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The Weather Tartly rlnudy and warmer. Scattered showers in afternoon. High, S.1; low, fifl. Wtatntr Detail rift Final City Edition FOR WANT ADS CALL EXpress 1-4700 no ot A ii a ir VOL 32 i0. 212 In Tlirrr Srrlinu MAY II, Telephone ATlanlir I -f 1 00 MVICINTS StVtN CINT1 In Allfqhtny County fltwkr Q) CT3 im A TAWS mm Dminw Iliiiuilrl at SI 0.000 Pa.AFI-CIO Three Fires Set in St.

Bernard 9s i in Three OK'cl, One Kayocd By Malone Walker, Flaherty, Fihrr Approved, nee Is Itlated n.v pat onfiii. S'(t Writer James F. Malone, president of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association, yesterday endorsed three Republican candidates and blasted a fourth in a preelection statement. Those who received Mr. Ma-lnne's endorsement were M.

Walker, seeking his third term as county commissioner; COP County Chairman Ed ward L. Flaherty, who is seek Soviet Demands Full Seating Of East Germany I'Vrnch I'mliti Win Mav allv 1 1 1 of Today's Opening Srssion If Kussia IVrsscs I'oinl OKNKVA, May 10 (AP)-Tlie Four fnrrijrn ministers' conference hit a suae; today hefore it even got started --when the Soviet. Union demanded that Communist Mast Ccnnany he hrotigjit in as a full participant. The Western powers rejected the demand. The dispute created some uncertainty about the) actual opening of the conference set for 2 :.) p.

m. a. in. Pittsburgh time) tomorrow. The issue will hn taken up again tomorrow before the scheduled first session.

Spokesmen said the Western powns regarded the; effort by Moscow to put the Kast Ccrmans in the center if the conference stage as a If I I mailer substance rather m. i property grows as Father Crowley and others watch. than a ineie procedural wrangle. They said it Involved lorni of recognition of the Red Fast lei man regime. There appeared to be tin chance that the West would back dow n.

Although (he Soviet movn brought a ciisls atmosphere, there was a growing expectation in the Wesiern camp that the Soviet side in the final analysis would not push Ihe sealing argument to a breaking point, West Could Walk Out Mehlnd ihe scenes move weie under way tonight settle the dispute and Informants said the first session probably he convened scheduled wlili the four powers aC the table. After hearing welcoming speech from United Nations. Secretary fleneral Dag llammatsl(oi, "(hey said, the ministers can gel flown lo delta ling die Russian demand. Air Show Cancellation Jumbles Crowds, Cars Tliousanils Lvavinn Silo Hun llrwl-On Into Stream of Arriving Spectator Picture on Pag 10. Chaos prevailed yesterday after the Air Force called off its aerial acrobatic demonstration at Greater Pittsburgh Airport.

Thousands on thousands of men, women and children who had been milling around the 22.r3rd Air Ha.se Plans To MerneHoii Cnion Battling I'or I'omt Thuaii Parent I nioit Order Itv MI A Mi M. p.tkt i.Ari't st (t (in WASHINGTON. May 11 Plans for a state-wide IVnnsylvania convention in mid-July to nierc tin-IVnnsylvania Federation of Labor and the Slate Council of Industrial Organizations appear today to he well on their way the window. The convention Is scheduled for July I I I at Philadelphia. The PI ami the Slate I'll) wen- mdcied by the paicnt API.

CIO to mcice IS mouths ago. bill so lar have gotten iiowlii'i all lioui'li an lici mcigiT convention was sched 1 1 led last November and then canceled. In only I wo stales, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, have the slate labor oranial ions failed to follow the mandate of the merged parent unions. Wide lilTeiencei Here In Pennsylvania, the fight Is not only over who shall he the dominant union in the merger, but over differences in expenditures on salaries and lees, as well as philosophy. Two top men from the of fice of President (leoie Meany of the AI'LCIO, Peter and R.

