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OsMkoslh Daily Northwestern Associated Press and United Press Year Oshkosh, Thursday Evening, October 1, 1959 36 Pages Price Six Cent! of iators Launch eys Contiract PARTLY CLOUDY Partly cloudy with not much change In temperature, low tonight 44-52. Details on Page 2. Par 1 1 Both Sides Cheery On Entering Parley H. -I of '-AiW Mao Displays Thousands Of hnlufArlArr PITTSBURGH (AP) Steel negotiators, under White Arms to NLKLta Launch Strike House pressure to end the 79-day-old steel strike before Oct. 8, opened a new round of contract talks today.

Both the United Steel- Red China's Chief Parades Forces r.l.J.-rr: workers Union president, Soon After Khrushchev Urged Peace in ports along the East and! David J. McDonald, and in- that he sincerely hopes "an agreement can be initiated before my return to Washington next week." After their talks with the President, industry leaders and union said Wednesdav corned the Eisenhower-Khrush- "ou fW.au a6a" Cooper, appeared good officials met for two hours a TOKYO (API -Mao Tze-tung flexed his military and civilian muscles today for Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev with a vast chev communique, which emphasized a lessening of world ten spirits as they arrived tor tnejdowntown Washington hotel, it meeting. They joked brieflyiwas the first time that top indus- in vain. The walkout, expected to involve more than 80,000 longshoremen from Maine to Texas, came unexpectedly after dockers in the Port of New York agreed to a parade celebrating Pied China's Isions. But no other hints have first decade.

More than 700,000 been given of official Chinese re-Chinese took part. action to Khrushchev's words. The 65-year-old Chinese Com-) with newsmen but otherwise, Roger Bough of had no comment. steel, had talked to union leaders The strike has idled some 500,000 since the strike began. Industry steelworkers and nearly negotiations have been handled management request for a 15-day contract extension.

munist leader put on his big show, of force in Peiping less than 24! hours after his guest of honor, in! But thousands of longshoremen employes in allied industries, such by a team of lower-echelon execu- as transportation and mining. tives headed by R. Conrad Cooper, The negotiations, held in New off Turn to STEEL on Page 2 York until now, were broken off; two important speeches, had in Ike Promised Good Weather refused to go along. The revolt started with a 900-member rebel local in Manhattan and erupted in effect urged Mao to keep the! peace of Asia. REMAINS OF DUPLEX AFTER TORNADO Above Is all that remains of one of two duplex through this farm community, leaving 1 1 dead farm homes near Ivy, after a tornado, and three persons missing in its wake.

(AP spawned by Hurricane Gracie, ripped its way Wirephoto) Standing on the high red walls i last Friday by the United Steel-j workers, which claimed the talks were getting nowhere. I ports to the south. Bows to Popular Will Shortly after the first walkouts Fact-Finders of the Forbidden City's magnifi-1 cent Gate of Heavenly Peace, The decision to resume the talks In Desert Area i 1 i Mao, Khrushchev and the big men -j i was made in Washington at midnight, the president of the Communist world took the 11 In dav after the President talked Tornado Kills OfU.N.FIyTo the International Longshoremen's Capt. William V. Bradley, with union and industry leaders in PALM SPRINGS, Calif.

(AP) separate, meetings. He reportedly A deeply embarrassed Chamber of announced here that the union would bow to the popular will. told both sides firm language: Northern Laos that he wanted collective bargain-! Commerce promised President Town "We were all right in New salute as 144 big guns, 155 jet-fighters and bombers and 99 tanks roared past. Biggest Military Display Peiping radio, which gave a running account of the ceremonies, said it was the biggest military display ever made by China's Communist rulers. Little Virginia ing to continue.

Eisenhower good golfing weather York," he declared, "but we've today the warm sun prescribed Mum on Issues The President, who has referred! UNITED NATIONS, N.V. -UPI) got to support these other men to the hilt. We'll call everybody off for his cold. the job today, in all the portsito the strike as an intolerable sit- Iluidl forc lhe President flew across alnni? the Fast Coast Thpre won't nation, renorfedlv did not dlSCUSSl luu uew idci-nnamg Ten of Victims Are Members Of Same Family-Three Others Hurt Troops of the Red army, navy the continent from Washington issues during the meetings. j1 nonnern Laos lor an on- and air force marched by under Wednesday, out of the fringe of tropical storm Gracie, only to ar be any work." The walkout developed despite Turn to STRIKE on Page 2 Snow Falls On Rockies, High Plains CHARLOTTESVILLE.

