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2-A THE TAMPA TRIBUNE Master Hawkins Gets a Haircut KENNEDY NOW FOURTH Eisenhower AgainNamed 'Most Admired Man' For The Ninth Straight Year 3. Dr. Schweitzer -r f- 1 A 'it T. I A fw .,1 I Dubious, Fred W. Hawkins Jr.

of 4213 S. Covina Circle, lets his father seat him in the barber chair at Mrs. Hicks' shop at 102 W. Idlewild for his first hair-cut. Now 11 months did, Fred needed a trim.

No longer dubious, sure he's not going to enjoy what's happening to him, Fred feels that snipping going on at the back of his neck and hides not a bit of his distress. By GEORGE GALLUP Director, American Institute of Public Opinion PRINCETON, N.J, Dec. 24 As President Eisenhower celebrates his last Christmas in the White House, the American people again name him the man they admired most in the world today. Mr. Eisenhower thus completes his time in office having led the list of America's 10 most admired men dur- Yli Eisenhower Churchill ing each year of his presidency.

He was also No. 1 in 1952 and 1956 and has never ranked lower than second since the Gallup Poll's first man-of-the-year contest in 1946. Second and third places this year go to Great Britain's Sir Winston Churchill and Belgium's Dr. Albert Schweitzer. In fourth place and a newcomer to the top ten is President elect John F.

Kennedy. His recent political opponent, Vice-President Richard M. Nixon, is in fifth. Coming at the close of a political year, the 1960 list reflects election interest Seven of the 10 men have, at some point, played a role in the U.S. political arena.

Gallup Poll interviewers put this question to a representative cross-section of the public: "What man that you have heard or read about, living today in any part of the world, do you admire most?" Here are the 1960 top 10, ranked by order of mention: MOST ADMIRED MEN 1 nA 1. Dwight D. Eisenhower 2., Sir Winston Churchill 3. Dr. Albert Schweitzer 4.

John P. Kennedy 5. Richard M. Nixon 6. Rev.

Billy Graham 7. Adlai E. Stevenson 8. Harry S. Truman 9.

Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. 10. Gen. Douglas MacArthnr Kennedy and Lodge are newcomers to the top 10 list. Stevenson was last among the top 10 in 1957.

This was the 1959 ranking of most admired men: MOST ADMIRED MEN 1959 1. President Eisenhower 2. Sir Winston VT' Spend Christ mas un Broken Ship NORFOLK, Va Dec. 24 VPy Five men bobbing in the Atlantic on half a tanker will find some of the trimmings missing from Christmas day. The five are ridinjr the stern section of the broken American! tanker Pine Ridge as It's being towed to port by two tugs.

Any Christmas dinner will have to be of their own making from food in the tanker's galley, situated in the stern section. "They'll have to helD them selves," said Alfred Kirchhoff of Staten Island, N.Y., skipper of the tug Curb which is towing the hulk. "We're not too worried about that" (Christmas). Kirchhoff, in a shiD-to-shore telephone conversation, said the men have sufficient food to tide them over until they reach Newport News late tomorrow. tie saia me live nave a genera tor going which supplies heat and light.

Snapped in Two The tanker snapped in two Wednesday in mountainous seas 100 miles east of Cape Hatteras. N.C., the storied graveyard of ships. Seven crewmen are missing, ncluding the tanker's skipper. Capt, Clark Snyder, 44, of Hav ertown. Pa.

Twenty-eight survivors were hoisted one by one from the stern section in a daring rescue operation Thursday by heli copter pilots from the Aircraft Carrier Valley Forge. The sur vivors were transferred to the destroyer Conway which rushed them to Norfolk yesterday. The survivors, paid by their company while en route on the aestroyer, spea on their way nome to be with families at Christmas. But not so Chief Engineer jonn Kichart, 36, of Wilmington, uei. "He stayed behind on the broken section when the others were airlifted to safety.

Richart's action protected the salvage rights of the owners, Paco Tankers Inc. and the Keystone Shipping Co. of Philadel phia. Joined By Four Four men from the tug Curb oined Richart in his lonelv vigil yesterday. Tr i i mm jvircnnoii said tne tow was proceeding smoothly at five knots, with good weather and no wind in calm seas.

