid about 20 eggs, her first such performance. Both mother and father pythons, each five-and-a-half years old, were reared at the zoo. They mated last February.

Tornado Continued From Page One Lakes region. PLANES DAMAGED Sunday night as storms swept the area. Teletype communications were cut and radio and television stations went off the air. unknown. At Buffalo, a Cause of the power failure, was Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.

spokesman said it occurred in a transmission line. The Weather Bureau issued tornado alerts, for Sunday afternoon or evening for areas from Southeastern Minnesota to Western New York. The Chicago Weather Bureau late Sunday lifted its warnings for possible tornadoes in the Great However, the Weather Bureau at Green Bay, issued a report that a twister late Sunday hit the airport at Menominee, damaging a hangar and some planes. A couple of funnels were sighted near the Oklahoma-Kansas line but they didn't touch ground. Scattered thunderstorms doused sections of Kansas and Missouri as cold front nudged eastward through those states.

Cities Kansas which had temperatures in the 100-degree range Saturday had marked cooling with readings dropping into the 60s. Thunderstorms without the specific threat of tornadoes crackled over much of the nation's midsection, from the Rocky Mountains to the Appalachians, and extended northeastward into New England. Three twisters hit almost simul. taneously Saturday at Flint where 116 died in Michigan's worst tornado in 1953. Three were killed there, including a couple who died in the wreckage.

of their home. A woman at Ithica was killed in the collapse of a barn, and other storm deaths occurred at Muskegon and Saginaw. More than 200 homes were reduced to rubble in the Flint area, and some 500 families have been evacuated from flood-threatened homes along Hugh McQUOID, D. C. ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF HIS OFFICE FOR THE PRACTICE OF CHIROPRACTIC AT 219 WARWICK ROAD WARWICK, VIRGINIA PHONE 8-6462 Parties Win Lead In Saar waved and smiled in appreciation of their reception.

Stevenson was decked out in cowboy hat, boots and tie, wearing. jeans and, completely at ease aboard 1 his nag, taking it big at the head of the long parade. Kefauver, close behind in his a spanking convertible, was turned out to perfection. He wore a white nation in his lapel. Both candidates were in spirits and greeted each other in friendly fashion when they met at an intersection just before the parade got under way.

"Adlai, you're doing fine. I'm glad to see you, Kefauver told his rival. Stevenson, from his saddle, replied: "This is the only exercise get. How are you doing?" "I'm doing fine just a little sleepy," 1 the Tennessean said. They both had put in a strenuous day yesterday, speech-making through the San Joaquin Valley, but were giving their all today at this opportunity to appear before so many Californians.

After the parade, each spoke here. Stevenson, during his ride, encountered California Lt. Gov. Harold J. Powers, also aboard a horse, who told the former Illinois governor: "You look like a cowpuncher yourself." As they came by the reviewing stand, the announcer proclaimed: "We promised you both Democratic candidates and here they are." Stevenson spent last night in Merced; Kefauver at Fresno.

They were both in the same hotel at Tulare yesterday for a while, but didn't meet there. Stevenson made a speech in a park at Tulare and Kefauver made his pitch on television. They a are campaigning for the state's 68 Democratic votes in the June 5 presidential primary. After their Los Banos parade appearance, Stevenson and Kefauver both assailed Republican administration farm policies in talks from the same, platform at the Merced County Fair. Police estimated the audience there at about 1,000.

Stevenson took off in mid-afternoon by private plane for Portland to renew campaign for Oregon's "write-in" presidential preference voting next Friday. Kefauver campaigns tomorrow in the San Francisco Bay area and will fly to Oregon Monday night. Clift Continued From Page One pole by the impact, narrowly missed the car. Clift was following a car driven by another actor, Kevin McCarthy, 34, when the accident occurred about 12:30 A. officers G.

C. Adams and R. L. Sauter reported. McCarthy said he and Clift had been guests at the home of Miss Taylor and her husband, Michael Wilding.

Clift and Miss Taylor are currently working together in a picture "Monty didn't know the, road so I was leading him down," McCarthy said. "Suddenly I heard a The officers said the sedan smashed into the pole and spun completely around on the steep road. "I don't know just what they quoted Clift. wasn't going too fast, I'm sure. I had not been Presented Window Tarrytown, N.

