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ElMI Forecast TONIGHT: cool, showers likely. Low about 50. Thursday: Fair, warmer. High 70-75. aw wen VOLUME 55.

NO. 247 ELMIRA, N. Wednesday Evening, June 13, 1962 SEVEN CENTS U.S. Prepares to Snoop On Red Nuclear Tests A Guard Toners iVcrcfen's House Circulation Net Paid Tuesday 39,690 Tim. a.

Anrn a -nm ii 1 I 1 Soviet May Start New Series Soon Where Is Ann Marie Burr? Vanished from Home 9 Months Ago, Still Missing Warehouse Exercise Yoref Associate Warten's i House Ba chelor Quarters For Guards mm TACOMA, Wash. Say you Indusiriat Shops are the parents of four happy children, living in a pleasant WASHINGTON (ffl With Apartments For Guards home in a quiet neighborhood. Russia expected to resume atmospheric nuclear testing hoping against mounting oddj that their blonde, hazel-eyed daughter may be alive. No ready explanation is available. Tacoma police are just at puzzled.

More than 1,500 persons were questioned in the first 12 days Then one morning you awaken and find your 8-year-old daugh- -ter is gone from her bedroom. soon, American experts re portedly are preparing to do a little snooping of their There is a frantic search. Days, weeks and months, pass and there are only false clues own. AP Wlraphoto The Russians have four instru Diagrammed View of Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco Bay. ment ships posted around Christ mas and Johnston Islands in the Pacific to gather information about the American test series which began April 25 and now has and dead ends.

This happened to Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. Burr the morning of Aug. 31, 1961.

More than nine months later the case of Ann Marie Burr still is an agonizing mystery. It was cold and rainy that Aug. 31. Mrs. Burr, 33, awaken Hunt Three Alcatraz Escapees reached about the midway point There is every reason to believe oi me searcn.

Robert J. Drost, detective captain, has a 500-page file on the Ann Marie case on a rack above his desk. "I've read every page in that file four times," said Drost, it reads the same each time Missing person bulletins 1 1 been sent to every state and to Canada and Mexico. When Ann Marie first disappeared, hundreds of searchers combed the city's wooded areas and vacant lots. Police made a house-to-house the Russians have collected con siderable data in the weeks their ships have been there.

Although neither of the great nuclear powers says anything pub ed shortly after 5:30 a. m. She heard their youngest child, Mary, 3, crying. Mary was bothered by a cast put on her arm after an accident. The other children, licly about its own snooping oper ations, each has kept close check on what the other has been doing ANN MARIE BURR Greg 5, and Julie, 7, were asleep in a basement bedroom.

in nuclear test blasts over the years of the atomic weapons race. and latched with a night chain 0I. P.e neighborhood. All When Mrs. Burr looked in known child molesters and sex Ann Marie's bedroom, it was the evening before, was open.

A Tests May Come Soon The new Soviet series could offenders were questioned. empty. The Burrs searched every small living room window, closed the night before, also was open. A bench beneath the window was overturned. come at any time in view of Pre mier Nikita S.

Khrushchev's re room and closet in the two-story brick home. Then they called police, Donald and Beverly Burr live cent declaration lhat the American experiments have "forced us to renew our tests." 0i ,) wist A'' wlJn III1 (fii! vt wjBm ill There was ample cause for now in a tangled web of con alarm. The front door, locked 'fusion, sorrow and apprehension The Russians normally test in remote regions or deep in the With no proof Ann Marie was abducted, the FBI could only stand by to assist. Although police are almost certain there was an abduction, the case still has not been listed officially as kidnaping. Ann Marie was described as a happy, intelligent child, some-what shy.

She was ready to enter the third grade in a few days. Her parents, not wealthy, were not a likely mark for a kidnaper. The father, is a warehouseman at heart of the Soviet Union. This makes it more difficult to SAN FRANCISCO (AP) The search went on today for three bank robbers who vanished from tide-swept Alcatraz Island prison in San Francisco Bay Tuesday after wriggling through cell wall vents tediously enlarged with stolen spoons. Skillfully made dummies In their bunks prevented guards from discovering their absence for several hours.

