Jefferson City Post-Tribune (Newspaper) - July 27, 1956, Jefferson City, Missouri Tomorrow St Louis Cardinals vs N T From the Polo Grounds In New York fabulous Game of The Dizzy Dean and Buddy Blatlner am Channel 13 VOL 91 NO 18 JEFFERSON CITY MISSOURI FRIDAY AFTERNOON JULY 27 1956 Investigations Mapped for Answers To Disastrous Ocean Collision Cause PRICE FIVE CENTS Swedish Italian Consulates Plan Study of Accident Coast Guard Probe Possible Death Toll Now at Seven NEW YORK Three investigations were mapped today in quest of the answer to this causi ed the disastrous collision which sank the Italian luxury liner Andrea Doria and se verely damaged the Swedish liner Stockholm That question echoed around the world as the last 533 survivors from the sunken vessel arrived in New York aboard the Stockholm Her bow was shredded by the crash Planning probes were the Swed ish and Italian consulates of New York In addition the House Merchant Marine Committee an it would ask the Coast Guard to make its own study Without a request from Con gress the Coast Guard could not act because the collision occurred outside U S territorial waters and did not involve an American ship Rep Herbert C DNC chairman of Ihc House committee said the Coast Guard probe was appropriate because so many Americans were passengers on the vessels Perhaps the foremost point in the mammoth mystery was How could two such ships each equipped with the finest nav equipment including ra to detect each others presence in time But there great too Was the Andrea Doria or the Stockholm off course Responsible officers of the two ships and their companies shod no immediate light on any of matters The answers may come only months of thorough going investigations There were some unofficial the on the accident Dr David Atlas director of the Blue Hills Air Force radar station at Milton Mass put forward one that the heavy fog in Ham of them H was Mayor Arthur W Ellis is shown inspecting one of the hams to be used at the Cole County fair ham breakfast to be held Aug 4 at the fairgrounds William OH second of the local Junior Chamber presented the mayor with tickets to the event and then took the ham Into protective custody until fair time Prowler in Benny Home Apparently Wanted Cool Spot PALM SPRINGS Calif prowler who broke into an Jack Bennys home here ap just wanted to cool off Police said the intruder took a dip in the pool turned on the airconditioning system and made himself at home for several hours after jimmying a bed Expect 300 Persons For Ham Breakfast Candidates Invited To Big Fair Event Mayor Arthur E Ellis was giv en tickets to the Cole room window yesterday Nothing County Fair ham breakfast and of value appeared to have been taken an opportunity to smell one of the hams in an informal presentation Housing Wrangle Key to Session End in Congress Leaders Expect To Finish Current Session Late Today WASHINGTON AP A wrangle over omnibus housing legislation was called the key to adjournment as the Senate and House began to day what most legislators said would be the final day of the Congress session We should be able to quit today possibly earlier than many believe Senate Republican leader Knowland of California told newsmen Sen Clements assistant Senate Democratic leader said he hoped for the end today or to night A committee met to try to compromise differences over the housing but the ses sion broke up when House mem Christmas Lighting Group Selects Warm Time for Meeting With the temperature looming near the 100 degree mark the Christmas lighting committee of the Chamber of Commerce met today at the Governor Hotel to buy holiday decorations for Jeff erson Citys business district A sales representative of a firm that supplies the materials was present The group also discussed the possibility of hav ing a Santa Claus land pattern ed after the one last year Christ mas decorations are put up dur ing the Thanksgiving season and taken down at the first of the new year None of the committee mem bers at the meeting today was wearing overcoats bers were chamber called to the House Sen Douglas DIll said Senate conferees were opposing a House passed provision that would bail out Wherry housing perhaps at a cost of several hundred million dollars and is a complete steal Under the Wherry housing pro gram he said some 700 million dollars worth of housing was con near military installations by private investors and tors under a government insur The program the late Sen ance program was named for Whery Douglas said the House provi sion now would direct the govern ment to buy all this housing at replacement values less depre He said this means as a practical