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Detroit, May S W A strike
of 65,000 workers bit Ford Mo
tor company at noon (EST) to
day and negotiators broke up a
last minute conference in which
they had hoped to reach set
tlement. Peace talks were called off
at 12:20 p.m. They had been ex
tended after the deadline in a
last desperate hope that agree
ment could be reached.
Some 62,000 shouting work
ers streamed out the gates of
the big Rouge plant. At the Lincoln-Mercury
plant, another 3,
000 left their jobs.
Assembly lines, whose speed
had been the subject of wran
gling for months, ground to a
stop.
First Major Strike Since '41
And so, Ford was hit by the
fire malnr walkout sinpe the
w bloody 10-day battle in 1941
when the UAW-CIO first gained
recognition.
Within nine days, the com
pany said, the strike would tie
up most of the worldwide in
dustrial empire and hit 106,000
production workers.
Despite the walkout peace
talks between top ranking un
ion and company representa
tives had continued beyond the
noon strike deadline.
Ford Vice President John S.
Bugas reported several minutes
after noon that there was "no
hope of a settlement in sight."
A similar report came from a
top union negotiator.
President Walter Reuther ol
the UAW entered negotiations
today at 10 a.m. for the first
time. He and the company, how
ever, could find no basis for
agreement on his final proposal.
Walkout Orderly
Reuther said that adjustment
of production standards at the
"B" building of the Rouge plant
and at Lincoln-Mercury to stan
dards in the rest of the indus
try would end the strike. He
said if Ford would sign an
agreement to this effect, the
walkout would be called off.
Sound trucks appeared at the
main gates, blaring, "We're
willing to stay out until Christ
mas if necessary."
The walkout was orderly
There was none of the grim bit
terness of the violent 1941
strike in which dozens of work
ers were injured and troops of
police were called to the scene.
The strike was the first big
walkout in the auto industry
since last May, when Chrysler
workers staged a 17-day walk
out over wages.
Plan Summer
ONG Training
Maj. Gen. Thomas E. Rilea,
Oregon's adjutant general, will
go to Fort Lewis Saturday to
confer with Gen. Mark Clark,
Sixth Army commander and
Maj. Gen. Harry J. Collins
commanding general of Fort
Lewis on the summer training
for Oregon's National Guard
ground troops.
Rilea and the two generals
will check on the area to be as
signed the Oregon men during
the time that they are at Fort
Lewis, June 12-26. During this
period the entire 41st division
composed of guardsmen from
Oregon and Washington, will
train together at the Washing
ton army post.
Oregon will have approxl
mately 5000 men, air and
-ground forces, at summer train,
ing this year. Of this group ap
, proximately 00 are air Nation
al Guard members and the re
mainder are with the ground
forces.
Town Residents
Boycott Post Office
East Moreland, N. H., May S
VP) Eighty-two residents of this
community have voted to boy
cott the local post office.
At a public meeting last night
the villagers voted unanimously
to protest appointment of Mrs
Rae Publicover as acting post
master. They said they wish to re
store the position to the home
and charge of Mrs. Hiram
Woodward, widow of the pre
vious postmaster.
They have pledged to buy no
tamps nor other materials at
the post office.
Several of the 82 participating
In the boycott have taken boxes
for mail delivery at the neigh
boring Keene post office.
Plane Victim Identified
Medford. May S IP Jackson
county Coroner Carlos Morris
said today the woman killed in
a mid-air plane collision Tues
day had been identified as Mary
Agnes Thompson, Willow
Ran-h. Calif. Her husband. Wil
1Sm M. Thompson, was en
route here to claim the body.
Need Parking for
1000 Cars Now
Says Elfstrom
Off-street parking lots to take
care of at least 1000 automo
biles are needed to solve Sa
lem's parking problem as It
stands now, Mayor Robert L.
Elfstrom said Thursday noon at
a luncheon conference with his
special committee that is mak
ing a study of the subject.
Plans looking ahead to off
street parking are still very ten
tative, and there is little proba
bility of immediately getting
leases on enough space to park
1000 cars, but that is a possible
objective.
Off-street parking, the mayor
believes, should not be entire
ly a downtown project.
Needed in Outlying Areas
The outlying business cen
ters like Hollywood, University
addition and South Salem
should also have their parking
lots," he said.
