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The News Tribune from Tacoma, Washington • 1

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i r1 rp reyf i 1 i 7 -1 I I rr a i i 'VV- A-v 4 f' i Rain Tonight Showers Thursday Cool Temperatures Probe Builds Up Pressure (Official US Fmcut) TACOMA WASH WEDNESDAY MARCH 20 1957 74TH YEAR i-M PRICE FIVE CENTS Late News Flashes Oll eamsters skjcl $4 our Killed In Powder Blast HAN ntANCnOOL special pul Jury decided to today that Baltimore Betsy the painting eklrapaasee eaaaet exhibit with huinaa artists at Berkeley this Jane "We are indebted far the Interest and burner afforded by Betsy's experiment with the Jury said in a statement "Theca we find however are a WASHINGTON IP The Senate rackets committee today ordered Dave Beck international President of the Teamsters Union to appear before the committee with his financial records on March 26 WASHINGTON investigators developed today that Frank Brewster profited heavily from an partnership in a racing stable with a Seattle I insurance man who lost on the venture but was making 15300000 a year in brokerage on Teamsters Union! welfare funds WASHINGTON Jf A Pennsylvania freight train with 66 leaded ears wae held np for an hoar early today by a mouse Rolling alqng easily ee its way to Jersey City the freight ground to a halt four miles or so north of tho city A track switch work A maintenance man broke tho switch down Inside was a email field mouse The a very dead was removed and the railroad waq in tho hauling Four workmen were killed shortly after 1 yesterday in an explosion at he Olin Mathiesan Chemical Corp plant near Frederick-son The tremendous blast in the SEATTLE Teamsters SACRAMENTO Calif Jf Gov Goodwin Knight today denied receiving any financial contribution from the Teamsters Colon for any of his campaigns Ho denied as well -that he ever Interceded in the appointment of the part director of San Frandsea Pierre Salinger a staff ac- Union President Dave Beck countdht for the Senate Rackets--id trvfav thnf -rivim I Investigating Committee testified I his examination of the records of he will bring his indicated that insurer George Newell put up funds the 1 jn! i ini (indicated that insurance mj personal records to the spe- IKffAfly CimotA AmMHMiftaa in cial Senate I the operating committee Drawling former Columbia Power Co a about IS miles southeast of Tacoma rocked hornet within a 40-mile radius Bill Crayton plant superinten he partnership wasveetigating dissolved he said Brewster was Yet when tj JACKSONVILLE Fin The FBI and Duval County Patrol arrested man identified as Robert Lyons They said ha was -wanted in Idaho for the killing of Edsel Keski St Spokane prospector in-alleged labor I credited with S446603 Newell took a loss of $4071273 Beck waa not available for Salinger said one of the part- comment but hit office released MwhllO1 aennla na 1IJ Ak Ukn at Wl Sl A- 0 nershiprs listed the dent said the explosion 'occurred kini in gelatin pack assets as on the text of his telegram to Sen books was a $17000 note from McClellan (D-Ark) chairman at VANCOUVER BC Jf Union members here who eat in non-union restaurants will be spied upon by special committee from the Hotel and Restaurant Employe Local IE four miles from office -The blast demolished a 25 by 40 foot building which had been visited only a short time before by plant Inspector who pronounced everything nil right Names of victims The dead: Richard Nelson 26 Rt 1 Box 464-A Tacoma survived by wife and three children Alfred (Buddy) Coon 34 of DALLAS At least two west Texas tornadoes were reported to the weather bureau today aa wide see tie of weal Texas i wen advised to leol out tor violent thunderstorms Brewster but that Newell told the Senate committee him Brewster had never actually signed such a note He quoted 5 Telegram Newell as saying he feels Brew- The text of the telegram waa: iter owes him that amount On advice of counsel I recog-Brewster said there was the authority of your corn-some controversy between him to "SH1? Jnca and Newell aa to their financial I before you This is to Inform you affairs that I will appear voluntarily at Might Make Faymeat your pleasure and will bring At one point Brewster indicated I the records covering the that ha intends to make a nay-l5riod you specify without preju-ment to Newell by way of a set-rice to my rights under