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rrynv A Newspaper for the Home Information and Entertainment for Every Member of the Family $tw Movfetr Continuing and Succeeding the Country Journal and Poughkcepsie Advertiser, Federalist Newspaper, Established 1785 Vol. 172, No. 37 Poughkcepsie, New Saturday Evening, September 8, 1956 12 Pages 5 Cents FIN At POME EDITION i THE WEATHER i Sf Fair, cel tent hi, lem raw. Temperatarea far 24 hoar a.sn.1 max. 71, mla.44.

Weather details back page. Dean Finds No Blower at Death Pit (SBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBI HHHMMMPW "SbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbI THE REV. VINCENT SCANLON. KNEELING IN DARK SUIT, assistant pastor of Holy Trinity church, is shown administering the last rites of the church, yesterday afternoon as Arlington firemen attempt to revive EMIL J. BEAL, 67, of 23 Lincoln avenue, superintendent of the City Water department's Maintenance division, who was overcome by a lack of oxygen in an roafhkr Ntw Ysrttr Parte underground water meter vault In DeLaval place, Just east of Innis avenue Mr.

Beal and Matthew Moahier, 42, of 23 Washington street, a fellow employe who alio was overcome, later died at Vassar hospital. Dr. Chester II. Ooldlng county medical examiner, ruled both men died accidental deaths from asphyxiation due to a lack of oxygen. Rescuers Tried Vainly to Save 3rd Man Overcoriie but Revives Kidnaped Infant Buried; Parents View Part of Rites NEW HAVEN.

CONN. (AP) Tiny Cynthia Ruo tolo was buried today, but her grief stricken parents saw only part of the brief, simple ceremony at the grave. Eleanor Ruotolo, mother of the six week old child, collapsed at the grave before the casket, encased in a plain pine box, was lowered. The baby's father, 33 year old Stephen, caught his wife as she started fo fall just three minutes after the cortege of three automobiles arrived at St. Bernard's cemetery, about seven miles from the big Hamden department store where Cynthia was snatched from her baby carriage Must a week ago today.

Mrs Ruotolo sobbed quietly as she and her husband, accompanied by a state policewoman arrived at the grave She gave a small cry as she stood to the left of a praying priest, the Rev Gerald Mullins Then she crumbled Her husband, an $80 a week talesman picked up his wife and rarrled her to an automobile and left the cemetery Daley Starts Union Duties Theodore Dsley, Poughkeepsle resident, has taken over full time duties as secretary treasure er of Local 445, Teamsters' union, he said today He told a reporter, by telephone from onkers. that he will carry on his work principally at the Westchester county city, where headquarters of the union It situated Supreme Court Justice Harry F. Schlrick, in an order signed Thursday, directed that the for mer insurgent group headed by Mr Daley be recognized to take over the affairs of the union The contested office of secre tary treasurer had been held by Francis Lester Stickle, one of two convicted extortionists "IT WAS A BIG VICTORY for us Mr Daley said, pointing out that we have been fighting for this for more than a year The contested election as secretar treasurer of the union was conducted list December Listing his responsibilities Mr Daley said the new officers were authorized to take over "all dues, stamps, membership books bank books check books, bond statements securities property leases contract cuments. mem bership bonds cash on hand and legal papers connected with the union Accident Reported In Taconic Parkway Corporal Perrin, Putnam Valley State Police reported that an automobile accident had oc curred In the Taconic parkway north of Route 1B9 shortly be foie noon He said a Rhlnebeck Rescue squad ambu' had been dlspaliho to the scene aaUTOS fECETABLE STAND Caulas tMUt. pclwi.

