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resswoman to Run Keep Aide (UP) Rep. Coya Knulson's husband said Friday it's all right with him if she runs again for Congress, so long she fires her. handsome mala lecretary. The husband, Andrew Knutson, 46, admitted' that his attractive, blond wife is probably too much in love with politics to go back to being just a housewife. But he insisted he doesn't want her in Washington so long as her good-looking executive secretary, Bill KjeldaW, is -with her.

"I wouldn't mind her slaying in Washington If only she'd get rid of that" Bill Kjeldahl," Knutson said in an exclusive interview with United Press. "I might even go to Washington. Wlro knows?" Mrs. Knulson, meanwhile, was reported to have made up her mind to go ahead with her campaign for a third term and to keep Kjeldahl, whether her husband likes it or not. The Minneapolis Star, in a copyrighted story under a Wash- ington dateline, said Mrs.

Knutson had been reached by telephone at a hideaway somewhere in Minnesota. The Star quoted the Democratic congresswomart as saying she believes the hubbub up by her husband has helped her chances for re-election. "1 have a better chance to be le-elected than for anything I have ever run for," the Star quoted Mrs. Knutson as saying. "This has stirred up interest and it has stirred up women." Mrs.

Knutson sai3 she believes her husband's "come home" plea was "inspired by my opposition" inside the Minnesota Democratic Party, the Star said. As for Kjeldahl, the Star quoted Mrs. Knutson as saying he "absolutely would continue in office." An aide in Mrs. Knutson's office quoted her as saying in a telephone conversation "somewhere in Minnesota" that "of course I am going to run" for a third term. Mrs.

Knutson added that she has "the greatest confidence" in Kjeldahl, the aide said. Mrs. Knutson's precise location remained a mystery. Both her husband and her ion, Terry, 18, said they had not heard ftom her; since Knulson publicly pleaded with his wife to come home. Knutson appeared to be modifying his public plea, issued Wednesday, that his wife give up thoughts of running for a third term.

At that time, Knutson said he wants his wife'out of politics on grounds that his home life has dwindled to nothing, she hardly ever- gets home, and Kjeldahl makes all of'Coya's political decisions for her, anyway. Knutson hasn't heard from -his Wife since-he issued the plea and neither has anyone else, except her office in Washington. It issued a statement from Knutson saying her family life was a private affair and indicating she would run for' Congress whether her husband liked it or not. Knutson, known in this northwestern Minnesota tamlet of 497 as "Andy," said he would be in Coya's corner, if she runs again "if she will just fire Kjeldahl." He elaborated on his previous charges that Kjeldahl threw his weight around in a "dictatorial" fashion. Knutson, operator of a seven- room hotel here, said his wife's secretary had threatened political office workers with loss of their jobs and that he is'unpopular in, Minnesota's 9th District.

XPRE ss Antonio Express A A I 5 Cents NO. 130--93RD YE4R SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1958 SAN ANTONIO AND VICINITY: Mild, scattered showers. 44 PAGES IN 4 SECTIONS TOP of the NEWS By PAUL. THOMPSON Associate Editor A local businessman tolci Maj. Gen.

Herbert L. Grills, "Lots of were shocked that you changed your position on Johnson." "Whaddya mean shocked?" the Lackland commander came back. "I never did want to fire Johnson, and said so." Grills pointed out that be put the ax to PX boss Phil Johnson on orders from high a against his own judgment. "Well," said businessman, a i another tack, "your blast at the Pentagon Ihe other day was most undiplomatic." "You don't say?" Grills replied, lidding: "Maybe you're right. But remember, I'm not in the diplomacy business and 1 never have been." The blunt-spoken, two-star general look the witness stand at Johnson's hearing Tuesday and charged that Pentagon big wheels were trying to run his base from 1,200 miles away and had made Johnson a goat.

Were there any repercussions since then? "Officially, no," said Grills during an interview. "Privately, many people have told me they were glad got up and said what I had to say. Some of these people were 'downtown civilians. They seemed happy about it." Still Mad Gen. Grills fired Col.

