Coshocton County Democrat, The (Newspaper) - January 17, 1956, Coshocton, Ohio PHONE NUMBERS Room 170 Subscriptions Classified and Display Ads 205 The Coshocton Tribune Weather Cloudy and with gnow riei and Wednesday tonight VOL XLVII NO 143 the COSHOCTON OHIO TUESDAY EVENING JANUARY again threatened tb recently hard-hit r In Photo of the Engines Battalion from t covering ot the water aide of levee to vent water irom eroding wall Camlet p kd SIX CENTS Sun Shines Over Flooded California But Fuel Oil Shortage Is Threat in New York By UNITED PRESS Sunshine broke through over and Florida today But man-made troubles fied wintry weather in New York City A strike of fuel truck driven went into its second day cutting off 60 per cent of fuel oil and nearly all coal de- liveries purposes in the big town The strike came in the midst of a January cold spell with expected to dip below freezing tonight Mayor Wagner arid other officials mended heat conservation meas urei including the early banking of furnace fires in tha iid apartment houses Fuel Supply Most homes and institutions were believed to have a at fuel left the nation in California bright dried out land I and increased that a dike would prevent a new torrent at beleaguered Yuba City The dike holding back er River wai to loft it ahook like bowl jelly laid the dike wai beginning to dry in the but evacuated were extended a heaters The worst tragedy proclamation issued during trous Christmas week to in- clude new There was another sad ing underway in Florida the state's worst cold wave in 61 yean took 14 lives and more than 50 million dollars In crop losses The cold wave ended day and Florida's famed sunshine warmed beaches again But farmers said the final of the big freeze wai yet to counted Faulty Heifers All of the Florida deaths were blamed on gas fumes or fires from occurred Monday in Miami when gas fumes killed six persons Florida was the luckiest of the Southland states as temperature dropped below freezing through much of Dixie Icy w e a e r gripped the Great Plains with lows early today including 15 be low at Grand Forks and below at Pierre Most of the nation east of the got snow or rain during the night There was two inches of mow on the ground at Gordons ville Va and Baltimore Md and more snow fell over the plains southward into Oklahoma Defense Blueprints Found In Slain Man's Briefcase warned not to return to their for the time being in northern Call forma weekend floods were blamed for four deaths President Burke Says He Is Not Candidate By UNITED PRESS Former U.S Sen A Burke will not seek the Democratic nomination for governor he an- in Cleveland today I am not a candidate for nor I intend to remain in the vate practice of law I expect to maintain my interest in public fairs I hope to be a delegate to the Democratic National tion and will do all 1 can to port Gov Frank J the former Cleveland mayor said Burke spoke after a weekend conference with Democratic ers who had urged him to enter the race Four In Avowed candidates in the cratic field are Michael V DiSalle Toledo former OPA administrator and Toledo mayor Mayor Frank X of Youngstown lisher Robert W Reider of Port Clinton and Rep Michael Crosser of Cleveland Former State Director Oscar Fleckner also in- he seek the tion Meanwhile it was reported a drive to get Columbus attorney James W a chairman of the Ohio Turnpike Commission was expected to blossom following Burke's withdrawal Also considered a potential by some was Chairman Robert W Moulton of the State Public Utilities Lausche is a candidate for GEORGETOWN Man Top secret East Coast we're found today m thi of murdered engineer The body of Robert H Himmler 31 of Cumberland Md an em ployee of the Engineering Co of Maryland had been Saturday night in a cemetery here Police laid ha had been twice at close range with a Hi i car wai found abandoned in Boiton early today with tha brief case and ransacked in it After the slaying the car was used in a gasoline station up police said The gasoline station owner laid he wai sure he could identify the holdup man if he saw him again police laid The FBI the con- blueprints for various Nike and other radar defenses for the East Coast It was not known whether any of the papers vere missing Police laid it was possible that Himmler was shot to death by a hitch hiker who did not know the value of the papers The victim's wife telephoned the Boston Globe to ask that ies be notified what her husband's Briefcase contained The Globe said Mrs Himmler told a reporter her husband re- quested that officials be contacted in event of his death Will you tell someone in on Page Thirteen Toledo Woman Killed In Basement of Home Pay Checks Awaited that his brief case contains the radar and guided missile plans for East Coast installations in Maine Massachusetts New York Virginia and the wai quoted Mra Himmler learned of death through newsman attempting to make a positive following a police check that the body found in Georgetown might be connected with the abandoned car in Boston Leaders in Auto Steel Industries See Huge Expansion Plans Revealed to Boost Production NEW YORK UP Leaders in two bellwether industries and steel agree the future