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The Pittsburgh Prew, May 13, 1964 mzzmfransit Project Must Have More Money: Merrie Spaeth Steals Scenes At Festival People Help Skybus Soar, Authority To AsIc U. S. By GLENN SEASE of rapid transit for eventual use here. added public funds ran be obtained. Merrie Spaeth, 15, the scene stealer In 'The World Henry Orient." is back to her old tricks in Cannes, Frana She's stealing the spotlight from personalities like Sellers in the film entry which was presented yesterday at inghouse Electric Corp.

which is developing the experimental system. A cloud of doubt now hovers over the pns because final enginering designs indicate costs will go as high as five million dollars. Common Pleas Court Judge Loran L. Lewis, who is chairman of the Port Authority, said yesterday that attempts to "work things out" so the project can be continued "are still being pursued." "It'll be a few days before we are able to issue any statement on the situation," he declared. Westinghouse Electric lias indicated it is willing to increase its original commitment of to "more than a mllion dollars" if By WILLIAM FADE Officials of the County Port Authority will go to Washington tomorrow to plead for more Federal aid to help save the "Skybus" rapid transit experiment in South Park.

Harley L. Swift, Port Authority director, and Sidney puffin, solicitor for the organisation, will confer with representatives of the Housing and Home Finance Agency's Bu- Kau of Transportation. They will attempt to per-Iliads the Federal Government to Increase its contribution for the experimental line. The pressures for increased tud began building up when IDQSflOO IDDDDD I. Werre the movie festival.

Merrie told newsmen she had to return to school in Philadelphia before the end of the week. She passed out lollipops to anyone interested. Merrie is the youngest starlet at the festival. Academy Award-winner Fa-trlela Neal had given birth to a daughter in Oxford, Eng- i land. She is married to writer Roald Dahl.

Miss Neal won an Oscar this year for her performance in "Hud." In BroughtonUnderBlean, England, the Rev. Roy Fisher, said he is willing to pay for any live frogs, minnows, toads or worms brought to him. "My daughters want to collect them," the vicar explained. "They are too young to go minnowing and I am too old." Mutcof With the aid of straps on music on a set of rare century 1 i a. i Miss Neal tX Iv y.ai i fl, rrys rzi3sr mull ii.ii I r.

I f. vitiy ei Known 10 oe in exisience. Miss Cook, 37, is a member of the Winsfleld Music Club for Handicapped People in London. STRANDED BY BANKSVILLE FLOOD, driverless autos sit fender quarter-mile tdeep in water that caused extensive damage to businesses along a several cars stretch. Rushing water was strong enough to sweep from lot of Mt.

Lebanon Motors. (Story on Page 1.) Miss Ann English, 21, Toledo, is stopped at the entrance to the New York World's Fair by private police officer Charles Albrecht. it was learned that original costs of the proposal have gone up nearly two million dollars. Meanwhile Port Authority officials disclosed they conferred yesterday In Harris-burg: with a representative of the State Commerce Department's Bureau of Community Facilities In an attempt to round up some State money. They said Daniel Rodgers, who heads the bureau, was "very sympathetic" to the request and the bureau has money available for mass transit projects.

The bureau declined to commit itself, however, until the Authority sees If it last year, Donald Steinfirst, executive director of the festival, announced three new events: 1 A children's art show for fifth and sixth graders in the lobby of Gateway No. 4. 2 A religious art show in (lie lobby of the IBM Building. 3 An urban design exhibit showing the rebuilding of the Point and Gateway areas. Noon and night-time entertainment will include jazz combos, bands, chamber music, dance routines and readings from Shakespeare.

Most of the action will take place in the two Gateway plazas. The festival opens at 5 p. m. The Pittsburgh Symphony Sym-phonetla will appear at 8:30 that night. After that, the hours will be 11 a.

m. to 10 p. m. week days and Saturdays and noon to 10 on Sundays. Judges are selecting exhibit pieces from 2500 entries in three categories.

Last year 816 works by 272 artists were hung and 232 of them were sold for a total of 511,650. The categories and judges this year are: Photography, John Dur-niak. executive editor of Popular Photography Magazine; paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture, Harris K. Prior, director of the Rochester (N. Memorial Art Gallery, and crafts, Mrs.

Vanderbilt Webb, chairman of the American Craftsmen's Council. The festival Ls sponsored by Carnegie Institute with City, County and private funds. film: fST' JT Sfc: T. 13 Rivers Festival Adds 3 New Events Children's, Religious Exhibits Included In Art Show Opening May 29 At Gateway Plans for a bigger Three Rivers Arts Festival were outlined today at a luncheon in the Hilton Hotel. The festival will run from May 29 through June 7 this year, with 10 nights of entertainment compared to eight Accept Strip Law, Coal Official Urges State Code May Set Pace For U.

