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Oklahoma Historical Society 'VlenMa City 9 okinhAmAT la MIAMI DAILY Co t5tx agot4RE mo Ili 1-10n MIAMI OKLA MONDAY JANUARY 26 1959 Pub) shed Every Evening 1 Exceot Saturday) and Sunday Mommg by Worn Newspapers int 56TH YEAR NO 179 8 PAGES DAILY 5 CENTS-SUNDAY 15 CENTS 1 4't -mat '-i41 7 1 -'t 11' 4 'II: la V' Notes From Your Town 1 tityttr tflt csj T-'-1 Ic'eAr ikioit 'r't1 lir I 1-' 7 1 is 'lit 1i 1 like Seeks prompt Hawaiian Decision LITIp 446N 1 44w' tA fiJ4 -t1111001 1 lbSt ik I 1 :1 7:) i 3 g' AIX Al i tti 1-ur'7 11" A Red Danger Argument Is Doused by Seaton Bank Robbery Suspect Held In Tulsa Jail 'i'''4: 346---: 40" -44w4a0 y- 4-7TA AK itce1: -f-k- ----46 1 04:: 0: -or -A 'y71r71r4rx1--' 5 4 1 4- 7 biLos: iii oat- 04 gliiikii46" oloolle' 1 1 1 ''-') Ao0 vt-31AIN I 1 qttill koes 4 if 5 4 4ilie 44t fp 4 Ye lot kki- 46 1'04' 't 0 'j 44' 7 't ''7timoi i I COAST GUARD INLAND Coast Guard rescue boat cracks through the Ice-covered water above the streets of Meadville Pa carrying residents to safety About 4000 persons were evacuated from the Pennsylvania community hardest hit by the flood Bone-chilling cold brought added misery and damage figures mounted as ice replaced flood waters Miami Drizzle Turning to Ice Howard Says Dry Blasts Are Unfair WASHINGTON Eisenhower administration asked Congress today for immediate action to make Hawaii the 50th state Interior Secretary Fred A Seaton laid down the administration's position in testimony before the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee Ile said Hawaii has met every test for statehood and "earned the right to fair and equal treatment" with the other 49 states Seaton flatly rejected an arguNerve Bluff ment that "persists in some quarters that Hawaii is suscepti- to control by Communists" St Potent "The fact is that the people of 'Hawaii time after time 'mei Castro Guns utterly rejected the Communist lphilosophy and every attempt of Rebels Chipped Away Communists to influence their' lgovernment" he said At Army Morale Seaton pointed out that Hawaii' Finally Won wrote into its proposed state constitution a provision prohibiting By PHIL NEWSOM 1 any Communist from "holding 1 UPI Foreign News Editor public office or public employ-1 In March of last year Fidel'ment of any kind" Castro a roan about whom the The interior secretary was the outside world knew little chewedfirst witness in hearings on a bill' thoughtfully on a cigar in a Cubanto let Hawaii follow Alaska into rebel retreat deep in Oriente'the union Supporters confident of Province's Sierra Maestre Moun-'early sat set March 29 as tains tentative goal for House pasI "Batista has made fools of the'sage Cuban people for 17 years" he ''We need Hawaii as an equal' said "They won't stand it anypartner as much as Hawaii needs' longer" Istatehood" Seaton said Province's Sierra Maestre Moun-t tains "Batista has made fools of the Cuban people for 17 years" he said "They won't stand it any' longer" Istatehood" Seaton said I Native of Grove Area Is Charged TULSA (UPI) A suspect in the $14014 robbery Jan 12 of a Fairbanks Alaska bank was to be arraigned before Commissioner Lawton Bragg today on bank robbery charges brought against him Sunday night Richard Alvin Woodring 36 was arrested here last night by FBI agents at the home of relatives He surrendered without a struggle and was held in Tulsa County Jail overnight Woodring is a native of the Point Pleasant area near Grove Oklahoma FBI special agent-incharge Wesley Grapp said Woodring was named in a Corn plaint signed by Commissioner Ladessa Nordale in Fairbanks The suspect's wife and two chitdren live in Fairbanks I Grapp said Woodring was accused of holding up the Airport Way branch of the Alaska National Bank of Fairbanks on Jan 12 The lone gunman who had held 1 up the hank had escaped on foot through the bank parking lot The gunman had a revolver way La aat11 IA Lau MitSititt riaLlon al Bank of Fairbanks on Jan 12 The lone gunman who had held up the bank had escaped on foot through the bank parking lot The gunman had a revolver IMPOSTOR Ferdinand Demara 36-year-old impersonator has cropped up again School officials in Winchendon Mass believe he is the man who disappeared from a teaching job there Other past "occupations" Include surgeon monk and deputy sheriff Two young Ottawa county men I left from Miami this morning for Oklahoma City and induction into the Army Amos