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40 Miles of Road
Completed On
Highway 97
The Bureau of Public Roads,
better known to us as the Alaska
Road Commission completed their
work on Highway 97 yesterday
and will have completed moving
in their equipment today, it has
been announced.
The road has been completed
for 40 miles and preliminary
work has been completed to
Grand Central, on the west side
of Salmon Lake.
Frank Morris, district engineer,
said that the balance of the funds
on hand have been allocated for
bridge materials to be used in
the spring.
It is believed that this is the
latest that road work has been
performed in this area.
Telephone Co.
Sues Truck Line
For Gyp Tactics
TOPEKA, Kan., UP)—Southwest
ern Bell Telephone Co. sued King
Van Lines of Wichita, Kan., for
$6,000, alleging it used an intri- j
cate code system to avoid having I
to pay forslong distance calls.
A company spokesman said it
was the first legal action of its I
kind ever taken by a Bell system. ;
The complaint alleged King
Van had its drivers use fictitious
names and identifications in plac
ing collect and person-to-person
calls.
On the receiving end, the tele
phone company charged, King
Van could decipher the driver’s
real name and location, his desti
nation, how much of a load he
had, and other information.
It would refuse the call or say
the person wanted wasn’t there.
The driver would figure out his
instructions from the response,
the telephone company said.
Southwest Bell estimated it lost
more than $250 a month on such
calls.
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Russia Asks Conference
Of Bandung Powers
To Demand Cease-Fire
MOSCOW, OP-The Soviet Un
ion called yesterday for an imme
diate conference of the Bandung
powers to demand a cease-fire in
Egypt and withdrawal of all for
eign forces from Egyptian terri
tory.
The Bandung powers include
the Asian-African group of na
tions. Israel is not represented.
The Soviet Union left open the
question of its own participation
at such a conference. It is not a
member of the Bandung group.
The Kremlin’s call was an open
bid to champion the cause of
Asian nations before the world.
It was contained in letters from
President Voroshilov and Pre
mier Bulganin to Prime Minister
Nehru of Ifldia and President Su
karno of Indonesia.
President Confers With
National Security Council
WASHINGTON, Ifl—President
Eisenhower met for two hours
yesterday with the National Se
curity Council, expanded to in
clude military and rivil chiefs of
the armed services, in a full dress
review of the Middle East crisis.
The Security Council never di
vulges its deliberations.
Assembly 65-4 for Peace;
Egyptians Losing Ground
Polish Red Party
Appeals to Nation
To Keep Calm
WARSAW W>—The Polish Com
munist Party, warned that a
Hungarian style armed revolution
might burst out here, appealed
to the nation today to maintain
calm and discipline.
“Reactionary elements are try
ing to raise their heads,” the par
ty’s Central Committee said in a
manifesto.
The committee deplored what
it called the “bestial murders of
Communists in Hungary” and
said Poland should not have the
same kind of chaos. It urged that
there not be any armed revolt to
get Russian troops to leave Po
land.
At the same time the manifesto,
widely published and broadcast,
said Poland should maintain its
alliance with Russia and attacked
what it termed the “Anglo-French
aggression in Egypt.”
$ By the AuocicM Prtu
The fighting went on despite ac
tion of the United Nations Gener
al Assembly in voting 64-5 for a
resolution calling for an immedi
ate cease fire. U.N. delegates ex
pressed fear some nations in
volved would not comply.
In London, Prime Minister
Eden, under growing criticism
from the British Labor Party, an
nounced he would make a state
ment in the House of Commons
tomorrow on the ^ease-fire pro
posal.
There were reports that
Eden’s government now hopes
to have the U.N. take over po
licing of the Middle East after
British and French forces have
accomplished their mission.
Eden was under mounting pres
sure to find a face-saving way
out of the hostilities.
At Ottawa, the Canadian gov
ernment proposed a U.N. police
force of 10,000 men to patrol bor
ders between Israel and Arab
states.
The 76-nation U.N. Assembly,
a'dopting a resolution introduced
by Secretary of State Dulles, also
urged that Israel pull her forces
out of Egypt and that Britain and
France not move theirs in.
Should the three nations fail
to comply, the expectation was
that a further proposal would
be introduced for stronger ac
tion. Dulles' resolution pro
vides for the Assembly to re
main in emergency session
pending compliance but no time
was set for the next meeting.
The vote was 64-5 with 6 absten
tions. Britain, France, Israel,
Australia and New Zealand voted
against the resolution. Canada,
South Africa, Belgium, Laos, The
Netherlands and Portugal ab
stained. Luxembourg was absent.
Among those voting with the
United States for its proposal
were the seven-nation Soviet bloc,
the 20 Latin-American nations,
the 23-country Asian - African
group and Scandinavia.
Despite the hostilities and the
break in diplomatic relations be
tween Egypt and the French and
British, a British Foreign Office
spokesman said Britain did not
regard herself as at war with
Egypt. But he said plans were
made to reoccupy Britain’s bases
in the Suez Canal Zone by mili
tary forces.
Hope Dims for 113 Men Still
Trapped in Nova Scotia Mine
SPRINGHILL, Nova Scotia, UPi
—The known death toll of a
coal mine disaster here mounted
today to 13 and hope waned for
113 men still trapped in tunnels
more than a half mile below the
surface.
Two of the known dead were
rescue workers killed by coal gas
after entering the mine to search
for the missing men.
