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Fantastic Bank
Robbery Plot
Is Thwarted
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Uf)—A fan
tastic bank robbery plot was
thwarted today by a police siege
at the bank branch where the
manager was being held. The
holdup man died, apparently by
his own hand.
What happened to a woman
who helped him kidnap Herbert
Fox, manager of the Cleveland
Trust Co. branch, was not learned.
The couple had taken Fox from
his home, leaving behind a device
they said was a bomb that would
destroy his family if he did not
cooperate.
The box contained a black pow
der that turned out to be coal
dust. There was an alarm clock
in the brief case ticking away.
Fox’s daughter, Marilyn, 18,
freed herself from bonds and
called police, who surrounded and
posted men on the roofs of nearby
buildings.
Some 200 police and FBI agents
were summoned to the bank. They
showered tear gas shells and fired
revolvers and shotguns at the
bandit during the 45 - minute
siege until the holdup man let
Fox and some other bank em
ployes go.
Then Police Chief Frank Story
spoke over a public address sys
tem, telling the man to come out
or “we will come in shooting and
destroy you. You have 10 min
utes.”
When six policemen rushed into
the building they found’the man
dead on the floor, with a revolver
beside him.
Bank employe Joseph Noff
ziger, 19, was wounded seriously
in the shooting when a bullet
struck him under the heart.
Police said the man had a New
York driver’s license in the name
of Lee C. Terry an'd had a rental
car slip in the same name.
Former British Chief of Staff Dies
LONDON, Iff' — Field Marshal
Lord Ironside, 79, died last night.
Lord Ironside was chief of the
British Imperial General Staff and
commander of the home forces
when World War II began in
1939.
On May 26, 1940, he was re
placed as chief of staff by Gen.
Sir John Dill, and took command
of forces preparing to defend
Britain against enemy invasion.
Two months later he was relieved
from that post.
Total Disarmament Plan
Seen as Propaganda—But
Must be Taken Seriously
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., UP> —
Secretary of State Christian Her
ter said yesterday that while Nik
ita Khrushchev’s total disarma
ment plan is propaganda, “the
goals set forth must be taken ser
iously.”
The Soviet Premier’s plan, Her
ter told a luncheon of the U. N.
Correspondents Assn., requires
the closest attention and study.”
Herter spoke shortly after the
General Assembly’s 21 - nation
steering committee unanimously
agreed to put Khrushchev’s pro
posal on the agenda.
Herter also said he and Soviet
Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gro
myko had made a general outline
of issues likely to be discussed
when President Eisenhower meets
Khrushchev at Camp David.
Gruening Wants No Part
Of Muktuk vs. Hog Eyes
Contest with Sparkman
WASHINGTON, IP) — The sug
gested muktuk-hog eyes and chit
terlings eating contest between
two.senators is out.
An aide of Sen. John Sparkman
(D-Ala) says Sparkman’s pro
posal for the contest has been
turned down by Sen. Ernest
Gruening (iD-Alaska).
Sparkman, extolling as an Ala
bama delicacy hog eyes and chit
terlings, offered to do battle with
Gruening at the dinner table —
Sparkman to eat as much Alaska
muktuk as Gruening could put
away hog eyes and chitterlings.
Gruening, however, apparently
had no stomach for coming eye
to eye with Alabama hog eyes
and chitterlings.
He described muktuk as a de
lectable hors d’oeuvre consisting
of a piece of whale skin and blub
ber cut in a cube.
But after the challenge flung by
Sparkman, Gruening yielded the
field.
“With respect to your challenge
to a contest,” he wrote, “this is
to advise that I yield even with
out taking the field. I hereby
acknowledge that John Sparkman
can eat as much muktuk (and
perhaps somewhat more) as I can
hog eyes and chitterlings.”
Gov. Rockefeller Wants
Khrushchev To Know . . .
NEW YORK, IP)—Gov. Nelson
A. Rockefeller says he wants to
straighten out Soviet Premier
Nikita Khrushchev on one im
portant point.
Khrushchev has been speaking
of capitalism versus communism.
“This country does not have a
capitalistic system of govern
ment,” the millionaire New York
governor said in a speech last
night. “We have a democratic
system of government. Capitalism
is the economic and financial pro
cess which functions within our
democratic system.”
