Altoona Mirror (Newspaper) - May 3, 1961, Altoona, Pennsylvania CITY EDITION The Circulation of the Altoona Mirror Yesterday Wittor WARMER THURSDAY May is the month designated for a national Clean UP Paint Up Fix Up Community Development Program VOL PHONE ALTOONA PA WEDNESDAY EVENING MAY 3 1961 FORTY SEVEN CENTS REBELS ORDER CEASE-FIRE IN LAOS Preliminaries Anxious Moments Of Election Set for H Now In Attempt Into Space Minimum Kennedy's Aides Sweeping Purge Victory for c Underway Final Work In ping of Ballots for 116 County Pre- to Start Ey B WEBB JR United Press International By ARNOLD SAWISLAK United Press WASHINGTON Ken Democrats hoped to push CAPE Friday now is the he President's minimum wage new date for America's first attempt to victory today atop a bolt I rocket a man safely through the space barrier it was of a bale cotton and today The bring million The shot could have been letdown Russian States Khrushchev Making Sure Party Men Slip Into All Vacancies He Creates A final of ballots for use in he 116 voting districts of Blair County on scheduled for Thursday but disappointment that he day May 16 is scheduled for ect Mercury directors wanted to had missed the ride morrow afternoon when John W give Cmdr Alan B Shepard The Navy Gardner chief clerk to the day's rest followin had been laced into his silvery ty board of elections returns to f f space suit after a the printing plant m retail and service workers under Outwardly he expressed nothing minimum wage law and raise the hourly wage floor from SI to By K C THALER United Press International LONDON Under the innocent guise of agricultural re- forms a sweeping purge is taking of filet minnon scrambled to complete this phase of Tiie weatner appeared to be and But when tion for the conduct of the proving and Friday looked like the the postponement came he had tion best bet for another trv not yet begun the move to Pad 5 It already has claimed pre- miers party chiefs and an untold other officials high cloudy cooler weather with light Ballots for use by election boards in the 5S voting precincts of Altoona were wrapped several winds was expected days ago and those for the Tuesday's scheduled shot could voting districts in the eight have come off except for latched his space and are scheduled for completion tomorrow cloud formations and rough seas which officials feared might inter- ready covered by the law new coverage provided most of the conflict and led to Kennedy's Russia first defeat in Congress live weeks ago Congressional leaders tied their hopes for an administration tory on a campaign to lure capsule atop the Redstone rocket Democrats away from When it was called off Shepard ranks before showdown here today said swallowed a snort of brandv a counted on carefully ana gained momentum in recen ored concessions in the itself weeks apparently is not yet com Kennedy's announced squirm into the bell-shaped suit donned reaching the purge which neatly tailored sports clothes and i shook hands with a group of con- The county board had gressmen members of the mately 90.000 ballots printed un- fere with recovery of the and Senate space Continued on page 3 column 2 der contract awarded several in the Atlantic splash area Commander Shepard's out- jward emotions indicated that he was not too disappointed said Affected Little K Waher appeared that Shepard was But I am certain he wished the very little by the Continued on page 3 column 3 It weeks ago These include the from Grand Bahama ballots and a quantity of jand specimen ballots Candidates Get Specimens The county board is required to furnish upon request without charge to each candidate whose f name is printed on any party 2 lot three official specimen ballots for the entire district in such candidate may be voted and the candidate may at his own i T expense have printed rilTS I PC6 ballots on different colored paper as many copies as he Two Altoona young women Atty Goodman Resigns From Airport Board Republicans Go For Udall Scalp In Oil Favor By JOHN G WARNER United Press International The mastermind behind it is Premier S Khrushchev By all appearances he is making hh men are slipping into the vacancies and assuring absolute party control over the politicians in the state machinery I No Bloodshed Call for Truce Sources Report May Conditions for Mav 12 The purges have lost the grimi j brutality of the Stalin era j Firing squads are out of lion The victims usually get jobs But ail indications are that the cold process of sub- is no less effective The purges have followed howled for Interior Stewart L Udall's scalp jday after reading a letter tour of the Sovi tried to peddle oilmen republics and his proclaimed dis- Tho The resignation of Any Martin a Democratic dinner satisfaction with the way the campaign ine to be satisfactory Goodman of Altoona as a oil executive country's agriculture fell short of used at Mercy ferc ber of the Blair County Airport Evans asked oil and gas Officials have been different from the white used or were admitted in serious Authority was accepted this representatives to buy tickets for accused of the Danots condition shortly after midnight ing by the county board of com- a fund-raising dinner May S and I Monday May i is the