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lUacu (Jrihuneeralh 15 it flit 2R NUMBER 27 THIRTIETH YEAR Mike Todd 3 Others ri4 Slash Asked I Killed in Plane Crash CED Reveals Plan DAMAGE IN MILLIONS 1 Was Headed Storm Leaves or Award lood Threats Recipe Judges in Real Stew entries and re took SHOWMAN1 MIKE TODD the 'P Barnum of 20th Century re fl and to give ON ARM RILL 1 TA 1 spending 30 million dollars in of timating damage at a half million SO1O11 JLzOliUlS forts to bring the Knbler Co dollars said the damage was the See TODD Page 7 can and Democratic sides of the OK orecast producers of var End of Line WEATHER ashion Designer of Crashes in Sacramento imi ci ny mg "ii nra aihi a fire to the straw roofs of hundreds lco carrier boys Meanwhile 117 ol other huts cooler today Texas Politicos Must Make Up Minds THIS IS THE NEW Ill Huny iJing Deadline Is May 5 HOME ADDRESS MOSCOW The belief is growing in Moscow that the SWEEPSTAKES NUMBER: was asked whether the President But authoritative sources have dodged questions about what 13 Sec POLITICS Page 7 io navy the Member 1 all for to speed up roadbuilding tin too American Avia spend the two the manufacturing Predictions generally were for temperatures in the 30s and 40s to come up would make Warr I ribun nr'd Whlrttna Rur Waco I nlnina Harald Amllo Bureau Rtdlo TV Society Times Herald to pick up OP United Praaa a Ataortaud Pr blast off just about Business rage Builders Page entriil Texas (liisslflcds HditorlnK commander of merit decora tion for his personal contributions to the aviation industry He is a fellow and former presi dent of the Institute of Aero nautical Sciences a member of the Society of Automotive Engi neers and is chairman of the In dustry Consulting committee of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics He is a former director of the American Management Associa tion the Atomic Industrial forum and the Ixts Angeles Chamber of Commerce taking off from McClellan ield Saturday but all 18 men aboard escaped with their lives Justus Wyman base information officer said three crewmen rr ccived minor injuries groups and con form united SACRAMENTO Calif (fl An orce Super Constellation More than 150 recipes a day more than 2725 in all have cooked up quite a stew and Waco Tribune Herald rec ipe contest judges and others handling the flood of entries have been caught in it As a result announcement of the decision in the recipe contest must be de layed one week and will published Sunday April 6 in stead of the originally sched lued date March 30 or the photo above Relte Horn member of the women's department staff who has been receiving typing and clasifying and channeling the scute distress cases Utility crewsreinforced by workers from dis tant pionts speeded replacement of fallen wires The Pennsylvania Turnpike was reojiencd to traffic Twenty dead Maryland Utility crews strug pnshod into a race against Sen Ralph Yarborough leaving Her ring the odds on candidate for at torney general change of mind sup posedly followed the announce Atwood president of As trodyne Inc will make his first visit to the new Mc Gregor plant Monday and Tues day Atwood also president and a director of North tion Inc will days inspecting solid propellant and engineering facilities' He will meet Monday evening with some 40 Centex business and civic leaders Although this will be his first interest al the State Department were these hints: Moscow reports quoting So viet oreign Minister Andrei Gromyko as saying the only im portant consideration is that meet ings some sort le held soon This statement reported made at a diplomatic cocktail party was interpreted as possible evidence that the Kremlin might be willing to accept a delay in the meeting of top leaders 2 Soviet party bos Nikita Khrushchev's statement in a March 11 siieech that US So viet talks "on any could go into Easi West problems Rus sia had been insisting that only a summit conference could deal with the actual problems leaving nothing for lower levels to do but work out procedures for a summit talk The United Stales prodded Rus sia this week for a reply to Pres ident Eisenhower's question to So viet Premier Nikolai Bulganin: is flie puriHjsc for which a summit meeting would be held? Is it the purpose merely to stage a spectacle? Or is the purpose to take meaningful decisions?" Until this reply