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Cubans Charge
It S Marines
Will Land Soon
Washington Says
'Nuts' to Report
HAVANA UP) (irk-- The govern-
ment press charged in bold head-
lines Saturday that U S Marines
will invade Cuba within 18 days
Washington responded to the charge
with "nuts"
James C Haggerty White House
press secretary called the accusa-
tion a typical Cuban government
smokescreen that contains not a
word of truth
But the charge which the Cas-
tro press here attributed to "re-
liable sources" outside Cuba
spread invasion fever throughout
the island for the third time in a
year
The reports of impending inva-
sion were published on the eve of
big celebrations marking the start
of Prime Minister Fidel Castro's
third year in power They followed
a lengthy Cabinet session at which
restrictions were placed on U S
tourists and a tightening of internal
controls was ordered
The regime had suffered fresh
diplomatic reverses in Latin Amer
tea Among the developments:
The Cuban Embassy began pack-
ing up in Lima It was ordered out
when Peru broke diplomatic rela-
tions Friday night Some other
Latin-American nations have been
considering the same move to isolate
Cuba charging that embassy agents
in their capitals are spreading revo-
lutionary propaganda
There was talk in Uruguay of
calling a special inter-American
foreign ministers conference in
January two months ahead of a
regular session in Ecuador to con-
sider breaking with Cuba en
mane
The Uruguayan government said
Friday night it is thinking of cut-
ting all tics with Cuba
A petition circulated in Panama
for an end to all diplomatic and
trade relations with Havana
Colombia Venezuela Argentina
and Chile may follow the lead of
others diplomats speculated Vene-
zuela has refused to accredit a
Cuban ambassador to Caracas
Cuatemala Haiti Nicaragua Par-
aguay and the Dominican Republic
have already withdrawn their top
diplomats from Havana
Announcer Coot Over
Incident Arrested
MEDWAY Mass (JP) — Ronald
Greene 26 an announcer for radio
station WMRC went on the air
Friday night with his usual pro-
gram of recorded music and news-
casts Several times he asked his io-
dience to notify police immediately
if they had information about a
hit-and-run motorist who earlier
had struck and killed a Medway
boy
Police Chief William Giallonardo
was standing just outside the broad-
cast studio when Greene completed
his final news announcement and
arrested him as the hit-and-run
driver
Greene was booked on a man-
slaughter charge early today in the
death of Domenick de Fazio 12
The boy was killed by an auto-
mobile while wheeling his bicycle
along Route 109 Friday The motor
1st did not stop
Giallonardo said a fender orna-
ment about the size of a half dol-
lar found near the scene led to
Greene's arrest
He said it matched a piece miss-
ing from an automobile parked in
the municipal parking lot The ear
was trawl through its registration
number as Greene's
Foto Children Die
In Blazing House
LOS LIMAS N M (r) — Four
children were burned to death here
early Saturday morning when a can
of kerosene exploded and turned
their two-room frame house into
an inferno
The father and mother of the
children and five other children
were able to escape
The dead are the sons and daugh-
ters of Mr and Mrs Jose Archi-
beque Los Luna&
The bodies were buried beyond
recognition funeral home attend-
ants said Dead are Euginio 11
Nestora 6 Christin a 4 and
Frank 2
THE WEATHER -
At Ponca City Airport:
(Data from FAA Flight
Service Station)
I am-38 7 am 34
I pm— 42 7
Saturday's high to 7 pm 45
Friday's maximum 51
Minimum past 24 hours 31
Relative humidity 64 percent at
7 pm
Maximum wind velocity 35 mph
Time 12 noon
Barometric pressure 7 pm 2805
(steady)
Barometric pressure reduced to
Ica level 3001
Nikita Says
He'll Bury
U2 Hatchet
MOSCOW (JP) — Soviet Premier
Khrushehev Sunday offered to bury
the hatchet with the United States
over last summer's U2 spy plane
incident
"We would like this unfortunate
incident to become a thing of the
past with the departure of the old
president" Khrushchev said refer-
ring to Eisenhower in a speech at
a mammoth New Year's party in
the Kremlin
The premier did not indicate
however that Russia would release
the U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers
The Tass news agency said
Khrushchev brought up the U2 in-
cident when he "recalled a state
ment made by Mr Kennedy (President-elect
John F Kennedy) dur-
ing the U S election campaign
that if he were president he would
express his regret to the Soviet gov-
ernment over the U2 plane flight"
Tass quoted Khrushchev as say
ing "We would like this unfor-
tunate incident to become a thing
of the past with the departure of
