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mmmroms gtV It maramtmohem number LEI for thrqu maécnnxhhanml uEdltoriuDch as com 95th YearNod i97 PRISONEKS of the Ocean them to the street Eight io shantyjail line the wallof their prison alter lire forced mates of the prison died and neny injured when fire foi Terrified Prisoners Killed lnv Flames 9t iNJ County Jail TOMS nuvaa Apr Eight terrified prisoners were killed Sunday when lire erupted at county jail and trapped them in their secondfioor cells Twelvcfotber persons were in jurcd prisoners and rescuers alike Seven of the victims died of smokolpoisoaiag while the eighth wols burned to death in padded cei One of the injuredwas USr navy man weekend visitor burned critically when he tried to reach the screaming prisoners The victims included one man serving 90 days for disorderly conduct Others awaited disposi tion of charges that included murder rape larceny and for gory PADDED CELL FIRST Sheriff Barry Hoe said the fire egao in the portable padded ii in secondfloor rrldor of twostorey brick didnt know how He ers are not permitted to have matches and each prisoner is searched before admission gt light among several priso ers in firstfloor ccllbiock pr oeded the fire Guards were ing to break it up when prl1 soner yelled fire warning Roe said burning foam rubber in the padded cell caused aycom bustion wave Witnesses said there were at least twoexplo sions after the smoke began pouring from the ail windows The victim in the padded cell rested the day before on charge of being drunk and disorderly He was to have been transferred to amcntal institution later in the day Sixtyfive prisoners were in the jail whichthe sheriff said is sup posed to house only 28 Gerard Lau40 sblplittcr stationed with the naval air re serve training unit at Firceport heard the prisoners yelling He ran to the second floor where the screams of three women pri soners could be heard but was blown downstairs by on explo sion lle crawled out critically burned Firemen who arrived and raced up the stairs were blown down by second explosion In the confusion keys to cell blocks were lost 200 Combing Park ForfCanadian Bey TAMWORTH NB APlSome 200 searchers combed swampy wooded area in white Lake State Park today for sevenvyearold Canadian boy missing since Sun day night State dontlfied the youngster as Michael McLean of 201 Sherman Square Hamilton The boy was reported missing by his father David McLean who said Michael failed to return from walk with his brother The family was vacationing at was General Petersen 35 81s camping in the state park GirlKilled TeenAyers Hun In Bloody Clash of MY Gangs NEW YORK ABPolice said 15yearoid boy has admitted firing volley of bullets that killed Negro girl and felled two of her companions The shooting was one of ser lies of violent outbreaks Sunday igbt as streetgang violence ared again in Manhattans lower eastside alter threeyear truce Two other youths were and two more sho dents which poli partofa chain reaction set ofo when one gang invaded anothers territory Eoth gangspolicc said were made up of Negroes and Fugue Ricans One was called the Sportsmen andthe other therFor syth StreetBoys The trouble started police be lieve when the Sportsmen moved into the other gangs territory LEADERS GIRL TPRIEND The girl who was shot Theresa 666 15 was said to be the girl friend ofFraok Boyd described asthe leaderof the Sportsmen The boy who says he did the shooting was member of the Forsyth Street Boys poli said The boy was not identili The first incident came when some Forsyth Street Boys met herSportsmen as they entered flie territory Juli Rosario 14 Victor Gousalezalso were stabbed in the hack and stabbed other in said werewas shot Half an hour later and 13 blocks away about 12 youths and girls loungedron streetcomer REPREAL RAID Acar bent on what police say was reprisal raid by the For syth Street Boyscruised by and sixshots rang out The Gee girl fellrdead on the sidewalk shot the head Air other girlVEroestine Singleton the leg andRo art Combs 16 was wounded by an other bull few minutes later in another neighborhood Luis Santos 17 dropped with bullet in his hip ROUGH UPGIRL Soon after that police said group of Sportsmen found Luis Morales 15saidto be former member of the Forsyth Street Boys walking witna Negro girl He told police the five Negro youths slapped the girl around then dragged him into hallway and siuggcd him repeatedly He wastakento hospital It was the firstserious gang violence on the lower east side in three years That was when the gangs agreed to truce ar ranged by anEPiscopalian Ang lican minister Two gimswerefouad near the someof the fatal shooting One was toy gun converted to fire Mill fltrnu 11 bystander he shot in the face PRESS TIME FLASHES pVSegreoalion Plans Nat bulletsthe other seven shot flcal re rift JOHANNESBURG Suiith Africa Reuters The National ist government has Withdrawn tentative plan to carry out NY raced for the jail when he 17 bytraffic 13 in traffic iiveby dro lug NBARRIE ONTARIG CANADA MONDAY AUGUST 24 1959 lowed by citpiosions broke butt in the second iioor of the jail naaasaJon roe IDLE emu LONDON ReuterslThere is job open at the Tower of Londoo for raven The big black birdsrwho strut around the tower to the amusement of thousands of tourists lost one of their number recently when Kala died The five birds remaining are Cora Corax Crook Gunn and Garvie Ravens have been kept at the tower since the reign of Charles ll in the 17th century Orthodox Heads Halt Contacts With Catholics RHODES Greece Reuters Leaders of