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-yyoYY''U-vYyy VO -T 'v The Newspaper of CO- 1 ft- if- -1 I v--- ifeDWi I 1' O'1 Ss-L-p: iVVAf Jj 1' Clean Concise 0 Complete -I '-'V 1 YVV'ji'- ''v i 'V'' 1 V- -i 'v J- -i' Vo 54 Np 1 11 1545 Wilcox Ave Hollywood 28 Calif THU RSDAYv AUGUST 7 1958 -w Phon Hollywood 9-1 234 24 Paces IV f- Mr 1 tw -1 i i i 1 Cltlwn-News phot VITO GALLASO JR AND FATHER 'court echo of air diaaeter AIR TRAGEDY AFTERMATH tel tolhoto HUG BLAZING GULFOIL AND POUR ON TONS ahip collided with 'tanker 88 -Graham off Baiter eoasf 1 MOSCOW -An appearance by Premier Nikita Khrushchev at the UN General Assembly session on Middle East will de- pend on what Is included in the agenda and whether President Eisenhower and Britain's Harold Macmillan show up Moscow observers saidtoday- 1 In his latest letter to the Big deliv- ere(j after his four-day visit te Khrushchev proposed an immediate efner-: gency session of the Assenbly to discuss question jaf withdrawal of US troops from Lebanon and British troops from Jordan' Khrushchev did not indicate whether he would go to New ork for the meeting But according to the UN charter he could head his delegation just as Eisenhower wand 'Macmillan could1 v-: However it was believed that Khrushchev -would not make the trip unless he received iron-clad assurances that his opposite numbers from the- United States and Britain would be present v' Police Board PielaysCrime Parley Members of the! Police Commission in- formed the City Council today that they will not be able to appear at a Scheduled next Wednesday to explain the Los Angeles crime situation AN communication addressed along with the annual report said that its president Emmett Mc-' Gaughey will be out of town and is not ex-pectedto return until Aug 20 (EarlierstoryonPage4) Drop Sharge in BludgeotiSlaying A murder 'charge against Mateo Martinez 47 laborer was dismissed in'Superior Court 1 today at the request of the District office Martinez 511 Boylston Ave East Lois Angeles had been charged with the bludgeon slaying of waitress Bertha Barrios 43 in her apartment at 632 Bixel St last December Dep District Atty Florence Linn asked Judge Richard Fildew to drop the charge because of insufficient evidence i 'Human Torch' Victim Dies PONTIAC Mich -Frank Kierdorf died-'7 today shortly after Michigan Atty Gen Paul Lb Adams said the Teamsters Union official "became a human torch yvhile trying to set fire to a cleaning shop at neiarby Flint (Wir itoqWPiit 1) Palisades Slide Peril Revised Ar geological report stating most of the Pali-'sad'es Trailer Bowl is free from the threat of a landslide was under study today by the Build- ing and Safety Department I 1 I 1 1 Macmillan Flies to Aiheiis LONDON Priml Minister Macmillan Wlew to Athens today for talks with Greek government officials in a dramatic personal attempt to briiig peace to Cyprus t- Some yictiiris Leap Boy $105000 SAN Vito' Michael Gallaso Jr 14-ear-old survivor of last Paooima air tragedy today received a 9105000 settlement of his suit against Douglas and Northrop aircraft companies Mile miraculously escaped death twice after the crash of Arthur Miller Wins Reversal WASHINGTON HPr Hie UJS Court of Appeals today struck down the contempt-of-Gongress convictipp pla y- wright Arthur Miller 42 husband of actress Marilyn Mon-toe Miller was convicted of contempt inc lXS District Ofiurt here last yeSr for? refusing to tell the Hoilse Committee on Un-Amerieah AtfdvitieS the names of' Communist writers with whom he admittedly met in New York in 194JL uJs Dist Judge Charles McLaughlin gave him a suspended 30 day jail sentence and imposed a $500 fine 'Hie appellate court said in a brief unsigned- opinion that from the record it appeared to be dear that Miller a right to -leave th4 hearing thinking that the direction to answer was still suspended if not abandoned Miller was called before the committee in June -1956 ing an investigation into allegedly fraudulent procurement and'ipisuse of passports FCC Recommends UHF TV Grant to Corwin WASHINGTON (UPI) -A Federal Communications Commission examiner today recommended the- grant of UHF television