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Partly cloudy tomorrow and not so warm. Some showers likely. Ueal pace) VOL. 241 Af Motown CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1962 12 Seven "17" Verge Ut Civil War Rail Strike Has Effect On Midwest Economic Squeeze Taking HoM On Nine-State Area CHICAGO (AP) Shutdown of the Chicago North Western Railway by a telegraphers strike has started a squeeze of the nine-state Midwest area served by the iine. The Order of Railroad Telegraphers called its 1,000 members off the job Thursday in a dispute over job security.

Operations on the 10,600 mile rail net- third longest in the to a halt. A federal mediator and union and management negotiators were determined continue bargaining talks through the long Labor Day weekend, but all said there was little hope of a quick settlement. The holiday weekend eased the transportation crush in the Chicago area, where 35,000 commuters who normally used the 180 daily suburban trains overflowed Thursday and Friday to buses, other trains and onto highways. May Become Serious But for many other urban and rural areas dependent upon the for freight service, the picture was one of increasing eco nomic inconvenience that could become serious should the strike be prolonged. In the nation's vast wheatland, where the seasonal harvest is well under way, the North Western is A principal grain hauler.

on a Missouri River Bank stabilization project in northwest Iowa has been halted because rock for the project is tied up in more than 125 stranded freight cars. Cut Off Near Rapid City, S.D., construction on Interstate Highway 90 has been halted for the rest of the year because a vital supply lime and concrete has been 6(it off. Paving crews have been mOved elsewhere. Also near Rapid City, an estimated delay has been caused in the construction of Min'uteman missile'site while ject directors try to find other means of obtaining supplies of cable and other necessities to keep construction going. At Fort Dodge, Iowa, representatives of the railroad brotherhoods charged that the North Western locked approximately 2.000 employes of the Minneapolis it St.

Louis Railroad out of their jobs. The Minneapolis St. Louis is a division of the North Western and operates 1,100 miles of track in Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois. The strike is being closely watched in Washington and by railroads and rail unions. For the railroad industry the strike epitomizes the job securily-versus- modernization dispute that has plagued the nation's railroads for several years.

Typhoon Hits Hong Kong; 16 Persons Killed HONG KONG Wanda battered Hong Kong with winds in excess of 100 miles an hour today, smashing houses and littering the streets with wreck- ege. An official shortly after EDT) said 16 police statement A persons are presumed to have been killed in the storm. Another 116 were injured. More than 4,800 persons were left homeless on Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon across the bay. Accompanied by two tidal waves, the storm overturned cars and large neon signs crashing down into the streets.

Gianl waves battered the city's famous waterfront. 'THAT'S MY holds the hand of The President as she and Mrs. Kennedy from plane after the three were re- at Quonset Point, R. 1. last night.

Mrs. Kennedy and Caroline had just arrived from a three week vacation in Italy. The Chief Executive flew up from Washington enroute to Newport where the family will spend the holiday week-end at the home of Mrs. Kennedy's mother. Photofax) FDA To Probe Headache Drugs Remedy Causes Kidney Damage WASHINGTON Food and'Drug Administration is'in- vestigating a common headache remedy ingredient after reports that excessive' use may damage the kidneys.

The headache remedy in a number of trademarked ffolidayDeath Toll Stalled On Grim Note is acelophenetidin, also known as phenacetin. In disclosing the inquiry Friday, FDA Commissioner George P. Larrick said the question of possible harm has been raised only in connection with peated doses for large and re- ailments other than headaches. Several Cases He stressed that the investigation is one of a number now under way. Howard I.