conies the de partment said it is to deal with sinh matters as time place and composition of either a foreign meeting or a summit However Geneva in October is known to have the inside track as the place and lime favored by Washington Also prospects are that the United States would be willing to enter a summit conference solely to sock a disarmament agreement provided there was some dis cussion of German reunification A new Rent can be financedrar S8no a month St the IRST NATIONAL BINK MAtnbo rmC Adv Summit API Aptcifti DliPAtch NEA NwPPM EnUrptlu AuoclBtioft judges on her type hcr international renown died of cancer at New York Hospital Sat urday after an illness of several months She was 52 It was she who introduced the "casual look" and such innova tions as the dress and leotards She specialized in out door and sports styles favored by college girls If il equals the sum tulal ynur lash ire Carried Bv Pigeons Kills 16 CAIRO' (UP) A flash fire lhat was spread by pigeons with burning feathers killed at easl 16 persons and injured 11 others in a Nile Delta village riday night officials reported Satur day They said the fire started in the oven of a but in Hie village of Damat lashing through the ramshackle structure lhe flames burned pigeons perched on the straw roof lying in agony they acted as living lurches and set Ixwig had been a congressman since 1953 and was a member of the inance and ieign Relations Committees He was a brother of Gov Earl Long of Louisiana and the In'e Huey Long Ho was an uncle of Son Russell Long (D La) Long was born in a log cabin on his parents' small farm near Winnfield La Sept 11 1881 a veto of a stop gap farm price support bill Sen Ellender (D La) said Saturday there is doubt whether we can muster suf ficient to override the President Ellender chairman of the Sen ate Agriculture Committee plead ed with farm gressmen to lhe ious agricultural commodities can stick together there is no hope for obtaining long range beneficial farm he said The Senate sent to President Eisenhower riday a bill that would peg price supports on this Astodvne President Sets Visit to McGregor Lt lf 5 Work Bill WASHINGTON (fl Senate lead ers of both parties joined Satur day in predicting passage next week of a major bill work in the nation's program The bill expected for debate Tuesday available Io the stales 114 billion dollars more in federal funds this year than is possible under pres ent law Sen Gore (D Tenn) chairman of the Public Roads subcommittee and sponsor of the measure and Sen rancis Case (R SD? senior Republican on the subcommittee both said they expect the bill to win Senate approval Gore told a reporter he hoped it might be possible to send his measure directly to conference with the House which already has passed a less sweeping Highway bill But he emphasized this would be up to House leaders Case said he had reserved the right to seek some floor changes in details of the Gore bill but that he believes the main features would be acceptable Under lhe election laws and the Soviet Constitution Bulganin and his government are required to resign Tie answer Io his fate will come when the new govern ment is formed (See related stories on Page LS B) GRANTS NM (UP) Mika Todd multi millionaire showman and husband of actress Elizabeth Taylor was killed Saturday when his private plane crashed during a thunderstorm and exploded into flames in desolate mountains 30 miles southwest of here The flamboyant 50 year old Todd who hoped to make a record breaking 100 million dol lars on his latest movie the World in SO was flying to New York City to accept an award as of the Year" at a Waldorf Astoria Hotel ban quet Sunday 4 Bodies ound our charred bodies were found at the scene They were Todd two pilots and screenwriter Art Cohn who was writing a book about the producer's dazzling career entitled "The irst Nine Lives of Michael The pilots were Identified as William Verner 45 of air Haven NJ and Tom Barclay 34 ol Metuchen NJ The bodies were burned be yond recognition in inquest will be held authorities said Miss Taylor became hysterical and was put under sedation at I her Beverly Hills home after learning of the crash She had not accompanied her husband on the trip East because she had a cold Mike and his beautiful wile nad a pact between them: thou goest I goest But Todd broke the pact riday night