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DRILL INSTRUQOR GUILTY OF ABUSE (See Page Two) PANAMA CITY NEWS WBGWW TODAY VOLUME 5--NO. 1S4 TEN PAGES WDLP AM-FM SW KC 98.9 MC. ASSOCIATED PRESS--TWITS) PRESS TKLXPHOTO UNITED PRESS--AP BPORTS SERVICE Northwest Most Complett Newtpttpcr BM Ml MMlH WIW MM mM PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE TELEPHONE SU 5-8585 News Notes BY BOB BROWN SPRING THIS YEAR has been accompanied by a sudden upsurge in juvenile delinquency, according to figures compiled by Juvenile Counselor Glenn Bright. During May, Bright's office handled 105 cases, as compared to 55 for April. Bright said the highest number in any one month previous to May was 80 cases.

Of the 105 cases, 72 were delinquent 33 dependent, he said. "Most of the dependent children were handled by placing with relatives or counseling with parents, while the majority of delinquent children were handled by counseling and warning," Bright noted. "What a wonderful world this would be if we wene all as good today as we swear we're going to be. starting tomorrow." Vaughan, in VFW Magazine THREE YEAR prison sentences were handed down yesterday by Circuit Judge E. Clay Lewis Jr.

Ben Smith had pleaded guilty to breaking and entering an automobile, and Edward Cook of Cleveland, Ohio, had pleaded guilty to theft of an automobile. Sentences followed pre-sentence Investigations conducted by Parole Officer Steve Roux. TWO BOYS WERE HELD yesterday in local jails awaiting return to Pensacola to face charges of auto theft. They were picked Up yesterday by City Police officers E. C.

Peoples and F. M. Sexton and admitted stealing a car in Pensacola Monday night Red Cross certificates in home eare for sick were award- 37 students at wald High School. Classes are taught by Nannie E. Smith and D.

Wilson, according to Mrs. W. H. Sapp, diairman of home nursing tat the local Red Cross chapter. Cutback Seen In Manned Wing of AF WASHINGTON, June 4 (UP)-Air Secretary James H.

Douglas said today the Air Force "very likely" will drop some of its conventional air wings next year and replace them with guided missiles. However, Douglas cautioned the House Armed Services Committee against any move to cut funds for regular planes and pilots in the belief that push-button warfare already has arrived. We mu retain our, full capa- manned aircraft un- Sailor Makes 4,000 Mile The moon was yellow, the lane was bright, As she turned to in the Autumn night. And every gesture and every fiance til we know what we can do with missiles," he said. Aims For 128 Wings Douglas said the Air Force still had a "firm program" to reach 128 wings by next summer.

But after that, he said, "it is very likely the number of manned aircraft wings will decrease." As missiles are perfected, he said, they "will certainly have some effect to reduce our requirements for manned aircraft." He declined to estimate the number of wings that be dropped. Douglas testified in support ofj a bill to authorize Air Force construction projects costing $802,914,000 in the new fiscal year starting July 1. Committee Chairman Carl Vinson fD-Ga) questioned whethe this amount was needed since th Air Force already had cut its goa from 137 to 128 wings and wa planning further reduction. Editor Dares Gov. Griffin To Investigate DARIEN, June 4 (UP) -A crusading editor today invited Gov.

Marvin Griffin to inspect the records of Mclntosh County if he needs proof that licensed slo machines are flourishing in the area although illegal under Geor gia The moon was yellow and so was I. "All governor has got to do is look in the records and he'I Snd the licenses," said Editor Charles Williamson of the weeklv Gave me tht hint the craved Darien News. manCe Griffin in Atlaflta sai he and stuttered, into wmiamson charges that the state law against slot machines is being ignored in the coastal county but the chieJ executive suggested that it was up to the county grand jury to enforce the law. Williamson told United Press the grand jury already has been presented the facts and issued a report that was a "whitewash" of the situation. The editor, who is also a member of the Mclntosh County Commission, had called on Griffin to enforce the law.

