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r7 The easiest jaA most convenient shopping center ia the world to buy or seH the Want Ads. WEATHER FORECAST Fair today with-chance, of light showers; high to mid 80i Tuesday, little change. am WILKES-BARRE, PA MONDAY MORNING, JULY 16, 196216 PAGES. ESStt n. 01 Accused of Murder Parents Thankful Animal ira dp ii inn 4m Sent 1 Dead, 400 Homeless in Flash Floods Reds Down 2 U.

S. Planes In Vietnam Aloft in Balloon ml Prince Albert, Julv 15 UP) A U. S. Research! Saigon, South Vietnam, capsule carrying animals and insects exposed to cosmic Mon(jaV 'jujy (jp) ray radiation was parachuted from a huge scientific bal- jj jfa tXvin-ensrine loon into rugged bush Country 55 miles northeast of here cj23 transport plane has Body in Ditch Hours Before It Is Found Death Sudden but Not Instantaneous A 20 -year-old AWOL' Marine of Plymouth Township was arrested late; Saturday afternoon by Pennsylvania State Police in connection with the death of Jean Volukonis, 14, of 49 Elm Street, Plymouth, whose body was found early Saturday afternoon in a wooded area of Plymouth 'crashed in South Vietnam, The balloon which contained la reliable source reported four hamsters tw-o monkeys and Botn dpies were dropped by some flower beetles, had sailed ione parachute, more than 1.800 nules at altitudesl Scientists count on the prevail-of up to 131.000 feet since it wasiing east-to-west wind which car-released Saturday at Goose the balloon this weekend for Monday. Details of the crash were not available but it was understood to have been somewhere in the Lfttuuiauui.

near uif AUBnuc a second flight next week and 'vicinity of Ban Me Thout, 160 Louisville, July 15 (JP) Floods triggered by what resident called the worst rainstorm in the area's history swamped two northern Kentucky counties Sunday, driving hundreds from their homes, inflicting $500,000 damage and washing out a number of bridges. At least one person died in the flash floods from several swollen streams in the two-county area. Kenton County authorities said about 400 persons were driven from their homes in the San-fordtown area, apparently the 'hardest hit. The Red Cross set up an emergency feeding station near Sanfordtown and offered shelter to the homeless. Banklick Creek splashed over Its banks quickly during the CUttSl.

Itvxrn mftp laiinchinffc nlannoH miles northeast of Ssaigon. There was no indication whether the plane crashed accidentally ori was shot down by Communist During the trip, the animals, during the summer. The balloon insects and a number of are t0 provide basic indents were exposed to aO per formation on radiation problems cent of the cosmic ray radiation to manned" space expected to be encountered whenjfijiht i I groundfire. i man begins traveling in deep. i 1 WILLIAM LEWIS space.

The scientific payload I y. 'Si Township, along Route 29. a totaled 450 pounds. Word of the crash came as a heavily armed, convoy pressed a search for four Americans missing after Communist guerrilla gunfire knocked down a U. S.

Army helicopter yesterday in mountainous iunfflp near the A U. S. National Aeronautics Cuba Charges and Space Administration Cessna, ViMUWi UMi 180 followine the 380-foot tall! Chinese Forces balloon radioed that the capsule Laotian border. i Being detained at the State Police Barracks at Wyoming is Pvt. William Lewis, rear of George Street, West Nanticoke, Heights, Plymouth Town- Shots Fired had been released at the north east end of Candle Lake.

