The Plain Dealer from Cleveland, Ohio (2024)

June 1, 1961

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The Plain Dealeri

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Thursday, June 1, 1961

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CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER THURSDAY JUNE 1 1961 42 i Bob Kennedy's Idea: Let Negro Drive Bus "I just wanted to know if broke out He said he did not i 111 jX a Chat With Trujillo is SclRcnthalcr had come here kj nff wjh qrc 4 Congress of evl9cne talk wllh Gov John Patter Coic BirminghPn polce he called police when the riot of Teamsters Retiring Head of Schools there O'Neill Raps with to do college compared with foundation tired one De an Tru of of of the De nedy buses going Com a bill local I 5 Alabama Knights of the Ku Klux Klan head man Robert of Tuscaloosa leave the Although Johnson found no evidence to' justify an' injunc Machinists Counter Bid Water Trap RANDLETT Okla armer Rcssell got of thieves tealing his gasoline He watered it and the sheriff confiscated a stalled car near the Ressell farm The car owner admitted his guilt I he Justice Department Road Name Depends on Where You Are'BALTIMORE One of the new northbound highways is referred to in this area ns the Baltimore Harrisburg Ex pressway In Harrisburg of course called the Harrisburg Balti more Expressway York Pa situated between tite two avoids any favoritism by calling it the Susquehanna Expressway trol better geared to local needs It would be more likely to have a good library a ftdl time faculty student organiza tions and adequate counseling Also speaking in favor of the bill were Charles Ingler of Dayton chairman of the In terim Commission on Education Beyond the High School and Mrs Thomas II Ham of Shaker Heights chairman of the educa tion committee of the League of Women Voters of Ohio The league is supporting the bill ''because it provides for the establishment of communi ty colleges in response to well documented local needs and for an orderly expansion of univer sity branches where preferred to full time programs offered in community colleges" Mrs Ham said PARIS Parisians mlttwltl like a crowd nt a campaign rally around President and Mrs Kennedy last night at a recep I tion given by President and Mrs Charles de Gaulle of rance 'Two thousand invited guests swarmed about the main floor of the ornate residence of rench presidents the Elysee Palace Al one point they al most jammed Mr Kennedy and the first lady against a table set up as a refreshment bar In a room off the massive tapes tried dining room De Gaulle beckoned aides to clear a path so the Kennedys could make their way out Mr Kennedy accustomed to cam paign throngs seem to mind but Mrs Kennedy ap peared just as happy to escape Earlier as an endless process sion of couples moved through the receiving line De Gaulle suddenly turned to Mr Ken 1 nedy at his side and after a few words the uniformed pro tocol official who was introduc ing the guests ordered the doors closed The result was some thing into that hugtrtratrmndvquate room Then came' the jam around the table and the de parture Cordial Good Night The de Gaulles saw the Ken nedys out by way of the mar ble terrace at the garden en trance to the beautiful palace They parted cordially for the night Mrs Joseph Kennedy the President's mother Mrs Sar gent Shriver one of his sis ters Princess Lee Radziwill Mrs sister and Prince Stanislas Radziwill were among the diner guests The first lady wore a pink and white straw lace gown and bad her hair in an ultra high fashion style with the front to ward the face and the crown in a doughnut embellished with a tiny diamond broach Canton Planning Director Bray Is Struck by Car Plain Dealer Bureau CANTON City Planning Director Gene Bray crippled since childhood by polio was struck by a car last night as he crossed the street near the temporary city hall Bray 37 who walks with the aid of two canes suffered a possibly dislocated dr broken knee He was hit at the intersec tion of 2d Street and Market Avenue South Bray was taken to Timken Mercy Hospital The planning director who led the fight recently to remove barriers in state statutes that prevented non charter cities from doing urban renewal was in the final stages of preparing Ch nt program He rcsides'with his wife and four sons at 349 Harter Avenue When he replies) that no No gro drivers were available the witness said Kennedy lold him ''Hell hellyou can look for one you" The statement came in ed eral Court after Birmingham police were cleared of blame for race rioting there1 but a simi lar Justice Department com plaint against Montgomery po lice was left pending Called as a defense witness Greyhound Supt George Cruitt of Birmingham said Ken nedy telephoned him alter reg ular drivers refused to take the bus from Birmingham to Mont gomery Several scheduled trips were canceled before a Greyhound driver finally made the