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4 4 4 103rd Ytar.vC) Vorld Now Cotirt( i Associated United Proas Intamatknal Newt Service end Telephoto Warmer, Halo fioudy end warmer with nil fend a high ef 98 and a low of 8, Yesterdays high was the low 23. Further details on page I. Eighteen Page Scranton, Wednesday, January 21, 1959 Seven Cents ee Lawrence Inaugurated. Engineering Firm Paid 5,200 Year White SerwdGilboy Lawrence In Plea for Armistice While onC of Staff Governor Rids For Cooperation Of General Assembly 1 il' State Sen. Joseph M.

Barr (left). Democratic State Chairman, Lawrence and Pennsylvanias newly installed Governor on the platform Arena yesterday at inaugural ceremonies. Senator Barr read the of the program at Harrisburg. (Tribune Photo, A. J.

Sandone) Governor Asks Unity On Taxes Ceremonies Moved To Farm Show Arena When Storm Hits By BOB HOLTON HARRISBURG, Jan. 26 (AP) David Leo Lawrence was Inaugurated governor of Pennsylvania today, climaxing hifl bold Journey from a law office clerk a century ago to the pin-acle of state government The 69-year-old Mr. Democrat ol Pennsylvania took the oath of office before some 7,000 spectators in the State Farm Show Arena. Some 30,000 attended outgoing Gov. George M.

Leader inauguration four years ago. Snow and sleet drove the ceremony indoorj from the main Capitol steps for the first time since the 1943 inauguration of Sen. Edward Martin. The snow turned to rain about an hour before the program began. The four-time Pittsburgh Mayor, an old pro in politics on state and national level, warned in his inaugural address that the State would face a grave crisis in the future if Democrats and Republicans failed to work together, in drafting a tax program for the Commonwealth.

At the same time, Lawrence called for a united effort by both parties and all other groups to develop Pennsyl-; vania tax program that all -could support. 4I begin my term of service today, Lawrence said solemnly, in the firm belief that we can take our tax Issues out of the contention of partisanship that Indeed, we must do ao Is the narrow balance that exists In our political structure. 1 Ham J. Green are on trial here charged with conspiracy to defraud the Government during construction of the $33 million Signal Corps Depot at Tobyhanna. White, now employed by the Scranton-Spring Brook Water Service testified he received a $5,200 a year post after tipping off Gilboy that construction of thgl new revenue to bail the State out largest Signal Corps Depot in the of debt in addition to the money country at Tobyhanna was a to keep it functioning for another "fairly sure thing.

White worked bienni Davld Law-for the engineer-architect firm, once headed by Gilboy, from 1952 rcnce tay sked for a political to 1956, and as of Industrial armistice. Commissioner from 1950 to 1956. And he directed his armistice The Gilboy firm received depot plea particularly to the handling work worth $1,200,351. of new tax legislation by the Gen- White resigned as of In- erai Assembly which is controlled dustrial commissioner in 1956 for jn the lower house by his own employment with the Gingher political party and in the upper Manufacturing Scranton. by the Republican Party.

Todays proceedings ended "i hope, he said in his in-earlier than scheduled as a legal augural address, "we can avoid wrangle again developed over a Democratic tax program or a Government efforts to introduce Republican tax program; a Gov-mto the trial a document purport- emors tax program, a house tax ing to be a record of a telephone program, a Senate tax program, cai! between Congressman Green, Pursuing his entreaty further, and retired Col. Ralph E. Cruse, Mr. Lawrence took cognizance of district engineer for the Phiiadel- the nature of Pennsylvania po-phia District Corps of Engineers, litical partisanship of which he from October, 1950, to March, has been a lifetime practitioner. 1952, who approved depot con- "I think I know, as well as any-tracts.