He said they hoped to make Newport XMews late tomorrow. The Moran Towine tuff. Lamberts Point, has a tow line on the tail of the Pine Ridge to sieaay 10 swaying section. The Coast Guard Cutter Cherokee is standing by during the operation. The Coast Guard said the tugs and their tow were about 150 miles southeast of the Virginia Capes about midday yesterday.

A formal inquiry starts here Wednesday to determine wheth er the wreck was due to any fault of the ship. Sister Ship Of Burned Carrier Nears Completion PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 24 VP) The super-carrier Kitty Hawk sister ship of the Constellation which was ravaged by fire in New York will be commissioned at the Philadelphia naval base on March 4. A base spokesman said today the vessel will probably be sent to New York about Feb. 24 from the New York Shipbuilding ration's Camden, N.J, yard where it, is being built.

I The Kitty Hawk will cost' more than $250 million. It Is the fifth of the Forrestal class of super-carriers. 5To 4. Former President Truman 5. Pope John XXIII 6.

Rev. Billy Graham 7. Dr. Thomas Doolry 8. Former President Hoover 9.

Vice-Pres. Nixon 10. General MacArthnr In addition to the top 10. many other men were named by Americans interviewed in today's survey. Some 140 well-known personalities were cited in all.

Among those receiving prominent mention were: Pope John XXIII, Dr. Doo-ley, former President Hoover, Charles de Gaulle, Ralph Bunche, Conrad Adenauer, Pandit Nehru, David Ben- Gurion, Harold Macmillan, J. Edgar Hoover, G. Mennen Williams, Bernard Baruch, Lyndon Johnson, Adam Clayton Powell, Sam Rayburn, Or-val Faubus and Nelson Rocke. feller.

Also Rev. Martin Luther King Rev. Oral Roberts, David O. McKay, Francis Cardinal Spellman, Rev. Fulton J.

Sheen, Dr. Jonas Salk, Dr. Werner Von Braun. Carl Sandburg, Ernest Hemingway, Lowell Thomas, Arthur Godfrey, Bob Hope, Red Skelton, Jackie Robinson and Joe Louis. MOTOR CO.

LINCOLN MERCURY COMET CASS ASHLEY STS. TAMPA, FLORIDA MORE FOR YOUR DOLLAR IN DESKS. TABLES, CHAIRS. rZmr and 4-S- Many Other 2 Items WE HAVE BOTH WOOD 6 STEEL BOTH NEW ana USED USED OFFICE FURNITURE SUPER MARKET, INC. 104 N.

FRANKLIN PH. 2-7445 AID SERVICE TAMPA fO 1 Aaah! That's more like it. The job done, all neatly clipped and scissored, Fred has to agree with his admiring father and mother that the visit to the barber was worthwhile. (Tribune Photos by Bill Hill). Still unhappy, Fred settles down to lose long hair and in this photo appears to be thinking that he hopes they'll spare his ears.

punaar. December 25, 1960 House Gets Conservative Money Group TALLAHASSEE, Dec 24 (JP) -a si a appropriations committee, dominated by repre sentatives of the smaller coun. ties with conservative spending views, was named today by speaker designate William V. Chappell Jr. of the 1961 Flor ida House.

Chappell picked Rep. J. J. Griffin Jr. of Osceola County as chairman of the House group, which will determine to a large extent whether new taxes will be needed next year.

Griffin, a leader of House conservatives since 1953, as an advocate of strict economy in government. He has complained for years of waste he claims is prevalent in Florida's welfare program. He also feels the public schools offer too many iree services that are far afield from education. He has said he doesn't think new taxes will be necessary. Was Vice Chairman Griffin served as vice chairman of the 1959 House Ap propriations Committee.

He is a banker and insurance man in St, Cloud. As vice chairman of the spending committee, Chappell designated Rep. Ben Hill Griffin, Polk County citrus grower and processor who has walked the conservative path in the Legislature. Other members of the com' mittee are Reps. George H.

An derson of Jefferson County, rrea Arrington of Gadsden, John Ayers of Hernando, Thomas D. Beasley of Walton, retiring speaker, Gordon Frederick of Seminole, Fred erick B. Karl of Volusia, Woodie A. Liles of Hillsborough, Frank Marshburn of Levy, R. O.