Griffin, in a letter to the editor today, said although Williamson had not written him personally, he was advising that the matter should be brought before the Mclntosh grand jury. Williamson made his request in an open letter in his newspaper. Griffin said it was up to the grand jury to report to the Superior Court on any violations and "these violations will be dealt with immediately." The governor, at his news conference, said "we don't operate a strong arm squad here on Capitol Hill." Williamson said at least 30 slot machines have been licensed at S100 a year by the town of Texas Alerted For Tornado DALLAS, June 4 (UP)--At least two tornado clouds threatened storm-battered Texas today. Parts of Texas and two other water-logged states were under a thunderstorm-tornado alert. One of the funnels dipped down In South Texas and headed south over the Gulf of Mexico.

Later, the Department of Public Safety reported a funnel cloud near Terrell, about 30 miles east of Dallas. It whirled along about 400 feet off the ground and finally retreated into the cloud from which it came. Forecasters predicted a new of thunderstorms and tornadoes which would aggravate another threatened flood on Red The Red River is sprawled out over thousands of acres of lowland in Central Louisiana, through which a major flood passed last month. It may take weeks for all of the first flood to drain awav. A thunderstorm and and the Mclntosh County forecast covered the eastern partl commiss 'on.

of Northeast Texas, extreme Williamson and another commissioner, Fred Todd, were outvoted 3 2 today on a motion to halt county licensing of Ihe slots which the editor said was in clear "Contempt of the The editor said Griffin didn't need a grand jury report to order the city and Bounty to halt the licensing of the slots. "If the governor fails to face up to his responsibility there's nothing further I can do," Wil liamson said but he added he wil continue his attempt to have the county commission cease licensing of the machines. PRICE FIVE CENTS Marine Engineer Completes 64 Day Crossing of Ocean PALM BEACH, June 4 (UP)--A young Maine engineer, who just completed a 64-day solo voyage across the Atlantic in a small sloop, said today the life of a sailor is fine, thanks, but he's turning landlubber. Richard Dreselly, 32, of Falmouth, hove to in his 30-foot sailing boat here late yesterday, weary but none the worse for wear, and with a word of advice for you want to build character Lone Mariner Crosses Atlantic in Sloop Richard Dreselly, 32, of Falmouth, relaxes in West the Atlantic. He said he is turning landlubber Palm Beach aboard his 30-foot sailing rig "Swalker" after completing 4,000 miles of solo seatime in crossing (United Press Telephoto) Collins Vetoes Race Track Bill For 2nd Time TALLAHASSEE, June 4 is immoral," said Gov.

LeRoy Collins today in vetoing for the second time a. billj which would have reactivated a horse race track permit in Vo- usia County. The bill, introduced by Rep. iweeny of Volusia, would have alidated, subject to a county referendum, a permit issued in 1949 and approved by a referendum at the time. Under state racing laws, a permit expires after 12 months if no Near Fort Rucker Tyndal Killed Airman -Crash Of F86D Sabre Jet A Tyndall Air Force Base pilot was killed yesterday afternoon near Fort Rucker, in an apparently unsuccessful attempt to ditch his disabled F86D Sabre Jet.

The plane's canopy and ejection seat were found near scene, Dundee, approximately 20 miles from the crash according to the Fort Rucker public information of the pilot, a Tyndall instructor, was withheld pending i i A ffort is made to put it into ef-I ect. notification of relatives. The speedy jet went down ap- Collins vetoed an identical bill 1ro one-quarter mile off 1955 and repeated his veto mes- highway between Ozark and age of that ear, savmg: Enterprise, officials said. "It cannot be reasonably conlend- Southeast Oklahoma and Southwestern Arkansas. The water from this area drains into the Red River, which was pushed to dangerous height? by mr overflow from Lake Tex- oms, said to the biggest manmade lake in the world.