the old president
"Considering all this we evident-
ly need not insist on the discussion
of this question by the United Na-
tions General Assembly so that a
bad past does not hamper the hopes
for a good future"
Khrushchev obviously in an ebul-
ient mood said in a toast he hoped
that "a fresh wind will begin to
blow with the coming of the new
president that the unhealthy atmos-
phere in relations between the So-
viet Union and the United States
will begin to clear
"We would like our bad relations
with the United States to slip into
the past with the old year" the
Soviet leader said
U S Issues Sharp
Warning Against
Laos Intervention
WASHINGTON (tP)—In a state-
ment approved by President Eisen-
hower the United States sharply
warned Red China and North Viet
Nam Saturday against armed inter-
vention in support of Communist
rebels in Laos
The warning carried a solemn
reminder to the Communist pow
ers—tht wording was broad enough
to include the Soviet Union—that
the United States is committed by
treaty to help meet "the common
danger" in event of aggression in
Southeast Asia
Issuance of the warning by the
State Department followed a mid-
day meeting at the White House
where Eisenhower consulted with
his top military diplomatic and
intelligence advisors on the devel-
oping Laotian crisis
The President -is understood to
have ordered that precise and de-
tailed information be provided him
immediately on the nationality size
and apparent intentions ( forces
reported to have entered northern
Laos from Communist Viet Nam
President-elect John F Kennedy
was kept informed of the develop-
ing situation officials here report-
ed through Dean Rusk his secre-
tary of state-designate Rusk in
New York for the New Year week-
end was in frequent touch with the
State Department Saturday
Secretary of State Christian A
Herter who is in South Carolina
for the holiday was given reports
by Acting Secretary Livingston T
Merchant by telephone Herter is
due back here Sunday afternoon
State Department press officer
Joseph Reap who issued the Eisenhower-approved
statement late Sat-
urday was asked whether the
United States understood that the
invading force was substantial in
size or just a handful of men
"It is much more than a hand
ful" Reap said
Reap indicated that a prompt
step would be consultation at
Bangkok Thailand sof the perma-
nent council of the eight-nation
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
The United States is a member of
this six-year-old alliance formed to
oppose Red subversion and aggres-
sion in Southeast Asia
Oklahoma City Man
Dies In State Crash
By The Associated Press
Oklahoma counted its first traf-
fic fatality of the New Year's holi-
day weekend Saturday night with
the death of John A Stewart of
Oklahoma City
The death raised the toll for the
year to 656 well above the 642 who
were killed on state highways in
1959
Oklahoma City police said Stew-
art wris crossing a street with a
five-gallon can of gasoline when he
was hit by a car driven by Billy
Ray Baldwin of Oklahoma City
The gasoline can caught Lre
burning the victim But officers
said examination showed he had
died of the Mill SiOn injuries
Belgium Leader
Stands Firm On
Economic Plans
Says He Wants
Fighting Ended
BRUSSELS Belgium (-1') — Pre-
rnier Gaston Eyskens told the na-
tion Saturday night that his
government will tolerate no more
violence from strikers protesting
his plans for economic reform
'Without referring to Friday's
ugly clash between sabre-swinging'
state policemen and rock-throwing
demonstrators in which a man was
killed in 11- heart of Brussels the
premier "A poorly informed
part of our population has been
stirred up and excited—and there
are some who want to win political
decisions in the streets"
"In the difficult circumstances
of today our united government
shoulders its responsibilities Ve
cannot and Will not tolerate vio-
lence" he added
The Socialists have resorted to
violence because they say Eyskens'
government a coalition of Social
Christians and Liberals ignored
them in working out the reform
program The austerity program
was prompted by the loss of reve-
nues from the newly independent
Congo
The strikers are trying to make
' the premier withdraw the new
legislation for tax and social se-
curity reform They say it will
place hew burdens on the working
man cut down social security bene-
fits and affect pensions
Only a few hours before
Eyskens spoke over the state ra-
dio 2000 demonstrators staged a
"mourners' march" through the
main streets of Brussels
With black-bordered flags they
nonored Francois van der Strappen
30 mortally wounded in Friday's
pitched battle A dozen others were
injured
Strike leaders warned the march-
ers against stone-throwing and vio-
