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ESCANABA DAILY PRESS (Serving Upper Peninsula's Leading Trade Area) Year, No. 301 ESCANABA, MICHIGAN, Tin RSI)AY. MARCH lft, Iftfift Hundreds Of Bills In Discard After Lansing Deadline 2ft PRICK TKN CENTS LANSING got too ninny anyway," said silver-haired Harry Litowich, dapper senator from Benton Harbor. Hr talked specifically of seven hills that lay df-ad in his agriculture committee, all of them cut New Law Asked On Cuban Sugar Import Quotas WASHINGTON Rep. Harold D.

Cooley said to- day the administration apparently plans to ask foi a new law which he could be a "weapon of reprisal" against Cuba's Prime Minister Fidel Castro. Administration sources confirmed that some changes which Cooley are included in a hill they intend to submit next week to the House Agriculture Committee, which Cooley heads. Rut they denied the administration measure is designed as a club against Cuba, which reaps a ISO million dollars yearly bonus under present law They said their bill is merited for agricultural reasons, and would not hurt Cuba. Sugar legislation is an especially hot issue this year because of attacks on the I'nited States and seizure of American- owned property in Cuba Some Congressmen see the sugar bill as a golden chance to hit back at Castro President Eisenhower has declared against retaliation. Coolev spoke to a newsman after conferring late Wednesday with Under Secretary of Agriculture True Morse and other officials on administration plans.

The present law expires at the end of this year. The basic aim of the sugar law. first passed early in the New Deal, is to protect the U.S. sugar industry from violent ups and downs. Quotas prevent an oversupply of sugar in the United Slates, and pr.ccs far above the world market rate are paid for imported sugar to keep it from undercutting domestic1 growers.

Cuba sells half her annual six-million-ton production of sugar to the United States. "Hie quota change under the administration plan was said to call for a shift of 200.000 tons from Cuba quota to that given I S. mainland growers. Cuba in turn would get 200.000 tons of Puerto RiCo's quota, if Puerto Rico fails to fill its quota as it has in the past. Cooley said this change would give ar 200,000 tons to Cuba in place of a sure 200,000.

Administration officials said Puerto Rico was certain to fall short, and eastern U.S. refineries wanted a surer source of supply. Weather to? nrilhft Bureau Kutniki ind A iuh 'I i UPPER MICHIGAN: Partly cloudy and not much change in tonight and Friday. Outlook foi Saturday: Partly cloudy with no important change in tcmperatuics. ESCANABA AND VICINITY: Partly cloudy with no important change in temperatures tonight And Friday; low tonight around 8 high Friday near 28'.

Mostly easterly winds 6 to 12 knots or 8 to 14 mph tonight and Friday. TEMPERATURE Yesterday at noon Highest yesterday Lowest l.ust night High record this ri.ite 18.9 down by Wednesday's deadline for approving bills for floor debate. Four hundred and fifty other bills more than half of all submitted since the I960 Legislature first met Jan 13 just had been swept into the discard by other Senate and House standing committees. Few Escape Among the bills killed were measures making up the bulk of Gov. Williams' 12tn and last legislative program.

In a frenzy of 11th hour activity, more than 120 of the 897 legislative proposals on file barely escaped the axe. These included the governor's proposal for setting up a council on economic growth, a bill to charter a four year college at Grand Rapids and a bill to lawmakers a $2,500 a year pay raise. In the Senate, the education comm.ltce gave life to a bill to require statewide testing of fifth graders to check up on their progress in 3-R subjects. A great many of the bills that fell by the wayside ere doomed from the start, like the bill for a income tax and others to re- new and increased taxes voted Dec 18 on cigarette, other tobacco, beer, whisky, telephones and corporations. All 15 bills referred to the Senate Labor Committee, headed by Sen.

P. Smeekens wound up in the gas chamber. Measures Dir Also mowed down in the Senate were bills to require semi-annual safety inspection of autos, county sale of liccn plates, a building safety code, stricter boating rules and a teachers minimum pay law. In the House, casualties included proposals for a state mine safety code, regulation of trading stamp companies, repeal of state government reorganization bills pa sod in 1959. and a bar against promoting cigarettes on radio and television.

Perhaps the most important bill (the governor lost, at least the one with the biggest money potential, was the proposal for a state building authority. A bill to allow over 65 men and women to fish free the mass slaughter in the Legislature but several other outdoors bills got caught. Among those killed were measures for a Saturday deer opening in the Upper Peninsula, the tamp deer bill of Sen. Philip Rahoi D- Iron Mountain and the so-called ski lift safety bill. Crippling Snowstorm Blankets Dozen States Senators Seek To Limit Talks On Civil Rights WASHINGTON iAP'-The Sen-! ate votes today on a petition to clamp a time limit on its civil rights debate, now in its fourth week and likely to continue.

