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No. 117. TWENTY-SIX PAGES TODAY What Earthquake Did to Supermarket 1 3010 A clerk in the large supermarket in the community of Danville, behind Oakland hills finds his way completely blocked by merchandise thrown from the shelves by Sunday night's earthquake, when he investigated reports of damage from the temblor. This scene was typical of many stores in the East Bay area. (AP Wirephoto.) $85 Million Worth Benson Says Government to Buy Pork and Lard to Help Farmers WASHINGTON, Oct.

24 retary of Agriculture Benson announced today the government expects to buy approximately 85 million dollars worth of pork and lard in an effort to encourage consumption and assist farmers in adjusting their production to market demands. He said the purchase program will go into effect "as soon as practicable" and probably would involve the buying of about 170 million pounds of pork and 30 million pounds of lard to a total expenditure of approximately 85 million dollars. The pork and lard, Benson told news conference, will be acquired for current consumption through the school lunch program, charitable institutions and by needy persons. He stressed that no more would be bought than could be disposed of through these out: lets and that it would not be bought for government storage. Some farm and congressional leaders have been insisting government begin a pork program to help the hog market.

Hog prices are now about 30 per cent. lower than a year ago. Benson said the program is being undertaken in accordance with recommendations made by the hog and pork industry advisory committee, which met with him and other department officials Oct. 7. The committee recommended that the department undertake a limited purchase program if such action became necessary because of the marketing situation.

Benson said the increasing volume of deliveries to markets and sagging prices indicated this was the proper time for the government to get into the market as a buyer. "We are Benson emphasized, "not any program that would result in spoilage of food or in the building up of See BENSON. Page Two. Scott Favors: Tobacco Plan Is Advanced Senator W. Kerr Scott a proposal yesterday which, he said, would go far toward solving the problem of surpluses in tobacco and cotton.

He proposed legislation to mit a farmer to cease producing either tobacco or cotton for periods of to 10 years without losing basic acreage allotment. five, The Senator made his sugges- Grange Awards Presented At Convention In Wayne: GOLDSBORO, Oct. 24 (P The 27th North Carolina State convention tonight paid tribute to individuals and churches for services rendered. Doud's Chapel Methodist Church in Forsyth was given an award as the rural church of the year. Also cited for their work were the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Rowan County; Hopewell Methdist Church Sampson County and Pleasant Hope Baptist Church of Wilson County.

Two Citations. Citations for "distinguished servIce to agriculture" were given to Dr. David S. Weaver, director of agricultural extension at North Carolina State College, and Miss Lena Hunter, rural civic leader of Forsyth County. Dr.

Charles Car- in a telegram to State Grange Master Harry B. Caldwell of Greensboro. He asked Caldwell to call to the attention of the Grange Tobacco Committee while the Grange is holding its annual meeting in Goldsboro. The meeting opened yesterday. Now, a farmer must continue plant his acreage in order to retain his allotment.

"I want to go on record," Sena- tor Scott said in his telegram, "as favoring legislation that would permit farmers to go out of production on tobacco and cotton for a period of five to 10 years without losing their basic allotments. "I have talked to a number of farmers who are more interested in other types of farming than they are in tobacco and cotton farming, and yet these farmers are forced to plant and cotton in order to altobacco, lotments which keep the resale value of the farm high. "I believe that many farmers would not plant their allotments under this plan and that this would go a long way in helping to solve the surplus problems in this field of agriculture. call this to the attention of the Grange Tobacco Committee and ask that they give this proposal their serious consideration." Scott is to make an address to the Grange on Wednesday night. NEW COLLEGE TRUSTEES- -The board of trustees of the new Consolidated Presbyterian College met here yesterday and named members to three committees important in the founding of the institution.

Trustees seated from left to right are Congressman L. H. Fountain of Tarboro; W. H. Neal, chairman of the college board; Dr.

Charles L. McClure, of Charlotte, moderator of the Synod of North Carolina; and R. L. Corbett Macclesfield, president of the Synod's Men's Council. Standing left to right are Hector MacLean of Lumberton, Dr.

