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Hurricane Debris
Clean-up Started
Operation clean-up and fix-up moved albng slowly Monday in
the hundreds of Pennsylvania towns where Hurricane Hazel un
leashed its storm-packed fury, the Associated Press reported.
Cooler weather across the Keystone State piled more discomfort
on top of inconvenience for thousands of families still without
electricity.
Miles and miles of wire that carry the electric current were still
down and weary utility crews,
working around the clock, didn’t
expect to get all service back into
operation until Thursday.
The Philadelphia Electric Co.
said that 20,000 homes in the
[greater Philadelphia area had no
electricity. Many thousands of
homes were without telephone
service.
Sixteen Philadelphia area
schools, also without power, were
closed today, giving students an
unexpected- holiday.
The electric utility said that
customers in outlying suburban
sections, especially in Montgom
ery' and Bucks counties, will have
to be without electricity until
Wednesday.
All told, the savage storm had
left 300,000 of Philadelphia Elec
tric’s million customers, 100,000 in
Red-Badced
Strike Spreads
In Great Britain
. LONDON, Oct. 18
ain’s Communist-backed water
front strikes spread today to
Liverpool and Birkenhead, but
leaders of London’s bus strikers
called for a return to work
Wednesday.
The busmen’s delegates recom
mended a return to work so ne
gotiations could be started with
the London transport manage
ment on wage increases and
changes in working conditions.
The men want a minimum of $2B
a week, about $4 more than they
are making now.
The 20,587 striking drivers and
conductors, who have tied up
more than half of London’s 7600
buses, may or may not accept the
delegates' recommendation.
With the London dock ares?
paralyzed, strike organizers strug
gling to tie up all shipping around
the United Kingdom riveted their
attention on Liverpool, Britain’s
second port.
The dispute centers on over
time. Since January, the National
Assn, of Stevedores and Dockers
has banned compulsory overtime.
The union leaders say working
overtime should be a voluntary
proposition.
Spokesmen for the shipping in
dustry, affected so much by tides,
argue that compulsory overtime is
a vital part of a contractual agree
ment. The industry refuses to dis
cuss any labor matters with the
association while the ban on over
time exists.
GOP, Demos,
Predict Wins
HARRISBURG, Oct. 18 (JP)—
Republicans and Democrats alike
were confident today of control
ling the 1955 General Assembly
through victories in the Nov. 2
election.
Sen. M. Harvey Taylor, Senate
president pro tempore, predicted
the GOP will again have a major
ity in the senate—where it held
a 32-18 margin in the 1953 ses
sion.
House Speaker Charles C. Smith
of Philadelphia put it this way in
discussing both chambers: “Pros
pects are excellent for another Re
publican Legislature.”
“The Senate probably will be
very close—one vote, one way or
the other,” it was stated.
Philadelphia alone, without elec
tricity. But valiant efforts by
utility N workers restored a greater
part of the service promptly.
Hazel killed 20 persons as -it
swept northwestward through
Pennsylvania last Friday. Today
another person died—an indirect
storm victim.
Daniel Smock, 25, of Newport
ville, Bucks County, was electro
cuted by a 4,000-volt wire in Up
per Dublin Twp. west of Ambler.
Smock was climbing.a utility pole
to repair storm damage when he
touched a metal crossbar which
had been electrified. He fell 25
feet to the ground.
Some 200 residents in White
marsh Village, a Philadelphia
suburb, cut off without electricity,
got a break. A trucking company
parked a refrigerator trailer on
a street and residents stored froz
en food there. The truck has a
capacity of 40 thousand pounds.
Already 12 dead have been
counted and millions of dollars in
damage reported as rain-swollen
rivers and creeks overflowed.
Hard hit by the debris-laden
waters were Turtle Creek, La
trobe, Braddock, Butler, Mead
ville and Connellsville.
Erie City Council Asks
Mayor to Resign
ERIE, Pa., Oct. 18 (JP) —City
Council today asked Mayor Thom
as W. Flatley and two policemen
to resign because of their arrests
on charges of accepting bribes
from members of a 20-million
dollar a year gambling syndi
cate.
The mayor refused to resign
but said he will do so “after I am
exonerated . . . and forever di
vorce-myself from filthy politics.”
The police officers—Chief In
spector Jack Martin and Vice
Squad member Edward Camili—
did not say whether they will
give up their jobs.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Stringfeltow,
Resigns as
Candidate
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 18 (JP)
—A Utah Republican congress
man who admitted his tale of war
time heroics was a hoax today
submitted his resignation as a
candidate for reelection.
But Rep. Douglas R. String
fellow left to a meeting of the
State Central Committee a final
decision in the drama-filled case.
Republican State Chairman
Oral J. Wilkinson called the 18-
member committee into session
after Stririgfellow admitted, his
fraud and said he would leave
his political future to his party’s
leaders.
He went a little further today,
however, submitted his formal
resignation as a candidate from
Utah’s Ist Congressional District,
and urged that it be accepted.
He took Complete responsibility
for his story of wartime espion
age. “No member of my staff,” he
said, “was at any time aware of
the true story of my war record.
The staff accepted. my version
completely, believing in me to the
last. I and I alone bear complete
responsibility for these fabrica
tions.”
A member of Strihgfellow’s
staff said he is not resigning from
Congress, noting that less than
three months of his term remains.
It would take that long, he noted,
,to wind up his affairs anyway.
Wilkinson, in asking Central
Committee members to meet,
urged them to sample public opin
ion in their home communities.
Sheppard Trial Begins
CLEVLAND, Oct. 18 (£>)—The
first. degree murder trial of Dr.
Samuel Sheppard got under way
today with the selection of the
first juror. The trial judge re
fused a defense plea to delay the
case.
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Eisenhower Extends
Speaking Schedule
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 Dwight D. Eisenhower,
stepping up his speaking schedule in the last two weeks of the con
gressional campaign, will make two half-hour talks in New York
Wednesday and Thursday. The White House billed them as “non
partisan.” ,
James C. Hagerty, White House press secretary, said today “the
President has something to say
which he can’t cover in a few
minutes.” Hagerty did not an
nounce the subjects of Eisen
hower’s speeches, but in response
to questions he said “it could be”
that the President would discuss
foreign, policy Wednesday.
Eisenhower is slated to leave
Washington by plane early Wed
nesday, going first to Hartford,
Conn., to accept an honorary de
gree from Trinity College and
tafce part in a public celebration
of the birthday of Gov. John
Lodge of Connecticut, who is run
ning for reelection on the Re
publican ticket.
' Thursday morning he will visit
the campaign headquarters of
Sen. Irving Ives, Republican nom
inee for governor of New York,
and speak briefly to 500 GOP
candidates and party workers. The
gathering will be in New York’s
Roosevelt Hotel.
Today the President authorized
$500,000 in federal assistance to
Connecticut areas torn up by hur
ricanes Carol and Edna. The
money will be administered by
the Federal Civil Defense Ad
ministration in conjunction with
Connecticut authorities.
Federal assistance was ordered
for North and South Carolina yes
terday.
Flood Wafers Receding
MARIETTA, Ohio, Oct. 18 (JP)—
Flood water trickled into the
streets of Belpre, Ohio, and Par
kersburg, W. Va., today as the
crest of the rain-bloated Ohio
River continued its southerly
course.
Communists Win
East German Election
BERLIN, Oct. 18
nist candidates for Parliament in
Soviet-occupied East Germany
won 99.3 per cent of the votes in
yesterday’s single-ticket election,
the Red government said today.
This was a drop from the 99.6 per
cent claimed by the Reds four
years ago. .
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