The Sentinel from Carlisle, Pennsylvania • 1

ft VOL LXXIII. NO. 183. CARLISLE, THURSDAY, JULY IS, 1954 FIVE CENTS i3 IVI liiiiiiiiTnl (x I'm TTl fo) fo) A in o) Lro uvl ii DULLES REPORTS BETTER ACCORD ON INDOCHINA 70-Mile Wind Fells Trees, Cuts Power, Phone Lines In Area NEW PEACE PLAN FOR INDOCHINA SET UP BY WEST Mendes-France Meets With Molotov Tonight To Discuss Formula Utility Crews To Restore Services Nearby Towns Are Hit Hard A wind of cyclonic proportions, accompanied by sharp lightning and heavy rains, struck Carlisle and Cumberland County last night at 9 o'clock, causing damage which it is estimated will run into thousands of dollars. Many areas of Carlisle and Cumberland County were left in darkness and without telephone service as the result of the heavy wind, estimated by C.

E. Miller, local observer for the U. S. Weather Bureau, to be 70 miles pef GENEVA 0J.E) The West worked out new Indochina peace proposals today that would permit French Premier Pierre Mendes-France to obtain, an honorable cease-fire before his Monday deadline. Mendes-France and his top aide, Jean Chauvel, conferred for an hour with British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden in setting forth the West's terms.

Informed sources said they covered: 1. A cease-fire line, partitioning war-ravaged Viet Nam on or near the 16th parallel. 2. Provision for France to retain the Tonkin Gulf port of Haiphong, at least temporarily, as a staging area for the French expeditionary corps. 3.

Neutralization of Laos and Cambodia, the two smaller states of Indochina. 4. Postponement of Viet Namese elections until conditions become hour during the peak of the storm which lasted from 9 :25 until 4 clock this morning. Augmented Pennsylvania Power and Light Company and United Telephone Company crews labored throughout the entire night and today without sleep to restore service throughout the hardest hit areas." But officials of both utilities "doubted" whether they could have service-restored 100 per cent by nightfall. The storm broke suddenly after the hottest day of the year here when the thermometer climbed to 103 degrees.

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5. Exclusion of Communist na-! Agrees To Send Smith tions from the international control I After talking with the European commission to be set up to guar- statesmen, and after getting Mr. antee the armistice. Eisenhower's approval, Dulles Meets Molotov. Tonight agreed to send Undersecretary of The French premier invited So-j state Walter Bedell Smith to the viet Foreign Minister V.

Molo- Geneva conference where the Indo-tov to dinner tonight and the two china peace' talks are under way. are expected to discuss this West- emphasized today, how- em formula for settlement. Men- everf that United States is ad- SISpS0 hering to lts basic Principles. Chief Sli! vn ti" of the United States does ES, Tt hhi 1101 have a Primary responsibility probably Friday. It will be the tha TAnnuia in an effort to restore service as rapidly as possible.

The damage to the power lines in Carlisle, Newville and the West Shore was so severe that H. T. Senseman, district manager of the company, today called in 10 crews, consisting of over 100 men, from Allentown to speed restoration of power service. He told THE SENTINEL that he "doubted if all service could be restored today." He also said, "It is the worst storm to strike Carlisle since I have been associated with the company in this area." He reported at 10 o'clock this morning that Dickinson College, Dickinson School of Law, Conway Street and a section along Spring Rnart were still without power but said service would be restored as soon as possible. Aid For Newville He also reported that sections around Newville were without power all night and said a crew had been dispatched to that district to repair service.

Metropolitan Edison, which services Boiling Springs, Mt. Holly Springs and Newville, reported that 50 per cent of its distribution lines were knocked out from falling trees and limbs. The company had four crews of 22 men working around the damage. The company said it hoped to have service completely restored by nightfall. 1,000 Phones Out Robert Makibbin, of the United Telephone Company, reported at 10:30 o'clock this morning that more than 1,000 telephones in Carlisle were out of service in Carlisle and reports were still pouring in.

