Pittsburgh Post-Gazette from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Page 17

T't buwjh it smjond section rumw octohek 2:, Laborer. 62, Sliol Daughter's Suilor Aulhorily Garages Ease Parking Problem And City's Finances Each of Five Xow Doing Nrar-Capacily ISusinrss on Wffk-Davs; 10-Yfar IMan Will Help Situat ion Outride Triangle In its first decade, the roiarii uf Hie rilU'uurgh Tublic Parking Authority has proved itself successful beyond doubt, both as a financial enterprise and as a means of casing the most critical parking needs of Couple 's Co ids Cured Bui Their $250 Took Turn for Ihe Worse Police Arrest Mine After Ittoom field Man and Wife Lose Life Saving To Friendly Woman They Met in Store A Eioomfieid couple toid police jt-hU-rJay they hau learned a new lesaon in how to cure a cold. As a result of the cure, nine persons were arrested. This is the story the couple told officers: Last Friday, Frank Chet ico, 60, and his wife, Grace, 6-12 Years for Slaying Victim's Kin Protest Li'1il Sentence "'Downtown Pittsburgh. 55, were shopping in a Bloom-.

Pupils Here Aliquippa Crash Takes Second Life Slcclworkcr, Woman Die In Two-Car Colliion A terrific head-on collision of two autos on the three-lane Aliquippa-MonaVa F.oulevard in West Aliquippa late Wednesday night claimed the life yesterday afternoon of its second victim. John Herman Brooks, 2S, of 526 River Avenue, West Aliquippa. was dead on arrival at Aliquippa Hospital shortly after the accident. The second victim was.Vts. Retty Peake, 26, of 323 Wykes Street, Aliquippa.

who died at 1:55 p. m. yesterday at the hospital. Hospital attaches said she had suffered a fractured skull and left leg and internal injuries. Aliquippa Police Chief Charles Sorok said Brooks a steelvvorker at the Jones I.aughlin Steel Corporation, was killed when he headed south, passed another auto and crashed into the car of Mrs.

Peake. Brooks' body was thrown across the highway into a water-filled ditch. The engine of his auto also was thrown clear of the wreckage. Mrs. Peake was en route to Monaca to pick up her husband.

Eugene, from his job there. Clear-cut evidence of this was presented yesterday in a (en-year report tracing the business experience of five off-street parking garages built and operated under jurisdiction of the Authority since its creation in August, 1957. All Five Successful Each of these garages "is prospering financially and handling cars close to optimum capacity on (he average week-day," states the report. i -A 1 ft I I I "'I I' -i 1 HA I if i ward Crowley found the alleged cold curer, identified as Bessie Ephraim, 60, at 5161 But lor Street. She was charged with larceny by trick.

Eight Others Held The detectives also found eight oiher persons at. the house and arrested them for investigation to see whether they were involved in this or similar larcenies. The others were Rosie Ephraim, 29. Peter Wasso, 22, Peter Ephraim, 43, John Ephraim, 10, and Miller J. Ephraim, 51, all of 5164 Butler Street.

George Evans. 35, of 4211 Penn Avenue, and Joseph Yonko, 35, and Peter 55. both of 35-16 Butler Street. The Cheriro couple identified Bessie Ephraim as the woman who had approached them. She denied taking their money, police said.

field market, when an elderly woman approached them. They Didn't I'eel flood "You don't look too good," they quoted her as saying. "Don't you feel good?" Matter of fact, thev didn't feel good. Both had bad colds. So she invited herself to their home at 60 Pearl Street where, she said, she could work a cuie.

Her cure was to take their savings of S250, tear the bills into shreds, roll the money up in a handkerchief and stick the wad under their pillow. After five days, she said, the colds would be gone. The colds were gone five days later but when they unwadded the handkerchief, only shreds of stage money was inside. Y'esterday afternoon, Detectives Iggie Borkowski and Ed (Sam) Trunzo, 62-year old Coraopolis laborer, was given a six-to-12 year prison sentence yesterday for thp 1051 shooting of his daughter's suitor. Trunzo was sentenced by Visiting Judge J.

Frank Graff, of Armstrong County, who fixed the crime at. second degree murder. The defendant had pleaded guilty and waived the right to be tried by a jury. Brothers Protest The verdict was received angrily in the courtroom by the three brothers of Trunzo's victim, John Dippolito, a Se-wickley mill r. They stormed up to the prosecutor, Assistant District Attorney Samuel Strauss, protesting that the defendant had been let off too lightly.