sad cora Amtla's, Violst An Jiut rl UM tit, THREE MINUTES LATER just six minutes after the cortege had arrived at the grave the casket was lowered There had been some question as to wnetner Kuotolo would at lend his baby's funeral Coroner James Corrigan had said that Ruotolo had refused to believe that the body recovered from Lake Whitney Thursday was that of his baby ALTHOUGH investigators and membeis of the baby family are satisfied "beyond question" that the body found is Cynthia's, Ruotolo has refused to agree Corrlgtn last night quoted Ruotolo 3 as declaring earlier that the body is that of a child too large to be his daughter. Mem hera of Ruotolo's family. It was said, have been unsuccessful in their efforts to change his mind Private funeral services for the child were to be conducted at St Bernards cemetery here at 11 am by a priest from the fam ily's parish of Our Lady of Mt Carmel in Hamden Lorrusn added mere Is no doubt as to the identity tf the dead child Mrs Eleanor Ruotolo her mother, Mrs Anna MoDte both made positive identification, the coroner said, as did the pediatrician and a visiting nurse who had cared for Cynthia BUT IN ADDITION, he continued, the woman who made the clothing the child waa wearing when her body waa found by three boys on a fishing trip, Iden t'fled her handiwork She was Mrs Pauline Amento, a long lime friend of the family, a ho recognized the cloth and the "unusua" stitching In the gown on Cynthia body There was no question that Investigators would continue througl the weekend their toilsome eflorts to separate fact from fancy in the bizarre case. tdb rata toward johnsom a lij a m. WN Mead.

EmilJ. Beal, 67. of 23 Lincoln avenue, and Matthew Moahier, 42, of 23 Washing ton employes of the City Water department a Distribu tion division, died yesterday afternoon when overcome bv a lack of oxygen in a water merer vault under UeLava place. Town of Poughkeep sic. Mr.

Beal, the father of three local athletes, waa an old time baseball player, a well known umpire, and aporta enthuaiast. Dr Chester Golding Jr. county medics! examiner, gave verdicts of accidental death, pending inquests, for both men. He reported that they died from asphyxiation due to a lack of oxygen ANOTHER DISTRIBUTION division emploje William Vess 44 Spackenkill road Town of Poughkeepsle who was overcome in the vault while attempting to rescue Mr Beal, division superintendent, and Mr Moshler. was pulled to safety by Mervln Barton 42, of 129 Cannon street, a fourth employe Mr Vess, who complained of a headache was taken to Vassar hospital for treabnent Town Patrolman McCready gave this account of the disaster Mr Moshler climbed down a ladder Into the water meter vault at about 2 20 o'clock to take the dial off the water meter and bring it out so It could be checked THE WATER METER, located In DeLaval place Just east of Irnls avenue was the master meter for the Crestwood Heights Water district which receives its water supply from the city Mr Moshler collapsed In the pit reported to be six feet deep and 12 by seven feet in area Mr Vess climbed down to aid Mr Moshler, but when he felt fsint came out for air Superintendent Beal went down In the vault next and rol'apked while trying to carry Mr Moshler to ssfety MR VtS WENT down a second time in an effort to ifwut Mr Beal and Mr Moshler but again was forced to climb out when he felt faint getting some fresh air Mr Vess went down in the vault a third time to aid his two fellow employes who were unconscious Mr Vess collapsed at the foot of the ladder but Mr Barton was able to reach down and pulled him to the surface THEN MR.

BARTON went to call for help The Arlington Tire department ambulance and Patrolman McCready arrived at the scene and began efforts to save the two unconscious men Fireman Ralph Polhemus said Patrolman McCrAdy and Fire man Joseph Weizer donned gas masks and went down in the Sea RESCUERS TRIED page 1 37 Injured In Train Wreck WARSAW, IND. CAP) The Pennsylvania railroad's Trail Blazer, less than two hours out of Chicago on it run to New York, jumped the track here late yesterday. Injuring 37 persons but none of them seriously Witnesses marveled none of the 272 passengers was killed Derailed cars listed at a 43 de gree angle, but none fell over trainmen said the cars were held up by a soft roadbed, which had Just been worked over by section crews ONLY It OF THE passengers and trainmen remained in Mc Donald hospital and Murphy Medical center today, 24 others having been treated and released Others were treated for slight Injuries at the scene A railroad spokesman said a defective Journal on a wheel at the kitchen end of the diner caused the wreck The Journal Is that portion of the axle which turns In a bearing The train broke In two, the locomotive and first two cars stay ing on the track Nine other cars left the rails and tore up a quarter mile of track, Just a few blocks east of the station THE TRAIL BLAZER was not scheduled to stop in Warsaw which Is 40 miles northwest of Fort Wayne. Wreckage blocked both main lines The Pennsylvania rerouted the Broadway limited and other lialns by other tracks between Fort Wayne and Plymouth, Ind. Paul Clear flagman who was li the observation car credited soft ballast with holding the cars up Beal, Moshier Victims of Lack Of Air in Vault Actinar Citv Manaaer Dean, who alio la superintendent of Poughkeepsle a Department of Public Work, today, aaid ha waa investigating a reported failure of a city water meter reading crew to carry a portable air blower to a master water meter vault at lnnis avenue and DeLaval place which yesterday became a death trap for two membera of the crew.

