The Morning Union from Springfield, Massachusetts (2024)

4 3 12 THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, SPRINGFIELD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1954 tale Investiture of Msgr. Fenton Bishop Christopher J. Weldon rank of monsignor to Very Rev. titure service in St. Michael's tween them is Rev.

Raymond University student. chaplain to Girl Given Ride Continued From Page 1 to 20 years of age, of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Blanchette. The father is a textile mill worker in nearby Fall River, Mass.

Police Chief W. Howard Peabody of Portsmouth gave this account: Sgt. Francis Vierra and Patrolman Lewis Perry of the Middletown police hailed the car as it passed them at high speed. When PAS MARGARET L. BLANCHETTE it.

failed to stop, they chased it about three quarters of a mile 10 Newport and pulled "We're taking a girl to the naval hospital," Vierra and Perry quoted the sailors as saying. Followed by Police Vierra and Perry followed the sailors' car and when it failed 10 turn in the direction of the hospital in Newport forced it to A halt near Long Wharf, the Navy's fleet landing pier. Perry then got into the sailors' auto and directed them to drive to Newport Hospital while Vierra followed in the police car. The girl was pronounced dead at 1.40 A. m.

(EST). Chief Peabody said that when Vierra and Perry halted the car, the girl and one of the sailors were sitting on the back seat. Her head was resting on the sailor's shoulder. Peabody, said. Mrs.

Blanchette said Margaret had gone to several dances at the Enlisted Men's Club. usually with her sister, Carolyn, 20. The mother said, she "to had make sure checked it was with not the a rough place and it was all right" for her daughters to attend dances there. Mrs. Blanchette said Carolvn returned home shortly after midnight and said Margaret had told her she was getting a ride from the dance.

Ten Finalists Continued From Page 1 field Sunday Republican, And Rev. Daniel Cronin vicechancellor of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield. Make Selections Junior Chamber chairmen in charge of each zone and respeclive judges in the finals were as follows: Zone 1, chairman, William Gamble; judges, Frank A. Warren, Springfield College professor of art. and Thomas F.

Whitman, a local artist; 2--chairman, Paul Ilogan; judges, Rev. Joseph Porter of Springfield. Council of the Little Gallery: 3-chairman, Churches and Ceorge, I. Horn of George Giroux; judges, Christine Desjarlais. Sirs.

Earl Harvey and Ethel Hjelm, all interior decorators: 4-chairman. Donald judges; Rev. Raymond E. Spears, associate minister of Trinity Church, and Gordon Knight proprietor of the Little Gallery; and 5-chairman. Stillman Reed; judges Abbott F.

assistant sales manager at Van Norman Co. and Rudolph A. Alattson, Van Norman Co. designer. Brandeis Head Continued From Page 1 pressed with statements by American politicians.

"On everyone's lips was the word he said, "while we knew he was just jerk." This WAS the only mention made To the controversial senaior during his remarks and he. never referred -to McCarthy by his last name: The educator said the basic problem for schools is the fashioning of an affirmative climate for this generation. "The best young years of their lives is given to the sterility of militarization and this is the ety that swallows, them he said. He added, however, that young people ought to face today's problems that were faced in the past by, "Young other generations. ought to get 1: off the mourners' bench and face the L' 1.

NEW DOMESTIC PRELATERANK IS BESTOWED HERE Rt. Rev. Joseph C. Fenton Praised by Bishop Weldon For Editorial Work R.t. Rev.

Joseph'- C. Fenton's work in "preserving the purity, of Christian teaching' WAS mended. yesterday morning in St. Michael's Cathedral as he was raised to the rank of domestic prelate with the title, monsignor. Bishop Christopher Weldon of Springfield Diocese complimented the monsignor on his efforts exposing false doctrine and false Exposed False Teachings in exposing the false, Bishop Weldon said, Msgr.

