Simpson's Leader-Times from Kittanning, Pennsylvania • Page 2

Five 11 Hurt in Two Mishaps Yesterday in District A total of 11 persons were in- ning MR 10, laceration of jured and five hospitalized, in two accidents yesterday, one on Route 422, a hnlf-milc wesl of Elderton and the oilier on old Route 422, (wo miles cast of Worthington. Admitted to Armstrong Coun forehead; Shirley Johns, 33, same address, contusions mid bruises of the face and nose: Deborah Johns, same address. crnilus- ions and bruises of Icfl check and nose; Olive Shearer. 5J, of RD2, i tv Memorial Hospital IK al)OUt thc ri xvrist aml shoul were Lenore Beyers. 76, of 24C Fairfield Indiana, i fractures of both legs and multiple lacerations of thc face.

She is poor condition today. Donna Watson. 26, of 211 S. Brady Du Bois, sustained lacerations of the forehead and knees and is in fair condition. Connie Watson, 6, same address, sustained a cut of thc scalp and injury (o thc right leg.

She is in fair condition. Stanley Watson, 26, same address, received chest injuries and cut of the eyebrow and is in fair condition. Todd Watson. 5 a address, incurred an ankle injury and is in good condition. Edward Barnes, 55, of 317 Jnmcs 1(klress TM ls of same both Geneva Highland Park, suffered bruises about the neck and back.

He received treatment for his injuries at the emergency room of the hospital and was released. According to stale police, who investigated the mishap, Barnes drove a truck at 3 p.m. yesterday which towed another vehicle eastward on Route 422. Barnes applied brakes to the truck and the towed vehicle swerved to the left, pulling the lead truck to the' westbound traffic lane. Donna Watson, police reported, drove the car which approached from the west.

Police estimated $3,500 damage to berth thc truck and the automobile. Five persons were injured at 4:30 p.m. yesterday and received treatment at the emergency room of Armstrong County Memorial Hospital for these hurts: Bradley Johns, 43, of Kittan- logs and bruises of the cheek. Troopers said Charles Irwin Johns, 22, of 1018 Wilson i a i drove one of the cars west along old Route 422 when he was blinded by the sun. Ho slmved his vehicle to pull to the borm of the highway.

Jamas Shearer operated his vehicle west behind the Johns driven machine. He was also blinded by the sun and failed to see the Johns car, police said. Police estimated $200 damage to the Johns automobile and $250 to Ihe Shearer machine. No one was apparently injured in a mishap nt 8:30 p.m. Friday on Route GG at Spaces Comers, Aboul $275 damage was incurred as two cars collided at a crest of a hill.

John C. Bevington, 50, of Kittanning MR 10 had just left a legislative roadway and entered Route CG, traveling south. Approaching north was a car operated by Boyd A. Carlwright, GG, of 132 Shelby Akron, Pa. The two collided, doing $175 damage to the Bevington car and $100 to thc Carlwright machine.

Tenant Injured As Motel Burns SOMERSET, Pa (UPI) A tenant was burned severely Sunday in a fire whcih caused $40,000 damage to the Loralann Motel here. Leslie Allday, 25,. of Somerset, in whose room the fire apparently started, was listed in fair condition at Somerset Hospital with burns. Firemen said the blaze apparently was caused by a lighted cigaret. 2 Continued from Page One Chill Here, With More To Come By United Press International Winter returned to-Pennsylvania today.

After a mild Christmas weekend that saw temperatures climb to the 50's and 60's the cold weather returned to the state today and was expected to prevail through Tuesday. A state low of four degrees above zero was reported at Phil- Ipsburg this morning. Philadelphia reported 17 and Pittsburgh 19 degrees. High temperatures today were expected to climb only to the upper 20's to the upper SO's. Lows tonight will range in the teens to mid 20's Occasional light snow and rain will develop late today in the western sectors but change to snow flurries tonight and continue on Tuesday.

A few snow flurries are likely tonight and Tuesday morning in the east. The Weather Air temperatures and river stages recorded at the government weather observation station, Allegheny River Lock No. 7 here for the holiday weekend period ending 7:30 a.m. Monday: 7:30 a.m. Friday 37 10 a.m -13 1 p.m CO 3 p.m 58 4 p.m 58 7:30 p.m.

Saturday 41 10 a.m 47 I p.m 41 3 p.m 40 4 p.m 42 7:30 a.m. Sunday 10 a.m 26 1 p.m 30 3 p.m 30 4 p.m 30 7:30 a.m. Monday 20 River stages: upper pool 14.6 feet, rising 'rise of 1.4 lower pool 15.0 feet, rising (rise of 2.3 foot). No precipitation. 17, Patsy Scutella, 16, Carl Hannibal, 18, and Laverne Kreckle of St.