Mine Operators Warned At Meeting Special to The Press CLEVELAND, May 13 A spokesman for the Pennsylvania strip mining industry warned the nation's coal operators today to learn to live with Pennsylvania's new strip prr. Ill Bejoy Khar, a 38-year-old Pakistani, dived fully clothed into the River Wye in High Wycombe, England, to rescue a dog he thought urns drowning. The dog showed its gratitude by biting Khar, jumping out of the arms of its rescuer and running a way, rarity. her wrists, Ann Cook plays old bells in London. It is the Ann, who 1 left home April 23, ar rived at the fair for a visit but had to walk around the grounds because of a rule against vehicles inside the gates.

She nlans tn tour the entire country 1 1 1 oiKe tnis mmer. Sen. Lee Metcalf, Montana Democrat, had a new name today well, almost. Walter S. a Wetiel, of Browning, a leader of the Black-feet Indian tribe, yesterday presented the senator Mr.

Metcalf with a handsome gavel in Washington bearing Mr. Met-calf's indian name "L'ndSU-Ochl." Mr. Wetzel said the word meant "Met Calf." American singer Diahann Carroll was rehearsing In London for her British television show Saturday when the musical director discovered he had left two song arrangements in New York. He arranged to have them sent by plane to London, but they were flown by mistake to Frankfurt. When a Ger man representative tried to pick them up, he discovered that the arrangements had been sent to Hong Kong.

"We settled for two other numbers," Miss Carroll said with resignation. ft" turn 1 1 1 MA Diahann ran get additional Federal money for the construction work. Authority spokesmen said they have had an application pending for a $50,000 State grant since Feb. 12 but had not pressed for the money. "We're going to get as much as we can from the State agency," said one Authority spokesman, in light of the current situation.

Accompanying Solicitor Ruff in on the Harrisburg visit were State Sens. Robert Fleming, Aspinwail Republican, and Leonard Staisey, Du-quesne Democrat. The cost of the mile-long transit line originally was set at $3,170,000 based on estimates supplied by the West- Husband Accused Of Beating Wife Victim Ties Attack To Peace Bond Row Julius Gordon, of the Hill District, was held ior court today after his estranged wife testified he slugged and kicked her when she asked if he intended to file suit for divorce. Mrs. Lois Gordon, "370 Hamilton told Magistrate N.

Johnson an altercation occurred when ulie appeared at her husband's home at 1907 Center Ave. She obtained a peace bond earlier, and she quoted him as stating, "You're going to put me in jail anyway, so I might as well give you something to put me in jail for." Then, she charged, he hit her, knocked her to the floor and kicked her. Her eye was black and swollen today, despite treatment at Mercy Hospital. Gordon denied kicking his wife after she was down. He said it was all an "accident." Car Stolen, Judge Knows Key To Case Chief Federal Judge Wallace S.

Gourley ignored a basic rule of crime prevention and swiftly paid the penalty. While attending a funeral in Oakland yesterday, Mrs. Gourley told the judge to go out and turn off the parking lights in their car. He did so and noticed he had left the keys in the ignition. But against all the advice of law-enforcement officials, he left the keys in the car, figuring he would not be long inside.

When the Gourleys left the funeral home a short while later, they were minus one blue, 1963 sedan. in our family, Daddy be mixed up. The County, which agreed last year to loan the Port Authority the sum of $557,000 to help start the experiment, has assumed a "hands-off" policy so far as added commitments are concerned. Tliis causes a dilemma because extra Federal money cannot be obtained unless onethlrd of the total amount needed to continue the project Is forthcoming from non Federal sources. Hence the appeal to the State for help.

The Port Authority became Interested in the "Skybus" project last year as a potential for developing a new concept will become the standard for Mr. Mohney pointed out that the Pennsylvania law carried severe penalties for water pollution and that this meant that "to continue in business, water pollution control must be carried forward by the industry. "The threat of possible loss of permit or license because of water pollution from mining operations as called for in this law has made an already aware industry even more water conscious," he said. Earlier, the president of the Glen Alden Coal of Ashley, a deep mine operation, had warned that if anthracite mining is halted in Pennsylvania "the problem of eliminating acid mine drainage into streams would become more difficult if not impossible to solve." Indications were that industry representatives from other states were not yet convinced that they would be required to restore stripped lands to the extent required by Pennsylvania. R.