Weinstein, acting medical director of the FDA, said in a separate interview that "There is nothing against the drug when it is used normally in recommended therapeutic doses." Weinstein said the drug generally is regarded as safe as aspirin and that some physicians believe it is even safer. 54 Deaths Dr. Lionel Jacobs of Sydney, Australia, had told the FDA that 54 deaths in his country over a three-year period possibly were connected with excessive use of the drug phen-acetin. The FDA accordingly sent questionnaires to about 120 American kidney specialists, asking for, reports of any adverse effects following excessive use of the drug. Mike Wallace's Son Found Dead ATHENS, Greece (AP) Television commentator Mike Wallace has identified the decomposed body of his son, Peter, 20, found in a Greek ravine Friday, and asked U.

S. consulate authorities to arrange for its return to the United States. The body of the youth, who had been missing nearly four weeks, was brought to Athens today from Corinth, on the Peloponnesus peninsula 40 miles west of this city. It had been found at the bottom of a ravine seven miles south of Corinth. Six persons died in a grinding head-on crash on a rain-dimmec Arkansas road Friday night Ejecting a grim note as the La got highways in many Military Help U.

S. Considering Aid To Neutralist Cambodia PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) The United States is considering inportanl new military to neutralist Cambodia for use against; the Viet Cong, the Communist force which seeks to take over South Viet Nam. This, was learned today from penofw in a petition to know. The new aid would be based on the calculated risk that U.S. diplomats in Indochina can keep Thailand, Cambodia and South Viet Nam from snooting at each terms with both and South Viet Nam.

Border incidents sometimes involving casualties are incessant. The United States supplies arm and military advice to ail three nations. The new aid to Cambodia would include such hardware as troop carrying helicopters anc M113 amphibious armored personnel carriers both currently supplied to South Viet Nam. The object would be to give the 29.000 man Cambodian armec forces enoufih mobility to movp hottilcjfigainst infiltrating Vicl Confi Thailand in roadless border areas. U.

S. Naval Plane Fired On By Cuba While House Warns Castro Americans Will Shoot Back WASHINGTON (AP) A U.S. Navy plane winging over the sea 15 miles from Cuba was fired on by naval craft believed to be Cuban, says the White House, whicl- warned Prime Minister Fidel Castro's government that Americar crews will shoot back in any future attacks. The incident, which the White House said occurred Thursday, increased U.S.-Cuban tensions that have been growing with reports of shiploads of Russian arms, equipm'enl and technicians landing in Cuba. State Department officials were inclined to regard the attack as secondary incident in the cold war.

But they cautioned that repetition could have serious consequences. Two Vessels The White House statement said "all means necessary" will be employed by U.S. aircraft or ships to protect themselves in any Future encounters over inlerna- ional waters. Rumors of the attack buzzed through Washington Friday before the White House issued a statement in the afternoon confirming it and describing the details these: On Thursday afternoon, two small naval vessels, "believed to be Cuban," fired upon an unarmed Navy aircraft flying 15 miles north of Cuba's coast. The plane, designed for surveillance of surface ships and submarines, was on a routine training mission out of Florida and was'manned by three reservists.

The White House said the plane was not hit and none.of the crew members were hurt. Decision Approved The attack raised indignation in Congress, and the decision to shoot back in the future was generally applauded. By The Associated Press Traffic 54 Boating Drowning Miscellaneous 4 Total eg bor Day weekend NEW CLERK OF State Senator Louis N. Phipps, ID-Anne AnmdeU. holds book containing oath of office which clerks of the circuit court must sign after a new clerk of court takes office.

Phipps was sworn in yester- day, thus ending 16 years in the state senate. Signing the book is Mrs. Alice E. Jankowski ami looking on is Miss Ellcanor S. Owings.

Other employes of the clerk's office are shown in the background. (AP Photofax) Man Kills Two At Coney Island Six Others Are Wounded NEW YORK berserk gunman, lame and nursing a grudge, killed a woman and a policeman Friday night and led police in a running gun battle along the Coney Island boardwalk be- FBI Agents Enter School Violence Case Church Authorities Discontinue Classes After Hearing Threats "This is the only course we can land dropped him with four bullets take," said Senate Democratic in the was not hil Mike Mansfield of Mon- fore he was shot.to death. The gunman, identified as James about 27, a Negro, was brought down by Patrolman Herbert Nolan, who donned a bullet-proof vest, walked deliberately toward the nnrushing man Leader tana. Sen. Thomas H.

