Lebanon Daily News from Lebanon, Pennsylvania • Page 1

GOOD EVENING fiossip seems (o be letting the chat out of IKe bag. 81 YEAR No. 233 ond Ltbqnen Doily Times WEATHER Eastern cJoodi- Jonighl, low 5S in day partly cloudy and warmer with scattered afternoon thtmder- showers likply. LEBANON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 8, 1953 Eoteud tteond class matter at cf Ubnnon, under Act of March 1879. 20 PAGES FIVE CENTS Degrees Given 108 Seniors At Lebanon Valley John 5.

Basehore And Earnest D. Williams Given Honorary Degrees Lebanon Valley College conferred bachelor of arts and science degrees on 108 seniors at the 84th annual Commencement exercises held on the campus of the Ann- viHe college this -morning. Thirty-six Lebanon city, county and area students in the graduating- class received degrees. Two prominent county business and civic S. Basehore, Lebanon merchant, and Earnest D.

Williams, Annville industrialist were among five outstanding Pennsylvanians distinguished by the presentation of honorary degrees. The exercises were held on the Lebanon Valley College campus at 10 a.m. today. President Frederic Miller bestowed degrees on the graduates and honorary recipients. Two of the Lebanon area students graduated with special honors, Degrees cum laude.

were earned by David Neiswender, West Cherry Street, Palmyra, and John I. Grosnick, 107 East Areba Street, Hershey. Others receiving the high honor were. Donald L. Kreider, William S.

Vought and Joyce C. Hammock. Doctorates in divinity went to the Rev. S. Fred Christman, pastor of the First EUB Church, Lancaster; and the Rev.

Ranck, pastor of the Mount Joy EUB Church. A doctorate in letters was conferred on S. K. Stevens, state historian, who delivered the Commencement address. County Men Cited Basehore was cited as "a man loves his fellow men better than symbol of a people, staunch upright Pehnsyl- vania Germans who fear God and love work," The citation of his qualifications for the honorary degree of doctor of laws recounted his high interest and participation in community projects, his contribution of the Camp Basehore site to the boy scouts; and his leadership in many civic organizations.

Earnest D. Williams, president of Ihe Millard Lime and Stone Company of Annville, also received An honorary doctor of laws degree "for his record as a man of many accomplishments in business affairs; for his application of Christian ethics in the realm of business; for his sense of civic obligation to the poor, the sick, the unfortunate; and for his faithful (Conttrmul Fourteen) Campbelltown Farm Sold For $27,000 A. 19, acre. Campbell town farm was sold at "public auction Saturday for $21.,000 in the second day of the personal property.and real estate sale of the Hettie H. Stauffer estate.

Purchaser of the farm, which contains an eight room colonial house and other farm buildings, was the A.M. Brandt and Son Hardware company, of Campbell- lown. The sale of antiques Friday and antiques and real estate Saturday was attended by droves of local people and many antique dealers from the eastern part of the state. Antiques sold included a cherry (Onttaaert on Eleven) ned Today; Truce Seen Near NEWS-WLBR Unite In Plan To Bring TV To Lebanon Actions today before the Federal Communications Commission in Washington disclosed a th telcv interests of radio station WLBR and the Lebanon Daily NEWS, giving promise that a local TV station may be operating in the not-too-distant future. Steitz Newspapers, subsidiary of the Lebanon News Publishing Company, petitioned the hLC this morning to dismiss its application without prejudice.

At the same time, Lebanon Broadcasting majority stockholder of the Lebanon Television Corporation, filed as an amendment to iU TV application an agreement with Steitz by which principal ownership of the Lcbanon Cation would be held by WLBR and the NEWS. By joining together in the public interest the two applicants for the one UHF channel assigned to Lebanon have eliminated the need of a competitive hearing, and thus made possible the commencement of commercial television here at the earliest possible date. Over 7,000 Watch Final Review Of 5th Infantry Division GAP, Today More than 7,000 residents from the neighboring area, Governor John S. Fine, Lt. Gen.