Ben Lacy Rose of Wilmington. secretary of the board of trustees; Halbert M. Jones of Laurinburg, vice-chairman of the board, and Dr. J. M.

Garrison of Greensboro, chairman of the Campus Christian Committee. (For story, see Page 6.) RALEIGH, N. TUESDAY Freakish Winds By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Sudden violent windstorms lashed Eastern Seaboard states yesterday, in bringing a sharp drop temperature and more rain for the floodweary Northeast. At least one person was killed.

Several were injured. freakish winds, with a gust of 100 mph recorded in midtown Manhattan, uprooted trees, whisked off roofs, broke windows and flipped a small airplane on its back. The Weather Bureau said there was scant danger that the rain would amount to enough to cause more flooding. The short-lived wind squalls hugged the line of a cold front moving eastward over the seaboard. Kenneth Husted, 45, was killed when an elm tree crushed his truck near De Ruyter in upstate New York.

Two women were injured seriously when a piece of a rooftop water tank was torn off and struck them in a lower Manhattan street. In Fairfax County, a construction worker was injured when the wind blew over a 25-foot-long stack of cinder blocks on a construction project. HEARINGS BEGIN ON FARM PRICES Dairymen Appeal to Senators to Keep Price Problems Out of Politics ST. PAUL, Oct. 24 (P The Senate Agriculture Committee heard appeals from Midwestern dairymen that they help keep the recurring problem of declining farm prices out of politics.

This theme bobbed up repeatedly as the committee-making a nationwide study of the farm situation-heard more than a score of farmer spokesmen give views at a day long hearing. No Politics Declaration. Chairman Ellender (D. La had opened the hearing with the statement that no politics were involved in the committee's tour. One -witness complained that the controversy over federal farm price supports which now divides the major parties has become a "support program for politicians rather than Typical was the statement of Delbert Best, dairyman of Mankato, that "too many politicians vote the way they think that will give them the most votes rather than the way that would be best for farmers and the country.

The farm problem is an economic problem and not a political one." Dairyman Eugene O'Neal of Big Stone, went a step further to complain that some of the farmers' own organizations were becoming involved in partisan politics. The hearing brought some complaints about milk prices, although several dairymen said they believed the situation to be improvling, particularly for the farmer who produces top quality milk. Wide differences were expressed as to whether the federal government should do more to bolster producer returns. Support for the production payment idea of the soSee HEARINGS, Page Nine. MORNING, OCTOBER 25, 1955 TWENTY-SIX PAGES TODAY Dally, 5c: Sunday, Defense Department Apologizes To Senators For Plane Incident WASHINGTON, Oct.

24 The Defense Department today absolved two Democratic senators of any blame in the decision to them home frorn Europe in a special plane. The department also expressed formal regrets over any rassment that might have been caused the legislators. fly Pentagon Statement. A statement issued by the Pentagon said that a review of the incident had established that neither Sen. McClellan of Arkansas nor Sen.

Stennis of Mississippi requested "nor were they made aware" that the Air Force planned to fly special mission aircraft to Madrid to pick them up and fly them home with members of their families and 1 TWO ANGRY SENATORS GET APOLOGY- Democratic senators tell reporters they will demand that the Pentagon explain its assertion that special planes had to be sent after them and other members of their party at a cost of $20,000. John Stennis of Mississippi (center), and John McClellan of Arkansas talk to newsmen at the airport after arriving on a regularly scheduled Military Air Transport Service Constellation from Paris with 42 others. A short while later the Defense Department apologized to them for the incident. (AP Wirephoto.) HODGES SPEAKER AT SESSION Governor Tells Gathering State Is 'On Verge of Big Things' WAYNESVILLE, Oct. 24--Gov.