J. Thomas, have been laboring long jn Pennsylvania to help effect the merger. The labor may not all be lost, but Ihe fruit is lar from I ipe. Mec Strike Danger lied This time it is the stale CIO, under the direction of President Harry Mover, which has come up Willi a reason lor abandoning the July convention. The slate group feels a steel strike is pioliable, and, since the I 'nilcd Sleelwoi kei compi ise about 52 per cent of the slate CIO, the union would be in no position to ne-goliale a Inciter in July.

Mr. Mover icportedly wants the PFL to go alum; in a join! move calling on" the convention. President Joseph A. Mc-Donough of the PFL seems Just as willing to foigel about a inciter, but, since the stale CIO has the excuse, he wants Buyer's gioup to iiuliate Ihe move mi its own. Temporary postponement of the convention on such an excuse doesn't seeni unreason able.

Mut hat a luallv lies lie hind Ihe delay in the past and the probable delays in the in- (Continued on Pane 10, Col. I) lYcsidenl Minis l)a id Slfiv WASHINGTON, May 10 t.V) President Kisenhower re turned to the While House to night from a three-day week end in the Maryland mountains. Mr. Kisenhower drove through the. White House gales at p.

Pittsburgh lime. He made the tun from Camp David, near Thurnrmnt, in an hour and minutes. The distance is about tiO miles, much of it dual highway. The Piesident passed tip church this morning and spent a restful flay before making Ihe return trip to Washington. 2,000 AllPiuUng Mass as lUazo Breaks Out Additional picttim on Pagr tf.

Nearly 2,000 parishioners marched to safety from huge St. Bernard's Catholic 311 Washington Road, Mt. Lebanon, at 11:30 a. m. yesterday when three fires, apparently deliberately set, broke out in the basement.

Masses were In progress on two levels of the large stone structure when smoke began seeping upward around an organ at the front of the lower sanctuary where about 1.750 persons were in attendance. Later Minutes later the smoke rose to the upper level where about 250 persons were attending mass. "There wasn't a bit of panic," said an usher, Alfred F. Robson, of 93 Mt Lebanon Boulevard. "Fveryhody moved out nicely and easily." Ml.

Lebanon Assistant Fire Chief Sam Hasley estimated the damages would he "at least $10,000" and said there was no doubt in Ills mind it was deliberately set. "Fires were started in three places," Assistant Chief Has-ley said. "It must have been deliberate." Heaviest damage was in a locker and storage room just tinder the altar area of the lower sanctuary. Relow that room, in the children's library, firemen found a second blaze burning on a library table where hooks and papers had been piled on the table and set a fil e. Third Fire A third fire was found nut-side the library, where robes and vestments were burning as they hung on hooks along a wall.

St. Bernard's pastor, the Reverend Joseph L. Lonergan, after an inspection of the three fire areas with firemen, said he could not estimate the loss to the church of the materials stored in the storage room. (Continued on rage 8, Col. 6) Dulles Report Is Unchanged WASHINGTON.

May 10 The condition of former Secretary of Stale John Foster Dulles, ill with cancer and pneumonia, was reported unchanged today. State Department press officer Joseph Reap issued a brief statement saying: "There has been no significant change in Mr. Dulles' condition since 1he medical bulletin of yesterday." Mr. Reap reported yesterday that the 71 -year-old former secretary had contracted a mild pneumonia but had responded 1o antibiotics and his temperature was normal. "He is, however, somewhat weaker," Mr.

Reap added. 1 Mr. Dulles has been a patient at Waller Repd Army Medical Center most of the time since early February, when a hernia operation showed he was suffering a re-currance of cancer. ing the county commissioner-ship also, and C. Francis Fisher, who is one of threp Republicans running for district attorney.

Includes knprivcr In The candidate who received the rough side of Mr. Malone's temper was John V. Snee, who is running for district attorney. Farh party will nominate two county commissioners in the primary of May 19 and Ihe best three out of the four will win in November. Mr.

Malone said he would not have anything to say "at this time" concerning such other races as county treasurer where three Republicans are seeking the nomination. Other posts are uncontested. In the samp statement, Mr. Malone took time to praise Senator Frank Koprivpr, who also is seeking the county commissioner nomination. Mr.