Kuchel of Wet, slick of the nation got the 78- hour, three-day holiday off to an especially dangerous start. Before the weekend is over, the National Safety Council estimated, between 410 and 4SO motorists will be killed. By Saturday morning, 30 persons had lost their lives in traf- "ic accidents. In the crash near Weiner, the victims were W. D.

Self! 78, and his 65-year-old wife, both of Little Rock; Miss Florence Stuck, 63, of Jonesboro, Jesie Stevenson, 17, Marlene SI even- California, the assistant Republican leader, concurred, saying: "Any time anybody fires on an American military plane it should fire back. I agree with the White House instructions." The fact that the patrol plane flew so close to the two naval vessels may be an indication of how closely the United States is watching the Russian shipments. Six Elderly WomenKilled In his trail, the gunman left two jother patrolmen injured, one critically, and four other persons injured. More than 100 shots were fired in the battle, which broke out as thousands were beginning the long Labor Day weekend at the Brooklyn -amusement area on the Atlantic Ocean. The crowds ran for cover as police closed in on the killer.

Ehictctl Police Clark eluded patrolmen for 13 a brace on one BOSTON (AP) The manhunt by Boston police in at least years continued today for the strangler of six elderly women who Jived alone. Authorities said they believe one man is responsible for the six stranglings in the past 10 weeks. Police particularly are hunting a man with a case history of mental illness and a police record for attempted stranglings. He is blocks, despite leg. The dead policeman was identified as Nicholas A.

Panico, 32. He and another patrolman, unaware of the chase, were shot in the ihead from behind by the fleeing biggest 1 a n. Patrolman Robert (Continued on Page 2) Sobleh's Fourth Freedom A Uem.pt In Court son, 15, and Bessie Mae Staven- known to have worked in at least Of 410- wonld son, 13, all of Weiner. The council's estimale 490 highway fatalities place-the toll well over last year, when 386 persons were killed dur ing the Labor DAy weekend. A nationwide Associated Press survey showed that in a comparative period from 6 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 17, to Monday midnight. Aug. 20, there were 438 accidental deaths. That included 256 traffic deaths, .43 boating, 54 -drowning and 85 accidental deaths.

The council estimated thaf 330 persons are fatally injured during an average late summer non-noli- day weekend. The natio'n's worst Labor Day weekend was recorded in 1951, when 461 died on the highways. seven hospitals in and around Boston. Five of the six women strangled bad hospital or medical clinic backgrounds. Two were nurses, a Lhird was a physiotherapist and Lwo others had been in hospitals for treatment shortly before they were slain.

No Paper Monday The Evening Times will not be published Day. The Sunday Times will be published as usual tomorrow. LONDON' (AP) The tempest over Dr. Robert A. Sobldn con tinned today after an appeal court defeated the runaway spy's fourth legal attempt lo win freedom in Britain.

George Brown, deputy leader of Britain's Labor Party, attacked Prime Minister Harold Macmillan government's handling of the explosive case and charged (hat it involved than that Britain's only responsibility was to put (he 61-year-old Lithuanian born psychiatrist "back on the aeroplane from which we quite accidentally got him. Where that plane took him was not our business. "But our home secretary should not have allowed himself to he- come either thc agent or thc alibi for other countries." had gotten more was necessary. Brown declared Rebels Will Defend City At Anv Cost Regular Army Units Mass Near Capital; Await Bella's Orders ALGIERS (API Algeria tottered nearer to the edge of civil 'war today as 30,000 regular army I troops massed southwest of Al- 'giers for a threatened offensive I against mutinous guerrilla forces holding the capital. I The rebel guerrilla leaders of jWilayas (military zones) 3 and 4 ordered their smaller and less well equipped forces to hold the city at any cost.

