Portsmouth Times (Newspaper) - October 27, 1959, Portsmouth, Ohio Weather Ohio Cloudy cooler low 18 clearing little warmer 32 Temperature report Today 11 44 minimum 39 maximum 49 Year Maximum M minimum 41 Rainfall 13 For 107 Years A Dependable Portsmouth Institution Home Edition Covering Ohio And Northern Kentucky VOLUME 108 No 187 ELmwood PORTSMOUTH OHIO TUESDAY OCTOBER 27 1959 Two 18 PAGES Section 1 Single c Copy Weekly by Carrier DSC UNION REACH STEEL AGREEMENT Court Riding Awaited On Strike Order 11 Big Companies Say Break Won't Affect United Stand In Tirade Castro Hints Cuba May Try To Oust U.S Navy Base On Page 9 warrant of Maj Hubert Mates HAVANA Minister former commander of armed Fidel Castro angrily promised a in Camaguey province and wildly cheering crowd of several I ln thc thousand Monday to PHILADELPHIA re cord steel strike its ob cracked slightly by r Kaiser Steel Corp agreement his thc United headed elution once again to military tri- 1 for showdown today federal court Thc U.S 3rd Settlement Pegged To Kaiser Pact Firing FRONT AND BACK Combination of photos shows thc side of moon seen from thc earth and compares it with thc reverse side pictured by thc Russian interplanetary space station Tho far side of the moon never before seen by humans is pictured in a photo released by Tass thc Soviet news agency Familiar side right has been known to humans for years UPI Historic Feat Lunik Moon Pictures Open Way To Study Space Soviets Boast Hurth To Close After Period Of Loss Leading Area Hotel Termed Victim Of Motels i ww 1.1 The Hurth Hotel at Third and thc successful opera Sts the area's leading i the space vehicle and Its hotel for three decades Is to close apparatus opens up broad prospects for studying the planets beyond A Soviet scientist Lobns Saturday Ally William H Horr secretary of the Hurth Hotel Co directors decided to close me i lts because It has not been n most of able operation for a number of rocket months Motels and super highways sounded the death knell for hotels in many communities and brought about thc closing of thf Hurth Mr Horr said With thc announcement of the might Indicate thc area Is covered hotel closing it also was mostly with mountains Tass said First Photos Indicate Mountains Few Craters On Hidden Face Of Satellite MOSCOW AP Thc wide depression Union boasted today that Lunik of the lunar equator Thc Sea of Ill's transmission Moscow A bay in the southern of pictures of thc hidden side of part of thc depression was named he moon heralds photographic Thc Bay of Astronauts of thc planets beyond Moscow newspaper today car Tass the official Soviet news detailed information on the design and operation of Lunik HI which was launched Oct 4 took Its pictures during a ute Oct 7 then returned from its moon journey Oct 18 to begin an orbit around the earth Tass said the traveler was between and miles from thc moon when its photographic equipment was switched on Timed For Photos Thc taking of thc Tass continued was timed so that thc station on Its orbit should be be- tween the moon and thc sun i tov said Lunik's transmission ol ing rocket graphy World Gets First Look Thc world got Its first look to- day at thc far side of the moon Photographs released Monday that thc Presbyterian Church con- the building as a possible home for aged It was reported that thc Ohio Synod plans a home in southern Ohio and has under consideration t h c hotel property nnd a site at Officials svlth only n few of the craters that pockmark the side the earth sees First reports indicated the den side of the natural satellite was largely unmarked plains considerably more thc side turned toward of church home board inspected j UK as one announcement the property several months Scientists in America and throughout the world hailed thc Soviet photographs as a able scientific achievement Many said thc pictures fitted In with their preconceived notions of thc landscape of thc moon's far side Thc Soviets lost no time ing visible features They called ago Prospective Operators In recent months several sons interested in continuation ol the hotel business looked over thc building American Hotels managed thc hotel under a lease arrangement from 1937 to 1953 Since the lease expired thc hoard of directors op- orated the business with Donald Tobias as manager Employment at the hotel was at 30 The hotel has 100 bedrooms and operates n dining room and bar Tho hotel was built in according to Mark W one of thc original shareholders