Post-Standard, The (Newspaper) - March 13, 1962, Syracuse, New York METROPOLITAN INAL Weather Snow flurries cooler tomorrow High today Low 26 Report on Page 7 YEAR 133 Number N TUESDAY MARCH 1962 SEVEN CENTS p p rove Senate Okays Minimum Aid for Addicts POWER TO PUSH ASTRONAUT INTO ORBIT Electrical systems of the Atlas rocket which will push Astronaut Donald Slayton into orbit undergo final checkout on the assembly line for the big rockets at General Dynamics San plant This ture was taken last and the Atlas has since been flown to Cape Canaveral Castro Blames Blockade HAVANA Minister Fidel Castro told the Cuban ple Monday night his Red regime has failed to deliver the goods because of brutal economic He announced drastic rationing of food and other ples In his first publicly scheduled appearance since Feb Castro admitted on a television program that the gravest problem facing his revolution was supplying the primary needs of the Cuban ple He announced nationwide of rice and basic items in the Cuban as well as the total rationing of lard and cooking oils These two items had been rationed in most areas since last year Castro said toothpaste and in extremely short supply but up to now not affected by rationing would go on the ration list in the island's major cities Food to be rationed in the vana he would include chicken and beef He did not say when the new measures would take effect Castro blamed both brutal economic and counter- revolutionary elements for the scarcities now plaguing Cuba He referred to the U.S embargo on shipments of nearly all goods ex- cept Denouncing for making what he called desperate efforts to destroy the Cuban Castro told the have the shame of not being able to fulfill promises we simply because we made subjective It was an obvious reference to a speech of July in which he promised the Cuban people that food rationing would come to an end toward have a serious problem which will test the revolution's ALBANY Gov Rockefeller's bills to raise the state's minimum wage to an authorize a atomic ment program and raise state employes salaries 5 per cent progressed in the ture Monday night Other bills that won approval included measures to instead of ful drug addicts and to build state office buildings in New York Utica and Rochester The proposal to raise the minimum wage from its present level of was approved in the senate and sent to the where similar proval is expected The increase would come in two an hour this Oct 15 and to on Oct 1964 Creates Authority The was given final legislative sage in the assembly It would create a State Atomic ment Authority with power to sell up to in bonds to finance projects dealing with peaceful use of nuclear power The drug addicts won nal legislative approval in the senate Under its persons accused with less serious charges involving narcotics addiction would be given a choice of jail or hospital treatment The various developments on the Rockefeller measures came during a busy day in which the houses dealt with bulky dars containing a total of 314 bills MOMENT OF CLOSENESS Francis Gary Powers and his Ida grip hands during the invocation at the ceremony oring U2 return to Big Stone Va Ovation from Neighbors wers Slate Hearing Several hundred remain to be acted upon in the current session The Legislature hopes to ad- journ at the end of this month Not all the day's activities dealt with however An important political ment occurred in the office of Sen John Three Republicans and one Hospital Chief Now Unsure If at Fault on Page Col BIG STONE Va U2 pilot Francis Gary vindicated by Congress and the Central Intelligence Agency re- a standing ovation Monday from his Virginia neighbors very thankful to all of you who had a part in he told some 800 Wise County residents attending the welcome home at the National Guard Armory don't have words to express my he said His mother and father sat to the right of the platform while Powers made his brief talk His Oliver a shoe blinked back tears during the which lasted less than an hour Mrs Ida Powers frequently clasped her son's hand talking with Powers said he felt lot of ple were saying a lot of words BINGHAMTON The salt saturated formula that apparently killed seven including one at Binghamton General Hospital also was given to 17 infants who since have been a hospital official said Monday night Dr Jason K medical director of the said the hospital was not sure whether was responsible for deaths Ten other babies given the salt were four in critical tion Moyer said one of the infants who died was not given formula containing salt He said the cause of the deaths would not be known until and laboratory tests were completed He said three types of las were prepared at the two containing granulated sugar and one containing a form of sugar Pediatricians pre- scribe the type of formula to be given a he said To Give Dextrose Dr Moyer said one of the dead -j u j -i babies was given a formula con- Powers said both wing and tail the dextrose about something about which they knew He said pictures released im- mediately after his capture by the Russians were said not to show the wreckage of his plane the plane I saw in Moscow was the he said LABELS ON HOSPITAL CONTAINERS Closeups of sugar and salt can labels on containers from Binghamton's General Hospital Confusion of cans may have been responsible for the seven deaths of infants at the hospital Tl 1 1 A Keds to A he said Castro said restaurant supplies on Page Col Wire News in Wants Long Island Ruled Disaster Area ALBANY Gov Rockefeller Monday asked President Kennedy to declare Long Island a disaster area in the wake of a storm last week that caused widespread