Mitchell of Leon, W. H. Reedy of Lake, C. A. Roberts of Union E.

C. Rowell of Sumter, W. Scott of Martin, S. C. Smith of DeSoto, George B.

Stallings Jr. of Duval, George Stone of Escambia, Ralph D. Turlington of Alachua, Robert Williams of Jackson and James H. Wise of Okaloosa. Williams is the lope fresh man on the committee.

Chappell said he was nam ing the committee at this time so that members could arrange their personal affairs to take part in hearings of the Cabinet Budget Commission on agency and institution budget requests for the new biennium. The budget hearings start Jan. 10. Youth, Who Saved Brothers' Lives, Gets Special Gift ONTARIO, Dec. 24 P) Jerry Davis, an 11-year-old hero in this eastern Oregon town, received a special gift for Christmas, but can't use it yet.

Yesterday, Fire Chief R. J. Prahl received a $100 check from a St Louis firm. It was to start a college education fund for, Jerry. The lad, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Loren Davis, made two trips into the family's burning home here recently to save his two younger brothers, ages two and four. The home was destroyed. Jerry was hos- pitalized with his burns, but he'll be home for Christmas. The boy's mother said he has received Christmas cards from all over Oregon and the nation.

Some senders closed money, she added. en- THE TAMPA TRIBUNE Published every morning by The Tribune Company from The Tribune Building. Lafayette and Morgan Streets, Tampa, Florida. Entered aa second class matter at the Post-office at Tampa, Florida, under the Act 0 March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Daily Daily Sunday Sunday Only Only 1 Vear 26.00 (15.60 910.49 6 Months 13.00 7.80 5.20 1 Month 2-17 1.30 .90 1 Week .50 JO .20 Subscription payable In advance.

Member of Associated Press. Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations. CLOSED TODAY We Wish Everyone the Merriest Christmas Ever BERN'S STEAK HOUSE Open every day at 5 PJil. 1203 S. Howard Ph.

8-8302 or 82-3891 4 Biles. N. Bayskere oyel Hotel SEASONS GREETINGS ATLAS SEWING CENTER 3745 FLORIDA AYE. a a to It 6, in magnum Union Denies Secondary Boycott in Tug Picketing BUS HITS BOXCAR IN SKID ON ICY ROAD ST. JOHN'S Dec.

24 Our Wish to You Will Ring With Special Cheer Our Zenith Hearing Aid Makes It Sound So Clear! A union spokesman denied any intention to set up second ary boycotts in connection with picketing of two Tampa towing firms. Dan Derwort, Maritime Workers Union organizer, said the implication of secondary boy cotts developed from misinterpretation of union plans to picket the two firms wherever they might be working. He said specific instructions had been issued to pickets that "picketing" must be confined to the times when Hillsboro or Leonard! employes or equip ment are present. The firms involved are the Hillsboro Towing Co. and the J.

C. Leonardi Sons Towing Company. The orders to pickets restrict them to the area closest to the BETTER HEARING 316 MADISON ST. entrances used by employes of the picketed firms. They are required to remain on public property, forbidden to trespass on private property and told to display the picket sign so that it can be clearly observed.

"Our dispute at any location is only with the towing firms mentioned," Derwort said. "No secondary boycott is intended or planned. We have no quarrel with the other firms in the port and we don want to tie up any shipping. "We simply want to bargain in good faith for the employes of the two towing firms. He said the majority of employes of both companies has designated the Associated Marl time Workers Local No.

8 as collective bargaining represent tive. This is disputed by man agement. is prized by the hospital for sentimental reasons. Published in 1792, the tome went into 32 editions. Its contents contain such "information" as curing bad teeth with ashes of burnt breads putting bruised garlic or common oil on a snakebite, and curing the plague with juice of marigolds.

The medallion illustrates the story of the Good Samaritan. 'MeanestThief Steals From Chapel in Church 2 Children Killed In Car Vreck ONTARIO, Dec. 24 Two little children bound for their grandparents for Christmas died in a five-car pileup on an icy, fog-shrouded higway. north of Ontario early today. Their brother and sister and their parents were hospitalized.

So were five others. Police said it appeared that ear stopped about 3:45 a.m. on straight stretch of Highway 30 leading into this town on the Oregon-Idaho border, probably clear ice from the windshield. Fog was so thick visibility was cut almost to zero in patches. froze on the nignway in a clear layer that gave a deceptive appearance of dryness to 1 roadway.

