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   Altoona Mirror (Newspaper) - April 26, 1961, Altoona, Pennsylvania                                EDITION The Circulation of the Altoona Mirror Yesterday WEATHER COOL THURSDAY Operation 1961 had its in ception today and will continue through Public cooperation is urged in this civil defense 267 PHONE WEDNESDAY APRIL FORTYFOUR SEVEN CENTS FRENCH ARREST REBELLION LEADERS Civil Defense Pair for Senate Prepares Test Friday to Be Nationwide On Pedestrian Increase Pay Pensions by 50 Two men will be charged with aggravated assault and battery Citizens Must after Approval of 1004 4th was Cover for 10 over the head with a ham i i mer and had his pockets searched miring while he walked along Sth 4 between 9th and 10th about Annual pm c Edward of 701 UPI mh S aler waj will signal all to Berardi as the man who got out take cover Friday when the of a pickup walked up Seen on House Highway R a Hill ilar By MARTIN SIKORA United Press International HARRISBURG Operation behind him and made the vania lawmakers today savored a Daniel of Tyrone RD 2 melon as the Senate pre state participates Alert 1961 the first nationwide cha bein driver of d a on a civil of tne ruck hils R Berardi required three sutures compensation and pension ben ail at the Altoona Hospital dispensary tits oy M per approval prc Pennsylvania Laotian Revolt i Premier Wants Coalition Rule All Face Military Trial Moves to Consoli date Amazing ic torv Over require highway traffic to be a stations to and the general public to bem bv lhe hammer die with only pockets of opposi at bv off the tion developing in both the Demo Public participation in the said Frederick came up cratic and Republican cise will cover only 0 minutes behind This is a bills tack a a year f mm 4 to 4 10 and struck him with the expense account on the legisla But the sirens will sound stood tors annual salary and hike at 3 as a signal for Frederick went through his monthly pension benefits from 525 rivil defense forces to found nothing and refor every two years of service to No action at this time will be returned to the truck from which Extra pension payments quired of the An hour he had amount to some a Berardi made his way to the ear but wil be offset Universal Hotel about a block creased contributions from the where he lawmakers the pickup Speedy Senate handling has fol truck a parking lot lowed House passage last and They were reported to the floor STAND York Nelson Rockefeller discusses international af fairs with President Kennedy during a While House After the Rockefeller said it is time for all Americans to stand united behind the President to defend By MICHAEL MALLOY United Press International Laos UPI i Csi d e II t mer Laotian Premier Souvanna today demanded tion of a provisional government called for a meeting in Com territory to dis cuss derails uf effecting a fire in By ALAIN RAYMOND United Press International leader who is recognized as legal A T T p R c A 1 oP premier bv the is f i sued a in generals who munist North Vie a Algerian re ing the ceasefire agreement against France in ranged by Britain and the Soviet disgrace and today but wore reported arrest at the GOP Leaders later the take cover send citizens off the To signal will Russian Tanks o Back JFK I I 11 o I Doomed Cuban Invasion In Cuba Crisis bring about an effective peace in Laos ii was essential to base at the government and transform i from Algiers a provisional coalition gov French with the of various paries formation Minister Louis Souvanna said he had invited Terrenoire announced he representatives of the that all the ring Neo Lao Haksa of the re Would be brought to a military Foreign Legion 15 miles In ns in During a period start ing at 4 all radio broadcast ing will be on went into the bv the Local Government gency oasis witn tne When Patrolmen Glenn and Committee and rolled into posi Wesley arrived a tile tion for a vote on Continued on page column 3 They face possible BANDITS KILL 16 death b the firing Colombia Terrenoire said one of nations emergency radio broad casting in effect on a test The system will broadcast messages from President Ken nedv and David Law rence in this half Following the Conelrad county and local civil de frte organizations will hold exer cises throughout the evening to r T i s set up in f lems which would be faced in case of actual enemy By WILLIAM United Press International By MANUEL WASHINGTON UPI GOP leaders stand the Copyright 1961 by United Press International President Kennedy if ne filling 16 persons and would be re I am one of the lucky few who got out of Cuba in turned to within the after last weeks disastrous I was there three i included five men sii women and next few He will Radar Clears Assembly In other