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193 LANCASTER, OHIO. MONDAY, DECEMBER 9. 1957 20 PAGES 7c PER COPY gum Liv a ME Mr UMfilu li lib Two Other Men, fel Vanguard Experts Thin Failure Cause Located Woman Injured yesterday as a 20-year-old Death struck quickly Carroll youth, James Leman er, 79, Thornville Rt. 3, (Oakthorpe), were killed in sepa rate traffic accidents. They were the 15th and 16th and county.

Jenkins, driver of a 1950 automobile being chased by a police cruiser at 2:30 a. m. Sunday, died almost instantly when his car crashed headon into (a tree at the edge of Forest Rose Cemetery on N. Columbus St. because those particular still cameras went up in smoke.

Vanguard crews worked throughout the weekend to clean up the launching area and assemble data that may help explain the failure and prevent a. recurrence. One party Vanguard engineers reportedly returned to Washington Saturday with fairly well-fixed opinions as to what had caused the accident. The film developed after they left probably will change their minds, one source said. Washington for analysis by the Naval Research Laboratory.

That is the agency in charge of Project Vanguard, the U.S. program to put artificial moons orbits around the earth. It was learned that the motion picture films included some of the most dramatic footage of its kind ever made several hundred shots, all in color, of the rocket before it was ignited, during its fruitless struggle to launch itself, and to its destruction by fire. The black and white footage of this sequence reportedly was lost CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. ifl -Vanguard experts think they may have found exactly what went Wrong with the big satellite-bearing rocket that burned on its launching stand Friday.

Clearly Indicated They believe the cause of the trouble is quite clearly indicated in 20.000 feet of motion picture film, taken at many different angles, and in pictures from still cameras. But they are giving no hint as to the nature of their discovery. The film has been flown to (cat'-: 7' -ft' Lr Two others were injured Mr. Palmer, a pedestrian II at the edge of Oakthorpe, died when struck by a car operated by Edgar Allen Ellis, 41, Rushville Rt. 1.

at 7 p. m. Sunday. i I I I VISIT LANCASTER OVER WEEKEND VISITING Lancaster over the weekend were four foreign students studying at area colleges and universities. Here under- the sponsorship of the local Rotary Club were left to right, front row Mr.

K. Sridharan, Madras, India; Miss Yoko Nashikata, Yamaguchi, Japan; Mr. Markus Gyorgy Dezso, Kiskunhalas, Hungary; and Mr. Faird Malouf, Beirut, Lebanon. The students were house guests of past Rotary presidents, left to right, top row, Dr.

Phil Floyd, Howard Waugh, H. K. Balthaser and William Gesling. (Eagle-Gazette Staff Photo) Carbon lonoxide (ills Man, fife Coroner Lloyd L. Kersell, M.

said today that autopsies performed on Mr. and Mrs. William Peter Vick-roy, 68 and 60 years of age respectively, found dead in their home, 405 W. Main Friday, showed that they died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Probe Labor Violence In Nashville Dispute WASHINGTON, (P) A Nashville, contractor testified today saboteurs dynamited $100,000 worth of his equipment on federal property soon after he had refused to sign a labor contract with the Teamsters Jenkins, and Walter E.

Palm fatalities for 1957 in the city in this crash. walking along County Rd. 17 tr Walter E. Palmer Walk-In Time ProposedFor Bloodmobile The local Red Cross Head quarters reported this, morning thab the best time for "walk- ins" at the Bloodmobile tomorrow, is from 2:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The December visit of the Red Cross Bloodmobile is to be at St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Broad and Mulberry from 12 noon until 6 p.m. tomorrow. Fifty-seven persons had made appointments for the visit as of this morning. Red Cross officials have asked that the public be generous in giving blood at this visit, the last of the year.

Fairfield County has been generous in giving blood throughout the year, and Red Cross officials would like to see that record maintained at the December visit. "Remember the spirit of Christmas when you give," is the motto at headquarters this month. Appointments can still be made by calling Red Cross head quarters at OL 3-0431. The office can arrange trans portation for those who have no means of getting to the blood center. The office can also arrange for babysitters for parents who need them in order to be free to give blood.

In all, there were four seri ous accidents over the weekend, three of them investigated by police patrolmen. Two died and three were in jured in the accidents. Sheriff's deputies also inves tigated a minor mishap. Walks Along Rd. 17 State Patrolman H.

R. Rigel, who investigated the fatal mishap at Oakthorpe, said Palmer was walking west along the north side of County Rd. 17, about six-tenths of a mile west of State Route 664, he, apparently walked in front of the Ellis car, also going west along the county line. Mr. Ellis told Patrolman.

