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30 Spokane Daily Chronicle, Thursday, Jan. 11, 1962. after a stay of more than three weeks in Florida. (AP First Family Returns Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy and her children, John Jr.

and Caroline, arrive at the White House in Washington, D.C., by auto last night upon their return from Palm Beach, Fla. The President's family flew to the nation's capital Walkout of 9,000 May Hit 200,000 NEW YORK -Nine thousand union electricians quit work today in a strike which eventually could halt new building construction, now running at a rate of more than a billion dollars a year. The strike officially began at 8 a.m., start of the work day. Contract talks, with Mayor Robert F. Wagner sitting in, had recessed in failure at 1:15 a.m.

However, Wagner said both sides agreed to renew efforts during the day. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers said there would be no picketing and no attempt to halt work by other crafts. But strike effects were soon felt. An illustration of the situation was at the site the new Pan American Building, near Grand Central Terminal, which is to be Guard Fliers Die in Crash PITTSBURGH (AP) PennA sylvania Air National Guard plane on a routine training flight crashed and burned late last night, killing all five crew members. The twin-engine C-47 plummeted on a farm 15 miles south of Pitsburgh less than a half hour after takeoff from the Greater Pittsburgh Airport, base of the guard unit.

In a radio message to the base, the pilot, Capt. Charles M. Griffith, of Brownsville said he had a "rough" engine and was losing, would and pressure. reach He the said nearby he try Allegheny County Airport. Engines Sputtered Residents in the area reported the plane's engines sputtering and flaming.

It clipped off several trees, smashed into the hilly farm site and exploded in flames. An Air National Guard spokesman identified the other victims as Maj. Ivan Allen of suburban Mt. Lebanon, co Maj. Frank Connelly of suburban Penn Hills; Maj.

Leroy Smith of Coraopolis and Lt. David Sloan of Brownsville, R-D. 1. Foothills Church Elects Officers FOOTHILLS Foothills Community Church elected officers for 1962 at its annual congregational meeting. They are: James Steele, George McConahey and Clifford Anderson, deacons; Mrs.

Ernest Shearer, Mrs. James Steele and Clifford Anderson, deaconesses; Mrs. Carl Shearer, secretary; Mrs. George Mahan, treasurer; Richard Klatt, missionary secretary; Ernest Shearer, head usher; Richard Klatt, Sunday School superintendent; Mrs. Roland Olinger, assistant Sunday School superintendent; Mrs.

Herbert Jackson, Sunday School secretarytreasurer. Women Meet Mrs. Robert Rood was to entertain the Blue Ribbon Circle of Foothills this afternoon at her home. The Married Couple's Club of Foothills will meet tomorrow evening at 7:30 at the Community Center, with Mr. and Mrs.

Loyd Lancaster the host and hostess. Central Grange will hold its first meeting of the new year Saturday at 8 p.m., with Master John W. Robbins presidIng. Pleasant Prairie Home Economics Club will meet Wednesday for a 12:30 p.m. luncheon at the home of Mrs.

Charles Thurman. Hostesses will be Mrs. Joe Yonko and Mrs. Claude Capps. The lesson on "Good Grooming" will be given by Mrs.

Marvin Bartel. Credit Deals Builds Debts of $1 Million NEW YORK (AP) -St. Regis Paper Co. said today it had discovered debts of approximately one 1 million dollars that were created by credit operations of two senior officers of its Brazilian subsidiary. A spokesman for the company said the two officials had been fired as a result and the subsidiary, Bates Do Brasil, S.A., placed in preventive receivership.

St. Regis also has asked police investigation by Brazilian authorities and planned legal proceedings in Federal District Court in New York City, he said. The company confirmed the million dollar debt after both the New York Times and the Herald Tribune carried accounts saying discovery of the operations had touched off vicious attacks against St. Regis by -American factions in Brazil. "The company' prompt efforts to expose the whole bitter truth of a purely internal matter has become the focus for charges in segments of the Brazilian press and legislature of an 'imperialist plot' against the proletariat," the Herald Tribune said.

Comment Declined The company would not comment on this phase of the case, but it identified two fired officials as John F. McLain, 40, the American vice president in charge of Bates, and Dilermando Machado, Brazilian, who served as general manager. The two, reported still in Brazil, could not be reached for comment. The spokesman did not plain the manner in which the debts were incurred, but declared they were created by "credit operations which do not appear on Bates financial: accounts." What portion of the money which may be recovered has not been determined, he said. He emphasized, however, that Bates' operations never had been included in St.

Regis earnings and that any loss would be reflected only on Bates' books. Dinnerware Takes Trek SAN FRANCISCO (AP)- gold dinner service valued $50,000 is being shipped from San Francisco Boston for use Jan. 17 at a banquet honoring King Saud of Arabia. The collection, one of the oldest and most complete in the United States, is being sent from the Palace Hotel here to the Sheraton Plaza in Boston. The last distinguished person to use the gold service was Premier Nikita Khrushchev of the Soviet Union, when he visited San Francisco in 1959.