Frank A. Weber, state adjutant general, and other dignitaries watched Saturday as the 5th Infantry Division honored eight local communities with a combination full-dress review and open house. Units of the deactivating division marched together for the last lime in a self-styled "Operation to the hospitable cili- zens of these cities thousands of trainees who into took their Monkey Claws Girl, 2, About Face And Scalp Betty Rhoads, two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Rhoads, Lebanon Route .2, was treated in Good Samaritan Hospital at 8:40 last evening for three lacerations of the back of the scalp and three of the left side of the face, inflicted by a monkey.

Seventeen sutures were required to close the cuts. The child was discharged from the hospital after treatment. The child's injuries were inflict- sd by the claws of the animal. The mother of the child told hospital staff members that, the monkey was owned by a 'guest at the Rhoads home. Paradise Man Creased In 'William Tell'Shooting LANCASTER, Today (INS) Forty-year-old Lester Groff, of Paradise, R.D., ha.s a deep scalp wound today to show for his participation in a William Tell caper.

Harry Fiester, 37, a neighbor, was hustled off to prison for his part in the act in a junk yard at SHckle Mines Saturday. State Trooper George Moran said 3roff placed a tin can on his head and challenged Fiesler to shoot it off. The would-be-William Tell took a .22 calibre rifle, fired away and missed the can but hit Groff in the heart. Fiester was held on an open charge. City Playgrounds Open For Summer Eight city playgrounds swung open their gates this morning for thousands of city children as the summer vacation season began in earnest.

City and parochial schools ended their terms last Friday. Today's opening marked the debut this year of the Hilltop playground in the tenth ward. Located af. 6th and Amelia Streets, just north of Hill Street, the latest acquisition is the result of the annexation of Independent Boro to the city two years ago. Approximately $1,100 in new equipment has been set up for this first year's operation and en Sit) LUSCIOUS SWEET Strawberries 3 qt ft fill boxes On Sale TveMlay ZWEIER'S Assembly Back To 'See What Happens' HARRISBURG Pennsylvania facing the prospect of July meetings today for a four- day week "to see what happens." House GOP'leaders, just back from a one-week recess forced by the lack of hotel accommodations, predicted this week's meeting probably would be the Legislature's last until July 8 unless tax agreements made extraordinary arrangements feasible.

And they were uniformly pessimistic about any such agreement. House Speaker Charles C. Smith (R-Philadelphia) said that he had Mr. B. Pollack Will Be At The POLLACK'S FUR SHOP Tonight, p.

M. 9 FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF HB CUSTOMEI9. Prairie Tornado Kills lOAt Nebraska Family Reunion ARCADIA', Neb, persons, gathered for a family reunion and Sunday dinner, were killed instantly by a prairie tornado that rolled across Nebraska farmlands like "big black ball" and struck with the power of an exploding bomb. The twister hit the farm home near here with incredible force, tearing the house to pieces, cmmpting steel auto bodies and even stripping the feathers off barnyard chickens. Jack Witte, whose wife and three children were killed, was later at his own farm home Mercury Zooms To 90 Saturday, Hottest Day The reason you thought, it was mighty hot on was because it was.

1 The temperature zoomed up to 90. to make it the hottest day of the year. Following Saturday night's rainfall of .46 of an inch, the temperature "cooled" to 84 degrees, with high humidity continuing throughout Sunday. Today's forecast calls for fair and warm weather with iess humid conditions. But the skies are expected to cloud tonight with scattered thunder showers likely on Tuesday.

The weather bureau said temperatures would range from 7R to 83 degrees today with higher feedings in the western sections than in Eastern Pennsylvania. Severe, thunder storms caused extensive flood and lightning damage in parts of Eastern Pennsylvania over the weekend. Torrential rains on Saturday and Sunday night caused flood conditions beneath railroad trestles and other low spots, particularly in Philadelphia and its suburbs, basements were flooded in scores of homes. A bolt of lightning knocked a 100-pound stone cross from the Calvary Methodist Church in West Philadelphia. The cross hurtled through the church roof and crashed to the main floor.

It was the third consecutive year the same church has been struck by lightning. la Marple Township, Delaware County, lightning struck the home of John Krokenberger and set a spare bedroom on fire. Damage was estimated at $1,000. GSH Auxiliary Fair Sets New Alltime Record Fifth Annual Event Expected To Show Over $10,000 Profit The Good Samaritan Hospital Auxiliary is almost sure to clear 10,000 on its fifth annual Street Fair, which was held on Saturday in Park Place for the enjoyment of a ciowd that broke all previous records. Some time after Saturday midnight, Mrs.

