Seattle Planners
Get Arsenic-Laced
Coffee Break
SEATTLE, m — The placing
of arsenic in two cans of coffee
in a lunchroom used by County
City Building employes could
have proved fatal to several per
sons, Chief of Detectives Victor
L. Kramer said Saturday.
A two-pound can of drip-grind
coffee, mysteriously placed there
to replace that usually used by
City Planning Commission staff
workers, was found Friday to
contain substantial quantities of j
the poison. More was found in a |
jar of instant coffee.
Five women and three men j
commission workers became vio- !
lently ill last Monday after a
morning coffee break.
“This was no accident,” Kra
mer said.
City Planning Director John D.
Spaeth said he could not “ima
gine anyone' doing a thing like
this.” He and his staff volunteered
to take lie detector tests.
Kramer said that some “dis
gruntled employe, or former em
ploye, might have been respon
sible.”
On November 20 a different!
can of coffee was found beside j
the one usually used. A note was j
put out saying it did not belong
to the group. But last Monday the
regular one was gone and the '
other was used for the morning |
. brew.
Several persons immediately j
complained of its metallic, bitter
taste and became sick.
Chemists said the tin con
tained enough arsenic to be lethal,
but that the smaller portion used
with water to make the coffee
prevented fatal results.
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Seattle Cops Chase Comet
and Cupid Through Dark
City Streets for 2 Hours
SEATTLE, UR — A score or
more Seatle policemen discovered
early Saturday morning how it
is old Santa Claus manages to
make his rounds the world over
in one short night.
It’s because his sled is loaded
with reindeer power, a real - gone
machine.
Two reindeer, in a pen at a
supermarket in Seattle’s fashion
able Magnolia District escaped j
Friday night after several juven- j
iles loosened pins which held the
animals’ cage together.
The two animals, which were
being shown as a sales booster,
loped off through city streets and
right on their hooves were a
dozen or more patrol cars.
One of the reindeer was cap
tured in a school yard within min
utes after the two animals broke
away to freedom.
The other, a litle faster afoot,
kept John Law on the move for j
another two hours as he dodged !
through yards and down alleys
and galloped down dark, empty
streets.
All the while, the police radio
was an instrument of steady
chatter:
“He’s southbound on Bertona.”
“Anyone there to stop him?”
“Nope.”
“Try singing a Christmas carol.”
“Now he’s on 34th.” •
“We’re going to have some
string or something to put on
this critter if we ever catch up
with him. He’s pretty big.”
“How about some red ribbon?”
“We’ve got a rope.”
“Have you got him?”
“Yeah, we got him tied to a
tree, but we don’t know quite what !
to do with him. The sergeant’s >
here, though.”
“Well, then it’s his problem.”
HORSE POWER
MAYSVILLE, Ky., UR — A 5-j
year-old boy told a Department |
store Santa Claus he wanted a
horse for Christmas.
“How about a reindeer?” said
Santa.
“No,” the boy replied. “I want
a horse to do some plowing this
spring and I never knew a rein
deer did anything but pull your
sled.”
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California Missilemen
Hard-Put to Secure Living
Quarters for Families
VANBENBERG AFB, Calif., UPI
— Missilemen who would defend
the nation in time of war are al
ready fighting — for homes.
Many aren’t doing so well.
Hundreds of men at the only
American base ready to fire inter
continental ballistic missiles in
combat are lonely and unhappy,
officials say.
Why?, There’s no place to put
their wives and children.
They’d buy or rent if they
could find housing they could
afford. It is scarce; many live in
barracks many miles from their
families.
Vandenberg AFB, on the coast
northwest of Los Angeles, is the
home of the Strategic Air Com
mand’s 1st Missile Division. It’s
an operational and training base
armed with Atlas, Thor and Ti
tan missiles.
Nearly 12,000 airmen and civi- !
lians are on the sprawling base
now; more are coming.
Airmen have complained for
months about high rents, high
priced new houses, lack of trailer
space — and lack of prospects for
the near future.
The problem has become a cri
sis. Maj. Gen. David Wade, com
manding officer, has called a pub
lic meeting for next Monday to
see what can be done.
