JANUARY 15, 195 SAIIJ R DA Y - . _ -.-. i . : - •- 1. 4.4,1 • -, :. 5: . _ ,'•.:'',..;,,, ' i'...:. ; .? . . - ... 3 p IP . i _...ii- ...• ~....„ i r, , ' di...l . y 1tr:., , .. ~, .6..- : m..- e :..,,.. . Pr. ...... .. ~ ..... ~ . , • , ?• . '....; , 7 *.. •on • . . Hammarskiold Is Confident Of R. ease UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Jan. 14 (./P)—Dag Hammarskjold said today his trip to Peiping was a successful first step toward .re lease of the 11 American fliers jailed by Red China and declared that Chou En-lai had laid down no conditions as barriers to their freedom. He 'said he made "no deals" with -Chou and that the Premier and foreign minister of Red Chi na had not suggested any. The UN secretary general told his first news conference since re turning here last night that Chou did not link the question of the prisoners to a series of issues out standing between the East and West, including the question of China's bid for a seat in the UN. He said Chou did, however, bring up all pertinent questions in their thorough talks. Gives No Promises Hammarskjold appeared confi dent that the fliers would be re leased eventually but he gave no proinises to that effect and re fused to disclose his next step in his moves to free them. He indi cated he might go to Washington if necessary but said he and U.S. Chief Delegate Henry Cab o t Lodge Jr., had talked over the trip fully and both were in agree ment that full restraint must be observed by all parties. During his 45-minute press con ference, Hammarskjold said: 1. He had no contact with any of the 11 prisoners nor was he shown any exhibits - relating to their capture, alleged confessions or trials. 2. The question of releasing 35 Chinese students in the United States to return to the Chinese mainland was not made a con dition. 3. While there is no definite link between the points of tension and the r freeing of the prisoners, according to Hammarskjold, an improvement in conditions be tween the Communist Chinese.and the United. States would have a bearing on the issue. "It was Successful" On the question whether he was successful, Hammarskjold said: "If by successful you- mean I brought the not back on the plane, I was successful. If you mean successful on the point of explorations, it was successful." Greeted as he strode into a large UN committee room, he said he had done what he felt he should do and reminded the cor respondents that the Assembly had requested him to seek the release of the 11 fliers and other UN command personnel. "As you know from the com munique issued in Peiping at the end of their last meeting Monday Mr. Chou En-lai and I hope to be able to continue our contacts," he said. State CIO Urges Rise h Compensation Benefit HARRISBURG (R)—The state CIO Council today urged that the 1955 Legislature sharply increase unemployment compensation ben efits. • President Harry Boyer said the organization will also ask to low er the age of ligible voters from 21 to 18; a fair employment prac tices law, a .inimum wage of $1.25 an hour, repeal of the loyal ty oath law and increased work men's compensation benefits. Ike Cautions Congress WASHINr-TON, Jan. 14 (IF)— President Eisenhower today sent to Congress a National Science foundation report citing a "na tional danger of underestimating the strength" of the Soviet Union, particularly in scientific achieve ments. PRINTING Letterpress - Offset Commercial 352 E. College Ave. Three Figure Prominently Before Congress Recesses U.S. May Give $l5 Million to Italy WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (IF)— The United States -is reported to give Italy economic aid of about $l5 million to help Premier 4,;. r i o Scelba's government con tinue its promis- a- , " • ing land reform , , drive. The allocation would be the first given to Italy from -cor- /461 eign aid money Congress made t4<,. available for the Clare B. Luce year ending next July 1. Informed officials who dis closed this said Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce's personal report on conditions in Italy was a big fac tor in the decision. Jet Ace Vera in's ody F.,urld on oiave Desert LOS ANGELES, , Jan. 14 (IP) —The body of air speed record holder James B. Verdin, who bailed out of a bantam jet bomber 30,000 feet over the Mojave Desert yesterday, was found today about 2 1 /, miles south of the wreckage of his plane. His chute had not opened, authorities said. The body was spotted from the air late this afternoon after an Ives Submits .lediccd Plan WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (R)— Sen. Irving M. Ives (R-NY) pro posed today a broad medical care program designed to promote the growth of voluntary health plans partly subsidized by state and federal funds. Ives, who was joined by Sens. Clifford Case (R-NJ) and Ralph Irving M. Ives Submits Plan Flanders (R-Vt), introduced legis lation similar to bills he has pro posed several timeL previously. In addition to federal-state sub sidies for voluntary prepaid health and medical care programs operating at a loss, the bill would: Authorize the. Pr e s i d e n t to appoint a bipartisan federal health study and planning commission to study "pressing" health problems. E\At\p` CLUB COMMUNION SUNDAY COMMUNION SNACK AT C.S.C. AFTER 9 O'CLOCK MASS SUNDAY, JAN. 16 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN 51 ATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (A)— Former Sen. John Sherman Coop er of Kentucky, who was unseated by Alben Barkley in last Novem ber's senatorial elections, is ex pected to be named ambassador India as soon as