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THE BRIDGEPORT TELEGRAM, MONDAY, JULY 4, 1955 AWOL GI ADMITS Governor Visits Guardsmen July 3 'AP- 1-1 tot co'-jr'y i a 12. to dc.i:h .11 1 r. 22 a cf cf farr.ilv to in turn hin; cvrr to Air for exico. nttcrrpted to car Mrs. McPherron.

en at T.hich Ri to and a i 1 family "A.15 1 hy a ,22 cnlitrr TM by MCXJCO authorities 1 hirri over to Texas o'ficers ruling him an ur.desirnblc and I ur.v.-nnt*^ Lauhon rimmed a Tralve of fcr his return to Texa-'. Ir.e foot. 150 pound air- h.id ii! faro c' coffee and roll cell this morning a freely i i a i a at N. Satu a he visited i 43rd i i i a i a a from Connecticut. i i i i i a aides assist Governor from auto.

JOHNSON STILL 'SERIOUSLY ILL' quoted Lauhcn ax in? station attendant shot In a at rTl Paso 2G was cUll Offfccrs had ad- miltrd the attendant at jETi Paso a leaving Dickinson. He is wanted In El Paso on assault with i to murder charge. Gets It "Off 'T vmnt TO off my chest p.nd tell quoted sayinp by Assistant District Attorney Archie v.co tooV: the more than 2-hours- statement. In record the events led to the District Johnson said Lauhon related that, ho picked Tip by Mrs. at Ecaumont.

PJI Mrs, returning from Sul- pnur. where had husband. John an oil "worker. "'Tie to "hold hor up. "brar.dirhin^ the caliber he IVTIS She sen and tried to out of tho car and co-d him didn't have any money her, Pto told her he was a he quoted her as saying 'I ihink turn you over to the air police." Then 1 changed her mind and offered to let him drive.

July (AP) Sen. in Lyndon B. Johnson lay condition tcday from a heart attack that will keep him from his role as Senate Democratic leader for the rest of this session. Republicans and Democrats alike expressed and the attack which struck the tall, handsome, smooth-working Texan at a friend's farm near late yesterday afternoon. Eothesda Xaval Hospital, was taken by ambulance reported today senator Vrc- scriously ill." A bulletin at EDT added, "his condition has.

not changed significant- Preside at Eisenhower, spending the weekend at Camp David, expressed his "deep Democratic leaders Sen. icnts or Kentucky nsjfst- majorjty leader, over arid will follow John- policies that generally have brought striking Democratic unity In tho Senate this year. The hospital described the attack RJS "moderately Thpro was no Inuicatlon how long- he would be hospitalized, Two doctors the of the ilayo Clinic at Rochester, last days of the session, but his rooting- for Sen. (I-Minn) said Johnbon been the one man able ro hold the Democratic forces together In the Senate and move the program with easti and relative speed." He ClemenLs have our wbolehcartd cooperation." Hani-field (D-Mont) said because of Johnson's "inspiration, and statesmanship, we Democrats will more than ever carry on in the same way for him." 'Sen. Ivrs said "The Senate just can't sparo Lyndon Johnson.

I'm terribly to learn of his illnei-s." Sen. Kuchel "His illnes is further evidence of the gruelling paco that must be main- tainec by particularly the lenders. The entire Senate and the country will be deeplv dLstres- Clements Declines To Discuss New Role- wore flown to Johnson's bod- side. Dr. Howard Burchnll flew from Rochester and Dr.

James Cain, Johnson family i from Dallas. Only hJs who met him at the hospital last night, was permitted to visit, him. Johnson, a seemingly tireless 12- hour-a-day worker at his job, h-is been credited with pushing the Senate legislative Fchedulc far ahead of normaL In view of this, leaders they thought his absence now v.ould have little effect on tho pros- rc-ss of President Eisenhower's le- program In congress, or on rival Democratic programs. leaders hope to adjourn i by July 30. Johnson's apparent success as I majority leader has brought increasing mention of him as a possible Democratic presitlcntial candidate in the future.

The effect uf his On his career remained to determined. July CAP) Sen. Earle C. I-Ky.) expected to become Senate majority leader, refused to discuss his new role "It would be completely he told reporters, "for rue to talk about how tho Senate is to be run while he is at death's was referring to Sen, Lyndon Johnson (D-Texas) hospitalized at Md. yesterday a a heart attack.