Hawks Selective Service board secretary identified the pair as John Douglas Mapes rural Seneca and Tommie Lee Simmons' Tom Snyder feels today he's pretty lucky and not without reason Manager of Nelson Furniture' Tom went to the store Sunday afternoon to catch up on some Nvork He found an overhead fan-type heater literally red-hot Only a few minutes more and the building surely would have been ablaze By the time firemen arrived to douse the threat the heat was so intense that solder in venting connections had melted and overhead timbers were blistered It was the kind of experience to give any businessman nightmares In the absence of a local safety campaign to prevent deaths from fumes Ottawa county attorney Jim Reed feels that the public' should be warned about dangers1 from open and unvented stoves especially during severe coldi waves Reed helped investigate a death here last week that was attributed to accidental asphyxiation as a result of inadequate venting of a stove and water heater Oklahoma' had eight or more accidental as phyxiation deaths in recent weeks "Conditions that caused those accidents are common all over town" Reed said "If stoves are not vented or the venting is Inadequate fresh air should be allowed to enter a room through a partially-opened window" he added Another Miami man who prefers to remain anonymous believes parents and officers should dol something to stop the increasingl number of youngsters who are driving cars in downtown Miami i and the surrounding area despite' the fact that they are too young to have a license "I am having a hard time convincing my 14-year-old boy he can't use our car just because his friends the same age are permitted to drive by their he remarked Junior 4-1I'ers over Ottawa 12 and will assemble at the Civic Center in Miami Tuesday for "fun flute" activities As many as 100 boys and girls may attend along with coaches and parents reports Raymond Gregory assistant county farm agent 11 Fanfani Group In Italy Fold AM OF OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI) Gov Howard Edmondson today accused the United Drys of being unfair in their charges that he had promised not to ask the Legislature to submit repeal to a vote of the people He also pointed to some pasti speeches of United Dry leaders to show alcoho they think is a special election annon Hopes on democratic only! when the vote is against sucht beverages I Dr Sam Scantlan dry executivel I To Avow russ secretary charged over the week- end that Edmondson had promised' two days before the runoff pri-1 To Attend Skin mary that he would not seek a repeal vote through the Legisla-1 Trooper's Rites ture 1 Edmondson contended the drys i OKLAHOMA CITY had quoted him out of context andSafety Commissioner Joe Cannon that what was fair for one side said today he would a tempt to should be fair for the other iavoid a squabble with local law Denies Misleading Anyone lenforcement officers over the new' "I don't think I have misled administration's liquor enforce- UWAS I I Utti ft zavu "101auilluitatL at Ltill 3 114LIM 1JIOItV He was speaking to Charles Schuman a United Press International correspondent who for 17 days had lived and marched with the rebels trying to learn what manner of man this was who believed that with 2000 men he could overthrow a government which commanded an army of 25- 1 Bringing the island territory into the union he said "will prove tol the world and particularly to we practice what we preach" Snow Possible In Area Tonight Drizzle was freezing on windshields and other exposed surfaces here at noon today with a forecast for possible light snow tonight The mercury dived from a springlike 61 Sunday afternoon to an overnight low of 28 Miami Observer John Gray reported 30 at noon Tonight's lows hi northeast Oklahoma are expected to range from 25 to 30 with Tuesday's high near 30 Cloudy conditions are due to prevail through Tuesday A snowstorm developed in northwestern Oklahoma today with sleet and freezing drizzle putting a dangerous coat of ice on highways and threatening electrical and telephone service The mid-morning forecast said up to three inches of snow may fall throughout northwest Oklahoma with snow or sleet possible in other sctions as the wintry wave moves east and south The state's minimum temperatures tonight are expected to range from 15 in the northwest to 35 in the southeast log early this morning hampered airline operations at Tulsa and Oklahoma