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4- Year School Here if J. Brward Culpepper, executive director of the Board of Control, ruling body over the university system, said today he hopes that his board can meet with the four-year college committee of the Greater Pensacola Chamber of Commerce at a regular meeting of the board April 21. The conference with the committee was mw4 by the Pensacola group, beaded by James Lay as chairman. The chamber committee has outlined a plan to Gov. Bryant covering a $1,300,000 capital outlay to make the four year college possible.

Bryant in his address to the opening session of the legislators (Turn to 4-YEAR-Page 2A By MA lH ICE HAULING News-Journal Bureau TALLAHASSEE The three-member Escambia County legislative delegation today revealed plans to sponsor measures to convert Pensacola Junior College into a four-year degree granting institution. The move come despite a recommendation by Gov. Farrin Bryant, who is seeking a two-year study of proposed expansion of the Pensacola school. Sen. Philip Beall said he plans to sponsor a measure drafted along the lines discussed before the 1961 Legislature convened earlier this week.

House members George Stone and Reubin Askew plan to sponsor a similar bill in the lower chamber. iiiiiILn ii Hi i minimi "nvmt Tffe'll Fight It, LOS ANGELES Carole Tregoff. her face sad and eyes red, life sentences. They were convicted last week of the murder of and her lover. Dr.

R. Bernard Finch, leave a Los Angeles Finch's estranged wife. Story on Page 12B. court room yesterday after hearing a jury rule they must serve (Pensacola News-AP Wirephoto FORECAST Small craft warning for northerly winds to 25 knots. Occasional showers and thunder showers today and tonight with locally heavy rains.

EWS THE PENSACOLA STREET SALE PRICE 5 CENTS SEVENTIETH YEARNO. 32 24 PAGES PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 6, 1961 Maid Duties Illegal' Not in Line With Policy, Board Advised each Legislature Today By EMORY LAVENDER A Negro maid has been performing duties in the maternity ward at Escam bia General Hospital since of Dec. 30 in apparent viola tion of civil service regula tions, the County Civil Serv ice Board was told yesterday. Mrs. Ruby Butler, board sec retary, said Mrs.

Clara McDole, 40, of 1724 N. Davis has been performing the duties of a nurse's aide in the maternity ward al though she had failed a written SENATE Receives proposed constitutional amendment to permit use of dormant bank, insurance and utility deposits forfeited to state, for construction of state universities. Receives bill by Sen. Ralph Blank to create sixth road district comprised of Dade, Monroe and Collier counties. Sen.

John Rawls announces he will introduce interim committee's congressional redistricting bill early next week. Recesses until 4 p.m. Monday after 20 minutes session. HOUSE Receives big batch of 150 pre-filed local bills. Rep.

Fred Karl readies congressional redistricting bill for early introduction. Rep. Jerry Thomas of Palm Beach prepares bill to give state jurisdiction over so-called "eight per cent investment Two Men Jailed As Case Covers Over 30 Thefts By BOB FRYE A cache of loot valued into tens of thousands of examination for the position Dec. 20. The board refused the request of hospital administrator J.

Bancroft to grant a 60-day ex tension of the woman's temporary appointment. Bancroft told a reporter he dollars and coming from more than 30 burglaries has would still like to retain the been uncovered by law officers, Sheriff William E. Davis said today. An intensive three-weeks investigation by a com bined force of county and city police broke yesterday morning when the loot was turned up in a Lakewood woman because of her experience." He indicated he may ask the board to increase the quota for maids at the hospital in order to create a position for Mrs. McDole.

The quota is now filled. Vr'i'P-fl 'ti. 'CV if I Jf 1 ill 1 All ''WiXv lv 4L i 1 Sii 1 garage. Sheriff Davis said the items found in the garage came from such recent burglaries as the county solicitor's office, J. J.

Newberry's, Merbler's No. 2, and many others. It was the third such case to come before the board in recent weeks. Previously the board had questioned the classifying of Junior McNeil Dixon as a medical records librarian and of William E. Phillips as a medical technician.

E. F. Sisson, chairman of the hospital board of trustees, recommended the Civil Service Board accept the classification of the men for those positions in a letter read at yesterday's board session. The board agreed to Sisson's Held for questioning in connection with the burglary were Joseph W. Ruther, 28, of Bel Mar Trailer Court, and Charles McRae Hicks, 21, of 205 Asther Lake-wood.

Ruther was apprehended early Wednesday morning behind the J. D. Ingram Electrical Contractor Company. Hicks was taken into custody at his home. News media in the county were advised of the arrest by Sheriff Davis bat at his request stories about the connection of Rather and the robberies were held back in order not to hinder SHERIFF BILL DAVIS AND OTHER OFFICIALS SURVEY CACHE OF BURGLARY LOOT this was early morning scene at Lakewood Garage Wednesday (News photo by Bob Frye) recommendation.

