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FOOTBALL SCORE: BAY HIGH 6 25 PANAMA cm NEWS WDLP AM-FM 590 KC 98.9 MC. Iforthwett Florida's Most Complett TELEPHONE SU Weather CONTINUED COLD. Low 31 with frost last night. North winds. Tides Today--High 1:49 a.m.; low 12:41 p.m.

Sunday--High 2:12 a.m. and 10)50 p.m. Low 12:40 p.m. fOL. 5--NO.

9 ASSOCIATED PRESS-UNITED PMSS TELEPHOTO PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMER 10, 1955 UNITED PRESS--AP SPOBTS SERVICE COMPLETE SERVICE NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISES ASSOCIATION PRICE FIVE CENTS Fugitives Returned To Florida Special Investigator Floyd Nixon of the Bay County Sheriff's Department turned to Florida yesterday with two fugitives who escaped from the county jail Wednesday night. Charles J. Sullivan was booked at the local jail at 1:45 p.m. yesterday on the original charges against him of robbery and forgery, plus the added charge of escape- George Lowell 21- ear-old condemned murderer, had previously been deposited by Nixon at an undisclosed Florida jail. The two weie back in custody 22 hours after Their escape, as Sullivan was anested in Tioy, at 1 30 Thursday aid Everett was aopiehendea Columbus, Ga around 6 30 m.

that evening Everett had been convicted May 28, 1955, of the strangulation slaving of Mrs Lou Iftlen Jones, pretty young wife of a Tvndall airman He was awaiting a decision the Supreme Court on an appeal entered by his attoirevs when he made his break Wednesday gnt Sullivan was chaiged Leal- tng a check-writ ng machine i a local business i ar-d lorgmg several checks. Sheriff J. "Doc" Daffm said last night the two nad admitted stealing a car belonging to James Glass of 505 McKenzie Ave from the parkrng lot at Bav Memo-rsl Hospital and driving it to Montgomery, Ala it a recovered by officers of that tv Daffm declined to drsc'o'e the of but said be had asked for a court oiaer to move the convicted slayer to the state prison at Raaoid POLICE ARMY FLYING SUEZ ON PEACE MISSION Condemned slaver George Lowell Everett, 21, stares from his jail cell in Columbus, Ga after his capture Thursday bv Columbus police. Ke escaped from a Panama City jail night. (UMTED PRESS TELEPHOTO) Four Persons Killed In Traffic Accidents Nov Local Woman Robbed, Thief Chased, Escapes Mis Elizabeth Jarobs of 1906 right, reoorted to pol'ce before noon today that she as roobed bv a thipf ho fled tlroagi streets and got Sne sa she paiked her car on Fifth Street, Jenks and left her pocketbook in ir while she into the Post Office When she came out sne saw a man in her cai rifling her pocketbook She called out for someone to s'op as he boltea fiom tne WEATHERWISE U.

N. Resolution Urges Red Troops To Leave Hungary By BRUCE W. MUXN United Press Staff Coriespondent UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Nov. 9 (UP) The Unite Nations General Assembly tonight overwhelmingly appiov ed resolutions calling for the immediate withdrawal troops from Hungary and free elections in tin country. Despite determ-ned Arab-Asian effoits.

led bj India's K. Knshna Menon, to delete phrases placing; the blame squarely on Russia for the Hungaiian situation, the assembly voted 53-9 with 13 abstensions for a United States, resolution which urged immediate humanitanan aid to Hungaij, including supplies of food and medicine. It ovenode Aiab-Asian md Communist opposition to ippme a lesolution submitted Itav, Iieland, Cuba, Pakistan aid Pau calling again upon Russia to apt its tioops out of Hunaary atJ urging free elections in tie coin- try under N. auspices as socn as law and older a leen ri- Pour persons lied in i a accidents in Florida dams tne past 24 houis George McLarty, 26 of i parkin? lot and up Sixth cola, was drowned en his losing him. An unidentified, bystander caase and ran the thief past iexhound bus station, thiousn COLD Frost warnings weie issued last night, with weatner toaay the Panama City aiea to be fair and rathe 7 cold Moderate northerly aie forecast.