lence One union official said:
"Perhaps this will do more than
shouts slogans and broken win-
dows" Paper Says Solon
May Become New
College President
TULSA (iP) — State Sen Clem
Hamilton Heavener school superin-
tendent Saturday was descried by
the Tulsa World as a "strong possi-
bility" to become the new presi-
dent of Eastern A&M College at
Wilburton
Dr E T Dunlap currently is
president of the college but recently
was named chancellor higher edu-
cation effective July 1 Dunlap still
hasn't submitted his resignation for
the Regents for A&M Colleges who
must name Dunlap's replacement
Hamilton asked za comment on
the possibility said a person in his
profession "is always interested in
advancement"
"Certainly that would be a
worthy office to seek" he said
But he declined further comment
noting the Wilburton post is not
now vacant
The World said Forrest McIntire
administrative assistant to the A&M
Regents reported several applica-
tions already have been submitted
but he has not seen one from Ham-
ilton McIntire said regents won't act
on the post until Dunlap resigns
and all applicants are screened and
interviewed
"The board will certainly consider
everyone who applies" he said
"They all will be interviewed and
the board intends to get the best
'man available"
Tiff May Be Over Appointments
Edmondson May Clash With Senate
By JIM MONROE
OKLAHOMA CITY (IP) — Gov
J Howard Edmondson and the state
Senate may clash in the weeks
ahead over confirmation of Ed-
mondson appointments — just as
they did early in the 1959 session
The governor has made 25 ap-
pointments during the interim
which must have Senate confirma-
tion Several other major appointments
are to be made early in the session
For instance the governor says
he will re-appoint John Doo lin of
Alva and Harold Stuart of Tulsa
to the Highway Commission when
their terms expire in February
The terms of George Key chair-
man of the state Election Board
and Paul Darrough Jr Republican
Board member expire in January
Edmondson tried to push Key off
of the board last spring and is al-
most certain to appoint somebody
to take his place Key reportedly
does not want another terns
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TWO OF THREE occupants of this car were seriously injured in a two car accident Saturday at U S
77 and South Avenue Seriously hurt were the driver Jeff D IScroggins and Mrs Dar 'hiss Lundy 41
both of 308 West Cherry Two other persons buf 1 ere d lesser injuries
Negro Named to Housing
Post May Be Controversial
PALM BEACH Fla (P) — President-eleceJohn F Kennedy Saturday
named a Negro civil rights crusader to the top U S housing post and a
Harvard dean to be White House assistant on national security affairs
One appointment — that of Robert C Weaver of New York — may
become a matter of controversy The other — of Republican McGeorge
Bundy — already is Gov Foster Furcolo of Kennedy's home state of
Massachusetts assailed it in advance as incredible
Weaver chairman of the National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People and an advocate of racially desegregated housing was
selectbed to bp administrator of the Musirt: and Home Finance Agency
This would be the highest govern-
ment executive position ever held
Britain Faces Open 1 by a Negro
Show of Defiance
From Tribal Rulers
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LONDON ()—Britain faced 14 n
Open show of defiance Saturday
from the tribal rulers of the rebel
African province of Buganda
The Buganda Parliament voted
unanimously to secede at midnight
from the British protectorate of
Uganda of which Buga )da is part
and declare its independonce
Buganda's young ruler Kabaka
(King) Frederick Mutese II thus
risked being toppled from his
throne by the British government
Britain has in the past given
veiled warnings it will not tolerate
any kind of disintegration within
Uganda an East African territory
now emerging toward independent
statehood
By flouting the British warnings
the Buganda Parliament upholders
of the rule of the king also ran the
risk of being suspended and re-
placed by the British administra-
tors The 35-year-old Cambridge-educated
king and his ministers warned
earlier they would quit the pro-
tectorate and proclaim their inde-
pendence January 1—unless their
ancient rights and powers are pre-
served when Uganda achieves
statehood
No date has been set for Uganda's
independede But the people of
Buganda fear their ancient tribal
rights and the king's own position
will be threatened by the broader
democratic forms that will emerge
when Uganda is independent
State May Draw Interest
OKLAHOMA CITY LT) — The
state attorney general today ruled
Oklahoma may draw two percent