car struck a tree and The resignation is President Kennedy Evans Most of the new men -j t j -t tu date on which an elector may burst imo along town May 1 Udall asked him to solicit hrce mam clals sald today it was urgent that the In London a Foreign Office petition the county registration outside the Little Commissioners Correll C the as a personal are relatively young International Control Commission proceed from India spokesman said Britain was not ot Centennial Field Eugene G Hamill and he Communist party and r as to confirm the announcement Udall denied m to Laos as quickly as h sible to verify the The United States has because our com- c ito attend the conference only with Hanoi are not j the control commission certifies ing Officials welcomed news reports that an cease-fire has K t By E SMITH United Press International UPI rebels of Laos said they had military actions today They called for a front lines truce meeting with the pro-Western forces The announcement was relayed through the news agencies of Communist China and Viet Nam but there was no ate confirmation directly from Laos that the had stopped They first broadcast to rebel troops from Capt Kong Le the young paratrooper who revolted against the pro-Western last August land Pathet Lao guerrilla Idone to quit tiring at 8 a m Laos time 8 p m lEDT Tuesday i A New Isaid Kong Le had By STEWART HENSLEY Stopped military actions in United Press International Laos since that time Department Not Confirmed CEASE-FIRE BEGINS IN Laotian soldiers were carrying buffalo meat to fighters near Yang Vieng when an announcement from Vientiane gave assurance that Royal Laotian troops and Communist rebels had put into effect a cease-fire on at least one front The peace move was declared spreading from Luang Probang to other areas and leaders were preparing for a conference to settle the bitter civil war Here U.S Officials Elated SWarn Against Optimism the commission for his registration cancelled in error The comn sion after hearing the pet and finding an error in the Her was solicitor for the anv the registration of the of must of Military Ballots lAve rear by the other members of the Operator was Esther R J Flanagan took uu hearing the denied to Khrushchev List Impressive job changes recent been announced that and Demands Ouster been kept quiet Rep William E Miller nave announced a n a hat he eaders had ordered the Asian kin mere are many others tn RMT j expected to be the next COP rear The county commissioners Both were thrown out of ported this morning that five car after it hit the The county tary ballots have been mailed swerved around so that on a petition by the to applicants who are registered rear crashed into a section of Independent Church at in the city of Altoona This field fence Company 6 was RD 2 for exoneration the oil and ing was made possible by the to the fire 1961 county taxes on a jnn tickets cent receipt of the official ballots completely demolished the 1956 erty purchased from Mr and said this was lie for the 5S precincts in the city Ford sedan Mrs Lloyd Burk and which is of Altoona At the lo which both used a parsonage for the page 3 column 2 The board reported seven were taken by ambulance they pastor applications have been received were reported as having the The commissioners deferred for military ballots from the awarding of a contract for registered in the and Miss Possible skull the purchase from the fracture and fracture of the fuels fund of a combination the forehead back hoe and snow c T TT by the Highway 111 forces to hold fire But they too Aristov member of blackjacking the Soviet Russian Republic was removed from policy makin councils and sent to Poland replaced thl all fronts Continued on page 3 column 2 He added that the j broadcast if true is just what have been waiting and hoping The lull in the fighting during davs has held up A dispatch from UPf or Arthur Dommen in matic moves to help the late Tuesday said there Authorities here said they had tied royal government stem been an contact no official confirmation that Communist push government and rebel Poland dispersed rebel forces had President Kennedy and the at Ban Khy on tional Council have dis- m a local cease-fire but it Ot had not yet spread to other areas until there has been some the t feu d t investigation and anv Jett jj s veterans ballot a voter registered in blower for use These applications will be filled on page 21 column Continued on page 3 column 4 i Quotations ARTIME CAPTURED I four bidders bu liquid i Tyrone Priest Among 18 Told To Leave Cuba cussed several possible plans They expressed confidence that action if the Red drive continued Indian Prime Minister including possible intervention by would make every effort to the SEATO alliance and placing i get the control commission into the crisis before the United to llp any new mill Laos as quickly as possible Be- tions larv against India the commission in- warned meanwhile that Canada and Communist he diplomatic struggle over Laos might prove to be just as tough U.S Holds Up Dommen said the B cease-fire prompted the United as the military contest which the the rebels The government of Premier Prince Bonn Ouni and Gen roval government While U S officials