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The Hammond Times FINAL Price 7 Cents Formerly Tht Lake County Times Vol. L1V, No. 273 Phone WEitmore 2-3100 Hammond-East Chicago, Thursday, 3Iay 5, 1960 A P. UPI. CP.

AP Wira Photo 46 Pages Urban Renewal Hits A ew Home Newspaper of the Calumet Region Snag iojiyjM)U) UVJ Skurka Announces Opposition Council President To Vote Down Funds, Was Key Figure nn mm WW Says Summit Prospects Switch Jobs Lou Boudreau (right), who has been broadcasting Chicago Cubs' baseball games two years, today is manager of the team, and Charlie Grimm (left), who has been managing the club this season, will be in the broadcasting booth in Lou's place. The two are pictured after the unprecedented switch was announced Wednesday. Details on sports pages. (AP Wirephoto) Gallagher To Challenge McCord A major reshuffling of top leadership in the Lake County Republican organiz a i appeared in the making today, setting the stage for an explosive GOP county convention Saturday at Crown Point. Rebellious party faithful, including some nominees in the Tuesday primary, were joining forces in a Demos Outvote GOP, But Kennedy 'Loses' imove to oust Charles D.

McCord, By IRWIX J. AP Political INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Sen. Democratic presidential' nomination iu i i. of his Indiana primary setback, John but ment about the party's November chances in the unexpectedly Soviet Talk Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev addresses the Supreme Soviet in the Kremlin today, announcing that an American plane was shot down over the Soviet Union the night of April 30. The premier also said the outlook for the summit conference is gloomy.

(AP Wirephoto) heavy vote. Democrats counted 433,715 presi dential votes for Kennedy and two minor opponents, while Vice Presi dent 'Richard M. Nixon and one minor opponent totaled 420,061 with Nixon more than 51,000 ahead of Kennedy's total. Preference for some other candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, possibly due partly to Kennedy's Roman Catholic religion, enabled his two opponents on the Democratic ballot to score nearly 84,000 votes. The outcome weakened Ken nedy's chances to hold onto most of the 34-vote Indiana delegation, Hammond, as county chairman, a spokesman for the insurgents assert new leadership is the only thing that can end the long Democratic political domination of the county.

I A wave of sentiment favoring Gallagher, Munster Repub-, ilican chairman, to succeed McCord as county party head in Saturday's convention is being fostered by a Republicans for Victory Committee. MRS. EDITH ROOT. Crown Point will sppk tho vipp rhnirmnn post with the backing of the committee. Mrs.

Root is the first woman ever elected to Crown Point City Council. She served one term after being elected in 1950. Most of the working units of the (Continued on Page 2, Col. 3) Illinois Bell, CWA Agree On Contract A new three -year contract agreed on Wednesday by negotiators of the Communications Workers of' America and the Illinois Bell Telephone will be up for ratification by union members at 10 a.m. May 13.

T'rtn fnrttrant orantino i'0 era In- Kozlov Promoted in Big Soviet Shakeup to the Democratic national con- inations or contests where the out-vention after it discharges its first 'come was a foregone conclusion, ballot obligation. It also gave his; and politicians attached little grounds to argue hcinificance to it. MOSCOW (AP) Frol R. Kozlov was shifted from the Soviet council of ministers to a top Communist party job Wednesday night as part of a major shakeup in the government and party Miss Maloney Among Democratic Nominees The results of the Lake County primary election were official City Council President John Skurka, considered the one man who could break the council's deadlock on urban renewal, today came out against starting such a program in Hammond this year. He also said he would vote against any appropriation in the up-coming 1961 budget lor urban renewal purposes.

bkurkas announcement means that the city probably won't get an urban renewal project started in the near future unless a major shift occurs in council sentiment With the council badly split on the matter, Skurka has been the key to whether a slum clearance program would get into the plan ning stage this year. A $19,800 ap propriation for such work has been pending in the council since early february. INSTEAD of urban renewal Skurka urged that owners of blighted dwellings be given at least six months in which to begin improving them voluntarily. If a majority of the owners fail to take advantage of the "grace" period, the city should use "drastic" measures against the spread of residential decay, Skurka added. He said he felt the city should first try attacking the problem of redevelopment and rehabilitation of run-down areas by enforcing exist ing building, fire and health codes.