one, the veteran politician ob- Counsel for the seven defend- served, That Pennsylvania poli-ants and the Government re- tics is traditionally rough and tired to the chambers of Judge tough, fiercely competitive, mate-Frederick V. Folkner to thrash I rialistic, dog-eat-dog. And he out another of the many legal conceded it was a healthy condi-roadblocks that have bogged ton to have two strong parties down this criminal conspiracy I t0 have a hard-hitting oppo- trial I On trial before judge Folkner But, the Governor observed, and a jury of five women and Mere caii too much of even seven men are: Gilboy, Congress- a ara sVre Green. ex-Philadelphia Congress- said. 14 a Pmt, where Valley at 4 p.

ra. which resulted man Herbert McGIinchey, Robert Position becomes sterility.where in the Injury ef three oil Brown, John Frodorlcli Raff and Joseph Rochez. INAUGURATION PRINCIPALS is shown with Mrs. David L. at the State Farm Show certificate of election as part Warmer, Rain Due Today 3 Women Injured In Skidding Mishap Warmer weather and rain today are expected to gnaw away at snow which has fallen in the region the past two days, according to the U.

S. Weather Bureau at Avoca Airport. Meanwhile, regional roadways continued in treacherous condition as sleet, snow and rain combined to slick the surfaces to rink smoothness. Slippery conditions resulted in an auto accident in the Mid an art in itself, where the best te of the Carbondale residents. Dickson City police said a car County Demo Chiefs itness Ceremonies Lawler, Hanlon Seated Near Rostrum At Inaugural, Also Dine at Mansion ice-skating By WALTER W.

TOOLAN Tribune Political Writer HARRISBURG, Jan. 26-In the first minutes after high noon of this snowy, slushy, rainy and chilly day David L. Lawrence, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Mr. By FRANK SEMPA Commerce as a full-time Indus-Tribune Staff Writer trial commissioner, it was re- LEWISBURG, Jan. 26 Major vealed at the Federal trial here Lee White Jr.

of Dalton worked today, secretly for the interests of John Gilboy, an ex-Scranton buslness-P. Gilboy Jr. while on the pay- man, and six others, including roll of the Scranton Chamber ol I Philadelphia Congressman Wif jC of Was Of Whites Dual Role Cltamber Paid Aide $10,000, Expenses To Recruit New Ind ustries for Region The Scranton Chamber of Commerce didnt know that its former Industrial commissioner. Major Lee White, was dragging down 13,200 a year as tipster for John P. Gilboy Jr.

while on the of payroll for at least $10,000 plus expenses annually as industrial recruiter. Willias W. Jones, executive vice-president of the of declared that he ia certain the executive committee would not have tolerated the dual role had it been known. Admitting that Mr. Whites witness stand disclosures at the Tobyhanna conspiracy trial in Lewisburg Came like a bolt from the blue, Mr.

Jones said that To my knowledge the of had no knowledge about the Gilboy relationship. Asked if me present of Industrial commissioners, Kenneth Dolph and Joseph Me Gowan, have such connections, Mr. Jones replied: "I would certainly hope not. He added, under further questioning, that Mr. Dolph and Mr.

McGowan definitely would not be permitted to provide tips on industrial prospects to any firm or individual in exchange for being placed on the payroll. Judging by the testimony at the Lewisburg trial, Mr White during his travels around the Nation for the of was supposed to keep on the alert for leads which could be developed by Gilboy and hla architectural-engineering firm. Mr. Jones agreed that Mr White was "employed by the of while making such trips in search of industries to recruit for the Scranton area and, tips, was traveling on a of expense account. The of official declined to reveal the size of Mr, Whites salary during his career as industrial commissioner but other sources disclosed that it was at least $10,000 and probably ran about $500 above that figure.

Mr. White, although he admitted to furnishing a lead on the Tobyhanna project to Gilboy, developed a reputation with newsmen during his tenure of industrial comissioner from 1950 to 1956 with being "close mouthed about industrial prospects which were dickering for plans or sites in this area. of OLATHE, Jan. 20 (AP) Eleven Navy men bailed out of burning patrol bo giber in a snow storm today and landed safely. Less than two hours after they took to their parachutes, the 11 were accounted for.

