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Paterson Sate Days End Tomorrov--Still Plenty of Bargains for Thrifty Shoppers! FDJAL EDITION THE WEATHER Pleasantly warm today inf tomorrow, clear tonight (Complete weather forecast on Fate I) Pollen Otmt By Peterson Board Health Laboratory. Thli date last year 3.1V The News Thermometer "72 at 81 al ii 88 at 1 p.m. 1 tNe vt spa per For A II Th 1958 30 PAGES AnatlaHd prw 4 UflM Prwt tmim MaI Cnlr Wm tow 68TH YEAR VOL 190 Houses for r- WiBMMMMMMMMSMMaaaHMnM Hof fa Is Challenged To Explain Gang Ticup; isIIpliflSlil -r. r-si Witness Tells WASHINGTON A former Detroit laundry operator swore' today that payof he understood R. Hoffa averted a threatened strike in 1949.

PRICE FIVE CENTS Vowed Revenge, Against Thugs; Kin Near Death PONTIAC. Mich, ik mystery piled up today In the numan-torch burning of an ex-convict business a Rent for the. Teamsters Union. His ex-convict uncle who swore revenge has dis appeared. Herman KJerdorf, 63, was missing and sought on a warrant charging him with possessing a silencer for a pistol Herman had both sworn re- rd telephone threat of 'You'll be next His rtocky.

muscular body charred nearly from head to foot Hermans nephew. 56-year-old Frank KJerdorf. lay near death at a Pontiac hospital Sayg Gunmen Strangers Frank told authoritioi men he didnt know made a hu- a torch of yesterday and ne was DOSitfV the torhir.hitm. ing-was in iome-eirimnrtK with union bosiness. Frsnk was tossed from a car to the hospital grounds.

Herman disantwar4 iit niirfct after persuading Frank-to gasp out his pain-racked story. Oakland Couity Prosecutor Frederick Ziem said a briefcase Herman Kierdorf left st neighbor's home contained a r.rmn pistol with a home-made silencer. muing a silencer on a pistol is punishable by up to five years mprisonment Ziem Mid, Two telephones and another gun also were found in a sack left at the neishbor'a im Hrm. Ziem said, but added that Her man "wouldn't tell HOUSFNG SITE for the elderly, one of two project to be erected Ifahown. In thU view from Crosi St.

looking- wen on Parnate St. The project will Indnde all of the area between Paasale i and Ellison BU between Mill St, and Cross SU with the exception of dwellings frontinf on both Mill St and Crow St. (6ther thotoa on Faro A special button in each apartment that will flash In the project manager's Bailings around bathtubs to provide better support for elderly bersons. Specially enlarged doorways and hall ramps to accommodate Wheel chairs. These will be among the fea- oil.

Suburban Merchants Map Answer to Sunday Closing; Law Hailed by of William Miller told the, ca ate Rackets Investigating Committee be personally turned over $450 to an official of an organization of laundry firms. He said it was his understanding this would go to Hoffa as the price of labor peace in the De troit laundry Industry. now the Teamsters International president, was midwest boss of the union at that time. Hoffa was a witness before the Senate committee, and was asked GIs Leave President-Elect Makes Bid; Premier Threatens to Quit (Read William L. Ryan's tee-' end installment of "Mideast rneenaored" on Pace 5 By EDWIN A.

SHANKE LebaaoB (API Pres ident-elect Fuad Shehab; wanU S. troops to get out of Lebanon but President Camille Chamoua Is determined to keep them here on til his term ends Sept 23. (Premier Sam! Sola has threatened to ntiga unless American troops are withdrawn immediately from Lebanon, informed sources said today, ac--cording to the UPI.) Solh made his evaouaUon de- mand at vesterdaVa eahlnrt wnn NK iM "ithH out discussing it first with Cha in oun.) Shehab said withdrawal of the 13,000 American soldiers and Ma rines is "foremost among our na tional The first announce ment of the army commander sinte he was elected Thursday indicated he favored a policy of neutrality toward the big powers (Continued on Page 2, CoL 4 Shehab Police said Herman was last seen as ht left St Joseph Mercy Hospital at 5:30 m. Alerts were sent to neighboring police departments. Frank at first would only whisper through his burned Una that he was "John Doe of Washington.

