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THE HAMMOND TIMES Page GS Friday, February 22, ODD MAN OUT? 1963 SUCCESSFUL INVESTING I PREVIEW OF S.S.WEiTHfR BUREAU FORECfiST TO 7:00 A.M. EST 2-21-63 1 Wife's Illness, Retirement Force Switch For Income 1 Syria's President Walking Tightrope SNOW! nhm Hunt SAXFRWItCO coot LOWEST TEMPERATURES 1 1 1 COLD LrMT) ately les and has a better earnings record. DO YOU consider U.S. Freight a growth stock? I have some and want to buy more but only if you think it is a safe buy for income and growth. Anything you tell me about it will be appreciated." E.

A. I hope that I can justify your confidence, which is greatly ap h) rr.woRt? irs FREEZING" 0 fV CSV (A .0 i VA WEATHER FOTOCAST By ROGER E. SPEAR "Owing to my wife's illness for the past 15 years, we haven't been able to accumulate much. Now I'm faced with retimement and a need for more income. We own American Agricultural Chemical, International Harvester, International Shoe, Standard Oil of New Jersey, and Washington Water Power.

Would we be wise to sell Agricultural Chemical and International Shoe and reinvest in Green Shoe? A wife's long illness is hard to take, regardless of the expense involved. You have my deepest sympathy and my sincere hope for her recovery. I do not believe I would switch International Shoe at present because the dividend looks safe and the yield is satis SPEAR factory. I think that American Agricul tural Chemical is selling a a rela tively high level in view of its rather erratic earnings picture. You would seem justified in replacing this stock with Green Shoe, which yields only moder- li Li By GEORGE McARTHUR CAIRO (AP)The military revolution in Iraq has created a Middle Eastern romantic triangle.

It appears that the odd man out will be Syria's President Nazam Elkudsi, left holding his spurned proposal while President Gamal Abdel Nasser of the United Arab Republic and Iraqi President Abdel Salam Aref walk off hand in hand. The only flaw in this picture is that in the Middle East' marriages are arranged lengthy bargaining, and only after a nothing' Is certain until the contract is ligned. And then the marriage may not Nasser formally opened the courtship Thursday night. Speaking on the even of the fifth anniversary of the now-sundered Egyptian-Syrian union. Naser pledged wholehearted support for Iraq's revolutionary regime.

He also promised to work for Arab unity that will do away with "artificial borders among Arab nations." HIS SPEECH was billed by the local press as a major statement on Arab affairs following the Baghdad military coup which overthrew Premier Abdel Karim Kassem, long a bitter foe of Masser. Nasser's remarks were addressed especially to Aly Saleh es Saadi, vice premier and interior minister of the Iraqi military government, who shared the platform with him. An AP New -Analyst Weather Forecast Tonight, precipitation activity will be limited to snow flurries along portions of the Great Lakes, the Northern Plains and the southern Rockies. A few sprinklers will spread across central Florida. Temperatures will continue to be cold from the Great Lakes and the Ohio valley to the Gulf and Atlantic coasts.

Temperatures will, begin moderating from the Southern Plains northeastward to the upper Mississippi valley and the Great Lakes. (UPI Telephoto) White House Sets Up News Media Conference 'Guerrilla' War Faces U.S. in Caribbean Area LIKE A FILOTLESS JET Britain Uses New Missile in Bombers WASHINGTON (AP) White House is inviting representatives of all news-gathering media to an unprecedented April conference that could turn into a donny-brook over the Kennedy adminis tration's public information policies. The session will be held at a private retreat near Warrenton, April 5-6, it was learned today. Arrangeemnts are being made by Pierre Salinger, White House press secretary.

Informed sources said the con ference was prompted in part by the fact that several associations representing news media have adopted formal resolutions criticizing federal information practices. THIS DOES not mean, however, that the meeting will be a one way affair with newsmen level ing all of the criticism. There is reason to believe the administration hopes not only to rebut the anticiapted criticism but to let loose with some complaints of its own against the press. This is why the conference might well develop into a battle royal. The meeting will be held at Airlie House, a retreat in the Virginia hunt country which often has been the site of high-level brainstorming" sessions involving private groups.

