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2 KILLERS STAGE JAIL RIOT; COPS RESORT TO TEAR GAS Final Street Edition Of SAN MATEO COUNTY DEVOTED rO IHb lNlbkhM. A HOMIVOWNKD NEWSPAPEB UED ASSOCIATED. AND UNITED PRESS DIRECT WTB.ES Vol. 57 No; 202 28 PAGES SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY, AUG. 231957 10c COPY HEARING ENDS FOR FORGETFUL HOFFA CuffKangaroo Court Pair To Cell Bars REDWOOD CITY Jailore were forced to use tear gas and handcuffs subdue.

accused "kangaroo court" murderers Joe Vietciihelmer, i9, and Dan. Lee Howard, 18, after they went on a rampage In county jail here last They smashed windows and ripped out a plumbing fixture before bc 1ns controlled. They left standing handcuffed to jail bars for the remainder of the nieht. The pair are charged with the Jail'rnurder of fellow inmate Rob tt Young July 27. The disturbance began at 9:10 p.

according to jailors Bob Ninnjs.and Jiy Glick, when 'Viet enheim'ej. and Howard started shouting and laughing in the sec 1 on 1 floor juvenile tank where they 'are Curse Officers They. were angry, jailors because their commissary privileges liad been revoked. following a similar outbreak last Friday night Warned to keep they cursed Ninnis and Glick, and itpt up the shouting. Fallowing orders of Sheriff Dart Whitmore, the Jailors' and SergtJoe Kimble dumped tear as into the tank to subdue tbe prisoners, and.

then removed them to the' first floor lawyer's case with tear gas after the rampage. Deputy Sheriff Bill Dohrman inspects the rnined.waib. stand. See another plctureVoI. Jail: damage; on nage NEW JAIL RIOT Dan Lee Howard; "kangaroo court killer is shown above chained after he and his sidekick Joe Vletenheiraer tore the ceil apart early today.

They both were subdued Civil Rights Compromise Said Agreed WASHINGTON UP) Democratic and. Republican leaders were reported to have agreed today on a civil rights bill compromise," the way for possible House'pass age next week. If it should Senate as well, it; would the wiay for early, adjoarnjhent of Con resa; Rep'. Ailen; (ElV; senior 'Htr. publican' member the House Rules Committee, and1 committee Chairman Howard W.

Smith '(! W. Va. adcnbwle'dged in separate Interviews corr.mittee meeting is to be expected bni: Monday. to clear the action. The bill has.

been bottled up in the Rules Committee since. Senate passage 7" i A camrnitfee vote 'to get out the bill Monday could clear the. road for Housc actiob. the following day. Leaders, are.

fotv' adjournment by the. end next Rep. Arendsbf: deputy House leader, 'the two sWes were not far But Make Test 1 AP MORNING AFTER FOR CHALLENGER AND WIFE Pete Rademacher, sfcowing' UtUe the wone for wear after being knocked out.by Champion Floyd Patterson, poses with Jus' pretty, wife Jn. their hotel It was the first time they Ttad been together almce Olympic' Games champion, started training for flrit piofeisioDal fight twion Eliininated in EconomyMove WASHINGTON ufl The army today announced economy actions that will eliminate one: hifantry. division, 18: anti aircraft battalions drop 15,000 from, its civilian; payroll and down .16 army deports, and facilities.

Among the to be closed under the money saving moves Murphy Army 'Hospital at Waliham, tic, Army Terminal. The army said. that the 2nd Infantry 'Division, nDit in Alaska at reduced' strength, will be replaced by a "streamlined force especial ly'tailored'to perform its rriissibpj" and that a decision will 1 made Probers Give Up Quizzing Teamster Boss WASHINGTON tiP) JThe Seriate Rackets suddenly broke off' its qucs; ttoning of James Hoff a today. McClellan (D Ark.) said it was useless to proceed because' "The wit ness nas1 no Th'en' as 'yearold Midwest boss the Teamsters'. Union sat silent'.

in the chair, the committee' slapped a subpoena on him' for a later' appearance. the committee chair man, 3aidHoffa but that he couldn announce a date. at time. siidden decision to throyr up its hands. on' Hoffa.

at least, foe the moment, came after he recall, when asked whether racketeer Johnny Dio had sent him tiny microphones with which to. a. 'grand jury that' was icvestigat mg Hoffa in Acquired Devices Hoffa, under qnesffiming Tijr' the Senate. Rackets fnves'tigatihg 'Com testified he recalls, that. he did acquire tiny recording devices 'that can be concealed on the person.