The Democratic Senate leader is expected to be absent for the rest of this term. Clements, the assistant majority is regarded as certain to pick up the party reins as he did earlier this year while Johnron was a kidney stone removed, Johnson has a preat heart, great determination and a great will to live," Clements as he stopped here. He -was en- routo to his home at when ncwg of Johnson's illness reached him. said, and decided to to Washington. Clements he comment a i to Washington and consulting with his col- DENNIS P.obert Eeni5 of S29 State dird yesterday nt ST-iO m.

in Bridgeport hospital he admitted last Friday at 5 p.nx for a Pay i a P.ur^ell (D-Ga), one of John- i after a hospital: "Senator John- surgical treatment, i has been 5'jprrb. Services will take place at a time In a A YEAR ON YOUR SAVINGS A -WORTHWHILE DIVIDEND Two Killed, 40 Injured As Foot Bridge Collapses MRS. A.W. SKINNER DIES; A REGISTERED NURSE Anra. Cables X.

July 3-- (AP) supporting a foot bridge today and thre? fun-inkers I the- bed of the Ocon- -river relies north of or: the Indian Skinner road, Stratford, a registered nurse, widow of Arthur dle4 Saturday morning In Two women Vilied in the the bridge. One Tentative- a'ter a Ill- deatlfied Mrs Asrnes vrill IAKC enroutc to a Erysoa City Hospital. 1 day at 9:15 the Mrs. Lawrence Rain crater of Atlan- McDonald funeral ho 2S91 Main ta. died later ac a Sylva Stratford, and at 10 o'clock taL A witness said Mrs.

Halle i Visitors Swarm Over Destroyer in St- Jarr.es church with a solemn Mas of rfxjuiem. Burial br in Lake view cemetery. Born in Rochester, X. T. Mrs.

Skinner livwi in years. She Is survived, by four Skinner of Milford. Stanley Skinner of Salt i Utah. Joseph Skinner of Stratford and Karvey Skinner of Santa, Monica, a stepdaughter. Mrs.

Frederic of Stratford; ten grandchildren and spveral nieces and nephews. I I I Primo Bonfietti, of 11 CO Old Town road, collapsed and died Saturday afternoon while attending a xveddicjr reception In the Ritz bnll- Dr. John Soroka, ambulance physician caJled to the scene pronounced Mr. Bonfietti dead. "Services will take placp Tuesday at 11 a.m.

in the A.R. Abriola and Son funeral home. 2160 Main streeiV with the Rev. John J. Johnson, pastor of the Calvary Episcopal church, officiating.

Burial will be In Mountain Grove cemetery. Mr. Bonfietti Is survived by his vrife, Mrs. Aino Pykko Bonfietti; three Ebi P. Bonfietti' of irrieJd, Aldo Bonfietti of Bridgeport and Gene Bonfietti in.

the U.S. Navy; four daughters, Mrs. Alba Xobili. of Bridgeport, Mrs. Rita Hanson" and Miss Edna Bonfietti, both of York, ar.d Mrs.

El ma. Kunkcl of Trumbull; one sister Mrs. Adele Montovano of Clearwater. 12 and three nieces. HARRY McCRELIS Harry, McCrolis.

of SOI Main street, president and treasurer of the McCrelis and Supply company, G75 Main street, died yesterday in SL Vincent's hospital after a long illness. Services will take place Wednesday at 11 L- m. in the Liebrura and Heaphy funeral home. S66 Lafayette street. Burial 'will be in SL MlchaeVs Mr.

McCrelis was a veteran World chairman of the 25 yrars and a'mfmbcr of the Raymond Harris He 5s survived by his wife, Mrs. Anna Shaver McCrelis; a daughter, Mrs. L. H. Tresse, of Bridgeport; brother, Cornelius McCrelis, of Highland Park, X.

arid two sisters, Jane McCrelis, of Miami, and Lillian McCrelis, of Peekskill, V. struck her head on a rock. Mrs. Rainwater died of internal injuries. 40 Injured About -50 hurt, several critically.

