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2 Saturday, Dec. 7, 1957 DETROIT FREE PRESS MANY MAY LOSE ALL BUT HAND BAGGAGE Indonesia to Dutch: Get Out Now PHILIPPINES PALAWAN A PAIAU CAROLINE IS. JAKARTA 151 Indonesia Friday began driving out the Dutch rear guard which held on after colonial days and ran the nation's oil, rubber and business empires. In a pressure campaign to take over the jungles oC West New Guinea, the Indonesian Government ordered the Netherlands Government to begin immediate evacuation of most of the 46,000 Dutch citizens here. One source said all would be expelled except skilled technicians.

Many are Indonesian-born Eurasians who never have been elsewhere. SEIZURE OF Dutch banks, plantations, factories, clubs and businesses by Co.nmunist led unions and workers gathered force throughout the 3,000 islands. (The Dntch Government called for an emergency meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to discuss these developments. The British Government warned Indonesia it Is endangering its own interests. The United States was reported to have expressed concern to the Foreign Ministry in Jakarta).

ilies about 100 persons were the first ordered to leave. Justice Minister Gustaaf Manegkom said it would be all right with him if all the Dutch were gone "within three days" but added that he knew it was impossible. The KLM people faced the prospect of taking only hand baggage, leaving behind houses, cars and furniture. The order meant abandoning some of KLM's Constellation planes and its airport installations. KLM's Transaera Hotel was transferred to Garuda Air-wavs.

formerlv a 1oint KLM- Dutch investment here. pervision automatically. The Businesses now being seized; question of whether they would by the workers, he said, will be nationalized "will be dis-be taken under Government su-1 cussed later." quote fgvofor Hollandia JAKARTA Bandung Indian Ocean INDONESIA STATUTE MIUS The 28 Dutch employes of Indonesian company. Where They Are Having the Trouble in Indonesia 1 IT fc PJfJivivi WCST TAP Vx'jyir NT.NJ arr iosoif CTtimor i 1 FANCY TASTES HIS UNDOING INFORMATION Minister Sudibjo said it is only a matter of time until Dutch-In SPECIAL! donesian diplomatic relations His Drawl Wins Layne Freedom General, Churchman Disagree Pilferer of Bonds Gets 1 to 5 Years juniors are broken. The Netherlands has been asked to close seven of its eight consulates.

The Indonesian Embassy in The Netherlands has been 1 instructed to evacuate the 5,000 Indonesians in that country, many of thet: students on Dutch scholarships. Sudibjo said Dutch-Indone The penchant that Michael C. Casey, 19, had for choice liqueurs, symphonic music and tuxedos kept Robert F. favorite boy coatj New York Time Senica ST. LOUIS This country's Leonard, his probation officer, up nights worrying about leading Protestant spokesman jm sian market centers will be I I r-AY.

"That Mike Casey," Leonard told Recorder's Judge John P. Scallen Friday, "isn't just an- and the chief of staff of the United States Army disagreed Friday on how to prevent war. The Rev. Dr. Edwin T.

Dahl- s35 otner case shifted from The Netherlands to other countries. Dutch banks and firms have been handling most of Indonesia's overseas marketing. He ieft vague the eventual fate of the billion-dollar my voluminous berg, president of the National 2 Nations Acclaim Detroiters Three Detroiters were hon files. He's a life's work." The debonair Council of the Churches of Christ in the U. S.

said that it was "utter folly and futility" to spend 40 billion dollars on a system of defense "that never in the world can defend us." embezzler with the fancy tastes was ored Friday by two foreign governments. haled before Judge Scallen emery Edward Phelka, of 10520 tn rpreive a 1 one-to-five-year Casey term, on complaint of Leonard. He urged churches to embark on a plan of "massive reconciliation" based on the Christian gospel of love. Gen. Maxwell D.

Taylor de WOODWAO ot MILWAUKEE Nottingham, was presented the Medal of France Liberee for the part he played in the rescue of French sailors in World War "It looks as if Mike has set fended the defense budget and out to make things miserable for me and outwit all of us in the Probation Department," said Leonard, a youth-division i' 1 If IT 1 I I if 1 ty i I 1 Continued from Page One en man to a person not familiar with Texas talk. HE SAID the officers did not know how Layne talked when he was sober so "how could they know how he talked when he was drunk." Layne played football at the University of Texas before he joined the Detroit Lions. He is a native Texan and maintains a homo in Lubbock, Tex. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Clifford Bird asked the jury: "Would you like to ride with a man in this condition?" "He's admitted having six or seven drinks," Bird said. "How many more did he have that we don't know about." IN HIS CHARGE to the Jury, Judge Watts said, "There's no question that he (Layne) had been drinking.

The question is whether, and how much, he was influenced by what he had been drinking." The defense produced two character witnesses for Layne Charles Loftis, manager of the Park Shelton Hotel, and Mark Schmidt, manager of the Sheraton Cadillac Hotel. They said they had known Layne for a number of years and knew him to be a gentleman, who would not lie under oath. Also on the witness stand was Les Bingaman, owner of the bar on W. McNichols where Layne admitted drinking on the night of his arrest. II- Kurt Keydel, of 2940 Semi worker.

nole, and Mrs. Frieda Theile- IT ALL BEGAN last July man, were awarded Ger many's First and Second Class Order of Merit respectively, for when Scallen, at Leonard's request, gave Casey a break and put him on three years' proba (P i i sQSMMli ngnSFCTTn their contribution to the Ger man-American community in i i 1 i i i I I 1 Detroit. tion for taking $17,000 worth of bonds from his employer, a brokerage firm. Leonard figured that ir uie youth were given a break, he said the basic role of the Armed Services is to provide military Btrength that will lead any nation contemplating aggression to "refrain therefrom through fear of the consequences." THIS STRENGTH, he said, must not be a "blueprint, a bluff or a sham." "We must have certain categories of military forces in sufficient strength and properly disposed about the world to convince the potential enemy that if he attacks the United States or our Allies he will release a chain of events that will result inevitably In his downfall," he said. Dr.

