SATURDAY DECEMBER 6. 1958 n Crisis Sharpens Captured U.S. Pilot Bed Ove (/P)—The East-West dispute over Berlin sharp , with detention of a U.S. Army pilot by the East mmunists. BERLII erred German C• The ea: was belate ture of Lt. Richard Mackin of Washington, D.C., ly acknowledged Dem Rejec ommittee Move t Gravel To 06 WASHINe,TON (J P)—The Dem ocat:r: National Credentials Corn anitl-Pt; rejected 7-2 Friday night a move to oust Camille F. Gravel Jr. as Louisiana national commit teeman. In a decision reflecting national committee views on the explosive civil rightsissue, the credentials group turned down a plea to seat Jett M. Talbot as Louisiana com mitteeman. Previously the Louisiana State' Committee had voted to oust Gra vel because it contended he was out of step *ith Louisiana Demo-' crats' . opposition to integration. The credentials committee's de cision, taken behind closed doors after a four-hour public hearing, was announced by Calvin Rawl ings Jr., Utah national commit teeman, and chairman of the group. Rawlings said the credentiials group is drafting a report to be made to the national committee Saturday. At Saturday's session most Southern members are ex pected to vote against retaining Gravel as a member of the com mittee but the Louisiana member seems likely to get sufficient sup port from other sections to retain his post. Italian Finds ROME OP) Italy's cooks—and they're the lads who ought to know—are putting their side bets on the leans to beat the fats in a nationwide challenge eating match The contest to see whether the skinny can outeat the fat is called for next Saturday in Bologna, a city where almost everybody stuffs at tabletime. But if the cooks are right, some hollow-legged thinster is favored to outeat the fabulous Carmen Gasparotto, Treviso's 375-pound mamma who boasts "I didn't get this way from being shy of a knife and fork." Mighty Carmen is in there on the fat side, lined up in the first round against little Lina Zuffi who eases comic), ',ably under the table at a slight 124 pounds, but is noted in her native city of Bologna as a girl who can polish Off a terrific plateful. Sponsors of the contest, held this year "just to settle some ar fuments," say that whoever wins, at or lean, the event will be turned into an international chal lenge affair next year. Table rules require that the thins weigh not over 185, and the fats no less than 210. PEMNSYLVANIAE STETS T: (I CAN SELL) FINE Al Mins wo days after he become lost on a flight near the East-West border and radioed he was hav ing to bail out. An East German official hinted the American might be used as a hostage to aid the satellite re gime's drive for recognition by the Western powers. U.S. officials in Berlin at once made clear they would not negotiate with the East Germans. The explosive issue in the Berlin crisis centers on West ern refusal to negotiate with the East Germans—even on the right of access to this isolated city 110 miles inside East Ger many. West German Chancellor Kon rad Adenauer declared that the United States, Britain and France would stick by their pledges to Berlin. In London, the British Foreign! Office disclosed Khrushchev hadi replied to Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's note of Nov. 22 de claring Britain intended to stay s put in Berlin. In Moscow, the Communist party newspaper Pravda said nothing could interfere with the Soviet plans for West Berlin. Pravda accused Adenauer of using the Berlin crisis in an • attempt to get control of East Germany and called him "an in spirer of dangerous adventures in Europe." , The capture of Mackin came at a time when the East Germans already were talking tough about their air space and declaring Western commercial airlines had no right to use it on flights to Berlin. Eating Match Fats Failing, Gibbs girls Special Course for College Women. Resideixee. Write College Dean for GIBBS GIRLS AT Woax. iL., I,‘ t- SECRETARIAL BOSTON 16, MASSACHUSETTS, 21 Marlborough St. NEW YORK 17, NEW YORK . . 