City Work Orders on 1 lanyone with reference to a speciallment tactics 1000 men a police force of 7000 ICannon was to have appearedplus a small navy and air force 69 Job Stalled i NI Mr 11 MN VII 1 MS II 69 Job Stalled I Unable To Heal Party Cleavage ROME Pre- mier Amintore Fanfani and his Woodring was unarmed when he six-month-old coalition cabinet re-was arrested Agents said they signed today precipitating a ma-lchad recovered $3716 of the loot in jor political crisis that may take Tulsa days and even weeks to heal Grapp said ec rds showed Fanfani took the decision at a'Woodring was convicted in May seven-minute cabinet meeting to- 1950 of embezzlement given a day after weeks of pleading failed term at the Texas state prison to end the split in his own Chris- Iluntsville and then was issued a tian Democratic Party and in that conditional pardon in October of his coalition partner the So- 1951 cial Democrats Woodring's travels were traced President Giovanni ronch said from Fairbanks to Fanfani to remain on In alattle to Log Angeles and then to caretaker basis while he began Tulsa He said the suspect bought up political appointments a car in Los Angeles which he for Wednesday when Gronchi willi drove to Tulsa arriving here ear try to select a new premier ly in the evening of Jan 21 The political rifts were so deep and the Christian Democrat so TO GET JUPITER in the last general elec- HUNTSVILLE Ala tions that new elections may beArmy will present a Jupiter-C necessary before a stable govern- guided missile to the Smithsonian ment can be formed Institution Jan 31 to commemorFanfani has barely skimmed ate the first anniversary of the through recent sessions of parlia- launching of Explorer I the free ment and his downfall first earth satellite inevitable He said today he had! considered resigning last month! WINDSORS BOUND but deferred because of a NATO! LE HAVRE France in Paris The Duke and Duchess of He also postponed action heiisor were on their way to New to prepare and present thei York today aboard the for the next fiscal year ted States which they boarded But in view of the "lasting diffi- Sunday The couple will spend he decided three months in New York and the picture (Arizona today to is ste his out aoyf Immediate speculation on a new centered on Christian TO FILE COMPLAINT premier centered on Christian TO FILE COMPLAINT GOVERNOR DELAYS ROAD DISCLOSURE OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI) Gov Howard Edmondson delayed announcement of his Highway Commission today "There are two matters holding me up" the governor said before noon He was believed referring to the fourth and eighth district posts now being held by Wilcoxen Shawnee and Julius Cox Boise City respectively Among persons reported to be seriously under consideration were Bill Allford McAlester third district Bailey Okmulgee second Jack Bell Shawnee or Musselman Shawnee fourth and George Streets Enid or John Doolin Alva eighth Verdict Awaited In Rights Case today before a state Senate com-i Even in Cuba Castro's words 1 1 mittee for questioning concerningattracted scant attention The out-1 Work orders that had been ex-' the liquor drivei-but aca liearingl side world paid no attention at allpected early this year on was postponed until Thursday He Collapse Surprises World 1 ItighlAfay 69 improvement in tlk also cancelled an appearance bed her-Cardin area must await And so it was with a sense ofPic fore the annual convention of the complete unreality that the news further action by state highway of-Oklahoma Sheriff's and Peace Of- burst on New Year's morning that' ficials ficers Association in order to at-President Fulgencio Batista had Low bidders on two projects as-tend the funeral of Highway Pa- fled and that Castro had won sociated with the improvement trolman John Barter who was Three weeks earlier UPI's chief' were announced following the Dec slain last Friday at Altus i correspondent in Havana Francis23 letting but a contract for one Cannon had ready newspaper re- McCarthy had come out of Ha- of the low bidders has been reports that members of the associa-Ivana to Miami in order to tele-' fieeted reportedly because it was tion were criticizing his plan to'phone his New York office free bo a ve estimates conduct liquor raids using Crimeof Cuban government censorship The rejected low bid was that Bureau agents and possibly high- The climactic moment he said of Widman Industries of Plcher way