Also I believe in a reason
ably large number of lots rath
er than a few. It will be better
to have 20 lots with space for
50 cars each than four lots for
250 cars each."
Mayor Elfstrom said his
ideas are largely the result of
observations made on his recent
trip through the south and mid
dle-west.
Salem business centers have
few vacant lots, and the mayor
recommends that the city get
leases on a number on which
obsolete buildings are standing,
and remove the buildings, pay
ing owners enough through
leases to meet the present in
come from the properties.
Financing Plan
The financing plan recom
mended by the mayor is a light
occupational tax on businesses,
based possibly on number of
employes, and the metering of
the parking service at no high
er rate than is paid into street
parking meters.
Members of the special com
mittee that met with the mayor
are Kenneth C. Perry, chair-
man, Russell Bonesteele, Robert
W. DeArmond, Carl W. Hogg
and Ralph Nohlgren.
Don Young to
Quit Board
Donald A. Young, attorney,
who is currently serving
chairman of the Salem school
board, announced Thursday that
he would not be a candidate for
re-election. However, fellow
members said they would urge
him to continue for at least
portion of the five year term
that the office calls for.
In announcing his decision to
withdraw. Young said he would
have been on the board 10 years
at the end of June and that he
would like to be relieved of the
responsibility of further serv
ice. He said he had enjoyed
tne association with fellow mem
bers and Superintendent Frank
B. Bennett but admitted that the
strain on his health had become
a bit burdensome. .
During Director Young's ten
ure the district has faced many
problems brought about through
tne unusual growth of the com
munity.
The election will be held June
20.
The Dalles Stays on DST
The Dalles, May 5 WP) The
Dalles will stay on standard
time. The city council, heeding
protests of farmers, voted 3 to 2
last night against adoption of
the fast clock.
Senate Group Ups Funds
For Oregon Waterways
Washington, May S A record $751,515,690 supply bill ap
proved by a senate appropriations subcommittee for civil func
tions of the army during the next fiscal year, contained $87.
605.800 in funds earmarked for
harbors in Oregon, Washington,
A $40,000,000 item for the Mc-
Nary lock and dam on the Co
lumbia river near Umatilla.
Ore., was the largest single en
try. The report now goes to the
full appropriations committee. It
contains $158,233,420 more than
approved by the house.
Lion's share of the north
west funds would go to Oregon
$70,521,500. Washington
would get $12,200,000. Idaho $3.
840.300 and Alaska, $1,044,000
The house approved bill did
not Itemise allocations by proj
ect. The senate breakdown, how
ever, for various projects In
cludes (with army engineers'
distribution of house approved
funds in parenthesis:
Rivers and harbors: Oregon
Columbia river at Bonneville
Ore., and Wash., $1,500,000 ($1,-
Plans to Renew
Fight in Congres
Over Labor Bill
Washington, May S (IP) La
bor legislation strategists in
both branches of congress chart
ed new battle plans today even
as the smoke of the hectic house
scrap still swirled.
Public predictions of final
victory came from both camps
that is, from (l) those who
want to'get rid of the Taft-Hartley
law, and (2) those who want
to keep most of it.
But there was a note of re
straint even gloom in the pri
vate comments of some legisla
tors. Situation Up to Date
This is the situation:
In the house, the Wood bill
to keep much of the T-H law on
the books is back in the labor
committee fired there yester
day by a narrow-squeak vote of
212 to 209. The house sent the
measure back to the committee
for further study and hence re
versed its acceptance of the bill
on Tuesday, 217 to 203.
Yesterday's surprise action
means there is no labor bill be
fore the house at present, and
the Taft-Hartley law still stands.
It also means the Truman ad
ministration can launch another
drive, starting in the labor com
mittee, for house approval of
its Taft-Hartley repeal bill
which got no place in this
week's debate. However, the
indications are democratic lead
ers will concentrate instead on
a compromise measure which
would keep some of the T-H pro
visions. Senate to Decide
That compromise bill also
was defeated in the first round
house battle. So there will be
an uphill fight on that the next
time.
In the senate, the opening of
labor legislation debate still ap
pearrto be about a month in the
future. But republican foes of
the administrations Taft-Hartley
repealer laid the ground
work yesterday for their counter-attack.,..
TW t.
