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STATE DEFT CF EKTCSt'AH) A Newspaper For the Home Information and Enjoyment I For Every Member of I The Family Iowa Cry Weather Generally fair, slightly cooler tonight, Tuesday U. S. Weather Report Page 3 S-eiTIZEI ESTABLISHED 1841 115th YEAR IOWA CITY, IOWA, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1956 16 PAGES 3 I 1 I 4 IOWA 1 1 1 MM Negroes Go Casses in i(enf uccy Seioofe Possibility of Taking Dispute To UN. Grows Bid by Nasser Said To Reflect View of Soviet LONDON UP) Egypt biu Mehaffey Bridge gn rune ampai Burns hto 08 ro today for a parley represent ing the views of all U3ers of olitica the Suez canal to tackle the stalemate that Cairo uego tiations failed to solve. The i 1- 1 Slug 1 key issue is control of the canal.

WASHINGTON UP) A senate investigation of cam. 'i i Egypt desires to state its paign spending quickly developed into an election year Democratic-Republican slugging match at its opening determination to continue to ft" work for a negotiated settlement session todav. Jl'. i within the letter and tpirit ot the charter of the United Na tions," an Egyptian communique said. The elections subcommittee headed by Senator Gore (D-Tenn.) heard that the Republican national committee mst had $684,625 in the DanK at tne wm.mvm' urn President Nasser's government start of this month.

At the same time the Democratic national set forth the idea even as Aus Uf Income Slips 1 sx" tralian Prime Minister Robert Menzies' five-nation mission flew 4 committee was some in the red, the senate group was back to London to report on the collapse of crisis talks Nbjh told. The testimony came from: ser. sMob Bars Two from Texas junior College Crowd Outside I Sturgis, Ky. School Orderly By The Associated Press With and without the protection of soldiers' guns, Negroes attended mixed classes, in Sturgis, but jeering, gravel-throwing mob barred a Negro girl and boy from the junior college at Texarkana, While a heavy force of national guardsmen stood by, seven Negroes were brought to' the Sturgis high school In automobiles an hour before classes began and although a crowd had started to gather there was no disorder. Later, the crowd grew to about 1,500 but remained orderly.

Integration on a large-scale basis began quietly in Louisville without any troops or heavy concentrations of police, i. A CROWD OF ABOUT S00 adults and students of Texarkana Junior college formed a mass picket line that kept Jessalyn Gray, 18, and Steve Poster. 17, from entering: the building. Miss Gray had been accepted as a student after testa and PoSter 1 said he was trying to find out how he came out in his entrance examinations. In forcing the couple to flee in a taxi, members of the mob threw gravel at the Negroes and a white boy kicked at the Negro youth but missed.

The Negroes entered the Sturgis" school about an bom-be for classes began and although a crowd had begun to form in the western Kentucky 1. Democratic National Chair FRENCH LEADERS also man Paul M. Butler, who said the great bulk of contributions I headed to London to plan the to the Eisenhower-Nixon cam' next move with Prime Minister Eden and Foreign Secretary SeU wyn They faced a choice i During July Federal Report Blames Strike in Steel Industry WASHINGTON UP) paign funds comes from large corporations and that the law banning such contributions is "often circumvented" by devious between war and further diplomatic dickering. This city again became the focal point of consul I means. tations on the criais.

ft' kit 2. G.O.P. Chairman Leonard Personal income during W. Hall, who replied that Republicans strive constantly to "broaden the base" of their financial support. Hall said a 'In Washington, Secretary ot State Dulles said he was deeply disappointed at Nasser's rejection of the international control plan.

He declared rights of the canal users "should be pursued consist July slipped downward by Scheduled abandonment of the Mehaffey bridge over the Iowa river north of Iowa City upon completion of the Coralvllle dam and reservoir has aroused considerable opposition. Today the Johnson county board of supervisors, in a called on the United States congress to appropriate sufficient funds to provide a new crossing of the river at the site of the bridge. The spaa Is located on county road between North Liberty and Solon. (Press-Citizen Photo.) 400 million dollars on the annual rate, the government reported today. ently with the spirit of the United door-to-door campaign has raised $l-up contributions of from some 250,000 donors.