In Mt. Holly Springs 30 phones were knocked out, and in Newville he said 50 telephones were not working. Two lines to Newville were also knocked out, causing calls to that community to be relayed through Shippensburg. Three crews of 14 men worked throughout the night repairing the telephone damage and today two IX THE TOP riCTURE IS AX EXAMPLE OF THE DESTRUCTION caused by last night's wind storm of cyclonic proportions. TheasL New Formula "Carries No Danger" To U.

S. He Says On Return WASHINGTON C.E Secretary or Mate John foster Dulles said today that his urgent talks with the British and French in Paris brought an understanding on Indo china much more complete than has heretofore existed. "I believe that we have found a formula for constructive allied unity which will have a beneficial effect on the Geneva conference and it carries no danger that the United States will abandon its principles," Dulles said on his arrival here. Sees Eisenhower Dulles arrived at National Airport and went directly to, the White House for a conference with President Eisenhower. Dulles flew to Paris Monday night to talk over the Indochina peace talks with the Communists at Geneva with French Prime Minister Pierre Mendes-France and British Foreign Secretary Anthony nai ucaLC sillier tion and that it is firmly opposed to any appeasement peace.

Storm Disrupts I Street Dance I Last night's storm abruptly ended the street dance held in the first block of North Pitt Street. Amid a great flury of sheet music, dust and debris, the estimated 500 spectators and potential dancers hurriedly sought the nearest available shelter. Striking without a minute's notice, the high wind disrupted the orchestra as the force of the winds sent music sheets aloft, chairs and music stands sliding from the platform, and amplification and lighting equipment crashing to the ground. Within five minutes of the onset of the storm, thetreet-was empty of the crowd that had gath- lered to witness the street dance. First Of Four The dance was the first of four scheduled for this Summer by the Carlisle Recreation Board.

Band members and Stanley E. Francis, recreation director for the Borough, expressed the opinion that the affair would have been a success had the storm not dampened the spirits of those attending. The next street dance will be held July 28th in the same area. It was the opinion of many of i the spectators and participants that this dance was the shortest they had ever attended. The band had completed 30 bars of music when the storm struck.

The orchestra was from the Carlisle Band. A plea was made last evening for the return of any sheet music, regardless of condition, to either members of the band or Francis. An estimated $50 worth of selections and orchestrations were swept away by the wind. Some pieces were hand transcrib ed and of great value to trie band. A brief search immediately after the initial storm produced copies as far south as West Pomfret Street.

Bank Employe Foils Holdup By Bandits ABINGTON, Pa. suspect is in custody but another is still at large today, following an attempted bank holdup which was foiled by a quick-thinking employe. Police Chief Alwyn Streeper identified the captured man as Steven S. Smith, 25, Philadelphia. According to Streeper, Smith admitted helping stage the attempted robbery at the Abington Bank and Trust Co.

Streeper added that Smith refused to disclose the identity of the other man. Smith was captured while running across an open field about two miles away an hour after the two gunmen fled the bank. They were routed when Mrs. Myrtle Millard, secretary to the bank president, pressed an alarm button with her finger as one of the bandits stood beside her. WEATHER Fair and rathe? cooler tonleht.

Low 56 to 62. Friday, fair and 1 side of the Waggoner's Gap covered bridge was ripped off during the heavy storm, while in the lower picture can be seen a pile of Franklin and streets. tSee Page 4 for another storm photograph). Photos by Jas. F.

Steinmetz Studio Trees Cause Damage Falling trees or limbt did more damage than lightening, according to officials of the two utility companies. Lawns in Carlisle were heavily strewn with debris from falling trees and limbs, and everywhere this morning householders were busy clearing their previously well-groomed lawns and yards. Barn roofs were ripped off large plate glass windows were knocked out, television antennas were leveled and windshields on automobiles were cracked or broken by flying limbs which were carried through the air like tissue paper. Primary Lines Out The Pennsylvania Power and Light. reporting that many of its primary lines were knocked out, had 35 men and six trucks at work throughout the night "GHTNING CAUSES $25,000 BARN FIRE 2nd Fire, Wind Damage In Newville Area Two fires started by lightning tiead a long list of damages In the Newville area caused by last night's storm.