action leg It was the Mig jet the Soviet tanks and the mortars which in advance of any such i I lative foes of radar fiyi MI n i Industrial Group threw the Wei aner Guerrillas Raid i years of successful opposition check The 3515 Kill Council Plans Role A meeting of the Council of Civil Defense was held Monday eve opposition when the Senate concurred in sharp House amendments the speed vote marked the final legislative step for proposal which Committee of the goes to David Altoona Chamber of Commerce one of its staunches mef wd Under the entire Blair subject of vita interest ke of tne governors high to support the Industrial safety will be givers believed to be ed The Cochinos Bay landing will be in what Dunkirk Was to the Except that we had nobody to get us off the About men took part in the moe in Cuba or other troublespot here Communist subversion or outright aggression threatens free be lodged in Santa i The whereabouts of the I other leading insurrection ists were not Terre noire said some of the Like former Vice Preside Richard Nixon and the Ken nedv administration nt Katanga lesser accomplices in the had reached Gi of Altoona and en starting state police lor next 1 on By FRANCIS MCCARTHY MIAMI UPI Guerrilla fight remnants of Apparently only a of situations short ful managed lo get away r There were 350 men in our We hit the beach from a use invasion force that went men program nmg at the mam control center to finalize plans for Operation A committee composed of John miles sate roads and Alert the eighth annual Civil yoses chairman Warren miles of the interstate Havana Defense training exercise and Rov McDaniel Continued on page column 1 proving the nations Earl The meeting opened with w the maaer invocation by the John an appropriate assistant of the the T Lit Continued on page column 1 which would describe the inT r 1 programs and activity of Jn Todays Altoona and the various communi ALTOONA MIRROR to review Member Of 1 CRI help summarize data gathered bv the on a Grace secretary sion forces to Stanley executive di up a J last April 1 Four companions and myself are the But they are clearly less ready than Nixon to rather than just a ap proach in Cuba or By WILLIAM ANDERSON United Press International The Cong central govern by He did inot identify Consolidates Victory It was announced that Presi dent Charles de Gaulle would troops arrested Katanga continue to hold for a ashore 10 days ago have attacked not captured or a outpost and killed one who went Amusements Comics and Crossword Puzzle Editorials and Features Editorials by the People Major Hoople commu High on the list of activity was rector of the Altoona Chamber of discussion of the great need was named Secretary for improved access highway of the during the Al facilities in the Central National Secre Social Events The group is anxious taries Association International to the facts and the needs fourth annual dinner honoring a Womens Features press for improved highway held in conjunction with Central State News tnat would connect the National Secretaries Week at the Hedda Pennsylvania Turnpike and the Hotel last Want Pennsylvania Shortway bv wav of The secretaries also paid tribute are also interested to their their wives and in pressing for improved highway and heard an interesting facilities on Route alk on the subiect Life and The was addressed on this Death on Our bv along a Senate Radio an After three days of fighting we decided to try to get By The report of the attack folsome kind of miracle we stum a Havana Radio on a rubber life raft on the ment that Premier Fidel Castros firing squads have executed two Suddenly we were discovered civilians in Matanzas Province for and Castros men opened up with joining in an uprising when rebel 50caliber machine but forces invaded the area last missed The radio said four rebels a That was in the early morning tacked an outpost 20 miles east hours of We paddled of Bay of Pigs where the to sea and were about 100 miles south of Cuba when the The broadcast said two Louise picked us up Continued on page column 3 Continued on page column 6 partisan support under the Red Congo He was seized the amazing victory he Continued on page column 6 the airport as he attempted won with hardly a shot board an airplane to return to his His Algerian affairs capital at Louis and acting Algerian The troops also took Jean European advisers into custody at m from Pans and assumed direct control Senate Okays New Junior Driver License Work Scheduled On Presidents College Aid Little Chance Seen for Orbit Flight In 61 By ALVIN WEBB JR United Press International CAPE C A N AVER A led UPI Americas hopes of fir ing an astronaut orbit this ie airport The arrest came e arres came as and militar attempted to walk out of the The