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Evening star., 1955-10-03
Margaret Romance
Statement Seen

LONDON, Oct. 3 m.Tht
Daily Sketch said today that
weekend talks between Prime
Minister Eden and Princess Mar.
|garet may lead to D public state-
nent about her ,rumored romance
with Group Capt. Peter Town
send.
The paper added that II such
a statement had been decided on,
it would be issued only after the
governments Of the common
wealth dominions were consulted
and their views considered.
Sir Anthony and his wife new
back to London last night after
spending the week end at BAL
moral Castle In Scotland with
Queen Elizabeth and the royal
family.
Margaret, 26 In August. Is now
free under British law to marry
the divorced. 40-year-old Royal
Evening star., 1955-10-03
Vorgos' Ghost Appears
AS All BroziI Votes

Ition In the science and art ol
governing"
The fourth candidate, expected
TO trail badly. Is Plinio Saigado
$50. Of the extreme right popula,
Representation Party. he onct
headed the Integralista green.
shirt movement which plueget
for q fascist state.
Alzira An1aral do peixoto
daughter Of Vargas, IN 9 cam.
|paign speech said she was Ger.
tain that II the late president
were still living be would bt
supporting DR.. Kuhitschek.
However. Mr.. de Hafros. WIKI
threw his support TO Vargas Il
the last presidential election II
1850. also claimed the late pres.
ident had promised 10 support
him.
Evening star., 1955-10-03

asked Lana what she plans after
the movie Is finished. "Just to
rest" she replied. Lana discon-
tinued the headache prescription
given by her doctor when he
warned her it could turn her
fingers blacki
Richard Burton, Lana's costar,
has the dream contract - 10
weeks q year in Hollywood dur
ing which time he makes enough
money to do what he likes the
rest OF the year. And after
Rains" he likes the Old Vic In
London. as Henry the Fifth"
and "Othelio. But he likes
Hollywood. Sometimes" he told
me, ''in the fog and rain OF Lon-i
don. say How wonderful to
wake up in Hollywood and know
that the sun will shine" Except
when it's smoggy, Of course.
To go back to producer Ross.
His picture, "The Robe" has
made $25 million to date. Franks
percentage gives him several
millions "And I can keep q lot
Iof it. under capital gains Hes
suing 20th-Fox for an extra
half million he says is owing.
The six-month-old baby son
lof Jose Ferrer and Rosemary
clooney holds q record for tray-
Ieling. He's already been to Eu-
rope, and flown to New York
City twice. He's there now while
pop stars In the Tv version Of
I"Cyrano de Bergerac."
| 4 i
| George Gobel. with his first
movie. The Birds and the
Bees" under his belt. was telling
me: THE first Office ever had
was In the new City National
Bank Building. I transacted my
business In the waiting room. II
was so elaborate. ! didn't mind
sitting there all day"
Evening star., 1955-10-03

were founded by Vice Admiral
Perry was directly responsible to
Moreel. Perry did q great Job,
but / think he would have been
the FIRST to resent exclusion Of
Moreell from the credit.
Moscow finance experts closely
followed the run on Wall street
that followed Ike's heart attack.
AL the Krei1lin strategy has
been oriented to Russian belief
that g stock market crash would
Iprecede Americas complete dis
Organization. So you can imagine
how unhappy were the Commies
when the stock market rallied
Immediately. Donald Mar
diello. son Of N. Y. Boxing Conn
missions doctor, weds Catherine
OKeefe October "a. Gina
Lollobrigida getting $ie0.O00 for
Lalcaster's 'sTrapeze.' Bing
Crosby's or son. Philip, back ct
Fort Lewis. Wash. completely re-
covered from that auto accident.
/. Nancy Kelly and Theater
Guilds Warren Caro- picked No-
vemher. National League
managers. at the stadium for
the second game, shook their
heads In disbelief when DOdger
Manager Aston failed to yank
Bill Loes In the fourth inning.
Loes had obviously lost his touch
and the payod came when he hit
Robinson.
Rival World Series managers
depend on the book" which
their scouts assemble on each
rival player--inforrmation as to
hitting strength and weakness,
speed. throwing arms. etc. Brook
lyn scouts followed the Yankees
in 40 games. compiled q library
OF information on each Yankee
hitter. They warned that Joe
Collins could murder D fast ball.
that he should be fed low curves
or q change-up delivery. But no
book" is better than the Pitch
er's control. Newcombe had no
control and no curve. He fed
Collins two fast balls and Collins
hit two fast home runs.
Evening star., 1955-10-03
HOLLY WOOD
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM
Gorbo Pens Autobiography

