The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 19, 1952, Page 8

Page | 8 _THE KEY WEST CITI ZEN Friday, December 19, 1952 Man Nabbed As| Brink a Partie ipant YN (® — Joseph J. “Specs” t-year-old Boston gun- s been nabbed by the FBI masked men who Boston head- 19,000 on the night ntempt of m his re ; | Dee a stigation, 1 to bel OKeefe w c Pants in the rot: A cond af $60,000 in E fn a ho siste on Ju transfer O'Keefe, O'FKe A fou leged t tween da carr: lephe O'Kee in a Pennsy » for ng weapons in his car, and ays in the pape r asked | wife whether or r had been in terviewed py federal enforcement Officials and she said she had. “He r or not any thing swer- ed: ‘Just ta she of the baby. rities said there is idavits, asserts that $60,000 of alleged B loot was hidden in an stuffed baby stationary chair and footstool or in a leather zippered overnight bag” in the home of Mr. and Mrs, Paul Hooley, O'Keefe’s sister and broth- | er-in-law. Mrs. Hooley was given a one. contempt of ce er this week | r sentence for after sie re- before the grand jury restion: “Did you ever at any time see | $70,000 in cash?” Her husband also is charged with contempt of court for refusing to talk before the grand jury. O'Keefe’s of court case has not y n completed and He s contempt c continued to next Monday. Hooley and his wife, who appealed the one-year sentence, are free on bail. eat has been Severed Twins Stull Cling To Life Today CHICAGO (# — The tiny Brodie |Siamese twins, medical history’s first survivors of a heatl-to-head al separation, clung to life by the slenderest of threads. Condition of one of the infant boys was reported “very precar- ious.” His brother has shown some improvement since completion of the day-long histeric operation Wednesday night. Physic 5 he 15-month-old twins would remain on the critical list for five to seven days, if they survi The fate of one, they said, may be decided within hours. : change for the better or | Worse as the report late last night from pediatricians on duty t the bedside of the twins, Rodney nd Roger Lee Brodie. Both children are in oxygen tents in the University of linois Neuro- psychiatric Institute. Roger is in the most critical con- dition. His brain circulation was impaired by the 12-hour and 40- ration. He still was ious late last night and was s intravenous feedings and transfusions. regained consciousness alternately crying and y | In the bulletin issued | university yesterday, n was described as “very precarious, although — respiration and other vital factors have im- {proved slightly during the morn- jing ” Rodney’s condition was termed ‘‘stable. Seems to be good.” | Dr. Eric Oldberg, head of the | university’s Department of Neurol- ogy, described the surgery at a | news conference, He said surgeons | discovered there was only one sag- |gital sinus, the main passageway | by the or, vein draining blood back from both brains, The surgeons had to make a | swift decision, Dr. Oldberg said. | The incision could be made to give |one twin or the other the vital vein. Rodney was favored for “survi- val of the fittest” by choice of the surgeons. He was holding up much better during the marathon opera- tion, Dr. Oldberg said, and surgery in his favor could be more easily | performed. While Roger was minus the all- important large vein to ,carry blood away from his brain, small |ccllateral veins are presently able |to substitute for the large missing | vein. The parents of the twins, Mr. and Mrs. Royt Brodie of Mobine, Ill., | were at the hospital throughout the day as physicians watched over the cribs of the tiny patients. Brodie, 35-year-old farmer and meat cutter, told reporters he had been “hopeful since the day they were born. Now we're waiting and Sentenced For Contempt Of Court Roger's con- | Truman Has Lost His Fight For Compulsory Health Plan By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON — Now, seven years after he first mentioned it, President Truman’s compulsory health insurance plan is hardly more than a gleam in_ the eye of the man who steps out of the White House next month. He lost his fight for it. But on the eve of his departure he has left a brand new plan, not | his own, for incoming President | Eisenhower. This plan was unveiled yesterday by the President’s Com- mission on the Health Needs of the Nation. Truman urged the Eisen- hower administration to take quick action on these needs. But it is a pretty safe bet that | whatever is done, if anything, won’t be speedy. For one thing, the Republicans in their campaign platform of 1952 were very guarded | about