run May 20 A screaming white mob at tacked the reedom Riders when the bus reached Mont gomery and the Justice Depart ment contends that police "de liberately failed" to provide pro tection With 'dismissal of the com plaint against Birmingham po lice and one of three Ku Klux Klan factions put under a tem porary no violence injunction after the rioting here Ub Dis trict Judge rank Johnson Jr is still considering possible action against Montgomery po lice and two other Klan organi zations The government seeks to compel police to protect ree dom Riders the in future and to continue the injunction against the Klans Cruitt told the court that when be told Kennedy the reg ular drivers refused to take the bus" out of Birmingham for fear of violence after rioting there the attorney general asked him to get someone else or drive it himself Seigenthaler Tlcstifies Among the first witnesses called by the defense attorney Calvin Wihtement officila John Seigenthaler who was among those beaten by the white mob in Montgomery The cheering students gave him a gift and sang Mr Woodside here to say That 35tjO children greet you to day Willoughby Eastlake far and wide sorry you're leaving us Mr Woodside five thousand six hundren pen nies we have saved To buy this figurine engraved In your retirement years to come We hope you'll remember May bl Woodside 64 joined the school system in 1938 as princi pal of the former Willoughby Union High School He was named superintendent in 1950 The children were shuttled to COLUMBUS 0 (JPl An Ohio Supreme Court judge won dered whether State Treasuer Joseph erguson wants to buy a "status Judge William O'Neill made the observation yesterday during oral arguments in a mandamus suit by erguson to clear the way for purchase of a heavy model car that exceeds specifications laid down for state officials noted that Thomas Quigley counsel for inance Di rector James Maloon drafted the specifications re ferred to the heavy model as a prestige car Quigley asserted the legisla ture vested discretion in the i nance Department to approve or disapprove orders for cen tralized purchasing Questions Authority Gerald Celebrezze assist ant attorney general said the issue is whether the finance di rector or the legislature has authority to control the money He contended Maloon lacks authority to prevent er guson's purchase of a specific car on the ground that it ranks above specifications mandamus action said $3379 appropriated by the 1959 legislature is available and more than enough for the deal that would include a 1957 model trade in He went to court after Maloon ignored an attorney general's opinion that the fi nance director lacked authority to block the transaction O'Neill also questioned from the bench whet her mandamus was a proper action in the case No Travel Provision The governor said that the petition alleged a need for the treasurer to travel about the state as part of his duties but that he found no statutory authority for such travel expenses on the part of an elected official "We did not ask for expenses for Celebrezze replied "May we assume" Judge James Bell inquired "that the treasurer will pay his own expenses for travel?" Judge Kingsley A Taft with drew from the case before the hearing opened 'The judges did not indicate when they would hand down a decision A community college should not be "the left hand of some thing the Ohio House Education Committee was told by a Clevelander last night Such a college should not be operated as an extension of a high school oi as a branch of a state university said Ralph Basse president of the Cleve land Commission on Higher Education and of the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co Two year terminal education al institutions should be added "as a much needed level of edu cation with their own problems their own public and their own independent direction" Bosse testified The committee was opening hearings on a revived commu nity college bill that already had passed the Senate Had Been Killed The Senate Education mitfec on March 28 killed that Mould have allowed groups to organize two year community colleges Later Sen Ross Popple Lima chairman of the committee offered a new bill to set up technical insti tutes Backers of the original bill succeeded iit getting an bntire measure substituted 'for Pep version two weeks ago The Democratic minority was joined by three big city Repub licans in the parliamentary move In his testimony last night Bosse took a brief jab at pri vately operated technical train ing schools that he said offered "unregulated and inadequate efforts to cover the 60 Technical "In Greater Cleveland 60 dif ferent listings appear in the yellow pages of the telephone book offering some' kind of technical training" hei "ees as high as $1000 a year are charged graduates unable qualify for the jobs they thought they were being trained Ohio lie added sends only 37 of Hs high school gradu ates