Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune (Newspaper) - February 17, 1956, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin in Daily C ON S T RU Forty-Second Wisconsin February 17, 1956 Single Copy Cento U. S. Cancels Shipment of Lay Claim to 18 Tanks to Saudi Arabia White House Involved In Decision Reversal WASHINGTON last-minute stop announced in the early morning halted ment today of 18 tanks to Saudi Arabia and touched off reviews in the tion and the Senate of arms movements to the Middle East. In the wake of the radical reversal of position on the deal in which the House took a hand there these 1. Chairman George said the Senate Foreign Relations will investigate the matter Describing the proposed sale of the tanks to Saudi Arabia as George he was never consult ed on the sale 2. State Department officials be- gan a wholesale review of arms shipments to the Middle East. The after midnight State Department announcement of the stop order said that export permits of arms to the Middle East are being temporarily suspended pending further examination j officials said that ly there are various scheduled of arms or armament parts i to Middle East ing both Israel and some of the Arab They declined for the moment to give any detailed in- formation about these but said were all suspended by the catch all 3. Ambassador Sheikh Abdullah Al-khayyal scbc dried a conference with Asst. Secretary of State George presumably to ter Saudi Arabia's protest against the decision of the United States not to go through with the tank shipment at this in Peru Peru army troops claimed control of the east Peruvian city of Iquitos today but the government said the rest of the nation was quiet and thing goes The revolt at a major Amazon River port 640 miles northeast of erupted President Manuel government immediately declared modified martial law throughout the A government spokesman said i other armed forces throughout the air force and loyal to the ing The spokesman indicated also that some government forces were still holding out in the He said naval forces on the which a base just south of are participating in the sive movement and are ing loyal to the Elections Coming Up Telephone Co. Plans Major Expansion Program Here Cites Lobby Pressures Eisenhower Vetoes Natural Gas Three Killed In Explosion Of Jet Calif. of the Ga. Eisenhower day vetoed the controversial natural gas Bitter ate debate on the measure touched off an inquiry into a campaign tion spurned by Sen. Francis Case In a sharply worded The outbreak came at a time strategic Air Command's allusion to the offering political confusion and unrest in uus LU BOOBY Post No. 2534, Veterans of For- eign was awarded a live goat for having the lowest increase in among VFW units in The presentation was made by William A. seventh district at a meeting of the local post Thursday Pictured above are three members oi the local post participating in the Left to right are James Russell Winter and Louis by of political confusion and unrest in National elections are only 3V4 months away but no definite candidates have Efforts to organize a national convention of various political groups to pick a standard bearer have Un- der the constitution cannot succeed His term expires July 28. A Iquitos claimed the city of was in complete control of the in- surgent It said the revolt was led by Gen. Marcial PSC Holds Hearing On Crossing Signals Nearly five hours of testimony waukee Soo Line and Announcement late yesterday iWas presented by nine witnesses North Western Railway Co. wing intercontinental jet bombers e x p 1 o d high over northern California late Three of the eight crewmen were Four parachuted to safety and one was Three bodies were recovered of that hower the passage of a body of evidence has accumulated indicating that private apparently representing Parliament Calls for End of Death Penalty LONDON UPI The House Commons ordered Prime ter government last night to draft a abolishing the death penalty in Eden indicated he hoped the deputies would change their mind when voting time comes The House voted 293-262 to di- rect the government to introduce legislation removing capital from the a very small segment of a ishment from the statute radio station at wreckage of the dollar nuclear weapon carrier which was based at nearby Castle Air Force It was the first crash of a commander of the giants are manned by crews Army Division with headquarters I of the earlier at Merino was a member of the military junta that ruled Peru after an revolt The was on a training Tells Of Blast in 1948. He later served as was an explosion when that the tanks were to be shipped at a state public Service had brought denunciations from a