To implement the attack, he called upon city officials for an immediate determination of the number of sub-standard dwellings and to notify their owners so that any necessary improvements can be started. URBAN' RENEWAL advocates, among them Mayor Edward C. Dowling who has called the program a "must." would tackle slum clearance under a planned program directed by local government agencies. The federal government would pay up to two-thirds of the cost of land acquisition and clearance, and redevelopment would be by private enterprise. That method is disliked by Skurka because he said it requires property owners to dispose of their land whether they want to or not.

Skurka said he prefers a "free enterprise" system under which the owner can sell or keep his property as he chooses. HE WAS VAGUE in detailing what should be done if owner's ignore his voluntary imptovement plan. Should that happen, he hinted that the alternative might be adoption of an urban renewal program, Three councilmen, Alex Miklu- sak, Homer Wolf and Bernard Becker, are pushing urban renewal in the council. Milton Diamond has come out against it, and the positions of George Carlson, Michael Matovina and Joseph Bercik are unknown although they are reported also opposed. Skurka has been undecided until now.

The ninth councilman, Stanley Inklcy, has said privately that he "would go for it" if Skurka did. AN ATTEMPT by the pro-urban renewal group to force the $19,800 appropriation out of the Finance Committee onto the council floor for a vote failed last month when Skurka ruled it out of order. Skurka said today he would not 'take part in any such attempt in the; future. Diamond, Skurka and Bercik compose the committee of which' Diamond is chairman. With Skurka against beginning urban Tencwal this year it now seems likely that the appropriation will remain bottled up in commit-1 tee.

The money is needed by the Redevelopment Commission to start planning surveys and prepare initial applications for federal assistance. UNLESS THE commission gets an appropriation in the 1961 budget, it probably can not get started next year. Indiana's Redevelopment Act authorizes cities to appropriate up to $50,000 for urban renewal. Only organized opposition to urban renewal in Hammond has come from the Lake County 'Property Owner's Assn. Some of the members are believed to own dwellings that might be affected by the ur ban renewal program.

Groups supporting urban renewal Include the Commission of Human Relations. Chamber of Commerce and Lake County Building Trades Council. Zoo Swaps Lion For 2 Birds SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Fed up with its hungry lions, San Francisco's zoo has traded one of them away for a pair of blue maccaws guaranteed to eat like "If there's anyone else who wants a lion, we'll be glad to trade. We have a surplus and they're eating up our budget," said Raymond Kimball, recreation and parks superintendent. The maccaws were offered by Arthur Flanders of San Jose, who said he'll give his lion to the San Jose Park.

The birds are worth $100 a pair(j about the price of a lion. Tornadoes Smack Into Southivest United Press International Tornadoes, thunderstorms and hail lashed the Southwest during the night, causing widespread damage and at least one death. The twisters leveled houses, uprooted trees and downed power lines in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas. Flash floods accompanied the heavy rain and lightning touched off several fires. At 'least 12 persons were injured by tornadoes that hit 10 Oklahoma communities.

Several more persons were missing. Hardest hit appeared to be Soper, a town of 340 near the Texas border. A twister dipped into the center of Soper and destroyed or damaged 20 homes and stores THE OKLAHOMA highway patrol said five persons, all members of the Clifford Lamb family, iwere injured when a twister hit Oil Center. A number of houses and barns were blown down in the area. Another twister hit the south central Oklahoma town of Konawa.

Two families reported missing were later found in their storm cellers. Five airplanes were destroyed at one Tulsa airport and two more at another. Police barricaded a far western section of Oklahoma City while workers repaired damaged power lines. Another tornado struck several places north of Fort Worth, Tex. The winds scattered the wreckage of two houses over 1,000 yards of open field.

A six-month-old baby was picked up by the storm and flung down in the field but escaped serious injury. Live wires crackling on the ground hampered rescue workers. OTHER TORNADOES were reported by the weather bureau near Ness City, and Urbana, Mo. There were no reported injuries. However, thunderstorms turned the normally trickle-sized Sand Creek at Newton, into a fair- Nab 9 Major Pushers of Narcotics INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) Indianapolis police teamed with federal agents Wednesday and arrested nine alleged "major" narcotics peddlers and dozens of known addicts as the climax to the most intensive investigation of the narcotics racket in the city's history.