But he insisted he haspio that he assigned them. Jor ust in spying the. proceed ings of a. grand jury Detroit, hts h(m6 dtv he did, he could only state that. be cannot recall; Though forgetful about what, he may.

have done in the Hoffa was emphatic to the senators about what he would do in the future 'if elected president of the1 Teamsters' Union. He said he was "shocked and by the presence of New York underworld characters in the union and would clean it Restrainedly, the; Midwest boss of the' teamsters said "from indications: around the country' he he. will be called to head the giant union at its convention next month. Araazei Kenaedy Holla's declaration of clean up intentions, was given to the Senate Rackets Committee, "Amining," commented com mittee counsel Robert F. Kennedy.

i For four days, Kennedy has been developing a contention that 'the' characters got into the union, in the firsrrplace through' machinations of Hoffa in alliance with mobster 'Johnny Dib. Only moments earlier, Hofia had testified under Kennedy's questioning that he has agreed, to ''look out. for" Dio's family, if' Dio has a long prison, stay. slugging away with "questions' about Hoffa'si 'rela tibns. with.

Dio.wben.'Sei. Ives. NY). popped, in'' some questions about Hoffals intentions he is 'elected union president! inreSpons Hoffa said TieVwould take disciplinary action against John. McNamara of Teamsters' Local 19S if bearing shows 'that McNamBra was.

instrumental in' up "phony" New York: locals officers Jroni the later as to the disposition of the' e'said his best recbliection at division's designation. ithe is that did not The army said that to a will reduce the number of divK iat vlew'of'ews siors from. 17 "to IS by January, paper stories 'which' alleged" that then masks, and searched the. cell for weapons'. Nothing' was found.

Downstairs, appeared Ninnis said, Vietcn hcimer kept' shouting and began "banginj'on the "door en chair. He' threatened to, keep thp, performance' "all day tA in it 'was Reported. After the tear gas had cleared, tbe prisoners were returned to the With iHojjrard again joining in the ruckus, the two inmates ripped the wash basin the wall of cell with a loud crash about midnight Keep Up Destruction When Ninnis and Glick arrived Howard discovered on his bunk, stuffing' paper into a iDckct. Again removed to! the cage, the' pair proceeded to smash the' wooden' door and three windows. Finally, at 2 Viete'nieim er was placed 'back in the.

juvenile taiik. in the cage. Both inmates were handcuffed to cell bars and forced lv stand ill: that position for the remainder of the night. They continued to 1 shout and curse, the jailors said. Chief Deputy Sheriff.

Walter Moore, in charge while Sheriff Whitmore :is.bn said today he 'uspects the men are "performing" in an effort to get Off with pleas of insanity. Vietenhcimer was picked up this morning by Santa Clara authorities and taken to Sin Jose to enter a plea to the charge of escaping; earlier this year from Santa" Clara county "jail. He was being held In San Mateo county jail for Santa Clara county authorities when Young was murdered. ENJOY MAHI MAHI It'i lh dtlicious fish of tha lilondi (rvd with Amandine Souce A Friday spacial atThe lemail midst of Soviet maneuvers in the 'London disarmament conference the ostensible aim of cutting off all' nuclear tests. The' United "States, while offering to call off tests for two years, is' insisting an safeguards which the Ttussiafls reject, 'including todays an AEChas reported 24 Russian nuclear test explosions.

Strauss, however, has inado: it clear tha't riot all of those detected are 'reported. He says they are "announced only when tLere are circumstances of special interest; general those circumstances appear to consist of the outline of a test series or blasts of unusual The. States itself is in the midst a test series at the AEC proving in Nevada. 'explosions in the U. S.

