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87th Year In the Service of the Public 24 PAGES Price 5 Cents PRescott 7-6000 PASSAIC-CLIFTON, N. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1959 Entr4 8eon4 CImm Matter Poet Office. PajMla, N. i jls-v- St. Louis Tornado Victim Wotches Saw Being Used to Free Arm Caught in Wreckage Toward Tiny Alpine Village Moving Mountain" Grinds Commuter, College Bills Win Assembly Approval Referendum on $66,800,000 Building Plan Rapid Transit District May Be Set Up By Bolton Schwartz Herald-News Trenton Bureau -TRENTON The New Jersey Assembly yesterday passed 27 measures, including bills aimed at solving the rail commuter problem and setting up a $66,800,000 college building bond issue.

ST. LOUIS (AP) A tornado cut a deadly path across the heart of St. Louis in the pre-dawn today. Seventeen were known dead and 320 were injured. Of the injured, 43 were serious enough to be hospitalized.

Numerous other persons were trapped in homes and apartments which buckled under the storms blows. God knows how many people are trapped in those buildings, said Deputy Fire Chief James Sauerwin who feared the death toll would mount. Civil Defense in Action The St. Louis Office of Civil Defense went into action. Brig.

Gen. Francis P. Hardway, head of the Civil Defense here, said his agency was trying to co-ordinate the rescue work. It was the first time the St. Louis Civil Defense had gone into full scale operation since its organization in 1951.

Part of the hardest hit sector was an area of tenement homes occupied chiefly by Negroes. Debris was piled two feet deep in the section hardest hit. The area was only a mile west of downtown St. Louis, itself rocked by heavy wind and rain. Grimaces in Fain H.

I. Freed After Hein, Trapped MjmThcn Hairn storm struck 2:20 (CST). It hai flrsl Weed down in western St. Louis County, hitting suburban Kirkwood and Brentwood. Then it swung in an easterly direction across Forest Park in St Louis, dipping into the residential area.

William McAllister was just leaving a gasoline station in the area-when the storm struck. 'Terrific Glow" There was a terrific glow of light as if a cloud was illuminated and there was the sound like the roar of a tremendous automobile racing its engine" McAllister said. Within two minutes the sound of the storm had passed and there was a terrific silence. The area was utter confusion. One policeman reported six bodies had been carried from a leveled four family apartment at 2755 Bacon Street, two blocks from Busch Stadium where the St.

Louis Cardinals play. The ball park itself was not damaged. Police said persons were trapped in aL least three smashed homes or apartments. Some 14 persons were reported trapped in a three-story brick and frame building at Delmar and Whittier, in the direct path of the storm. Two hours later rescue workers began reaching the bodies.

Fires broke out by the score. Could Hear Groans Zeb Williams was one of the persons asleep in the old house at Delmar and Whittier. I was blown abainst the wall and out of the window and landed safely on a mattress in the street below," he -said. He could hear the groans of other occupants trapped in the rubble. Two hours later rescuers began reaching the victims.

Four persons were brought out alive. Two were dead when rescuers reached them and another died on the way to the hospital. Two towers crumpled under the storms impact. The 380-foot tower of radio station KXLW toppled over, striking a corner of the building. The 300-foot tower of television station 'KTVI tumbled, falling across two buildings.

No one was hurt. Were Lucky Hannold Will Leave Senate Herald-News Trenton Bureau TRENTON The Republican hold on the New Jersey Senate, depleted in recent elections, de dined a little further ysterday with the appointment of Senator Harold W. Hannold (R-Glouces ter) to the State Parole Board. To Pay Tribute The Arkansas Democrat said hearings starting today would show that some labor unions have been created for the sole purpose of acting as an enforcement arm for gangsters and trade association in the coin machine industry. He said many legitimate businessmen in this field have been forced to deal with racketeers and to pay tribute to them for the right to stay in business.

The committee plans to spend several weeks investigating un-derworld-union-management ties in the coin machine industry. The first hearing will include testimony about the Wurlitzer which Senator Homer E. Capehart (R-Ind), a committee member, once served as vice-president. In a statement prepared for the opening session, McClellan termed the investigation one of the most important we have undertaken with reference to the hoodlum effort to achieve legitimacy through association with unions and business enterprises. Sought Stranglehold He said racketeers have tried to get a stranglehold on the industry through collusion between employers and HERBRIGGEN, Switzerland (UPI) Switzerlands moving mountain ground relentlessly toward this Alpine village today and threatens to cut off 5,000 persons in the plush winter resort of Zermatt.

