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WEATHER Windy and cooler tonight and Saturday. Dam 6 p. m. 74, Thursday midnight 69, today 6 a.m. EAST LIVERPOOL REVIEW HOME EDITION Complete News Coverage of Wellsville, Inland, Chester and Newell POTTERS TO GET WAGE INCREASE Bodies Of 66 Sought After Air Disaster Worst Commercial Plane Crash In U.S.

History In Wyoming LARAMIE, Wyo. climbers fought bitter cold and winds on a snow-covered mountain today to retrieve the bodies of 66 persons killed Thursday in the worst commercial airiine crash in U.S. history. Their goal was near-perpendicular south face of Medicine Bow Peak, where a United Air Lines DC4 crashed within an hour after leaving Denver for Salt Lake City and San Francisco. The flight originated Wednesday night in New York City.

Rescuers who struggled through deep snow and up the precipitous peak Thursday counted about 50 bodies before rising winds and darkness forced their They descended to a base camp slightly more than a mile from the tragic scene. The big four-engine plane carried a crew of three and 63 passengers, including 17 Air Force inductees and two infants. Among the dead were five women members of the Salt Lake City Mormon Tabernacle choir, which recently concluded a concert tour of Europe. Tlie toll exceeds the nation previous commercial air disaster record of 58 kiUed in the crash of a Northwest Airlines DC4 in Lake Michigan June 24, 1950. The worst air crash of any was an Air Force C124 transport near Tokyo June 18, 1953, in which 129 perished.

Sheriff John Terrill of Carbon County. In charge of rescue operations, ordered special gear to the scene 40 miles west of here. He said only trained mountaineers and government officials would be allowed at the site to start lowering the bodies by winch apparat- OU Official Speaks Wellsville Chamber Cites 3 Two WellsviUe citizens and a former resident were honored for outstanding contributions to the community by the Chamber of Commerce Thursday night at the Riverview Hotel. Atty. Marion T.

Baughman, recipient of the award given only to a Chamber member, is shown at the left being congratulated by. Fred Huston, who made the awards, while R. S. Blazer, prin- speaker, looks on. Fifty-two attended the banquet.

Selected for awards of merit were James A. Forbes, 708 Broadway, and Dr. Gladys T. McGarey of Phoenix, a former resident. They were not present.

Atty. Baughman was chosen for his work in restoring Hammond Park during the past year. Huston said. He is chairman of the Park Commission and city auditor. Forbes, absent due to Olness, also was cited for much of the recent development of Hammond Park.

A member of the commission, Forbes is a building contractor. Dr. McGarey who practiced the city from 1948 until last June, is and appreciated by the citizens because she was always available to attend the ill at anytime of the day or night regardless of the payment or remuneration she could expect, Huston said. She served as public health commissioner until going to Phoenix in June, where her husband, Dr. William McGarey.

established practice after leaving Wellsville. Engraved plaques did not arrive in time for jwesentation. (Turn to WELLSVILLE. Page 6) us. They will be taken to a for craft from versity of Wyoming summer tific lodge six miles distant identification.

Mai. Gerald Downey of the Wyoming Civil Air Patrol State Patrolman Ben BuUer. both of Laramie, were among the first at the scene. They said the struck about 50 or 75 feet the top of the peak. Exploding oil and fuel left two huge scars on the granite wa helping a swarm of military and civilian search planes to spot the airborne witnesses at the crash scene reported there chance that any of couki have survived.

Leonard Larsen, for toe Denver Post, viewed the crash from a chartered plane and said: shattered pieces of the plane were recognizable. It was that no parson could have survived the crash and explosion. Larsen said the pilrf of his plane. Eddie Drapela of eran of 29 years flymg. his head as they turned for a terrible he said of the shattered airliner, including a porUon of the mstru- ment panel, and a man.

carried to the peak itself. The re mainder of the ship and content cascaded 300 tain, scattering Assembly Hits Faure Policies In North Africa Cabinet Authorizes Him To Seek Vote Of Confidence Monday Page 6) Blacktop Project To Surt Next Week Tl.e delayed blacktop of Pennsylvania Ave. will get under way by the middle of next week the Tri-State Asphalt Corp. TWl'artins Ferrv, the contractor, promisTMlyor'E, Allan McKeever Thursday afternoon. Tri-State said its work here was delayed because the State way Department gave top pnonty to blacktopping toe tion of Route 7 around toe of the new super-dam at Tri-State is the contractor on botn Highway Department jobs, the blacktop at Stratton will help up a traffic bottleneck on the state route.