Criticise of the Kennedy ad- preciated. I'm pleased to write about U.S. Freight because it's an interesting stock that relatively few investors know much about. The company has been establishing a growth pattern in the past three years and has raised its dividends in each of the past two. U.S.- Freight is the nation's largest freight forwarder, and piggyback operations have an increasing source of revenue.

I think you can add moderately to your holdings, but I wouldn't be in any hurry about it. The shares have practically stood still over the past two months of generally rising markets which sometimes indicates a coming adverse development. Mr. Spear cannot answer all mail personally but will answer all qnestions possible in his column. nations and is under surveillance by U.

S. aircraft. Kennedy told the news confer ence that Castro's economy is in bad shape and is being subsidized by the Soviet Union. He said var ious forms of Soviet assistance to Cuba now cost Moscow about $1 million daily. Castro's capacity to carry out a campaign of harassment is pro vided at the moment primarily by MIG fighters.

But as Soviet forces are withdrawn from the island under Premier Khrushchev's promise to Kennedy, other types of weapons may fall into Castro's hands. Those include highly developed antiaircraft missiles, capable of shooting down this country's high flying U2 reconnaissance planes; coastal defense rockets capable of striking ships about 25 miles at sea, and naval patrol boats also armed with short range rockets. Beyond the shrimp boat incident and the issue of the withdrawal of Soviet forces lies the long range problem of what the United States should do about a well armed Communist base the Western Hemisphere. in THE PRESIDENT'S policy has been one of isolation aimed at putting Cuba under heavy economic pressures internally. But the impression in official quarters here at the moment is lhat if a Castro pattern of harassment of U.

S. or other ships and aircraft does develop Kennedy will take much more vigorous and decisive action than that which he has so far been willing to order in the situation that now exists. Hammond Boy Hit by Auto Near School A 5year-old boy was injured Thursday about 3:30 p.m. when he ran into the path of an auto near the Harding School, Hammond. James Richard Gilson, 6419 Ohio Hammond, was cut on the face and mouth.

He was taken to St. Margaret Hospital for treatment and was later released. Police said the boy was in an auto parked at the curb in front of 3244 165th with other school children in it. He got out of the auto on the curb side, crossed In front of it into the path of the auto driven by Rudolph Frano-vich, 49, 6602 Kentucky Hammond. IN WHITING DEMO Cold Snap Digs Deep Into South By The Associated Press Winter's latest siege of severe cold weather held a tight grip across most of the eastern tw thirds of the nation today, no immediate general break sight.

The unseasonable cold covered most of the Southeast, excluding Florida, and numbed wide areas. from the Rockies to New Eng land. Temperatures ranged from 33, below zero in Michigan to slightly below zero in Kentucky as the arctic air spread from the winter- weary Midwest eastward and deep into Dixie. THERE was some hope of slight moderation in the icy Midwest belt but no immediate relief was indicated in the southeast and northeast sections of the country. Temperatures were near or above normal in the western, third of the nation.

The mercury plunged to 33 below zero in Pellston, one of the nation's lowest marks. Li the Northeast, the -23 in Old. Town, Maine, was the coldest spot. But below zero readings were reported in many sections of New England and upstate New -York. The subzero line extended along, the St.

Lawrence Valley, dipping into Kentucky westward to Mis- souri and northward into Iowa, the Dakotas, Minnesota," Wisconsin, and Indi-' ana. Near freezing weather chilledi coastal areas from Texas to northern Florida and cold wave warnings were issued for Alabama, Georgia and the Carolinas. Readings dropped to the teens in northern parts of Georgia, Ala-, bama and South Carolina, with', the mercury near zero in Ashe- ville, N.C. It was 33 above in Anchorage, Alaska. GENERALLY dry weather was reported in most of the icy belt but snow flurried in sections of the Great Lakes and in New York between Utica and Rochester, with some drifting.

One of the cold spots in New York was snow-covered Watertown vith a low of -10. It was -9 in in Pittsburgh, -4 in Utica, Elmira and Binghamton, -1 in Albany and Glen Falls and zero in Buffalo, Rome and Newburgh. It was 11 above in New York City. The warmest spots were In extreme southern Florida, California and Arizona, with temperatures the low 60s. 1 Nippy Hamster Found, Nipped: Boy Rejoices Lance Mack breathed a sigh of relief Thursday when a hamster which had bitten him on the finger Monday was found and can-, now be observed for rabies.