They also attempted to drum up jcivilian hacking for their cause, calling on 'he Moslem population to form human barriers against any advance hy the motorized, heavily armed regular troops loyal to Vice Premier Ahmed Ben Bella's Political Bureau. Demand End To Chaos There appeared to he scant popular support for either side in the capital. On Friday. 20.000 Moslems paraded through the streets of Algiers, shouting "down with civil They demanded an end to the chaos which has rocked this nation since it won independence from France two months ago after years of bloody rebellion and terrorism. The rebels appeared to have some success in the countryside, where they organized demonstra- lions in scores of villages and There was no report that the army forces, armed with Soviet and Red Chinese weapons, lad received marching orders.

However, one group of 2,000 at Tiaret, 150 miles from Algiers, had broken camp, loaded their BURAS, La. (AP) FBI agents investigated today re- Appeals Court Will Review Valle Ruling BALTIMORE Courl of Appeals will meet in'special Sept. 10 to hear arguments' in the controversial case of Francis J. Valle, who was named Aug. 13 to run for state's attorney of Baltimore.

A Baltimore Circuit Court judge ruled Thursday that ValJe's nomination was invalid. Judge Emory H. Niles said the Baltimore Democratic Slate Ccn- Committee, which nominated Valle to fill the vacancy on the November ballot created' by the death of incumbent Slate's Ally. Saul did not have au- Lhoritity to make the nomination. Emergency Session Judge Niles said only the Democratic State Central Committee could fill the fancy.

And Friday, Harry T. Gross, acting chairman of the State Central Committee, called emergency sessions for next Tuesday of his committee and the Baltimore central committee to consider the filling the opening. Three Suits Three suils had been brought in Baltimore Circuit Court to block Valle's nomination on various grounds, but Judge Niles heard all three in a consolidated case. It is expected that both the stale and city committees will name William J. O'Donnell as their new nominee.

O'Donnell was named by the Supreme Bench of 'Baltimore un ex pi red term, and the appointment was immediately hailed by Gov. Tawcs, ported threats, of. stem ming from desegregation of Roman Catholic school in heavy machine and rccoilless guns, howitzers field guns and awaited word to move out. To Establish Order commanding Sadoun said, "The Na- small, unincorporated town, neari tional Libe (regular) Army the mouth of the Mississippi intctlds lo establish order in the river. The school was closed Friday by church authorities, who said they feared violence and cient police protection.

They indicated they expected to reopen it Tuesday. capital and order will be established." The rebels look Algiers last Satlirda y. forcing the Political insum- Burc-aii to flee. The insurgents On Wednesday, five Negroes ship. and 38 while persons walked past! a large white tomb inscribed' 'None except those of white blood alholic schools in Louisiana.

The next day the Negroes slaycd away and the white at- church authorities ordered the bu a batch of New Jcrscy school closed, U.S. Atty Gen manijfaciui 'cd drugs suspected of Robert F. Kennedy ordered thel hav in 1bcen by in- claimed that Ben Bella's faction sought to turn its de facto government a military dictator- be buried in this tomb" and Believed started the first day of finilllftt CfZ Klllei'S tendance was down to 25. Less Probe Started than three hnui after TRENTON, N.J. (UPI)-Docfors and druggists in at least 10 stales have been alerted to halt distri- FBI to probe charges of threat-! iseclicides.

ened violence. Sheriff Chester Woolon said his Stale Health Commissioner Dr. jRoscoe P. Kanle said laboratory deputies had the situation in hand. analysis showed batches of drugs made by Kingston Laboratories in the bug killers Lindane and I Chlordanc.