Warden Olin Blackwell said he does not believe the three men, led by a convict with an IQ of 132, are alive if they tried to swim for it. May Have Used Raft However, because of the thoroughness of the trio's planning to bust "The Rock," officials concede that the men could have made it ashore on a makeshift raft. Nor do they discount the possibility that Frank Lee Morris, the leader, who is 35, and two brothers, John and Clarence Anglin, are still on the island, lurking in water's edge cave. An ever-widening search coor-dinated by the FBI has' spread over northern California. The three men were discovered missing at 7: IS a.m.

Tuesday. By that time they could have had 9 hours head start on their perilous adventure. They were last seen at 9:30 p.m. Monday night. No one is known to have survived an escape attempt from get a reasonably close look, but there is clear evidence this has not hampered the United States JFK Joins Klirusli In Hailing Laos Pact in obtaining solid scientific information about Soviet test results.

CLARENCE ANGLIN JOHN ANGLIN FRANK LEE HARRIS nearby Camp Murray. On the basis of this knowledge, President Kennedy was able to tell the nation last March that the The night before the disap Soviet series in late 1961 "reflect WASHINGTON (AP)-President new govefnment, said Tuesday he Estes Only a Customer, pearance, the Burrs put their four children to bed about 8 and right-wing leader Gen. Phou- ed a highly sophisticated technology," that many of those tests Kennedy told Soviet Premier Khrushchev today that the forma mi Nosavan will be in Europe at were aimed at improving Soviet p. m. Ann Marie and Mary both had upstairs rooms.

the same time. During their ab tion of a coalition government in Laos is very encouraging. defenses against missiles, and sence, he said, "the whole burden Texas Firm Maintains that one Russian device was ex Kennedy replied to a message of state affairs will fall on Sou phanouvong." The parents went to bed about 11 p. m. They said and chained the front door, locked the back door rand made from Khrushchev in which the So ploded more than 100 miles aloft.

The Russian tests last fail, it is Just what powers Souphanon viet leader said the agreement on WASHINGTON (AP)-Maynardlbusiness for Estes in Brazil, or known, were conducted above un a coalition government could serve C. Wheeler, president of Commer- had offered to help him with se sure all the windows were closed. vong will be able to wield while running Laos were not clear. The inhabited Novaya Zemlya, a cres cial Solvents said ton? tvs'cret deposits in a Swiss bank as a guide to the solution of other problems between East and West. cent-shaped island on the edge of Sometime during the night or company relationsmp with mine, i addition to his huge dealings bulk of the Cabinet posts are in' vested in neutralists, and the CO' "The formation ot wis govern Sol Estes "was that of customer the Arctic.

So far as Is known, the United in surplus grain storage and cot early morning, Ann Maria brought Mary downstairs because she was crying. Uncertain alition agreement stipulates that and supplier and no more." "The in its 28 years as a States does not have the kind of Testifying before a House Gov all decisions related to the ministries of defense, interior and for ton allotment transfers, Estes built up a flimsy pyramid in the liquid fertilizer business, trying to Bridegrooms Won't Lurch Down His Aisle HAWORTH, England Iff) The Rev. Charles Manchester threatened today to stop the wedding the next time a tipsy bridegroom comes lurching up his aisle. "At least half the bridegrooms I marry smell like a brewery," the Church of England parson complained in his parish magazine. "If I had a couple of whiskies or a few beers as a stif-fener before taking the service, the bride and bridegroom would take a dim view of it.

