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Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • 15

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I 1 r- i I Gar Crashes Into Truck, 2 Men Die Services Tomorrow for Attorney Sidney Rjjein Services for Sidney Rhein, 78, 1 Rhein of Oakland; two step- GaUhbOlZAtmnt June 30,1964 15 U.S. Secret Service Lauds Oakland Police 25, of 4027 18th and Robert Griffin, 24, of 324 Bartlett a Piedmont attorney who prac- daughters, Jean Nellenbogen ticed in San Francisco for many and Claire Heiskell, and three years, will be held tomorrow sisters, Rose Rhein of Santa both of San Francisco. Police said they had prior police rec Judge Asked To Set Aside Libel Verdict FORT WORTH, Tex. (JP Associated Press has asked 17th Dist. Court Judge Charles J.

Murray to set aside an $800,000 jury verdict In favor of former Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker in a libel suit. In a written motion filed yesterday, Associated Press attorneys asked the jurist to disregard the June 19 verdict and enter judgment for the defendant.

The AP claimed the jury erred in ruling that two statements in a news story about Walker were untrue and ords. JFK's Mother Assists at Dedication PHILADELPHIA (AP) -Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy helped dedicate a memorial plaque at Independence Hall Monday in honor of her son, the late President John F. Kennedy.

Mrs. Kennedy, 73, told an estimated 8,000 persons the late president would have been pleased "to know he is being honored here." Kennedy spoke at Independence Hall July 4, 1962, on the interdependence of nations. The plaque, set in the pavement in front of the historic building, commemorates that visit. SHOTS FIRED CHP Patrolman Frank Jack Two men, one from Berkeley, were-killed near Stockton early today- when their auto smashed into the rear of a truck stopped in the roadway while the driver attempted to aid another trucker in an overturned rig. The California Highway Patrol said a car driven by Robert C.

Moore, 46, of Oakdale, went through warning flares placed on he highway. His passenger was listed as Frank Shugren, 42, -of 2541 i Berkeley. son said he began the chase at speeds up to 90 miles per hour strated the highest caliber of proficiency and cooperation." He praised the force's vice control and intelligence division and extended his personal commendation to Lt. Garrett Kyle, Sgt. "Jack DuBois, and officers Robert Leen, John C.

Alves, and James E. Carreker. "Tom Hanson, special agent in charge of our San Francisco office, has commented frequently regarding the excellent cooperation furnished by" your department," said Rowley. "I can readily see that the praise is well-founded." James J. Rowley, chief of the U.S.

Secret Service, has commended the Oakland Police Department for helping smash a huge counterfeit ring here last July. Rowley, in a letter to Chief Edward M. Toothman, confirmed the counterfeit $20 and $50 bills seized totalling about $2 million in all "constitute the largest recorded seizure in the history of the Secret Serv-ice. Rowley thanked the Oakland police who, he said, "demon on the San Francisco-bound lanes Cruz, Mrs. Walker Warren of Berkeley and Mrs.

Merville Lamb of Whittier. Cantor Martin Seldman will officiate at the funeral services. Fair to Pay Debts NEW YORK (UPI) The New York World's. Fair reported yesterday it expects to pay off all its $29.8 million in promissory notes by the end of the year, even though they are not due until 1966. at 2 p.m.

in Sinai Memorial Chapel, San Francisco. Mr. Rhein, a native of California, lived at 20 Blair Place, Piedmont. He was senior partner in the firm of Rhein and Dienstag. He belonged to the Santa Cruz Lodge 38, for 50 years and also was a member of Lafayette French Lodge and the Golden Gate Post of the American Legion.

He is survived by his widow, Gladys; a daughter, Marie Ruth of the bridge. He pursued the car down the Mission Street off ramp and caught up with it when the speeding auto missed a turn and hit a traffic island at Clipper Street and Portola Drive on Twin Peaks. The accident took place 6n Highway 99 one mile north of Stockton. The driver of the Jackson said Gun attempted to flee and he fired two shots into overturned truck, Charles. W.

Miller of Fremont, suffered minor injuries. FAILED TO STOP Investigators said Miller apparently fell a 1 at the wheel, went off the roadway and overturned in a ditch. Other trutkers stopped to assist and placed warning flares along the roadway. Moore apparently did the air to stop him. Griffin surrendered meekly.

