Cedar Rapids Gazette (Newspaper) - November 19, 1959, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Occasional drizzle tonight Low near J2 Cloudy Friday high In CITY FINAL 5 CENTS VOLUME 313 CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA THURSDAY NOVEMBER 19 1959 ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL U S APPROVES BERRY PLAN Tragic End To Curtice Duck Hunt Former Aide Killed by Ex General Motors Chieftain's Shot FLINT Mich AP I have been hunting about 30 years and there never was an accident a grave careworn Harlow Curtice said Thursday as he for words to explain the p p n while re- i_______: r death of the friend he dentally shot Curtice retired president of General Motors Corp killed Har Anderson 67 a retired GM vice-president Wednesday as they hunted ducks on Ste Anne's island in the river between the U.S and Canada son was struck in the head by a shotgun blast Close Friends Anderson and I were close friends and for at least 30 of my 40 to 45 years with Curtice said This was our 8th con- trip to Ste Anne's to hunt We also had gone Ford Quits Production Of Edsels DETROIT AP The Ed sel Thursday became the first casualty of the battle of the compact cars Ford announced it will abandon its production immediately Introduced only 2 years ago the Edsel never cap tured a market Slightly more than were sold Less than 100 have been built in the last two weeks as Ford diverted scarce steel to Ford said sales of the 1960 Edsel model which looks strikingly like the 1959 have been particularly trips out the try Curtice told CURTICE a news ence here that he and An- derson got into their hunting blind about and had bagged half a dozen ducks between them w hen Anderson was shot Curtice said Anderson stood up just as Curtice raised his gun and fired al a block of ducks passing over He said Anderson lurched into his way adding Mr Anderson might have lurched because the ground was uneven and he might have stumbled Two Others Two other members of the hunting party George board chairman of Wheel Corp of Detroit and Arthur Brown of Rochester Mich a manufacturer's ative another blind about 100 yards from Curtice and Anderson Asked if he had any gestions on how such dents could be avoided tice 1 think one gun to a blind would be my gestion and preferably one man to a blind I am told by many of my friends that this could have happened to them After the shooting dy who has a hunting lodge in the area was one of those unfortunate things you can't understand They'd both been shooting guns all their lives You can't understand why these things happen May Be Inquest The Ontario attorney office said it would decide Friday or Saturday whether to an inquest into Anderson's death Curtice retired as GM president Aug 31 1958 but remains as a director An- derson retired Dec 31 1956 A Mormon funeral service will be held for Anderson Friday at the First of Ann Arbor Mason Home HOLLYWOOD AP tor James Mason Saturday with virus pneumonia went home Wednesday sponse to all other company lines has been good Not Justified In view of this high con- sumer preference for the other company lines and the severe decline in demand for Edsel cars continued duction of the Edsel is not justified especially in view of the steel said Total Edsel duction has been mately In all 1959 only about have been built Ford claimed sales of other lines during the first 101 days of November N Temptation Says No to New Offer Asserts Industry's Plan Virtually Same as October Move PITTSBURGH basic steel industry day disclosed it had ted a new contract proposal to the United The union promptly above the similar period ast year The Edsel has been assembled at Ford's Louisville plant This plant will j -i i f to build trucks The d i v will become the division Want Switch Ford last week shifted all assembly plants of Eruption o Are Likely Winners In Voting Rapids Iowa Federation of Can't See Balance For Budge purchasing into its big Ford a move which Henry were voting on Ga AP servers suggested heralded merger of all Ford volcano became Thursday afternoon with the 2 top jobs apparently due to go to the Director Maur Stans said Thursday ti the odds have s w u ng operations The Edsel was first spouted lava a balanced Sept 4 1957 Ford into the air and in the state the current 1960 fis it had been under President Ray ment 3 years at a cost of a The Edsel started with mounting column of orange and crimson flames forced closing of all Des Moines was returned office by acclamation He lad been unopposed going over the n military half of the 1 budget with President Eis series and 18 models points on the rim Stans said the spe dropped to a single Iki McCoy of Monroe total for that fiscal ye and 6 models in its Murata a opposition but July 1 1960 said Kilauea had of the vote be in excess of violent it was beyond primary Grand Jury of previous experience and was completely a probable winner That was the only job He made it apparent administration