230 Park Ave. MONTCLAIR, NEW JERSEY • 33 Plymouth St. PROVIDENCE 6, RHODE ISLAND, 155 NIRO St. LEATHER ' SFACTORY PRICESS NE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Funeral for 27 Held in Chicago By The Associated Press Funeral rites for 27 of the 87 small victims of the fire which destroyed Our Lady of Angels Parochial School in Chicago Mon day were held yesterday in the Northwest Armory. A crowd of 7000 mourners heard Archbishop Albert Gregory Meyer sing a requiem high Mass for what Chicago newsmen said was the first mass funeral in recent decades. Separate funeral services were held for the other children and three nuns who died with • them. Francis Cardinal Spellman of New York looked on at the ser vices from a red-draped throne to the left of the altar. Bishop Raymond Hi!linger thanked the world for its compassion and told it that love and charity had risen like the legendary phoenix from the ashes of the fire. Archbishop Meyer, who saw this disaster strike one of his schools Just 16 days after he had arrived from Milwaukee to be come head of the Chicago arch diocese, sang the Mass that com mended the souls of the dead to God. Alabama Judge Defies Civil Rights Commission MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Al A belligerent Alabama judge yes terday defied the Civil Rights Commission attempt to make him surrender voter registration rec ords in his custody. Circuit Judge George Wallace, Clayton, Ala., threatened to jail I,any commission agent who tries to get possession of the impound edl files for next week's hearing on Negro voting. He protested angrily that a sub-, poena issued by the commission' for the voting records of twol counties challenged the authority' of his court. (Men's & Ladies) (Discounts Tool SO I CAN'T SPELL GLOVES PO Box 355, State Bohol U.S., Over Britain Differ Soviet Veto GENEVA (/P)—The United States and Britain differed yesterday over the veto power which the Soviet Union de mands in the proposed com mission for policing a nuclear weapons test ban. Delegates met in a drafting committee to work out the open ing ai tides of a treaty for a con trolled suspension of tests. The three powers clearly have come to an understanding that the commission should perma nently reflect their present pre dominant status in nuclear arma ments. But they are split over de tails. The Soviet Union wants all other nations permanently ex cluded from membership. It al so expects each of the Big Three nations to hold veto pow er over the control system. The United States and Britain, Health Department Says Slippers Contain Poison HARRISBURG (IP) The State Health Department warns shop pers to be on the lookout for children's straw slippers decor ated with poisonous Haitian doll heads. The department said it had been advised by the U.S. Public Health Service that a shipment of straw slippers decorated with the doll heads had been found in Cincin nati, Ohio, The doll heads are made from a rash-causing cashew nut shell. FRESHMAN TEA For Upperclass Women Sunday, December 7 2:30-4:30 - Atherton Lounge PAGE THREE which favor election of other na tions as nonpermanent members, are united in their determination to oppose any Russian veto on in spection teams' movements and reports. However. the British are sym pathetic to the Russian demand for voting equality with the West so far as administrative questions, such tra the organi zation's budget or the appoint ment of officials, are concerned. The United States considers any voting parity system as giving the Russians a built-in veto. The U.S. delegation believes vetoes on op erational or administrative ques tions to be equally dangerous. Through the Looking Glass with Gabbi Well, it's getting to be that time of year again. You know Christmas! Have you all been good children this year? If you haven't—better luck next year. But if you have —just think, Santa might even bring you a gift direct from Ethel's. Re member tho—it's far better to give than to receive. When you stop in Ethel's this week you'll be delighted at the gift ideas for everyone on your list. For Mother we have delicate glasses from Sweden—pitchers, glasses, va ses, punch bowls, and candy dishes. Or for families with five thumbed fathers, Ethel has smoothly polished wooden mixing bowls and canape plates in eye catching shapes. For Father and Brother In the leather department, there are hand-tooled belts, wallets, and travel kits which would be perfect for your well traveled brother. Well, travel ing between home and college counts. For that continental look. Ethel has imported from Austria the original walking hat which can be worn in rain or shine. For Little Sister or for roommates in second childhood, Ethel has the most original stuffed toys yet, They are designed by Sohn and in elude a white monkey with a pink face, a floppy clown, and a yellow lion with a red knit mane. Golly, I got so enthused about Ethel's that I forgot the time. But don't you forget the time to shop in Ethel's some time real soon. l~~i
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