Mrs. Edna Helms, director of the investigation. GOOD The break in the story came late Tuesday night when State Next Week Reapportion Battle Brews TALLAHASSEE Iff! The congressional reapportionment battle, potentially one of the hottest of the session, will get under way in the Florida Legislature next week. Sen. John Rawls of Marianna announced today he would Introduce next Monday or Tuesday the controversial interim committee recommendations for setting up four new congressional seats.

Rawls said he would offer the committee recommendations as a starting point although he conceded some changes would be made. Rep. Fred Karl of Volusia County readied a counter proposal which differs in several major respects from the Rawls committee plan. Karl said he might put his proposal in today. The 1960 federal census gave Florida 12 congressmen.

The state now has eight. Meantime, the House received another flood of more than 100 pre-filed local bills, the Senate, going into session an hour later, was expected to get some more administration-backed measures. A heavily supported bill to give the state jurisdiction over so-called "eight per cent" investment companies was readied for introduction in the House. Rep. Jerry Thomas of Palm Beach, sponsor of the legislation, was joined by about 35 representatives in seeking passage.

Many eight per cent investment companies have been branded as a fraud and accused of gypping the stockholders. They have been immune from state regulation under a loophole in the state securities laws. Thomassaid that under his bill the companies still could sell stocks but that the state would be able to regulate them. Gov. Farris Bryant asked the legislators to end the exemption from state laws which the companies have held.

The Rawls committee's congressional redistricting plan has Turn to REAPPORTION Page 2A Atty. William Frye, who was also working with the two law agen Evening Mayo Uses 'It' Interstate Road Support Pledged W. T. (Billy) Mayo, District 3 State Road Board cies, spotted Ruther's automobile on North Davis Street and fol lowed it until it parked at Ingram Leaders Meet 'Alert' Purpose Is Told Military, professional and business leaders from Georgia and South Carolina met here today for By Tony Knight Electric, 4815 N. Davis Hwy.

Frye then notified the sheriffs Birmingham (Ala.) News enter tainment editor Lilly May Cald office and city and county officers surrounded the building. well, who's dean of newswomen Ruther attempted to flee but member, today pledged his support to the solving of in Alabama, will be in town dunn Fiesta time to judge the beauty stopped when Odis Davis, the sheriff's brother fired two warning shots. show. Escambia problems along the interstate liignway a engineers present "reasonable solutions." The problems, as discussed briefly by Escambia a three-day session with Pensacola Project Alert representatives. Pat N.

Groner, local Project County commisisioners, were concerned primarily with limited access roads to the Interstate Highway. She's one of the early Miss America backers 'n each year accompanies Miss Alabama to the Atlantic City contest. On the bay fishin bridge yes Alert chairman, said the meeting Ruther was barefooted at the time. Later a bag of tools, including a large screwdriver and pliers was found beside the building. Also found was a pair of home with designed to familiarize the Georgia and South Carolina delegates with the Pensacola organization's effort to combat terday we spotted an angler produly luggin' a big ling he'd jus' landed when he passed a Solicitation Said Bogus made sandles with a sole made from sections of automobile tire.

fellow fisherman with a string of The garage, located at Hicks' InSlde NeWS (Turn to CACHE Page 2A) Pensacola city police and Jim Lawrence, manager of the Pen small ones. The big fish catcher hesitated 'n expected the man to comment about his prize catch but the weather beaten angler just stared a few seconds 'n said "Too bad you Just caught one." sacola Yacht Club, warned resi dents today of a phony house-to- Mayo, meeting in the Courthouse with commissioners before taking a field trip, declared, "You're not alone in problems to roads coming into interstate highways." He has learned, he added, that out of necessity the Department of Public Roads needs fairly firm policies. Commissioner William Powell said he thought it unfair to residents along the Interstate Highway to be cut off from their residences by the closing of many roads. George Dickinson, district engineer for the State Road Department, stated rights-of-way for limited access roads now prob- (Turn to INTERSTATE Page IA) Flaniing Mishap Two Cubans Executed (Turn to NURSE Page IA) Katanga 'Economic' War Rages ELIZABETHVTLLE, Katanga The Katanga government and black and white residents of Eliza-bethville kept up an economic war today against United Nations troops despite President Moise Tshombe's truce with the U.N. command.

All business places, Including-garages and cafes, still refused to serve U.N. personnel. The chief U.N. spokesman in Katanga, Michael Tombelaine, was ejected from a downtown hotel Wednesday night by the hotel manager and a Belgian Police officer as a crowd of whites jeered. The Belgian officer and Marcel Tignee, Belgian adviser to Interior Minister Godefroid Munongo, told Tombelaine that Tshombe's order to impose economic sanctions on U.N.

troops had not been rescinded. A U.N. spokesman said Wednesday that after a conference with U.N. officials, Tshombe had agreed that sanctions would be "suppressed but not lifted." The spokesman called this terminology a face-saving device by the president. But neither the Katanga radio nor local newspapers made any mention of Tshombe's assurance.

