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, 1955-04-26

They're parking cars in the sky
over the nations capital, these
days. This comes about by use Of
a unique portable parking ma
chine aptly called the "Sky-Park"
that can double the capacity of
existing carparks or garages, ac-
cording to the National Parking
Association.
"Sky-Park' is a simple, hydrau-
Ideally operated job with every
sort of safety device built in. nou-
BILE parking - vertically, that is
- is achieved with precision, and
cars are returned to their owners
as quicklya as if they'd been parked
at ground level.
This is just one Of the many
new parking designs which pri-
vate enterprise parking operators
are currently in the process Of
pioneering. Private enterprise
parking today is a three and a
half billion dollar business and Is
furnishing more than 80 percent
Of the ~off-street parking facilities
in our cities.
Some Of the ways in which they
do this are quite novel. In many
cities today you can bank your
pay check without giving up your
grip on the steering wheel by US
Ing one Of the drive.in bank IA
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-05-28
Beoning Still
Hurts Min

CHICAGOG. A miserable
aching Minnie Monoso return
ed to Chicago by plane hop
ing he would be back in the
lineup despite the beaning he
pitcher Bob Grim. Minnie
has a puffed-up face, an ach-
ing right arm in which had
been pumped a few shots to
ease the pain in his back.
What Minnie and team
moaned most, was that the
star outfielder was Just be-
ginning to show his power
threat. Minnie has been bat
ting .278 with only three
doubles, one triple and one
homer. This is a long way
from his .S16 batting average
last year at this time.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-05-28

Handicap, and the Suffolk 81,
will present the $10,000-added
Bay State Kindergarten Stakes
for two-year-olds, on Satur-
day, May %; the $4,000 Tom
asello Memorial Handicap, for
three year-olds and upward.
on Monday, May 80; the
$4,000 Constitution Handi-
cap, for three-year-olds, on
Wednesday, June /; and the
S25, 000-added John R. Ma
conber Memorial Handicap.
for three-year-olds and up
ward, on closing day Satur-
day, June 4. The latter han
dicap, scheduled to be run
0ver the turf course, will have
its initial running this year.
Juveniles get their first
chance of the New England
season to shoot at an added
money purse in the Bay State
Kindergarten. This five fur
longs dash, always a magnet
for the fast stepping young
Sters in the East, will find
River Divide FARMS sensation
al Decathlon as one of the
starters. Bought for $4,000,
in the yearling sales last year,
Decathlon has raced twice,
and been a winner twice =
both at Suffolk Downs. In
his last outing he scampered
four and one-half furlongs in
81 3/5 shaving 2/5 of a sec
ond of the mark by Eternal
Bull in 1941.
Last year Paul Andolino's
Boston Doge shot into nation
al prominence at Suffolk
Downs where he made his rae
ing DEBUT. This year another
sensational youngster has
launched his career at the
Downs. Decathlon has i'm
pressed observers with his
speed and stamina while Civ
ing every indication of being
a champion of tomorrow.
The response to the inaugu-
raj running of the Macomber
Memorial Handicap has been
terrific. Twenty-Five nomina-
tics, including all the top
grass performers in the coun-
try, have been received for
this event, and indications
point to a sensational windup
to one of the most exciting
meetings ever staged at Suf-
folk Downs.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-05-28