devastation along the island's east coast The governor said in a telegram to the dent that the damage of public facilities in of New York City totaled at least million Federal aid is available to communities that suffer million or more in damage to public facilities from storms or other disasters Court Asked to Ban Play on TV NEW YORK Polish citizen who hid fugitives from the Nazis asked the State Supreme Court Monday to bar the telecasting of a play he lead my enemies to my The plea was made hy with Fay of the fugitives he to prevent the telecast of Man Who Refused to The telecast is scheduled Wednesday at 10 p.m over the CBS work After studying affidavits submitted on of czynski and the Justice Matthew Levy signed an order directing CBS and others to show cause Wednesday ing why a temporary injunction against the telecast should not he issued Rosenthal Declared Election Winner ALBANY S a Monday was declared the official winner of a Feb 20 special election for a congressional seat in Queens He won by a margin The State Board of Canvassers certified the results of the voting in the close race in the 6th Congressional District The recount gave who also had Liberal Party a total of votes Rosenthal's closest Thomas F a received votes and Emil an received votes fc F Wave Traps Developed to Calm Seas NEW YORK Development of which might have lessened shoreline damage from recent storms along the eastern was announced Monday by United States Rubber Co The traps are floating structures of fabric and fashioned to calm the waters like seaweed does They are designed to be stretched across a portion of the ocean or a where they will act as portable The company said test traps have reduced waves to a few inches or have eliminated them completely rf L i nu T 111 Syracuse Headlines WATER GROUP MAY BE ABOLISHED Page 6 LEASH LAW HEARING SLATED GENEVA Soviet Un- ion indicated Monday it will pose uncontrolled of nuclear weapons over wide areas of the world Russian sources said the plan would be presented at the opening of the disarmament conference Wednesday The Western although given no advance warning of this Russian immediately shouldered the considering it an attempt to put them on the defensive Soviet proposals appear to be along familiar lines and have been made said a U.S official Letters to Thant The form of the Russian move was unusual The ideas were con- in letters Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A Gromyko sent to U acting in New York March 10 The two letters were made lic Tuesday by the Soviet news agency Tass did not mention this subject during a The Russian proposals were made in the context of sponsored by Ireland and Ethiopia The tions urged steps to halt the spread of nuclear weapons and to prohibit their use For this reason the West could not publicly brand the timing of the Soviet letters as a pure move The American reply to the resolutions is expected shortly Informants predicted the reply would stress that present tion requires the United States to maintain complete control and supervision of American nuclear weapons sections were intact The plane was shot down over Russia in May 1960 He said the welcome made up for his ordeal re- alize I'm a normal man who has done a he said Powers said he did not know Rudolf L Abel was involved in his release until he was turned over to American authorities Powers told the gathering he had you wanted to do this even before the Senate committee hearing was completed and my name was more or less Powers was brought to Big Stone Gap in a motorcade of about a dozen cars from his home at a small mountain town about 30 miles away He and his parents marched a practical nurse who was questioned about the salt found in a sugar can denied she had done anything wrong and extended her sympathy to the grieving parents The sugar can was in a room where the feeding formula is and the salt was used in the formula A high tion can cause heart failure and brain damage The Mrs pregnant mother of who filled the sugar can last was not charged but issued a statement T can understand the heartache suffered by the ents I have done absolutely nothing wrong My prayers and sympathy are with the parents Seventh Dies AP Wirephoto Mrs Lillie Mae Colvin Nurse Suspended i into the armory to the strains ofj she said she was sure Johnny Comes played by the Appalachia High School band A banner over the platform County welcomes you home Norton Mayor B E Ball decried those who attempt to cast Mrs Barbara the pi- lot's was in where she has been with her family wanted to go and I needed some time with my Powers said He said he planned to spend several weeks in the Washington area before deciding on his ture He said he still was em- ployed by the government had filled the formula can from a larger sugar container that stands next to a salt both in the hospital's main kitchen The hospital has suspended heft pending further investigation Michele Dawn daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Bowser of was the latest to as doctors fought to save her and others in critical condition by trying to eliminate the salt from their blood State and local investigators worked to pinpoint the causes of all the deaths A hospital on Page Col Thousands See Jackie Put t J wreath at lomb NEW India Mrs John F Kennedy kicked off her white leather slid her three-hour conference with feet into f tary of State Dean Rusk at the Soviet villa above Lake Geneva Informants said they talked mainly about the Berlin failed to find an agreed but parted with the understanding they will continue their search Tuesday for some common ground Knitting together old Kremlin Gromyko in two letters to