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The coastland times., 1951-06-01
IT Taxes
ALL KINDS
BY DAVE WEST

A husband supported by his wife
is vagrant? He is, if he's able
bodied and lives in North Carolina,
brother! That's what the law says.
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Why, why-its a reign of terror,
that's what it is! What's the use
having the minister make her
promise to love, honor and obey,
if man can't count on his wife's
supporting him? One of the prin-
cipal hopes a young chap has of
obedience in his bride is that she'll
meekly turn over her pay check
to i'm, after holding out just
enough to get all the worry-lines
ironed out at the beauty shop-so
she can stay beautiful for him.
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The peculiarities of North Caro-
lima law that were brought out in
Judge Baum's court during the De-
Febio trials last week-not gen.
orally known, we believe-may
very well have the effect of dis
couraging marriage. Gosh, if fell
Ter can't even dream of getting
married and "being taken away
from it all" by escaping the work
aday world, it's bound to have a
blighting effect on romance.
What of US who are already mar
ried, who have chung to this never
quite realizable illusion? "Some
day, when the children are beyond
the diaper-and-fl -floor-walking stage,
our dear wives will get high-pay-
ing jobs that will enable them to
hire housekeepers and cooks and
other servants to care for the place
while they're out toiling-and
we'll stay home and read the books
we've intended to read, putter
around the garden in a trifing
sort of way, and, in general, cul-
tivate our very great aptitude for
being gentlemen of culture and re-
finement -.
That does it: if the law says it
can't be mama, then there AMT
no Santa Claus!
We trust that no other husband
was so rash as to report at home
after the DeFebio trial that rails
ing children was not what one
could properly call ''work," anoth-
er thing the North Carolin stat
utes are specific about. We were
that rash and were rewarded with
a stint at baby-tending . . 1t is
our considered opinion that the law
must have been written by bunch
of bachelors-probably monks in a
monastery or hermits.
The high price of beef may have
as much to do with the disappear
ance of the horse from the Amer
lean scene as the automobile. We
read that a butcher in Asheville
has been hailed into court on the
charge of selling ground horse
meat for hamburger.
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One boy has been assured by his
parents of an illustrious childhood;
in the fourth grade at Swan Quar-
ter school is a lad named Gene
Autry Midget.
Sometimes one edits unimportant
copy too fast. We read proof on
column filler the other day which
said that male drivers were in
volved in over 9O@0 of the high
way accidents in the US. last
year. The thing is so obviously
false that no thinking man can
be misled by it. All the same, we
hate to see it get into print, for
it's exactly the kind of thing that
innocent womanhood is likely to
swallow as truth.
We've seen Bill Gates shrieking
green socks topped: we saw
The coastland times., 1951-06-01
ORGANIZATIONAL
CALENDAR
Sunday