despite urgent pleading fi om his wife James Bacon Hollywood col umnist said Todd told him over the phone shortly before his plane took off that "1 just told her: you're staying home Jobless Pay Claims Show AUSTIN enunt down filed as candidates for top state nt elective jons recipes to the time nut to lean writer and manage a weak smile in the midst nf the stacks of recipes which must be handled She and several others pressed into service to help her prepare the entries for the judges as well as the judges themselves have been working ovr stacks of rec ipes for the past 30 days but still have not been able catch up In order to contestants a fair chance full consideration the judges will be given a few extra days a poll (Gallup) reporting his popularity at the lowest point since he look office don't Hagerty plied A newsman said lhe poll tribufed a popularilv decline Eisenhower's handling of lhe un employment situation falling farm prices and to with the President's vacations to play Ike Plays Golf Poll Reveals Kohler Probe Heads Into Climax Week Rebel PI a nes Stage Attack On Home Island SINGAPORE (UP) The rebel Padang Radio claimed Saturday Iw'o revolutionary government planes bombed the Indonesian central government cap ital" of Bandung It was lhe firsl reported attack on the home island of Java Tension was building up in the big American oil and rubber cen ters of Pakanharu and Medan in Sumatra and three US warships stood by at Singapore a few sailing time away to evac uate Americans if necessary The rebel radio said two bomb ers flying from Mnnado in rebel lious North Celebes attacked and damaged the air field at Bandung scene of the 1955 Afro Asian Con Ifcrnncc It did not say when rnt a 4 fJ a ft a vs ft 4 fo tixvriViilitvri 1 kn etvcxaefixl 1 1 1 IV 14 I 1 10 1 1 lie duvei HUM I ui'iUu'u'jiuiin ui UH hi am ciuiniy 1 of sending a rocket Io the moon or around il There also has first indication lhe rebels hadlieen renewed press comment on the prospect of manned space planes Just riday an flights These articles emphasize lhe nostra runty ol more un lnoiinced they nan an operating matur'd flight first The Soviet desire mil to lose a propaganda advantage Io United Stales may mean thai the surprises may begin soon The Russians launched Sputnik II within a month slier lhe firsl satellite went up More than four and one half months now havt assed without another launching of Home Address you until March 29 to come by our offices on ranklin at Ninth io pick up your REE GIT! for the biennial Texas politics has started Any iliv now Texas voters are likely to learn what choice they will have in voting for lire next governor and other slain oflicials May 5 is lhe magic dale when politicians can't pul off making up their minds any longer Requests to have a name pul on Hie ballot for lhe July 26 Democratic pri mary election must he filed with! iLa I font Ttt I R'ommiltec 1 light in years crops at not less than thc has tested another nuclear wrap dollar and cents averages of last on in 1he nie(ium allge year It also would prevent Score )le test explosion was the third tary of Agriculture Benson from in the ast thrC( days and 1he reducing planting and marketing isixth jn 1hp last tljnp riays was limits beldw 1957 levels Lp njnth since lhe cut rent Soviet Both Eisenhower and Benson test series began eb 22 Bv The AsMjciatcd Tress iperatures in the knowledge a sud i A thrashing three day snow and extensive thaw could turnstorm blew out over the Atlanticlrivers and streams into torrentsSaturday leaving a wake of death The potential flood area extend Idist tipbon and a threat of floods chiefly from Pennsylvania along the Northeast seaboatd through New the same The winter end storm st rikingl lCgion hit by two 1955 floods that from Virginia Io Maine took at took more than 200 lives least 56 lives and caused damage running into millions of dollars Utility firms in eastern Pcnnsyl with some showers The Weather vania alone estimated their dam Bureau jn Washington said nor age costs at more than 3'zs mil mal melting of the snow would lion dollars pose no serious threat As the sun burst forth slate of Pennsylvania appeared to have ficials kept a wary eye on tem had lhe heaviest snowfall up to at increasing door to door home delivered cit dilation Eight major prizes have ranged a homemade front $15 gift certificates tn Waco