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i Weather Inside Rain or freezing rain with near freezing temperature Saturday Rain ending tonight continued cold Clearing and cold Sunday Sun rise 7:24 am and seta at 5:52 pjn Details on page 2-A Comic J1A rheatre 10B Death 12A TV-Radlo 4A Editorials ISA Want Ad S-SB Financial IA Weather 2A Sport S-TA Women ZB ounded Feb 18 1891 Telephone 765-211 1 Columbia Saturday January 29 1966 2 Sections 22 Iapra Daily 10c: Snnday 20o TWU Leader Quill Dies In New York Led 12 Day Subway Strike NEW YORK (AP) Michael Quill the colorful Irish immigrant who tied New York City up for the first 12 days of the new year with an unprecedented dtywide transit strike died Friday He was 60 Quill emerged from the subway tunnels and the change booths SI years ago to help found the AFTrCIO Transport Workers Union which unionized to Mrs Quill: "Mike was a good and old friend My sincere sympathies go to you and all his fellow officers in the Transport The man on the street in New York displayed a mixed reaction to the effervescent Quill especially after the 12 days of transit tieup that snarled the city Recently Quill had been provided with a police bodyguard because of anonymous threats against his life And yet even bitterest foes found it (See QUILL 4-A Col 5) he TWU gained a modicum cf its demands at contract time and the former mayor kept the city free of subway tieup during his 12 years in office Wagner has denied however that there was any under-the-table dealings between his administration and Quill In Washington Secretary of Labor Willard Wlrtz said that Quill believed in human justice and he fought hard for what he believed in This is what we will George Meany president cf the AFL-CIO said in a telegram jhisgSMisi MICHAEL QUILL (Staff PMa ky eary Lwlwick) Filibuster Truce Plan Runs Amuck Dotted Line Indicates Property Sold the bus and subway employes He was the first and only president One of his personal physicians Dr William Weiss attributed death at his 15 72nd St home to an apparent heart attack It was the latest in series of cardiac blows that had eroded the union ample roly-poly frame but failed to put a rein to his tart tongue man had a bad cardiac Dr Weiss told newsmen second wife Shirley who served as his field aide after his hospitalization during the transit strike was described by Dr Weiss as and hard to Quill affected a blackthorn walking stick a thick as cream County Kerry brogue and a roguish disdain for any and all in places high or low whom he felt stood in the way of his economic desires Prior to the Jan 1 strike Quill loosed some of his choicest Bank Buys Jefferson get a five day wait before going through the meat grinder they reasoned Therefore the Senate could adjourn and come back next Thursday to pass the single plan bill The proposal looked good to the filibuster team and bad to several members of the majority forces who opposed the original 59-member plan Horry Sen James Stevens who staged a one man filibuster against the 59 member plan said he would block its resurrection because he fears the House might reverse itself and pass it Weary senators pleaded with Stevens to go along and insisted the House would kill it Enough support for compromise could not be drumed up Other opposition reportedly came from Laurens Sen William Dobbins Darlington Sen Mozingo and Ptich-land Sen Walter Bristow All three would wind up in multi-county districts with the old Senate plan while the conference plan leaves them alone Scott 63 a wizened Dillon to-baco farmer showed amazing stamina in his quest to beat rival 27 hour filibuster record But he unexpectedly gave up the floor after repeated expressions of concern from Senate colleagues The battle of words between the two senators has developed into a personal rivalry and one (See FILIBUSTER 4-A CoL 6) NEWS AT A GLANCE WORLD MOTT DISPUTE CONTINUES The Soviet-UJS dispute over the death of Newcomb Mott continued as body began its long journey home Friday night The Soviet news agency said Mott had taken pills that might have affected his behavior 84 MAY RUN FOR SENATE Postmaster General Lawrence is reported to be ready and willing to ran for the US Senate this year In his native Mamchusetta Most say he wiQ run only if he is endorsed by the State Democratic Convention J-A EEC IS SWAMPED The Equal Employment Commission charged with razing racial and sex bars to employment has handled more than 300 complaints in its first six months The anticipated budget for the commission was 2000 cases a year 3-A By PAUL CLANCY Governmental Affairs Staff A stubborn filibuster team gave ground Friday night and agreed to a proposal that would halt the nine day reaportion-ment filibuster But the plan ran into unexpectedly rough seas and sank out of sight Marion Sen Ralph Casque was up for his second time at bat He took over Friday at pm pinch hitting for exhausted Sen Roger Scott of Dillon Scott gave up after 24 hours about three hours short of breaking Gasque'i recent filibuster record suave Sen Bradley Morrah asked for a 30-minute recess during talk and members of both sides huddled in a committee room to try for a compromise how it would work: The Senate would pass both the 50 seat Conference Committee plan and the 59 seat plan passed by the Senate Both would be sent to the three-judge federal panel for scrutiny The double-barreled