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118 DAILY FINAL EDITION TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 5, 1958 NEWS SERVICES: AP VirepWo N. Y. Htrild Tribun. Auociitd Prct Unltd Preii Infirnatiend In Single roule, JOc beyond I retail trading rone. et Afire, 1 alcen 4 I- EE On Ride Recalls 'Silent' Senate Witness i Dulles Is Jeered HARD STAND M011 an um About Attackers On Visit To Rio By Reds Seen RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug.

4 CPi Students jeered John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State, on his arrival today for an lllk ActillSt CIlicUlrr -i Aug. 4 (UPD An Teamsters Union business' agent who was a Fifth Amendment witness before the Senate Rackets Committee told police today that two men took him "for a ride" and set him afire. Frank Kierdurf, 56, business agent for Teamster I'nioa local 832, Hint, remained true to the code of the underworld in which he lived and refused to name his attackers. He Is At Talk Expected otncial visit to Brazil. A banner demanded: "Dulles Go Home." Boos and whistles, a Latin-American equivalent of the Bronx cheer, sounded from windows of the leftist National Students Union headquarters as the Secretary's car sped by not evpected to live.

at 50 miles an hour. The Dulles-go-home banner swung at the middle of the head- quarters building. The build Pup Pops Up From Lower Depths Mongrel pup so starved it let out only weak barks is brought to sunlight after being lost and trapped in a Chicago sewer. Vic Brazinskas, agent for the Anticruelty Society, had to crawl 150 feet to reach the source of the barks, finally emerging triumphant with the mongrel. AP Wirephoto.

Chamoun Wants 'Em In Troop Pullout Wanted By New Lebanon Chief rl fj -s -V ing was draped in black. But there was no physical violence, such as the spitting and stoning attacks on Vice President in Peru and Venezuela during Nixon's South American tour last spring. Nixon did not visit Brazil. Riot police with submachine guns and tear gas manned seven patrol cars parked around the corner to discourage outbreaks or to cope with any. And Col.

Danllo Nunes, chief of the government' political police, said 1000 policemen would be called nt If needed. Friendship was manifest as well as hostility. Officials of President Juscelino Kubitschek's government welcomed Dulles fit the airport. There was applause from a small throng at the U. S.

Embassy in downtown Rio. The jeers came as he motored from the Embassy to the residence of Ellis Briggs, U. S. Ambassador. Dulles is here for talks with President Kubitschek on hemispheric problems ranging from delense to the plummeting coffee market.

Dulles' plane from Washington landed on the military side of Rio's International Airport. The sector was closed to the public and was under tight security control of army, navy and air force military police, some armed with Sten guns and tear gas. Several U. S. security officers in plain clothes were on hand.

Dulles wore a black Homburg The Senate Rackets C.jm-mittee has already promised to enter the investigation of the torch-burning of Kierdorf, and will be starting at the top in the corruption-ridden Teamsters union. James Hoffa. Teamster president, had already been scheduled as a witness in Washington. Kierdorf stagsered up a drive and into the hospital shortly after 1 a. m.

today. He wore a bathrobe, undershorts, shoes and socks ail soaked with a fluid which smelied to some liKe gasoline. One shoe and sock were partly burned and except for the area covered by the shorts, his body was bbekened and charred. Only the tips of his finger were white, apparently because Kierdorf had clenched his hands when Sft on fire. At 9 a.

m. today, Detroit police made identification of these fingerprints forwarded from Pontiac. All through the day Kierdorf rose from semi-consciousness and sank back, insisting at first that he was "John Doe, Washington, D. and giving other names. Even when his uncle, Herman, 68.

Madison Heights, another "silent" Rackets Committee witness only last week, and his son. Frank came to see him, Kierdorf refused to admit his identity. But about 4 p. Kierdorf told his story of the burning. Kierdorf said two men came to his home about 10:15 p.

m. and asked him to attend a union business meeting being held in a bar. He said he wasn't suspicious until the men turned off on a lonely road and pulled a gun on him, forcing him from the car. He said one of them threw some fluid on his head and It spilled over him. The other one threw a match, he said.