GOP Senators Taft (Ohio),
Smith (N.J.) and Donnell (Mo.)
all members of the senate labor
committee introduced a new
labor bill which Taft told the
senate would "retain the best
features of the Taft-Hartley
law."
Rep. Lesinski (D., Mich.),
chairman of the house group,
said "I think we will have a new
bill ready within a month."
Flood Damage
High on Santiam
Albany. Ore.. May 5 U.B
County agents said today that a
flood crest In the South sanu-
am river had caused damage
that would mount into "many
thousands of dollars.
Extension Agent O. E. Mike-
scll surveyed damage as waters
receded from an 18. 4-foot level,
leaving some of the best farms
in Oregon seamed with gulleys.
He said such damage had sel
dom been inflicted before in so
short a time.
Damage to land alone is ex
cessive, Mikesell said, but ma
ny acres of seed, mint and other
plantings have been wrecked al
most bevond rermir. Most seri
oiily affected were farms along
the east bank of the river be
low Sanderson's bridge, which
spans the South Santiam near
Crabtree, Ore.
flood control and rivers and
Idaho and Alaska.
030,000); Columbia and lower
Willamette riven below Van
couver, Wash., and Portland,
Ore., $161,800 ($111,000); Mc
Nary lock and dam, Columbia
river. Ore., and Wash., $40,
000.000 ($27,479,480); Coos Bay.
$1 500.000 ($687,000); Umpqua
river, $100,000 ($100,000): Ya
qulna Bay and harbor, $35,000
($24,000); Depot Bay, $442,000
(none).
Flood Control: Oregon Cot
tage Grove reservoir, $140,000
($104,200); Detroit reservoir
S 1.300,00 ($8,408,200); Donera
reservoir. $2,924,000 ($2,175,
700); Fern Ridge reservoir $208
000 ($154,800); Lookout Point
reservoir, $11,000,000 ($8,185,
000): Milton Freewater, $710,
000 ($528,000): Willamette riv
er (hank protection), $500,000
($372,100).
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Held In Row Pfc. Edward J. Touhey (above), 19-year-old
six-foot-four U. S. military policeman, from Howard Beach,
N. Y., is being held under observation following battle in
plush Imperial hotel, Vienna, Austria, with at least eight
Russian officers. Provost Marshal Col. Willard K. Liebel
identified Touhey as man who knocked down the eight offi
cers and chased another around lobby with a chair. Details
on page 10. (AP Wirephoto)
Dam May be
Gov. Douglas
McKay dam may become the
under construction, known as Detroit dam.
The move to have the dam named for Oregon's governor
started among members of the Willamette basin commission, and
it is an honor believed due Governor Douglas McKay because of
his long connection with the-
Willamette Valley Project as its
chairman. McKay was elected
chairman when the project was
organized more than a decade
ago and held the position active
ly until he was elected gover
nor. . a-tr.
Naming the 'dam for Gover
nor McKay would have to be
done by congress. Wade New-
begin, a member of the com
mission, has written Senator
Guy Cordon and has received
a reply that the senator is in
full accord with the idea.
At a meeting of the Willam
ette basin commission here
Monday it was decided that the
Willamette Basin Project com
mittee rather than the commis
sion should start and carry out
the plan with the help of the
Salem Chamber of Commerce.
Clay Cochran, manager of the
chamber, and Floyd Fox, com
mission member, will contact
the people in the Detroit area
The condition of the locks at
Oregon City was discussed seri
ously by the commission. Wal
ter Buse, Oregon City lumber
man, declared that new locks
are needed if industries are to
come to the area.
Col. O. E. Walsh, district en
gineer, told the commission that
approximately $40,000 is spent
each year on repairing the locks
Before writing the congres
sional delegation to start push
ing this as the next most im
portant project it was decided
to take the matter up with Gov
ernor McKay.
Truman to Continue
Fight
on T-H Law
Washington, May 5 (IP) Pres
ident Truman declared today he
will continue to fight for the re
peal of the Taft-Hartley labor
law.
Mr. Truman said repeal and a
fair law was pledged by the
democratic party platform. He
reminded a news conference
that his administration is in
power for four years.
And he said he still thinks an
acceptable bill to enact a new
labor law can be passed.
He said he wants the demo
crats In congress to carry out
the promises made in the demo
cratic platform.