James A. Smyrl from his Lackland com- mand tor insubordination. Fifteen other generals upheld him, and also called for SniyrTs ouster from the Air Force. But James Douglas, aiv secretary, overruled! the generals in favor of colonel. Scattershot charges by Smyrl I led to an investigation of the Lackland PX system by the inspector general's office, and a resulted in dismissal of Johnson Farm Jobs, Store Sales Up i i INTO THE FINALS--These are the 12 jubilant winners of the Friday spelldown in the San Antonio News' fifth annual Bexar County Spelling Bee.

They will compete Saturday, beginning at 10 a.m., over KENS-TV. Across the top are, left to right, Donno Nixon Gets Warm Hello In Jean Grogg, Judy Pi tie, Myrna Simon, Susan Taylor, Carole Sands, Gloria Peterson and Barbara Kay Codena; next row, Barbara Merkelz, Jo Anne Herrick; at bottom, Larry Corbet, Nowell Didear and Bill Dooley. Other Staff Photos, Page 12-A. IN SPELLING BEE 12-Word Geniuses Remain for Finals for allegedly accepting from concessionaires, favors No less a person (ban Gen. Thomas chief of fired.

D. While, Air Force staff, ordered Johnson QUITO, Ecuador, l.fl--Vice President Kk'hnixl Nixon a wavm and orderly reception here friday. It took seven rounds to wtnnov He also received a list of pro- 93 champion spellers clown to posals involving U. S. loan orl an even dozen Friday afternoon Grills said the whole thing was one-sided and apparently rigged.

"The first lime around, I met with those investigators and we nil agreed a 1 was tn compose an evaluation of Johnson," he went on. "The next time around, before I'm through with the evaluation, the same fellows come in and inform me a Johnson is fired. "They never touched base with me or even tipped their hats at me. That's just not kosher and I'm going to tell the inspector Sec THOMPSON, Page 4A grants railing up lo three million dollars. Ecuador's Vice President Francisco Illingworlh, Quito's Mayor Carlos Andrade Marin, and com mandcrs Ecuador's armed forces officiated at military honors for Nixon on his arrival by plane from Peru.

U. S. Ambassador Christian Ra- vndal was among those who greeted Nixon on the sixth slop of in the Express Publishing Co. Auditorium. They were all that good.

The occasion was the fifth annual Bexar County Spelling Bee sponsored by San Antonio News. To Compete on IV "This contest is just ono of many things San Antonio News and Express are doing to cause of education," Ed Ray, his South Aermican good will tour. executive editor of tlie two news- Prior to his a i a a scheduled' Papers, told the audience. roundlable conference with Ecna- dorcan students and labor leaders was cancelled. The cancellation followed the demonstration in Lima Thursday when stones and spit greeted at San Marcos, Peru's oldest university.

The Peruvian students bad kept! Pronounced was Harold Carr, KENS-Radio program director. Judges were Brolher Anthony Frederick of St. Mary's University and Dr, Owen Reamer of Trinity University. Bll Bellamy, promotion director of the News and Express, was of ceremonies. will compete in Ihe payoff spelldown before tlie cameras of KENS-TV from 10 till 11 a.m.

Saturday are: Barbara Kay Cadena, 331 Cherry Ridge eighth-grader in Ursulitic Academy. Nowell Didear, 13, 45-1 Pamela eighth-grader in Hot Wells. Bill Dooley, 11, 36G Eland, sixth- grader in diaries Arnold. Larry Corbet, 12, 175 Cherry Ridge seventh-grader in St. Gregory's.

Jean Gragg, 12, 203 i seventh-grader Sec NIXON', Page 4A, The a i a i who KEEPING SCORE IN BASEBALL WORLD AMERICAN LEAGUE New York Washington Kansas Cily Ilmlnn Clrvr-lanil IMrill I0 I .611 ....111 12 4'S 5 11 .113 6'j FfiirMvs s. Cleveland 0 Vork a i 6 Ttostrm n. nRUlmove IX-lroll 7. CUJ 1 S.ITMIIUVS a i nt New VoiX ICH) vs. fi.r.l 11-21.