Va. (AP) A tornado born of rive in this desert resort, country the eye of their new chief, Defense Minister Lin Piao, the man whose Chinese "volunteers" drove Gen. Douglas MacArthur's forces in the midst of a gusty sand storm. There just wasn't any sun shine. a dying hurricane dropped like a bomb on the little community of Ivy near here Wednesday.

Eleven persons died, 10 of them members of the same family. He also avoided discussing "ivugauon into me gov-possibility of invoking emergency jernment claims of aggression provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act from neighboring Communist North which would put the mills Nam. in operation for an 80-day "cooling! lPI Correspondent Wendell Me-oi'f" period. rePorle(1 from Vientiane that But there was a strong impli-jIlaly's Ludovico Barattieri and cation that the President Henberto Ahrens take such action if nothing hope-iwere expected to spend at least ful comes out of the negotiations itwo da-s Sam Neua, the prov- back from the Yalu River in Korea. But Elsenhower, trying to shake Lin talked tough about National- a nagging cold he has had since By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Snow fell early today on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.

Six inches of new snow brought the total on the ground at DESCRIPTION LONDON (UPI) Ad in the Times of London: "Barrister's wig wanted urgently to fit largish head 'description, not opinion i. Write box Y430 the Times." ist-held Formosa. In an order of Labor Day, obviously was pleased the day to his troops, lie said the by a hearty welcome and the Bodies were found scattered over an area of 400 yards. The Morris family dead were Red regime would take Formosa when he is scheduled I 'ce Laos charged was invaded The savage twister swooped down out of torrential rain produced by tropical storm Gracie about 4:30 p.m., two hours after a relatively minor tornado had struck not far Ervin his wife Frances, also Colorado Springs, to 20 "by one means or another." In an obvious reference to the to return to Washington from a vacation at Palm Springs, Calif. 'Eisenhower's exact words were in her laie 4us; tneir cnuaren, inches, Wilmer, 15, 15, and James, Nearby high plains of Nebraska by Communist forces from North Viet Nam on Aug, 30.

Will Study Evidence The team will talk to local authorities- and study whatever eu- United States, he asserted that "no foreign country can interfere 18; Mrs. Ervin Morris 18, Kansas also received some prospect of plenty of golf during the next week. Arranges Golf Match He arranged a match today at the El Dorado Country Club course, about four miles from the home of his host, old friend George E. Allen, at nearby La Quinta, Calif. The pregame announcement snow.

awav. Turn to TORNADO on Page 2 Twelve of. the 14 members of dence, is presented to substantiate the Laotian claims. U.N. subcom in this." Urge End to War Khrushchev, leader of the world Communist bloc, went to Peiping after a 13-day tour of the United States and talks with President It was snowing in Denver, where nearly 11 inches Tuesday caused several millions of dollars in damages.

State Has First Snow mittee Chairman Etinichi Shibu- the families of Ervin Morris about 48, and his son Ervin Ir tArm 21, were at home in the pit JIUI III VlUtlVf sawa of Japan will stay in Vientiane to continue discussions with government officials there. At Least Nine Hurt In Gas Tank Blast, Fire CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) Ajof the two small houses that were storage tank containing two mil-1 demolished. Only one of the in- il I 1 All Jingle bells! Jingle bells! Wisconsin has had its first snow of that peaceful methods must beWashinfton businessman who also Dying by Hour, has a farm near the President's the season. used to solve international dis Laotian Foreign Minister Kham-phan Panya Wednesday issued a blanket invitation to the member of the United Nations to send ob- sprvpr tn T.anc ti caa tlmm.

Flurries were reported at 6 a.m. today at Grantsburg Wis at Gettysburg, William E. Robinson of New York, board chairman of Coca Cola: and Freeman Gosden, the Amos of the they snarea. ftme pesncu almost instantly, their bodies thrown with explosive force upon a wooded hillside. The remaining three were injured.

Roof Blows Off House A hundred yards distant, the roof blew off the house of Raymond C. Bruce, 58, as he and his wife Lilly, 56, and their son sought tfiiop in the kitchen. A stone lion gallons of gasoline exploded nured was believed seriously nurt Rolls Northeast consin's icebox. The snow melted putes. On his arrival In Peiping Wednesday, the Soviet Premier told the Chinese Reds and visiting Communist delegations that the The Esso plant is about three isplups that thA with a thunderous roar at the before reaching the ground.

Actually, the first snow is a day famed Amos 'n' Andy radio team. miles from the downtown area of kingdom was not fl ml thw Port city that was badly bat-jbase as ch a ed Allen and Robinson traveled later than last year. The first snow flurries last fall occurred in PHILADELPHIA AP) Tropical storm Gracie, dying by the hour, headed northeastward Red world "must do everything possible to preclude war as a from Washington with the Presi dent aboard his Air Force 707 et means of settling outstanding chimney toppled and Mrs. Bruce througn Pennsylvania to its gravel nists. Defends U.S.