Marys were killed and two other persons injured seriously in a two-car collision Friday night on Route 255, five miles north of here. Slate police said a car driven by Cheatle failed to negotiate a curve and struck another automobile. Bellcfonte: Charles E. Shuey, 15, Milesburg, Centre County, was killed Saturday night when the car in which he was riding struck a utility pole and then rammed a concrete wall along Route 220 three miles south of here, Sharon: Richard Surles, 19, Sharon, was killed in a head- on collision Friday night and Edward English, Pulaski, RD 2 Mercer County, died Saturday from injuries he received in the accident. Two other persons were injured in the accident which occurred on Rt.

18 in Mercer County. St. Marys: John A. Sunaili- lus, 54, Force, was slruck and killed by an auto Friday night as he walked along Rt. 255.

Police charged the driver, Cosimo John Longo, Penfleld, i drunken driving and involuntary manslaughter. Saegertown: Richard Noble, 7, Cambridge Springs, was killed Friday when he was struck by a hit-and-run motorist then run over by a truck. The accident occurred on Rt. 19, one mile north of here. Po- New York Visit Made By Truman NEW YORK (UPI) -Former Presidenl Harry Truman today called the Viet Cong's breaking of the Christmas truce "a dirty had a few kind words for Texas style cooking.

The 81-year-old former President took a 13-block walk in car numbing weather with newsm5n at 7:30 a.m. EST and chatted about Christmas and cooking. He is here visiting his daughter, Margaret, and her family. In branding (he Viet Cong truce violation "a dirty trick" Truman added, "30 hours wouldn't do them any damage. They never make any promises with the idea of keeping them." Rosy cheeked from the cold but walking at a fairly quick pace, Truman said his three young grandsons thoroughly enjoyed the holiday.

Asked whether they were hard to keep up with, Truman grinned and said, "They horse around if I give them a chance, hut they have a lot of respect for their granddaddy." Truman said White House cooking is "always good," adding that "nobody ever seemed to turn it down." Then came the culinary question of the hour. Truman was asked hether he considered Texas or French cooking better. "Texas cooking is far and away better than French cooking," he answered. "It's like Missouri cooking." Truman said he planned to return to Missouri Tuesday afternoon. Berlin Wall Death Stirs Indignation BERLIN (UPI) -A wave of protest and indignation swept through this divided city today over the fatal shooting by East German guards of two men fleeing to freedom through the Berlin wall.

A third companion 2--Leader-Times Kittanning, Pa. Monday, Dec. 27, 1965 was wounded and an East German girl captured when the men attempted to crash their car Sunday into the fortifications at FORMER PRESIDENT Harry Truman warms up his ears during regular early morning walk through New York City. Tru- (UPI Telephoto) man, 8 I-years-old, led newsmen on a brisk half-mile stroll and said that Viet Cong sease-fire violation was "dirty trick." the HeinrichAheine Strasse crossing. "No nation can put up with this," said the mass circulation Bild Zeitung today in an editorial.

The tabloid compared the Soviet-controlled Eastern zone to a Nazi concentration camp. During the night a small group of West Berlin youths demonstrated at the checkpoint in. where the incident occurred. They carried a banner reading, "How long will we put up with murder." Holiday Spirit The West German driver of the car carrying the three East Germans to the West bled to death about 30 feet from a lighted Christmas tree set up by the Communists to show their holiday spirit. A second man fell wounded from the car and lay on the street giving no sign of life and was believed dead.

The American, British and commandants n- ounced the shooting as "wanton, killing." They said it was all the more shocking because it took place over the Christmas holidays. "It is time this senseless Ike, Mamie To Head West GETTYSBURG, PA. (UPI) -Preparations were underway today for the annual winter vacation of former President and and Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower in southern California.

Brig. Gen. Robert L. Schulz, the general's aide, said the Ei- senhowers probably would leave sometime next week for Palm Desert, to take up residence in a cottage oon the llth fairway of the Eldorado Country Club, their customary vacation retreat. Schulz said the Eisenhower spent a auiet Christmas holiday at their farm home near here with their son, John, and family, who returned to their Phoenixville, Pa.

home Sunday. A few close friends also dropped AUSTIN, Tex. (UPI) -President Johnson returned to full post-holiday workload at his ranch house today with major emphasis on planning for his next year's budget and legislative program. The chief executive, who lice said the truck driver was Joseph Kilox of Saegertown RD 2. Waynesburg: Peter Musclin, 56, Landing, died Saturday from injuries suffered Thursday night when his car crashed into a bridge on Rt.