Malone as head of the PMA is not a man to wound a state senator. Mr. Malnrie'n dislike for Mr. Snee at least four years old and goes hack to the race of IfllSS hen Mr. Snee supported Fdward C.

Boyle for district attorney against Malone. Mr. Boyle won the race by a narrow majority and Mr. Malone's career as district attorney was ended with one term." Mr. Malone's feeling about Mr.

Snee has had something to do with the wide open nature of this year's primary election. Silent on Others Yesterday his move to endorse Messrs. Walker, Flaherty and Fisher was an effort to create something in the nature of a slate. He also has endorsed Taul R. Reinhold for mayor, but has not made any commitments for other offices.

While Mr. Malone favored a closed primary in his statement for county commissioner and DA, his view was not (Continued on l'aje 8, Col. 3) I Escape Jail, 1 Surrenders FARMINGTO.V, May 10 t.D Desperado Billy Glenn IVewhouse walked into the sheriff's office here shortly before 3 p. m. and surrendered 9 hours after breaking out of the ancient, county jail with three other men.

The other three were still at. large. "I realized I'd made a mistake and just decided to come hark," Newhouse told Sheriff Clay H. Mullins. Newhouse said the three other prisoners who broke out of the 100-year-old jail with him separated and went their own ways.

Newhouse is scheduled to go on trial for first degree murder Thursday in the fatal shooting of his uncle a year ago. Inside Pilars Astrology 31 Bridge by Ooren 17 Child Behavior 20 Comics 3fi Deaths Dr. Crane 21 Editorials It Financial 29 (tood Health 19 Ohltiiarte KadioTV 37 Sports 21 2.V2(i-27'8 3t Theater 12-13 Want Ads 29-3031-33 Weather 9 Women's New. 1718-13-2021 uiiioiiij'iMiers Vie for Slale l)eHily Post (laslin, Out Tor Jul. Suliel ant to Ouil A scramble for appointment to the $13 per year post of state deputy secretary of Labor Industry now held by Joseph II.

Sabel has stalled among Pittsburgh union leaders, it was learned yesterday. Mr. Sabel, who was named lo the position last June by Inventor (leorge M. Leader, plans this week lo tin lu his icsigiialioii to William L. Mia It, Secretary of Labor, a nil Uovcinor Havid Lawrence.

Kcliiriilng lo I Ion Mr. Sabel, vv ho accepted I he post reluctantly and on a temporary basis, wants to re tin to his full lime duties as Financial secretary of Local I Food Kmployes I'nion, an affiliate of the AFL-CIl Amalgamated Meat Cutlers Butcher Woi kmi'ii of Antei a. An appatcnl front runner for Mr. Sabel's job is Pitts-burgh Deputy Fire Chief Joseph' P. Oislin, Willi 21 years service in the depai I mcnt ami eligible for pension retirement.

Has I iieineii Support Caslin, II, served for seven yeais as president of the AFL Pittsburgh Firelighters Local 1. The firelighters union of which aggressive Richard Richards is now president, last week sent a Idler to the Pitts-huigh Central Labor I'nion uiging it support Mr. Caslin for Ihe deputy secretary's job. The CLI I endorsement would carry weight in I larrisburg. Mr.

Caslin served as co-chairman of the CLC's Com mittee of Political Kducation in successful labor campaigns lo reelect Mr. Lawrence for mayor ot Pittsburgh in and as governor in 1958. Mr. Caslin was president of the firefighters' union for seven years before his appointment as deputy chief by Mr. Lawrence, then mayor, two years ago.

As a union leader (Continued on Page 8, Col. 1) At Ihe end made of the meeting, "decisions lor for Christ." The record crowd was about 10,000 more than Dr. (Iraham's previous biggest at Melbourne March 15. The (i Sy dney meetings totaled of whom made "Decisions for Christ." Dr. (Irahatn said after today's meeting: "This has been the greatest, month we have ever spent." Hundreds of teenage girls swarmed around Dr.

