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I ti Pennsylvania: Cloudy and tool today with light rain likely. Partial clearing tonight; low 53, high 62. Sunday fair, continued cool. Faithfulness and truth are tire.most sacred. excellences and endowments of the human mind.

Cicero VOL. LXI, No. 233 Classified Want Ads S1S3T (-1637 LATROBE, SEPTEMBER 21, 1963 August Dally -CirenUUoi U.1W 10c Slnfi Copy 50o Bom Oallvarr aster Tr etm KC IFiriiig With 1. MamfieM Viet Raps 4' mmm--itij)mm wa, in hiIihsiihimib Recalls 'OW Days' 1: DR. DAVID STRICKLER-relaxes in his office as he discusses the "good old days" in Latrobe.

(Bulletin Photo). 'Way Back When Strickler Tells LatrobeV Story THIS HILL AND THE fire, that's inside it are causing nothing but trouble for a. group of Ligonier Township residents. The hill actually an old slate dump, has been offered free to anyone who' will haul it away by its owner, Burt Dillon, Pleasant Unity. (Bulletin Photo) Causes Trouble In Pesky Slate Dump QfferednFree 5.Vr Yours For Township lington for some 40 years and bothered nobody.

But last May it caught fire. Fames For three and one-half months slate and bits of coal have smoldered, throwing off sulphur fumes in the process," i The fumes are actually causing the trouble, particularly for several home owners who live near the Lawrence Graham, Ligonier R.D. 2, is leading the fight to get something done about the dump. He claims sulphur fumes have killed 13 of his canaries arid are dren were killed in the racial bombing of a church. A Negro delegation led by Rev.

Martin Luther King, agreed Thursday at a conference with the President to set aside their demand for federal troops in the city' after Kennedy named Royall and Blaik. The President succeeded in persuading the Negroes that less drastic conciliation efforts should be tried in lieu of the use of troops. In addition, Kennedy scheduled a meeting Monday with a delegation of five white civic leaders from Birmingham. His moves were welcomed by City Mayor Albert BoutwelL Despite President's Tax Cut Gamble By FRANK ELEAZER WASHINGTON (UPIV The Republican party's top spokesman on taxes rnaay night called President Kennedy's $11 billion tax cut a blueprint disaster. He said the President was gambling with the "entire economic system" of the United States.

Rep. John W. Byrnes, top GOP member of the tax-writing House Ways Means Committee, made the charges in an "equal time" broadcast in which he sought popular support for a Republican proposal that would tie the cut to specified curbs on government spending. Without- this, Byrnes said, all signs are that the federal -budget will, continue to soarleading to further inflation and inevitable "financiaKruin." Picked By Party Byrnes was picked by the Re-oublicans to answer the Presi- dent's radio television broadcast and plea to the nation Wednesday in support of ihe tax cut bill that goes before the House for debate Tuesday. He warned against "ruinous" amendments that could delay or make it uncertain.

Kennedy said the cut was urgently needed to keep the economy climbing. He pledged the administration to hold a tight rein on unneeded spending, and said these actions added up to the best way to get the government back, into the black. Byrnes said Kennedy was "dead right" when he said a tax cut was urgently needed. But he said the President's commitment against wasteful spending flew in the face of the facts. Byrnes said actuator projected spending by the government had climbed by $20 billion since Kennedy topk office, and that the national 'debt in the same period, through next year.Vdl have been increased by $35 billion.

Passage Likely There is; general agreement that the House will pass the tax bill The real battle will come on Byrnes' amendment which would bar a cut unless Kennedy submits reduced spending plans for the Current fiscal year which began July 1 and for fiscal 1965, which starts July 1, 1964. "Try as we may-try as the President may neither he nor you "nor I can divorce pur runaway spending and our mpunung debt from his appeal for an immediate $11 billion tax cut," Byrnes saidin his speech. "The truth this administration is taking an unprecedented gamble with the entire economic system of the United States. But Webb said he and his deputy NASA administrator, Dr. Hugh Dryden, were consulted.

Webb said McGeorge Bundy, Kennedy's special assistant for national security affairs, called him In SL Louis Thursday "and read the -language (of the speech) to me." Asked if the President's proposal represented any radical departure from VS. policy, Webb was quoted as replying with a fiat "No." He said it has always been U.S. policy to seek international co-operation in space exploration. The President's proposal, Webh said, extended proposed co-operation into the field of fntiwxJ space fiigbL Called Lodge MustBe 'Boss' By DONALD MAY WASHINGTON (UPIV Senate Democratic Leader Mike disturbed by reported conflict and un-cooperation among U.S. officials in Viet Nam, said Friday that Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge must be given over-all control of UJS.

operations there. Mansfield told the Senate that if this is not done, U.S. interests in South Viet Nam will suffer grave consequences and possible disaster. The State Department promptly denied that Lodge lacks overall authority over various agencies of the U.S. mission, which includes; diplomatic military aid, intelli gence and public information branches.