"What I want to do is to get rid of that saying: 'Something old, something new, something bottled and something of the time and not fully awake, instrument ships being used by ment of national unity under Prince Souvanna Phouma marks a milestone in the sustained efforts which have been put forward toward this end, especially since our Mrs. Burr sent the children back the Soviets to spy on U.S. tests corner the market in West Texas upstairs. It was the last time she ernment Operations subcommittee investigating the Estes case, Wheeler took issue with testimony given by Frank Cain, a finance eign affairs must have the unanf mous agreement of the three fao tion leaders Souvanna, Souphan' by cutting prices below cost. the Pacific.

1 Nuclear Subs Best Bet saw Ann Marie. meeting in Vienna," Kennedy told The fertilizer was anhydrous Investigators found no sign of Khrushchev. ouvong and Phoumi. company lawyer, before a Texas But it Is believed U.S. nuclear 'It is equally important that we ammonia, use of which has become a way of life for farmers in court in inquiry.

federal prison, although 35 men tried it in 11 separate attempts. Warden Blackwell told how the three men escaped the attention of At 5 p.m. Monday, as usual, the doors clanged shut in the three-tiered cell block that housed 269 prisoners, watched over by 155 guards. At 9:30, at lights out, at least one of the escapees, had to be told to turn out his light. a struggle in Ann Marie's bedroom.

Nothing was disturbed in the house. should now press forward, with submarines which have proved their ability to operate in the "Most of Cain's testimony is our associates in the wneva con sausage-shaped tanks, mounted on wheels for easy false and defamatory," Wheeler Arctic even in winter may have ference, to complete these ar How anyone could have gotten said. had a grandstand seat for the last rangements and to work closely the girl out of the house without Russian tests. Cain, a Dallas lawyer represent Estes bought his fertilizer from together in their execution. We must continue also to do our best U.S.

Dollars May Pay Off Pathet Reds ing Pacific Finance had testi The most modern American Commercial Solvents, assigning the proceeds from his government subs carry advanced radar gear to persuade all concerned in Laos fied that Estes had told him, "They want to put me into busi and supersensitive underwater lis gram storage contracts as pay to work together to wis same eno Thereafter, every hour on the hour, during periodic checks, noth ness in Brazil." He said Estes ment. The New York firm got tening equipment. "It is very important that no more than $7 million in these gov This radar can spot cloud for untoward actions anywhere oe ai was referring to Commercial Sol vents Corp. ing was found amiss. Missing In Morning mations and that could include ernment payments, but it was not lowed to disrupt the progress enough to square the account.

The chemical firm which atomic and hydrogen mushroom clouds from as much as 200 which has been made." Kennedy agreed with Khrush awakening the parents remains a mysteiy. Some believe Ann Marie might have wandered into the living room and been taken quietly by someone she recognized, or that she might have stepped outside and been grabbed by a sex deviate. Whatever happened, nearly everyone feels sure she didn't wander off alone, barefoot and clad only in a nightgown. Rewards for return of Ann Marie or arrest and conviction of those responsible for her disap The bankrupt Estes still owes Wheeler heads had financed Drops Charge Then at 7:15 in the morning, at the regular showup, Morris and Star-Gazette Bureau miles away. Commercial Solvents $5.7 million, Estes' dealings in anhydrous am chev that continued progress in a John Anglin, 32, and Clarence An monia a part of a many-sided settlement of the Laotian problem can be helpful in leading toward glin, 31, didn't fcet up.

Guards WASHINGTON The United States is faced with the sticky prospect of helping the new, business enterprise that collapsed when Estes was indicted for fraud Against prodded what appeared to be their the resolution of other interaation al difficulties. Bleeping forms and found dum coalition government of Laos pay off its "integrated army in mies "very realistic, plaster. "If together we can help in the last April. To secure his borrowings, Estes signed over to Commercial Solvents the payments he was to receive from the govern Testifies Entertainer Clause Not Enforced paint and hair heads and pillow Actor Murphy establishment of an independent cluding some 20,000 pro-Corn munist Pathet Lao soldiers. pearance now total $5,000.

and neutral Laos, securely sus' ment for surplus grain storage, tained in this status through time, oodies. The alarm was sounded im mediately. It was found that the trio, ap A State Department spokes LOS ANGELES (AP)-A teen Wheeler denied that he had said this accomplishment will surely anything about establishing have a significant and positive ef ager is withdrawing his assault complaint against actor Audie WASHINGTON (AP) Ernestl The AGVA takes In a million man noted this today as he discussed the resumption of U. S. Aid to the interim Royal Lao government and the likelihood fect far beyond the borders of Laos," Kennedy said in his mes parently for weeks, had been digging at plaster and cement four inches thick with bits of spoons.

