Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 73, Decatur, Adams County, 28 March 1955 — Page 2

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Italy Premier In Washington For Parleys Top-Level Talks In Washington On Danger Os Warfare WASHINGTON (INS) — Diplomatic sources said today that Italian premier Mario Scelba will seek President Eisenhower's private estimate on the danger of war in the Formosa strait. Scelba. who arrived in Washington Sunday night, begins a series of top-level talks with U. S. officials today. .. The Italian leader was under-

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stood to be concerned over the possibility that if the Chinese Reds launch an all-out assault on the key offshore islands of Matsu and Quemoy and the U. S. becomes involved, a major war might result. The premier's close interest in the continuing crisis in the Far East also Involves the possible repercussions in Europa of a conflict oyer Formosa. The U. S. and North Atlantic treaty organizeItaly are close partners in the tion defense alliance. The top man in Italy's government. accompanied by Signora Scelba and high officials of his government, was greeted at National airport by Vice President and Mrs. Richard Nixon, secretary of state John Foster Dulles, undersecretary of state and Mrs. Herbert Hoover Jr., ts. S. Ambassador to Italy Clare Booth Luce, Italian Ambassador to the U. S. Manlio Brosio and a host of Italian and American diplomatic leaders.

Scelba confers with both President Eisenhower and Dulles today. His round of meetings will cover a wide range of subjects involving the strengthening of defenses against Communist aggression. He was to meet first with Dulles at the state department and then go with the secretary to the White House for an hour's talk, followed by a state luncheon. Top members of the Italian government, including foreign minister Gaetapo Martino, and V. S. foreign policy experts were to join in the discussions. Scelba and Martino will hold a second conference with Dulles on Wednesday. Meanwhile, they will confer with defense secretary Charles E. Wilson, treasury secretary George M. Humphrey, and foreign operations administrator Harold E. Stassen. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

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Housing Program Probe Is Planned Sengte Committee To Conduct Probe WASHINGTON (INS) — Sen. John Sparkman (D Ala.,) plans to open hearings next mouth on a new >IOO,OOO investigation covering all phases of the goveri-ment's huge housing program. Sparkman, chairman of a senate banking subcommittee on housing, says the probe will center mainly on what’s right and wrong with government housing but there may also be disclosures of some wrongdoing. The Sparkman investigation, which will be more in l,he nature of a study, is an extension of the probe of the federal housing administration Conducted last year by former banking chairman Homer E. Capehart (R Ind.) “Senator Capehait,” says Sparkman, “turned up the cases that stuck out lige sore thumbs. We don't have a crop like that to be harvested. But we want to dig deep into the whole program to see what’s happening.'’ The AlWrama lawmaker says he is .hoping for “a rather complete and thorough job” on housing. By that he said he means: 1. A penetrating review of the current housing boom to find out whether zooming housing production endangers the economy, either by fuelling the fires of inflation or by generating a surplus of homes. 2. A sweeping check on the success or failure of>the government's new urban renewal program, the plan devised by congress to eradicate slums and Improve the nation's living standards 3. A study of the problems of low-income families oin obtaining decent housing, and the role of public housing in the government's program. The FHA will also tpme in for some special attention. Sparkman

74* how to ease pain of medical bills All medical expenses that are more than 3 per cent of your adjusted gross income are deductible (it used to be 5 per cent). Also, maximum medical expenses deductible have been increased to >5,000 for a single person, or >IO,OOO for persons filing a Joint return. Payments you make for hospital and surgical protection for your family also are deductible medical expenses. You can’t, of course, deduct hospital or surgical expenses paid for you by insurance. Incidentally, the cost of medl- \ cine and drugs—including such items as aspirin, vitamins, first aid supplies—can be included as medical expenses provided they sll tally up to more than 1 per cent of adjusted gross income. says he is going to look into the lecommendattons of the Hoover commission to make the FHA less dependent on federal credit. Meanwhile, the house veterans affairs committee says it is in-i-estigsr.iOß alleged irregularities in the »G1 housing program and a public hearing on the situation may be held shortly. Chairman Olin E. Teague says the committee is studying a report that some veterans have violated the law by going through the motions of buying a house and then turning it oyer to a non-veteran ! for a profit. In the past .reports of such prac- : tiees have been- denied by the 1 veterans administration.