has a job Report Winds blew lava as in the primary election since there were in trying to stay wit 81 billion NEW YORK AP a mile from the candidates for other said he hasn't gh udge ruled Thursday its sixth day of hope of a balanced bu making public the report the island of Hawaii for this year but a grand jury that southeast of strike has turned he probe of television the evacuation opposition in against it cars HIP final was Michael said No private the crater of Davenport a see how It would are involved the function rangers yelled for vice-president now to hold 1961 spe he grand jury ends when clear out so we 159 to the 79 billion now determines no crime said was James for the 1960 fis said felt we were of Des Moines eral Sessions Judge 143 All votes are built-in 5 h McCoy in the in excess of 2 billion The report was in the form Df a for Santa plus all possible votes total only legislation and p he said so ment A presentment differs rom an indictment in It contesting for other positions in will be up His remarks offered lit t summarizes an UPI o p e the administrat ion but brings no charge your name come up with a Schweitzer last August the grand jury asked the department store Santa Earl J Baum Des and Jack Lewis tax cut of evidence as the Firings rom the presentment presidents at UPI A Ja o the house legislative ho said Henry Carter left-wing group p sight I'm Father Donald Q Thursday against They provided the basis he did a double Boe of American missi he subcommittee's WAS Princess Page 6 Col Okinawa that 1961 the he Airline Hit DUBLIN strike on the Irish gasoline ery system forced the tional airline Aer Lingus to suspend operations Today's Index Courthouse 6 Crossword 23 Dally Record 6 Deaths 6 Editorial Features 8 Farm 22 Comics 23 Marion 9 Movies 19 Television 18 Of All Things Society State 10 Want Ads the Steel Union f coid Mac Is Told By Adenauer The union said the pro posal was made on Nov 15 and turned down the same day The new proposal the un- on said represents virtually no change from the one made Oct 17 That offer was rejected by the full wage committee Ths union estimated the latest offer as worth about 24 cents an hour over the 3 year period It had estimated previous offer at 23.8 cents Company Estimate In disclosing the latest of- rer R Conrad Cooper chiel negotiator ed the new proposal would cost the companies 30 cents an hour over a had valued the Oct 17 of- fer at 29.4 cents On the basis of the 2 mates the hew proposal cent over I years Cooper The pro is a fair offer to do what can be done and still within bounds in the cost of steel production The union statement The only difference be- tween this latest company offer and the earlier offers is a small pension ment which the union ary estimates is worth less than of a cent The Same Referring to the industry's on local work con- ditions the USW said the atest offer is the same old attempt to deprive workers of hard-won gains and The ment They still are ng upon a one-sided and un- air arbitration designed to them unilaterally to eliminate and benefits von by the in LONDON lor Adenauer said Thursda that he and Prime Macmillan have complete agreement on th disarmament He told a news conferenc that Western proposals at th Geneva foreign ministers conference last summer re main the basic position o European security A in which East and West wi have equal is to begin work on disarm ament early next year Adenauer said he and Mac millan had had a successfu exchange of views durin his stay Mac Pledge During their talks Mai millan assured Adenauer tha Britain has no intention o working out a secret a1 rangement with Russia o military disengagement in zone on both sides of the Iro Curtain in Europe Adenauer repeated ances that West German would cooperate in avertin a trade war between the nation common market which she is a an the rival outer 7 group le by Britain Churchill Talk Establishment of the groups he said must no lead to economic warfare Such a conflict he addee would wreck the hard wor that had gone into buildin European unity since th war Adenauer s p e n t day night and Thursda morning fn final conference with Macmillan at Chequers official country home o British prime ministers They went there after Aden auer called on Sir Winsto Churchill heir contracts for many years The only changes are a stay of the sentence unti Tune 1960 and some addi language which makes t even more clear than ever that their objective is o eliminate jobs and work ers On other contract mat ers seniority schedules vacation periods discharge if employes involved no matter how in wildcat new proposal is Page 6 Col 1 Iowa Water Conservation Urged DES MOINES AP A far-reaching program of expanded water tion based on extensive research and collection of data about future needs was recommended by the state of Iowa Thursday The state's tions were submitted to a U S senate select tee -on national water re- sources here by Park Ri- nard administrative