Channel 34 at Los Angeles Calif to movie theater owner Sherrill C- Corwin Examiner Basil Cooper at the same time rejected a competing bid for the channel by Frederick Bewtt and Wil- liam Sullivan partners who applied as K-UHF (TV) 1 -9 Convicts Escape MONROE Wash (UPI) Nine convicts who Escaped the state' reformatbry here last night after beating two guards into submission were still at large today NEPORT RI (UFIY-Two tankers one loaded -with million' gallons of gasoline crashed in- Dames in thick fog today killing at least 15 men and injuring 5 6 v'-XY At noon' Dve Rours after thb'ottirion nine bodies were found entombed below decks ih the larger of the two ships Six other men died when they leaped into the fiery sea after the'ool-lisloj of Fat Adams Of-the injured 31 Were held in hoepitais for treatment and five rj released: Several rf the hospitalized were reported in critical condition from burns GOES AGROUND Hie ships the lQOOO-tonSJS Gulf oil out df Philadelphia and the eoartal tanker AS Graham collided in a half-mile channel at toe entrance to Narragan-ett Bay The collision within sight of toe wreckage of -the- Norwegian freighter Vebteville which ran' aground last September during President vac4tion here The Gulfoil skippor Capt Eden of -Port Arthur Texr 'per-isHM with his ship which later werit aground off Fort Adams Flame and smoke spewed from both vessels five hours after CROSBY Minn" Huge plastic balloon the largest ever built climbed to an altitude of about 60000 feet today then buret apart- The fate of 4 monkey and other animals aboard waX ndt known No hu- man beings were on the flight The balloon carried a female monkey frogs' goldfish' and 'r I I I- I I 1 I -i I i I i ft 1' -k I -I izt F1REBOATS WASHINGTON Chairman 'John McQcllan eaOed today for a Jutic Department inveatigation of' possible perjury in Teamster Prea-ident James testimony before the Senate Rackets Committee'' The Arkansas Democrat said conflicts between- testi-mqnjr last fall and toe sworn statements lof former beavy-wefght boxer Embrrt Davidson nto necessary an investigation to detennine who perjured TDefinitely such conflicts could hardly be any McClellan said He also observed' that the records appeared to back up the story Davidson gave toe committee today- -r Either Davidson perjured himself or Hoffa was not telling the truth when he testified be' McOellan said Former heavyweight boxer: Embrel Davidson billed as a mystery witness told the committee he drew $75 a week from the Teamster welfare fuitd while working for unkm Vice Presi' dent Owen Bert Brennan his manager i Committee oowisel Robert Kennedy quoted from the transact of Hof fa's testimony last falljn which the Teemster lead-r jeaid Davidson got no money from 'the union fflien that true was Davidson was asked TJke said I got a check every week for the former Negro boxer: replied Kennedy- said: Hoffa testified tost Jie and Brennan owned in 1932-53 and that most of his fights were ini the Detroit area The committee called in Davidson who once 'fought! light heavyweight champion Archie Sah'Beniardino 9 ISAN BERNARDINO tflPf Settlement if long dispute over! railroad crossings has cleared the way fog a complete freeway link between Loato-geles arid San Bernardino Hie issue between' the State Dlvisiflh- of Highways and the Southern'' Pacific railroad w4a over-what share of the cost of four San 1 Bernardino crossings the railroad should bear: (The Federal Bureau ef Pubbc Roads- as arbitrator OF WATER passen- tam-paratara-at I bility to concentrate and palna' inthe chest for three days Some of theifitro compounds paused eye and nose irritations when in dilutions of 02 to 04 parts -pen enilliofif -w The human gum pigs had their eyes iiiride a skin-diving mask connected Mill a (giilc air 'containing toe substances When they felt a reaiotipp- they pressed a stop watch The study financed by a pub-' lie health service grant was conducted St toe University of Miamo because the Florida air is and toe announcement explained 4 flaming' DC-7 into the-Paed--ma Junior Midi School playing field his fathK Vito Gal-laso told Superior -Judge William Neeley On