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they said. can cause irritation
of the nose and throat.
The fire was discovered In the
building about 1890 am. and
firemen from Huntington, IRON
ton and Ashland, KY. we're on
the scene. pouring water on the
smoldering pile. The fire itself
was placed under control a fcG
hours after its discovery. but
smoke continued TO pour from
The odor Of the vapors was
easily discernable in downtown
Huntington, as we'll as Ironton
and other communities in the
area. One family living nep" he
plant was evacuated, and 9TH
ers rlcrted to move II tie
smoke became carious mencc'
Firemen wore gas masks as
they stood on mobile cranes
moved into position near the
building so water could be poured
INTO the tlfe area,
r. E. Smith, a public relations
official at the plant, said the
cause of the fire had not been de-
termined. and that the extent of
damage was not known at this
time.
During the morning hours
there was little wind in the South
Point area. and while this kept
smoke from spreading rapidly
over the area. 1t caused greater
danger To those living in the i'm
mediate vicinity.
The building housing the fer
tilizer is 500 yards long and 100
feet high.
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Repairs Launched
On Syria Pipelines

DAMASCUS, Syria. Mar. 9 Up.
The Iraq Petroleum Co. an
nounced that work on repairing
its damaged pipelines through
Syria started today.
A company spokesman told
newsmen a 20-man British re-
pair team. headed by Chief En-
gineer Thomas Elliott Of the
IPC. had arrived here and left
Immediately for the Syrian des-
ert TO conduct emergency re-
pairs on the lines, blown up after
the British French invasion Of
Egypt last fall.
The company obtained Syria S
permission to make the repairs
Wednesday.
Emergency repairs to resume
pumping IL million tons OF Iraqi
oil a year across Syria TO Europe
could be finished within one
week, the spokesman said.
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Fertilizer Fire Spreads
Fumes Over Wide Area

SOUTH POINT. Ohio, Mar. 0
up. Clouds Of toxic fumes from
a chemical plants burning fer
tilizer pile spread over a wide
area OF this Ohio River commu-
nifty today, threatening thou
sands with nose and throat ir-
ritations.
Some $4,000 tons Of mixed fer
tilizer. stored loose in a one
story building. smoldered at the
Allied Chemical a. Dye Corp
plant.
No one was reported injured.
and there were no reports Of
anyone seeking treatment for
the fumes.
The dirty-white clouds OF
smoke, described by plant spokes-
men as toxic vapors." spread
over an area as far away as
Huntington, w. Va, IL miles to
the east South Point is a COM
munity Of some 800 people in
Lawrence County, southernmost
Ohio county, and is on the Ohio
River between Tronton, Ohio. and
Huntington.
/ There was no indication from
officials that the fumes could
prove fatal to anyone. They said
the fertilizer is not classified as
an explosive substance. but
warned that products OF the
combustion are toxic" Firemen
reported that the fumes appar-
emily we're Of a chlorine nature.
LoRg exposure to the vapors.
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Pair Saved by Fireman
Perched Atop Ladder

20-foot ladder. longest the No. Z
engine company truck carried,
helped Sol Maloy. 81. down the
latter and then went back after
Mrs. Mamie Fortune. "a.
The man was right in the
window. the woman behind him. "
Pvt. Nelson said. He seemed
so excited that I thought he
was about ready to Jump. so /
took him first
Carried or Shoulders
Pvt. Nelson went back up the
ladder, helped the frantic wom-
an down to where she could
sit on his shoulders. Then he
backed down with his burden.
Mrs Fortune was sent to Casu-
atty Hospital for treatment Of
smoke inhalation.
During the rescue operation,
other 1remen carried Peter Daw-
kins, 35. down the stairway from
the third floor after finding him
unconscious.
Battalion Chief Alfred M.
Grunwell said a preliminary in
vestigation indicated the FIRE may
have started from a smolderlng
cigarette.
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had made some side trip and
would return.
Gonzalo Gonzalez. chief of the
Acapulco judicial police. said
Wednesday he feared Mr.. Michel
and Mrs. Hallock were the VIC
TINS of a perfect double crime.
Luggage Left in Rooms
Mr.. Michel had reservations
for return tc New York March l..
Chief Gonzalez said the fact both
Mr.. Michel's and Mrs. Hallock's
luggage had been left in their
rooms indicated they had not
planned to stay away from Aca-
pulco for any length of time.
Mrs. Tallock left an unfinished
letter to a friend in her room.
Mrs. Hallock's sister told po-
lice four diamond pieces were
missing from Mrs. Hallock's de-
post box in New York. 1t was
suggested she may have had the
jewelry with her in her purse
when she disappeared. The fact
the jewelry was not found with
baggage and travellers checks
left in the missing woman's room
strengthened a belief she and
Mr.. Michel might have been slain
by robbers.
ODwyer Reminded Of Old Case
The two had been in Mexico
City before coming to Acapulco.
Soon after arriving there Feb
ruary IL. Mr.. Michel called, with
a letter Of introduction. on for
See ACAPULCO. Page AS
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Boy14,Shoots
Brother, II,
Accidentally

