Tucson Daily Citizen (Newspaper) - November 6, 1957, Tucson, Arizona WARMER Slightly Cloudy Temp at 2 Noon Sun BECAME FIRST f I 3 8 9 ON AIRCRAFT CARRIER LANE TO LAND VOL 85 NO 266 TODAYS NEWS TODAY TUCSON ARIZONA WEDNESDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 6 1957 MAin 25855 10 CENTS PAGES NIKITA GLOATS OVER SPUTNIKS Democrats Sweep Important Elections N J ReElects Meyner Wagner Almond Win By JACK BELL AP Political Reporter Democrats swept most significant races yesterday in an election interpreted as indicating a meas ure of dissatisfaction with the Eisenhower adminis military and domestic policies Democrats won the big ones by victories in the gov ernor races in New Virginia and in the reelection o Mayor Robert F Wagner Jr oi New York City Republicans held on to House seats in special elections in New Jersey and Pennsylvania in their indication of stemming the Democratic tide Although none could assess ac the political effect of the firing of two satellites there was general opinion this setback contributed to what could only be regarded as a Democratic sweep It seemed apparent the Demo crats had cashed in to some extent on what Sen Lyndon B Johnson of Texas the Senates Democratic leader told reporters was the greatest indication he had ever re that the American people were worked up over an the Russian ability to put satellites into space while the United States only talked about it Republicans had scant hopes of any significant test in yesterdays balloting They faced election that usu ally goes against the party in con trol of the White House But some GOP members had hoped their candidates might do better than they did Whether the rather extensive Democratic victory represented a trend that might be continued in the 1958 congressional elections was a matter of conjecture In one of the top contests Demo cratic Gov Robert B Meyner of New Jersey scored a margin over his opponent GOP State Sen Malcolm S Forbes in the New Jersey governorship race Eisen hower thus was denied the big shot in the arm he said a Forbes victory would give certain licans Meyners victory propelled him into the contest for the 1960 Demo cratic presidential nomination with all the force of a Russian satellite leaving the ground His reelection in a normally Republican state seemed likely to set off a second stage rocket for any presidential ambitions he holds Meyner added a fillip to his vic tory by helping carry into office a Democratic majority in the State Assembly which Republicans had controlled since 1937 Neil Duffy Forbes campaign manager at the results to something nationwide Domestically the Eisenhower administration got an answer from Continued Page 8 REELECTED N Y Mayor Wagner White House Warns GOP For 1958 WASHINGTON The White House today warned Republicans that in the light of yesterdays election results they would have a fight on hands if victory is to be achieved in the 1958 elec tions The White House statement is sued with the approval of dent Eisenhower but not in his name said two Republican vic in congressional New Jersey and Pennsylvania were a source of real tion The statement said It is clear that the Republican and its candidates have a ight on their hands if victory is o be achieved in the 1058 elec tions In both New Jersey and Vir ginia the gubernatorial candi lates Malcolm Forbes and Ted Dalton waged a vigorous cam There is real gratification in the special election of two ican candidates for Congress in Jersey and Pennsylvania Wilton W Glenn in the second dis rict of New Jersey and John A Lafore Jr in 13th 1 district AP VICTORY CHEERS New Jersey Gov Robert B Meyner and his wife Helen wave to cheering political workers after announcement that Republican candidate Malcolm S Forbes con ceded defeat ELECTED Segregationists Lose At Little Rock LITTLE ROCK slate of candidates who are lukewarm on the racial issue yesterday captured six out of seven Little Rock city director positions over segregationist opponents on the basis of complete but unofficial returns The slate had been backed by the Good Government Committee a group which had initiated the fight toward a change from the to the city manager form of government months before the racial integration crisis at Little Rock Central High Only one of seven candidates backed by the Capital Citizens Council was successful and three of the races were not decided until the final box was tabulated early The Good Government Commit tee had declared that the racial issue had nothing to do with the campaign but the citizens council group sharply criticized the com candidates and focused at tention on the integration question And GGC candidates today ad mitted that voters obviously had considered integration the over riding issue Predominantly Negro precincts cast overwhelming majorities for the GGC group Leo H Griffin a committee can who won by a close margin We tried to make the issue good government but they the Citizens candi dates made it the racial question Another successful committee candidate q W Blankenship said that he had left Faubus influence against him in the campaign Colombia Seeks Morgans Hoard BOGOTA Colombia Iff The Colombian navy has sent an ex to Santa Catalina island in search of the billion treas ure believed to have been buried there by Sir Henry Morgan the English pirate the government announced today The announcement said the ex is following a treasure map bought from an unidentified Briton No further details were available Santa Catalina a tiny tropical island about 450 miles from Cartagena is said by tradi tion to have been used by Morgan as a base for operations against the treasure ships of the Spanish Main WARMER DAYS DUE Temperatures Are bound to rise Just look ahead To our Julys Fran It will be slightly warmer tomorrow according to the US Weather Bureau but the high today will be about 65 one degree cooler than yester days high temperature No rain is although the weatherman said there will be occasional cloudiness today and tomorrow Expected low today is 40 to 45 Yesterdays low was 44 degrees Although three snows have fallen in the