The sunfield has been /
real problem to the Sox man.
Nagement for as long as mos
Sox managers wish to remem
Der.
For three years, however
Piersall has roamed the sun.
ny garden with the creates
OF ease. The same cannot b,
said Of Jackie Jenson..
Jensen can equal Piersall
maybe, running to his left Of
right. His main trouble ha,
been to gauge the flight
Of the ball as he runs
in with the sun in his eyes
This was quite evident ag.
ainst Cleveland last Wednes-
day during the 1910 debacle
Jensen was definitely fight.
ing the sun on Dave Philley';
drive to right. He slowed ur
coming in and then made 9
desperate dash to grab it off
his ShoeStrings.
When he missed it the bal
rolled back to the wall arc
Philley came all the way home
behind two other baserunners.
There have been other occa.
SionS, too, When it was OBJ
vious that Piersall would have
made catches that Jensen
missed.
Early arrivals at Fenway
Park last week also noticed
that Higgins was experiment.
ing with fleet Gene Stephens
at third base.
Before the Wednesday game
Stephens practiced with the
second infield at the hot cor
ner and played it flawlessly
Higgins, of course, has been
impressed with Stephens all
around performance the past
three weeks and would love
to keep him in the lineup
Long enough, at least, to see
if Genes hitting was more
than a flash.
With Williams returning
soon, Stephens at the moment
is due to be benched.
Higgins cannot think Of
benching Jensen, of course
He supplies M It of the power
And it is doubtful if Higgins
would consider benchine
Piersall except for intermit.
tent rest periods.
Substituting new face al
third base, however, would
pose no great crisis.
so far Higgins has had Lep-
clio, Hatton and Klaus play
ing the hot corner, and though
Hatton and Klaus are finished
glove-men, they are just or
binary run-of-+he-mill third
Sackers, with very little power
at bat.
Stephens speed alone gives
him tremendous fan appeal,
If he can do a presentable
Job fielding the hot corner
he. may find himself in the
regular lineup.
It's Just in the experiment
stage, though, and so far Hig-
gins has not even admitted
that he is considering any
move.
The development might
break when Williams returns
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-05-28
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THINKERS NEEDED

The times call for writer's,
II is said also, although this
seems far-fetched, for think
ers.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-05-28
SPORTS
May Shift PiersaII
Back To Sun Field

BOSTON. = When Jimmy PiersaIl completes his
rest period in the Red Sox ugout those close to the
inside office feel that Manager Higgins may return him
to his old spot in sunny right field.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-05-28
Bobby Vows He'll
Hill Out OF 3 SnoI

BROOKLYN, Worried to
death at first by his recent
slump and fearing that old
age just might be setting in,
Jackie Robinson is now on a
new "kick" Of blasting out
OF the No. 8 spot in the bat
ting order. 1t gave him a new
lease on life when he got two
hits off Robin Roberts thought
by a few to be the best pit
cher in the National League.
Vowed Bobby in his new spir-
it: I'm going to hit my way
out of that 9th spot. You
watch"
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-05-28
Giants Ready
For Brooks

PITTSBURGH, Pa The
New York Giants are singing
IN the shower again with their
builder upper Willie MAYS
back on the beam. With five
straight wins under their belt.
Manager Leo Durocher is talk
Ing his old cocky self; We're
coming up new, playing good
pa pau. getting good pitching.
were just about ready for
Gnem. "Them"of course is
Brooklyn and the Giants think
the Dodgers are now the team
to beat.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-05-28
Yonks See
League Leod

NEW YORK The Yankees
are all out to take the league
lead by June End, They're
counting the Indians out =
or at least fading. They fig
ure that since they're meeting
the lowly ones of the league :
six games with the Orioles,
three with Kansas City and
six with the Washington Sen
ators on these teams they
can grow fat and be in first
place.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-05-28
TRY IT

Those who say they are
afraid of Federal aid to public
schools must be around the
first persons ever to cringe at
the thought OF a handout
from Uncle Sam.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-05-28
Four Handicaps
Coming Soon At
Suffolk Downs

The final rod1 handicaps
and. stakes of the Al day
Spring meeting at Suffolk
Downs will be squeezed into
the last seven days of the Ses-
sion to climax one of the most
brilliant meetings ever staged
at the East Boston oval.
The Festival of Racing
which has been highlighted
so far by the running Of the
$4,000 added Massachusetts,
Handicap, The Commonwealth
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-05-28

