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The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 14

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11IMMMNfininommonnompolonsol 'PrPMEwuealmgatowrqiomlimummowmponmomolimuononwpooqooltnllpullMgontronll I Free Rein ttv tb bt BROWARD COUNTY EDITION $IWVAIW 1 Partly cloudy Wednesday with scattered mostly afternoon thundershowers High 88 to 89 Gentle to moderate southerly winds becoming fresh In thundershowers Miami Beach temperatures at 3 pm Tuesday: Air 81 water 88 -Wednesday July 31 1951 47th Year No 211 Florida's Most Complete Newspaper A Latin American Milos Is Published Daily 56 Pages 5 Cent! ii 111)n-tit 11-victs Surprise Witness Says Holt Was Aided From Party 3 Keys Men Die In Crash Plane Downed In Mexico Hills a 4 Prosecution Rests Its Case Three Charges Are Dropped Take Over Yard and Cell Block Take ard Cell By PAT MURPHY Herald Staff Writer A figure in the 1954 Florida Keys bridge scandal and two other men Tuesday were reported killed in the crash of their private plane near Mexico City The crash reportedly occurred Sunday after the earthquake in Mexico The three were believed to have been sightseeing over the damaged area when the plane crashed and burned in a mountain pass Reported dead were Constable (Capt Andy) Andrew 60 Herbert Wood Jr 40 a theater owner and Paul Hungate about 40 a restaurant owner AU were I rom Marathon on the Keys The single-engine plane belonged to Andrew a flier since World War I who bought the craft about 18 months ago and made frequent air trips with friends National Guard Is Called Out Called I'ational Is It I '4! 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Aronson who left the prison in an automobile shortly before the convicts demanded to see him said: "We will try to work it out as best we can They have several hostages in there and we will try to see what we can do They have quite a few CHICAGO John (Sandy) O'Brien Tuesday withdrew his candidacy for president of the Teamsters Union leaving Jimmy Hoffa with no announced opponents for the top position -of the nation's largest labor union O'Brien 60 Teamsters fourth vice president and secretary-treasurer of the 13000- member Local 710 Meat and Highway Drivers quit at a special meeting of Chicago Joint Council 25 of the HARRISON him if you will but Ben Lockwood has evidence to prove he was attacked by a butterfly Lock-wood said he was repairing his home and made an impatient motion with his hand to shoo away a large Monarch butterfly fluttering nearby He claims a look of positive rage crossed the butterfly's face as the creature "attacked" and inflicted a sharp pinch on Lockwood's arm Lockwood said he managed to subdue the butterfly To those who doubt his story he displays: A small red mark on his forearm and a mean looking Monarch butterfly mounted on a-board at his home By JOHN BOYLES and MORTY FREEDMAN Herald Staff Writers prosecution rested its case at 4 :20 pm Tuesday in the impeachment trial of Circuit Judge George Holt after a surprise witness testified he saw bit leave a party Dec 20 1955 "with the assistance of two men ones under each arm" Holt attended the party before he crashed his Jaguar sports car into a motorcycle critically injuring himself and two others A test vote on the Senate's reception of the states case is expected Wednesday after the defense presents a motion for dismissal RAF Jets ard Hunt said "a motion for Chief Defense Counsel Rich-acquittal" would be better description of the motion The defense asked for early ad- Blast Fort journment Tuesday so that the plea could be prepared overnight I1 I oillan fee company executive said he Ronald Her lofson a cof- was returning to a party at the Dodge estate on Miami Beach when he saw Holt being MANAMA Bahrain ill helped from the house He said British Venom jet fighters he saw the two men put Holt strafed Fort Farq Tuesday in into a limousine which was the air war against tribal reb- waiting els seeking to unseat the sultan of Muscat and Oman In winding up Its ease which Pilots reported the tower of Included 24 itnesses the the fort in the south of Oman Hous managers read into the was damaged in ihe attack record from court files the appointments and fees rectiv- with rockets and 20 mm can- ed by missing wit news Lew- non There apppeared to be no is Kurlan Holt's traveling resistance Leaflets containing a warning to keep away from companion on a European trip the fort' had been dropped in Rep Thomas Beasley an-that vicinity Sunday nounced the prosecutors were A communique said 10 abandoning charges involving gifts received by Judge Holt planes operating from Sharja airstrip took part in the at- from Attorney Morton Rothen- berg because "of a doctor's cer- tack on the fort Similar tificate that Rothenberg is strikes were made Monday at sick" other rebel positions