Some Home Building Is Beyond Demands Building In Some Areas Overdone BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (INS) — A business expert opipad today that houses are being built beyond the market demand in some areas of the nation, but that the overbuilding will be corrected in most cases by long-term growth. Dean Arthur M. Weimer, of the Indiana University school of business. commented in the March Issue of Indiana Business Review; "There is little doubt that the housing markets in some com will be depressed. It is probable also that the market tor (he poorly located older houses in many localities will be weak." Weimer said six million dwelling units have been built in the last five years, but that the nation's population is expected to increase from 163 million to 186 million in the next lb years. He noted that general statements about housing markets have little meaning unless related to specific localities, saying: "The demand for housing Is a reflection of the rate of local economic growth. Too many houses may be built in some communities at the same time too few are buili in others ...” Weimer said “current high rates of house building may be explained in large part by the favorable financing terms that have been available in recent months. The money markets appear to be tightening currently, however, aud this undoubtedly will have an effect on the availability of mortgages later in the year.” Ross Adair Speaks To G.O.P. Editors E. Ross Adair of Fort Wayne, representative in congress ‘from the fourth Indiana district, will be the noon luncheon speaker April 16 at the 77th annual spring meeting of the Indiana Republican editorial association, it was announced today by Howard Houghton, editor cf the Huntington Herald-Press and first vice-president of the association. The luncheon will be held in the Chateau room of the Claypool hotel and will precede an evening banquet in the hotel's Riley id be pt esided over by Leo C. Craig, editor of the Delphi Journal and president of the association. Senator William F- Knowland of leader in the United Stales senate and assistant publisher of the Oakland, Calif., Tiihune, will deliver the major address.

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Two Prison Guards Held As Hostages Three Os Convicts Sent From Building By Confederates LINCOLN, Neb. (INS) — Nine Nebraska penitentiary convicts, holding two guards hostage, dispatched a list of nine grievances to day to Gov. Victor E. Anderson tn a move to end their day-old rebellion. \ Their grievances were contained in a note lowered by rope from a window of the three-story maximum security building where they have been holed-up since Sunday morning. Among the demands were a promise of "no reprisals” and dismissal of all guards “we can prove are sadists or head beaters." The prisoners also asked that they be permitted to explain the grievances “personally" to the governor. They Invited the governor to come to “the north aide of the jail” for a talk “through the window.” The governor, turned down the invitation. In a written reply — attached to the same rope — the governor said he had considered the demands and that after the guards are released, he would grant each of the convicts a personal hearing. The governor's reply was sent after he had talked by telephone with the convicts from the executive mansion in Lincoln. Earlier today, three inmates were released from the security building by the revolt ringleaders. John Sanford Ward. 30, appar ently the ringleader of the nine inmates still holding out after more than 21 hours, called the office of warden Herbert Han nand Inform ecf newsmen there of the release of the three. They were identified as Ronald Larkin. 28. Elwood Glenn Robin son. 29. and Paul Barnes, 35. Gov. Victor Anderson, who has been at the prison since receiving word of the uprising Sunday morning. talked to the released inmates and said they told him the two hostage guards “had not been harmed in any way." Ward, serving a sixyear tence for burglary and auto theft, explained that the three convicts Were released 'becddkP thdy were not involved in the revolt. He add ed that Larkin had only one more year to serve on hi> sentence. „ State highway patrolmen and prison guards ringed the twp-story building this morning with their guns trained on the one door by which the besieged convicts might flee. A prison spokesman said authorities were waiting for the inmates to make the next move. Gov. Anderson said sternly that all he “had to offer at this time is a fair trial” and warned the rioters: "If they attempt to break out they will be met with at least a 50-gun salute. They had better surrender because they have nothing to gain by holding out.” It is believed the prisoners' griveance has to do with the operational and administrative procedures of the prison. The inmates seised the guards at about 11 a.m. Sunday. They overpowered one of the men while he was making a routine check, then seized his companion when he went

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GEOROI ZARtOUBIN, Russian Ambassador to the United States, leaves the State Department in Washington after conferring xwith Herbert Hoover, Jr., Undersecretary of State. Zaroubin was checking on reports that 21 Russian seamen, aboard the Soviet tanker, Tuapse, had sought political asylum. The ship was seized by Chinese Nationalists last June while en route to Red China.

to investigate the disappearance of the first guard. The two captive guards are Warren B. Miller, 43, and Eugene Swanson, 34. Guard Captain Robert Holt narrowly escaped capture. The inmates called him to the building but he became suspicious and broke away. The convicts threatened to harm the guards if officials tried to enter the second floor, or use tear gas. It wis the second outbreak in less than a year at the prison. On Good Friday last year. 75-year-old guard John Claussen was clubbed and stabbed to death in the print .shop. That incident was preceded by a few months' by several riots in which inmates charged abuse by guards. Governor Tightens Grip On Pakistan Governor Declares State Os Emergency KARACHI (INS) -- Governor General Guhlam Mohammed tightened his grip on Pakistan today. He has declared a state of emergency, assumed the power tO Wal: gamate West Pakistan provinces into one unit and the authority to form a new constitution. Pakistan has received British Commonwealth permission to become a republic. The eastern nation has a military aid pact with the U. S. and is a member of the Southeast Asian treaty organization. - — .... His action came in a move to legalize a number of fciws passed by the old constituent assembly. Ghulam Mohammed nearly half a year ago dissolved the assembly, declaring it no longer was representative. The federal high court last week declared the laws invalid because the governor general had not signed them when they had been approved by the assembly. By calling a state of emergency and taking supreme administrative authority, the governor general took the power to put the measures into effect.