Officials at the Olathe Naval Air Station said none suffered serious injury. The men landed mostly on farms near small towns in extreme eastern Kansas. The burning craft crashed a farm near Ottawa, Kan. io a ing of a in Laivrences Conservative Move Hailed in-I rests community its vital conspiring during construction KTfSed'pSSl aSS ha i0 fhueat Government. political achievement, White, who made no mention r-n.

n. the fact that he worked for Then the Governor Democrat, became the Commonwealth's 46th Governor. The formal ceremonies, remarkably on schedule despite their storm-caused transfer from an inaugural stand In front of the Capitol to the large arena of the State Farm Show Building, were witnessed by about 7,000, way off the estimates of 40,000 that were based on favorable weather and original planning. Seated among dignitaries from throughout the state in stands close to the Inaugural rostrum were Lackawanna County Commissioner Michael F. Lawler and Scrantons Mayor James T.

Hanlon, architects of Democratic Party fortunes in their respective bailiwicks. -ongressman Stanley Prokop, Mount Cobb, Nwho drove in from Washington, was seated with other state congressmen. Rep. William' J. Reidenbach, Scranton, and State Sen.

Hugh J. McMenamin, also of Scranton, performed escort duties for the Governors official party as members of special committees of their respective chambers. Amd scattered throughout the audience were virtually ail of the members of a Lackawanna County contingent which came to the capital for the ceremonies. An early morning snowfall, followed by rain, forced cancellation of the scheduled inaugural parade but many of the musical units which were to participate went to the Farm Show Building and vied with each other in entertaining the crowd before the inaugural ceremony. The musical selections by colorfully uniformed organizations provided a festive air which to operated by Miss Elizabeth Higgins, 26, 81 Washington slid backwards down, a 25-foot embankment along the Carbondale Highway after it skidded out of control.

The accident scene was near the Idle Hour bowling Lanes. Miss Higigns suffered minor injuries and was discharged from Mid-Valley Hospital after treatment. Her mother, Mrs. Florence- Higgins, 46, same address, suffered a slight laceration alongside the left eye and contusions of the forehead. A second passenger, Mrs.

Agnes Newcomb, 52, Spring received a deep laceration the scalp which required nine sutures. Mrs. Higgins and Mrs. New- gave his to cooperate in a politi- the Gilboy interests untoiow.ngly I ca, truce sayingr wil do ut. the of defined his $5,200 most wjn g0 as far as any0ne year post with the engineer- in his stateto create an atos.

architect firm as: phere where a program for Penn- "I was to travel through the I syIvania can judged and exe. country and what he (Gilboy) cuted on its merits, without re-was looking for was information gard to which party gets from possible concerns who I credit and without regard to werent interested in our (Scran- political and sectiona! rivalries." ton) area but were possibly mov- But if there is to be a political to other areas and all he armistice on the Governors legis-wanted was if I Could give him hative program the Republican any leads that his. salesmen could leaders in the Senate will have follow up. to be told a lot more about the The ex-C of official testified! (Please Turn to Page 16) tipping off Gilboy as to the The Senate late in the day confirmed all members of Lawrences cabinet except Frank McCartney, Lansford, as State Police Commissioner. That action opened the way for those confirmed to take the oath of office and assume their duties.