Some $25,000 worth of farm buildings were lost In a fire on the farm of Roy Wright, west of Bloserville, early this morning, according to Newville Fire Chief John Bender. A bolt of lightning at about 1:30 ignited Wright's born and silo, which housed his newly-harvested wheat, barley and hay crops, and set fire to the garage, milkhouse, hog pen and a pile of lumber with which Wright was planning to make some barn repairs. Since the telephone wires were already blown down by storm, Wright's neighbors had to drive to Bloservilla, Newville and Carlisle to notify fire companies of the blaze. Ner Friendship, erville's Upper Frankford and Carlisle's Union Fire companies arrived on the scene about 2:30 o'clock, but were able to save only the dwelling house and a large chicken house. The animals were also saved.

Lumber Yard Afire Lightning also caused a fire at the Austin Lumber Yard, RD2, Newville, about 9 o'clock last night. Several hundred dollars worth of lumber was burned before the Newville fire company could quench the blaze. A large amount of wind damage was reported in the Newville area. At the R. E.

Shaffer Trucking Company, RD2, Newville, the gale whipped the roof off a garage, which was under construction, causing the walls to collapse. Damage was estimated to be about $1000. Also valued at about $1000 was the tin roof of a large garage at Rearick Funeral Home. A new barn under construction on the Ickes farm, RD2, Newville, was reported to have collapsed in the storm. The barn was to have replaced one lost by fire only last year.

The wind also knocked over a silo and straw shed on the farm of Clair Finkenbinder, RD2. Telephone connections between Newville and points east were severed when a large tree east of town fell, cutting telephone and. power wires. Telephone service was nearly back to normal by noon. IN SENTINEL TONIGHT I Central Pennsylvania Hit By Heaviest Part Of Storm; Perry Forest Fire Doused A vicious thunderstorm, powered by winds up to 70 miles an.

hour, lashed Pennsylvania with sudden fury and turned wide sections of the State into a jungle of fallen trees, ripped roofs and fallen wires. death toll rose to at least five, including two persons killed by the storm in hard-hit Mifflin and Juniata counties, a minister killed directing traffic. around a storm-flattened tree in Lancaster County, a second traffic fatility in Lebanon County and an aged man killed performing an act of mercy in Western Pennsylvania. Robert Fultz, Mifflintown, was killed and his brother, William, 23, also Mifflintown, seriously injured when both were struck by falling sections of the steeple from the Mifflintown Presbyterian Church. were brought-4n from Gettys- i men.

Both the West and the Communists appeared confident of a settlement by Monday night, although all main issues still are unsettled. Both sides admitted they wanted peace even though the price asked by the Communists was staggeringly high. Mendes-France told close aides he expected the current deadlock to last until about only 30 minutes before his July 20 deadline expires. Then, with the clock ticking off the vital minutes, Mendes-France expects concessions that will enable the cease-fire agreement to be signed. Some officials in Washington feared, however, that Mendes-France would give in under nres-sure to the Communists in order to keep his peace-or-resign pledge which he gave at his investiture almost a month ago.

Children Unhurt As Coaster -Cable Snaps LANCASTER, Pa. U.E Sixteen children riding on a roller coaster at Rocky Springs Park escaped in jury when the cable pulling an eight-car tram broke in two. The train was about to go up a steep incline when the accident occurred. A safety device prevented the cars from slipping backward and the children jumped to safety. The youngsters were among thousands of children attending the annual picnic given by George Glad-felter, a kindly neighborhood grocer.