Hodges told the State Board of Conservation and Development here today that he has no fear as to where North Carolina is going in the future. "I frankly feel we are on the verge of big things," he said. The Governor, spoke at a luncheon by board members and leading citizens of Western North Carolina at the Country Club Inn after he had presided over a three-hour session of the board in its first of a series of meetings ending Wednesday about noon. Small Firms Cited. Remarking we would rather see 10 small industries formed to one large one, Hodges, who is stressing development of small industries in the State, said the development corporation authorized by the 1955 General Assembly to help establish such operations is "coming along nicely." He said $200,000 in stock has already been subscribed in the See AND D.

Page Two. On Varied Subjects 'Ike' Holds Conferences DENVER, Oct. 24 President Eisenhower got reports today on the "excellent" status of the nation's economy and approved a program attacking spotty unemployment in some industrial communities. The President also received word that chances are looking up for ultimate Soviet acceptarce of his plan to trade military blueprints and permit mutual air inspection of military installations. In successive conferences one of them begun on the sundeck at Ftzsimons Army Hospital-Eisenhower: Consulted with Dr.

Gabriell Hauge, his personal economic advisor, and Dr. Arthur F. Burn, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors. They said they reported to him on the excellent state of the national economy, outlined a three-point program to assist local depressed areas that aren't sharing fully in good times and got his okay for going ahead with it. Reviewed United Nations affairs with U.

N. ambassador, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Lodge advised Eisenhower there may be "real action" on the blueprint and inspection plan-before the U. N. See EISENHOWER, Page Nine.

Today's Index News Amusements (Bridge, Horoscope, Puzzle) 8 Features Amusements (Bridge, Horoscope, Movies, Puzzle) Page 19 Comics Page 20 Editorial 4 Charles Craven Page 26 Financial Pages 22, 23 Radio Television Page 19 Sports Pages 15-17 Movies Page 19 Dorothy Dix Page 12 Farm Observer Page 23 Deaths. Funerals Pages 11, 18 Serial Story Page 20 Woman's News Pages 12, 13 Want Ads Pages 24, 25 Weather Map Page 2 Under the Dome TELEVISION The sity of North Carolina went into the television business supercharged with optimism. A 798- foot transmitter tower was erected on Terrell's Mountain in Chatham County. Studios were built at State College, Chapel Hill and at Woman's College in Greensboro. By the time WUNC-TV began broadcasting over Channel in 1954, ambitious plans had been made to beam educational programs to an areal staff representatives of the Senate Appropriations Committee.

"Sen. McClellan and Sen. Stennis are in no way responsible for the Air Force's decision" to dispatch the big aircraft to Spain, the Defense statement said, and "it is regretted that the incident caused embarrassment to the The Pentagon said also that at the request of Sen. Chavez, (D- NM), another touring senator who plans to fly home on Nov. 8, the special aircraft scheduled to return him and the remainder of the party has been cancelled.

Chavez said last week he had "requested nothing" in the matter The Pentagon statement was issued after McClellan and Stennis returned earlier today, both bridling at reports that they had demanded special treatment. The two senators had made their way from Madrid to Germany and flew back on a regularly scheduled plane operated by the Military Air Transport Service. Upon their arrival they demanded an explanation from the Defense Department of published reports that the department was dispatching two airliners to Europe because the legislators said they had to be back today and there was no other regular military air service available for them. McClellan told reporters that "if there was any intent to embarrass me, I positively refuse to be embarrassed by it." Stennis said that he would seek an explanation from the Defense Department, adding that "I think they'll make a correction. I think they'll explain the facts." See APOLOGY, Page Two.

of any special flight. Cost Placed At $20,000. The cost of the two special flights had been estimated at $20,000. Draw Indignant Comment Republicans Circulating Report Firing Charges at Labor Chiefs WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 publicans were circulating today a report accusing union labor leaders of using "violence and coercion" in a "conspiracy of national proportions" aimed at controlling 1956 election results.