the Eastern Orthodox churches with the Roman Catholic observ ers at the conference of the World Councilof Churches statement issued after pri vate meeting said some misun derstanding and great exaggera tions had appeared regarding what wasa friendlytalk be tween Orthodox members and Ro man Catholic guests at the con ference Tbestatement was signed by Bishop llakovos representative of the Orthodox patriarch of Con stantinople and Prof Basil loun idis of the Greek arrangemeok committee They had the informal meeting with the two Roman Catholic priests Rev Jean Dumont of France and Rey Willie brants of TheNetheriands PROTESTANT RESENTMENT Observersrbere said their pri vate agreement to arrange lay theological conference next year in Venice todisouss differeocu between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches had aroused widespread resentment among Protestant and Anglican members of the world council The Orthodox leaders issued the statement in an effort to cairn the uneasy atmosphere It said 5We were yery surprised some misunderstanding and great exaggerations which appeared in the press in connection with friendly talk between Orthodox members end Roman Catholic guests at the present meeting of the central committee of the WCC 48 mi INTnarri Canadian survey shows Quotiee recorded thehigh estlatality twith 22 deaths mishaps Five were drowned Ontario had 25 fatal accidents aadthe two deaths by fire British Columbia bad deaths by traffi gt eastern Grape provm deaths and otherdatal acciti Luan cnossm Tlie surveyx mobiles violent connected in theperiod gbeglnning local time Friday and unda DEATH Th Ontario dad gist who is cohollc declared in Hamilton Sunday There is no cure for alcoholism 12 mi awrng our werLeéiedAha lidire temporar coa ac limb 318m ueVErWOUE be cure Speaking at the International hf Intercollegiate School of Alcohol Studies at MoMaster University Dr Stewart who is consultant to the BrooksideClinic for Alcohol ics Toronto admitted that be had years have launched miles northeast of Vientiane was Minnow Lake are Fine vwrms sorcrn Eons BIOl Cinema Park In Toronto Clase Ule TORONTO CPlA controller and live city alderman today de mended closing of Fred Hamilton Park alter Hating soccer fans there Sunday sent two police can stables and an eightyeaer boy loust injured when to hospital Controller Jean Newman called the rioting which erupted at the end of close game between Tor onto ltolia and Hungaria of the TeenAgar Attacks Gashes Mans Face TORONTO CPlAlyer Dm roeches of Oshawa visiting friends here was attacked Sun day by teen is with broken bottle who cut hi can so badly it required eight sLI ches Desroches was talking with his friends outside their house when three teenagent approached The one who struck him first asked for cigaret which Desrochos Inonsmoker was unable to give 1m National Soccer League the most shocking thing that has ever happened at Toronto spprting event in lm going to see it doesnt bao pen againI will support any move to close the pork and have expropriation proceedings started sho sald Sixteenpolicemen were on duty at the park when skirmishes broke out at the end of the game in which 7000 spectators saw Iltaila win 21 SPECTATOR STARTED 11 The major riot was touched off whea spectator swung at player Two constables were sec1 Claims Cure For Alcoholism HAMlLTON CmA psycholo selfconfessed al staycd clear of drink for 11 There was no such personas reformed alcoholic he said one is an alcoholic for life declared Dr Stewart The abal eoge is to recognize that fact and then to live without alcohol The secret was todeveiop lreedom from addiction gonlyway that thiscould haachicvedmsald Dr Stewart was to make sobrietya way of Sobriety has to become as pre cious to the alcoholic as his drink ing used to be said the psychol ogist personhadtoswltch his phil osophy from the pursuit of pleas ure to the pursuit of freedom said Dr Stewart and that could only be obtained through worth while allimportant interest milling crowd of 4000 began balling po lice with rocks and fence pickets Al Astri mehoger of the tails club blamed the fracas on lice They got panicky when fans ran lubilantly onto the field to congratulate players he said Mayor Natham Phillips opposed closing this park and urged other be methodsto handle the situation Food Poisoning Hits Hundreds NEW YORK APlFood pois oning left scores of persons vio lentiy ill during the weekend at company and religious gatherings across the united States The biggest epidemicstruck about 145 persons at the annual outing of Radio Materials Com pany employees and their fami lies at Attica lad Saturday night The previous Saturday about 750 persons had become ill atrnnother company picnic in la diana 1n Cincinnati at least 12 per sons who had attended religii ous singing assembly Saturday sought treatment at hospitals for food poisoning than so persons after two group picnics In each case the usual picnic fare had been served hem chicken potato salhd cold drinks and so on The symptoms also were the samcvomitiogchills cramps and diarrhoea The causes of the weekends cases were not immediately de termined Laotian Troops Surrender 910559170 Capital To Reds VlENTlANE Laos AWGov ernmeat troops havesurrendered to Communist rebels two points only 60 and 50 miles from this Laotian capital Fighting spread toward the centre of the South east Asia kingdom during the weekend Reliable soufies said the rebel advance is threatening strategic communications and supply routes between Vientiane and the Squlh Hed partisausiare reported to surprise titiack