"It went boom," Kiedorf said. He said the men ieft and he rolled In the grass, trying to put out the fire. He said the men came back and took him to the hospital. JOHN FOSTFK DIXLF.S go home, they my hat, a dark suit and maroon tie. Speaking over the public address system, he said he had come to Brazil to "talk about the thine, that matter most-peace, freedom and progress," Dulles said he particularly welcomed "the opportunity to discuss here problems which, while they relate immediately to the Middle Fast, have a profound significance to all who would be secure In their freedom and Independence." After a round of greetings and a review of a military honor guard, he was whisked Off in a special limousine with a motorcycle escort to the Embassy.

That ride was The president Indicated he believes the United States is seeking to appeae the rebels. There will be peace in Lebanon, he said, "if there is no appeasement at any price." But he added that he suspects appeasement is going on now. Asked if he meant by this, contacts between Shehab and the rebels, Chamoun replied: "You Americans are also meeting the rebels frequently." Later Murphy drove off with S. Ambassador Robert McCHntock for a meeting with rebel chief Saeb Salam. Salam told Murphy that McClintock "has shown understanding of our point of view." The statements by Chamoun and Shehab came at a time when American prestige In Lebanon seemed to be on the rise, especially among the rebels.

They were pleased that Murphy used his influence last Thursday to get parliament to go ahead with election of a president. At the same time the government has been pleased by the arrival of fresh U. S. troops. Murphy is to leave tomorrow for Cairo, where he is expected to confer with President Nasser of the United Arab Republic.

Almost certain to be taken up is Nasser's ambition to sit in on any Middle East summit conference. Jordan authorities In Amman reported that the U. A. R. had ordered its Syrian border with Jordan sealed off at Russia's insistence.

Jordan promptly retaliated by sealing off its side of the border. The sealing off of the border wit1! Jordan aggravated a serious supply problem for Jordan. BEIRUT. LEBANON, Aug. 4 Gen.

Euad Shehab, in his first announcement since his election as president, declared tonight that the withdrawal of American troops from Lebanon is "foremost among our national aims." At the same time President Camiile Chamoun underscored his determination to keep American forces here, and indicated he does not intend to resign. He said he would attend a Middle East summit conference if one is held. Rebel leaders have been insisting that President-elect Shehab represent Lebanon at a top-level meeting even if one is held before Chamoun's term ends Sept. 23. They warned their three-month revolt "will be in! lamed anew" if Chamoun goes to a summit conference, Most rebel considered the election of army chief Shehab last Thursday major lctory for their cause.

Thirteen thousand U. S. troops are In Lebanon. They came at the call of Chamoun last month. The incumbent president has said he does not intend to ask for their withdrawal until security is established.

The United States has promised to pull out its troops If the legal government of Lebanon requests withdrawal. Chamoun indicated his intention to keep U. S. forces here in an exchange with an American newsman. "How long can I expect to stay here, Mr.

President?" the newsman asked. "My wife wants to know when to expect me home "Bring your wife to Lebanon instead." replied Chamoun. "I won't ask the Marines to leave." Chamoun talked while waiting to go into a meeting with U. S. Presidential Envoy Robert Murphy.

Victim Of Burns Kierdorf expected to die Kierdorf went before the Senate Rackets Committee last November 5, and more than 49 times he took the Fifth Amendment to avoid answering questions. He was accused of being linked with labor "fixer" Nathan Shefferman and Shefferman's Detroit representative, George Kamenow. Sen. Karl E. Mundt (R, S.

Dak.t asked Kierdorf if he as a "phony using your position to feather your own nest." Kierdorf refused to answer, and Mundt told him he would have to go back to Flint face men who "have looked to you as a business agent to represent them" but who now would be convinced "yon wera selling them down the river." Frank Kierdorf served four years of a two-to-six year prison term for burglaries and holdups, being sentenced in 1941 and paroled in 1945. The uncle. Herman, was also a part of the robbery gang and in 1941 went to prison on a 15-vear term for the S23.000 holdup of a Cleveland bank messenger. Believe UN Delegate Will Spell Out Summit Line MOSCOW, Aug. 4 VP West-em diplomats suggested today that the Soviet government's new line on a summit conference may be spelled out first by Russia's United Nations delegation rather than by Premier Nikita Khrushchev.