Fenton has been firm and earnest in ing the true doctrine and philoso.phies."* Msgr. Fenton is a professor at Catholic University, Washington, D. and has been editor of "'The American Ecclesiastical Review' since 1944. 4:. FA This, journal goes into every Catholic rectory was characterized by Bishop Weldon its "extremely influential." Msgr.

Fenton is 2 member of Springfield. Diocese. Ile is professor of theology. at Catholic University and has been a papal chamberlain. Bishop Weldon presided at ceremony and mass and gave the sermon.

Two Springfield Diocese priests. now studying at Catholic University, took part in the service. Rev. Thomas Owen Martin was deacon Edmond Benard, was subdeacon. Rev.

Raymond Potvin of Three Rivers and John Shea of also students at Catholic University, were chaplains to the bishop. Rt. Rev. Walter Connell was assistant priest during the ceremony and mass and Rev. George A.

Berthiaume, STL, was master of ceremonies. Main Wreckage Continued From Page 1 no mention of sighting bodies. They were working in five feet of silt. Lifting Planned Kennedy said the fuselage seemed to be intact but apparently had flipped over, with its nose pointing out into the bay. Kennedy said the Navy would attempt to lift fuselage.

from the bay bottom starting at 8 a. m. tomorrow. The commissioner said there waS point" in further risking the lives of the divers today. Six passengers were rescued and nine bodics have been.

recovered. leaving 17 of the 32' persons aboard unaccounted for. The liner had a crew of 10. The ninth body, recovered this morning by divers, tentatively. was identified from papers as Rosalia D'Ugo, 12.

of Italy. The fuselage was found' by First Bosun's Mate Jark McKenzie, one of the dozen Navy divers from the Na salvage base at the Bayonne, N. Naval Shipyard. 200 Feet Offshore Chief Petty Officer Roland Bruning of Hastings-on-Hudson, N. reported he had found one of the plane's engines and what appeared, to be the wing or section of wing located ahout 20 yards from one the submerged fuselage.

take Bruning said 1 his mask started 0 water before he could complete his inspoction. craft The sank fuselage in and wings of the about 30 feet of water approximately 200 feet offshore. A large section of aluminum also was discovered. It was believed this might be part of the craft's tail section. One diver said, "There's aluminum there." all over the bottom around Participating in the search for divers, wreckage police were a dozen Navy helicopters.

motor launches and businessman Continued From Page: 1. were Oilar piled home last night. Presents The under a Chirstmas tree. room. child went to sleep in Martha's apparently but during carried the night Oilar a side porch her to a a bed on the door pinned A note on father call -telling to have her it.

the police--and locked Then, police said. went to the three family, one bedrooms and bludgeoned by one, death. his Several notes were found the house. serious They indicated Oilar was financial difficulties. in of Mrs.

La Verne Rayburn, mother a close Bronwyn, friend said of her daughter was and both the Oilar children, friends." families were good "Bronwyn spent yesterday afternoon and the evening with the had Oilars." Mrs. Rayburn said. "They sort of a Christmas party last are night. dead. We've told Bronwyn they us against but the doctor advised telling her what happened.

when "She scemed her' little groggy we found in the sandbox. under Some of the the gas must have seeped Mrs. Rayburn said they tried to cali the Oilar hone carly this morning. but no one answered. Although "it scemed rather strange," she and her husband went to church and tried to call again when they returned from services.

Mrs. Rayburn said. When no one answered on the second call. Rayburn went to the Oilar home where he box. found his daughter in the playMORE RADAR SPEED TRAPS Timeshington.

Dec. tough 19 for (INS) American motorists. The American Automobile. number Association of radar reported sets today used by speed cops has increased by 46.8 per rent since last April 14. figure isn't quite as bad as it sounds.

though, since there are only 834 of the "eyes" in operation all over the nation. YOUTH ADMITS SLAYING MOTHER OF TWO Factory Worker Held In Murder of Arkansas Socialite Dec. 12 Brinkley; Dec. 19 (UP) -A young Alabama box factory worker with a ninth-grade education was held in an undisclosed jail today after confessing the bedroom! murder of a pretty Arkansas socialite. Bill Willingham, 19, of Florence, told authorities he smashed the skull of Mrs.