is bound to be good and revealed billion dollar expansions backing up their confidence General Motors Corp the world's biggest manufacturer an- Monday it was hiking cap- ital spending to one billion dollars in 1956 or more than a third higher than the previous record outlay and nearly two-thirds greater than capital spending in 1955 GM President Harlow H Curtice in announcing the expansion be- fore top business leaders here said it reflects GM's belief another record year is in store for ness in 1956 But the gaun will be lower than in most outstanding year in the history of our country from a business and economic standpoint At the same time Benjamin F Fairless former chairman of ed States Steel Corp said at a news conference the steel industry has launched the biggest time expansion program in history in a show of confidence in the ture Fairless now president of the SCHOOL BUILDING PLANS SNAGGED BY STATE LAW Negro Vote Factor In Louisiana Race NEW ORLEANS UP Voters n this politically turbulent state today in the first primary since Reconstruction days in which segregation and a big Negro ing registration loomed as cent factors in the selection of a new Louisiana governor Segregation has become a key because of some candidates attacking their opponents on the that they have made deals with Negro organizations and are secretly in favor of inte gration Some Republicans als were eligible to vote on candidate oc lieutenant governor and state posts About Ne roes a 60 per cent 952 were registered to vote Nomination in the primary i FREMONT 0 UP City tantamount to election in this tra American Iron Steel Institute said steel companies plan to boost ingot capacity over a three-year period by 15 million tons at a cost of more than three billion dollars This would increase capacity to 143 million tons against 92 million tons at the end of World War II ast year with capacity rated at 126 million tons tha industry's ual production was 117 million ons far in excess of in history Fairless said the gigantic sion move is impelled by expectet increases and the fac hat each American is using more hingi made of than ever be ore Both end Curtice were by another key industry eader Alfred P Sloan boarc hairman of General who poke along with Curtice at unch kicking off the GM industrial the Sloan told the 600 top business leaders at tha lunch 1956 is bound to be a good year I don't think we need to worry about it Sloan further declared if dent Eisenhower rum for re- election all the in BIPARTISANSHIP Republican Gov of New Hampshire right greets Sen Estes Kefauver ai the Tennessee Democrat arrives in Laconia N H Kefauver is touring the Ite state In quest of delegates in the March primary the first in the nation is a strong supporter of President Eisenhower and has filed to place the Chief name on the primary ballot House Votes Increase in Tax COLUMBUS Ohio legislature pledged to deliver the old one-two punch to the state's ing problems of mental illness and education still had another round to fight today before the final In the opposing corner was a muscular and stubborn fellow representing the puzzle of what to do about the pressing building needs of impoverished school districts I he legislators appeared decided on their course of action for new mental hospital facilities juvenile institutions prisons and university buildings But the pubic schools building program remained in question Dream of Tax Reduction Persists on Capitol Hill the nation's outlook will wind long-time be gone economic with the awaited passage of an nance today in order to get their pay checks Auditor Mrs Clara Gibbs said she asked council to borrow to pay workers and meet a backlog of bills when the city failed to meet the payroll Democratic state but tc win a candidate must obtain more than 50 per cent of the vote received by his opponents Earl K Long ernor of Louisiana from and brother of the late Sen Huey Continued on Page Five Free World Pays Homage fo Benjamin Franklin on Anniversary of Birth TOLEDO 0 i UP Police day investigated tha death of Mn Hubert Noblin 59 found murdered in the basement of her home day Noblin found his wife's body when he returned home from work home was ransacked but ing was missing Coroner Dr Paul Hohly death was caused by a blunt in- strument with which the victim wai struck on the head Monday morning CALLED Firemen were called to the home of Lance 242 South Fourth it at 4 i m today Soot Chimney caught PHILADELPHIA UP jamin Franklin the humble printer who achieved enduring world stature was honored through out the free world on the anniversary of his birth Some 500 organizations in 51 countries have joined with the Franklin Institute here to observe the birth anniversary of the most versatile man Colonial America produced Franklin born this day in Boston in 1706 crowded several lifetimes of accomplishment into his life span of 84 years Poor Richard identified self with the working class and be- gan hii will I Benjamin lin printer From the of the phia printer the Institute h a i framed the basn for the theme of the international celebration Free and voluntary tion of ideas Path Te WerU Franklin believed that the path to world freedom would