D.C" Identity finally was Suburban merchants will meet chY In Paterson this afternoon to map strategy In the wake-of a law signed yesterday by Gov, Meyner banning Sunday sales. The meeting may decide, the big. question today of whether' the hfghway shopping' centers will test the new law this Sunday, by remaining open. Flas Law Edward H. Saltzman.

Paterson attorney representing Jthe Sub urban Merchants Association sppnsorlng the meeting here at 2 p.m., described the law as "hypo-j critical legislation." "The law is nothing more than a form of economic warfare between suburban and urban mer Gum Blamed TUSDAYf'AUGUST 5, I n. MM rs Printers and. Finishers Atso Affected by Automatic-Contract some, iz.000 metronoiiUB area dyers, printers and finishers today automatically renewed their contract for one year with employers when neither side gave notice of Intention to terminate the agree ments wnicn end Oct 3. Indications that the agreements would be continued for another year were first reported last week in tne paterson venmg News. The decision bv the unions to continue their present agreements! followed membership meetings of6J area locals.

wn Vlf.iH- Today's announcement came from of the Textile Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO and David L. Benetar. labor counsel for the Tex tile Printers and Dyers Labor Re lations institute, and general counsellor the Silk and Rayon Printers and Dyers Association of America, inc. The Joint' statement said: "The uniform collective bareain- ing agreement covering 12,000 em ployers ot dyers, printers and finishers in the metropolitan New York -and New Jersey- area was automatically renewed for one year today when neither side cave no nce to tne otner ot the intention to reopen. This automatic renewal was in recognition bv both sides uie cvouiuoni prevailing me industry, statesmanlike attitude on i 1 1 i nuia uaes Diuugnt bdoui lais re sult which assures stability is la dot relations tor a vear to While the announcement follows' the overwhelming decision of the metropolitan area union members (Continued on Page 16, CoL 5) Brumafe Named Columbus Head Selection of Joseph R.

Brumale a chairman of the 1958 Peter son-Columbus-Day -Observance nas oeen pied with the Mayor's omce oy Ralph P. Uambatese, president of the Italian Circle, Traditionally, the selection of the Paterson chairman is left to the Italian Circle. urumaie ana uamoatese are both members of the 1958 Dem ocratic ticket Brumale is the party's congressional candidate and Gambatese is a freeholder nominee. 1 Parkway-Rt. ft It PIERS OFF Bread St, Oifton, 1 Area Dye Pad Renew Misffla I gjbrtW "Nor tnMrad 2nd clan matter P.

0. Potmen, PuWiihW aaity mpt Sunday Elderly in tures of Paterson's two new housing projects designed ue- -ill 11 1 U-t Ready i860 Test borings 6n the two proposed sites axe now under way and preliminary estimates In dicate the projects may be ready lior occupancy within two years. Toe raterson Housing Autnor- chants, with the consumer In the middle." Saltzman declared. In a statement -issued shortly after the law was signed yesterday by the Governor, the Greater Paterson Chamber of Commerce hailed the ban on. the sale of clothing, furniture, appliances and building materials.

i Raymond J. Behrman. head of the Chamber's Distribution Divi sions, commented: "We are very happy that Gov. Meyner has! signed the Sunday Closing Law, even though, as he stated, it Is not the best bill possible." Gov. Meyner indicated a number of inconsistencies before-he signed the He noted that it exempts a number of; whose family said he "lived 3 Sworn in to Posts on County Tax Board Mrs.

Helen C. Rodffers. Harrv Kampelman and Joseph Matzner were sworn In as Passaic County lax Board commissioners bv County Judge Sawatore D. Vivi- ano at a brief CourJ House cere mony mis morning. The three took the oath of itf flee before some 60 persons, in ciuuing memners of tneir fan illes.

Their appointments to three- year terms were confirmed by the aiaie senate last week. Present at the ceremonv were: SJbjfteUBeiutog-Anthony- (Continued on Page 2, Col. 8) PassaicManHeld For Gambling Thomas J. Turkowski, 46, of 16 Howe Passaic, was arrested in Passaic this morning at ii on a gambling charge. He was picked up by Detective Sgt.