patrol supervisors was near for $61960 on 2228 miles of Will Cover Wednesday But even veteran newsmen were grading and drainage from the Cannon said such comments funaare how far the crumbling' 1 66-69 junction near Corn-would be dealt with Wednesday atProcess had gone inside the Ba- merce north to Picher The estia statewide meeting of sheriffstista regime mated cost was $57032- police chiefs and other local law When McCarthy telephoned to enforcement authorities New York the news of Batista's Gaines Bros Miami received a ''I don't want to squable withi flight he still was wearing the award for construction of them over it for two or three days'edo in which he had welcomed inside drains and three culverts before the Wednesday meeting" the new year He was to continue along the same route Cannon said to wear it for many hours County officials reported today Cannon disclosed he has set up What had happened? that they did not know when the a new section within the patrol to Today Batista's collapse is at- state highway commission will act be known as the Intelligence Divi-itributed to four principal the other contract Because of sion Names of officers assigned torebel nerve rebel bluff demorall-fthe nature of the two projects it will not be made public becauseization of the regular army and work orders for each are would not be able to function' economic pressures at the same time I if their jobs were publicized he Rebels Demoralize Army said 1 Of rebel nerve and bluff there I Tire Blowout Leads is no doubt 1 At Santi Spiritus in Orienteli To Destructive Fire Costly Fire Hits i Province 35 men firing firecrack-I i er rockets so demoralized an WAURIKA (UPI) A tire blow-' Okkthomo Town garrison of 700 men that led to a fire which destroyed Itroops took a vote whether tolone car and damaged another' CHEYENNE (UPI) Two fight surrender or "retire" They near here Sunday two- chose the latter course In the fi-1 Truck driver McMauon story business buildings were de-1 rel on r-dr 'Ivor I hours men took Navy Secretary Says Seas Will Be Springboard WASHINGTON (UPI) Navy Secretary Thomas Gates Jr predicted today that "a far greater proportion Of our nuclear retaliatory capability will be moved MONTCOMERY Ala (UPI) An Alabama judge was tried today before an old college classmate on charges of being in contempt for refusing to turn Negro voting records over to the Federal Civil Rights Commission In a non-jury trial that lasted 'not much more than an hour the election" he said "The thing I said literally hundreds of times during the campaign was that I would do everything I could to see that there was a special election within 90 days "At the time of the interview (last July) I sincerely believed in the position It could be called by the initiative route It is obvious See HOWARD on page 3 Civil that refused the of a the be Johnson 2 hand Democrat Fernando Tambroni 57 JERUSALEM Israel minister of interior in the outgoingThe Israeli cabinet will complain cabinet He held a cabinet postito the United Nations Security under the late Alcide de that the Syrian army has who kept Italy from going Corn- carried out deliberate wellmunist in 1948 planned ambushes in Israel tern-- Another possibility was Deputyltory Premier Antonio Segni who will be 68 next month Segni was pre-1 mier in his own right from July QUICKIES by Ken Reynolds 6 1955 until May 18 1957 but Tambroni was considered the strongest candidate to sea" "We must he able to use the chief investigator for the seas as a springboard for Commission testified Ci sive operations and as a vast rcuit Judge GeorgeWallace fu area for defense in depth of our-sed four times to produce 1 registration records in defianc selves and our Allies" the secre- tary said a Federal Court order With Adm Arleigh Burke chief! The Wallace side did not pi wl of naval operations Gates delivitness on the stand If convi -1 erect a closed-door briefing to theof contempt as charged by Senate Armed Services Commit government the jurist could tee An unclassified version of hissent to jail for up to 45 days statement stressed the retaliatory Federal Judge Frank 1 potential of the Polaris submarinc-1 son Jr recessed the case uni launched ballistic missile systempm when he is expected to I and of carrier-based jet attack down his decision planes Meanwhile Defense Secretary I No-Sleep Rivals Neil It McElroy resumed closed door testimony before the 1-louse Feel Fine Each defense appropriations