Progress, The (Newspaper) - February 23, 1961, Clearfield, Pennsylvania Top Local AP Wirephotos In The Progress Daily THE GRESS Weather Mostly cloudy with showers night and little temperature Low 32-42 Mostly cloudy and colder Volume 55 Number 45 Moshannon Thursday February 1961 20 PAGES TODAY Kennedy locked Airlines WASHINGTON White House sources said today President Kennedy has been advised the flight engineers strike can be ended promptly if Western Airlines goes along with commitments by other struck These who asked not to be said rhat picture of the situation had been outlined to Kennedy by Secretary of Labor Arthur The report coincided almost precisely with an outline given to newsmen by en- union Goldberg arranged to give Kennedy a first-hand report on settlement Kennedy has been advised that a settlement by midday was tually a certainty if Western lines agreed to let its striking flight engineers go back to work without reprisals while a study ed earlier this to work out long-range That probably take about 90 Western has fired its 130 Voter BELLEFONTE Centre ty commissioners at their ing Tuesday discussed the coming primary election and voter trations and took action on eral other items of Candidates for office may now circulate petitions for the May 16 These petitions must be filed at the commissioners office by March 13. Three county-wide offices Will be filled this district ney and two jury A judge of election and two in- of election will be elected for four-year terms in each pre- Other offices to be filled are ough burgesses and township tax justices of the constables and two school directors from each ough and may register vote through March the pointed New tions since 8 have increased the county voter lists to The Democrats have added Continued on Page Column 5 Dean Braucht C. COALPORT Dean F. cashier of the First National Bank of was elected president of the Coalport Area Chamber of last He Floyd B. Other officers elected were James R. Taskor as vice president nnd John B. treasurer John F. Smith was Mr. Mr. Smith and Robert 0. Rupp were elected new directors for a year Other directors whose terms pire in 1961 are George W. Dean Clifford Miles and J. Wilson Laing Jr. Terms of Continued on Page Column 5 River Level At Clearfield Is Climbing Slowly Rain has started the West Branch of the Susquehanna River on the rise again as it moved from feet at 7 p.m. yesterday to 4.32 feet by 7 a. m. Higher temperatures also added to the slowly rising water level as one inch snpw leaving a total ground accumulation of three inches this Temperature at 7 a. m. was recorded at 40 de- grees by Ira state river observer at Total precipitation in the 24-hour period ending at 7 a. m. today was measured at one inch by Mr. Little change is sedn in the ther for the next meaning more rain and low clouds over the ey Warm and fronts are ing in from the northwest resulting in rain and possible fog this after- There might also Be light showers and thunder according to the Federal Aviation Agency station at Black Moshannon The weather observers at the airport recorded a high of 39 degrees at 1 p. m. yesterday and a low of 34 at The cury went up to 41 degrees by 11 a. m. HARRiSBURG rain continued to fall on the already saturated earth sylvania but river fore- casters were not alarmed by any new flood The River Fore- casting Service said the with the extensive snow melt and ice might start small streams to rising again in the River Up to this serious flooding was not BULLETIN WASHINGTON tary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg today won a two-hour extension of time for an attempt to settlement of flight ing engineers and has it will hire pilots to Other struck airlines hav on 'the other to le their engineers return to wort outcome of the study by the presidential Twice during the last 24 hour Goldberg iis known to have beer in touch with the president o Western Airlines in -an effort t get that company to go along the Informed sources said the gency of was up by plans of the other struc lines to withdraw their commi merits to Western di not fall in line by noon EST today Stating flatly will b no deal without Flight Engineers Association spokesman said head quarters here has more than telegrams to that effect from its The union spokesman said at- for the strikers and News Briefs CONFERENCE CANCELED HARRISBURG Gov. fogbound in his news conference had been scheduled for m. The airline flight which the had planned to take back 3 Harrisburg canceled be- of fog and bad Lawrence's office said no news inference would be held this Slaps at Ike's Policy on Flood Control Kennedy Offers To Develop Resources AWAITS SENTENCING Pa. mo convicted of the brutal of a 16-year-old delphia is scheduled day to be sentenced to death in the electric sentencing date was set month by Adams ty Court Judge W. C. after he denied a motion for a new By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH WASHINGTON dent Kennedy sent Con- gress a program for vast of America's natural re- sources and he asserted hower administration policy took a heavy toll of lives essential flood control In a special the dent set forth plans for both im- mediate and long range dealing with a host of problems in the field of He we fail to use these blessings we will be in trouble in a short He called for facing up to the problems and task is large but it will be Kennedy placed no price tag on his far-reaching among other envisages de- velopment economically com- nuclear power within 10 years to replace or supplement power from conventional fuels in areas where such fuel is Administration officials said they won't be able to estimate the added cost of the over-all Kennedy program over present levels of resources spending until studies by the Budget Bureau and other federal agencies have been These