Local Frosts Forecast
As Willamette Drops
Local frosts are predicted for
the valley areas tonight and Fri
day, and most clear conditions
Thursday morning's minimum
dipped to 36. The Willamette
river continued to drop slowly
through this section, Thursday,
measuring 13 3 feet Thursday
morning following a crest of
14 4 feet on Tuesday only .1
of a foot from equalling the re-
jcord May height of 189S.
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Named for
McKay
name of the big project now
Episcopalians
Bar Women
Seattle, May 5 IP) Leaders
of the Pacific province of. the
Episcopal church rejected a
measure yesterday which would
have permitted women to take
part in policy making activities.
The proposal was introduced
at the opening session of the
30th annual synod of the Pact
fic province by the Rt. Rev. Ste
phen C. Clark, bishop of Utah.
One of the supporters of the
proposal, -.the Rt. Rev. Arthur
B. Kinsolving, bishop of Ari
zona, declared the church still
regarded women as it did in
Civil war days when "children,
idiots, drunkards and women
were all lumped in the same
group.
Others among the 300 dele
gates asserted women were be
coming the most active church
members and played a large
part in fund raising.
After the proposal was de
feated, a tearful-exit was made
by, the only woman delegate
present Mrs. E. C. Bader of
Ogden, Utah.
18,000 Coal Miners
Strike in England
Manchester, Eng., May 5 (IP)
Eighteen thousand coal min
ers refused today to go down the
pits in a strike snowballing
through two of England's big
gest coal producing counties.
The strike started over a ban
on the traditional free coal to
miners.
The national coal board, which
runs all of Britain's state own
ed pits, turned down the request
for free household coal from
niners at Burnley and Accring
ton in Lancashire.
Disgruntled, the miners then
decided to refuse any more over
time work, and closed the Burn
ley and Accrington pits lasl
Saturday,
THI WEATHER
(Released by United States
Weather Bureau)
Forecast for fialem and Vicin
ity : Mostlv clear tonlRht and
Friday. Little change In tem
perature. Lowest temperature
expected tonight. 34 degrees,
with local frosto In early morn
ing; highest Friday. M. Condi
tlons will be favorable for nil
farm ertlvltles. Frldav. Max
Imum yesterday M. Minimum to
day 34. Mean temperature ves
terrlay 49 whlrh was A helow
normal. Total 34-hoiir precipita
tion to 11:30 am. Vxiay 0. Total
34-hour precipitation to II 30
a m. today 0. Total precipita
tion for the month 1 M Inrhei
which l 1.18 Inches shove nor
mal Willamette river height at
Salem Thursday jnornlng, 13.1
feet.
Red Far East
In Alliance for
Mutual Defense
Communist China,
Burma, North Korean
Pact Blessed by Russ
'B- th A.AMl"t'd Pr-Ml
A Red China-Burma-North
Korean alliance was revealed
today (Thursday) by the Chi
nese central news agency In a
dispatch from Rangoon.
The nllianrp. riesicneri for the
mutual defense of the commun
ist segments of the three Asiatic
countries, bore Moscow's bless
ing, the official Chinese news
agency said.
The pacts one signed Febru
ary 26 in Burma and the other
March 17 in Moscow banded
the Asiatic communists togeth
er in "the joint struggle against
American and British imperial
ism," said the news agency.
Shanghai Appeals to UN
No other source has confirm
ed the signing of the pacts,
which could bring many mil
lions of Asiatics under the Rus
sian wielded hammer and sickle.
Meanwhile Shanghai's British
and American leaders discussed
a proposal to ask the United Na
tions to declare the metropolis
an open city.
The plan was rejected after
what one diplomat called a full
discussion of "the whole mess
However, there were indications
it might be revived later.
Rain Causes Halt
Rainy weather in Shanghai
was reflected in lack of military
activity. All was quiet around
there.
The communist radio in Peip
ing announced six nationalist
bombers struck Nanyuan air-
Held near Peiping killing or
wounding 20 persons.
Shanghai's land and water
routes inland have been cut by
tne Keds. tot the first time in
years the Yangtze cornucopia
which gushed inland merchan
dise into Shanghai, was stopped
up. As a result the city s mar
kets were in a. chaotic condition.