interest on $100 milliton it has in
380 state banks
Some Republicans are reported to
be unhappy with the Election Board
over the 6th District congressional
race recount and may push for an-
other GOP member of the board
Edmondson appoints a Republican
member from a list submitted by
the state party
The Senate is certain to study
carefully Edmondson's appointments
to the Election Board Because if
he named two men who would side
with him later the governor could
take control of the election machin-
ery away from the Senate
One fight over confirmation was
avoided when Harley Venters of
Ardmore resigned this week as pre-
siding judge of the state Industrial
County Sen Torn Tipps also of
Ardmore disclosed later he would
have tried to block Venters from
receiving confirmation
So far senators have nnt an-
nounced ononsition to any particu-
lar appointment But several are
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Weaver said he will resign the
NAACP post when he gets his new
job
Kennedy bristled a bit at a ques-
tion as to how Southern Democrats
in Congress might react
With Weaver by his side at a
news conference Kennedy said:
"Well I have selected a man
who I think can do the job and
1 am hopeful that that will be the
judgment of all Americans"
Weaver is a nationally known
housing expert He is vice presi-
dent of the New York City Hous-
ing and Redevelopment Board He
Is 53 and has a doctor's degree
from Harvard
Bund y 41 is dean of the
Harvard faculty of arts and
science He opposed Furcolo's
election as governor in 1958
Advance word that Bundy was
expected to fict the White House
national security post drew from
Furcolo a statement that: "It is
completely incredible that President-elect
Kennedy would name a
person so completely unqualified
as McGeorge Bundy 1 am getting
in touch with the president-elect
because I do not believe it is pos-
sible he would even consider a
person so lacking in qualification
for any position of trust and con-
fidence as Bundy"
Kennedy made another ap-
pointment Saturday that stirred
up no immediate prospects of a
fuss lie selected Boisfeuillet
Jones vice president and admin-
istrator of health services at
Emory University Atlanta Ga
to be assistant secretary of
health education and welfare
Kennedy headquarters described
Jones 47 as "a nationally re-
nowned figure in the field of health
and medicine" He is a native
Georgian Last year he was chair-
man of a panel which studied the
adequacy of government programs
for medical research and reported
to the Senate Appropriations Com-
mittee poised and ready and a hassle could
break out in the first few weeks
of the session
"We're going to use our power
of confirmation" said one senator
"He (Edmondson) has stripped us
of about everything else"
The reference was to patronage
which has pretty much ended be
cause of the merit system for state
employes Senators formerly spun sored long lists of state workers
Two years ago Edmondson's first
major clash with the Senate was
over the appointment of Jenkin
Lloyd Jones editor of the Tulsa
Tribune as a member of the High-
way Commission -
Twice the governor appointed
Jones and twice the Senate refused
to confirm him
Edmondson finally gave up and
appointed Stuart to the post
Among the appointments to be
confirmed are:
John Tater Jr of Enid and R L
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De Gaulle Implies
He May Resign If
Referendum Fails
PARIS (1P) — President Charles
de Gaulle implied Saturday night
he will resign unless France gives
massive endorsement to his Alger-
ian policies in the January 8 ref-
erendum on Algeria's future
In a radio and television address
carried throughout France and Al-
geria De Gaulle insisted on "im-
mense approval" of his plans for
local autonomy and eventual self-
determination for the territory
He cited this course as the way
to peace in North Africa after more
than six years of rationalist rebel-
lion The Fiilen leader did not put his
resignation thieat in simple words
but his typical phrasing left little
doubt that he would step down if
the referendum fails to give him
a clear-cut mandate
"For myself" De Gaulle said
"you are well aware of what a
blow it would be — preventing me
from continuing my task"
De Gaulle predicted serious con-
sequences for France if the results
of the referendum are "negative or
indecisive
De Gaulle and his predecessors
have refused to recognize the right
of other countries or the United Na-
tions to intervene in Algeria con-
tending the rebellion is exclusively
a French problem The rebels want
a U N-supervised referendum
Many of De Gaulle's bitterest op-
ponents admit France probably
would undergo a period of grave
and possibly bloody turmoil if the
