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Mrs. Weinberger Waits 70 Minutes
In Futile Attempt to Contact Kidnaper
WESTBURY, N.Y. WV—Another'
’ dramatic but futile attempt was
made last night to make first
hand contact with the kidnaper
of the Weinberger baby, police
disclosed today.
Mrs'. Beatrice Weinberger, the
mother of the missing child, sat
alone for hours in a car parked
on a Queens, New York City,
street in compliance with instruc
tions of the . purported abductor.
But no one showed up to claim
the $5,000 ransom she had with
her, or return the five-week-old
child, Peter.
It was the second time that
communications, believed to toe
from the person who snatched the
infant from a patio five days ago,
had sent the nerve-wracked
mother off alone to try to re
claim her son.
The first fruitless effort was
made last Friday.
Mrs. Weinberger was catapult
ed into action last night by an
other call. The caller had said, it
was learned, that 30 minutes after
the money was picked up Mrs.
Weinberger would find her -baby
in the St. Joan of Arc Roman
Catholic Church, several miles
away.
Alone, and with $5,000 cold
cash in her possession, the moth
er waited an agonizing 70 min
utes at a lonely spot near the
Long Island Railroad tracks.
Nothing happened.
Last night’s strange, late-hour
vigil in Queens occurred in the
midst of a series of new telephone
calls to the Weinberger home
from that same area. Three men
were seized by police.
Police traced them through a
telephone operator who over
heard snatches of the conversa
tion while collecting overtime
coins.
Queens Detective Chief Ray
mond Martin said the men appar
ently were not the kidnapers, but
they still were being questioned
at midday.
Man Dies of Bee Stings
IRONTON, Ohio, (tf>—Arthur L.
Hamm, 34, of nearby North Eno
va, Rt. I, died yesterday in a
Huntington, W. Va., hospital after
being stung “countless times” by
honey bees.
Coroner Robert S. Barrett said
in Huntington that Hamm was
attacked by the bees while trans
ferring them from one hive to
another. Barrett said body fluids
flooded Hamm’s lungs as a reac
tion to the stings.
QUITE A FEAT, BUT COP
CALLS IT CARELESS DRIVING
HUTCHINSON, Kan., UH—Pa
trolman Kay Rupert followed for
several blocks when he saw two
cars driving side by side awfully
close together on a Hutchinson
street Sunday afternoon.
They were so close together the
man driving one car was holding
hands with the girl driving, the
other.
Patrolman Rupert wrote out
traffic tickets for Barbara New
man, 20, and Charles Pike, 21.
The chtfrge: careless driving.
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Bronson- Water Truck
Damaged in Turn-Over;
Driver Escapes Unhurt
The Bronson water truck driv
en by Roy Luke returning from
a trip to the base turned over
near the intersection of Center
Creek and the airport road, badly
damaging the truck.
The driver was not injured.
The reason for the accident
was not learned.
Franco Warns of *
treater Danger in
New Soviet Policy
WINCHESTER, Va„ WV-Gen
eralissimo Franco, Spanish chief
of state, warned today that Rus
sia’s new policy “constitutes a
greater danger over a long period
of time.”
The Soviet leaders’ attacks on
the late Joseph Stalin, he said,
“does not represent any change
in objectives.”
Franco’s views were made
known in a letter to Harry F.
Byrd Jr., editor of the Winchester
Evening Star and Harrisonburg
Daily News-Record. Byrd two
years ago had a lengthy interview
with Franco in Madrid and re
cently sought his appraisal of
Russia’s “new look.”
Franco added.
“What is evident is that Russia
today needs more time and space
to consolidate its conquests and
its internal situation, and it is to
this the new policy responds: to
show themselves in sheep’s cloth
ing, attract attention and create
problems in other areas, which
by permitting them to consolidate
their local situation also permits
them to assimilate what they have
attained so far.
Stevenson Supporters
Predict His Nomination
Early in Convention
By the Associated Press
Some supporters of Adlai Ste
venson appeared confident today
that he will grab the Democratic
presidential nomination at the
national convention next month
before other hopefuls can find
their seats.
