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CLX1X 44 PAGES FIVE CENTS IN TONIGHT'S GLOBE Latest Forecast BOSTON Freezing rain becoming mixed with some sleet or light snow before ending tonight Colder with lowest temperature tonight in the lower 20 s. Friday partly cloudy and continued cold. (Full reports on page 12.) Hrmecl anils Threatesi to Ise Hand Srenade Singer Sniffs at Rivals Sneakers and Sweatshirts Imported Chantoosies Sare OoIL Signals Chided by i HARVARD 'w I. 1 A .1 A i "il T- r' 1 i iiV. i 1 1 1 i-i I' i I I I (Globe Staff Photos by Tom O'Connor and William Ennisi "HOLDUP-PROOF AS ANY BANK," according to police, but gunmen got $25,000.

Masked gunman and accomplice escaped after three tellers were ordered to fill money bags at Harvard Trust Company branch on Alewife Brook Parkway today. Mrs. Joyce Arsenault, above, was one of three employees forced to stuff bills into bags. SLAMS IMPORTED SONGBIRDS Hildegarde, who seldom appears without mink and glittering gowns, takes a swing at foreign singers who wear "bargain basement costumes." Hildegarde at left wears 24-carat gold fabric gown and, at right, a pink mink stole. Hearing at State House Burgess 36 Comics 36 Crane 37 Cross-Word ..36 Culbertson ...37 Radio-TV ...37 Serial Story .37 Society 12 Sports ....18, 19 Star Gazer ...16 Theatres ..20, 21: Deaths 39 Editorial 14 Twistaeram ..39 Financial .38.

391 Women's Hildegarde (AP WireDhoto) robe, created by couturiers in the world's fashion centers, against those of Paris-imported competitors who she said perform in bargain basement costumes. She said she was referring to Edith Piaf, Lucienne Boyer, Patachou and Genevieve. HILDEGARDK Page Thirty-nine you are not a railroad man. or an airline pilot or hostess. And they are only examples of thousands of others engaged in a variety of occupations who are having a tough time this year.

So tough, In fact, that some experts agree that many of these unhappy individuals cannot file an honest or even intelligent state income tax return; that any filing "will make out of them." STATE Ar-Page Eleven Whew Will They Hang the Wash? CHICAGO, March 8 'UP) Aerophysicist Darrell C. Romick, commenting on the possibility of scientists building space stations large enough so that even the families of workers could join them, said yesterday: "Imagine the view they would have from their living room windows." WITH FOOD price. pages of today's and tr i. Sen. Stone Says Port Bill Not a Giveaway Program CHICAGO, March 8 (AP) Hildegarde, who casually wraps her shoulders in pink mink, observed today that night clubbers are being gypped by imported chantoosies who sing in sweatshirts and sneakers.

The Incomparable one took time out between shows at a Loop hotel to do a little comparing. She stacked her ward Hold Manager at Gunpoint in Drive-In A masked gunman, who threatened to throw a hand grenade and "blow up the joint" if his instructions were not followed, robbed a West Cambridge bank of S25.212 shortly before noon today. An accomplice guarded the entrance to the recent' ly opened drive-in branch of the Harvard Trust Com pany on Route 2, Alewife Brook Parkway, during the robbery. The robber who entered th bank pointed a Luger at Man; ager Gordon M. Flint, 37, ot Oak Belmont, and virtually held him hostage while th tellers complied with the in truders demands.

The Bank is at the foot of Rindge about half-way between Concord and the traffic circle where the Concord turnpike starts. It is Highway Route 2. The gunmen directed that the three tellers fill two cloth bags and throw them over a high, bullet-proof glass shield which sets on the counter. The tellers who filled thO bags, mostly with bills, wera. head teller Anthony Gatto, 32,.

of Everett Arlington; Thomas Donahue, 27, of3 Massachusetts Arlington; and Mrsr. Joyce Arsenault, 25, of Center Cambridge. A lone customer, Edward Callernan, was in the bank; 1 He works for' the Bethlehem Steel Company, which has a warehouse nearby. BANK HOLDUP Page Four Freezing Rain Hits Hub Area; Sleet, Snow Due The temperature dipped be low freezing in Boston this afternoon as rain continued to faJL creating traffic hazards on ic coated highways. The noon temperature cf 37 had dropped nine degrees to 28 by 2:30 p.

m. A late Weather Bureau forecast said the freezing rain would become mixed with sorive sleet or light snow before ending tonight. Temperatures wer expected to be in the lower 2Vt tonight. Areas north and west of Boston experienced an ice storm earlier today. ICE STORM Page Thirty-nine War in Area Marines to the United States Mediterranean fleet was pointed gesture if a partial one.

