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THIRD NING CALJL The Weather Sunny and cool today. Partly cloudy with little tempera turt change tomorrow. The Income fax has v- mad more liars out 7. ci the American people than gold has. Will Rogers, Lehigh Valley's Greatest Newspaper American humorist.

NO. 22,650 Ttltphone HE 3-4241 ALLENTOWN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1959 Entered Jnd Class Matter Post Office, Allentown, Pa. 5C opy 30c Weekly THE MOR Weathermen Seek Clues To Tornado Chisox Whip Dodgers, 11-0, For 1- 0 World Series Lead; Kluszewski, Wynn Set Pace Steel Negotiators In 'New' Atmosphere; Some Progress Seen 4 in 'Kickback' Scandal Guilty Sohn. The jury returned the ver President's Pressure In Evidence PITTSBURGH Ml Steel negotiators, feeling the pressure of President Eisenhower's request for an early settlement of the 79-day-old steel strike, met twice Thursday but gave no signs of nearing a solution. There was some speculation that the industry may have softened its position on a one-year wage At iW" ff: 1 i I BEAVER, Pa.

(UPD Former state Sen. Samuel Neff and three co-defendants were found guilty Thursday of extortion and conspiracy to commit extortion in connection with Beaver County's kickback" scandal. A jury of seven men and five women deliberated less than four hours before convicting Neff, Rob ert Yoho, James Macry and Leon Kaleta. A fifth defendant, Edward Nitsche, pleaded guilty pri or to the start of the trial and turned state's evidence. The charges against the de fendants stemmed from an al-eged kickback setup whereby construction companies ho leased equipment to the state Highways Department in Beaver County were assessed 5 per cent of rental collections by Neff and his political associates.

The money reputedly went into a campaign fund. Filed Libel Charges The case went to the jury at 11:45 a.m. following a two-hour charge by Judge Morgan H. CHICAGO The Chicago White Sox, famished for their first world championship in 42 years, chewed up the Los Angeles Dodgers 11-0 Thursday in the first game of the best-of-seven 1959 World Series. Ted Kluszewski, a National League castoff, led the Chicago attack.

He hit two home runs for the American League pennant winners and tied a series record by batting in five runs. A partisan crowd of 48,013 in Comiskey Park cheered wildly when the White Sox scored two runs in the first inning for an early lead and then riddled the Dodgers' defense in a hectic third inning. 7 In Third In the third, the White Sox scored seven runs on six hits and three Los Angeles errors. Chicago scored two more in the fourth. Early Wynn, Chicago's 39-year-old right-hander, held the Dodgers scoreless on six hits until he went out in the eighth with a sore elbow.

Gerry Staley, who replaced him, held the Dodgers in check with two hits the remainder of the game. The Dodgers paraded five pitchers to the mound. The losing pitcher was starter Roger Craig, who was replaced in the third, followed in order bv Chuck Churn. Clem Labine, Sandy Koufax, and? Johnny Khppstein. Perfect Weather The Sox found the cool, partly cloudy weather in the low 60s to their liking.

Their 11-0 lead after four innings was the biggest this season for the team dubbed the "hitless wonders." The second game will be played in Chicago Friday starting at 2 p.m. EDT. Bob Shaw, a righthander, will pitch for Chicago against Los Angeles' Johnny Podres, a left-hander. Continued cool weather and partly cloudy skies are forecast. After a day off Saturday the teams will move to Los Angeles Sunday for three games there if necessary.

If still undecided, the series then will move back to Chicago. Coach Dressen (left) and Manager Alston AP Wirephoto reflect teams loss. Had No Warning Of Freak Storm That Killed 11 CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va. (AP) Federal weather experts Thursday sought some scientific clues to the origin of a killer tornado as the body of an 11th victim was found near the wreckage of a home at the nearby community of Ivy.

Shirley Ann Morris, 3, was found dead huddled at the base of a tree. Nine other members of the Morris family died almost immediate ly when the twister struck their duplex farm home late Wednesday. The other fatality was a neighbor, killed by a falling chimney. The child apparently was the one a witness said just seemed to be scooped up into the sky when the tornado, spawned by a dying tropical storm, demolished the Morris home. Followed Gracie The tornadoes, perhaps as many as three or four, struck the area with no advance warning as the former Hurricane Gracie moved northward across western Virginia on a wall of rain.