Emil Balint, xt the state Police, at the Lincoln Hotel, Garden St, Passaic, Balint said he found a slip and $104 in cash on him. thU newspaper from Rep. WI1- uara a. widnau. in recent weeks.

rMni. Ridgewood had begun a campaign to raise funds to pay for me uiuiue lenenng over tne post yuice, oecause was believed cost was tne reason prohibiting the placing of lettering on the new colonial brick exteri or, it was learned throuffh rnr- respondenee with postal officials uai magewood having a population of 20,000 to 25,000 residenU was a'lirst class post office and niy do aesignated as unitea Mates Post Office." Normally towns with population unaer lo.ooo have the' name' of tne municipality on the post of nee, but in communities with larger population it la the town name is well known and the building need only be designated at "United States Post uince. The matter was brought to the attention of Rep. Widnall who oromptly took uo the matter with Postmaster General Arthur Sunv- mertieici: learned that (Continued on page CoL 3) I horn sey N. Dw.

22, 1(90, ndr Act of Mar. at 143 Elluon St, Potmen, N. J. 2 Years ity has selected two sites for the protect which will include two! buildings-of 86 Tinits each, eight stones high. One of the sites is adjacent to the downtown area, and, will Include 24 parcels between Passaic St.

and Ellison from Mill St (Continued on Page 2, Col. 3) items toys, food, cameras, pets sold by the big highway stores. Other Items are in the uncertain category like hardware and garden supplies. As a result, there was some question this morning of whether some of the big stores could re main partially open on Sunday. Most observers indicated today that it will take a State Supreme Court decision to clarify the new legislation.

The bill for example exempts three of the State's 21 counties- Atlantic, Cape May and ucean Legal experts indicate (Continued on Page 2. Col. 1) Postpone Bid For New Trial For Sex Slaver HACKENSACK (A The at torney for Edgar H. Smith, convicted sex-slayer, today postponed until tpmorrow an application for a new trial he hopes will save his clients He gave no reason for the de lay. Smith has been sentenced to die In the electric chair.

Joan Forbes Confidential Aide to Mayor -7 --aPWV i JOAN FORBES Mayoralty Aide ipolntment of Miss Joan as his confidential tive AUK. 15. vn announced toaay pj Mayor Byrne. Miss Forbej will succeed Mrs Helen Rodgers who took the oath of office todav as a mtmhtr 01 me passaic county Board of laxauon. At the same time.

Sen. Anthony (Continued on Page 16, CoL 5) 7 Card Players Fined $25 Each Seven men arrested early Sat urday morning while playing cards at 348 Grand pleaded guilty to charges of gaming this morning before Magistrate Charles J. Alfano and were fined $25 each. They are: Luciano Galaiza. 24.

of 67 Park Raymond Sa-rino, 40. of 410 Ellison Peo-dselo Faliciano, 32, of 556 Main bt; Maigo Perez, 20, of 444 Summer St Francisco Gonzales, 24. of 17 Prince St; Ismal Santiago, (Contlnutl on page 3, CoL 41 rid pond en II7 PATERSON, N. WanaqueStrike Call for Aid Sheriff Sends Uniformed Deputies To Knitting Mill WANAQUE A brief flurry of violence by union pickets today brought calls for local, and state police at the Valley lUHTMng Jams nere. lit emptoslnfc 65.

persons, is one of a number of non-union shops throughout the area being organized by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, AFL-CIO. Wanaqae police called for re inforcements from the 'Passaic County Sheriff's office shortly after 6:30 when pickets and shop worsen Degan milling outside tne plant There were reports of several girl workers pushed and several windows broken in the plant earlier In the morning. The State Police Barracks at Pompton Lakes reported it had two men on the scene- as observers. No arrests were reported and no injuries were Indicated. Sheriff Norman 1.

Tattersall said be received a call from Wana- que police who said they did not der. Tattersall said be could not act without official request from the mayor or governing body, since Wanaque's mayor Is out of town, Tattersall received authorization from Councilman Clifford Cook to send men to the scene. At noon. Sheriff Tattersall said he had roundedup four members (Continued on Page 16. CoL 4) Assaulted Cop, Paterson Man Gets 60 Days WEST CAtDWELrttJFD.A 50-year-old Paterson man who said he had formerly served time for shooting a New York policeman was sentenced last niirht to 60 days in the Essex County Peni- lenuary tor- assaulting a patroi- 4P1WKest.