sion hearmg Thursday in City Decision Pending number of in the The u at the nail regarding a lur me will hp ate and from the Israeli nf win ue dictator thp ot automatic warning b psc which render a de- uana ot a tne beyond our s k at crossings on thp nr A government communique sai ister of justice and labor under who was elected president in 1950. Seek Self-Government Merino's division the order to re- turn to the people the right of It said the re- is to give all Peru a government that will be an expression of the Another rebel broadcast ak Chase St. and 17th Ave. S. Utterly Startling News i filed last month in News of the impending ol the city of Wisconsin ment was startling because the contends that present pre- State in stalling at the crossings are in- request to buy 50 million thereby creating a con- dollars worth of American wnich Dangers human for rhP Opposed the installation of the next month or great and vital been seeking to further their own for the past several has il wants to avoid an race in the Middle East. upon Mayor Nels A Police Chief R. J. Superintendent of Schools R. tor railroad was represented each of whom signals at the crossings are three introduced A civil a political group of extreme Attorney John J. Jeffrey known as the is backing it has said the sale of Communist arms to Egypt tended to upset the power balance in that troubled Any shipment of American weapons to an Arab country have given Russia a made argument that it was all right for the Reds supply arms to the Arabs since the United States was doing the same thing whose tracks cross the Three Bar Burglary a signals engineer and two streets in a supervisor ot operations of each railroad presenting an i county police a tavern burglary Three men today admitted to School Ad Is Underwritten surveys conducted three Exner Testifies nf UL array of facts and figures committed early They by the were to be arraigned in justice court this Donald 21; George Smith Chief who occupied the 21, and Ernest 23, Island for nearly two de- all of Rt. 3, confessed to Sheriff present protection at both j Arthur E. Berg that they broke He said that Art's Bar in the town of Port Obviously with these members wlU personally are main arteries of The Smiths are tions in the State an invitation to the traffic on the city's West Anwash was apprehended after ment backtracked iic to attend Open House at the Chase St. said attempting to dispose of some of Shortly after midnight it an- Mead 26. The notice is also well-traveled by the Berg export permits of appear in the Wisconsin particularly by school The tavern Arthur arms to the Middle East be- Tribune The Mead and discovered Tuesday ing temporarily suspended was reached Lady Queen of Heaven that the place had been inn 'T ir flirt n n ing further special session Thursday The are in the ot the Chase entered some time after he had meeting was requested by three St crossing that John Ward He referred to a lack of Parts of State By The Associated Press Winter concentrated ils punch in 1 Johnson and Bernard protec ion at both i crossings who a re- and feel that both previously voted against a re cent board action to purchase would be adequately if electric signals were J a sman red we were over said Maj. Harold F. Korger of one of the four knocked out the inter- com A few minutes later there was a second I bailed We were at didn't open my chute until I had dropped quite a distance because I had off my helmet and had no oxygen Minor Injuries The other three survivors para- chuted to safety in this about 65 miles southeast of San They are Maj. Michael Maj. Billie Til and Sgt. Willard M. Calif. Their injuries were They were transferred to the air base Names of the dead and missing were The which has a wing spread of 185 feet and eight huge turbojet flew apart in three great flaming sections er the second looked like a ball of said John Stowe of Park Air Force it broke up into littler balls of The Air Force said the bomber had caught fire and exploded in There was no Four Hurt in Head-on Crash plastic 20 of 10 cartons of cigarets and an termined quantity of candy chewing gum and potato chips Iwere No money was space in Ihe newspaper at school expense Get Legal Opinion said that In the time between the official 1ladubeen Sheriff Berg and Traffic Officer by Mothers Clubs at the West Dave Sharkey investigated the Wisconsin and the special a hitting the area with its written opinion was obtained from Slde schools to provide more burglary and made the heaviest snowfall of the Attorney John Jeffrey in for children at the The remainder of the state he stated that such J caped with comparatively of public funds cannot that city street i w i nf Knf Vi I A I Of