He is, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Verlyn Mack, 7334 Jackson and was, bitten' on a finger Monday ia Vaughn's Seed Store, 5404 Hohman when he put it in cage. A story about the incident in The Hammond Times Thursday resulted in the man. who bought the hamster shortly afterward notifying officials he had it.

P. R. Halas, 8140 Fifth Highland, told police Thursday night he had bought the hamster for his daughter, to replace one which died Monday. Dr. T.

J. Smith, Hammond' health commissioner, told Halas to keep the animal isolated until, it is determined if the animal is rabid. Gets Grant WASHINGTON (AP) Th Community Facilities Administration has granted Dugger, $43,000 under the accelerated public works program to help finance additional water facilities. The grant is to be matched with a similar amount in local funds. PRIMARY EDWARD M.

KAMliMiMvi Kaminsky was mayor pro-tem in 1957 during the period between the death of the late William Bercik, Mayor Bercik's husband, and the election of Mrs. Bercik. He was elected to the City Council in 1955. 1 WV (4; Dispatch of such a high-rank ing envoy to Cairo was certain to rankle the Syrians, who already had proposed to the new Iraqi re gime a formal federation with Sy ria. tjS baadi made the occasion doubly irksome for The Iraqi vice-premier stressed Egyp tian-Iraqi affinity and aloofness of the two nations toward Syria "Our revolution," he told a cheering throng of 20,000, "opened the doors for a frank meeting be tween Cairo and Baghdad." However, Aref, Iraq's new president, told Italian newsmen Thurs.

day in Baghdad he has no present plan for political union with Egypt. Any union now, he said, would be economic, patterned aft er the European Common Market, BEHIND this triangle may be a significant shift in Nasser's atti tude toward the Baath party, So cialist, neutralist and generally moderate political grouping which appeared to be waning in the Middle East until it emerged as the strongest influence in the new Iraqi regime. After the Syrian breakaway. Baathist standing in Cairo fell very low. Informed sources In Cairo say the Iraqi coup may strengthen moderate Baathists in Syria and spur them to link Syria closer to Iraq and perhaps later, Egypt Nasser makes no attempt to hide concern for his former Sy nan partner.

Though no one in Cairo contem plates a quick journey, the re turn to Damascus could lead through Baghdad. long with a body diameter of 4 feet and wingspan of 13 feet. It is powered by a liquid-fueled engine 18,000 pounds thrust, suggesting that it may be able to climb even higher than its original launching altitude before it drops on target. One squadron of Vulcan bombers stationed at Scampton is already equipped with Blue Steel. Two more squadrons are well advanced in training.

Eventually the entire V-bomber force, estimated at 150 to 175 planes, is scheduled to get Blue Steel as iU main offensive weapon. The Blue Steel was originally developed as a stopgap until Skybolt could be delivered. Then it was to become a complementary tactical weapon. Its first test was held at the Woomera Range in Australia in the summer of 1960. Despite some initial bugs which held back delivery some months, the RAF said it had exceeded specifications in accuracy and reli-abilty and had hit the target in nine of its last 10 firings at Woomera.

THE- BLUE STEEL is comparable to the Hound Dog missile carried by American SAC bombers and offered to Britain by President Kennedy at the December Nassau conference. Prime Minister Macmillan refused "for technical reasons," most likely because the Blue Steel is faster than the Hound Dog. Seasonal Job Decline In Indiana INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -Non-farm employment in Indiana stood at 1,452,600 in mid-January, down 28,200 from December but up from the estimate for January a year ago. The seasonal decline for the month was smaller than had been anticipated and was less severe than it had been in recent years, the Indiana Employment Security Division said Thursday. The number of unemployed was estimated at 103,900, up 19,400 from December.

It represented 4.7 per cent of the state's total labor force, compared with a na tionwide average of 5.8 per cent. Police League Directors Meet CROWN POINT Police Chief and Mrs. George Knight attended a director's meeting of the Police League of Indiana at Lake Free man near Monticello. Chief Knight is president of the organ ization. Chief of Police and Mrs.

