Emporia Gazette, The (Newspaper) - January 13, 1962, Emporia, Kansas 72nd Year No 142 Congo Arrest of Ordered Gets Free Hand to Take Leader The Congo AP The central Congolese government today ordered the immediate arrest of leader Antoine in Stanleyville After a tense session the cabi net agreed to give Stanleyville Army Commander Gen Victor a free hand to take all necessary measures to prevent further defiance from the one time rebel leader The government agreed to seek assistance in preventing Gi zenga from escaping into the bush if this is found to be neces sary Authoritative government sources said the cabinets decision was triggered by a new military clash in Stanleyville this morning in which tried to order the company of soldiers remain ing loyal to him to arrest superior forces pro their chief the sources said but did not press their ad vantage at that time because the government had not given auth to take the drastic step of arresting who still holds rank as deputy prime min ister in the Leopoldville regime has tafeen of Gi info custody but has hesitated to move against the leader himself because legally by the constitutional im munity from arrest accorded to all members of parliament There was no immediate word here as to how soon might act on the governments decision but the town of Stanley ville has been in constant mili tary alert for several days now and a showdown could come this afternoon is reported to have asked protection against the forces of headquarters however claimed to have no knowledge of such a request It seems certain the United Nations will give full cooperation to the central govern ment and Parliament in their strong bid to deal with who once claimed to be the late Premier Patrice rightful won Com munist support The Cabinets action followed prolonged attempts by individual ministers and Parliament to bring back to Leopoldville peaceably Since last October the Lumum bist heir has defied the Leopold ville government choosing to slay isolated in Stanleyville Fri Gas Consumption Soars as Result Of Cold Weather No major heating difficulties have occurred for thousands of consumers of natur al gas although temperatures have been below normal almost con for 2Vz months During December 1961 mately more cubic feet of gas were purchased by the Kansas Power and Light Com pany from its supplier Cities Ser vice Gas Company than in De cember 1960 for operation of the Emporia gas distribution system This resulted from the fact there were more dur ing December 1961 than for the same month in 1960 mining the need for residential heating by natural gas degree days are substract ing the average temperature for a day from 65 degrees and add ing the differences for an entire month On formula records of the Kansas P and L show there were degree days in De cember 1961 compared to 940 in December 1960 an increase of 25 per cent The Power Company also re ports that it had an increase of 99 residential gas consumers for its Emporia gas distribution sys tem during 1961 For the month ending day Jan 10th there were degree days at Emporia com pared to 938 for the same period a year ago an increase of more than 35 per cent The increased residential gas consumption total as indicated by 14Vi million more cubic feet here last December does not neces sarily mean more gas volume for all Emporia homes Hundreds of homes are better insulated than they were a few years ago and are equipped with storm windows and doors Many new and more economical gas heating plants have been installed Emporia also is making flameless heating with electric heating plants and more portable appliances ft ft Basketball County Tourney Begins Tuesday POMA 5 the Twelfth Day of January Twp Pages Roosevelt and Reading Clash in First Round probably will come up for vote Monday Todays Cabinet decision was unanimous informants said and included votes of many ministers who once supported Basketball teams from Olpe and Northern Heights High Schools will open Lyon County tournament play at 6 p m Tuesday at the Civic Auditorium Pairings for the 4lst annual event were made at a meeting of coaches at Roose velt High School early this morn ing Other games on the first night schedule will match Hartford and NeosHo Rapids at p m Tues day and Reading and Roosevelt will play at 9 p m Americus defending champion drew a first round bye No B team tourna ment will be held this year The pairings Upper Bracket Americus vs Bye Reading vs Roosevelt Lower Bracket Hartford vs Neosho Rapids Olpe vs Northern Heights Semifinals games will be played at the auditorium Thursday night and the finals on Saturday night A complete tournament bracket will be printed in The Gazette Monday ft ft Band Concert Sunday A midwinter concert will be pre sented by the State Col lege Symphonic Band at 4 p m Sunday in Albert Taylor Hall Charles M Hendricks will be the director Citrus Crop Is Hit Hard By the Cold Estimate Losses To Fruit Groves In the Millions By the Associated Press Severe cold knifed deep into the South again early today dealing citrus and vegetable growers in Texas and Florida an other economic blow Losses from the recordbreaking cold which has held an icy grip on tlie Deep South since Tuesday total millions of dollars Citrus crop damage in the lower Rio Grande Valley alone has been placed at The storm the most severe of the winter and one of the worst in many years has been blamed for more than 150 deaths across the nation Although temperatures were less severe Friday in an area stretching from Arizona to the midAtlantic Coast the Weather Bureau warned of a new storm brewing in the