Greta Garbo is writing her
autobiography give her YER
sion Of her strange. lonely and
wonderful life. Boston Red
Sox' home-run slugger Ted VIII
liams Is turning movie actor.
-. And they want Deborah Kerr
for Noel Coward's new Broad
way play. South Sea Bubble. .
Ava Gardner win be eligible
for her Metro pension In seven
years. No, she won't be 65-
she'll be Jack Benny's age t39),
and, by that time. she will have
been at the studio for 81 years.
The Queens photographer and
winston Churchill's son-in-law.
Tony Beauchamp. Is photograph
ing Audrey Hepburn and the
rest Of the "War and Peace" cast
for q national magazine. :.
The permanent address Of the
Eddie Fishers (until january is
the Essex House, New York. But
Eddie viii be travelling for his
sponsor. and they won't be aat
home" there too much. The
Alan Ladds win spend most OF
the winter in Palm Springs. They
now have three big homes.
Judy Garland is OF to Carmel
for two weeks rest before decid-
ing on D picture, q Broadway
show, a personal appearance
tour, or another television show
Kirk Douglas arrived home
from Europe this week end. Wife
Anne was In and out Of the hos
pital to make sure everything Ii
okay for the baby. {. Frank
6inatra was reported dead In
New York City. Asked "Is II
true?" frankie Boy tongue.
twisted: II wouldn't dare die"
8 r + -
The sooner Gene Tierney for
gets Ally Khan. the better her
buddies win like it. No man i
worth 50 much moping. Star
attraction In the Mocambc
audience for the Russell Nype
premiere were that gorgeous
grandma. Marlene Dietrich, and
suave. sought-after Michael Rem
ME. :. George Montgomery and
Mona Freeman are heading fol
Manila to shoot Hulk"
Lana Turner. coming down the
home stretch Of "Rains ol
Ranchipur." is feeling punk
again with bad headaches from
that fall In Mexico. "But SHE
hasn't held us up a minute. ;
producer Frank Ross told me.
Evening star., 1955-10-03
Ed SULLIV AN
Excitement IN Manhotton
LITTLE OLD NEW YORK

In the second half of Maurice
Chevalier's one-man show, the
Incredible 67-year-old French
star Is terrific. IN the first hall.
q poor selection Of material,
badly roufined. makes him In
effective. His opening number,
"Ca Va Ca va." gets him OF on
the wrong foot and should be
thrown out bodily. with "A Boy
and q Girl" the opening NUM-
ber Of the second part. sub
stituted.
When I talked to Chevalier,
at his Waldorf party following
the show. he had just received
q cali from Marlene Dietrich
on the Coast. With her usual
thoughtfulness, Marlene had re-
Inembered her old friends re-
turn TO Broadway. I asked
Maurice who were the greatest
performers he had ever seen.
1.-THE two actors who -infiu-
enced me most" he said. swere
the great French star. Lueien
Guitry. father Of Sascha. and
Emil Jannings, when he was at
the height Of his dramatic
power. In my own field. I'd
say the four greatest were Al
Jolson. Harry Lauder. Bing
Crosby and Frank Sinatra. who
has developed from q crooner
into q very fine artist Of the
theater." !" .. watching Chevalier,
you get the darndest hunch
that an American who pat
termed himself after Maurice was
Arthur Godfrey.
4 AH
In washington cbits Of Rear
Admiral John Richard Perry, he
was described as the founder Of
the famous Seabees. the amazing
construction workers character
ized by William Bradford Huie
as 'sthe damndest, toughest. and
most efficient bunch Of hairy
chested broncos who ever went
to war under the Stars and
Stripes This observer always
had been told that the SeabeesI
Ben Moreell. that the then Capt.
Evening star., 1955-10-03