William Kussmaul, and Officer and Mrs. Richard Fortner, of Griffith, also attended the meet ing. DeMolay To Serve Spaghetti Dinner Fidelity Chapter, Order of De Molay, Calumet City, has invited the children of Bethany Home, Hammond, to be its guests Saturday when it serves a spaghetti dinner to raise funds for chapter activities. The dinner will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. in Calumet City Masonic Temple, 214 155th Calumet City.

Twin City Robbery, Slaying To Grand Jury Wednesday SHOWERS SNOW THUNDER fZ STORMS FREEZING RAIN OS SIEET ministration's information policies was heightened last Oct. 30 when Arthur Sylvester, assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, told reporters the Pentagon con trolled news as a weapon during the Cuban crisis. "News flowing from actions tcken by the government is part of the weaponry," said Sylvester, who will be-one of the participants in the Warrenton meeting. Following this statement, the phrase "managed news" gained wide currency. It came up Thursday at President Kennedy's news conference.

MAY CRAIG, Washington cor respondent for several Maine newspapers, asked Kennedy to define it and to "tell us why you find it necessary to practice it." Kennedy replied that he was being charged with something and then asked for a definition. "Let me just say we have had very limtied success in managing the news, if that is what we have been trying to do," the President said. He then asked Miss Craig for her definition. ''Well, I don't believe In managed news at all," she replied. "I thought we ought to get everything we want." Kennedy provoked a round of laughter with this retort "Well, I think that you should, too, Miss Craig.

I am for that." the fatal shooting of Arvell Moody, Gary, by James Oliver, 66, 1613 Madison Gary, on Jan. 29, 1963. Kowalczyk said the grand jury will in the "near future" continue its investigation of the Gary fi nancial matters. Darter Gets Gary Auto Bureau Post Bennie J. Darter, Gary Demo cratic chairman, has been appointed manager of all three auto license bureaus in Gary succeed ing John Diamond.

Appointment of Darter was con firmed by J. Manfred Core, chairman of the Indiana Demo cratic State Committee. Lake County Democratic Chair man and John Krupa and other party leaders had asked dismissal of Diamond from the lucrative auto license bureau post several weeks ago. DIAMOND figured In the in come tax evasion trial of former Gary mayor George Chacharis. He was a close companion of Chacharis and often served as driver for Chacharis.

LOCAL Democratic party of ficials had earlier expected the Gary bureaus would be split up in the ouster of Diamond. It was rumored Darter, Leon Wells, a precinct committeeman and Tom Dcmenagas, president of the Lake County Liquor Board would each take over one of the three branches. Core said state audit of the three Gary branches would start immediately, in keeping with pol icy on a change.The audit is ex pected to take about two days for each branch. Core said the change in man agers "is in response to numerous requests from resident of Gary, the press and members of the Democratic party. I am con fident that Darter will operate the branches efficiently and In a manner to best serve the people of his city." Darter said he does not plan any Immediate changes in personnel at any of the branches.

Temperatures Over the Nation By The Associated Press High Low Albany, clear 39 -4 Albuquerque, cloudy 46 28 Atlanta, clear 49 9 Bismarck, clear -4 Boise, clear ....53 31 Boston, clear 44 6 Buffalo, clear 9 1 Chicago, cloudy 3 -7 Cleveland, clear 8 -8 Denver, clear ...48 18 Des Moines, 5 1 Detroit, clear ..10 -1 Fairbanks, clear 17 -10 Fort Worth, 48 20 Helena, cloudy ......47 25 Honolulu, clear 80 70 Indianapolis, clear 6 -9 Juneau, rain 42 39 Kansas City, 19 10 Los Angeles, 70 54 Louisville, clear ....24 0 Memphis, clear 32 10 Miami, cloudy 74 64 Milwaukee, clear 0 -5 St Paul, clear. -I -10 New Orleans, cloudy. 65 31 New York, clear 25 10 Oklahoma City, clear. 27 11 Omaha, clear .......12 6 Philadelphia, clear 43 7 Phoenix, clear 80 46 Pittsburgh, snow 15 -7 Portland, 34 1 Portlands 57 35 Rapid City, 19 15 Richmond, clear ....47 10 St. Louis, cloudy 13 3 Salt Lake City, clear.