The managers also dropped a In Cairo a representative of charge that Holt borrowed $2- the rebel faction declared Brit- 700 from Sidney Langer be- I ish rocket fire had demolished cause "we have been unable to the town of 28 miles I locate Langer" Beasley said east of rebel-held Nizwa The managers had charged The representative Mohtm- that Langer received several cd El liarsy told newsmen receivershins from Holt over a many civilians were killed or period of years wounded and the survivors They also abandoned--'- a were evacuated to neighboring charge that on or about 1950 villages Holt awarded excessive fees in the curatorship of Aline Adams The air action supplements "because we were unable to ground operations by troops prove that charge" Beasley and tribesmen loyal to the said sultan Said bin Taimur and Is intended to crush the 12- The managers entered court day-old rebellion files Into the record showing Kurian had received S26700 Then forces were defeated in fees from receiverships he on the opening day of the re- handled by appointment from volt by rebel factions of a Nos- Holt They were unable to lem religious leader Imam serve Rurian with a subpena Ghaleb bin Ali who wants to and Senate Sgt-at-Arms Le-set up an independent sultan- Roy Adkison testified he hears ate in Oman The sultan has a Kurian is still In Casablanca treaty of alliance with Britain Esther Frank of the Farr Travel Agency and a former 1 sem G) employe Dan O'Connor testi- fied they had no knowledge! that Kurlan paid any part of 1 (lnal) Case the expenses for Judge and 1 Mrs Holt and their son on the Is DEuropean trip Mrs Frank told rol)ped of receiving checks and cash for the lioit's expenses MEMPHIS 04 A judge Earlier in the day two Mi- Tuesday dismissed a kidnap- ami police officers told ping charge against Dr A enate that Holt was driving speed but they detected no Coscia Memphis who spirited 1 in an erratic manner" at high his son out of ton in the midst I of a legal quarrel over custody signs that he was drunk before he crashed his Jaguar into a of the boy motorcycle later on the night District Attorney General of the Dodge party Phil Canale recommended dismissal "in view of all the cir- Herlobions testimony ap cumst ances and particularly peared to have jarred the de- tense because Mrs Coscia disobeyed and former Circuit a Florida court order and took Judge Richard Hunt I t's her son to Denmark" chief counsel asked him if he had given such testimony to After nearly five manths of investigators of the Florida hiding Coscia a Si-year-old Bar or for the State House of veterinarian was arrested at Representatives Pahokee Fla last month ree- Herlolson said the only ofognized through a picture on a ficial to whom he had divulged circular offering $500 reward information concerning Holt for word of his whereabouts being helped froth the party In a court hearing in nearby was State Attorney Paul John- West Palm Beach Mark aged son of Tampa one of the pros-four was placed in the tempo- ecutors for the House of Reprary custody of his mother resentatives in the Holt trial Mrs Kirsten Coscia 27 The He said he spoke to Johnson judge ordered that she return last Friday to Memphis to settle the mat- Herlolson said he went to ten Instead she flew to her the Dodge party alone stayed old home in Copenhagen Den- for a short time and left be- mark with the boy tvveen 7 and 7:15 pm to join some friends at the Post and The entire thing was more of Paddock for dinner a "family matter" than a crim- "It goes against the grain" inal case said Canale The Cos- to tell of what happened at a cias are legally separated but private party he said But he not divorced related that he went back to the Dodge party alone- a Sen Ge stayed only about five minutes orge He said he saw the men helping llolt kilo the waiting Resting limousine at that time tn- der questioning by Hunt he said he didn't recognize the VIENNA Ga (INS) men holding the judge under "Critically ill" ex-Sen Walter each arm and didn't notice George rested in an oxygen anyone in the car tent at his Vienna Ga home Tuesday under the care of two went back to fetch a bag doctors for a coronary condi- that belonged to a lady who tion was in my party at the Post and Paddock" he said when The 79-year-old statesman who was confined to an Atlan- Turn to Page 11A ol 1 VIENNA Ga (INS) "Critically ill" ex-Sen Walter George rested in an oxygen tent at his Vienna Ga home Tuesday under the care of two doctors for a coronary condition The 79-year-old statesman who was confined to an 4 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 4 1 I 1 i 1 1 I 2 el 2 1 I 1 MEXICO CITY --11-- Two light earth shocks Tuesday 'brought to 64 the number of tremors that have rattled the Mexican capital since Sunday's disastrous earthquake The death toll remained at 52 in Mexico City and 66 for the whole