The Pocono Record from Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania • Page 1

DEBRIS CLEARANCE work by the State Dep quietly as righti-ol-entry STATE DEPARTMENT of Forests and Walei-s announ- last night it is proceeding'with its extensive debris clear- ance program ns 'quickly, ns resolutions and rights-of-entry are obtained. department said the necessary forms liave been turn- ed into the local flood control that it recently was able to begin a new debris clearance project along tlie Brorlheads in Strond Township, from Hie hni'tli township line to Stokes Mill, a distance of four miles. Ike Pushes Second Term March 1 OR President Eisenhower thrust his hid Into the sin and California primaries to- tiny in tltc.niidst of political gales blowing up over his health and i i male, Party battle lines for the on- cmning campaign formed swiftly Around (he a issue. Democrats on the "pan-time president" theme and set up Eisenhower's a as key issue on grounds the Presi- dent already had done so himself. Adlai Stevenson said in New York the "canhol be con- ducted' on a a i busts." predicted a such Indies would backfire and co.st the DiMiiocrnls votes.

Decision Made Eisenhower, hacked uj his big decision to try for another term willi assurances to the American people hist nigh I that, in spite ot his September heart attack he is able to handle his presidential 'duties as well as. ever now and "indefinitely." So, he said, "I shall accept' 1 the presidential renorninat'ion lie is sure to get. At the same time, he said, i will he a man operating under 1 doctors' or- ders, and a lighter working sched- ule. i i from words lo action, Kisenhower today the pa- pers which will put his name Into Ihe GOP primaries In Wisconsin April 3 In California June fi. His consent was required in those slates a he gave And he will be in primaries in half a doxeti oilier states where his con- sent wnais't needed.

Name Entered Throe Republican House mem- bers were lapped to fly to Wiscon- sin tonight with the President's signed entry for the primary, 1 Vice President Nixon, Senate Republican Leacfer knowland of California and Gov. ''Goodwin nigh of California were picked to sponsor Eisenhower in their slate. Knowland, who had presidential amb'fttons of his own until Eisen- hower's hal-ln-rlng announcement yesterday, predicted California Republicans will i behind the chief executive; that the President will be nominated a i at the GOP notional convention start- Ing" Aug. 20 in Snn Francisco. Although- lie bypassed a direct answer to a question whether he was backing Nivon, he told a news conference he assumes his fellow Californinn will get second place on (he ticket once more.

In. addition, the local oflice re- ported, it has begun hank pro- tection along the Brod- heads in Stroudsburg. Request Mtute However, Pocono Township sup- ervisors have recently con- sklciable time trying to contact owners of properly along Porono and Swift water creeks, so that rightg-of-cnlry may be procured nnd new debris clearance projects can be started there. Supervisors requested properly owners who have nof signed such forms to contact them immediately. Meanwhile, the local flood con- trol ofllce reminded thai the as- surances and rights-oi-entry are a "governing factor" behind progress of the department's debris clear- ance program.

The stale department indicated it will be nble to "push right along" on Is work ns soon ns these forms tire returned to the local ollioe. Timber Available It also indicated i a debris clearance work should not he thwarted by any lack of workmen, supervisors or equipment. The deparlment noted Hint II Is i i turn over. some of the timber in these projects to it cannot meet request of several owners that workmen cut the trees Into stove lengths, and it must also Insist that thc-Juniber be removed from (he project as quickly as possible. Earlier, the a an- nounced that, following receipt of proper assurances, debris clearance work will be done on all major streams.

En Monroe, Pike, and Northampton counties, along with parls of Wayne and Lehlgh coun- ties. Leader Welcomes Mr. Eisenhower's Decision To Run March 1 Ml-- Gov. Ll-nder said today he wel- comed President Elsenhower's de- cision io run for reflection and ex- pects the President's health will be nn i a issue. He said he accepted policy set down by Paul Butler, Dsmo- jMatic' national a the issue will be Joined on whether the President after his heart attack will be able to weather another four years in White House.

The governor told his weekly news "I 'feel strongly the record of the Elsenhower ad- ministration is going to be the is- sue of the campaign national Sessions Held March 1 Wi-- Federal mediators, hejd All-day ses- sions today on the 137-day West- inghouse. Electric strike and kept ihe a going tonight. ANCE work is conducted along Poccmo Creelc, above the roller rinV In Stroud Township, I A PILE OF BRUSH is set afire by laborers engaged In ths Pocono epartment or Foresfs and -Waters, which is proceeding with such work in other-areas of property, involved in such projects are per- ts-of-enlry are a i mltied to keep some of this lumber If they move it away quickly. Rights-Of Entry Neee'stw: Before Work Can Start MAGNITUDE OF THE debns clearance work heavy trees and filled sireams with rocks and is uproofed other heavy debris. (Staff Photo by MacLeod) The Weather.