Teen-Age School Girls
Slip By Security Officers
To See Khrushchev
DES MOINES, Iowa, OP — Four
Des Moines teen-age school girls
slipped through security officers
at Hotel Fort Des Moines yester
day and made their way up 10
flights to the penthouse suite re
served for Soviet Premier Nikita
Khrushchev.
Stunned security men whisked
the girls hack down on an ele
vator and in the lobby they met
Khrushchev who had just arrived
at the hotel. The Premier greeted
each girl with a smile and said
he was happy to see them.
Petrulli 'Still A Little Mixed Up'
VALLEY STREAM, N.Y., W—
Nicholas Petrulli, 38, who came
home from the Soviet Union after
trying to renounce his American
citizenship, plans to enter a hos
pital for a psychiatric checkup.
. Petrulli’s lawyer said after
Petrulli’s arrival from the Soviet
Union:
“He’s still a little mixed up.”
NO "HOT" DOGS?
DES MOINES, Iowa, OP — A
hot dog Nikita Khrushchev ate
at a Des Moines packing plant
here yesterday—the first he ever
tasted—was checked by security
men with geiger counters before
he ate it.
SEN. BARTLETT DUE
IN NOME TODAY
Senator E. L. Bartlett is ex
pected to arrive here late this
afternoon for an overnight stop.
He is accompanied by military of
ficials and the trip is in the inter
est of national defense.
Bartlett expressed the desire to
talk with the people of the area
on this vital problem as well as
any other important issues. Ac
cording to Bartlett the fact that
the Department of Defense has
rejected Gen. Frank Armstrong’s
opinion on defense does not close
the matter and the Senate Pre
paredness Subcommittee is going
to continue to be alert on the
matter.
Because of the difference of
opinion between the Dept, of De
fense and Gen. Armstrong, Bart
lett feels that the people in
this strategic part of the new state
should know more about the de
fense program, and just where
they stand.
Nixon and Rockefeller
Advanced as GOP
Ticket In 1960
TRENTON, N.J., M—'The Re
publican National Chairman says
a Nixon and Rockefeller ticket
would be the best the Republicans
could offer in 1960.
Chairman Thruston B. Morton,
who is also U.S. Senator from
Kentucky, told* a news conference
here, “I can’t think of coupling
two better fellows than those
two.”
Asked if he thought Vice Presi
dent Richard M. Nixon and New
York Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller
would battle over the presidential
nomination, Morton said, “I have
no choice except to assume a con
test.”
He said that Nixon has more
support among the party politi
cians now but “that can swing
very rapidly if the people should
swing.”
Living Cost Drops
One-tenth of 1 Percent
WASHINGTON, iffi — The cost
living edged down one-tenth of
one per cent last month from
July’s record high, the Labor De
partment reported today.
A big seasonal drop in food
prj^es, 9/10 of 1 per cent, was
solely responsible for halting the
summer spurt of consumer prices.
Price tags were higher on vir
tually everything else making up
the average city family’s costs.
This was nine-tenths of 1 per
cent higher than a year earlier.
The figures mean it now takes
nearly $1.25 to buy what cost a
dollar in the years immediately
after World War II.
Honolulu Makes Strong
Bid to Enter Team In
New Continental League
SAN FRANCISCO, — Hono
lulu is making a strong bid for
membership in the proposed third
major baseball league, says Sen.
Hiram Fong <R-Hawaii>.
“There are enough people in
Hawaii to support a big league
team,” the first American sena
tor of Chinese ancestry asserted.
“We would build a new ball park.
I’m all for it.”
Fong said Yets Higa, Honolulu
and Tokyo businessman, has of
fered to finance the island team
and the proposal has been placed
before officals of the Continental
League.
Russian Premier Happy and Jovial
In Iowa Tall Corn-Growing Country
Khrushchev Party
‘Occupies” Garst
Farm In Iowa
By SAUL PETT
COON RAPIDS, Iowa, UP —The
Roswell Garst farm, most famous
in the nation today, looked like
occupied territory after an in
vasion.
It was thoroughly wired for
sight, sound and security—all for
a little onetime sheepherder from
the Ukraine, Soviet Premier Nik
ita Khrushchev.
Helmeted soldiers of the U. S.
Fifth »Army, armed with M-l
rifles, swarmed all over the place,
standing guard on surrounding
hilltops, crossroads, behind barns
and pasture fences.
In the confusion, Steve Garst,
son of Khrushchev’s host, had dif
ficulty getting back and forth to
his own neighboring farm with
his corn trucks—and this just in
the middle of corn-picking time.