Their painstaking effort loosened former Midwest regional director of the American Guild of Murphy, 37, America's most dec sage. that American dollars also will orated hero of World War II. Variety Artists, testified today he "You can count on the continued be channeled to the coalition gov a metal cover leading to a ven never enforced the unions rules dollars a year from its members; and Does not enforce contracts as to fringe benefits and connives with night club operators to exploit such entertainers as "strippers" and energetic efforts of the gov ernment, once it is formed, tilation shaft through each cell protecting women entertainers Report 3 More E. Germans in Tunnel Escape ernment of the United States to Edward L. Mayer, 18, whom Murphy admitted striking, refused to sign a complaint Tuesday.

Murphy told police that Mayer and another youth were sitting in The U. S. is looking forward wall. "The 8-by-12 inch openings con ward that end." from having to hustle drinks. He said he has read in the news Kennedy's reply to Khrushchev's nected the cells with a service to free elections in Laos.

Elec tions will be impossible, accord ing to Premier-designate Sou papers that through such practices and "exotic dancers" by requiring shaft a yard wide. some AGVA members had become their parked car when he questioned them about lewd phone message was dated June 12 and was made public by the White House this morning. them -to mix with customers as vanna Phouma, until all military involved in prostitution but that he From there It was 30 feet up a pipe to an air conditioner. This "B-girls." calls and literature which had been annoying a woman friend. forces are demobilized.

However, the Royal Lao, neu BERLIN (AP) Three young East Germans dug their way to the West with soup spoons and small coal shovels in the second was dismantled, steel bars some The B-girrs job is to get the Lifeguard's 1st Rescue Saves Own Son's Life NEW ALBANY Albert Noble, lifeguard at the New Albany swimming pool, performed his first rescue Monday. The near-drowning' victim was his two-year-old son, Terry. The boy was discovered floating face down in a section of the pool reserved for tots. Noble pulled the child from the water and gave mouth-to-mouth artificial respiration. The boy was revived in a short time.

customer to buy her drinks which tralist and Pathet Lao soldiers some witnesses have said are oft- The actor said they became abusive, so he gave Mayer a "little punch in the face" when he slapped at Murphy's flashlight. dramatic tunnel escape from East Berlin over the Whitsun holiday will be integrated under the new government before they can has no personal knowledge of tnis. Testifying before the Senate investigations subcommittee, Fast told of negotiating contracts which forbade night clubs to require entertainers to hustle drinks, mingle with customers, or do anything "Was that clause ever enforced ten colored water. Before Fast testified, night club Red Prince in Charge While Phouma Absent VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) Already sniping at "American war weekend, informed sources said entertainer Dick Jones said the be mustered out. The State Department spokesman said the coalition govern union hierarchy operates in tyran nical fashion.

how torn aside and access gained to the mess hall roof. A 50-foot-long drain pipe led to the ground, about 100 yards from the water on the San Francisco side of the island. From this point, Warden Black-well said, it was anybody's guess what the three desperate men did. If they struck out for San Francisco, they had a mile and a quarter to swim or drift, with cold currents against them. today.