Television Award He testified that ibe made by the Board of The especially for In his opinion he wrote that At 17th was multiplied today would have basis light while at freezing rain mingled with snow suit against the city in the event Chase St. a modern light has been 11__Til____' r Review Review from the Illinois line to southern of illegal Milwaukee I First last WASHINGTON The Commission T h u r sday night ordered installed to replace an old turned down a petition by Badger j Television Co. Racine received the heaviest I was an agreement to reconsider The termed the Chase for reconsideration of its snowfall of 7 action that of crossing as of last December to Radio 0n 10 ne an for a d uy JAJ mm 11 o TW had 4 to 6 Kenosha and Pewaukee 5, Cedarburg and the at school 4, Madison 3, Green I expense Lone Rock and Park Falls 2 Eau Claire and Wausau 1. 11 channel 3 TV station in the original question was Wisconsin's lowest temperature early today was 14 above at Park compared with the nation's low of 32 below zero at N. D. Grantsburg and had 16, Eau Claire 17, sau 18, Green Bay and La Crosse 22, Lone Rock and Madison 24, and it failed to Voting were David Mrs. Ruth Shearier and Changing their votes on the question were Mrs. Sampson and Leslie Hill cast an ballot as he had done Are Magnetic Sun Storms Causing Our Bad 1 1 1 I It Pewaukee 25, Milwaukee 26, he didn't think this in- 11 Atty. Donald Ross Resigns Federal Post OMAHA Attorney ald R. Ross announced today he is resigning his office Ross said in a statement that although his resignation had not been it is prompted by speculation concerning his tions with John Lexington attorney whose offer of a campaign contribution to Sen. Case touched off a Senate have decided it would be best for me to Ross said he had no and -had nothing dis- 29 and Beloit 30. While the mercury climbed to 88 at sin topped off at in the and Beloit Superior was the coolest spot 19. The snow was blamed for at least one death in old 52, collapsed at his home after shoveling snow for about 15 He was dead on arrival at County Emergency Dr. L. J. Van county medical said death was caused by a heart attack induced by the WISCONSIN WEATHER Occasional mow tonight and weit tonight and turning by Low tonight 0-11 10-M Local facts for 14 noun coding o Max. SACRAMENTO PEAK N. M. new burst of magnetic believed to be among the largest ever ob- has broken out on the sun. Howard Harvard University observer at this Air Force said there was a huge flare seen on the sun's rim and then a vast rash of 135 was ob- It was almost triple the 51 storms he reported seeing when the current series began last would have to do some re- search to say it's the largest group of solar storms ever ob- he it's tainly one of the The 135 storms covered half the visible disk of the he and the area was half a lion miles interests by highly questionable include efforts that I deem to be so arrogant and so much in defiance of acceptable standards of propriety as to risk creating doubt among the can people concerning the integrity of governmental Would Change Ruling The sponsored by Rep. ris and Sen. Fulbright grew out of a 1954 preme Court decision which said the Federal Power Commission must fix prices for gas sold to interstate The FPC itself had given a con- trary interpretation of the existing gas In its journey through measure stirred some of the warmest debate of recent years before the Senate passed it 53-38 on Feb. 6 and sent it on to The House passed it last July 28 by a 209-203 Case exploded his of the preferred campaign contribution in a speech on the final day of three week senate He viewed the money as a possible effort to influence his ed and voted against the Traced To Keck A special Senate investigating committee headed by Sen. George traced the to the persona funds of Howard of the Superior Oil Los An The split party On the final Senate 31 Republicans and 22 Democrats voted for it. Op posing it were 14 Republicans anc 22 Rep. Harris and Sen. contended the ws patterned after recommendations made a year ago by the President's cabi net committee on The FPC endorsed the measure Permanently or for some trial period to allow re- Cheer Cheers rang through the Com- mons chamber when the tellers the Women The Sacramento Peak about eight miles from in southern New on top of a is the only one in the ed Stales keeping a continuous walch on solar said the solar ty was the greatest outburst since the last huge sun storm in 194G- 47. He said sun apparently happen about every 11 and activity died to a low point about 1954. The next high he will be in 1958. Is the sun's burst of energy re- sponsible for the hard winter which has taken such a toll in the Northern Hemisphere this