8 near Millsboro. Pittsburgh: A. Mc- Pennsylvania--Cloudy Forecast: Western with occasional light snow or rain early tonight changing to scattered snow Hurries late tonightiBigelow Blvd. and Tuesday. Low tonight 18 to 0 a building.

28. Turning colder Tuesday Morgan, 21, Toledo, Ohio, and Gary Hammond, 20, Akron, Ohio, both soldiers on leave from Ft. Eustis, were killed Thursday night and four other persons were injured in a two-car collision on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, west of the Butler Valley interchange. Pittsburgh: Nicholas Lucyk, 38, Coraopolis, was killed Friday when his car struck a pole and guard rail in Robinson Twp. Pittsburgh: Kevin AHef, 24, Pittsburgh, was killed Friday when his motorcycle went off Two Drivers Here Face Hit-and-run Two hit-and-run accidents oc- curred yesterday in Kittanning Fires Borough, one damaging a building and the other a parked car, according to Kittanning police'.

James M. Campbell of Ford City RD 1 is charged with leaving the scene of an accident and disorderly conduct after his car allegedly struck a corner of the Louden Building, S. Water Alley. The incident took place about 12:30 p.m. yesterday and about $50 damage was done to the building and $25 to the car.

About $375 damage was incurred at 4:30 p.m. yesterday on Highland Avenue, near N. Grant Alley, when a car driven by Samuel Petrovsky, 20, of 2342 Lincoln Way, Ford City, struck a parked automobile owned by Clarence Cloak of 902 N. Grant Kittanning. Police said Petrovsky, traveling west on Highland, struck the parked car and continued west.

He was apprehended at Union and N. Grant Avenue where his car was disabled. About $200 damage was done (o the Petrovsky machine and $175 to the Cloak vehicle. Police charged Petrovsky with leaving the scene of an accident and disorderly conduct. Christmas Death Toll Set at 832 By United Press International The nation's traffic death toll set an all-time Christmas holiday record as the count zoomed past the old mark of 706 set nine years ago.

A United Press International count showed at least 7U) traffic fatalities during the holiday period which began at 6 p.m. local lime Thursday and ended at 11:59 p.m. Sunday. The breakdown: Traffic 710 01 Planes Miscellaneous 56 Total 832 The "Black Christmas" mark of 706 was set in 1956, a foui day holiday. This year's perioc spanned 78 hours.

Texas led Ihe nation wilh 52 traffic deaths reported durin, the holiday period closelj followed by California with 51 Ohio had 49. Public Gifts Aid Victims of Fire Salvation Army Capt. Jame H. Korp said today that season al thoughtfulness of area resi dents had met all Ihe immediat needs of a Ford City RD 1 fam ily which was burned out in Christmas Day fire. The victms were the Rober Thirys, who lost most of their belongings when fire race through the two-story fram rrived in Texas six nights ago Johnson's Secret Service detail a year-end stay, attended hurch Sunday as he had on hristmas, and relaxed wilh mg drives around Ihe country- de.

He refrained over the holiday eekend from commenting on le yuletide truce in Viet Nam Inch ended wilh resumplion of ttacks by the Communist Viet ong. Noi was there any White comment on a three-day to bombings in North Viet am. Bui Johnson did express renewed "wish peace Viet Nam. The President did. so an xpression of sympathy he sent hrough an aide to about 85 cace demonstrators who came a the vicinity of his ranch by ius from Houston.

Secret Service agent.Clarence Oietsch, who said he was peaking on Johnson's behalf, old the peace marchers: He asked me to assure you hat yoa would receive a reply rom him. He said he was glad 0 see so many of you out here or peace because his wish or peace in Viet Nam, too." A firecracker explosion threw 1 momentary scare into 18, of San Antonio, and said that had not "fired his w.eapon. They asked Ammons, who vas. going deer keep is rule unloaded and 'in the truck while Johnson was.in the icinity. This turned be bout 20 minutes, and Johnson id not seem aware during'that ime of the episode.

and crashed HIGH AND LOW: NEW YORK (UP!) The lowest temperature reported to the U.S. Weather Bureau this morning, excluding Alaska and Hawaii, was 22 below zero at Broadys and Lewistown, Mont Waynesburg: Joseph 35, Greensboro, was i i Thursday night in a one car The highest reported Sunday abulmenl was 71 degrees at Alpine, Tex. Bridge. on Rt. 88.