rM Itl Mum innillMH tntll1lftf (llAU ttt tka Opaia wtti, scene of the tragedy yesterday, at about 3 dock, uncovered no evidence that the crew carried with it, or used, a department portable air blower, and that they died from lack of oxygen in the meter pit. Killed Jn the vault were Emil J. Beal. 23 Lincoln ave nue, water maintenance auperintendent of the Public Works department, and a member of his crew, Matthew Moshier, Li Washington street. Baralta to Fight Bail for Ben District Attorney Bar at a today said he will oppose an effort by defense attorney Henry Hlrsch berg to have Wells Ben Van Steenbergh released from tne County Jail In ball pending nil retrial In November for the purported first degree arson murder of Mrs.

Lloyd H. Beresford, 38 year old Staatsburg dog expert. Yesterday, Mr. Baratta said Mr. Hlrschberc had submitted the ball motion, which Is scheduled to be argued Sept.

17 at 10 a m. before Supreme Court Justice Brennan In Goshen, Orange county. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY said ha will ooDose Van Steenbergh's release, In ball, because the 21 year oia nyae fare youm has been Indicted for first de gree murder. Mr. Baratta said that if Van Steenbergh was released in ball, there would be "no guarantee" the youth would be pres ent for his retrial.

Only July 3, Supeme Court Justice Eager handed down a or cialon denying a previous mo tion to release Van Steenbergh In ball Van Steenbergh has been in the County Jail since his arrest Oct 31. EARLY LAST MONTH, County Judge Schwartz granted a defense motion to postpone the first degree arson murder trial from the September to November County court term. Van Steenbergh is accused of the arson murder of Mrs Beresford In her Staatsburg home last Oct 28 A County court Jury disagreed after the first trial which ended June 8. Justice Eager denied the previous motion for ball "without prejudice to a renewal of the application to County Judge Schwartz, who presided at the trial, and without prejudice to a renewal In Supreme court in the event the district attorney did not proceed to trial at the September term of County court" 3 Airmen Killed In Cyprus Accident NOCOSIA. CYPRUS (API Three British airmen were killed and 22 others Injured last night when a Royal Air Force truck hit a culvert and overturned 10 miles east of Nicosia City Chamber to Continue Operation Home Program Mr.

Dean also made known he would Investigate the construc tion of all city used muter meer vauns to max certain mat eacn contains two removabl. manhole covers for ventilation purposes. He said there are two covers on the pit at Innls avenue and De Laval place, one of them over a round opining and the other a somewhat larger square cover. He said ha believed the square one waa not opened yesterday and might not have been opened for some time. Mr.

Dean said be believed the pit was built by a private contractor for Town of Poughkeeptle's Crestwood Heights Water district. MB, DEAN SAID the city did not build any one of some six or seven master meter pits i.rv lng various water districts In the town. Tbey all probably were built by private contractors for tha town, ha said The on at Innls avenue Is actually in De Laval place, a the ton Is flush wun tne pavement. Mr. Dean said it Is about 12 feet long, seven feet wide and, six feet deep.

