WEDNESDAY. FEBRI Forecast Omits Relief From Arctic Misery By the Associated Press The winters Worst cold wave brought arctic misery to the eastern third if the nation again yesterday. Little relief! was in sight from temperatures as low as 40 degrees below' zero. In several sec :ions it was the coldest Feb. 18 in history. ColdStillHolds Western Pa. In ley Grip PITTSBURGH, Feb. 18 Iff) One of the East’s longest and most severe cold spells continued today to plague Western Penn sylvania. Industries and mines laid off workers; drifting snow sealed off rural communities; natural gas companies rationed supplies to industrial plants; schools closed; the cold weather death toll mounted. The Weather Bureau sees no immediate relief, forecasting con tinued cold with snow flurries. The Pittsburgh district’s three largest gas supplies have cut sup plies to industries to save gas for heating homes. Four U,S. Steel Corp. mines along the Monongahela River closed .because ice blocked move ment of coal barges. The hardest hit sections of west ern Pennsylvania appeared to be Somerset County and northern Cambria County. Alipost ali rural communities in this section were isolated as winds piled up snow drifts. In Erie a snow plow broke through to rescue 22 persons who had been stranded at Presque Isle Peninsula’s Coast Guard Sta tion overnight. The numbing effect of the terri ble freeze has caused at least 25 deaths during the past few days, mostly storm-induced heart at tacks. Hundreds of miles of highways —main roads as well as secondary arteries remained partially or entirely closed despite around the-clock duty by plows and Bull dozers. Officials of the Pennsylvania Railroad announced late today that service will suffer “heavy curtailments for several more days.” Mediators to Handle Tunisian Dispute UNITED NATIONS, N.Y„ Feb. 18 Iff) —The U.N; Security Coun cil today tossed the explosive Tunisian-French dispute into the hands of mediators. The action came after the United States and Britain declared they had affirma tive proposals for a peaceful solu tion. Representatives of the two Western powers, whose good of fices . have been ‘accepted by France and Tunisia, did not spell out what they had. in mind. But there'was speculation their ef forts would be extended to setting up machinery which • could be used-in an attempt to resolve the broad issue of the French-Alger ian conflict; now in its fourth year. The council was called to hear a Tunisian accusation that France committed aggression in the bombing of a Tunisian, border vil lage on Feb. 8. France charged Tunisia with harboring Algerian rebels. Mayor Says Employees Use Phones for Ra PASAY CITY, Philipp 18 Iff) —Mayor Pablo C vestigating reports that| Hall phone lines wer busy, says he discovt most were, being used ployees engaged in conversations.” He issue warning. Olney Flapjack Flippers Keep International Title LIBERAL, Kan., Feb. 18 (ffh- The flapjack flippers of Olney, England, retained their interna tional pancake racing title today lARY 19. 1958 Ice threatened to close the Ohio, Mississippi and Hudson rivers, three of the nation’s great water arteries. The death toll from the heavy weekend snow and the cold wave in 26 states neared 200. ' .The afflicted area extended from the East Coast to Missouri and lowa, and from Maine to Alabama. Some sections have not had a temperature reading above freezing in 10 days. Millions endured misery and in-! convenience. Isolated rural vil lages ran low on fuel and food.! Helicopters fluttered over the bleak countryside with relief for marooned farmers. The Weather Bureau forecast only slight moderation for Thursday, with a renewal of colder weather over the week end. The long-range forecast was fox a month of cold wea ther. Miami Beach, suffering through one of its worst winters in years, advertised its Monday high of 63 degrees in northern newspapers as an inducement to winter tour ists. Truckers Willing To Back Rail Aid WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (ff)_ A spokesman for the motor truck | industry told senators today his group is willing to support some of the requests by major railroads for congressional relief. John V. Lawrence, managing director of American Trucking Assn., Inc., told a Senate com merce subcommittee that contin ual public warfare between rail roaders and truckers is “one of the most disturbing things in our economic picture.” At the same time Lawrence and other trucking industry witnesses bitterly opposed the plea of some railroad leaders that they be per mitted to buy or set-up units in truck, air and water divisions of the giant transportation industry.- Attorney Cites Renege In FCC Miami TV Case WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (ff)— A Miami attorney testified today that Thurman A. Whiteside, a close friend of Federal Communi cations Commissioner Richard A. Mack, offered to do what he could in behalf of a National Airlines TV application to the FCC, but later backed out. The attorney, Paul R. Scott, said Whiteside told him he had to withdraw his offer to help because of “pressure” put on him by CoL A. Frank Katzentine, a rival ap plicant. Whiteside is also a Miami attorney. Robert Anderson, a former law partner of Scott and now a cir cuit judge in Dade County, Fla., preceded Scott on the witness stand. Anderson said he knew of Whiteside’s close friendship with Mack -when he suggested that Whiteside be brought into the controversial Channel 10 TV case in Miami Asked whether his recommen dation ‘ that Whiteside be em ployed was based on the friend ship between Mack and White side, Judge Anderson rallied: “It itnance lines, Feb. uneta, in (the City fe always •red that j by em- Yomantic d a stem SPRING WEEK ENTRANCE INFORMATION All groups, excluding fraternities and sororities, can pick up application hlanks for Spring Week entrance at the HUB Desk on the following days: WED- FEB. 19 THURS- FEB. 29 