The directors arc very sorry to close the hotel Mr sold I feel a keen loss because the hotel was the result of a endeavor closing is a blow to the community which lit about 70 per cent of the unseen side of thc Thc news agency said nil equip aboard Lunik was con trolled from posts on the through n radio line and autono mous program devices on board This combined system it said makes it possible to control sci entitle experiments in a most con venient way nnd to obtain Infor matlon from any section of thc orbit within thc limits of radio visibility from the observation posts on earth Thc Soviet reports did not cate when thc pictures were trans- mitted to earth They did say the operation was carried out over distances up to 290.000 miles Charles Hook Steps Down As Head Success Story Parallels That Of Giant Firm appeals will announce at 4 p m whether thc striking Steel workers must return to work for 80 days under a in junction or may continue their strike The ruling however will not be released until about p m because courts here usually wall until after the country's stock markets close to hand down decisions which affect stock prices Kaiser Workers Meanwhile Kaiser em- ployes returned to work at plants in California under a new which will be in force until June 30 1961 Kaiser the nation's ninth Best producer pierced the In- solid front Monday night by signing a separate peace with the union after nearly five hours of negotiations in Washington But thc oilier 11 big companies snid Kaiser's defection would not affect their determination to resist yet Castro Then Castro 1 Gave a strong hint his try t from Guantanamo in southeastern is lo at Cuba 2 Said Cuba will buy airplanes anywhere apparently meaning from the Communist bloc if its overtures to buy jets from Britain fall 3 Virtually signed thc death cign bases the cabinet will meet tomorrow to discuss and decree for the time necessary the re establishment of military tribun als He asked and received a roaring approval for executions by firing Turn to CASTRO Page 9 Speech To Parliament Legalized BeIting Shops Proposed In England LONDON Minister for her Harold government Government sources privately told Parliament today of plans to predicted that betting shops for cash will be legalized Rambling as be Presumably it would be ln London through thc establishment of bet ting shops operating as openly ns groceries This was among legislative in the speech of Queen what they termed an inflationary Elizabeth II nt thc formal open settlement The new contract calls for an added 10 cents in fringe benefits for thc first year and cents MIDDLETOWN Ohio AP more the second year Including Charles R Hook who went pay boost work for a small foundry In 1902 and helped create n giant of thc pany officials declined to say what Kaiser workers made before thc strike began The steel Industry lias stepped down average was an hour ns board chairman of Armco Steel Meetings Go On Corp Hook 79 made his move day from n Hospital sed where Jic has been recovering rom a heart attack suffered two weeks ago Earlier in the Hook's had released a report saying the firm's third quarter sales this year were off Manpower Set Police Issue Warnings On Halloween Pranks Police departments of large number of police auxiliary mouth and New Boston had members will be assigned to duty Ings today for Halloween At New Boston Patrolman John Portsmouth Chief Robert M Mr that a croup of unmarked police to vilt patrol thc streets and aj j Hoover said police will work extra hours to prevent pranksters from Donors Blood Supply Dwindles At 3 Local Hospitals Local Red Cross officials arc appealing this week for community support in on effort to County's October blood quota Thc Huntington Red Cross October visit to Portsmouth is to bo Thursday nnd Friday when the mobile unit stops nt the Ohio Guard Armory on 17th St Tho blood center at the Armory Is to bo open for donations from 10 to S p.m cach day Mrs William nnd Mrs Lloyd Fuller of thc local blood program said we're hoping residents of thc city county will do all they can to help make thc October visit here a success They explained thc county has been almost behind in meeting its quota nnd that thc blood is needed to replenish the dwindling supplies nt the three local hospitals and at thc ton regional blood center The county's quota cach month Mrs Fuller nnd Mrs said Is 250 pints of blood or 125 pints on each day of thc visit here Potential contributors nt thc blood