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f.0011 "Be Yourself" is.the worst advice you some men. 84th YEAR No. 180 and The Lebanon Daily Times T1IE HEATHER Central Peruia. Occasional rain tonight, low in iOs. Saturday cloudy and mild with showers ending before noon.

LEBANON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 6, 1956 Entered eliti witter it of LebiHOB, under the Act ot 3, 22 PAGES FIVE CENTS yptian, Israeli uns Drive To Find Thug Who Tossed Acid At Vic Riesel NEW YORK, Today (INS) An all-out drive to track down the thug who threw blinding sulfuric acid into the face of crusading labor columnist Victor Riesel was pressed on three fronts today. The FBI, New York police and Nassau and Suffolk County au-j thorities joined the hunt for the! man who partially blinded RieselJ hours after he had made a radio; broadcast blasting labor racke-' leering on Long Island. One eye specialist said the con-; dition of Riesel's eyes was "quite; serious" but that it would lake about a week before final deter- mination of the damage could be! made. Post In Rewards i Meanwhile, as outraged news organizations posted $14,500 in rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction-of those responsible for the assault, the main witness was placed in "protective custody." Betty Nevins, 23, of Englewood, N. who was with Riesel when hi.

was assaulted early Thursday near a Broadway restaurant, was, questioned at length night and then taken into hiding, Authorities also revealed twos men also witnessed the acid-throw-: were being Daily NEWS Pholo. DISCOVER body of a man, identified as Ascenzio Castelli, of Hershey, was found floating at this spot (arrow) in (he stream running through the amusement area of Hershey Park. Hershey State Police refused to permit the NEWS photographer to get any closer to the scene. Crippled Children Receive $153.61 In Porch Light Drive "Operation Crippled Children" net- UP-Oaily NEWS Faciirmle. FIGHT TO SAVE doctor attends crusading columnist Victor Riesel in xSL Clare's Hospital, New York City, in efforts to save his sight.

An unidentified thug thretf sulphuric acid in Reisel's face early Thursday, because, authorities believe. Riesel had been critical of labor racketeering. Riesel's column appears daily in the Lebanon Daily News. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover; ordered every available agent in! New York onto the case "until it is, broken." Pick Out 2 Photos Miss Nevins picked out two' rogues gallery photos of men re-i sembling the acid thrower.

He was described as about 25 to 28 years oid, five feet.l. eight-inches tall, clean shaven i led 61 Lebanon County black-haired and wearing tan of Crippled Children and trousers and a short jacket (Adults. It was a porch light cam- Police alerted all physicians al conducted last evening in druggists and tailors to be on the' Lebancm Clt and'County, using the lookout for anyone requiring rea t- penns vlvama National Guard, Comment for acid'burns or seeking to'P an of lhe 1B5ttl Military Police have acid-burned clothing repair-j and Batten- of the S99th ed. They said there was a possi-j biiity some of the acid splashed; back on its hurler. 45 Reported Killed; Effect Cease-Fires JERUSALEM, Israeli Sector Egyptian and Israeli guns thundered again today at Gaza, pushing tha Middle East closer to the brink of all-out war.

Israel flatly warned United Nations officials it will shoot back whenever Egypt fires. Egyptian and Israeli batteries blasted each other today for more than an hour in the second major outbreak of fighting within 24 hours. Today's casualties were not announced. The death toll in Thursday's fighting rose to 45 when Israel announced that three Israelis were killed in the bombardment that shook the refug'ee-filled Gaza Strip. Another 116 persons were wounded, six of them Israelis.

Egypt and Israel blamed each other for starting Thursday's shooting and renewing it today. United Nations intervention effected cease fires, ending both outbreaks. The deteriorating situation was turning U. N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold's Middle East mission into a race against time and a possible war.

He leaves New York by plane at 5 p.m. EST today. The situation was so grave that iMaj. Gen. E.

L. M. Burns, the U.N. truce supervisor, cancelled a flight today to Rome where he was to have met Hammarskjold Saturday. City Officials OK New Program Of One-Way Streets on Leader Opposes Extra $200 Bonus For Pa.

Teachers HARRISBURG lfl Outright opposition by Gov. Leader today darkened prospects for giving Pennsylvania's 60,000 teachers an extra S200 pay bonus in the current school year. He said the Legislature has failed! to provide the needed revenue to finance a 31 million dollar appropriation approved last December to increase teaohcrs' salaries. But the governor interposed no objection at his news conference! yesterday to giving an extra S200J salary increase for the next year starting July 1. Leader was asked if he felt any part of the 31 million dollars (Continued on Taje Two Men Held For Theft Oi $6,400 Worth Of Soup PHILADELPHIA (UP) Two men were held today in the theft of 56,400 worth of chicken noodle soup from a Campbell Soup Co.

warehouse in Cam den, N. J. City and federal authorities swooped down on a trader-trailer Thursday in South Philadelphia and arrested its two occupants as Julius W. Williams; 38, and Leroy D. Milligan, 33, both of Philadelphia.