the Con-tlement stitution aiuTBUI of Rights" This came when Robert Ken- In Washington McClellan -nedy the committee counsel said dined Immediate comment he figure out" hpw twol i seen his reply Mc- until Ena- cm nith TUNIS Tunisia Jf French Justiee Minister Francois Mltterand walked out of eelebrationa hailing first year independence from France today because Algerian rebel leaders were invited to take part Tke celebration wae attended by VJS Viee President Nixsn 3601 East 106th St Tacoma surged by wife and three children Robert Schulte 33 Box 306 State Outlines Route Yelm survived by wife and three children James Capps 24 Rt 7 Frederickson survived by wife and one child brother Marvin was one of two men killed in similar explosion at the plant in December 1953 Also killed In that blast was William Harden of 1 1 How would you figure it if Ii paid him 640 OOT Brewster asked decision came aftcran tetwen" Knny I overnight conference with for- "That's how It wiU coma Penny1 Brewster said iSSnlahi new personal counsel Director of Highway William A I Kennedy: Newell probably XJ focatlon whether Bugge 7-: wiU grateful to thfi would you figure it if 11" Shultz father of the two victims made his home re- By KEX FLEMING fftawtsa ssss RotertEhunu had been em-IS11 of the Tscoma'-Seattle-ployed at the company Freeway through Tacoma June 1953 praised by state counter and city pHmiwai I offldali at a public hearing A Deputy Dlck MoCme reported I the Public Utililie nearln Building Some britldam was voiced from -ncrar- is manager" I Beck had raid previously that Galled It Salary 1 he would appear before the com-Brewster told the committee! without subpoena but he the four were working in a gels- tin packaging plant where a dyna- Ithe audience The meeting was mite mixture la packaged lnunder the chairmanship of State cardboard tubes All Killed Instantly All four were killed he said Everything was bits was paid lor i -the ortnion of his legal i he said rsouired him "Mccts would determine whether toget up at davlE6 w9uld the personal "3srss fcsusr the money was "salary" job which he raid rqujicu Tacoma Way and Street Albohn probably will be con fronted by hundreds of questions in the weeks to come THE AGONIZING Wives af employes at Olin Mathieson Chemieal Osrp Frederickson wait antaide high tones tor ward about their husbands At center Mrs Kiehard Nebea Rt Bed 4H-A mother of the three children pictured At left' Mrs Walter Davis whose first husband died in simitar explosion 19 yean age holds mm of tho Nelson children And at right an unidentified wemaa comforts the youngest of tho Nelsons Two hours after the explosion Mrs Nelson hoard the words aha dreaded Her husband was New Tribune etaff phots by Whyae Zimmerman Company officials mmedlat immediate investigatl Kennedy said Newell had listed LJP hd aid the personal $5000 payment for 1951 on which he A supply of enlarged city ma rftj Ply of maps IUS Reserves Judgment On Offer of the Maps Snatched Up sickly 1 I by the close to 400 showing the projected path a quickly i snatched persons earnings said were in no way connected with his union position or contacts He had described them Just two months ago a similar blast at another powder plant south of Olympia killed six men None of the workmen in other buildings waa injured in the Frederickson explosion A normal shift includes about 70 men Buildings Fr Apart matters With Bk not reachable lm- up who packed the little auditorium Little new information over what has already appeared in WASHINGTON The United11" JJeX Tribune waa brought "Eprt paid to Brewster 1 would not have taken any of that money if I knewit came from commission" Brewster said He added that cannot help" how Newell listed it and that he has heard the broker subsequently changed It Aided I Knlghfa Campaign Cyprus Pact Offer Okayed Wives? igil Spells Poignant Story of Blast out at the hearing 506 to 1 precaution The area is heavily wooded so the trees can absorb interim arrangement" to beLJi The Hjgy notuy Muni the force of such explosions worked out by United Nations taken Before the questioning' got into Brewster's relations with Newell mediately few comment there wai no explanation of the phrase 111111001 prejudice to my rights" in his telegram Previously Beck said he might Invoke the 5th Amendment before the 1 Senate committee on personal affairs but he did not eelfy -on what