Scries, been of varying obviously testing devices for differing applications. Major S. tests. I on high yield' hydrogen weapons are held at proving grounds in the "far Pacific. Honolulu Cop Keeps Wallet HONOLULU Ml Capt, said today that a sergeant with 29 years service on he police force has been charged with larceny.

The case involves a wallet lost by. a tourist, Alfred' P. G'troerer, 17, 82 Linda Vista avenue, Atherton, CapLain. Barrus of Kaneohe police station identified the police sergeant as Thomas. Pickard, 19, father of seven children, Packard, resigned yesterday.

Barrus related, and will be! arraigned next Friday on a charge of larceny. GIroerer said he lost his wallet containing 55. A womatt'found it on July 10 and turned it over to Sergeant Pickard, Barrus. said. She also, wrote' Gfroer'cr and told htm his wallet was safe.

After watting for weeks without receiving the wallet in the mail, the. Atherton man got. touch with Honolulu Barrus said checkup" disclosed that Pickard never reported recovery of wallet. Fair Weather for Expected SAN FRANCISCO tft Virtually all of California can expect fair weatherfor'the week end, the forecaster said: 1 There probably will be scattered afternoon or evening thunder storms in the Sierra. however, and' 'the customary' summertime fag hug the WASHINGTON Russia has resumed atomic tests with a blast of' "substantial" power the Atomic Energy Commission announced today.

A brief, announcement from AEC chairman Lewis L. Strauss said: 'The Soviet 'Union has resumed testing of nuclear weapons at its Siberian "proving A 'ds ton'ation 'of substantial took place 22." London Talks Thei 'development comes in Nevada Blast From Balloon; i3tHinl957 ATOMIC TEST' A blood red fireball burst over the today as the United States: touched off. tbe. 13th atomic explosion of the 1957 test series The "flash the blast at" 5:30 a.ml" was: visible over a large, area of: the Downtown buildings' Los Angeles were bathed. in a flashbulb bright glow.

The flash; was: visible in 'San Francisco in' spite of a heavy fog. barred from the test site, witnessed. the explosion from Angel's Peak." 45 miles from Ground Zero. The device was exploded from a captive balloon 1,500 feet above the Yucca Flat test grounds.1 Today's test was roughly one half of in power. A nominal, bomb is equal to 20,000 tons of TNT.

Today's blast, code named "Doppler," was originally set fDr Monday and was postponed to today because of weather and technical The rumble was heard at Bishop and Inyokern, some 210 miles away, and at St George, Utah, MO miles' distant'. Suicide Attempt At Trailer Court SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO Mrs, Hattie Stott," AS, was given emergency blood at Kaiser hospital at 1 p.m. after attempting suicide by cutting her throat and wrists with' a carpenter's cutting tool, police reported. Hospital, attendants' said' she would Police said: Mrs. Stott was discovered i a semi tonscious'' state in the family trailer home at.

6M El Camirib Real. a "trailer shortly after She. told' police she wanted to take her life because of poor health and' family' prok lems," officers reported. Speaker ol the House Jlayburn iD Iexl said earlier that Democrats might' have ready1 tomorrow a compromise their own. Rep.

Keating' (R NY)ra' leader of. the GOP civil, rights forces, had said' he expected' some word today on what the Democrats would do about ABC Officers Raid Burlingatne JBar. State alcohol board control of ficers' iraided the Sh'alimar bar at 277 California drive, Buxlingame, early today, accused barterider of drinks tq an obviously intoxicated customer, and. bad, Eurlngmc police arrest. the customer on a charge of drunkenness.

i Accused of 'selling, drinks to Alexander Blanc, 63, salesman of 120 Park road, was bartender Jack "Weir. Ti CONSECU TIMES WE PAID SEMI ANNUAL INTEREST PAYMENTS 417 StfMt Sn Mitlt 11H tofiolia Avt. 8arVitMM. Kia Saves Fire ignited her like a human torch. Roach quoted Mrs.