Sue Fuller, 25. with one blow from A heavy piece of kindling wood he took from the Fuller's barbecue pit. He said he entered the home to look for food. Milton Fuller, the dead woman's husband and A Brinkley AutOmobile dealer, had left the house only a few minutes before 10 get an carly-morning cup of coffee at a downiown cale. He found his dying wife upon his return after she rolled off her blood-soaked bed and he heard the thud from allother Mrs.

Fuller's two small daughters were in another room at the time of the slaying, and the oldest -five-year-old Mary Helen -later told officers that she "saw the burglar hit Prosceuting Atty. J. B. Reed said he would file first-degree murder charges against Willingham. He said the youth was taken to an undisclosed jail as a precautionary measure because of the high sentiment in the little East Arkansas town.

Authorities said Mrs. Fuller's night clothing had been disarranged when she was found Dec. 12. Willingham admitted doing this, but said he had not molested Mrs. Fuller.

Officers at first thought: Mrs. Fuller WAS slain by A barefoot burglar: Tracks resembling footprints were found in the rainsoftened yard and. muddy prints also were on the kitchen floor. But Willingham said he had on rubber-soled lace-up boots at the time. Willingham.

who said he had never been in trouble before, told officers he came Arkansas to look for work. Ile had drunk a half-pint of liquor the morning of the slaying and told officers he had had nothing to eat. Toy Fund Friends Continued From Page 12. too late for Post Office handling be. fore Christmas.

Cash or chocks for the may be brought. or mailed to Springfield Newspapers at 32. Cypress 10 Fort St. or 12 Harrison Ave. The fund to date: v.

Previously acknowledge Civilian employees. lingine Westover AFB 15 Irene and Peter Morgan, West Springfield IF. M. P. 15 In cremory of James T.

West Springfield L. Tommy Broadhead 2 Kathy and Tommy Kosak 2 Christine Mr. and Mrs. S. Glover 4 Janis and Ronnie 2 A friend 1 Wachogue Friendship Circle 10 A friend 1 John, Curt.

Terry Lynn Fauth 2. A. L. Amherst 2 Leonard Drug Inc. 5 David and Cindy 1 Paul Gasperini 1 In memory of Fluffy, Peppy and Jerry 2 Employees of Home City Weather Strip and Screen Co.

40 Nobody Knows Club 2 John F. Mohn, Amherst 5 Maxine. Lynn and Lois 3 Kathryn Alice McQueen 1 Dr. Eugene G. Boss 10 Grandma B.

1 G. L. B. Lionel C. Bemis 5 Employees of 653 Cafeteria, Page Blvd.

27.30 American Legion Auxiliary, Liberty Unit 430 3 Richard and Winifred Hooker 10 Betsy. Sandy and Judy 2 William P. Wallace 2.50 A friend 5 Gary, Dickie and Janet Woods 2 Total $5432.66 Sweeney, both of Sacred Heart Church. Tonight, Msgr. Fitzgibbon parochial reception in civic, Sacred of honor at a and Heart auditorium.

Speakers at the: program were Peter J. Equi, Fr. Connor: who read the letter from Pope Pius XII naming Msgr. Fitzgibbon as a domestic prelate, Joseph F. Kelly.

Rt. Rev. John F. Harrington, chancellor of the Springfield diocese, and finally Msgr. Fitzgibbon.

Reid Loudon was organist and Francis P. O'Connell gave several vocal selictions. There was instrumental music by A group from the symphony orchestra. Monsignori, Listed Among the monsignori at the were: Rt. Rev.

John Wielcoh of Hadley; Rt. Rev. Walter' Connell, secretary of education in the Springfield Diocese; Rt. Joseph Fenton 'of Catholic University; Rt. Rev.

Joseph L. assistant chancellor of the Springfield diocese: Rt. Rev. John F. Harrington, chancellor of the Springfield diocese: Rt.