to a national average of 39 and 56 in California Them arc 180000 pupils in Hie eighth grade of Ohio schools he said They will be ready Tor college in 1965 The total full time and part time college enrollment now in the state is only 179000 he added Opposes Brunches Bessc said the only alterna tive to community colleges sug gested had been state univer sity branches He opposed them for those reasons: Ono of the state's greatest needs is for technical training which the stale universities do not give and "arc not particu larly qualified" to administer The branch system operates only after high school hours because it usually uses high school buildings ull time col leges with day and night courses arc needed' A new system of community colleges would have local con Stan Hywet' Ousted Chief Tells His Side Ohio Court to Review Reversal of Conviction COLUMBUS The Ohio Supreme Court yesterday agreed to review reversal of the conviction ot William Glar es Youngstown printing firm operator on a charge of aiding an embezzlement 'Common Pleas Court found Glaros guilty of helping John Tobin Jr now in prison em bezzle $56000 from the Ameri can 'Insurance Co as a sales man The prosecution claimed Glaros printed fake accident ac counts and other documents used by Tobin An appellate court reversed the conviction for errors in Glaros' trial and the state ap pealed to the high court By the Associated Press A bus company official testi fied yesterday that Atty Gen Robert Kennedy urged him vig orously to get a Negro to drive a "reedom Rider" bus when whjlc drivers refused to move like a merry go round Crowd Gives Chase Gaulle escorted Mr Ken toward the dining room where a group of republican guard musicians was playing Mrs De Gaulle escorted Mrs Kennedy to a sofa in the room where the reception line had coursed for the better part of an hour The doors were opened and at least 300 people who had missed the eagerly sought introduction to the Americans entered The late comers spotted the two first ladies on the sofa As they grouped around them the two decided to through another door to ante room from which guests entered Guests poured through door unaware that Mrs Gaulle and Mrs Kennedy were making their exit through the other After a few moments Mrs de Gaulle returned with Mrs Kennedy and they joined the two presidents in the gold trimmed dining room where 225 special guests earlier had joined them at dinner By then everyone present tried to press Plain Bureau AKRON Arthur Lithgow ousted as director of Stan Hywet Hall said last night the real reason for his dis missal was his insistence that the place be operated as a cultural center instead of a museum Lithgow former associate professor of English at Antioch College had been director of Stan Hywet once the baronial A Seiberling mansion since June 2 1959 He had promoted the Shake speare festival at Stan Hywet from a brief two weekend amateur production in 1958 and 1959 to a five week professional theater last summer When Lithgow was dismissed Sunday the board of trustees also canceled the Shakespeare festival scheduled this summer authorized refunds to contribut ing members who anticipated a continuation of the festival and called for appointment of an operating committee to over see Stan Hywet activities Chairman Disagrees Lithgow who had directed 'Shakespeare festivals at An tioch and Toledo for 10 years before coming here said he had no immediate plans Lithgow insisted the "sup posed" financial plight of Stan Hywet was not the reason for his ouster or abandonment of the Shakespeare festival He charged his dismissal was the result of a "power drive" on the part of one segment of the board which holds that Stan Hywet should be purely a mu seum of the baronial early 20th Century American way of life Lithgow charged that this faction of the board believes the mansion should be operated strictly as a tourist attraction with income from museum fees Robert Pflueger Akron at torney and foundation chair man disagreed with Lithgow as to the reason for his dis missal "Tha entirely Pflueger said only reason we decided to drop Shakespeare was because we felt it would be too expensive to do this year we would have had a more successful membership drive we would have felt justi fied in continuing Shakespeare bit the public didn't seem to be interested" Pflueger said all other cul tural aspects of the Stan Hywet program outside of the festival would be maintained Pflueger said Hie seven man operating committee which he thinks will be appointed this week probably would come up with more ideas to fill in the gap caused by dropping the fes tival Stan Hywet valued today at $15000000 was presented to the city of Akron as a cultural center by the Seiberling family in 1957 A foundation was set up to handle affairs of the estate in behalf of the public There reportedly have been arguments among members from the start as to whether emphasis should be placed