president were to resign in the
midst of the crisis
Argentina May Snap
Relations With Cuba
BUENOS AIRES Argentina (iP)
—The newspaper "Correo de la
Tarde" said Argentina "is disposcd"
to break relations with Cuba
The afternoon paper said Saturday
that it learned this from circles
close to the Argentine Foreign Min
istry
1 Crowder Jr of Torikawa state Re-
gents for Higher Edvation
Dr Mark Johnson Oklahoma
City and Eph Monroe of Clinton
Regents for the University of Okla-
homa Jack Cornelius Jr Broken Bow
president of the state Board of
Agriculture
Tex Bynum pardon and parole
officer
Wayne N Wallace Antlers and
Jack Parish Tishomingo Wildlife
Conservation Commission
Dr Charles C Spencer Ada Ed-
ucational Television Authority
Dr Paul Kernek Holdenville
Dr R D McCullough Tulsa and
Dr Wiliam Weaver Muskogee state
Board of Health
Archie Stout Wewoka Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board
LIcyd Church Wilburton Water
Resources Board
William R Williams Altus Re-
gents for A&M Colleges
Four Persons Hurt
In Local Two Car
Crash Two Serious
Victims in One Vehicle Said Tossed
Out As Auto Makes Spin Across Road
Four persons were injured two seriously in a two-car intersection
crash at U S Highway 77 and South Avenue about 5:30 pm Saturday
Pollee identified the seriously injured as Jeff D Scroggins 44 and
Mrs DeVelbiss Lundy 44 both of 308 East Cherry They were admitted
to P011ea City Hospital
Mrs Lundy suffered a fractured left arm and severe face and head
lacerations Seroggins suffered lacerations
Billy Delaney 12 of Route 3 a passenger in the car driven by Scrog-
gins escaped with only bruises and abrasions and Mrs Ida leen Grim ley
836 North Ash suffered a fractured
thumb
Officer Russell Jones said Scrog
gins Mrs Lundy and the Delaney
Road Death Toll youth were throws from the ye-
hide in which they were traveling
following the collision in the inter-
R
section with a car driven by Dale
uns Below Mark Eugene Grim ley 22 who is in the
Navy stationed at San Diego Calif
Mrs Grim ley was a passenger in
toC el Last Season the car driven by her husband
Seroggins Jones said stopped at
a stop sign on South Avenue while'
headed east then pulled into the
By The Associated Press intersection where the front of the
Traffic ----— 95 Grimly ear traveling north on
Fires — litt US 77 collided with the right rear
Mitwellaneous 23 side of the Scroggins vehicle
' Total 139 The Grim ley car skidded 102
The long New Year's holiday feet before the collision Jones
weekend entered its most dangerous said
phase Saturday night in the grip The officer theorized the Serop
of a heartenIng trend: Highway ac- gins car spun around one time
cidents were claiming less than half throwing the occupants out It came
as many lives this year as last to a stop east of the highway
Twenty-six hours into the 78- Damage to the Grimley car was
hour period the highway death estimated at 9300 The Seroggins
toll stood at 74 At the same hour vehicle was extensively damaged
Road Death Toll
Runs Below Mark
Set Last Season
By The Associated Press
Traffic 95
Fires 18
Miscellaneous 23
Total 138
The long New Year's holiday
weekend entered its most dangerous
phase Saturday night in the grip
of a heartenIng trend: Highway ac-
cidents were claiming less than half
as many lives this year as last
Twenty-six hours into the 78-
hour period the highway death
toll stood at 74 At the same hour
during the 1959-60 New Year's pe-
riod 153 persons had perished on
the highways
"Obviously it's a very good 'm-
ord" said one safety expert i t
the same time he pointed out that
the yearend holiday unlike others
holds greater danger for rnotorios
duelng its middle period the—Into
'hours when New Year's eye cele-
brators are on the prowl
The latest statistical picture shows
95 dead in traffic 18 in fires 25 in
miscellaneous accidents for a total
of 138
During the 1959-60 three-day holi-
day a total of 374 highway deaths
were counted a record for a three-
day New Year's weekend
The National Satety Council cred-
ited careful driving and strict traf-
fic enforcenient for the slow pace
of fatal aimidents so far But a
council spokesman noted it remains
to be seen whether the slower
trend continues
Twelve persons lost their loves
in three separate accidents A two-
car collisica near Alamogordo NM
killed seven Three youths died in
a Wisconsin accident and two sis-
ters were killed in a collision in
Maryland
New Mexico also was the scene of
a fire fatal to four young children
A can of kerosene exploded de-
stroying their two room frame
house in the town of Los Luna&
The parents and two other children
escaped
The council in a preholiday es-
timate said 340 traffic deaths might
occur during the 78-hour period