May A stained glass window designed by Henri Matisse was presented today to the Church of Pocantico Hills by the Rockefeller family in memory of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, the late Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr. Matisse, who had known Mrs. Rockefeller, died in 1954.

The window design was probably the (last work completed by the famed French artist. Roosevelt and Harry Truman and deviate in any way from the principles in which we believe." Addressing a luncheon of Democratic leaders during a brief stoplover here, Harriman said there are many issues but the basic things remember are the new and fair deal principles. Would Back Adlai Washington, May Gov. Herman Talmadge of Georgia said tonight that as a Democrat he will support Adlai Stevenson for President if Stevenson is party's choice. At the same time, Talmadge, terming himself a "private citizen seeking election as U.

S. Senator from Georgia, predicted the Democrats this year will carry Georgia a greater percentage vote than four years ago." Talmadge, who has announced he will seek the seat of Sen. Walter F. George (D-Ga), was interviewed on a television program (Meet the Press Senator George, a Senveteran, has said he will not seek re-election. This is what is left of the Flint, Saturday.

Wreckage CARS Two unidentified men use which is being flooded by impossible the Grand River east of Grand Rapids and along the Flint River. Besides some 200 injured in Flint and two Detroit suburbs-Allen Park and Lincoln Park, another 25 were hurt in Windsor, across Detroit River. The Detroit weather station said tornadoes in all struck in Michigan, and scores of other funnel clouds were seen soaring overhead. Tornadic winds lashed the Cleveland area in Ohio, causing deaths, injuring more than 50, fell600 trees and power lines. Three persons were crushed in collapse of a tavern, one under falling tree, and two were electrocuted by dangling live wires.

Miraculously, more than 200 persons escaped injury when a sectheater's roof was blown in hardest hit Lakewood Scenes, Cleveland areas were reminiscent of the June 8, tornado which through SouthCleveland killing nine. Roofs, chimneys and windows were the principal toll Sunday of pre-dawn twister which struck the western Pennsylvania steel town Duquesne, near Pittsburgh. Only persons were reported injured there. There was also minor tornado damage in Aliquippa, northof Pittsburgh. Violent winds toppled a radio tower and planes and airport installations in the Omaha area Saturbut there was no confirmation it was a twister.

There were injuries there. The weather was unsettled over most of the nation. Besides the widely ranging thunderstorms two-thirds and showers over the eastern the nation, snow showers were falling in the northern and central and the Great Basin. Rockies, generally fair and warm along the Pacific Coast, and continued hot and humid from the Southern Great Plains to the Carolinas. Sick Man Not Hurt By Crash With Car Victoria, (-After his car and a fire truck collided at a corner, C.

F. Creighton, 64, was asked if he was hurt. "I have a slight headache," he told Officer D. H. Manges, "but I think it really comes from, having the flu more than having accident." ONLY ONE DIED HERE home of Thomas Stevens, 76, Stevens was killed and his son, much like this was strewn over NORMALLY TRAVEL a canoe as they cross Flint's the rising Flint River in downtown for cars to travel on many Sen.

Case Sees Wait-See Stand For Road Funds Washington, May Francis Case (R-SD) said today Congress may take a wait-and-see position on how best to allot aid called for in the proposed highway construction bill. Case told a newsman some changes in the formula for apportioning the money among the states probably would have to be made after the program had been in operation for a few years. The question of parceling out funds for a network of interstate, problems superhighways is complicating one of Congressional consideration of the highway measure. Two Republican members of the Senate Public Works Committee, Sens. Bush (Conn) and Kuchel (Calif) contend that, the apportionformula Senate bill would block completion of the interstate system.

Filing minority reports on the measure approved by the committee majority, Bush and Kuchel urged Senate to accept the apportionment plan set out in a similar bill being considered by the House. Both Senate and House versions would provide 25 billion dollars in federal funds during the next years for the key interstate system. Under both, the states would supply one dollar for every nine dollars from Washington. The House, however, would apportion the money on the basis the needs of the states as they were reported to the Bureau of Public Roads. The Senate bill would follow the apportionment formula included in present law.

This gives two-thirds weight to population, one-sixth to road mileage, and one-sixth. to area. Travels To U.S. Taipei, Formosa, May 13-(P Hollington K. Tong left Taipei today to assume his new post as Chinese Nationalist ambassador to the United States.