‘Take Cold War Initiative’
Advises Chinese Envoy
SAN ANTONIO,. Texas., UP —
“Coexistence with Communism is
like living with the plague,” Chi
nese Ambassador George K. C.
Yeh said Friday.
Yeh, speaking before the Coun
cil of International Relations, said
the only way to defeat the Com
munists is to “wrest the cold war
initiative from the enemy.” The
free world must agree that “we
shall not add another inch of
territory to the Communist orbit.”
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA
SECOND JUDICIAL DIVISION
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION
No. 4231 Civil
MAGGIE GARNIE, Plaintiff,
vs.
DAVID GARNIE, Defendant.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA TO THE ABOVE
NAMED DEFENDANT. GREETINGS:
You are hereby required to appear
in the District Court for the District of
Alaska, Second Judicial Division,
within 30 days after the last publica
tion of this Summons, namely within
30 days after the 30th day of November,
1959, in case this Summons is published,
or within 40 days after the date of
its service upon you in case this Sum
mons is served upon you personally,
and answer the Complaint of the above
named plaintiff on file in said court
in the above entitled action.
The plaintiff prays for an absolute
divorce and custody of two minor chil
dren in said action.
And, in the event you fail to appear
and answer the plaintiff will take judg
ment against you for want thereof, and
will apply to the court for the relief
prayed for in her Complaint and as
hereinabove stated.
WITNESS the Honorable Vernon D.
Forbes. Judge, and the seal of said
court hereunto affixed, the 4th day of
November, 1959.
(SEAL)
Clerk of the District Court,
J. M. KRONINGER,
District of Alaska,
Second Judicial Division
Publish Nov. 13, 16, 23, 30. 1959.
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State Department Investigates Bombay
Communist Abduction of U. S. Marine
WASHINGTON, W — The
United States protested Saturday
the kidnaping of a U. S. Marine
sergeant by Chinese Communists
in Bombay, India.
In New Delhi the U. S. Embas
sy said a note had been handed
to the Indian government charg
ing Chinese Communists with
“highhanded violation of personal
rights.”
An Embassy spokesman said the
note projects strongly “the illegal
and improper actions of repre
senatatives of the Communist Chi
nese Consulate in Bombay.” He
was released after Bombay police
had intervened to obtain his
freedom.
A State Department spokesman
said full information is being
sought on the puzzling case,
which also involves a Chinese
Communist defector who did not
defect.
In Los Angeles Sergeant Rob
ert Armstrong’s father said “They
must have really ganged up” on
his son.
Lewis S. Armstrong said that
his Marine son usually would be
able “to lick any 10 of them.”
The father described his son as
“a Marine from the ground up,” j
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and said he has a chest full of
ribbons, including the Purple
Heart.
The elder Armstrong, an ap
praiser for the Federal Small
Business Administration, said his
son has been in the Marines since
1944, except for a period when he
attended the University of Cali
fornia. Robert holds a degree in
political science.
Armstrong was seized outside
the Red Chinese Consulate office
when he showed up there early x
Friday morning with a Chinese
Export-Import Corp. official who,
on Thursday afternoon, had asked
for political asylum in the United
States.
The would-be defector was
named as Chang Chien-Yuh. He
had told officials at the U. S. Con
sulate that he was fed up with
the regimentation of his life un
der Communism and wanted to
come to America. At the same
time, the State Department here
reported, he had “showed extreme
anxiety for his safety.”
A Consulate official whom the
State Department did not iden
tify, took Chang and Armstrong
to a beach cottage at Juhu, a re
sort 15 miles from Bombay, and
left them there overnight.
Friday morning, the State De
partment said, Chang “indicated
to Armstrong that he had changed
his mind and wished to return to
the Chinese Consulate.” Arm
strong accompanied him there. A
dispatch from Bombay said they
made the trip by taxi.
One of the mysteries of the
affair as far as the State Depart
ment is concerned was why the
Chinese changed his mind. An
other is the question of why Arm
strong, having returned to Bombay
in the same taxi, got out with
Chang in front of the Chinese
Consulate.
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