Rigel that he saw Palmer in the glare of his headlights and as he started to pass the elder ly man, he walked in front of his auto. Patrolman Rigel said Ellis told him that he tried to swerve away from the man, but that his right front fender struck him. There was a dent in the fend er and the windshield of the car, on the right side, was broken. The patrolman is still investi gating the accident. Coroner Lloyd L.

Kersell, M. viewed Mr. Palmer's body at the Pleasantville Fire Department and reported he died of a fractured skull and internal The Pleasantville emergency squad was called to the scene. The body was taken to the Snider Funeral Home, Bremen. Jenkins was fatally injured when the car he was driving went out of control, patrolmen said, jumped over the.

curb at 1228 N. Columbus crashed through an iron fence and smashed against a tree. The tree is located about 10 feet from the roadway and is situated on the land occupied by Irvin Robson, superintend ent of Forest Rose Cemetery. Two Passengers Hurt Patrolmen William Shook and James Russell said that they had been in pursuit of the Jenkins car when it crashed. Two passengers, Gary Lindsay, Swyck, 20, Columbus, and Robert Leffler, 22, Carroll, passengers in the car, were injured when they were thrown from the completely-demolished vehicle.

Mr. Robson and his 14-year-old son, Fred, heard what they described as a "tremendous crash," and rushed to the scene, about 50 feet from their home. Both aided-policemen, ambulance and Fire Department emergency squadsmen in extri- (Turn to Page 6, Column 3) IIP-' I The report from University Hospital, Columbus," said Dr. Kersell, "stated that there was 50 saturation of carbon monoxide in the blood." The Vickroys were discovered dead about 6:30 p. m.

Friday, when police patrolmen broke into the house after a nephew, Carl Vickroy, 578 Center edvised them he had not been able to get any response from knocking on the door. All the doors in the house were locked. The Vickroys pet canary was also found dead in its cage. The coroner theorized the couple had been dead 36 to 40 hours before found. When patrolmen entered the home they said they did not notice any fumes or see any signs of violence.

Coroner Kersell said that he and Fire Chief Walter 0. Myers, who viewed the house over the weekend, believed that a gas floor furnace was responsible for the deaths. "When we entered the house after getting the autopsies, we found the house rank with fumes," said the coroner. The coroner said that the furnace's galvanized pipe leading to the outside of the home was situated in such a position that when certain climatic conditions apparenly occurred, it caused a down draft, causing fumes to back into the home. "When the police entered the house, probably several hours after the Vickroys died, conditions probably allowed the chimney to correct itself, thus relieving the house of the deadly fumes," Dr.

Kersell said. The coroner said that there are probably several homes in the community that have the (Turn to Page 5 Column 5) Pravda Continues To Ridicule U.S. MOSCOW () Pravda today continued to ridicule U. S. efforts to launch a space satellite but entirely through re-prins of comment from abroad.

The Soviet Communist party newspaper published criticism from, papers in Berlin, Peiping, London, New York and Paris. Pravda's only comment was In its headline: "American Prestige Has Fallen Lower Thin Ever Before." WW- Motor Sales Safe Robbed Of $112 Thimmes Motor, 1800 N. Memorial was the scene of a safe robbery sometime since yesterday noon, Lancaster police reported. It was reported early this morning. Patrolmen Carl Robb and Charles Zollars said that someone used a sledge hammer and a sharp instrument to break open the safe in the office of the business firm and then stole $112 in bills and change, The patrolmen reported $60 of the money 'was in bills from the Coke machine and the rest was in change from the cash register and petty cash, Two windows in the building were opened to gain entrance.

The patrolmen said foot prints" were visible at both windows and the officers theorized that there may have been two attempts to break into the busi ness place. "Somebody got in one window," said the patrolmen, "but we are unable to determine why they entered the second one, unless two separate tries were made, each by different subjects." Named Hospital Board Member Mayor John Harvey Weis today, announced the appointment of E. C. Crane, 938 Lanreco to a position on the Lancaster Hos pital Board of Governors. Mr.

Crane, assistant publisher of Eagle-Gazette, succeeds Lawrence Goodman, 431 Baldwin Dr. Tan appointment is retroactive to Dec. 1. Mr. Goodman was first appoint ed to the board in 1932.

Mr. Crane's term will expire on Dec. 1, 1961. Next meeting of the hospital board is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. tomorrow.

have received satisfactory evidence that the number of free males of twenty-one years of age and upwards which will be comprehended within the proposed limit are sufficient to justify their said request." "The name is hereby created into the County of Fairfield and the inhabitants of the said County of Fairfield shall have and enjoy all and singular rights and privileges and immunities whatsoever which to a County and the inhabitants thereof and in any wise pertain." Aim Blast At Senate Probe Of Corruption ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. (JP) Union leaders aimed an AFL-CIO convention blast at the Senate Rackets Committee in Washington today for allegedly concentrating on labor corruption and going light on management sins. These views are contained in a resolution drafted by federation leaders for expected convention approval. It says the year long investigations conducted by the group headed by Sen.