both occasions the boy in surgery and was brought back to life by doctors a( St '-Joseph Hospital who frantically massaged his -heart: Young badly burned over most of his was among scenes of boys injured when the fiery wreck of the DC-7 plunged into the school yard Jan 31 1957 Three boys lost their1 lives and the crew of -the DC-7 were killed along with the pilot of 4 jet which collided in mid-air with their plane senior 13227' Goleta St PacoimAreceived the de-cistoh with know I am emotionally involved but am not altogether satisfied with this settlement Hit A battery of million-doUar Hollywood names wheeled: into position today in a fight to save of Encino oaks -many of them several centuries old For the movie stars it was both sentimental and sensible vA lot erf the trees dying from some mysterious malady are on properties they own-Involved were among others John Wayne Clark Gable Jack Webb Ann Sheridan Fibber McGee and Mojr and Mike Lang They werepart of the TTnHno Oaks which appealed to Los Angeles Beautiful for help Fred Chase executive director of LAB said a team of experts would tour the stricken area tomorrow It was -homdk the malady of the trees AW- be diagnOaed and then treated It May Even Be Warmer He Says -The sun turned it bn a little more today ax the weather -continued and warmer Thunderstorms were expected to continue ip desert and mountain areas and so will the flash floods they bring with them' i One examining doctor said he didn't the cases very alarming and another he thought they not harmed as much- as we But Japan 'the only nation to know first hand the horrors of atomic feels any radioactivity atf all is suspect Announcement of tt radkv active: dousing of the Satsuma and Takuya brought no repetition of the angry outburst over file-1954 dusting of toe Japanese fishing boat Lucky Dm-gon Deep resentment' Is clearly obvious however due p4rtly pefhapa to toe boincidence that the two coast guard ships returned a day after-' the 13th anniversary of toe Hiroshima atomic bombing andsix days before the anniVexeary of toe Nagasaki bombing the collision punctuated by a tricking explosion-Hie Graham burned fiercely at the southern tip of Rose Island in Newport Harbor At one- time the heat was-'soi in tense that fireboats could not get near the vessel and it had to be towed off the shore -The Graham carried a -crew of-12- BODIES FOUND Navy Chief Petty Officer Thomas- Wright of the New-pat Naval Base public information office reported- that a crew from theaNavy oiler Salrf-mone found the nine bodies below1 deck'- He issid -the-vessel still was burning at noon" The Gulfoil laihiched in 1943 Sparrows Point Md and owned by the Gulf Oil Cbrpi delivered '120000 'barrels: of oil yesterday at Providence and Waa sailing in ballast for'Fort Arthur Tex -Scene' of the crash today was about -70 miles from the spot moos wkathxb data on page somd smaller organisms' on the flight destined to reach 135000 feet in an Air Force cosmic fay experiment It fell hear Pine City MinrL more than 60 miles to the southeast of the- launching rite here Ground parties were en route to recover what remained of toe balloon and its 'Mwlls lUIT'Mt Mi Ctaw W- fa Has ikmra taaiakl LUHa -chaaca ia taapara- taraa Law laalikt Baa Pao BaaAs VaDn: Saaar aad hat Aaa alU aaaaUarahla alaaiiaaaa at tlaaa firtt ataaSy taaiarrair Law taalahl SS- men aad law aroand tamparaturas downtawa mtardar Si and Si naon today S3 downtown fhlah for downtoim' todaj unUl Umb) at Van Kura and S3 at Burbank 'low todar downtown ST at ajat ratatlva 1 hnniidltr downtown todar -ht noon 40 par cant SMOG POBCCAST Jfo ad irrttation Moore after hearing Sam Mar rorno former Teamster business agent invoke the Fifth' Amendment to avoid answering questions about his activities McClellan (D-Ark) i Instructed thd committee staff to prepare a- contempt Congress citation against Matasso after he refused to say whether he had been convicted' of extortion Marosao was asked whether toe Comstock Corp employed him last year at $950 month to help 'get Teamster welfare fund financing for a-Las Vegas Nev gambling casino INSIDE TODAY In Car Death Sun Valley mother