But administration officials said privately there is a difference be tween "authority" ana "cooperation" and there may have been times when Lodge has receivea less than full cooperation. Disturbed By Reports Mansfield said Lodge is the' only man who should speak for the American contingent He said he was disturbed by news reports suggesting Lodge was hot getting that it is not his funcuanyRTbeg that cooperation," Mansfield said in a Senate speech. "It is his authority to require it in the name of the President of the United States." The Montana senator said that unless the Americans in South Viet Nam function as a unit and promptly respond to policy orders from Washington "we will suffer the gravest consequences in Viet Nam." He said the United States cannot control the behavior of the Vietnamese government, "but if we cannot control our own official behavior, if we cannot insure that the man who bears the responsibilities on the spot will hav the oromDt and full support of all others involved, if bureau cratic inertia ojr reticences or whatever tie his hands, we are face to face with a disaster." Doesn't Matter Where Mansfield added that it does not matter if this "ugly inadequacy in our administrative behavior" occurs in Washington or Saigon it is "especially reprehensible" in a time of crisis- He concluded that if Lodge de cides some U.S. officials should be removed from Saigon, "the sooner they are removed the better." State Department officials said there were no plans to re call anyone. Under orders issued bv Presi dent Kennedytwo years ago, U.S.

ambassadors are given lull command over all American officials in the countries in which they are stationed. Press dispatches from Saigon have reported a dispute between US. civilian officials there, some of them favoring selective cuts in aid to Viet Nam, and military officials who oppose this. Youths Treated ii 1 For Fractures Two Deny youths were treated at Latrobe Area Hospital Friday for fractures. David Robb, 13.

411 Second Street, Deny, fractured his right forearm wSfen be fell out of a tree. John Shuraaker, Deny R.D. 1, broke a. finger on his right hand while playing footbaO. Both youths were discharged following treatment.

By WILLIAM COSTAX20 BuuethrStaff Writer 4 Dr. David Strickler and Latrobe' have practically grown up together. Dr. Strickler, optometrist and druggist here for over a half century, remembers when La-. trobe was nothing more than a small community with mud streets and ho sidewalks.

Although be refuses to divulge his real age, Dr. Strickler admits that he will "never see 80 To look at him no one ever would guess that he has passed 65. He still opens his office each six days a week, and continues to hunt and fish. He also likes to talk about Latrobe "way back when In addition to being one of the community's oldest residents and professional men, Dr. Strickler is somewhat of a celebrity, Father Of An Invention He is the father of an invention famous the world over the banana split Back in 1904, while working in Tassell's Pharmacy, young Strieker came up with a fountain delight a conglomeration of ice cream covered with a variety of toppings and high-.

lighted with sliced bananas. His a big hit in Latrobe and some friends carried the idea to Philadelphia and Atlantic City. From there it went Lining Up Workers V-5 The Taking damaging his wife's Graham is backed up by several including Mr. and MrsJoseph Eaton who own a new home about 250 feet from the "Those fumes are hard on our health and our property. We couldn't open our windows, all summer," Eaton said.

So far, Graham and the Eatons and -other neighbors have been unsuccessful and the pile just keeps burning. New Solution But yesterday a new solution to the problem was suggested by Burt Dillion, Pleasant Unity, who owns, the land where the dump is located. "I'll give it away," Dillon said, "to anyone who wants to come and get it" He said there is plenty of excellent fill and road material in the pile, and he believes the fire is still only on the surface, and thus easy to scrape away with a bulldozer or hi-lift. Graham agrees that the fire is not deep. "That stuff is tiarkpd tno harH for the fire to really get going.

So far, it's only burning around the pile, rather than deep down. But it will go deep if something isn't done about Graham said. Dillon said any person who wants the slag can have access to the dump through his property. He suggested that persons inter' ested contact him at his garage in Pleasant Unity. Giving slag away appears the quickest, best and least expensive method of stopping the fire and the sulphur fumes.

There Are Other But there are" other ways, pos Proposals cost of landing a man on the moon "might well be shared among those nations which have demonstrated competencein space." He and others, including Sen. John J. Sparkman, said a joint moon shot would further he peaceful use of outer space and could provide scientific and technological discoveries for the benefit of all nations. Rep. Albert Thomas, head of the House appropriations subcommittee for the space budget, expressed interest in Kennedy's proposal and added: "If you're going to along with the Russians, it'wiO have to he oa the moon.

It wont be on Racial Will Meet sibly involving legal action or State Department of Health orders. 'A-' Graham hopes those alternate ways will not be necessary, but if they are, he intends to use them to get the fire out. "Otherwise, I'll have to move," he' Dillon has received-several suggestions from health officials on how to stop the fire. Some of them are expensive and one of them using limestone as a cover for the pile is "ridicu lous," in the words of Dillon's attorney and a chemist. Limestone, the attorney said, would actually turn the pile into a kiln and make the fumes worse than ever, Dillon's attorney says the burn ing pile apparently is not illegal.