matter that promoters would get a windfall as a Massachusetts coast late day night may have played tricks with the two vessels radar He said if there is a blanket of cold moist air below warm dry air like the reported fog bank the radar beams would bounce off it as though it were a mirror They would be literally trapped in the upper layers of air Radar devices are contrived in such a way that radio waves sent out will reflect back whenever they strike an object The Andrea Dorias skipper Capt Piero who arrived last night with many other sur Continued on Page 2 Col 1 Capital Car Damaged by Bottle FULTON Special A pop bot tle thrown from a moving car caused an estimated damage to the front fend of another car in County last night Sheriff Paul 0 Goodman said Sgt C W Keith of the Highway Patrol arrested Betty Joe mcyer Mexico and Harvey Mer lin Limsford Mexico after pur suing their car several miles The girl was charged with toss ing the bottle and Lunsford was charged with careless and reck less driving The bottle was tossed out iear tie Creek bridge north of Kingdom City and it smashed through the radia tor of a car driven by 47 of 126 Rd Jefferson City The Sheriff said Sgt Keith also reported the car was halted near Richland Creek bridge south of Kingdom City Both of the will appear in Magistrate Court here Monday morning The Weather Jefferson City ami Central Mis souri Clear to partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with a chance of scattered thunder showers by Saturday night Con hot through Saturday Low tonight In mid 70s High Sat in upper 90s during night 14 lici a is a 1C late yesterday The breakfast will suU Of rises ln laboi and material costs since the construction The House had been meeting only a few minutes when Rep Cole IRNY tossed a wrench into the machinery Cole announced he would object to passage of any legislation by unanimous consent until the Hous acted on two atomic energy bills in which he is interested In the closing days of a session the tip actions by calling up bills and passing them by unanimous consent Cole promptly objected to considera tion of a Senate setting up a special administrator to handle the highway program The ast night rejected the conference report on a com promise appropriations because it omitted 35 million dollars the Sen ate had approved for a minerals purchase program After strong protests by senators from Western mining states the Senate voted to another conference with the House in an effort to get the minerals funds reinstated This contains funds for the Atomic Energy Commission and various federal agencies With many members having bought rail and plane tickets for home an air of compromise pre 4 am 6 am KatURs City City Hermann fl Am 81 Noon 31 ifl Fall Oli lrt Ml 9 3 Fall held at 7 am Aug 4 in the building on the fair Set on Shoe Between 200 and 300 persons are expected to attend the event and Democratic and Republican Two Jefferson City Chamber who received invita Commerce officials have been to the breakfast will be in back to St Louis to although Charles Muel next week with the president president of the Junior Cham International Shoe Col in assures everyone Louis about the closing of be no speeches firms Bolivar street plant the benefit of those who Gene Gosch executive stand paper plates Mueller of the Chamber and Alex that the food would be chairman of the civic groups on china and that the committee conferred would consist of ham eggs a top International Shoe official a platter hot biscuits ISt Louis yesterday and butter coffee and milk an invitation to return next will be family style to confer with the president the Jaycees and their wives was out of town attend to the domestic duties Gosch said today that the Blount an official of In apparently is still open for Shoe Co will serve as sible action by the company of ceremonies and the the plant closure in claim he is experienced City The company announced entertaining in that capacity closing of the Bolivar street sales for the breakfast will recently Juvenile shoes were this week there The 20 Jaycees turned out street plant located on night for work on the fair avenue was not affected by in preparation for the Aug 1 The tents ar Vetter and Gosch suggested yesterday according to plant be reopened The Ott second vice of building a plant also and one of them was up last night The others are No exact date has been set to go up today yet for next weeks Ott said that the drainage Three Hospitalized After Traffic were dug and that work has begun on the parking lot He explained that merchants booths cant be set Three persons were injured until the tents are in place a