on a continuous cultural program or complete restora tion of Hie historic estate Woodside Mary Ellen Redding A gift of appreciation from the pupils ruin Dialer Photo (Jerry Snook) the realm of intcr Ameri can relationships Apparently his office com municated witli the Dominican ambassador in Washington who telephoned US Sen rank Lauschc that Trujillo would re ceive me When I got to Ciudad Trujil lo the capital I found that lie had not talked with any Ameri ca reporters for several months ine of his public re lations aides met me at 4 lie airport and said! would have to submit a list of questions and be satisfied with receiving the answers that would lie brought me I complained that this was not Ihe same as a face to face interview and that Sen Lausche had written me saying that Trujillo would see me The aide replied that he would look into the matter Later 'when he came to the hotel for the questions he said Trujillo would not only sec me but would hand me the answers fiersonally and answer any other question The next day I was taken to the presidential palace for a 9 am session Beyond the sen tries at Hie gale and one inside the main foyer there Wre no guards There was no scurry ing around of staff personnel All was quiet and orderly Trujillo was seated at his big desk when I was ushered to the door of his office He arose immediately He was in full uniform with a shoulder medals He handed me questions ami answers When I asked him about Officials of Sunday Inc will study the full texts of the US Supreme Court's ruling uphold ing Sunday closing laws in sev eral other states before going into renewed action when we are positive that we are justified we will proceed on a wide scale enforce ment said Harvey Yoder chairman of the organ ization that has campaigned for Sunday law enforcement in Greater Cleveland He indicated the group that has brought about arrests of merchants operating seven days a week in defiance of Ohio law would not be out in full force this Sunday Yoder expects to receive the texts of majority and minority opinions in a few days Sunday Inc lawyers will study them in detail Await ull Texts "We will calmly await the full text" said a statement of executive board "We are confident the ruling as to Ohio will be completely favorable but we choose to' be eminently justified before wc proceed" Also waiting for complete texts is Ralpii Locher Cleve land law director who wants to study the rulings upholding Sunday closing laws in Mary land Massachusetts and Penn sylvania before making a rec ommendation for action here Officials Want Policy Mayor Anthony JCelebrezze and Police Chief rank Story arc reported less than en thusiastic about major efforts against Sunday openings until a policy ruling based on study of all available information can be made Locher said the Supreme Court decisions Monday uphold ing closing laws in the other states might be based on spe cific facts in those cases and not necessarily applicable in de ciding the validity of Ohio's statute Burke Speaks Up Thomas A Burke former mayor of Cleveland and US senator now representing the Retail Merchants Board said that in view of the Supreme Court decision he did not see how law officials here could continue to ignore open viola tions of the Ohio law Sunday Inc has brought about a number of arrests of merchants operating on Sunday by obtaining warrants itself State law provides that busi nesses not involving travel cn tertainment or "necessities" must close on Sunday unless for religious reasons the owners elect to close on Saturday It has born upheld by the Ohio Supreme Court The US Supreme Court last 'year re fused to review Cleveland and Toledo convictions Conviction of News Dealer Is Reversed CINCINNATI tD The irst District Court of Appeals yes terday reversed the conviction of David King a news dealer convicted in 1959 under Cincin obscene literature ordi nance 1 The opinion written by Judge Oscar Hunsickcr and concurred in by Judge Arthur Doyle and James Collier termed the ordinance "fatally defective" because it makes pos session of oliscure material a misdemeanor without stipulat ing that the defendant know its contents A week ago Ihe Ohio Su preme Court reversed the con viction of dealer Joseph II Marshall who had also been convicted under the same ordi nance The court declared the ordinance unconstitutional King faced a six month work house sentence and a $500 fine as a result of being convicted Nov 27 1959 of possessing obscene literature By MARY HIRSCIIELD It was ini 957 on one of several trips to the Domini can Republic that I met Rafael Leonidas Trujillo I hud written in advance tolling him that what ever hcTiad to say in an interview would be road by thousands of Plain Dealer readers that the Plain Dealer had long been interested in improving understanding in By JOHN REES district 54 of the Interna tional Association of Machinists yesterday called a meeting of Its own to place