Lowell Sun (Newspaper) - January 13, 1962, Lowell, Massachusetts LOWELL MAN SHOT IN TRYST CAR E LOWELL SUN EVENING JAN 13 10 Pages 7 Gents Cold Year Serving Historic Middlesex County SEE PAGE 8 EDITION Ernie Kovacs Dies in Crash Methuen Mother Also Hurt In Lovers Lane Attack By Fred Dudley Watson street man is reported in satisfactory con- dition and his girl friend a Methuen woman is listed as good at St Joseph's hospital today following an early morning shooting in a remote lovers lane on Swan street off Boston road Officials at St Joseph's hospital said that Robert P Balakin 21 of 5 Watson street a laborer was responding to treatment for a wound in which the bullet plowed left hip coursed inward and downward through the left buttocks WEST LOS ANGELES Calif Ernie Kovacs was killed early today in an au accident while on his way home from a baby shower for the wife of funnyman Milton Ernie Kovacs Berle the office re- ported Officials said the mustachioed cigar smoking Kovacs was en route home from Hie home of movie director Billy Wilder where the shower was held when the accident occurred They said Kovacs was alone in his white station wagon about 100 yards from the Beverly Hilton tel when it hit a utility pole on Santa Monica vard The comedian's body was at the Los Angeles County morgue by personal effects officials said They said the accident occurred at EST Kovacs husband of Edie Adams when the door on the driver's side of the car was crushed in by the pole a detective at the Beverly Hilton Hotel said AN AMBULANCE attendant from Hollywood Receiving tal Harry V Vaughn said Kovacs was jammed inside the car with one leg under the seat and had to be pried loose He said the driver's side of the car was com- caved in and the vehicle pretty well torn up Miss Adams tearfully awaited the final announcement that the victim was her husband On the phone she told United Press In- she had left the Wilder residence just a few minutes be- fore Kovacs did We had separate she wept Others at the party which had broken up were the Dean tins French entertainer Yves tand Lucille Ball and her new husband comedian Gary Morton and about 20 others KOVACS WOULD have been 43 on Jan 23 Born in Trenton N J he was a former newspaper col- umnist whose ironic and way-out humor and originality with a him a successful television innovator He also was a movie star His pictures included Our Man in Bell Book and Sail a Crooked Strangers When We Meet and Wake Me When It's Over He also was the author of a book Zoomar Kovacs leaves three children two by a previous marriage and a daughter Mia by Miss Adams Mia is 2 Installed as Novitiate Superior TEWKSBURY Very Rev nard Brady OMI was installed oday as the first Superior of the new Novitiate of the Oblate ers here by the Very Rev mond J Hunt OMI Ph.D ern American Provincial Father Brady a native New Yorker was Superior and Novice Master of the structure destroyed by firt in January 1959 The new will be y dedicated Wednesday at Eminence Richard Cardinal Gushing Arch- of Boston Blood Stained Car Police Officers John J McWilliams left and Michael P Riley right who discovered shooting early this morning on Swan street an isolated spot off Boston road examine vehicle for clues to ing Robert P Balakin 21 of S Watson street wounded in fight with gunman is in satisfactory condition at St Joseph's hospital His companion Mrs Eunice A Gauvin 24 of 92 Oakland avenue Methuen owner of the car also was hurt in scuffle but is in good condition same staff photo by Irvin Navy Plane Missing With 12 Aboard His companion Mrs Eunice A Gauvin of 92 Oakland avenue Methuen mother of three suffered what Dr John Janas described as possible burns from the rifle barrel and perhaps tore her hand on the gun sight Police Sgt John P Sullivan said that Balakin apparently was shot while grappling with an un- identified youthful gunman A 32 caliber Winchester special shell believed to have come from the weapon used in the shooting was found on the ground near the car Investigation showed that the slug ripped through the car door near the handle on the passenger side of the front seat before wounding Balakin Sgt summoned to the scene along with Sgt John J Broderick by Officers John J Williams and Michael P Riley who discovered the wounded couple said the shooting occurred during an attempted holdup ments after 2 as the pair parked on Swan street Recently parking in the area has been banned police stated Officers Riley and McWilliams were patrolling the area in a lice cruiser when they noticed the headlights of the vehicle owned by Mrs Gauvin going off and on As they neared the car the horn was being sounded furiously by Mrs Gauvin as she signalled for assistance and the woman the