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ftafite vttt-t 1 SSI ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH Sewing the Alton Community for Jlfdre Thml20 Years In Established January IS, 1836 No. 123 ALTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 19S6. 40 PAGES 5c Per Copy Member of fhe Associated House Leaders Seek To Shore Up Foreign Aid Rayburn, Martin Feel Optimistic on Restoring Part of Cuts in Funds Made Previously By LEWIS OULICK WASHINGTON IB Leaders waged a touch-and-go battle today to persuade reluctant House members to shore up President Eisenhower's heavily cut foreign aid program. In advance of showdown voting, Speaker Rayburn of Texas and Republican Leader Joseph W. Martin Jr.

of Massachusetts were outwardly optimistic about their joint move to restore more than half the foreign aid slash voted by the House Foreign Affairs Committee. But supporters of Committee Chairman Richards there were many among rank-and- file members of both parties- seemed equally confident he could make the $1,109,000,000 committee cut in Eisenhower's $4,900,000,000 program stick. Eisenhower declared Wednesday it would be tragic if Congress doesn't support his program designed to bolster free nations against communism. House leaders faced a growing demand for a cutoff in U.S. aid to Yugoslavia and other "neutralist" countries.

Join In Opposition Raybum and Richards both joined administration forces in opposing this move. Eisenhower agreed that "where we stand" in relation to Yugoslavia "has to be re-evaluated." The administration wants to be free to continue help to Yugoslavia if the restudy Elsenhower mentioned indicates President Tito remains neutral as between Moscow and the West Eisenhower had asked 30 mil- Don dollars in economic aid for Yugoslavia in the year starting next July 1, plus a secret amount ot military assistance. The House committee voted to cut the 30 millions in half. Its bunco-dollar in arms aid also presumably would affect Rayburn picked- Rep. Brooks Hays bipartisan funds restoration drive with an amendment which would put 600 mittee cut back in- but; Hays, a Foreign Affairs Committee member, said he understands the 600-mfllion-dollar figure was advanced by Eisenhower him and "this is one area in which I think we should value the President's recommendation.

Oppose Addition Richards said a number of congressmen have told him they will vote against the bill altogether if the amount is increased. He had on his side the parliamentary tradition that a cut already approved by the committee is usually upheld on the House floor. On the other side were the weight of the administration and the influence of Rayburn. In six hours of debate Wednesday, much opposition to the Eisenhower program came from members of the President's own party. Rep.

Mason (R-ni) called it a "foreign giveaway Rep. Nicholson (R-Mass) said he was for "spending money for our own defense without taking care of these foreigners." Home Town Boy Who Made Good i 'I' Throngs Greet TV Star Clint Walker Tito Claims Visit Won't Hurt U. S. By STANLEY JOHNSON MOSCOW MB President Tito says his visit to Russia will not affect Yugoslavia's friendly relations with the United States. Talking with reporters at a Kremlin reception Wednesday night, the Yugoslav chief brushec aside as "not important" Sen.

McCarthy's move in the Senate to cut off S. aid to Yugoslavia because of Tito's trip to Moscow. "Our relations with the United States will not suffer," Tito said when asked about the McCarthy resolution. "Our friendship with he United States will continue as jefore our trip here." When an American remarked! that he should journey to Washington to make sure there was no misunderstanding of his intentions, Tito replied: "If I am invited, why not? But first I must be invited." Some 1,000 diplomats and Soviet leaders, including Communist party chief Nikita Khrushchev and Premier Bulganin, attended the jala reception in the Kremlin's gold and marble St. George's Hall.

During the exchange of toasts, Tito stressed Yugoslavia's independent policy. "We have had no difficulty find- ng a common point of view in the talks we have held so far," Tito told the Soviet leaders, "especial- on the sovereignty and independence of our foreign policy. "We have found a full understanding of Yugoslavia's position and I am convinced our coming iere will play a great role in the cause of peace in general. "We came to Moscow because it is a principle of our policy to cooperate with all countries." Tito said Yugoslavia's ouster troiji the Moscow-dominated Com- inform eight years ago was "artificial, and against the will of both our people." He made no mention of the Kremliii'i present leadership now blames for the Cominform campaign against Tito. W.GJuergens Nominated FortLSJudge WASHINGTON OB William G.

