Israel Regrets
Killing of Arabs in
Curfew Incident
JERUSALEM, Israeli Sector, Ufi
—Israeli authorities disclosed to
day the killing of a number of
Arabs by Israeli frontier police
in a curfew incident a few days
ago at Kfar Kassem, a village
near the Jordan border.
Men, women and children were
slail. The exact number was not
disclosed. Pemier David Ben
Gurion said it was a “terrible oc
currence," and the police respon
sible will be tried.
The government has decided to
pay 1,000 Israefli pounds ($560> to
every Arab family affected.
All deputies in the Israeli Par
liament stood in silence in mem
ory of the victims. Joseph Sprin
zak, the speaker, read a statement
expressing shock and bewilder
ment at the shooting.
An all-night curfew' was pro
claimed in several Israeli villages
on the eastern border after the
Sinai Peninsula invation and a
unit of Israeli border police was
charged with supervising it.
Villages generally complied with
the curfew order, but some wtio
came home after the curfew hour
were killed by members of the
patrol.
City’s Treasury
Has Too Much Money
HARLAN, Ky„ (A>)—’The city of
Harlan has not only balanced its
budget, it’s in the blue.
In fact, the city’s treasury has
too much money. So the city
council has voted to reduce costs
of privilege licenses 10 percent
with the exception of pinball ma
chines and automobiles.
Mayor Roscoe Petery said the
city has money in the bank and
doesn't need the added income.
City treasurer Edward L. Ca
wood said the city had over $40,
000 in the bank as of Dec. 1, after
payment of the municipal payroll
and other disbursements.
Petery attributed the healthy
bank account to “good manage
ment.”
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Bitter British Landlord Ousts
American From Rented House
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Supermarket Snitcher
Put on Probation
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., M—
Dooley Von Brickwed is on pro
bation after three raids on a su
permarket.
On the first one he snitched a
loaf of bread and eluded em
ployes like a scatback running
for a touchdown.
The secontl time it was a bag
of noodles.
The third time police were
waiting.
William J. Dalton, with whom
Dooley makes his home, bailed
him out yesterday by paying for
the merchandise.
Dooley is a dog—80 pounds of
German shorthair pointer.
Teetotaler’s Tipple
Trips Up Over
Tax Trouble
DERBY, England, UPi — The
potent tipple of teetotaler Stan
ley Toplis tripped over tax
trouble, and his workmates here
after will have to get their kicks
at the pub, at four times the
P"ice.
Toplis, a railway pipe fitter,
was hailed into court by the
customs and excise people op a
charge of distilling spirits With
out a license.
i' pi • freely admitted it. He
said he made the drink in a
spirit of pure scientific research
by distilling a wine he had
cooked up out of fermented po
tatoes. Never touches the stuff
himself, but the fellows down at
I the shop paid $1.19 a bottle—just
what it cost to produce — and
seemed to like it fine.
For one thing, the drink was
84 proof and legal whisky in
Britain is only 70. Also, the lat
ter costs $5.04 a fifth.
A customs service analyst said
the Toplis tipple was “equivalent
to fairly good commercial whis
ky.”
Toplis paid a fine of $50.40 and
said he is going out of business.
Wasn’t much of a business, any
way. No profits. "
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LONDON, tTI—The ouster of a
US. Air Force major from his
rented home aroused a mixture
of views Tuesday on the present
state of relations between Britons
and the 80,000 Americans living
in this country.
Maj. Eugene Sabatini, an as
sistant air attache, was dispos
sessed two weeks ago by a land
lord who denounced U.S. policy
in the Middle East.
American diplomatic and mili
tary sources expressed amaze
ment. They said the Sabatini
ouster appeared to be the first
of its kind. They were unanimous
in describing their personal day
to-day contacts with Britons as
very friendly, despite differences
between the British and Ameri
can governments.
Sabatini’s ouster came prior to
Britain’s decision to withdraw
her invading troops from Egypt
and before the United States
moved to help meet the oil short
age caused in this country by
blockage of the Suez Canal.
Sabatini, 37, of Bristol, Pa.,
made no formal protest when
told to move.
The dispossession was ordered
by M. C. Holt, a former British
army officer who is now partner
in a real estate firm represent
ing the owner of the house, who
is overseas. Holt wrote Sabatini:
“In view of the despicable con
duct of the United States and the
profound contempt that I, in
common with many millions of
my fellow countrymen, feel for
that country and its nationals, I
am not prepared to allow an Am-,
erican to occupy any property
over which I have control.”
Sabatini moved out at once.
He stayed with friends until he
found another house.
“When my British friends
heard, I received nearly 20 let
ters apologizing for what had
happened,” Sabatini said. “When
I moved into my new house, I
showed Mr. Holt’s letter to the
landlord. He was very upset and
he apologized too.”
PHOENIX, Ariz., —Six-year
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problem on his hands—and arms
—when he tries to cut his birth
day cake.
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29. It’s still in a cast. On Sun
day Mike fell off a low fence
bordering his yard. He broke his
right arm.
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Ringling Bros. Circus
Will Be On The Road
With Significant Changes
NEW YORK, I.P—The Ringling
Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus is
putting its “greatest show on
earth” back on the road next
season—but with some signifi
cant changes.
Most worthy will be the dis
appearance of the huge canvas
tent. It’ll gi'-e way to indoor are
nas, ball parks and state fair
grounds, where all the dates will
be played.
“The show will have all the
traditional acts from jugglers to
tigers,” a circus spokesman said
yesterday in announcing definite
plans for next season’s schedule.
The changes will all be back
stage and in business operations,”
he explained.
The news ended the speculation
that the famed circus unit might
vanish from the American scene,
since the “big show” unexpected
ly terminated its run last July 16
in mid-tour at Pittsburgh.
Hidden Christmas Gift
Brings Stiff Penalty
DETROIT, (IP—It came to Gor
don Parrington like a flash. That
is where he had hidden the set of
dishes he was giving his wife for
Christmas—under the hood of his
car.
That, too, was where Canadian
customs officials gathered to
watch the fire, after the card
board box containing the dishes
had begun to burn.
Parrington, 45, of suburban De
troit said he put the dishes there
so his wile wouldn’t find them.
He said he had forgotten about
them as he drove yesterday across
the bridge to Windsor, Ont., on
the Canadian shore of the Detroit
River.
After the blaze was put out,
Parrington had to pay customs
penalties for not declaring the
dishes. The penalties, said cus
toms men, were “just enough to
ruin his Christmas.”
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