The collection, much of it more than 85 years old, also was used for banquets for Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, former President William McKinley and others. $12 Million Sought 11 Miners Die Polio Vaccine Damage Suit in Explosion Settlements Top $3 Million 168 Feet Down In 1955 a wave of pollo outbreaks hit the country. Some cases were traced to live virus in vaccine produced by the Cutter Laboratories of California.

Many damage suits resulted. The following article spells out what has happened since. BERKELEY, Calif. (AP)- Cutter Laboratories of Berkeley, which once faced 50 antipolio vaccine inoculation damage suits totaling $12 million, has settled most of them for more than $3 million. One jury verdict against Cutter, large manufacturer of biologicals and pharmaceuticals, was for $675,000.

This was reduced to $515,000 in a recent package settlement of 15 suits for $1.7 million. The settlements, mostly in behalf of crippled children, must be approved by courts. Coverage Exceeded "These settlements are slightly more than $1 million beyond our insurance coverage," said Dr. Robert K. Cutter, president of Cutter Laboratories.

"This gives us a difficult problem financially, but we have licked difficult problems before and we hope we can lick this The suits stemmed from the nationwide outbreak of poliomyelitis-infantile paralysis- -in 1955, and discovery of live virus in vaccine produced by Cutter Laboratories, one of six drug manufacturers who accepted a government invitation to make antipolio vaccine for mass inoculation. The U.S. Public Health Service conducted an intensive study of vast production at Berkeley. The report, in part, said: "'Nothing was found to indicate that the infective amounts of live virus in Cutter vaccine were attributable to contamination. "The exact reasons for the presence of infective amounts of live virus in some lots of Cutter vaccine could not be found." When the situation was discovered, Cutter Laboratories acted quickly to withdraw, the serum from the market.

Within 30 minutes all of its widely separated outlets had been notified. Trial Set Pattern Attorneys said the first jury trial suit at Oakland, seemingly set a pattern of implied warranty of its product against Cutter. The jury awarded $146,500 damages, but in an unusual statement said it felt the company had not been negligent. The trial began in December 1957. The first Cutter-produced vaccine was used April 12, 1955, the same day the National Foundation for Infantile Parlysis reported the antipolio vaccine developed by Dr.

Jonas E. Salk was effective and safe. Dr. Walter Ward, Cutter's medical director, testified Cutter's vaccine passed all safety tests in effect before April 12, 1955. Jury Instructed Superior Court Judge Thomas J.

Ledwich instructed the jury that Cutter, having sold vaccine, was legally required to guarantee its product. He commented: "It boiled down to this- did the children get polio Short Takes Seattle Hope Scrapped Quick pickups from around the world by The Associated Press and United Press International: Hopes of a group of Seattle businessmen went into the scrap pile yesterday along with the ship they had hoped to turn into a luxury hotel for Century 21. Owners of the French liner Liberte said yesterday in Switzerland that the ship will be broken up for scrap in a few days. They denied knowledge of any negotiations with the Seattle group to turn the liner into a floating hotel Leon Whitley, who pleaded guilty to second degree murder for shooting a woman he said came to his apartment about a baby-sitter's job, was handed a 20-year prison term yesterday in Walla Walla by Superior Court Judge John Tuttle. Mrs.

Rose Sobell, 67-year-old mother of convicted spy Morton Sobell, did her best to get arrested yesterday at the White House, but police, aided by cold weather, won out. She had announced to the press earlier that she would conduct "peaceful civil disobedience" in front of the White House. She tried sitting in the driveway, blocking traffic, pick- from the vaccine or didn't they? You could call it a directed verdict." The jury awarded $131,500 to the parents of Anne Elizabeth Gottsdanker, 8, formerly of Providence, R.I., who was crippled severely. Parents of 'James Randall, 4, of Monrovia, were awarded joint suit had asked $365,000 The 1 two families in a ages. Jurors Comment "We felt obligated to follow the law, whether we agreed with it or one juror, Anita Steiner, commented.

Other jurors declared Settlements BERKELEY, Calif. (AP)At least cases involving Pacific Northwest children were among the antipolio vaccine inoculation damage actions settled by Cutter Laboratories. Court-approved settlements Included: Kenneth 9, Portland, Sandra land, Elizabeth Crow Louise Johannssen, 17, PortHaney, 10, Portland, Janine Garner, 11, Paul, Idaho, Dan Gordon Crane, 10, Minkereek, Idaho, Terry Turner, American Falls, Idaho, Vickie Anna Barrett, 8, Yakima, Bonny Gayle Pound, 13, Lewiston, Idaho, $70,000. they felt the warranty law was "extremely harsh." with the verdict but Dr. Cutter was disappointed "nevertheless most appreciative that the jury took such an unusual action as to express their firm belief that there was no carelessness or incompetence on the part of Cutter Laboratories." Attorney Belli of San Francisco, whose law firm of Belli, Ashe and Gerry specializes in damage suits, welcomed the verdict.