Cold Wave Hits State; Some Frost Bv THE 1SSOCHTED PRESS Florida, was hit by Its fust cold a oi the season Friday, freezing piedicted TEMPERATURES WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (AP)-Weather for the northern part of the state for this moining. The Federal-State Frost Warning Service at Lakeiand also forecast scateied fiost for mucklancis and low pockets in the central part of tie state, with drops in temperature the length Of the state. Tounsl? and yea Attendance This Is It: Long Talked of But Not Organized Patrol LONDON, Saturday, Nov. 10 (fl--Vanguards of the new international police army are fhing to the Suez Canal zone todav on a peace mission precedent on any battlefront- The invaders of Egypt--Israel, Britain and France -all declare thej the U.X. force recruited from small nations to take over occupation duties.

stored The vote was 48-11 15 aostentions Fmallv, it approved, 68 with 7 abstentions an Austrian nsolutior largely duplicating the Ameiican measuie, but -without lefaence to Sov et activities in Hunguv. Million For Refusers Tie United States nvanwhile anruunced that it was makn? VICTOR Thurston Morton smiles in Louiswlle, Kv as he learns he has dcfeitcd incumbent Sen Earle Clements for his scat the upper house Republican 3Iorton won bv a very slim margin, the outcome in doubt for se-xer-i! dajs. (tMTED TELEPHOTCM 'I Sure Hope Pop Doesn't Find it Out' HOUSTON Tex Nov 9 available immediately ore million SU ie hope my a doesn find bundled up Beach was slimmer, bat dollars for Hungarian refugees Tie closirg stages of a dav long debate was maiked by sharu ev- chsnges between Knshna Menon out I tiied to pull without enough gas get over it That a the reaction of Jeiiy and Cuba's fieiy Ambassador i Leonard Fauns, 20, caught flee- Emil.o Jsiunezl-Porbuondo ing uncier fiom a SI 500 plunged nto a cansi aboat 13 miles of Canal Point Georgp Jacobs, 32 of Cnuluota was killed in an accent in Oviedo Ruth Eorrran, Hot Spring 1 A a killed in a at the intersection in Escambia County Ma this of Atlanta was kiPed in a collision in Miami The highway patrol also Informed of the death of Estel lp Crav ford 49 of Athens Ga of injuries suifered Amil 15 in ar accident neai Lake City. The casualty report- Killed to date this year 1007 Killed to aatp last vear 821 Injured to daie tms year 820 Injured to da.e last year i Jacoos reported stolen S15 ard neisonal papeis The th ef she said, as wearing a led jacket and blue dungarees and was oaicr-eaded She said he had blond hair and seemed to be between 21 and 25 yeais of are Sat James Nohn and Patrolman Clyde Swearmgen of the police i investigating the incident, last Atlanta Birmingham Boston Cnarlo'te Chicago Dallas St Louis and rainfall ng 7 High Kiln I Li'tle Rick I Los Anseles Montgomery a OPTIMISTIC OUTLOOK SEA ISLAND Ga Nov Industry leaders agieed with top ecorom officials of the government todav that rst-half 1957 bring Orlpans cw York I 'VSAMA PITT Ph Hdelpnia Portla-ij, We Tlenvtr i2 52 S9 54 43 4S 94 52 70 52 38 5t 56 44 fi? 49 81 50 64 32 21 42 38 26 3ft 26 33 27 65 27 12 32 2H 40 41 4S .00 00 .02 09 00 .00 .00 .00 .01 00 .00 03 00 00 00 oo 00 no 1 10 there was little threat to vegetable and ctrus crops. Wan en Johnson, meteorologist in charge the fiost warning service, sard temperatures forecast for North Florida (down to 28 would be low enough to kill unprotected tender crops such as beans, squasi and okra.

Temperatures in the low pockets and mucklands of central Florida would be to the danger point for unprotected tender truck, Johnson added Compared to the entrre state truck crop acieage amount endan- fuither rise in the national crop gered is veiy small, he said The forecaster expected the cold to be in st enough to benefit cm us tv bnngmg out color and sweetening it Theie aie indications of continued cold tomouowjrnoining Navy's Giant Plane Crashes in Flames DOVER Del. Nov 9 CPi- BI PARTY MEET Congressional leaders of both parties met at the White House with President Eisenhower learning the situati on is "very serous Leavms the meeting are (left to nrM) Sen Knowiand (R-Cal), ben. Johnson Kep. Martin (It-Mass), Sen. Brulges and Sen.