Strong Rusty possibly torVtl showers moving cast during nicht. Considerable clniiiliiicss, windy iind warm i scattered thunderstorms tortnj, Fair, colder tonight mid Saturday. VOL. 62---NO: 284 Telephone 320 STROUDSBURG--EAST STROUDSBUKG, FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1956 FIVE CKNTS Accord On Sales Tax Reached By Senate GOP; Passage Forecast Witness Corroborates Information 1M1 S-. ax Compromise Released About Lavish -Party Reached I'cter Jolin 'Lorenzet Peter Lorenzet Fatally Hurt In Baltimore TJOTKH John Loretizet, 17, died early yesterday morning in a Bal- timore, Aid-, hospital of injuries suffered when he loll from a.scat-.

folding working, The a. m. in Lutheran Hospital there, lie had been injured in the a at about 3 p. in. Wednesday.

He WAS employed ns nn appren- tice bricklayer by K. Conll and Sons contracting firm In Baltimore. He was on the job when the ac- cident occurred. The youth was 3055 graduate of Etfsi Stroudshui'g High School. A member of the varsity football team at that school, lie was a.

reg- ular tackle on the learn in his sen- ior year. Ho was a member of St. Matthew's Roman Catholic Church, East Stroudsburg. Sen-Ices Saturday Requiem mass -will be said at the church Saturday 01.9:30 m. G.

i will say the mass, Inlerment will be made In Gates of Heaven section, Lnurelwood Cemetery, Friends may call from 7 to t) p. in, at Lfmterman funeral home, where'Rosary services will be con- ducted at 8 p. m. He is survived by his parents, James and Betly Pooi Islrn T.or- enzel, 60 Lackawnnna East Stroudsburg; a stepbrother, Harry Porter, East on; sister, Lucille, at home; his paternal prEindpar- enls, Mr. and Mrs.

Peter Lorenzet, Pen Avgyl and his maternal grand- parents, and Mrs. John Pooil- a Stromlshurg. Lenten Meditation By npv. John II. 1-ncltey Dutch Itcforincil Church, Bnslilclll "I AM in them." St.

John 17:10. Glory Is something like mutl- pllcntlon. It Is something good, or or beautiful, multiplied hy cntnmon consent mirt demand. For example, It the natloiH of tint world Hhonld finally deride: the! bctt form of Kfovcriinicnt and way of lifo IH (ho American, their cholcfl would them (o brcotiid the glory of theso Unllnl nmlitipUca- lloii nt the United of, America. snid, "I am glorified In thorn, 1 lie wns speaking Jll.i disciples, Imt at same lime lie had in mind nil them tnot would believe in Him.

They were to become the mulllpliration, of Himself. Once His voice alone cried message of the Gospel of God. Now mnny voices cry a Gospel. Once His hands alone were extended in compassion and el pf ul ess to a hu rd cne'd ai id sickened world. Now many hands are similarly extended.

Ho Is in His own. The question for'us during this Lenton season Is, are we, indivi- a and personally, a multi- plication of Iho Ixrd Christ? Or He slnnd our midst a stranger to our i altitude! --our-kind of thinking--and kind of actions? For only as He, in all He was, fn nil He and In nil Ills In us the dr.iirc If. a i and reaffirm i Is He Soviet Balloons Have Flown Over U. S. Territory WASHINOTOX, Arnrcli 1 i-iV-The United Slates told Russia today that Soviet balloons have over U.

S. territory--thai is, Alas- ka--just as U. S. balloons have flown over Soviet territory. An American note to Krem- lin asked in effect: So what are you'complaining about? "It is illogical," said (lie note mndc public hy the State Depart- ment, "that the Soviet government should one rule for It.seJf a another for the rest of the With thai, the U.

S. government sought to wash Its hands of the- whole I suggested that a i Nations agency, take over the controversy by trying lo work out "a jolril program-for the util- ization of techniques ntid equip- ment" for weather in- formfiilon with balloons. DELAlVAItB WATEll GAP State Sen. Joseph J. Yosko (D- Norlhampton) said r'd a that a party held by the Dela- ware i JoiiU Toll Bridge Com- mission in December, 1953, showed a total disregard for the taxpayer's money." Yosko headed a Pennsylvania legislative committee- which niet at the commission's administration building (o "scrutinize," expenses listed by the commission, for the parly which marked the opening of a bridge here, Seven Pretty Models "It was a lavish party," said Yoslio, adding, tliat seven pretty models attended.