to Gov Herschel Loveless The r e c o m were drawn up by Iowa agencies that have re- in the water resources field He listed flood control on the border and internal rivers of Iowa as the greatest single need in the water resources field day and perhaps in the foreseeable future He pointed out that 2 re- cent floods on relatively small rivers the 1953 Floyd river flood that claimed 14 lives and the 1958 river uge that cost 18 caused more than lion in property damage Rinard emphasized that there does not appear to be any over-all shortage of water in Iowa But he noted that Iowa's water use is expected to double by 1980 and said there are local areas where ages may occur Farm crops use by far the greatest amount of wa- ter in Iowa Rinard said He estimated that 20 to 22 inches of water per acre are needed annually That amounts he said to billion gallons a than 20 times all other uses of today combined It is estimated that all other uses of wa- ter arc around 635 billion gallons annually said Major Conservation of water for agriculture in some in- stances tends to diminish the surface runoff needed by some cities and in- Ground water is un- evenly distributed in Iowa and some of it has too much mineral content to be used as it comes from the ground Even with a high de- gree of sewage and waste treatment stream flows must be maintained to di- lute wastes after they come from the treatment plants Rinard submitted these recommendations for tion: 1 All water resources Page 6 Col 4 Waterloo Load Of Cranberries Ordered DES MOINES the first time since the in ception of the country cranberry scare a load o Vesh Wisconsin berries sus of contamination ha een ordered seized in Iowa Government officials sail the berries were shippei rom Wisconsin Rapids Nov i to Waterloo and are now in the warehouse of a pro duce company there The welfare department in Washington announced lat Wednesday it has filed ac tion to seize the shipmen consisting of 87 cases of 2 one-pound bags of fresh ber ries In Minneapolis Norman E Foster chemist with the Federal Food and Drug Ad ministration said samples of the cranberries were found to be R M Keller manager of the Hoxie Fruit Co at Waterloo said the nal shipment contained about 400 cases but only 50 or 60 cases were dered withheld from sale Keller said at Waterloo he has another sale supply of cranberries that are above suspicion U.S District Attorney F E Van Alstine at Sioux City said he is not disturbed about the cranberry tion and he expects to have them for Thanksgiving ner The district attorney said he United States marshal actually carries out any ure orders The Waterloo produce company manager said the cranberry scare had already cost his firm a business loss f to but er I ale n big bowlful of cranberries for We like them at house To Provide Labels for Untainted Those Classified Safe After Be Marketed WASHINGTON Thursday proved a plan for making plentiful supplies of cranberries able for Thanksgiving Welfare Secretary ming said cranberry lots ready tested and found un- contaminated muy be mar- if they contain this Examined and passed by the Food and Drug of the U.S ment of health education and welfare 4 Million Free Cranberries from lots taling more than 4 million pounds already have been tested and found free of con- from the weed killer said the plan worked out with tives of the cranberry try 1 Assure proper testing of fresh cranberries and essed cranberry products in all stages of marketing wholesale and retail be- are to the public v 2 Provide for approved labels which the housewife can look for to be sure the package can or bottle she buys is from tested ries Flemming noted at a news conference that misuse of approved statements on the label would constitute a criminal offense under the Food drug and cosmetics act Modifications The plan was based on submitted at a public hearing jy the cranberry industry jut Flemming made cations The principal change was or labeling cranberries free of the weed killer Flemming said the Food and Drug Administration will continue to expedite the esting program and is pre- pared to assist packers in checking stocks from the 958 crop It is understood this means that these lots will be sampled and analyzed to an extent necessary to assure he Food and Drug tration that they are free of Flemming aid Packers and distributors if lots found free of amino- under this procedure re authorized to place the statement on con- Certified sate under Ian approved the U S for ies To Test More As to the 1959 crop ming said primary handlers nd marketing agents are olding under safeguards pounds of cranberries hich may contain amino- These lots will be tested procedures approved y the Drug Administration ny containing amino- will be destroyed Already over 3 million ounds of fresh cranberries ave been tested and found Page 6 Col 8 Chuckle Husband pacing the floor with howling baby to Isn't it about time to take him back to the doctor for a mile