A most simultaneously, the House stalls debate on a civil rights bill ttnt is far less objectionable to Southern opponents than the measure before the Senate. The vote in the Senate was forced by a group of self-styled liberals against the advice of the leaders of both parties, and defeat of the effort was widely predicted. 'Hie vote was ordered on a petition of 31 senators to invoke the Senate's cloture rule under which each senator's speaking time would be limited to one hour. The rule, not successfully invoked since 1927, can be put into effect only by a two-thirds majority vote of the senators present. A band of 18 Southern Senators fighting civil rights legislation carried on a fullscale filibuster through around-the-clock sessions hich started Feb.

29 after the first two weeks of debate The nonstop sessions ended by agi cement Tuesday night and are not expected to be resumed even if lengthy debate continues. Some senators believe the Senate is likely to wind up by taking the House bill if it is not greatly changed But it will not reach the Senate for another week. Car Hit By Train; Niles Woman Dies SOUTH BEND. Ind. Vivian Hartstcin.

37, of Niles, died in a South Bend hospital Wednesday night after her car was struck by a train earlier in the day. The car was hit by Michigan Central Railroad freight train on 31 north of South Bend. A passenger, Mrs Betty Davis. 36 of suburban South Bend was injured. Civil Rights Bills Die In Legislature Low 0 record this date -b PRECIPITATION 24-hr.

to 7 a. m. Accumulated total this mo. Normal this mo. to date .50 Total Jan.

1 to date 2 46 Normal Jan. 1 to date 3 40 Sunrise tomorrow 7:09 a. m. Sunset tomoi row 6 48 p. m.

1948 LANSING (AP' The sudden and unexplained disappearance of a House committee chairman appeared today to have doomed any chance for civil rights legislation in Michigan this year. While a shivering crowd of some 4(H) sang, shouted and prayed outside on the capitol steps Wednesday for stronger civil rights laws, introducers of bills they were backing looked in vain for Rep. Lloyd Gibbs Portland1, state affairs committee head. Gibbs, a blunt 56-year- old farmer, conducted an hour- long hearing earlier in the day for groups backing and fighting civil rights bills assigned to his committee. His unannounced absence in the afternoon prevented the committee from voting on the bills, which automatically fell on the scrap heap under a deadline for releasing them for House debate.

Rep. Joseph J. Kowalski D-I)e- troit'. Democratic floor leader, vowed to rally his forces for a showdown vote on forcing the bills from the Republican controlled committee. it appeared doubtful, however, that they would come up mr passage before Wednesday's deadline for approving House bills.

Gibbs, whose has killed civil rights legislat'on three times in the past three years, cold- shouldered bills again this year but authorized a public hearing. Two hours later demonstrators ca'led by local chapters of the National Assn. foi the Advancement of Colored People massed at the capitol in bitter 23-deg i ee cold The placard carrying crowd, mostly Negroes, urged the Legislature to civil lights and supported demonstrators for equal rights for Negroes in the South. TODAY'S CHUCKLE The man finds himsc been asleep. hoip and hasn't Munising Driver Escapes As Truck Sinks In Bay Ice MUNIS INC 'API Waino Knuttila narrowly escaped death Wednesday when the 20-ton logging truck he was driving broke through thick ice covering Munising Bay and sank in 108 feet of ater.

Knuttila said he was driving over the 10-inch thick ice to Grand Island in the middle of the bay when the ice began to crack He sa he leaped from the cab of the truck and ran to safety as his big tig broke slowly through the I ice and sank to the bottom. Knuttila estimated his loss at 1 $15,500. High Flight Ban May Complicate US Policy Talks WASHINGTON US decision againsf resuming high altitude plane flights to West Berlin may complicate President Eisenhower's presummit policy talks here next week with German Chancellor Koniad Adenauer. Adenauer is coming to Washington next Tuesday to ui ge a stiff American stand on German and Berlin issues in the summit negotiations with the Soviet at Paris next May. Chancellor Suspicious He i.

known, furthermore, to be suspicious of any Allied action which might be construed as a sign o' weakness or lack of resolve. Diplomats say he may take new S. decision as such an action. In an effort to forestall any misunderstanding by Adenauer of the official U.S. tuition.

Secretary of State Christian A. Hotter sent word to Bonn late Tuesday ad- that the decision had been made and providing an explanation as to the reason. The decision was announced publicly Wednesday by Herter at his news conference. He said Eisenhower had decided there is no operational necessity at the present time" for flying the cor- ridors to Berlin above the 10.000- foot level in defiance of Soviet and possibly dangerous 1 counteractions. This was a complete reversal of the S.

position on high altitude flights as it had been agreed with Britain and France about two weeks earlier. Altitude Not Necessary The decision at that time was that flights would be resumed shortly and the Soviet Union would be given advance notice. Although that was not announced it became known, and officials said the reason was that jet-powered aircraft operate most efficiently above 10.000 feet. The Western powers had for years rejected the Soviet claim an agreed ceiling. Therefore it was decided that the air space above 10.000 feet should be employed, since jet craft are coming into increasing use and the failure to act might be construed by the Soviets as a tacit acceptance of the cciling.