Texoma, along the Texas-Oklahoma border, has a 1,200 mile shoreline. It was built as a flooc Pontrol measure on the Red River, tout two months of the heaviest rains on record have converted it info a flood threat. Seventy-one thousand cubic feet of water a second gushed over its dam and through its flood-gates. The flow was more than the channel of the Red River can handle. Navy Missile Crashes on Desert EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, June 4 Of)--A Navy guided missile went out of control today and crashed on the desert, causing an explosion heard for many Inilcs around.

The Navy said no one was hurt and no facilities were damaged. The missile, known as the Regulus 2, crashed in the open desert! A spokesman for the Navy said the missile did not have a warhead and the explosion was caused by the furl it carrying. It was radio control but thp tsiid the control failed and thr tttissilfi nooed down. that a fair opportunity has pot een given the holders of the permit for construction of the track. "It certainly was not contem- lated by the general law that a rivilege once applied for an ob- ained could be held in a dormant tatus and revived when the hold- felt economic conditions or oth- circumstances would make it ropitious for him to launch his arimuruel enterprise.

"I know of no sound reason to hange this view." Collins said the counties "un- ortunately" have become econom- cally dependent upon pari-mutuel evenues, so legal gambling under the most strict and stringent upervision may be condoned." "But beyond this I do not feel we should go," Collins said. IKE DECLINES MOVE WASHINGTON, June 4 ffl -President Eisenhower has decided against making any move to reply on Russian television or radio to Communist party Nikita Khrushchev, the White House said today. Pilot of the ill-fated F86D night was identified as 1st Lt. James B. Whitehead.

A na- live of Coleman, the officer lived with his wife at 209 Harris Ave. He was an instructor in the 3627th fighter interceptor squadron at Tyndall. Youth Finds Parents Dead WICHITA, June 4 (B 12-year-old boy. returning from Bible School, found his parents shot to death at home today. Dr.

Dean Bratt, Sedgwick County coroner, said the bodies of Floyd W. Starkweather, 58, and House Tightens State Control OfDevelopment TALLAHASSEE, June 4 (UP) The House passed and sent back to the Senate today a bill tightening state control over mushrooming development of Florida's scenic bays and waterways. The bill, a main point of Gov. LeRoy Coffins' legislative- program cleared the Senate May 21 and passed the House by a 64 21 vote today after some 15 amendments were included. The main County and the Florida keys.

Republican Rep. Thomas Carney of Pinellas tried unsuccessfully to exempt Pinellas County from the bill. Pinellas and the city of St Petersburg have provided some of the (homiest submerged land were Body of the pilot was not located, his wife, a i until around 6 p.m., some thre' sprawled on the recreation room hours after the crash. Both the "I dence a .22 "Teckag, nd body werrWotedi to sovM bv te 'TM and self reliance, there's nothing like a solo cross-ocean hop to do the trick." Dreselly, who taught himself the art of sailing and navigating while steering his sloop the "Swal- ker" along the European and the Mediterranean coasts, is convinced his voyaging made a better man of him. Helps Character "I think it does something to a person's character," he observed.

"It teaches you to do things that are difficult and to do them alone. You've got problems to meet and the way you respond either makes you or breaks you." But now that it's all over, Dreselly wants to forget about his sea legs for a while and setae down on dry land. A graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dreselly plans to sail the "Swalker" to Miami, sell her and find a job as an engineer. Dreselly, son of John Dreselly, a Winthrop, auto dealer, began his voyage at Las Palmas in the Canary Islands April 6. "The toughest part of the trip," he said, "was fixing the top mast one day when it broke off during some heavy weather.

It was the hardest thing I ever did in my life to climb up the 30-foot mast to do the job." The low point of the voyage, he said, was the unending calm he met about half way across the He said he often went foe -days- without moving. Got Disgusted "One time I was so disgusted I just went down to the bunk and lay there feeling sorry for myself. All of a sudden I was almost blown out of my bunk by the blast of a steamer whistle that seemed to come right out of my porthole. Moslem Leader Found Burned To Death in Car ALGIERS. June 4 (a--A Prominent pro-French Moslem leader and his nephew were killed today as Arab nationalist i heightened tension both in Algeria and France.