Thant proposed the convening of a special international conference soon to draw up a convention vet slippers and paid tribute day at the shrine of Mohandas was a very warm and ing she said later While thousands of Indians the American First Lady placed a wreath of white roses at the concrete slab where the Indian independence was cremated 14 years ago Tens of thousands in all walks of life welcomed Mrs Kennedy ROAD WORK BIDS SET FOR APRIL 12 MENTAL GROUP URGED FOR CITY Page 9 11 the use of nuclear to India She is making a oris and the destruction of all stockpiles Avoid Controls He also endorsed proposals pre- made by other nations for day semiofficial visit her first abroad on her own and then will go to neighboring Pakistan Crowds gathered wherever she went throughout the day zones in Central Eu- Mrs Kennedy has had triumphs Africa and the Far East These proposals avoided the question of which are de- manded by the West The Russians did not spell out hew their sweeping prohibitions would be enforced to prevent cheating The proposals also in- cluded a promise never to use nuclear weapons and never to hand them over to other powers Countries not now having such weapons would promise not to de- or acquire them in the capitals of Europe while accompanying her President but the size of New Delhi's response to the emissary was unexpected U.S officials who had a part in the planning of Mrs dy's journey to India chalked up the enthusiastic a big success New Delhi police estimated slightly more than persons gathered along the and on her arrival from Rome Bullock a side snake Indian en in saris of gay colors and bearded and turbaned sikhs caught her eye Riding in an open car used last year by Queen Elizabeth she smiled to the crowds and brushed her wind-blown hair from her forehead Jay assistant White House secretary who is companying the First told newsmen of Mrs Kennedy's re- actions to the day's events He said she was impressed by the warmth of the greetings and the colorful atmosphere She noted hundreds of boys in blue shorts and shirts and pigtailed schoolgirls who joined in the applause as she passed Peasants came from ing villages even though there had been little publicity for Mrs Kennedy as compared with the fanfare that surrounded fully of- visitors such as Queen abeth and President Dwight D on page Col route from tht airport to set her Today's Lenten Message By THE REV SAMUEL J SMITH Christian and Missionary Alliance Church CHILDREN OF GOB Why did Jesus Christ die on the He could have lived long as a teacher of his but He who knew no chose to die a sinner's death Some say He was a martyr to his Scriptures declare that He gave his life as a ranson for us He died to give us second birth Today we can corne to God the through Jesus Christ our Lord We can have peace with God if we in prayer ask Him to forgive our sins Scriptures say that all who believe in Him and receive Him arc given power to become children of Are you If why Jesus did his part Rer Srnith ick Fog A dense concentration of settled in the Onondaga area last night and was expected to re- main through time to go to work this morning Transportation the reported a few minor but no serious difficulties The fog came on the heels of a steady rain that fell on tral New York filling some streets and highways with water City DPW emergency crews were busy throughout the day clearing catch gratings at points along Harbor Brook and Onondaga Creek were placed along Velasko Road to prevent flooding Some residents in low lying spots in the city and county ported water in their cellars Others said runoff had torn into their lawns In North firemen had all but two trucks out ing to control flooding of streets and basements throughout the village Falling tree limbs knocked down three volt power lines on Fellows near cutting off electricity to approximately 110 custom ers from to 10 Niagara Mohawk officials re- ported The high temperature day was 41 the low was 34 Precipitation measured 69 of an inch A storm center from the Mid- west will pass over the Syracuse crea ing snow flurries but little change Temperatures will be slightly colder row with fair weather predicted by the Weather Bureau at cock Field The high today will be 38 de- r e e g and the low will be 26 The high tomorrow is expected to be 34 degrees BOSTON Rose mother of the entered St Elizabeth's Hospital Monday and will under- go surgery for a pelvic hernia Dr Roy a Boston specialist who will head the op- tion on a lady of her age is moderately serious but not especially Tests indicated no malignancy he said In President press Pierre Salinger President is fully informed about his mother's The President does not plan to come here from Washington It was not expected that other bers of the Kennedy family in Washington would come here Mrs Kennedy's youngest Edward M lives in ton Kennedy's the former ambassador to Great Brit- Joseph 0 is convalescing at Palm Fla from a stroke Heffernan said the President's mother had been under his ment since last September for the hernia condition Heffernan said Mrs Kennedy would be in the hospital for 8 to 10 days Inside Today F S V LAW EFFECTIVE IN TENNESSEE 1 23 45A78910 18192021222524 25262728293051 OF EVOLUTION NOW SET BREAK ENGAGEMENT LOS ANGELES M dancer Ann Miller and oil man Arthur Cameron have broken their a spokesman for Cameron said Monday Astrological Forecast 18 Comic Pages Crossword Puzzle 19 Death Record 7 Editorial 4 Morning's Mail 4 Puzzle Quiz 10 Radio-TV Programs 10 Syracuse News Theaters 2 Tell Me Why 18 Women's Features 8 COLUMNISTS Bridge 18 Daily Investor 15 8 8 11 15 15 4 4 10 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