Sunday
MT. OLIVET METHODIST
CHURCH of Manteo: Sunday
School, 9:45 a.m.y morning wor-
ship, 11:O0 am; evening worship,
7:3O pm. The Rev. J. H. overton,
Jr.
ROANOKE ISLAND BAPTIST
CHURCH: Sunday School, 1000
am; Training Union, $50 p.m.;
evening worship, 7:30 pm. pray
er Meeting, 1880 pm. Wednes-
days.) The Rev. Frank B. Din
widdie.
NCHES Sc METHODIST
CHURCH: Sunday School, 10 a.
M; morning worship, IL am;
Methodist Young People, TOO p.
M; evening worship, 7:3O pm.
prayer Meeting, 7:3O pm. We'd
nesdays. Choir rehearsal after
Prayer Meeting.) The Rev. C. w.
Guthrie.
ASSEMBLY OF GOD of Man
teo: Sunday School, 10 am; ev-
ening worship, 1880 pm. (Regu-
lar worship service, Friday, 1880
r.m.) The Rev. D. B. Lawrence.
MANTEO BAPTIST CHURCH:
Sunday School, 1000 am; morn
ing worship, HOO am; Baptist
Training Union, $50 PM; even-
ing worship, 1880. (Mid-week
prayer service, Wednesday, 1880
p.m.) The Rev. H. v. Napier.
Monday
ROTARY CLUB of Manteo: at
Community Building, every Mon
day, $3.50 pm.
LIONS CLUB of Manteo: at Ft.
Raleigh Hotel, first and third
Mondays, 7:15 pm.
REBEKAHS, Manteo: at Ma
senic Hall, first and third Mon
days, 8 pm.
MANTEo HOME DEMON
STRATION CLUB: at Commun-
ity Building, second Monday, 2:3O
pm.
THETA RHO GIRLS CLUB:
at Masonic Hall, second and
fourth Mondays, 8 pm.
SHRINER'S CLUB: at Man
teo Airport, first Mondays, 8 pm.
TOWN COMMISSIONERS of
Manteo: Manteo town hall, Sec
ond Mondays, A pm.
WESLEYAN GUILD: third
Monday each month in homes of
members, $50 pm.
AMERICAN LEGION AUXIL-
larry: second Monday each
month at the Community Build
ing. 8 pm.
Tuesday
WOMAN'S CLUB of Manteo:
at Community Building, every
second Tuesday, S:15 pm.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS:
at Dare County Courthouse, Tues
day after first Monday each
month.
A.B.C. BOARD: at Manteo
store, Tuesday afte~ first Mon
day, IL am.
BOARD OF EDUCATION,
Dare: Tuesday after first Monday,
quarterly, IL am.
MUSIC CLUB (Roanoke Is
land): first Tuesday each month,
$3.50 pm.
MANTEO P.T.A.: at school
house, second Tuesday each
month, 3:15 pm.
ODDFELLOWS, Virgins Dare
Lodge, Manteo: at hall rear of
school gym, first and third Tues
days, 8 pm.
Thursday
MASONIC LODGE of War
chese: first and third Thursdays,
8 pm.
EASTERN STAR: at Wanchese
Masonic Hall, second and fourth
Thursdays, 8 pm.
V.F.W. CLUB No. 1853: at
Manteo Airport, every Thursday,
8 pm.
GARDEN CLUB: at Communi-
ty Building, first Thursdays, 2:30
pm.
Friday
MANTEO LODGE AT. & Am
No 682: at Fire Hall, first ana
third Fridays. 6 pm.
RURITAN CLUB of Wanchese:
at Wanchese school, third Fri
days, 7:30 pm.
Saturday
DARE COUNTY TEEN-AGE
RECREATION CLUB, at Com
S1or1nifry P,,i1d;nc o,yor,, OoA,,l,..
The coastland times., 1951-06-01

More than 80 percent of all ac-
cidents last year on our streets
and highways involved vehicles go
ing straight.
The coastland times., 1951-06-01
LIBRARY NOTES

The Library has an idea for a
summer project in the library, that
we hope will interest some of the
boys and girls from the fifth to the
eighth grades-those who like to
build things. We have the patterns
and specifications for making mod
els of the Seven Wonders of the
Ancient World-the Pyramids of
Egypt, the Hanging Gardens of
Babylon, the Colossus of Rhodes,
the Pharos Lighthouse at AleXan-
dria, the Temple of Diana at Ep-
hesus, the Statue of Zeus at Olym-
pia and the Mausoleum of Haiicar-
nassus, Greece. If we can do
good job on these models, they
can be loaned for use in Ancient
history classes in the schools
throughout the county. The library
will try to furnish the materials
if the young people will do the
work. 1t should be fun.
Another note to young people
school closes next week so please
get your library books back to the
library. Even if you have not fin
ished with them, don't leave them
in school, either in the school Ii
brary or in your desks. We do not
want to be deprived of the use of
them for the entire summer, be-
sides we have reports to make be-
fore July 1 on the whereabouts of
all our books.
These are some of the books we
omitted from last weeks list:
children of the Bible" Yates;
"Chariot in the Sky" Bontemps;
"Miss Behavior" Bryant; "Make
1t and Ride It," Maginley; "Make
1t and Make 1t Pay" Roberts.
Next week we hope to be able
to report the arrival of a number
of books ordered for the adult
shelves.
The coastland times., 1951-06-01
BUS SCHEDULES
BETWEEN HATTERAS
AND MANTEO

