Portsmouth Times (Newspaper) - January 15, 1959, Portsmouth, Ohio Weather Ohio Mostly cloudy and much colder chance of snow ries tonlulit and Friday Low tonight in 20s Friday 30 Official temperature re- Today 11 40 today's mini- mum 38 maximum 56 Year Maximum 47 minimum 33 VOLUME 107 No 235 ELmwood Home Edition Covering Southern Ohio And Northern Kentucky For 106 Years A Dependable Portsmouth Institution PORTSMOUTH OHIO THURSDAY JANUARY 15 1959 Two 36 PAGES Section J Toll Mounts To 195 WORKMAN DWARFED An employe of Goodyear Aircraft Corp in Akron is dwarfed by a fiberglass which the is the world's largest The huge structure moas 63 feet in diameter and is more than seven stones high A g a radome such as this can be erected or m approximately 80 hours using a crew DPI New Boston Sets Figures For Budget For Operating Tax Rate To Be Lively Assembly Session New Boston City Council passed legislation Wednesday night proving a tax rate for 1959 and appropriating for city operations The tax rate lowest of the oto County subdivisions war ured earlier by the county budget commission The appropriations from Mayor Vernal G RifTe Sr said the 1339 sum's only difference will be in the purchase of three new trucks One will be a pickup hicle for the fire department the others of different design for use in street repair and maintenance he said The 1959 General Fund calls for outlay or The differ little By ART PARKS COLUMBUS Ohio lawmakers have decided to set a March 5 deadline on the duction of bills in this session That's seven weeks from today By the time that date rolls around possibly proposed laws could be before the Senate and House As the Legislature wound up its second straight short work week Wednesday the total of bills in- reached 71 It is likely that hearings on these It is pep o bills will get under wants to establish the week Jan 25 slate iaw an offense of assault carrying a Bills already in the hopper in a session of lively B A Broughton Geauga proposes to prohibit lic school teachers from wearing General for 1953 was Broken down the new Fund allows these For general administration police department fire department safety fund health department service supervision city building street cleaning street lighting waste removal and dis- posal sewer maintenance sewage treatment plant op- water service 200 recreation The following table compares certain appropriations of 1958 and Flood defense Street Improvement Bond retirement Street Relief 85.070 21.600 In other action Council legislation authorizing 100 per cent payment of the relief director's salary from the Relief Fund today The sum amounts to per month March 5 Deadline Set For New Bills ployed in public schools could wear the garb of their order in classrooms The ruling drew a number of protests from ant groups Rep William C Games ams and three co-sponsors pose to require school boards to notify employes their salary contract for the com- Barrett honing proposes to repeal the law which permits local option elections on the sale of 3.2 beer Richard B Metcalf five-year penalty Metcalf also wants to establish severe ties for assault on a child under i Former Ally Gen William before the election that Catholic November nuns em- 16 Rep Ethel G Swanbeck is garb in the classroom make it illegal to km or wound another person's Turn to BILLS Page 24 Opposes Ohio To Negotiate Land For Roads DiSalle Says S Ohio quoting his new DiSalle today a law cd opposition to capital ment but said he would not inter- fere with administration of the I have always been opposed to the governor told newsmen but I aim not going to judgment for a court of law DiSalle explained that appeals for clemency by condemned soners would be considered in the regular manner without regard to personal feelings As long as the law is on the books the way it is that per month books the way it is that is the Heretofore 75 per cent of the way we are going to administer had been paid from the Re- Said had been lief Fund and the the General Fund the Re balance from IC The change will allow the city to draw additional money from the state which pays half the amount of salaries in the relief ment city officials said Up until now the state has been paying only half of the 75 per cent coming from the relief monies 16 Indicted In Pike County Two Men Charged With Manslaughter WAVERLY Ohio Sixteen in- were returned day by January term of the Pike County grand jury Among the open indictments were two for manslaughter The jury in making its annual Jail inspection recommended the jail portion of the county tion be razed and if necessary a bond issue be voted to furnish funds with which to construct a new jail in keeping with modern standards and conditions Nineteen cases were reviewed by the jury with 10 secret and open counts returned Three cases were ignored Odd Woodruff 44 of Piketon Bt 2 was indicted for first de- gree manslaughter The indictment arose from the pistol slaying of Guy Clark 