Rev. John P. Donahue; North 'Adams; Rt. Rev. Eugene Marshall, Pittsfield; Rt.

Rev. Thomas Cummings, Northampton, Rt. Rev. William J. LeClaire, Springfield; Rt.

Rev. Jeremiah P. Sheehan, South Hadley Center; Rt. Rev. Sylvio Desautels, Chicopee Falls: Rev.

George Shea. Westfield: Rt. Rev. Charles N. Fortin.

Aldenville; and Rt. Rev. Albert A. Aubertin, Springfield. Monsignori from the Worcester diocese were Rt.

Rev. John F. Gannon. chancellor: Rt. Rev.

John Martin, Fitchburgh; and Rt. Rev. Joseph Vasy, Worcester, Home Where Pittsfield Man Slain A Shown above is the four-family house at 34 Deering Pittsfield, where William Rodgers. 41, was beaten to death after a drinking bout early. Sunday morning.

The bedroom is located in the front of. the house with one shade down and one up. Pittsfield Man Continued From Pago ing. body of Rodgers was sprawled over the bed. Evans called police and notified James Monterroso, the landlord: Mr.

Monterroso. who lives 'nearby, at about the same time as police and: entered the home through the bedroom window to Jet the officers in. Pr 3 Police Chief Thomas IT. Calnan took charge of the investigation and notified Asst. Dist.

Atty. Frank W. Cimini and State Dot. John Horgan. They called Dist.

Atty. Stephen A. Moynahan in Springfield and Lt. Edward Sivic. state police photographer.

Lt. Sivie took a number of pictures for the police. After listening to Evan's story, Chief Calnan ordered Todd picked up, All state police barracks in Western Massachuseus and New York state police as well as local departments were notified in a general alarm and road blocks were set up at strategic spots. However. at 12:30.

Cruiser Patrolman Joseph Montelrone and Det. Francis O'Neil found Todd walking along the railroad tracks near the station. Statement Said Made lie was taken to the scene of the crime and made a statement. which was tape recorded. following which Chief Calnan ordered him held on charge of murder.

Todd will be arraigned in Distriet Court Monday, and a continuance of one week will she asked. Asst. Dist. Ally. Frank Cimini said that following arraignment further proceelings will be decided upon.

Medical Examiner A. C. England ordered Kodgers' boly removed to the Newion and Barnfather funeral home where an autopsy was performed. State Police Pathologist Biorenson, of the Harvard University department of legal medicine. arrived at 6:30 to do the autopsy: Following the autopsy, Chiet Calnan issued A statement to the effect that the autopsy revealed the cause of death to be a fracture of the skull.

The: victim had been struck repeated blows on the head and face Calnan said. According to the story pieced together by the police, Rodgers had been drinking wine with Winthrop Evans, Lafayette Walker and Todd. Evans and Walker left at around 2 this morning and some time that Todd and Rodgers became engaged in an argument. Although no statement has been released as to how the murder was committed, it is believed that Rodgers was struck with an iron poker. The poker was later seen hanging from a nail in the wall near a wood-burning stove.

There were blood stains on the ring which formed the handie. Rodgers and Todd ale both well known police. April 6. 1954, assault Rodgers WAS in District. Court on and battery and with drunkenness.

The assault and battery charge was filed. however. Todd. who came to Pittsfield from Louisiana about 12 vears ago. had been in court a number of times on durnkenness counts.

First Murder Since 1913 The Rodgers case is the first murder committed here since Chief of Police Calnan took office: and the first. in the city since the Noxon case in 1943. Double funeral services will he held Wednesday afternoon at the Newton and Barnfather funeral for the mother, Mrs. Asley Mobley Rodgers ,73, who died Jast night at Northampton, and for Rodgers. Friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday at their convenience.

Mrs. Rodgers WAS 'a native of Charlotte, N. but: had been a housewife in Pittsfield for many vears. She leaves A son. Rainey Rodgers of Lancaster.

