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Four Councilmen, Nine Others Face Graff Charges BUFFALO, N. Y. m In dictment of four city councilmen in connection with alleged $10,-000-a-inonth "payoffs" by fiinball machine owners has exploded a political'bombshell just two weeks before primary day. The 13 were indicted by an Erie county grand jury on one or more of the following charges: conspi racy, bribery, exloiilion and tak ing unlawful fees. Four top po lice officials were among the 13. Two of the councilmen are can didates for party nomination as council president. Also named were the present ciiy license director, his predeces sor, a state Democratic commit teeman and two nightclub owners. 1950 DELUXE FRIG! DAI RE REFRIGERATORS and RANGES SCHOOL DEMONSTRATORS LIKE NEW BIG REDUCTION Valku iUmoaua District Attorney Gordon Steele said pinball machine owners had paid a total of $10,000 a month for protection. The councilmen indicted were' Peter J. Rybka, leader of the Democratic controlled council: Republicans Russell M. Leech and Elmer J. Hoffman, and Democrat Frank J. Glinski. In prepared statements," Leech and Glinski said ihey were inno cent. Deputy Police Commissioner Glenn G. Pualey was indicted on the same charges placed against the councilmen. All 13 pleaded innocent in state supreme court and were freed in bail or property bond. 120 West Oak Phone 3-7011 FIRE DEATH DODGED HULL, Quebec CP) B a n d. leader Louis Armstrong escaped from a hotel and dance' pavilion fire here Sunday in which one per son was killed and at least six others were injured. Rafael Gomez, 22, of New York, a drummer, was killed. Major John Andre, British sol dier, was captured behind Ameri can lines, where he had gone to negotiate an attack on West Point with Benedict Arnold in 1780, and was hanged as a spy in Tappan, 1 uwr t-i' b; V..... I', ' I II 'NWIWi n n ULU Sunnv Irook BRAND the whiskev that's teervas its Abne" t Sizzling steaks . . . thirst chasing drinks . . . that's" the rrtakings of a cheerful picnic! For extra-fine drinks, use Old Sunny Brook, the smoother, tastier Kentucky whiskey! $2.25 $3.60 A I m KENTUCKY WHISKEY A BLEND 86 PROOF 65 J GRAIN NEUTRAL' SPIRITS THE OLD SUNNY BROOK CO., LOUISVILLE. ..Y QUARANTINED VETERANS With gloom written on their faces, these Si's, part of a group of 277 quarantined Korean veterans, sit in the hospital room of the Navy Transport Marine Adder as vessel docked at Seattle. All troops on board, 2,692 army rotation men, were re vaccinated for smallpox as precaution when it was discovered some of the men may have had recent contact with smallpox while in Japan. ( AP Wirephotol Tuts., Aug. 7, 1951 The News-Review, Rettburg, Ort. 1 GETS CONTRACT The story's sort of complicated, but here goes. Alice Kelley (above), 19, has lived in Burbank, Calif., near Universal-International movie studio nearly all her life. Recently her picture adorned several national magazine cov ers. Hundreds of fan letters re sulted, addressed simply to her in Burbank, and postal clerks routed the letters to the U-l studio. That put talent scouts on her trail, and a movie-contract resulted. (AP Wirephotol The Dalles Vice Raids Takt 22 Into Court THE DALLES UP) T h s Dalles' new nolice chief. Jack Ly ons, disclosed that 22 persons were arrested in vice raids here Satur day night. Thirteen women and nine men appeared in recorder's court, and ail but two were released on bail. Three women were charged with operating a bawdy house and the others were charged with va grancy. Lyons, who took office about a month ago, was assisted in t h e raids by city and state police and sheriff's officers. New.Miracie Electronic Ear Hides Deafness CHICAGO, (Special) An amaz ing new electronic ear which hides deafness and transmits even whis pers with startling clarity, has been revealed by a noted Chicago electronic scientist. He disclosed that (his miracu lous new discovery has rendered old-style hearing aids obsolete al most overnight, and brings new hope to the 15 million persons in the United States who are hard of hearing. He reported that this electronic ear enables the deaf to hear with out any button showing in the ear and without dangling battery wires. To acquaint the hard of hearing readers of this paper with this new miracle electronic ear which hides deafness, full details are descrihed in a fascinating booklet, "New Dis coveries to Help the Deaf Hear." It will be sent free in a plain wrap per to anyone who requests it. Ad dress: Electronic Research Direc tor, 1450 West 19th Street, 603C Bellone Building, Chicago 8, III. A penny postcard will do. Adv. Lmi cND) j.uuu.rvflLfc WALK Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Smith, former residents of St. Peters burg, Fla., introduce their year-old son, Patrick, to their alley cat named Tom at their home in San Gabriel, Calif. When they moved to California in 1949 they gave Tom to the man who bought1 their home. Two weeks later ne wrote that Tom had run away. Tom showed up at the Smith's backyard, and they're still trying to figure out how ha managed the 3,000-mile walk, which took two years and six weeks. (AP Wirephotol STYLED HAIR SHAPING HAIR EXPERTLY, ATTRACTIVELY CUT. PERMANENTS OPEN TWO EVENINGS PER WEEK, BY APPOINTMENT oCa Jera (J3eaut 215 No. Main St. onuin Dial 3-4137 'Celluloid' Thief Gets In Wrong Apartment WASHINGTON OP)-A well dressed young man stepped inside a plush Connecticut avenue apart ment. He stammered, "I. . .1. . , must have made a mistake." "I sure know you did," retorted Detective William Schillig. planted there to spring a trap on the capi tal's "celluloid" robber. Police identified Ihe young man as Kenneth C. Von Der Helde, 31. Inspector Robert V. Murray said he talked freely about three years of fast and easy house breaking which netted him jewelry, silver, furs and cash. 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