Tri-State pointy out Originally, toe Pennsylvania Ave 2 was scheduled to get under way Sept. 27. The city water department raised its valve boxes along the thoroughfare more than a week ago. The $42,269 East liverpow contract awarded Tri-State calls for resurfacing of both Pennsylvania Ave. and the Chester Bridge.

The street job calls for inches of blacktop over the brick pavement. The improvement will extend from Maple St. near Garfield School to EUzabeth St, PARIS (fl Premier Edgar Faure, waging an uphill for the life of his weakened government, today faced a barrage of criticism of his North African policies in the National Assembly. More than 40 deputies asked to speak after toe Premier told toe Assembly Thursday night he was sure his policy of conciliating toe nationalists in French Morocco was the right one. The Cabinet authorized him to seek a vote of confidence perhaps on Monday after four Gaullist ministers refused to go along with his program and were forced out.

Weakened by toe loss of GauHist support, as well as by many defections in the ranks of Peasants and independents, Faure appeared to face an impossible task of rallying toe required 314 votes in toe 627-member house. However, several factors might save his seven-month-old administration. He already has turned aside threats from a group of independents to force toe resignation of more ministers, including Foreign Minister Antoine Pinay. Another factOT was that French military forces appeared to be mastering the rebellion of tribesmen in toe Riff Mountains of northern Morocco. Resident General Pierre Boyer de Latour, anxious to win over the rebels, turned them loose after accepting their arms.

Shippingport Man Killed By Falling Tree A Shippingport area man apparently struck by a tree while chopping it down in a woods near his home died of a fractured skull at 9:05 p. m. Thursday at City Hospital. Paul Rasinkas, about 50, was cutting toe hickory tree for wood for an ax handle, according to a spokesman at toe Dow-Lin coal mine near Georgetown, where he was employed. Ernest Sturgis, Columbiana County coroner, reported death was caused by a fractured skull, but he said Mrs.

Margaret Sanders, Bea- xrxxv. rniintv deouty coroner, will Red Chmese Take No Steps To Release 19 Contact Denied With British Anthorities, U.S. Officials Say the ver County deputy investigate. Rasinkas was admitted to hospital at 8 p. m.

He lived alone in a shack near a mine outside of Shippingport. He reportedly came to the United States from Lithuania as a boy and worked throughout try before settling in this several years ago. There are no survivors country. The body was removed to Welch Funeral Home in town. Arrangements are plete.

area in this incom- (Tum to FAURE, Page 6) Ohio Airman, IS, One Of 66 Killed In Plane Crash WARREN, Ohio 18-year- old airman from nearby Lordstown who wanted to make toe most of his 36-day leave before gomg to Korea died yesterday in the wreckage of a United Air Lines plane near Laramie, Wyo. Another of the 66 victims was an engineer from California. returning from a business trip to Dayton, Ohio, who missed getting a reservation cm another flight. The airman, Thomas Campbell had made last-minute connections to get to Parks Air Fcnrce Base, where he was slated for overseas processing. Camp- WASHINGTON Diploinatic sources said today Red China shows no sign so far of keeping its promise of four weeks ago to tell 19 imprisoned Americans they are free to leave China.

Not only have toe prisoners not been released, the informants said, but toe Red Chinese have denied them contact with the Britiah official designated to work with them. This, it was learned, is toe chief snag in toe highly secret negotiations at Geneva between U.S Ambassador U. Alexis 'Johnson and Red Chinese Ambassador a Ping-nan toward easing Far Eastern conflicts. Ten Americans who had been jailed have since left Red China. So, too, have four of the dozen Americans who have been refused exit permits.

