Bill Designed to Give
Safer Aviation Offered
By Sen. Magnuson
WASHINGTON, !jT)—A bill de
signed to provide safer aviation
was offered by Sen. Magnuson
Tuesday.
The bill, introduced at the re
quest of the Commerce Depart
ment, would provied for civil pen
alties for failure of ground crews
and certain manufacturers to
comply with certificates issued by
the Civil Aeronautics Adm.
Magnuson said he was informed
there is no reasonable penalty
provided for failure of mechanics,
repair stations, parachute riggers,
ground aviation schools and oth
ers to comply with certificate pro
visions.
j The department^said that under
present law the only action it can
take is suspension or revocation
proceedings, action believed to be
too severe in many cases. It asked
authority to impose a quicker and
less severe punishment which it
contended would provide safer
aviation.
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190 PRISONERS DIE
OF HEAT IN EGYPT
CAIRO, Egypt, (iPt—Officials of
newly independent Sudan have
launched an investigation into the
reported deaths of 190 prisoners
in a jail at Kosti, 170 miles south
of Khartoun.
The prisoners reportedly died
from intense heat in a badly ven
tilated jail.
They were among 680 persons
arrested Sunday when police
clashed with tenant farmers
demanding advance payments
before turning over their cotton
crop.
Fifteen persons were killed in
the fighting.
MERCHANT DIES OF SHOCK
AFTER MENTION OF MEDAL
MAGANO, Japan, UPt—Otosa
buro Wakabayashi, a 78-year-old
tea merchant, heard on the radio
he was being considered for a
government medal in appreciation
of his lifetime of public welfare
service.
He died of shock 45 minutes
j later.
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Gov. Shivers
Shocked al Jailing
Of Publisher
FORT WORTH, Tex. ,UP>—Gov.
Allan Shivers said Wednesday he
was "shocked” to hear of the
overnight jailing of William Pres
cott Allen, Texas and Alaska
newspaper publisher, for having
refused to disclose sources of in
formation.
The case involved editorial
blasts in his Laredo newspaper
against alleged crime conditions
in the Fort Worth area. Allen is
also the publisher of the Daily
Alaska Empire at Juneau.
At Austin the governor issued
a statement in support of Allen.
Shivers said he was shocked at the
treatment of Allen while “self
seeking politicians . . . make wild
charges of more serious offenses
without being questioned or pun
ishei'.”
The governor asserted a news
paperman is bound by the ethics
of his profession to “protect his
soui'ces of information.”
Allen was released fi-om jail
and a $100 fine was lifted after
I he agreed to appear before the
! gi-and jury. In his appearance be
fore the jury he said an anony
mous letter was the source of
information on which the editor
ials were based.
Meanwhile, a cleanup on gam
bling devices was launched in
Fort Worth.
U.S. Paper Industry
Faces Shortage of
Trained Technicians
NEW YORK, LP)—The U.S. pa
per industry, which like many
other industries faces a shortage
of trained technical personnel,
premiered a film yesterday de
signed to help recruit workers.
The 20-minute film, to be made
available to colleges and high
schools, describes the industry
and its career opportunities.
“Young people planning careers
are frequently surprised to learn
paper is America’s fifth largest
industry,” commented E. E. Tink
er, executive secretary of the Am
erican Paper & Pulp Association.
He added that a wide variety of
career opportunities are offered
by the industry and are “all re
lated to paper’s tremendously ex
panding future.”
In North America, Europe and
Australia, he said, the per capita
use of paper is now 132.5 pounds
per year.
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Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Tuesday Noon
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