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YOUR NEWSPAPER SINCE 1809 ESTABLISHED 1809 NO. 192 LANCASTER, OHIO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1957 14 PAGES 7c PER COPY Test's Failure Irks Ike in r0f0 1 0 FE DEAD MAN In RHAIN ST. HE Nation Seeks Methods To Recoup Loss UJ as Order Autopsy To Determine I Autopsies were to be performed today on Mr. and Mrs. William Peter Vickroy, 405 W.

Main found dead in their home at 6:30 p.m. yesterday. Police Patrolmen Vernon Miller and Kenneth Alvis broke into the home after a nephew of the dead couple, Carl E. Vickroy, 578 Center notified the Police Department he was unable to get any answer after pounding on their door. The doors were all locked, patrolmen reported.

The police report said Mrs. found in the bathroom, while her husband, 68, was discovered a few feet away in the bedroom, slumped over a cedar chest. VANQUISHED VANGUARD AMERICA'S first attempt at launching an earth satellite goes up in flames and smoke on the firing site at Cape Canaveral, Fla. An explosion, sheet of flame and a pillar of smoke mark the doom of the three i Investigate Cause Of Failure Of U.S. Rocket CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.

(AP) Military and scientific personnel planned today to conduct a series of conferences to find out what caused the failure of this country's giant Vanguard test rocket. FOUND DEAD IN HOME LANCASTER POLICE yesterday evening found Mr. and Mrs. William Peter Vickroy, 405 W. Main dead in their home.

Autopsies were to be performed today in University Hospital, Columbus, to determine the cause of death. Questions Facing Board On Filings In Elections Atty. Gen. William Saxbe has been asked for an informal opinion on late filing of expense accounts by candidates elected throughout the state Nov. 5.

(International) See Extended Pull Ahead To Catch Russia WASHING TON Some Congress members said today the failure of America's first attempt to launch an earth satellite indicates it may take a long, hard pull to catch up with Russia in missiles development. But other officials and some scientists, while voicing disap pointment at the launching flop Friday, cautioned against overemphasizing its importance. Several of the scientists said that in tests of that sort, such failures must be expected. Running through the reaction to the launching failure were criticisms -of the advance publicity given to this test. Some Congress members said the buildup contributed to the subsequent letdown.

The Russians, who launched the first of their two space satellites more than two months ago, were restrained in their early comments. Soviet Communist Party Boss Nikita Khrushchev told newsmen in Moscow "I am sure if the American sattelite will be laun ched sooner or later." At the United Nations, several diplomats expressed regret at the U. S. satellite failure. One of these was Russian Delegate Arkady A.

Sobolev. in Britain, some newspapers hooted at the American failure. Others approached its solemnly. The Italian Communist newspaper Lnita proclaimed the launch ing misfire "a very great defeat for the American technique and in dustry." The non Communist press in Home was sympathetic. iew fire JLiigine loo High For Station CLEVELAND (JWA $20,000 fire engine purchased by suburban Bay Village will go back to the manufacturer to be cut down to size.

City officials found after they purchased the truck that it was too high for the fire station. It would cost $4,500 to remodel the station so the truck would fit. The manufacturer has agreed, at no cost to the city, to cut down he pumper. WASHINGTON () The American government sifted the ashes of its fallen earth satellite rocket to day, seeking a way to re coup its heavy loss in the scientific cold war. President Eisenhower ordered the Defense Department to give him a full account of what hap pened and why.

Hagen Hurt, Too He was described by Presiden tial Press Secretary James C. Hagerty as being, in a word, "disappointed." So was "the man in charge of Project Vanguard, 49-year-old Dr. John P. Hagen of the Naval Re search Laboratory in Washington. Today, the 16th anniversary of the Navy near-destruction by Japa nese sneak bombers at Pearl Har bor, he studied movies and photographs of the ill-fated satellite launching Friday at Cape Canaveral, Fla.

The report Hagen makes will go to Eisenhower. Then doubtless it will be revealed in some form to the American people, their aroused representatives in Congress and a world whose initial reaction to the launching failure ranged from jeers to sympathy. The missile misfortune was another in a series of scientific setbacks dealt the United States by the Soviets as 1957 drew to a close. And it cast deeper gloom over the already dissension-wracked planning for a Dec. 16 meeting at Paris designed to foster NATO unity.

West Jolted Russia jolted the West in August by announcing it had successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile. Sputnik I was fired into its globe-girdling orbit Oct. 4. Sputnik II, carrying a dog, began orbiting Nov. 3.