The report, prepared by Chairman Goldwater (Ariz.) of the Republican Senatorial Committee. said organized labor leaders are preparing, slush for funds "massive a use nation- of wide scale." In Political Areas. It said "the use of violence and coercion by union leaders has now been transferred from the area of industrial disputes and brought boldly into purely political areas." The report charged that there have been "increasingly ruthless and successful efforts of certain elements in the leadership of the labor unions to take over and control the Democratic party." It concluded that "if this conspiracy is permitted to develop unhindered and without a fight, the Republican party shall deserve the oblivion it will surely get." The report first was made secretly by Goldwater to Republican state chairmen in a recent campaign school. It got a mixed reception there, indicating a division of thought among Republcan leaders as to whether their party should make an open fight against union leaders. Circulation of the report among party workers, however, was interpreted as indicating a majority view that there is little chance of winning support of the union leaders for Republican candidates.

Goldwater made it clear in his report that the GOP will bid for backing from union members while attacking their leaders. He said independent studies show 40 per cent of union members are Republi-1 cans. He complained these rank and file Republicans are being forced, in order to hold their jobs, to contribute to political funds used for the Democrats. "The union of the AFL and CIO I ery will of put those the full two political organizations machin- in one man's hands in 1956," he said. "A monthly deduction of only one cent from each of the members would put in the hands of this man $1,800,000 a year for political purposes.

And we know the political assessment is far higher than this. "When a union boss raises million dollars for political purposes out of compulsory union dues, four million dollars of that money must come from Republican union members." Goldwater charged there had been "calculated use of violence" through "CIO goon squads' in what he said had been successful efforts of union leaders to win control of the Democratic organization in Michigan in 1950. Declaring the Michigan situation was "by no means he added: "This combination of political violence and massive political funds, previously unheard of in See REPORT, Page Two. And Costing $200 Million Navy Admits Jet Mistake Taking Lives of 4 Pilots roll, state superintendent of public instruction, was tonight's banquet speaker. Wiley W.

Andrews of Wayne County, a member of the Grange's executive committee, also received a distinguished service award. Andrews served for two years as a member of President Eisenhower's advisory committee on agriculture. Dr. Carroll called for development of human resources to finance educational programs in general. He said there is enough data compiled and on the shelves of our colleges that would enable the state to triple its income in 20 years if the information were used.

He called for both financial and moral support of education pointing to increased enrollment, the See AWARDS. Page Two. WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 The Navy conceded today it lost a F3H "Demon" by powering multimillion dollar, "gamble" with the planes with engines too weak to fly them safely, Investigators for a House Government Operations subcommittee termed it a foul-up that cost the government 200 million dollars and the lives of four pilots. "'We've made an honest mistake," Rear Adm.

James S. Russell, chief of the Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics, testified. Greater Accuracy, He assured the subcommittee, which is looking into the matter, that the Navy has taken steps to forecast plane performance with greater accuracy. However, Russell cautioned that "in this day of rapid technological I progress, we must venture into the 2.6 unknown" and there could be no assurance of success in every venture. The F3H's were ordered equipped with J40 engines in 1951, after the Korean fighting started, to provide the Navy with a more powerful supersonic all weather fighter.

Since last July, the faulty planes have been grounded and F3H's now turned out are being modified and equipped with more powerful J71 jet engines produced by the Allison Division of General Motors Corp. Westinghouse Electric Co, made the J40 engines and McDonnell Aircraft Co. of St. Louis made the planes. Most of the J40 equipped planes -those which have not crashedhave been relegated to the equivalent of the Navy's junk yard.

Along with them have gone 174 WestingSee NAVY, Page Two. by an estimated 000 North Carolinians. In recent months, the original glow has begun to dim. There've been budget troubles. The public reaction to televised education has been unfortunately cool.

And there's speculation that the University might not be indifferent to overtures by private operators. An insurance company reportedily had let State and University authorities know it would be See DOME, Page Nine. UNEXPECTED ENTRY- Only the rear end of this station wagon projects from concrete wall after the machine crashed through the wall yesterday and inside the display section of the Family Food Store at Ithaca, N. Y. Driver William Kahl and his passenger, James Gelsi, both of Auburn, N.

suffered minor hurts. (AP Wirephoto.).