Oregon Inlet ferry crossing time
20 minutes
HATTERAS-MANTEO
BUS LINE, INC.
Phone 1O4 HATTERAS, N. C..
Evening star., 1951-09-19
thank science for BLOUSES
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little or no ironing. 1t won't shrink or
stretch strong and lone-weorIne, too
Ressts soiIine, mildew, perspiroton
Hurry to try it . +. and marvel.
textured tob-coIIor blouse wear necklIne
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2. lonq-sIeeved shirt, French cufted.
White, pink or maize rb-weove, lO'9o
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also Bethesdo-CheY Chase
Evening star., 1951-09-19

es come see walking right the dds" beautiful clothes for
100 to 800 tomorrow Thursday the 2oth
nodded jacket full skirt Royon otoon honey brown winter
sheer wool with velvet Block brown or winter blue oo95 7zoo
cordiqon necine royon blue obnhe green 1895
decoeoee spoked with inestone Black De ray
in ocquord royon toffe princess look Black block and
with dozzIe buttons pockets 77 1870 WOOL roll
many with their swiring pettskrts Misses sizes
V5L-isses Dresses Floor also Bethesda Chevy Chase
, 1951-05-08
President Trumdn's
9th Birthday Today

WASHINGTON, May s (INS)
President Truman plans to work
as usual today, but he will cut a
birthday cake tonight. 8
The President ia G. today. The
White House said that there will
be no official observance Of the
birthday-which is also the an
niversary Of We Day-but that
there would be a cake at the
Truman dinner tonight.
, 1951-05-08
Filters Killed

DAYTON, O., May 8 (INS)-
Two filters were killed today in
the crash of a B-25 Medium
Bomber on a farm some IL miles
southwest Of Wright Patterson
Air Force Base.
Witnesses said the left Engine
of the Plane exploded in flight.
The Pilot apparently was attempt
ing an emergency landing when
the craft suddenly dove to the
ground, exploded and burned.
It was thought at first that at
least three men were aboard the
Plane but Wright Patterson Field
Continued Page 4
, 1951-05-08

The 36-year-Old McGee- exc
cutied in the same courthouse
where he first was convicted in
1916 was pronounced dead at
:08 A. M. (EST).
Officers said MCGEE was silent
and "steady as a rock' as he en-
tered the death chamber-the
courtroom in which one of his
three trials was held.
An electric chair had been in
stalled on the raised dais at one
end Of the room. Some SO Of
~ficials, newsmen and other wit
nesses crowded into the court
room seats.
McGee- wearing slippers, a
green shirt and black trousers
and smoking a cigar-was calm
as he was led to the chair he had
, 1951-05-08


Alexander had sought to strike
from the record oral admissions
made by Mckenzie and Thorpe to
Trenton Police Lieutenant An
drew F. Delate that they were in
volved in the fatal robbery. He
argued that outside of the oral
admissions the state had no case
against the two men.
Mercer County Prosecutor Ma
rio H. Volpe opposed the motion,
Continued Page 4
, 1951-05-08

spotted the plane at about 5000 feet al
titude with an engine on fire.
He said he saw the plane go down
without anyone aboard bailing out.
The bomber crashed in a woods on the
from the Shade home. The fuselage split
through the center and flaming gasoline
sprayed over the entire area.
A hole 1O-feet wide was torn in the
ground at the point of impact.
, 1951-05-08

Defense Attorney Raymond Pace
Alexander made the motion to
strike the testimony from the re-
cord but Judge Smalley held the
oral admissions are not essential
" a part of the written confess
ions previously excluded from the
record.
, 1951-05-08
of trees.

grove or trees.
Wreckage and parts of bodies were
scattered through the grove. Although the
BIS normally carries a crew of five, only
three bodies were found.
Officials at Wright Patterson Air
Force Base, some "a miles northwest of the
crash scene, said the plane took off from
there.
Bill Rodgers, a farmer blowing corn
at the time, said he heard an explosion and
, 1951-05-08