grounds He said Internal Revenue-Bureau is investigating his tax returns and that this may be a factor in hi decision whether' to answer all questions son Chemical Corp grounds from the senators had brought from Brewster that a campaign contribution was made to Gov Goodwin Knight of California and that he (Brewster) later interceded with Knight to get Charles the roadway Mrs Richard Nelson-rimmed and face strai LONDON Jf Britain nounced today she is ready to accept an offer of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to- thunderous powder works expio-concillate in the Cyprus disputejsion to snuff out four lives yes-Cojpnlal Secretary Alan Len- terday at the tiny community of Ho ouse of Com- Frederickson nox-Bovd told the eyes ati ood dents area reported the State Department press officer school on So Street Lincoln White gave the UJS post- Thesuper hirtwaywiil tlon in flrrt forawl TeS Tacoma out from the rest She clutched (blast made a great deal of noise if i Talt of Seattle appointed as San director port mons the NATO offer Js to con- But there was an eternity of ciliate among Britain Greece and waiting for the wives who clun- ut there was little concuasion reaction to a six According to the Associated I nrooosal for rannl Press Ed Sorger chief of thefrhepropasal was safety division of the State De-yeateraay I' a nrfn Ii11)' 4 White noted Hammarskjold hasated for construction ro with saidall poKriUc' SetymSclul White noted Hammarskjold haslsted hScMnv Cairo vrifli Egyp-way from the south an infant ing the cl rocking motion Two older' oblivious of what had played at her feet Mrs Nelson was waiting for a simple dead or alive Hof fa Opines- Is tend around the fence that separates the tree-clad Olin Malhie- The date amount and method of the contribution were left obscure aa the senators went on to other matters It was the third straight day (Continued an Page Two) tiwfiree-wMem city limits tim PMrtdent Gamal AWfel to Street tor the biennium tuentwuea on Fage Three) Nauer 1957-1959 Acquisition of right- just feel he's dead" she raid her voice shaking 'You feel WASHINGTON The indictment against Teamster leader James Hoffa quotes him aa saying it looked like union president Dave Beck's was cooked" Hoffa was indicted Tuesday on 4 Die 2 Flee BurningHome things like that He was a gelatin worker" Turkey all members of the 15-natlon alliance Lennox-Boyd said that with the new development Britain is making a fresh appeal to Archbishop Makarion exiled Greek Orthodox church leader of the Cypriot Union-with-C recce movement to call a halt to the campaign of violence in the British Mediterranean colony The colonial secretary made it clear this was the only answer to the underground Spring Here -So It Says Comforted by Friend Mrs Walter Davis a husky in woman in a plain ousedress expect that a satisfactory wiU begin in interim arrangement will be ai near f-tur-rived at" While raid Bugge original survey Memorandum Not Clear was made in 1943-44 "Until we know that that la notL £hlef the case we are reserving judg-1 Il5fngndISehteDepart' reeway will start tin north end of Fort Lewis Gravel! Lake Drive and the Iment on' the Egyptian dum It is not clear in our minds White read that comment after charges of conspiring to plant spy within the Senate committee comforted her Mrs Davis had Macmillan Meets Ike On Bermula FARGO ND Four persons wer killed and two others suffered burns in fire which destroyed residence on seen her husband a moment before driving a trade laden with hifh explosives He was safe my first husband in an Spring dances into the Tacoma i DU area on ittertiy feet and change for Archbishop Makarlos nnrt-h arlv twiav release from the SeycheUe Islands a flower-bees' ears today at scented JSli reading a prepared statement Secretary of State Dulles had told Secretary 4:17 pm Unto probing alleged labor union racketeering- He was accused of trying to bribe John Cheasty a committee attorney The indictment asserted that Hoffa after examining 'some documents from the committee files last week remarked to Cheasty that looked like goose was cooked if that is what they have on Beck" There waa no elaboration TOWN released by White II? Jck Property Jf President Elsenhower metDimwho lighUy east jt wifi cut rresiaent Eisenhower met Dullra who left today for tae iu nuy vrl Dead were Mrs Douglas Saw-rey and two of her children William 