Rockies It posted heavy snow warnings for ka and Kansas and said the storm would sweep across the Central Plains toward the ern Great Lakes over the week end The continued severe cold in the South probably wont inflict much additional damage on fruit and vegetable crops because they were ruined in much of the area by the first night of subfreezing temperatures But it would be harmful to citrus groves Citrus trees were reported split ting from the cold in southern Texas where a 1951 freeze de an estimated 12million trees Readings early today in cluded 29 at Corpus Christi 25 at Ellis 26 at Houston Low readings in Florida includ ed 24 at Gainesville 33 in Tampa and 25 at Jacksonville which was hit by freezing rain Friday The ice froze birds to the trees in the usually sunny city Snow and sleet made driving hazardous in the coastal area from Virginia to northern Florida coating trees and wires over a wide area Snowfall ranged from five inches in Wilson to a trace in Tallahassee Fla To the north another storm dumped up to 3 inches of snow at Cape Cod and Nantucket Mass Temperatures skidded to sub zero marks in parts of New Eng land where skies were mostly clear Drifting snow blocked roads in a section of northwestern Lower Michigan where the snow depth was two feet in places Scattered light snow was reported during the night throughout the Midwest where temperatures were mostly in 20s Minneapolis had freez Good Evening Merger of Railroads Stirs Sharp Debates A neighbor says he is having trouble keeping his house as as it was last summer when he complained about the heat ft ft Today V Forecast snow warning Weather Hampers Search northwest and extreme west topor Overdue Navy Plane night increasing cloudiness this afternoon with strong southerly winds and warmer east and ing winds west snow beginning extreme northwest this afternoon spreading over west portion to night heavy snow four inches or more west tonight considerable blowing snow likely rain or snow east tonight Sunday snow west and north and rain or snow south east and extreme east snow poV sibly heavy northwest Sunday colder west tonight and Sunday warmer southeast tonight turn ing colder east Sunday low to Angeles night 20s west to 30s cast high Sunday 20s west 30s east ft ft REYKJAVIK Iceland Navy Neptune plane with 12 crewmen aboard was re ported overdue today from a pa trol over the Greenland Icecap Navy and Air Force planes joined Icelandic Coast Guard ships in an intensive air and sea search for the missing plane The search concentrated in the Den mark Strait area between Iceland and Greenland was hampered by weather Opposition to Plan Develops In 3 Quarters NEW YORK AP The sign went up to day for merging the giant Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads into a 300mile billion assets Goliath LEADS REGISTRATION only Republican Belcher center leads a crowd still register ing for functions at the National Republican Committee meeting Friday The meeting ends today with a luncheon speech by Sen Barry Goldwater of Arizona AP Search for Dead Is Futile Little to Do but Mourn for Tow Emporia Weather From FAA 11 a 31 degrees High Friday degrees Low last night degrees Humidity 82 rising Wind S 2228 ft ft Barometer Sagging After a Warm Day Fridays maximum of 35 degrees at the FAA station Emporia air port was the warmest here since Thursday Jan 4th the day ahead of the snowstorm Todays weather was featured by a brisk south wind with a velocity of 35 miles an hour with up to 50 at a m The barometer read ing also was low and still falling The weather forecast was for more snow or rain tonight and Sunday Relative humidity for Emporia this morning was per cent Friday nights low was 14 degrees The temperature at this morning was 2U degrees Ernie Kovacs Is Killed in Crash Carrying an economic neces sity label the plan dramatized creeping financial ills that threat en major rail air highway and water segments of the v 01 transportation system a Station Wagon on lion yearly industry It promised to stir sharp debate in Congress local governments federal regulatory agencies and among shippers as well as with in the industry itself Within hours of the plans ap proval Friday at separate meet ings of the Pennsy and Central boards it was assailed by 20 rail way labor unions as catastrophic in its potential The railway brotherhoods fear especially elimination of jobs one of the means by which the merg ing companies would hope to pare expenses and shore up faltering earnings n Buried by Avalanche b New Winter Storm By Thomas J Stone Peru AP Little could be done for this An dean village but mourn the victims of a thunderous ava lanche is already dead and buried There is nothing to rebuild There is no one to rebuild for Fortyfive feet of rock and mud entomb this farming village most of its Indian peasant residents its Roman Catholic church its houses school and tually everyone in its path was killed in his The deadly swath was born on the slopes of Mount highest peak was unloosed by summer warmth The sun had settled behind the lowering peaks when the slide swept nine miles down a canyon and into the countryside Most in were in their homes just finishing dinner Minutes la ter all but 50 of the nearly 500 residents were dead We had just had supper when Raids Staged on 10 Night Clubs ing rain Snow fell in most of the west ern half of the nation reaching depths of 2 inches or more in parts of Oregon Nevada Idaho and Montana Rain showers dampened the Pacific Coast area which was the only major area outside southern Florida to escape freezing temperatures Temperatures were in the 40s