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E. Germany Will
Allow West
German Traffic
By SEYMOUR TOPPING
BERLIN, tf) — East Germany
signed an agreement today assur
ing West German civilian traffic
freedom of movement in and out
of West Berlin, authoritative
sources said.
The reported agreement, at the
height of a new crisis over the
isolated old German capital has
no effect, however, on the explo
sive question of control of west
ern allies supply lines to the di
vided city.
Rather, it appeared to be an as
surance to the 2,200,000 West Ber
liners that they will not be affec
ted when and if the Soviet Union
pulls out of the four power occu
pation agreement and turns con
trol of allied supply lines over to
Communist East Germany.
In the 1948-49 blockade, the So
viet Union not only stopped mili
tary traffic but civilian as well.
This created the need for the
airlift.
Under present circumstances,
an airlift would be designed to
support only the 10,000 alied
fighting men plus Western civi
lian officials and their families.
The bulk of West Berlin’s sup
plies moves from West Germany
over a 110-mile highway-rail link
and a network of canals.
Western military traffic uses
these same lifelines. However, it
is checked through Soviet controls
as agreed under postwar four
power agreements.
The United States, France and
Britain do not recognize East Ger
many and refuse to have any deal
ings with its regime. ,
Sources said the East-West Ger
man agreement also provided for
an exchange of West German steel
for East German soft eoal, mainly
for the suppy of Berlin.
The West Germans have always
felt they hold a trump card with
the East Germans in the Berlin
dispute because of the interna
tional trade issue. East Germany
is anxious to continue interzonal
trade in order to help fulfill its
ambitious economic plans.
Flags Fly On
Equal Basis Over
Virginia’s Capitol -
RICHMOND, Va.. UP) — Gov. J.
Lindsay Almond Jr. says the U. S.
flag will fly atop state-owned
buildings only on an equal basis
with the Virginia flag.
This means, he added Thursday,
the U. S. flag will not be dis
played over the state flag on the
same halyard. He said, however,
his policy statement should not be
construed as derogatory to the
federal government or the nation
al flag.
“I not only respect, I worship
the flag of my country,” the Gov
ernor said at a news conference.
He said it did not seem oppro
priate for the U. S. flag to be dis
played in a position of dominance
on a state building.
The question arose because of
the long absence of the national
flag from the State Capitol flag
staff. The governor said, the U. S.
flag1 “will go back” as soon as an
other staff is erected.
Almond said the policy has no
connection with the controversy
over the authority and powers of
the states and the federal govern
ment.
New York’s 19'9 Social
register Comes Out with
Many Included Out
NEW YORK, Uft — The 1959
■'dition of the New York Social
Register is minus the names 'of
•such personages as Cornelius Van
derbilt Whitney, Novelist John P.
Marquand and Georgia Rockefel
ler.
The latest edition of society’s
blue book out Thursday, 'also
dropped socialite Timothy Fales,
who last week married entertainer
Josephine Premice, a Negro. Fales’
elimination, however, stemmed
from his earlier divorce from El
len Wood, former model.
Whitney was eliminated for di
vorcing his second wife, Eleanor
Searle, to marry Hollywood ac
tress Mary Hosford! Eleanor re
mains listed.
Marquand lost his lifting as a
result of his divorce from his sec
ond wife.
Miss Rockefeller, formerly of
Greenwich, Conn., was dropped
for marrying unlisted J. Harden
Rose of Lockport, 111.
Lillian Bostwick, heiress to a
sugar refining fortune, was also
eliminated. She married a phy
sician, Elmer W. Davis.
Ike Stands Firm
On 4-Power Berlin
Occupation
AUGUSTA, Ga., OR — Presi
dent Eisenhower’s headquarters
today asserted the United States’
“firm intentions” to maintain
four-power occupation of Berlin in
the face*t)f Russia’s move to drive
out the Western allies.
At the President’s vacation re
treat, Press Secretary James C.
Hagerty stated the U. S. determi
nation after Eisenhower had re
ceived latest reports on the Ber
lin situation from Washington.
Russia, which also has occupa
tion forces in Berlin, has moved
to turn over the city of Commu
nist East Germany and to put air
and land transportation routes
under control of that Red govern
ment.
Parents Form Living
Barrier For Children At
Dangerous Intersection
PORTLAND, Ore., W) — Thirty
three persons formed two columns
that halted all traffic on busy
Powell Boulevard Thursday, to
protest heavy traffic that endan
gered crossing school children.