50 a neighbor Oct 21 DiSalle said He told a news conference that he will talk with legislative ers about introduction of a to abolish capital punishment in Ohio DiSalle confirmed reports from Turn to GRAND JURY Page 24 Theaters saying that he will depart ment task forces with new groups That means DiSalle added that we will return to the policy of negotiating for right-of-way land for highway projects He said the or one price policy of the previous tion will be abandoned The governor added that ton expects to make an over-all reduction in the number of way employes Ax Falls On Surplus State Workers COLUMBUS Ohio AP The ax has fallen on what Gov Mi- chael V DiSalle considers surplus Insane Plea Entered For Stockham Not Says Counsel In Two Separate Pleadings An insanity plea was entered in Common Pleas Court today for Charles A Stockham chiropractor charged with gree murder for the death of his mother attorney Edgar H Hale entered two separate pleas for his client one of not guilty and one of not guilty by reason of insanity Stockham was one of 10 sons arraigned before Judge non Smith on indictments returned Tuesday by Scioto County grand jury Stockham is charged with fatally strangling his mother Lucy Pearl Stockham during an argument at their Slocum Station home the night of Dec 13 Mr Hale told a reporter the in- sanity plea is based on the report of a local psychologist who ex- Stockham recently at the MONTGOMERY Ala AT County Jail The attorney U S District Judge Frank M did Ilot elaborate on the report son Jr today ordered Circuit or disclose the name of the Judge George C Wallace cited for gaid he to obtain criminal contempt of court for failure to comply with an order to produce voter registration records to the Civil Rights Commission Justice Department attorneys were directed by Johnson to tute contempt proceedings as soon action came after the commission reported it was able to inspect registration records in Barbour and Bullock counties de- spite what it called dilatory tactics used by Wallace in turning the records over to grand juries in the two counties instead of to the commission The federal judge ruled that though the purpose of his order to Wallace to produce the records was carried out when the grand juries allowed federal agents to look at them the bama judge nevertheless must answer for his defiant action Grand juries of Barbour and Bullock counties which Wallace empaneled this week and to which gave the records the files available for in- Wallace told the jurors they could do what they wanted to with the records Commission agents were said Wednesday night to have finished checking the files for evidence of discrimination against prospective Judge Faces U.S Citation For Contempt Court Order Comes After Inspection Of County Vote Records Shoot All MEMORABLE SERMON Right Rev Arthur Carl delivers a sermon from the Canterbury pulpit in Washington DC after ceremonies installing him as the presiding bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States More than 3.000 persons attended the ceremonies at Washington National Cathedral UPI Telephoto Story on Page De Gaulle's Pledge a psychiatrist to examine Stock Negro voters in counties Bank Votes To Double Capital Trust Department Will Be Added Approval of a stock split increasing the capital of Portsmouth Banking Co from Turn to DiSALLE Page 24 uw f Wednesday at an annual holders meeting Reported Subpoenaed Cleveland Union Chiefs To Face Federal Probe CLEVELAND than j be a grand jury investigation in v u labor leaden of Cleveland Teamsters Union and other labor leaders re- have been subpoenaed for a federal grand jury gation which opens here Monday Federal authorities have been working quietly on the probe and it was through those who have been subpoenaed that the first word of the investigation came out Wednesday night Government sources in ington continued Wash Cleveland labor leaders but declined to divulge details The Cleveland Plain Dealer said it had learned 20 or more sters Union leaders have been sub- as well as three officers ot the Cleveland AFL-CIO They are to appear as witnesses The AFL-CIO leaders ed are William Finegan executive secretary William Goldberg treasurer and Thomas E ald chairman of the board Names of the Teamsters could not be Inside The Times ers subpoenaed learned AFL CIO leaders have been Comics Death Notices Editorial Page Markets Round About Portsmouth Social News Sports Television and Radio ordered to bring with them al 35 books and records of the old land Labor ing to payments by the Teamsters Union into special funds of tho 13 6 13 10 12 CFL Internal Revenue Service agents served indicating thai income tax affairs will be among 24 the matters investigated the two rural Un Is Goal In Algeria ham further No Malice Counsel Contends Commenting on the separate not guilty plea Mr Hale said There is no evidence of any malice as required by law for or degree murder If he is sane the most