and 50s in most of California where some frost damage was re ported to tomatoes peppers and squash in the Coachella and Im Valleys Skies were clearing over the Southeast promising sunshine to melt snow that covers most of the area Arrest Ten Persons for Illegal Liquor Sales This Week In Business and Finance Major Developments Stem From Capital By Jack Lefler AP Business News Writer NEW YORK AP President Kennedy handed Congress during the week a economic program which could have vital effects not only on business at home but abroad In fact most of the major de of the week affecting business sprang from Washing ton The President formally put forth in his State of the Union message an already known pro posal that he be given wider tar powers He called it a bold new in strument of American trade pol means of achieving freer commerce with the burgeoning European Common Market He asked that Congress grant him authority to gradually erase some tariffs and slash others by 50 per cent On the domestic economic front Kennedy asked legislation for an 8 per cent investment tax credit federal aid to retrain workers put out of jobs by machines and to aid young people strengthening of unemployment compensation and discretionary power to cut tax rates and initiate public works spending The President said that while the nation economically is on the high road of recovery and growth steps still are needed to reduce unemployment and sustain the recovery Secretary of Labor Arthur J Goldberg had reported earlier that unemployment in December increased by to while employment declined by to He said the changes were about normal for this time of year and that the ratio of unemployed to the total work force remained at Novembers level of per cent Nonagricultural employment was nearly one million above a year ago This prompted Goldberg to say Our economy is showing its capacity for Secretary of the Treasury Doug limit should be boosted by bil lion by March 1 and by another billion before Congress ad journs The current limit is billion The Federal Trade Commission ordered a halt to an alleged price fixing conspiracy involving most manufacturers of tires and tubes While the 14 manufacturers and two industry trade associations didnt admit violations they agreed to comply with the com missions order in the future Goldberg urged the steel com panies and their workers and cus tomers not to impair the economy with a steel strike or by stock piling in anticipation of one He said that a strike in a year promising substantial economic expansion would appreciably re tard recovery and be detrimental to the national Stockpiling appeared to be pick ins up speed along with current demand as steel production dur ing the week spurted to its highest O VtO 11 IUV WWI J A it UI J C1 T to stimulate industrial expansion las Dillon the federal debt pg stores It is now considered futile to See Avalanche fg six try to unearth the debris in search of the dead although a County few poke around in the morass in search of relatives and friends once a peaceful vil lage nestled in Valley un der towering snowcapped peaks is a tomb Perhaps services will be held over it The thunderous slide of ice rock mud and boulders as largo as buildings virtually erased and neighbor ing after dusk day More than persons are officially listed as residents of these two villages and their sur rounding rural areas Other villages and settlements in the Inca farming valley also were swallowed up in the mile long sea of mud and stones How many died may never be known Official estimates run from to several thousand Fewer than 100 bodies have been recovered Most will not be Another avalanche in this same Ancash Province 21 years ago killed an estimated persons Only 300 bodies were recovered then Wednesdays avalanche pro vided its own mass grave Vir Olin Found Guilty Of Drunk Driving A 12mcmber jury in Lyon County Court Friday afternoon found Hubert C Olin Rt 2 Em poria guilty of charges of driv ing on Highway 99 last Nov 17th while under the influence of in toxicants and left of center on the highway when not passing er vehicle Members of the jury in the trial before Judge William J Dick were C D Bishop AndrewF Fry A Kirk Ramy 0 D Arnold Margaret V Mayes and Messrs Chester V Don Moyes Jay Palmer C D Shirley Alta E Stalcy Mar ion R Hammer and Charles F Anderson The arresting officer was Henry R Wessel a State Trooper After the jurys verdict Judge Dick imposed a fine of on the DWI charge and on the sec ond count and assessed court costs The mans drivers license was taken up and sent to the Stale Motor Vehicle Department WICHITA Kan and county officers raided 10 night clubs in Sedgwick County early today Miller Marshal of the Common Picas Court of wick County said 11 persons were arrested for illegal sale of liquor or for possession of an open bot tle A total of 54 officers participated in the raid but did not include any representatives from the sher office or Wichita police Miller said William Schul ad ministrative aide to the attorney general two other men from the attorney generals office and How ard Spies and Roy Dyer of the state Alcoholic Beverage Commis sion were among those cooperat ing in the raid The clubs have been under in since Dec 8th Schul said as a result of complaints with the attorney general He said undercover agents pur chased liquor in each of the clubs on two occasions the last just prior to the He said the sheriffs office and local police were aware of the vio lations and having done nothing to clamp down we felt they should not receive consideration to be in on the said a permanent