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Racine Journal Times Bulletin (Newspaper) - August 18, 1957, Racine, Wisconsin The journal limes vol 28, no. 17 Racine wis., sunday August 18, 1957 82 pages-6 sections-10 cents Mames pair As Road program trapped in bog of rising costs Washington i construction of a 41,000-mile network of superhighways crisscrossing the nation has been caught in the Pinch of rising costs and diminishing income. Results of the Pinch May not show up until fiscal 1960, which starts july 1, 1959. From then until possibly 1968, or later it s going to Hurt. The Highway act of 1956 contemplated completion of the interstate system in 13 to 15 years. Officials of the Bureau of Public roads Are now talking in terms of 16 years and possibly longer. Even to Complete it in 16 years will Call for a Mammoth burst of Road building activity in the last year or so of the program. Original estimates put the Cost of the vast Road building project at $271/2 billion. The Federal government picks up 90 per cent of the Tab and states pay the balance. Rising costs have knocked that estimate into a cocked hat. A new estimate now being completed is expected to add a minimum of $3 billion to the Bill and maybe More. Income behind schedule to make the Pinch More binding income from the special excise taxes on gasoline tires etc., is falling behind schedule. These Highway users taxes go into a special Highway Trust fund. Under the pay As you go legislation Federal allocations to the states for the interstate system cannot exceed the amount in the fund. In fiscal 1957, which ended last june 30, Trust fund income fell $60 million below the 11/2 billion which was forecast. Because work is just now getting under Way on the interstate network and the High spending has t really started there was still a surplus of 432 million to be carried Forward. Another surplus of 170 million has been forecast for this fiscal year although it probably won t be that High. In fiscal 1959 a deficit of 232 million will eat deeply into the surplus that has been carried Forward. And then starting in fiscal 1960, which begins july 1, 1959, that buildup surplus will probably disappear altogether and the program will Start to lag four possible choices because the authorizations May be carried Forward from year to j ear Road officials will just save them up until eventually they have the Money to fill them. But what Are they going to do about the expected jump in the Cost of the Highway system there appear to be four possible choices none of them attractive. The excise taxes May be increased the proposed mileage of the interstate system May be reduced the program May be lengthened by As Many years As needed to Complete it on smaller annual budgets or the Bureau May ask con press for appropriations to make up the difference. The trouble is tax increase is popular no congressman will want the mileage reduced in his own state and there is Little Chance Congress would Ever take the program off the strictly pay As you go basis by making any appropriations. That leaves Only a lengthening of the time needed to Complete the program and that is probably what s going to be done. Hints new plan on Cir Rigits Washington a after a conference with president Eisenhower rep. Joseph w. Martin jr., announced saturday he has a secret civil rights proposal and said republicans would fight for an adequate Bill. Declining to describe the proposal now or tip off strategy the House Republican Leader said i think a lot of democrats a Brilliant Cone shaped of will vote with us when they inject that hovered in awesome see our proposal. Some of them Over Lake Michigan will think twice before they vote against although word earlier from some Republican leaders indicated that a Compromise was As Good As wrapped up there appeared to be a stiffening attitude saturday in at least some sectors of the gop Camp. Journal to pcs photos critical Liy Hurt two children were injured one critically in accidents saturday. In photo at left John Barootian 3, of 2216 Harriet st., is lifted by two Rescue squad members Ted Boehme left and capt. George Sura after being struck by an Auto at Harriet and Brooker its. St. Luke s Hospital reported the child was in critical condition suffering from a fractured Skull and leg. Driver of the Auto Mary Ann Falaschi 17, of 1238 Carlisle ave., said the boy ran into the Street from behind two parked cars. In photo at right Sally Heimes 12, of 2301 Geneva st., suffered a possible fractured jaw and cuts after falling from her bicycle which had struck a Large Boulder in an Alley at the rear of 1017 Walton ave. Passersby applied compresses before the Rescue squad arrived to take the girl to st. Mary s Hospital. Mysterious object disturbs area Saucer is research balloon Miles High Levels charge at daughter of . Envoy Washington a Boris Morros counterspy for the Fri has named Martha Dodd Stern daughter of a basses in the United states and other nations serve As espionage centers and that soviet diplomatic personnel former . Ambassador and Are specifically trained for Maureen o Hara lawsuit to $5 million los Angelesa actress Maureen o Hara said saturday she was in Europe