any promises for a health program. The platform they worked out at the Chicago conven- tion said: “We are opposed to federal com- pulsory health insurance with its crushing cost, wasteful inefficien- | cy, bureaucratic deadweight, and debased standards of medical care. We pledge our continuous en- couragement of improved methods \of assuring health protection.” And, no matter what Eisenhower | himself may think, he is «dealing | with a conservative Congress | which is bound to go. slow on any social changes. And that isn’t be- cause the Republicans control it. Every Congress since the war, | whether Democrats or Republicans ran it, has been conservative. Truman offered his compulsory health insurance plan to Congress in a special message Nov. 19, 1945. It never got to first base although since then Congress has voted | money for medical services in several wgys. Truman said of his plan: “This is not socialized medi- cine.” But socialized medicine is what its critics nave called the plan ever since. The plan Truman had in mind would have been financed out of payroll deductions similar to those now made for social security. The AMA, which put on a huge cam- paign to prevent Truman’s propos- al from becoming law, disliked the thought of government say-so over doctors:and seemed to think volun- tary systems would meet the na- tion’s health needs. Truman didn’t look upon this idea as a solution at all, The plan recommended yester- day by the President’s commis- sion would fall somewhere between praying. We're still hopeful we'll j other legislation involv take both of them home with us.” The Brodies have four other children, all normal. Wednesday’s operation was the 13th for the twins since they were IPilibusters bid WEATHERMAN eo the Truman and AMA thinking. Whether the fight the commission’s recommen-| Key West and Vicinity: Partly dations too remains to be seen. | cloudy and continued mild today A spokesman said there’d be no | thru Saturday. Gentle to moderate AMA comment on the full report | winds mostly easterly. until it had a chance to study it.} Florida: Clear to partly cloudy In brief that plan would provide | and slightly higher temperatures free or partly-paid health insur-| today and Saturday. ance policies for everyone who| Jacksonville thru the Florida couldn’t afford to buy one. To foot | Straits: Gentle to moderate mostly this bill the government would have | northerly winds over north por- to hand out about one billion dol-| tion and moderate northeast winds lars a year, with about three-quar- | over south portion today. Satur- ters of it to be mat day moderate easterly winds. states, dollar for ¢ Clear to partly cloudy weather. The unmatched qu l¢| East Gulf of Mexico: Gentle to government’s money — all of it| moderate variable winds over. would come out of north portion and moderate north- funds—would go for by east winds over south portion to- Pitals, expandi ay. Saturday moderate southeast and helping research. winds over north portion and mod- ag erate east to southeast winds vee south portion. Clear to partly Senators ly At Smashin ways of AMA will cloudy weather. Western Caribbean: Moderate, occasionally fresh, northeast ‘to east winds today and Saturday. Partly cloudy weather. Isolated light showers. Observations taken at City Office Key West, Fla., Dec. 19, 1952 9:00 A.M., EST Temperatures Highest yesterday By JOHN CHADWICK WASHINGTON (#-—Senator: ing to figure out to sm filibusters are con: ng strategy |that could throw the opening ses- sion of the new Senate on Jan. 3 into an uproar, Behind their efforts to clear the way for civil ri measures. hope to dep opponents cir weapon, the filibuster, be used to talk leg A leader in t Humphrey (D-Mi Republican and Der tors who favor ma shut off debate h to confer here Dec Humphrey told a reporter that one course of action under study Tomorrow’s Almanec. is to move at the start of the Sint session for the adoption of now | UnENe : A | Sunset - Senate rules—a maneuver aimed M : at eliminating Rule 22. pone. ¢ ; Normal is a desire h Precipitation Total last 24 hours _. Total this month i Deficiency this month . .79 . | Total this year - _. 