All nine men appeared before U. S. Commissioner Edwin Hacrle Wednesday night, who set their bond at $10,000 each. Conviction on federal charges of illegal sale or narcotics carries a 5-20 year sentence for the first offense, and 10-40 years on the sec ond conviction. CHARGED with peddling heroin were Rudolph Martin, 30; George Lewis, 31; Robert Chandler, 26; James Phillips.

29; James McMillan, 34; Willie Jackson, 32; James Cooper, 30; Hugh 32, and Henry Woods, 27, all of Indianapolis. George M. Belk, district supervisor of the federal narcotics office, said local and federal authorities had been working on the case for the past five months. Belk said evidence was acquired for the raids by a federal agent! who posed as a fugitive hoodlum in order to purchase narcotics as' evidence. The agent, Edward R.

Cass, was tailed by Indianapolis! detectives who made positive' identification of the alleged nar- cotics pushers and addicts whom Cass did business. I HE SAID further that the raid would panic local addicts and predicted an increase in applications: for admission to the U. S. Public Health Hospital at Lexington, Ky. Belk also said that the arrests will go a long way towards curb-; ing the use and sale of narcotics in the Indianapolis area and may help curtail the increase in stolen and forged government checks.

creases ranging up to $2.50 peris'zcd nvcr following four inches week and fringe benefits, affects of rain- Ned Walker, 14, drowned 563 local and long distance oper-on the swollen creek when his raft today with only the nomination of a retired school teacher as a Democratic candidate for state representative in her first try for public office providing anything like a surprise. Afors nnd rlprirnl hrln in I.flke;veri.urnea Are Gloomv Hits Plan by President To Substitute Nixon MOSCOW (AP) Soviet Pre- mier Nikita Khrushchev told cheering delegates of the Supreme Soviet today that an American plane was shot down over the Soviet Union at 5:36 a.m. May. 19:36 p.m., CDT, April 30. As applause echoed from the Kremlin rafters, Khrushchev said the outlook for the forthcoming summit' conference is gloomy because of what he called aggressive actions and speeches by American leaders.

He cited the entry of the American plane into Soviet air space as one of these aggressive acts and said the Soviet Union is going to complain to the United Nations Security Council. THE PREMIER also issued blunt warning that the Soviet Union would retaliate with rockets if American bombers continue to come over Soviet territory. Khrushchev said that for President Eisenhower to send Vice President Richard M. Nixon to sit in for him at the summit conference would be "like sending a goat to take care of the cabbage. Eisenhower had said that if his presence were required Dack in Washingotn on domestic matters while the conference was continuing, he would send Nixon as his representative.

The Premier expressed regret that Eisenhower could devote only seven days to the summit talks. The length of the meeting, he said, should be determined by the necessity of achieving results, and there should be no other aim than prevention of war. Khrushchev told delegates to a presummit meeting of the Supreme Soviet that Eisenhower had written him saying that Nixon might have to substitute temporarily for him. THE EISENHOWER time limit, he said, "seemed to show that there are certain U.S. circles restricting Eisenhower's freedom of movement." Khrushchev went on to say that he had met Nixon several times, both here and in the United States, and it was difficult for him not to have the impression that Nixon was the last person to think of stopping the cold war or of ending the arms race.

"I am afraid," Khrushchev said "that if Nixon becomes entitled to carry on negotiations at the sum mit, it would be, as we say in Russia, like sending a goat to take care of the cabbage." Khrushchev gave the deputies a gloomy picture of summit conference prospects, for which he blamed the Americans. Khrushchev said that on April 9, an American plane crossed into Soviet territory from the Afghan border. He said the Soviet Union did not take any action about this incident. "Apparently the Americans liked the fact that they made this incursion and were not punished," he said. "On the first of May at 5:36 a.m.

an American plane crossed the border into our territory. The order was given to shoot down the Invader. This order was fulfilled and the plane was shot down. "It appeared that the plane was American, although the markings were painted out." AT THIS point delegates Interrupted the Premier with shouts of "Down with the aggressor" and "it is direct banditry." "A commission of experts is studying the data and it has been established that the plane came from either Turkey, Iran or Pakistan," Khrushchev said. "A strict protest will be made and we will inform them that we have the right to take any measure necessary for the defense of our country." He said also thaj: the Soviet Union will give serious warnings to these countries which make their territory available to the United States for "such aggressive actions." Khrushchev did not disclose the type of plane, the number aboard or fate of the fliers.