Chinese and foreigners grum
bled over the situation which
slowly choked off the city's in
dustry. One military observer In
Shanghai expressed the opinion
the Reds would leave Shanghai
alone and concentrate south and
west of the metropolis.
Chinese Red armies mean
while slashed across south cen
tral China.
Floods Follow
Drought in Italy
Rome, May 5 (IP) After the
drought the flood.
Suffering its. worst draught In
30- years, northern Italy's Po
valley today was flooded in
many places.
Crops that withered last week
were under water. There were
still no estimates as to the am
ount of damage nearly 50 Inches
of rain in Italy this week caus
ed.
Southern Italy, however, had
only light rains.
At least there will be more
electricity for Italians who have
had several months of daily
current shutoffs because of lack
of water-pother.
DST Rejected
The Dalles, Ore., May 5 U.I
ricming to farmers Drotests
The Dalles city council last
night rejected daylight saving
umc oy a vote ol 3 to 2.
Wallace Raps Atlantic Pact,
Urges Its Abandonment
Washington, May 5 PHenry A. Wallace said today that a
Russian offer on March 21 to lift the Berlin blockade was de
liberately withheld from the public because the stale depart
ment feared it might block the North Atlantic pact.
He said the slate department held up news of the Russian "con
cession for over a month be-'
cause It explodes the myth on
which the north Atlantic pact is
based and destroys the basis on
which It is being sold to the
American people."
There was no Immediate
reply from the department to
Wallace s charge.
The Russians told the depart
ment on March 21, Wallace said,
jthat they were prepared to end
I the blockade on the "sole con
dition" that the Big Four for
eign ministers meet to consider
(the whole German problem.
A Big Four agreement an
nounced today provides for a
meeting of the foreign ministers
,May 23, eleven days after the
I lifting of the Berlin blockade
and the western counter-bloek-'ade
of the Soviet zone in Ger
; many.
Wallace, former vice presi
dent and now head of the pro
Communique Released
In Four Capitals
Gives Terms
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWFR
Washington, May 5 (IP) The
Russian blockade of Berlin will
he lifted May 12 under a Big
Four agreement announced to
day. The western powers' coun
ter blockade of the Soviet zone
of Germany will be ended at
the same time.
The council of foreign min
isters will meet in Paris May
23 "to consider questions relat
ing to Germany, and problems
arising out of the situation ir
Berlin, including also the ques
tion of currency in Berlin."
Issued in Four Capitals
The four power communique.
climaxing more than two months
of intense negotiation, was is
sued simultaneously in Moscow,
London, Paris and Washington
as well as in New York where
the Berlin deal was worked out
at the headquarters of the Unit
ed Nations.
The document was an extra
ordinary display of harmony
after more than a year of ten
sion and conflict sometimes
marked by fears of actual war
At the same hour the brief
statement was made public, a
copy was handed to Trygve Lie,
United Nations secretary gen
eral.
Text of Communique
The text of the Big Four com
munique:
The governments of France.
the Union of Soviet Socialistic
Republics, the United Kingdom
and the United States have
reached the following agree
ment: (Concluded on Page 5, Column 4)
New Drug for
Polio Relief
Buffalo, N. Y., May 5 VP)
A drug bringing quick, safe re
lief from pain in infantile par
alysis was announced today by
three New York physicians,
Pain, and cramping or spasm
are often severe in the early
stages of polio. Even muscles
that don't become paralyzed are
often painful and tender to the
touch.
The drug, named priscol
quickly abolishes the pain,
spasm and tenderness, Drs.
Emil Smith, David J. Graubard
and Philip Rosenblatt of Brook
lyn told the New York State
Medical Society.
They said it had worked suc
cessfully, and often dramatically,
on 120 polio patients last year
at the Kingston Avenue hospi
tal in Brooklyn. The drug can
be taken by mouth or by in
jection.
The polio victoms got relief
from pain within 24 hours or
less, they said. They rested
more comfortably by day, slept
quietly at night, and their ap
petites improved. Arms or legs
which they kept bent because of
pain or spasm could be straight
ened out easily, permitting
quicker exercise to keep the
muscle strong and reduce the
after-effects of polio.
Some patients improved so
quickly they could be sent
home or to orthopedic hospi
tals within a week or two, the
physicians reported.