RIO DE JANEIRo. oct. ) R.
--Brazilians voted today for q
president after . campaign In
which the ghost Of stronglnan
|Getulio Vargas was one Of the
iiyeliest participants.
Observers predicted a close
race that possibly would have to
he settled by . court battle.
The count does not start until
tomorrow noon, and returns from
remote areas were expected to
delay the final result. About II
million Of the Is million qualified
voters were expected to cast
ballots.
Four candidates sought eIec-
ton for the five-year term start
ing January 81, The winners
biggest problem win be to bring
Ia halt to mounting imitation.
c.....x 1,.
AlsAAel s-osernnnen. NcH
Joao Cate Filho now heads q
caretaker government. AS vice
president ne succeeded Gen. Var
gas. who ended his life with q
bullet through MS heart shortly
aiter ne had been ousted BY 9
military coup on August "a. 1868.
Evening star., 1955-10-03

,Air Force officer without the per-
lmission Of the Queen. AS ''pro-
ltector" OF the Church Of England
(which frowns on the remar-
lriage Of divorced persons, the
Queen could hardly grant such
permission to her sister.
Evening star., 1955-10-03
Millionaire ID Race

Adhemar de Barros. 81, multi.
millionaire ex-governor Of Sac
Paulo. the coffee state. Is run.
ming for the Social Progressive
Party. He promised . 'treyolu-
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-04-01

guests II Mrs s. W. Shepard 1t
Dunleitn
Mrs. Margaret P. Boggs and
Mrs Il .. Morlng attended the
RurtonGordon wedding last Sat
EdaY which took place IN the
Springfield Christian Church near
Rockville, in Hanover county
They WeIe accompanied b. Mrs.
Martin I'll pitts and Mrs. r. L.
Sew o. Eik Ifill ana also visited
18th and Mrs Ie9Is Cartwright
ID Goochland.
Dinner guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
f. u Dandy last Saturday al
Cakwood we're Mr. and Mrs. w.
~ Codsey. Of Richmond. Mr.. and
Mrs. Oliver Haynes Blankenship,
1i Petersburg. and MI. ana MRS.
Andrew &. Cfodsey Cumberland.
Miss Mary Jane Smith was
among TIE invited guests for thu.
birthday anniversary celebration
of Miss Doris Whorley in Buck
nElan last Sunday
Mrs. r " Angle who vas the
house guest Of her parents. Mr
and Mrs Z. A. Carter here last
Heek attended the Longwood
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-04-01

homecoming In Parm4 lie. aatur-
dag. Mr.. and Mrs, Angle With
their sons. Steve and Don, re-
turned to their homo in Rocky
Mount, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. WIll Dandy had
Is Their guests last Sunday her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs w. NJ Slate.
and her brother and sister -in-law
Mr.. and Mrs. william VI Slate. OF
Petersburg
The Misses Mary and Evelyn
Bowling and Miss Ann Brow n
attended the Presbyterian Young
Peoples Spring Rally last Sunday
in Orange
Nj and Mrs. George Garland
! wilkinson had as their guests
Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Everett
Tompkins and their IONS. Barry
and Everett Jg.. OF Chesterfield
also MIR. and Mrs. Everett Marsh
Of Montross.
Expected week end guest OF Mr.
ana Mrs. H G Gillian will be
Miss 10 Blanton, OF Charlottes-
Vile.
Mr.. and Mrs. James S. Gpdsey
and children, accompanied by
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-04-01

iev. visited STATE Trooper and Mrs
Emory G Harrison. recently
Mrs r. n Lewis. Jr.. O. Ri0l4-.
mond. spent the past week eud
here with ner parents Nj aad
afrs J J FenDeiE9n
MIR and Mrs AIi II Andersen
and their aaaeii.egs logias ana
Charlotte Of Dove Lel arrived
Saturday Tor Ha &sth b-s
mother. Mrs Roscoe H. Lovlfs
Mr.. Anderson returned % Dela
ware. SUNDAY H tamtly re-
NAMED for two seek s
Recent gllt.sts Al The home of
Mr.. ard Mrs Charlie Co8dman
were Nr and MIS- elem Good
man, IF Lottsour9 As aad M
In c Warren, ID Milford Del
and Mrs Mabel Yargs Of Rich
mond
Little Mis- Narz Alien as
companied her gral@ parents Mil
and Mrs s. G. Alien Of Cufdsglle
TO Richmond Saturday ner@
they were overnight gft oe Mr.
and Mrs. P. @ CaudiH
Mr. and Mrs. john shepard ot
EIlerson we're among The recent
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-04-01
April PTA Meet