At least he cannot find any laws j(See PESKY, Page 2) Thief Escapes, Car Recovered Latrobe police last night recovered a stoleB car only minutes after it was stoiea from the Municipal Stadium parking lot. The car, owned by Ronald McKenzie, 625 Weldoa SL, Was stolen by an. unidentified young man whe was involved In a' minor accident oi Ligonier Street minutes after the theft The youth escaped down aa alley after 'the collision. NV damage was done to the ve- hkies involved. the earth." I Webb, director of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-( tration (NASA), told agency colleagues the United States would continue to push the Apollo man-on-the-moon program pending any substantive negotiations with Moscow for a joint probe.

'Other sources predicted the President's remarks would damage NASA in congressional appropriations bearings, perhaps among Republican members. Kennedy did not clear his speech with the secretariat of the National Aeronautics and Space Council, which was created specifically to advise five President on VS. space programs. 1 on to become world famous. is not only the birthplace of professional football," Dr.

Strickler said, "it is also the birthplace- of the banana split although we do not usually get credit for either." Sitting in a modern living room equipped with electric lights, television and all the conveniences of modem living. Dr. Strickler reminisced of his early days" Latrobe. Then there was no television, electricity, disposal central heating, or even paved streets or sidewalks. "But it was just as nice a town then as it is now," he said.

"I have been around the world, but there is no place like Latrobe." The Strickler family originally came from Clarion County, but since his grandparents' day, they have been residents I-atrobe. Dr. Strickler was born and raised here. But what was Latrobe really like in those days? Didn't Spare Rod. Well, a 'young person, like Dr.

bought his own school books to attend the one-room. No. 1 School in Cooperstown. The classroom was ekher too hot or too cold and when he was thirsty he drank from a common water bucket in the rear of the class, (See STRICKLER, Page 3) George M. Ljuch muscular dystrophy is a4ed contact him by calling KE 7-4221 or KE 7-OS7.

Here "By JAMES D. LENHART Bulletin City Editor Need fill? Take this hin. A sign like that would be appropriate on top of a Ligonier Township' slate dump that is causing nothing but trouble for its owners and people who live near it. The dump contains plenty of good fill material and "red dog," but it also contains a slowly-burning and steadily-spreading fire. That's where the trouble comes in.

The pump sat near an abandoned mine on a hillside above Dar With Expert By ALVW SriVAK WASHINGTON fUPI) President Kennedy's special racial truce team arranged Friday to meet this weekend with the. administration's key civil rights expert for a preliminary discussion of the tense Birmingham, situation. "Former Army Secretary Kenneth C. Royall and ex-Army football coach Earl (Red) Blaik will confer in New York with Assistant Atty. Gen.

Burke Marshall, who recently returned from Marshall, who has been on the scene at almost every civil rights flare-up over the last three years, planned to brief Royall and Blaik before they go to Birmingham next week to try to mediate with white and Negro leaders. The two-man peace team will meet with the President Monday or Tuesday. Kennedy named the two as special representatives in the hope they could restore communications and confidence between the two races in Birmingham. The situation in the Alabama steel city reached the Gash point this week when four Negro chil Football Scores UtnW 7 ML Pleasant I Derry 3S BUinmlle Greensbdrg Wdkknbnrg HempfieM 14 Jeannette Pi-iwM Mmr 2S Lrri Vl- BrvwwfTilie 21 CmeQtTi)e 7 Details a Pages 12, 1 and 14. Special Team Lynch To Head U.S.

Moon Schedule Unchanged MD Latrobe attorney George M. Lynch will head the 1963 muscular dystrophy campaign in Latrobe. By Mrs. Braui Lynch's appointment as chairman of the November drive was announced Friday by Mrs. Richard H.

Braun, Latrobe represen-. tative for the Westmoreland County Muscular Dystrophy Association. Mrs. Braun said proceeds from the campaign will be used to continue tile nationwide program of research into causes of and cures for the disease. Approximately 200,000 American men, women and children are afflicted with muscular dystrophy, which can strike victims at any Death Results As muscles weaken, death re-' suits from what are only normal illnesses for healthy persons.

Lynch is fining up ward and area chairmen. Anyone interest- hclpmg in the fight against Drive WASHINGTON (UPI) Space agency director James E. Webb said Friday that President Kennedy's proposal for a joint U.S.Soviet moon expedition would not mean any slowdown in plans to put two Americans on the moon by 1970. Webb, away on a speakmg tour, told associates by telephone that the White House read him the speech Thursday that the President gave before the U.N. General Assembly.

In Congress. Sen. Clinton P. Amiereon, chairman of fiie Senate Space Committee, said be had long believed that the vast.