Roberi A. Miller and Mrs. Samuel Silberman, the Fair treasurers, deposited $11,917.53 in the night vault of a local bank. This is by no means an accurate gauge of what the Fair netted, since sums of money remain be turned in from many different sources arid innumerable bills remain to be paid, but last year, under the same conditions, $10,260 was deposited immediately after the Fair, and more than $8,000 was realized in profit. Sunny skies prevailed throughout he day to laugh at the dire prediction of "scattered thunder show- by all weather forecasts for his area.

In the evening, skies began to look threatening, and around ten o'clock let go with a orrent of rain. The Fair was scheduled to close at 11 o'clock and. was forced to close an hour earlier, but it had already improved on the 1952 record. Mrs. John D.

Miller, general Fair joins with her many co-workers in being more than satisfied with "what this year's Fair will do toward paying off the the Auxiliary has underwritten in the installation of the Good Samaritan Hospital's new X-ray department. If $10,000 can be paid this year, only $14,000 of the obligation will remain on the books (Continued on Tirenty) Will Probe Collision Of Tankers; 1 Dead, 3 Lost WILMINGTON, Today The tanker Pan Massachusetts, which collided with the tanker Phoenix in the Delaware River Saturday, was reported to be dragging anchor today and drifting toward the East Shipping Channel. The Coast Guard stood by ready to remove the half-submerged and still-burning vessel if it becomes a menace to navigation. The Coast Guard also announced that i board of inquiry would be named today or tomorrow to investigate the mishap, which killed one crewman and injured crewman are reported missing. Two key witnesses, Cap.

A. Japchen, .53, Langhorne, and Capt. David Higbee, 53, Hsridonfield, r.ommanders of the vessels, are reported in serious condition and will unable to testify before the board. Shocked Townsfolk Aid 'Tobacco Roaders LAUR1NBURG, N.C.' (UP) bocked townspeople pledged food and medical care today to end the 'Tobacco Road" hardhips of a enant farm-couple, their starving wins kept in apple crate beds, and five other children. Volunteers already have installed creens and a refrigerator in the rural home of ailing James Locklear, 30, and provided cribs to replace the apple crates for five- year-old Glenn and Hezzy.

Welfare workers found the diaper-clad twin boys, who together weighed just 31 pounds, had occupied the apple crates so long (Ontlnard f.j. Air Raid Explosions Rock S. Korea's Seoul SEOUL, Korea CUP) The South Korean capital was shaken tonight by three explosions, one near the home of President Syng- man Rhee. The city immediately blacked out and air raid sirens sounded. Allied correspondents said the explosions were an air raid.

Small arms fire was heard Inthe down town section as the bombs went off leading lo speculation that the explosions came from rioting in this tease city, but anti-aircraft fire was heard and searchlights searched the sky for enemy planes. Two blasts near the Allied correspondents' billet shattered glass in the building. Two Korean guards were injured. Crowds milling in the streets stampeded in panic. Confusion was so great that the extent of damage from the three blasts could not determined immediately.

The threft bombs exploded at approximately five-minute intervals. One explosion was reported near president's palace, another near the 8th Army headquarters. A third was reported to have hit girls high school. Peiping Says Armistice 'WiH Materialize'Soon TOKYO (UP)-Peiping radio nounced today Korean armistice "will materialize without further delay" now that the war prisoners agreement has been signed. The Chinese Communist broadcast said the line of demarcation between the opposing forces must be redrawn, hut indicated that Js the ja.it big obstacle remaining before "hostiiities in Korea will cease." Guarantees No Forced PW Return; Removes Major Armistice Block Carnival Spirit Prevails At Street Fair Doily NIWS PKoto.

Young and old were Intrigued by the skill of the weight- gnessers at the Fair who gave Oieir customers prizes it they were more than four pounds off in their guesses. 'Above, six-year-old Karey Weyand, in. a fancy hat he purchased at the Fair, stands on the scales to have his weight guessed by Joe Edens (left), one of the barkers. At right; giving the pitch, is John Boyrf. Between them to the in Helieka waiting to weighed.