Arresting officers said the tractor belonging to Williams had been hitched to the trailer containing 840 cases of soup and driven from the firm's warehouse. UP-Ooilr NEWS Facsimile UNDER Nevins, Reisel's secretary, weeps after an assailant threw acid in his face. POLITE YOUNG MAN AMARILLO, Tex. Deputy jSheriff Bud Combee walked into an Amarillo store Thursday but a polite young man behind the counter told him the owner was "out to lunch" and advised Combee to come back in an Combee did and found the owner, Tex Crossett, tied up in the jrear of the store. The polite young man and $180 in cash were gone.

SARDINES TO WHALES SAN FRANCISCO announced Thursday for the apparently considerable expansion of a former sardine plant in Richmond, Calif. The plant will be used to process whales. Body Of Man Is Found In Stream At Hershey The body of a man, discovered floating in a stream in Hershey Park this morning, was identified as Ascenzio Castelli, 59. of 353 W. Chocolate Hershey, who disappeared Wednesday morning, Hershey State Police reported this A new program of one-way streets for downtown Lebanon was ap-' proved yesterday by city officials.

Mayor Frederick D. Miller and I two members of the City Planning Commission, Samuel K. Clark and Ralph Boger, met with the Executive Mercantile Committee of the Chamber of Commerce to discuss I and approve the new plan. The program would go into effect for a 60 day trial period, if approved by the State Department of Highways. City officials estimate that In Cairo, loud speakers inflamed the populace with reports of the Palestinians killed in the fighting an army spokesman said was started by Israel.

In Tel Aviv, a Foreign Office spokesman accused Egyptian Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser of trying to keep the crisis at the boiling point, and said Egypt was guilty of a flagrant breach of the armis- afternoon. The police said identification was made by jmay require about two and a hali pian call for using Cum Like Father, Like Victor Riesel is one Son chairman, supervised the operation with Harvey Nitrauer, Myerstown, serving as chairman of the project son Frank, and Rev. Anthony Mayan, pastor of St. Joan jberland Street one-way running from of Arc Church. An autopsy was scheduled for this after- ast lo nd alnut one-way in the opposite direction, noon to determine the exact cause of death, tne police re- other street changes would in whom it can be said: "Like father, like son." The syndicated labor columnist, now lying in a New York hospital facing blindness after an acid throwing attack, well remembers the night his father 'was carried home, his head swathed in bandages and his body wracked with pain.

i Nathan Rie.sel was the business (Continued nn Fare Two) the above total does not include two county districts, whose totals were incomplete this morning. In the city, both National Guard (Continued on Ttrcnly-two) Boy, 6, Suffocates When Pinned By Window ported. Castelli, who was in ill health, disappeared Wednesday £outh to rr i elude Ninth Street as a one-way morning apparently while on the way to attend Mass at St. soutll jJoan of Arc Church, Hershey, state police at the Hershey and Tenth ree as one-way from north to reported. Temperatures To Remain Above Normal Rain Due Cloudy skies and the promise of April showers dominated the local weather picture today but the mercury will remain at moderate levels through Saturday.

The temperature on Thursday was well above normal again, the afternoon maximum at 72 degrees. This was 10 above normal for the date. The overnight low was 44 and it was 52 at 8 o'clock this morning. A low pressure system to the west of the State brought increasing cloudiness, with showers due this evening. They will continue Saturday morning and end before noon.

Current conditions raise the possibility of light showers on Sunday. They will likely end in the morning followed by slightly cooler weather. YORK, Pa. six-year-old boy playing "cowboy and Indians" suffocated Thursday afternoon when a. window dropped on his neck as the crawled into a shed and pinned I him helpless three feet from the ground.

The victim was David A. Burkholder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wii- Ham A. Burkholder, formerly of Allentown and natives "of Chambersburg.

Deputy York County Coroner Philip Ness said the Burkholder boy was playing on the Charles Seidenstricker farm while his mother left their trailer- camp home west of York to do some shopping. When other children reported the boy missing, Mrs. Seidenstricker began a search and found the child pinned by the neck. Attempts to revive the child by stimulant and respirator failed. GAMBLER, NO SMUGGLER DETROIT Pincher, 39, questioned by police about 19 bottles of Canadian whiskey found in his car, protested that "ha had Russians Drop Serov From Visit To British LONDON Secret Police Chief Gen.