that began at 6 pm Friday and
continues until midnight Monday
In add'tion to ne 374 traffic
deaths last New Year's there were
63 deaths from fires and 76 from
miscellaneous accidents for a total
of 513
Expected Controversy
Over Memorial Started
WASHINGTON (iP)—The expect-
ed controversy over the design time job at the post office Chief
Winfrey said the fire broke out
picked for a memorial to the late
President Franklin D Roosevelt in McAneny's apartment about an
hour and a half later
was kicked off Saturday—in a mild
-
sort of way—by one of his sons
Rep James D Roosevelt D- Kennedy Defends Plan
Calif said "It's a good deal more
modernistic than my father would i For Television Talks
have approved of"
The pattern of the proposed me- I PALM BEACH Fla Gri—John I'
morial consists of eight concrete Kennedy defended Saturday his
stabs each of which looks like a plan for live television and radio
towering bookend lounging in a coverage of his news conferences as
rough circle They range in height president
up to 156 feet He called it part of a trend for
James Roosevelt noted that his greater communication of presiden
father had fought against modern- !nal views to the people "who are
istic designs suggested as memorials I very much involved in his deci-
to President Jefferson I stone
But the congressman said he still Kennedy spoke out in comment
hasn't made up his own mind about on criticiim of-his plan by Sir Har-
the proposed design mar Nicholls Conservative member
"I'm going to have to go down of Britain's Parliament
and have a look at it for myself" At a news conference Saturday
he said at his Atlantic shore home Ken
nedy was told that Sir Hiirmar had
said regarding the plan: "The slick
Government Plans question and the quick reply give
no time for informed reflection and
Gigantic Jet Plane a clumsy answer can be flashed
around the world with unneces-
WASHINGTON UP) — The gov- sarily disastrous consequences"
ernment plans to develop a gigantic 1 don't think the questions
Jet plane that could carry tons of should be termed 'slick' that are
cargo long distances either for mill- asked by the Amer ican press
tary or civilian use should they?" Kennedy replied
As envisioned the plane would
have the capactiy to fly 10 tons of - DOE Shoots Boy
cargo across the Pacific or 25 tons WEBSTER Mass (P) — Neil La
across the Atlantic It could hold rift 15 was shot by a dog Friday
civilian goods military equipment The youth's 12-gauge shotgun wal
or parachutists leaning against a tree His ham
The Air Force has budgeted $301 was above the muzzle The dog'
million for the project which comes ' paw hit the trigger and the gill
under the government's general pro- discharged Young Larini lust hi
gram to modernize the Military Air little finger and part of the palt
Transport Service of his left hand
Blaze Started By
Cigaret Kills
Woman: Six Hurt
KANSAS CITY 01—Fire started
by a cigaret burned a woman to
death and caused injuries to six
persons who jumped from second
and third floor windows of an
apartment building late Saturday
The blaze broke out on the first
floor of the four-story Almeda
Vista building at 4531-33 Main in
mid-town Kansas City It Watt burn
ing fiercely Inside an apartment
when a janitor opened the door to
investigate smoke
The flames leaped into the halt
and spread quickly as the janitor
Bill Davis raced through the halls
pounding on doors to alert resi-
dents Mrs Helyn Dunn Barton 43 who
lived on the third floor was killed
She ran down the stairs but was
caught by the flames on the second
floor Her body was found in the
hallway there by Bob Barker who
had run from a tavein across the
street to help
The six injured persons jumped
from windows before firemen ar-
rived The firefighters took several
others down ladders
Some residents escaped down the
rear stairway
Firemen quickly knocked out the
blaze Battalion Chief John Wass
estimated damage to the building
at S5000 and $10000 to contents
John Winfrey chief of fire pre-
vention said a 23-year-old music
student from Milwaukee James
McAneny told how McAneny had
found a cigaret had burned a hole
in a sofa in his apartmentlwhile he
was taking a nap earlier in the
afternoon
MeAnenv said he poured water
on the sofa Thinking he had put
out the fire he went to a part
time job at the post office Chief
Winfrey said the fire broke out
in McAneny's apartment about an
Dog Shoots Boy
WEBSTER Mass (W) — Neil La
rift 15 was shot by a dog Friday
The youth's 12-gauge shotgun was
leaning against a tree His hand
was above the muzzle The dog's
paw hit the trigger and the gun
discharged Young Lanni lost his
little finger and part of the palm
of his left hand
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