making a movie at the time a witness testified she and a latin Lover engaged in amorous embraces in a Hollywood theater. Her attorney said that As a result of the testimony in the criminal libel trial of confidential Magazine she will increase the damages sought in her own suit against the publication from $1 million to $5 million. East of Racine Early saturday evening startled hundreds of persons into calling police the coast guard and the newspaper office. Some believed they had seen their first flying a the coast guard quickly suppressed a growing panic by reporting that the object reflecting the Light of the setting Sun was a research balloon Large enough to be seen in Muskegon mich., at the same time. Some still were sceptical. The Light they insisted was a strange bluish Mist. The object itself others persisted was standing perfectly still As if moored on an invisible line. Drivers pull Over motorists driving along downtown streets were startled to see pedestrians craning their necks skyward and eastward. More than a few were curious enough to pull Over to the curb and take a look for themselves. The balloon theory obviously won a few bets around taverns determined by the Gleeful reaction of i told you so on the other end of More than one Telephone Call to the newspaper office. One caller to the police department identified the object As a Parachute pointing out that two Jet planes whizzed across the sky moments before he spotted the object. Jam Telephone lines before the incident ended about the time the Sun set and no longer reflected on the plastic surface More than 200 pc hath drowns Prairie Duchien wis. Up Joseph Castellini 19, Dayton Ohio drowned saturday apparently while swimming at the Junction of the Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers. Saudi arabians Stop sending Oil to Egypt Cairo Egypt saudi Arabia is reported annoyed at Egypt s Nasser regime and is cutting off Oil shipments to the Nile Republic. Reliable informants said saudi Arabia which rallied to Egypt s support in last fall s crisis Over Suez has suspended Oil shipments effective sept. 1. Saudi Arabia agreed to sup ply Egypt with Oil for egyptian pounds taking dollars out of her own accounts to pay Aram co the american Oil companies whose royalties enrich King Saud s Treasury. At the time Egypt was hard pressed financially by the freezing of her assets in Britain France and the United states. The egyptians it is reported will have received 800,000 tons of Oil Worth $20 million from the saudi arabians by sept. 1. The egyptians had asked for one million tons. But the saudi arabians Are reported to be having financial problems of their own now dollars heretofore plentiful with them Are getting scarcer the informants reported. The saudis also Are reported annoyed at what they consider unfriendly activities by the Nasser regime particularly in the Field of labor agitation. The Nasser backed Arab federation of labor is trying hard to enter the saudi Oil Fields. a War photo momus bombing victim Rosa Martinez was consoled by her brother left and her husband after learning that her father Jose Martinez had been killed when a bomb exploded in an office building in it taut Cubat Martinez 60, was a janitor in tiie building. . Mobilizes for War on flu by Frank Carey a science reporter Washington up the United states is getting set to fight a probable Large scale epidemic of Asiatic flu this fall or Winter. The malady is a new variety of centuries old influenza a disease once attributed by astrologers to the evil influence of unhappy conjunction of stars. Influenza gets its name from the italian word for influence. Vaccine limited the Public health service has taken the Lead in marshalling Overall National defences including aiding in the development of a new but limited Supply vaccine. The service is also urging states and local communities to make specific plans to defend against any major attack by the wily virus invader from the Orient. The disease now of Telephone Calls had been made to Alert the police approximately 80 to the coast guard 60 to the Racine in nearly every country i a world at least in out office and 20 to the sheriff s department. The u. S. Weather Bureau at Mitchell Field Milwaukee said the object apparently was a research balloon possibly As Large at 200 feet in diameter. Weather Bureau personnel in both Milwaukee and Muskegon by calculating angles estimated it Altitude at about 70,000 feet. Used in study at about 9 . Weather Bureau stations received a message from the University of Minnesota that one of the University s research balloons had apparently terminated its flight. It was not known turn to Page 2, col. 2 break form. It sickened millions for Short periods in the far East Middle East and some Pacific islands before reaching the United states. So far it has occurred Only in sporadic out Breaks in this country. But the pcs estimates that at least 20,000 to 25,000 per sons have been stricken in at least 21 states. The virus is widely seeded throughout the nation and surgeon Gen. Leroy Burney continues to warn that there is a definite probability of a Large scale epidemic. Aides to Burney add however that the vaccine which has