U. S. authorities said a fifth American aboard the helicopter, niirnlA IflrililtlQ an officer, was found bv a search Ulll11 tI.V EllUtailO A charter helicopter of the Canadian Provincial National Re- Havana. July 15 Thei party about eight miles from the) John Schackelford and his wife he with head towed-and her with hands folded offer prayers after their daughter, Lesa, 3, was found unharmed July 14 at Coal City, about five miles from their farm at Braceville, 111. Girl had been missing since July 12.

crash site. New Delhi, India, July 15 Armed Forces Ministry charged todav U. S. forces at the Guan- storm, authorities said, and sent a wall of water gushing into Sanfordtown, a low-lying community of 250. Police said the water wall was about 300.

feet wide and 10 feet deep when it hit Sanfordtown. Mrs. Loretta Sparkman, 70, Arrest of Lewis was an- The officer, whose name was Chinese Communist forces have not disclosed wax mind waikinoi withdrawn still further in the 1 111UI flW II Still IWI sis sources Department was sent to the scene to pickup the capsule and its passengers. Aboard the helicopter was Dr. Webb Haymaker, a NASA official from Ames Research Laboratory Mof- tanamo Naval Base fired 20 shots at Cuban sentries stationed Galwan Valley of disputed La-itlOUncea by State Police Lt dakh, a government spokesman iLoUis T.

Shupnik, who said will be arraigned this outside the base last Friday. in the heavily Red-infiltrated, area. There was no word of the four other Americans and two South Vietnamese Army men In the 34th such charge, the tet Field, cant. Sleueliminidl Original plans were to land Armed Forces Ministry said the lives of the sentries were endangered by the alleged shoot aboard the helicopter. I The U.

S. authorities said the ports that the Red Chinese had morning on a charge Of encircled an Indian outpost, imurder before Alderman The Chinesewer V. Murphy, 120 yesterday to have withdrawn iiWiC4. ivarrt from their previous posi- OCOU atreei. officer was unhurt except for ings.

It said the American guards the capsule at Edmonton, but it was decided later to parachute it the Prince Albert area before dark. NASA spokesman said an Edmonton landing would have bruises. fired at various times Friday between sunrise and 10:15 p. m. The government search party worked into the night in search tions but the Indian spokesman) Lt.

Shupnik reported been made about five hours The Communist newspaper Hoy died when the flood swept away her one-story frame home near Sanfordtown. She lived alone. Six bridges were cut down by rushing water in Kenton County and two in Boone. Banklick and other streams in the two-county area were re-i ported receding Sunday night, The Kentucky rains were part of a storm system which extended from Virginia through the Ohio Valley into Kansas and the Texas Panhandle. Showers also fell in New England and broughteome relief to wasnmgton, July 15 (ff Anthonv J.

Celehrezze Jr. the said the naval base "Plays a later. of the others, nr vw Lewis, who admitted detaibt monstrous role" on Cuban soil, "Besides, there are some pretty mayor of Cleveland, faced the challenge today of a new job i that of Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare in the cabinet Hampered by thunderstorms', iney tn ihe death rf th and low clouds, other helicopters latest move. emS XOJXm aeatn OI tne It made the statement in report rugged mountains just beyond bsned in the area rushed to the Ertmorrton." aemea. ing th funeral of -Cuban1 In Madras, waia a mine iccu-sse -giii, lias uecn au later Nehru expressed MtWn sent without leave from Celebrezze, surprise ap-f The caosule was released 'elec aeen but were mm to locate fisherman authorities claim was killed by Guantanamo service pouunient was announce! yes- rMehr.o-.

wmoi tronically by the tracking plane. The animals and instruments the downed machine. The H21 helicopter was en men. The body of Rodolfq Rosell "SU'ter a Post may be nt to carried In separate cap- gaged in a routine supply mis was touna a ooat insiae rne over yesieraay wunui xt expressed the hope the Chinese Camp Lejeune, N. Since would move out completely.

July 6. "We don't wish to provoke any, nror anrl nhi. shooting conflicts," JlJfLJ. were sules. sion in Kontum Province, about base waters by Cuban fishermen 20 miles from the Laos border last Friday.