last 48 hours at the Mt Lemmon Radar Sta tion none have been reported since early yesterday It is now clearing over the moun tains Gaillard Takes Over In France new pre mier today gave rebellious Algeria top priority in his legislative pro gram Voted into office after the na tions longest postwar cabinet crisis Felix Gaillard told the Na tional Assembly he would demand adoption of the Algerian home rule on which the last govern ment of Maurice oury foundered Sept 30 But Gail lard said he would accept amend ments to give greater weight to the votes of French residents That might appease the French in Algeria However it appeared likely the Arab rebels would re ject Gaillards just as they did The reb els demand independence The financial ex pert youngest French government chief since Napoleon Bonaparte said the second order of business would be to ease the grave finan cial crisis He promised a strict 1958 budget and 100 billion francs 238 million dollars m new taxes and said he would ask for special financial powers presumably to cut expenses by decree Although he did not mention it in his speech Gaillard also is ex to seek a loan from the United States or West Germany to meet the acute foreign exchange shortage The assembly accepted Gaillard and a national union cabinet early today by a vote of 337173 Two other hopefuls were rejected during the crisis City Told It Can Cut School Costs school building costs can be reduced from 20 to 30 per cent without sacrificing necessities accord ing to Robert G Stewart manager of Maxim Lite West Inc a Fresno Calif firm of architectural designers The firm displayed construction methods and design to school administrators yester day Stewart explained designs showing greater outside wall area with less corridor and inside walls It is the functional school of today he said Economical but not cheap The difference between economi cal and cheap he said is that an economical building will be eco in both initial construction and subsequent maintenance His reaction to Tucson schools after a brief look was that classroom needs had been sacri for extras He said that his firm has built 250 schools in 26 states and 34 in Canada In all places we have been able to build from 20 to 30 per cent below the average cost he said Robert D Morrow superintend ent of schools was not convinced that the firms construction meth ods would be entirely suitable for Tucson We challenge their use of glass block and thei method of indi vidual room heating he said We have found glass block very unsatisfactory and have had to Final Court Will Hear Mandel Plea Perle Mandel returned to the State Prison nearly two weeks ago on parole violation charges has been granted a hearing in Final County Superior Court A writ of habeas corpus was is sued yesterday by Superior Court Judge W C Truman The hearing to determine if Mrs Mandel was taken into cus tody properly on a parole board warrant is scheduled for Satur day The former Tucson woman was paroled in after serving 18 months for conspiring to kill her husband Dr Meyer Mandel a Tucson physician She was arrested in Phoenix and returned to prison Her attorney Harry A Stewart Jr of Phoenix turned to thj Pinal courts after his habeas corpus pe tition was quashed in Maricopa County Superior Court last week cover some of it in schools here in order to control glare and keep heat out Regarding costs Ive always felt that you get about what you pay for This firms first school building at Eureka Springs Ark in 1951 was put up at extremely low cost But within one years time a considerable amount of re pair work had to be done They claim to have improved their methods and techniques since then T Ewing Shelton architect said the Eureka Springs school board had only to spend and that had to pay for everything Their old school had been con he said They had to have 16 classrooms a brary a cafeteria and offices for the money they had That school was built for a square foot The contractor had to do some work over but the school board was well pleaded with what they got and in fact they are pleased with it today Board member C A Belts said I cannot give an opinion of this construction work un til I see an actual school they have built But I certainly dont like the heating setup Their master plan calls for individual room heaters and coolers We have found that system to be very unsatisfactory NOT SEEN TODAY Clouds Here Hide Sputnik Cloudy skies cut off Sputnik II from the eyes of today though presumably the Russian satel lite passed on schedule at am The Tucson Station was on guard at the Steward Observatory manned by 27 volunteers They were prepared to send what information they gained to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory which nationally is in charge of satellite watering The satellite was lower on the we had anticipated said Earl Sydow a Hughes engi neer and director of the station We would have needed perfect weather to see it and there were just too many clouds Sydow said Sputnik II will pass this way at am tomorrow This is too early for it to be caught in the rays of the sun so it wont be seen here However any frustrated Tucson ians who want to see a celestial show early in the morning can still get up tomorrow Dr Edwin F Carpenter tor of Steward Observatory said there will be an eclipse of the moon beginning at am wont be able to see a total moon eclipse because the real moon will set here at am It wont be completely in the shadow of the earth until am Wants Meet With West By Wire Services Nikita Khrushchev opened the Soviet 40th Anni Jubilee today with taunts at the West over Russias sputniks and a call for a new East West meeting The Soviet party boss while suggesting an under standing with the United States on denounced what he called Western imperialism He renewed a charge that the United States was inciting Israel and Tur key and plotting against Syria people thought and do not think to use any means of destruction if our country is not subjected to attack by imperialist states he said The Soviet Union he asserted was outdistancing the United States on all eco