si TUCSON Ariz The Rev James McCort their fingers crossed they Tn I MIAMI UPI Radio Havana ers deferred crat Morris Moe Uda 41 Tyrone that developments of eC the capture of further and a possible cheered the bj Fidel Castro the past hours had raised RARE COMMODITY ALTOONA MIRROR of tl by ta firs ago Monday Pasc the in excess of 000 victory at the polls lie Church is expected to arrive proposed conference on seven months has been fighting and have made ranking took part in The bidders Highway Thc Tucson attorney United States today Laos This is tentatively awarded from a fund to re- able gains in the past week Continued on page 3 column 5 narrowly defeated his Republican Amusements Comics and Panels Crossword Puzzle Editorials and Features mi have been pressing the rebels for a truce since tain and Russia as chairmen of the 1954 Geneva conference on Indochina called fnr one a week But the rebels kept 31 last month's invasion His sister Miss Elsie uled to begin at Geneva Mav 12 ward road courtesv Oj -T Waiting Poet's Corner 22 c1 Social Events 10 F Ol Oil Sor m 1 Sports Women's Features Central State News Corner Hopper Want Ads As soon as specifications are Mavor Rov F Thompson replied when asked when l Mac C Matheson to Altoona Mirror at noon she TJ o LI win the congressional seat once expects a call almost any minute TO by his brother Interior announcing his safe arrival back Stewart Udall in the United States from ac V i With all but 53 precincts of the he has been gone since July 1959 J 11 Congressional District's Father Seymour was on his 421 reporting had an un- mission to Cuba since he beatable margin of about 3 500 ordained in in Washington votes to 47730 Most of For the past two years hei LONDON UPI A British Operators ln of the unreported precincts were in as been a teacher of pleaded today to April I Traffic Record Worst In Years rg Group Is Charged With Bedford Thefts had one of thc worst April strongly Democratic territory for bids on a records of the past decade Matheson tenna television franchise for Chief of Police Vaul E Rouzer businessman toona be placed reported two I l Put UP Several inquiries for 741 fnr t tion on which to base the 1C Morns whom have been made and as soon as answers are received and religion at acher of ple St Thomas for tat on lor Russia since he Tucson University in Havana He emerged from Communist North said I fought the formerly was in Havana between Korean captivity eight years ago lon Practices encountered in their 1951 and George Blake was sentenced Miss Seymour said she was in tne old Bailey Court to Claims Title i Kong Le claimed for himself the title of commander in chief of tiie royal Laotian and recognized neutralist Prince Souvanna as legitimate premier of the Laotian I He said the cease would WASHINGTON favorable conditions for investigators sought today to Proposed conference Senate Probes Missile Bases Labor Policies Continued on page 3 column 2 of at in the d his Working with the tail of state police in tion of the Claysburg area accidents almost twice as Kennedy named Stewart to head t ithe specifications will be written the mayor said Bedford de- Mayor Thompson earlier had Forty-eight persons were Interior Department action before the Mav highest number Morris said he supported thc primary April since before Pre- Kennedy administration generally 1 The issue first came up last vious high was the 38 hurt in 1953 described himself as a of individuals engaged in when the initial offer Forty-eight operators were crate and conservative in the true stock thefts from which three installation of a cable antenna charged with violations sense of the word members were sentenced to jail television system was made This cd bv the accidents Last April Matheson an Air Force m Bedford Monday Troopers offer was followed by three was high for the decade with 49 an- leader in the Mormon Church Theodore Lazar and Raymond D others violators cited for driving father of seven told voters Siatkowski have filed charges Virtually the best of he adhered to the conservative against eight individuals has been promised by One bright note was of Arizona's Justice of the Peace John who contends that in pedestrian accidents Sen Barry M of Khe matter is resolved the con- toona had six pedestrians A charge of conspiring to detract will go to the firm last month lowest for an unlawful act has been made the best experience the Continued on page 3 column 3 against Harold Ritchey 20 equipment the best price for old Feather 21 and Gerald the best franchise ratei TEMPERATURES en 21 all of Claysburg RD the best channel Thermometers at the Ritchey for the subscribers low temperature of 41 degrees in jail Monday at Bedford after Under a cable antenna pleading guilty to larceny local viewers would have at 9 a m Larry Paul Weyandt 23 Continued on page 3 columns organizer of the is similarly charged in the con- Continued on page 3 column 3 was tops for anv April with 1953 brother decided to con- turn to this Slr Man for questioning about the effects He is the the late John sa of the union practices on missile ii and Marv F who Closest with in seat when President Tells of Extermination dark-haired diplomat had made moved to from fu confession