officials they look for very little VICTIMS BRUSSELS All 73 tims of the Sabena World lines crash near Brussels have been police sources an- FBI specialists flew here with tal charts and other on the 49 Americans killed in the MISSING PLANE ARRIVES Pa. Airport reported today a plane reported missing was safely landed there Wednesday SPACE CAPSULE CHECKED CAPE Fla. Project Mercury space apparently in ex- condition after a punishing rocket was returned here today for minute Scientists and engineers ly studied the space After a quick one for the it looks just like it came from the Continued on Eoro Audit Report 9s Published A condensation of the Clearfield Borough ed on page four of today's shows the general fund for 1900 at with total of The report also includes the year end for a variety of special funds and Borough assets counts receivable and the tories of real borough equipment and fire total minus in The detailed report oi the audit can be seen at the Borough Continued on Page Column 2 Body of Missing Man Found MORRISDALE Mike also known as Mike and the object of a widespread search was found dead late yesterday near Mr. had been ing since 9 His body found by Joe a nearby about a half mile from the school off the Run Philipsburg State Police were Continued on Page Column 2 Woodland Man injured A Woodland man was rushed to the Clearfield Hospital shortly er a. m. today with a Henry Rogers Sr. was injured while working in the Barrett Works of tories No other details were immediately Former Publisher Of Osceola Paper Dies OSCEOLA MILLS Mrs. hanna Whitmer of former publisher of the Osceola died at 7 a. m. today in the Philipsburg State She was the F. mer and had published the ly from the of un- til a few years After that her Miss Esther who is among her served as both editor and publisher until about a year The paper suspended cation last Funeral arrangements and a complete obituary will appear in tomorrow's y NEW TRIAL DENIED Pa. bria County Court today denied a new trial to county commissioner Frank Burns and Frank former bakery convicted conspiring to cheat the county on bread The court ordered the men to appear for sentencing March 7. They have been free on bond since their conviction last September false pretense NEW FIRM IN MAKING Iowa His Name Be Withdrawn Gets President Off Diplomatic Hook in Choosing Swiss Envoy By GEOFFREY GOULD WASHINGTON E. T. Palm Beach has asked President Kennedy to withdraw his name as dor to He thus got Kennedy off a diplomatic Smith's never for- mally was criticized strongly inv the Swiss It drew some adverse comment at A Smith was to Cuba in the hower administration until just after Fidel Castro took He was quickly there by a career Castro said Smith was too friendly with Fulgencio Batista the dictator Castro Since the United States broke diplomatic relations with Cuba re- the Swiss have been dling U. S. interests in Havana at U. S. of the Swiss apparently cen tered this the new appointment of Smith cause embarrassment and difficulty ir carrying out these duties for the United Smith's appointment to Havana ern Biochemical Corp. of Sheldon has taken the first steps toward voluntary paving the way for the formation of a new Progress Office At Philipsburg Moved Tomorrow Feb. 24 The Progress news bureau and business office at Philipsburg will be ed at 109 N. Front St. in the storeroom formerly ed by Children's Mystery Solved Af Philipsburg PHILIPSBURG The case of the missing has been cleared up An information was signed by Philipsburg Borough police today against Larry of charging him with receiving stolen The youth is ly serving an indefinite term for burglary at the Pennsylvania In- Travis told police that the and battery charger were given to him by another person one night late in January 1960. They had been stolen from the radio room of the Hope Fire Com- pany in December 1959. The boy said when he saw a story about the theft in the in he became afraid and took the stolen to a mine near Coalport he smashed both the walkie charger and threw away the Continued on Page Column 2 Education Aid Draws Opposition Byrd Asserts Program Will Open Back Door To School Integration By JACK BELL WASHINGTON ry F. sparked fresh Southern opposition to President Kennedy's aid tf education gram with the assertion today that it will open a back door to school said he is convinced an analysis of Kennedy's for federal educational grants to to as they see fit that the program will the way for the sort of But even more distasteful to he said in an is what he regards as the ability that Congress eventually may require school desegregation in all states accepting federal one can guarantee there will not be federal efforts to control our schools to this ex- Byrd Congress passes now may not carry a desegregation But there Is real ger that on some future swift impact on the budget with several of Kennedy proposals geared to needs years from Specific recommendations the President include doubling spending on research aimed at making salty ocean water suitable for use in the home and by in- The administration said this would hike the outlay to million a said when this know-how is achieved it will immediately be made able to every nation in the world who wishes along with appropriate technical and other assistance for its Indeed the United States welcomes now the cooperation of all other wish to join in this effort at The Kennedy program dealt with water resources generally and the prospect for doubled con- 600 billion gallons daily by big scale sion of electric forest con- exploration of the oceans for gas minerals and for great of recreational and trol of air and water Kennedy said that In marketing federal electric preference will be given to public agencies and In outlining plans for water re- sources the dent said reject a new Kennedy did not name