Five-Story Apartment Building Collapses in New York
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Heroic Effort
Saves Terrorized
Elderly Woman
New York -IUPI)- Workers
aided by a giant crane today
dug through the wreckage of
a five-story apartment build
ing that collapsed with a roar
into a huge excavation on
Manhattan's East Side.
Police said that all nine
residents of the building at
34th st. and Lexington ave.
In the shadow of the Empire
State Building either managed
to get out before the collapse
or were not at home when
the structure toppled shortly
before midnight Thursday.
One aged woman was saved
by a heroic bartender.
- Police said the foundation
of the building that disinte
grated apparently had been
weakened by excavation in
the area. The 25-foot deep
, hole next door had been
scooped out for construction
of a new apartment building.
Bartender Joe Granah, 29,
uihn ivn littinff in a nearby
bar, said he felt a tremor like
an earthquake when tne uuua
ing began to come apart.
"I ran out and saw the
' hnilHInff nhaklnir. " he said.
As dust spurted from the
sides of the building, Oranan
ran to the front door, found
it jammed, and kicked it
open. He dashed up the
stairs to the fourth floor
where he found an 83-year-old
widow cowering in terror.
He carried her down the
stairs and reached the street
just as the building fell in
a shower of flying brick, glass
and wood.
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New York -TOPI)- The stock
market firmed by a narrow
margin today with chemicals,
electronics and scattered spe
cials scoring the better gains.
Gains of a point in Du Pont
and small fractions in General
Electric, Westlnghouse, Jersey
, Standard and Allied Chemical
enabled the industrial average
to show a gain of slightly more
than a point during the first
hour,
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tallroads 120.39, unchanged)
IS utilities 93.14, off 0.26,
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BUILDING COLLAPSES A partly crushed car stands in after a five-story residential building collapsed In New
the background while firemen search through the rubble York late Thursday. (UPI Telephoto)
Khrushchev Said To Have
New Formula for Summit
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Elimination of
Disarmament
Issue Reported
London-OIPD-An Iron Cur
tain diplomat reported today
that Soviet Premier Nikita S
Khrushchev has a new sum
mit formula which would
eliminate the disarmament
issue from the next meeting
of the Big Four.
The source said Khrushchev
has in mind a "two-tier" strat
egy which would call for:
-A meeting of the United
States, Britain, , France and
Russia to discuss the' Berlin
Issue and the problem of Ger
many In general.
-A much wider meeting, in
cluding neutrals and the new
nations that are emerging, to
negotiate on global disarma
ment. Unwillingness Seen
Behind the strategy lies
Khrushchev's apparent un
willingness to limit disarma
ment talks to the Big Four
powers.
It also is considered a con
ciliatory gesture toward Red
China.
It is understood Khruslv
chev would try to gel Pciping
included In the disarmament
conference but would not In
sist on it.
The Soviet leader won equal
representation for the Conv
munlst world in the 10-nation
disarmament conference last
summer. The Communists fin
ally broke up the conference
by walking out, i
Expects Belter Forum
Now Khrushchev expects
to get still a better forum for
himself by packing it with
neutrals and representatives
from Africa, Asia and Latin
America.
The sources said this was
the real reason for Khrush
chev's proposal In New York
this fall that the General As
sembly hold a special session
on disarmament early next
year.
But, the source Indicated,
Khrushchev Is likely to settle
for a smaller forum than the
entire assembly. He presum
ably would agree to a special
disarmament summit of lead
ers from East and West plus
a selected number of neutrals,
Washington -(UPI)- Secretary I lishing Individual contact
of State Christian A. Herter with the incoming administra
tes ordered State Department tion of President-elect John F.
officials to refrain from estab- Kennedy.
Charters Should Be
In General Terms
Aik Your
Favorite
Service Srition
Herter Orders Restraint in
Contact With Kennedy Group
County Home Rule
Ashland Couple To
Attend Convention
' Ashland-Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Lytle, Ashland, plan to
attend the National Farm Bu
reau convention in Denver,
Colo., Dec. 10 through 14
Lytle Is president of the Jack
son County Farm Bureau,
Officers from the Jackson
County Farm Bureau attended
the annual conference in Eu
gene Nov. 13 through 16.
Besides the Lytlcs, others
attending were W. R. Baglcy,
Talent, voting delegate; Ernest
Rodomske, Sams Valley, vice
president; Mrs. Grover T. Mul
key, Gold Hill, secretary
treasurer; David Blair, legis
lative chairman and Mrs.
Blair, women's chairman, both
of Rogue River.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Lcmley,
.shland. attended the insur
ance session.
(Continued from Page 1)
The Santa Clara county of
ficial Baid the California con
stitution was amended in
19H to provide for home rule.
Eleven of 58 California coun
ties adopted charters. Some of
the 11 counties which have
charters had to try twice at
the polls before they were
enacted. Santa Clara county,
at the south end of San Fran
cisco bay, was the last county
to successfully adopt a charter
and has had 10 years experi
ence with it,
Siegcl noted that once a
charter is enacted it is hard
to amend. In California, char
ters presented as parts of gen
eral reform programs were
usually successful.