subcommit- tee Seeking Record The military leaders were being questioned about President Eisen- United Press International hower's 4I-billion dollar defense Two disk jockeys engaged it budget which some bout for an internati charge is too small to keep up stay-awake record both clail with Soviet efforts I irsil elnEn Cnn ne chief investigator for the Rights Commission testified Circuit Judge George Wallace four times to produce registration records in defiance a Federal Court order The Wallace side did not put witness 'on the stand If convicted of contempt as charged by government the jurist could sent to jail for up to 45 days Federal Judge Frank Jr recessed the case until pm when he is expected to down his decision Feel Fine Each Seeking Record United Press International Two disk jockeys engaged In unofficial bout for an international record both claimed 'today to be fine eight overlSt Louis Mo hauling a transpori' stroyed by fire here before dawn today with the loss estimated at dominate Fortress whose gunsload of new cars on 70 near here Sunday had a blowout He S21 eel Demand between $10000 and $50000 dominate Havana Four men took I over Havana Airport and 90 men' 'came into tovvn to get help to Market Cause of the blaze vas not known lcaptured Cuban army headquar-change the tire 1 Spurts ters at Camp Columbia outside' When he returned to the trans Bill Pinkey who turned in alarm said he heard an I a a la as wherein there were 50001 parked alongside the road 'port about 2:30 am and then saw ll'ie found pasgersby trying to put (UPI) Strength NEW YO In the so-called decisive battle' frIntyrtIlarl ill tb cloc1 ortmrt tr continued in the stee to 7 koo 1 ii --l )7 o' 9 74 o' T1T: I 't il I i 1 TI '11 '1'': --'11'L' Ill Atilr lo -1 I Sill Expansion 11' Fight Renewed HOBART (UPI) Opponents of the Army proposed expansion of the Ft Sill missile range today renewed their fight with plans for another trip to Washington if necessary The Southwest Oklahoma Survival Association which has fought the expansion for more than a year urged every resident of owa county and surrounding areas rto write Secretary of the Army Wilbur Brucker and Dewey Short assistant secretary protesting the plan SOS directors said immediate action is needed because Congress will be holding conferences on millitary allocations in the back end of the Garrett 1Drug store The store was completely wiped out as was the Boggs Insurance Agency located upstairs A cafe which occupied the adjoining building but had not been Is use recently and the Odd Fel! ilows hall about the cafe also were of Santa Clara at Cuba's narrow' waist it is now known that dead on both sides totaled no more than about 70 But this is the battle which now is believed finally to have made up Batista's mind Economic Pressures Heavy Batista's chief reliance always See BLUFF on page 3 Ahen I couldn't ooke rhe onymemts I $old your wailer a trervs-Record Want Ard! an feeling as they the three-quarter mark in 200-hour marathon In Jacksonville Fla Dave 23 passed the 142-hour mark sleep at 7 am and said he had "an exceptionally good night" "I feel fine" he said as he continued his schedule of continuous broadcasting for station from the show rooms of a local car dealer Hunter who has taken no stimulants had a two hour and 14 minute lead on Peter Tripp who his 140th hour at 7:14 am at his station in a recruiting booth in New York's Times Square But Tripp who does a three- USE DOOR-TO-DOOR WANT ADS OM' door to door Waet Ads go cal iro ot least 7200 readers eJch eNening Get more busnesq than yoU eve) dreamed vsstt' 141 loN cost Clas0ed Ads Protestant Leaders Greet Papal 200 Yanks Caught In Raid on Casino ROSARITO BEACH Mexico (UPI) Armed soldiers led by secret police from Mexico Cityl early today raided the Rosarito Beach gambling casino 17 miles south of Tijuana near the Mexico-: California border Reports said more than 2001 American visitors at the casino were detained for about 30 min-1 utes and then released Operators were reported taken' to Tijuana where they were scheduled to appear before the federal district attorney I 3-ROOM furnished house bills paid cose 10 College flames which had leaped from group i the smoldering tire to the trailer feature an irregularly higher fairi then to the cars One shiny newlY active stock market session 1 auto was destroyed the top of With steel buying rising espe- another was scorched and the cially in automobile sheets