S. C. She was a member of. the Salvation Army. William Rodgers was A native and lifelong resident of Pittsfield.

educated in the public 1 schools here. He had been employed by the and Albany Railroad but had been out of work for: almost a year. 3 Besides his brother, Rodgers leaves his. Mrs. Frances Rodgers.

Absenteeism Costs $9 Billion Yearly Washington, Dec. 19 (UP Ahsenteeism because of sickness and accidents, costs $9.000,000,000 American A year, business the Small Business Administration said today. SBA Administrator Wendell B. Barnes said this loss comes from an estimated 400.000,000 to 000 man-days lost every year from temporary disability due. to industrial and nonindustrial: sickness and accidents.

Your heart contracts about 000 times a. day. FHA BLASTED FOR IGNORING CONGRESS' ACT Senate Committee Put's Blame On Real Estate Men, Government hands the biretta symbolic of the Joseph C. Fenton during the invesCathedral yesterday morning. Be.

Potvin of Three Rivers, a Catholic the bishop during the ceremony. 70-Year-Old Trolley Line, One of Nation's First, Is Shut Down Scranton, Dec. 19 (A One of the first electric trolley lines in nation's history has been shut down after 70 y'ears of service. Today, busses began serving the old Green Ridge route running front downtown Scranton to the northeastern suburbs of the city. The electric trolly line.

was started here Nov. 30. 1886. It: save Scranton the nickname Electric City," and the new mode of transportation spread to other parts of- the U. S.

problems that have aways had to be faced. A multiplication of problems in society is not an indication of a he said, "it is an Aggravation that comes with responsibility and no one can become refugee from responsibility." Dr. Sachar concluded, "the whole concept of peace of mind is huge fraud. The word relax has become the code word in America and God help hint who disturbs the code." Other speakers at the dinner ineluded President J. Paul Mather of the University of Massachusetts.

Helen W. Randall, dean of Smith College, C. Scout: Porter, dean of Amherst College, and Leonard T. Alberts, president of the Northampion Nai B'Rith. Rabbi Ruchames was presented with a scroll honoring his 10 years of service to this area by Samuel Kellin of Hartford.

president of the Connecticut Valley B'Nai B' The local lodge presented the rabbi check for $3000. 10 be used toward paying off the $4500 mortgage ON the Hillel House on the U. of M. campus, Bishop Invests Continued From Page 1. after completing his theological studies at the Grand Seminary in that city.

Wearing the cappa magna. Most Rev. Christopher J. Weldon, bishop of the Roman, Catholic Diocese of Springfield, officiated at the investiture services held before the beautifully decorated An Williams General Assembly, honorary escort of the Archbishop Williams General A Assembly, Fourth Degree, Knights of Columbus, in full regalia, lead processional into the church drone the rectory. The large assemblage of monsignori and priests walked in front of Msgr.

Fitzgibbon and Bishop Weldon. In reserved sections of the church were representatives of the municipal government, civic and fraternal groups, delegations from the various orders of nuns in the city, and delegations from the many parish societies. After the recitations of the vari16. prayers by Bishop Weldon. Msgr.

Fitzgibhon WAS vested in the robes of monsignor, and there followed the delivery of the sermon by Bishop Weldon. The services closed with a solemn benediction at which Msgr. Fitzgibbon officiated. 14' Recalling the outstanding achievements of the priestly life of DIsgr. Fitzgibbon, Bishop Weldon characterized him as a.

"good who by his exemplary life has inspired the lives of thousands in the many parishes in which he has worked during the 40 years of his priesthood. Bishop Weldon further: that the honor which comes to the pastor Sacred Heart Church by Pope Pius XII through his elevation to the rank of a domestic prelate can be interpreted AS complete "satisfaction of his accomplishments in the evaluation A by the supreme Pontiff. Bishop Weldon exhorted the members of the Sacred Heart Parish to work faithfully with their shepherd, and make every attempt to bring into "the true fold," those not vet of the faith. so. that soon there will be "one flock and one shepherd." Following the service, Bishop Weldon and.