Four hours of freezing rain and snow took a sharp cut of die attendance but failed to dampen the enthusiasm of those who made the journey to the arena on the outskirts of Harrisburg. -Missing from the day-long schedule of activities was a three-hour parade canceled by inaugural Chairman John S. Rice shortly before the formal activities began. In his 15-minute inaugural address, one of the shortest In recent history, the new Governor displayed a conciliatory attitude punctuated throughout with pleas for a nonpartisan approach to the States fiscal and other problems. But Lawrence gave a hint of his ability to fight if called upon do so by promising he will (Please Turn to Page 16) Turn to Page Two) Depot locating in Tobyhanna as friend after he White WorstStorm of Winter Strikes whom he was dealing with, the! 1 Army Signal Corps.

tL White testified he wanted to keep the architect-engineer work the area and said his talk with Gilboy took place before Christmas, 1950. (Please Blizzard Hits Plains Big Cities Into Ghost The fire developed 50 miles north of Kansas City, in one of the engines, The pilot was Cmdr. E. J. Funk.

HARRISBURG, Jan. 20 (AP)-Republicans and Democrats alike received Gov. David L. Lawrences inaugural speech with approval today, but there were reservations among some of the GOP leaders. Sen.

James S. Berger, Senate Republican floor leader, termed the address "well considered. thought his approach was conservative, Berger added. It is in the Republican-controlled Senate that Lawrence potentially faces his rockiest legislative road. Sen M.

Harvey Taylor, Republican Senate president pro tempore, was non-committal on the Lawrence address, and said he has an open mind. "Whenever anybody talks about taxes, they taik about a non-partisan approach, Taylor added. Democrats were enthusiastic about the address. Rep. Stephen McCann, House Democratic floor leader, declared: "To my thinking it was a wonderful way to bring Pennsylvanians together tq work in the interest of all the people.

Former Gov. Leader: "It was a splendid speech. I like his philosophy. I think he is going to con tinue all oar humanitarian programs. This, of course, makes me very happy.

George I. Bloom, Republican State Chairman, said Lawrence "sketched the outline of the tax and other economic problems besetting Pennsylvania, with the broad strokes of a master politician. We expect him to be partisan but with a spirit of honest prtisanship that will reflect credit on his party, Bloom said. SeiQ, Albert PeChan, assistant Senate Republican leader, said I am glad he did not make the same mistake that George Leader did four years ago in attacking Turns Towns (Please Turn to Page, 10) The. witness said he asked Gilboy hot to make any moves for a few days and said his tip was a (Please Turn to Page 10) Atlas Is Expected To Die This Morning Li oflt across northern Missouri, eastern Iowa, southeast Minnesota, southern Wisconsin, northern Illinois and lower Michigan.

Sleet, snow and icy rain cut deep into the East. Ice glazed the Southern Plains south qf the storm front and the clash between the icy storm and warm Gulf air posed the threat of tornadoes in southern and east central Oklahoma and north central and Texas. tyr As the storm mounted, three-foot drifts covered roads near Garden, and the highway patrol feared it would have to close the highways. School closed KANSAS CITY, Mo Jan (UPI) The worst-- blizzard to sweep the Plains this Winter turned highways into icy death traps and made metropolitan shopping centers look like ghost towns tonight The' storm, whipped by wind gusts ranging up to 50 and 65 mile? per hour, whirled across the prairies from the southern Rockies to the Canadian border. The U.

S. Weather Bureau said the blizzard belt with snows up to eight inches and deep drifts in store, stretched from southeast Nebraska through Kansas and the Oklahoma-Texas Panhandle Into southeast Colorado and northeast. New Mexico. Heavy snow warnings also went I 20 Two Die in Crash Of Car, Trailer CONSHOHOCKEN, Jan 20 VP) An automobile-tractor-trailer collision on an icy section of the Schuylkill Expressway today took two lives and resulted in injuries -to a third person, all occupants of the car. Killed were Julio Santiago, about 30, the father of seven, and Ines V.

Caifales, 35, father of three, both of Philadelphia. The Injured man, Clemente Escalera, 30, also of Philadelphia, was taken to Montgomery Hospital Ip Norris- town with multiple injuries. The tog of the car was sheared off in the collision. The operator of the tractof-trailer, Ha-vey Houl-try 36, of Chambersburg, es- caped injury. CAMBRIDGE, Jan.