The informants said the makeshift tunnel collapsed after two of the men had broken through ments overriding need will be He said he was declared an out to your knowledge?" subcommittee counsel Jerome Adlerman cast and fellow union members for cash to pay the back salaries and discharge allowances of all to safety and that they had to dig out their friend. NEWS VETERAN DIES HOLLYWOOD (AP) Edward C. Krauss, 78, editorial writer for the Los Angeles Times for 30 years before he retired in 1957, died Tuesday of a heart attack. were forbidden to speak to him be mongers," pro-Communist Prince Souphanouvong will take temporary command of Laos' new coali-tion government late this month. Neutralist Prince Souvanna Phouma, premier designate of the "No, sir." Fast replied.

"I never military forces pro-west, pro cause he sued Jackie Bright, the There was no confirmation nf told any operator he really had to Communist and neutralist now union's administrative secretary, enforce it. under arms. for libel and won $20,000 damages The subcommittee is exploring the escape from West Berlin authorities, who follow a policy of withholding all information on tunnel escapes until the routes the question of whether additional are known to be useless to others. Inside The Star-Gazette legislation is needed to protect un ion members from abuses by un ion officers. Tiny Pin Possible Cause of Air Crash m-tWmV-Y-Via In two days of hearings It has received testimony that for lack of the little cotter lines, eight foreign lines and Rand -Talks: Mediator enters Remington Rand contract negotiations, mass union meeting cailed Saturday.

Page sible explanation for any other 707 crash about which we have Kennedy to Hold News Conference The agency wired airlines and 21. any information," he said. "But other organizations that fly 707 WASHINGTON (AP) A mechanic's oversight, a tiny cotter pin and a bolt less than an inch long could have been the ingredients of disaster in the New York crash of a jet airliner, the Fed other operators of nearly 400 ot the big jets, Prill said investigations indicate the plane may have gone into a left roll, in Accused Slayer Dies of Wounds jets Tuesday, warning them of it would not be the first time that an airplane crashed because WASHINGTON (JB-President Ithaca Loses: Florida State ends Ithaca's win streak in NCAA series. Page 36. the potential danger spot.

One such warning went to the Mili Kennedy will hold a news con a mechanic left a cotter pin out duced by malfunction of the rud Budget Rise: Proposed Horseheads school budget increases $358,758, but tax rates must await reap- ference Thursday at 4 p. m. East of a bolt. BUFFALO A man accused ern uayiight Time. eral Aviation Agency says.

Ninety-five people were killed when the American Airlines Boe tary Air Transport Service, which operates the Boeing jets used by President Kennedy and "You cannot say this is it we can never prove it happened Abby 29 Neighbor 29 Reversing a previous White Business 24-27 Evenin other government leaders. of fatally stabbing a woman 11 days ago, died Tuesday in a hospital of knife 'Wounds suffered in the argument. William McCray, 53. of Buf House announcement that there would be no presidential meet even though it could have hap pened." ing 707 plunged into Jamaica Bay on March 1, seconds after der boost system. Prill said information on tha speed and altitude of the crash plane, obtained from the flight recorder it carried, produced the evidence which led to the FAA theory.

But he said the wreckage that might prove it the rudder boost assembly itself apparently is at Classified Sports 34-36 Ads 39-41 Television 28 Prill said the Civil Aeronau George Prill, director of the FAA flight standards service, said the New York crash "could taking off from Idlewild Air ing with newsmen this week, tics Board still is investigating port. Comics 28 Theaters 38 press secretary Pierre Salinger said signals were switched be praisals. Page 14. Coaching Change: Former Alfred ace Nick Teta new football coach at Notre Dame High School. Page 34.

the New York crash and will have been the result of an instal falo was under police guard at Meyer Memorial Hospital. He had not been charged. Police Deaths 30 Weather make the final decision on the lation mistake by one man on The FAA said the bolt, part of a complex rudder mechanism, may have slipped out of place cause Kennedy's schedule open Editorials 6 Map 13 probable cause. ed up, thus allowing time for said he stabbed Gertrude Owens, one aircraft. "We do not see this as a pos In his wire to 10 U.

S. air Women's News 4-5 the bottom of Jamaica Bay. of Jai the conference. when a nut securing it fell off 48, last June 2 during a dispute.