persons hospitalized, two in critical condition, and nine other persons received treatment vrere released. "I estimate that there 50 to 60 people on the bridge." saJd Chief O5ley Bird Saunooke of the eastern band of who operates a trading poit near onp end of the bridge. "A bunch of boys about the middle of the bridge to jumping up and down, bouncing the 1 bridge--that's when it broke." "The steel cables pulled out of the iron anchors in the concrete at ere end of the bridge," said the Indian" chief, a barrel-chested former professional wrestler. "It might have been to faulty welding-." The crash of the 150-foot loner. bridge plunped all aboard 20 fcpt into the cool, shal- water-s of the Oconaluftee river, which tumbles out of the.Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

two miles to tho north, but, reaching- the Cherokee plateau, broadens out and here llowg placidly. Most of those injured ere struck-by others falling or by sections of the five-year-old bridge used "only for pedestrian Most of the injured were able to wade through the chilly waters of the Oconaluftee which hero is about 60 feet wide in a' rock stream bed about 100 feet wide. Automobiles bearing the injured encountered difficulty in through dense highway traffic carrying holiday tourists to the Great Smoky Mountains and into the Indian village here. The small hospitals here, at Bryon City and at Sylva were taxed by the sudden influx patients- All doctors of this vicinity of western rs'orth Carolina were called in. Highway patrolmen many of the injured were children.

tourists had parked their cars on a reservation off U. S. Highway 441 and crossed the bridge to the trad- icg- post, which has a. craft shop, Cherokee a cafe and pony a the kids. WOMEN'S GUILD DELAYS MEETING are torno of the 3.453 who twarmed over dcckt of destroytr a i USS P.

Kennedy, open for public inspection the two as part of the a Festival. This procession "along the torpedo deck yesterday. The docked at Buckley Bros, pier, attracted 1.100 persons Saturday and yesterday. 3 BOATS EXPLODE, 8 PERSONS BURNED SANDY HOOK. X.

3-(AP) Three boats exploded and caught fire within 10 miles of "each other today, burning eight persons. There waus no apparent connection between the three mishaps. A half mile "off the point here, a 37-foot cabin cruiser the "Car Lo," was rocked by a. blast, forcing four persons to jump overboard. Five Coast Guard boats tnd helicopter raced to the scene, not far from.the Sandy Hook Coast Guard Station, but passing- boats rescued the cruiser's four occupants.

One of the four, a woman, was burne-d seriously. Tfce.Coa?t Guaxd said a spark: probabli" set off fumes of fuel. A 20-foot eaiblu cruiser burned and sank In the inland Navesink river off Fair Haven, two and one half hours later, just after it IVSLS afire in an, explosion of undetermined origin. ISvo men jumped overboard and were picked up by a. passing boat- Eoth suffered minor.burns.

Then some six hou3 later, at 9:50 a third explosion'set the 26- foot cabin cruiser "Star Light" on lire at Humson in the same river. Three of the six aboard on a pleasure cruise were burned as they jumped overboard. FAIRFIELD COP-ENDS CAR'BASEBALL GAME Two men charged with passing baseball equipment back and forth between their cars while driving along the Post road in Falrfield, were arrested yesterday afternoon. Policeman John Steiner charged Andres Gonzalez; of 218 South avenue, with reckless driving and driving without a license; and Francisco Barrez, 25, of 723 Iafayottd street, with recklei.3 driving-. Gon- zaes posted fi.

S75 bond and Earrez was- released on s. summons. Both will face Town court July 11. TRUMBULL of the Guild of the TrumbuU churcn will meet July 13 ztrd not July 6 because of the Fourth of July holiday. Mrs.

Erii-gr president, has announced. The Guild meet in ilrs. Kill- srad'a residence on ros.d at 21:30 July IS for a picnic luncb. Martha Jennings 'KiH lead the "devotions and a nes be conducted at 1:30 pjn. WSCS To Meet The Women's Society for Chris-" tian of the Hill Methodist Church vrill meet Thursday at noon in Bradley hali.

Follovrirjj luncheon and devotions by Mrs, Charles W. La-ham, the be conducted by 3lrj. Meeker, president. To a i 2 PTA i The Parent-Teachers Association council conduct a special Thursday at p.m. 5n the Mid-I dlebrook school to for the schools, -Park Lane In Ixing- Hill and Booth Hill road in upper Xich- ols.

under construction and'rx- pected to be ready for occupancy in the Fall. Mrs. DoniUd VT. Kem, president of the Council. preside at session.