Incidentally, Karey won Rhee's Opposition Adds Sour Note To People To Tight Negotiators Must Set New Cease-Fire Line, PANMUNJOM, Korea Allies and hhe Communists signed an agreement today, guaranteeing that no war prisoner would be returned against his will and removing the major stumbling block in the way of a truce in Korea. However, cautious United negotiators warned that "This is not armistice agreement. There are still some other administrative matters to be negotiated. Among them was tha cease-fire line which must resurveyed in the light of recent fighting. And even ag a full agreement on a final 'armistice seemed very near, South Korea's irreconcilable President Syngman Rh.ee once more called on his people to "risk our lives and fight on to a decisive end" despite any truce the Allies and Reds might reach.

It apparently WM reply to President Eisenhower's personal plea, delivered to him by Far Eaatenx Commander Gen. Mark Clark, that he accept an "honorable" armistice involving "clear abandonment of fruits! of aggression" and leaving him with even more territory than before the Communist invasion on June 25, 1-950. President Eisenhower pledged continued support for a unified Korea. The final form of the prisoner 17 months the major stumbling block in the way of a Korean a compromise, but it still was a major victory for the United States and the U.N. Agreement Near Complete agreement seemed, very near and possibly even could be reached at the negotiators' n'ext meeting afc 10 p.m.

e.d.t. Monday. The agreement opened the way to an end, 12 hours after the armistice is signed, to the fighting that has taken more than 25,000 American lives in the last 35 months, In addition to guaranteeing prisoners against forcible repatriation, the agreement limits the time be held in custody and permits Communist "explainers" to lecture to them not more than 00 days. will give anil-Communist prisoners, eventually the choice, to live In. South Korea or, move to a neutral country.

Only Indian soldiers will be permitted to guard them 15 Railroad Cars Derailed Near Swafara Station Fifteen cars of an 80-car Read- ng Company freight train piled up a derailment about a mile west of Swatara Station at; 2:45 a.m. today, but no one was injured in the mishap. Occupants of tourist cot- near the railroad right-of-way escaped injury the jackknifing cars halted short of the small frame buildings. The cars, traveling wes'l, carrying coal and mixed freight, first all three tracks and halted traffic over the line for approximately four hours, according lo Assistant Trainmaster 71. Coldren of the Reading Company's Harrisburg office.

Cdldren said entire clean-up and repair operations were expected to be completed about six p.m. today. A burned-out journal box was be- Joved by railroad officiate to have been the cause of the derailment. Tracks Are Cleared The castbound passenger tracks were cleared for traffic by 7:45 a.m., Coldren said, and westbound were being detoured over open track. Broken cars, strewn across the two oaslhouml ines on the south side of the right- of-way, were shoved aside to the westbound tracks to permit passage of.trains.

Meanwhile, railroad mainlen- 'on Teni Wilson Disputes Vandenberg, Says AF Will Be'Best' WASHINGTON (UP) Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson'told senators "most emphatically" to- lay the nation, will continue to lave the best not Ihe. second air force. Wilson, making his second -appearance before a Senate appropriations subcommittee which is studying Ihe defense budget, devoted most of his attention to disputing statements made last week Gen. Hnyt S.

Vandenberg, re- Air Force chief of staff. Vandenberg told the Korean OiMi. Nam head 'of th Communist team, put their signa tures on the prisoner agreemen in the truce hut. at 1 aim. e.d.t Charges 'Surrender' South Korean President Syng man Rhee cafJed the agreement a 'surrender" to the Communists be cause it made no provisions for withdrawing Chinese soldiers from Korean soil.

President Eisenhower urged Rhee in a letter to support the decision when it is reached and refrain from attempt- ng to go-it-alone In Korea. Rhee said he had not decided vhether to "accept" Mr. Eisenhower's offer of an American secu- ity pact and "peaceful" action obtain unification through po- itical conference. tee that defense spending on ftft Properties Are Sold In County Five Lebanon County properties changed hands recently, according to deeds filed for record at the courthouse today. In Lebanon, title to the house at 529 North Eleventh Street was conveyed for an $8,000 consideration from Rebacca M.

and Edward J. Lebanon, to Charles E. Shay and his wife, Dorothy M. Shay, Title to Bunker Hill property, located along the old on Ten) Officials Hope Rhee Will Accept Ike's Aid Proposal WASHINGTON, officials are hopeful today that the South Korean government will re- its opposition to President Eisenhower's reconstruction offer and fall in line before a truce is signed. In Seoul, President Syngman Rhee said the Republic of Korea continues to oppose the United Nations armistice plan despite Mr.