center this week may ter by conflicting thc local Red Cross office in the National Bank Building they said But advance registration is not Mrs and Mrs Fuller explained since walk-In donors are always more than welcome nt the damaging property It may be a little early to say It but wo don't expect very much he said Jim Warren our high school principal has talked to our children and explained to them the seriousness of thc Other school also have lectured thc kids Chief Edwards stressed only a few Portsmouth youngsters are Inclined toward acts of Unfortunately there always are a few who get carried away byj the excitement of the activities and must be brought under police supervision he snid In order to prevent these few from abusing the spirit nnd intent of Halloween we will use un marked cars as well as the police auxiliary to patrol thc streets For thc last few years Ports mouth youngsters have shown exceedingly good judgment ing the season and police have hod few complaints Chief wards said The police department wants to encourage these youths to con- to follow thc example they have set in thc past he said about 31 per cent because of the steel strike Hook's success story Is also that of Armco a firm that steadily expanded its ations building specialty making into big business Born In Cincinnati Hook is a Cincinnati native whose father n buggy maker went broke in n panic before thc turn of the century meant young Charley could not go to college but he went to work ns n weekly office boy took n course by mail in ing and moved into a mill to learn how steel was made By the time Hook was 22 George M Verity who founded American Rolling Mill Co offered him n job as night at a month The plant had only 325 workers hen After n few rough thc firm Hook nnd Verity worked together on steady expansion Married Boss's Daughter Hook married the boss's ter Leah in 1913 By 1020 ho was Turn to Page 9 Column 1 Union committees resumed talks in Pittsburgh this morning with 12 steel companies Similar ings with other firms also were scheduled again In various parts of thc country Companies participating In thc Pittsburgh sessions wore U S 31001 Bethlehem Republic Jones Laughlin Inland Youngstown Sheet Tube Armco Allegheny Ludlum Great Lakes Colorado Fuel Iron Wheeling and burgh Steel Top-level talks between thc union nnd the industry's regular bargaining team have been recessed R Conrad Cooper chief industry negotiator and vice president of U.S Steel Corp said no further meetings arc uled No mailer what thc rules today the union or Ihc government is expected to peal to the Supreme Court This could bring another delay in of thc injunction In 16 previous cases the ment has been able to stop strikes by using injunctions but thc con- of the injunction vision never has gone before thc Supreme Court The appeal against thc injunction marks only the ond time the constitutionality of the Inw has been challenged ing of thc Parliament elected Oct The speech was prepared for tlic Queen by the Cabinet Be- cause she is expecting a baby in February she did not attend thc opening in the red nnd gilt House of Lords Viscount thc lord chancellor read the speech legislation probably woul stir up strong opposition from church groups Heated debates i Parliament arc expected Thc government's aim is to kil the business of thc small sirce corner gamblers and horse parlor operators who tak illegal cash bets government other pledges in thc I Legislation will be introduce Turn to BETTING Page 9 Won't Boost Taxes Renewal Up To Voters i The levy which would run five years is designed to produce about a shud large 01 next lues dcr wonder wjU By JOHN R THOMPSON City officials are hoping for day thc money if the levy fails to There is n growing belief around get public support the City Hall that thc larger the j The U.S Army Corps of of voters thc greater will has some impressive figures GALES RIP OVER BRITAIN LONDON with hur force gusts tore across Britain today whipping up high seas and leaving half a ships in distress he the chance of passage of the mill levy for renewal of the flood defense tax City Engineer Charles S son who has charge of the mouth section of the lar flood defense system says there's really only one thing to worry about A few of thc people may not to show UK value of the flood which would be worthless without adequate maintenance Tho engineers figure thc nc flood preventive damage of both Portsmouth and New ton since the defenses were con- is