Juergens, an Illinois state circuit court judge from Chester, was nominated by President Eisenhower today to beiU. S. district judge for the eastern district of the state. Juergens, who is 51, would replace Fred Wham, who retired. The new appointee has been a circuit judge since 1951.

Before that, from 1938 to 1951, he was a Randolph County judge. Juergens is. a Republican. Six months ot sd ago the only mail Clint Walker received was his monthly wave of bills. He could walk down Wilshire, Sunset or Hollywood boulevards for hours without running into thing more exciting than a don me" as someone inadvertent.

bumped into him. Fans of any age were conspicuous by their absence. Wednesday afternoon when Clint blew into town to visit his twin sister, Mrs. Paul V. Westbrook, 1209 Norton he was spotted in the West End business district.

In about three minutes he was surrounded by a crowd of children and adults. 800 Letters Weekly Today Walker needs and uses a secretary to help him answer the more than 800 letters he gets every week from fans and fan clubs throughout the country. Requests for his photograph run in the top brackets among the studio stars both of film and TV. Soviet! Test Jet Car BERLIN East German newspaper reported today that the Russians are testing a jet-powered automobile which can speed up to 188 miles an hour. On Foreign Policy Believe Part of Khrushchev Blast at Stalin Still Missing By JOHN M.

HIGHTOWEB WASHINGTON officials believe a big chunk is missing from the version of Nikita Khrushchev's attack on Joseph Stalin which the State Department released this week. American diplomats and agents abroad have been ordered to hunt for any missing portion which may run between 10,000 and 15,000 get it to Washington at once if they find it. The search has been assigned the highest priority. What Is missing, authorities here feel, is a long section believed to have dealt with a denuni elation of Stalin's conduct of foreign affairs. It could be especially significant the free nations to know what party boss Khrushchev said about these matters because it would Indicate Khrushchev's own thinking.

President ElsenhowejF told, I conference Wednesday he the iChrushchf? iPfesb designed primarily for Soviet do- purposes, If this appraisal giQti whatever Khrushchev nalg on foreign policy would be written not lor foreign but lor So- viet ears. The speech was delivered in late February to a secret meeting of the Soviet Communist Party Congress. Subjects not covered in the text given out Monday by the State Department include Stalin's dllng of Russia's relations with Red China, the Korean War, Soviet pressures against Iran and Turkey, Western formation ot the Atlantic Alliance, postwar treatment of Germany, the Marshal! Plan for European recovery and the anti-NATO Warsaw Pact. All these are matters which might logically be expected to appear in such a speech. The State Department said its version of Khrushchev's denunciation of the dead dictator had been prepared for the guidance of Communist party leaders in some outside Russia.

It is understood tills was one of the Eastern European satellites and not There have been repots that the speech reached Washington through thi French, government, It is possible also that it fell into non-Communist hands from the Communist party si in Western Europe, "Beats me," Clint muses. "Yesterday I was a nobody. Just another hulking guy with ambition to be a good actor. Now people go out of their way to write and talk to me." Born In Hartford Walker was born in Hartford, in May, ter. All his boyhood was spent in Hartford, Wood River and Alton.

His father worked variously as a pipefitter, boxer, wrestler, athletic coach and musician and it is from him that Clint inherited his fantastic physique. He also worked for the Alton YMCA and the Alton Recreation Department A reception is slated at 7 o'clock this evening in the YMCA gymnasium, when Clint Walker is to meet anyone who wants to meet him. The YMCA is proud of Walker as a product of its principles of good physical development. Walker is also slated to appear at the Alton Municipal Band concert tonight at Riverview Park. Puts Healthy Body lint Walker told the Telegraph, "If it hadn't been for my workouts at the YMCA, I never would have been able to get where I am.

A healthy body is the first requirement for success. In Hollywood there is increasing stress on diet and exercise because there are a lot of people waiting to replace anyone who can't keep up with his job. Actors and actresses have to have working ability. Let's face if you are run down; you are not able to give your best performance." Love came to Clint when he was 16. He sauntered into an Alton ice cream store on a 1 hot summer day.