There was an almost complete blackout of communications with the Ivy community with phone lines down and water and trees blocking arterial U.S. 250 from Charlottesville west. Why was there no advance warning of the tornado possibility since weather stations were carefully charting the last phases of storm Gracie? Didn't Show on Radar Meteorologist Kenneth Rice at Richmond's Byrd Field said the weather wasn't the type that would justify a continuous watch on the radar screen. He said images that denoted squally weather weren't strong enough to indicate tornadoes. But the U.S.

Weather Bureau in Washington sent its chief tornado forecaster. Van Thullenar, chief district meteorologist at Kansas City, along with Harry Altman of the bureau's Washington staff to see if any facts could be gleaned to help guard against any sneak tornado attack in the future. Several witnesses reported sight ing the classic funnel-shaped spin ner that roared through. from low 70s to an anticipated high of 84. The foursome teed off before a small army of press and worried Chamber of Commerce officials, the latter silently praying that the pneumonia weather which had greeted the President's arrival Wednesday night had ended.

A sand storm was in progress when Eisenhower flew in from Washington for an eight-day visit in the hot, dry clime he hopes will cure his cold. The President walked briskly down the first fairway, followed by a new electric golf cart presented him by friends from various golf clubs in the desert area. The Easier Loans Set U. S. Coastline As Dockworkers Quiet Strike 4.

The ILA president, Capt. William V. Bradley, an old-time New York tugboat skipper, declared that "as far as I am concerned, the men will not go back to work until we get a full agreement." 5. Bradley called in all union officials from the two coasts to make a decision on any new contract offers. It was expected to take several days to convene the group.

erally were exceptions because they are handled by other unions. The strike meant further woes for a nation already suffering economic effects of a record strike by steelworkers. Linked to Rackets Members of Anthony (Tough Tony) Anastasia's Brooklyn dock workers local voted Thursday to go back to work Friday, but ILA President William V. Bradley said, "We'll see about that. I'm still ordering the men to stay out." He said he would have the Brooklyn piers picketed if the men returned to their jobs.

Bradley said union leaders would meet Friday morning and that all questions and problems are to be settled then. Developments came fast. Among them: 1. Railroads halted movement of most freight to the two coasts to prevent huge pileups on unmanned piers. Excluded were a few items, such as military goods.

2. New York employers balked at attending a hastily called negotiation session set up by a federal Eisenhower Opens Attack With 18 Holes in California Stolen Body of Girl Found in Basement NEW YORK (AP)-Nettled over contract negotiations, dockworkers handling ship cargoes on Atlantic and Gulf coasts struck Thursday despite pleas of the government and wishes of their leaders. As a result, shipping on two thirds of the American coastline was virtually brought to a standstill. Hundreds. of dry cargo vessels were tied up.

Fuel tankers gen- Attendants said Jean's body must have been stolen from the Holland, cemetery the night of Sept. 8, a few hours after bu rial. The theft was discovered last Saturday after a. caretaker noticed a depression in the earth above the grave. A 400-pound slab over the grave had been smashed and the body stolen.

There was speculation by police that the grave robber was attracted to the girl by stories of her plight that appeared in the newspapers before she died. Officers said hours of question- Continued en Page 10, Column 2 dict at 3:17 p.m. The kickback charges against Neff and Yoho subsequently led to issuance of a 55-page report by the state Auditor General's Office. Neff and Yoho then were dismissed as officers of the state Workmen's Insurance Fund and Neff filed criminal libel charges against Auditor General Charles C. Smith, his deputy J.

Alex Ja cobs and Ralph Temples, editor of the Beaver Valley Times. Hannah's Path Will Miss Const MIAMI W) Hurricane Hannah began curving northward on a path will take it between Bermuda and Cape Hat-teras sometime Thursday night. All danger to the South Atlantic coast had passed and forecasters said the storm center should remain off the North Atlantic coast as it continues a broad recurve. Nations the United States to set up the billion-dollar agency. This nation agreed to put in 320 million dollars, more than any oth er, but Congress must first an prove U.S.

adherence and provide the money. IDA may start making loans next year. Members Must Voet ine vote oia not commit any individual country to join the new agency. IDA will come into exist ence when a specified majority of the bank members vote to adhere. resolution instructs the bank's 18-man board of directors to draw up a charter for IDA as a bank affiliate, specifying how the new agency will make and administer loans for industrial projects in underdeveloped lands.