Tong succeeds V. K. Wellington Koo, who has retired after 44 years in the diplomatic service. Formerly ambassador to Japan, Tong directed, China's international publicity Chungking (in World War II. NEW IN NEWPORT NEWS MONEY in 1 DAY up to $600 on your name only OR OTHER PLANS Get the money you need Choose your way to for past-due bills, medical repay from a number and dental expenses, re- of convenient plans.

pairs, or other purposes. Come I in, or to save time, phone first 226 28th STREET Washington and Phone: 2-3261 PUBLIC LOAN CORPORATION after it has hit by a tornado at Harry, 53, was seriously hurt. a seven mile area. HERE Second Ave. to a cleaning plant area.

High water made it streets like this. Obituaries Mrs. John A. Lenz Mrs. John A.

Lenz, 64, died unexpectedly at 2:30 P. M. yesterday at her home in Columbus, Ga. She was a resident of Newport News for many years prior to her moving to Columbus and was the widow of the late John A. Lenz of Newport News.

Mrs. Lenz is survived by one daughter, Mrs. H. R. Thornburg of Columbus, one son, Walter C.

Cole of Newport News; and three grandchildren. The body will be brought to the Caffee Funeral Home where the hours of services will be announced later. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery. York Stars Defeat Gloucester By 6-5 The York Stars of Grafton won their sixth game in seven starts yesterday, defeating the Gloucester All-Stars, 6-5. The Stars bunched all their scoring in the first three frames and staved off a Gloucester comeback that saw the losers rally for four runs in the top of the ninth.

Teams wishing to play York may make arrangements by contacting John Harrid, the Stars' manager. Forest Fire Rages Kushiro, Japan, May forest fire has blackened more than 2,500 acres brush and scrub timber and is still spreading out of control, Kyodo news service said today. BENSON-PHILLIPS INCORPORATED 3100 Virginia Ave. OUTDOOR FIREPLACES CHARCOAL Dial 4-1707 Saarbruecken, Saar, May -Parties demanding union of the rich industrial Saar with West Germany surged into a 2-1 lead tonight in local elections. Early returns bore out Premier Hubert Ney's the vote would kill French illusions that the Saar wants to be separated from Germany.

Three pro-German parties collared 71 per cent of the vote in both municipal and district council elections. The district and municipal councils have been largely controllled The by pro-French pro-German parties. parties, outlawed until last year, were expected to get at least two-thirds vote. About 80 per cent of the 680,000 eligible voters cast ballots. Ney's Christian Democratic Union was getting the most, votes among the pro parties.

It was by the Rightist Saar Democratic party and the German Socialists. The only sizable opposition came from the Christian People's party of Johannes Hoffman, who headed the postwar Saar government as premier until last December. The Christian People's party had 21.7 per cent of the vote. The Saar. was detached from Germany after the war and made a nominally autonomous state linked to France in a currency and customs union.

Last October, Saarlanders voted down a proposal to "Europeanize" their territory. In December, the pro-German parties were swept into control of the Saar government, polling 63.9 per cent of the popular vote. Ney, chairman of the Christian Democrats, became premier. In their campaign for the current election, the pro-German parties called on voters "oust the separatists from the town halls." Campaigning was chiefly based on their demand for a return to Germany, Government officials and party leaders from Germany also spoke in the rallies. They argued that Bonn's position in the current French-German Saar negotiations would de be strengthened by a massive Several French troop carriers brought police here last night.

Dr. Heinrich Schneider, Rightest Democrat chairman and president of the Saar parliament, termed it a "superfluous and psychologically awkward" move. French sources said the French police were ordered in to quell possible new riots in the neighboring French Lorraine mining area. Norfolk Continued From Page One which lines of new inquiry he had in mind when he called the meeting of the executive group. He refused to meet with reporters to consider their questions.

Commission Chairman Garland Gray said only that he would try to arrange a meeting of the executive committees for Stanley May would 17 or then 22, brief and the members on specific suggestions for their new assignments. CHISMAN CO. 309 Rip Rap Rd. 3-6364 Sand Hampton Ready Ph. Mixed Gravel 3-6364 Concrete COAL FUEL OIL KEROSENE NOTICE AUTO GLASS KIRK'S SHOP Formerly 1605 25th St.

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