Khoussa Adda, former member of the now suspended Algerian Assembly, and his nephew were found burned to death in an automobile. They had been slain while driving out in the country to inspect some property. Adda was the fourth prominent antinational- ist Algerian to die in recent weeks. The deaths highlighted a day of tension following the killing of nine persons and wounding of more than 100 others by time bombs in Algiers ay. French police and troops have been unable to find the bomb planters.

The Mayors' Assn. of the Algiers Department sent a telegram to President Rene Coty asking for a "general mobilization" in Algeria to bring about a quicker end to the rebellion, now more than than 400.000 French troops in Algeria now. From the nationalist side came a demand that all French troops be withdrawn and replaced by a U. N. force.

The demand was made by the outlawed Nationalist Algerian Movement (MNA). The French Interior Ministry released figures showing a sharp increase in deaths and injuries by Algerian nationalists in metropoli- I leaped up to the deck and tan France. There were 41 persons there, about 100 feet away, was a big Italian liner checking to see if I was in any trouble. That cheered me up and from then on I was okay." Dreselly said he stayed awake the last three days by taking ben- zedrine pills. On the way, he ate canned food and fish he caught.

lf orthe Funrf impiovemenl clearing immigration was to Thp Wil spend $2.50 of his last 58 getting The bill gnes counts and shaying hisSluxui bulkhead lines beyond which dredging and filling would be prohibit- grooming, pointing out that his It repeals the 1921 Butler Act last shave and haircut in the which gave upland owners title to submerged lands simply by the land with no deed required" The bill gives to the Cabinet trustees title to sovereign submer- by cials. according to offi- retired painting contractor an 546 Cadets Made Lieutenant; at odds "on couple had been money matters." Ready for mailing, the letter was addressed to Starkweather's daughter by a former marriage i Mrs. Aleen Dollinger. Dallas, the WEST POINT, N. June 4 iffi coroner said.

He added that it --Five hundred and forty six ca-imade reference to a chance in his lakes and submerged lands Balearic Islands near Spain only cost 15 cents. found near them indicated the revi ously conveyed. The trustees ma sel the lands only when it is not contrary to the public interest, and sales can be made only to upland owners. Bulkhead lines must be established before any allowed. The cities and counties may establish the bulkhead line with approval by the trustees.

Before the owner of submerged found the may fill inside the bulk- dets at the U. S. Military Arade- my became second lieutenants today and 25 of them promptly be- bridegrooms. Another 25 of this vear's gradu-! if Bratt He said he is rrmt om the count commis- i I MOM DP -i ates are to be married here dur-1 listing the deaths tentatively ask will. "It looks hke his letter and confronted him 163 ljnp he must receive ing the next few days homocide and suicide.

Florida Lifeguards Back on Their Jobs DAYTONA BEACH, June 4 W--Two Daytona Beach life- who quit fobretter paying jobs at Huntington Beach, were back at their posts here today a story that must have pleased the Chamber of Commerce. City Personnel Officer A. Deatherage quoted Irvin T. Janney and Sonny Dennis as saying 'the smog was too much for them and the water was just too cold." They reported the average mear water temperature at Huntingto'- last month was 59 drgror' Dipt. Don Kirkwoni' hrir siirj Daytona Brarh menn uatrr icmperatur for May 75.8 degrees.

House Adopts First Artid Of Revised Constitution or other in the authorized bod -V- SALARY BOOST TALLAHASSEE, June 4 OB--The House today passed a bill increasing the salary of the chairman of the State Road Department from $12,500 to 515,000. The measure has previously been passed by the Senate, and now goes to the governor. killed this May, compared with six in May 1956. A total of 139 persons were wounded, compared with 77, and 220 buildings were broken into or damaged, against seven last jear. Most of the violence in metropolitan France occurs between rival groups of nationalists.