ShafronT 254 Van Una- ten jfaterson, who caddies at the Mountain JtMee Countrv (jiuo, toid police was released from Sin Sinar Prison in 1954 after serving a five vear term for the shooting. inairon was- stopped- Sunday by Patrolman Edward Condit and asked to explain suspicious ac uons. When he failed to do so, me ouicer arrested mm. Whereupon. Shafron niinchd and kicked Condit several tim before reinforcements quieted aim, Doctor Bilks Accused Man's Mother police are seeking a nattily-dressed young man who bilked the mother of an accused burglar uui oi 3u oy teuing ner ne was a Hope Dell physician and could free ner son.

'The man walked Into a Bridge St tavern Saturday with a note to the proprietor and was handed the money, which had been left there by Mrs. Darlene Jones, of 236 River St Police Chief Daniel J. Murphy said the case was receiving his personal attention, MrsrJbnes told "police thatshe received a call last Thursday from a man using the. name of a Hope Dell physician. She said the man told her that her aon.1 Derek.

23. accused of burglarizing the Tuck inn, iuver and Keen could (Continued on-Page 2, Col. 8) Nome Counsel" For Wolak in Murder Retrial County Juds Donald A. Col lester today named attorneys Leonard 1. Garth, of Paterson.

and Richard Feder, of Clifton, to represent Alfred M. Wolak. 23. lormeny pi rourtn St. Pas sale, in his retrial on a murder charge.

Wollt was convicted of fatallv shooting tavern owner Stanley naiita, at the victim's establish ment on Bergen Passaic, Aug.1 12, 1956. He was sentenced to life imprisonment Dec. 6, 1956. Wolak appealed to the State Supreme Court and was granted new trial. Garth and Feder represented him in his appeaL A date for the retrial will be set in September.

Night Baseball The Milwaukee Braves had their National League lead snipped to four games last night losing a 4-3 decision to 'the Pittsburgh Pirates. Earlier in the day, second San Francisco snapped a six-game losing streak with a 64 triumph over the Chicago Cubs. St Louis defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers, 3-2t In the only other National League sight contest In the American League, Mickey Mantle and Bill Skow. ron connected for home runs as the Yankees whipped the Baltimore Orioles. 8-4.

Violence Brings Eif He Leaguer Killed by Pitched Ball; Dad Answers Ambulance Call LEONIA Edward K. Miller for baseball, died In a freak accident during a midget league base ball game last night 7 A harsh coincidence hroueht of Payoff would go to Teamsters boss James to step aside while Miller test ified. The Teamsters president, who had just denied much recollection of anything having to do with the negotiations in the 1949 labor dispute, sat silently at the witness table in the big. crowded hearing room as Miller gave his tentlmnnw I Miiier. wno said ne now runs Bill Miller's Hotel and Restaurant at Watersmeet, said ipm tlnued4)n-Page-3oU Demand Lebanon Khrush Summit Reply Mav Come Via 1JN, Not Moscow By WILLIAM N.

OAT1S UNITED NATIONS. N.Y. (APV JN. delegates are continuing private discussion of arrangements for a Security Council sum mit meeting while awaiting word wtftter- boviet Premier chev will attend. Ia the absence of word front the Soviets, there has been no sched- uuifg tt preliminary meeting of tarteuncil to set a time and nlaoe ror tne government cmeis to gaUK There was speculation io Mc cow and at U.N.

headauartersf that wiu uiouicT a acwpuoce or: rejection of the Western invita-i on to a Council meeting might oe made public at tne ILA" not Piplwniti leanlag to' W' vTiw poiniea out mat presiaeat iseiK hower and Prime Minister Mae-I mlilan in their last letters to the Soviet chief had not requested an answer specifically hut had said they were coins ahead to arranee a summit Security Council meet-l ing to start around Aug. 12. These sources felt tt would be logical for the Soviet VX. dele- (Continued on Page 2. Col.

3 1 Clifton will support deck of new a curved roadwav with heaw traffic constantly' flowing nearby. int lowering concrete piers, some 50 feet high, are scheduled for completion ih six weeks. Into the project will go 6.800 yards of concrete and 343 tons of tl The project will cost some (2.250.- 000. The northbound entrance ramp will cross Rfc 46 and the Park way and Join the Parkway about BOO, to 1.000 feet north of Rt 46 46 Job Proceeds in Clifton the boy father rushing to aid the' victim, unaware that the emergency call he answered was the death of his son The 11-year-old sixth trade honor student at Anna C. cott Elementary School, was Struck in the solar plexis by-a pitched ball as he stood at the plate for his "Giants" ball club.