The April meeting Of the CUM
berland Parent Teacher Associa-
ton TO be held IN the community
cabin on Thursday, April IA. at
@ 80 D. m, viii feature panel
discussion composed Of two Nigh
School students, TWO parents, and
two teachers. which topic will be
What We Expect of One An
other" The worthwhile program
is being prepared by Mrs. Leigh
Emerson Smith, and members of
her committee Mrs Ruth Gam
age. president, is reminding the
patrons and friends that cover
ed dish dinner will be served be-
ginning at $50 p. III.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. w Foster were
accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. l..
D. Ayers and Miss Margaret Gar
ris to Crewe, Sunday. for ii visit
with MIR. and Mrs r. ID. Decker
son
Mr.. and Mrs. j. ID Garrett. Of
Blackstone, Mir and Mrs. W II.
Moon and their children. Billy
Leigh and Ronnie, Of Richmond,
Mr.. and Mrs. d G Meinhard and
family. of Farmville. We're among
the recent guests Of MIR and Mrs.
II. f. Peters
The Cumberland Youth Fellow
ship groups, senior and junior, met
Jointly last Sunday evening ia the
Payne Memorial church Miss
Margaret Ingle presided over the
worship service Others taking
part were Ebert Midkift. II. q
Atkinson and Herbert II Good
man. with Miss Barbara Carnage
pianist. A committee was appoint
ed during the business meeting Ia
plan the annual Easter Sunrise
Service TO be held at the Center
Presbyterian Church beginning al
a. m. April 10
Mrs. George q Wilkinson viii
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-04-01
Pastors Wife To Be Guest Speaker
At Cumberland WMU Meet April s

conduct the demonstration On
Kitchen Space To Save Steps
ag lie Cumberland Home Demon
stralion CIlb laeetlng - - held
April 4 at 6 d In i'd tlle office of
Mrs Ceogla NllRerson II u
Agent.
among recent guests If Aif.
and MIR. Iers~ethef v Smith al
z Poeabontas Farm we're M. and
MRS, r. % MARKS. Of charloites-
vile. Mr. and Mrs j 3 Terry
With their sons Tommle ard
Joseph Benjamin. Jr Of Apo
nattox. and Mrs and Mrs & G.
Hnndiey and son Charles cangp-
bell Hundley j. u Fafmyille
Mr. ana Mrs & y Couch de-
conpanied b. their week end
guests. Nh and aIrs 2 Couch
of Johusan CITY Tenn motoiea
10 Richmond. Sunday fog q visit
with Mr.. and Mrs J J. Bishop
and family.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-04-01

tChrist's Kingdom Wait ~siIi
be- the theme for the Nell f'ugHey
Woman Missionary Union Group
meeting 10 De held Friday. April
D, In the Fitzgerald Eaptsst
Church. Mrs J G Hayes. group
leader. has announced that Mrs
Ernest J Wfenn, Of Buckingham.
VIII b. the guest speaker. also
that Mrs. T. c fIix. Of Prospect.
who Is the Young Peoples leader
for the James River Baptist Az
ISOLATION. is expected 10 De pre-
sent. Others on The program VIII
be the Rev and Mrs Kenneth
CLARK. Of cartersville Mrs J NJ
Putney. Of Guinea Mills. and TIE
Rev and Mrs r r Reynolds Tine
meeting viii begin at 10 Il III.
Basket lunch viii be ~erged
Cancer Meet
Some IS persons representing
each district IN Cumberland al
tended the annual kickoff
meeting for the Cancer Crusade
held IN tie Health Center. Tues
day ] Barge Wall. IN, II Farm
Vile, guest speaker fOr The event.
stressed the Importance 81 lite
yearly fund campaign which he
workers viii launch Friday ONE
thing we all agree Oh Wall said
Is the importance 81 the program
you workers are conducting
Through your aid many people
can continue 10 take advantage Of
present facilities for periodic
examinations both for their pro-
lection and the protection Of
others Fund Chairman. ] u
Carpenter recognized each district
chairman and their co~Workers.
who this year include Mrs j II
Shepherd, Madison Mrs r T..
Duncan Hamilton. Mrs. z 7.
Agee. John Randolph. represent
ing Mrs David Holmes
Mrs J ID Carpenter and Mr.
and Mrs G L. Garrett had as
their guests last Sunday Mrs l.
w CHS. Of Richmond and Mrs
Scott Garrett, Of Blackstone
Recent guests Of Mrs. John r.
Flippen 81 Rose Cottage we're
Mr.. and Mrs p S DoWdy. and
Mr.. and Mrs s. = DoWdy, Of
Richmond
Mr.. and Mrs J L Walker. Of
Richmond, were week end guests
Of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs II
q Atkinson Miss Margaret Ingie
Of Tobaccoyille. was their dinner
guest on Sunday
Week end guests Of Mr. and
Mrs. q. A. jenkins and MIS-.
Meade w. Foster at "MedWood'
were Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Meredith.
Of Richmond
Evening star., 1955-03-16
Jockeys Considered
For Hall Of Fame