it could be is It arose spontaneously out of an argument The insanity will be de- by a jury when the case comes to trial It will be up to the defense to prove insanity through the testimony of expert witnesses The classic test of legal sanity whether the defendant can tell right from wrong No date has been set for ham's trial as yet He is being held without bond in the county Judge Smith today appointed Mr Hale as defense sel at request Mr Hale told the court Stockham did not have sufficient financial means to obtain defense counsel on his own Stockham stood for arraignment but said nothing except to ask that Mr Hale be appointed his counsel About 30 people more than usual for an arraignment were in the courtroom 4 Admit Guilt In other arraignments guilty pleas were entered by Stanley Buster Reed 23 of Wheelersburg Rt 3 three counts of larceny Jewell Hall 20 of South Webster Rt 1 three counts of larceny William I Mullins 21 of Beaver Rt 1 five counts of burglary and larceny and Charles Walker 19 of Beaver Rt PARIS Charles de Gaulle opened the first al Assembly of the Fifth Republic today with a pledge to work ward a political solution in Algeria through universal suffrage DC Gaulle's generalized sage read to the Assembly by its president Jacques Chaban mas clearly implied more tions or referendas in the bled North African territory where rebellion has raged for four years ceny while Gaulle's statement The deputies stood respectfully Says Castro Ignores World View Some Prisoners Get Jail Terms By LARRY ALLEN HAVANA Cuba AP Fresh dispatches today told of the of 10 more men by order ol revolutionary courts boosting the reported toll to 195 The rebel leader Fidel Castro said the executions will continue regardless of world opinion about the summary justice accorded captive followers of ex-President Batista who are ad- judged major war criminals We have given orders to shoot every one of these Castro declared Wednesday night Some convicted prisoners are getting prison terms A few ara being freed A tribunal at go Wednesday provisionally freed civilians and two tary men Criticism mounted abroad of the hurried military trials and firing squad deaths But the rebel tain asked by newsmen if the executions would be stopped re- No To the contrary we have given orders to shoot every one of these murderers And if we have to battle world opinion to mete out justice we are prepared to do it Castro Reported III Castro had scheduled a news Chaban Delmas read De conference later in the evening but called it off with word that aunt s De Gaulle called for the he was ill The nature of his bly to put aside the bickering that ness was not disclosed but the Wakened the old Fourth Republic and finally brought about downfall A rigorous putting in order of A prerequisite to the expression of universal suffrage De Gaulle j one-man rule our affairs is absolutely necessary in all those areas which touch upon our national De Gaulle said assembly was tc get its first chance to discuss government after of De one-man rule before said was the pacification and eco- Debre for a vote on his pro nomic transformation of Algeria j Following De Gaulle's brief j Thc constitution of the new speech newly named Premier Michel Debre presented to the packed chamber the program of tlis new program supporting the Western Alliance Republic does not require parliamentary approval of De- bre's new government He uled the session to his gram out of politeness and sought its the past two weeks was probably telling on him Reports reaching Havana said 1.3 persons were put to death in Camaguey 320 miles east of for political murders and tortures during the regime of ousted dictator Batista Five more executions were re- ported from Manzanillo in Oriente province where eight others were shot Monday Three former Ba- tista soldiers were condemned to death at Colon in west Cuba's Matanzas province from Oriente province to DE GAULLE Page 24 What A Shattered Panes Have Grandmother Jumping SPRINGFIELD Mass CAP I'm so nervous I'm jumping out of my rocking chair at the est noise expecting to hear more glass That is the reaction of Mrs i nst 1 four counts of burglary and Charles Papineau 80 year old en in the bathroom Parker said he wanted to check possibility that temperature changes might have shattered the windows Mrs Papineau and her old grandson Wayne have both said they heard strange noises just before windows Their cases were passed for at a later date Not guilty pleas were entered by Thomas Sheets 30 of im Ave burglary and to was given Turl Stevens 43 of 712 T i i J v St burglary and larceny Vaughn Bowling 23 of Highland John riders Also announced was approval of Bend receiving stolen property the incorporation of a trust William E Robinson 32 of ment as an added service to bank town Rt j nine counts of forgery and Marion p Eldridge 21 of The changes were announced by Camp St robbery C P Steahly president of the bank j Eldridge was indicted secretly