nomic agricultural and industrial Thats the kind of friendly com petition we armament races he said AT THE SAME time Soviet sci Cyrill said the Russians are working on photonic rockets which theoretically reach the speed of miles a second also reported in an article in the newspaper Trud used a liquid Tall Tale Of Visit To Space Ship KEARNEY strange tale of space ships and space even space wom this city of 12000 in south central Nebraska scratching its collective heads today The loquacious tale teller was R 0 Schmidt 48 a grain buyer who not only saw the space ship but inspected it He said he spent a chatty half hour with the crew as a moving floor ferried them about the ships interior He said the crew of four men and two women spoke broken English and High German which he understands to an extent By a strange coincidence he re lated one of the crewmen looked exactly like a hotel acquaintance with whom he has been watching television programs Obligingly Schmidt catnapped at the county jail between guided tours to the site where skeptical officers joined him in a search for clues to corroborate his story Police officers shuttling back and forth to the scene have found footprints this spot is often used by duck and what ap to be an oil spot On one of the trips they found a partly filled can of green motor oil about 65 feet from the oil spot and Chief of Police Thurston Nel son said the same kind of oil was found in the trunk of Schmidts car Police Chief Thurston Nelson said this had been going on all night Nelson said Schmidt has stuck to his story Schmidt related two of the crewmen debarked searched him for weapons as sured him he was in no danger and then let him look over the craft When he left he said the ship tooS off and vanished about 100 feet in the air Asked what he was going to do next Police Chief Nelson sighed Im going to keep on talking to him as long as I can stay awake Im getting pretty sleepy Who else saw or heard anything in the area Not a soul said Nelson INSIDE THE CITIZEN MISSILE of missile bases pointed at Russia is proposed Page 3 RACKET ends testimony in its in of union racketeering Page 8 disagreement on womens tance of the chemise Page 9 Community Campaign report shows funds far short of goal Page 19 Arizona snow ruins deer hunting strands hunters Page 26 Where To Find It Ike Speaks Tomorrow OB President Eisenhower ap ready today to give the nation as frank an ap of U S missile strength as security will permit in his televised address tomorrow night that Eisenhower has had Defense Department experts preparing for him detailed data on American missile performance compared with that of Russias new space conquering rockets While the chief executive appar ently has not completed the final draft of his radiotelevision ad dress it was understood he would include as much of this informa tion as possible in an effort to re assure the American people The President decided with dra matic suddenness last night to speak to the nation from the White House on the same day that the Russians celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revo lution That is the occasion on which the Soviets are expected to an any achievements their two space satellites It also new technological as a followup to is the time that they put on a massive display of their military might Eisenhower originally had planned to deliver his speech to be entitled Science and Security at Oklahoma City Nov 13 The White the address would be of major importance The White House did not say why the President changed the timing of his speech But he ap wanted to be ready to quickly counter any announcement of new Soviet scientific and mili tary gains with reassurances to the American people of U S strength It also was there was no indication that it was prob the President would dis close some striking new U S tech achievement or plans and not nuclear energy to launch its second earth satellite work on atomic energy opens great possibilities in building atom jet engines which would facilitate flights to other planets gave no details of into the photonic rockets except to say Soviet sci were working on such dockets which would develop speeds ing the speed of light will even tually enable realization of this bold dream he added In London British rocket expert Kenneth Gatland said photonic rockets would draw energy from light and at least would be capable of acceleration approximating the speed of light WHILE POLITICAL develop ments temporarily overshadowed the scientific aspects of Sputnik II the huge satellite kept whirling around the globe at nearly 18000 miles an hour in an orbit that takes it 1000 miles out in space And the first Russian satellite a small sphere launched Oct 4 kept up its trips al though much attention had been diverted from it Dr Fred L Whipple director of the Smithsonian observatory in Cambridge Maw said last night a number of sight Ings of Sputnik II had been re ported from various parts of the world including Japan Austria California Arizona England and Ecuador Earlier the US Air Force mis sile development center at Alamo gordo NM said it had picked up radio signals from Sputnik II which apparently represent the heart beat and respiration rate of a dog such as carried aboard Sputnik II A ranking Air Force officer dis closed today that the Center has succeeded in breaking tha Rus sion code signals from sputnik II The announcement in the form of a leak to local newsmen said the signals now are being moni tored interpreted and analyzed by the centers scientific staff PRACTICALLY the entire lead of the Communist world heard Khrushchev at a joint ses sion of the Supreme Soviet parli ament in the giant sports palace About 17000 delegates and guests applauded the 3 hour 7 minute speech re were dele Continued Page Arizona Album Ifi Comics 3435 Crossword Puzzle 34 Editorials 16 Events 21 Financial Page 20 Kay Carson Molly Mayfield Movies Public Records School Lunches 9 23 25 30 35 II Sports Weather Map Womans View World News Younger View Your Stars 27 291 36 j 9 12 3 LITTLE Kenneth Rid S Mrs Tucson Tonight and Tomorrow 21