collision on pens wil be located in the Highway 54 at 10 today the State Highway Patrol here reported The injured were Ralph W Bishop 19 Anderson Ind driver Stockholm Docks in New York the car and Kay Vincent 18 YORK The crippled Jannie Drenan 19 Stockholm her decks crowd both also of Anderson A3 with survivors of the fateful taken to St Marys Hospital at sea with the Andrea Bishop was suffering with docked today at her Hudson lacerations and the two pier shortly after noon gers both were believed to twisted ugly wreckage of sustained concussions the bow bore mute testimony to violence of the crash late The crash occurred when night in heavy fog off was passing another vehicle in face of an oncoming and of the res er driven by Marion A ships to reach port the Stock 23 of Moberly troopers carried 530 passengers and Damage at a of the sunken Italian of about 51000 Hendren was plus her own 535 passengers crew of 215 Through Area of Dangers of Ocean Fog Clear to Three Capital A thick fog which blanketed Dr were aboard the Queen of the Atlantic Ocean last which was slicing through still had a terrifying clarity dense fog toward the United three Jefferson City residents said today he wasnt The dense fog became hen but admitted he clear again yesterday when feel it right in my arms heard of the unexplained after reading of col of the Kalian liner Andrea yesterday That fog and the Swedish liner Wednesday nicht in the helpless he said The three were n 213 City Guardsmen To Leave Saturday Convoy to Include Over 100 Vehicles A convoy of 119 vehicles from the Ordnance Battalion and State Headquarters and Head quarters Detachment of the Na tional Guard will leave here early Saturday for Camp Ripley Minn The convoy will also include 213 officers and men to take part in the annual field training of the Missouri National Guard Sched ules call for the Slate ers Detachment to arrive in camp at pm Sunday following a bivouac at Albert Lea Minn Sat night The larger convoy of the Ordnance Battalion consisting of 104 vehicles will arrive at a m Monday at Camp Ripley This battalion will bivouac at Des Moines Iowa Saturday night and in New Ulm Minn Sunday night Jefferson City units provide maintenance and logistical support for the Infantry Division New recruits will undergo recruit train Continued on Col 3 formed sources language serves caravan Temperatures Soar Over 100 in City Central were reevs a the full blast of mer heat today as the mercury soared above the mark for the second consecutive day By pm today the temper ature was 101 degrees after reach ing a high of 102 degrees yester day And the weatherman sees little hope for anything but hot weather His forecast for the next five days is for temperatures to range from 8 to 10 degrees above normal The normal maximum is in the lower 90s thus meaning temperatures j in the high 90s and over the cent ury mark The hottest in the state yester day was Brookfield with 103 fol lowed by Jefferson City Kansas City and St Joseph each with 102 Scattered thundershowers may Mcak out tonight in the extreme north and again Saturday after noon There may be a few isolated thunderstorms in the southwest Route Of Pioneer Expedition The Lewis and Clark return ex arrived here today Oh the dam Pres final leg of the 2500 mite journey J from Astoria Ore to St Louis and was met by representatives of the Chamber of Commerce headed by Gene Gosch executive manager Members of the expedition are retracing the route that Lewis and Clark took on their historic 1804 06 exploration Group leaders were dressed in buckskin and er costumes appropriate to the period Jimmy MacAllister Astoria Wash portrayed Captain Clark and Harold B Coe Clarkston Wash is Captain Lewis Esther B Horn a ter of Sacajawea the Indian girl that befriended the explorers ac companied the group Stops have been made at cities along the way and a car carry ng the present American flag and a replica of the flag at the time of the original Lewis and Clark ex Egypt to Take Over Control Of Suez Canal Nasser Move Sets Off Quick Action In Three Nations IBy the Associated Press Egypt has served notice she is taking over full con trol of the Suez Canal and will use the revenue from the vital waterway to finance her Aswan dam project The United States and Bri tain last week withdrew of fers to help build the giant dam In Washington the State Depart ment announced the United States is with Great Britain and France over Egypts seizure of the Suez Canal State Department Press Officer Lincoln White said he was not at liberty to say whether the British govern ment had asked the United States to take action The announcement came after President