Behind the. counter was a petite brunette with green eyes and a winsome manner. That was it! He married his ideal girl, then Verna Lucille Carver, Sept. 4, 1948, in Alton- after he had served a hitch in the Merchant Marine. In 1950, their daughter, Valerie was born.

Nine months later tfiey set out for Texas in an old Model A Ford, seeking their fortune. He managed to eke out a living on construction jobs, punching cattle and prospecting, Then they headed for California where he was employed in the oil field near Long Beach. "Then I heard of the wonders of Las Vegas, N. Walker said. "Once again I packed my family into a beaten-up old car and we drove to the famous gambling city.

I didn't have to wait long for a job because the law up there evidently figured 1 was big enough to handle most situations. So they made me a deputy (sheriff. There be was spotted by the men who make movies. He was signed to a long-term contract by Warner Brothers studio and given the title role in its series, Llkei Prospecting Clint's idea of real fun is to pack his family in his new cabin truck which will sleep four persons and head for the wide open spaces. They go to little- traveled areas of the Mojave Desert and hunt uranium.

On his visit to Alton, those who met Walker wert unanl raous in their opinion that "He's a nice guy." "Exposure to the public," says Clint, "is a two-edged sword. They can stop liking you about as fast as they started and a guy like me who has been at the bottom of the ladder knows how shaky it is at the top, I just count my blessings and the best I can." Walker is how launching on the making of 20 new pictures for the "Cheyenne" series. He also is slated to do a movie which, he says, won't he made for quite some time, When he came to Alton he brought a stack of photos of himself which he autographed for admirers who flocked around lie ran put of the photos after lie had been in town an All he could say to his demanding fans was, "Just write City Court Decides For Freezer Firm, Halves Judgments Plaintiff City Asks Traffic Survey on Piasa The City of Alton has requested the Illinois Division of High- ivays to make a preliminary traffic study of Piasa street at the Broadway and Third street crossings. YEP ITS 'CHEYENNE' Clint Walker, TV star, found this crowd of youngsters waiting for him as he arrived to visit his twin Photo. mj Warnw send you an autographed ture." and I'll DBMA Pays $5,000 On Parking Lot The Downtown Business Men's Association authorized Wednesday payment of $5,000 on the 18,600 due on its Uncle Remus parking lot.

The association for the past several months has been carrying on a concentrated effort to retire the principal of the debt on the parking lot's purchase. Some time ago it concluded it must undertake liquidation of Jiis debt because interest on it was eating so deeply into its annual budget that little was left for sales promotions and other activities. It announced plans to place in escrow contributions made toward the retirement of the debt, and meeting, concluded it would be better to pay part of the principal than to allow the funds thus far collected, to lie idle. Those who have outstanding pledges are being notified of the action by letter. They, as well as members of the associar tion who have not already pledged or contributed, are being asked more urgently to make their gifts so that the debt can be wiped out.

In other action the board approved appointment of Julius Schaefer and Dean Boatwright to the retail committee of the Greater Alton Association of Commerce. Army Plans To Discharge 475,000 Men By C. YATES McDANIEL WASHINGTON Ifl-The Army announced today it will discharge 475,000 ready reservists and transfer 500,000 others to the standby reserve list. It described the action as a wholesale effort to terminate the military service liability of Work War II and Korean veterans and to weed out dead wood. An Army announcement sale this screening process will take place in the 12 months starting July 1.

When completed, the Army said, it will leave in the ready reserve only those who are fit who possess needed military qual locations and who will be avail able for immediate active duty in time of war or national emer gency. The ready reserve is composed of individuals and organized units who would be called to active duty promptly in time of war or a national emergency declared by Congress or the President. The standby reserve is liable for active service only in time war or in an emergency declared by Congress. The Army's ready reserve now has a nominal strength of 1,885,000, exclusive of the National Guard, which will number 407.000 by the end of this month. The present strength of the standby reserve is only 8,500, The Army said most of the reservists who will be discharged from the ready category are those who saw active service prior to pe 19, 1951.