The U.N. military commander in the Congo, Gen. Sean Mc-Keown of Ireland, warned Tshombe during the two-hour conference he would reinforce his garrison in Elizabethville with Indian troops if there was repetition of Tuesday's mob violence against the U.N. force. Tshombe violently opposes use of Indians in Katanga.

About 300 Irish troops poured into Elizabethville Airport Wednesday to relieve the Swedish garrison that was attacked Tuesday. There was no resistance to the arrival, and another 600 Irish were expected today. Under the agreement with The first session met at 10 a.m. in the Cove Room of the Town (Tarn to ALERT Page 2A) Credit to Burn Up Under Latest British Plan LONDON (UPI)-To increase sales, the National Coal Board started a credit plan. It immediately was dubbed: "Pay as you burn." house solicitation which Lawrence says is now being conducted under the guise of Yacht Club sponsorship.

He said he received a call HAVANA UP) Firing squads Sunday from a resident in Spring- executed two more men in La Cabana today, raising to 601 the dale who reported that a well-dressed, good-looking young man i in i. I ljiiV i 1 in 1 1 mi knocked on the door of his home and said he was collecting money for a "crippled children's Whiting Field will have open According to the resident, the house Sunday to mark the 50th (Turn to GOOD Page 2A) unofficial total of persons exe-; cuted by Prime Minister Fidel V. Castro's regime since he took power on Jan. 1, 1959. They were condemned by sep- arate military tribunals Wednes- day night.

The two tribunals also sen-J tenced 24 persons to prison for terms ranging from 9 to 30 years on charges of counterrevolutionary activities. Saboteurs were blamed for a Driver Rebutted man said the Pensacola Yacht Club was conducting the campaign and that it would distribute the money to proper channels. When the resident asked the man for identification, he said the solicitor said he had them "in a briefcase in my car." According to the Springdale resident the man went to his car, got in and drove away. Lawrence said he has received four other similar complaints. He said the Yacht Club does ESCAMBIA'S GEORGE STONE, REP.

CHARLES HOLLEY veteran chats with St. Pete freshman Money Issues Tabled Laiomakers setting aside money issues; House committees named 3B Contributions pour in for Sgt Alvin York 3A NEWS INDEX Amusements SB Obituaries 2A 1 fire Wednesday night in one of Cuba's largest sugar mills, formerly the American-owned Hershey mill, 40 miles east of Havana. The Castro regime announced Four Youths Die as Pickup Plunges 75 Feet Off Bridge TAMPA W-A. speeding pickup truck brought death to four youths today when it hurdled a guard rail, plunged 75 feet to a highway below and burst into flames. Two others were seriously hurt.

The accident occurred before dawn on an approach to the Howard Frankland Bridge which spans Tampa Bay and Links St. Petersburg to Tampa. Police said the truck was traveling at a speed of 70 to 80 miles per hour when it went out of control. It skidded along the road for 216 feet before bouncing over the guard raiL Killed in the crash were David Mangineli. 20, of 500 Kyte Owosso, Billie L.

Ewing, 19, of St. Petersburg; and Charles P. Carlin, 17, of Madeira Beach, a suburb of St. Petersburg. Thomas J.

Hogan, 19, of Madeira Beach died in a Tampa HospitaL Richard Whalen, 16, of Madeira Beach, and John DeUc, 18, of St. Petersburg, received serious hyuries. On Coins, Pays Off With Bills LINTON, Iowa (UPD-Calvin McPeck, 60, was rebuffed Wednesday when he tried to pay $100 traffic fine with 10,000 pennies. So he made a second trip to the bank and returned to the court with 100 $1 bills. The court took those.

NEWS-JOURNAL PHONE All Departments, HE S-OCtt CLASSIFIED HOURS Daily 8:30 aJn. to I p.m. Friday 8'39 aum. to p.m. Saturday a.m.

to 12 Nooa Sunday 4 to I p.m. not and never has made door-to-door solicitations for any reason, and has not authorized anyone to represent them on such calls. fi it had smashed two counterrevo-Iutionary bands operating in Ori-l ente Province and captured seven insurgents. li The government charged that Society 10-12A Sports 1-3B Jumble 63 Television 9A Weather 8B Comics 6B Crossword 6B Dr. Molner 7A Drew Pearson 4A Editorials 4A He said any person asked to the insurgents were supplied by the U.

S. naval base at Guantana-mo Bay. Similar charges in the Tshombe, the Irish and Katanga I contribute to a fund reportedly sponsored by the Yacht dub should caQ the police department or the Yacht Club at HE 2-7006. past have been denied by U. S.

police- will guard the airport Jointly. sssa officials..

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