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Run A 7, 6 IS 12 .652 .522 3 .532 3 Ml .4011 5 6' 1 Clirlstl a A Kl MouMon Dallm At Vir-lnrln Forl Cotpin TuUft Al Ban Antonio Donna Cresham AVilshire, Jo Anno Herrick, 12, 311 Crcs- ham seventh-grader In Incarnate Word. Barbara Mcrkclz, 12, 723 Pen- nystone, sixtli-griider in St. Margaret Mary, Gloria Peterson, 14, 232 Brandywine, eighth-grader in Holy Rosary. Judy Pillc, 13, 201 Emporia, eighth-grader in St. Peter Prince of the Aposllcs.

Carole Sands, 12, 427 Waring seventh-grader in Ridgevicw. Myrna Simon, 11, 310 Oblate seventh-grader in Ml. Sacred Heart. -Susan Taylor, 12, 301 Kennedy in Alamo Heights. Took Heavy Toll The contest Friday was Ihe Scs SPELLING, TaRe 4A Sco the anliqua Jewelry display at Josko's Diamond Pay, Prices Freeze For Year Proposed HOT SPRINGS, Va.

HV-A proposal that President Eisenhower call for a one-year moratorium on wage und price increases was laid Friday before the Commerce Department's Business Advisory Council. The council, an advisory group of industrialists, is holding its spring meeting with Secretary of Commerce Weeks, Secretary of Defense McElroy and other government officials. Tho wage-price moratorium proposal was submitted by a special committee formed at Weeks' request and beaded by T. V. Houser, chairman of Sears, Roebuck Co.

Committee members urged that all emergency measures be considered in the light of inflationary risks. As a means of preventing a ther decline in public purchasing power and possibly to encourage price reduction, the committee said President Eisenhower should issue a call for a moratorium on further wage rate increases by labor and on corresponding price increases by business. It said the business community should do its part by pushing strong selling campaigns, improving products and culling cosls and, where possible, continuing plant expansion and modernization programs at reasonably stable levels throughout this year and next. The committee recommended against any general tax reduction at this time, but said should the government bo faced wilh Ihe alternative of tax reduction or equivalent spending on projects not otherwise contemplated, the committee unanimously favors tax IN KENTUCKY, DENVER Floods Rout Families UNITED PRESS Floodwaters drove families to the second stories of their homes in Catlettsburg, Friday and cut off an entire section of Denver. Hail, Rain Lash Parts Of Texas ASSOCIATED PRESS Cooler air spread over most of Texas Friday touching off a hail storm in Central Texas and light rains at Texarkana, College Station and Palacios.

Hail as large as baseballs battered Cedar Valley northwest of Austin. Smaller hail was reported at other communities around the capital. Winds of tornadic force caused one of the widest spread power failures in West Texas Thursday night In 25 years. More a 100 towns in the Abilene and San Angelo areas were darkened when winds burled telephone lines into a transfer north of Abilene. Power was cut off at 8:30 p.m.

at the big West Texas utilities plant at Paint Creek in Haskell County. Sau Angelo was dark for 40 minutes. As tloodwaters from last week's drench rains churned toward (lie Gulf, more thunderstorms were forecast for Northeast Texas dur- ng the next five days. Moderate, scattered thundcrshowcrs were in the nffinr; for West Texas Monday or Tuesday. a i in the northeast mighl aggravate Hie flooded Red Rvcr which was near a crest at Shrove- port at 33.58 feet.

The- Uraios was expected to rise slowly from Waco to Wash- mgloii.on-lhe-Brazos and fall from Richmond to East Columbia. Tlie Trinity Rivur stage at Dallas remained stationary at 31.3 at Dallas, 1,3 feet above flood slage. Forecasters said the Trinity would continue Its slow fall from Trinidad to Long Lake. Flooding will continue downstream i the flood stage, reaching Riverside May 12. Tlie river wns expected to crest at Riverside May 14 at 48 feel, and at 28.5 feet at Liberty May 17.

Tornado were reported sighted Thursday night near Chil- licotlie and Haskell. There was no report of damage. Rain reported in 24 hours lo a.m. Friday included Lubbock 1.37 inches, F.lcclra .84, Childrcss .71, Wichita Falls .37, Del Rio .13, Dalliart .10, El Paso and Junction .02, and Abilene and Sherman .01. Home Rises Another major flood crest rolled down the Ohio River, flooding homes and closing schools.