Dahlberg, a pacifist, was elected president of the National Council Thursday. He get his feet set in the right Village Paves 1st Main Street SOUTH ROCKWOOD For direction, under proper Smart young success coat, regularly higher priced! Everything a mal opening of newly paved High Street in South Rockwood will be at 4 p.m. Saturday. The A provision of Casey's probation was that he pay $150 costs assessed by the Court. Mike ignored that.

Instead, Leonard discovered, 800-foot street runs from South Jr. wants in a casual straight Huron River Drive to the De troit Toledo Expressway and belt-back styling, big pearly buttons, Mike dished out $115 for a season ticket to the Detroit Symphonic Orchestra. eliminates a dangerous hairpin 5. stitched detailing. 25 camel's hair, 75 wool, in camel or navy colors.

7-Junior Shop, fourth floor. Before and alter concerts, too, Casey'd stop in the best turn to reac.i the expressway. The preject, costing more than $irfO00, is the first major one con dieted by the village made his remarks at a luncheon Friday in his first presi places and partake or his favorite liqueurs. That was to Bobby Layne council since the organization get in the proper frame or mind to listen to music of the of the village two years ago. great composers, Mike figured.

dential address. Gen. Taylor spoke at the final business session of the Council's Triennial General Assembly. The body represents 34 Protestant and Eastern Orthodox church bodies. On such occasions, Mike al ways was attired in a tuxedo.

Teens Pick State Aides LANSING (m John Davidson, 16, Grosse Pointe High BINGAMAN, former Lions lineman and teammate of Layne's, testified that he had "served Layne six or seven drinks Scotch and water." "I felt he was -'ery capable of driving," Bingaman said. "If he hadn't been I wouldn't have let him take his car." Tom Tracy, Lion fullback, and Jack Nancarrow, of 17449 Buckingham, testified that Layne had been in the bar from 8:45 p.m. to 2 aon. They said that Layne had had "five or six highballs." School junior, was elected governor of th Hi-Y, Hi-Tri-Y Legislature by 300 teen-agers II Charge Firm Won't Pay U.S. WASHINGTON UP) A Congressional committee Friday accused Curtiss-Wright Corp.

of refusing to pay the Government 4Vfc million dollars allegedly due In rent on Government-owned plant facilities used by the company for its own commercial purposes, that payment cannot be made until agreement Is reached on how much is due. It has appealed the government's rental billing to the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals. Tracy and Nancarrow were in the automobile with Layne at the time of his arrest. Both 99 4 BUT LEONARD cried "uncle" Friday. He'd had enough.

He asked Judge Scallen to revoke the probation and send Mike to prison. 'Leonard told the Court that Casey, of '14923 Forrer, last September had served a 20-day term for trying to pass a note to an inmate in the Detroit House of Correction. "Last Monday, Your Honor, he even tried to flee from arresting officers who were taking him to the Wayne County Jail," Leonard added. Until last spring, Casey was ah energetic messenger for Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner Beane, brokers. He was dispatched to mail bonds to the New York office.

Instead, he took out a few and mailed them to Zurich, Switzerland, where he had a bank account. An inquiry into the missing bonds brought Casey's arrest. He pleaded guilty to larceny by conversion. corduroy crawler sets men said they did not think he was drunk or that his driving attending the annual event at the State Capitol. Melissa Tornberg, 16, of Cadillac, was named lieutenant governor.

Other officials elected; Ron Gervals, Lansing, speaker of the Barbara Miltner, Cadillac, secretary of state; Dick Winters, Lansing, attorney general; Peterv Ames, Lansing, superintendent of public instruction and Darwin Muir, Detroit, highway commissioner. Chief Justice John R. Deth-mers of the State Supreme Court administered the oath of office to the young officers in a windup of the two-day event. ability was impaired. When the verdict was announced, a loud cheer went up in the crowded courtroom.

Several well-wishers had to be restrained by bailiffs as they attempted to congratulate Layne. Unusual gift values! Smart, lined, double breasted Jackets, bib-top crawlers and matching bonnets. In washable bonnets. In washablo Quake Hits Italy GROSSETO, Italy Wl km The jury foreman, Joseph G. Stutzke, of 18322 Indiana, pastel or print corduroy.

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Earth tremors from dawn until almost noon Friday sent frightened residents of a dozen cen tral Italian villages fleeing into genuine cashier for an insurance company, said. "There were two ballots. The first was eight to four for acquittal. The second the streets. am was unanimous." peccary King to Visit SAC SAN FRANCISCO UP) A two-day visit to San Francisco ended, King Mohammed of Morocco left Friday morning by plane for Omaha, headquarters ot the Air Force's world-ranging Strategic Air "We didn't feel that the prosecution had proved its case," Stutzke explained.

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ANOTHER JUROR, Mrs. Josephine Kopacz, of 6722 Mansfield, said: "1 voted for acquittal both times, Layne stuttered on the stand and had a flushed face. That seems to me to be his natural appearance." In his summation, Louisell told the jury that Layne would never have been arrested if Officer Pratt had not become angry at him. Pratt had testified that Layne poked a finger in his chest. After the trial Layne said: "I'm happy and relieved.

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