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15

Chancellor Adolf Schaerf, For
eign Minister Leopold Figi and
their party left in a Soviet mill
tary plane for Vienna.
I'VE leave here happy people, ("
said Mr.. Raab as he boarded the
plane.
Mr.. Schaerf earlier today told
newsmen that Russia had made
her agreement to Austrian in
dependence conditional on a
guarantee by the four occupying
powers that Austria and Ger
many never would merge again
AS they had under Hitler in
1888. The Joint comnlunique
made no mention of this point.
however. =
The Russian-Austrian agree
ment now must be approved by
the three Western occupation
powers-the United States, Brit
ain and France-before it can be
incorporated in the indie
pendence treaty and the treaty
can be signed. It was expected
that a Big -Four meeting would
be called soon to do this.
Western Approval Seen
Mr.. Schaerf indicated earlier
today that Western agreement to
the new treaty provisions was
almost certain. The Austrian
delegation has been keeping the
Western allies abreast of the de-
velopments in Moscow. State De-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15

Merit for his work in World War
II. when he for a time was In
charge Of civilian ALLEGATION of
penicillin and strepGomycin. two
drugs then scarce.
From 1912 to 1945, Or. Keefer
was chairman of the committee
on chemotherapy of the National
Research Council. And i'll
1944-46 was medical administra-
tive officer Of the committee on
medical research of the Office of
Scientific Research and Develop
ment.
MIR. Hagerty had no comment
when asked about a statement
by the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis that it had
been sending information on the
Salk vaccine to a ntfnber of
other countries before the Presi-
dent directed such action this
week, except to saylthat I'VE are
doing it now, too"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15
DR.. Keefer Named Adviser
To President on Vaccine
ny . Star stan Correspondent

AUGUSTA. Ga. April 15.-
President Eisenhower today
named DIR. Chester Scott KeefeI
as his special adviser on matters
associated with distribution OF
the Salk polio vaccine.
DR.. Keefer will fl, that post
while continuing to serve as
special assistant for health and
medical affairs to the Secretary
of Health, Education and We'll
fare. Mrs. Hobby.
Announcement of his new
assignment came as Mrs. Hobby
was carrying out a survey ordered
by the President on means to
assure fair distribution of the
polio preventive around the
country.
James =. Hsgerty. the White
House rtez. secretary. said DR.
Keefer would keep the President
informed on the progress OF
vaccine distribution.
DR.. Keefer is on leave as
physician in chief at the Massa-
chusetts Memorial Hospital in
Boston and as Wade professor OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15
HERE'S THE MEAL
THAT WILL COST
500 A PLATE
By tbs Associated Prefs

For 500 a plate. here's
what the Democrats will get
tomorrow night at the BAN
quet honoring Speaker Sam
Rayburn:
Turtle soup. lettuce and
celery, roast prime ribs Of
beef, string beans. potatoes,
gravy. assorted cakes, coffee.
sailed nuts and minis.
1t will be topped of by ice
cream bearing a Texas star
and "Rayburn" written
on it.
The food is being pre-
pared in Philadelphia by the
o. B. Rotzell caterers who
will bring it here. along with
275 cooks, walters and other
employees, by truck and bus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15
By GOULD LINCOLN

The Democratic National Com
mittee today received a report
from its chairman. Paul M. But
Ter Of Indiana, that party pros
poets Of victory in 1856 were
bright whether President Eisen-
hover heads the Republican
ticket or not.
Mr.. Butler fatty denied the
President is unbeatable" as, he
said. Republican propagandists
are trying to convince the Amer
lean voters. A definite Demo-
cratic trend is running right
now" the chairman insisted. It
is running, he said. because the
Republican a d m inistration is
setting the same old pattern
service to the few-which has
brought the Republican Party to
so many national defeats in the
past few years."
The national committee met in
the Willard Hotel, beginning a
two-day gathering of top-flight
Democrats in the Capital which
will be climaxed by a dinner in
honor of Speaker Sam Rayburn
Of Texas at the Armory tomor-
row night. Former President
Truman and Mrs. Truman ar
rived here this morning and
Adlai Stevenson, the party's
titular head, is expected here at
noon tomorrow.
Recalls Dewey Setback
Chairman Butler added: You
don't have to look far to see that
the issues which brought defeat
to Gov. Dewey and victory to
President Truman are going to be
very much in the public eye dur
ing the 1856 campaign.
There is another important
factor in our favor. The public
is becoming more and more
aware that the President Is re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15
President Isn't InvincibIe,
Butler Tells Democrats