Saturday on militaryaodlpo licepost near Pak Sane 60 miles east ofVientiane andafter sev eral hours of fighting forced gov ernment forces to withdraw Sop Vieog town abdut 50 or Sudbury killed whenac was travelling was train one level cros home Friday night Tommy Bergman sonof Dr dad Mrs man drowned Fri Lak Sesikenika 2Q miles no afhis KlrklandLakehom MarieAnneHenr 4hiiby car Friday nightinear her home at Azllda bin miles northwest of Sudbury CecilHarris 69 of Lokéview near Toronto when struckby his home Friday night and her sister Mary Gaul as as presslfr and Communist China The reb els are proCommunist Laotians who have been trained and equipped by the North Vietnam 958 captured by rebels Friday thé sourcessaid The defence ministry did not confirm the reports saying the foreign ministry Viét Nam The sporadic fighting that startedlate in July had until now been largely confined to the northern provinces and Phong Saly of Sam Neua The government has placed the rebel strength in the north at 500 They operate in bands of 150 to 200 men Another 1000 are said to have infiltrated into the North Bay believe crown which see Lake Cou saushguossedahighwaymcar southern provinces ofLuang bang and Savannakhet Supplying hardpressed troops in Sam Neua has been major Laos difficulty Everything must he delivered hyaitf About 20 per cent of SamNeua is reported under Communist control Defence Secretary Col Phoumi Nosavan has said the city of Sam Neua can be held against rebel attacks but indi cated there is little hope of bold ing much else in the province About 48000 Victuamese refu gees who had been living in Thai land were reported crossing into Laos some apparently gheadiog north tovVard Sam Neua Many proCommunist Laotians fled to Thailand during the Indochinese war Laos refused to take them back after the 1354 armistice radian Girls The boat belonging to the three Indian girls reported lost on Lake Simcoesiucc Satur day night has been found pull ed ashore at Sibbalds Point at 1128 this morning by an em ployee of the provincial park in the area Brechln police and Georgina Township police are now comb gag the area They believe the girls to be ashore Dick Charles an employee of the provincial park found are at not washedup but appar ently pulled up on shore The search for the three girls Clara 17 Eivina l9 and Linda Eigcanoe Ashquahe of Georgina Island has been going on in tensively with private boots but pchce report they have not been notifiedand there is no sign of the girls The Brecbin 0PP have start ed an investigation this morning into the alleged mishap SEARCHERS SWARM The provincial police boat in Barrie has not yet been called to the job although the area around Are Still Missing Georgina Island wherethe boat was moored at government dock was swamuog with soap chers yesterday Steven Ashquabe of Georgina Island Indian reserve the fa ther of the three girls said he believed his daughters took his lifoot outboard motor boat from the islands government dock while he was asleep Saturday night SOMEWHERE Asaonnr Marlna operators in the Jack sons Point area believe strong ly in the possibility that the girls are already ashore somewhere perhaps even at home but since police were not notified there isno one who can call off this search Ashouabe said There was very little gas in the tank and the girls knew little about op erating the boat An official of Bonny Boat works at Jacksons Point said this morning withall the boats out yesterday looking for them they should have be found Theyre probably ashore some where Traffic Fatalities In Canada Decrease In First Months OTTAWA CPlThernumber of persons killed and injured in tref fic accidents in Canada decreased in the first three months of this year despite rise in thernurnberx of accidents Vehicle accidents took 165 lives during the three months com Mixed DipsBad Bishop Cautions GALWAY Ireland Reutersi Dr Michael Browne Roman Catholic bishop ofGaiway has warned all unmarried couples in his diocese against swimmingto gether It is very wrong for unmar ried couplesto go bathing to gether he said in statement read Sunday in all city churches it is the cause of grave sins which bring shame and dis honor lle also told women that ep peariog in scanty dress is an of fence against the honor of womanhood it is véty important that Gal way should maintainjis reputa tion as holiday place wherede cent people can bring their child ren he said Men should ob serve that certainportions of the beach are reservedfor women and likewise women should not invade the bathing place re served for men pared with 535 year earlier the bureau of statistics reported to day The ntlmher of persons in Intel declinéd to14736 from 14 art However the number of acci dents reported those involving $100 damage or morerose to ti2 354 in JanuaryMarch from 54145 year earlier Total property damage increased to $17m970 from $16144256 Traffic deaths increased in two provinces and in the northland in Quebec risiogrto 117 from 105 in Manitoba to 22 from 20 and in the Yukon and Northwest Terri tories to one compared with none year earlier JanuaryMarch traffic deathsiu Ontario were 204 compared to 213 year ago Phone Call Warns Witness Hold TORONTO GP Bulider Harry anne witness at ajud iciel inquiry intogYork Township land deals told police he was threatened anonymously on the telephone early today He said avoice with an appar ent Brooklyn accent said to him If you dont keep your mouth shut youll get in your face Were not kiddin its look at your front step broken bottle had bee lett on thesiep There wesno trace ofsci