At one end Is the round opening about two feet in diameter which was the avenue of death for the two city water maintenance men Tjie squsre one Is at a point nearthe center of the concrete structure Mr. Dean said approved prac tice calls for two openings, each with removable covers "so that the pits can be Emphasizing that he has em phasized a practice that no crew member should enter a meter pit without first making sure It Is properly ventilated, Mr Dean said "We have a portable air blow er and I have told our men time and time again they should carry It to all Jobs and use It for Meanwhile, Mayor Dietz prals ed Mr. Beat for his attempt to rescue Mr Moshler. "I cannot speak too highly of Mr Beal for his heroism In trying to rescue Mr Moahier." Mr Dietz said Mr Beal served as city tapper or water maintenance superln tendent since Jao 1 1M1 In both capacities he waa the over seer of the installation and con nection of all new water services rilHBhaLjU isiaTstfntnsaTsnw TsH I aalsaBaBaBBaW I. asssssTv aaaaaV9klaaVT'vV eaeaeaeaeaeaB eeTjinkfy.J aaaBaBaBaBHBsHfv VH.

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Best was superintendent In the City Water, department's Distribution division, and Mr, Moshler was a skilled laborer la the division. Suez Talks to Continue, Menzies to See Nasser Again CAIRO. EGYPT (AP) A Menzies mieeion ipolcee man, contradicting a statement of the miaaion'4 preaa officer. said today discussions with President Nasser on sues art still under way, "I wish toiuUte specifically (hat talks with President Nasser have not yet reached the final stages ana are auu going on," laid the spokesman. Noel Dei champs.

"The flre nstiom delegates met two noun this morning snd will meet, again on Snnday before seeing President i Nasser again." THE SPOKESMAN declined Poughkeepsle Chamber of Commerce made known today that 'Operation Home Improve ment" will be continued here another year John Evans president of the First National Bank of Poughkeepsle, Is chairman of a committee which yesterday decided to go ahead with the OKI program In line with a UnKqd States Chamber of Com merce policy Manager Wilber Wlnans of the Chamber made known that at a meeting at the Nelson House yesterday it was the concensus of persons attending that the program should be continued James Lumb president of the Lumb Woodworking Co Inc as appointed by Mr Evans as chairman of a committee to direct the program In 1937 THE CHAMBLR conducted a survey to determine steps to be taken Reporting on the survey were Bart Jordano and William Howell, director of the Clrmmnvmlm n. DIM nr.l.,1 Thereafter the group called for the continuation of the local pro gram Named to serve on Mr Lumb committee were Manfcey Beh rens Mr Howell. Addison Mcrrlhew Frederick Snyder and Mr Wlnans The group will meet soon to outline a specific progrsm The countrywide Operation Home Improvement program was Instituted to encourage home improvement and modernization in order to protect the Investment of home owners and prevent deterioration of existing properties One of the major objectives of the program is to acquaint home owners with service and materials avallble for Improvement purposes and to facilitate arrangements for modernization and improvement THOSE ATTENDING THE meeting included Mr Behrens, Frank Breslin Henry Kowal. president of he Chamber Joseph 11 Kuhn Philip VUzulrr Charles Murra Donald I.ove Stanley Mitchell Charles Roberton Herbert Salt ford Thomas haker Jr Mr Snyder Chalmer Strain, and A. Crawford Wheeler.

Terhune Picked For Road Boss Justice of the Peace Burton Terhune the Town of Pleasant Valley last night was unanimously nominated at a Democratic party caucus for the office of town superintendent of highways He will oppose Roger Hall, a former employe of the Highway department, the Re publican nominee, at the November election Now serving In the office for the remainder of the current year Is Mrs Vincent Gleason, wife of the lata auperintendent of the department for many years Mr Terhune is an employe of the International Business Machines Corp Seven Indicted In Riesel Case NEW YORK (AP) Racketeer John (Johnny Dlo) Dlo uuardl and six others nave been Indicted on a charge of con spiracy In the add; blinding, of laoor coiumnw victor lucsei. A federal grand Jury handed up a one count inaict ment against the seven men charging: "THE DEFENDANTS conspir ed by causing scld to be thrown on the fsce snd person of one victor niesei, to influence, in tlmldste snd Impede the ssld Victor Riesel and other prospec tive witnesses from testifying" before a federal grand Jury. The grand Jury had been inves. llgating racketeering. The Jury did not indict Thomas DloGuardi, 41, John's brother.