tion to close the clubs would be sought by officials Due process of law has been neglected in wick he added Authorities identified those ar rested as Alfreda C York Wayne Grillen Sue Jackson K Kaymon W Mi nor Ronald Wayne Miller Clar ence R Whitney Robert J Hart Icy David C Warden and Paul Bondc Keith Sanborn county attorney said arraignment of the 10 persons was planned for today Officials said those arrested were either proprietors or man agers of the raided clubs TOPEKA AP Kansas was warned today to prepare for an other major winter storm The weather bureau said early indications are the storm will be the most severe in western and north central Kansas Snow strong winds blowing and drifting are indicated for western and north central sections of the state Sunday However the weath er bureau said a slight variation in the anticipated path of the storm could extend the effects into eastern sections It said cold nit is poised in Canada to accompany and follow the storm Strong southerly winds reached velocities of 3050 miles an hour in eastern Kansas this morning with a gust to 63 at Topcka It was nearly calm in western Kan sas however The southerly winds were sched uled to send temperatures into the 40s Lows of 2030 arc anticipated tonight with no im portant rises Sunday and probably falling temperatures in the north west Wet Pavement Hits Pole LOS ANGELES AP Ernie Kovacs the zany comedian whose show business career blazed like a meteor for five bright years was killed early today on the way home from a baby shower His station wagon skidded across Wet pavement a from the Beverly Hilton Hotel and careened into a power pole The impact hurled the 42year old actor halfway out of the car The coroners of fice which identified him on ar rival said he suffered severe head injuries His wife of nine years actress Adams was driving another car ahead of him but went on to Bel Air mansion unaware that her husband had wrecked She learned from their hosts for the evening Billy Wilder and his wife The Wilder had entertained a score of filmland guests at a stork shower in Mrs Milton Berles honor The smashup occurred shortly before 2 on Santa Monica Boulevard in west Los Angeles Kovacs was one of Hollywoods most colorful son of a Hungarian tavern keeper and a natural comedian One movie director said Kovacs didnt need a script H was best he said to give Kovacs a minutes warning let him improvise He was equally at home in tele vision motion which he was rather a on the stage Friends said Miss Adams had Rone early to the parly and Ko joined her later after having worked late When they left he her A short time later the heard news of the crash on the radio and rushed to the Kovacs to be with Miss Adams She collapsed on hearing the news and was placed under a doctors care Others at the party included the Dean Martins Lucille Ball and her new husband Gary Morion and entertainer Yves Montand Kovacs and his singing star wife had lived the way folks used Sec pg six PRESIDENT AND POSTER Kennedy smiles at a caller 5yearold Debbie Sue Brown of Clarkston the 1962 March of Dimes Poster Girl who visited him at the White House AP Wirephoto Between them the and Central have about em ployes Latest published figures cover ing the first 11 months of 1961 showed the Central nearly mil lion and the Pennsy million in the red although the Pennsy may have finished the year in the black Aside from the brotherhoods opposition to the proposed union was possible from the Justice De concerned with monop oly questions from shippers and perhaps from competing rail roads John E Chesapeake Ohio senior vice president speak ing in the absence of President Walter J Tuohy said the merger announcement was an interest ing development and one that could mean that our own appli cation for control of the Baltimore Ohio Railroad will be expedit The Justice Department last Fall strongly criticized a pending merger plan of the Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line Rail roads one of about a dozen now under review by the Interstate Commerce Commission The Pennsylvania and the Cen tral said they hoped to file a for mal application to join in a new York Central Transportation Co within 30 days Stockholders of the two roads be asked for their approval at annual meetings scheduled for next May Financial specialists have esti mated that elimination of dupli cating track yards terminals and other facilities coupled with operating economies might in lime yield savings of from million lo million a year in n consolidation However the boards said Friday an exact amount has not been determined Between them the huge rail roads the biggest in as sets have annual revenues of roughly billion about locomotives freight and passenger cars nearly billion in debts and stockholders ft Seven Persons Are Killed as Station Wagon Rams Truck GROOM Tex per sons died today when a station wagon with an Arkansas license rammed under a parked trailer on the western edge of this Texas Panhandle town The dead included four men a woman a small girl about 11 and a little boy 6 or 7 One of the dead was identified from a drivers license as Clayton Aldridge 21 Route l Mo A woman about 45 was cally injured and a little boy about 3 was seriously hurt The woman was taken to hospital with head injuries The station wagon was traveling west on 66 A school report card found in the wreckage bore the name Judy The dead six of them still un identified four hours after the crash were taken ta Poston Funeral Home at the near by town of Panhandle The station wagon was heavily loaded The weather was clear and cold at time