The par value of the bank stock I or robbery after grand jury ig- will remain the same under an armed robbery charge split bank officials said with the against him increase in capital being effected by transferring the increase from other capital funds The stockholders reelected following to the forp T K Brushart William A grandmother at whose home 39 windows have been broken since a week ago Tuesday Police investigated found no evidence of lawbreaking and C Parker a self-styled authority on poltergeists noisy in He said he wanted first tc any possible scientific ex- planation He said he would install a re- cording thermometer in the room of the frame home Three windows have been ing crashed To Bolster March Of Dimes Burke Harry H Colburn F Carl Daehler George L H Glenm Duis Mr Steahly and A D Troxel In his message to the ers the president reported a highly successful year for the bank both si earnings and growth of assets He reported satisfactory increases were shown in both deposits and loans and that prospects for the coming year appear good Cold Snap Likely To Put Chill On In A cold snap accompanied by snow headed east and south day from the northern and central plains states and appeared destined to put a chill on the weather enjoyed She last few days in the Portsmouth area After high temperatures in the 50s cury last two days the is expected to drop to the The U S Weather cloudy and its move from the old bank quarters on Second and Court Sts in 1934 to its present location in the ionic Temple Building said that total resources have increased from at that time to today Reorganization of the directorate is scheduled for a regular meeting Jan 20 Friday with a chance oi flurries to replace the rain three-quarters of an inch in the last 24 hours instruments indicated at the city waterworks After a high of 55 Wednesday the temperature dropped to a low of 38 during the to 49 de- James M Herrmann of Seaford N Y whose home on Long experienced some unexplained about a year ago told the Springfield Mass The only thing to do is put your faith in God and try to go on Don't be frightened that the things that are happening may not be explainable Try as much as possible to control yourself and accept what is Accept it as something being visited upon you For Polio Sale S lated Friday Saturday Plans for conducting a Peanuts for Polio sale in the downtown area Friday and Saturday were announced today Directed by Co-Chairmen Evan Surran and James W Berkley the peanut sale is in connection with the March of Dimes drive now being conducted to fight polio Mr Berkley reported that the until will be members of tne Girls As sembly sponsored by Sheba Chap ter Order of Eastern Star Kitty tGT OI vl Mae Clay is worthy matron of the fense felt ill upon awaking today chapter Mrs Amy Lowe and Mrs Mae Berkley are to serve as lead 9 p.m until p.m Saturday Friday sales are to be conducted by members of Trinity Chapter of the Order of and grees at rose again ans are Charles Preston Joe Hisle James Robinson Edward Ellis and James W Berkley Assisting the Order said five former were executed by military men a firing squad at and five other ers of Batista were executed at Holguin to In Jail Estimates of those in jail ing trial rose to between and Castro's forces were still hunting perhaps fugitive diers police and informers of carrying on the tor's repression As yet no trials or executions had been reported in Havana Provisional President Manual government continued to give assurance thai newsmen would bs furnished names of the accused and charges against them and invited to watch the trials But the military courts in the provinces apparently were going ahead full steam without waiting for publicity U.S Action Demanded To Halt Killing Spree WASHINGTON Asst of State Roy was summoned before a congressional committee today to face a de- Turn to CUBA Page 24 Gen Marshall 111 In Hospital Veteran Soldier Stricken By Spasm WASHINGTON fAP Gen George C Marshall was stricken ill today and was token to the Ft Bragg Army hospital He was re- ported resting comfortably Pentagon officials said that the former Army chief of staff tary of state and secretary of de- at his winter home in Pinehurst Col Merrill Powell a Ft Bragg the Saturday sales medical officer was summoned and decided to remove the eran soldier and statesman to the wiU be members of the Portsmouth High School and Tri Mr Surran will direct the Saturday program ing will be three sophomore clubs three from the junior class and five units from the senior class Members of the East High School and clubs are to conduct a similar sale on the streets of Saturday in connection with the downtown stroke hospital for observation Powell notified the Army's ter Reed Medical Center in ington and Maj Gen Howard M S n y d e r President Eisenhower s personal physician The seizure was informally de- scribed as a spasm of the sort sometimes associated with a mild peal Marshall is 78