be cleared wai free exchange of ideas not only among all the leaders but also among all of the people of all countries Each of the 500 organizations has planned its own method of honoring Franklin's birth An estimated newspapers magazines radio and television stations Will the Franklin principles to untold millions The celebration will be observed throughout 1956 An exchange of ideas and beliefs on subjects from endeavour made his basic contributions will take place among 51 nations To historians Franklin must seem a combination Horatio Alger Ruth and Albert Einstein rolled into one He did so many different things so remarkably well The list of subjects in which he excelled includes education inter- national relations printing science communications free religion ture and entertainment all the ten fields of where Poor Richard Second Bid Made For Clerk's Job Dwight F Walker 242 Cambridge rd deputy sheriff is making his second bid for the nomination for clerk of courts on the Republican ticket subject to the May primary A native of Bedford township he attended the elementary schools there and later graduated from West Bedford high school Mr Walker and A E Reed rated a general store jt West ford for six years Later he worked 12 years for the state highway de- and was a bookkeeper By UNITED PRESS WASHINGTON That bal lot box election yea tax in Capito corridors today It refused to blow away House Democratic Leader John W McCormack said the White House promised Republican con- gressmen a tax cut before the November elections McCormack said House GOP leaders in lining up against a Democratic last year told GOP congressmen that dent Eisenhower would ask for an election year tax cut House Republicans denied it They also repeated Mr statement that expected surpluses are too slim 0 permit tax relief But Republican House Whip ie C Arends 111 and Sen Styles H Bridges GOP Senate Policy chairman were mistic They said maybe the pluses will he bigger than Then the national debt could e reduced and taxes could be cut oo Other congressional Mr Eisenhower sent Con- fess a broad long range report h the nation's dwindling water The report was drawn p by an advisory committee appointed by the dent in 1954 The Senate Agriculture Committee opened a week of pub lie hearings on the Eisenhower farm program and other proposals to Bolster falling farm incomes Democrats charged the tion program would put little more in farmers this year CM: of the natural gas warned that iti defeat might cause a fuel in the East The Senate debate on the raged for the second day The would exempt independent gas producers from direct federal price regulation Foreign Undersecretary of State Herbert Hoover Jr was before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee edly to discuss some phase of the foreign aid gram Such powerful senators as hairman Walter F George of the Relations Committee and Senate Republican Leader William F Knowland are openly opposed to parts of the program A House government Operations subcommittee studied conflicting evidence in its gation of expansion of a federal nickel plant in Cuba General Administrator Edmund F is accused of Uncertainty regarding funds for schools arose following approval the House Monday night of a bil for an additional a pack tax on cigarets The vote was 115 3 Tl ose voting No were Reps Clifton L Caryl George H Kirkpatrick and Andrew D- Mr Smoker will plunk down that extra penny March 5 House Speaker Roger Cloud Logan believes the solution to the problem will come in an ment to the main appropriation calling for the spending of money from the surplus As it stands he said the Legislature just doesn't have time Lo wrestle with the problem at this special session Boiled down the stumbling itone ii The Capital Planning and Improvements Board found that under the law the state must re- tain ownership of any new ings constructed in needy school districts with bond money This means creation of a ing authority and considerable Cloud said He laid the doesn't have the lame lem with mental and already owned and operated by the Rep J Frank McClure land chairman of the Houie F nance Committee laid he believe problem can be out dur ing committee sessions today Cloud laid poor district had estimated they need 11 to 13 million dollars this year for con- struction However the House speaker said he doubts any ment will provide them with that much money Legislative leaders are thinking of five to eight million dollars for nev public buildings This would be in addition to the 15 lion dollan projected for state uni- Several representatives ing William Manahan R De- chairman of the House Committee feared public schools would not get a fair share of the bond issue money Rep George M Hook Jr D- Brown introduced an amendment to insure at least 50 million dollars for the public schools but the lure wai defeated Weak opposition also popped up in the Senate but for entirely ferent Two Fred Danner on Page ng political friends as insurance roker for the project 1 Resident Submits Long-Range Program To Overcome Nation's Water Shortage Dwight Walker t the Parrish Creamery Co for jve yean He has been a deputy under Sheriff Gilbert F Kempf since 