the Eisenhower tion but aides said this was a slap Continued on Page Column 1 Michaels Head Hyde Fire Co. The Hyde Fire Company at a meeting earlier this week elected John Winters president and Harold Michaels fire chief for the coming Other officers elected Continued on Page Column 1 was regarded as a During Kennedy Fire Damage Set at Curwensville CURWENSVILLE mately damage was caused to a dump truck owned by the H and W Coal Co. in a fire day afternoon at Wagoner's ing The Hose Ladder Co. of Curwensville was called out about The fire started when sparks from a welding torch hit a gas tank and ignited Damage was confined to the PRR Passenger Train Boulder Huntingdon Yesterday Pa. A. diesel engine pulling a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train with 413 persons aboard crashed into a boulder which rolled down a hill One woman was shaken The diesel engine of the Spirit of St. bound from New York to was damaged and partially derailed by the force the The 19 pas cars stayed on the pain tracks just west of this southcentral Pennsylvania com- The train was towed back to Huntingdon and the damaged en- gine After some three the continued on its Miss Ida of burgh was admitted to a hospital for out at political payoffs in the ing of There was some when it became known here that Smith was Kennedy's choice for the Swiss But Smith is a long time friend and neighbor the Kennedy ily at the Florida While vacationing there before taking Kennedy played golf with Smith several The Swiss government did not openly oppose but its net delayed approval of him and made it clear it would rather have political his election often struck Continued on Page Column 1 Daily Lenten Meditations are planning to mark the 25th anniversary of the Clearfield Community Concert Association the biggest and most im- pressive scries Al concert association said today following a preparatory meeting of the executive board and a representative of the New York office of Community Concerts Inc. The meeting to lay plans for the Membersh p Drive to be held the week of May 15 was held last in the Dimeling In addition to Mr. manager ot Radio Station the ins attended by Dr. Gerald A vice Mrs. pd Mrs. ley membership and Michel of Community Con- certs Inc. The Clearfield association will PLANS FOR CELEBRATING THE 25th anniversary of the Clearfield Community Concert its anniversary nnd Mr. Dame predicted tor membership drive Continued on Page Column 3 are being made by members of the association's executive Seated left 1o right Al Esther and Michel New York representative of Community Concerts Inc. Standing are Robert Stanley membership and Dr. Gerald A- vice Read Romans He fell to the and a voice saying unto why thou When I was a pastor in a man stopped mo on the street one day and asked lo talk with me. We went lo my home He told me how God had spoken to him during a hike in the He told of his sins and of his decision to begin a new us go down to the church altar and he after he had told his As we entered the he looked up toward the ceiling and worked here as a penter when this church was Because I hated the church then and like seeing this ing I said more curses than there are nails in this He was truly converted and born From being a denier and he became a full and conscientious member of the As long as he he remained a deyout rejoicing in the Lord and always Willing lo serve Lord Thou canst con- vert a persecutor and make of him a Reveal today Thy power to change the hearts and minds of those who these days go Grant us age to witness to Thee and to guide others to find in Thee for- of their In Thy blessed name we Thought For The Day Christ can change the sinner of today into the saint Carl Blake vice Norman financial William recording Raymond Elmer These new officers will be in- stalled at the next regular ing on March 6. FIRST DISTRICT ELIMINATION WINNERS in the 1961 Progress Spelling Bee competition were these four DuBois pupils de- termined in a combined Bee held In the top photo are the St. Catherine's School Mary Jo at left and In the picture below are the St. Joseph's Connie at left and Vickie For Spelling Bee A sixth grader and three eighth grade pupils became the first spellers to qualify for ress Spelling Bee finals yesterday as spellers of St. Catherine and Joseph Schools of DuBois held their district First place winners in the com- Bee held in the St. erine Church Hall were Connie St. Joseph's eighth and Mary Jo Catherine up and also qualifying for the area championship Bee were Mikelonis St. Joseph School and Kathleen of St. both eighth i A total of 219 words were ed to spell down all 24 with the two St. Joseph engaging in an 89-word athon before Connie Kulbatsky was able to clinch first place over Vicki girls were unable to spell two and in the 39-word stretch and Vicki fell on the word which Connie spelled correctly and then spelled to win first 13-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Kulbatsky of 414 South was the first place winner for St. Joseph's School a year ago while also 13 and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Mikelonis of 901 W. Washington was a finalist in the 1959 ship Bee as a sixth raine Sweka was St. Joseph's top sixth grade speller ing until the sixth round of and received a Paper Mate pen for St. Catherine's top 11- year-old Mary Jo went out on the 130th word after successfully spelling eight previous words given She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell Korb of 107 W. Weber Runner-up Kathy 13-year- old daughter of and Mrs. liam J. Wilt of 113 South bowed out on the word in the same Top sixth gradet for St. Catherine's School was Mary Ann who received a Paper Mate pen for her Yesterday's first place winners received each and the up each from The The next district elimination Continued on Page Column 1
