Shamokin News-Dispatch from Shamokin, Pennsylvania • Page 1

BEADING, PA. iamekim News-Dispatch Good Evening Paralyzing blizzard caught not only state but all of East ern Seaboard off guard. Weather Cloudy, colder, snow flurries tonight. Low 5 to 10. Tuesday, sunny and cold.

VOL. NO, 72 SERVED BY UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL SHAMOKIN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 196012 PAGES CIRCULATION AUDITED BY ABC PRICE: SEVEN CENTS Tin. Ifeiidl Names Dean Gfusb Sdta State Stevenson Accents Position as U.S. Holy War Threatened In Algeria Ambassador to UN I i 14 Inches of Snow Death Toll Climbs Steadily; cfe Gaullt Cuts Day Off Visit, ALGIERS, Algeria (UPI) Moslem rioters a holy war against the French tried today to storm the center of Algiers, but "were driven back with casualties. Heavy fighting spread to the Casbah.

Blizzard Paralyzes Eastern Seaboard NEW YORK (UPI) A bliz-' most private schools and col- zard packing winds of 3o miles leges in New York City and zara pacmng wwas oi miies vi an nour blanketed the' eastern some upstate New York areas The government clamped down states with up, to 14 inches of, and in New Jersey and Pennsvl- strict censorship but it appear ed the death toll In four days of fighting was approaching the 100 mark in the worst rioting Algeria snow today, disrupting transporta- vania. tion schools, state offices and Delayed the opening- of the stock exchanges and taking a ns-1 New York and American stock ing toll of lives. exchanges, caused1 suspension of ta i transactions at the New York St the the daily Treasury statement frcm State Christian Herter and two Produce in i other Cabinet ministers from lea v. nceiea. ing for Europe to attend a NATo! ICIosedjhe New Jersey state council meeting.

House at Trenton. N-D has known. More than 1,500 per- sons were Injured. The situation was so grave 'president Charles de Gaulle cut short by one day the Algerian visit which touched off the rioting. The situation was made even tense when Moslem rebel "Premier" Ferhat Abbas, in Tunis, rejected de Gaulle's plans for a semi-independent Algeria.

The French military authorities disclosed the death toll was climbing steadily higher but blacked -out many details of the fighting in which veiled Arab women Bowles Appointed Undersecretary of State on Cabinet PALM BEACH, Fla. UPI; President-elect John F. Kennedy today announced the appointment of Dean Rusk, as secretary of state. Kennedy also announced that Adlai E. Stevenson had accepted Kennedy's offer of appointment as U.

S. ambassador to trn United Nations. The President-elect also announced the selection of Representative Chester Bowles, as undersecrptary of state. Rusk, 51-year-old native of Cherokee. Countvf is now president of the Rockefeller Foun-, ration and sp-red during the Truman administration as as-ktant secretary of state for Far East affairs.

Stevenson, former governor of Illinois, was the Democratic candidate in 1952 1956. Bowles is a former' ambassador to India. Choice Long Awaited Kpnnedy announced his long-anaited selection of a secreta-y of state in a tronical patio of his ocean-front villa here. Rusk was at his side, having arrived here Sunday night. Before the apDointments were made public both Kennedy anJ Rusk conferred by telephone with Stevenson who was offered te U.N.

post last week, but deferred acceptance until he kne-v the identity of the secretary of state. Kennedy was hiah fn his praise of the three aopointees and spoke briefly of bis hopes for American forein "Mv hope in the coming years is that the foreisn policy Of the Unitd States will be Hentifpd New York, Newark, Philadel- -usea me Huason 'UOes of phia, Hertford and Boston were the Hudson and Manhattan Rail-the hardest hit cities in the storm road connecting New Jersey and Harry Deitz, News-Dispatch reporter-photographer, on Sunbury Street, between Market and Eighth. WINTER SPREADS ITS WHITE MANTLE This unusual photograph of the season's first heavy snowfall was taken last night by area which stretched from the New York Trailways Bus Lines halted op erations from New England to Washington even to the point of Snowstorm Howls 11 -Inch Snowfall Closes District of Columbia to the Canadian border along the Atlantic Coast and west to Ohio. The blizzard started early Sunday' afternoon and wa? expected to last. 24 hours with a snowfall approach ordering buses already out to halt at the next station.