32.54 | Deficiency this year _ 5.07 ins. ins. ins. ins. “whi ch can lation to de nocratic today sena- ier to been invited Relative Humidity at 9:00 A.M. 82% Barometer (Sea Level) 9:00 A.M. 30.16 ins—1021.3 mbs. Femcommpe Saeed | Xrophy Comes To Key West” tas Truette, former winner from Little River, ders and J. W. Sawyer, superintendents for this area as well as the agents. Fla. Citizen Staff Phote J. B. SYMONETTE accepts Gulf Life insurance trophy for all his agents in Key West from Harry The luncheon was attended by Gerald Saun- ‘Noon Stock Market Prices NEW YORK (AP)—Noon stocks Affil G Eq Alleghany Corp Allis Cha Mfg Am Airlines Am fe Ref AT & T American Tob _| American Woolen Anaco Cop | Armour & Co Atchison “Atl Coast Line Under Rule 22, a halt can be | Moonset — called to a filibuster only by the votes of 64 senators, or two-thirds of the entire membership. Oppo- nents contend it is almost impos- sible to apply. What’s more, Rule 22 provides that no debate limitation whatever shall apply to proposals to change the rules — so that any move to change it can be talked to death. Tentative opening-day strategy outlined by Humphr (0 cope with this roadblock to ¢ rights and es some fast parliamentary footwerk. Here’s what Humphrey expects would happen if the plan were put into execution: At the outset of the session a (Naval Base) HIGH —_—— am 12:03 pm. 000 ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA Reference Station: Key West LOW 5:40 a.m. 4:49 p.m. Bahia Honda (bridge) ———oh 10m No Name Key (east end) —+2h 20m Boca Chica Station— Sandy Pt.) Caldes Channel 9.0 ftir —oh 40m brought to the University of Illi- nois’ Chicago medical center 45 days after their birth. However, much additional sur- gery is necessary, doctors said. motion would be made+to adopt new Senate rules;,the vice presi- dent, who fs Senate presiding officer, probably would rule that the motion was out of order, rely- ing on all past precedents that the Senate, because only a third of its membership changes at one time, is a continuing body and so already has its rules. An appeal would be taken from the ruling of the vice president; only a majority vote is necessary to overturn such a ruling ant Humphrey is hopeful that the nec- essary votes could be obtained (north end) +2h 10m +14 ft (—)—Minus sign: Corrections to be subtracted. (+Je-Plus sign: Corrections to be added. NATO Nations ‘Plan Spending For Defenses . | Atl Time of Height of E Tide high water |G Refining Balt & Ohio Beth Steel Burl Mills Ch Chrysler Corp Coca Cola Colum Gas Cons Vultee ine Harvester Kresge (SS) Kress (SH). Liggett & Myers Lockh. Aire, Loews Ine. Lorillard (P) Louisy & Nash Montgom Ward Murphy (GC) Murray Corp Nash Kelvin Pacard Mt ... Penney (JC) Pepsi-Cola Philco Corp Philip Morris Radio Corp Reading Co. Reo Motors Rexall Drug Scheniey ind. If the vice president were over- ruled, the effect would be to leave | the Senate without any rules. Humphrey said in the case ordi- PARIS, #—The North Atlantic | | treaty nations agreed here to! nary parliamentary ri would spend Sea oeaee in — persis: apply and any senators attempting | Ports and other solid - defenses to filibuster against :the adoption ; against Soviet aggression. of new rules no longer would have | This is just a shade more than the protection of Rule 22. |half of the 428 million which Gen. Aside from parliament tech-| Matthew B. Ridgway, supreme |—sueh a man }a bitter |move t a sentenced for Ty. Mrs. Hocley nicalities-—-and some a ities |commanider in Europe, had out- Seab AL RR. Sears Roebuck Sinclair Ol. | Southern ee Southern Pac Stand Oil NJ Studebaker | Swift Co. Texas Co. Tex Pac C |Un Bag & Un Carbide Un Oil Cal Union Pacific United Aircraft United Fruit J. §. Steel &o P believe there lined as the “minimum” to provide secur: Rene Pleven, French defense minister, said the reduced figure | was agreed upon by the NATO! neil Thurs., after a four-day de- bate: The money voted will provide enough to begin work on airports and other long term projects as soon as weather permits. ion on the final figure was ken a few hours before the pro- jected conclusion of the meeting, | ied to get the 14 member na- | i to vote all the money they could afford without going broke al Viscount Alexan- meanwhile, an time of war’’ Ad. suntbatten will be Mediterranean who long h to block fair e legislation and measures Humphrey proposed by the meetin | for halting | majority of be would VECKERS ARRIVE FOR | CHRIST Mu AS VISIT HI RE Mr HOLD-t Warner Pict | Western Union Willys Overl. Woolworth STUDENTS EAT - 8% - 5M 6098 14% 35% 5 GUAM GOVERNOR WILL) RESIGN IN JANUARY AGANA, Guam (® — Carleton E. Skinner disclosed he will re- sign by Jan: 20, the day the new | Republican administration takes jover in Washington. The Guam governor said yester- day he informed Secretary of the | Interiordesignate Douglas McKay of his intention to quit when they met at Honolulu last week. He said he had asked that announce- ment of his decision be withheld