HALL FOLLOWED Butler' on But the government prom Nations charter." The White House said President Eisenhower was keeping in constant touch See Marks in 80s Tuesday with Dulles regarding the crisis. the witness stand in the first day of an inquiry into political practices, contributions and ised a rebound in August as factory, workers' average earnings rose to all time highs. The report said the steel in Supervisors Ask Congress To Provide For Span at Mehaffey Bridge Site French Ambassador Harve Al spending. phand told Washington report dustry shutdown caused a drop in personal income in July from The emphasis was on contribu sMpfirfl awf Tnrurn. trvtav i Its record annual pace of 325 tions and Gore announced at the outset that the inquiry would be after scattered showers fell in eastern Iowa Sunday bringing billion dollars set In June.

ers after a long talk with Dulle that France would not object to throwing the dispute into the U. N. "if our friends went "to." But France believes there are other ways to settle the problem peacefully, Alphand said, and the v.i a imm iThif'-ttlrf th Hvdf.Mimfv nfl t.hm ftvforAl emvern- ru? on, an impartial ancr nonpar However, as workers treamedt neslieible amounU of precipita- wonnson courny nupcxv- mtv ad tisan basis. back to plant the length of the noi. xalTorl tho crossing DO'- provxuea axier me Lion.

1 tuuaj vaiiv-u w. at its crossing on the bridge. And for the first half hour work week and average earnings! TTnitftd States consress to Coraivuie reservoir is nooaea. Temperatures climbed toward while Butler read a prepared in non-farm industries both went use of force "cannot be excluded." the 80s in the state and continued BUT THE BOARD pointed out The preseni jw.eiuiu.ey wnugc appropriate funds to erect a up. statement there was comparative cairn.

will be under water when the mild readings and generally fair town of 3,000. The school's white that recent developments point to a 'serious economic ioss if the new span over tne iowa congervation pool the reservoir skies are forecast, for Tuesday. But Butler had scarcely finish PREVIOUSLY THE commerce river- to replace the present is flooded, and wil not be avail- bridge is not replaced by a struc Iowa City's noon reading was ed reading when he clashed with and labor-departments had re THE CAIRO communique announced a note containing the -Egyptian proposal nebulous, as to date, meeting place and how participants: would be chosen- between North able lor use. 75 degrees after a low of 59 de the only Republican member of Mehaffy bridge ture suitable for use after the, area is flooded. In its resolution, to be for- ported that employment leached a new peak of 66.752,000 workers in August, a gain of 97,000 over Liberty and Solon.

The bridge is the only crossing The request came in a resoh grees. The mercury aroppea to 44 degrees early Sunday but rose to 73 degrees during the day. Saturday's high was 74 degrees. the subcommittee, Senator Curtis CURTIS TOLD BUTLER "you July. At the same time, unem of the Iowa river between Iowa City and the new bridge being had been handed by Egyptian diplomats to U.

N. Secretary General warded to Sens. Thomas E. Martin and B. B.

Hickenlooper and to Congressman Fred Schwengel, the board acknowledged a prey- tiori approved by the board ol ployment declined more than sea built on Highway Z18 at uurtis. lowing an appearance Saturday A low in the 50s is expected haven't particularly helped the sonally by 638,000 last month. This put the number of Jobless If it is removed, opponents say, by persons interested in the newjious agreement between the committee" by charging special Dag Hammarskjold and to gov ernments throughout the world. The note criticized the massing of British and French troops in here tonight with some cooling during the night which will be reflected Tuesday in a high near at 2,195,000, the lowest point in interest groups finance the G.OJ. about 10 months.

it would result in a round trip ot 19.2 miles from North Liberty to Solon instead of the present 8.1 miles. the eastern Mediterranean and 80 degrees. County Utility Valuation? refuted 'efforts to influence for A LIGHT SHOWER fell in Cost of a new bridge has been eign canal pilots to quid It re- enrollment is about 300. AT LOUISVILLE. Kentucky's principal city 170 miles to the northeast of Sturgis.

full-scale integration proceeded quietly. Threats to picket Male high school, where 75 Negroes enrolled, did not materialize. It was one of the largest tests of integration yet undertaken in the south's border areas. There are about 47,000 school age children in Louisville and one-third are i At Clay, Ky, another mining and farming town 11 miles from Sturgis, the mother of two Negro children who were kept away from the elementary school by a mob last, week refused to say whether she would try again to enter them. Apparently she made no effort to this morning.