McClellan CD-Ark) are one-sided, and it calls for equally ardent exposure of management malpractices. McClellan's committee has exposed some alleged employer sins at its hearings, particularly in connection with the operations of Nathan Shefferman, a Chicago management consultant on labor relations, but hearings have been mainly concentrated on WTong-doings of labor leaders. AFL-CIO convention sessions, in recess over the weekend after the Friday expulsion of the Teamsters Union, get under way again today with another expulsion action due against the Bakery and Confectionary Workers Union. Federation leaders were reported to have decided to make the Bakery Union's expulsion effective next March 15 unless the union ousts union President James G. Cross by then.

A special Bakers convention is sched uled for March 3-5 at Cincin nati to elect officers. Cross has refused to quit his union post despite testimony before McClellan's committee that he had compromising ties with employers and misused his union's funds and powers. James R. Hoffa, presidentelect of the Teamsters, similarly was implicated in the Senate hearings and like Cross refused to accept an AFL-CIO mandate to get out of his union. In Today's Eagle-Gazette Oakthorpe and Carroll men killed in area weekend traffic; three others injured 1 Coroner says local couple died of carbon monoxide poisoning 1 E.

C. Crane appointed to Lancaster Fairfield Hospital Board of Governors by mayor 1 Local girl, Sandye Atkins, L.H.S. sophomore, wins county Prince of Peace Declamation contest 1 Bloodmobile visit tomorrow; announce time for "walk-ins" 1 Thimmes Motor Co. safe robbed of $112 1 Garden Club sponsors Christmas lighting contest 1 Sara Ruffner, Pleasantville High School, is winner in county contest for cherry pie bakers 1 Liner Queen Mary Is 49 Hours Late SOUTHAMPTON, England UP) The liner Queen Mary left today for New York with 850 passengers 49 hours behind schedule. Departure was postponed first because of her late arrival on the east-bound passage end then by high winds in the Southampton area.

4f Students From Foreign Lands In City Today FOUR FOREIGN students from Kenyon College, Denison University, Ohio University and Ohio State University were con eluding a busy weekend visit in Lancaster today. The students, Miss Yoko Na shikata, Yamaguchi, Japan; Mr, Farid Malouf, Beirut, Lebanon, Mr. Markus Gyorgy Dezso, Kis kunhalas, Hungary; and Mr, Sridharan, Madras, India; were here under the sponsorship of the local Rotary Club. Miss Nashikata, a Denison stu dent, is studying student per sonnel work in the U. Eng land and Continental Europe, SHE IS a graduate of Miyagi Women's College in English literature and is a Keio Uni versity graduate in Psychology and Sociology.

The Asia Foundation helped Miss Nashikata obtain a special scholarship for study in the S. and the other countries. She had become acquainted with Mrs. Frank Jones, former dean of women at Denison when the dean was in Japan in 1951- 52, and for this reason chose Denison. Miss Nashikata is dean of women in a co-educational school in Yamaguchi.

The broad space of our country and the speed of daily life are especially interesting to Miss Nashikata, MR. MALOUF, now a senior at Ohio University, majoring in political science, is the son of Elias Malouf, land owner and past mayor of Beirut, Lebanon. His schooling includes private school similar to U. S. high schools, including language studies in French, English, Spanish and Arabic, the language of Lebanon.

Mr. Malouf, a student at Ohio University, hopes to continue the study of international law. He said he will not leave the U. S. "until all the education I want is achieved." Mr.

Malouf is interested by the fact that menr women and children in the U. S. cooperate in earning a living. Large scale manufacturing and the development of super highways are also to Mr. Malouf's liking.

Mr. Dezso fled from Hungary (Turn to Page 5, Column 5) Chilly 5 Days Ahead, Predict Weathermen Weathermen predicted cloudy skies and 40 degree temperatures in this area of the state for today. Clearing tonight and colder with a low of around 25 degrees, the forecasters say. The mercury hit 30 degrees this morning and bounced back to the 35 degree marker at 12-noon. Yesterday's high was re corded at 39 degrees.

Cloudy skies are forecast for tomorrow and the high will again be about 40 degrees. Temperatures in the next five days are expected to range from three to six degrees below the normal highs of 37 in the north and 41 in the south and lows of 24 to 26 degrees. Occasional periods of light snow or snow flurries are expected in the northern portion of the state but will likely miss the southern portion, Union. "We felt that it arose out of this dispute," Robert McDowell of the contracting firm of McDowell McDowell told the Senate Labor Rackets Investigating Committee. "They were the only ones we had any misunderstanding with." He said he knew of no arrests ever made by the police in the case.