eluded for six years and strapped
in. He smoked the cigar until
seconds before his death.
Among the witnesses were
the rape victims husband
identified by Sheriff T. v.
Brodan as Troy Hawkins of
Laurel-her brother and two
borthers-in-law.
The sheriff said they watched
the execution in silence. A Negro
minister, the Rev. T. w. Patter-
son Of Laurel, stood nearby.
Outside the courthouse, SO
state troopers stood guard. A
crowd Of 500 Laurel residents,
who had drifted onto the court
house lawn after McGeen was
taken to Laurel from Jackson,
Miss, 80 miles away, waited
quietly for news of his death.
The first-and only-shock was
administered at 1902 Am. (EST).
PLEAS for
mercy were made yesterday to
four justices of the U. S. Supreme
Court, Mississippi Gov. Fielding
Wright, Fifth Circuit Court of
Appeals Judge Wayne C. Borah
in New Orleans, and Federal
Judge Stanley Mize in Jackson,
but all refused to grant a stay Of
execution.
The desperate, day-long strug-
gle was led by former Rep. Vito
Marcantonio (ALP) of New York,
who lebelled the Negroes three
convictions a illegal lynching."
The appeals yesterday climax
ed a six-year fight to save Nc
Gees life. He became a cause
celebre of civil liberties groups
and the case attracted worldwide
attention.
State Department officials at
one time went to Mississippi
for information to be used in
combating charges that Me
Gee was a victim Of racial pre-
JUDGE.
President Truman and Mississ-
ippi authorities were bombarded
with appeals for mercy from the
Communist led countries Of East
Continued Page a
, 1951-05-08
Billion Dollar Project For Israel

WASHINGTON, May 8 QNs)- Israeli Prime Minister
David Ben-Guron today unfolded a four-year, two billion dollar
development program for his young republic.
, 1951-05-08
Judge Rejects Motion
IN Trenton Six Trial

RENTON N. j. May 8 (NS)-The trial of the
"Trenton Six moved on today after Judge Ralph j.
Smalley refused to strike from the record the alleged oral
admissions linking John Mckenzie and James H. Thorpe
to the hold-up Staying of 72-year old William Horner.
The second hand furniture dealer was murdered on
January 27. 1913.
, 1951-05-08
,ss Swallows Sleeping Pills

HOLLYWOOD, May 8 QNs) Film Actress Mary Astor
"a reported by police today to have swallowed a quantity of sleep
ing pills at her suburban Encino home.
, 1951-05-08
Weather Forecast

Fair today with high about
20. Fair tonight and low around
as. Wednesday some cloudiness
and mild.
, 1951-05-08
Witness Account OF
How Willie MCGEE Died
By PAT J.

LAUREL, Miss, May 8 QNS)- Willie MCGEE,
Mississippi Negro convicted of raping a housewife, died
in the electric chair at Laurel early today despite frantic
legal efforts to spare his life for the seventh time in six
Years.
, 1951-05-08
~
Three Killed In Plane Crash

MIDDLETOWN, O., May s CNS)
AT least three air force filters were killed
today in the crash of a BIS light attack
bomber in a farm field two miles west of
Middletown.
Witnesses said the plane exploded
in mid-air and passed over Middletown
trailing flames. The pilot apparently was
attempting a crash landing in a field west
of the city when the plane crashed into a
, 1951-05-08
LATE BULLETINS
Marshall Says Russia May Touch Off War
N Affairs Chairman Dies In Capitol

WASHINGTON, May 8 0NS)-Rep. John Kee CD W:
Va. chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, collapsed
and died today while presiding a session of his group in the
, 1951-05-08
Elevator Operators On Strike In New York

NEW YORK, May s GNS)-EIevator operators in 60
New York skyscrapcrs and other office buildings began walking Oft
their Jobs today in a dispute vel wages.
Evening star., 1951-01-07

Mrs. Leslie Coffelt, wife of the
policeman killed when two Puerto
Rican nationalists attempted to
assassinate President Truman
November 2, will visit Puerto Rico
as the honor guest OF a police
convention there.
The Association of Members OF
the Insular Police of Puerto Rico
will hold their annual convention
at San Juan January 16 and II
An invitation to Mrs. Coffelt was
sent by 1t. Francisco A. Nieves,
association president, through the
National SheriffS' Association of
Washington, of which he is a
member.
Charles j. Hahn, executive sec
retary of the sheriffs' organiza-
ton, said Mrs. Coffelt accepted
the invitation and will fly to
Puerto Rico. He said Mrs. Coffelt
holds no grievance against the
Puerto Rican people because her
husband, a 40-year-old White
House policeman, was slain by
members of the nationalist party.
1t. Nieves wrote in his invita-
ton to Mrs. Coffelt:
Amongst the acts included in
the varied program for the occa-
sion there will be an homage to
Evening star., 1951-01-07
Los Angeles Rocked
By Pressure as Jet
Pulls Out of Dive
BY The Associated Press