after his ar- The subcommittee has Continued on page 3 column 4 Beirut three weeks ago thal A Office trades unions such as thc SECRETS OF CIA lor first of By HARRY FERGUSON United International JERUSALEM Israel woman freedom fighter on the witness stand today as she told the Jews armed with Til Democratic Registration Exceeds the Nazis in the Warsaw ghetto Mrs Swia testified against Adolf in a that mounted in anger as she told how the 000 in the ghetto were re- to by starvation and She said the revolt come about when the Jews finally realized that their comrades who were re- Mayor In For Safely Confab 8th Ward Boys Admit Thefts Three Sth ward youngsters 3 Councilman Still In Issue Debate Yesterday's City Council Mayor Roy F Thompson is in 10 and 13 years of age have ad- fi hi h when Coun evc Harrisburg today the burglaries of the Keystone Conference on Traffic Novelty Company at 801 8th Avs Safety Mayor Thompson before he left said he would make a point of finding out when Altoona is to get radar units to control traffic speeds on state highways which flow through the city The mayor mentioned speeding on the state routes of 6th and 7th Avcs and on other city streets including 4th St 13th St Sth and Dili Sts He snid he hopes that the passage of the law legalizing radar help thc local Ave Lt A J McCune of the asked for and the Leipold Market at 201 6th authority reimbursement for work his department did for the bureau juvenile division police headed Councilman i Robert E Sinay continued today today They were taken into custody by Patrolman Andrew Dubbs and 27 and they admitted the other From the novelty store they look Councilman Penny and man Smay both had more to say Arthur Turnbaugh yesterday the issue which broke during the Keystone burglary on April Council's regular open some toy guns balloons and Mr Smay toys Leipold slore they lo quest lock candy and a for work at Homers mg Mr Penny had taken issue when Mr Smay introduced a resolution City Authority which was recovered Continued on page 3 column 5 By MARTIN J SIKORA United International Democrats have pulled away to a statewide registration lead of SPCA tO Kills about With only Somerset County still to report official figures to the state Elections time the COP was the Democrats are certain to show a wide edge over Republicans as they mark only the second time in tory they have come out on top Purges Noted Most of the losses following a presidential or gubernatorial tion stem from purges of the ing rolls which cut off persons who have moved died or failed said Blake was vice consul in fitters and electricians have in- Korea when invading North on procedures which reans interned him in increased the costs of Blake who until recently siles Heavy overtime pay sported a scraggly beard was re- has been highlighted leased by the Communists in Electrical contractors have April 1953 In court the for example that the In tion said he voluntarily began be- Brotherhood of Britain in 1951 Workers insisted on rnakin ently while in Communist hands at the local construction site London newspapers reported many thousands of cable Blake was brainwashed and for missile launchers extermination came a Communist while in North They could have been made more p OI Korean custody quickly and cheaply at the said Blake ton according to the contractors admitted passing the Russians a The subcommittee also has mass of very important in- heard testimony that the o formation none of it apparently tcrs insisted on doing certain lh having anything to do with secret work locally which could have m Continued on page 3 column Continued on page 3 column 2 i named Hennik slipped into the ghetto one day she said and brought thc news of the nations At first nobody believed slu said We could not that Germans would declare LONDON UPI Can one he CARACAS Venezuela UPI and extermination on an race When Hennik told the cruel lo an jAn explosion shattered a lo a who A spokesman for the Royal So-jworks factory and the rabbi said he ciety for the Prevention of early today killing an Hennik was insane to Animals mulled over the 20 persons and Bul by the spring of 1943 the Aid of Oysters 120 Injures 50 The statistics or 66 vote years show Democrats and In the last election Somerset Republicans for the Republicans led the 16 primary by just 1.700 persons so Going into the November final is not likely to change elections the Democratic lead just 2.965 Although adding to Blue ribbons for registration in their edge the Democrats ended March ped from their ranks Continued on page 3 column 1 tion then The 50 others Continued on page 3 column 2 say the degree of suffering of which it is capable must be very modest But we believe in always giving animals thc benefit of the doubt As a result the RSPCA Authorities reported 15 wore recovered and five others ere believed buried in the de- bris Cause of the blast which at was not im- pealed today to striking determined The to unload a half million oysters tory was located in the La Continued on page 3 column 4 tora district WEATHER FORECAST Partly cloudy today A few light showers in mountains this afternoon followed bv clearing Little change in Low with scattered frost Thursday fair and a little warmer