BRITAIN-U. S. t-age Five CONTACT US IMMEDIATELY WE PAT TCP PRICE CUSTOMERS WAITING 730 COMM. BOSTON CALL ANY TIME At 7-4500 jjien noma ion CAioaf. GET CE-ltCT HDURLAlVDUl ti itrtssajaaaMBMliil I No Failure, Expert Tells Wreck Probe Boston Maine Railroad signal experts expressed doubt today that faulty signals were among causes of the tragic train wrecks at Swampscott and Revere Feb.

28. The engineer and fireman of a Budd Highliner which crashed into a halted Diesel train at Revere had testified yesterday that they were not forewarned because signals uptrack from the standing Diesel were "all green." Engineer Henry J. McCarthy stated that the two signals immediately preceding the point where the accident occurred were clearly green. vThis morning, B. M.

field engineer William W. Hartzell testified that the chances for failure -at two consecutive signals were "so remote I hesitate to speculate." Another railroad field engineer David Hardcastle, produced a sheaf of signal inspection reports for the examination by members of the I. C. C. and Massachusetts Public Utilities Commission, who ar holding a joint hearing on the accidents.

The reports were not read into the record, but Hardcastle said that they shoved inspection of the signals in Swampscott and Revere immediately after the accidents and on several prior dates. In every case, he said, the reports showed "no defects." The Swampscott wreck, which killed 13 and injured 283, occurred at 8:12 a. m. The Revere wreck, which injured 143, occurred about 9:30. In each case, a Budd High-liner ran into the rear of a diesel train.

Some passengers in the diesel train at Revere had boarded it after going through the Swampscott crash, and experienced both wrecks. WRECK HEARING Page Two Budd Official Denies Brakes Are Unsafe PHILADELPHIA, March 8 (UP) An official of Budd Company today denied a charge that the brakes on its "Highliner" self-propelled cars are unsafe in bad weather. Scott Stewart, public information officer of the Budd Company, said that in its "Rolo-kron" braking system, the brakes are applied until the wheel starts to skid. Then the brakes automatically release to permit the wheels to roll. When wheels regain traction, the brakes are applied again.

Stewart said the brakes have been ued since 1936 for millions of miles with "tremendous success." He said the accident at Revere was clearly the result of human failure, and that the investigation is "strictly a railroad problem." We are not going to get into the squabble, he said. Comic Dictionary COWARD A fellow with cold feet who has sense enough to stay out of hot water. I CrashingWindow Injures 14 at Lincoln Downs LINCOLN, R. March 8 A heavy plate glass window, blown out of the stewards' stand by a heavy guest of wind, plummeted 50 feet to the ground and injured 14 persons during the running of the first race today at Lincoln Downs. None of the spectators appeared seriously hurt except possibly an elderly man who seemed to be in the direct path of the falling window.

All were treated at the track first aid room. According to stewards, the sliding-type window, about three feet square, was blown out of from the grooving while they were attempting to close it. Glass shattered all over the macadam apron amidst several spectators but fortunately most of them were spread out. Aim Is to Block Hold on to Your Gripes How Would You Like to Pay Tax to 4 States? Kennedy Backs Adlai; Sees Victory Ahead By TnOMAS WINSHir WASHINGTON. March 8 Senator John F.