country Government and architectural experts began an examination of downtown buildings to determine which ones must be torn down for safety Many already have been evacuated Some estimates of the loss ranged to 200 million pesos (16 million dollars) but repairs and demolition of shaky structures will boost that figure Restoration of the city's Angel of Independence was ordered by President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines Mexican syndicates and unions plan a nationwide collection to restore the statue always a popular tourist attraction After O'Brien withdrew the council endorsed lioffa 44 of Detroit as Dave Beck's Interrupted communications delayed notification of kin the embacsy said A fourth man White a Marathon sundry store operator was scheduled to make the trip but became ill and could not go Andrew was serving his second term as Marathon constable a post to which he first WPS elected in 1952 In 1954 he was mentioned in the sensational probe of the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District and was revealed to be a senior toll-7 taker and a dis- trict patrolman! while receiving salary as con- IN-6---- A i stable "11 v) Ile also re-- I portedly rented- trucks to the district and was co-defendant in an unsuccessful': SJate Road ANDliLw Dept suit to recover $250000 in funds allegedly misspent by the district Andrew who came to the Keys as a fishing guide 20 years ago subsequently a charged with tax evasion for 1950-52 during which he allegedly failed to report $18508 income and owed taxes of $6- 354 Assistant District Atty Cline Jr said the criminal action will be dropped but civil claims for taxes will be levied against Andrew's estate 1 1 1 1 1 I Thrill-Killer Leopold Loses Freedom Plea Formal nomination and election takes place Sept 30 at the Teamsters convention in Miami Hoffa ninth vice president and a leader of the powerful Central States Conference emerged as the leading figure to succeed Beck when some SOO Teamster leaders unanimously endorsed his candidacy in Chicago Saturday Kohler Gets Senate Lead I Channel 6 Shift Asked Meanw bile more than 80 rom -surrounding cities and counties converged on the prison tMontans Adj Gen Mitchell said about 200 National Guardsmen ad been ordered to report at the prison The prisoners indicated they were aware of plans to call in guardsmen and said: "You bring the Guard IN well throw out bodies" Prison guards Arthur Tay lor Russal Chamness Raymond Hoy and Garenet Cole were known to be held hostage by the convicts Among the convicts' de mands were the dismissal of Benjamin Wright from State Board of Pardons and Paroles better food preparation Improved hospital conditions and Increased "yard" privileges The riot began shortly after 6 'Rm Miami time when convicts poured into the inside yard near the central cell block and unfurled a six-foot-by three-foot flag In red paint the convicts had smeared on the white cloth: "We want rights" Deputy NVarden Vern Lockwood told Asst Atty Gen Gordon Bennett the riot apparently was touched off by a complaint that he had ordered 20 members of the prison band to "shell peas" Gov Aronson who earlier Tuesday had inspected the nearby prison ranch was stopped by highway patrolmen while en route back to the state capitol at Helena and returned here with Bennett There was no display of violence either by prisoners or by guards and officers Guards manned the walls but did not carry weapons Policy Probe Leopold could have applied for a rehearing of his parole application without first going to the governor for clemency Stratton concurred In ommendation of the parole board that It "would not be warranted In recommending that executive clemency be granted" However the governor went on Leopold is "eligible for parole consideration and may file a petition for a rehearing of his case at any time he Leopold was 19 years old when he and Richard Loch also 19 entered the penitentiary at Joliet for the slaying of Bobby Franks 14-year-old son of a wealthy Chicago neighbor Loeb is dead knifed by a fellow convict he outraged in 1936 Leopold a model prisoner was granted a cut in his sentence to 85 years in 1949 by former Gov Adlai Stevenson for serving with other convicts as a guinea pig in wartime tests of experimental malaria drugs SPRINGFIELD 11111 Gov William Stratton Tuesday refused to grant thrill-killer Nathan Leopold his release from prison but pointed out the prisoner could seek freedom by applying for a pale Leopold's -parole applications have been turned down three times since 1953 Leopold one of the nation's hest known prison inmates had asked the governor to grant him executive clemency which would have amounted to his unconditional release Specifically the 52-year-old slayer asked that his 85-year prison sentence be cut to 64 years and that a companion life sentence be cut to 64 