All parents of children be attending are invited to attend. Littlo League L-ittle games scheduled this are as follows: tomorrow, Tigers v. Indians; -Thursday, Yankees vs. Timers; Jnd- lans vs. Cardinals.

Saturday, Tan- kces vs. All start at 6:15 and are played at Unl- ty Park field, Tnirr.bull. Club Calls Meeting The Prise ilia club is scheduled to meet Friday at 2:30 at the 1 home of Mrs. lister A. 2S 154 Shelton road, TENANTS TO CONVENE AT SUCCESS VILLAGE Success Village Apartments, a cooperative group to purchase the 'Success a a Canaan Village Federal Housing i projects, has a member- ship meeting- Thursday at 8 p.

m. in the Community hall at "Success Park. At this cession, the purchasing; documents vrili be explained, policy matters s.nd mem- bers elected to the advisory board. SEARS DRUG CO. TR 2-2329 and ED 7-2288 DEVON STtATFORB Pick Up and Delivery on PRESCRIPTIONS We Have Arranged For Credit Terms Locally! CHARLES H.

STEMPERT Charles Henry Stempert, 57. 1917 Main street, an employe the Liberty Auto and Electric pany, and n. resident of Bridgep 35 years, died suddenly Saturday, in his homo- -will take place Wednesday at 9 a.m. in the A. R.

Abriola and Son funeral home, 2160 street, and at 1:50 p.Tn. in the Webb-Horton Presbyterian church, Middleto-ivn. T. Burial" will be in Pine Hill cemetery, Wawayanda, FINAL 19 Mr. Stcmpcrt is survived by his wife, Mr5.

Xellie May Banuat Stem- port, his mother, Mrs. Cora Bell itemnort, ono stepson. Clarence E. ITVO brothers. Peter and lbTir Stt-mpcrt, one Mrs.

Beatrice Brelsford, all of Bridgeport, -several nieces and nephews ind several anu grandnephews. REV. MR. A. J.

RETURNS FROM BAGDAD B. ONE DOLLAR AND UP STARTS YOUR ACCOUNT HERE WE ARE OPEN FRIDAYS 9 to 5:30 1 r4 echanics farmers DAVISHAWLEY TO QUIT BUSINESS FOREVER! ENTIRE STOCK OF FAMOUS SILVER, DIAMONDS, WATCHES, JEWELRY, CHINA AND GIFTWARE TO BE SACRIFICED TO THE PUBLIC AT TREMENDOUS REDUCTIONS! STERLING TOWU GORHAM LUNT REED BARTON WALLACE WHITING WATSON PARKER PENS! AND PARKER PENCILS! Our entire "stock of Parker producls price slashed! Again we have offered this merchandise to the manufacturer at our cost and the offer has not been taken! Buy now at our WATCHES HAMILTON OMEGA GERARD PERREGEAUX GRUEN ELGIN BULOVA BENRUS MIDO LENOX ROYAL DOULTON WEDGWOOD CASTLETON ADAMS MINTON- PETER FERRIS JEWELRY FIGURINES ORIGINALLY 3.00 FT CCT. Main end Bank Sfrecfi Bridgeport 1, Connecticut FOrcst 6-3251 8 REV. MR. ALFRED J.

JOLSON The Rev. Mr. Alfred J. JolsOn S. of Mr, and Mrs.

Alfred 456 road, Falrfleld, the weekend with his pa rents i to the "United StAtr-s Thursday from Bagdad, Iraq he the lA5t three ear.i teaching In the college there, he over In Komo he a nn audience i Pope XII. Mr. Jclsos Tuesday for Weaton, he i to for n'-xT years In a a i for his i a i to tht priest- TRIFARI SPEIDEL KREISLER NAPIER MARVELL4 DELTAH' TAKE UP 70 ONE YEAR TO PAY! 2 ORIGINALLY 7.50 NOW ORIGINALLY 9.00 NOW 5 ORIGINALLY 15.00 NOW 550.00 DIAMOND HAMILTON WATCHES! ROYAL DOULTON COPENHAGEN FRIEDL SILVER PQtTE ROGERS 1881 ROGERS 1847 HOLMES EDWARDS COMMUNITY 74 Diamonds! Diamond Watch end Diamond Band! 349 ALL FURNITURE FIXTURES FOR SALE! 1838 PENS PENCILS WATERMAN PARKER EASY CREDIT TERMS MAIN AT JOHN STREET.