A e s
Assassin s roor Aim
Saves Frank Costello
In New York Shooting
New York U.R) Gambler
Frank Costello, nursing a minor
scalp wound, owed his life today
to a would-be assassin's poor aim.
Costello's luck, which hasn't
been so good since he was the
reluctant star witness of the
Senate Crime Investigating Sub
committee in 1951, held fast
Thursday night and a bullet fired
by a gunman at his home only
creased his scalp. He walked out
of the hospital only a few hours
later.
Mark of Gangland Plan
The 66-year-old gambler ap
parently was the mark for a
well-planned gangland assassi
nation. He was shot in the back
of the head as he entered the
lobby of the plush apartment
building where he lives.
The gunman, who was clearly
seen by the doorman, an ele
vator operator and a companion
of Costello, was described as a
heavyset man about six feet tall,
wearing a dark suit and black
hat. He fired one shot at Cos
tello from behind, waved his gun
menacingly at the doorman, Nor
vel Keith, and then ran to a wait
ing black Cadillac which roared
off with him. The light which
normally illuminates the get
away car's license plate was
dimmed.
Costello was described as an
international rackets boss when
the Kefauver committee brought
him before the television cam
eras in 1951. When the'questions
became too pressing for Cos
tello's comfort he walked out of
the hearings, pleading a sore
throat.
Sentenced To Prison
The committee then slapped
him with a contempt charge and
he was sentenced to 18 months
in prison. He served a year and
then was released.
In May of 1954, Costello, born
Francesco Castiglia in southern
Italy was convicted of income
tax evasion and sentenced to five
years imprisonment and fined
$20,000. Last March he was re
leased, after serving 11 months,
on a Supreme Court decision to
Is That So?
B? EUGENE BURNS
. Ranger-Naturalist
How often have you heard the
expression: "What a bird-like
appetite!"
If you mean the person is a
dainty eater who consumes a
tiny amount of food, brother,
you're in for a jolt.
Of warm-blooded a n 1 m a Is,
birds are far the heartiest of all
eaters. Did I say hearty? I meant
tremendous.
An albatross will eat so much
that it cannot rise off the water.
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A condor will gorge until it be
comes so heavy and stupid it
cannot fly away. A pelican can
eat enough fish to make a meal
for five grown men from 6-8
pounds. A robin often eats its
weight of worms within 8 hours.
And even the tiniest of birds,
and warm-blooded animals the
hummingbird can eat twice its
own weight in granulated sugar
in a day. As for the run of song
birds, they will eat from 20 to
60 per cent of their own weight
in a day.
This extraordinary consump
tion of food is necessary because
of the bird's , intense life, un
matched by backboned creatures
with the possible exception of
the tiny shrew.
Circulation Rapid
With it, birds' temperatures
run from 103-110 degrees and
their circulation is very rapid
propelled by a pulse which may
exceed 750 heart beats a minute.
To take care of the rapid change
of food into fuel, their blood
contains many more corpuscles
per ounce than any other animal.
This intense existence calls
for an incredibly rapid digestion.
A bohemian waxwing passed 900
juniper berries through its di
gestive tract within 6 hours. An
owl took but IY2 hours to digest
fully two English sparrows
casting off pellets of indigestible
feathers and bones. And in the
same time, 1V2 hours, a young
buzzard ate and completely di
gested a 3V4 foot snake.
Now, what was that again
about a "bird-like appetite?
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Wilson's Fears
Called Groundless
Washington (UP.) High-rank-1
ing administration officials today
called "groundless" Secretary of
Defense Charles E. Wilson's
fears that the government will
end this year in the red.
They said they expect savings
in several government depart
ments and agencies to offset in
creased military spending. At
the moment, they said, they see
no reason why the government
will not end this fiscal year June
30 with a surplus close to the
Sl,700,000,000 President Eisen
hower forecast last January.
Wilson told reporters Thurs
day that the Budget Bureau and
Treasury Department are "wor
ried about our increase" in
spending. He said they fear the
increased spending might unbal
ance the budget for fiscal 1957.
Because of increased costs, the
Defense Department expects to
spend some Sl.400,000,000 more
than its S3 6 billion budget. This
would cut the surplus to a slim
$300 million.
But one of the administration's
top budgeteers said savings in
mutual security spending, the
bank, the federal national mort
gage association and various
other agencies would about off
set the higher military costs.
Texas Flood
Waters Recede
By UNITED PRESS
Flood waters receded in Texas
today despite continued rains
over much of the Gulf region
and the southeastern states.
The raging Sabine river sent
its flood crest surging toward
ine sman community 01 uewey- 1
ville, Tex., about 40 miles from
the Gulf of Mexico. But else
where in the state, rivers were
returning to their banks and
evacuees to their homes.
The prolonged weather dis
turbance in the Gulf Coast
brought rains as far inland as
Oklahoma and Kansas. Scattered
thunderstorms swept from cen
tral Texas along the coast to
Florida.
A cool air mass over the north
eastern quarter of the nation ex
tended into Kentucky and North
Carolina and sent temperatures
plunging into the' 30s from the
Great Lakes to New England.
Cooler air also pushed into
the Northwest, touching off
showers from the Pacific Coast
Friday, Mar 3, 1SS7
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review the sentence.
Last year, Costello defeated a
government move to revoke his 1
citizenship and deport him. Hei
has been ill since. 1
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