Officials thought he was about to rise but hurriedly summoned aid when Miller collapsed, gasp ing for breath. The call went to police, who relayed -It to the captain of the First Aid Squad on duty. 1 That was Edward Miller, former president of the Ambu lance Corps and a sales execu tive. When police found the calll involved Miller's son, they fran tically sought to intercept Miller c-siaouaaea mrourn nnntt ttf hFZiT. XZZrjZ, nngertips ne apparently rTw reluctant witnesses before (Continued on page 2.

Col WeinSergerTbT Kidhap-Sfayer Denied Stay NEW YORK (LTD Angela John La Marca lost a last ditch effort today to stay his execution Thursday for the kidnap slaying of infant Peter Weinberger. federal Judge Edmund Palmleri. in five short words, refused to Issue a writ of habeas corpus which would have been, in effect a stay. La Marca's attorney Miss Nan cy Carley, had asked the court to Issue a certificate of reasonable doubt if Pahnieri found La Marca was deprived of a fair trial. Palmier! sauelched La fm- desperate effort to escape the electric chair with jus five words: "Motion denied in all respect," now to save La Marca is to make application before a U.

S. Court of Appeals judge. Since none is sitting In New York now. she would have to go to New Haven, wnere a judge is sitting, to make the application. The Weinbera-er infant was kidnaped, from his long Island home on July 4, 1956.

Stocks Lower Under Tighter Credit Controls WALTER BUSSEWrrZ NEW YORK. UP! of tighter margin rules knocked the stock market down today hi the wake of its biggest advance In seven months. Leading stocks were off to a point or so in early afternoon. Trading abated some from the hectic pace of the first hour. Traders rushed to sell at the opening with huge blocks push-ins, stocks down from 1 to more than 2 points.

Many losses were cut in half in the next hour. After a Irief recovery, however, the naraet settled back slightly. Aluminums, steels and chemi cals were among the weaker spots but losses ran through all major divisions. Ticker Tape Lacs Trading was so heavy the ticker tape twice lagged behind in re- (ConUofued on Page 2, CoL Today's Chuche The bote was fit to be tied this morning. Just beneath the "THINK!" ilcns he had posted aroand the office, somebody IM carefally written "OR but in vain.

Gam Blocked Air Miller blanched for a moment when he saw his son, then tried to clear the boy's throat and wind vive. Doctors said the blow caused the boy to gag and vomit He was chewing eum at the time and for eign matter blocked passage of air-to-flis-rangsr Examination showed the boy had Inhaled sharply wnen the ball struck, pulling the gum Into his windpipe. His mother also arrived in time (Continued on Page 16. Col. 4) v4MtVi which will carry decks of southbound exit ramp of Garden State Ridgewood Campaign Succeeds; Village Name to Be on P.O.

Parkway to Rt 46. 1. is expected to be used heavily by Rt 46, motorists heading for the industrial and residential section of Bergen County and those travelling to upper New York State resorts. Southbound It will serve travellers going west to Psssalc County's upper lake regions and Essex and Morris Coun-I ties. The rsmps are expected to carry three million vehicles a year.

Construction of the project has RIDGEWOOD The; Vlllagei Post Office will soon bear the name "Ridgewood" on the newly reflnlshed exterior, It was an nounced today In a telegram, to In Today's News Amusements Classified i Comics, Deaths Editorial Egg Market Obituaries Radio-TV. Social finnrts Pace 19 Pages 24 to 26 Pages 28-29 Page 27 Page 18 Page 26 Page 27 Page 19 Paces 14-15 Pages 21 to 23 Winninc Contract Page 28 Face 29 Word Game SUBURBAN Rersres Pages 8-9-11-17 City of Passaic Pace 10 Clifton page 10 Face 17 Pace 17 Pace 10 i-East Paterson Fair Lawn Hawthorne THESE TOWERING concrete piers on Garden State Parkway in northbound entrance ramp. Under a blazing sun and a moist blanket of humidity, workmen have been driving hard to comnlete construction of two new Garden State Parkway Interchanges connecting with Rt 46 In Clifton. The project Is scheduled for completion Jan. 1.

Work has been under way for th oast two months. The rsmps will provide a northbound entrance and a southbound exit to the parkway's western Morris --y-vs Co. Pai Pages most interchange RtT It1 beeu hampered. to Its location on (Continued on page CoLAs pTHWlMr -fe.

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