Kennedy today announced his support for Democratic Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson. He told a press conference here that "I intend to exert every effort for his nomination at the convention, and his election next November." The Bay State Senator, who has a wide New England following and has been mentioned several times as a possible running mate on a Stevenson ticket, said: "I wouldn't have announced for Stevensoa as early as this, if I didn't have confidence that he would be nominated and had a good chance of being elected," Kennedy expressed optimism for a Stevenson victory at the polls in November and gave these reasons: He said it would not have taken "much of a swing of votes" in several key states in 1952 to have changed the election's outcome. He added "the difficulty in many of the farm states" might help the Democrats. SEN. KENNEDY Page "iuee Hobby for Horses Frees Newton Man NEWTON, March 8 Melvin Horowitz, 35, of Larchmont av, Waban, was found not guilty in Newton District Court today of regis ering bets on the speed of horses before Judge Donald E.

Mayberry. lie was arrested Feb. 7 when police armed with a 1 search warrant raided his home. In court today police testified that they found a slip of paper on the defendant which they maintained contained bets code. The defendant said that he was a handicapper as a hobby and often furnished information to friends on horses running at tracks.

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Marines, British Plan Mid-East Show of Force Although an attempt is being made to make a party issue of the measure, it is apparent that Democratic legislators will refuse to be bound. Representative Thomas J. Hannon of Dorchester read a prepared1 statement this afternoon before the Ways and Means Committee of the House placing himself on record as favoring the bill which his leaders, Speaker Michael F. Skerry and Senator John E. Powers, have opposed.

"In terms of business, in terms of jobs, in terms of prestige," said Hannon, "we cannot afford to wait. This is one of the most important measures for the economic progress of the city and the state that has come before the Legislature in many years. We cannot afford to miss this opportunity." PORT HEARING Page Eight Bulletins PORTLAND, March 8 (API An automobile hit a guard rail and plunged SO feet into a gully during a snowstorm today, injuring two women. Virginia Rogers, 31, ef Boothhay, sustained head and leg injuries and Mrs. Janet Otis, 24, of Hyde Park, Mass, had cuts on both hands.

LONDON, March (Reuters) Russia today reduced from eight to six hours the working day on all Saturdays and on the eve of holidays. The reduction, decreed by the Presidum of the Supreme Soviet (Ivussia's Parliament) will come Into forre on Saturday, Moscow Radio said. NEW ORLEANS. March 8 (AP) The Orleans Parish School Board under Federal Court orders to desegregate schools, today lost a move for a new trial and rehearing. A three-Judge Federal Court denied the motion for new trial and rehearing in a case launched against the board by a group of Negroes represented by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

tLP) Fire today caused S2.W0 damage to the pro shop at the pafc. fnnntrv Cluh ITnits roasset louniry i iud. tiniis from 1 iverton and Middletown -ij-j Portsmouth firemen in bat tling the blare in the one-story wroden building. BVLLETI Page Thirty-nine Gov. Hcrter's proposed Massachusetts Port Authority is not a "giveaway program" nor a "banker's dream," Senator Edward C.

Stone asserted today at the opening of legislative hearings on the most controversial measure to come before this session of the Legislature. Even as the Osterville Republican Legislator was defending the bill which the Governor indorsed and which has the backing of Boston business and financial interests, the Democratic leadership in the House and Senate caucused to solidify the opposition. Democratic members of both branches met in extraordinary joint session to have details of the bill, which calls for the creation of a state agency, beyond the control of the Legis lature, explained by the party's own experts. Ries Takes Stand in Maitland Case The 13th day of the Maitland trial opened this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Defense counsel Robert W.

Meserve had to spend the morning arguing a case before the Massachusetts Supreme Court and the Maitland case was postponed until afternoon. First witness to take the stand was Boston banker Marshall A. Rice, vice president of the United S.tates Trust Company, who is testifying in his own defense. Lincoln Results ll A 1 1 t) f) I RT Zealot and Some Scamp paid $17.20. First HACB-S2300.

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Youna Time. i J4 Maiiaror. roopcm ThaltB aiao ran. LINCOLN Page Eighteen i I THIS WEEK-END HAVE LONDON, March 8 (UP), The United States and Britain have agreed on a show of force in the Eastern Mediterranean to preventa threatened war between Israel and its Arab neighbors, informed sources said today. Diplomatic sources said the tipoff came when the United States announced it was sending 1800 Unitd States Marines into the area at a time' when Britain was reinforcing its Cyprus garrison with troops who could be flown to the Middle East in a matter of an hour or so.

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