An official at the tiny railroad station here reported that the situation looks very bad. Yon cant see the alide from here, but we are putting an observer with a telephone on a nearby hill from where he can. survey the whole area, he said. The villages 210 residents evacuated their homes yesterday when a glacier pilot, Hermann Geiger, sounded the alarm. He said the slowly sliding mass of ice, dirt and rock now about 3,800 feet Jury Due to Get Strone Case Confessions Today Statements of admission about the murder of Patrolman Robert Strone are expected to go into the record of the trial of Paul and Eugene Fitzsimmons today in Paterson.

associations with labor unions, McClellan said "there is virtually no area in the United States in which they have not at least made an effort to gain a foothold. As the lead-off witness, the committee called Rufus King of the American Bar AssociaUon to explain, with exhibits, the difference between amusement devices and pinball machines used for gambling. Robert committee counsel, said other witnesses would include persons with criminal records Involved In the coin-operated machine business. Among them he listed Gerard Vito Catena, of South Orange, N. J.f Raymond Patriarca, of Providence, R.

Michael James Genovese, of Pittsburgh, and Joseph Salardlno, of Denver. Collester Confirmed Herald-News Trenton Bureau TRENTON The reappoint ment of Judge Donald G. Collester to the Passaic County Court bench has been confirmed by the New Jersey Senate. Collesters appointment was one of five judicial nominations confirmed by the Republican-controlled Senate yesterday. The Passaic judge is a Republican.

The Senate again took no action on the appointment of Joseph R. Brumale, a Democrat, and the reappointment of William P. Furrey, a Republican, to the North Jersey District Water Supply Commission. Term Now In Dlspnte As a result of the Senates refusal to confirm Brumales appointment last year, Governor Robert B. Meyner, at the urging of Senator Anthony J.

Grpssi (D-Passaic), accompanied the resub-missioo of Brumales name this year with the appointment of Furrey. The idea was that the Senate might confirm Brumale if it were given a chance to confirm a Republican at the same time. Thus far it hasnt worked. The objection now appears to be that Furrey, who has been holding over in office since 1955, will get only three more months in office until his torn expires. Brumale, on the other hand, will serve out the remainder of the term of Harry L.

Schoen, which is still good for more than two years. Yesterday, Gross! asked Meyner to assure the Senate he would give Furrey another appointment when the present term expires, three months hence. The Passaic senator reported to the Republicans that Meyner had made some statement to that ef- But the Senate took no action. Senate Majority Leader George B. Harper (R-Sussex) said he was unable to forecast what the judiciary committee, which he heads, would recommend next week.

however, expressed confidence confirmation would be forthcoming. Assessment Agreement The Senate contented itself with approving nine measures, all non-controversial, and none of major Importance. In caucus, Senate Republicans agreed to accept the Dumont committees basic proposal in the plan to 4d with the 100 per 'cent assessment problem. Majority leader George Harper expressed my opinion that the Senate will pass the bill calling for assessments of real property at 50 per cent of true value, machinery and equipment at 50 per cent, and inventory at 1214 per cent. The college building bond issue bill is no different from the measure sponsored by Senator Walter H.

Jones (R-Bergen) and passed in the upper house. It came out the Assembly, however, as a committee substitute for the Jones bill. House Democratic leaders said the reason for adopting that procedure was to satisfy the contention, expressed by some, that all money-raising bills must, under the state constitution, originate in Assembly. While the Senate Republicans were somewhat resentful of the taking over of the bond issue plan by the Democrats, they are prepared to pass the Assembly substitute, Ilie Assembly bill was moved to second reading in the Senate late yesterday after -Commuter, Page 2 Murder Defendant Late, Judge Irked A special panel was drawn yesterday from which 14 jurors will be selected for the murder trial of Raymond Hunt, 31, in Passaic County Court, Paterson. Hunt is accused of shooting Anna May Ross, 27, last Novem ber 21 In the apartment they shared at 255 Chestnut Street, Passaic.

His trial is scheduled to start next Monday. The sheriffs office was late getting Hunt from the county jail to court and Judge Salvatore D. Viviano was irked. As result drawing of the Jury panel was three hours later than scheduled. Hannold was confirmed lm mediately yesterday under the unwritten senatorial courtesy custom, although his GOP colleagues figuratively bled a little in the process.