Ivan A. Serov suddenly was dropped today from the delegation which will accompany Premier Nikolai Bulganin and Communist Party Secretary Nikita Khrushchev to Britain April 18. The move apparently was the re- brought the whiskey into this conn-1 suit of bitter British press and pub- i i try legally, one bottle at a time Pincher admitted he was gambler but said he wasn't smuggler. Urge Federal Aid For New Needed Schools Building Across U.S. WASHINGTON The.

committee for the White House conference on education told President Eisenhower today "the schools have fallen far behind both the aspirations of the American people and their capabilities." Nevertheless, the committee said in its final report: "There is far more to be proud of in today's schools than there is to criticize. Their weaknesses usually stem from a lack of means rather than any defect in their goal." Calling for action to arouse and maintain public interest, the report said schools affect the PLACE A WANT-AD DIAL 2-5611 welfare of the United more than ever before" and "have become the chief instrument for keeping this nation the fabled land of opportunity it started out to be." The document contained only one surprise a unanimous committee view that racial desegregation "must be worked put by each community within the intent of the relevant Supreme Court decisions." The segregation issue received only scant attention in- reports issued during last winter's conference. It was not mentioned in summaries of preliminary state conferences, which formed part of. today's report. Split On Federal AM On another key issue federal aid to schools the committee split three ways, with a majority favoring grants.

Twenty-eight members emergency building of the 34-membcr committee, headed by Neil H. McElroy, president of the Procter and Gamble. held that; "Federal; aid for school construction should be made available on a limited basis to all states and territories "and the District of Columbia to help overcome the present school building emergency under the philosophy of encouraging greater use of state and local funds." A minority report signed by four members contended federal assistance should be through lie reaction against Serov when he came here more than a week ago to check security arrangements for the forthcoming trip of the Soviet leaders. He was labeled then as a "thug," a "butcher" and a 'murderer." Serov, successor to the late Lavrenti P. Beria, executed by the Soviets for "treason" following the death of Josef Stalin, was missisng from the list of officials which the Foreign Office said would accompany Bulganin and Khrushchev.

Soviet Ambassador Jacob Malik- had said Serov would be back with Bulganin' and Khrushchev. But his name was not on the Ijst released today. Harrisburg Man Held In Murder Of Highspire Widow The police said the body was discovered floating in the stream at a spot where coaster crosses! Ue traffic. He said that traffic The mayor stressed the freer flow of traffic which would result from the plan, since motorists parking Cumberland Street necessarily the water. This is about in the middle of the amusement area.

The body was found by a member of the Hershey Park carpenter crew, Clarence Mackey at 9 a. m. Castelli customarily attended Mass on Wednesday mornings and KARHISBURG C-Pi A believed to have left his homej burg man, arrested on a Phiiadel-iat about 6:30 a.m. this past Wed- phia street, was in Dauphin Coun-j esday for that purpose, according ty jail today in connection with to his sorl) Franki of Paxt ang. the Easter weekend death of a nearby Highspire widow.

Dist. Ally. Huette F. Dowling said Paul M. Rhine, 31, would be charged with murder at a hearing wouJd not be so hindered movin; only in one direction.

The 60 day trial period was approved by local merchants present at the meeting after discussion of the plan with the mayor and members of the City Planning Commission. Flinfville Child, 3, Hurl In Fall From Moving Aufo i A fall from a moving auto sent a three-year-old FlintviUe child to tice. Israel's military spokesman said Egyptian guns opened up at 8 a.m. Dn an Israeli unit in Kissufim, a key Israeli communications center astride the Gaza frontier arid spread an hour later to the Beairy sector six miles north. An Egyptian spokesman charged in Cairo that Israeli units opened fire first.

Casualties were not announced in today's second round which again brought the threat of all-out war to the Middle East. Observers Move In A U.N. spokesman said both Egypt and Israel agreed to accept U.N. cease fire orders this morning and that all was along the strip. He said 15 truce observers were sent to the frontlines and that U.N.

headquarters in New York was being kept informed. A spokesman for the Israeli Foreign Office condemned the new Gaza Strip fighting as a flagrant breach of the armistice and ac- before Justice of the Peace Wil- to work The son said his father was Good Samaritan Hospital last eve- last seen on the front porch of ining with a fracture of the upper his home about 6:30 a.m. Wed- jlcft leg and brush burns of the head. nesday by a neighbor on his way He is Robert D. Laudermilch, son Mr.

and Mrs. Lorenzo B. Lauder- iam Novak in Lower Swataraj Twp. Rhine was arrested in Philadelphia yesterday by state and city Dolice and was returned to Harris- mrg last night. He was wanted for questioning the death of Mrs.