Aid Panya flew here from Vientiane to give the world organization a Esso Standard Oil Co. terminal here today. The blarft demolished two small frame houses a block away, injured at least nine persons and touched oif a spectacular fire that threatened other tanks containing millions of gallons of fuel. The lire was still burning fierce Gracie. Fire fighters could not gel close to the huge blaze because of the fumes and intense heat.

questions." Turn to IKE on Page 2 was killed. Chinese Premier Chou En-lai louuy autri giving uuin 10 a iui- nado and taking 22 lives, possibly Wisconsin is in the middle of a mass of cool air extending from first-hand account of the Commu- De Gaulle to U.S. 24. The heat melted asphalt $av- nist lhrpat tn hia rnnntr thrn PARIS (UPD-Preliminary ar Gracie first struck the U.S mainland South Carolina Tu. gtates eagtward tQ lhe day Sweeping over Pennsylvania Gwat Lakes regioIV ly hours after the explosion.

"I heard a roaring up the feack orchard it sounded like a train. I saw Ervin Morris running into bis house, and then the roof started coming off my house," said Bruce, who with his son suffered only minor injuries. "The roof went up about 50 'Mild' Quake In California ing several hundred feet away. the incursions ltom Nortb viet In the immediate vicinity of thek-am flaming tank vv one containing' aid to Laog hag oi.e miUioii gallons of gasoline. aims Panva rangemenis are oeing maue Snorlly before n0on, authorities re il uumpeu up iu uuctt mines mrougn normal diplomatic cnan- th breeze threatened to 'J Near Seasonal Normals rain in some Isolated spots.

Base ukui iui an uiuuiai mmi uy i 101 rlnL trthespread tirC 10 lhe nea'est tanklAlso nearb' er States'is enabling to l1ei feet away. jtainn.g tour million gallons of economv. Thp dent Charles Minimum temperatures in the state Wednesday night were near ments were flooded and several LOMPOC, Calif. aTPI) A yards. My wife and I ran washed out in Erie.

High rfirn r--r tc i I nited States next spring AnclKniiQL'rt rronlfoH itl M-io contnnal nnrmnle sinH rantfpH iof U.S. aid and its purpose are i i nn i 1 ings. broke dishes and todf 8 De Gaulle has a standing invita- waiers in iut-auwue bctween a ow 0f 39 degrees at caused a power failure, tn nt Kpnn.hjl nnri 1 lllliltu viv umnui ivr viiwn uiv.lil iu.ii mv to put out the blaze, but were only wet down the other tanks to keep trying to prevent it from spreading. 'them cool. Cause ol the fire was Six of the injured were in one i not determined immediately.

day night, but apparently 1 ing half the city I he Miwaukee airport. The na- Spawns Tornado lnu) 17 nt Ri Pinpv common knowledge. He acknowledged that part of the U.S. credits were used to establish a small defensive army for international security "a threat to no one." no severe damage. T-1 II It.

1 earner, me ex-nurricane Tuor. 9, inrhc snnur There were no casualties fronv I v. spawned a tornado in the com-l orminH rnlo toward the kitcnen. men me chimney came down. More of it hit my wife than me." Witnesses said the Morris' du-piex disintegrated.

Rescuers who fought their way to the scene over flooded and almost impossible impassable roads said the largest piece of its furnishings they found was a twisted refrigerator. Find Scattered Bodies Over the foundations of the duplex lay a tangle of fallen trees. munity of Ivy near Charlottes-1 nH Colorado Snrinss. the tremor, which was felt from San Francisco to Los Angeles. The shock apparently was centered in the Lompoc-Santa Maria area.

1 5: 1 ville, -Va killing 10 members Wednesday.g highs in Wisconsin of a single family Three children iwere 9 to 16 degrees bclow nor. of the same family were mssingjmal ra ing rom 62 at Lake Ge. and believed dead. The family The University of California neva to 50 at Grantsburg. shared a farm duplex shattered It was partly cloudy and cool at 9 a.m.

today with a light driz by the twister. Jupiter Test At Canaveral Is Successful CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla. (AP) The Army, with an assist from seismograph at Berkeley recorded a shock about 3.5 in magnitude centered 210 miles away. The tremor lasted about five minutes.

zle in the Superior-Duluth region. The shock, by comparison, is less than half the intensity of the Funds Shift Is Approved By State Unit An 11th victim who lived near the family was buried by toppling stones from a chimney of her demolished home. In addition to the Ivy deaths, Gracie killed seven persons in South Carolina, two in Florida and one each in Georgia and North Carolina. Rampage Apparently Over Montana disaster of the past summer. the Air Force, fired its Jupiter intermediate range missile on a successful test flight Wednesday night.