953 Mr Walker is a member of the Canal Methodist church and Modern Woodmen lodges ana Oak Grove grange He is married to the former Margaret Underwood and they have two daughters Mrs June Smith Coshocton and Mrs Robert Craig with her husband an army officer in Japan Mr Walker was a candidate for clerk of courts four years ago being defeated by Fred J Huber Democrat WASHINGTON Eisenhower submitted to today a long-range program to overcome the nation's water shortages and insure a sup p of 350 billion gallons a day by 1975 In a special message to the House and Mr er forwarded a report on water resources policy prepared by cabinet committee after a study It sharply lack of cooperation and tion among federal agencies ing with flood control irrigation and other water problems It also called for local ments and private industry to bear more of the costs of furnishing an adequate water supply The report warned that the tion is experiencing the first toms of a water shortage which will grow steadily more un- less far-sighted action is taken Water Use It said the country is now using 200 billion gallons of water daily and will need an estimate lion gallons daily by 1975 The policies we adopt for the development of our water re- Mr Eisenhower said will have a profound effect in the years to come upon our domestic agricultural and industrial my The report said Americans now us an average of 145 gallons of water each day from public water This need is expected to rise by 1975 to 175 gallons a day reflecting the in- creased uie of water in for such purposes as air conditioning On top of this household use there Ls the staggering demand for water in industry and ture For example the report noted it requires gallons of water to produce one ton of sloel Counting such uses daily tion amounts to gallons per person Already it said shortages of water for and al use are frequent Industry is finding it increasingly difficult to locate adequate water supplies Many streams aro seriously luted While too little water is the 62 Pints of Blood Donated Monday regional paid its first visit of the year Monday at the Presbyterian church and local gave 62 pints of blood It was announced that 7.1 sons registered for the visit and 34 failed to appear Walk-in donors numbering 29 helped make the creditable showing of 62 pints Two of the Mr and Mrs Paul Huff Route 1 donated their 18th and pints of blood respectively since the inception of the program here ing the war years Volunteer workers assisting the mobile Red staff were Mn A O director for the day canteen Mrs P Huiton MM Elmer Mrs Helen Wright Mrs Arlie Mn Herbert Boyer Mrs Milo and Mn David Dawson desk tion Mrs 1 S Wagner and Mn Richard Coleman hostess Mrs R L motor corps Mrs Edgar Ramage bottle table Mrs James H and Mrs L E Gillogly nurses staff Mrs James Cliff in charge Mrs Robert son Mrs Aston Stewart and Mrs Carl A Drake telephone Mrs Russell Anders Mrs Willard Breon Mrs Fred Karr Mrs Charles Leader Mrs Harold Favor Mrs Sheldon Lester Guy Meek W B Sauer and Mrs A J Dr Robert Hopkins and Dr Price Tag on ford Slock NEW YORK UP A huge in- vestment banking syndicate today placed a price tag on Ford Motor Co The long-awaited announcement on how much the public must pay to buy an interest in the biggest privately owned company came shortly before 722 brokerage prepared to ugn final con- for the sale of of Ford stock The price wai in line with the of Wall Street Brokers the Ford to sell at a fast clip At a share the offering of shares will total miking it the biggest of- fering in history The stock li being sold by the Ford Foundation It will go on sale the public Wednesday through on an over the counter Demand for shares ii ex- acted to boost the price abl above the original offering price A prospectus filed with the on Columbus Man Is Charged in Killing IRONTON 0 UP A lecond egree murder charge was filed against Harmon Potter 0 Columbus in the death of e 27 of Huntington W Va Her body was found in a com field near Athalia last week Potter was traced through a car found bogged down in the mud near the body The Columbus State Hospital at- tendant admitted strangling the former waitress after a tiff in the parked car and leaving her body in the field Two others held as material Bessie M Carpenter 36 Huntington and Macer 31 Continued on Page Five Thin year more than ever Uncle Sam hopes that's the it will work out And the best way to in to we the handy in fom in your NEA INCOME TAX PRIMER Beginning Today on Page Four ert Johnson served in a consulting were released from Sunday i capacity Top-Level Westinghouse Talks Still in Progress PITTSBURGH tiators in the Westinghouse tric Corp strike met again today an effort to develop a basis for settlement of the dispute Federal Mediator John R ray held another meeting with ghouse Vice President ert D Blasier and President James B Carey of the International Un- of Electrical Workers following an extended session which broke up at 10 o'clock Monday night The negotiators continued their embargo on news releases ing progress of the tilks But it as expected full scale negotiations would resume bargaining teams from both participating if Blazer and Carey reach on certain