at the same time Teamsters Local 293 Is holding a party for employes oJJ the Gabriel Co will be no gimmicks snd no effort to buy your the I AM said In its announce ment to the 950 members who will vote Tuesday in a National Ijibor Relations Board election op which union it will support fcrhe IAM thus hit at the luncheon floor show dancing a6d refreshment parly at 2 pm Sunday in Slovenian Hall 20713 Richer Avenue Euclid which v4'll be held by John elice of the Teamsters local Point Out Goals rThe TAM meeting will be held In Beckman Hall Local 45 United Auto Workers AL CIO rally room at 13816 St Clan Avenue P'Wc will concentrate on how ypu can protect what you have and build solidly for that ever brighter future" the union leaded by Matthew DeMore president of District 54 told tile membership The meeting called a special ph election pre negotiation gathering will be presided over by Patrick presi dent of the Cleveland AL CIO ederation of Labor The Team sters were ousted from the XkL CIO several years ago Promises Celebration 1 District 54 promised areal whlne dimr of a victory cele tx ation after the NLRB ballots 4re counted It also promised ejection of a committee to rep resent them in contract nego tiations Contract with 1he company at 14500 Darley Ave nue will run out June 30 fThe NLRB had scheduled the election June 6 after Teamsters officials asked that the IAM be decertified as bargaining agent for the members Charges and countercharges lwve been flying since the IAM calling it a raid by the Team rers for the employes and the Teamsters saying they had ifeeh asked by the dis grimtled members to take them in Sunday Sales oes Await Court Texts Racial Equality which spon sored sonic the rides) and these riders" Can Renew Demand Scigch thaler said he got the names in advance in a long distance telephone conversation with one of the sponsors not officially connected with CORE in Nashville Tenn Tlie Justice Department of Chicken arm Tour Isn't ormal Affair ELMIRA An ex tension service notice inform ing poultry farmers of a tour of other farms was not in tended to be a white tie affair but some people misinterpreted a note at the bottom It said: "Please dress in clothes and foot gear that you wear in your own Officials said It was only a method of preventinc poultry diseases from being spread Playhouse in Ashtabula Books Six Shows ASHTABULA Six New York theatrical programs have been liooked by the new Ashta bula Playhouse Inc A Aronson business manager of the Playhouse told the board of trustees of the or ganization he was iady to sign final contracts to bring the shows to the newly remodeled Palace Theater They would start in Septem ber and continue through early spring On the list are "The Miracle Worker" about Helen Keller the Ballet Russc (he Beaux Arts Trio: the Modern Jazz Quartet in ebruary: Whit more Lowe duopianists and iNiglit willi Burgess Mere dith" to close the season The Palace Theater as opened in November of 1913 for stage productions It served as a movie house for a while And has been idle for seven years Exact dates and casts of Hie productions will be announced later 1 Tic warned that the Justice Department can renew its de mand for court action "if things like tills occur 1 Aslis Ole Miss Integration At Meridian Miss mean while the National Association for the Advancement of Col ored People filed a federal district court suit 'to desegre gate the all white University of Mississippi at Oxford It was first school de segregation suit The a temporary restraining order and a prelim inary injunction to allow James Meredith 28 year old sopho more at Jax kiion State (Negro) College to register June 8 for the Ole Miss summer session US Dist Judge Irving Kaufman in New York City ordered the New Rochelle school to start desegregating a predominantly Negro school for the 1961 62 school year And at Jackson Miss where 41 reedom Riders remained in jail out of 52 arrested there police said unlimited jail space is available to handle others who might be taken into cus tody A spokesman for the riders said more would come Some Kian Groups Cleared order in Montgom ery dismissed the petition for a continued injunction against the ederated Ku Klux Klan Inc and a Montgomery resi dent Lester Hawkins whom the Justice Department listed as an officer of that KKK fac tion But "still facing further court action besides Montgomery Po lice Commissioner Sulli van Chief Ruppenthal and their officers were these Klan organizations and individ ual defendants: The US Klans Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and its top man in Alabama the Rev Al vin Hom of Talladega The Knights and its Shelton A former Montgomery "re serve policeman Claude Henley and another Montgom ery man Thurman Ouzts and bystanders He was RD Writer Recalls if Old Name Back ALTUS Okla CD Billy Loyd Moon 27 won court ap proval to change his name to Billy Loyd Dongiovanni the family name changed by his