AT CLINTON, scene of disorders last week, mixed bigb school classes continued Iowa City Sunday afternoon estimated at to S500.CO0 by County Engineer Ray H. which brought only .01 of an inch of rain. The heaviest moisture Justen. et at Up PETITIONS ASKING a new called Egypt has expressed willingness August 12 to negotiate on the basis of renewal of the 1888 convention" guaranteeing freedom of navigation of the canal. It suggested that, vio total for the week-end was .15 of an inch at Dubuque.

crossing of the river have been circulated in the North Liberty, The further outlook, said Wed Probe Death of Boy After Neighbor Youth Fired Blast at 'Prowler LINEVILLE UP) The "prowler scare" shotgun death of a. 13-year-old Iowa farm boy, who Sheriff Lorie Hart Solon arid Iowa City areas. 3.2 Per Cent Over 1955 nesday will be partly cloudy and slightly cooler with scattered Some 2,500. have signed the pe lating Egypt's sovereignty," a so TItilitv valuations in Johnson county for 1956, on which showers in the state. Rainfall during the next five days will be negligible, however, and temperatures will average two to five lution could be found to cover freedom of navigation, improvement of the canal to meet futuie needs and maintenance of fair tolls.

taxes payable in 1957 will be figured, are oi.oou mguw than those for 1955, and total $8,012,890, according to degrees above normal highs of titions, it was reported. A public meeting of objectors to the bridge removal has been scheduled for 8 p.m. Friday at the Solon school. The bridge is located approximately seven miles due north of Iowa City and about three miles above the dam site. 78 degrees and normal lows of 57 degrees.

"SCHOOLS Turn to Page 2 County Auditor William L. Kanak. The total valuation for all utilities is 3.2 per cent, above the 1955 total of $7,761,260, on which taxes are being said was killed by a blast fired by a 12-year-old neighbor lad, was being investigated today. Sheriff Hart said Jack Moore was fatally wounded by a Mayor Fines Salesman, Then Buys His Product ELK HORN VP) It wasn't paid this year. .410 shotgun charge which Jerold Dean McLain reported Utility valuations are set by the he fired when a "prowler' tried Hint Crosby Is Planning BRITISH OFFICIALS gave Egypt's proposal a chilly reception.

They said the proposal ciearly envisaged the negotiations should take place on the basis of Egyptian control of the canal. This, they said, made it immediately unacceptable-o Britain. E-len government has emphasized time and again it will not agree to unfettered Egyptian management that would have lif e-or-deth all bad luck when Carroll Smith, packing firm salesman from At Snakes Alive! Family Fears Place Crawling WJfh Them A two and one-half -foot bull snake reared up in front lantic, was fined $10 by Mayor Adolph Lahge of Elk Horn on state tax commission. The totals will be divided among the various taxing districts of the county and will be added to sums compiled by county assessors to give the total valuations on which next year's taxes will be paid. 4.

Heavy Losses From Typhoon Marriage a speeding charge today. The mayor operates a dog kennel and Smith persuaded him to buy 600 of Mrs: Virgil Bowers Saturday as she swept a hallway in her new Coralville home. The discovery climaxed two pounds of dog food. TOKYO, Japan VP) Typhoon Representing the highest valued type of utility in the county were the electric and gas distributors, with a 'total valuation of power over the waterway's traffic. The British foreign office said: "The Egyptian statement does weeks of extreme uncertainty in the Bowers home.

Two weeks ago a baby bull snake was found in the TACOMA, UP) A Catholic priest here said Sunday night that crooner Bing Crosby had asked for and had been sent a baptismal certificate, which was taken to indicate that Crosby is planning remarriage. The priest, who' declined the use of his name, said the baptismal certificate is required by the Catholic church when a snake skin Earlier a i not appear to suggest anv basis Highest suigle valuation in thelbaSmenL Mrs. Bowers and their three for negotiation. The last cetu ROOMS for RENT had been found downstairs. These discoveries put Mr.

and children a bit on edge. iOf the Egyptian government has county was tliatof the Iowa-Illinois Gaa and Electric at In 1955 the firm's valuation was $3,495,268. About a week-ago an adult bull been the unqualified refusal of snake dropped from the basement Emma, swept northeastward through the Sea of Japan today, leaving 50 dead and multimillion dollar losses 'in its wake in Okinawa and the Philippines. Winds in the center were down to 90 miles an hour when U. S.

air force weather planes pinpointed it at 3 p.m. 200 miles northwest of southern Honshu. Japan. The winds had been 156 miles an hour over Okinawa Saturday and 115 miles an hour over Kyushu, Japan's southernmost home island, Sunday. ceiling while Mrs.

Bowers was "person wished to marry or Weather Plane Missing in Far OTHER HIGH valuations were to braftsJnto the McLain home thronkh awindow. Jerold and his 15-year-old sister Dora were at, home alone at 'the time of the shooting which occurred about 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Sheriff Hart said no charge, had been filed. The McLain boy was permitted to remain with his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Clair McLain, following questioning. The sheriff said investigation was continuing today with the aid of a state agent. "ON THE SURFACE, at least, it appears to be a case of a kid who was just plain scared," Sheriff Hart said. The sheriff said the McLains told this story: Mr.

and Mrs. McLain and a daughter, 7, left home about 7 p.m. to drive to Lineville. Their farm is about six north of Lineville on Hiwhay 65. It is about a mile from the farm of Truman Moore, father of the dead boy.