Greyhound issued similar directives. ing 18 inches in some sections. The- New York Sanitation De- Most of Schools in Area By 10:00 a.m.. EST, the storm partment marshaled a force of Hazardous Storm Conditions Cause 2 Auto Accidents Damage in Crashes Estimated at $1 ,400 Two accidents which resulted in Into Slate; Winds Pile Up Big Drifts Schools Closed; had surpassed the 14-inch fall re 7,000 men from snowfighting operations and more help was order-Turn to Pope 2, Col 5 shouting "jihad" (holy war) led their men into wild demonstrations. Reliable sources said seven persons were killed in a new of fighting in the Cas-; bah; the mysterious native tor overlooking Algiers harbor an area of (jirty crooked streets bitter resentment against the French.

Winter's fury struck early in corded last March 4-5 in New York, making it the worst eastern storm of 1960. Up to the hour, four deaths attributed to the blizzard were reported, two from New York and two from Pennsylvania. Shamokin area yesterday, leaving 11 inches of snow and causing treacherous driving work will be centered on school routes. Commissioner Venn said plowing will not be started on secondary streets until the main routes are in good condition. Young Motorist Traffic Hamstrung Officials of the Edward's Lakes Streets in Shamokin and Coal l' ntfe a t'iess international A storm from the southwest left But the blizzard was more ef- The office of French command Township were hazardous as ao Sea Bus Company reported property damage estimated at ifective anv storm in recent of ice and snow this morning all buses operating $1,400 were Warned on hazardous years i virtually paralyzing nor- Faces Action in Hit-and-Run Case Pennsylvania under a blanket of er-in-chief General Jean Crepin bodies of snow from border to border to- announced the mal activity.

The Texas born driving conditions during the height of a 11-inch snow fall stranded many motorists en on schedule. Buses of the Sham route to work and school. okin-Trevorton Bus Line Com 3 Sunbury Youths Given Sentences For Burclaries County Court Term Opens on Schedule nrn-Frenrh" Moslems had a disrupting transportation pral" storm was accompanied by gusts For. many persons who enjoy a discovered in the Belcoutfnd shutting down schools in at -working class district of Algiers, east tnree central counties. 4flJ.be, jsteadUy of Vnrli pany were on schedule this moraing, also.

..4. t. Local not to drive unless it is itiuic ui lott.tcsa VHC OVUt III which blanketed the region yes- ranging rom 50 t0 73 miles per terday morning. ihour and it piled up drifts meas- "Tti'6'two collisions, both of which uring as deep as four feet, occurred between Shamokin and Most major airports in the Mount Carmel, were among foui coastal areas were closed down came two Weeks to the day "early. Starting as' a seemingly light v'iAf Local Residence 7.

i A 20-year-old motorist faces charges of hit-and-run stemming neJessarjr. Mortorists'were urg- toll. i jiw i most cnppung snowstorms. De Gaulle himself spent the AH schools were closed and riht at ouie and was con-1 transportation was hamstrung. snow shortly, before noon yesterday, the storm gathered intensity ed to use tire chains if they had investigated on the weekend by and a number of major highways In tho minile tf fha nonnla nf tfia Although jurors selected for 9C 9 nni.w nt Jerrinwith French military au- The PTC was unable to operate and reached a depth of about 6 officers of the local state police were littered with abandoned cars sub-station.

Two persons were Train and New York Citv subwav from an auto accident in which the December term of Northum-! mprpi hut I. to use their cars. appreciative of the first, major snowfall of the winter were the youngsters who were slightly injured in one of the. schedules were curtailed, and bus berland County criminal court f0P freedom toriUes'to win their support for lor trolley lines. Most his nlan for a referendum that 7 wre Mocked by would permit the predominantly a a automobiles and Moslem Algerians to determine heavy drifts.