LOS ANGELES, Jan. GA tre-
menoous pressure blast that
rocked the Los Angeles area today
was caused by jet plane pulling
out of a supersonic dive, military
intelligence officials explained.
The explanation came three
hours after the mysterious "ex-
plosion" brought hundreds of calls
to police and newspaper switch
boards.
No serious damage was reported
anywhere, but a few windows were
broken in Culver City. The shock
was felt all the way from Santa
Monica to the San Fernando Val
ley. 20 miles inland.
1.-TWO or three high powered jet
planes were being tested" a mill
tary intelligence spokesman said
They were at attitudes of nearly
100000 feet"
One of the new ships went into
a 600 to 900 M.P.H. power dive, he
added, and roared through the
sonic barrier. When it leveled off
it created a vacuum and caused a
terrific blast, like thunderclap.
Police Chief c. H. Anderson of
Beverly Hills said, 1--WE had 1000
calls within an hour"
Evening star., 1951-01-07
S MESSAGE
Tomorrow 10 Set off
Turbulent Session
His Emergency Program
Expected to Sturt Most
Importont Debate in Year
RxI A 0'Lenry

President Truman will go be-
fore joint session of Congress at
i pm. tomorrow to deliver his
State Of the Union message in the
tensest atmosphere that has pre-
vailed since the end Of World
War II.
His program for dealing with
the present unsettled state of
world affairs will be the signal for
the real beginning of what prom
ises to be the most important
and possibly most turbulent, ses-
sion in recent years.
Millions of Americans who can
get to a radio or television set will
augment the chosen few hundred
| in the galleries of the House
chamber. to hear what the Presi-
dent may say about the struggle
in Korea and what this country
must do in unison with its Allies
to gain the strength to head of
further aggression elsewhere.
| Compromises Expected.
Up to now the House and Sen
ate have been going through the
routine steps of organizing a new
Congress. Once the President has
outlined his recommendations
committees in both branches will
(See MESSAGE. Page ABB
Evening star., 1951-01-07
Puerto Ricun PoIicemenInvite
.CoffeIt's Widow to Convention

you as a token of sympathy ano
remembrance for the irreparahie
loss of your never forgotten hus-
band who died an honorable
death while complying with his
duty in defending the life of ou1
dear President. the Honorable
Harry S. Truman.
"It would be most high honor
for each and every member of the
association over which preside
as we'll as for the peoples of the
Island of Puerto Rico. that you
be present at the convention and
receive this homage in person.
eve are therefore extending you
most cordial invitation to be
present in our company during
the two days of the convention
with the understanding that all
expenses which you may incur for
travel and hotel accommodations
will be for the sole account of the
association. In addition you will
have the opportunity of visiting
our little island and contracting its
inhabitants and getting acquainted
with its customs and it's habits as
we'll as of all the attractivenesS
of real tropical country"
Evening star., 1951-01-07
Kass Files for Permit
For 12-Story Building
At 18Th and Avenue
Plans for Structure
Not Definitely Set,
But Land Is Optioned
By Robert J. Lewis