until he could report to the Guam i; | Legislature. Skinner quoted McKay as saying he had no one in mind for’ the post, BOCA CHICA (Continued from Page One) that it blistered. the sides of the truck and burned the . gasoline hoses right through. The Boca Chica crash, erew rush- ed to the scene ag did the -civi- lian fire department of the Naval Air Station. Risking their lives, the firemen and crash crew spray- ed the truck with foam to pre- | vent its igniting and threatening |the entire air port. . While the gasoline truck was still hot and in definite danger of exploding, Ballew, heediess of his own life, jumped .in behind the wheel and drove it off while his crash crew and the firemen worked to°quell the shed and oil drum fire. The gas truck belonged to Ber- nie C. Papy’s Cities Service Sta- tion. All equipment damaged in the fire belonged to Wright con- | struction company. “3% Ballew is chief damage control- | donors, (Continued from Page One) lons, KWHS registrar, Mrs. lene Roberts, secretary to weitzer and Mrs. Wilma mont, secretary to March. Char Seh Clair- High school freshmen waiting on the table were Arlene Semler, Peg- gy Jordan and Rita Reye The table was decorated Florida holly, place greenery. HARBORS ARE CLEARED >, cards, with and BELFAST, Northern Ireland Exits and entrances to Belf Belfast | Harbor were clear today after tv pulled the 15,000-toh tanker Caltex Wellington off a mudbank oiler, owned by a British cc blocked passage in and out of the port when it ran agroun day last alge and the Sixth fleet Medit erranean e NATO communi a je Carney, why force t least a a conference was to hav It was refloated at high ti |man at Boca Chica, in charge of |the crew that is always in readis ness should anything happen to a | Plane or blinyp at the field, His heroism yesterday will un- doubtedly earn him a citation from the Navy, it was sdid unofficially, SKIPPER SIMS (Continued from Page One) donation of shirt and pants by fellow shrimpers. We took him the {five dollars collected by Mrs. | Dorothy Ballentine, and two other plus some more. Appreciative of the interest tak- en in his case the solicitude} of the staff, Sims re- peated | “I want to get. home-for Christ- mas. Getting home Christmas is} Bo easy project. Sims lives in near Townsend, Ga. Hel 1, before disaster. over- to take his sbrimper up Monday and his home. His} imp, which went down} ip, would have paid for} ght Chris tmas} Idren a hospital for t Myers by then take a bus to with the all expenses and bo 8 for hie fr ree year old ¢ oid son fn the e al son he gets by} » empty pursed ye whter 19 and a home TEMPERATURES AT 7:30 A.M., EST Atlanta Augusta - Billings Birmingham Bismark Boston — Buffalo. - Charleston - Chicago Corpus Christi Detroit El Paso .... Ft. Worth Galveston Jacksonville Kansas City — KEY WEST - Key West Airport __. Los Angeles % Louisville —. Meridian —___ Miami —__ Minneapolis ___ Memphis New Orleans __ New York Norfolk Oklahoma City Omaha . Pensacola ~ pee > a 0; San Antonio San Francisco __ Seattle ____ Tallahassee — Tampa soetianenanntematagesal a Weenie ae GULF LIFE (Continued from Page One) and superintendents were intro- duced at the luncheon. J. W. Sawyer and Gerald Saun- ders, superintendents of Key West; agents H. L. Albury, C. J. Haber land, Earl Keirstead, Herman Goldstein, Robert Saunders, H. L. Todd, Charles L. Curry, Beryl Pine der, E. L. Therkildson, Marathon, and Ernest Hopkins, BAD CHECK ARTIST ecco asa from Page One) FBI. Smith admitted to seing over 85 bad checks, " The trip, which covered several states, was financed entirely by Smith who had met Lo Piccolo in Chicago and promised to “get him in show business.” They had arrived in Miami, where they stay- ed at an expensive Miami Beach hotel, a week ago. In Key West, Lo Piccolo was Picked up by police on an indecent exposure charge to start the chain of events that led to the capture of the quartet. Le Piccolo and Miss Milan were taken from @ Havana bound air. liner and Smith and Miss Linge. |after a hectic chase by the State Highway Patrol Smith had eluded capture by two road blocks and was nabbed only alert bridge attendant af b Creek has raised the draw. The pair had leaped into sea in an effort to evade cap. Jewfi y were returned to Key West { Peputy Sheriff Tommy the FBI was brought case and the charges are expected against Smith al. * known to have passed two checks here. An aire a local hotel were victie he fideuce man. name of George o, is ® to be wanted by York City police op charges of skipping hotel bills Subseribe to The Citizen OP A ah le cor