The l2-year-old son Of 9
Metropolitan policeman was shot
and wounded by his 14-year-olo
brother early today in what po-
lice say was the accidental dis
charge Of the fathers service
revolver.
The victim. Robert Hale, COS
Perry place NE. is in Providence
Hospital in good condition with
a bullet wound in the right groin.
A neighbor, William ]. Nc
Couch. 81. Of 906 Perry place,
who took the wounded boy to
the hospital, said the .38-caliber
slug entered in the front and
came out the back of the boys
upper leg.
Police said the revolver was
in the hands of the brother,
Edward, IA. The two had been
playing with the revolver and
Mr.. McCouch quoted the older
boy as saying he didn't know
it was loaded"
The boys we're alone in the
house. Their mother had taken
their father, Police Corpl. James
r Hale. AZ. to a doctor for
treatment of arthritis. Corpl
Hale is attached to he commu-
nicationS and records division.
The father. quite i'll, has been
of duty about a month. He
said he thought the gun was
put safely away"
1t. Nunzio Bonaccorsy said
the boys had taken the gun from
a drawer in their fathers bed
room and had unloaded it sew
eral times Before the accidental
discharge.
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President Continues
To Gain Over Cold

President Eisenhower contin-
ues to show improvement in the
slight head cold and cough which
has Inconvenience him, Press
Secretary James c. Hagerty re-
ported today.
The small bit Of cotton which
the President had in one ear for
several days was removed yes
terday. Mr.. Hagerty said The
cough is "a little better" al
though traces of the head cold
and slight inflammation of the
eustachian tube still remain.
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Michel. disappeared February 20.
Police investigators left here
to check the report the bodies
had been found. The report was
received from a rancher. who
said the bodies came ashore at
a place called Arenal de Gomez
on the route to Zihuatanejo. a
small fishing village about $50
miles north of here.
Walter Hoffman. who came
here with his wife, the sister
Of Mrs. Hallock, to assist in
the investigation of the couples
disappearance, said about 7 am.
local time neither he nor his
wife had yet been informed by
police of the report.
Traveller Brings Word
There are no Geographic or
telephone communications with
the place where the bodies were
reported found and roads are
poor. Word of the discovery was
brought to police here by a
traveller.
Police said they understood
the bodies had been washed
ashore four or five days ago.
Mr.. Michel. SO. and Mrs. Hal
lock. AZ. left the Hotel Hamacas
the night of February 20 to visit
a night club on Roqueta Island,
a few miles offshore. They never
returned. Their rooms remained
unoccupied for several days be-
fore the hotel management noti-
fed authorities.
A search was then launched.
For a while police hoped they
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campus when they failed to get
the resignation Of Prof. Clennon
King. They accused Prof. King
of getting the college into a
controversial situation by writ
ing a series OF newspaper ar
titcles on segregation and said
he used pictures Of students to
illustrate the articles without
their permission.
Prof. King took his wife and
three children and left the
campus for an undisclosed desti-
nation yesterday after receiving
what he called threats on his
life.
Seek Return 10 Glasses
The first break in the boy
colt came when Is to 20 stu
dents approached Prof. A. D.
Fobbs. head of the agriculture
education department. Prof
Fobbs said they explained they
didn't know exactly what they
had done" and wanted to know
what they should do to get back
in classes and finish their edu-
cation.
One of the agricultural stu
dents. Ezell McLaurin. told re-
porters, 1--WE don't intend to
leave the campus unless We have
to-" Mr.. McLaurin. a 25-year -old
senior. is from Mendenhall, Miss,
The question Of academic
freedom was raised in December
by Prof. King.
This week, the 36-year-old
Georgia born teacher made nc
reference to academic freedom
in his appeal to students TO read
his articles before voting TO have
him discharged.
Was Asked to Desist
DR.. Otis said the question
first arose when Prof. King
wrote letters TO newspapers. say
ing the United States should
name Negro ambassadors to
Negro nations.
DR.. Otis said he called Prof
King in. asked him to desist.
and followed this with a letter
which said in part:
While l. as an administrator
See ALCORN. Page Al
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Students Back in Class,
Ending College Boycott