Msgr. Fitzgihbon held a reception in memorial chapel where hundreds of the parishioners and guests greeted both of the prelates. Assistants to Bishop Serving Bishop Weldon 'as assistants were. Very Rev. Francies E.

Moriarty, president of St. Michael's College, Winooski, a nephew of Msgr. Fitzgibbon, and Rev. Michael T. Lynch of Palmer.

In the celebration of benediction, Msgr. Fitzgibbon assisted by Rev. John D. Sullivan. as deacon, and Rev.

John F. Mitchell, subdeacon. both of Springfield. Edmund P. Healy of Sacred Heart Church was deacon of expositions and Rev.

George A. Berthiaume, secretary to Bishop Weldon, was master of ceremonies. The assistant masters of ceremonies were Rev. William P. Connor and Rev.

Patrick F. Paper in Cleveland Gets 10 Calls Every Cleveland. Dec. 19 (P) Teiephone inquiries about Dr. Samuel I.

Shoppard's murder trial have been coming in to the Cleceland Plain Dealer uninterruptedly since a jury got the case Friday morning. And at an average rate of 10 a minute. "There hasn't been a minute thAt. the wasn't lighted." Joan Yassanye. chief operator; said.

Any mention television of the name Sheppard brings a up in the heavy flow of calls, she said. 4. Minute On Sheppard Jury in Sheppard Continued From Page I. low voice. It impossible to hear what he said, but Dr.

Sam, his whose lips had been drawn in as older brother spoke to him, said, "Okay." Then he turned 10 Deputy. Sheriff James Kilroy who snapped on handcuffs. They walked out of the room. Dr. Sam was wearing the same oxford grey single-breasted suit he has worn during the marathon deliberation.

Outside court the oldest Shoppard brother, Dr. Richard 38, was asked how he Brother's Report pretty tired of waiting. he replied. Dr. like Richard, an surgeon the other brothers land their father, walked out into the snow.

wife, Dorothy, accompanied him. 4, "How's Sam?" they were asked as they left. "Looks good," Dr. Richard plied. "How does he feel? Is he bearing up okay?" "He didn't tell me, but he looks pretty good." haludse told Blythin, reporters after he the had jury no idea how Jong he would let deliberations run befort inquiring of the jurors how they were getting along.

had said earlier that the jury' had not made any requests to him "in any way whatsoever. for called the Getting other his evening, WrApS Judge on 10 Blythin leave re- cases he had had in which the jury deliberated at length and reported it could not agree. But this case has factors in it that not many cases do." he said "Seven weeks of testimonymore than 200 exhibits -and it is so heavily circ*mstantial. "Sees Delay "TO get 12 people to agree UNder that kind of picture is not casy matter under. any conditions.

I don't think the fact they sit down for three or four days is unusual. It is a perfectly natural thing. "If there WAS A chance they were convinced they could not agree they'd at Jeast speak up in court. There are enough intelligent people there -it's a pretty intelligent group -that if they were convinced they'd tell their foreman 10 speak up and say they could not agree." A reporter asked: "If the same situation exists tomorrow night, what will you do?" The judge's eyes twinkled. He fixed the reporter with a stare through his thick-lensed glasses.

"Who's got a hoard?" he asked. "Get the chalk. Put a big 'if' on it as the answer 10 that Then he added seriously: "Tomorrow: if they don't report. I'll a little conference with counsel and perhaps decide where we go from here." Asked what time tomorrow, he chuckled. He didn't answer.

But he said: "I'm not at all dissatisfied with the way things have gone." Dr. Sam at Services As called: reporters left. "December the room, the judge 25th I'm taking off, fellows. I won't bel Judge Blythin tomorrow morning begins sitting as a jurist in Another murder case. in the room across the hall from the Sheppard courtroom.