The other eight of these presumably know they are free to leave. To date, however, O'Neill is reported to have been by Peiping each time he has tried to get in touch with the other Americans 18 in jail and one virtually a prisoner. Armistice At Struck Plant Fades Union Workers Seen Poised For New Fight In New Castle, Ind. NEW CASTLE, Ind. uneasy bayonet enforced truce gripped this city today, with CIO United Auto Workers members reportedly poised for a possible new invasion.

No lasting armistice seemed in sight. Union officials said their members throughout the state are out of hand with anger and may converge on New Castle again if the struck Perfect Circle Corp. foundry is reopened. Eight persons were shot and wounded in a riot at the gates Wednesday. Shortly afterward toe plant was evacuated of nonstrikers and closed.

Mindful of toe extreme tension, Mayor Paul F. McCormack announced toe National Guard will remain in the city over the weekend. He said there will be no attempt to reopen the plant before Monday, let this thing simmer he told newsmen after almost a fuU day of fruitless truce talks with toe UAW-CIO and officials of toe littie piston ring foundry. It employs only 260 persons normally. A top company official told a reporter that Perfect Circle firmly Intends to reopen its plant just as soon as toe National Guard is wito- drawn and local authorities permit.

However. UAW-CIO International Representative William F. Caldwell told Mayor McCormack: do not control and so toe feelings of workers throughout Indiana and Kentucky and throughout the United States, cannot insure the actions of other people Mr. McCormack. 1 could not assure what wotod pen The outside sentiment ii you reopen this plant may cause us aU trouble.

I govern it. Caldwell said that thousands of Indiana unionists are poised to march against the foundry if it reopens for production. New Castle is a tidy little city of 18 000 in the rolling hills of Eastern Indiana. Gov. George N.

Craig sent 600 National Guardsmen here shortly after midnight Wednesday. With tanks, weapon-bearmg nan tracks and fixed bayonets on their rifles, the guardsmen clamped a modified martial law on toe city. Taverns were closed and the seU- ing of liquor was banned. Streeto were patrolled by steel-helmeted infantrymen. All mass gatherings athletic contests, political meetings and the forbidden.

Every highway into town blockaded as guardsmen searched motor cars for weapons. The Perfect Circle strike began July 25. There had been some minor violence. Thirty-five strikers were fired by toe company early this week for picket line disorders The firings apparently sent spark throughout UAW-CK) the entire state. An 5 000 demonstrators massed before the foundry a and marched on some 100 nonstrikers inside the plant.

The company had stocky Plant with firearms what it a perfectly legal defensive meaVure Sien with toe full know edge of law enforcement autoon- did not For Fire Preventioii Week Safer City Asked Mayor E. Allan McKeever today proclaimed the week starting Sunday as Fire Prevention Week and urged city residents to make the community a safer place in which to live. Mrs. Ethel Lynn Wambaugh, chairman of toe Chamber of Commerce public relaticais committee, which is spearheading the local campaign, and Fire Chief Charles Bryan look on as Mayor McKeever signs the proclamation in his office at City Hall. The Chamber and a committee from toe Junior Chamber of Commerce headed by Robert J.

Brewster are cooperating with the fire department in publicizing the campaign. Posters proclaiming the slogan, Give Fire a Place to and itootostatic copies of President proclam- aticMi have been distributed to schools. Chief Bryan said firemen wiu inspect schools during the week and conduct fire drills. The three agencies said the fire loss of $85,329 in 1954 Conference Set Nov. 8" On Details Raise Promised By USPA In Lieu Of Pension Plan As an alternative to a pensicai plan, American pottery manufacturers have offered their employes a wage i a with the details to be worked out at a union-management conference opening Nov.

8 in New York City. Details of the conference were announced today by the International Brotherhood of Operative Potters in The Potters Herald, its official newspaper. The IBOP said the conference to work out toe size of toe pay boost was agreed upon at a meeting this week between the union executive board and the U. S. Potters Association.

which represents manufacturers. The pay boost will take effect Jan. 1. toe IBOP said. The IBOP- USPA talks next month will be limited to wages only, the union added.