de-I 1 the trailer itself was heavily dam- mond centered on a number of ilaged steels just below the top level! Gains 1 Nobody was injured but all ains of 2 points or more ap were at a loss to explain the cause neared in Youngstown Sheet 8i Tube end Sharon which along with of the fire Colorado Fuel and Detroit Steel set new highs Others of the group Bereuy Own Bus were up fractions to more than a point The automobile issues did little withmore than balance off small gains losses Studebaker Packard firm on its report showing' busoperations in the black in the final iquarter of 1958 Ford firmed slightly on its announcement It will boost February production 31 per cent over 1958 and General Motors eased on moves to cut BULLETIN Buick output American Motors continued to encounter profit- GRANITE (UPI) The State taking i Pardon and Parole Board had a 1 32 new chairman today Charles BELOW ZERO NEW YORK lowest Chesnut of Miami Chesnut was theta last night temperature recorded by the IA'eatht Bureau this morning was prior to meeting at the i 3'2 degrees below zero at flihbing! state reformatory here Chesnut I previously headed the board from 1111 nn the bureau reported High- January 1956 to September 1957 i est recorded Sunday was SI at Yuma Ariz and El Centro Calif luma ArL ancl Li Lentil) L4111 Call for Church Unity Assembly LONDON (UPI) A group of what commuters ai ie I dcovv fa'dnduP erratic ac iservice by the London Transport A591 buses have bought a bus to-divided" their own laidlsaid The private bus went into this morning suburban 1 LONDON (UPI) A group of commuters fed up what they called slow and erraticond service by the London Transportruled A5Sn buses have bought a 1 their own The private bus went into serv- ice this morning RESULT AD: RENTED 2 DAYS Phone mail or bring your copy to the blewsRecord by 5 pm the clay before you want your ad to appear in the paper Sunday copy by 5 pm Friday and Monday copy by I 2 noon Saturday CHARGE YOUR WANT AD YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD NEW YORK othave to be recognized that it: Protestant and Orthodox Christianwould be a mutual coming to- churches expressed deep not under conditions laid today in Pope John's announcedown by one church for all ment that he will call a council others" for church unity (Related story The Rev Mr Dahlberg stressed on page 2) however that Protestants kill not The Rev Edward Dahlberg countenance being looked upon as: president of the National Councilseparated Christians" returning of Churches which represents 331to the church of Rome major Protestant and Orthodox Metropolitan Ant on Bashir denominations said that of the Syrian Antiocian that would bring together all thelOrthodox archdiocese here said churches of Christ "would be the "peoples of the East" were blessed of God" 'always willing to welcome such "Anything that will be a step moves providing they are sin unity of churches would he cere iweicome" he said l'hiit it ssioilM dan't find any reason why NEW YORK othave to be recognized that Protestant and Orthodox Christianwould be a mutual coming expressed deep not under conditions in Pope John's announccHdown by one church for the apostolic churches should be divided" Metropolitan Bashiri said "There is only one 11(41 apostolic church Its differences could be ironed out in ecumenical councils" The metropolitan said one way of reaching understanding would be to go back to the unity that o6sted before the great schism of 1054 He said a study should be made of the dogma and doctrine that existed then and all that has ivided Christendom since then should be discarded "But when one side wants to Irule the other then I am sure See CHURCH on page 3 apostolic churches should be Metropolitan Bashirwl "There is only one 11(41 allapostolic church Its differencesice 1 1 1 1 hour daily stint for station WMGM was buoyed by an energy giving drug advised by physicians when he neared total collapse Sunday night "It's amazing" said husky 32- year-old Tripp after taking his first methylphenidate hydrochloride pill a new pep drug ''In 60 minutes it seems that these five days of deprivation have been wiped away" $490 Complaint 1 CHICAGO The William Brunswicks complained when they received a telephone bill for $199 30 for the month 'Maybe a telephone man's finger got numh in this cold veather' a Bell spokesman said in ex-paining the $190 overcharge error Dial 2-5507 for the Miami News-itecord Want Ad Girt I.