Wisconsin's Highway Toll Hiked to 606 By ASSOCIATED PRESS The deaths of two men in sep arate accidents have raised Wis The airmen are members of the MADISON 'ITD --The state fcoard on government operations But Gracie's death rampage ap Strategic Air Command's WUth Technical Training Squadron. Some of them may be among the has approved the transfer of three is over. The Weather million dollars from the veterans Rurpaii said its winds have con- Cuba Sells Sugar To Reds at Bargain HAVANA, Cuba today announced the sale of 330,000 tons of raw sugar to the Soviet Union at the bargain price of 2.905 cents a pound .175 cents under the world price. The Institute for Sugar Stabili emergency rehabilitation fund to counties for housing loans to vet tinuod to decrease. Gracie will be encountering rougher terrain in its movement consin's highway toll for 1939 to 606, two more than on this day erans A joint resolution permitting the; northeastward- Rougn terrain a year ago.

transfer was passed by the 1959 Alvin Schultz. 39, of Wisconsin Rapids, was killed early today zation said 100,000 tons are for Air Force personnel who soon will help Italian troops man Jupiter launching sites in Italy as part of the NATO defense force. The Army developed the but the 'Air Force operates the weapon because of a Defense Department order restricting the Army to missiles of less than range. Earlier Wednesday, a research rocket boosted an inflatable bal causes friction and decays and slows down hurricanes and their remnants. Hurricanes thrive on water.

when his auto plunged off Portage County Highway BB near Bancroft and turned ovef. He was alone. Lester J. Christ ianson of West Allis, was killed Wednesday night when the car he was driving and 1 1 .1 I i l- Legislature at the request of Gov. Gaylord Nelson.

The new funds for veterans housing loans will be available to 18 counties which had all but exhausted their funds. The fund for housing loans had dwindled to at the end of August, but now will be back up to about Milwaukee County will receive Missile Detector Is Planned by U.S. delivery this year, the balance in 1900. Cuba sold the Soviets about 170.000 tons of sugar in August, which they quickly resold on the world market. The institute said although a sacrifice was made in the price, the size of the latest transaction was "highly constructive for the market" because It nearly completes Cuba' quota under the world sugar agreement and substantially reduces reserve stocks.

loon to an altitude of 41 miles to measure high-altitude wind speeds and air density. (,. unmner vtintie tumui'u hi hii in- WASHINGTON (AP) United States plans to build near bis home. Christi- rndari aione in nis car. huge missile detecting Given Red Cross Post mpchine In Puerto Rico to scan; the area between the Equator and Former Justice $797,000 of the transferred funds.

Transfers also will be available for Buffalo, Calumet, Chippewa, Columbia. Crawford, Dane, Eau Claire. Kenosha. Kewaunee, La Florida. It will be the world's largest! NEW ALBANY, Ind.

(AP) I. -1 I. nl am CO UmAM a Fayette, Langlade, ravette, bangiaae, ii aiannuwucinuuwii mum, nun on aiuiiiHiui.ij.-..vi1..u.. iUnnn rvni Rarine Wati-imesh disc antenna 1.000 feet in'tice of the U.S. Supreme Court lOIUerS Wlrn V-nianq ATHENS.

Greece (UPD-Hen-rik Beer of Sweden was elected secretary general of the League of Red Cross Societies by the league Board of Governors at a meeting here Wednesday. Br, secretary of the Swedish RM Cross, will asum the ne post next Oct. 1. BATTLE TO KEEP FIRE FROM SPREADING Firemen play water on the lank at right to of gallons of gasoline exploded keep flames from burning gasoline tank, just north of Charleston, S. C.

today. (AP center, from spreading. A vapor dome tank Wirephoto) kesha Waupaca Waushara, and diameter. land U.S. senator from TAIPEI, Formosa (AP) U.S.

Winnebago counties. The rest of. The Pentagon said the radar will, was listed in critical condition at Secretary of Defense Neil H. Mc-One state's 71 counties have suffi-'cost about 4' million dollars and St. Edward's Hospital today.

Min-jElroy, on a Far Eastern tour, con-rient funds for housing loans at will be operating within two! ton suffered a heart a tt a kerred today with President present. beat. (Wednesday. I Chiang 1.

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