latter at times hysterical gave police this account of the episode according to Sergt Sullivan They had been to a night club and reached the spot on Swan street at the rear of the son cemetery and had been parked only a few minutes when the gunman appeared at the door on the driver's side The only description man they could give was that he was short and thin They said he flung open REYKJAVIK Iceland U S Navy Neptune plane with 12 crewmen aboard was re- ported overdue today from a trol over the Greenland Icecap U S Navy and planes joined Icelandic Coast Guard ships in an intensive air and sea Mrs Bridges Launches Campaign MANCHESTER N H AP lew Hampshire's newest an- candidate for the U S enate has wasted no time in ing the campaign trail Mrs Styles Bridges made her irst campaign speech yesterday refore the Manchester Women's lub She is contending for the term leath of her created by the husband Sen Bridges R last November Referring to President request for discretionary power to cut tariffs Mrs Bridges said she felt would not be in the best interest of New Hampshire Instead she recommended a program of selective tariffs We have higher costs here in New England and we need to be she said search for the missing plane The I coast of Greenland The icecap search concentrated in the mark Strait area between Iceland and Greenland was hampered by heavy weather The plane took off this morning from Keflavik airport on the northwest tip of Iceland and was last spotted on radar 270 miles northwest of Keflavik near the lyres MAGNOLIA Ark George an assistant professor of geology at ern State college had to pone a talk to a high school class on the Ice Age because of the ice and snow The Fall of the Mighty Like some wounded mammoth lying on Hi side this mix truck lies helpless after it tipped over yesterday while negotiating a curve on a spur from new Route 495 onto Route 3 in ford The driver of the loaded truck John McGrath of Groton was not injured He said he was on his way to Bedford when the accident occurred extends three-fourths of the way from Iceland Cloud ceilings were reported under 200 feet to an eighth of a mile and winds up to 60 knots At this time of year there are only about four hours of daylight to conduct a search Names of the missing crewmen were withheld pending tion of next of kin Fires Keep Crews on Man Burned LOWELL A series of minor dwelling refused to go fires one in which a local man j to the hospital for treatment x Mattress fires in homes at 111 South Highland street at was slightly burned kept firemen on the hop late last night and early today The most serious was at the home of George 50 of 105 Rock street who suffered burns of the back when he tried to extinguish the blaze which fire officials said was caused by a faulty space healer Responding to the alarm at p.m crews of Engines 2 3 8 10 Ladders 2 and 3 and the Rescue company directed by Deputy Chief Francis P Kelly and Capt Joseph A Ready were given a stiff battle to keep the flames from sweeping the half cottage in which lived alone Heavy damage was caused the downstairs section but firemen prevented flames from spreading to the upper part of the wooden the door and demanded kin's wallet When the ter said he didn't have one the gunman ordered Mrs from the vehicle Balakin grabbed for the rifle and the two men pled it discharged during the fight with the bulet tearing into left side Angered over the tion of his holdup attempt the gunman grabbed the keys of the Gauvin auto and dashed off toward Boston road 100 yards away Balakin and the woman heard a car drive off but could not tell police in which direction it went A search of the area for the rifle and the keys to Mrs car conducted im- was futile Police believe the rifle and keys may have been nearby Sergt Sullivan also stated that the car impounded by police was dusted for prints and other clues which might lead to the identity of the assailant The woman's husband ard G Gauvin 24 came here from his Methuen home upon learning of Hie incident A- talk police cleared the man of any complicity in the assault Sergt Sullivan said Gauvin went to the hospital to visit his wife went to police headquarters after learning she was in good con- dition and after questioning volunteered to remain through the day if necessary for ther interrogation Virus Puts Nixon in Bed LOS ANGELES mer Vice President Richard M Nixon has been ordered to bed with a virus infection Nixon's press aide said the California gubernatorial ful was running a low fever All Residents Ordered From Huaylas Canyon Area p.m and 15 Kimball avenue at p.m were quickly doused by the crews of Engines 1 and 11 and Ladder 1 led by Capt Ready and Engine 2 and Ladder 2 with Chief Kelly respectively