For thc riod between July 1 1953 and June 30 1959 alone thc figure is A lew 01 uic people may not understand the levy and therefore vote against he said Actually the levy would be a renewal only of thc existing tax It would add nothing to their taxes Inside The Times Comics Death Notices Page Markets About Portsmouth Social News Sports Television and Radio Theaters Page 17 12 12 G-7 1 engineers Engineers twice cach year in- spect the defenses point out Fringe Benefits Pay Raise Among Contract Points Detroit Steel Corp and the ted o America reached a contract agreement to- day Tnc agreement which was an- as in Pittsburgh by hoi workers President David J Donald was based on the ment reached with Kaiser Steel Corp in Washington The Kaiser pact will provide new fringe benefits amounting to 1C cents an hour per worker ing Nov 1 These include more liberal insurance pension and unemployment benefits Work rule changes will be settled later In thc second year there will be n pay raise wrapped into benefits guessed at cents an hour for the com- pany Terms of the agreement arc subject to ratification by thc un- ion membership Detroit Steel has an annual of ingot tons De- troit Steel Corp Portsmouth Di- vision employes approximately 300 workers Thc has been operating during the current steel strike under n contract extension agreed upon by the union and agement Detroit Steel is ranked as thc largest steel producer Dramatically breaking thc steel industry's united from thc DSC and Kaiser signings could be the big break in thc costly wide strike From information available cally the stage for thc DSC con- tract was set Monday night A call went out around midnight Monday for officials of Local United of America to meet in USWA headquarters In Pittsburgh fct 11 today Detroit Steel Corp sent its plane to Sciolo County Airport and off at this morning for Pittsburgh Tho passengers included Duncan Baxter DSC vice president in charge of industrial relations nnd William president Clyde Parlin secretary and bert Dillow chairman of the grievance committee of Local Local office did not know f other members of the ng committee attended Kaiser hopes to be producing again nt its Fontana Calif lanl in about five days Some 5000 f its workers were called back to jobs Monday night and ly others were due back to- day Thc Kaiser largest in tile thc union called the settlement ary They said thc agreement was designed to work for the best interests of management the em- ployes and the public Neither thc company nor the union gave an over-all dollar mate on what thc settlement would cost Kaiser Eut sources said privately it probably would amount to 3V4 million lars over thc life of the new con- tract which will be in effect for 20 June 30 1961 mad to Mr Stevenson anything they find that may need improving Following periods of high water careful inspection and maintenance must performed to restore and j companies in thc past keep the pumping equipment apparatus sluice gates an oilier facilities in first-class con dition and ready to operate on few days Mr said Five men assist the city in caring for the flood defense Th group includes a flood defense su 7 Turn to Page 2 1 IT TAKES MONEY to operate the city's seven pumping stations which work when thc Ohio River threatens to top the flood defenses A five-year levy to provide that money expires this year Voters Tuesday will have an opportunity to renew the 0.3 mill levy Thc shows the interior of the station General Hospital John Gardner superintendent is shown at a control panel have used increased labor costs as an argument for boosting steel prices Edgar F Kaiser board Turn to DSC Page 12 India Accepts Transfer Offer Red China To Hand Over 10 Policemen NEW DELHI India oday accepted China's offer a hand 10 Indian policemen captured last week in n clash on he remote frontier A government spokesman said he Indian ambassador to has asked the Red Chinese to name a place and date for trans- cr of thc prisoners in thc Ladakh bordering Tibet Thc bodies of nine Indian Icemen killed in the same en- counter with Chinese troops will turned over at thc same time The spokesman said it was the transfer will take place near the thc clash It appeared certain the place transfer will be a touchy issue Red China claims the region where the encounter occurred In- la says thc area is 40 miles in- Ide Indian territory India's acceptance of thc offer announcement that Red wants lo settle its order dispute with New Delhi