FRL. FEB. 21 For additional information call John Bott, Carnival Chairman AS 7-3250 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA GOP'sDecidefgypf Denies Report Cut in Taxes Qj Attack on Sudan Unwise NOW KHARTOUM, Sudan, Feb. 18 — A wave of antl- WASHINGTON Feb 18 f.p; * Egyptian feeling erupted in this capital today following re* [Republican leaders in Congress' ports Cairo has sent armed men into disputed border territory, j rS -Photographs of Egypt’s President Carnal Abdel Nasser ductions or a major public works; suddenly disappeared from shop windows, and the anti* program at this time. jEgyptian Umma party of Prime, Sen. William F. Knowland (R-, Minister Abdullah Khalil issued' . _. > Calif) said the decision would be a call for volunteer national, StflTA trt Hi ICn subject to review before Congress (guardsmen to stand by for ,v/ 1 1 adjourns in late July or early:emergency. t . . . | Egypt's-ambassador to Khar- F|ooQ CrtOfrOl The GOP leaders were given a : toum confirmed at a news con- * V.WI 111 Ul White House briefing on the eco-. 1 ference that Egyptian "electoral | HARRISBURG Feb. 13 t,P>— nomic situation by Secretary of: committees" with bodyguards [Maurice K. Goddard, secretary of of Commerce Sinclair Weeks and. preparation for Friday's plebis- agency’s flood control division Secretary of Labor James P. Mtt-, cite on the United Arab Re- under instructions to move quick cneu - : public of Egypt and Syria. ly in developing flood control Knowland. the Senate minority An official Egyptian source in plans. [leader, reported there was gen- Cairo denied any Egyptian army. “ We v e moving into hieh cear' ieral agreement at the meeting, troops had entered the disputed! at ? h e state tere? but ourbieeett [that unemployment will start de-;area. The source said Egyptian seemstobe to cetlocal [dining m March and that busi-‘frontier police had moved m to jness will begin improving fairly,protect polling booths during doi n g t^eir !soon thereafter without artificial,plebiscite, but asserted they arevi-,rrf rWI-irpa (stimulus. (not there to fight anybody. f c ( , . [ Democrats in Congress may not Lafer reports cixculaled here n” 8 (be satisfied with this wait-and-l that Sudanese troops were mov (see policy. ! ing toward the northeast iron- , T col ? n « c l U '^ | Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson (D- her. but a government state- °I ® 5 Tex), the Senate majority leader, | ment denied Egyptian charges program for job develop put the chairmen of six key corn-! lh « Sudanese forces had entered ' ‘ mittees to work last week on a! disputed area. * The community problem stems 10-point antirecession program. 1 The area in dispute is about from the law which requires them The Democrats also planned tore- 0000 square miles of dessert fron-1° handle the task of condemning view the possibilities of a tax cutler land bordering the Red Sea J land that is to be used in channel this year about 125 miles southeast of the rectification, levee or dam con- Johnson asked the committee[P r °P°3ed site for Nasser’s high struction or for dredging, chairmen to come up quickly As^’ a . n ~71 project- , ’ a . ~ I FtP J Woman Volunteers sag jss.-s&'w? s “- s P° ce R,:de m New York msssted “there is‘ palm SPRINGS C’aiif Veh a d d the E | y^n n am '! 18 MV-When men decide to send , lrnaslon Sudan. a woman inot space, Mrs. Robert Churchill Reported „ ! C|*»lf . the firsl of her sex ,0 circle the aICK on vacation jearth in a satellite. NICE, France, Feb. 18 </P) —Sir, She’ll have to stand in line, Winston Churchill, 83, was re-'diough. Various other females ported tired and sick tonight at'bav* volunteered unofficially for his Riviera vacation villa. |the same feat not to mention the j His physician. Lord Moran, an-, man y male would-be space pio nounced in London that he will neers. [take a plane tomorrow to see the Mrs. Stivers, who happens to be [former British prime minister. !a harpist with the professional I Lady Churchill flew in from name of Sue Evans, confirmed Britain today. She joined Church- that she has written Dr. James ill and their actress daughter, Sa-R. Killian Jr. about her outer rah Churchill. space ambitions. Stevens May Seek Demo Governor Nomination HARRISBURG, Feb. 18 UP) j Highways Secretary Lewis M-| Stevens, 58, said today he would: seek the Democratic nomination' for governor if party leaders back! him. I - The Philadelphian renewed the position he announced last fall highways post in Gov. Leader’s Cabinet Attache Studies at Lab E. S. Strandh, technical attache of the Swedish Embassy in Wash ington, visited the Automation Laboratory to study the Univer sity’s Automation Program for Small Pennsylvania Industry. had something to do with it, yes”, Anderson testified he felt em-l ployment of Whiteside in the case' "certainly wouldn’t he harmful—! I thought it would be helpful and not harmful.' ’ An FCC examiner, an earlier witness before a special House in vestigating. committee, said he! might have used the word “shameful” in talking about the! FCC action in awarding the Chan-| nel 10 permit to Public Service! Television. Inc., a subsidiary of National Airlines. The examiner. Herbert Sharf man, said he had no specific rec ollection that he had used the word, but ‘T may have used the term” in talking about the case. Sharfman recommended in March, 1955, the permit go to WKAT, Inc., headed by Katzen tine. In February, 1957, the com mission, by a 4-2 vote, rejected Sharfman’s recommendation and awarded the permit to Public Service Television. The Miami law firm Anderson headed until he became a judge two years ago serves as general counsel of National Airlines. If You Are Interested In Doing Something Important On This Campus ... Join Coitegian «• Collegian t Candidates Meeting BUSINESS STAFF TONIGHT Wednesday, February 19 7 P.M. 305 Sparks •• •« LAST CALL .. . PAGE THREE
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