to $55 watch I Other prizes include pocket ra dios desk sets cameras pockct iHsiks and badminton seis The sweepstakes circulation drive ends April 2 Wisconsin makers of plumbing fix worst since Hurricane Hazel in lures to its knees What it has 1951 The Weather Bureau said it cost the company has not been was the worst storm in this spelled out The gas and electric The inquiry has brought charges company distributed 100000 and countercharges and explosive Vnr LJn I Veto Can Be Overridden WASHINGTON Gft Anticipatingexchanges between the Republi 86 STORMLfoJ ft ft 1 Vr i 1 A I ct rt Va rt to winnow the suits will he ready for publi cation April 6 They will ap pear in a handy pull out and keep tabloid recipe section as part of that Sunday's Waco Tribune Herald Various categories in the contest include meat dishes: vegetable dishes salads and soups cakes cookies breads pastries and can dies other desserts sauces and diet foods irst prize will be $50 second prize $35 third prize $25 In addition mer chandise prizes will he award ed the top recipe in each cate gory' have criticized tills attempted re versal of their flexible price sup port program A two thirds vote is required in both Senate and House to override a veto Ellender noted that the 48 32 Senate vote and earlier 210 172 House vote were far short of inc i margin Ellender described the price fitrceze measure as a stop gap Experts following lhe game of are beltinc that I I I i lofiic iti irt util il I tnmvtio I lit ipin I 1 1 I I 1 I a ci 1 1 1 ronsKUT a loiic ranf? program elation with a possible Last West summit parley will be sidelined 1 sa that tf Khntshehevi Hlipcr VOIISICI lai ion wants to make a have a perfect opportunity next Thursday when the Supreme AUGUSTA Ga iff) President Eisenhower traded Washington snow for Dixie sunshine and a gni Min elrnlln Saturday Jan 1: 75 degrees nn March 7 Prpsidcnl( in a rher fui lowest since Jan 1: 0 "G5ePSimood arrived by plane from the on eb 13 normal maximum c)pjtaj at midmorning for a week this date 70 Irrld nf iJeaxation at the Augusta Rainfall: 01 at 6:30 trace: total this month 62 normal fhis month 291 normal for year to date 701 inches: total since Jan I is 638 inches accumulated defi ciency 63 The river stage Saturday at 7:30 a was 62 fort or Bulganin Is Predicted WASHINGTON (UP) Nikolai Bulganin may he ousted as Rus sian premier next week in the continuing battle for power in the Soviet Union usually reliable diplomatic quarters reported Sat urday His removal would increase the already great authority concen trated in the hands of Nikita i IZk iic Vv Lev nornlorm nf Ihn 1941 was 'cornmunjst Party There was A number of other incumbents and challengers have declared their intentions No candidates for governor or attorney general have announced but some may by the end of another week Sen Charles Herring of Austin head of the Senate Investigating ('om mill er was reported about ready In tin either for governor or for alloiney general One rumor said Herring had I 4 4 ft Im IaI ixv kapc ve imm'ii Hi viwii unit ir: by that Monday mid have a better chance at the gov ernorship Another rumor satdl I Only few luivi been Atty Gen Will Wilson wa beingj ft 4 miiuuiiiaiii oif pivnHiiviu Goldwater (R Aviz) and uUnlncnlo arul rhain nwrhanJOl 1 1 even he describes it as a matterj(ise business collapsed and died ngni urop of men" engaged in actlni uhiiP ntavina tmlf I deadlock fight tn wl represented the would have been more concilia VT TftCASj Cifizens Temporary Income Tax bipartisan committee conductingTniSlee of Baylor The man probably most respond SlICCll Ill i)S ill Dallas sible for forcing the committee DALLAS Joseph Htg into the controversy laden inquiry gjnbotham Jr 71 prominent in is ben Tn Case Slump Hohls WASHINGTON The Com mittee for Economic Development Saturday called for a temporary 20 per cent cut in all income tax rates if the economy in March and April drops below the ebru ary level The privately supKrted re search organization said this billion dol la booster shot possi bly starting at midyear and run hiitg for nine months should be enforced with short term public works and accelerated fedeial spending Simple Measure The CED argued against includ ing any corporation or excise tax relief in this quickie cut in pay check withholdings It emergency action is needed at all it said the government should