The reversal came, officials said, after the Air Force decided hat the higher altitude was not necessary for the short flights into Berlin, about 100 miles inside East Germany. Snow And Sleet Belt Extends Into Southland Low temperatures past 24 hours Albany 6 Miami 65 Albuquerque 29 Milwaukee Anchorage 4 Mpls-S. Paul 1 Atlanta 25 New Orleans 54 Bismarck 9 New York 25 Boston 16 Okla. City 36 Buffalo 14 Omaha 15 Chicago 22 Philadelphia 23 Cleveland 17 Phoenix n4 fBcnvcr 31 Pittsburgh 20 Des Moines 16 Portland, O. H6 Detroit 11 Rapid City 13 Foi Worth 44 Richmond Helena 21 St.

Louis 14 Honolulu 68 S. Lake City 23 Indianapolis 9 San Diego 52 Kansas City 26 S. Francisco 4 Los Angeles 53 Seattle 36 Louisville 24 Tampa n3 Memphis 29 Washington 23 Pickets surround cars heading for the gates of the J. I Case Co. plant at Ra where UAW Local 180 is on strike against the farm equipment firm.

Supers office personnel were passed through but others were turned back after rocked and some tires were slashed. Wirephoto) ne, sory and ars weie si iread a of snow across a states after sweep- Rv THE ASSOCIATED PRESS One of winter's most crippling snowstorms which battered the Midwest and Southern areas into i Virginia pounded wide parts in the East today. The late winter storm lost none of its power as it continued to dump snow and sleet from the Georgia coast northward through the Carolinas across Virginia into Ohio and Pennsylvania. Heavy snow fell from northern North Carolina. Viiginia and West Virginia during the night.

Sleet, freezing rain and rain in southern North Carolina threatened to spread northward mid-Atlantic coastal areas The storm that fanned across the middle Mississippi and Ohio valleys appeared to have lost much of its fury as it moved north eastward across the Appalachians. But snow fell through Maryland and Delaware, with falls from 3 to 6 inehes. Lesser amounts were forecast in New Jersey and New York Towns Isolated Meanwhile, a new storm which developed in the central Rockies extended southward across the western Dakotas and more snow was indicated in the storm-weary midcontinent and the upper Ohio Valley. The major storm heavy blanket dozen or more ing out of the Texas Panhandle Tuesday. The fresh falls piled atop the heavy covering from last week's storm across the same wintry path.

Snow were up to two feet in southwest Virginia and piled up to record amounts in many communities in Illinois, Indiana. Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri. The early March storm, with spring only 11 days away, It ft scores of towns isolated. Hundreds of travelers were stranded as bus and plane service was disrupted tir canceled Hundreds of schools, stores and factories were closed In parts of the storm belt, funeral services were postponed and church services canceled. There were at least a score of storm-related deaths, including 7 in Illinois.

2 each in Tennessee. Missouri, Nebraska. Georgia and Kentucky and 1 each in Indiana, Iowa and Idaho. Kentucky Hard 11 it Kentucky, reeling under the worst snowstorm in the state history, was declared a state of emergency by Gov. Bert Combs.

Some 20 inches of fresh snow covered sections of the Blue Grass State. Bowling Green, a city of 32,000, was virtually paralyzed. The 8 4 inches of snow in Louisville was a record fall. National Guardsmen were called out in Kentucky, Indiana and Virginia. They were pressed into service helping weary highway crews and aiding in emergency duties In Evansville, Ind a city of 142.000 guardsmen helped doctors and ambulances on emergency calls.

The city trudged through the foot-high snow, including the fit fall of nine Inches, the heaviest in more than 40 years New England was the coldest section this morning with i temperatures near zero in soinc areas. But ea Wt lodci na prt ew ated ion'5 low er ding Me xi! and iny snow i we thf ida in minti the 'arer a nd most End Of Hollywood Strike Foreseen HOLLY WOOI are rising for ending to strike. Both sides the bargaining noon It will actors and met since the called the stri The guild's demanding' a from the sale TV AP Ho Death Penalty Repeal Beaten In California SACRAMENTO. Calif. fAP marathon, hour hearing ended early today with narrow defeat in the California Legislature for Gov.