Just prior to that. Defense Attorney Louis Classo had urged Judge Graff to be more lenient. "My client's wife is dying of cancer. And considering his ago and heaith. I don't think he would survive the sen- Holding Own Against Flu More Alisenteeim At Public Schools Less in Parochial There was a slight iwroaso in public elementary school absenteeism yesterday, presumably traceable to the flu epidemic, but it was offset by a decrease in parochial school absenteeism.

Public schools reported about 7,000 elementary school youngsters absent yesterday, an increase of ROO from Wednesday, and 2,750 high school absentees, about the same as the preceding day. Parochial Attendance I Catholic schools, however, reported a five per cent in absenteeism if. dlo-cetan schools. About 10'X'i students stayed home from rity parochial schools; fi.fiOO from those in the count v. and 2100 from -the rest of ciincpse.

Teacher absenteeism in pub-Pe schools continued to drop. Closer pamination shows that between them the five, garaires are doing approximately worth of parking business a year, producing a profit for the authority as well as for the private operators who manage them I'noff it is expected that perhaps by 10, after two additional garages, soon to he elected, go into operation. Die authority will be rcalizi.ig a net annual revenue of SlOOioOA or more. Thus, the authority will be said Mr. Giasso.

anic to place neii on an even tenet-more solid financial fooling AA 1 Irnir -ir4ii ii, by u.sing thi money either to refiie outstanding construction bonds at a faster rate or to finance new parking projects, especially in secondary business districts. Also at North Hills Judge's Position "Such hardships aVTse in practically every case of this sort." said Judge Graff. "I have given the defendant Ihe benefit of the doubt, that he did not intend to kill. And I take into account the stress of emotion was under when he committed this act. I have, in a sense, given him a voluntary manslaughter sentence.

Looking 10 Years Ahead For the next ten years, the authority anticipates that its major work may follow these main lines; 1. To maintain a "healthy 1 1 cannot be more lenient." balance' in the supplv and de Pogt-GUFP'fe Phto. Trunzo (right) with Deputy Sheriff Tim Toomey. Dare of Girl 3, Strands 'Mountain Cliniheiy 4 Four-year-old Jimmy Thomp-1 ered with mud, scrambled son made his first ambitious down the hill and toid neigh-effort at mountain climbing bors of his plight, yesterday then nad to be patrolmen William Seibert rescued by police after he had I and George Burchlaw climbed reached the top of a steep hill-1 thp hj. anci brought Jimmy side back of his home.

rlnwn MIPiv. The steep hill Ls mand for parking spaces throughout the citv. Only 110 teachers were out psterdav as compared to 1t1 on Wednesday and 161 on Tuesdav. Meanwhile, Asian flu continued to rage in the eastern part of the state, and latest figures show 66 person have died in Pennsylvania as a result, of the virus. More Die at Penlmrst Two morp deaths at the Pennhurst State School for the Mentallv Retarded, in Chester y.

yps'erday brought the death toll there to 15 since the outbreak of the current flu epidemic. Twenty others there lemain ill. two of them critically. Philadelphia listed 22.000 new flu cases yesterday, Special Purchase! BOY COATS preferred by girls big savings for mothers $25 Mr. Strauss concurred with the judge.

"If we go by the book, this is first degree murder. I think the court has been most merciful." The prosecution had stated its case on Wednesday. Yesterday the defense summed up its side quite quickly. Trunzo and his daughter, Car-mela. 26.

werp the only witnesses and their testimony consumed only twenty 2. To proide adequate- off-street parking facilities for the Oakland, East Liberty, Northside, Squirrel- I'iil, Southside, Homewood, Car-rick, Hazelwood, Brookline, Shadyside and other such shopping districts. The first neighborhood lot was established recently In Last back of an apartment building Accepting a dare of a little playmate. Peggy Ann Eadie. 3.

Jimmy started up the rocky hillside about 10:30 a. with Peggy Ann following but only part of the way. But after he reached the top, Jimmy was appalled at the descent. Peggy Ann, cov- at 1604 Sandusky Court. Northside.

where both children live. 4 "My pal dared me, so I climbed up," Jimmy explained to neighbois after he was brought down. Neither child was hurt by the escapade. so mostlv among adults, but an far has not reported deaths as flu-connected. In contrast.