This tneory arose amid growing indications that the Kus-sians will take a hard stand against Nationalist China taking part in any UN Security Council summit parley on the Middle East. The Soviet press set the stage for such a stand by unlimbering severe attacks on Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shnk. Informed sources here said it seemed logical that Russia's UN delegate, Arkady Sobolev, would set forth the Kremlin's position on the makeup, time and place of a summit meeting. They recalled that President Eisenhower's letter of Ainrust 1 did not require a direct reply from Khrushchev. Eisenhower, they noted, said he was Instructing the I'.

S. delegation to the UN to seek a special Security Council meeting on or about August 12 and expressed hope Khrushchev would do the nine, Observers here felt sure Nationalist China was a prime topic when Khrushchev conferred secretly with the Chinese Communist chief, Mao Tze-tung, in Peiping last week. Shortly after Khrushchev's return from Peiping, the Soviet news agency Tass declared Chiang could throw a monkey-wrench into the council talks by vetoing Soviet demands that India participate in the meeting. (Actually the UN charter makes clear that an invitation to any Interested country to attend council sessions cannot be vetoed by any of the five permanent members, if seven council members vote for the Tass followed up that speculation today by referring to "delirious statements of this political corpse (Chiang!" and by declaring he was a tool of the United States. "The Americans are using Chiang Kai-shek," Tass declared, "in the same way that feudal lords used their jester in medieval times." There has been on indication, on the other hand, that Russia would demand that Red China attend the summit sessions.

Khrushchev meanwhile, fired off a broadside again accusing the United States of 'trying lo frustrate a summit conference. In an interview on July 29 with Indian newsmen in Moscow, he declared "the leading U. S. politicians are doing everything to frustrate such a meetintr. However, under strong popular pressure they no longer speak openly of their intentions to thw art such a Instead, Khrushchev said, these leaders "camouflace their endeavors In this direction, inventing all kinds of complicated matters of procedure, which, they allege, hinder a summit meeting." The interview was made public todav.

In a Moscow radio broadcast. Tass commentator Yakov Bo-risov claimed Iraq is still threatened with aggression by the United States and Britain even though they have recognized the new Iraqi regime. New Red Design A 'Star-Gazer! Next Sputnik MOSCOW, Aug. 4 (UPI)-Russian Sputnik IV, already in preparation, may be designed to probe the secrets of the stars. Appeals Court To Act On Little Rock Appeal History Of Terror Labor Men Hit In Past Violence DETROIT, Aug.

4 (AP) Terrible violence similar to that suffered today by Teamster Frank Kierdorf has been visited upon Michigan labor leaders in years past. Most sensational of all was Soviet sources at the International Geophysical Assembly indicated today that the new satellite would be a giant "cosmic observatory." As such, it could disclose secrets of space as the smaller satellites are revealing mysteries of the earth's upper-atmosphere region. But beyond revealing that the cosmic observatory became possible as a result of the successful launching of the third Sputnik, which weighed 2919 pounds, scientists refused to give details of the new project. However, other scientists attending the meeting said an observatory in space free from the blurring effects of any atmosphere could relay back to earth by television the clearest picture ever beheld of the heavenly bodies. "It would be a mighty contribution to science if it were possible," one said.

"At the same time, it would give us a close look at the moon. That would be very valuable for the distant day when the first space travelers go there if they ever do." The Soviet scientists have not scheduled any discussion of their cosmic observatory proiect in the tockets and satellites group of the assembly. But it seems clear that it is a different project from any connected with the race between Russia and the United States to be the first to hit. or go around the moon. In this connection, scientists have been wondering whether September 17 might turn out to be a significant day.

That date is the anniversary of the birth of Prof. Konstan-tin Tsiolkovsky. who is regarded in Russia as the father of space travel. tional Brotherhood of Longshoremen into James R. Hoffa's Teamsters Union.