JACKSON. Miss. Mar. 9 LR.-
DR.. J. r. Otis. president. of AL
corn A6sM College, said students
were returning to classes today,
the first break in the week long
student demonstration against a
professors writings.
DR.. Otis made the statement
as he arrived here at the emer-
gency meeting of the all-white
State College Board. called after
reports indicated all 585 students
at the S6-year-old co-educational
Negro school walked out yester-
day.
Today's action frightened
hopes of keeping the college alive.
He said he was informed about
IS students were returning to
class. ending their boycott. He
added that teachers were be-
hind their desks at the college
at Alcorn and all buildings-ex-
cept the dining hall-normally
open on Saturday were open.
The College Board specifically
ordered the dining hall closed at
noon yesterday if the students
refused to return to class.
Meeting Is Closed
/ The college board meeting. as
usual, was closed to ncwsmen.
| Waiting in an anteroom out
side the board chambers were DR.
Otis. who has either resigned OF
been dismissed. and DR.. J. D
Boyd. named by the board to
succeed DR.. Otis April /.
Gov. j. P. Coleman told h.s
news conference this week that
Dr. Otis had been dismissed. DIR
Otis said he had no formal notice
OF dismissal. but had submitted
his resignation. DR.. E. r. lobe
board executive secretary. when
questioned about the matter
called newsmen's attention to
the board minutes which said Dr.
Otis resigned.
The educator has been under
treatment recently for ulcers ano
had given i'll health as the reason
for resigning.
Had Left Campus
The students. announcing the
death" of the old land grant
school for Negroes. left the
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Acc Reveals
New Atomic
Test in Russia
By the Associated Press

The Atomic Energy Commits
sion announced today that Rus
STA conducted another test yes
terday Of an atomic weapon.
Acc Chairman Lewis l.
Strauss did not say in his an
nouncement whether it was a
hydrogen or a conventional nu-
clear weapon.
The text of his statement:
THE Soviet Union has con-
Quoted another nuclear weap-
ons test.
THE latest defamation &C.
Cured on March 8. 1857, and
was in the range of size Of
their recent explosions.
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President Signs
Doctrine Plan
For Mideast
Sees Forward Step
In Development Of
Friendly Relations
BY ROBERT X. WALSH