County charters should be
written in broad terms, he
said. Setting forth detailed
government operation under
charter tends to freeze county
government In an obsolete
mould, Siegcl Indicated.
Favors Cod
Sicgel favored an adminis
trative code which would be
coupled with the charter. This
is a county ordinance spelling
out the duties of county of
ficers and the functions of
their offices. It can be more
easily amended than the char
ter, the attorney Indicated.
Any county with the power to
create ordinances can adopt
such a code, he said.
Orvnl Etter, staff attorney,
Oregon bureau of municipal
research and service, Eugene,
noted that the -constitutional
home rule amendment Is short.
He said he originally under
stood it could be voted on at
any legally called election.
Lately, however, the attorney
general has ruled this could
be done only at a general elec
tion.
"The key sentence In the
home rule amendment is that
the county churtcr may pro
vide execution by the county
of authority ovpr matters of
county concern," Etter said.
"It gives broad authority."
May B Latl
He emphasized that the
home rule amendment pro
vides that the existing struc
ture of county government
may 1 be left In its present
form.
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The slate still has consider
able power over county gov
ernment in spite of the home
rule amendment, the attorney
pointed out. And the county's
citizens have initiative and
referendum powers.
Louis J. Kroeger, executive
vice president, Griffenhagcn-
Kroeger, Inc., Son Francisco,
consulting firm on govern
ment, emphasized that a coun
ty charter committee should
do extensive studying on the
background of the county
charter and investigate what
other counties have done.
Then a committee should
make its own decisions and
present a charter written in
the members' own words, not
copied.
Attending the clinic from
Jackson county were County
Judge Earl Miller, County
Commissioners Chester Wendt
and Ralph James, Mrs. Ogden
Kellogg, Gold Hill, chairman
of the League of Women Vot
ers home rule committee, and
county home rule committee
members Mrs. Thomas Rutter,
MacLeod Maurice, and Mrs.
Lester Adams.
MedfordlVTribune
Regional Edition Page 2A
Castro Angrily
Charges America
With Intervention
Herter has instructed offi
cials to channel any informa
tion for the new administra
tion through the office of the
assistant secretary of state for
congressional relations, Wil
liam B. Macomber Jr., until
formal liaison arrangements
have been set up.
State Department officials
also have been told to report
to the secretary on any ap
proaches to them for informa
tion by members of Kennedy's
staff or persons representing
themselves to be such.
Herter's order, according to
his aides, is designed to eliml
n a t e "confusion" resulting
from information contacts and
"regularize" the flow of infor
mation to the new administra
tion. They acknowledged, how
ever, that it also would have
the effect of stopping frustrat
ed career officials from try
ing to peddle pet theories to
the new administration or
seek the inside track for bet
ter lobs when Kennedy as
sumes office.
Reported Concerned
Herter was reported con
cerned by the fact that a num
ber of his aides have been
talking with Democratic con
gressmen and others concern
ing possible new policies.
The secretary has gone to
considerable trouble to pre
pare for the orderly transition
of the department to his suc
cessor. He hopes Kennedy
soon will designate the next
secretary so that the work of
briefing him on current poli
cies and conditions can begin.
By United Press International
, Cuban Premier Fidel Cas
tro's propaganda machine
charged angrily today that
U.S. assignment of warships
to guard Guatemala and Nica
rague against Communist in
vasion was "Yankee interven
tion" in the Caribbean.
The naval peace patrol was
welcomed by the two central
American nations, threatened
this week by uprisings which
their governments said were
fostered by the Castro regime,
but Cuba's official press and
radio said there was no threat
of invasion.
Radio announcers on Cas
tro's government stations
charged that President Eisen
hower, by posting an invasion
guard on the eastern ap
proaches to Guatemala and
Nicaragua, was "trying to
crush the fight for freedom
going on in those countries."
From Moscow, the Soviet
Union's Tass news agency
charged the U.S. action was
"one more link in the provo
cative policy of the U.S. rul
ing circles against Cuba." It
claimed an attack on Cuba
was being prepared at bases
in Guatemala and Nicaragua.
The last major rebel resist
ance in Guatemala and Nica
ragua was crushed Wednes
day, when loyal Guatemalan
troops recaptured the Caribbean-coast
city of Puerta Bar
rios and chased the surviving
insurgents toward Honduras.
Guatemalan President Mi
guel Ydigoras Fuentes said
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White City Man Is
Arraigned in Court
Martin Dave Wilkinson, 60,
of the Veterans Administra
tion domiciliary, White City,
was arraigned in district
court Wednesday afternoon
on a charge of assault with a
dangerous weapon.
He waived the right to an
attorney and Judge Roy Ba
shaw set a preliminary hear
ing for Nov. 21 at 2 p.m. Bail
was set at $5,000 and Wilkin
son was lodged in the county
jail.
Wilkinson was arrested by
Oregon state police Nov. 14
The complaint charges that he
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