killed' in crash es he makes left turn faces charge of manslaughter' -Story on Page 13 Our base On Okinawa 'which have cost half a billion dol-' lata to date are built on rent- ed- land because- the Okina- wans sell to us says Rembert James See today's 'Global Report column on toe Editorial -iPage- Coffee prices ary down again Story on Page 2 BrgSf '24 Classified Comics -15 Current Events 24 'Dine arid Dance 11 Drama 18-19 Editmial Page 14 Financial 10 1 HaWiH LI i 8 24 -Sports a-' Weather 'll Women at Home'' 8 smog and findings show that smog xxmtains irri-tatihg substances tost bum toe eyes snd bring Dr Williaxh Deichmann who heads' toe' research team said the offending substances DAYTON Ohio (ff) Air Materiel Command announced a contract award today to the System Development Corp Santa Monica Calif of $29776835 for Work with computers for AirDefense Command Hoover a vors Presidential Pension i NEW YORK Herbert Hoover declared- today a pension to be given? toformer presidents it ought to be A man of independent wealtii -himself Hoover said he supported the now before Con- gross to award aT $25000 Annual pension to former US presidents Nehru Backs Israeli Position -NEW DELHI OP) Prime Minister Nehru said today any solution to the Israel-Arob con- Diet most provide for I Berle Begs Off Dinner on CRYSTAL BAY Nev XflP) Dinner was on the house at the lalneva! Cliibpn Lake Tahoe last night when comedian Milton Berle can- celled his portioq oLthe Door Show pleading illness Irate patrons were soothed by the 7 announceinent eatsi Later appeared at the sec- ond shovf House Votes Debt Ceiling Boost 7 ASHIN GTok -The House Yesterday voted 286-108 to increase the 7 debt ceiling to 288 billion dollars highest in peacetime history and second only to a World War II high A surprisingly strong protest -7-' vote was registered against red ink spending chieDy Southern and Midwestern conserve-: 7 iC 'tives both paiiea Meyner Coy About Nomination MINNEAPOLIS Gov Robert Mey Vi ner of New Jersey says he is not a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination Yv Meyner was in Minnesota to help state Demo- i craU get their campaigns off to a flying start Jets Bkttle With Reds TAIPEI Formjosa (UPI) and Chinese communist jet tighten fought a two- Two Japanese ships showered with radioactive in 'the' Pacific returned home today to a nation showing increasing bitterness tayard American nuclear weapon tests fxi Physical examinations were Immediately ordered: for-' alt "'-cijew members of the ocean-'ographlc survey ships Satsuma and TUniya They will be kept -'under observation 'for a week American and Australian doc- tors who examined' the crews in New Britain reported they suffered no harmful effects from the radioactive dusting they suffered July 14 after a VUA test at Eniwetok --preliminary examinations to-' fday by a Japanese' scientific tended to bean out beats MIAMI FUOTPI) It just injured pride that makes the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce' weep dyer their fambust Nhiog rHie: stuff-really -hurts The University' ofMiaml medital srtiool working in conjunction with Los Angeles sir pollution experts has' just ruled that the rail- pleted a study of the California known nltro-olefiris found ini SUtoriiobile -eidiSust fumes- Some 20 varieties of -nitro-olefins were tested on volunteers in Miami and-Los -Angeles 'j Depending nq the 'type cota-pound and toe amount erf tone exppsecC 'some of the volunteers reported irritation and burning of the eyes qnd nose Srinie even reported pounding of the heart and head "aqd Some had chest pains on the following day One bxperintroter was exposed to sme impurities for two and a half hours He reported weakness to limbs ina road priy-10 per-cent of the coat of one crossing and nOne On three others basically: had been toe Stan IThe crossing projects will cost $4250400 'V ILSAustralian report1 Th Japanese experts said the boata appeared ration of swgHgibtai minute battle over the Formosa Strait toda the Nationalist Chinese Defense Ministry an-nounced None! of the planes were damagfd JMore News'Bnefs on Page 2 -Y IS S' 1 0 H4 I V-a'i'- C- -iir v- i'.