The car that stopped was headed east. A following slammed into it as did another and still another. A fifth car, going in the opposite direction avoided the pileup but spun into the ditch. Three of the cars were de molished. Headed for Holiday Mr.

and Mrs. Bert L. Chaffin, St. Helens, and their four children were headed for a Christmas holiday in Blackfoot, Idaho, at the home of Chaffin i parents. Their daughter Edith Emaline, 6 months, and their son, Bert Jr 8, were killed Their other children, Michael, and Nancy, 4, were hurt but not critically.

Mrs. Chaffin, 28, was seriously hurt and her hus band, 34, a teacher at the rural Deer Island School near SL Helens, was less badly injured, hospital attendants said. Others hospitalized were Elaine Rite hey, 23, Rexburg, Idaho; Joyce Crow, 18, Portland, Vernon B. Beck, 21, Idaho Falls, Idaho; Deon Bean, 23, Twin Falls, Idaho; and Gayla Whitmore, 21, Portland. Only Mrs.

Chaffin was believed se riously hurt. More Movies MEXICO CITY, Dec. 24 (JP) Feature length movies filmed Mexico in 1960 total 94 ten more than last year and a few more may be completed before Jan. 1. Five were made by Hollywood producers.

NEW YORK, Dec. 24 VP) Here's another one for "the meanest thief" category: Someone has made off with a copy of John Wesley's "Primitive Physic" and a -Good Samaritan medallion both removed from a display case yesterday in the chapel of Methodist Hospital. The book, by the founder-of the Methodist Church, has negligible monetary value but 1 I it 'i 'M-V Jf. i 1 'tS 4 fi. (JF) A bus packed with Christmas shoppers skidded at an icy railroad crossing and slammed into the side of a box car.

Today traffic officials said it was a miracle no one was killed. All of the 22 persons In the bus were injured. Seven were hurt seriously. The Canadian National Railway combination freight and passenger train dragged the battered bus 50 feet before ramming it against a telephone pole. Driver Injured The bus driver, James Clements, a substitute making his first run, was injured critically.

The bus was bringing last-minute shoppers from suburban Petty Harbor to St. John's. The collision occurred on the city's western outskirts, where the first snowfall in two weeks made roads slippery. Witnesses said the crossing had not been sanded. Wreck Keeps Two Tampans at Sea Over Christmas Two Tampa area boys, homeward bound from Newfoundland for the Christmas holidays, will miss yule festivities because their ship was diverted to hunt for.

bodies from the tanker, Pine Ridge. Earl J. Spencer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward J.

Spencer, 939 Lakewood St and John Ellerbee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Ellerbee, Lutz, are serving aboard the Coast Guard cutter Androscoggin. This ship was en route to Miami from Argentia, Newfoundland when it was directed to search the area off Cape Hatteras for possible survivors and bodies from the Pine Ridge. The bow section of the tanker broke off in heavy seas earlier this week.

Twenty-eight of the ship's 36-member crew reached Norfolk Friday after rescue by the Navy. Earl and John might make it home by New Year's or a day or two later, their mothers hoped. The Androscoggin has been pulled off the search and is now continuing to Miami. RUPTURED? FINE QUALITY PROPERLY FITTED FOR SECURITY AND COMFORT. nnneevie fitting SERVICE 1017 Franklin Ph.

2-2863 v. i i i 'V. iun sdumrjamj THE HYLAND'S GENE AND ERNESTINE CdLih io aim and all a MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR To our wonderful friends and patrons, we send warm hanks for your loyalty and good will, and sincere wishes that the holidays bring you much happiness. We are happy to have been of service to the community for the past 14 years and hope to continue for many more. GENE RAY'S BODY PAINT SHOP 3820 E.

Broadway Phone 4-3758 Row In Our 11th Year In Tampa WATERMELON FOR CHRISTMAS When Donna Jean Vann discovered this watermelon growing on the vine recently, she and her grandmother, Mrs. William H. Vann, 3512 34th collaborated in protecting It with plastic covers. Christmas Eve the luscious melon served its purpose. (Tribune Photo by Charles Mohn).

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