President Eisenhower signed
the Middle East economic and
military assistance resolution to-
day as a further demonstration
of the will of the American peo-
pie to preserve peace and free
dom in the world"
The signing came exactly nine
weeks after Mr.. Eisenhower per-
sonally appeared before a joint
session of Congress January 5 TO
request authorization to strength
en- the Middle East nations
against Communist expansion
and. If necessary. to use armed
force to resist Red aggression III
that area.
The President attached his sig
nature to the document without
special ceremony in his Office at
1910 am. and without the at
tendance of any congressional
leaders or State Department off,
Gals. His only remark to news
reporters and photographers was
to ask today's date.
Formal Statement
In a formal statement he de-
clared:
This occasion marks an i'm
portant forward step in the
development of friendly relations
between the United States and
the Middle East area. The joint
resolution of the Congress which
I have just signed expresses the
determination of the legislative
and executive branches Of the
Government to assist the nations
in the general area of the Middle
East to maintain their indepen-
dence. 1t is a further demon
stration of the will of the
American people to preserve
peace and freedom in the world.
THE provisions Of the reso-
luton and. even more, the unity
of national purpose which it
reflects. will increase the admin
istration's capabilities to con-
tribute to reducing the Commu-
mist danger in the Middle East
and to strengthening the general
stability Of the area"
Recalls Message
Recalling that his message to
Congress last. January an
nounced his intention to send a
special mission TO the Middle
East to explain the purposes
of the resolution to countries in
that area. and to report on the
most effective ways Of carrying
out those purposes, Mr.. Eisen-
hover noted that Ambassador
James P. Richards will leave
Tuesday for the Middle East.
Il regard Ambassador Rich
ARDS mission as an essential and
important first step in carrying
out the policies set forth in the
Joint resolution. he stated.
las those policies are based on
the concept of cooperation. and
as the assistance contemplated
by the resolution will be ex-
tended only in response to re-
quests from Middle Eastern gov
We must achieve the
gratest possible measure Of un-
derStanding and recognition of
common interests with the area
governments and their peoples.
Ambassador Richards mis-
sion is to advance this under
See DOCTRINE, Page AS
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Tokyo Census ICONS

TOKYO. Mar. 9 (P).-Tokyo's
population increased by almost
a quarter of a million during the
past year. City government
spokesman announced today the
population as of February l was
1922. $50, an increase of 238. $3.50
over the same date last year.
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A 24-year-old fireman, stand
ing on the top rung of a ladder
s feet beneath a thlrd-floor
window. helped two persons to
safety from a smoke-filled house
early today.
One woman leaped from the
window before firemen arrived
and another man was carried
down the stairs by firemen.
The two-alarm fire burned
out one section of the three
story building at 476 NJ street
S.W., about 5 am, routing
tenants on the first and second
floors.
Mrs. Fannie Maloy. "a, was
found unconscious beneath the
third floor window after drop
ping from a ledge when smoke
filled her bedroom. She is in
Casualty Hospital in satisfac-
tory condition.
Aided Man and Woman
Hero Of the blaze was Pvt.
Clarence Nelson. a husky. g.
footer, a former painter with
only two years on the Fire De-
partment and an Armstrong
High School graduate.
He climbed to the top Of the
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Egypt Rejects
Neutral Agency
ToCoIIect Tolls
Big Three Proposal
Called Violation
Of 1888 Treoty

CAIRO. Mar. 9 (P.-Egypt re.
jects a Western Big Three pro.
posal for a neutral agency tt
collect Suez Canal tolls and spill
the proceeds with Egypt $3.50
Information Director Abdel Ka.
der Hatem said today.
"The Egyptian government
will not accept any such pro.
posal because it violates Egypt:
rights according to the 1885
convention on the Suez Canal,
Mr. Hatem said in an interview
The United States. Britain
and France told U. N. Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjold last
month they favored payment Of
tolls to the World Bank or some
other neutral international.
agency when the canal gets back
In business.
The collection agency. under
their plan. would give Egypt hall
the income for operating costs
and keep the rest until the toll
issue is finally settled. The tolls
used to gross about 500 million
q year.
Clearance to Begin
Mr.. Hatem's declaration came
as U. N. salvage authorities
awaited assent from Cairo &c
final clearance of the l03-mile.
long waterway.
Egyptian civilian and Army
engineers began operations or
the 84l-ton tug Edgar Bonnet
sunk midway in the 103-mile
waterway near Ismailia during
the British-French and Israeli
invasion last fall. They said they
had to remove explosives from
the vessel before it could be
raised.
1t. Gen. Raymond A. Wheeler
(U. S. Army retD, head of the
U. N. salvage operation. said
Egyptian authorities had not
given him final permission tc
remove the Edgar Bonnet and
the l,461-ton Egyptian frigate
Abukir, sunk four miles above the
southern end of the canal.
3 or 4 Weeks Needed
He said his salvage crew was
ready to start work on the Edgar
Bennett right away" He pre-
dicted it would take three or
four weeks for his workers to
examine the wreck and then lift
1t from the channel.
When the Edgar Bonnet and
the Abukir are removed, ships VI
to 10000 tons will be able to sail
the entire length of the canal
But Egyptian officials have made
1t clear this does not apply tc
Israeli shipping. which wa.
barred even before the October.
November fighting. Egypt main.
tains it is still technically at wal
with Israel, despite the 1949 Pal.
eStine armistice.
Meanwhile. eight small vessels
all under SOC tons, transited the
canal yesterday This was tht
flrst large movement of shipping
since the waterway was blocked
more than -four months ago.
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ORIGINAL COMICS
TO BE GIVEN AWAY