Political and military officials, in the northern part of South 2-alarm Blaze Vietnam, American sources said, speaking at the funeral in Guan We have tO prevent loreign imra wwu ic )juuui5 uuc c- from besieging Indian posts." suited "from the excellent wSS Tnote'cooperation" between mem- when it ran into heavy ground tanamo town, north of the case, ct "vine senate tomorrow, Ribicoff. Ribicoff, first person named by Kennedy to his cabinet' and the first to resign, wojiIIVam? Irc4r Tlfntinlit nomination for U.S. Senator! CW JCrSey UrOUgllt from Connecticut at the Z.n Democratic Convention in Hart- l.nf.S Intft IVth llav ford yesterday. vwb iuiu uay The Cleveland Mayor was on! Newark, N. July 15 UP) phone and told him he wanted tlnued int0 19tn dy with fire, charged Rosell was tortured and rriHv accused India of bers Of tne State Police.

Lu- slain inside the base. i ma vvoji i if xii ai i miv I reported actually shot down by "inventing such incidents. zerne County District At- Razes Building Officials also announced the slaying of a militiaman Friday Communist guerrillas since the The note cMrgea ltoniev offirP Plvmmith noos naa encireiea te trnnni had encircled United States began its massive near Guines, 27 mues southeast nnct nd that the latter last con Borough and Plymouth training and support assistance of Havana. It was the second nLM.J.lMl.!. 1E T), A x-iu mur.piun, uU, CK looth rnnnrtoH Thlir, him forJthe cabinet post.

no relief-bringing rain in the to South Vietnam last December. tact with rear units for as long as eight days. It said Indian heli-nipr. flew reinforcements to Township police departments, Lt. Shupnik said.

Helicopters, which frequently if 88 8rMt surPrlse to offing. j'LTr 'r Vnr nH mit day. Officials said an Army cor- me." Celebrezze said later. I A fe ajt.r.rt s.t.!contro1 foT near1 45 ThrHv while ra7inc a two-storv ware-iPorBI was "u'uy razing a iwo-siory wtire the Indian post Wednesday. His selection was a surprise urday failed to ease the serious to most: evervonp tnn ho.

jnouse toriav toaay, Luzerne County District Attorney Stephen A. Teller said Indian defense ministry sources aiiunuuii, sairf th Chinese moves in me that in addition to the murder aeipnia. cause Celebrezze's name had not The Weather Bureau at New fly Vietnamese troops into battle position, are hit almost daily, however, and several have been forced down by machanical or other trouble while on missions. In nearly all cases the crews have been able to make repairs anrf flv hark tn hnse. Galwan Valley strongly resem-j Two firemen were1 burned by drum apparently containing been mentioned in the specula-ark Airport predicted tion a.S to who mifht inrroert nlnuili, charge.

Lewis will be charged with raping another teenage girl. hiprf a Communist sneaK auacK the hot southeast corner oi me nation. Handyman Accused Of Setting N. Y. Fire Liberty.

K. July 15 (JPA handyman is accused of deliberately setting a resort hotel fire that took the lives of three guests last week. Robert G. Ryan, 38. of the Bronx, was arrested Saturday on a first-degree murder charge.

After arraignment, he was committed to the Sullivan County Jail at Monticello to await grand action. Dist. Atty. Robert Williams said Ryan had signed a statement admitting that he set fire to the Hankins High View House Friday bv igniting paper napkins at the foot of a stairway leading from the dining room to the hotel's sleeping quarters. About 50 persons were asleep In the hotel when the fire broke out.

Charles Fox, 60, of Brooklyn, and Henrv Len, 75. of the Bronx, died in the fire. David Slavin, 75, of Brooklyn, died later in a hospital. Rvan was credited with dis at Konga Pass in October. 1959, Ribicoff.

He had been expected morrow with temperatures Steel Demand RlSCS Teller quoted Lewis as savin Firemen said the bricl ware ucmui au nn.n when they inflicted casualties on he and two young companions FersonneJ aboard the missffigunaian ironuer su. went to ior sornc iirnc tO' submit his th 80 resignation so he could seek The prolonged drv spell has Hous tlwi eanR' New sttd maR election as Democratic wn.i ki fl.v Railroad and leased to Car-zine predicts steelmakers will Tl growth of Marsh-n contained steo un shipments next month in "This time we were not caught Route 29 near Rn horiv craft were believed to inciuae military advisers as well as crew members. ic uiuiL-e ui mrnea iNew jersey woocuanas i Kr rial mci i cauuunc iiov n. Celcbrezze. associates of the into napping," one source padded.