The firm Friday minimized the mingled with the crowd of 100 spedalors and pickets outside the! closed schools Friday. An hour after the church Rev. Christopher eh lSHi CC of the drugs re- only to drugs made in Fcb- cxcommunicateri boss of Plaqueminns vinj J. political; ruary and Ma ch of thjs ycar Paris 111 Thc drugs in question have been firm only in general terms as sedatives, pain killers, heart pills and (county) went the school to identified the address the pickets. Controls County "Thc world our world will'appctite depressants, applaud Plaqucmines for its conr-; The state health department list- age," said the 71-year-old 11 states believed to have re- who has had political control oficeivcd shipments of the drugs: the parish for 40 years.

Jersey, Georgia, New York, "I am proud of you for resisting Ohio, this Communist-inspired forced in- Virginia, West Virginia and Flori- Higli And Low NEW YORK towesl temperature reported this morning by the U.S. Weather Bureau was 30 degrees at Craig, Colo. The highest temperature reported Friday was 111 at Yuma, Ariz. tcgration. I am equally proud da.

Thc llth was California, there has been no trouble." However, thc head of the Cal- Fathcr Schneider, a tall, leanjifornia Bureau of Food and Drug Franciscan priest who has been'Inspection said no such alert was here for 10 years, told Sheriff received in that slate, adding that Woolon that several priests had there was no contamination there been threatened. First Family Schedules Outing Caroline Gives Daddy First-Hand Report On Trip I. (UPI) reunited, the First Family planned an outing togeth- mer today to catch up on events at the White House and Ravello, Italy. President Kennedy was expected to Jake his internationally popular wife, and two children, Caroline, 4 and John Jr. 21 months, on a yachting cruise on Nnrraganselt Bay.

Friday niflh! the President adventurous vacation at romantic! Ravello, He was all smiles when he boarded the Kennedy family plane, the "Caroline" at the naval air station at Quonset Point, R. I. for a warm private reunion first. Then with delight he produced his loved ones for the waiting public. About 2,500 persons had come to the base to witness full ceremonial honors accorded the President and to him greet hts wife and daughter, clutching her daddy's hand, was 1 the first to emerge frnm the plane.

She wore a pink coat, white shoes and while socks and white lady-like gloves. Thc First Lady looked glorious in a smartly cut wnite summer coat, adorned with a jeweled pin. She seemed excited to be home and after formally accepting a tea rose noscgny from Gov. John A. Nottc of Rho'lc conied his wife and lively daugh- They were not disappoinlcd.

tcr back from their three-week 1 Lookinf like a princesi, Caroline, In fly to Hyannis Port, Mass, on the Caroline. But the President got firsthand report from Caroline who bubbled over with things lo loll her daddy about her passion for spaghetti, ice cream cones, underwater swimming nnd many young playmates in Ravelin. As they walked arm in arm to ward them the to helicopter which look the drugs in question. Trouble East German Boss Back From Russia BERLIN (UPI) The quiet rc-'coming and none of the fanfare turn of East German Communist usually accompanies his ar- Islnnd, she rushed over to cnv'where they will spend fne Labor brace her brother-in-law, Altoi'- Day weekend, the First Lady be- ney General Robert Kennedy, andlgan to lell her husband about her hU wife Ethel who waitlnjj'trip. rival from abroad.

Ulbricht's reappearance coincided with Western military intelligence reports that the Russians have set anti-aircraft missile bases around Berlin and on each side of thc threo vital air corridors connecting the city with Germany. Berlin is 110 mile side East Germany. Some Western observers speculated that definite Communist move was in thc offing, poaubiy Thc Communist Gaffer returned even the Soviet signing of boss Waller Ulhricht from Russia stirred Western fears today of possible new Red moves to try to oust the Western powers from Berlin. Although it was calm along (he Communist-built anti-refugee well dividing city, there was a general air of apprehension over Ulbricht's next move. Ulbricht cent'y.

conferred with Soviet Pre- Hammersmith Farm mior Nikita S. Khrushchev. Friday from a month's vacation in the Soviet Union. There was mnn pence treaty which ttiruth- chcv has warned will no prior announcement of hisl allied rishli ia.