He said the mo- dels were hired lo attend a cock- tail gathering which preceded the dinner. "It was apparently their (the models) function to sSand around and look beautiful. That 1 all right, I guess, hut ,1 wonder the commission could not have hired a half dozen local girls who would have been just as beautiful, it -nol more so, and probably less expensive." Yosko said testimony taken yes-VTESTIMONY REGARDING a "lavish party" given at a hotel in 1953 by the Delaware River lerday from Eric Schucharid, man- ager of the Penn-Stroud Hotel where Ihe parly was held, corro- borated Information released by Govs. George Loader of Pennsyl- vania and Robert B. Meyner of New Jersey last week.

The gov- ernors charged former com- missioners and the present chair- man with criminal in spend- ing 1 federal for lavish pro- jects. At the conclusion of the hear- ing, Sen. Yosko and his committee made a tour ot the commission's Joint Toll Bridge Commission was taken at Delaware Waier Gap yesterday by the Legislative Investi- A I March 1 Republicans to- i night flatly predicted passage of the 3 per cent sales lax on the basis of a new agreement fixing the revenue estimate 'at 322 million.dollars, i "We will luive 26 Republican, voles for this tomorrow," said Sen. Jlahany, Republican leader. "It 'will pnss with ant any question," Lending sin official air to the agreement was Iiy the Seoale Finance' Committee lo- night nf the sates tax together i businc.ss levies i in all 1 would yield 439 million dollars.

Tux On Furs The new ngrccment wns reached on the basis "of a compromise nn the lint issue of clothing should be taxed. Mahany said only furs, or i gar- subject to federal excise levies he taxed, No other clothing would be tax- ed. Other parts of the agreement call for bringing restaurant ineal.s costing more than 50 cents gating Committee. Eric Schuchnrd, Penn Stroud Hoiel manager, is shown testifying before Rep. Meh- and Sen.

Yosko (D-Norfhamplon). Rep. Yetter not also present at the hearing. administration buildings at the Gap. James Drury, i collections guided the parly on the tour.

Klnhorutf- lliiililinff Said Yosko a the tout-: "It seems silly to me to construct elaborate building at each a bridge site, a Initiding that rc- CfuH'fes llie employment of only one person to do Ihe general clerical anrt accounlitig worlj." The one story, brick i i In- cludes clerical offices, lunch rooms, showers and maintenance ga- rage, There arc three lunch rooms, one for the offi- cers, one for female help and one for maintenance employes. ISiaff Photo by i i had been designed ac- lo a "caste system." The senator suggested tnal one large lunch rmni routd liave been tntill to accommodate all employes. CJDV. charged timt expen- ses for Iho Penn Stroitd party to- inled which Included Jloral muffs for the group of models. Voskn said il appeared a i the chanipagno and Miss Lucy Expelled By University BIRMINGHAM, March'-1 Wi--The University Alabaiiia's trustees ''permanently expe'lfed" Negro coed Authcrine Lucy on dis- ciplinary grounds at a secret meeting last night.

The action, which leaked oul early today, came within hours after U.S. District Court Judge H. Ilohart Grooms ordered the 26- ycar-old former school teacher re- a i to the a 1 s'a campus by Monday. 4 Miss Lucy, first Negro ever en- rolled at the. 125-year-old schooj, was suspended Feb.

6 after three days' ot by students" and "outsiders" over her The. I 1 g.h a ni charged In her. suit seeking re ad- i a a university authori- ties conspired in the, mob" action. The charges were, withdrawn at the opening of the hearing yester- day. In Montgomery, the House of Representatives adopted a resolu- tion to establish a legislative com- mittee to doturmine If the National Assn.

for the Advancement of Colored People Is Communist con- trolled. Flics To New Yorjt NKW-YOKK, March 1 W-Negro co-ed A Lucy flew I New York City fnr medical treat- ment today, a she was expelled from (ho nlt-whlte Uni- versity ot Alabama. She sought "rest, peace and quiet." Demands' Meyner Appear To Explain $4,50 Fee Received From Bridge Commission March reorganization meeting of the Delaware JUv- 'eJpjpint Toll Bridge Commission ended today in a hot exchange of words on whether Gov. Meyner of Mew Jersey, should 'explain In person $150 lawyer's fee he once received. Pennsylvania's Slate, Treasurer Weld en B.