The switch finally was made and Snyder became a Teamsters business agent. Kierdorf. ho was dumped on a Pontiac hospital grounds today with burns over 85 per cent of his body, also was a Teamsters business agent and an ex-convict. He worked for the Flint local that takes in all drivers in that industrial city of 163.142. As of now what happened of why is a mystery, but police suspect he was tortured: doused with casoline and ignited.

Union men said they knew of no trouble that would have backfired the 1918 shotgun wounding of United Auto Workers President Walter P. Reuther. Who did it and why. still are mysteries. Next most sensational was a similar ambushin? of Reuther's brother.

Victor, a vear later. That one also is unsolved. Walter's right arm was maimed. Victor lost an eye. Death narrowly missed each of them.

Zigmund "Zicgy" Snyder reported to police September 2S, that a hurst of pistol shots was fired into his automobile on a dark street along the Detroit riverfront. He escaped. At the time Snyder, an e-convict, was attempting to swing his local of the Interna Ten Million Years! Skeleton Proves Man Dates Back That Far, Scientist Asserts GROSSETO, Italy, Aug. 4 (AP) A Swiss scientist said today he has discovered a skeleton proving man's ancestry goes back 10 million years or more. If laboratory investigations The suspension order was granted June 21 by District Judge Harry J.

Lemley of Hope, at the request of the school board for a cooling-off period. It came to the appellate court en an appeal by the National Association tor the Advancement of Colored People, which railed It "an Invitation to violence." Only once in the 2'i-hour hearing in a small, jammed courtroom did a member of the court say anything to indicate the thinking of the court. House was saying that the school board was not given proper support by the government in enforcing integration. Judge Martin C. Mattes of St.

Louis interrupted with: "What is your answer then? Do you surrender to violence? What is there in the record to Indicate the people will be diferent in 2H years?" "We did not surrender. Your question poses a fundamental problem. A school board cannot enforce integration. It is made up of men who serve without compensation as a matter of civic duty. They are there to help educate children." Thurgood Marshall, general counsel for the XAACP, conceded the school board faced many problems.

But, he said, "Democracy is a tough Job and Intergatlnn In any community Is not easy." If the Iem-ley decision stands, Mnrshnll said. It will ho a sign to seirrepatlonM that "If they commit overt acts like arson or bombing, they will be successful." Richard C. Butler. Little Rock, another lawyer for the school board said the great majority of people in the South are law-abiding. "We plead for patience and time," Butler said.

"We plead for the great mass of people in Little Rock and throughout the Southland." Judge Imley, In granting the "peaceful Interlude," merely that the school board found Itself In an untenable position and hud to have relief. Wiley A. Branton, Pine Blurf, Negro attorney, accused the school board of being lax in its disciplinary methods. "Negroes in Arkansas base been on a desert of constitutional rlehts for long time," he said, "and I submit they're a little thirsty." There were only 10 ringleaders among white students who caused trouble at the school, he said, "but not a single one was ever expelled." Butler referred to the landslide victory of (lev. Orvllle Fnuhu last week in his Pcmocrat'e bid for renomlnatlon to a third term.

"The mandate of the nconle of Arkansas shows fhev ere nnpod to desegregation of schools," Butler said. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 4 UP) An important legal battle over suspension of Integration at Central High School In Little Rock was taken under advisement today by the U. S.

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Its outcome could affect the pace of school desegregation throughout the South. The seven-judge court in expected to hand down Its decision before the fall term begins September 2 at Little Rock. Oral arguments were marked by a charge that the Eisenhower administration let down the Little Rock School Board by not prosecuting trouble-making anti-inte-grationists. The charge was made by A.

F. House of Little Rock, an attorney for the school board. Negro attorneys argued that delay in integration at Little Rock, if permitted to stand, will be seized upon by segregationists throughout the South as a means of delaying school integration. Court Ruling Sets '65 As Desegregation Date RICHMOND. Aug.