The nominating committee for
the Jockeys Hall of Fame at
Pimlico today began to study
records of candidates. The all
star array includes most of the
great riders Of this and earlier
eraS.
Some 1000 sports editors, turf
writer's and sportscasters will par
ticipate in naming the three
jockeys in the first group to be
placed in the Pimlico gallery.
Voting will be split into two divi-
sions, with three currently active
jockeys to be nominated, one of
whom will be elected.
Seven retired or inactive jock
eys will be nominated, and two
of these will be elected.
Willie Shoemaker, one of the
most successful modern riders.
is not eligible for nomination as
he has not been riding 10 years.
Those under consideration are
Johnny Adams, Eddie Arcaro,
Ted Atkinson, Steve Brooks.
Harold Red" Keene, Johnny
Longden. Ralph Neves and Jack
Westrope.
The list of 81 inactive riders
includes. Sonny Workman of
Washington. Snapper Garrison.
LaVerne Fator. Mack Garner,
Tommy Burns. Isaac Murphy,
frankie O'Neill. Arthur Redfern,
Earl Sande, Carroll Schilling.
Tod Sloan and George Woolf.
Evening star., 1955-03-16
Catcher S Box Rule
Ordered LiberaIized
By National League
py Is. As.eeia,ed prs..

TAMPA, Fla, Mar. 16.--War-'
rem Giles, president of the Ma
tional League, has issued a
bulletin to league officials. man
ayers and umpires that the
league viii 'liberalize' the rule
that restricts catchers to re-
main in the catcher's box until
the bah has left the pitchers
hand.
Giles sent tile directive through
his office In Cincinnati. The
reason for the Generalization"
is that two or three catchers
have complained to Giles that
they are hampered by the rule
and cannot catch their normal
game. &
The catcher's box is 43 inches
wide and the catcher Is not per-
mitted to leave it until the ball
has been delivered. making ip-
territorial passes more difncult.
II the catcher leaves the box. q
balk win be called.
The ruling originally was in-
tended to deter the intentional
base on balls.
Giles instructed the umpires to
'bear down on the rule when
an intentional base on balls
| SitIlati0n arises
According to Giles. when it
appears to an umpire that the
pitcher might walk the batter In
tentionally. the umpire should
notify the catcher and advise
him to stay in the box for that
one batter, or else be penalized.
Giles stipulated that it is up
to the umpires Judgment to
determine if the intentional walk
is coming up.
Earl Hiligan, director Of the
American League Service Bureau,
when told that the National
League would "liberalize" the
rule. said his league would take
q "common-sense approach"
Evening star., 1955-03-16
NzH RoD IHOMAS.-

wiry young man has averaged
exactly 143.
Going into last nights match
with Frederick, Md, Chevy
Chase Chevrolet had won IL
!. straight games. The streak was
snapped abruptly when Bill
Koontz rolled 1872 to give Fred
erick the first game. 655-604.
Koontz totaled 418. Bu. Chevy
Chase. captained by Jack Tai
bert, won the other two to tie
Standard Auto for second.
Cletus Pannell was Chevy Chase's
big gun with l66-444.
Bethesda Forty Alleys, In
fourth place, lost ground by
dropping two to Rex Engraving
Co, which was helped a lot by
Jimmy CAROLS 1T8 game. Jack
Barkley was high for Bethesda
with 399.
National Bohemian Beer,
paced by Ed Blakeney's 1T0-404,
edged Burdette's Shell Service.
featuring Charley Fredericks'
160-39l.
Ellis Naiman rolled 42l and
Julius Singer 420 in Progressive
Printing's 2-1 win over Skeet's
Bar. led by Nick Campanella's
393.
Jack Moulton Of Northeast
Body Works rolled 153-494, but
1T didn't save his team from a
whitewashing by Saveway Sur
plus, for whom Danes rolled 427,
Freed Murphy, 412, and Billy
Watson, 401.
The standings: Glebe, 1929;
Standard, 50-31; Chevy Chase,
50-31; Bethesda, 47-34; Rex, 43-
SO; National Bohemian, 1879;
Progressive Printing, 39-42;
Saveway, 38-43; Burdette's, 36-
IS; Northeast, 36-45; Frederick,
! 3O-5(). and Skeet'S 23-58
Evening star., 1955-03-16
Dozen Y Shows
Will Include Top
Rosecroft Stakes