sponsihle for the failure, fric-
lions and Inconsistencies within
his own party, regardless Of
whether he continues to shrug
OF mistakes by asserting he was
not told about them in advance.
] am convinced that no amount
Of personal popularity will keep
the voters from realizing in 1856
that If they elect Mr.. Eisen-
hover or any other Republican
as President, we are going to
have a Republican administra-
ton that will run this country
the way the Republicans have
always run it."
Warns Of Fund Needs
Mr.. Butler, however, warned
the Democrats that they cannot
win the election next year with
out the minimum Of FUNDS nee
essary to get our cause across to
the people"
The meeting Of the national
committee was called to plan for
the Democratic national conven-
ton next year. An advisory
committee. headed by Stephen A.
Mitchell, former national chair
man. is to report on a rules
change which will be intended to
avoid party splitting by 'loyalty
oaths."
The same committee will pass
on plans to "streamline" the ses-
sions Of the national convention
More than so members Of the
special advisory committee on
rules Of the 1856 convention will
be here to consider a report
which has been mailed to them
by Mr.. Mitchell, former Gov
Battle Of Virginia and Senator
Humphrey Of Minnesota SUBJ
committee which has been work.
ing on the problem. The COM
mittee is to meet at 10 am. to-
morrow in the Mayflower Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15
Strikes Spread,
Pickering Shuts
u. 5. Steel Plant

ATLANTA, April IS @.-Op-
erations were halted by picket
ing today in United States
Steel's giant Fairfield. Ala.
plant while general strike in
Birmingham doomed in SYM
pathy with striking telephone
and railway workers.
Suddenly appearing pickets
surrounded the Fairfield plant
of Big Steel's Tennessee Coal &
Iron division last night. The
largest steel mill in the South.
it employs about 10000.
r. E. Farr, United Steelwork-
ers (CIO) district director, In
Woodworking reported the plant
closed. A company oficial said
a survey was under way to de-
termine to what extent opera
tons had been affected else
where.
The plant at Fairfield, a Bir-
mingham suburb, normally op-
crates three blast furnaces. IL
open hearth furnaces and vari-
Gus finishing plants. Steel ingot
capacity is 10000 tons year.
Governors to Meet
The possibility of a general
strike in Birmingham came only
a few hours after Gov. Lawrence
Wetherby of Kentucky sched-
uled an unprecedented meeting
of Southern Governors for Tues
day.
The telephone and rail strikes
are now in their SD day. At
fected are the Louisville &
Nashville Railroad and its SUBJ
salaries in IA States and the
Southern Bell Telephone & Tele-
graph Co., serving nine States.
The Southern Bell walkout
has been marked by mob rioting
and the dynamiting, cutting and
shooting of cables. The railroad
strike has quietly cut deeper
into the economic life Of the
South.
Exchanges Closed
Four telephone exchanges
were closed recently after law
enforcement officers were unable
to provide adequate protection
One was later opened on an
emergency only" basis. About
go striking employees have been
fired for misconduct, company
officials say.
The railroad strike has had a
sharper impact on the public
| In Cincinnati, the LIN an
nounced it has Cancelled all spe-
cial trains to the Kentucky
Derby in Louisville because OF
the strike. The Baltimore &
Ohio is expected to put on spe-
cial trains to meet the situa-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15
Scurecrow System