Tradition Noted "It is the first which makes a manufacturer stand behind his product in the good old American manner," he commented. Belli also was one of the attorneys at the Los Angeles trial that resulted in the $675,000 verdict against Cutter Laboratories. Bryan John May, 11, was awarded $600,000 by a jury June 26, 1961. His widowed mother, Norma Marie May, 41, was awarded $75,000 for her own suffering and medical expenses. The child was paralyzed almost completely when he was 5.

Six years later he could move two fingers of his right hand and toes on his right foot. Vaccine Backed Fred A. Cutter, the company's senior vice president, said he felt it had been demonstrated the boy's condition was not caused by the vaccine. The jury's $675,000 award was reduced to $515,000 in the million package settlement negotiated by Belli's law firm. Belli said his firm would receive $500,000 from the settlement fund.

eting in front of an entrance and sitting on a ledge, but each time she tried something she got too cold and had to try a new tactic before the police would move in to arrest her. She finally got disgusted and left. John Stevenson, youngest son of Adlai Stevenson, is engaged to marry Natalie Owings, artist daughter of an internationally known architect. The U. N.

envoy's son and Miss Owings will be married Feb. 17 at her home in Big Sur, Calif. TI plan to live in Natalie Owings San Francisco. The news came in advance of the formal announcement scheduled for Saturday Dr. Juan Marinello, past president of the Cuban Communist party, has been appointed rector of the University Havana, it was announced yesterday by Havana Radio.

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Two rescue crews located the bodies. They said it appeared that the men were killed instantly by an explosion that rocked the mine and shot twisted steel and debris out of the shaft. One body was found at the bottom of the shaft; two others were nearby and eight bodies were located some 500 feet from the shaft, where the coal vein was being worked. William Orlandi, director of the Illinois Mines and Minerals Department, said the bodies would be brought up in about 3 to 6 hours after carbon monoxide fumes had been cleared from the tunnel. A temporary morgue will be set up at the mine office and an inquest will be held later, Orlandi said.

Ray McCluskey, of Carterville, a state mine inspector, said he had checked the mine company and pronounced it safe at the time. The cause of the blast was not determined immediately. The mine is located in a rural area 85 miles southeast of St. Louis and was opened about six months wirephoto.) Blast, Flames Kill 1, Hurt 33 the world's largest office structure. Lack of electricians to lay conduits in walls and floors halted pouring of concrete for those parts of the structure, although other work continued normally.

Similar situations were reported elsewhere. Eventually could bring all work to a standstill, and affect more than 200,000 construction workers. Welfare Considered Both the union and contractors agreed in advance of the strike that all electrical essential to public welfare would be continued. Involved in the contract talks are 300 electrical contractors and Local 3 of the IBEW. The union originally demanded a cut in the work day from six to four hours.

The men work five days The contractors balked at any cut in hours and last night the union indicated it was prepared to compromise on this issue. Pay Scale Told The men have been receiving $4.40 an hour for six hours, but because of a shortage of skilled electricians they worked a seventh at time They also receive welfare and fringe benefits estimated to be worth $2.20 an hour. Union officials have said the union's aim is not more overtime, but that it wanted a cut in hours to guard against joblessness which might result from automation. Cuba, Russia to Hike Trade HAVANA (AP) Cuban-Soviet trade for 1962 will total $700 million under an agreement signed Tuesday, foreign ministry sources said Wednesday night. The sources said the figure represents a $150 million increase over last year's trade between Moscow and the Fidel Castro regime.

ST. LOUIS (AP)-A grain dust explosion and fire destroyed an old three-: granary and razed central production facilities at the Ralton Purina Co. yesterday. One employe, John Woods, 42, was killed and 33 were injured. Another worker was missing.

Fire Captain Roy Simpson, 55, died of an apparent heart attack at the scene. Hours after the explosion, flames still leaped from the top of a 12-story elevator in the huge mill. Firemen said the blaze was burning itself out and it was considered under control. Twenty-three of those injured in the blast were in serious condition. Perry West, 39, an employe of the Terminal Railway Association, which had an office on the first floor of the destroyed building, said, "I didn't hear any explosion.

The roof just fell in, the lights went out and I dashed outside. There were eight or 10 men with their clothing on Engine of X-15 Fails to Start EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP)-For the first time in 47 flights, the engine of the X15 plane failed to ignite yesterday after the rocket ship was dropped from a bomber high above the desert. Pilot Forrest Petersen made an emergency landing 200 miles from the plane's normal landing site. Petersen jettisoned the craft's fuel and landed at Mud a Lake, Nev.

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