Most of also served during the war in Korea. Priority lor transfer frojn the ready to the standby reserve will be given to reservists who served Bprea. at any time June 80, 1850, and July 27, 1953, U. S. Cuts Many ReciprocalTariffs By SPENCER DAVIS WASHINGTON The United States announced today a long list of reciprocal tariff cuts negotiated with 21 other countries at Geneva and said "free world trade in general will be better off as a result." Four months of give-and-take among the ,22 nations owered tariff barriers on trade terns aggregating more than billion dollars a year among the nations concerned.

The United States gave direct ariff cuts or concessions on foreign imports valued.at 677 million dollars in 1954. Other indirect cuts brought this total to 811 million dollars, the State Department said in an announcement on behalf of nine U.S. agencies. In return, the. United States obtained direct duty concessions on Aids Free World AmericaST at 400 million dollars in 1954.

Indirect benefits were, not None of the U.S. tariff reductions apply to imports from Soviet bloc countries, but they do apply to all free world nations whether or not they participated in the'Geneva meeting. There was no estimate of the amount of tariff revenue that would be lost The first phase of U.S. reductions are due to go into effect June 30. The U.S.

trade agreements team was authorized to cut tariffs up to 15 per cent of their level on Jan. 1, 1955, with the reductions divided equally.over the next three years. Most cuts by other countries are to be made effective all at once. Concessions obtained by the United States -covered a wide range of agricultural and industrial products, ranging from iron and steel, products 'beer, shrimps and oysters. Sixteen countries gave concessions on a variety of chemical products including plastic resins, antibiotics, photographic film and synthetic textile fibres.

Seven countries including Japan, Britain and Germany dropped duties on U.S. iron and steel products; Canada lowered rates on beer, shrimp and oysters among other items. Other cuts affect exports of heavy machinery, office equip- canned fruits and'vegetables, airplanes and Judge Platt To Sentence Jack Green SPRINGFIELD, BL United States Attorney John Stoddart announced today tha Federal Judge Caspai Platt, Danville, has been assignee to carry out tiie mandate of th United States Supreme Court which affirmed a South era '11110618 District Court convic tion; of a labor union official. union official is Jac! Green, business agent for Labor ers' local 397, Granite City, con victed before the. late U.S., District Judge J.

Leroy Adair, Quin cy. Green was charged with violating the federal anti-racketeer ing act, along with the local union Judge Platt, said Stoddart, will come here July 2 to carry out the mandate of the U.S. Supreme Court. Following conviction of Green and the local union, Judge Adair allowed a defense motion lenging allegations in the indict ment, and be arrested judgment but the Supreme Court reverse him and ordered the sentence im posed. Because Adair has died since th Supreme Court acted, the U.S Appeals Court at Chicago directec that Platt carry out the highe court's mandate and impose seni ence.

Penalty against Green on tw counts could be a maximum of 2 years' imprisonment of $10,000 on each unio local faces a maximum fine $10,000 on each count. River Stages Lock It Dam 26 W. Bureau 7 a.m. Stage 3.6 Rise .08 (Zero 385.48 M.S.L. Sea Level 7 a.m Pool 418.86 Tailwater 399,12 hejHitocholangiocystoduodeuostomy Doctors' Have Tough Time With Reports i i OKLAHOMA CITX quite a turnover these days among stenographers for doctors and hospitals and it's no wonder men they have to spell words like he patocho langio pystoduo denos That Is the reason the University of Oklahoma Medical Center is offer on-the-job classes in medical terminology hoping to head off the rapid resignations, "Medical terminology is foreign to -employes when they start to work said Mrs.