Graham's car as he left the showground and police were called to control i hem. Pile of charred church 6 Hospitals Slill Struck In New York Spread Threat Heard an Aides Perform Duties NEW YORK, May 10 dimmed today for an early settlement of a three- day-oH strike of housekeeping workers at six private hospitals hcrC. Major Robert 1'. Wagner recessed a long, angry session with union and management representatives early in the morning at City Hall. "The only thing I can say at this time," remarked Ihe weary mayor, "is that we explored a lot of areas." The lalks had gone on more than 12 hours.

Mr. Wagner said they would resume tomorrow. Patients Cheerful Meanwhile, hospital patients there are some 2,700 altogether continued cheerfully to accept the little inconveniences of the strike. I'ark Avenue society matrons and other volunteers moved into the hospital to help care for patients while orderly picket lines paraded outside. Doctors' wives and businessmen also pitched in.

The Retail Drug Employes Cnion called the strike Friday. The workers are striking for union recognition and higher wages. Spread Threatened The number of workers actually involved was disputed. Management, said about 1,051 workers are involved at Mount Sinai, Bronx, Beth David, Lenox Hill, Beth Israel and Brooklyn Jewish Hospitals. But the union put the figure at about.

3.800. A union spokesman said that unless the City Hall sessions produced a settlement the strike would be extended to other hospitals. Handrahan 1o open the safe. The clerk obeyed and after the gunman took the cash, he hit the youth on the head with the pistol. Handrahan, a Shaler High School student who lends the store on week-ends and at night, was treated for bruises at Pittsburgh Hospital and released.

Chief James Kielty, of O'Hara Township police, said Handrahan described his assailant as about 25 years old, unshaven, wearing sunglasses and a brown suit. The stolen cash represented the store's week-end receipts. Sunday Crash Filial Six SIIKLBYVILI.K, May 10 l.D -A 1 year old Korean orphan girl was one of six persons killed today in a rending highway crash as they drove homeward from church services. Two persons were injured. Five of the dead were in one of two cars which collided on a -clear stretch of U.

S. Route '121 five miles southeast of Shelbyville. Killed outright were Mrs. Mabel Stewart, -111; Mrs. I'eail Nance, 50; a Stephanie Jones, '1, all of Indianapolis; Mrs.

Dallas Johnson, of 217 Shawnee Terrace, Louisville, Kv and Robert Zinser, 18, Paul, Ind. The sixth victim, Mrs. Barbara Payne, 2li. Indianapolis, died in W. S.

Major Hospital here. The year-old girl was horn in Seoul, Korea, and had been adopted only last October by the Reverend and Mrs. James Jones of Indianapolis. rive Killed In Tornadoes OKLAHOMA CITY, May 10 Tornadoes spun through Kastern Oklahoma last night, killing five persons in Pontotoc County and injuring at least 12 others. Property damage was widespread but included mostly farm buildings.

Cabins at several fishing camps in the Crand Lake resort area north of Tulsa were destroyed. One man was reported drowned when a boat overturned on the lake but this could not be confirmed. The Weather Bureau confirmed that 10 tornadoes skipped about the state hut those in Pontotoc County carried a strong punch. The communities of Fiftstown, Stonewall and Frisco were hit hard est. The five deaths occurred at Frisco.

Comic Dictionary (OLD A respiratory ailment during which it is surprising how much good ad-vit-e we can along Group field, waiting for 1h wait mg four (faster- than sound) F-100 Super Sabre fighters to-, perform; headed in a mass lor two exits. On the way out Ihev encountered another stream of persons, ignorant of the ''an collation, coming in. Both groups got drenched to Ihe skin by thundershowers which let go at p. m. The Air force estimated lhat almost 50,000 persons turned out for the Open House which was the final weekend event in the big military tele-brat ion of the Bicentennial.