Sen. Sparkman (D-La), Steven
son’s 1952 running mate, said
yesterday there is “a growing
possibility” Stevenson will get
the nod on the first ballot, and
certainly “no later than the sec
ond ballot.”
Sen. Legman (D-NY) agreed.
“If he’s not nominated on one of
the early ballots,” Lehman added.
But Gov. A. B. (Happy) Chan
dler of Kentucky, a Democrat
with presidential ambitions for
himself, said statements of this
type are part of a “bandwagon
psychology” Stevenson backers
are attempting to create.
“Don’t sell me short,” Chandler
cautioned a nationwide TV audi
ence yesterday. He made it clear
he thinks he has a chance if a
standoff develops between the
leading Democratic aspirants.
SUSPENSE. EXCITEMENT
KILLS MAN AT RACES
PAWTUCKET. R.I., 1*1—Auth
orities say a 52-year-old man
died of a heart attack at Nara
ganset Race Track Saturday after
a horse which would have paid
him $740 for a $2 bet was dis
qualified from first place.
Christopher Magenta, 52, of
Thompsonville, Conn., was pro
nounced dead of a heart atatck
by medical examiner Albert J.
Gaudet.
Saturday Baseball
By the Associated Press
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 12, Chicago 8
Kansas City 5, Cleveland 2
New York 8, Washington 3
Boston 4, Baltimore 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 3, Pittsburgh ’
Philadelphia 6, Brooklyn 3
Cincinnati 5, St. Louis 2
Milwaukee 5, Chicago 0
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Portland 16, Seattle ’7
Los Angeles 4, Hollywood 3
Sacramento 6, San Diego 5
S. Francisco 5-3, Vancouver 1-5
Sunday Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 17-8, Chicago 5-6
Cleveland 17, Kansas City 3
Boston 9-8, Baltimore 0-4
New York 8, Washington 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn 9-2, Philadelphia 2-3
New York 11-2, Pittsburgh 1-5
Cincinnati 3, St. Louis 2
Chicago 10, Milwaukee 6
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Seattle 9-3, Portland 2-2
Hollywood 3-4, Los Angeles 2-0
Sacramento 7-2, San Diego 5-5
Earthquakes and
Tidal Waves In
Aegean Islands
At Least 40 Perish
Amid Great Destruction
ATHENS, Greece, Ufi—Earth
quakes and repeated tidal waves
struck the Aegean Islands off
southern Greece today and at
least 40 persons were reported
killed.
The brunt of the quakes was
felt by the island of Hera (San
torini), where 30 persons were
reported dead and Ios, where at
least 10 were said to have per
ished. '
Local police said an unknown
number of victims still lay be
neath the debris on Ios, due north
of there. ,
Tidal waves struck the island
of Crete three times in less than
half an hour. Huge waves also
hit Samos and Kalimnos in the
Dodecanese and the islands of
^stipalia, Paros, Amorgos and
Ikaria.
The police chief on the Aegian
island of Syros telephoned that
the quakes, which also shook
Athens, were accompanied by an
eruption of the volcano of Thera,
125 miles southeast of the Greek
capital.
The government announced that
most of the houses of Thera had
collapsed and the rest were un
inhabitable. The island has a pop
ulation of nearly 10,000.
Nixon Warns Nehru of Danger in
Accepting Russian Economic Aid
Ketchikan Engineer
Here to Install Lines
For Local TV Station
Wally Christianson, TV engi
neer from Ketchikan, has ar
rived to start installing the lines
for the local station and expects
to complete his work about the
first of August.
Christianson installed the first
closed circuit TV station of this
type at Ketchikan several years
ago and, according to Larry Cal
vin, has made a big success there
with over 500 subscribers.
Bill Gillis is in charge of the
work on the station, which is lo
cated next door to Morgan and
Son, and expects to have the
building ready in time for the
opening of the station.