He will sit As A. menher of a three- -judge panel in that case. He said he cane leave the bench any time if Sheppard jury wants to tell him anything. Reporters asked defense lawyer Arthur Petersilge what he thought about the lengthy deliberations. "Nothing my mind's a he replied.

Earlier in the day the 30-year-old osteopath attended Protestant services conducted by Fr. Carl W. Bothe of the St. James Episcopal Church. who conducted "simplified form of vespers? on "the end of Advent and beginning, of the Christmas Fr.

Bothe explained to the prisoners in the sixth floor chapel that "'a person. gets nothing out of religion unless he puts something into it. The handsome young osteopath, Fr. Bothe said, has been "very in his attendance at the Sunday services and has communicated with the clergymen several times on the welfare of fellow -prisoners. No Advice Asked Thus far.

the jury has not asked for any instruction or advice from Judge Blythin, giving no hint as to 11. what was it noted may be last night considering. that when asked if there would be any use in considering further that there no hesitation in the reply. The jury also promptly signified their desire 10 return this morning. to resume.

The jurors, representing the Protestant, Catholic and Jewish faiths, agreed not 10 attend services of their choice a today. The jury bailiff, Simon W. Steenstra, said the advised them 10 "ask God guide their minds to do their owrk as they were doing." While the jury ale. Sunday dinner at a downtown hotel, Dr. Sheppard had regular, prison fareroast beef, mashed potatoes, yellow string beans and coffec.

Dr. Stephen was the first of his immediate family to arrive this morning. The others came later after church services. Corrigan, who left courtroom Friday after the jury WaS charged. arrived shortly before the noon recess raising speculation that something might develop.

However, the routine of handing the jurors over 10 their bailiffs went off with again no hint of any progress. Corrigan observed: "It just goes on and on and on." The jurors. described by a court attache as "the friendliest bunch I've ever telephoned their families during the noon recess and several asked for, clean clothre-ling. The remarkably serious-minded jury appeared not 10 be divided seriously by any cliques. Reports were that the jurors all call each other.

by. first names and spend their little off time visiting friendly fashion and telling jokes. None of the jurors has any of his belongings. back from the trial's week and was the the hotel. Today inauted the actual start of 141h- day on which sessions were held.

Pope Is Taken For Ride, Stroll Vatican City. Dec. 19 19-Ailing Pope Pius NII. 78. had outing today, riding in, his limousine and walking briefly in the sunlit Vatican gardens.

His ride and 'stroll today lasted 120 minutes. five minutes less than yesterday's. Accompanying the pontiff and helping him during the walk were his private physician. Dr. Ricardo Galeazzi-Lisi, and Dr.

Paul Nichans, a Swiss glandular specialist. The outings are prescribed by Dr. Galeazzi-Lisi and consulting physicians 10 build up the Pope's strength. With these activities and regimen of increased feeding. they hope to combat the stomach ailment that caused his grave collapse 17 days ago.

Report Hits Continued From Page 1 ican interests." But Goodwin went along on the basic GOP finding that the foun-5142 dations supported "subversion." Emphasizing that they were using the word in its "true meaning." the three Republicans the "leftist trend of the in the social sciences has worked to undermine some of our precious institutions. and some of our basic moral and religious and political principles." H. Rowan Gaither, president of the Ford Foundation, said the commitice proceedings werela "biased from the start to finish' were held "in flagrant disre-! gard of the principles of fairmind-118 edness, fair hearings and fair play." barred the group, he foundation said, not only! "has from testi-igan fying not even published the written statement we submitted under oath." "that only conclude." he said. the authors of the report regard as un-American every man. idea or institution with which they happen to Dean Rusk, president of the Rockefeller Foundation, said the GOP report discredited in advance by the procedures used in its "Flimsy allegations have been accepted as fact without the support of trustworthy evidence," he said.

socialistic teachings in the schools to the detriment of true Americanism. "Foundations promote internationalism to the detriment of Amer- Washington, Dec. 19. (INS) -Senlate investigators blamed real both estate the ingovernment and the dustry for the multi-million dollar. federal housing.