Green (D-RI) (UMTED PRESS TELEPHOTO) 's lone Seamaster, giant sea- 0 3C jet Plane still in the expen- mental stage, crashed in flames today in northein Delavvaie its civilian of fom parachuted to safety. The Seamaster, known as the XP6M, broke up whi'e cuasing in a test flight fiom the Glenn Martin Co plant in Baltimoie, where it was built It was the second of the bis planes to ciash vMthm a a i and so far as can be determined, the only one extant Navy officials in Washington said tne ciash of the lying boat was seen by personnel on another plane that had gone along on today's routine test flight The four crewmen, all Martin weie found safe about (See NAVY JET, Page 2) Quarles Says Britain, France Still US Allies NEW YORK Nov 9 -Air Force Secietaiy A Quarles said toaay that Bn am and France remained strong all'es of the United States despite sharp differences in the Middle East Russia delivered to the Syrian air foice following a formal military assistance agreement Syrian pilots have become expeuenced in operating Brrtrsh designed je' is what the spokesman callea the moie senous possibility thai thev a i Soviet air force (See RED MIGS, Page 2) DIVORCE SOUGHT Jerij's father, iwana Ch de ago faced robbeiy charges at a ime when his son Hurbie Jr as electrocuted in Oklahoma for kill- a policeman i aunt, Marie Zeglen, the elde i i fust wife is serv- ine time foi killing hci hu- (See FAMILY AFFMIt, Page 2) Knsana Menon demanded, in tourist court robbeiy when his car amendments sponsored by India, a out of fuel Indoiesia and Ceylon, that i ericej in the Ameiican resolution such as "the militaiy authorities of the Soviet Union aie interfering in the tiansportation' and "as a result of the harsh and lepiessive RESOLUTION, Page 2) Red Migs Said Net in Syria In Big Number Nov. 9 A Defense Depaitmem said" today that the Russian-made MID reported rn Svna haye not a i i in "any great nuinoer Pe siid the total was probably uncer 125 The spokesman offered three poss ble ons foi the jets beng They could be Egyptian air foice planes flown to S-iia to es caps the Anglo-Fiench attack on They could be planes which An official Etcvptam spokesman in Cairo said late Friday msht the Nasser government has asieed provisionally to have the foice keep peace in the Mid- d'e East This is the long talked of--but never pieviously oigamzed world peace patrol. Tne first units are being flown from Norway and Denmark to a staging area near Naples, Italy, and after a brief stop on to the M.ddle East. Arr Force planes left Charleston Friday night to pick up soldiers rn Colombia and tranport the first South American contingent to the Italian staging area Britain besan pulhnsc assault rorces out of Port Said at the Mediterranean end of the canal and replacing them with infantry remaining only until the UN.

foice can take over couaties. and S46 000 for piel'm- The canal-side battle area was man' studies in Ecambia Coun- 1 quiet A British government souice spiked lepoits of Soviet moves to intervene in the Middle East and of pieparatrons to attack the British French forces after three days of cease- Pensacola Area Eyed For College NOV 9 (JPI-- While still tmng to fix the site of a new state college Hills- borougn Countj, the Boiid of Contiol looked ahead todav to otheis on the lower Eait Coast and the Pensacola aiea Tie board voted to the Legislature foi S-40 000 foi planning a college that probabh will be in Broward 01 Palm Beach dale and West Palm Beach asked the boaid to the piia'naj: and pick a location foi the East Coast scnool as soon as fire, possible I Duncan Sanavs, Sir The boaid approved 1957-591 Churchill son-in-law budsete for the ustirv unuer its other ask neailj 104 nnl3 i ot nner i-re-ntary ui.c^rseciei.aij vt paiiy Winstoa parlra- for air. airns, is an old pio at hijacking dollais compaicd to the 50 million and is serving a hie sentence in being spent in the current two- nson I jeai peiiod His uncle Hulbie Fan us has 1 When the board convened yes- been in prison twice and a a 1 terday it was expected to pic the "So as we know there is no foundation for the belief that there has been any significant movement of Russian aircraft into the area. has there been any oui'dup of Egyptian Neither college site Hillsborough Coun- laige scale tv Theie was discussion laie i forces ch would lead us to be- mto the night and again at todaj lieve they were like'y to attack: final session without a decision i British troops on the canal Indeed The choice lies between 1 734 thev would be unwise to contem- acies of lolling, comoaiativelj high land know as the Temple (See PENSACOLA. Page 2) plate it A Fiench Foreign Office spokes(Se U.

POLICE, Page Z) BLOCKADE vital "Vessels sunk by Egypt block the Suez Canal at Port Said, northern terminus of the (liMTED TRESS RADIOPHOTO) NORTHWEST FLORIDA FARMERS GOP Retains NDiCTED ON FEDERAL CHARGE Seven Solon Seats HOLLY'W. OOD Nov 9 Film star Elisabeth Taylor, setting aside pievious plans foi a quick Nevada 01 Meuco divorce fiom Michael Wilding announced today she will seek the deciee in Calif 01 ma The raven-haiied beautv had planned to obtain a quick divorce so she could a 51 yeai old producer Micnael Todd Instead, she said, she will file soon in San- 0 a mdicted tocla 1 ta Monica i f3 UI1 i i I i I 1. CC5 rf IILl Miss Taylor, 24 who received a i i i 30-caiat diamond engagement i a 44 and hl5 from Todd denied she and the Jumor a Qf dynamic producer haa Hei decision to ob'am a Ca' divorce means sne cannot remarry for a vear No 7 i Flonaa in Mav foi refusing 9 A 1 The judgment ac ion sa ne a i i jailed to TC a is le- to sisn a i poit me countv commu Mav 1 1955 out failed to ao so He wa-. noafied of the and wnen the notice noi a i dec aied in I Nov 9 -F i a Reououcans retained tev en sea in the state Legisla- i 7 general election a a "aoulation showed Though he GOP lost a House Ma in Orange County, a lican victory in a House race gave the pai ne same lesislative 2 'PROMINENT SEGREGATION LEADERS DEFEND JOHN KASPER AT TENNESSEE SEDITION TRIAL The actress' attornev friendly one" adding Bentlev be "a tna Miss Taylor is seeking a California de- ciee because it would be safer as far as custody of the childien is concerned CLINTON Tcnn Nov 9 (Tl the chspiders Two piomment seRiepation lead-' eis came to John Kasper's defense today at his trial on chaiges growing out of demonstiations over couit-ordeied mtegiation of Clinton High School Adm John Crommeiin. retired naval officer from Montgomery, ca'led the seg- regatiomst a i a and peaceful young man Criminal Judge Raulston Srhoolfield of Chattarooga said be agreed to tsstjfi because he did not believe Hamper lesponaible, as chaiged, Their testimony Imhhschted the fouith dav of the trial, which was rece-sed until Nov 19.