concentrate on a simple strong measure "on which quick agreement vvould be most readily forthcoming" The CD said the recession by last month was a ssevere in terms nf unemployment and production as those of 1949 and 1953 54 its statement emphasized the com mittee is not predicting a worsen ing situation or discounting the possibility that we arc in the early stages of a more serious decline The government therefore should agree at once on what emergency measures it would take if a further drop occurs CED said as well as upon the condi tions which would trigger ine medial measures Action' "If the economic situation comes clearly worse than in be the earlier postwar recessions strong action should be the state ment said suggest that this would be the case if after allowance for seasonal influences business ac tivity continues to contract for an other two months after ebruary unless there )' unmistakable evi dence of quickly forthcoming im The call for an immediate deci sion clashed with the views of some administration officials The latter even while exploring vari ous tax measures and combina tions of measures have argued that it would be premature to de cide now on which of the meas ures should be used The CED said its proposed 20 per cent cut should be an across the board affair and should pro vide for automatic termination scattered showers and thunder showers turning partly cloudy and cooler tonight and Monday High expected to day 75 degrees low tonight 45 Temperature: Highest 73 de grees at 3:30 lowest 55 de grees at 2:30 a in highest since and in 1955 the Republic of Italy Air conferred upon him that conn wakp of pcccnt Sovict clc(tinn crashed and burned shortly after Showman xposion of Rocket have won prizes for their efforts Injures Two YolllliS SUNDOWN lex Iwo noys were injured riday night when rocket limy were working on aeciifonfnlly exploded James Love and Joe Don John son are in good condition in a hospital Saturday Love fort his right hand and Johnson part of Soviets Preparing New Space Venture IRST JfjRVICe CONVfNHNCr AOlirifS first national bank I was elected president of North lake over the premiership The Itfll I ll tll III 117 IO ollowing the formation of As a tp imP ot hjs death in 1953 I HArtl 'Ofl I OXO Ol 1 I VJ cirt 1 to iiuiiMir 111 tiniiiini utniri itic equal ownership of North Ameri luditie can and Phillips Petroleum Com Buganjlli despite his close asso MlJy MiwutKi ao nciiiiuii piiNi dent In 1918 Atwood was awarded qqlpy irie ini LTiuiKdie ti merit for his contributions to the war effort during World War II Rep Long Dies Of Heart Attack WASHINGTON Ren George Long (D La) died Saturday al j( rcW York Bethesda Naval Hospital two! NEW YQRK Kashlon dp lk'1g tdlt 7 signer Claire McCardell whose tack at Ins home hete He was 71 pinthpc nn ment dropped slight two: ly early this month The Labor Department an truslec of Baylor notinced riday night that 3274 ft( Irsc' AAA 1 ci 1 crxcl u'Al'l'Al'C irni'A r'nlL'Cf ing benefits in the week ended March 8 That was 76HI fewer than in the preceding week Initial claims for compensation by lhe newly unemployed declined even more sharply in the week ended March 15 New Hanns dropped by 29900 to 410500 This was the lowest total since early in December Last week was the nrm in which the Census Bureau toon its month ly sampling of the jobs situation Its figures will be macle public in I mid April 1 Officials said the decline tn int ern average of 500 new suhscrib tial benefits claims was too small n4l IIP circulation manager Car lisle torts The free gift homo address sweepstakes number for all of this wook will be 13 More than 1500 Wacoans have visited the Ninth and ranklin offices of the Waco and News Tribune Nixon Says Tax Cut Not Decided WASHINGTON (UP Vice President Richard Nixon saidVjsjt t0 Astrodyne Atwood is no Saturday the Eisenhower admin strangpr (0 TexaSi He received istration has not yet reached a hjs earv education in Plainview decision on whether its next anti and obtained his AB degree from it one is nceoia JjardireStrnmons College in 1926 more je rpceived a RS degree tn civil engineering from the University ru kinizc ididiinic ILuii 4 aUou 'fl'tftvfic 1 i'f THE WACO TIMES HERALD tn: ixtvvj iniuvc1 WACO TEXAS SUNDAY MORNING MARCH 23 74 PAGES On Inside Pages 4 A inB f)A hr 4f) inches The depth at Greenville Maine with 8 new inches