26 (AP) Atlas, the talking satellite that broadcast President Eisenhowers Christmas message of peace, is expected to plunge to a silent death Wednesday morning. The 4'-ton rocket, Americas biggest artificial moon, was launched from Cape Canaveral, Dec. 18. Smithsonian Astrophyslcal Observatory scientists predict it may fall in flames betweeh 8 to 10 a. EST, possibly rgar the Hawaiian Would Abolish Highways Dept.

HARRISBURG, Jan. 26 (AP)-Elght Republican Senators today proposed that the State Highways Department be abolished in favor of an independent state highways commission. The agency would be headed by a1 three member commission Samed by the Governor. The resent office of Secretary of Highways would be abolished. The commissioners would be selected for six-year staggered terms.

The bill was sponsored by Sens. George N. Wade (Ctimberland): James, S. Berger (Potter); J. Irvin Whaliey (Somerset); Ernest F.

Walker- (Cambria): Paul L. Wagner (Schuylkill); -George B. Stevenson (Clinton); Charles R. Mallery (Blair); G. Robert Watkins (Delaware).

The bill was sent; die Highways Committee, which Wade heads. (Please Turn to Page Two) I the Republicans I the Rfemiblicans. Craft Flying Atlantic Sets Do ten at Newfoundland CLASSIFIED ADS ON PAGE 1 TOO LATE TO PAGE Plane Carrying Mikoyan Catches Fire, Lands Safely ARGfeNTIA, yJan. 20 (UPI) An airliner carrying Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas 1. Miko-yan home from the U.

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searched every inch of it for any signs of sabotage. Every pieceof luggage on- the planq had evqn been examined with a fluoroscopy. The Civil Aeronautics Administration in New York gave this timetable for the 3:43 p. m. EST The plane, carrying 48 persons took off frtxn New Yorks International Airport 35 passengers, including two children, the airline said in.

New York. Sas refused to comment on the possibility of sabotage, saying only the plane had beeh carefully guarded and checked. Immediately after landing, Mikoyan and the five Russians with him, including his son, Serge, U. S. TREASURY REPORT' WASHINGTON, Jan.

20 (AP) The cash position of the Treasury Jan, 15: Balance $2,984,659,306.45. Where to Find It (Related story on Page. Two) with the No. 1 engine on fire. The pilot said he would head for Gander, instead of Idle-wild; The new U.

S. federal air agency then declared a distress period. 7:14 p. m. (the pilot-radioed the fire in the right outside engine had been put out and that he was feathering the propeller on that engine.

7: 19 p. m.The Pan American area were advised of the crisis and left their transatlantic routes; to assist the crippled plane, which headed for Argentia instead -of Gander. 8:67 p. m. The SAS plane, landed safely aJt Argentia.

The 'Pap American plane was (Please Turn to Page Two) The four-engine Scandinavian Airlines System DC-7C landed on only fwo engines in a snow stornj tournament. One of the crippled tl a iUo left tiie crippled plane and went indoors to watch a Navy bowlirfg the 6:36 p. m. The CAA received aradioreport -Trom theplane that the No. 4 engine was being feathered and the plane was -turning back to Idle reason was given for the feathering of the outside engine xm the left wifig.

The airline and the Coast Guard were 'alerted. 1 7:08 p. m. The plane reported it was over Sable Island, N. Amusements Birth Bridge Comics v.

Crossword Dear Abby Editorial Financial Funerals Haworth Health THE TRIBUNE THESCRANTOHIAII '-338 N. Washington Avow Scriutott, Ra. PHONE Dl 4-7222 engines had' caught fir? and, other Dad to be feathered. They were billeted overnight in officers quarters and expected to tatke off again tomorrow fof Copenhagen after a replacement plane; arrives. The SAS plane had been heavily guarded before leaving New York and policrf bomb experts had I Intell.

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