Only recently begun to turn to Page 2, col. 1 Russ solve traffic problem firing squad for violators in this Section local 4, 6 10 Einar 11 i late Telegraph news pagm2,3,5,8,9 Moscow pm the attorney general of the Remote soviet Republic of Kazakhstan is cracking Down on traffic violators especially Drunken Drivers. They get shot. An Issue of Kazakhstan pravda reaching Moscow indicated the modern problem of Highway fatalities has reached even Remote Kazakhstan. It reported that one Drunken Driver was men tended to execution by firing squad after his car ran through a crowd of Pedes trains killing one and injuring several. I the paper quoted t h e attorney general As saying in mkt a driving in tha re Public s no. 1 traffic problem and that he has ordered the courts to Bear Down on Drivers responsible for accidents. The newspaper recounted the Case of one state farm car which overturned when the Young Driver lost control on a Hill because the car was without proper brakes. One of its three occupants was killed and the others injured. The director of the state farm who overruled the farm Mechanic s objections and gave the youths permission to use the car has been sentenced to one year in prison. The Driver was float ended to four years her husband As soviet spies the House committee on in american activities announced saturday. The announcement came after the committee took sworn testimony from Morros Hollywood composer director who recently disclosed his sensational career in International undercover work. The House committee said it had gleaned information from him including statements that embassy Secretary 1. A Secretary in the . Embassy in Prague Czechoslovakia and a member of the . Intelligence Agency in Germany were involved in soviet spy work. 2. Morros superiors in the soviet espionage network asked him to get compromising information about High americans including president Eisenhower. 3. They also asked him to Plant a spy in the office of Cardinal Spellman of new York. 4. Fifty five business firms in the United states were covers for soviet espionage. Book banned by nazis Martha Dodd Stern is the daughter of the late William e. Dodd who was ambassador to Germany from 193.3 to 1938. In 1939 she came to Public notice when a Book she wrote was banned by the nazi secret police. Entitled through embassy eyes it related events when he father was envoy. She recently departed from Mexico with her husband Alfred k. Stern deathly investment broker and belief was expressed they went behind the Iron curtain. Chairman Walter a a of the House in american activities committee said saturday or. Morros testimony clearly establishes Martha Dodd daughter of the former . Ambassador to Germany and her husband Alfred Stern As part of the Soble ring miss Dodd dropped from sight when u. S. Authorities sought her and her husband in connection with investigation of the Jack Soble spy ring in new York. Walter said Morros testified that Vassili Rubilin former second Secretary in the soviet embassy took Morros to the Home of Stern and his wife Martha Dodd in Connecticut. At the meeting with the Walter stated it was proposed by Rubilin that the Boris Morros music co. Be expanded with Money furnished by Stern. This firm was to serve As an espionage cover and provide an Opportunity to legitimize soviet agents As representatives of the firm. Stern did Advance the sum of $130,-000, but the project collapsed because of personal friction Between Morros and the Sterns. Derogatory report subsequent to this Martha Dodd wrote a derogatory report to her superiors in which she questioned Morros loyalty to the soviet when Rubilin left the United states according to Morros testimony. Jack Soble became Morros Superior a the espionage operation and sent Morros to Moscow in 1950 to meet soviet spy chiefs and receive assignments. Morros told the committee that soviet consulates and pm . Among Morros superiors the statement named a soviet turn to Page 2, col. 1 mrs. Martha Dodd Stem Alfred k. Stern Rescue 8 men trapped in Cave Saint Gaudens France a eight French Cave explorers trapped underground about 45 hours by a Rise in subterranean Waters regained the surface safely saturday. Three of the men had been Cut off at a depth of about 1,500 feet and the others were isolated at 1,1.30 feet by flooding in the Pierre Cave thursday night while studying the behaviour of underground streams. The surging Waters fed by heavy Rains on the surface finally subsided and the men regrouped. They spent almost 24 hours in climbing through the darkness to their base Camp at the Entrance to the come our Snede Grotius. Jean Nalin one of the explorers said they never considered themselves in great danger despite the flood s threat. Most of the material taken below for scientific research had to be abandoned in the withdrawal. Leaders of the expedition announced that no further Woik would be undertaken this year. Racine area weather sunday. Aug. 17. 1957 fair and pleasant tji rough monday. High today in the upper 70s. Low tonight in the upper 50s. Light variable winds elsewhere in Wisconsin partly Cloudy with pleasant temperatures today c

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