Three men were injured in a headon collision at the Highway 50-Nimitz Freeway connector near Castro Valley last night. CHP investigators said a car driven by LeRoy Singletary, 40, of 23708 Stratton Court, Hay-ward, went out of control in the eastbound lanes and slid into the westbound lanes where it was struck by a car driven by Karl M. Loiler, 26, of 744 34th Richmond. Loiler and a passenger, Robert Norton, 36, of 38786 Le Count Way, Fremont, suffered major injuries and were pinned in the wreckage. Welding torches had to be used to cut the men out.

noCsee them in time to stop. A high speed chase that began on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay iridge resulted in the cap ture of two men allegedly driv ing: a stolen vehicle last night in San Francisco. Jailed for investigation of auto reckless driving; possession -of stolen credit cards and resisting arrest were James Gun, Typhoon Batters Philippines; 16 Die Compiled from AP and UPI when their flimsy house col lapsed. Other casualties included two persons crushed to death in Manila when building walls fell on them at the height of the storm. Among other casualties were six persons who drowned in southern Palawan Province when their boat capsized.

The Weather Bureau said the eye of the storm passed directly over Manila. The winds tore off roofing, knocked down stone and brick walls and uprooted huge trees. Hundreds of cars and buses were stalled in flooded streets. Thousands of residents were stranded. Many areas were short of water because pumps could not operate.

Telephone poles were knocked down and news services blacked out. Radio stations were silenced when their transmitting towers were blown down. Fifteen small yachts were reported sunk in the Manila Yacht Club's harbor. Three ocean-going ships were driven perilously close to famed Dewey Boule MANILA (UPI) Typhoon! Wfiinie smashed across the helvily populated northern Philippines with 118 -mile -an hofir, winds today, causing at leat. 16 deaths and millions of dollars in property damage.

Reports coming in from affected areas were sketchy because; communications lines were down in most places, and Manila itself was badly-mailed arid Without electricity long aft-erthe storm had passed. the weather station at the UiS. Clark Air Force Base 60 mjies north of Manila said the typhoon was heading for the Red China mainland at a forward spfced of 15 miles an hour and undiminished center winds of 118 miles an hour. No Americans were reported among the casualties Assistant presidential press secretary Raul Gonzales said in: a radio interview last night that 3,000 families were affected in nearby Pasay City. He said a lamily of five perished there Playmates mwkm CM vard.

Several Philippine air force planes were reported damaged at Manila International Airport. The airport's control tower was unusable, grounding all international and domestic flights. The typhoon passed 35 miles Grab Boy, Set Him Afire NEW YORK (UPI) A se southwest of the big U.S. Clark Air Force Base north of Manila, and no damage was reported there. A spokesman said aircraft were placed in emergency shelters.

Santa Fe carries out an important transportation job for the biggest desert-warfare maneuver since World War II Telephone Fight on PUC Edict machines under warlike conditions. This important maneuver showed how our military is keeping prepared for emergencies, and it is comforting to know that our nation is Jeaving nothing to chance in the preparation for adequate defense. Santa Fe was proud to be a part of this maneuver and to have worked with the military forces to carry out a tremendous transportation job which demonstrated again how the railroads' operations are so vital to the defense of our nation. The 4 California Independent Telephone Association and seven member companies today filed a petition with the State Public verely burned six-year-old boy was in critical condition today, the victim of two older boys who dumped an inflammable liquid over him and turned him into a human torch. The youngster, George Schil-ler, suffered burns over three-quarters of his body.

According to police Schiller was playing ball across the street from his home last night when two bigger boys one a teen-ager grabbed him and damped the liquid on his head and body. They then lit a match and set him afire. The boy's screams aroused the neighborhood and one person brought out a blanket and wrapped the youngster's body in! it to smother the flames. Another hailed a passing patrol car. patrolmen, Richard Al-hofer and David Sadicario, leaped from the car and grabbed the boy's attackers.

police said the boys, Jesus Garcia, 15, and Julio Martinez, 10, blamed each other for the assault and could give no reason for the act. They were charged with juvenile delinquency and were released in parental custody pending a Children's Court hearing later today. ordinarily withhold names of juvenile offenders but because of the nature of the crime decided to identify them, authorities said. Utilities Commission asking for a rehearing on the commission's June 11 decision ordering the Pacific Teelphone Company to trim its rates by $40 million an "Desert Strike" has just been completed. This maneuver, skillfully planned by the military, was as real as war and required transportation of thousands of men along with all types of military equipment.

Santa Fe was in the "war zone" of the "Desert Strike" maneuver. Our tracks bordered the 13-million-acre battleground in the California-Arizona desert area, and our operations were geared to the strategy of the maneuver. From the middle of April to early May, troops and machines from military bases across the country moved to the maneuver. They returned during June. For Santa Fe this job took 60 special passenger trains moving over 26,300 men.

More thtn 7,000 freight cars were needed for carrying military machines and supplies. All of this was accomplished while operating our regular fleet of passenger trains and freight service handling important perishable carloads of potatoes and citrus, as well as merchandise and manufactured commodities. "Desert Strike" tested the fitness of men and military nually and refund $80 million to its customers. The peittion holds the order would have a detrimental effect on the business of the independ ent companies. It said toll calls and extended service area mes sage units of the independents in particular would be affected.

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