FRIDAY. MAY 9, 1958 100, Maybe 300, Killed In Rio Train Collision RIO DE JANEIRO (/P)—Two electric commuter trains crashed together in a rain near here last night. Police said more than 100 persons were killed. Scores were injured. Dr. Guilherme Romano, municipal health director, was quoted by Continental Radio as saying the death toll might go to 300. Rescue workers toiled in a mist under floodlights to remove sur vivors and the dead from the wreckage of cars piled along em bankments under a highway over pass near Mangueiza Station, 10 miles north of Rio de Janeiro. Ap parently all the victims were Bra zilians. Dulles Hits Red Aims In Berlin PARIS (IP) —Secretary of State Dulles arrived Thursday from Berlin where he declared in a hard-hitting speech that Red Chi na and the Soviet Union are bent on dominating the world. Dulles is here to brief U.S. am bassadors in Europe aft e r the North Atlantic Tr aty Organiza tion conference i Copenhagen. The NATO for eign ministers backed Dulles' tou h approach to the question of a ummit confer ence world tensio S . Dulles left no ou b t in his speech to West erlin's Parlia ment that the United States will lok carefully behind any Com munist words, no/matter how al luring, He declared the Soviet Union was using talk of disarmament as a smokescreen to "produce a world dominated by the military power of the Chinese-Soviet bloc." "The Soviet government," he added, "is attempting by every act of propaganda to compel the aban donment of our military shield. National Guard Helps -Rescue Flood Victims CATLETTSBURG, Ky. (..P)—A National Grd detachment moved into Catlettsburg Thursday as resident began fleeing a flood threat from two brimming rivers, the Ohio and Big Sandy. "We are preparing for the: worst," said Mayor Charles Gibbs. "We are getting ready for 58 feet of water, which would be nearly six feet over flood stage." Gibbs, who requested the gov ernor's help, said guardsmen would be used in evacuation work, manning roadblocks, and keeping out sightseers. Some 250 families already have retreated to higher ground. A city of 4,000 Catlettsburg is the meeting place for both rivers, swollen by rains which pushed the Big Sandy out of its banks at Pikeville, Prestonsburg and Paintsville. The Ohio has done little damage thus far. Officials estimated the Bi g Sandy caused one million dollars' damage in Pikeville and Pike County, where 700 families evacu ated their homes. Russia Rejects' Invitation To Pacific Atom Tests LONDON (W)—The Soviet last' night rejected an invitation to ob serve U.S. nuclear weapons tests in the Pacific. A SoViet Government state ment carried by the Tass Agency and broadcast from Moscow said Russia is "unable to accept the proposal of the United States gov ernment to send Soviet scientists and press representatives to take part in the Observation of an American nuclear bomb explo sion." a TRANSISTOR RADIO For him or her $34.95 up State College TV 232 8, ALLEN President Juscelino Kubitschek went to the scene. The last big Brazilian train wreck killed 119 person March 4, 1952. • The two British-built, govern ment-owned electrics crashed just two months after a collision of thr e e trains on the same line claimed 67 lives. Railroad officials said this is what happened: A train of five cars and electric engine was hit in the rear by a train of eight cars and engine. The engine of the eight-car train ' hit with such force that it rammed three-quarters through the rear car of the front-runner. Both trains were loaded with commut- I ers headed home from their jobs in the capital. Original reports had said it was a head-on collision. Hospital Services May Be Curtailed HARRISBURG (W)—The Lead er administration Friday raised the possibility that general and mental hospital services may have to be cut because of the Republi can-controlled 1957 legislature. Dr. John H. Ferguson, secretary of administration, said the hospi tals and teachers' college face a prospective financial crisis be cause of a lack of funds. He said the situation is the worst at the general hospitals in Philipsburg, Scranton and Nanti coke. The board of trustees at Philipsburg has hinted it may be forced to close down. A wing at the Nanticoke State Hospital already has been shut down. "It's too bad from every point of view that there is so much rigidity in the appropriations," Ferguson told a newsman. The last legislature passed a law making specific appropria tions to individual institutions and prohibited the transfer of funds from one to another. Plane Lands Safely With 65 Aboard CHAR LOTTE, N. C. (?P)—An Eastern air lines super constella tion with a crew of seven and 58 plucky passengers was lande here yesterday despite a broken nose wheel. For three hours Capt. J. J. Randall of Miami circled the Charlotte Airport while his crew worked frantically to raise or low er the faulty wheel which sup ports the front section of the plane on landing. Hundreds of onlook ers who swarmed over the modern municipal terminal grew tense when word went out that the plane would attempt the landing. FREE LECTURE ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SUBJECT: "Christian Science and God's Government" LECTURER: Robert S. Van Atta of Rochester, New York HUB ASSEMBLY ROOM TUESDAY, MAY 13 7:30 P. M. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. 'PENNSYLVANIA US. Recops Air Record Through Jet LOS ANGELES (R)—The Uni ted States regained the world alti tude record back from France with a jet flight to 91,249 feet -17.28 miles—the Air Force an nounced yesterday, Maj. Howard C. Johnson, 38, pi loted a Lockheed FIO4A Star fighter up to a 45-degree angle above the Southern California desert town of Mojave to the new mark Wednesday. He topped by more than two miles the height of 80,190 feet —15.19 miles—c laimed for a French experimental Trident Isere-08 at Istres, France, last Friday. • The French flight had exceeded the mark of 76,928 feet, or 14.57 miles, reached last April 16 by a U.S. Navy Grumman FIIFIF I flown by Lt. Cmdr. George C. Watkins. How did the stratospheric climb feel? "No particular sensation," re plied Johnson, operations officer of the 83rd Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Hamilton Air Force Base, Calif. The sky at extreme altitudes is "sort of a dark purple." John , son said. "It gets darker the higher you go." Others have flown higher in ex perimental ships released from the bellies of mother planes, but his was the highest airplane as cent made from takeoff to land ing. At a news conference, Johnson described the flight: His plane, powered by a Gen eral Electric 379 engine, left Palm dale with a full load of fuel—al most 5000 pounds of a mixture made mostly of light kerosene. "I flew a pattern to get the fuel down to where I wanted it," Johnson related. Underground Flood Traps 22 Miners SHARPLES, W. Va. (JP) —An underground flood trapped 22 coal miners Thursday, but officials gave out reassuring word for their safety a few hours later. The accident occurred at 1 p.m. (EST) when a large pool of rain water collapsed the roof of the Boone County Coal Corp's. No. 2-A mine. The company issued a state ment nearly five hours later which said that Mine Supt. Russell Ward had reached a point within 150 feet of the break. Based upon conditions in the main passageways, Ward said it looked pds if all of the men had an excellent chance for survival. There had been no direct com munication with any of the en trapped minors. • Rescuers made their way through the muddy debris and set up the pumps. Record Sales Continue A new group of specials at $1.19 plus other bargains SHADLE ASSOCIATES 151 S. Allen Students Stone Nixon In Peru Appearance LIMA, Peru (in—Vice President Nixon was met by a hail of rocks at ancient San Marcos University yesterday. One stone grazed his neck, another hit a member of his Secret Service escort. Some jeering students spat upon the touring vice presi dent. He finally canceled a talk at San Marcos, saying he seared someone might be badly hurt Nixon was followed to his ho tel by Peruvians shouting "Get out!" But he got a friendly re ception at Catholic University. Even at San Marcos, some stu dents shook his hand. Nixon told a news conference later that Peruvian Foreign Min ister Raul Porras gave him offi cial and personal apologies for desecration of the United States flag. No formal protest was made, Nixon said. Then the vice president said demonstrating communists "think they won a victory . . but they suffered, as time will tell, a great defeat." He said a demonstrator who spat in his face at the Hotel Boli var actually spat on the good name of Peru. The student federation at 400- ,year-old San Marcos had adopted Get a 913 headstart to Europe , Pan Am now introduces new Clipper* Thrift Service. This new economy-class service lets you fiy to Europe for 20% less than tourist fares. saving $113 40 round trip. (See box below for new fares.) Clipper Thrift Service offers complimentary sand wiches and light beverages plus full luggage allow ance of 44 pounds. And every mile of your trip is flown and serviced by the most experienced crews in the world. 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