Without Warning McDowell said the blast came without warning on Labor Day 1953 on property of the Tennessee Valley Authority. He said this was six weeks or two months after he had signed a labor contract with a rival union, John L. Lewis' United Construction Workers, instead of the Teamsters. The contractor said he had refused to sign with the Teamsters on advice of counsel that the contract demanded by that union's have been "a closed shop agreement in violation of both federal and state law." McDowell told of some profane and "very arrogant" clashes with W. A.

Smith, business agent of Local 327, in earlier stages of the dispute and spoke of some "threats of violence." He did not say who uttered the threats. The hearing was called to continue the committee's investigation of dynamiting, arson and beatings in Nashville area labor disputes. Investigation Incomplete? Robert F. Kennedy, committee counsel, said in advance the hearing also would deal with "the continuing thought that possibly there has hot been a thorough and complete investigation of this violence by law enforcement officials." Committee Chairman McClellan (D-Ark) has charged that some Tennessee Teamsters officials were responsible for what he termed a five-year "reign of tr-ror" in Tennessee and neighboring states. He has been sharply critical of what he termed lack of proper investigation of violence in labor disputes in Knoxville.

Mayor Jack Dance of Knoxville objected to what he said was McClellan's "slur against the police department of this city. Kennedy said he expected testimony this' week would bring out "some first-hand information as to those responsible for committing acts of violence in Nashville." Local Girl Is Declamation Test Winner Sandye Atkins, 15, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. D.

Atkins, 821 Monroe yesterday placed first in the County Prince of Peace Declamation Contest. Chosen as alternate for the county was Betsy Lehman, Rushille, second place winner. Seven contestants delivered their addresses at 8 p.m. yesterday at the Bremen Presbyterian Church. The Rev.

Harry G. Yaggi, of Grace Church, United Church pf Christ, Lancaster, was in charge of the contest. Judges were Miss Kathryn Mericle, Bremen; Mrs. Harlan Ranier, Lancaster; and fState Rep. James A.

Lantz, Lancaster. Miss Atkins is a sophomore at Lancaster High Schol. Her topic was "Black Peace." She is a member of the Sixth Ave. Methodist Church. The contest is sponsored by the Ohio Council of Churches.

Miss Atkins will represent the county in the regional contest which will be held later this month at a place to be announced later. Tavern No Happy Place For Ohioan ELYRIA, Ohio UP-Herb's Happy Hour Tavern jsn't such a happy place for Robert Degan, 21, of Elyria. Lorain County Deputies Edward Hale and Robert Saucr arrested Degan after he broke into the tavern last Aug. 21. Unable to make bail, Degan spent four months in jail awaiting trial on a breaking and entering charge.

He was placed on probation by a Common Pleas Court judge last Wednesday. The same deputies arrested Degan in the same tavern Sunday. He had broken in, deputies said, and was rifling a cigarette machine when they caught him. 3 Window or Windows; 4 Lawn Scene; 5 Complete Home. The contest is open to those who live within the boundry of the Lancaster School District who make official entry in the contest either by entry blank, which appears in today's newspaper, page 6, or by a telephone call to designated committee members.

Judging will be done ahead of Christmas by authorities in the field of design and lighting techniques and done according to artistic merit, ingenuity, distinction and expression of the Christmas spirit. Committee members from the Garden Club in charge of this project are Mr. and. Mrs. Donald C.

Miller. Mrs. Wade Fairfield and Mrs. Lee Earlc. i Garden Club Will Sponsor Christinas Lighting Contest Fairiicld 157 Years Old As A County, Proclamation Says id 1 r1 lilt nfcWrt mvmniitim Fairfield Garden Club again will sponsor a Christmas Lighting Con-tost in the residential areas of this community, Mrs Norwood Ram-ey, club president, announced today.

Interest in the contest has been increasing each year since it was revived in 1954 by the Garden Club. The number of participants has grown each year and quality of the exhibits has shown a steady Improvement which is most gratifying. Classifications will remain the same as in the past year. Everyone who decorates will have an opportunity to rate an award whether his home is large or small. Classifications offered are as follows: 1.

Outdoor k-ce; 2 Doorway; A proclamation declaring Fairfield a County was issued on December 6, 1800. Last Friday, marked the 157th anniversary of that proclamation. The original proclamation was issued by Arthur St. Clair, then the Governor of the territory of the United States, Northwest of the Ohio River. The proclamation stales, in part: "Considerable numbers of the people residing there have requested that a new county may be created and I 'G v.

SL Clair) 'STAG NIGHT TOMORROW STAG SHOPPER, Atty. Jack Supman, grins as he receives his Christmas packages from Harrison's employe Mrs. Marilyn Pairam This scene will be repeated often tomorrow night as city and county men converge on Lancaster stores for "Stag Night" shopping from 6:30 p. m. until 9 p.

m. Mr, Supman said the contents of the packages could not be revealed until Dec. 25. (Eagle-Gazette Staff Photo).