before midnight Friday. Inside Unofficial reports from border they found Miss volukonis and districts say Chinese troop move-jfour tlier girls. imaerooxes ana Causea Tt. m-, mruH inin luin Kav risinir rlemnnd from three hiff President said, was the Mayor's water shortages in some areas The report came only a day cars on a nearby siding. A switch customers: the automotive, con- ments are on the Increase along) Tl 1 as a good adminis- Yesterday, Rep.

William B.I ii ,1 reputation trator. Indus- ii. Ani mnio liar wiirhu.v in sum uewis carried one after U. S. Army Capt.

Don J. York of Asheville, N. was killed in a Communist ambush. Widnall, R-N. sent teleerams, '-s.

ih. the other girls upstairs and the area. Now serving a fifth term as to President KatihaHv a raped her. Then, they said. Lewis Cleveland's top execuUve.

Cele-Richard J. Hughest urging that! came downstairs and he and another of the boys began chasing uiee wm comer nere i uesaay Sussex, warren and Morris with President Kennedy and Counties be declared disaster me gins. St. Peter's Blasted niDicoii. 'areas.

Lewis caueht un with Mis Mother Ends 17-year Search For Details of Son's Death Volukonis 30 feet from the cliff. ponce said, but she broke away and a few seconds later plunged over the edge. Teller said Investigators still ly Deranged Bomber covering the fire and at first drew praise for the aid he gave to escaping guests. Police said that routine questioning later uncovered discrepancies in his are trying to determine what the girls were doing in the vacant 2 French Deep Sea Explorers Dive 6 Miles in Pacific Ocean Report Intensive I4fe in Area Off Japanese Coast During Stay Former Japanese Army Officer Says Brooklyn Man's Plane Was Downed story. Police did not reveal any mo every splinter that looked like a bomb part.

They found the works of a small clock that furnished a Mu Yrk 15 A 17-year search for information on tive for setting the fire. the details of her son's war-time death bore some fruit today for nouse. It was determined the young victim died of a fractured skull and internal injuries when she fell off a 40-foot, cliff while attempting to run away from Lewis. State Police said the ac-cused had attempted to rape the young girl. of uncertainty were Capt.

Carl Lawson of the State Police said Ryan claimed he res a Brooklyn motner wno si me "Driving me to my grave." cued some people and added: Tokyo, July 15 (Ft French deep sea explorers dived nearly six miles down in to the Japan trench today in the second deepest plunge ever made by man and reported finding "intensive life" Mrs. Anna Topp was iniormear "Apparently he did. He was very busy all over the place." "I don't happen to believe he during their three-hour stay on the bottom. died in the crash," she insisted, through a Tokyo newspaper that a former Japanese Army Lieutenant Commander who said he caw her. son's nlane shot down in The near record dive of 31,350 'I would like to have the officer feet by French Commander and Willm made observations.

Georges Houot and Navy En come here to see me or go over there myself and talk with him. Following an autopsy at General Hospital. Dr. George E. Hu-dock, reported that death was attributed to a skull fracture.

The pathologist said death apparently was due to a broad, flat blow to the left side of the clue. The clock had stopped at 8:20 p. the time of the explosion. It bore the trademark All the pieces were turned over to Italian police and army ballistics experts. Vatican gendarmes patroled the Basilica, the Apostolic Palace and St.

Peter's Square last night after the blast. There were reports they made a thorough search for more bombs without finding any. Dozens of extra Vatican guards, who reouire visitors to leave flames over a Pacific Island Vatican City, July 15 Vatican sources tended to the theory today that a deranged bomber and tall one set off! the blast in the great Basilica of St. Peter's, the mother church of Roman Catholicism, Vatican officials declared they attached ho political importance to last night's bombing, which hurt no one an did only minor damage. Officials thus discounted earlier speculation that it might be connected with Algeria's European terrorists.