50 26 San Diego, 64 52 San Francisco, clear. 59 52 Seattle, clear 56 38 Tampa, clear 67 48 Washington, clear ...46 9 5-Day Forecast By The Associated Press Temperature will average 8-12 degrees below normal high 33-42 normal low 17-23. Slow warming trend through Monday, colder Tuesday and Wednesday. Little or no precipitation except snow flurries about Monday. Signal Out, Police Warn Pedestrians Hammond police today warned students and other pedestrians in the vicinity of Hammond High School, Eaton -street and Calumet avenue, to be careful when going around the sewer work there.

The traffic signal at Eaton street has been out for several days and the crossing is danger ous. Police said that pedestrians should cross at Highland street or Lyons street where there is protection until the traffic signal can be put back into operation. The light was only to be out for one day but the cold weather has delayed the work Circus Aerialist Still 'Critical' The condition of circus aerialist Mary Lou Lawrence, 25, of Mer- rulville, remained unchanged to day at General Hospital, Madison, where she is being treated for injuries received in a 35-foot fall during a performance. Hospital authorities said 1 Miss Lawrence was slightly improved but still critical. She has a fractured skull and internal injuries.

She fell a week ago during an appearance in the Shrine Circus here. Safety Council Honors Members As part of its Golden Anniversary Year Celebration, the National Safety Council honored its long-time staff members at luncheon in the Sheraton-Chicago hotel Thursday. Among those honored were Miss Gene Parks of 14301 S. Avalon Dolton, and Miss Julia C. Halon of 4525 Henry Hammond.

Miss Parks has 41) years service and Miss Halon has more than five years. By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON (AP)-The United States may be facing a period of virtual guerrilla warfare in the Caribbean area around Cuba. Whether this dangerous possibility develops appears to depend primarily on how Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro decides to use the extensive arms, including jet fighter planes, supplied to him by the Soviet Union. President Kennedy, as he made clear at a news conference Thurs day, is watching the situation closely and with several unan swered questions in his mind about the fighter plane attack late Wednesday on a U.

S. shrimp boat in the Florida Straits about 60 nautical miles off the Cuban coast. KENNEDY and his military and diplomatic advisers are not sure what was behind this assault on a small, unarmed vessel in international waters. The Presi dent said he was watching to see whether a pattern develops, meaning a pattern of attacks against surface and aircraft tray eling in the region around Cas tro's stronghold. If it turns out that the strike at the shrimp boat was an iso lated incident without Cuban gov ernment sanction, concerns felt in the top levels of the administration here will ease off somewhat.

The Cuban government said Thursday night it was not respon sible for the attack. What the shrimp boat affair has dramatized for the moment is Castro's ability to make trouble if he wants to. CUBA is almost completely iso lated economically and diplomatically by the Western Hemisphere So You Heard The Sirens HAMMOND Thursday 1:20 p.m. 1139 Hoffman ambulance. 3:25 p.m.

6832 Waveland fire, gas drier. 3:27 p.m.-32U 165th am bulance. 5:04 p.m.-466 Michigan false alarm. 6:39 p.m. 4007 Grover ambulance.

9:45 p.m. 4420 Hohman ambulance. 10 p.m. 1010 Merrill fire, defective furnace. Today 5:59 a.m.

49 Condit false alarm. 9:45 a.m.-2233 171st rub bish fire. EAST CHICAGO Thursday 10:38 a.m. Broadway and Aid er, ambulance. 12:20 p.m.

3932 Carey ambulance. 3:50 p.m. 532 Riga furnace backfire. 3:58 p.m. 3713 Grand ambulance.

5:23 p.m. 5321 W. Columbus ambulance. 8:35 p.m. 3646 Pennsylvania ambulance.

9:20 p.m. 510 Liberty ambulance. 9:22 p.m. 3909 Drummond Today 12:10 a.m. 4507 Magoun ambulance.

MUNSTER Thursday 6:04 p.m. 9401 Calumet ambulance. LONDON (AP) In the shadow of controversy over loss of the Skybolt, Britain has quietly put into operation a new missile to boost the deterrent punch of its V-bomber force. It is called the Blue Steel, and the Royal Air Force claims it is Invulnerable, at least for the next two or three Tears. Classed as a "sland-off-weap-en" like the abortive Skybolt, the Blue Steel enables the RAF's bombers to launch a rocket with a nuclear warhead of megaton size (equivalent to a million tons of TNT) while flying 100 to 150 miles from the target.