Eisenhower had dis cussed the situation with Under Secretary of State Herbert Hoover Jr then with the Cabinet Hoover earlier had been in touch with Secretary of State Dulles in Lima Peru Meanwhile diplomatic relations between Egypt and the British and French governments reached a crisis today over the seizure under the nationalization decree The company was French controlled and the British government held 44 per cent of its stock This dropped 21 per cent on the Paris market and the French stag gering under the impact of more of its value in rela tion to gold French Foreign Minister Chris tian Pineau called in Egyptian Am Kamal Eddine Abdel Nabi and protested the action in what in Reach Agreement In Steel Strike Formal End to Walkout Will Be Sometime Next Week Return to Work by Employes Must Wait Until Individual Pacts Signed NEW YORK settlement of the nation wide steel strike was announced today but a formal end to the strike will not come until sometime early next week David J McDonald president of the United Steelwork ers of America announced at a news conference the settle ment had been reached with John A Stephens chief in dustry negotiator sitting beside him and nodding agree ment McDonald said that it will lake several days how ever before individual contracts with the steel companies can be completed and signed He said a return to work of the 650000 striking steel workers must wait until the signing of those contracts The strike was settled today on the basis of a threeyear contract embracing a 456 cent per hour package increase over that period McDonald said the actual return call energetic British Prime Minister Eden told a tense House of Commons that na of the water way had created a serious situation which would have to be handled with firmness and care We dont have to seek Ameri can and British aid for building as pilot for the A similar group traveling from St Louis to Walla Walla Wash passed through Jefferson City last year Luncheon arrangements were made for this years travel local ser last night in a speech in Liberal Square Minutes after Nasser announced nationalization of the international ly controlled canal officials seized offices of the Suez Canal Co in Cairo Ismailia Port Said and Suez An announcement in Port Said the Canal Zone had been declared an Egyptian military area immedi ately following statement Nasser accused the United States and Britain of trying to use the Aswan project as a lever to gain domination over Egypt The Egyptian official predicted that by taking over the great Suez waterway linking the ean to the Red Sea Egypt could derive millions in annual reve Survives NEW YORK if A girl report ed dead in the sinking of the liner Andrea Doria arrived today on a rescue ship alive but hurt She s Linda Morgan step daughter of Camille M lew York Times correspondent who also was listed among those who died in the ship disaster Clark Bound Over In Stormy Hearing Judgment of Court Proves AntiClimax David Clark work of the can ion Cilian charged with mannot the individual con slaughter was bound over to Cir cuit Court following a stormy pre hearing in Magistrate tracts are signed and said that he would prefer that all the con tracts could be agreed on simul taneously so there would be a veek When McDonald finished speak ng Stephens in his deep voice said I have been asked if this s a joint statement I of course subscribe to what Dave has said A statement issued by the United Steelworkers of America said the first year gains would average 203 cents an hour The second year would produce an additional 122 cents an hour The third year the Steelworkers estimated their gains at another 131 cents an hour Value to the Steelworkers would be 000 during the three year agree ment The union has said that the set averaged better than a 15 per cent Additionally the agreement pro vides automatic wage adjustments for any cost of living increases every six months Court here yesterday afternoon mass return to work early next But the judgment of the court proved an anticlimax to the hear ing itself which rocked the court louse in gusts as it ranged from a scene of bitter and shouted argu ment to hilarity Sheriffs deputies were up and down like to glare threateningly at the packed spect ators seats as defense attorneys Sam James Jefferson City and Van Matre Jr Mexico tore into witnesses with hammerand tongs cross questioning that pro in rapid succession enraged witnesses and laughter swep spectators Prominent in the byplay cam the name of a Lake Ozark The Barefoot Club where wit testified as to seeing Clark before he started his return trip to Jefferson City on the day of the auto crash