4 Federal District Judge Sterling Hutcheson ordered today that Prince Edward County, schools be desegregated by September, 196.1, and that immediate steps toward a plan for such desegregation be undertaken. Judge Hutcheson said in an opinion he would enter an order directing that the County School Board Inform the court concerning progress on or before January 1, The rrlnee Edward School segregation eao was one of the five original cases on which the Supreme Court's 1934 dewgra-tlon decision was based. Judge Hticheon's action today is the result of a higher court's order to him to set a. specific date for compliance. Judge Hutcheson said the date for compliance with a previous injunction ordering desegregation with "all deliberate speed" would be 1965, "unless such order should be modified during the interval." There Is no evidence before the court, he said, "on which to base an opinion as to what would be a proper term" for compliance with the higher court's order.

He said It was anticipated that progress reports in the future would "throw light upon this phase of the probelm." The court said this coming September, as requested by attorneys for the Negro plaintiffs in the case, obviously is too early toe desegregation. It's Rocky Road But Connie, 10, Recovers After Swallowing 200 Stones SALEM, Aug. 4 (AP) Connie Holland, Salem's 10-year-old rock eater, has fully recovered after swallowing an fstimated 200 rocks. Drives To Doctor, One Lej? Severed GRAND RAPIDS, Aug. 4 Lit A hubcap dropped off as James Riste, 32, drove ove.r a railroad track today.

When Riste got out to retrieve it. his foot caught under a rail. Seconds later a Grand Trunk passenger train roared past. Riste's left leg was severed below the knee. Ho hopped to his car and drove six blocks to hospital.

Following surgery. Riste was reported in fair condition. IN THE ENQUIRER support his theory, the skeleton could turn out to be one of the most important anthropological discoveries of the age. Dr. Johannes lluraeler, director of the Basel Museum fur Natural Sciences, said two miners found the human-like skeleton BOO feet down In an Italian soft-conl mine over the weekend.

Dr. Townsend 111; Pension Backer 92 GRAND ISLAND, Neb Aug. 4 LW Dr. Francis E. Townsend, 92, Los Angles, originator of the Tow nsend Plan for old age pensions during the 3930's, was In St.

Francis Hospital in Grand Island today. Dr. Townsend's physician said he became ill yesterday when traveling through Grand Island. Ho said Dr. Townsend is In good condition and probably will lesve the hospital tomorrow.

He declined to discuss Dr. Townsends illness. First reports said the head was missing, but Hurzeler asserted he discovered the head today. He said much of the skeleton still is imbedded in a coal block. Hurzeler reported the skeleton is between 10 million and 15 million years old.

Pushing the beginnings of man back that far, he said, would mean that man descended contemporaneously with the apes or even before them perhaps from some common ancestor which resembled neither. The oldest traces of mankind found go back about one million years. Pekin and Java men generally are dated between 300,000 and 600,000 years old. South Africa's austro-pithecus, the so-called Southern ap is dated back half a million to a million years. The new pre-man skeleton was found In mine at Barrl-nello, 100 mile north of Koine.

Itpmiilns of such a creature have been found In the area he-fore, hut Hurreler said it Is tho first time a complete skeleton hus been found. Her mother, Mrs. Patrick Holland, said a touch of pneumonia, treatment of which led a wefk ago to discovery of the rocks Connie, also has cleared up. Connie, who says she now is called "Gravel Gertie," swallowed the rocks in the last six months because they "tasted real pood." Doctors, who removed same of the pebbles and let nature take rare of the rest, attributed the incident lo a pi-ssible mineral deficiency in Connies system. Mrs.

Holland said she is worrying a little bit about all the publicity her daughter has received, but "Connie seems to be taking it all right." Pace Birthdays Bridge 18 City Mirror 12 Classified Columnists 4-J Comics 18-19 Court News Crossword 19 Deaths 22 Editorials 4 Foreign Graham 19 rase Markets SJ-S7 Obituaries 9 Opinionnaire Radio-TV 8 Smiles 2 Society 13 Sports SI-SI Star Gazer 19 Pheater IB Washington 2 Weather S8 Women's 13-14 Word Game 18 CONNIE HOIXAN Horse Sense 18.

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