Traffic such as it was tidsiies. aim tdi auig was nem 10 a were not required to report tnis Kennedy, with Rusk In em- assembling on hillsides yesterday o''atic agreement, said the goali 100 mila M-act I A auernoon io enjoy coasting ana muc i uajuuu uu uue na i-, weamer, me court term was ooen- Pr American tn-man nniw umnM nu'ikoW tn.tr- crawled at a snail's pace. skiing. of Kuipmont occurred at 1:30 this ford, at 3:00 a. stiU ed as scheduled for the purpose of he frPPrfnm and th nnr.

a thic mAmintr I 1 this morning. inches until nightfall, canceling church services in many sections of the community. Snow continued through night and this morning, causing many school districts to cancel sessions. Shamokin Area Joint schools remained open. School officials reported that pupils from East Cameron and Shamokin Township were able to reach Shamo At least three deaths were at The snowfall will be a sales morning and caused 11,000 in was missing late greeted warmly bv the Moslems i.cm nig picas aim unpos-jSUjt 0f a just jjfg a parked car was damaged early Saturday evening.

Chief of Police George Haddock said today the hit-and-run crash was one of three investigated in the city on the weekend. Only one of the accidents was attributed to hazardous driving conditions resulting from the heavy accumulation of snow. Ronald J. Bielski, 20, of 45 South Seventh Street, was identified by police as' the driver of stimulant for city merchants who damage to vehicles involved and other effects of the East's first handle sleds and snow shovels iJZZLlS irt df h3Ve! lJS ne de-rtZ cided on Rusk "after a long and radio announcements rela'ive to K--- i iiigm injury iwu uixupaius ui widespread preview of winter one of the cars. I were: Police said Stanley Sungaile, 27, -Closed all public schools and of 301 South Poplar Street, Mount The advent of real winter weather is expected to boost sales of outerwear for men and women.

and booed by hostile French settlers. Sundav at Tizi Ouznu, SO west of Algiers, de Gaulle mingled with the Moslem crowds while his security guards sweated in an icy rain. whether thejrwill be required toifn mfl tw ho tVlo man Carmel, complained of a chest tributed to the storm in the Keystone State. The winter wonderland delighted children, but grown-ups faced hazardous driving conditions and other inconveniences resulting from the wind-whipped snow, Pennsylvania Turnpike was snow and ice-covered along its entire length, but was open to Turn to Page 2, Col. 6 mm Shoe merchants will have a pro report at the court house tomor bruise, while Edward James, 25, i VfnnAnfr A If An fn kin this morning.

Reports showed attendance was normal. Today the rebels who liave a car which struck a parked se JIUUGIIIJHJtVGU IV of 340 South Poplar Street, also of i Officials of Coal Township been battling the French army dan owned by Leon Karpinski, 120 South Pearl Street. The ac School District were the first to for more than six years claim motional tool also for protective footwear of all types. Local service stations yesterday were the busiest places in the area. Scorn of motorists, caught without tire chains, bought sets yesterday as indications Mount Carmel, received a laceration of the scalp.

Both said they would receive treatment from a doctor. Contribute Food ed de Gaulle had failed. Abbas tum to Page 2, Col. I row morning. Three Sunbury youths, of a eroup of seven who pleaded guilty last week to a series of burglaries and larcenies in the Sunbury area, aopeared before Jude William I.

Troutman this morn-, in" for sentencing. The other four youths were for the office." Kennedy met P.urk for the first tlrr.c only last week, but he was deeply familiar with the background of his Csh). nt sp'ection. Rusk was recommended to Kennedy bv some of the current key officers of the State Department. Kennedy said that after jie, Turn to Page 2, Col.

3 issued a statement saying France tad "lost the contest" in Algeria and demanded the French army withdraw before there is any Trooper John Nodich, who in-1 Lieutenant James Dancer, com-vestigated, said Sungaile was manding officer of the Shamokin driving toward Kuipmont when Salvation Army Corps, today re- were that the storm "meant! his car skidded on the snow-cov-1 minded parents and students that cancel class sessions when it became evident the downfall would be heavy. Announcement of the suspension of classes was made last night by George Conbeer, district superintendent. Other schools throughout the area which are closed today include Our Lady of Lourdes, Ralpho Kuipmont, Mount Carmel and Trevorton. St. Edward's grade school and St Anthony's school, Ranshaw, are ered hiehwav and crashed head- rannerf ennds for an annual i sentenced immediately after U.S.