Carney's'hus Bernard as saying that, he went to bed at 9:30. or 10 after his wife mentioned' having a. nightcap, and awoke, much later to find the house full of smoke. Carney to tbe living room and found the chair blazing. His wife was on the floor beside it, she apparently arose chair when it began to blaise, but was overcome by smoke.

Carney "called the sheriff's ifiice, but did not call: the ire in' confusion, He put out the fire 'himself with a. pan' of water. Sgtl'Roach himself called firemen to the. still smoky house. Assistant Fire Chief A1 Cleland reports that an electric dock beside was burned', so it stopped "at.

14, but. that Carney apparently' did 'not awake for several hours, as.Sgt. Roach's alErm was not given until a.m. At.Palo 'AIto hospital, aides, said Mrs. Carney was "conscious but daied.

Her'burns were, mostly on the right side and face. Jack PalaiMje in Matrimony Split HOLLYWOOD (UP) Movie Villain Jack Palance was abusive, drank to excess and committed adultery, his wife chargecUtbday in 'filing' suit for separate' maintenance in. Santa Monica Virginia Baker.Falance', 35, wh'o was a New stage actress before' marriage "April. '21, 1943; said', in' her complaint that they separated' She "asked in monthly support, for herself 'arid their three children, Holly arid' Codey. '21 Palance' income for the first six months: of this year was estimated by his wife at HOO.OOO.

She said she arrioinit to be.doubled bis and television work. Nudity Wife in MENLO PARK A ntarly nude woman was badly burned last night when she' fell asleep whQo' srnoking in an 'overstuffed chair, ing husband she 'was going to have "a nightcap;" Ellen Natalie Carney, '36, 515 O'Keefe avenue, Menlo' Park, was admitted, to be spital in serious with.25 pr cent of her. body covered with third degree bums. The fact that she wore only a pair of panties, probably saved her life, said SgL Frank Roach. Hc: said that had she clothing on, the blaiirig chair would Fan to Fight Gianfs Move NEW YORK A self described wool New York Gianti fan went into courT4odayjn hopes' blocking team's move to San franosco next year, Julius November, an attorney who has rooted for the Giants "ior 20 years, asked a State Supreme 'Court 'order requiring' the club to show cause why not be restrained temporarily from making the said, the projected move, violates the rights of minority.

and all the 'rfans whb have supported the' 'team for the' last Noyember. owns 10 shares of preferred shares common, in the Giants November contended in an Horace C. Stoneham, Giantr president, obli gation to the stockholders' by 'an houncing stockholders' meet: tag; would: be called consider the The 'move was ap: proved by. 'the club's board of attorney, said' the transler was an extraordinary corporate act and 'required "the approval. 1958.

The army" had 122 anUEireraft many them manning Nike guided at the' end of June. and. planned to! go up to 125 battalions this year. Officials were unable to say whether the cutback of 18' battalions applied to: the' existing nunv ber or the' planned strength. The army employed 429,216 civilians at the end of June.

The navy previously announced a reduction of 18,000 in its civilian work force and the Air Force scheduled the dropping of about 20,000 civilian' 2 Are Dead In Air Crash PITTSBURGH ft A privately owned converted F3S crashed and bur'nfd today 'about four miles west of Greater' Pittsburgh Air: port. Capt. Paul N. Nadashkezick of the Hth fighter 'group, said air police had recovered the. body.

b'f one man and the body of another was believed' still Koster, district; 'manager for' Trans' World. rAirlines here, said Capt; Arthur. Seisi was bringing a TWA constellation the airport at' the time and to a sharp turn to avoid colliding with the P3B. TWA with and crew of five landed At Tulsa, OklaV, airport? officials said P38. piloted byi Gilber Men doia left there: this: morning: for Pittsburgh.

Mesdoid's haWe was listed' as plane was, owned, by Hi Con El roy Surveys miirt. 1M. irac DtaMi drily J. Tbttii 1142 IquOM San Mato N.xtMtkt HoW.