LONDON.-Farmers in Great
Britain are now able to purchase
strings Of firecrackers which will
explode at intervals to scare of
birds from their fields.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15

partment officials in Washington
said yesterday Russia's reported
attitude was encouraging"
The coramunique. which also
was issued in Vienna. said Rus
STA and Austria also had agreed
to start negotiations In the near
future aimed at naturalization
OF trade between the two ccun-
tries.
It added that the Presidium of
the Supreme Sovlet-the execu-
tive committee which acts for
the Soviet parliament when it is
not in session-had taken a ia
yorable view of Mr.. Raab's re-
quest for the return of Austrian
prisoners of war still held in the
Soviet Union.
(The Austrian Interior Min
istry In Vienna said there are
IL in Russia 384 Austrian pris-
oners of war. about $50 civilian
internees and 200 ethnic Ger
mans whose relatives are in
Austria.)
after the withdrawal OF
Soviet occupation troops in
Austria. no war prisoners OF
informed civilian persons OF
| Austrian citizenship will remain
on the territory Of the Soviet
Union" the communicate de-
clared.
In return for the Danube
Shipping Co. property the Aus
trians agreed to pay "a sum yet
to be named" In exchange fol-
the oil properties, the Austrians
said they would deliver the
Russians crude oil in an amount
to be agreed on between the two
states"
Bid for Settlement
The communique said the
Soviet Union had taken into
consideration the United States
British French declaration OF
| April S that the Western. allies
were striving for the earliest
| conclusion of an Austrian treaty
1.-The Soviet Union and Aus
tria express the hope that al
the present time there are ia
vorable opportunities for con-
clusion of a treaty by means
of appropriate agreement among
the four powers and Austria,
the communique said.
Mr.. Molotov and another First
Deputy Soviet Premier. A. I
Mikoyan, saw the Austrians of
today. Virtually the entire dip
lomatic corps also was present
including the Western Big
Three's envoys-United States
Ambassador Charles E. Bohlen
British Ambassador Sir William
Hayter and French Charge
d'Affaires Jean Leroy.
The agreement was the fruit
of three days intensive bargain
ing between Mr.. Molotov, Mr.
Raab and their aides. The talks
wound up last night with a lavish
Kremlin banquet attended BY
Communist Party Chief Nikita S
Khrushchey, former Premier
Georgi Malenkov and other So
Wet leaders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15

>~~~~~-~s--~->~-->-~s- s~-~~->~->-~~>-~-~---~
said Austrian Chancellor julius
Raab had assured Soviet Foreign
Minister v. M. Molotov that Aus
tria will not join any military
alliances or permit the establish
ment Of any foreign military
bases on its territory.
The Soviet govern m n t
pledged: (D To settle its repara-
tons bill against Austria for the
equivalent of $50 million in
Austrian goods: ca to return to
Austria all former German prop
erty in the Soviet zone. including
the Danube Shipping Co.. and
co to return the Austrian oil
fields and refineries which the
Russians have been operating
during their 10-year occupation.
The joint communique summed
up the results of negotiations
between Mr.. Molotov, Mr.. Raab
and their aides which began
here Tuesday. It was issued two
hours after Mr.. Raab, Deputy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15
Many Futile Sessions

Many Futile Sessions
The Western powers renowned
all Preparations claims on Aus
tria long ago, treating it as a
liberated country rather than as
a defeated enemy.
Since Austria's liberation from
the Germans in 1945. the Big
Four foreign ministers have
haggled over her independence
during Is sessions. Their depu-
ties held 206 huddles trying to
find common ground on which
their stats could work out an
agreement,
Western observers have felt all
along that the chief reason
Russia SHE'D away from signing
a pact was the fact that her
$4,000 occupation troops in Aus
tria offered a reason for her
keeping troops in the Balkans
enthusiastically to guard
the supply line to her forces in
Austria.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15
Russia Asks Austria Poet
And roop Recall in IS

MOSCOW. April IS (R.-The
Soviet government called today
for the speedy conclusion Of an
Austrian independence treaty and
withdrawal of all occupation
troops not later than next De-
cember 81.
A joint Soviet-Austrian COM
munique issued this afternoon
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Text Of Austrion -Russion Communique.
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