Rescue workers found four bod
ies during the night at the 3,400
foot level. They said they saw no
sign of life in the deep workings
where the remaining men were
known to be trapped.
Six other miners were fatally
injured when the explosion roared
thru the Cumberland Railway and
Coal Co. mine slope last night,
leveling buildings and reducing
surface workings to rubble. Gas
fumes killed one rescue worker.
Nine men were hospitalized.
The fumes hampered volunteer
efforts to get the men who were
entombed in gas-filled shafts. If
efforts fail, it will prove Canada’s
worst mine disaster in 40 years.
The explosion, believed to have
been caused by coal dust, blew
out the inclined entrances of No.
4. It hurled one man thru a win
dow, smashed nearby buildings
and shook the surrounding coun
tryside.
The Springhill eoal field has
been described as one of the most
dangerous in Nova Scotia because
of the gas fumes. In 1914, a mine
blast at Hillcrest, Alberta, cost
193 lives. Springhill itself suf
fered a major disaster in 1891.
when 125 miners were killed.
Grade Schools Convert
To Ballpoint Pens
ST. LOUIS, W)—Inkwells are
on the way out in St. Louis ele
mentary schools.
Superintendent of Instruction
Philip J. Hickey said yesterday
the change to ballpoint pens will
come in February. He said 22,500
pens will be needed with $720
worth of refills at 10 cents each
for grades five thru eight.
“It will eliminate such unfor
tunate accidents as when a pen
point is pushed with a little bit
of vigor into a person’s body,”
Hickey noted.
Tension Grips Budapest in Wake of
New Russian Troop Movements
By GEORGE BOULTWOOD
BUDAPEST, UP)—Tension today
gripped Budapest in the wake of
fresh Soviet troop movements
into Hungary, but Premier Imre
Nagy’s government sought to
minimize the gravity of the situ
ation.
The government spokesman
said this morning no new Russian
troops had entered Hungary after
an estimated two Soviet divisions
poured across the border from
Russia yesterday.
The spokesman said the situa
tion which last night was “ex
tremely grave” had “relaxed” to
day. But the Budapest population
waited anxiously to see if the
Russians would move again.
The Soviet troop move came in
the wake of Nagy’s announcement
that Hungary was pulling out of
the Kremlin-dominated Warsaw
pact and claiming neutral free
dom from any power bloc.
The government, meanwhile,
prepared to resign today and
make way temporarily for a
small “inner cabinet" of experts
under Nagy.
Nagy quickly informed the
United Nations of the Soviet mili
tary movements and placed Hun
gary under U.N. protection as a
neutral country.
Soviet embassy representatives
assured the Premier the troop
movements were only a regroup
ing and not aggressive. They said
their forces had ringed Hungarian
airfields to ensure evacuation of
wounded Soviet soldiers and de
pendents. Russian soldiers and
families were seen leaving the
Soviet embassy during the night.
ANTI-SOVIET
DEMONSTRATIONS
IN ROMANIA
VIENNA, W)—The Hungarian
radio said last night anti-Soviet
demonstrations broke out in the
neighboring Soviet satellite of
Romania yesterday.
Free radio Budapest said thou
sands of students had demonstrat
ed in Bucharest, the Romanian
capital, shouting for French lang
uage courses instead of Russian.
It added that Romanian police
had made arrests among the dem
onstrating students.
Israel today announced occupa
tion of the entire Gaza strip and
claimed other smashing victories
in ground action against Egyptian
forces.
The French defense ministry
said Egypt’s air force had been
"completely put out of fighting
condition” by repeated poundings
from British-French air forces.
There still was no word of a
ground invasion by British or
French forces. But a French
spokesman in Paris said the
combined force on Cyprus was
increasing steadily.
A spokesman at Israeli army
headquarters in Tel Aviv reported
the surrender of Gaza City, the
Egyptian headquarters for the
Gaza strip, after a tank-led Is
raeli task force smashed into the
city.
The surrender put the entire
strip in Israeli hands and ended
a 24-hour light for the region.
Isaeli troops yesterday captured
Rafah, the only other major cen
ter in the strip.
The Gaza territory, a 25 by 8
mile finger of land separating the
southern end of Israel from the
Mediterranean, has long been a
center of Israeli-Egyptian border
troubles. Elimination of Fedayeen
(commando) bases in the area was
one of Israel’s announced objec
tives in its thrust into Egypt on
Monday.
Martial law was declared thru
out Egypt.
The British air ministry in
London said Royal Air Force
heavy and medium bombers
were keeping up their nonstop
strikes against the Egyptian air
bases today.
None of cur aircraft has been
reported missing*'' a British
spokesman said.
A Middle East diplomatic source
at Rome, reported today that
President Nasser of Egypt has Re
signed, but several hours of
checking , brought no support of
the rumor.
With strict censorship operat
ing in Egypt, the AP bureau there
apparently was unable to com
ment on the report. ,
Egyptian army headquarters an
nounced that a fishing vessel
sunk by British air bombard
ment has blocked the southern
entrance to the Suez Canal.
It was the second vessel report
ed sunk in the 103-mile waterway
causing obstruction to navigation.
A Family Affair
OROFINO, Idaho, Wt—Mr. and
Mrs. William Philpot both did
their duty as they saw it yester
day.
Philpot, as Orofino chief of po
lice, issued a citation charging
i\is wife with failure to yield the
right of way after the car she was
driving collided with another.
Then Mrs. Philpot, as corres
pondent for the Lewiston Trib
une, sat down and wrote a news
item about the event.