bill would almost certainly be chopped to ribbons in the House However it would give the waning filibuster team a way out and place the onus of Senate sabotage across the hail The filibuster ers would then agree to a vote Since the House would probably not go along with immediate consideration the bill would Its development obviously will cost much more Most of the property was bought from the Jefferson Hotel Corp and the Klondike Crap Dr Gilbert Hogan is president of both companies Klondike owns a building north of the Jefferson which houses the General Services Administration offices and an adjoining parking lot The Jefferson Hotel Corp has title to the hotel which includes the studios of WNOK-Radio-TV and adjacent lots The transaction was handled by Lane Taylor and Wolfe Columbia realtors Cantey said the acquisition of what believed to be one of the largest privately owned areas in downtown Columbia is solid evidence of our faith in our capital city and South BANK HOLDS OPTIONS He pointed out that CAS holds options on additional lots in the block Whether or not they will be exercised he said depends (See CAS 4-A CoL 1) The State House Listeners Need Sympathy The Governmental Affairs invectives on the new Republican mayor John Lindsay whose name he -deliberately mispronounced and whom he labeled a After the strike however Quill made conciliatory remarks toward Lindsay In a statement Lindsay said: death marks the end of an era He was a man who was very much a part of New York My sympathy goes to his wife and predecessor Robert Wagner the Democratic mayor win left office shortly before the strike got under way said: was a shock to hear the news of Mike death Despite the feet he was ill it is still a shock Although I had skirmishes and battles with him in labor negotiations he was always a man of his word He was a tough protagonist but personally a man of great good humor and a Wagner and Quill had been publicly pictured as having back door relationship whereby STATE The spotlight during the current Senate talkathon has centered on the filibusters They have drawn the headlines with their lengthy discourses Sympathy naturally folia on a man standing alone and without rest for hour after hour as fatigue consumes him By WILLIAM RONE Jr Governmental Affairs Editor One of the largest private property purchases in Columb history was concluded Friday when the Citizens and Southern National Bank bought the Jefferson Hotel and adjacent properties In announcing the purchase to the bank's stockholders at their annual meeting in Charleston Chairman of the Board Hugh Lane said hope within a year to be building one of the finest office complexes to be found in the Southeast on the Exhaustive studies have shown that this is the best location in Columbia for a major office said Wilis Cantey of Columbia president of CAS Reliable sources say that the projected structure will be considerably larger than any office building built or under construction in South Carolina He said detailed plans for the development of the proper will be announced later A large of the planned office tiding will house the headquarters of the statewide bank South Carolina's second largest The historic Jefferson oldest major hotel will continue in full operation for at least a year Cantey said After that the hotel will be torn down as CAS goes forward with its dans FRONTS FOUR STREETS The property about Vk acres in all fronts on four streets Main Laurel Assembly and Richland It includes the entire frontage on Main (3677 feet) except for 52 feet at the north end and all of the Laurel Street side (2709) feet except Arsenal Hill Presbyterian Church and small piece of land next to it Cantey said the cost of the property was excess of $1 Mammoth Blast Wrecks Two Boston Hotels 12 Killed Bond Loses Round Some of the sympathy should be saved for the listeners Filibusters of great duration are almost as hard on them as the speakers The reapportionment filibuster teams of nine to 10 senators under' Green DesChamps John Lindsay and Edward Leppard has shown remarkable stamina Under the most difficult circumstances they have ably maneuvered in what they think is a righteous cause the salvation of the small county But the Senate majority has suffered almost as much and labored almost as hard Its main job as days turned into nights and nights back into days was to keep a quorum 24 a majority of the 46-man body on the scene at all times Otherwise the filibusterers could move for adjournment and get a fresh start on another legislative day Such a development would end all chances of getting a plan to (See STATE 44 CoL 1) FURMAN AID SAID MUST The chairman of Furman board of trustees greeting a new two-year term this week said he felt the future of private colleges in South Carolina such as Furman will depend much on receiving federal assistance He said Furman could not afford to refuse federal grants and maintained there is no real separation of church and state 1-B GETS $23 MILLION The Appalachia Regional Commission his appropriated 323 million In additional funds to South Carolina for use In various projects Gov Robert McNair made the announcement Friday 16-B THURMOND READY TO TALK Sen Strom Thurmond R-SC is prepared to take the floor of the Senate in the continuing filibuster against repeal of state right-to-work laws The current Senate champion for continuous