added to previ ous snowfalls 51 inches This was the situation In storm hit area: Pennsylvania Still under state of emergency Civil Defense officials said there were thou WASHINGTON tfl Stormy sen 7 "arnsnip ases imougn ale probing of the 47 month old? ha Kohler strike heads Monday into its climax week with the company and the union at least as far apart as ever I The investigation of violence and boycotting spying and strong arm stuff has split the Senate Rackets Committee conducting the hearing into partisan camps gled Io restore service to 75000 The strike itself has been "big customers without electric power The United Auto Work land 10000 without telephones the ers union has acknowlcdgedBaltimore Gas Electric Co es Propaganda alters WASHINGTON offi thigh pressure drive for a summit ctals saw signs Saturday of some meeting by June success in the West's stand Of particular against Soviet pressure to hold a quick showy ill prepared summit conference They said Russia's "instant propaganda appears to lie losing its appeal in the face of Western insistence on laying the groundwork for a meeting that could lead to results And further they said the Rus sians seem to be moderating their AEG Reveals Sovict Nuclear Bomb Test WASHINGTON (UP) The Atomic Energy Commission an nounced Saturday that Russia norrofrcrl tn i tr I hich had hel WASHINGTON (fl The number men naa ne rndontr of Ravlnr he had com pa ITV I itu It ii uinmii ill i ii Miry i i i i i i it in i 4 He retired from business years ago He was a Hospital and a director of Raylor University and Raylor Medical school recession move be a tax cut or niibtic works spending He reiterated however that hejof Texas in 1928 and in 1955 was still prefers a tax cut over big awarded an honorary degree of 1 tv ttfl TTO 10 IrnlA nt Jilt 1 11 a "That is my Nixon told a news conference 1 don't say it is or is not the ad ministration position" The vice president said he want ed to assure the people this administration is on top of the economic situation" and "that we are aware of the fact that a prolonged economic downturn can not be 21 hours ending i xr olp of ds fa vorite vacation retreats He plans Russians are preparing a hoKI new venture into space to start back 1o the White House Soviet officials including Communist party chief Nikita late Sunday afternoon Khrushchev and oreign Ministry spokesman Leonid Jyliehey 4 have told Western correspondents only naif At a news conference llagcity S)acP surprises will he forthcoming was asked whether the President pU authoritative sources have dodged questions about what had seen newspaper accounts of and whcn note ts general agreement that tne next soviet space pro leer twill not be merely another satellite Soviet officials have sai'lrepetitious space experiments are a waste of time rc Adding New Subscribers The Home Address Sweep cloLrc rirrnlftf inn rnntPSit of the Waco daily newspapers is adding Tribune Herald t0 portend any sizable drop in the IViarcn unemployment tigiiics I There are indications these will be 'about the same as for ebruai or somewhat higher The ebru ary figure was just undei 5200 001) Workers drawing unemployment compensation represent a three fifths of the total number i unemployed doctor of engineering by the Stevens Institute of Technology Starting as a junior airplane engineer with the Army Air Corps at Wright ield Dayton Ohio in 1928 Atwood left that position to become a design engineer with the Douglas Aircraft Company in Santa Monica Calif in 1930 He joined North American Avia tion in 1934 as chief engineer and vice president He became as sistant general manager four vnarc lafnr and in 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 a 1 Ip 4 11V no named first vice president He speculation that Khrushchev will late Josef Stalin held both posts death in IRWIIW i WSflMBfetWH Jl tpii an "7 'it xii 1 A Jt KX At ki jN 4 si fl C'77 i ft my 2 LIU" CT Kfl Hi hway pstal Sw Dir P) Sunset tonight at 6:42 sunrise tomorrow at 6:30 rhliu sanui 5S 3 nn pm Hm 511 4 IX)pm 71' Xrtoam 111 SIH) pm naniHtn t2 ns loam tn pm 05 It :00 a Jrt Sjxipm 02 12 Noon SOU pm Co 1:00 pm Wl 10:00 Pm 5H 2:00 pm 71 J100 pm ss 3:00 pm 72 Siltiirttay tain pm 72 lOMMnlsht 57 5:00 pm 70 1 a 55 Sam pm 70 2 00 am 55 7:00 pm 57 1:00 am ST pm 5 57 nainpm 5:00 am 57 10 no Si orecast for Waco and vicinity (radios 2' C'loiidv with.