He said the Soviet Union considers the May 1 incident an aggressive action by the United States and wants to draw the at- (Continued on Page 2, CoL 1) organization. The reshuffle first of such proportions since Georgi Malen-kov, V. M. Molotov and Lazar Kaganovich were purged in June 1957 left Khrushchev clearly still in command. The shakeup carried ramifications that Western observers regarded as significant in long-range Soviet planning.

The emphasis seemed to be on speeding up Khrushchev's' seven-year economic plan and whipping up new enthusiasm in the party machinery by promoting younger elements. KOZLOV, 51. who toured the United States last year to lay the groundwork for Khrushchev's visit had been one of two first deputy premiers in the top rank of the government machinery. He was made a secretary of the Soviet Communist Party's Central Committee. The other first deputy A.

I. Mikoyan, was not affected: by the shakeup. Harrison E. Salisbury, a New York Times expert on Soviet affairs, said the switch meant an MILLER Writer F. Kennedy's drive for the had less steam today because i.

Democrats found encourage couldn't beat Nixon in November. VIRTUALLY complete totals showed Nixon with 401,208 votes to 18,853 for Indianapolis Negro lawyer Frank R. Bcckwith on the GOP ballot. On the Democratic side Kennedy polled 350,096 to 43,127 for retired pipeline worker John H. Latham of Rockville and 40,492 for Lar "America First" Daly, perennial candidate from Chicago.

The presidential vote totals in many counties exceeded the vote for congressional candidates. But this appeared to be largely due to uncontested congressional nonv mild surprise by political observers because of the fact she made her first campaign with the support of the County Democratic Central Committee. A CHECK of the Democratic primary results shows the Demo organization had things strictly its own way despite some hard early runs by rebel elements. Miss Maloney, veteran of 30 years of teaching, joins another woman, Mrs. Mildred Churilla, East Chicago, among five Democrats nominated for state representative posts.

Mrs. Churilla is an incumbent. Miss Maloney picked up 15.185 votes and Mrs. Churilla got 15,430. Tabulations were late in the joint Lake-Porter representative race on Wednesday.

The official results today gave the Democratic nomination to Paul J. Hric. 34. Hammond steel company foreman, and th Republican nod to Carl E. Bell, Hobart L1'd J- 'n Lkc County agricultural agent, came outof jke County with a lead in the Republican joint representative race.

A heavy Porter County vote for Bell, however, returned him the final winner. Bell received 3,687 votes in Porter County to 1,542 for Cutler and 1,405 for Donald Harri-gan. Hric rolled up 14.770 Lake County votes to easily top Nick Balog Hammond, the incumbent. Cutler received 6.916 votes with Bell of Hobart; his closest rival, getting 5.818. Balog had been dropped by the Democratic organization.

FINAL primary returns show Joseph F. Beach, Griffith, oil com pany employe, leading the five Republicans nominated for state rep resentative from Lake County. He received 7,355 votes. Following him In GOP nominations were Thomas Lee Bass, East Chicago. 7,280 votes; Orville D.

Cole, Hammond, Charles Mason, Gary, 6.454 and Julius Kapitan, Griffith, 6.401. Their Democratic opponents, in addition to Miss Maloney and Mrs. Churilla will be James S. Hunter, East Chicago incumbent who re ceived 25,163 votes; Joseph B. Klcn, Hammond city controller and an incumbent, who received 20,068 votes and William Babincsak, Munster, incumbent, who received 036 votes.

mittee, moves up to the first deputy premiership Kozlov vacates. Kosy-gin also becomes a member of the ruling Central Party Presidium. Nikolai Ignatov, 59, a secretary of the Central Party Committee, was shifted from that post to a deputy premiership. And Vladimir Novikov replaced Kosygin at the head of the State Planning Conv mittee, taking a deputy premier ship as well. He held similar jobs in the Russian Soviet Federal So cialist Republic, largest of the 17 autonomous Soviet republics.

Dmitri Polyansky, who led a So vict delegation on a tour of the United States in January, is re garded as a new Khrushchev pro tege on his way up. Ekatcrina Furtseva, 50, highest ranking woman in the Kremlin hierarchy, becomes minister of culture. She was released from her duties as a central committee sec retary. The official announcement said the former minister, Nikolai Mikhailov, was given another job but did not say what it Nikolai Podgorny, 57, party chief in the Ukraine, was elected to the ruling Soviet Party Presidium vote their full time to new as signments" Averki Aristov and Pyotr Pospelov, going to the bureau of the central committee of the Communist party for the Russian Federation. THE AXE fell on two ranking officials who already had been down graded.