To Leave in Spring The Gloucester senator tempered the blow by announcing he would not qualify for the state job, which pays $10,000 a year, for about two months. However, when he resigns from the Senate in the spring he will leave the Republicans with only 12 seats, giving them only one vote more than the minimum number required to pass a bill. The Democrats, who also suffered a one-seat loss through the death of W. Howard Sharp, Hannold Will, Page 2 Icy Conditions Ease On New Jersey Roads Higher temperatures today eased somewhat the icy conditions which had prevailed on most New Jersey roads. Drizzle and fog still made driving far from pleasant.

Bad Last Night Death Penalty Sought Assistant Prosecutor S. Richard Schiffman seeks the death penalty for the slaying of the rookie patrolman last May 8 in Passaic. Judge Donald G. Collester ruled last week the statements were admissible. His ruling followed a week-long legal battle waged in the absence of the jury.

The battle centered about the question of whether or not the confessions were given voluntarily. Yesterday, Edward Saltzman, defense attorney for Paul, grilled witness after witness about what went on in the second floor record room at Clifton Police Headquarter on the afternoon of May 14, the day the brothers were apprehended. Captain Victor Jaffe, head of the Passaic Detective Bureau, denied that he had ever touched Paul. He told the court, however, that he saw Captain Michael Palko, of Passaic, and Captain Adam Reiser, Passaic County detective, put their hands on the 37-year-old suspect when he kept standing up in his chair. Jaffe said Palko did not, use force.

He said Reiser used reasonable force. Reiser, Palko Testify Reiser took the stand to say he shoved Paul back in the seat, using force once and touched Paul on his stomach once. Captain Palko said each time any reference to the slain patrolman was made, Paul would jump up and yell, What are you-trying to do, frame me? told the court that he became hoarse from questioning Paul without result He denied that he became angry but admitted that he put Paul back in his seat several times with a shove. A policeman was shot to death," said Palko. He was one of my boys.

Dr. Laurence M. Collins, consulting psychologist and neurologist, repeated testimony that he saw no marks on Paul when he examined him at Passaic County Jail May 15. But there were no takers. Shes Among others who testified just not compatible with ouri7esteray wTe UWto Patrol- two young elephants so I thought JPao Henry De Koyer, Passaic Id give her away.

Detective Sergeant Andrew The trading indicated that it Pokrywka, and Sergeant Earl takes 24 baboons to trade foriKane, state police lie detector one camel, a pair of kangaroos expert All repeated tor the equals a leopard cub and onejbenefit of the Jury testimony giraffe is worth five tigers. (they had previously given. The bargaining session began! lJ'" by each zoo director reading Queen Mother In Kenya Col. Horowitz Is Dead at 60; Saved Life of Gen. Gruenther Bob Hetherington, general manager of KXLW, was at his station with four others checking a flood caused by an earlier deluge.

We were lucky to get out alive, Hetherington said, explaining the tower crashed within feet of where he and the others were sitting. Before the tornado struck, tor-rental rain lashed the area. More than two inches of water fell in less than six hours. Police in suburban University City said more than 150 basements there had been flooded. Hundreds of spectators wandered through the debris, stunned by the storm which struck as they slept Policemen, with flash-.

17 Perish, Page 2 One Track; PUC Probe before the mayors telegram was received yesterday afternoon. It is customary, he said, for PUC investigators to probe all such accidents and to make recommendations to the board if improvements in procedure or safety equipment are indicated. The investigation of Sundays derailment, the PUC spokesman Erie, Page 2 Congress Holds Key io Inflation But Will It Continue To Play Page 1 0 On Other Inside Pages Amusements 19 Nursery 3 Bergen 13-15, 24'0bituary 22 Clifton 16 Questions 10 Comics 23 Social 6,7 Editorial 10 Sports 17-19 Essex 24 TV and Radio 5 Movie Time 19 Want Ads 20-12 N. J. Patriots If1 Women 8,9 To have the Herald-News delivered to your home daily, phone PR 7-6000.