'scandals today, charging eight years they hoodwinked Congress into thinking all was well. Profiteers Accused blasted Housing AdThe Senate, Banking, Committee ministration As "bureaucracy at its worst," and said it "wholly ignored" An act Congress and permitted racketeers and 'unscru-' I pulous" builders to rake in tre. mendous profits during the nation's worst housing shortage. At the same time, the committee accused industry groups of "protecting' the profiteers and charged and the FITA led Congress astray with statements that "concealed from the committee abuses in this prograin." The committee emphasized that not all builders were involved in the scandals. Put it said: "'A few sometimes dishonest, builders and repairmen and incompetent, lax and sometimes dishonest FHA officials used the act as a.

vehicle to enable a few 10 reap fortunes at the expense. of the American The committee also declared that if rental housing can not he obtained without windfall profits. builders then it would be "better" for the government itself to do the job. The senators said builders must get over the notion that the government must. subsidize their industry to whatever extent is to keep them operating in, high gear.

The committee's charges were contained in a 140-page report culminating an investigation which he. last April 12 when President Eisenhower revealed scandals and literally rocked the construction industry. Senate Banking Chairman Homer E. Capehart centered his committee's probe on builders who inflated FHA-insured loans for new pocketed million dollar profits on. apartment projects.

In most cases, the builders invested little or no cash of their own to get: the jobs started. A second facet of the lion concerned, racketeers who fleeced unsuspecting home owners out lars" of "hundreds of repair millions jobs of pegged dolat exorbitant prices. Committee sources said the Capehart report was "much stronger' in its original draft but was fied" at the insistence of Democratic members. Gone from the report were charges by Capehart that' the scandal involved A "billion dollars" or that it was the "worst" in history. Although the Democrats generally approved the report, the six minority members interspersed the document with 'numerous dissents; They objected to references that FHA officials and builders were guilty of "fraud' and said the that report: does not make it clear "only A relatively few the ina dustry and in the FHA were, guilty of malfeasance.

obstruction or deliberate misrepresentation." Vorys Supports Coast Blockade To Free Airmen Columbus, 0., Dec. 19 -The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committec said today he favored blockade of the China coast if Red China to 1'Ce lease imprisoned American fliers. Rep. John M. Vorys.

(R-0.) added he did not favor an invasion of the China mainland. Vorys toured 20 nations in Asia: and the Middle East on a survey mission with Rep. James P. Richards (D-S. who takes over the chairmanship in the new Congress.

Vorys. answering a. question, said he would favor a blockade of the China coast if Red China fails to release the imprisoned American fliers. But only, he said, if the United States can back it "I'd want to consult, with our military leaders more -than I have. before we impose.

a blockade." he said. "We must not. run a bluff and have our bluff 5142 Russians 1. Over 100 Years, Moscow Claims London, Dec. 19 (UP)-Radic Moscow said today that there are men and women in the Soviet Union over 100 years of age.

Soprom Gabidzashvili of the village of Orkhedi in Georgia is 136 and still quite vigorous although his hearing and eyesight have "deteriorated unconsiderably," the broadcast said: But the oldest Soviet male citizen is Ezhvazov, who is 143, Moscow said. Ile lives in the lage of Azerbaijan his wife, Surra, "who is "over and has daughter, Dalya, who has reached, the broadcast. century mark, Ezhvazov accord- hag descendants, Moscow said. Two 145-year-old women, identified as Vasilisa Kozlicina and Eka, torina Provozina; live in the Kurvillage in Krasnodar Krai. Moscow said.

Moscow said that workers of the Scientific Research Institute of Biology at Kharkov University have compiled a card index about the aged. According to the index, there are 40,000 inhabitants of the Soviet Union more than 90 years of age, about 30,000 of them wom5 en. years are of 4424 age persons and 717 from more 100 than 110 years old, the broadcast said. Some seashells weigh more than 500 pounds. Ey 9 n.

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