insurrectionist paratroopers ference for an ultimatum two days ago to central Congo President Joseph Kasavubu and threatened to boy He delivered a Legionnaires had moved back to their to day and there was no immediate what would become of cott the conference unless it was for the rebel gen Anderson was beaten bv completely in loyal se soldiers as he reach Platoons of Zouave sol gendarmes and vear were ail but ended todav trT gendarmes and the destruction of an fli took over this caPital iust after crucial test only after Leaders Escape The principal leaders of the rnu Continued on page column 5 City to Accept Sealed Bids for Cable Television HARRISBURG UPI The will be asked to and given some commanding up a new junior drivers license surne work on President tion by John Troop District tight restrictions for 16 and college barracks olds Irvin chairman of The measure cleared the Senate board of Automotive Supply Comby a vote of 491 Altoona City Council will ad Thermometers at the railroad who served as the was the vertise for sealed bids to put the test department building recorded master of introduced lone city on a cable television sysa high temperature of 69 degrees the guest speaker who has a Kev provisions of the proposal of having a phase of the administrations with the highway safety Atlas missile in a Scientists still planned to send a man on a shorter trip into space next An escape system rescued a space capsule a stopped 0 House Education and Labor Comfore its rocket booster was blown was with gun butts bv the today was expected to relP D a safety officer j was not seriously in UPI The He was sonal intervention by central Con go Foreign Minister Justin Bom I was in a car with other news men our way to the airport I The functioning cape system and that of the heightened the ultimatum de astronaut may that Kasavubu arship the less controversial still ride a Redstone rocket Ib an agreement of his school aid up and about 250 miles over week with the United the Atlantic next Nations covering the The capsule fired Tuesday of the Extermination The committee met on the Mayor Roy Thompson a low of 50 wealth announced degrees last night and a Advertisements will be made as iure of 51 degrees at 9 toState Police since April 1927 and p midnight to 5 a m cur soon as the specifications have Tne rainfall of yesterday in almost every area yi the few on unless parents been completed by City Solicitor afternoon and last night experience Sheaffer has or accompany Park d to ot an page column 1 consent to obtain the Mayor Thompson promised opening of bids and vote by City A I Revoking the license until age Council before the May 16 pri 11 C for any youth convicted of billion last but made little The fiveyear program would give billion in loans and grants to colleges for building libraries and and million for more Continued on page column 4 ried a robot astronaut Which in a protest to the the United States had hoped to over a shooting incident earlier Continued on page column 4 Continued on page column 6 Safe Cracker Fails In any violation which carries penalty of Allowing 18year olds to get A in a regular license if they pass an safe at lhe Automotive to Mirror approved driver training Supply Company at 1917 Margaret curfew and revocation sometime last nationwide academic were slashed rom Uie ed in several different attempts was concluded today when nearly Continued on page column 1 to open students from throughout It was a very amateurish Ithe country were named recipi SANTA GETS STUCK said Inspector of Detectives of fouryear Merit Scholar First he knocked off the ships to the colleges of their yearold David Bailey went out then the door handle then he into his back yard to plav Santa took the pins out of the three About 550 students and an hour later hinges of the then he tried The pending since last A October when Martin key part owner of made the initial has postponed on numerous Since that time City Council has A listened to offers and offers from at least three firms vying for the city cil has decided that only one firm should get the On 6 council was quick to repeal the 194S and 1952 ordinances TWO Altoona young men and which would have permitted state College young women Merit Scholarships sponsored mother had to call the to pry through the chises gratis to three Genare the only Central 130 business corporations police demolished an outdoor of the safe a pry He eral Broadcasting nja winners of Merit Scholarships professional an removed expended a lot of Appliance Installation Jerrold among 60 Pennsylvania tions and individuals This is a but the chim Nothing else was taken from the They are new high in the number of All new bidders propose to Richard Henry Altoona About 400 a television tower on a nearby