The last pay increase in the pottery cents more hourly for workers in minimum pay agreed upon April 23 at tiie end of a wage conference in New York. Affecting about a third of the employes, the raise boosted men in the minimum pay brackets from $1.37 to $1.42 hourly and increased women on the lowest rate from $1.15 to Industry spokesmen estimated the boost would add to $500,000 annually to payroll costs. The scheduled conference will be could be reduced substantially if the long his- the public will take steps agams pottery industry collective preventable fires. it can be done, Chiei Bryan said, pointing out toe city had no fire loss during September. More Activity Hope For This Weekend Looks Ahead To More Active Role As Head Of Administration $6,000 Loss Estimated In, Pottery Blaze Water, Smoke Cause bell joined the Service last Jan.

6. He was home on leave from his last station, toe Biloxi, Miss. Air Force Base. His father, farmer Harold J. Campbell, said: wanted to stay home as Icmg as he The engineer, Keith Finlay, 42, Stalled Car Runs Away, Hits Porch In Klondyke A car that stalled Thursday night on the steep Putnam St.

grade drifted away after the driver had turned it around and crashed into the side porch of a nearby home, police reported. The 1950 sedan owned by Thomas CMnfort, 24. of 123 E. 3rd St. hit a porch at the hcmie of George Richards, 2014 Harvey Klondyke, damaging the steps and nister.

Timed at 10:40. the mishap also damaged the front the car, police said. Comfort told police the car stalled as he drove upgrade and house Comfort toW Mrs. Richards ing flight from Dayton, was tad "to the neighborhood for Salt Lake Cii, to visit his in search of an apartment ftar rent mother. Under FDR, Truman Dies Of Cancer WASHINGTON US Gen Philip B.

Fleming, an engineer who rose to high posts under the Franklin D. Roosevelt and Truman administrations, died Thursday night while undergoing an operation for cancer at Walter Reed Hospital. The 68-year-old native of Burlington, Iowa, in retirement for the past several years, served as eral works administrator, Maritime Commission chairman, undersecretary of commerce and ambassador to Costa Rica. Circle officials did deny that the ua W- within the plant. Nor did the UAW CIO tare deny that the demostta tors answered the gunfire wpatx)ns of their own.

The UAW-CIO struck for a umon shop, compulsory arbitration, layoff plan, contract improvements pensions. The umon also sisted that any contract agreed Midget Submarine To Test Harbor Defense Page 6) GROTON. Conn. (fV-A midget submarine, which toe Navy will use to test harbor defense installations, has arrived here to start cruises, of Van Nuys, booked space on the xi, she carries a five- fatal tourist when United weighs 25 tons and is Airlines told him they could not long. confirm flight when United told him they could not a reservation on a first- class flight Finlay, who boarded the doomed dty Man Pays Fine For Switchblade Knife A man identified Charles of East Liverpool was and costs today in Municipal when he lieaded guflty a soring operated switchblade a violation of a state Police said the knife was on Davis when on an intoxicatiofi charge at ILIO Thursday night in the tavern on Dresden Ave.

by Chester C. Smith and Larry Nusser. Davis was fined $10 costs on toe intoxicatioo DENVER Ufi A hospital bulletin early today reported that President forward to a more active role in the conduct of government another good without sign of complications. The doctors issued this report at 10 a. m.

(EDT): President had another good night. He slept soundly and almost continuously for eight hours. His condition continues to progress satisfactorily without Reporting for Maj. Gen. Howard M.

Snvder. White House physician, and Col. Byron E. Pollock, chief heart specialist at Fitzsimons Army Hospital, Presidential Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said almost continuous sleep was from 9:30 p.m.

to 5:30 m. Meanwhile, aides that the chief executive is looking forward to a hospital routine change which probably will give him a more active role starting this weekend. Early Saturday mcMrning he will pass the crucial two-week milestone along the recovery trail he has been traveling without corn- plications from the time of his Sept. 24 heart attack. Doctors at Fitzsimons Army Hospital have said from the start that any complications would be most likely to develop during toe first 14 days that at toe end of that period the chief executive probably would be toe jtory of pottery I bargaining that the union has enr tered with an advance promise of a pay The IBOP used the word in referring to the in- I crease it said the USPA has ised its members.