America, trying to catch up, failed yesterday in the glare of worldwide publicity, Some diplomats in Washington felt the U.S. satellite failure made it imperative that Eisenhower attend the Paris meeting of NATO chiefs of government. But it was still up to the President's doctors to say whether he has recovered enough from his mild stroke of Nov. 25 to make the trip. In any case, these diplomats questioned whether the NATO meeting had any real hope of suc cess.

They obviously were not impressed with the caliber of American imagination and drive in planning for it. And they wondered how the Eisenhower administration could achieve greater unity among the 15 NATO nations when it could not win bipartisan support at home. Democratic party leaders have said the Eisenhower administration has failed to demonstrate a "sense of urgency" in coping with the Soviet challenge in the military-scientific field. Slugged Patient, Is Fined, Jailed 'CINCINNATI ()-A onetime hospital attendant, convicted of slugging a 77-year-old mental patient, has been sent to jail for 30 days and fined $100 and costs. Harold E.

Dunn, 35, of Cincinnati, the former attendant, testified Friday before Criminal Court Judge R. E. Kohnen that he was trying to quiet the patient so that he did not disturb other in a ward. The judge convicted him on an assault and battery charge. Andrew Shannon, the victim of the assault, died a month later but not from beating in- juries.

stage rocket. The missile. 72 feet long, barely managed to get off the ground Friday before it exploded in a huge display of fire and smoke. The men in charge of the spectacular launching attempt want to know just what happened to the Vanguard rocket that carried a tiny earth satellite in its nose and why. Steps also were under way to prepare for flight a new test satellite identical to the one that met misfortune on the launching pad here Friday, just before noon.

Already on hand, said Vanguard executive J. Paul Walsh, is another complete three-stage Martin rocket, a twin of the one that blew up on an attempted verical takeoff Friday. It rests in the Martin Co. hangar at the closely guarded Missile Test Center, one among many strange looking sky monsters awaiting their brief moments of glory. "We can move it out as soon as the launching stand is ready to accept it." Walsh said.

When that would be was another question. The Vanguard people want it answered as quickly as possible. In Washington, Dr. John P. Hagen, director of Project Vanguard for the Naval Research Laboratory, said that if the burning rocket destroyed its launching pad, it could take two months, at least, to repair the damage.

Hagen added he did not believe the damage would be that severe. There is no other equipment at Cape Canaveral capable of launching the Vanguard assembly. He said the trouble was mechanical and was not caused by any fault in basic design. Hagen also emphasized that Friday's failure was only one of a series of tests of the Vanguard, preliminary to larger scale satellite launchings, for scientific purposes, to begin next March. Hagen said there would be two more trial launchings, with miniature satellites, and that the new tests would be resumed as soon as possible: Cause Vickroy, (Esther), about 60, was Deny Labor War Intent In Expulsion ATLANTIC CITY.

N.J. (tfv-Both the AFL-CIO and the exiled Team- sters Union disclaimed any intent today of starting a labor war in the wake of the truck union's ex pulsion on corruption charges. The giant Teamsters organiza tion was ousted from AFL-CIO membership Friday by a 5-1 voting margin of convention delegates. The action came after AFL-CIO President George Meany charged the Teamsters have never lifted a finger to clean up allegedly corrupt conditions that have swirled around President-elect James R. Hoffa and other high Teamster bosses.

Door Remains Open But Meany said the federation's door will remain open for return of the Teamsters as soon as Hot- fa is ousted. "There is no plan at all for a war with the Teamsters and we hope it will never come," Meany said. Hoffa said in New York, where he is being tried in Federal Court on wiretapping charges, he Teamsters intended to carry on as before, cooperating with whatever unions wanted to cooperate. Einar O. Mohn, Teamsters ad-ministrative vice president, said here, "We don't intend to leave Atlantic City with chips on our shoulders on the other hand ws don't intend to play dead either, just because somebody doesn't like us." Depends On Hoffa Just how long the Teamsters remain ostracized from the main body of organized labor seemed to depend in large part on how Hoffa fares in his current trial on wiretapping charges, or pending tefleral perjury charges, and in a suit in Washington challenging tns election to the Teamsters presidency.

The Washington case seeks to overturn Hoffa's election last Oc tober as Teamsters president suc ceeding retiring Dave Beck. A federal judge has enjoined Hoffa from taking office until charges he helped rig his own election are decided. Dutch-Rush Suh Destroyer To Indonesia THE HAGUE, Netherlands (JP) The Dutch Navy announc ed today it is rushing the submarine destroyer Drente to West New Guinea. The submarine destroyer Groningen is already on the way and the Frigate Evertsen is in the area. Their mission will include protection of KPM ships with, drawing from Indonesia, a Navy spokesman said.