New York City heaith authorities reported 40 that city new flu deaths in total to iX. bringing the city A mother's delight at such a lirtle prite! Warm, blend of fleecy wool and cashmere ith a warm interlining to keep girls snug from throat to hemline. Girls? They'll love the wonderful ca.sual look in light grey or camel color. 7 to 14. piil Purchased Bullets Trunzo said he went to the victim's home to seek Car-rnela, who had been missing from home for three days, lie admitted purchasing bullets for his revolver on February 21, 1051.

the night before the murder. "I took a gun because I was scared." said Trunzo. "I am 60. he is 40. When I go up to Johnny, he grabs me by the neck.

I shoot him and" run away." Dippolito's body, sprawled on the front porch of his home, was discovered the next morning by two schoolboys. Trunzo 3. To possibly establish fringe parking lots around the Downtown business district for ail-day parkers those who wot in the Trangle. At present, the authorfty Is preparing to proceed with construction of two more Downtown garages one at Si.xth Street and Fort Duquesne Boulevard and the other at Ninth Street and Penn Avenue. A 170-car surface lot now is in operation at the latter site.

These two will increase-the authority's total car spaces Downtown to 5.170, scattered among convenient locations for shopping purposes, and will be the last public parking structures to be built within the Triangle unless a new de- If Also North Hills and the New York State total to more than 100. Quake Kcconlrd Al Wayncsburg An earthquake about miles away was recorded" at 5:50 p. m- yesterday by the seismograph at Wavpesburg College', according to Professor James Schroyer. Professor Schroyer. who is In charge of the college's re Girls' Fa.hion.t, Sixth Floor cording device, said me o.ihm liivlmand shows itself.

anncared 10 be in the vicin ti i 1 i fun c-. was arrested immediately but was released because of insuf- ficient evidence. He was re-arrested in May of this year and confessed. Carmela testified ihat she had bei'n urged to leave home by Dippolito on the promise that he would get a divorce and marry her. thp hanolie i.siainis un spaces ol British Columbia.

The fne garages now in seiiie have an of slightly more than 3. P00 spaces which, throueh regular turn-oxer, accommodate a total of nearly 8.000 cars on each average week-day. With application of self-parking systems in four of the five garages, the trend of usage has been steadily ascending. Halloween Parade Summit Post 7000 Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Businessmen and Merchants of Trov Hill will hold their annual Halloween Parade Thursday, October 31st, forming at 7 m. at Crowley Recreational Center at 7 and starting at 7:30 p.

m. "Did he treat you well?" asked Attorney Giasso. "Yes. sir," she answered. "You're really the cause of all this aren't you?" said Mr.

Strauss. "Yes," she replied. "I am." 1 y.HtWfl Penns) Train Suicide Identified by Father Furloujilml CI Was Due Hack At Fort Eustis on October 30 Pennsylvania Railroad officials last night identified the man who shot himself aboard the Red Arrow Express as Donald Dunaj, 24, of 264 Main Street, Lawrenceville. Dunaj, a soldier on furlough from Fort Eustis, Birders Averse To Being Shot nttshurgh birders are taking no chances of being mistaken and shot as game birds during hunting season. (A birder is a member of the Audubon Society ho studies birds In thpir natural habitat.) Just to be safe, members of the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania will do their birding during the hunting season In the part of Racoon State Park in which hunting is prohibited.

Joseph Lester will lead the group, which will meet at 1:30 p. m. tomorrow at the main entrance of the park. was found dead, a Zl caliber and through members of Dun- Ija's family. rifle beside him, in a washroom on the train about 2:25 a.

m. Wednesday. MISSES' SKIRTS The body was identified last night by his father, Joseph. The identity was traced, police said, through laundry marks on the victim's clothing inspire a casual uanlrobe al terrific tarings in nu kJ kJ tnE I THE SHORTER ONE or THE TWELVE' 2 1 ha 28 The family told railroad police they found a receipt for a rifle from a sporting goods store. The receipt contained the same rifle serial number as that found on the.

gun on the Dunaj, members of his family told railroad officials, had been on a furlough scheduled to end October 30. He was found as the train neared Altoona in a washroom off the smoking compartment of one of the cars. The train had left Pittsburgh at 12:55 a. m. for Washington.

When another passenger reported seeing a trickle of blood under the washroom door, the conductor tried to get in but found the door locked. Taking off the door's hinges, the conductor found the body, with the 22 caliber rifle without a stock beside it. The man was laken to Tyrone Hospital and passengers were questioned at Harrisburg. None of the passengers remembered hearing a shot or seeing the man. Officers said he had apparently carried the rifle on the train under a grey overcoat which he wore over a sports shirt and slacks.

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