KaSs-Berger, Inc, a real estate
and building firm headed by Gar
field I. Kass, has filed an applica-
ton for a District permit to build
a 12-story office building and pub
lie garage on the east side of Thir-
teenth street NV. between E
street and Pennsylvania avenue
A parking lot now occupies the
site.
No Purchase Decision.
Mr.. Kass conceded yesterday
that his firm had an option on
the land-which is owned by the
Ford Motor Co. and now leased
to Service Parking Corp. Detroit
Mich. However, there has as yet
been no decision on purchase OF
the land or construction of the
building. Mr.. Kass added.
There are number of factors
to be considered before we car
plan definitely to 60 ahead" Mr.
Kass said.
Long Owned by Ford.
The 18,000-square foot site has
been owned by Ford for many
years. This land and holdings o1
the Heurich estate fronting or
Pennsylvania avenue. E street and
Twelfth street, make up the en-
tire block bounded by Twelfth and
Thirteenth streets, and Pennsyl-
vania avenue and E street.
A one-story service garage
which will have roof top parking
with access from a ramp, is now
under way at the southwest
corner of Twelfth and E streets
on land leased from the Heurich
estate. 1t is being built by Harry
A. SWagart, president of the
Washington Garage Co., Inc.
1912 E street NV.
The Ford Motor Co. placed the
site of the proposed Office build
ing on the market some time
ago. Test borings were made for
the Kass-Berger firm several
weeks ago to show foundation
requirements.
Evening star., 1951-01-07
DeweY's July Rejection
OF Acheson Job Reported
BY the Associated Press

WATERFOWL, N. Y, Jan. g.
The Watertown Times said today
that Gov. Thomas E. Dewey was
offered the post of Secretary o.
State last July and that he turned
it down. The job was held by
Dean Acheson.
The Times story, written from
Albany by its State Capitol cor
respondent, Alan Epstein, said
James c. Hagerty, who is Gov
DeWey's secretary, was asked:
WAS Gov. Dewey offered the
position of Secretary of State in
July?"
YES replied Mr.. Hagerty
That's all I can say" the story
quoted Mr.. Hagerty as saying.
An aide in Albany said Mr.
Hagerty had mo comment" or
the Watertown Times story.
The aide, Alexander J. Woehrle
later said:
'Mr. Hagerty did not give out
the statement attributed to him.
Gov. Dewey himself said in AL
bany he was standing on Mr.
Woehrle's statement.
In Washington, there was NO
immediate comment from the
White House.
Evening star., 1951-01-07
Pentogon Records
Summary of Attack
On Mrs. Rosenbero

To its mapped plans for
strategic air attack, amphibious
landing and home defense, the
Pentagon has added a blueprint
for character assassination.
Ordered prepared by Defense
Secretary Marshall, it is a nine
page summary "for the files" of
the story of how Assistant De-
fense Secretary Anna M. Rosen-
berg happened to be called a
Communist and how the charges
last month blew up.
Recorded for the future are
midnight rides, mixed identifica-
ton and tangled testimony before
a closed Senate hearing at which
half a dozen of the Nations
leading "anti-Reds" sought to
show that while a labor consult
ant to the Rockefellers, Vander-
bits, Whitneys and Macy's de-
partment store. Anna Rosenberg
was simultaneously a Moscow tool.
Mrs. Rosenberg was confirmed
after the charges against her
were thoroughly discredited.
Evening star., 1951-01-07
Crime Inquiry 10 Ask
Contempt Citations
Against 9 Witnesses
Adonis and Accurdo
Among Those Who
Refused to Answer
By the Associated Press

Senate crime investigators last
night announced they will ask
the Senate this week to cite nine
witnesses for contempt of Con-
gress because of their refusal to
answer questions.
If the resolutions are adopted
the cases will be turned over tn
United States attorneys for pro-
secution. Conviction carries a
possible penalty of a $1,000 fine
and year in Jail on each count
Among those on the crime
committees list were big time
gambler Joe Adonis and Anthony
j. (Tony) Accardo, the late Al
Capone's reputed successor as the
underworld gambling boss in Chi
cago.
The others were named by the
committee as Jack I. Dragna, Los
Angeles gambler; Pat Manno
alias Manning, of Chicago: Peter
fremont of Chicago; Walter
Pechart of San Francisco. and
three New Jersey gambling figures
james Lynch of Palisades Park,
Arthur Longano of Englewood
and Salvatore Moretti of DEM
Arrest.
Russell Trial Set. Jan. Is.
The only contempt action pre-
viously taken by the committee
was against Harry Russell, a
Chicago gambler accused by the
Senate group of muscling into a
multi-million dollar bookie syn
dicate in Miami Beach.
Russell now is under indictment
for contempt of sixty counts and
is expected to come to trial in
United States district court here
January Is.
The committees decision to
start contempt action against the
other nine witnesses was taken
Friday Immediately after Accardo
had baked at answering the COM
(See CRIME, Page A-5)