father before the birth Split on Election AL CIO is also split on the election with William ine gan executive secretary of the AL CIO refusing to approve the support of his group against the Teamsters a former CTO member on the other hand has pushed through an AL CIO resolution which calls the attempt a raid of AL CIO members inegan a former executive of the AL wished it to be called decertifi cation aftermath was the filing yesterday of a $350000 defamation of suit against DeMore by Louis (Babe) Triscaro vice president of' the Teamsters Joint Council aii(l president of Teamsters Ix eal 436 Triscaro is supporting elice Charges Cited suit in Common pieas Court charged that De More and the IAM made false and defamatory charges about him in saying that "he had a lot of experienca in swaying labor gfdups as he broke into the la bor business in 1936 as a profes sional 'Jn the Cleveland Citizen a labor paper DeMore also charged early train ing was with guns Instead of microphones according to Hie suit Triscaro asked $200000 compensatory damages and $150000 punitive damages against 'the IAM and DeMore? 1'Triscaro's involvement in the strike at Black Decker Co in Kent in 1936 is a matter on the fecord" DeMore said "He even admits getUng $200 a day for his activity there "The suit is nothing more than a publicity maneuver to obscure the record I am sure neither the workers nor the general public will be fooled" Kennedys Are Caught in Swarm of Parisians Community Colleges Advocated by Besse Honored by 5000 Pupils Nikita Spurns Prediction on Vienna Parley BRATISLAVA Czechoslo vak Premier Nikita Krushchev arrived here by train last night The Soviet premier declined to make a pre diction as to the outcome of his meeting in Vienna this weekend with President Ken nedy Krushchev told uelcomers: "We are on the way to Vienna where we shall meet with the American President Wc do not want to predict the result of the The Soviet premier arrived here on his leisurely journey to Vienna after an official denial was issued on reports the Com munists planned a "summit" meeting before lie Vienna par lay Alms to Cut Tension Krushchev said in a five min ute his country was working to reduce international tension In this lie said Russia is convinced it is expressing the desire of both the Soviet and American peoples Tlie Soviet leader was greet ed by President Antonin Novot ny and other Czech leaders as lie arrived at this city 40 miles northcast of Vienna Novotny said the most im portant points Khrushchev would discuss in Vienna were a German peace treaty and the Berlin problem Scltedule' Is Secret Khrushchev was to be driven to a villa in Hie nearby hills Russian and Czcclt delegations wore billeted in separate villas about six miles from town Their locations were secret Khrushchev's schedule for to morrow was a secret Officials said lie ould leave for 'Vienna about 9 am local time after an hour long ceremonial sendoff Earlier a foreign ministry spokesman told newsmen Khru shchev would talk to Novotny and other Czcclt leaders before going to Vienna but no confer ence of East European Com munist leaders was planned Some 5000 grade school pupils gathered on Hie football field behind Eastlake North High School yesterday to bid a surprise farewell to Woodside retiring superin tendent of tlie Willoughby Eastlake School System Woodside whose offices are in downtown Willoughby was driven to the school at 111 am on the pretext of practicing for a baccalaureate service next week "When I saw all Hie I knew something was on besides Wood Iiis I cllr is a moment llhe field from tlie 11 clemcn dicta toria) policies lie expressed! I shall never Itary schools in tlie district regret that the American pub lic had never believed the truth about ills regime He said po litical opponents and Commu nists had done a good job destroying Hie achievements his government Self Made Man Trujillo was a self made man with an extraordinary respect for books and they were piled around him on the floor on tables and chairs and in book cases He asked about the Plain Dealer and said someday per haps he could visit Cleveland When I got up to leave' he opened the desk drawer and handed me an envelope "A sole souvenir of this in terview" he said I glanced at it hastily and thanked him It was not until I had left that I saw it was a gold coin put out in 1955 to commemorate the 251 niversary of the "Era of jillo" The era is dead now him fi 1 with rtnv son about protection for the reedom Hlders In court lie told of seeing bus rideiH clubbed and slugged and hospif tilizcd when he tried to rescue two girls who were in Hie freedom bus group Whitesell asked Seigenthalor about names of bus riders in a notebook in his pocket and when Ihe indtre asked tlie uur Iose' of that line of question ficlal also was asked whether inrr in 'iwver rnnhod: I 44 JI II M1 4 tf Prestige Car for ergusor.

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