An ash barrel fire in a third floor closet of a five story i block at 90 Aiken street called out Engines 3 and 8 Ladder 3 and Chief Kelly at today Firemen checked the blaze believed caused by a carelessly discarded cigaret before flames spread from the closet A mattress fire at 6 Button street resulted in Engine 8 and Ladder 3 and Capt Ready being sent to the spot at 3 o'clock this morning Fire was confined to the bedding Ace Attorney to Question Miss Confessions Secretly Guarded 4 Roger Frechette Returns to Golden Gloves 5 Amusements Classified 6 7 Editorial 4 Snorts 6 6 Suburban News 2 Dram I 2 TV Women's News 2 TELEPHONE GLENVIEW To reach all departments of The Sun today ued a roundup of suspects in an early morning holdup of tne Cathay Gardens a Chinese on the First street vard in which a lone gunman made a getaway with more than in cash Police Capt Richard A who sent Sergt John J crick and a squad of officers to the norms and ordered a dragnet thrown around the and Belvidere areas estimated the loot at originally However Frank Chin 52 of Boston owner of the restaurant and the holdup victim said some in cash was grabbed from the till by the youthful thug who shoved Chin aside and scooped tip money when the owner at- tempted to resist the robbery attempt Chin and his son John 25 told police that the gunman wearing a suede jacket and cap entered the about a m Approximately 50 customers and several employees were in the place at the lime THE ELDER Chin snid Ihr gunman waving n gun which the younger Chin later snid he thought to be a toy stuck the tol in his side and ordered Give me the dough The pro ordered the gunman Get but instead the latter pushed Chin aside opened the register snatched the money and ran man the gunman pointed the tol and yelled Let me go or I'll kill you He yanked himself free and fled through the door to a ing car Apparently alone the gunman Young Chin and an unidentified jumped into a blue and white patron attempted to halt the sedan and sped off with bandit with the customer lights out Ho was last seen bing the man's jacket and ripping I crossing the Hunt's Falls bridge it Turning on Chin and the other toward Belvidere Both the and dere cruisers were in the diate area and missed spotting the fleeing vehicle by seconds Several cars resembling the getaway car were stopped and occupants questioned as squads of police started a search of local and suburban areas More than a half dozen suspects were interrogated at police quarters before noontime UPI authorities today ordered the immediate removal of all from the Huaylas Canyon area where heavy rains Friday night heightened threats of a repetition of day's disastrous avalanche Officials feared that a thaw in- by the rains might send precariously poised masses of ice thundering down the slopes of towering Mt Huascaran where thousands of Peruvians perished Wednesday At one point of particular ger an estimated tons of water had accumulated in a dip in the ice forming a lake with an extent of more than an acre Ice control chief Miguel E Pi- zarro had stationed glacier ers equipped with sparklers and blank pistols to warn hill dwellers of any shift in the ice masses HEALTH Minister Eduardo son who returned Friday night from a fact-finding tour of the area devastated by Wednesday's tragic snowslide estimated that it took a toll of at least lives and caused more than million damage Watson said no one in the en settlements swept away by the avalanche escaped death The survivors were persons who were away from their homes for one reason or another when the million tons of snow stone and mud roared down the mountainside at speed Watson told newsmen that acres of farmland were wiped out by the avalanche Relief supplies were pouring into Huaraz but authorities here said there is little need for them because so few residents of the disaster area The government proclaimed a state of emergency in Yungay Province largely isolated by the slide placing all police and other civil authorities under military control area is cleared AN IMMEDIATE problem con- fronting authorities was posed by the plight of the town of Yungay whose people were left without drinking water by the avalanche Efforts to reopen the road to Yungay were frustrated by a mass of mud too deep to be cleared away by bulldozers En- estimated that it might be three weeks before the road could be reopened Watson said about 100 bodies have been recovered and ar- rangements were being made day to bury them It appeared probable that most victims of the slide would remain entombed where they fell Lowell Sun Charities Presents GOLDEN GLOVES Lowell Auditorium All Seats Reserved Tix 1.00 to 2.00 at Sun Annex Kearney Sq 2nd Floor TUESDAY NIGHT