Children leaving the Creston
Grade School marched in a cor
ridor formed by parents — two
fathers and 31 mothers — stand
ing side-by-side on the street that
carries U. S. Highway 26 traffic.
Mrs. Frances Dirks, chairman of
the Parent-Teacher Association
safety committee, said the prac
tice would continue until the city
provides a permanent red and
green light, moves the crossing to
an intersection, and adds warning
signals.
Several children have been in
jured at the crossing which has
button lights operated by patrol
boys. Mrs. Dirks said the city ig
nored a leter asking the changes.
WHAT—NO CHIMNEY!
PHOENIX, Ariz., Uft — Mrs. Pi
etra Fego recently had a new roof
put on her house.
After the job was completed,
she lit a fire in the stove. Soon
the house was full of smoke.
The fire department investi
gated. Someone forgot to put the
chimney back on the roof.
Starkweather’s
Girl Convicted
In Murder Spree
LINCOLN, Neb., UR — A jury
today convicted Caril Ann Fugate
of first degree murder for help
ing Charles Starkweather on a
killing rampage last January.
Life imprisonment was pre
scribed.
Starkweather, 19, was con;
victed on identical charges last'
May and drew a death sentence,
still to be executed.
The jury verdict against Stark
weather’s 15-year-old ex-sweet
heart climaxed a trial that began
nearly four weeks ago.
A trim and pretty brunette,
Caril was charged with aiding and
abetting Starkweather in one of
11 killings attributed to him.
By its verdict, the jury of sev
en men and five women tabbed
Caril a helpful companion to
Starkweather on a killing spree
that shocked the nation.
Rejected was Caril’s plea she
was forced into her role by fears
for her own life and threats of
harm to her family.
She was convicted of first de
gree on the second count, which
is murder in the perpetration of
a robbery.
It was Starkweather himself
who pointed the most accusing
finger at the girl.
Hauled into court from his
death cell at the Nebraska Peni
tentiary, the bandy-legged red
head described Caril as his willing
and aggressive helpmate in the
slayings.
He labeled as a “bunch of hog
wash,” his earlier statements to
the contrary, and insisted he and
Caril made up the story about her
role as hostage before ever set
ting out on the killing flight.
Starkweather also buried the last
remains of the teen-age romance.
Asked if he cares whether Caril
lives or dies, Starkweather said:
“It don’t make no difference to
me.”
Manned Space Craft Seen
As Only Defense Against
Intercontinental Missiles
SAN DIEGO, Calif., iff) — An
Air Force general says the first
real defense against intercontinen
tal-ballistic missiles -may come
with manned sp^e craft.
Maj. Gen. Eugene P. Mussett of
the 3415 Training Command, Low
ry Air Force Base, Colo., said that
as yet there is no absolutely effec
tive defense.
“Although I cannot predict
what the role of the manned ve
hicle will be in these operations,
I do believe that man in space in
a defensive role must be consid
ered a real possibility,” he said.
Baby’s Cry Stills
Symphony Orchestra
DENISON, Tex., (ff) — A baby’s
cry last night stilled the baton of
conductor Paul Kletski as he di-~
rected the Dallas Symphony Or
chestra in the overture by Carl
Maria von Weber.
“It was the only thing to do,”
smiled the maestro after the con
cert. “You see we were playing
very small, very softly, and Weber
put the pause in the music.”
“When the baby cried I did not
■know what would develop. I just
waited.”
The pause lasted about 15 sec
onds. Then the orchestra contin
ued its opening number.
The mother left quietly with
the baby before reporters could
learn her name.
House Candidates
Reveal Campaign
Contributions, Expenses
WASHINGTON, UP> — Henry A.
Benson, Juneau Republican, re
ports contributions of $1,820 and
expenditures of $2,400 as of No
vember 10 in his campaign for
election to Alaska’s first voting
seat in the House. ♦
Ralph J. Rivers of Fairbanks,
his Democratic opponent, re
ports contributions of $1,943 and
expenditures of $2,033 through
November 13.
Contributions shown by Rivers
included $500 each from Charles
Clasby of Fairbanks, Abraham
Feinberg of New York City, and
the Washington State Democratic
Finance Committee. Benson re
ported $500 contributions from
Walter J. Hickel, Anchorage, and
Bruce Kendall, Valdez.