New storms crackled over Texas and Oklahoma, but skies cleared and flood threats cased in oilier parts of the Southland. Kentucky's weoklong Hood ordeal reached its climax as the swollen Big Sandy's crest swept down on Calleffsmirg, where (lie river joins (lie Oliio. A crest of 57.7 feet, nearly six feet above flood stage, was cx- peclcd Friday night and town's flood wall was only three quarters completed. Return lo Homes About 250 families fled to temporary quarters in the city hall, first storing their furniture in freight cars. Other families were living on the lop floors of their homes, while the first floors were under water.

Auxiliary police from Ashland, moved in to help wilh flood relief and lo keep persons from the thousands of flood unauthorized area. Upstream, refugees returned to tlieir liomes nt PainfsvUlc, Prestonburg and Martin, as the Dig Sandy's walcrs receded rapidly. While the Kentuckians wise in the techniques of Hood- fighting, Denver was caught ofl guard by two inch downpour which assumed cloudburst proportions in Ilic ustiiilly nritl cily. Fear for Denver Two days of rain isolated Den ver's southeast section. Some slrecls became rivers from curb lo curb and sandbagging started along Soulli Side business streets, Tlie Valley Highway, a main traffic artery, was closed la a i Denver officials said damage so far was not serious.

But they feared what would happen to poorly-drained Denver if the rains continue. Hack in the (lie Ohio's flood Ohio, crest threatened southern Indiana and Illinois. Today's Chuckle Sign in a Navy research office: "If it works, it's obsolete." WASHINGTON (AP)-Upturns in some economic fields, including farm employment and retail sales, were reported by the government Friday. Farm employment increased more than normal in April, the Agricullure Department a i bringing the work force to within one per ccnl of the number holding jobs a year ago. The number of family and hired workers on farms the last week of April was given as a 'JO per cent Increase over the last week of March.

Wheat Outlook Good Coupled with this was a department forecast of a bumper winter wheat crop of about 1,010,000,000 bushels ami prospects of excellent hay and forage crops. This money promised lo put moro in farmers' pockets but may give new'headaches to officials struggling-with surpluses of sucli ci'ops as wheat. Housing activity also picked up in several fields last month. Nearly 22,000 new dwelling i were started Federal Housing Administration Inspection in April. It was a more than seasonal increase of 33 per cent ovcf March volume and 82 per cent above April 7.

Appraisal Bids Up appraisal of proposed homes under the GI loan proRrnni were up 195 per cent over March, according to the Veterans Administration. Reporting on Ihe whole housing picture, the Labor Department said bousing put under construction last totaled 95,000 units. An increase over March occurred in all arras and Ihe unit a was a i nbove April 1957. The Commerce Department reported relail sales incrcaed two per cent in April, witii durable goods scoring gains. Such durables as autosj appliances and heavy machinery have been hard- cst hit in tlie recession.

The report was based on preliminary figures, adjusted for seasonal factors. Unemployment among workers covered by unemployment insurance declined by 63,000 the week ended April 2G, (he Labor Department reported, This left unemployment in this category at 3,. 265,700, the department said. For- Sec UPTURM, Page 4A Army Works On Chemical Weapon WASHINGTON (UP) The Army is working on a new chemical weapon which It hopc.s will render enemy troops posvcr- less by making them act irrationally, it was disclosed Friday. Testimony mado public by a House Appropriations subcommittee also revealed the Army sought to develop a chemical that would cause temporary blindness and disarm enemy soldiers without killing them.

WEEKEND MEMO ARMED FORCES DAY band concert, 8 p.m., Sunken Garden, ty massed bands of Randolph, Lackland, Fort Sam Houston and Brooke Army Medical Center. FISHING on the coast "fnir and live bait plentiful." IMSKBALL, Ttilsji vs. the Missions Saturday; Victoria vs. the Missions Sunday, Mission Stmllum. I'OLO, San Antonio vs.

Dallas, Sunday 2:30 p.m., Miller Field. MOVIES, sec ads on" I'agc 5-B. A SB Cattle 13C Comics 4D Sporh Astro 7D Church 7B MWs 12C, 13C TV 5D Bridge SD Clasi OU IK Weather.