Senior High son of received their scholarships AT mountain to pick up channels Lister of 701 the National Merit areas beyond vania and pipe private homes for a fee of Technology and plans a career The approximately 950 stipend T Under this councils an electronic bearing Merit Scholarships is a He is a member of the Altoona substantial increase over last Camera the Blair UI were i Fish and Forestry The toS value of Tho Altoona has been UPI Resi was selected to attend the awards for is estimated students for he fall dents of this community on national Youth Conference according to River breathed a I on the received the Franki in approximately 140 dean of student at relief as flood waters were named honorary local Pennsylvania State to j merit scholars in recognition of ty i The river crested at 15 over 100 have foot above flood stage at Central will major in electronic ship Corporation them directly into engineering at Carnegie the 1 Continued on page column 4 Glasgow Man In Thunderstorms Cause Flooding In Some Areas Auto and Marshal Alumni award won certificates of William of Glasgow suffered back and neck injuries requiring his admission to the Altoona Hospital when his automobile wrecked at yesterday near the 8th state police He was traveling north on the Bth Legislative Route when he ran off the highway onto the right turned around and ran off the in Penn State science fairs in 1959 and and the award for excellence in John Anthony Altoona Catholic High son of and Michael Sinisi of 208 2nd has won a Thomas Watson memorial scholarship provided by the Business Machines Corporation in memory of the companys late chairman of the John will hitting a guard then swung back across the road to hit the embankment on the in mathematics at the University of Notre Dame and plans a career as a Damage to the automobile He has been a of the it on pige column 8 their high although they will receive no sistance from the Merit The competition began in March 1960 when the National Merit Scholarship qualifying test was given in more than independent and parochial second ary The winners of Merit Scholarships were chosen from a group of nearly finalists who had attained very high scores on the qualifying test and nn a sec and ond examination and who had a personal record of signifi cant The funds provided with each Continued on pige column 8 been accepted with action on a great many others awaiting the results of the scholastic aptitude Adler Of sig interest is the fact that admissions to the Associate de gree programs of drafting and design technology and electoral Continued on page column 7 TONGUE TWISTER BOSTON UPI A marquee printer meant lo put up a sign saying Fiedler would con duct It came out conducted by Ar Continued on page column 2 Rather Chilly I By HARRY FERGUSON i United Press International 1 JERUSALEM UPI Adolf Eichmann was only a lieu he wielded vast in fluence on the German govern ment and was coauthor of the plan to exterminate the Jews of the court was told The prosecution in the trial of the man accused of the mass slaughter of six million Jews suc in placing into the court record a deposition charging that Eichmann suggested the final solution murder of the problem to Nazi Police Heinrich Himm ller took it from there and Adolf Hitler personally issued the The deposition was made bv Dieter a former sub ordinate of hichmann in the SS Corps who was executed as a war c r i m i 11 it Something happened to the great friendship that once existed between and Wisliceny offered to cooperate with the American Army in run ning Eichmann down after the The offer was Wis liceny said Eichmann and SS General Odilo Globocnik between them conceived the final solu The words from the grave were a damaging blow to Eichmanns Continued on page column 5 Weather and cool to Consid erable cloudiness and continued cool with occasional showers NONE THE WORSE FOR ITS Air Force technician checks the porthole of space capsule after it was re turned to Cape Canaveral The capsule was parachuted back lo earth alter the Atlas missile to which It was attached was destroyed shortly alter blasting off from the Cape on a planned orbit around the The object on right side of space cralt Is a NEA Areas Aid Faces Its Last Hurdle WASHINGTON UPI Pres ident Kennedys million pro gram for revitalizing economical ly depressed communities todav faced its and probably iis congressional Administration forces were con the House would approve the measure and send it on lo Ithe White House by midafternoon de pile new opposition engendered hy a dispute over its back door But Chairman John Byrnes of the GOP Policy Committee foresaw a close The com Tuesday afternoon agreed Continued on page column 1  

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