They will be "soft" loans of a type which the 21-billion-dollar World Bank cannot itself make. The credits will have long repayment schedules and possibly low interest rates, and will be repayable, at least in part, in the nation al currency of the borrower. Despite the overwhelming support given on the showdown, many countries had voiced misgivings and some entered strong reservations to IDA's proposed departure from conservative, banker like lending. It was apparent that sharp con- Confinued on page 10, Column 1 Officials said the Treasury will borrow another two to three billion dollars in new cash by the end of the year. This borrowing is expected to come during the last half of November.

In addition, there will be a cash borrowing of undetermined amount by next January. Late in October the Treasury will have to refinance of maturing securities. Of these, $3,800,000,000 worth are held by the public. Veteran Actor Taylor Holmes Dead at 81 HOLLYWOOD (UPD Veteran stage and screen actor Taylor! Holmes died Wednesday night at his home. He was 81.

One of the most famous mat-i inee idols in the early Holmes appeared in such motion pictures as "Great Expectations," "An American Tragedy," "The Kiss of Death," "Dinner at Eight," and "Nana." Rosary will be recited Friday night and a Requiem Mass was set for Saturday in the Blessed Sacrament Church here. Inter-; ment will be at Holy Cross Cemetery. NAME IMPRINTED Christmas Cards The Art Shops 10th 1437 Turner 237 N. Ad. LIMITED TIME 2 FOR 33c Large Canada Dry Ginger AleAd NATIONAL LINOLEUM and Rug Store 42 N.

7th Closed Sat freeze but nothing said or done by the negotiators tended to confirm such optimism. The four-man negotiating teams for the United Steelworkers of America and the nation's 12' big gest steel-producmg firms met for an hour and a half before lunch and then resumed talks in mid- afternoon for another two hours. In contrast to earlier negotiating sessions held in New York, when each side often issued statements critical of the other, the negotiators now were reluctant to comment. Statement Issued At the end of the afternoon session, Steelworkers President David J. McDonald, head of the union negotiating team, and R.

Conrad Cooper, a U.S. Steel Corp. executive and chief industry negotiator, met briefly with newsmen and issued this joint statement: "We have considered our problems and will meet again tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. We do not desire to answer any questions." After that brief statement, which was read by Cooper, the two left the newsmen, declining to say any more about the day's activities. Happy Mood McDonald and Cooper seemed in good spirits.

They exchanged jokes with newsmen before getting down to business against the backdrop of some of the nation'g largest steel mills. Attending the meeting with McDonald for the union were Howard R. Hague, USW vice president: I.W. Abel, USW secretary-treasurer; and Arthur J. Goldberg, the union's general counsel.

Representing the industry in addition to Cooper were R.H. Larry, a U.S. Steel Corp. vice president; H.C. Lumb, a Republic Steel Corp.

vice president; and John H. Morse, Bethlehem Steel Corp. general counsel. White House pressure for a set tlement and mounting economic effects of the strike lent an air of urgency. In addition to the half-million striking steelworkers close to 200,000 employes in other industries have been idled.

Even as Thursday's session started, the city of McKeesport, announced the layoff of 63 municipal employes nearly 20 per cent of the payroll because of a Continued on page 10, Column 2 Inside The Call International Executives in Russia Not Unlike U.S. Type Page 2 National Religion Today: Accent Shifts To Home Page 25 Researchers to Race Moon's Shadow Today. Page 17 U.S. Plans Study of Classes For Gifted. Page 19 State Merger Foes Ask Data on Potential Losses of Business.

Page 20 Demos Cut GOP Registration Lead to 57,000 Page 13 Boehm, Rep. Reibman Pin Bunk Label on Attack. Page 12 Lehigh Valley Council Accord Seen Doubtful On ar cks Successor. Page 21 Allentonian Draws 1 to 2-Year Burglary Term. Page 46 New Fuller Equipment to Aid Cement Industry.