9 and Wayne 6 and Mrs Christiana Lieb Mrs Saw-rey's mother Mrs Sawreys husband and Mrs Sawney's husband and a Pjfe MacmUlan on uA-Brit Britirii soil for conf erencesl presumably approved the state-' Continues en rage Seven) alm at raring American-Brit-ment whfch raid: in the Indian Ocean Lennox-Boyd said if the archbishop makes -a dear statement railing for an end to the violence the "government will be ready to bring to an end his detention in the Greece has demanded self-determination for the colony saying the predominantly Greek population should be given the right to govern themselves daughter Audrey 13 escaped from is second floor window of 'ortunately the weather future for the next five days ap-lears bleak and such things as ilrds bees flowers and mowing the lawn are still awaiting sunshine Prospects for sun are very dim indeed the Weather Bureau says For the 'next five days they have forecast recurring rains with more than normal amounts Last year on the blissful day of the vernal equinox it rained a half an inch ishfriendship in world affaire "Tlw UnltedStatea supports a Ad Read UltS lution of the Sue Canal protM Eisenhower arriving by UFI aoiutjon the two story frame house Both suffered burns and were reported satisfactonr condition in mpitai Fargo hospital Ship Held Up Jf Spreading Spreading I LONDO DON strikes 24-hour delay in explosion here about 20 years ago" she said all right though I go through it again" The younger woman bit her lip Cars began pulling into a cleared area outside the fence Newsmen sheriffs deputies curiosity-seekers and more anxious wives and relatives idled ouL Even Deputy Anxious A buriy guard stood behind the fence There would be no admittance he said And even Chief Criminal Deputy Dick McCreadie chomped a cigar anxiously for 10 minutes before the gates opened for him He emerged minutes later and asked a deputy to call the cornier Rumors flew up and down the fence Two dead the superintendent was inside his office (Continued on Page Three) today forced a the sailing' of the liner Queen ir Ne Mary for New York Swami Mare Who Told Fortunes Dies at 33 Annexation of Lakes District Is Discussed RICHMOND VaJP Lady voyance it was possessed by Mrs Wonder a brown mare with a Fonda herself By DENNY MacGOUGAN Tacoma cite councilman i a Lakes District publisher agreed penses of senna 10 million dollars a year Dr Humiston said it seemed to him that some sort of single crataer stepped uhore at Albouys iem on the basis of the slx prin-'RaA71 gdnt in Hamilton jpmcidea approved by the Security H6W flrfl ilOtlCC MT am Slips' KllPfltlflWfr SaMI Tn hI Bnni-atinii Pnnnral I KU Allinil COlltCtOf urtll do much to strengthen the cuss amonr other msttera crr-lf collector dead or alive jasthy friendship be- tain propoaals -on the Sues Canal IT' tween the British Empire andmy 1 problem we can only assume that 1 the Egyptian memorandum rep- "Thank you very much for a resenStontatlve proposals sub- WThi mnatl mrrr'at Oftta The iky waa mostly overcast fay general "The United States therefore Eisenhower looked tan and fit win wish to hear the secretary afterhto southern crates on theLenendt report before formalix mxxua HS feel that -the US government tao havime prevailed upon Israel to withdraw Its troops is honor L- No mscrimtaation against bouiri to suppert toael actively EisenhowraprobaNy will reekL 1 1 the canal from an immediate personal report I the poliUcs of any natlmi from Secret nr of State Dulles Collection tolls by agree-on the latest Middle East develop-Iment between Egypt and the menta including Dulles' confer users i ence with Israeli Foreign Mini- 5 Earmarking a fair share of ter Golds Melr Monday (Con tinned en Page C-ll) Dulles who has been busy in die East Washington with the Middle Eaxt 'Dfvfll nf RaViv disc rear 1 metropolitan government is the although it metropolitan government is reputation as the "Swami" of the four-legged set is dead at the advanced animal age of 33 A veterinarian attributed the death yesterday to a common human failing a heart attack i Over Jhe years Lady attracted almost as much attention pecking away at a horse-sized typewriter contraption In her stall as did her more fleet-footed relatives en the tracks Elevator Dive Kills 5 Men would probably require new legislation and possibly a change fit the state constitution JACKSONVILLE Fla Jf A cable snapped and a construction