thinks there is some But he says no one knows for He says data shows the ups and downs of sun spot activity seem 10 parallel hard storm periods and droughts on Four persons were injured and damage estimated at resulted two cars in a head-on collision Thursday afternoon in the lown of The four were taken to Riverview where they are reported in fair The Halley 16, Rt. 2, driver of one of the who suffered a fractured knee cap. John 17, Rt. 2, who severe lacerations of the scalp and a mild Richard 16, Rt. 2, who has a mild concussion and vere lacerations of the right side of his forehead and upper Joseph 38, Star with a fractured knee cap and He was the driver of the second The accident occurred at p.m. on County Trunk a half mile east of According to county Wirth's car was struck bV the er vehicle two feet to the right of the center line of the Wirth's which received was spun around by the force of the Damage lo Savage's in which the three youths were was set at Bids on Demolition Of Courthouse Asked Bids were called for today on the demolition of the present FPC Chairman Jerome Kiykendall testified that in his opinion the ultimate cost of gas to consumers in the long run would not be less regulation than if competitive forces were allowed free Opponents of the strongly disagreed with thai They predicted its enactment would mean a rise of 600 to 900 million dollars a year in consumer gas bills and an 18-billion-doll to big oil companies owning most of the The would the opponents from enhanced values of known in he public galleries excitedly their whose government urged of the death the House there would be undue in introduction f Uie necessary legisl But B added the government would a considered statement of he of The House action apparently spared the lives of three young condemned killers awaiting Britain's only form of capital It was understood no death penalties would be carried out before the abolition legislation is May Get Life Those now under death sentence include William C. 21 convicted of killing a 70-year-old Robert J. 24, for the murder of a and Patrick 22, of killing an Presumably their will be commuted to life Although the government ed capital punishment retained the vote lo abolish did not constitute a defeat for the All freed members to vole as The government had to win by a small 37 of the Conservative majority and 4 Liberals joined the solid Labor it may be many months before the death penally is officially The presen parliamentary program is so heavy that the Cabinet may no get a for severa And even if the Com mons repeals its the House of Lords could delay foi months Five Persons Escape As Fire Levels Home MILWAUKEE persons Iwo of them escape without injury Thursday nigh when a fire drove theiT from their home into a snow The in a 2'A story fram building on the near Nort resulted in minor injuries t three REV. CHESTER ZIELINSKI Lawrence Church Will Install Pastor Installation of the Rev. Chester Zielinski as pastor of the St. rence Catholic Church will take place at Sunday evening at a special ceremony to be con- ducted by the Rt. Rev. Msgr. N. dean of Wood Appointed to the local charge on Feb. 1. the Rev. Fr. Zielinski ar- rived in Wisconsin Rapids on 8, succeeding the Rev. F. A. who was assigned to St. parish at A native of the Rev. Fr. Zielinski was born Aug. 16, 1915, and attended St. Joseph Parochial Quigley Pre- paratory Seminary there before going to Cyril and Methodius Seminary at Orchard for his philosophy and theology He was ordained for the Green Bay diocese by Cardinal Mooney of Detroit on May 18, 1940. His first assignment was as sistant pastor at St. Mary's in where he served one year before being transferred to St. Peters in years later he was appointed ad- ministrator of St. Mary's of un On Nov. 1954, he took over as pastor of St. Patrick's parish at Lanark and St. James Mission at where he served until coming to sin Sunday's ceremony will be pre- ceded by a procession of school children and visiting clergy from the rectory to the The mon by Monsignor Schuh will be followed by a short talk by the new and benediction of the blessed May About A major program for im- proving and expanding the of the Wood County Telephone involving new building construction and the installation of modern dial service throughout the Tri- will be presented to company stockholders at their annual meeting day The meeting is scheduled for in the City Hall council Plans call for the erection of new central office ings in Wisconsin Rapids and koosa to house dial cording to H. B. company Acquire Sites The building ifte in tHl etty is at 440 E. Grand from the Hotel while the Nekoosa site is at the corner of 1st. St. and Point Basse Ave. These