Pittsburgh: George F. Brawdy, 37, Groveton, Allegheny County, was killed Thursday night when his car slruck an on the Coraopclis Exchange Students Receive Gife Calls Sateen American Field Service exchange students attending high schools in areas served by telephone companies affiliated with Elyria-based Mid-Conton- ent System were presented holiday calls to their homes. The calls went to Argentina, Netherlands, Germany, Thailand, Sweden, Spain, Uganda, the Philippines, North Ireland and Japan. Participating in the gift telephone cals to bring the foreign exchange students to their structure on Stilt Hollow Roac (Story on page 4). Capt.

Korp, officer-in-charge of the Kittanning corps of SA, said cash gifts in behalf of the family more than $200. The response to the family's clothing needs was so great that they had no need at the moment for additional garments, the gency head said. Auto Death Inquest Set For Youth William R. Bernard, 18, Wor thington youth free on $1,00 bond in the Dec. :6 automobil death of a pedestrian on S.

Wa ter Street, Kittanning is schec uled to face a coroner's inques Tuesday night. Coroner John Kennedy sai the inaupst would be held at p.m. in the courthouse here Bernard, who turned himself i after police found the body Ira Bowers, 78, told officers "panicked" after the inciden and drove off. Bowers, kille between 6:30 a.m. and 7 a.m was the first pedestrian fatalit in Kiltanning in 16 years.

crash on the Millsboro Bridge homes during the holiday season were The Ashtabula Telephone The Geneva Telephone The Elyria Telephone The 'Western Reserve Telephone at Hudson, 0., and the Kittanning Telephone Co. Girl, 5, Hurt In Car Crash CLARION--A 5-year-old Oil City girl was injured here last Saturday when two vehicles collided at the intersection of Routes 322 and 66. Susan Hudson was treated ami released at Clarion Community Osteopathic Hospital. She suffered a chfo injury. Stale police said Richard Hudson, 28, driving south on Route 66, failed to slop at a marked intersection and struck John Whitling, 34, of Knox.

Damages were set at $1,000 for Whitling and $400 for Hudson. Thc accident happened at 11:55 a.m. unday. The firecracker was popped a little girl as Johnson's edan, with the President at the heel, lurned a corner on its ay to his boyhood home. When the Secret Servicemen eard the bang and saw a oung man holding a 30-30 unting rifle beside his pickup ruck, across the street from Johnson homestead, they warmed around the youth.

He himself as Nicky killing cease," said the Aliad commandants in a statement up by the United States. The incident also placed a damper on the joy over holiday reunions of families split by the wall. dentified Services Listed For Trio BUTLER, Pa. (UPI) Funeral services were to be held today for a Butler County man, his wife and son listed by police as victims of an apparent murder-suicide. Police said Daryl Dunkle, 36, apparently despondent because his wife, Elsie, 34, and their son.

Howard, 12, were in ill health shot and killed them Friday and then turned the gun on himself. Flood Dies; Outspoken On Bench PHILADELPHIA (UPI) -State Superior Court Judge er- ald F. Glood, 67, died Sunday at University Hospital of a kidney ailment he had suffered for the past eight months. Judge Flood, who was noted his out spoken remarks on the bench, had been admitted to the hospital on ov. 28.

Flood, a scholarship student helped pay his wa through college by palying the piano and leading the college orcheslra. was once offered an audition with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and he held membership in the American Federation of Musicians 'union until his death. A magna-cum-laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, he served in orld War I and sp ent more than 40 ye ars a an attorney, law professor and judge. He was elected as a Democrat to two 10-year terms on he Philadelphia Common Pleas Court following aVap pointment to the -court by Gov. George H.

Earle in 19 37.to ill a vacancy, i He was' elected to the Superior Court in 1960. But the Communists today defended their action, blaming the West for instigating the attempted crossing, and warning that "provocateurs" will meet a similar fate. Crashes Into Pole Communist guards opened fire with about 50 rounds of tommy gun fire from a watchtower as Heinz Schoeneberger, a 27-year-old German, raced his automobile through th'e checkpoint towards an opening in the wall. car crashed into a pole set across the opening. Schoeneberger, though fatally wounded, staggered 15 feet into West Berlin, and collapsed bleeding profusely from -a wound in his throat.