Vatican officials reopened the Basilica at the usual hour today to thousands of tourists and worshipers. Pope John XXIII made his normal Sunday appearance at his studio window at noon Flee Communist China Hong Kong, July 15 (IP Six refugees swam the West River from Communist China to the had heen located. surveys and took pictures. Floodlights of the bathyscaph lighted up the blackness at the great I am sure that when I give The officer. Tetsuii Katsu- gineer Pierre Henri wuim in tne French Bathyscahp Archimede was made 120 miles southeast of Urup' Island in the Kuriles chain east of the northernmost vami now a real estate com him the information I have, he will come across with what he aepin.

Portuguese colony of Macao v- pany 'guard in Japan, told thm'" TnWn Sh mbun thatiKn0Wg' Bottom slightly inclined with sensible current he said. Very body. Involving the left side of the face, left chest and left hip. Death was probably sudden but not instantaneous, according to Japanese island of Hokkaido. ozzy.

Intensive life. Resence of her-son was probably among 11 Although Mrs. Topp expressed members of a B24 bomber crew doubt that Katsuyama had given a.a i ih. fiamins crash, la full account of what happened It was tne aeepesi me pair Choi Che-shin 28, the leader of the group, said they fled Communist China because of pennatulaire. This is a French word appar Dr.

Hudock. There was no evidence of criminal assault. cameras and packages in a check food shortages. He told the newspaper that a'after her son's plane was struckji imu mmhr nf thi. crew Da ra-1 by anti-aircraft fire, she em- room, were on dutv today.

entiy referring to winged or The Volukonis girl, daughter have gone in a series of three dives off Japan, and was farther below the surface than the world's highest mountain is above Mt. Mt. Everest in the Giuseppe Spinelli. the only feathered sea animals found on of Frank and Antoinette Busto, chuted to Koror Islahd. in the phasized that she held no ill a miiPKimes toward the officer.

sea bottoms. and gave his blessing to a crowd Feature Index left for the Nanticoke area with He and Willm boarded the in St. Peter's Square Himalayaja's is slightly more stheast of Manila on May "All I want to do is clear thisjartha Berryman who lives in judge of the Vatican's tribunal, and Col. Spartaco Angellni, commander of the Pontifical Gendarmerie, inspected the damaged pedestal. Archmiede at 8:50 a.m., in foggy! Many tourists crowded against than 29.000 feet high.

104-, matter up," sne saia, "i want to i f. weainer and swells, he said, with wooden barricades walling off But their depth was second to Mrs. Topp's son, itvin. tnen nave peace mma tne escort snip Keeping contact the soot of the explosion. The was reported lost in action dur that achieved on Jan.

23, 1960, by U. S. Navy Ueutenant Don Later Pope John received a by ultra sound waves, thevitim knmh tonntit ftr report on the incident. Italian newsoapers said his windows re- ing an air raw oy nis au group on the island. I lacrt nhoht nnccihlv The man wno pmntnuicu inHirntintr he was not told abouti identified as a Lt.

Walt Kaui Walsh and Jacques Piccard inir oeeP wait Basilica was closed last night, the famous Swiss scientist fam- downward a speed of 3.3 feet chipped splinters of marble off ily in the Navy Bathyscaph TrApT until-they rested oni the pedestal of the coffin of este in the Marianas Trench off 'the bottom at noon. pope dement 10th, and the Guam. Walsh and Piccard went' They remained until 3 p.m., splinters scratched an organ down 37.800 feet but they Began the ascent, and nearby. The stone coffin is in i. mnmii Imnnn.

also of Brooklyn, was wnat my cniia met up wiin ana how he died and where he gteIephone call, buried," she said. Mother Calls Relatives Katsuyama told the newspaper; According to Mrs. Busto, she he was in command of 200 -men and her husband, Jean's step-on the island when the plane had waited until after rying Topp was shot down. I midnight for Jean to return "On May 4. 1945.

we home. They then retired, thinking fiercely attacked by American she had stayed with Martha or B24 bombers," he said. "One of that she had gone to spend the the flight of 20 was hit by our bight with a relative, which the antiaircraft artillery and crashed'young girl did at times but not Unconfirmed reports said the later beheaded by troops under VAiifn advised Italian police tolKatsuyamas command, ne torn only half an hour. merged at in p.m. ta chapel across art aisle and to look for a small foreign car with the newspaper.