FREE TO 100 persons who attend the
big Comics Week Festival Tuesdoy
will be original souvenir drawings Of
comic STRIPS appearing in The Stor
Free records also will be given out,
see poee A-24. Rules for the young
peoples comics contest con be found
todoy on poee Az.
DRAMA is deliberately built into
services OF Foundry Methodist Church
How il is done is the subject Of o
story on poee AS.
leNTEN thinking BY Woshins-
tonions continues today with Biblical
reflection BY Mary Ellen Kelly. Poee
A-24.
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Bruzil Wreck Kills Six

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil,
Mar. 9 (P).-Delayed reports
reaching here yesterday from
Belo Horizonte said a passenger
train lost a wheel and ran off
the track there Wednesday. kill
Ing six persons and injuring 100.
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Plane Crush Kills Five

CAPE TOWN. Mar. 9 tPl. =
A South African air force bomber
crashed into hill near Simons-
town Naval Base yesterday. kill
ing ali five men aboard.
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OllVeT OTaScN, UHLeQ states
Attorney for the District of
Columbia. suggested that a
temporary out-patient clinic
should be set up for children
committed for mental obser-
vation until construction of an
adequate psychiatric building
can be completed.
Speaks as Citizen
Speaking as a citizen. rather
than in his capacity as WASH
ington's chief Federal prosecutor,
Mr.. Gasch asserted:
"Since ultimate rehabilitation
Of the offender is the aim Of
Juvenile Court and most courts,
1t seems to me we are taking a
great chance on the future Of
these children by commingling
them with adult DRINKS"
Mr.. Gasch. with Attorney Hugh
j. MCGEE. chairman Of the Dis
trict Bar Association Mental
Health Committee. conferred on
the subject with DR.. John D.
Schultz. chief psychiatrist at D.
c. General. two days ago after
Mr.. MCGEE CHANGED TO see the
ll-year-old while visiting a client
in the psychiatric building.
Mr.. McGee's reaction was one
Of shock.
Those kids don't belong in
there with those sick grownups.
I'm not a psychiatrist, but plain
common sense tells me those
children will be harmed by the
experience" he asserted.
The lawyer added that until
the new building is available, the
disturbed children should be
quartered either in some other
part of the hospital. or in private
hospitals on a contract basis
until their observation period is
over.
Problem Of Bed Capacity
DR.. Schultz agreed. He added,
however. that disturbed chill
dren are not made any more
warped by being among GONZALES
cent adults than they would be
elsewhere.
1T is like such nonsense as
saying 1t would be bad to put a
Juvenile With appendicitis In with
an adult with appendicitis" he
aid.
DR.. Schultz emphasized tnat
unless the children have violent
tendencies, they are placed with
convalcscent adult alcoholics in
nearly every instance. These con-
valcscents are quiet and CO.
operative" sorts. he said. and
sometimes the risk is greater
TO them then to the youngsters
when the two groups are mixed.
In any case. he said, bed ca
pacity is the problem and the
new psychiatric building is the
answer. The problem, moreover,
Is not new. he added.
city officials from hospital
STATS up TO commissioners have
been aware Of 1t for a long time.
DR.. Schultz said. Relief has been
proposed for years in budget
requests, but the city's straitened