Eisenhower's personal intervention. Mr. Eisenhower offered South School Budget Foots Maintenance Cost Of City Schools To Run $197,267 Of the eight budget divisions studied by the Lebanon ex- Board of School Directors, probably none received more tensive scruf.iny than was given to maintenance costs expected in 1953-54. And, as a result, if the, proposed budget of $1,430,392 is final- adopted in its present form next Friday, a total of $197,267 will be set aside for repairs to buildings, furniture and repair and replacement of and plumbing. beating, lighting Direct repair costs are expected amount to 13 build- ngs; and another $5.1,485 will be earmarked for heating, lighting and plumbing replacement and repair.

Of the combined total Ihe largest amount will be spent in the Harding Junior High School building. Work is now underway lo replace the healing boiler, 1 there and convert, heat next fall, In addition, for complete rebuilding of the parapet wall, a new roof, repairs to ceilings and window sash, and replacement of lavatory plumbing and classroom lighting, among other things, Harding will gel. approximately $314,648 of the maintenance budget for all schools. Under (he same classification of maintenance and contributing to the overall estimated amount is the provision of $9,.1.19 for new desks and other school furniture. Instructional apparatus is expected to cost.

and other equipment will be purchased from (Citn1laiif.it MI Lt. Gen. William K. Harrison chief, negotiator, and North Rhee's truce delegate boycotted he most recent negotiations and even his official observer did not witness the signing today, The agreement guaranteed some 48,000 anti-Commumst North "Korean and captives, the Allies they will be sent home' against; their will. Because the United Nations had adamantly against forcible repatriation of issue blocking cease-fire for 13 new agreement represented almost complete victory for Allies.

Provision! of Pact The agreement provides that: 1, All prisoners who refuse to go ome will be turne'd over in custody Korea of a five-nation neutral ommission within two months or ess after an armistice is signed; 2. The commission will be headed India and will include a rep- esentative and no more than 30 taff members each from Sweden, (Continued Corea at mutual defense treaty fter an armistice is signed, help rebuilding her devastated land and continued efforts by "peace- ul means" to unify Korea. With an agreement reportedly near at hand, Rbee told International News Service that South Korea would "continue onr struggle." He fiald Sooth Korea could never a e'e to any armistice that leaves Korea divided into a Communist North and free Sonth. Washington officials, however, pinned their hopes on Ihe possibility that Rhee will finally accept Mr. specific proposal for unification.

Mr. Eisenhower said the merger will be pressed at the peace conference after the cease-fire. Another point that has been in dispute between Rhee and the U.S. was the key issue of the truce talks the prisoner exchange plan which was accepted by the AHies and Communists today. India has been chosen as OM of the five neutral powers to super- on Seven) ROK Troops Fight fo Retake Outpost SEOUL, Korea (UP) South Korean troops pushed forward on he eastern front today in a cam- aign to regain lost ground before he Communists and Allies fix the jattleline in a cease-fire agreement.

The ROK Division opened counterattack against North Koreans occupying a strategic outpost known as "Luke the Gook's laslle," of bloody fighting or almost two weeks, ROK assault broke a ong lull in the fighting. night- Eighth Army heaclquarlers said he ftOKs jumped ott at 2 p. rCnndnneit an Eight) '5th W. Cumb, oial Solons Skeptical Of Truce But Back Ike WASHINGTON Despite misgivings about the durability of the prospective Korean armistice, congressional leaders seemed ready today to support President Eisenhower's decision lo accept Ihe latest terms negotiated at Panmunjom. Many Republicans still shared South Korea's fears that leaving the country divided ij an invitation to rfuiewed aggression in the future.

But 5t was clear that a heavy majority of lawmakers Jn both parties would accept Mr. Eisenhower's judgment. There also was immediate support for Mr. Elsenhower's offer to sign a mutual defense pact with vSouth Korea and to continue (CnntlBief on Nbw).