Page 39 Today's Index Bridge Classified Comics 38 40-45 36-37 7, 40 18 18 39 36 18 Lyons M. Mayfield Porter Riesel Rover 33 37 18 Deaths Dixon Editorial Financial Inside TV Lawrence Lippmann 18 37 32-35 36 S3 5 14-16 Sports Television Theaters Weather 18 1 Woman's PALM SPRINGS. Calif. (AP)-A sniffling President Eisenhower tried to bake out his cold Thursday on the golf course where Bing Crosby is club champion. Ike, wearing only a flimsy, short-sleeved sport shirt and wool slacks, played in a foursome that included Freeman Gosden, the Amos of "Amos 'n Andy" radio fame; financier George Allen, his host at nearby La Quinta, and William Robinson, board chairman of the Coca-Cola Co.

"These fellows kept me up half an hour late last night telling me how tough this course is, especial ly the first hole, said the President just before he drove his ball about 220 yards, but sliced it into some grapefruit trees. The course is the two-year-old El Dorado Country Club, where the Ryder Cup matches will be played next month. Par for the American and the British pros will be 70. The President's foursome used a par 72 scoring card, the same as members. Crosby won the club championship last year when in match play he defeated Jack Anderson, millionaire rancher whose home is Los Angeles.

Eisenhower obviously still has a cold. As the foursome progressed, Chamber of Commerce type sunshine broke through an overcast sky and shot temperatures up Treasury's $4 Billion Loan To Pay High Interest Rate New Income Tax Form Has Only Two Pages mediator. The employers assailed the strike as illegal and angrily demanded that the union call it off. Skipper Says No 3. Employers said they wouldn't do any more bargaining until the ILA leadership demonstrated it could control its men.

also can use it to claim head of household or surviving spouse status, exclusion of sick pay, exclusion and credit for dividends, and credit for estimated tax payment. The only types of income that can be reported, apart from wages and salary, are interest and dividends. If you have any other type of income you must file the regular form 1040. For Poor WASHINGTON (AP)-Without a dissent from any of its 68 member nations, the World Bank ordered creation of the International Development Assn. Thursday to make loans on easy terms to poorer countries.

The bank's governors, in annual meeting here with the Internation al Monetary Fund, approved a res olution offered and pressed by on Sniffles Desert Sun cart, which retails at $1,395, comes equipped with radio, cigarette lighter and fringed top. White House press secretary James E. Hagerty held a teeside press conference after the President's foursome got going. He said the President planned to make his stay as much a vacation as possible but that he already had been in touch with Washington before the 8:40 a.m. game.

When informed that negotiators in the steel strike had resumed their talks and moved from Washington to Pittsburgh, Hagerty quoted the President as saying, "That's good." auction off two billion dollars of 245-day bills. The investors will bid for these at less than face val ue and the discount will represent the effective yield, or interest rate. The four-year, 10-month notes will be sold at face value and will be dated Oct. 14 to mature Aug. 15, 1964.

The bills will be dated Oct. 21, and will mature next June 22. Treasury officials said they probably could borrow some of the new cash on a long-term basis and at less than 5 per cent inter estif it were not for the ceiling of 4y per cent on all borrowings for over five years. In rejecting President Eisenhow er request lor removal ot tnis ceiling, they said, Congress made it necessary for the Treasury to pay more rather than less in in terest on the national debt. Stokowski Loses Bid for New Trial NEW YORK (AP)-Leopold Sto kowski, the conductor, has lost in his effort to reopen a court battle with his former wife, heiress Gloria Vanderbilt, over custody of their two sons.

State Supreme Court Justice Edgar J. Nathan Thursday denied a Stokowski motion for a new trial. UNTIL STEEL STRIKE ENDS Save 20 to 50 per cent. Open 9 to 9 Furniture Rugs Bedding. Dugan's, 715 N.

10 Allentown. Ad. USES REGULAR GAS 1960 OLDSMOBILE Now on Display at Ruhe Oldsmobile SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) The body of 11-year-old Jean Pensyl, stolen from its grave three weeks ago, was recovered Thursday from an old basement excavation where the grave robber buried it. It was exhumed after the father of Willard Beckstrom, Sioux Falls house painter held in the case, reported to sheriff's officers.