Three Britons
Killed by
Cypriot Extremists
NICOSIA, Cyprus, Ut—Gen. Sir
Gerald Templer, chief of the Im
perial General Staff, inspected
British troops today in the wake
of the slaying of three Britons by
Cypriot extremists seeking union
with Greece,
The killings climaxed a day of
violence yesterday which ranged
from one end of the island to the
other. It coincided with Templer’s
arrival for a quick inspection of
this vital British stronghold and
talks with Gov. Sir John Harding.
The island’s British colony
seethed over the slaying of a
British senior customs official
and his wife by Cypriots while
the couple was driving into the
country for a picnic.
Last night a British soldier was
killed in a gun battle between
four Cypriots and a British search
patrol 25 miles west of Nicosia.
The British couple, Mr. and
Mrs. George T. Maberry, were
slain while driving along a coast
al road. They were stopped by a
roadblock set up by a group of
extremists. The band then hurled
three bombs at the c^r and
opened up with guns.
News of the ambush brought
talk in Nicosia of arming British
civilians, but no such official
move developed.
Veteran Polar Explorer
Going Back to Antarctica
WASHINGTON, UV-The Navy’s
veteran polar explorer, Capt.
Dinn Ronne, is going back to the
antarctic.
The Pentagon announced Fri
day night Ronne has been recalled
to active duty to command a sta
tion to be built next winter near
the Deddell Sea
This is one of six stations to be
built in the antarctic for Ameri
can scientists in connection with
the 1957-58 International Geo
physical Year. <IGY>.
Since 1946-48 when he com
manded an antarctic research ex
pedition, Ronne has served as ad
viser to various government
agencies.
> By EUGENE LEVIN
KARACHI, Pakistan, WWVice
President Richard Nixon fired a
return Salvo at India and Prime
Minister Nehru today, warning
that any country accepting Com
munist economic aid runs the risk
of becoming “a Red satellite eco
nomically, politically and mili
tarily.”
Specifying Nehru as the target
of his words, Nixon told an air
port news conference that anyone
“who suggests Red assistance is
not inconsistent with freedom is
reading "history incorrectly.”
Nixon spoke at the windup of
a visit of almost four hours to
Karachi. His remarks were cer
tain to detonate fresh reaction in
New Delhi, since India is getting
large-scale Soviet as well as Am
erican aid and since Nixon was
speaking in Pakistan, India’s ri
val for control, of Kashmir.
Nehru, at a news conference in
London, had called Nixon’s July 4
speech in Manila undemocratic
because the vice president de
scribed the neutralist policy India
follows toward foreign Commu
nism as “a fearful risk.” The In
dian leader said tolerance of dif
fering views is democracy’s basis.
“Nehru,” Nixon replied today,
"is entitled to his opinion, but if
he reads my speech carefully he
will find it the very antithesis
of undemocratic thinking.”
The American said Soviet aid
“is offered not with strings—but
with a rope. And the recipient
runs almost the certain risk of
having the rope tied around its
neck.” ,
The Karachi stop was Nixon’s
next-to-last Asian visit on the
homeward leg of his whirlwind
Far East toilr. With his wife and
aides, he flew on in an Air Force
Super Constellation to spend to
night in Ankara, Turkey, capital
of another U.S. ally.
PTA Clears $125 From
Fourth of July Sale
The Parent-Teachers Assn, hot
dog sale on the Fourth of July
cleared $125.59. The committee
wishes to thank each one who
contributed items to be sold and
especially Wien Airlines for the
use of the space and office.
A special meeting of the PTA
and the Hot Lunch Committee
members will be held in the near
future. The place and date have
not yet been arranged. These will
appear in Wednesday’s edition of
the Nugget.
Nevada Gambling Houses
Deny Cheating Charge
CARSON CITY. Nev., WV-The
state says it has caught six small
northern gambling houses cheat
ing at cards. They deny it.
Gaming Board member William
Sinnott reported that three of the
clubs, all in Reno, were cited fol
lowing the western Shrine con
vention there last month.
Conviction on state charges
means suspension or revocation
of license.