Young Garst finally was let thru
the security lines after he per
suaded the officers he was who
he said he was.
Early this morning, caterers
and friends of the Garsts were
busy setting up food facilities in
the basement of the Garst home.
Caterers also worked feverishly
within the brown tent, next to
the swimming pool. The tent was
the scene of the Khrushchev’s
luncheon.
The centerpiece on the Pre
mier’s table was a corn tassle set
in a brass bowl next to a ceramic
rooster.
In addition to forces of sol
diers, airmen and three varieties
of police officers, the Coon Rap
ids Fire Department was on hand.
The firemen, all wearing blue
uniforms with red bow ties,
weren’t too clear on what .they
were supposed to be doing.
One standing by the white fire
truck shrugged and said: “I guess
we’re here in case there’s a fire.”
Ike Asks Both Sides In
Steel Strike to Buckle
Down and Settle Dispute
WASHINGTON, UPL- President
Eisenhower appealed to both
sides in the steel strike today to
“get down to hard intensive bar
gaining” and settle the dispute.
The appeal was relayed to re
porters by Secretary of Labor
James Mitchell following a long
conference with Eisenhower.
“We all feel that free collec
tive bargaining may be on trial
here,” Mitchell said.
“Both management and labor
should recognize this fact.”
Mitchell declined to predict
what government action, if any,
would be taken if labor and man
agement failed to reach a settle
ment in the strike, now 71 days
old.
The most probable government
action would be invoking the
Taft-Hartley law’s injunction pro
vision. An injunction, if issued,
would send the 500,000 striking
steelworkers back to the mills for
at least 80 days, but they would
be free to strike again if no set
tlement was reached in the mean
time.
By JOHN SCALI
COON RAPIDS, Iowa, UPt—Nik
ita Khrushchev, tired by happy
looking, arrived in the heart of
Iowa’s tall corn country today and
announced: “This is going to be a
jovial day.”
The Khrushchev motorcade
drove into the midst of a scene
of enormous confusion and act
ivity.
Thousands of persons, includ
ing school children, had lined the
route along Highway 141 from
Des Moines toward Coon Rapids.
The children waved and cheered
for the broadly beaming Com
munist boss. The Soviet Premier
gave no sign that he noticed a
grayjhaired woman standing
among the crowds holding a small
American flag draped in black.
En route the Khrushchev party
stopped at one of the several
Garst farms along the highway,
wheije workers were busily har
vesting a crop of grain sorghum.
Khrushchev showed keen inter
est in the proceedings. He tramp
ed through the field with his host,
asking Garst all sorts of questions
about the crop and the machinery
used to harvest it.
Khrushchev’s look of fatigue
began to drop away and was re
placed by one of eagerness as he
questioned Garst about the meth
ods he used to feed hogs and
chickens.
The security near the Garst
home was at least as tight as it
was in Washington or any other
point on Khrushchev’s American
tour. Helmeted soldiers of the
Fifth Army were in evidence
everywhere. They kept in touch
with one another through port
able radio transmitters. Armed
guards were on every little bridge
along Route 141.
Mr. and Mrs. Garst, Khrush
chev’s hosts, are old acquaint
ances. They met him in the So
viet Union several years ago,
when Khrushchev was beginning
to express a keen interest in Am
erican corn-growing techniques.
Hungarian Who Opposed
Mr. K.’s Visit to S. F.
Is Found Beaten
SAN FRANCISCO, Uft—A Hun
garian who helped hijack a plane
to. escape to the free world and
who spoke against Soviet Premier
Khrushchev’s visit here was
found beSten and unconscious
early today.
Ferenc Isazk, 31, president of
the Hungarian Freedom Fighters
of San Francisco, would say only,
“I don’t remember anything,”
after police found him in Golden
Gate Park.
He was reported in fair condi
tion with multiple head, rib and
other injuries.
His wife, Enese, 26, had called
police when Isazk went out after
a mysterious telephone call and
failed to return.
Police said the missing Hun
garion patriot was found crum
pled ih front of his parked auto
just inside an entrance to the
park. The keys were in the car
and its lights were on.
Isazk, a chemical engineer,
made international headlines
when he fled from behind the
ison curtain in 1956.
His speech against the Khrush
chev visit was last Saturday in
San Francisco’s Union Square.