Mike Jacobs to Retire
New York, May 5 IIP) Mike
Jacobs, owner of the 20th Cen
tury Sporting club, will give up
his boxing Interests in Madison
Square Garden on June 1. How
ever, he will remain with the
new group taking over as a di
rector, it was announced today.
gressive parly, was one of seven
witnesses scheduled to testify
before the senate foreign rela
tions committee today to argue
Bgalnst the 12-nation defense
alliance.
The committee Is laying the
groundwork for a vote on the
treaty whlrh Is not binding on
tha United States until ratified
by the senate. For six days it has
heard those In favor of the pro
gram. Now those against It have
their turn.
Wallace, in a prepared state
ment, urged the committee to
withhold action on the treatv
until after a foreign ministers
conference is held on the Ger
man situation in New York.
"This Is our great If may be
our last opportunity to arrive
at a peaceful settlement of our
differences" with Russia, he
said.
Lifting of Berlin
Blockade Officially
Set for May 12
fBy tha Auocilted Pru)
In an atmosphere of armed
truce, the east and west girded
today for the next round of the
cold war after the blockades
at Berlin are lifted next Thurs
day. The west considered it had
won a victory By Bringing tna
Russians to agreement. But Rus
sian - controlled organs were
putting the best front they could
on developments and there
was more than one way at look-
ing at the turn of events.
At best, the battle of Berlin
was only part of a broad picture
strewn with storm clouds.
Cold Wind Off Russia
And a cold wind still was
blowing off Russia, toward the
foreign ministers council which
will meet in Paris May 23 ta
consider the German question
as a whole.
Under the Big Four agree
ment made public today, the
Russians will lift the total
blockade which shut off west
ern Berlin, except Dy air, lor
more than 10 months. For their
part, the western allies will end
the counter-blockade which se
verely pinched the economy of
the eastern zone of divided
Germany from July 26, 1948,
i.
The United States will keep
its airlift machine the planes,
men and directors who beat the,
Soviet blockade for 10 months
ready and waiting until they
are reasonably sure Russia haa
no plans to set up another road
block to Berlin.
Hard Bargain at Paris
The Russians, on the other
hand, obviously are ready to
drive a hard bargain at Paris.
Russian stiffness broke up tha
last foreign ministers' meeting
which tried to deal with Ger
many. A burst of harmony brought
about the truce after two
months of negotiations In Unit
cd Nations headquarters and in
New York.
Trygve Lie, who as secretary-
general of the UN has been in
a delicate position between east
ern and western pressures, said
the agreement "opens the way
to new efforts for a settlement
of the German problem, one ol
the main causes of the great
power differences which have
so far hampered the work of
the United Nations."
(Concluded on Pare 5. Column S)
Russ to Demand
Reich Plebiscite
Berlin, May 5 U.l! Sourcei
close to Soviet headquarters saic
today that Russia's first step or
lifting the Berlin blockade would
be to demand a plebiscite tc
force establishment of a centra!
German government.
Russia would want the pleb
iscite to ask the German peo
ple merely if they wanted I
united or a split Germany. Ob
servers said virtually everj
German would vote "yes" for
united Germany.
By this means, ft was said
Russia would hope to:
1. Block formation of a west
ern German state In the Amer
ican, British and French zones
2. Establish a central Ger
man government and spread
communist and Soviet influenci
beyond the confines of the Sov
iet zone.
3. Block participation ot
western Germany in the Atlantii
pact.
4. Block participation of west
ern Germany in the western
union.
5. Gain a voice in the con
trol and management of thf
great industrial Ruhr.
The report was bolstered b
a German communist communi
que today which called on all
Germans to demand establish
ment of a central government
for all four zones, conclusion
of a peare treaty and withdraw
al of all occupation troops.
Newborn Quads
Said Doing Nicely
New York, May 5 (IP) The
Collins quadruplets were born
only yesterday, but their father
feels as if he has lived a lifetime
since.
Everybody two baby boys
and two girls; their mother, Mrs.
Ethel Collins, 27; and their two-year-old
brother. Stephen ll
doing nicely. And that goes too
for papa Charles Collins, 29, a
brokerage office clerk
Life for father has been hec
tic since he received the word
yesterday from Lebanon hospi
tal. But he's taken it with poise,
this being a father of quadru
plets, which doctors say happena
J only onct In 676,000 births.