About 8 p.m., Jerold said, he and Dora heard noises outside and were terrified by the possibility of prowlers breaking in. He got his father's loaded shotgun and when he saw a figure outside a darkened window and the window partly raised he fired in that direction. pressing clothes nearby, fene fled to the upstairs, and in the meantime the snake disappeared. placed on the Great Lakes Pipe Line at $1,279,362, the Chi me proposals put forward as a basis for negotiation by Mr. Menzies' mission The crisis may yet move to.

a showdown before the U. N. IN BROAD OUTLINE, Egypt's suggestion that Suez matters "concern all countries using the canal and Egypt, as owner East; 1 6 Aboard Apparently the snake found cago, Rock Islana and Pacific Railroad at $692,393, and the Northwestern Bell Telephone Saturday had moved to the upstairs through a cold air register. When discovered, it was coiled in TOKYO VP) A U. S.

RB50 at $544,702. enter training to become a priest or a nun." The clergyman said he sent the certificate to Crosby at his summer home at Hayde.n Lake, Idaho. Crosby was born here in 1904. CROSB(r, WHOSE firsrt wife, Dixie, died four years ego, has been linked romantically with Kathv Grant, starlet. weather reconnaissance plane Among the valuations approved a hallway on floor covering that of the canal," resembled the with 16 crewmen aboard was re by the 6iate for the county, some ported missing today.

It failed increased while others decreased. If you have rooms of apartments for rent this is the time of the year to be sure and list them in the Press-Citizen's "FOR RENT" columns that are published daily on the want ad pages. Call "the Press-Citizen Want Ad Department tomorrow morning and list your vacancies. Soviet Russia house with great haste, jsUEZ Turn to Page I to return' from a typhoon-spot Those increased were for the ting mission in the Japan sea between Japan and Russia, the Cedar Rapids district of the lowa-Dlinois Gas and Electric from THROUGH AN encyclopedia. Last Thursday a source at air force said.

the family learned that bull! Columbia studios in Hollywood said Crosby had telephoned the $414380. to the Iowa City district of the utility firm, from $1,477,217 to transmission lines of the utility, The plane was last heard from 200 miles northwest of Niigata, snakes may have as many as 75 young in a season. This knowl-i edge prompted a quick removal studio asking' that Miss Grant be Japan. TWENTY-NINE persons were reported killed in Japan, one in South Korea and three- on Okinawa. Okinawa fatalities included a military policeman and two Ryukyu islanders.

Six drowned in the Philippines in week-end floods on the typhoon's edge. Last Wednesday 11 V. S. Marines who had gone swimming off a north Okinawa beach drowned in an undertow laid to the typhoon. The U.

S. army said Emma was "the worst- typhoon disaster of the last decade" on Okinawa, site of numerous American bases, where it lasted 36 hours. Forty-three Okinawans and 15 Americans were iniured, nine of the The big plane carried six of from $777,244 to $807,176, and the Northwestern Eell Telephone from $508,396 to $544,702. ficers and 10 airmen on its mis excused from the start of work Tuesday on a filmed television plev. The report led to rumors that the Crosby and Miss sion to assist in gathering data from the basement of a three-piece sectional davenport and two mattreses which might contain young snakes.

A piano was dismantled in the search for little bull snakes. on Typhoon DIAL 3181 Typhoon fringe winds over 50 Grant wpre to be wed during the ALSO INCREASED were assessments of the Great Lakes Pipe Line Co. from $1,155,550 to JUROLD ALSO SAID he saw two persons run to a car and drive off. m.p.h. and heavy rain whipped The family theorizes that thej week-end.

Crosby denied that his immediate plans included re against the lowa taec The McLains returned about 10 the Japan sea, but other American planes commenced a nightlong search "in the hope of sight snake, presumably a female, came into the basement while the ana louna jeroia ana uora in a And Ask for Want Ad Department For Rent ads received up to 10 A. will be published the same day. trie Light and Power from $397,833 to $402,334, and against It's herd to lose beautiful daughter in morioge but a lot harder to lose hornefy one. badly frightened conditioa When marriage. He could rot be reached for comment on the bap house was under construction ing signal flares," the air force more than a year ago.

Turn to Page 2 said. tisms! certificate. SHOOTING Turn to Pare t' Americans severely. UTILITIES.

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