24 Baboons Equal One Camel, Zoos' Trading Session Shows Van Doren to Retire NEW YORK (UPI) Mark Van Doren, holder of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry and one of the nations most esteemed literary critics, announced yesterday he would retire in June as professor of English at Columbia University, Erie Running on Kobylarz Seeks Trains are running over one track of the Erie Railroads Ber gen County Shortcut today, but commuters still experienced delays. Mayor Joseph Kobylarz, of Garfield, meanwhile, has called on the State Public Utility Commission to probe Sunday nights derailment of 28 cars of a 100-car freight train on the shortcut "It appears, said Mayor Kobylarz in a telegram to the PUC, that trains using the. Bergen County Shortcut which runs through Garfield have been traveling at excessive speeds, there-1 by endangering life and property in this city. It is a miracle that no one was killed in this accident. It is also respectfully requested that you investigate the quality and age bf equipment used.

This is the second such accident in this area within the past, few years. It is imperative that remedial steps be taken immediately." A spokesman for the PUC said tbday that agency had begun its investigation of the derailment. Driving was tricky In much of the Passaic-Jlergen area last night, before sanding and salting operations became widespread. There were 21 cars involved in eight skidding accidents in Clifton. Bergen had a rash of accidents, especially in Rutherford.

By morning, however, things had eased. Temperatures had risen and sanding-salting crews had done their work. Slush and puddles replaced glaze ice. Bergen County police, last night called the countys 1,200 miles of roads "sheets of glass' The main highways in metropolitan New Jersey, Routes 46, 3, 4 and 17 were reported wet and slushy today with slippery spots in sections. In addition.

Route 10 and 1 were reported icy and slippery. Schools in Garfield and West Paterson were closed. At least one death was attributed to bad road conditions last night, when a Patchogue, L.I., woman was killed when the car in whioh she was riding skidded across Route 130, into the rear wheels of a tractor-trailer near Princeton. The ice storm was not confined to North Jersey. It spread from the Midwest to southern New England.

North of the freezing rain there was snow eight inches in northern New England. South of the sleet belt there was heavy rain. Arrow Shooter It Fined MONTGOMERY, 'Ala. (UPI) Air Force Capt Wesley Pennington was convicted of cruelty to animals and fined $50 yesterday for shooting cats with a bow and arrow. ond lieutenant in the corps of engineers.

His whole class was recalled to the military academy on December 3, 1918 to under take a special emergency course for student officers. CoL Horowitz was first honor man in the War Emergency Class of June 11, 1919. CoL Horowitz was appointed to the military academy by former Congressman Dow H. Druk ker, publisher of The Herald-News. The former Passaic resident became a first lieutenant in 1920 and resigned from the Army two years later, becoming a captain the reserve.

As a student officer, CoL Horowitz also received the bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After leaving the aervice in 1922, CoL Horowitz went into the construction business with a Captain Pope. They built the Henry Street Garage, which is now owned by the Kreger fam-CoL Horewita, Pag 3 A funeral service is being held in New. York City this afternoon for Col. L.

George Horowitz, UTA, first honor graduate of the U. S. Military Academy, West Point, in 1915 and the man credited with saving the life of Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther, former chief of staff and now director of the American Red Cross.

CoL Horowitz, a native of Passaic, died Sunday in New York Hospital. He was 60. As a cadet at West Point, Col, Horowitz played an important role in the life of Gen. Gruenther. The two, then cadets, were in a canoe on the Hudson River when a steamer overturned the Col.

Horowitz was credited with pulling General Gruenther to" safety. Gen. Gruenther related this story in his memoirs several years ago. la War Emergency Claw Born In Passaic on December 25, 1898, Mr. Horowitz entered West Point pm June 14, 1917, and completed his course in 1918.

He was commissioned as a sec COLUMBUS, Ohio To passer-by, it might have sounded little like a baseball trading session, but if you. bid at the timf you might have taken home an elephant or a lion. The wholesale bartering of animals was the top business at yesterdays convention opening of the Midwest Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums. The transactions by the directors of 32 of the nations zoos were similar to major league club owners trading hsball players. For example, three chimpanzees who couldnt learn to ride bicycles and ponies, drive cars or turn cartwheels were traded It by Frank Mclnnis, director of the Detroit Zoo.

They were rookies who Just didnt make the- grade, he mourned. The trio wi3 be shipped to a New York City MOMBASA, Kenya (UPI) Queen Mother Elizabeth of Britain arrived here by plane last night for a two-day visit. list of his surplus" animals, and of his needs. After that the officials gathered in little huddles to do business. 1,.