Gladfelter, who says he "enjoys giving children a good time," footed the bill for 12,000 frankfurters, 400 cases of soft drinks, 25,000 pieces of gum and free bus transportation to and from the park. CAMP Bl'ILDIXO BURNS DOWN INGTO WN Pa. Ui: A fire of uhdertermined origin wrecked a sprawling one-story building and destroyed administrative records at a Chester County YMCA camp. MARKET REPORTS STOCK MARKET Prices as of 1 p.m. furnished by Eastman, Dillon 100 West High Street: American Radiator, 18; American Tel.

170; Atlantic Refining, 327; Baltimore Ohio, 25; Bethlehem Steel, 71; Canadian Pacific, 27'4; Chrysler 63Vg; Dow Chemical, 43 Du Pont, 138; Gen. Pub. Utilities, General Electric, 45 'A; General Motors, 80 Kennecott Copper, 85'; Montgomery Ward, N. Y. Central, 23 Ohio Oil, 61; 43; Penna.

RR, ISM; Pepsi-Cola, 15 Phila. Electric, 371; Pure Oili, 56; Radio 326; Socony Vacuum, 43; Sunray Oil, 18; U. S. Steel. 52; Texas 67; Western Maryland, zvi estinehouse Electric, 70 Woolworth, 44.

GRAIN MARKET Prices as of 11:54 a.m. at Chicago: Wheat-Dec, 212; 214; July. 206; 209 V. Coin Dec, 148; 152 July, 159; 156. Oats Dec, 73; 75; July, 72: 71.

Rye Dec, 112S: July, 105; Sept, 108. U7; I debris and-limbs from trees at DROWNING GIRL, 19, SAVEDBY GUARD Pulled From Laurel Lake By Two Companions Prompt action by an off-duty life guard at Laurel Lake last night in ,3 tta saveu drowning. The girl, Marie Black, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard W.

Col-. lins, was reported in excellent condition today at Carlisle Hospital where she was taken after being revived by Thomas Landis, the life guard for Laurel Lake beach. Miss Black went to the beach with two companions, Doris Rife, Newville, and Ruth Ann Myers, Huntsdale. Unable to swim, she ventured too far into the lake and went Dragged To Beach' After a brief struggle Miss Rife rand Miss Myers managed to drag her on to the beach. Landis, who lives nearby was off duty at the time but was on his way to take a dip in the lake.

He was called to aid Miss Black by other swimmers. When he reached the beach he found that several bathers were attempting to give her assistance. They had her sitting on the beach and were trying to get her to drink coffee, according to Jack Ewers, assistant district forester at Pine Grove Furnace, who investigated the accident. Landis placed Miss Black head-down on an embankment and forced water from her lungs. He then worked on her with one of the beach recusitators, administering 100 per cent oxygen, thus restoring her breathing, Ewers reported.

Taken To Hospital When Landis reached the girl she was blue but her color was restored to near normal after the oxygen was administered. In the meantime the Par-lisle Ambulance resnded to "a summon and brought Miss Black to the hospital. She was given fur ther treatment bv Dr. Jnspnh by Green and bv 11 o'clock, ahnnt thre hours after the wa nulled GAS COMPANY FILES REDUCTION RATES Patrons In 4 Counties To Save $204,500 Yearly New reduced gas rates have been voluntarily filed with the Pennsyl- vama ruuuu uuutjr iuiiiiuisaiuii, -hirh will save fras rnstnmprs in this area $204,500 per year. The area includes Harrisburg, Lebanon, Carlisle, Elizabethtown and neigh boring boroughs and townships.

This announcement was made to day by Leonard B. Richards, vice' president of The United Gas Im- provement Company at Harrisburg The new lower rates will become effective on the first full month of gas service rendered after Oct 15. Every gas customer, except the very few who pay a minimum bill, will share in the savings. The amount of the savings for each customer will depend upon the amount of gas used, with greater savings as the use increases. Let ters are being sent to all customers announcing the rate reduction.

These reductions are possible because the Gas Company has been able to obtain increased supplies of natural gas. They are being made despite rising costs of most materials and services which enter into the cost of supplying gas to the customers, officials said. When the new rates become effective, the method of computing bills will be simplified. For the past year the company has supplied gas of about 800 heating units per cubic foot. The new rates have been filed on an 800 heating unit basis, and gas used will be billed on that basis.

