SATURDAY. OCTOBER 20. 1956 Big Powers Pledge Sympathy To Jordan on Border Dispute UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Oct. 19 (TP) — Britain, the Soviet Union and Iran gave full sympathy to Jordan today after Jordan demanded that the UN halt “unprovoked Israeli aggression’’ along their tense border. dg Powers and Iran told the UN Security Council it must act to stop the con- tinued dete how far the rioration in relations between Jordan and Israel, y would go in support of a Jordanian demand for Three Killed fudents in Blaze; Charged Idaho,.Oct. 19 (fP) — ts died in an ex at a University of >ry early today and XGials called it arson Arson MOSCOW, Three studei plosive fire Idaho dormit University of and murder. Gov. Robert Smylie pledged "every effort to catch the crimi nal responsible.’’ At least eight other residents of Gault Hall, a new $500,000 dormi tory housing; 138 men, were burned. Threb of them were be ing treated at a hospital. President D. R. Theophilus called it ‘‘the university’s saddest hour.” It was the fourth blaze in a campus dormitory in a week. Two of the others, in Willis Sweet and Chrisman halls for men, were listed as arson. Wads of partly burned newspapers were found stuffed into davenports and mag azine racks at both dormitories. Killed in the fire were Paul Johnson of Davenport, Wash.: John Hudson, Idaho Falls, and Clair Schuldberg, Terreton, Idaho. Johnson, a sophomore, was found in a shower room. A towel was wrapped about his head—a pathetic last effort to keep awav smoke. Death was attributed to suffocation. The other two, both freshmen, were found in a char red hallway on the fourth floor. There were indications they had tried to break a window to get out. "I can’t prove it, but I think gasloine or some other petroleum •was used to start the fire be cause it moved so fast,” said Fire Chief Carl Smith. Campaign Confetti Injures Ike's Eye LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19 President Dwight D. Eisenhower has suffered what his doctor to day termed “a slight hemorrhage’’ of the left eye as a result of a couple of scraps of campaign con fetti lodging there. Maj. Gen. Howard Ml Snyder, the White House physician, told newsmen he removed the confetti from the President’s eye in Port land, Ore., last night. Referring to the eye, which was bloodshot today, Snyder said: • “It is-getting better, but he will still have a red eye when he gets into Washington tomorrow. The confetti got into Eisen hower’s eye yesterday afternoon while he was motorcading through Portland. James C. Hagerty, White House press secretary, first reported the episode just as Eisenhower was about' to leave the airport here this morning after arriving from Portland for a campaign address tonight in Hollywood Bowl. School Freedom Urged PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 19 (fP)— Dr. Charles H. Boehm, Pennsyl vania’s superintendent of public instruction, said today school di-| rectors should make every effort to steer their programs away from “petty jealousies and com munity pressure groups.” Dr. Boehm was one of the prin cipal speakers at the opening of the annual convention of the State School Directors Associa tion. Area Official Sentenced LOCK HAVEN, Pa., Oct. 19 f/P) —A former Lock Haven alderman today was sentenced to nine months to three years in jail on charges of perjury and extortion. John P. Eckel, 50, was convict ed in April of the charges. The father of five children was the unsuccessful Republican candi date for mayor of Lock Haven last year. THE DAftY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA such as economic restrictions and severance of diplomatic relations. Rifa'i Speaks lo Council Ambassador Abdul Monem Ri fa’i of Jordan told the Council Jordan will take matters into its own hands if the UN cannot suc ceed. He spoke nearly an hour to support his charge that Israel has conducted “acts of aggression” against Jordan. More than 100 persons have been killed in recent fighting along the Israeli-Jordan border. Meanwhile, dispatches from the Jordanian sector of Jerusalem quoted Maj. Gen. E. L. M. Burns, UN truck supervisor, as saying there may a major flareup in Palestine. Burns said in an inter view the situation is worse than at any time since he arrived there two years ago. Israel io Speak Next Week This was Jordan’s day in the Council. Israel will present its case next week, perhaps Thurs day, after its delegate, Abba Eban, returns- from consultations in Jerusalem. Israel has filed a cross-com plaint charging Jordan with vio lating their armistice and its cease-fire pledges. Mordecai R. Kidron, deputy Israeli delegate, told the Council, however, there will be peace on the border if Jor dan puts an end to attacks on Israel. Kidron said the UN Char ter does not require Israel to suffer armed attacks upon its ter ritory and population. Rifa'i Urges Council Action Rifa’i urged the Council to take action under Article 41 of the UN Charter, the provision dealing with economic and diplomatic measures against any country found guilty of being an aggres sor. He told a reporter later that, on the strength of his conversations with Council members, the out look was “very promising.” “I can foresee the possibility,” he said, “of passing a resolution which will exercise in a more substantial way the authority of the Council.” He said the Israeli raids into Jordan could not be described as border incidents. Bulganin Sends Letter to U.S. WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (J s ) Soviet Premier Bulganin sent a new message to President Dwight D. Eisenhower today. The subject matter was not made public im mediately. The message was delivered to Secretary of State John Foster Dulles by Andrei M. Ledovski, So viet Embassy counselor. - State Department press officer Lincoln White said .he did not know the subject of the message. It was the latest in a year-long series of exchanges between the Soviet and American leaders. Previous letters in the series have dealt y with the general sub ject of disarmament, including problems of bringing what Presi dent Eisenhower has called “the nuclear threat” under control. Dulles told Ledovski the text of the note would be translated from Russian to English and presented to Eisenhower after his return here Sunday. There was immediate specula tion in diplomatic quarters here that the message might have some bearing on the problem of trying to call off the testing of nuclear weapons. This subject has become the center of nationwide debate between'Eisenhower and his Democratic opponent for pres ident, Adlai E. Stevenson. Powell Secretary Guilty NEW YORK, Oct. 19 UP) — Acy Lennon, secretary to Rep. Adam Clayton Powell (D.-N.Y.), was convicted today on four counts of federal income tax evasion. He was the second, aide of Powell to be found guilty on such charges this year. They did not say, however, the Council to order penalties Ike Says Adlai Guilty of 'Folly 7 On Draft Issue LOS ANGELES. Oct. 19 (IP)— \ President Dwight D. Eisenhower: tonight accused Adlai E. Steven son of “speaking incredible folly” in saying the military draft is an “incredible waste” of manpower and money. In a speech prepared for deliv ery in the Hollywood Bowl, Eisen hower said: “I do not believe that any po litical campaign justifies the dec laration of a moratorium on com mon sense. U.S. Can Be Tolerant “We might afford to be toler ant—in an amused way—of the current effort to sell senseless economic panaceas in a political bargain basement.” But, Eisenhower said. “We can not be very tolerant of the sug gestion that’the peace of the world can be bought on the same terms and at the same counter. Man of Folly “And the man who today dis misses our military draft as ‘an incredible waste’ is a man speak ing incredible folly.” Stevenson made the statement last night in a speech at Youngs town, Ohio. At the same time, Eisenhower hit out at a charge by Stevenson that the Eisenhower administra tion had been marked from the start by the “contagion of corrup tion.” Scorns Adlai Accusation “I scorn this preposterous ac cusation—and I condemn it as false—because it is a baseless in sult to the many men and women associated with me in public serv ice today, whom I know and trust. “They are men and women who —above and beyond all partisan differences— command the respect of the leadership of both parties in our Congress, and the entire American people. “I say nothing of myself. 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