N... ;• that country agrees to the choice. • . Senate confirm ation is virtually 4', assured. Cooper, 53-year ol d Republican `ryi<• and staunch Eis enhower suppor ter. was reported today to have agreed to accept John Cooper the assignment at the urging of the White House and Secretary of State Dulles. The important Delhi post has been vacant since last fall. all-day search involving scores of planes and several thousand men afoot, on horseback• and in auto mobiles. A ground party later reached the scene, about 30 miles west of Barstow. The 36-year-old Douglas Air craft Corp. test pilot, who as a Navy lieutenant commander set the world's three-kilometer jet mark of 753.4 m.p.h. on Oct. 5, 1953, was on a flight out of the Mojave's Edwards AFB when he radioed he was bailing out. The wreckage of his A4D Sky hawk, the nation's smallest atom bomber, was found last night near Victorville, 75 miles northeast of here. Verdin was the third famous flier to lose his life testing planes over the Mojave in the last five months. Last Aug. 25 Capt. Joseph McConnell, the nation's first triple jet ace, crashed in an Air Force plane, and last Oct. 12 George Welch, chief test pilot for North American Aviation Inc., was fa tally injured in the explosion of his FlOO Super Sabrejet. Troops Guard Guizado Home PANAMA, Jan. 14 (W)—The Na tional Guard .tonight surrounded the residence of Jose. Ramon Guiz ado, Panama's chief executive since the assassination of strong man Jose Antonio Remon, and the President said he was under house arrest. Headquarters o fthe National Guard confirmed that the Presi dent's private home in the fash ionable La Cresta section of the capital had been surrounded af ter the President told a reporter it was his impression he was a prisoner. Set World Mark Smallest Atom Bomber Senate Republican Urges 'Fair Play' WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (iP)— Sen. Prescott A. Bush (R-Conn) urged the Senate today to adopt a code of "fa play" rules foi investigations, protect witnesse: Congress latf voted to rece: until Monday. Bush read speech to the St nate c o ntendin, that a fair pla: code proposed b' the Senate Ruh._ Committee "gives sem Bush too few rights to witnesses and other persons who may be exposed to defaination, degration and incrimination." S. Viet Nam seeks U.S. Aid 7or Defense SAIGON, Viet Nam, Jan. 14 VP) —South Viet Nam is pressing the United States and France to take important policy decisions con cerning'her defense in case of at attack by the Communist-led Viet minh. Premier Ngo Dinh Diem's gov ernment is asking the two big powers to make up their minds before the Feb. 23 meeting of Manila Pact powers in Bangkok. Non-Communist S outh Viet Nam will send two observers to the Bangkok conference, which is to discuss among other things ways ' and means of preventing Viet Nam from falling entirely into the Red orbit. The Viet Minh hold .the North. This is the viewpoint of South ez'n Vietnamese: Diem's government is not whol ly satisfied with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles' declara tion that the Manila Pact powers would react in case of invasion. Diem and his defense minister, Ho Thong 11/linh, want an ironclad assurance the big power s—the United States, France and Britain —will intervene immediately. "THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS" 'Ethel Donald Marilyn Merman O'Connor Monroe Cinema Scope r;lnwl'f;VZir?..AV 3 7'7l, - ; Ava Gartner Humphrey Bogart BAREFOOT COTE SA —Featuretirne -12:10, 2:27, 4:44, 7:01, 9:30 Doors •;:, • . Open 1:30 p.m. Savage Adventure! "KILLER LEOPARD" with Johnny Sheffield ris rti (4 e 4 ran asts Ei • PITTSBURGH, Jan. 14 (RP)—A newspaperman testified today he saw Frank Phillips—one of seven persons on trial in a vote fraud. case—in a New, Kensington pol ling place after closing time. The government charges Phil lips masterminded vote irregu larities which resulted in 615 illegal ballots being cast in the second precinct of New Kensing ton's first ward in the Nov. 4, 1952, presidential election. William E. Scrive, New Ken sington Dispatch photographer and reporter, told the U.S. Dis trict Court jury he was looking through a glass panel at the voting place and saw Phillips there after the poll had been closed. Phillips was not an elec tion official. Shortly after Scrive completed his testimony the government rested its case and the trial was recessed until next Tuesday. Before the recess a defense mo tion to dismiss the, charges for lack of evidence was refused. On trial with Phillips are Mike Sicilia, Sam Chiappeta, John Fon tana, John Corso, Mrs. Mary Fritz and Dora Truver. The government has present ed over 100 witnesses many of them persons who testlfied they did not vote although their names were used to secure bal lots. The government claims the names of dead persons and per sons who had moved out of the district were used to cast illegal ballots. The seven on trial are among 38 persons from Fayette, West moreland and Washington coun ties indicted for conspiracy to violate federal civil rights laws. The others will be tried later. In pleading for a dismissal of the charges, defense Atty. Robert E. Kline told the court: "The forged voters' certificates are evidence of illegality, but the point is whether the defendants were responsible." Several witnesses have testified that Phillips visited the polling place at least three times the day of the election and placed ballots in the box or gave them to elec tion officials who put them in the ballot box. PAGE THREE
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