"Walsh and Piccard also re-' nuuui wm re-itne right of the throne of St He said he was tried as a war foreisn license plates. ke Peter ported seeing living and moving Porters he planned to ta objects while sitting close to thelfmP'e8. of bottom sediment. k. i.

int.1 Francesco vaccnmi. mr van- sea criminal because he failed to make anv action to prevent the statue by Alejandro cn. a.r.rnjtt' bottom of the deepest hole yet sea water. Above century Alagardi beheading and served seven years often. flaming onto the beach where but it was not dam- 8nt frt.

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Topp had written to tne newsnaoer asking its help in lo Houot and Willm were believed aw oi oo.aw ieet, ana still have safety margin, is about: the pedestal, which is more thanin lrancet- was JS' several times daughter did not come home by 10 a. m. Saturday, she became frantic and called all her relatives. The mother said she also cating a Japanese officer iden that Pooe John ap the same strength as the U.S. to have been near the deepest part of the Japan trench.

The Russian survey ship Vitiaz in we saw It burn. Only one Amerl-! can succeeded in bailing out. All the other 11 crewmen must have died in the crash. Mrs. Topp's ion was probably among them." Katsuyama said he was tried by an Allied War Crimes Court and spent his prison term In Su- Navy's Trieste.

It is about 70! had called Martha, who did not six feet high, and the coffin. Consequently police picture the bomber was a tall man. Vatican authorities, in an ob 1953 made soundings indicating tified only at Katsuyama. rne newspaper printed her appeal and the officer yesterday contacted the publication and told feet long, however, compared to the Trieste's length of 50 feet. know Jean's whereabouts.

the ereatest depth is 34.260 feet. pealed for peace in Algeria and strongly criticized acts of terrorism. Normally a church would have to be reconsecrated after an act nf violence, but not the Basilica Unon the advice of her broth Houot first took tus bathy- The dive took place at what Is vious effort to avoid sensation, er. Joseph Timolonis, Mrs. Busto his story in an interview.

gamo Prison in Tokyo on charges said no communiaue on the known as Vitiai Point, named for scafih to a depth of more than the Soviet survey ship. (13.000 feet on May 22. A short bombing will be issued. But they were making a thorough investi built by Michelangelo. Alone of The descent of Houot and circuit on a power line forced Catholic churches.

St. Peters; Willm was announced by the him to return to the surface. gation. Italian oolice and Armv ex-'docs not require reconsecratlon. French embassy after It received.

On July 8 he went down to more called the police. The victim's body was found shortly after noon Saturday, by two West Nanticoke boys, Joseph Kraysiuk, 13, of T3 Poplar Street, and Lee Faux, 13, of 33 North Maill, in a wooded area along ISM COVTLS BEAU ttm "I want very much to get executing the only survivor letter from this officer," of the American plane, a lieu-Topp said. "I happen to have col- tenant he identified only as Kauf-lected a lot of information on my man, also of Brooklyn, N. Y. child's death during the years Ij "Actually my soldiers beheaded was banging by head on a stone i him and I was found guilty of wall in trying to learn the de- having failed to prevent this," tails." iKatsuyma said.

oerts were called in bv the tinvl At least four of five blasts have a message from the escort ship than 23,000 feet city-state to give technical aid. (have occurred there over the Marcei tsinan, 1 1 ne oauiyscapn is oemg lestea During the three hours at the before being turned over to the workmen swept the floor of years, in iau an unexpioaea bottom, Houot messaged that heiFrench scientific research center.lthe hugs Basilica, picking up bomb was found there. 1 ti IT In.