The remains of the young Holland, leukemia victim were brought to a Sioux Falls mortuary. The body was found in the partially filled old basement section of a house that was moved closer The Pensyl girl was a niece of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Pensyl, Nazareth R. 2, and was a frequent visitor at their home.

to the street some time ago. The site is in the city's west end, about a mile from where Beckstrom lived. Beckstrom, 36, a former state hospital inmate, was jailed Mon day. Investigating officers declined to be quoted on details until a later conference. There was no new statement from Beckstrom, who earlier admitted viewing the body at the funeral service.

Father Knew It was reported that no one but Eeckstroms father, wuiard i Beckstrom, a Sioux Falls hospital X-ray technician, had been tola where the body was buried. Two Crewmen Killed in Crash Of Jet Bomber NEWBURGH, N. Y. (UPD An Air Force B57 jet bomber crashed shortly after take off from here Thursday night, killing the two crewmen. The Air Force said the $1,200,000 bomber was on a proficiency flight, and was not armed.

The plane crashed into an open field near a highway interchange. Police said there were homes in the area, but none were hit. The Air Force withheld the names of the victims pending notification of next of kin. NEW BALANCED BEAUTY 1960 OLDSMOBILE Now on Display at Ruhe Oldsmobile 15th Tilghman Sts. Ad.

MANY THANKS FOR YOUR consideration during recent illness Re-open in 2 wks. Michael Coffure 1810 Chew St. HE 5-6391. Ad. CLAY TARGETS 2.69 PHILIPS Ad.

Diplomats' Spat Creates Furor Taboo for Lunch WASHINGTON (AP)' The In ternal Revenue Service introduced a new income tax form Thursday designed to make taxpaying easier if no less costly for 17 million Americans. This is the first all-new tax return in five years. Called form 1040W, it can be used by anyone whose income consists of wages and salary regardless of amount plus not more than $200 of dividends and interest. Format Secret Plans for the new return were announced several weeks ago but its format had been kept secret. Form 1040W has just two pages and asks fewer questions than the four-page form 1040, which is the standard tax return.

According to IRS calculations, it should simplify income reporting for 17 million taxpayers. Copies of the new form will be mailed to these 17 million soon after Christmas. There are no significant changes in other tax forms. The new form has space for itemizing deductions. Taxpayers Royal Furniture Brings $19,440 LONDON (AP) The remains of Queen Mary's once fabulous collection of antique furniture brought 6,943 pounds $19,440 at auction Thursday.

The furniture was put up for sale by Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Mary's grand daughter. The most valuable items had been distributed among the royal family. J. H. ROMIG CO.

MONUMENTS Ad. WASHINGTON WV-The Treas ury said Thursday it will borrow four billion dollars in new cash this month half of it at the high est interest in 30 years. On Tuesday, the department will offer two billion dollars four-year 10-month notes which will pay 5 per cent interest. This is the high est rate on a Treasury security since 1929. On Oct.

14, the Treasury will he were old enough to have fought in the Philippine-American war of 1898. He is too old to understand Continued on page 10, Column 1 W. S. ROBERTSON is Protocol UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., (AP) Walter S. Robertson, a U.S.

delegate to the United Nations and former assistant secretary of state, Thursday accused a Philippine ambassador of arrogant L. M. GUERRERO and rude conduct at a private diplomatic luncheon. The Philippine diplomat, Leon Maria Guerrero, snapped back that Robertson was resentful because "a Filipino dares to stand up and talk back to him." The acriminous statements by two high-ranking diplomats of normally friendly countries was the aftermath of a heated exchange here Wednesday between them. Robertson said Guerrero's luncheon behavior was "arrogant and rude and a denial of all the traditions of his country for which I have an abiding friendship." He said he did not tolerate "arrogance or rudeness in anyone much less in a man young enough to be my son." Robertson is 65, Guerrero 44.

Guerrero accused Robertson of "trying to put pressure on the Philippine delegation to do his chores for him." He added that if Robertson felt he was young enough to be his son "I must retort, with all due respect, that he has acted as if 1 15th Tilghman Sts. Ad. Religious Holiday. Ad.

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