Many thousands of cars, driven by early arrivals, filled up the parking spaces on the base and from shortly after noon on, cars weie parked along both sides of the Parkway West leading to the Air Base entrance. hen the downpour started the line of parked cars extended one mile along each side. Two lanes of traffic heading to the airport was backed up for two miles. Between eight and len -thousand spectators crowded into hangars and other buildings during the thundershower and after it ended resumed their inspection of aircraft, tanks and missiles. The aerial demonstration was canceled at 2:10 p.

m. About four hours earlier one of the Thunderhirds crashed (Continued on Page 10, Col. 3) SVorlil Hank Scans Deepening Suez CAIRO, May 10 f.D- World Bank president Eugene Black arrived today from London for discussions with l-nited Arab Republic officials on a plan to widen and deepen the Sue, Canal. Reliable sources said Black will examine a possible loan to the U.A.R. for canal expansion.

It is estimated Ihe 10-year project 'would cost 270 million dollars. neljnunfs Kins' Fl vinix In I J. S. RRI'SSELS, May 10 P) -King Baudouin of Belgium left today aboard a Belgian airlines DC7 en route to Washington for a state visit. The king's plane is due at the United States Air Force base at Lang ley Field at 7:30 a.

m. local time Monday and in Washington at 11:30 a. m. The king will visit the United ahovtt 20 Sources close to the I rem Ii delei-iitloii said Ihaf If Soviet loreimi Minister Andrei A. (roinyKo Insisted on sen! in the Fust (ier maiiM nl the conference tiihle wilh the linm "(iei iiiun DeiniM i nlie ICepub-lie" placed with Hint of the HI if Four powers, It would bn hiunnl for the Western mi.

lions to walk out. 'lhat would suspend the liilks. The French sources did not explain how this might come about, but apparently they meant that the Western dele-galions would maintain Iheir lefusal lo accent the Commu nist (let mans as a full. Hedged delegation even if thii meant breaking up the lalks. American Assistant Secre-lary of Stale Andrew H.

Herding told reporters the Soviet government earlier had agreed in an exchange of diplomatic notes lo accept Ihe Western position that representatives of Fast and West I let many should have only advisory status at the conference, Kiilish More Hopeful Mr. Herding said the Fniled Stales Government would not want to see the conference break up on a procedural matter but he added: "This is more than a procedural matter. It is a matter of considerable substantive importance." The British took a similar stand bill they seemed to bm more hopeful thai the matter could he ironed out before (Im (Continued on I'agn 11, Col. 1) W7ilkiiislur 7 Safe oman Search for a missing 40-year-old Wilkinshurg woman was called off last night; after her husband notified police) she had been found at a friend's home only two blocks from her own home. The woman.

Mrs. Nancy Daum, of 1722 Maplewood Avenue, had been reported missing since about p. m. Saturday when she failed to re. turn home after a visit to a nephew, John R.

Harding, of 1 S13 Chislett Street, Squirrel Hill. Her disappearance had set off a wide search of the Brush-Ion and Wilkinshurg districts. Her husband, Robert Daum, said he knew of no reason for his wile's disappearance. In reporting she was found, Daum said only lhat she had been located at" the noma of a friend. 150,000 Aussies Sel Nov Graham Record KtuU (lrnailr in Total for 26 3h rlin Clerk Plays Samaritan; Beaten, Robbed of $966 Vox Chapel Ualy Kinploje Opens Store Karl) to Let I'se Telephone An 18-year-old dairy store clerk was beaten and his employers robbed of $6 when he played the good Samaritan yesterday to an armed gunman.

John Handrahan. of 801 Lincoln Avenue, Shaler Township, opened the door of the Isaly store in the Fox Chapel Shopping Center shortly after 8 a. m. for a man who said he wanted to use the phone because his car had broken down. When the stranger entered the store, which does not open until a.

he pulled a .32 caliber pistol and ordered SYDN'FV, Australia, May 10 l.Ti Rilly Crahani today addressed the biggest meeting he has ever had anywhere 150.0(10 people packed into two adjoining Sydney arenas. Hespiie cold, wet weather, SO, 000 crowded into Sydney showcround and 70.000 into Sydney cricket ground for the final services of (lie Kvange-list's month-long Sydney crusade. Dr. flraham first spoke for 10 minutes at. the cricket ground, then hut ied to the showground for his main address, which was broadcast to the cricket ground.

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