The Indonesian government has taken over KPM property and put armed guards on KPM ships in port to prevent their leaving. The naval vessels will also be prepared to help evacuate Dutch citizens from Indonesia, the Navy said. The government in Jakarta has ordered out most of the 46,000 Dutch residents. The order and the seizure were in retaliation for Dutch refusal to hand over to Indon esia West New Guinea. No Evidence Part Of Sputnik Fell On This Nation WASHINGTON to American scientists say there is no evidence that part of Russia's Sputnik I rocket fell in the United States, as claimed by Soviet party boss Nikila Khrushchev.

Moscow Radio says the rocket still is aloft. Khrushchev puzzled American officials Friday with his claim that part of the carrier rocket fell in the United States and that the Americans won't give it back. Khrushchev said this at a Moscow cocktail party. Hugh Odishaw, executive director of the U.S. National Committee for the International Geophysical Year, said the rocket has not been seen over the United States since last Saturday night.

He added in a statement: "Despite the Soviet reports of Dec. 1 and 2 (that it was still orbiting) it appears probable to us that the carrier body burned up or fell into the earth. following the Saturday sighting. "The rocket's path in this period suggests that if it reached the earth (without burning up completely) it probably fell in the southeast Asian area." A similar statement came from Dr. Fred L.

Whipple, director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory at Cambridge, Mass. Snark Flies Range, Hits Atlantic Target WASHINGTON An Air Force intercontinental guided missilethe Snark flew its full range in a test Thursday night and hit a target area in the south Atlantic, the Defense Department reported. The missile, essentially a pilot-less jet bomber, has a range of about 3,000 miles and travels at about the speed of sound. It is considerably slower than ballistic missiles. A canary, a Vickroy house 1 pet, was found dead in its cage.

No Signs Of Fumes However, Patrolmen Miller and Alvis said there were no signs of fumes in the house when they entered and no signs of violence, The patrolmen did report that there were signs both of the Vickroys had been very ill be fore they died. The two investigating patrol men said they looked through a bedroom window with a flashlight and saw Mr. Vickroy inside. They immediately broke open the front door. Coroner Lloyd L.

KerselL M.D,. called to the scene by the patrolmen, ordered both bodies to Columbus University Hospital for autopsies. Last Seen Wednesday Dr. Kersell said that he expected some word today on the result of the autopsies. A Vickroy neighbor, Mrs.

Betty Gritton, 411 W. Main told patrolmen that she had last seen Mrs. Vickroy Wednesday evening about 4.30 p.m. Thursday newspapers were still on the front porch of the home. Mr.

Vickroy, a World War I veteran, was a retired carpenter with the U. S. Army depot in Columbus. He had worked there for about 15 years before his retirement two years ago He and Mrs. Vickroy returned to Lancaster following his retirement.

They had formerly lived here. He was a priest in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and helped to build the local church. The Frank E. Smith Funeral Home will announce funeral arrangements later. Daughter Survives The couple is survived by a daughter, Mrs.

Edward Bennett, Columbus, Ga. Mr. Vickroy is also survived by two brothers, Clarence, Hamburg Rd and Thomas, of near Aman da. Mrs. Vickroy is also survived by four sisters: Mrs.

Rachael Reed, Lancaster; Mrs. Waldo Conrad, Columbus; Mrs. AI Lutz and Mrs. Everett Davis, both of Lancaster, and a brother, John H. Wright, Lancaster.

In Today's Eagle-Gazette Cause of death undetermined in finding of local couple in W. Main St. home yesterday 1. Chillicothe hands Lancaster second loss of season 9. Seven contestants compete tomorrow at Bremen church in county Prince of Peace contest .4.

Pleasantville crushes Amanda. 83-68 9. Bremen dumps Pickering-ton, 48-44 9. Questions pertaining to the filing of expense accounts face local Board of Elections 1. Ramsey's 35 points spark Thurston to first win 9.

Berne Union remains unbeaten with 53-49 win 9. Disabled American Veter ans request Pearl Harbor Day be designated National Unity Day 4. Meanwhile, three questions were facing the Fairfield County Board of Elections today. Must a candidate with no ex pense file a statement with the board? May the board accept a late filing? Does the law per taining to the filing of ex' pense accounts apply to write-in elected officials as well as those whose names appeared on the ballots? Between 15 to 20 persons, who were elected to village posts and school boards in Fairfield County by write-in votes, did not file a list of expenses. A spokesman for the board said today these people did not pay the $1 filing fee declaring themselves candidates before the Nov.

5 election and did not have their names imprinted on the ballots. The deadline for filing expense statements was 4 p.m. Failure to file with local election boards means elected candidates cannot take office. It also means that all such candidates elected or not will be barred from running for office for the next five years. In Franklin County, election officials said 117 candidates 51 of whom were elected failed to file statements by the deadline.