Thomas, who had been held In 373,000 ball since Aug. 17, was relessed. Counsel for Thomas DioGusrdl has repeatedly scon tended that his client knew noth ing of. the activities of his 42 year old brother, John. JOHN WA8 NAMED by the FBI as the man who masterminded the acid assault on Riesel last April 8 on a Manhattan street A new person Indicted lit the case was Leo Telvl.

picked up by the FBI July 28 In Montlcello. Telvl, who has been held In 3100.000 ball as a material witness, la the brother of Abe Telvl, found shot to death more than a month ago on a Lower East Side street The FBI says Abe Telvl was the arid thrower and that he was paid $300 for the Job Later, the FBI said, Telvl upped his price for the assault to 330,000 when he learned who his victim waa The price hike plus telltale acid on TeJvl's face, the FBI contends, led to his slaying Alice Hughes Writes About Salk Vaccine Alice Hughes writes about the Salk polio vaccine In her page 4 column She observes that In New York and New Jersey the number of cases have been re duced by one third to one halfN "and In some instances an even greater mastery over this dread Illness has been obtained Also on page 4 today, George Sokolsky writes that Nasser Is an "Arabic Imitator of Hitler and pursues the pattern of his prototype Drew Pearson writes on page 4 that Treasury agents have how to soothe savage dogs a problem still plagjfng the nations mailmen, Radio and television programs are on page 7 EOKA Band Raids Police Station NICOSIA, CYPRUS (AP) An EOKA raider band seeking arms and ammunition staged a predawn attack today on the police station In the north coast seaport of Kyrenia After a noisy battle with bombs and automatic weapons, the extremists escaped with two machlneguns, six revolvers and 260 pounds of ammunition from the police armory At least one of the eight to 10 raiders was believed wounded Police found a trail of blood leading from the pollse statoon. to say whether prolongation" of toe talks, originally, expected to end was the result of any new Instructions received from government represented on the i Deschamps said the neat meeting wltb tne Egyptian, leader the mission's first since Wednesdayprobably will take place tomorrow, i Asked whether It would be the last, he aald: 1 cannot answer that outs tlon." DESCHAMPS SAID members of the mission "have not yet made definite plana for departure from Cairo." Ills statement reversed a picture of tha situation given newsmen Friday by tha press officer, Hugh Dash. Dash had Indicated a stable mated finish, saying: "I have Just coma from the Premier (Mission Chairman Robert Q. Menzies of Australia) and can tell you the talks have eome to a complete end." All that remained for tha dele gates to do here, ha said, was to say goodbye to Nasser and Isava.

THE PRESS OFFICER, who has been giving reporters 'dally informal briefings on the course of the talks, replied "no comment" when questioned about the situation todsy. Nasser returned from a Mos lem weekend holiday with his family in Alexandria, on tha Mediterranean, end immediately went Into conference with his big three advisory group Foreign Minister Mahmoud Fawxl, Wing Commander All Sabry and tha Army's commander in cnier, Major Genera Abdel Amer Hakim Typhoon Rips Okinawa Base FORT BUCKNER. OKINAWA (AP) Screaming typhoon Emma, Its winds lsst clocked at 140 miles per hour, cut a swath ef damage across Okinawa today and churned toward Japan, Korea and Red China after causing extensive damage to U. Army headquarters here The first meaier details an nounced by the Army said there had been "one death by electrocution Sunday Feature Tells of 60 Local Men; Renovation of Revolutionary Era House To illustrate an enlightened self interest project of a community nature, the Poughkeepsle Sunday New Yorker has an unusual feature tomorrow, telling about the recent history of historic old Greenvale Farms Taking a Revolutionary period house, some 60 local contractors, manufacturers and building supply organizations undertook to show what can be ddne on a conversion renovation project The result has attracted much Interest and the Sunday New Yorker telle about the venture THEN THERE'S ANOTHER feature article on the surprising activities of (he local Civil Air patrol cadets boy and girls studying aviation snd Its ramifications. Of course, you 11 find all the news in the Sunday New Yorker, too, plus spot pictures, complete sport reporu from all ever, social news, seasonal news, columns and pddltles.

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