A defense lawyer indicated his will take another dav and a half Kasnei is charged wth sedition and rncrtrrg to riot by advocating disregard of law and order stirring up mobs against admissions of 12 Negioes to the previouslv all-white high school on Aug 27 troopeis Although officials from Clement down a blamed Kaspei for causing the tiouble, Kasper has domed the allegations flatly The cnarqes are rmsde- meaner punishable by a mum of a vear in jail, a $1,000 fine or both Kascer is under a year's federal sentence for vio 1 at i a irg against interfering 1 wth peaceful integration Kasper, executive secretary of the Seaboard FIELD RITES HELD i bv Tne disorders stopped when I White Citizens Council, is free Gov Frank Clement dUcatohed national guaidsmen and state tmdei $10 000 bond pending appeal of the federal sentence. Club that the United a not condone the military action taken by the two allies Es pt But he pointed out that a and France could make a case for resorting to foice "We must keen in mmd mat the pioblems involved are of i i terest to oar two major NEW YORK Nov 9 (LP allies and that there a bren in Funeral services i held today I i 1 1 TM -1 TTT i i the past provocations winm seemed to them to nistifv th 0 1 teivention," he said Quarles said this countiv honed to follow 'an that would enable it to i li1 's obligat.ons to both the a tions c-artei- and the North Atlantic T-eatv Organ zation Retiring "into a Fortress America concept" would be a signal for to em- a i on a plan of world conquest, he said. i Can oil finalH repo ted that he indie the fedeial grand produced about 000 pounds of i i i i i i i on the chafes coaor Since the 7 nad been er th lt had ir the last se ssion Tre fa chained i dccla.ed in he penai- eo t-- -iounsberg Sr Repub- wpsihns a i I a fede ill ce its a DO iir 1 or So31 ha's deliver.ns a The ac'ion -iia he fa iea to re- wri a to a Carroll qupao a i i of ine issefcinent and the juagmen in 'hat amount 1 a jailed foi four a was tnerefoie ieques.ee con npt citation and tren 01 hi-, piomifee to file 'ne I I 10 i en he did 13 His 1 -aid he did not undcr- a lit comnulsoiv piovibions i of HP Fedeiai Agnculttual Ad- Sanford Bank Executive Held for Embezzlement for Marshall Field III and philanthropist, wno Thur sday ORLANDO Nov 9 A. San- A Atlantic National Bank exec- S-Dtcmber, Carroll was i i save up to the FBI today bent 1C go eminent foi So31 on a chaise of embezzling i es a messed his from he oank Orlando 01 was founder cf the 1 no oenehts ard had not i s-arted Oct 8 head oi been ah- to sell St James Church F.S'd, 63, Chicago Sui Field Enterprises, Ire a holdms bees: comoanv i a heavilv magazine and puo- lishmg businesses as well as in retail concerns and banks olarted that vea rrent loans s'ice 1951 and disap- had ai-sued that he pea-ed a routine audit was oungos lican incumbent beat his Demo- c-a William Robertson, Ov 11 'o regain his Sara--o a House Incu'nbent Henry Bai'holomew aL-o a Republican, i oeai Jonc- a Democrat, bv 321 vote-, foi tne oJier Sarasota House position In Brevard Republican Richaic Mularew of Melbourne defeated ne Democratic mcum- Max Brewei Comple uin- from Orange County snowed that Democrat u-as Jonn Sufon oeat Republican Jame- Fi-'-e' 4 by 1,224 votes In their Hoo.se The Repub- FBI si'd a Jr 15 cha g- hear. William Coleman aid no' run County false en- I Retnib'ican House elected three members Jv-i tarai S'aoi -i-co he haa refasea to acreage.

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