Marshals Escort Handful Of White Children to School NEW ORLEANS (UPI Federal marshals brought a handful of white children to a school surrounded by police today to begin the on into a vehicle operated by Christmas cheer program should pleading guilty last week. referendum. De Gaulle has demanded that any referendum be held under protection of the French army Turn to Page 2, Col. 2 business." One service station operator said he sold out of tire chains. Another sold out of the standard sizes.

Service stations and garages were busy checking radiators and installing chains until late last night. Many out-of-town motorists drove into local service stations to have chains mounted in order to continue their journeys. Howard Wolfe, 35, of Shamokin be taken to schools of the area Lster W. Marshall, 18, D. '1.

No one in Wolfe's car on Thursday of this week. Sunbury, who pleaded gui'ty to was injured. The commanding officer said six counts of larceny) Another accident blamed on students originally were to re- and attempted burglary, was hazardous conditions occurred ap-' reive pamphlets today urging sentenced to six to 22 months in nrnYimatplv nnp hnnr parlipr nn fVio nnnrfc tnr tYia Kalva. tha nnimtv loil anA nrAnroA fn! City Woman, Girl Injured in Falls fourth week of integrated classes. the only parochial schools open.

Police restrictions were even I limb UUUO I v. 1Mb U. nv vuun.J ju.i w.au i Closed were schools of St. Stanis tougher today around William Frantz Elementary School after Schedule Listed laus, St. Mary's, St.

Stephen's, St. Joseph's, and Ukrainian Churches. authorities during the weekend Arms Into Laos Koute 122, east of Kuipmont. tars uon Army's program to help pay the costs of prosecution and involved, police said, were driven needy families be taken to make restitution, by Fred Bowers, 22. of 603 schools on Wednesday.

Donald 19, Sunburv, Center strpet, Shamokin. and Cle-1 The change to Thursday was was sentenced to 11 to 22 months ment T. Cooper, 20 South Tenth listed because of suspension of on seven caws, six Street, Kuipmont. class sessions today. Most schools counts of a-nl larceny According to police.

Cooper had are closed because of the heavy an(j 0ne for violation of f-e Un-halted his car on the highway and accumulation of snow. form Act. Ha was al- City workmen began plowing Voter Registration Begun at County Seat Northumberland County's voter registration office has begun ac operations early this morning and will continue work on the main VIENTIANE; Laos (UPI) centing new registrations, "Thorn ic a nnccihilitv that 1 was attempting to pusn a aisaoiej A schedule for distribution of promised not to tolerate open Oovemmen' surplus food in the lawlessness, liamokin area was announced to- For the past several days heck-jay jlers have been held beyond barri- Di'stribution will begin on Wed-, fades a block from the school, nesday of this week in Trevorton: Today police made reporters stay and the Herndon areas. at the front of the school while Food wiV. be issued to eligible marshals brought the eijht recipients of the Trevorton area white children and one Negro in the fire company hall, from child in the rear.

9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m., and fori Legislative threats, property Impntnff natp fnr npw pnctra. 1 nU Joan streets throughout the day. Cindering was started yesterday, but this projacf was discontinued when snow continued to fall. Cindering will be resumed after all Laotian paratroop leader Captain Kong Le announced today he was integrating Communist troops into his garrison command, and the Russians began airlifting arms and ammunition to the Two persons, one a 12-year-oJc girl and the other a 61-year-o'd woman, are under treatment in Shamokin Hospital for injuries received in falls.

Only one of the was attributed to conditions resulting from the heavy downfa'I of snow. i Donna Zimmerman, 12, of 37 South Sixth Street, was taken to the hospital yesterday afternoon whence fell on an ice and snow-covered pavement near her home. Doctors said the young girl has a possible fracture of the knee. He- condition is listed as fair. Falling down a flight of steps.

Mrs. Verna Weaver, 61, of 509 East Sunbury S'reet, was injured i i mai uv in uct: some oi me scnoois win oe ciosea 1 re'ti'ution t.ons was last Thursday snow. Bowers was traveling east tomorrow," Lieutenant Dancer Brian Mathers. 20. Sunbu-y.

