Mysterious Explosion
Wrecks J.C. Penney Store
MERRILL, Wis., Iff)—-A violent
explosion turned the J.C. Penney
Co. department store into a pile
of twisted, charred debris Mon
day. Eight persons were killed
and 11 injured.
The one-story modern building
was located on the same site
where an A & P supermarket
was destroyed by an explosion
on July 12, 1951. The blast then
was blamed on an accumulation
of gas in an adjoining building.
Officials of the Merrill City gas
utility said the Penney explosion
“could not possibly have been
caused by a gas leak. They said
none of their pipes are connected
to the building.
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Japanese Indict Leaders Of
Demonstrators Who Mobbed
Press Secretary Hagarely
TOKYO, (JN—Japanese prosecu
tors yesterday indicted four lead
ers of the demonstrators who
mobbed White House Press Sec
retary James Hagerty June 10 at
Tokyo International Airport.
Five others have been indicted
in connection with the Hagerty
riot and eight others are still
under investigation.
Those indicted are accused of
acts of violence, illegal confine
ment of other persons and force
ful obstruction of police duties.
Dividends Are Higher This Year
WASHINGTON, UPI—Cash divi
dends paid by corporations issu
ing public reports were higher in
the first six month of this year
than in the first half of 1959, the
Commerce Department has re
j ported.
In June cash dividends totaled
I just under two billion dollars, the
I department said. This was a gain
I from June 1959.
Benevolent Car Thief
PITTSBURGH, UF> Judge Wal
ler 1* Small uf Allegheny County
Monday dismissed auto larceny
charges that had been filed
against Joseph It Abrams, 18, of
Suburban Uui'inont. But the jur
ist found the youth guilty of driv
ing without the owner's consent
and placed him on probation for
one year.
The judge acted after the dis
| trict attorney said he had been
j informed tliot. Abrams had re
turned all the cars to the point
where he had taken them, washed
| some of them, put gasoline in one
I tank, and left this note for one
j owner saying “Your brakes need
j tightening.”
Four Killed In Crash of
Two F101 Jet Planes
SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C.,
(IPl—Two jet planes crashed here
today shortly after a side-by-side
predawn takeoff. The fiery crash
es filled four persons. One plane
hurtled into a farmhouse and ex
ploded, killing a sleeping couple.
Th pilots of both F101 jets were
also killed.
Ketchikan Boy Doing Very Well
After Emergency Head Surgery
SEATTLE, lift — A Ketchikan
boy who underwent head surgery
for an injury caused by a thrown
rock was “doing very well” to
day and was up and walking
around, a U.S. Public Health Ser
vice Hospital doctor said.
But 7-year-old Michael Cobb,
! son of Coast Guard Lt. W. Cobb,
j probably must remain at the hos
pital several weeks, he added.
The boy was injured July 10.
i He was flown south by a Coast
j Guard plane that night.
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LEAGUE SCHEDULE
July 20—Explorer Scouts vs.
Jaycees.
Note: All games start at
, 7:30 p.m. 1
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Rockefeller on Defense
Spending: “Nothing to
Lose But Our Fears.”
' CHICAGO, tfc_Gov. Nelson A
Rockefeller called on the Repub
I lican Platform Committee to sup
I port a billion dollar increase
in military and civil defense
| spending, a point on which Presi
I dent Eisenhower has disagreed.
The New York governor said
“We can and must spend what
ever money is essential for full
future defense. There is no such
I thing as an economical alterna
I tive to survival. There can be no
price tag on peace.’’
! President Eisenhower said re
j cently he did not agree that the
| nation’s defense problems neces
| sarilv called for more money.
[ Rockefeller told the platform
drafters that this “may well be
a decisive moment in the history
of America. We have nothing to
lose but our fears."
This was reminiscent of the
I “We have nothing to fear but fear
itself” statement by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt when he
took office in the depth of the
depression in the 1930s.
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Maybe They Don't Need One
LOS ANGELES, (41 —The con
flict is broader than usual in the
divorce case of the R. Gordon
Baus. They can't even agree on
where they were married.
| Bau, Ox head make-up man at
I Warner Bros, studios, filed his
! suit for divorce Monday, charging
cruelty. His wife, Edna, filed a
cross-complaint, charging cruelty
and adultery.
Mrs. Bau said they were mar
ried Oct. 5, 1940, in Baja, Calif.
Bau said it was in Las Vegas. He
didn’t give a date.
Asks Removal of Teamsters
Union Monitor Board Member
! WASHINGTON, (41 — A federal
1 court petition has been filed ask
ing the removal of William Buf
falino as a member of the Team
sters Union board of monitors.
Godfrey Schmidt, a former
i monitor, filed the action Monday.
He alleged Buffalino’s appoint
ment to the boarx* as a repre
sentative of the union was part of
what he called a plot by Union
President James R. Hoffa to de
lay the monitor’s work in clean
ing up the union.
Buffalino is a Detroit Teamster
official. Schmidt is a New York
! attorney.
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Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
1 North Star Dining Room
i Pearse Walsh, President
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Order of Eastern Star
Ruth Reed
Worthy Matron
Verna Mickelson
Secratary
Meets first and third Mondays
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