Edmund G. Brown's bill to repeal the death penalty. The 8-7 vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee may have shattered Caryl last hope in his year fight tc escape the gas chamber i Sen. Edwin Regan, tee chairman, hr.d said before the hearing he expected the Senate to adjourn the special session capital punishment the day after committee action on the bill if it was defeated. He indicated 1 adjournment was expected today.

I Introduction of a similar bill in the Assembly was not planned I and no further legislative action was expected the death penalty before scheduled execution May 2. It was Brown's reprieve of the I convict-author and his calling of a special session on capital punishment that touched off the great debate. Yet, as if by tacit agreement, not a single witness mentioned the controversial prisoner by name. fish ag line to a car near Homer, wi (AP Wirephoto) that was of Jack Boy, 16, Kills Two In $16 Robbery ST LC yea r-old slaying a in a Mt )UIS. boy hs i storek holdup A 16- orally admitted and his wife hii J.

Seal and his wife, Goldie, both 55, were killed Tuesday night. Their bodies were found Wednesday afternoon in their store at Ferguson, a suburb of St. Ixiuis. Robert Francis Kunkel who will be 17 a week from today, was quoted by police as saying he went into the store and, without a word, began shtniting. The first victim was Mrs.

Seal. Her husband, who was eating dinner in their home which adjoins the littlt in an He wa; arket- shot thre onfcctionerv ind stabbed 25 times in the chest and back. Mrs. Seal was shot twice and stabbed 25 times. Kunkel said he picked up a butcher knife and stabbed the couple because they were still breathing and because they knew him Police said he told them one of the victims gasped: They were shot with a ,22 pistol which belonged to father.

All the money in the cash register except a few pennies was taken. youth was picked up Wednesday afternoon just seven minutes after broadcast of an alarm describing the Seal car, which had been stolen. Fueling Troubles Delay Space Shot CAPE CANERVIAL United States poned an attempt to terplanetary probe Fla (APl today hurl an deep into ronds, a hold ps later the shot was was space. Fuc the effort. The 90 was design tween the The Nat Space Adn firing date been sched As the Able laun ling difficulties blot ind ntific pad be- Aerona a ion ics and 1 a new had not le Thor- Lassiter Death Hearing Recessed DETRC AP Nelle her nark- the final i called.

Min called off. If the trouble is minor the rocket could be fired in a day or two. NASA hat! the time between 8 00 and 8 30 a EST to launch the rocket under conditions for the desired path. When it bccaine apparent the missile could not be fired in this period the shot was called off Resting atop the 90-foot rocket was a payload designed to intercept the orbit of the planet vcnus and become a satellite of the sun. The package, called Pioneer is designed to make the most thorough study of space ever attempted.

would send back information while swinging around the sun. alternately touching orbital paths of earth and vcnus. Rescuers Near Trapped Miners LOGAN. Va. officials today extended for a few hours more the target tunc when they expect to reach 18 men trapped four miles inside a fire: blocked coal mine.

Rescue crews had hoped to tear through the last barricade and reach the stranded men by mid- I morning. But after that time had passed, word was issued that the time had been extended a few hours. That has been the story since the 18 men were trapped behind a slate fall and smouldering fire last Tuesday morning in the Island Creek Coal No. 22 Mine at nearby Holden The hours have turned into days. There has been no contact with the 18 since noon Tuesday when the telephone connection with them went dead, apparently cut by the fire.

Tcmpeatures weren't so cold at the scene Wednesday night. Unofficially the low was 19 above zero, compared with 11 above the night before. More than a foot of snow from Wednesday's near-bliziard blanketed the grimy mine buildings, one of which bore a red i neon sign with the words, The snow subsided to flurries during the morning, but leaden skies held promise of more. The mine officials said the stubborn fire which has held the men I trapped is practically under control and they expect rescucrs to move on rapidly as possible." Speedup Causes Studebaker Strike SOUTH BEND. Ind.

(AP' About 7.500 workers at the Stude- bakcr-Packard Corp. struck at midnight Wednesday in a dispute over production standards. Officials of Local 5 of the United Auto Workers accused the company of a speedup in production schedules. The company said high production standards are necessary if the firm is to remain in a competitive position with other automobile companies. The union authorized the strike in a vote several weeks ago.

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a io and and ring I that "cxpt id Wat that band, Parvin are accused of havin a in last April 6 sill get together at table Friday the first time the major studios have Screen Actors Guild kc Monday. It.000 members are share in the profits of post-1948 films to Killed By Train PERRY J. Sew til. 18 of Perry was killed Wednesday when his tractor was struck by a train at a Grand Trunk cro mg near this Shiawassee County Community, When your carrier calls to Collectioi by your Escanaba Daily Press carrier are timed to provide you convenient scmce and best meet his school and study schedule. He may begin collections on Thursday after school and continue them Friday evening and Saturday.

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