The office, located the court on the highway when his machine cajd. -jf ciasses are suspended wbo euiltv to four counts house annex, will be open week-! struck the Cooper car. tomorrow. will not be able to "7 1.. streets are plowed "neutralist" government.

In Coal Township, workmen be- days from 9:00 a. m. until No injuries were reported by distribute pamphlets until Wed-! tn from' rri 1 1 i rr i I ine aoumeasi Asia i reaiy ur-: ean piowjng night, according i. tu. 1 -J auu un oaiuiuaya iin nwi nu neuay i are reminains resi residents of the Herndon area at; destruction and economic repns- (SFATO) fVninpil nf The officer sa'd Cooper's car was rfpnts throurii this method that.

vv 9:00 a. m. until noon. to Daniel Venn, street commis Wilhour's Garage, Mandata, from als lat week dropppd attendance representatives convened an In addition to new registrations. 'damaged to the extent of $200.

canned (or the Christmas I fold the youths from 24 at midweek to nine on noon until 1:30 P.m emergency meeting in Bangko't icm.Mmis. niu id nidi cneer program snouia oe sent 10 v. Qsn-in lpnipnrv in im pqtimatprf at thp samp amniint lu -n nas snoring leniency in im sioner: Workmen are keeping abreast of conditions today and are clearing main thoroughfares and bus routes first, after which vi pi i ciiiiuaiiim aim wiiaucj IIW Idtci llldll lllulUdy today to discuss the serious sit-Turn to Poge 3, Col. 3 of address. I Turn to Pos 2.

Col I I of this week. tating he could have sentenced i lt nem to tne peniienua-j on na(jon ,0 determine extent 0f the in Kuipmont will be Thursday, from 9:00 a.m. un-til noon in Kuipmont City Hall, and the sama day, from 1:00 until 2:30 p.m., In Marion Heights Fire Company hall. Distribution for residents of Shamokin will be Wednesday, December 21, in the city warehouse, from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.

Friday. Oncp again, no white students attended McDonogh 19 school, where three Negro girls were the only students. Federal marshals began escorting white students into Frantz on Fridav. after an avalanche of thrpat's befell the persons who had been taking them to school. injuries.

Anthracite Industry Optimistic UMW Suggests Program to Curb Joblessness terms, ine jurist sara ne iwm into consideration the fact that the vouths were in no p-evious troublp aid because of their ages. TV three yonths were rep-respntpd by counsI. Another delav in the sentenc-Turn to Poge 2. Col 4 Coal Township recipients will Sunday night the State House of Five-Day Forecast Eastern Pennsylvania: Temper atures are expected to average near normal. Cold Tuesday and Wednesday with warming trend rest of week.

Precipitation may total one-tenth inch or lest ec curring mostly a rain about receive their commodities res0Ved to stopj "The Anthracite industry looks! "As a result, hard pressed The exodus to "mon? convenient" region, little success has been day, uecemoer in onamwm pavchecks to teachers at the two to the future with confidence, local and state governments, as fuels has had a much greater im City from 9:00 a.m. schooIs. the city school Thomas Kennpdy. Hazleton. pres- well as business and civic groups, pact on Anthracite than on bitu Until 3:00 p.m.

board immediately assured the ident of the United Mine offer much inducement tominous which has a more diver Arca Redevelopment Keeds The extreme economic turmoil in the coal industry has resulted in pockets of chronic and persistent unemployment. Entire achieved in arresting the economic degeneration taking place. Natur of Unemployment Snow Removal Will Be Started on 3 Streets au registered recipients are re-it pachp, he naiH De-'ers of America, declared today bring in needed industry. Ken-ismed market spectrum. "Before progressing into a ser- quired to apply in person for their commodities and to have contain cembcr 23 despite the segrega- before a committee of the nedy said.