elevator carrying 19 workmen plunged five noon to the ground Her mistress: Mrs Claudia Fonda claimed Lady could read CeuneUman Convinced The councilman said he Is convinced that as the metropolitan area develops under existing laws it should be a single incorporated unit and not a core city surrounded by a ring of smaller incorporated areas He said there are not enough facts to determm the present advisability of annexing the Lakes yesterday that a single metropolitan government may well be the answer to the orderly development of the Greater Tacoma area The councilman Dr Homer Humiston and the publisher Charles A Mann discussed the possibility of the annexation of the Lakes District fay Tacoma at the luncheon meeting of the PTO' Club in the Winthrop Neither speaker muttered much enthusiasm for an annexation move Mann raid that basically all the things a city could do for the area have already been accomplished and Dr Humiston indicated the city would probably lose money on the deal anyway if the annexation went through Suggestion Made yesterday1 Five of the men were killed and the rest injured Clues to Child But whether it was clairvoyance or sheer coincidence "answers" mors than once caused a flurry of excitement i In 1952 the mare was credited by police in Quincy Mass with to the Danny miss ing for two years A nation reacted quickly and letters telegrams -and telephone calls by the thousands besieged Mrs Fonda A Texan urged Lady to help him pick the right spots for oil drilling Others suggested Lady might be able to have the last horn laugh on the racing variety by picking winners in advance Examined by Expert While Mrs Fonda Ignored questions relating to gambling she never ducked those involving msttera of love an When a man asked wife were true der horse rapidly returned duration of her own "are your A psychologist and apedaliat on extra-sensory perception Dr Rhino of Duka University minds and waa clairvoyant There re many who were willing to concede this who were willing Is while skeptics if 'there were- any clslr- "It sounded like an explosion when it then there were screams" said Bob Barsh an insulation superintendent at the new Duval County courthouse District Before can be i Today in TNT 44 PAGES 4 SECTIONS seriously proposed he said tha ld have to be defined areq wouli the men were helping to build trrified witnesses Among the horrl HA 5226 were women waiting for their husbands- The accident came at 4:25 pjn as the men wen finish ertete was scheduled to arrive by UirUl Ol DaOV air this afternoon ns The formal talks between Told 1T1 St Elsenhower Macmillan and their advisers will begin tomorrow in JEFFERSON (Bela and studies made to determine the kind of services needed both present and future and those now furnished Then he said it must be determined how much they will cost and who will pay for them (Continued on Page Eight) To Place a Quick Action Want Ad of your own ing up for the day The 85-foot fall Mann suggested toward the end ilkTin wh hia talk in which he killed Amusements Building News Cemles Editorial MitiMiiiitMiM 4 FtnancUil D-f Human Miiid 9 Lantou Ouidepoata a A-lf Majrailne I ObituariM MSIMIMMM ll-i 04 Radlo-TV usiMiMMiiMti Society B-t-S Phone BR 2121 Edward Leach 31 Dewey Woods 39 Glenn D-idol 25 Jack Monroe Thomasson 24 Dave Atmora John-the drairing room of ny Kritten brink a flying farmer exclusive Mid-Ocean Club where wanted everyone to know quickly all four of the top men at the when his wife presented him with conference are staying It seemed I a new daughter -The proud fa- -3 his plane and ch home In the ghborhood Painted cm the Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd bottom of the fuselage would start tonight I were two words Lynne" of advocated the status quo for the Lakes area that Tacoma Puyallup Flrcrest and Ruston abandon their municipal governments let the county take over" He said it would eliminate overlapping i a raving In and could result in governmental ex- 56 The amoni The Tacoma News Tribune once said Lady gave avidenca ol fpatWc- asserted however there was evi- ability He later Today's Chuckle Hove yee ever bed It so Aid bed tehee owey frtN yea so esc toyed fast? Injured were distributed five hospitals where their na were reported serious or critical dance of signaling SpOrift iMMMMMUMqiM A-a i i I.

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