talking Sen Thurmond already has two marathon speeches prepared for nse in the tight against repeal of the Taft Hartley section 14-B 1-B JAPANESE TOUR US Two Japanese brothers on a three-year jaunt to visit 1000 American cities arrived in Aiken for the 212th atop of their auto tour Sons of a Tokyo businessman the brothers hope to conclude their tours of the selected cities with a visit to Washington DC and President Lyndon Johnson 1-B was quite an intensive Witnesses said flames came up through sewer openings and manhole covers for more than an hour after the explosion In addition to the reported dead officials at Massachusetts General Hospital said three of the patients from the fire were on the danger list The explosion sent flames whipping through the Plymouth and Paramount hotels next door to each other cm Boylston Street near Washington Street BOSTON (AP) A massive explosion and fire in downtown Boston on EYiday night wracked two hotels killed at least 12 persons and injured more than 50 others Firemen and police searched the wreckage more than three hours after the blast for other possible victims William Terrenzi district fire chief told The Associated Press bodies have been recovered We know whether there are any more in there or not But probably be here all Most of the bodies were recovered from a basement chamber under one of the hotels explosion lifted up the floor of a cocktail lounge and dumped it right down in Terenzi said A spokesman at Boston City Hospital said several of the bodies so badly charred it probably will take a good while to identify The district fire chief said there was no way of knowing what caused the explosion but SPORTS Hedy Lamarr Faces Shoplifting Charge ATLANTA Ga (AP) A three-judge federal court dismissed Friday the contention that Rep-elect Julian Bond a Negro was denied his seat in the Georgia House because of his rice But the court withheld a ruling on Bond's move for an order seating him nothing that would cause this court to give weight to the basic contention that he was denied his seat because he is a said Chief Judge Elbert Tuttle of the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals presiding over the paneL Seven other Negroes were sworn in as House members the day Bond was refused bis seat A basic and primary question is whether Bond could be convicted of sedition under the strongest law imaginable for what he said about UJ5 policy and the draft Tuttle remarked during arguments on suit Bond was barred by an overwhelming House vote on the opening day of the legislative session after his loyalty was challenged Bond 26 an Atlanta Democrat endorsed a statement by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee In the statement used in the House challenge the United States was labeled an aggressor and men were urged to seek alternatives to military service Bond said he admired the courage of draft-card burners but would not burn his own card GAMECOCKS MEET UVA South Carolina begins the second half of its season with an ACC game against Virginia In Columbia S-A TRIAL SET Judge Elmer Roller set March 5 as the date for the trial that will determine whether the Braves will play in Milwaukee or Atlanta 5-A BRAVES MOVE Atlanta Braves Manager Bobby Bragan said his club would sot move back to Milwaukee despite the ruling of a Wisconsin court S-A TIGERS NIP VIRGINIA Jim free throws with a minute and a half remaining gave Oemson a 7W9 Atlantic Coast Conference victory over Virginia Gary Helms scored 21 points as the Tigers evened their conference record at 3-3 5-A Gunter Aiken Mrs Sadie Brooks Chester Driggers Kingstree Mrs Zilla Hart Edgefield North Sr Columbia Mrs Lillian Rembert Orange burg Mrs Maggie Ellisor Columbia Mrs Lena Crosby Blair Flemings Ira Moore Cowpens Corbert Elliott Horry Co BIrs Simmons Allendale Bonnie Morgan Dillon BL Dabney Jr Kershaw BIrs Barefoot Duncan Mrs Kate Sires Aiken Black Belton A West Kershaw 0 Rhinehart Lexington BIrs Alice llunsinger Spartanburg Bln Harriett Watkins Cam den Joseph New Wagener (See page 124) ence Friday afternoon after her release A newsman asked her if die suffered from kleptomania a compulsion to steaL she replied never have been accused of doing anything like this before and have never done anything I never stole a thing in my went into the May Co bought a cuple of pairs of shoes and a coat paid for them then all of a sudden found myself arrested for shoplifting she said all a horrible misunderstanding I know what all about and sure the May Co she added She said she know how (See HEDY LAMARR 4-A Col5) LOS ANGELES Beauteous actress Hedy Lamarr arrested Thursday night and accused of shoplifting at a Wtishire Boulevard department store said Friday: was just a big misunderstanding willing to forget But the 51-yearold star who as an exotic screen siren was billed a quarter-century ago as the most beautiful woman in the world was formally charged Friday with stealing $86 worth of goods Police said she had checks worth $14000 in her purse when she was arrested in the store's parking lot Miss Lamarr looking calm and poised held a news confer- (AP) WOMEN AIDED BY DIMES MARCH Sonja Ann Jay is a busy four-year-old does everything she sees the other kids do or going to says her mother She is one of many children the March of Dimes Is trying to help via its birth defect program 2-B Actress Hedy Lamarr i.