Ma Bertha Hernandez, 56, who lived alone in a one-room cottage'on Bt. 230. Her aody was found Easter morning milch, Lebanon R. 5. Castelli was suffering from an ul-j Hospital officials listed cerated stomach and always came home shortly after church so he could the condition of the youngster as satisfactory today.

drink an hourlv glass of milk for his T(h ljured chil(d va the car operated by his father, condition, the son explained. i which was enroute to Lebanon about When he hadn't returned by said the mis- a.m. on Wednesday, the family be-jhap occurred near the lona School, came alarmed and reported his disappearance to the police. "We have been canvassing every- and an autopsy reportedly showed where for three days and have she died of strangulation. Dowling said Rhine had seen with the woman hours before she died.

been several Fire Razes Warehouse, Wrecks Truck Trailers CHESTER, Pa. (UP) -A 575,000 fire today destroyed the John Mercadante and Sons, warehouse at nearby Trainer and wrecked two truck trailers parked at a rear loading platform. The flames were discovered by a workman in the nearby Thurlow freight yards of the Pennsylvania Railroad when they burst through the roof. The Lennox Park Fire Co. which answered the alarm found the flames raging throughout the building and summoned fire companies from Trainer and five other nearby communities.

The 125 firemen managed to keep the from spreading to the nearby home of John Bush. Bush, his wife and their three children were alerted but were-not forced to luave their home. and searched, but can't find a him," the son said early' today. Check With Friends He said he checked with relatives and friends and also checked trie Hospital and St. Joseph's Hospital, Lancaster, without success.

The father, who had worked at (he Hershey Chocolate factory until about two months ago, recently spent 12 days in St. Joseph's for observation and medical studies, the son pointed out. WE CAN'T FAIL THE RED GROSS! IF YOU HAVE CONTRIBUTED MAIL CONTRIBUTIONS TO RED CROSS 822 Chestnut Street OR GIVE AT RED CROSS BOOTH Front of Court House PHONE 2-9711 For Collector To Stop STILL NEEDED TODAY in ihe NEWS Amusements 15 Classified 19, 20, 21 Comics 16,17 Editorials Obituaries Sports Women's News 13,11 when the youngster pulled the door handle in mistake for the window handle. At the time the youngster was in the rear of the car with his brother, Larry, age four. Laudermikh's wife, Colleen, was in the front seat along with another child, Harold Craig, one-month-old.

Laudermiich said he was driving at a fairly slow rate of speed at the time of the accident. He brought his injured son to the hospital. At the time of the mishap the'Laudermilch family was enroute to Lebanon to visit Laudermilch's grandmother, Mrs. Bessie M. Moyer 827 North 7th Street.

Arrest Man Wanted For Embezzling $2 Million PHOENIX, Ariz, uv-Police said a man admitted to them today that he is Harry Lester, wanted in Buffalo, N. for two years on charges of embezzling two million dollars. He was arrested in a downtown apartment early today after night club patrons reported they be- cused Egypt of trying to keep ten(Continued on Tige Two) Ike, Dulles Meet Over Middle East WASHINGTON Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles reviewed 'the tense Middle East situation today at an early morning White House conference. The talks centered on the new lareup between Israeli and Arab forces on the Gaza Strip that was ended, at least temporarily, by a cease-fire agreement arranged by a United Nations spokesman. The conferences were held as U.S.

Ambassador Charles E. Bohen and George Wadsworth headed iome from Moscow and Saudi Arabia for a report on Soviet and Mid East policies. White House Press Secretary lames C. Haggerty told newsmen it was "safe to assume" that the President a.nd Dulles discussed the explosive Middle East. Asked if it centered around the new fighting along the Gaza Strip, he replied: "Of course." Hagerty refused to comment when asked if the President and Dulles' were "gravely concerned." He said he could only say the discussion was held and would not characterize it.

Mr. B. Pollack will be in ihe store ionighi ior ihe convenience of ihe customers. Pollack Fur Shop 5 North 9lh St. POLITICAL SANGER For United States SENATOR On TV Channel 8 P.M.

lieved he was the man wanted in Buffalo. 1 Officer Ralph Walton. said the same patrons reported they had seen the man later in an all-night restaurant. Later Walton went to the restaurant for breakfast and asked a waitress if she had seen a man matching the description given him. He said she replied: "That's probably Harry, he's a big spender.

I think he's in the jeweiry business." Lt. Herschel Britton said they traced the man to his downtown apartment, where he identified himself as "Harry Byrd." They said he asked to call the Buffalo police, and they allowed him to. Then they questioned him, and said he. ad mil ted being Lester. VOTING MACHINES IN FIOCK CHICAGO Board of Election Commissioners tried today to get two 'voting machines out of hock in time for the Illinois primary Tuesday.

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