that was fatal for Miss Cora Salmons 21 of Jefferson City Fascinating Subject Van Matre interrupted his own of witness Ken neth Gove to stare speculatively at the witness Mr Goye I cant go back to Mexico without knowing more about this club This Barefoot Club Will you or can you tell me where it gets its name Cole County Prosecutor James T Riley immediately and volubly objected Mr Van Matre may not be able to go back to Mexico but I dont think where it gets its name has anything to do with this case he asserted Do you object to my asking lust for my own information Van asked Riley This is a fascinating subject Yes I do Riley snapped We dont have time for that Well will you meet me after this is over and enlighten me on i Continued on Page 2 Col 4 Modern Day Explorers Lake or M 5 Rise 01 River forecasts 75 Jefferson Lake of the The following Is the forecast for the Lake ol the Ozarks for week end ing AUK 4 rains or unforeseen load In flow Into the during week will be equivalent about 01 ft outflow 01 M The Rt the end o week will hr ahout M A I The o the River will ft il Thomas Miracle A miracle rescue operation probably the greatest in history saved 1703 of 1709 persons aboard the Italian vessel The Andrea Doria sank yesterday after the two transAtlantic ships collided In a dense fog 45 miles south of Nan tucket off the coast of setts It was only a week ago that Joe G Downs Mrs Downs and their daughter Sonia 15 of 1308 Fishing Outlook Dim Due to Hot Weather If you fish early in the morning or late in the evening you might lave a chance this weekend the State Conservation Commission reported today hot weather has dimmed the weekend Ozark streams in southern Mis souri were reported high and muddy from heavy rains earlier n the week but field agents pre fishing would pick up in a few days tour of lo European On the big lakes the Lake of nations They flew over and reithe Ozarks was reported generally on the mammoth English liner Queen Mary going over the same area where the two ships collided Couldnt See It could have happened to us Queen Mary or no Queen Mary Downs said He recalled that he walked to the bow of the high ocean liner I couldnt see Continued on Page 2 Cnl 51 clear and only six feet below full reservoir Bull Shoals and Tane como were high and muddy both Clearwater and Wappapello were clear and normal Live bait was the best bet in most areas but a few bass were taken during the week on lures All the special trout parks re ported good fishing Warning Issued fo Truckers Col Hugh H Waggoner warned a group of Missouri truck opera ors today to get right with the aw by Aug 1 or run the risk of Waggoner superintendent of tha Highway Patrol said tha would start strict enforce ment of Public Service Commis ion laws on that date for trucks PSC licenses to haul rock lirt crushed stone sand and the ike and those hauling bulk agri products Trucks carrying farm products p market are not required to be by the PSC After Aug 1 dump truck oper tors will have to show at least n application for a PSC permit be arrested Waggoner said ap should be made directly to the public service commission He explained that licensed truck ers operate under tariffs approved by the commission but the un licensed ones have been under cutting the law abiding operators Captain Clark of the historic Lewis Clark expedition of 180498 In portrayed by James Mic Wash right Captain Lewis Is Harold B Coe Clarkston left The wo man Is Sirs Esther B Home who Ihc of the Indian who Ihr explorers The group arrived Irf Jefferson lty today on the last let their 2500 mile trip from Astoria Ore to St Louis Four Persons Fined On Capitol Parking The drive by state patrolmen and Capitol guards to break up improper parking on the Capitol grounds netted four more persons today Paying fines and costs totalling Sll each in Magistrate Court were Arthur C Lincoln Florence Low rey Elsie Ann Douglas and Bec ky Caldwell Hogg All were charged with parking in an area ordered as a Meanwhile Gov Phil M Don nelly has issued a warning to state employes that the old parking pro blem is getting out of hand Yes the Governor sent a copy of the 1955 law regarding parking on the Capitol grounds to all de heads and asked them cooperate by advising their em ployes that the law will be enforc ed i This law passed by the legisla authorizes Ihr slate director of public buildings and his guards to enforce traffic rules around state buildings Maximum penal ties were for for double parking and for speeding This law indicates that the Capitol grounds will be patrol led at nil times The directive states that mem bers of the State Patrol wMI assist in enforcement ot UM law