Virtually all of Rosecroft Race
ways important stakes will be
shown on the IL half-hour tele-
vision shows scheduled at the
Oxon Hill track during its 40
night harness meeting which
opens May 6.
General Manager James M.
Lynch, in announcing the Tv
coverage at a press reception
yesterday in the Hotel Statler,
said top-notch stakes to be tele-
vised in the two-race shows In
cluded the $4,000 William e.
Miller Memorial Pace, the. first
$4,000 leg of Maryland's Triple
Crown. pacing series, the $10.-
900 Symbol Gantle Trot, $500
Rosecroft Cup Trot and two S.
900 pacing features.
The shows, opening May 8. will
be sponsored by the Plymouth
dealers of metropolitan Washing
ton and televised by Station
WTTG, channel S. Lynch said
the schedule has been designed
to avoid conflict with television
Of night baseball and other ma
jor network shows.
Evening star., 1955-03-16
Archie Moore Likely to Fight
VoIdes in May at Las Vegas

bout. The winner certainly will
deserve a shot at Marciano, as
suming the Brockton blockbuster
takes care of Cockell.
Charley Johnston, Moore's
manager, and Bobby Gleason.
Valdes' pilot, headed for Las
Vegas today to try to iron out
details. Johnston admitted he
wasn't satisfied with the original
offer for Moore's services, but
added that the offer was not far
from his demands.
I'm interested only in the
money" he said before leaving.
I've always made every move
possible to get the most money
for my fighters and this is no
different"
Evening star., 1955-03-16
DuFour Heads I Named
To cY0 AII-Tourney Team

Norris DuFour, 6-foot-4 CEN
ter of the Blessed Sacrament
basketball team. who scored 62
points in his last two games OF
the Gonzaga junior CYO tour
nament, headed a list OF seven
players named to the all-tourna-
ment team.
The tournament was won last
night by ST. Bernadette's as 1t
defeated Blessed Sacrament, IS
%. DuFour got 10 of Blessed
Sacrament's points and the night
before made 43 of his teams
total Of 40.
In a consolation game st.
AIMS defeated Nativity, 41-36.
Other players named to the
all-tourney team were Earl
Jenkins, Sacred Heart; George
Madden. St. AIMS; Paul Ciatti,
st. Bernadette's; Kevin Mac
Carthy, Campus; Nick Quattroc-
CHA, Nativity, and Ronnie Ham
ilton, st. Augustine.
Evening star., 1955-03-16
GiardeIIo' S Hearing
Enters Third Day
By The A,,oeio,ed Pres,

PHILADELPHIA, Mar. 16. -
Joey Giardello's trial on charges
of riot and assault went into
its third Cay today after the mid
dleweight boxer took the stand
in his own defense to deny TAX.
ing part in two outbursts at a
gasoline service station last fall.
Giardello wound up yesterdays
session on the witness stand.
He admitted being at the gaso-
line station October 20 during
the first outburst, but denied
striking the attendant. Howard
Short, 81.
The 24-year-old Philadelphian.
leading challenger for Middle
weight Champion Bobo Olson's
crown, said he had tried to pre-
vent an attack on Short, to
which two co-defendants have
pleaded guilty.
An earlier witness, Pasquale
Concilio, 20, Of Philadelphia. who
has pleaded guilty to charges
of riot but has denied charges
Of assault in the case, testified
that Giardello drove one Of two
carloads of men who returned
to the station later when an
other outburst occurred. Concilio
said Giardello left his car. but
did not take part in any dis
| turbance.
Giardello's manager, Carmine
| Graziano, also appeared as a
defense witness. He said Short
| had asked for $500 over a week
| after the alleged assault ito COM
pensate him for the abuse he
had been subjected to.
Graziano said he turned Short
down because the attendant
hadn't been able to identify
Giardello as one Of his assail-