Jessie Collier, administra- secretary Jn $e' Department plaiijed, of Surgery, The coujrse in medical spellin The aliped helpr ing the secrftery wji9 takes dictation Irani man, who anybody feaow to spell choje Simply, it means the formation a communication between the ga bladder and duodenum. And a hepato 'cholan gio oystp duo denostomy? That an operation to drain the -due into the duodenum by way of th gall bladder. Mrs. Collier said that one sten ographer typed a report on a pa tient on whom an "incision was made from the pointed chin to th Qtford." She should have written there was an incision from a poin on the chin to the occiput, or bac of the head, Mrs. ex my, and know what it means, vocabulary.

thus quite naturally grew out a demand torn some of the med cal center workers who kept su feriog pains in the occiput as th result ol i Deficiency el medical MO Wants Lights This formal request for the traffic survey has been made in preparation for the hearing set June 21 on the petition of Railroad to install traffic lights at the two corners. The hearing will be before Illinois Commerce Commission at ipringfield. At a preliminary hearing last April 6, the city entered opposition to the project of Mayor Struif making particular objection to any arrangement hat would result in increased costs to the city in handling the 3 iasa traffic problem. Following a trip to Springfield by City Counsellor O'Neill and City Engineer Fairfield, Wednesday, in which they conferred state highway officials, Fairfield said today: We propose to ask an appraisal of the Piasa traffic situation, particularly at the Third and Piasa crossing, by the Division of Highways, and hope the report will be available to the city before the June 21 hearing date." The formal application for the engineering survey as to feasa- bility of the traffic lights was be- ng prepared for transmittal today, the city engineer added, and will include a request that the study will be made in advance of the hearing on the 'proposal. The in its application seeks an order for the installation of traffic lights to be substituted for present city police protection at the two Piasa street crossings in the West End shopping district It asks that the city, county, and state share in cost of proposed signal light installation.

Mayor 'Struif at the initial hearing said the city pays about $18,000 at the present time to provide traffic policemen at the crossings with the contributing $6,100. A 60-day continuance was 'grantee for the further study of the lights proposal by the respondents. A representative of the Division of Highways at that time indicated the Division of Highways meantime might suggest a modified or alternative plan if its' assistance were formally requested by the City of Alton. Bidder on Air Conditioners EDWARDSVILLE L. L.

Refrigeration Co. of Alton was apparent low bidder on alternate proposals opened this morning for installation of window air conditioning units in courthouse offices. The firm's bid was $5,780 for furnishing and installing 21 conditioner units, and $17,409 on 64 units, varying in size from ton to two tons. Bids were received this morning by the County Board's courthouse committee under authorization voted at the supervisors' May session. The only other bid considered was received from State Radio Television Granite City, which submitted a figure of $6,325 on 21 units, and $18,898 on the second proposal for supplying and installing 64 window air conditioner units in courthouse offices.

A third bid re ceived was rejected because it failed to include prices on two- ton The first proposal called for installation of the following units; six 2-ton units, five of tons capacity, eight 1-ton units and two of tons. The second proposal, in which the specification called for 6' units, included 19 2-ton units 12 with tons capacity, 17 1-ton units and 16 with a capacity of tons. Committee Chairman Walter A. Schreiber of Alton said the low bid on; the separate ppsajs would, be submitted to the Board of Supervisors for action at Us June session. Mon St.

Louisan Tells of Red Membership ST. LOUIS Ann Yasgur fling told congressional investi- ators Wednesday she quit the tommunist party in 1947 because "a young man with whom I ell in love." "He strongly disapproved of the Communist party and its teach- ngs," she explained. "I just topped going to meetings." The 34-year-old housewife was witness before a subcommittee the House Committee on Un- American Activities. The group, eaded by Rep. Moulder (D-Mo), holding hearings on the extent Communist activities in the St.

Louis area. Mrs. Kling did not resort to the 'ifth Amendment, as have most those called to testify before iie committee. She said she was a member ol the Young Communist League at the University of Missouri, where she was graduated in 1944. She said she worked in the party's district office in St.Louis the winter of 1945 to the winter of 1946.

She acknowledged she is a sis ter-in-law of Ralph Shaw, identi fied by an earlier witness as former Communist party '-chair man' for Missouri. But she balked when asked name some 'of her associates ir the parity. "I have nothing to conceal," she said, "but I am not a tattle-tale don't want to snitch on any body." Rep. Moulder asked her wha she thinks of the Communis party now. "I think the Communist party in this country has become sor of a joke," she said.