A pay boost will help halt mi- of potters to higher-paying in other industries, the Her- lald commented. potters have left the trade during the last year because of the low wage rate and have into other the paper commented. who have Main Damage With contemplated leaving the trade no Uoubt will reconsider upon learning Cars Uf Cartons substantial wage increase is it added. An estimated $6.000 damage IBOP said its executive suited from water board, comprised of the interna- lowing a fire a tional officers, and conference com- biulding of the Taylor Smith i-Kxxew thiJmittee wiU meet in pre-convention Taylor Co. pottery Chester delegation will make its headquarters at (Turn to IKE.

Page 3) and Medical Figure Dies EDINBURGH, Scotland Bro- Colorado Heart Group Solicit Ike Fund DENVER Orforado Heart Assn. has agreed to act as a national clearing house for heart fund but declared it would not promote a campaign based on President Alness. Officiahi said toe Cotorado group would receive contributions made in honor of the birthday Oct. 14. A policy said toe association has agreed act as custo- morning.

Raymond Gibbs, assistant fire chief, said defective electric wiring was the apparent cause of the blaze which set off the sprinkUng system at the building along Carolina Ave. at 9th St. about 9 a. m. Gibbs said wiring appeared to have fallen on the cardboard boxes, used for packLng dinnerware.

and ignited them. Damage from flames was minor, but water and smoke damaged about two raflroad carloads of the cartons. ikiwin Morse, comptroller of the pottery, said damage was abmt $6,000, adding the loss was insured. Ibe blaze was first noticed by George Allison of Phoenix Ave. while passing the structure.

He notified the company office where employes called firemen. Seen For Satellite At lOO-MUe Altitude WASHINGTON Ufi A leading rocket expert has calculated toat basketbaU-sized space satellito at an altitude of 100 miles would last less than an hour. At 200 miles it could last awut 15 days, and at 300 mUes a year, Or. Homer NeweU told the national capital sectira of toe American Rocket Society Thursday night. Newell is acting tendent of the Atmosphere Astral Physics Division of the Naval Research He based his calculations satellite about the size, am weight of basketbaU.

traveUng at speed of 18,000 miles the Edison Hotel, it added. The union explained the prom of a wage increase was the out(Turn to Page 6i Pair In Fight Freed On Bond kaw medical faculty at Edinburgh died Thursday night. charge. twoidian rf such election, from a fellow employe of butions until the Amencan Heart was ble Steel Co. at Midland Assn.

to hunting with him. Follansbee Heariag Set Monday A man and woman fighting extradition to West Virginia on charges filed after a street brawl at Follansbee are scheduled for hearings Monday morning at 9, DST, in Municipal Court on fugitive warrants. The two, Billy Barnes and H. Wise, were released from jail Thursday afternoon after posting $1.000 bonds fixed yesterday morning by Judge George L. Brokaw.

The hearing will determine whether they wiU be held here while West Virginia authorities go through extradition procedure at Columbus to force tocir return to Follansbee. The two are charged with sault with intent to kill in cOTnec- tion with injuries suffered Jm Zago, 30, a steelwork, er and sUte publicity officer for the West VirginU Veterans of cign Wars. They were arrested East Liverpool police on a radio alert broadcast by the Follansbee department after the fight Monday night in which Zago was in- George Aronson, counsel Uf the defendants, said yesterday his clients wEl testify the fight resulted from an argument started after the pair hit a $100 jackpot playing slot in the FoUansbec VFW home. Mrs. Juscelino taken mto heir of Monday night, but he an hour.

That is Mtellite which the bopes to send aloft by 1957. Widens Braxil Lead RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil KuHtscbek, Vargas. authori- the Brazil presidential eiecutm. of sured- reieaseu ties said be was not implicated in the incident..

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