years This would have brought about his automatic release in December in consideration for time off for good behavior for the 33 years he has already served The governor turned this down flatly In pointing out that Leopold Is "eligible for parole consideration" the governor merely Quoted Illinois law A member of the parole board said MILWAUKEE A tremendous surge of big city votes swept three-time governor Walter Kohler Jr into the lead Tuesday night in a tight republican race to nominate a successor to the late Sen Joseph McCarthy With 3051 of the state's 3- 361 precincts reporting-including 444 of Milwaukee County's recorded 88130 to 80173 for former Rep Glenn Davis Davis had led most of the way after overcoming an early lead by Rep Alvin OKonski O'Konski's thirdplace tally was 59542 William Proxmire apparently won the Democratic nomination with an easy 77479 to 40233 for Rep Clement Zablocki also in 3051 of 3361 precincts WASHINGTON Jeri-co Investment Co operator of Channel 17 station way at Ft Lauderdale Fla Tuesday asked Federal Communications Commission authority to shift permanently to Channel 6 recently assigned to the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area At the same time WITV proposed that while this application is being considered it be granted temporary use of Channel 6 to carry out experiments in simultaneous telecasts of the same program material over Channels 17 and 6 The application took note that the commission last month authorized a similar experimental operation in New Orleans to obtain technical information for the industry and the commission on the comparative qualities of the same broadcasts over a UHF and a VHF channel Dies Quietly WASHINGTON-- al proposed Senate Investigation of America's Middle East Policy which was big news last January died quietly Tuesday On the recommendation of Chairman William Fulbright (D Ark) the special subcommittee appointed to make the Inquiry decided to 'drop the whole thing These reasons were given: The size of the job the inability to make most documents public and adoption of the Eisenhower Middle East Doctrine 70111 Wile To Be Last Ceylon Appointee Didn't Know Premier's Natne Where To Find It Senate to Turn Glare on New Envoys tee Thursday on the State Department's policy in the selection of ambassadors SINGAPORE Tengku Mohammed Ariffin bin Ahmed 63-year-old' relatiVe of the Sultan of Perak plans to wed for the l'Oth and last time 'Then I'll call it quits" he announced Tuesday Sixty-eight of Tengku's previous marriages ended in divorce Under Moslem law he could have four wives at any one time His present wife is a 36-year-old Malay Once he recalled he took three brides in a single day But he can remember but a few of the names of his previous spouses He has 60 children Amuse 2-53 Bell 2A Brady 5C Bourke 3B Burns 1D Class 6-17C Comics 18 19C Crosby 68 Corson 6D Crossword 18C Editorial 64t Finan'l 17-19A Goren 7B Harris 6A Horoscope 19C Jumble 7B Kofoed 63 Lawrence 6A My-Go-Rd 6A Movies 2B Penneka'p 6A Quick Q'z 18C Radio-TV 73 Sports 1-7D Sokolsky 63 Stokes 613 Weather 2A Women 1-5C Atlanta hospital 12 days last month for "coronary arterio sclerosis" was resting better Tuesday but remained restricted to his bed with- only members of his immediate family permitted to visit him ministers of Ceylon or India and had no knowledge of the UN subcommittee report on Hungary of which Ceylon tst as one of the signers Seri Joseph Clark (D Pa) criticized the Gluck appointment in the Senate Monday calling it one made merely because of the nominee's contribution to his party He said it appeared appointees "utterly without qualification" were being appointed had contributed between $20- 000 and $30000 to the Republican Party in last year's campaign and around $10000 in the 1952 campaign Release by Sen William Fulbright (12 Ark) of part of the transcript of closed-door testimony by Gluck set the stage for Tuesday's action This portion of the testimony indicated Gluck was unable to name the prime WASHINGTON The Senate Foreign Relations Committee prompted by criticism over the nomination of Maxwell Gluck-as ambassador to Ceylon decided Tues dayto hold public hearings on all future ambassadorial appointments Chairman Theodore Green (1) RI) also announced that Undersecretary of State Christian A Herter will be questioned by the commit 1 The nomination of Gluck 57-year-old businessman was approved by the cowmittee at a closed session some weeks ago and has been confirmed by the Senate Cluck is head of Darling Stores Corp a 140-chain enterprise and a widely known horse breeder He testified he Today's Chuckle Have I told you about my grandchildren?" 'No And I appreciate it" Collateral to $60 Ha Ipert's 140 NE 2 I 4 P- rjrt: town'' onErneemonarrinammommommoommompailL EMIN ii 1m) pn0.

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