Voices No Objection City Judge Streeper today Upheld the validity of judgments entered against defendants Ih eight suits on judgment notes given in the purchase of home reezer equipment. Then, he said that as a matter of equity le would enter remittiturs to reduce by 50 per cent the amounts to be paid by the defendants. About ten months ago, Muehl- ng Packing Co. of Wellston filed 36 suits in the Alton City Court to enforcement judgments notes iven in payment by the purchasers of freezer equipment. After judgments were entered, eight of the defendants, all represented by the same attorney, iled motions to "strike and open up" the judgments so that they might make a defense.

The mo- ion was recently argued, then the attorneys filed briefs. The eight defendants in the suits on which the 50 per cent remittitur decision was given are Gilford Griffin, Frank Watson, Joseph E. Martin, Wilbur Lawrence, Clyde Phillips, Orlando Watson, Frank Williams and Gerald Dillard. All were named defendants 'et aT (and others) in the filing of the suits. After study of the briefs and a review of high court decisions, Judge Streeper announced today "the court can only deny the motion of the defendants to strike the judgments." "However," he added, "the court feels that from an equitable standpoint the plaintiffs in Adults Guilty If Purchase Minor's Liquor SPRINGFIELD, General Latham Castle said today the Dram Shop Act makes an adult who purchases ant supplies liquor to minors an ac cessory and he may be prose cuted as a principal.

An opinion, issued at the request of State's Attorney John J. Bresee of Champaign County, spelled out these circumstances: "When an adult purchases enough alcoholic drinks to supply one or more minors who are with him in a tavern and gives one drink to each such minor both he and the minors as wel as the bartender and holder the license can be prosecuted under the Dram Shop Act." "It is hardly conceivable tha the liquor could be served as you suggest without arousing the in terest of the person selling or tha he could reasonably excuse his ac under the guise of innocence. Bar tenders are not that naive," Cas tie said. As to the adult, Castle suggested he could be prosecuted as an ac cessory since a jail sentence as well as a fine could be levied. these cases should do something for the defendants.

I therefore propose to enter a remittitur (a reduction) for 50 per cent of the judgments. In fairness to all concerned, I think that the attorney for the plaintiff should agree to such a remittitur." As attorney for the plaintiff packing firm, Harold G. Talley voiced no objection to the decision of the court, but suggested in return for the reduced judgments' there should be some sort of assurance that the eight defendants would abide by the decision and make settlement. "The plaintiff all along has been trying to treat the defendants with fairness," he averred. "But I have been told they object to making any settlement whatever.

If they have made up, their minds against any payment, there would be. no equity for the Muehling Packing Co. to meet them half-way and still have them refuse to settle on the reduced basis." Talley further asserted settlement proposals earlier had broken down with defendants' refusing to settle on a two-thirds basis. Attorney Ross Armbruster for the defendants commented that it was out of his power to offer a guarantee of payment on the 50 per cent basis. "But," he added, "I can't' believe they don't intend to pay." He assured the court that the decision be properly presented to his clients.

Judge Streeper. pointed wit that "If defendants don't pay under the modified judgment, the only course for them will be to appeal." He then asked the attorneys to prepare an order in each case in conformity to his decision. Attorneys said the judgments in the eight suits average between $500 and $600. (In the 36 original suits, judgment notes in a range from $370 up to $1,038 had been presented.) IVo Competition Vote for Ike Challenges Demos' Claim To Calif oraia SAN FRANCISCO President Eisenhower's million-plus Republican vote in the California presidential primary a strong challenge today to Democratic hopes for carrying the state in November. Adlal Stevenson went over the million mark too to trouncing Sen.

Estes Kefauver of Tennessee on the Democratic ticket, But Eisenhower, unopposed, came out of Tuesday's strictly party balloting with a higher tally, Republican leaders got ex- tra glow from two factors: registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by 782,000 and no campaign at all was waged in behalf of the TQ-delegate slate pledged Eisenhower lor the GQP Convention. Nearly complete retwrai California's Democratic, Stevenson 090. Eisenhower 1,165, it,.