He bled to Cable Car Disaster Investigated MONT FERRAND, France (UPI) --Magistrates and police today launched an official inquiry into a Christmas Day mountain disaster -in which a swinging aerial cable car burst open and spilled 23 vacationers onto rocks and snow -beneath, killing six and injuring 12. Authorities planned a lull reconstruction of the accident- one of the worst in recent French mountaineering history. Swirling fog and clouds still blanketing Puy de Sancy in the Monte Dore rante of central France hampered detailed investigations. Officials said 'it might hold up the reconstruction. All the victims were French them teen-age an Orleans ski death a few minutes later under a sign that read: "Now you are entering the American sector." A crowd of about 80 West Berliners shouted "murderers" at the Eastern soldiers and taunted Western police for not going into action.

The incident, however, did not stop traffic through the wall today. By Monday morning about 10,000 West Berliners entered East Berlin with passes issued by the Communists so they couM visit relatives. --most of members of club. Three of the Injured at the Hotel Dieu Hospital here were reported today still in serious condition. The 60-passenger cable car was about 120 feet from the top of the cone-shaped peak when the electric current went off, bringing the car to a violent halt.

Passengers and their stacked skis were flung against the front of the car, which burst open with an explosion that could be heard milea around and 23 persons were spilled on to the snow-covered, mountainside below. Engineers laid. the car was built to carry 60 persons and was tested twice annually. They said the car itself weighed about 1,600 pounds had been tested with loads of more than five carrying tons. It a full was load not of passengers at the time of the disaster.

Damage $190 Here As 2 Cars Collide About $190 damage was incurred when two cars collided at 2:45 p.m. Friday at Market Street and N. McKcan Alley, Kittanning, police said. They said drivers were Helen Claypool of Kiltan- ning RD 4 and Anna M. Kline of 115 Campbell Kittannhig.

No OUR was injured, police said. Continued from Page One Continued from Page One Johnstown Man Slain at Club JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (UPI) -George Fisher, 22, Johnstown was held on a murder charge today in the slaying of a fellow patron at a club. Police said Fisher shot and killed John Lautenbach 34, Johnstown, early Sunday and wounded two other men. According to police, Fisher left the club and returned a few minutes later with a rifle.

He shot William Mihalic, 48, a doorman at the club, and then shot Michael Murkovich of Johnstown and Lautenbach as they were leaving the club, officers said. Mihalic was reported in poor condition at Johnstown Mercy Hospital. Murkovich was listed in fair condition. spokesman said the terrorist managed to flee before the bomb went off. In the Central.

Highlands, a military tribunal at Pleiku today ordered four leaders of the bloody rebellion by Montagnard tribesmen executed by a firing squad in a public square. The four were among 20 of the tribal mounlaineers who went on trial for role in the recent uprising against government troops which later sprea'd to four provinces in central South Viet Nam. The others received long prison terms. The Mcntagnards are trained and paid by U.S. Special Forces outfits and have often proved themselves in combat at outposts in the Highlands.

About 520,000 Montagnards live in the highlands. Many maids smelled smoke and began arousing the family. They said the fire apparently began in. a sun porch of the home and spread quickly before Jane and her dog could escape. Jane and William are children of Mrs.

Ladoucer by a previous marriage. In addition to William, Houghton Phillips Ladoucer, 2 months, also escaped the fire with his mother. Police estimated that damage to the home and its contents may exceed $80,000. Firemen said it had, not -been determined how the fire started, but theorized it may have erupted in a couch in the sun parlor. Hit-run Car Hunted RIMERSBURG Police are searching for a hit-run vehicle, possibly red in color, after a parked car owned by.Richard Stewart here was sideswiped and damaged about 12:20 a.m.

Christmas Day on a Porter Twp. road. Damage was estimated at $600. military advisers feel the Montagnards joined the war effort not because they are anti-Communist but because they are anti-lowlander-- which includes the Vietnamese, Cambodians and Laotians. An autonomous state long has been the dream of the 30-odd tribes.

They suspicious or GIRL UNHURT IN MISHAP Susan Sparks of Kittanning MR 10 was apparently unhurt when she ran into the side of an automobile at 12:40 p.m. Friday in Kittanning, police reported. The car was driven by David Smith of Worthington, who offered aid that was refused, police said. are generally hostile toward outsiders, with the exception of the Special Forces troops who arm, pay and trani them in the art of modern warfare. In air action over South Viet Nam, It was reported that U.S.

and Vietnamese planes flew 236 combat sorties against the Viet Cong Sunday and early today. Published every eifternoon except Sunday by Simpsons' Publishing Ino 115-121 Grant Kitt a i Second-class postage paid at Kittanning, Pennsylvania 18201.