Hundreds Involved Throughout the state, hun-! dreds of elected candidates might be unable to take office because they didn't file expense statements, Secretary of State Ted w. Brown admitted. Brown, the state's chief elec tion officer, said Friday he has asked the attorney general for an informal opinion on late fil ing. The last Legislature extended the filing deadline from 10 to 30 days after an election. Under the old 10-day law, courts held that election boards (Turn to page 2, column 3) which is spearheading the fund drive.

FUND TARGET is $500,000, estimated as the approximate cost of the proposed development. Additional funds, if any, will be used to erect a museum near the Arizona site. Contributions may be sent to the USS Arizona Memorial Fund, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In addition to the more than 40 Ohioans who lost their lives when the Arizona went down. are seven men listed as "addresses unknown" in U.

S. Navy files. The Navy and the Arizona Memorial are still seeking in formation regarding these men: u. Cmdr. Paul J.

Recister; and tailors Robert Maurice Birdie; Clarence Eugene Cooper; Edward Lee Christiansen; Kenneth-Erven Cooper; Thomas Steger Sanford; and A. J. Scott. Call Witnesses In Investi o-ation Of Labor Violence WASHINGTON -Senators in vestigating labor violence called witnesses today for testimony about the dynamiting of a Knox ville, grocery store while it was involved in a dispute with the Teamsters Union. B.

B. Powers, the owner of the store, was summoned as the lead off witness. Others described as having firsthand knowledge of who was responsible for the dy namiting were listed to follow. Robert F. Kennedy, chief coun sel of the Senate Rackets Investi gating Committee, said two Nash ville police officers "who have some information about the Teamsters Union having dynamite equipment" also would testify.

The committee, as part of a broad inquiry into illegal or improper activities in thr labor-management field, is currently probing what Chairman McClellan (D-Ark) has called "a shocking pattern of deliberate goon squad violence" in Tennessee and neighboring states. Kennedy said in advance of to day's hearing that damage running into "the thousands of dollars" was done to Powers' grocery store by a dynamite blast on Sept. 6, 1956. At the time, he said. Powers was engaged in a dispute with the Teamsters over his handling of Coca-Cola while a strike was going on at the local Coca-Cola plant.

RAIN BREAKS RECORD MEMPHIS, Tenn. 1 A lone day of rain washed out an 80-year-old record Friday night. At 8:45 D.m. the vear's total rainfall passed the mark of 73.50 inches set in 1877. the plan is to encase and outline the hull with steel and concrete.

At present only a crude wooden platform erected over the still visible portion of the superstructure marks the site which is visited annually by more than 60,000 persons. A COLOR GUARD still raises and lowers the and stripes each day. The ship is considered still in commission bv the Navy. A simple plaque has been erected at the flagpole base. Nationwide appeals for funds to enshrine the Arizona begin Fleet Admiral Chester W.

Nimitz is honorary chairman of the campaign. This will not be "just another memorial," pointed out H. Tucker Gratz, chairman of the Paci fic War Memorial Commission, Local Sailor In Arizona 'Tomb9 sS'V i mil 1 Vt 'ill1, if If mil TTITT-T AT DAWN 16 years ago today a Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor wrought "destruction and catapu lted America into World War II. In the aftermath of that attack the battleship USS Arizona lay at the bottom of Pearl Harbor channel with 1.102 bodies entom bed in her hull. Robert Wagner Knight of Lancaster Rt.

1, is one of the Ohio casualties who found a final resting place beneath the sea on Dec. 7, 1941, according to U. Navy records. Now 16 years later public and military concerff about the "rusting tomb" has resulted in the launching of an official campaign for funds to build a suitable memorial over the sunken ship now lying in the channel. Since it is impossible to raise the rapidly deteriorating vetsel Christmas Shopping Hours Merchants and choppers alike are making plans for holiday shopping.

The Lancaster Chamber of Commerce reports that Lancaster merchants will observe the following closing hours from now until Christmas: Dec. 7, until 5:30 p.m.; Dec. 9, until 5:30 p.m.; Dec. 10, until 5:30 p.m. and from 6:30 until 9 p.m.; Dec.

11, 12, until 5:30 p.m.; Dec. 13, until 9 p.m.; Dec. 14, until 9 p.m.; Dec. 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, until 9 p.m.; Dec. 24, until 5:30 p.m.

A-POWERED ICEBREAKER TIIE SOVIET Icebreaker, Lenin, is the first A-powered vessel of any type put into nervice by Russia. The Lenin, will be used to clear passages in the Arctic ocean. (International Badiophotc) i.