Heyborn and New Jer- sey i a Commissioner Dwight H- G. Palmer clashed on whether a motion was approved that would require Meyner to ap- pear at the commission's nost meeting tentatively scheduled for 33. i Tells Of Foe A't his Phillip.shurg home, Mey- ner: told a reporter: "X' and a attorney wero appointed by Warren County ns a condemnation commit- tee in two cases involving the Adlai Attacks Idea March 1 (A-- Adlal E. Stevenson said lodny that Pres- Ideni'rliLsenhower "spent 20 niln- nlghl telling Ameri- can people, not what be i.s going to 'do, but rather rwha I Jic Is not going to do." i Slevenxtin, candidate the Pempcrnllc presidential nomina- tion, Issued his comment on the President's TV radio announce- ment. just before leaving for neapolla by plane, i lo deliver a speech tomorrow nt the Univer- sity of Minnesota.

commission. (he i of Knowlton. "I received a tee of $450 for both en sea. wns lalev decided my fee should be paid by com- mission rather llian town- ship." New Jersey's three bridge com- missioners, Palmer, Acting Stale Treasurer Robert Finley and assistant counsel to Meyner, David C. Thompson, went to meet- ing with 10 resolutions i to reorganize Ihe commission.

Il was tir.sl meeting of the Son Born To Widow Ot Skip Price A son wns horn to I lie 1 wife of the Jute Clinmiccy (Ship) I'rlce. nt 5 in. yestrrdny nt (icnernl Hospital. Mrs. li'rtcc of Cresco Rave lilrtK to her third uhlld Just i more tlian two weeks after her 30-year-old rnrjicnter hmbiiml lost out in n1ient halllo rtgalnst death.

1 us he known to hundreds of Monroe County dial Feb. 14. A homoplillin Miffcror frnm lilrtli, entered (icnernl Hos- plinl Dec. 2, because of In- tcrnnl bleeding caused by nn ulcer. Surgery mid 380 ulnlx of blroil wi 1 rr, used In rJfort (o Mt-c hli life.

commission since New Jersey and Pennsylvania a mi Linked I a a that they wore investigat- ing alleged lavish spending by bridge agency. Pen sylvan iiu is A None of the present commissinn- ers are involved in the investiga- tion. Pen sylvan in was represented by Hey hum, stale auditor Gen- eral Charles R. Bnrher mid Ihe sales levy i the valn-j of a i on now mer- chandise. Liquor and boer served in res- taurants or taprooms would not be to the levy.

Con I would be exempt but elec- tric, gas and fuel oil bills wou'd be taxable. JlMrnssetl Industry "The roal I in Pennsyl- vania is a distressed Indus 11' said in explanation, "That is why we didn't tax it." of less a would be graduated Ifiis way; 10 cents or less, no tax; 11 cents throtisrh 40 cents. I prr ct-nt: 41 cents 70 cents, 2 rout, and 71 or more, 3 prr cent. a a said- Ihe 322 i i dol-- lar sales tax package would be of an i package a would yte'd million dollai.s in revenue in the remaining 14 months of (lie Common wen Ith's current twn-yoar fiscal period. The reiiminrter of I fie package calls 1.

Incren-iing 5 per rent cor- porate net income tax lo per rent on business (26 millions). 2. Speeding up collodion of the increased corporate net income lax 0 millions). 3. Speeding up roflccli'm of (ho way Joseph Lnwlcr, wlio presided in (he loV-nce 5 i i enpilal stork tax and i Leslie Brown tif Tren- Bi'own has ti re- sign his past ns suggestod by Mey- Bnrber votes on reform resolutions, including thos Hint provided for a new set of by-laws nnd railed for legis- latures of both slates give I i governors veto power over com- mission 1 members.

pan ing (hp exompl ion for Penn- sylvania a a from the millions). nor. 1. Bonst I he revenue i a and Hcyburn blocked from the existing 5 per mit "most fnr-rtwhmg i porate nrt income lax (30 mil- Trop To 2 IVrci-nt The sale tax would i a ly drop to 2 por cent on 1 3957, untlor (he ensure. It would continue? i i i at 2 per cent, "I 1 i i Iho people will satis- fied i this lax progrnm," fn- hnny Inld nrwsmen.

The decision ended IS of hohind-lhe-scnnes among COP senators nn Ihe question of Leonard Hnll threw his wcighl xcmpHiig i Rejected were solidly behind -Vice President i a full find on today for another term. as Homs of It was an I a political ol h1ng costing $50 or mojx-. boost for Nixon, whom some Kc- publlcans I tike lo see Nixon Receives Hall Eiidorscinenl WASHINGTON, Sfsirrh 1 dropped from ticket, and per- haps put away In a Cabinet post. Halt held a news conference in the Young Republican wing ot the a i a GOP headquarters. He planted himself in front nf a huge photograph of, President Elsen- hower and Nixon, rtml declaimed: Daunlitcr For Singer SANTA MONICA, 1 'A-- Singer Jo a gave i tn a a al St.

John's i todny, pound 0-ounro Amy Anne. Site her husband, Fan I Wcston, rrcnrd i executive, have a son, Timothy John,.