It will no longer be necessary to apply a multiplier to gas used before figuring the bill, as now required. Late News Briefs WASHINGTON Senate Republican leaders agreed unanimously to oppose a promised move aimed at stripping Sen. McCarthy of his Senate committee chairmanships. WASHINGTON The House Judiciary Committee to strip citizenship from persons of conspiring to overthrow the burg and Chambersburg to hasten the repair of communications. Makibbin said he did not believe service would be fully restored before tomorrow.

Hospital Darkened Power and light service which was knocked out at Carlisle Hospital in the early part of the storm was restored at 11 o'clock last night after an interruption of nearly two hours. Physicians and nurses car- ed for the patients by the light from nashiignts ana the emergency lighting system. The service in the southern part of the community was knocked out by a large branch from a tree at Mooreland and South streets. Two transformer fires were reported to Carlisle police during the height of the storm. One was in the 300 block of West Louther Street and the other in North Pitt Street.

The Cumberland and Union fire companies were summoned to extinguish the fires. There was also a fire in the trees in the 600 block of North Hanover Street. Dickinson College officials reported there was more damage on the main campus by the storm than in many years. Tree limbs were strewn over the main campus as well as the newer Rush Campus. On the main campus the wind snapped off an American eim about 30 feet above the ground.

The tree crushed the bulletin board beside Old East building and brought down electric light lines with it. The offices in Old West were witi. lout lights today. Biddle Field on West High Street was strewn wnn broken limbs and a tn-e wa down at the Merger Hail dormitory on North Hanover Street. 1.03 Inrhei itt Bin The severe wind, which wn accompanied by a raiiifaU ri 1 inches, ripped tff the tia rif i the southern side of the lm Claremont Farms ana ihr Ur.t i (Continued On Counselor Killed Mrs.

LeRoy Phillips, Alden, a counselor at the Congregational and Christian Church camp at Mil-roy, was killed and at least eight children injured when the high wind ripped off the roof of the dining hall. Singing Hymn Cleon Swarts, denomination superintendent, said about "0 of the 81 children at Hartman Center were in the camp dining hall singing hymns when the high winds ripped off the roof and collapsed the concrete block walls. John Lancer, 66, Altoona, was admitted to Lewistown Hospital after a tree fell across his car on Route 22 west of Thompsontown. His condition was listed as serious. Central Pa.

Hit Though the winds and lightning ripped virtually the whole State, the most damage appeared to be centered in Central Pennsylvania where electric service was cut off for hours and roads were blocked by fallen trees. John Davidson, Harrisburg division vice president of the Pennsylvania Power Light said that by dawn today some 40.000 customers had been reported out of service, but that some 23,500 already had been restored. In several municipalities, hospitals were forced to rely on emergency power units for hours. At Bwrr Fairs rro babies were (Continued on Pig 4 CZECHS FREE SEVEN AMERICAN SOLDIERS Group Released After 12 Days In Red Hands WAIDHAUS, Germany (U.R) Czech Communist border guards handed back to U. S.

authorities at this frontier station today seven American soldiers they had held since July 4 on trumped-up spy charges. West German border guards said the Czechs returned the American officer and six enlisted men at 7 o'clock and went through the formalities of signing receipts. Newsmen were denied permis sion to talk to the men until U. S. intelligence officers question them about their 12 days in Czech Com munist hands.

The seven Americans wore, the same uniforms, now wrinkled fnd dirly, they were wearing when Czech guards seized them on Juiy 4 wliile they were riding along the frontier in a truck. The men apparently had gone on a private holiday junket and ac cidentally drove too close to the frontier. Classified Ads 19 Deaths 4 Editorials Sports 16, 17 Sunday School Lesson 8 TV, Comics 21 Women Fratures 5 pleasant. Yesterday'! high waaifrom the lake, her condition was 103. Last night the tew UM 66.

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