THE BRITISH. make no secret of the fact that they would have preferred the Skybolt, scrapped by the United States after defense officials that its per formance would not be worth its J2.5-billion development cost. The Skybolt was to have had a range of about 1,000 miles. The Blue Steel is really a small, supersonic, pilotless jet plane. But it is smaller, faster and believed to fly higher than the bombers launching it.

These advantages should make it that much more difficult for the Soviets to track and The missile's speed is secret but is generally believed to be 1,100 miles an hour. This increases by a couple of hundred miles at the 10-mile altitude where the Blue Steel would be launched. THE BLUE STEEL is 35 feet Dozen Homes Lose Power For 4 Hours A dozen homes in East Chicago's Marktown district were without electricity for more than four hours late Thursday and early today. The interruption was caused by burned-out residential trans former which affected about a dozen homes and some street lights, according to Walter H. Hathaway, NIPSCO's Calumet division manager.

Hathaway said that the company was notified of the interruption about 10 p.m., Thursday. ND7SC0 CREWMEN had the new transformer in operation about 2 a.m., he reported. Hathaway noted that a transformer burn-out is a rarity now because of improvements in equipment. The 25 kilovolt-ampere transformer of the type which was out of commission usually services between 10 and 15 homes in addition to a few street lights in the neighborhood. Munster Woman In Fair Condition Mrs.

Bettie Glover, 42, of 8225 Parkview Munstcr, who was injured in an auto accident Thursday, was in fair condition today in St. Margaret Hospital. A passenger in the auto driven by her husband, John, she received face cuts, arm and leg injuries when the auto struck a parked car at 3617 Ridge Lansing. CROWN POINT Lake County Grand Jury will convene Wednesday and Thursday for a two-day session devoted entirely to the in vestigation of homicides. The jury will first investigate the robbery that saw the slaying of Steve Arpas, operator of an East Chicago apparel shop.

The four charged with murder are: LaVonne Cooper, 26, 4843 McCook Ave; Gerald Walker, 24, 4714 Alexander Ave; Ross Emanuel Cox, 27, 4843 McCook Ave; Yvonne Peterson, 20, 4745 Alexander all of East Chicago. THE 60-YEAR-OLD Arpas was killed in his store at 4808 Alexander after the quartette supposedly administered a beating with a piece of pipe. The beating took place on last Dec. 12. A second beating was admini stered by Cooper and Walker, this time using a makeshift blackjack and their fists.

They then stuffed the unconscious man in a closet where he was found that evening. Arpas died in St. Catherine Hos pital about five hours later without regaining consciousness. THE JURY will also investigate the death of Thomas France, East Chicago, who died after being shot by Herbert Golden, 29, 3611 Block East Chicago. The shooting took place Dec.

15, 1962, and Golden is charged with second degree murder, according to Henry Kowalczyk, prosecutor. Five homicides in Gary will be investigated by the jury and are: First degree murder charges are lodged against Robert Greer, 48, 2469 Lincoln in the shooting death of Ernest Dorsey, Gary, on Jan. 6, this year. Second degree murder charges are lodged against Ed Commer 48, 2441 Jackson Gary, in the shooting death of Theodore Cistrunk, Gary, on Nov. 25, 1962 First degree murder charges are lodged against O.

C. Woods, 32, 2176 Madison Gary, in the shotgun death of his wife, Flora Woods, on Dec. 2, 1962. MURDER IN the second degree charges have been lodged against Maggie Player, 40, 1650 Georgia Gary, in fatal shooting of her husband, Prince Player, on Feb. 7, 1963.

Finally, the jury will look into Kaminsky, Mayor Bercik To Vie for Nomination Whiting Councilman Edward M. Kaminsky today announced he will run for the nomination for mayor in the Democratic primary on May 7. He vowed, his administration would "sincerely try and will successfully achieve the results that all of the citizens of Whiting have a right to expect." His administration, he said, "would be devoted to action and the intelligent solving of the many and difficult problems which face our city in the immediate foreseeable future." INCUMBENT Mayor Mary Bercik has already announced her candidacy for renomination on the Democratic ticket. Kaminsky was mayor pro-tem during the period between the death of the late William Bercik..