"Only a transfusion "Because of the chemical con tionist-led Leeislature. House of Representatives Com of outside aid and 'or revitaliza- tent of Anthracite, it is not suit Pifv wnrkmpn will beein snowi ious studv of unemployment in, counties have been rendered al-coai fields, one fact must be most dest it ute by shifting job pat- removal ooprations on three of Western Pennsylvania: Temper. ers. Governor Jimmie Davis called mittee on Education and Labor, tion of the coal industry can pre- able for many chemical proe- iprns in nron em is eviaeni the main thoroughfares at mid- will average three to five for a new special legislative Washington, D. vent complete economic collapse.

esses. Further, because of the "r--Tl lin every coal oroducins state in The full text of Kennedy's depressed state of the industry. Itha r.irtrr nirht tonight. degrees above normal. Cold Toes- Independence Street.

Market followed by rising tempera- Traffic Score sion the third in succession to At the same time, Kennedy beein December 17. Davis eave pointed out the U.M.W.A. has mmpn our ni uhtk arp nini-r en- statement, presented to the com- it cjmnot encase in diverse re- 'It is evident to us that drastic izens with homes, relatives, and Street and Shamokin Street. res remainder of the week. Pre- tUm In.im.L.ii.

Ia in. mmmmiinniul a Hntai'lvl nrA. mitt unHor th titlo nf "In. Qparrh nr-tivitipc to PX nic ia ia -vi i auu uui, ir 1 1 iiwiniiuiiii.u a i.i,tii.iu crease the state's sales tax from vram to help soh the problems i employment and the Impact of pand its market potential. dsfp attachments to the aetlon must be taken if complete frQm Sunbun, t0 CIav w.jn be eipitation will average ene-tenth 1 unity.

Tims may be hard, money to, ne cleaned i t. Amos Miller. I two-tenths inch melted at snow scarce, but the miner is apt of lhese unem.ploy"; street commissioner, announced "rries early period and rain 179 two to three cents on the dollar of chronic preva'- Automation, follows: "The Anthracite industry em i Accidents Injured n-lled i i Mining of Anthracite is usual- ployed loo.noo men during tne, p' io iuei mr cum in we dim-in-, in in uic iid'u udi it-nni auu ment pools are a constant threat 11 southern portion of area late in today. Council men asked for co to the well-being of our nation. ly an expensive operation.

The 1930s. In 1959, employment had wan at nome iot a owi-r wy. hardness of the coal and the posi- 'dropped to about 20.000 men. The, We are of the opinion that the period. elsewhere in the I'nited States.

The union chieftain stated lay tegration fight. Davis was elected this year after promising voters Louisiana after promising voters Louisiana "The repercussions of major tion of the seams makes median-1 Anthracite region is experionc- principal attack on coal unem uon oi ine seams manes mecnan- amnraciie repou is rsutTK-nr-j offs in the coal industry cause oils in ine coal industry cause operation of local motorists, requesting them to remove their cars from the three streets by midnight. dislocations in production distrib- would have no integration and no economy to deteriorate, thereby lizcd mining difficult. Consequent- ing an economic depression un- ployment should be airecied at consumption "of "coal Temperature (This box score on traffic acd dents shows the totals from January I for the area covered by Shamokin State Police and fig ures on accidents probed by mu nicipal police oi Coal. Ralpho and nirinai niiiii-gj ih 1 4idi.

naiuiio inn new taxes. State fiscal experts! causing economic decay. This ly. the use of labor-saving ma- paralleled in any section ot the, onnKinij ne muuMiy have resulted in a grave unem Two plows, two loaders and 14 predict Louisiana will be in tne unaitractive picture does not ap- cmnery is resiriciea. country, ims process nas con- Vm-ment nrnhVm in coal areas iZ.

i i tha ina th miner to micrate to rthor ment proo.em in coai areas SCVcn trucks will be put into 7:00 a.m. 12-01 neon i rpn i fi vrar. iiisrrvii hini? lit- iit'di it iijiiumi mtkiiiu iu a i 1 1 ii.iiimiiiiv rviiuii a. iiv nao tnn iiiiohouu omw mv -o jj. l.

li. rn ....26 Zerbe Townships. Shamokia City added skyrocketing cost of the.pand or re-locate, be told the engaged in only one major mar- end of World War II. Yet despite areas where job opportunities j- 10 semce in the snow removal 24 I project p.m. and Kuipmont BorougaJ I special session.

Icommittce. I keting area. I.e, borne heating, 'the desperate circumstances oil may be more plenum. i um to t-oge y. v.oi.

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