Candidates for the House and
Senate are required by law to file
reports postmarked 10 to 15 days
prior to the general election and
within a month after the general
election, setting forth contribu
tions and expenditures. The re
ports are not required to show
contributions received or expen
ditures made in behalf of a can
didate by a committee or organi
zation formed in his support.
Reports had not been received
from any of the four candidates
for Alaska’s two Senate seats.
Illinois Sen. Says
Demos. Agree With
Ike On Berlin
TULSA, Okla., UPl — Sen. Paul
Douglas (D-Hl) declared that if
the Eisenhower Administration
chooses to use armed force to
break a second blockade in Berlin,
the action would receive support
from him and other Democrats in
Congress.
The outspoken legislator re
plied to questions by newsmen at
a dinner Thursday night.
“ He said this country has a
choice of two alternatives in the
Berlin crisis — break a second
blockade “with an armored col
umn or use the airlift as was
done in the first blokade.”
“Both would be supported by
Democrats,” he said.
Religion Is Torture,
Says California Prisoner
OROVILLE, Calif., UP — “Re
ligion can be torture when one
doesn’t want to listen,” says a
prisoser who asserts he is a cap
tive audience for Tuesday night
sermons.
“I am submitted to the intoler
able and fanatical rantings and
ravings of a fanatical religious
group,” Donald Smith, 25, pro
tested in petitions for relief sent
to the U. S. Attorney General and
the California Attorsey General.
Smith, unable to raise $1,000
bail, has been in jail four months
awaiting trial. on bad check
charges.
Jailer Glen Arbuckle said that
for 20 years half a dozen “well
meaning and religious citizens” of
Oroville have been preaching and
singing hymns in the jail on
Tuesday nights.
REACHED 107 BY A LITTLE
NIP IN COFFEE, NO WORRY
PATTERSON, N. J., UP — Mrs.
Gelsomina Del Vecchio is 107
years old to^ay and was asked how
she did it.
She replied that she puts a little
nip in her daily coffee, eats and
drinks anything she wants, and
worries about nothing.
Seaton Says
Alaska Will Get
Fisheries Control
CORDOVA, m — Secretary of
Interior Seaton says that if “good”
laws are passed the new state of
Alaska can control its own fish
eries by early 1960.
Addressing 100 merchants and
fishermen here in his territory
wide campaign swing for Repub
lican candidates in next Tuesday’s
election, Seaton called for the
election of “prudent” men to the
Legislature. He added:
“Alaskans want control of
their destiny and I mean to give
it to them. But good laws must be
made and good management
planned.”
His party will be in southeastern
Alaska over the weekend and re
turn to Fairbanks Monday.
Bomarc Roars
After Target
Over Atlantic
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., UP) —
A Bomarc interceptor missile
rumbled over the Atlantic today
in search of a jet drone more than
250 miles away.
The Bomarc, which the Air
Force claims is the most potent
air defense weapon yet developed,
roared off the Cape launching pad
at 10:40 a.m.
The Air Force rarely announces
the results of these tests but it
was expected the 47-foot Bomarc
would score a near miss on the jet
to save it for future tests.
The Bomarc, which has been
fired more than 45 times from the
Cape, blasted straight up to an
altitude of about 60,000 feet be
fore it eased over and streaked
away.
Once again, the Bomarc was
fired by remote control from an
Air Defense center in Kingston,
N. Y., 1,500 miles to the north.
Once a button is pressed in
Kingston, the Bomarc roars away
at close to three times the speed
of sound.
Once it dives on target, ground
control is finished and the missile
uses a radar homing device to
score the “hit.”
AP General News Editor,
Paul Mickelson, “The Old
Professor” Dies at 59
NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y., UP) —
Paul R. Mickelson, 59, general
news editor of the Associated
•Press, died today in New Ro
chelle Hospital.
He was stricken Thursday. He
had worked through Wednesday.
Mickelson had spent his entire
career as a newsman with the
AP, which he joined in Chicago
in March, 1922. He served in a
number of AP bureaus, as a
sports writer, general newsman
and executive, before being named
general news editor in April, 1944.
Associates and others in the
profession knew him as a man of
keen news judgment as well as the
possessor of an engaging persona
lity and rare wit.
He covered many national
sports events and was the creator
of a popular AP sports column,
the “Sports Trail.” Frequently, he
signed himself “The Old Profes
sor.”
“PRM” — the signature he used
— had a deep understanding of
human nature and abilities, which
enabled him to help launch the
careers of many of the AP’s best
known newsmen.