properties have been quired by the company in recent It is further Flower to build a garage and room on company property at 10th Ave. and Chase St. in Wisconsin The latest type of dial ment is contemplated for the Wisconsin Port Edwards and Nekoosa trunk facilities are proposed be- tween the three communities to expedite inter-city Million Dollar Project The program also would require construction of a considerable amount of underground conduit manholes and the placing of new underground and aerial Wood County Courthouse and president and a the impression the President soon to be replaced by a new automotive supply and was as much punch building now under H. the club pro. Ike to Golf Course for First Time Since Heart Attack Ga. Eisenhower got out on a golf course today for the first lime since his Sept. 24 heart attack and fired a six on the first Ignoring a misty rain as he stood on the first a smile on his Eisenhower I have been looking forward to Then for the first lime since the day before his heart attack in Denver he slammed a ball with his Up to then doctors had restricted him lo putting and a bit of practice wilh his approach With a big gallery of Glen Club members and newsmen looking the President hit three balls off the first Two were down the middle of the fairway about 200 The third was about the same but off lo the left edge of the vacationing here at the plantation estate of Secretary of the Treasury played today with his Press Secretary James C. Lloyd The bids will be opened by the The President used an electric public property committee of cart to scoot from shot to County Board at p.m. as he frequently did before 28. It is expected that the new Courthouse will be ready for in May or early but the jail wing will not be com- for about 60 after that time his There was no advance word on how many holes he would Eisenhower was accompanied around the course in another cart by his personal Maj. Gen. Howard M. Newsmen into his first drives as he did be- since Nov. 12 but hasn't been on a golf On Tuesday his doctors gave him a glowing report on his re covery progress and he probably would be able to play a few holes of golf during this Last fall Dr. Paul Dudley Boston heart said golf had nothing to do with Eisenhower's He said the exercise at golf actually have delayed the heart The general impression here that the President quite likely wil decide in the next few if i he hasn't done so er to bid for a second He has indicated he will announce his decision about March 1. les throughout the is anticipated that the over- 11 program would a net cost the neighborhood of on present day Blower work o m m e n c e on this project service probably vould become a reality by early 958." At present a dial system Is in operation at the Port Edwards the Wisconsin Rapids and Nekoosa exchanges use the common battery manual Taxed to Capacity large-scale modernization program becomes necessary be- cause of the ever-increasing de- mands for more and better the company manager ex- present equipment and outside plant is taxed Its utmost capacity and cannot je expected to meet the of our communities from here on the past five er company has in- vested in excess new outside plant for the twofold pose of handling new business and getting the aerial cable plant in shape for dial service at our In addition reviewing completed plans for the ization program at Monday night's the stockholders will elect directors and act on proposed amendments to the George 4 Cumberland Rites Monday fore his and they The President and Mrs. George A. 73, 2nd St. died at this ing at the Wood County following a short He had been hospitalized since Feb. 8. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Methodist Church with the Rev. Milton C. Feldt Burial is to take place in Forest Hill Mr. Cumberland was born at St. New on April 28, 1882, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John H. He married Julia A. Bates on Oct. 4, 1904, in the town of Grand She died in 1949. Surviving are three rence and Wisconsin and one Mrs. Carlton 13 grandchildren and Prior to retiring In 1954, Snyder about it. and Humphrey and his Cumberland was pulp mill wife had dinner at the plantation superintendent for the he the doctor night with three old he In six hours of hunting he bagged the daily limit of 12 lie has been doing a bit of ting and practicing his proach irons from time to lime William E. Robinson of New president of the Coca Cola and John Hay New York and his The four men played bridge for awhile after vision of Consolidated Water er Paper Co. Friends may pay their at the Krohn ft Berard Funeral Home from 7 Saturday evening until Monday and at the church from 1 o'clock until time of