Rota nans' Wives Are Honored With Banquet Wives of Panama City Rotary Club members last night were honored as the local civic organization celebrated annual Ladies Night with a banquet at the Dixie Sherman Hotel. Said President Mize of the event, "This is the one day of the year that our Rotary Anns receive special recognition." Following a buffet style banquet, several Rotarians and special entertainers presented humorous skits. adopting the preamble, the tion and anti-administration forces m-esaged a bitter reapportionment Datt 1 e. The vote was 79-10. Article which is the declaration of rights article, caused no major but a few members ibjected to its provisions on the aking of private property under condemnation proceedings.

The House changed one word in he proposed revision to provide or "Just" compensation for prop- Tty taken instead of "full" com- ensarion as its Constitutional mrndments Commitme i-rcom- until pro- The House then a.m. tomorrow ike up the article oil House substituted the words "Almighty God" instead of "divine providence" as the giver of blessings. The House started to work on The House now has 95 members and the Senate 38. a rapi( Population has PU a premium on waterfront lands. As a result, developers have bought the submerged lands and then filled them in to make high-priced waterfront lots available.

A suit was filed today in Leon Circuit Court against members of the Cabinet by three St. Petersburg land developers. Leonard Lee Ratner and Mr and Mrs. Al Furen brought the suit to stop the Cabinet and others from delaying the filling and de- jvelopmg of submerged lands Brother, Fellow Townspeople Of Accused Soldier Planning Drive to Prevent Jap Trial OTTAWA. June 4 (UP) mother in the country wiH lose While the big interest was' Boca Ciega Bay.

focused for the moment on the' in the revision this afternoon as a i House tne Senate Constitutional special order of business and und-1 Amendmen ts Committee was mov- img ahead with its version of the er a timetable shaped bv House! ing atiead wt i 3ers the shmvdmvn new constitution. leaders the showdown on reapportionment should come tomorrow. Senate committee gave final GoldHiwnite Named Pensacola NAS Chief WASHINGTON, June 4 (UP1- ef- forces to -member llD-member House plan for a con- 1 state budgeting. CalHnS rJ The comminee Fish Fleet, and to a drastic change in was named at Pensacola Fla elimi- Rear Adm. James S.

Russell the Senate on the natmg the game commission would chief of the Bureau of Aeronau ion 01 population, area and community 'make a new executive officer, of The Senate plan and the OPP writ-, a tirs. succppri Goldflwailp. HP roromissionor of conservation, rp-iwill be promoted to vice salt watPi- well upon assuming his new post t.n ten by the House Constitutional as fresh water fish and game. 'August --The brother and fellow townspeople of William S. Girard planned to fight all the way to the White House tonight to keep Ottawa soldier from standing trial in a Japanese court.

Louis Girard, 28, said he would like to tell President Eisenhower faith in the government and him over this thing." Seeks Congressional Aid Louis Girar said he talked to Rep. Charles Boyle, a Chicago Democrat who once made a trip to Japan to defend a Chicago soldier in a similar predicament. personally a he thought of Girard hoped Boyle and the Ot- turnmg his younger brother, an tawa district congressman. Rep. Army specialist 3C, over to the Japanese for trial on manslaughter charges.

"I'd sure have plenty to say to him," Girard, an auto mechanic, said bitterly. Others Mad, Too Other Ottawa residents who never knew the 21-year-old soldier were fighting mad over the gov- Noah Mason (R-I11), would come up with similar direct action for his brother. "Our government has let my brother down," he said grimly. Girard's widowed mother, Dorothy, 45, could not believe it at first when newsmen told her her boy would face Japanese justice. "It doesn't fair," she "The boys enlist and then ernment's decision to let a treat them like dogs.

My boy nese court try him on charges of'was acting in the line of duty." ooting a Japanese woman. I Mrs. Girard has been a volun- Housewife Mrs. Walter Carroll patient at the Peoria, composed a sizzling telegram of hospital ever since her hus- protest to the President and went band died last December. Doctori about Ottawa asking suggestions said she was suffering from "a from friends on how she could 'nervous condition" and let her go mair it stronger.

"What's the a with Commander in Chief?" she "He's a father, isn't he? Wfyy home a few weeks ago. She had to the return "hen she heard for the first time about her son's predicament..