Alexei Kirichenko, once mentioned as a possible heir to Khrushchev, and Nikolai Bely-aev were kicked off the party presidium. Holdup Man Robs Tavern In Twin City A lone, masked armed robber walked away from the Busy Mill Gate Inn, Riley and Dickey East Chicago, with the day's receipts Wednesday night, only min utes before a shift change would have filled the tavern with patrons. I Mrs. Lee Davids, 47, of 412 Prospect East Chicago, manager, said the stickup man carried a blue steel revolver when he entered the tavern and demanded the money. She said he wore a red handkerchief over his face.

He walked from the tavern, went west on Dickey road and disappeared behind a building. Amount the loss has not been determined, police said. important promotion for Kozlov. i along with Polyansky and Kosy-He pointed out that chief Soviet Sin. power is vested in the partyi Two other central committee hierarchy, not in the government, secretaries were relieved Vto de- She is Miss Anna Maloney of Gary who boasts a solid background of political know how through 15 years of lobbying in the state for educational legislation.

Her nomination is labeled only a New Dyer Marshal Sworn In DYER Rodney Rankin, former state conservation warden, is the new Dyer town marshal. Rankin was sworn in at 12:01 this morning by Charles Vogel, Dyer Justice of the Peace, thus ending speculation on who would succeed Clifford W. "Bud" Giese, head of the town's six- man police department Bince 1948. Giese was notified two weeks ago that he would be re- lieved of his duties at midnight. Rankin was named marshal by the town board at a closed session last night.

Taking part were Trustees Vern Scliger, W. Brace Howell and Lewis A. Smith. RANKIN is well-known in the county. He was with the state conservation department enforcement division years, 5 of which he spent in Lake County.

Rankin also served with the conservation department's headquarters unit in Indianapolis. While there he set up and initially op erated the record section of the enforcement division of the de partment. He also worked with Indiana University in liaison with the police administration school. He wrote two sections of the Civil Defense pamphlet, one on rural fire service and one on the intelligence service. After a time with Eli Lilly Phar-maceutical in Lafayette with the plant fire, protection and emergency unit, he has returned to Lake County.

RANKIN is a native of Monti- cello where he attended school. He has completed courses offered in (Continued on rage Col. County, and 7,800 employes in of- fices in Illinois. Terms of the contract were agreed on after weeks of bargaining. Telephone company officials said the agreement would cost the company $1,300,000 a year.

OPERATORS in Illinois, exclud-I ing Chicago, and in Lake and Porter Counties, averaged $72.93 a week under the old contract. Included in the agreement is a company pay plan covering extraordinary hospital and medical expenses. It provides for payment of a major portion of such expenses up to $15,000 maximum and extends to dependent members of the employe's household. A modified form of the medical plan will be extended to employes retired on pension. The company, which now pays for the first $1,000 of group life in surance, will pay for the first $2,000.

The- minimum amount of group life insurance is set at $3,000 per employe. ALSO PROVIDED are four-week vacations after 25 years' serv ice, effective with 1961 vacations; minimum pensions, increased from $115 to $125 for 40 years' service after age 65 and up to $120 after The old contract was extended several times while negotiations were in progress. A 24-hour extension was agreed on Tuesday, just one hour before the contract was to terminate. When the contract expiration date of last Saturday was ncaring, a three-day extension carried the talks over to Tuesday. Heart Attack Claims Publisher BULLETIN' Henry O.

Whitlock, 42, 19G0 12th Gary, publisher of the Gary American, Lake County's only Negro newspaper died of a heart attack in his home this morning. He was an investigator in the Lake County prosecutor's office for the past six years. apparatus. THREE new deputy premiers were named. Alexei Kosygin, 56, chairman of the important state planning com- r-SHOWERS.

WEATHER Showers likely tonight, low in 60s. Friday, showers and continued mild, high in upper 70s. Sunset today, 7:54 p.m. Sunrise Friday, 5:41 a.m. Indiana, Illinois: Partly cloudy with thundcrshowers tonight and Friday.

Low tonight, 60-65. High Friday in upper 70s. TEMPERATURES 1 p.m. 7S 9 p.m. 72 ft a.m.

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