R. Krause, reclamation for the Ohio Power Canton, Oiiio, said his firm had undertaken the reclamation of more than 20,000 acres of stripped land in southeastern Ohio. Pictures displayed by Mr. Krause indicated that practically no leveling of the stripped land was undertaken before being planted with trees. In addition, large pits filled with acid mine water were allowed to remain.

Arnold E. Lamm, president of the Pittsburg Midway Coal Mining Kansas City, was another representative who was not convinced. He told the group that criticism of the Industry by such newspapers as The Pitsburgh Press and the Louisville Courier was unjustified and unfair. He also referred to what he railed "continual public protests against the abuse of land by strip miners." "Such protests," he said, "were partly the fault of poor public relations programs by the operators and partly because the public failed to realize that vast areas of well-forested and productive lands are actually former mines which were redeveloped and reclaimed by the coal companies. He called for continuing joint programs by mine associations "in order to maintain present reclamation programs and to keep the general public Informed of what mining Interests have accomplished in this direction." The hope Is that the project also may make Pittsburgh the future production center for "Skybus" equipment which would be sold to cities all over the world.

"Skybus" is to be an electronically-controlled, rubber-tired bus system which will run on an elevated roadway either as single vehicles or in trains. Westinghouse Electric officials said the original estimates of cost were based on "general, not specific" plans. When final engineering blue prints were worked out perts discovered the initial estimates were "too low." Blatf Lead Cut To 1938 Musmanno Gains; Philly Probe Set Justice Michael A. Musmanno has sliced Genevieve Blatt's lead to 1938 votes in their contest for the Democratic nomination for U. S.

Senate. Returns, Including absentee ballots and some unofficial tallies, gave Miss Blatt 456,938 votes tn 4.55,000 for Justice Musmanno. In the unofficial tabulation Immediately after the April 28 primary, Miss Elatt had a 3100-vote margin over the State Supreme Court jurist. In Philadelphia, Judge Vincent A. Carroll issued an order directing 653 absentee voters there to appear in City Hall, Their ballots have been challenged by attorneys for Miss Blatt, who is State secretary of internal affairs.

Those ordered to appear included inmates and residents of institutions. Miss Blatt's representatives originally challenged 553 absentee ballots in Philadelphia, but the number was increased following examination of en velopes in which ballots were mailed. Increase Urged Family Relief State Ranks Low, County Study Says Pennsylvania's low ranking in the amount it allots relief families with children has been cited to show the need for welfare increases. The Commonwealth ranks 35th among the 50 states and District of Columbia, according to the Health and Welfare Assn. (HWA) of Allegheny County.

The HWA recommended that the State Welfare Department raise allowances in the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) category by 7.5 per cent each year for four years. It also called for more flexibility In the Federal food stamp program because only 60 per cent of the families now receiving public assistance participate in the program. The recommendations were listed in a report approved by the HWA board yesterday. They were drawn up by a citizens' committee headed by Saul Shapira as another in the HWA's six-part study of child welfare here. The HWA said increased allowances would cost the State an extra 56,100,000 the first year, and the figure would go up each year to more than 11 million in the fourth year.

District Youths Hurt In Crash Press Stale IT ire MERCER, May 13 A Pleasant Hills area youth was listed in serious condition today after a car in which he was riding with six other Grove City College students struck a tree, Injuring four others. Bruce Smith, 18. of 6718 Ridgevue was admitted to North Side Youngstown Hospital with a possible fractured skull'and a severe eye Injury. Admitted to Shenango Valley Osteopathic Hospital in satisfactory condition were: Rodney Banks, 18, the driver, of 532 Ficldstone Monroeville, cuts and bruises and rib injuries, and Steve Sweely, 19, of Wallingford, facial cuts and a fractured arm. Treated and released were Lcroy Becks, 18, of Tarentum, and Douglas Logan, f18, of Titusville.

Police said the Banks youth apparently lost control of the car when it blew a tire early today on Route 318, 12 miles west of the campus. I If 1 Told to foke walk. Cm Cowboy look. The western look is evident in cotton as created by Anne Klein of New York. THE riTTSBUBOH 34 BoultMrd of tti Alllrt.

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Srond post in paid at rillitmiih, Fa. fvi A r'nV --r fl in mine law because it probably the nation. The warning was handed out by Franklin Mohney, of Butler, executive secretary of the Independent Mineral Producers Assn. of Western Pennsylvania. lie spoke at the triennial coal show of the American Mining Congress attended by more than 12,000 coal industry representatives in Cleveland's new Public Auditorium.

The impact of the Pennsylvania law made the industry more aware that "mining and restoration must go hand in hand," Mr. Mohncy said. "Right or wrong, until possibly proven through research that a different type of restoration is more de; sirable, it is our belief that this legislation and the degree of restoration required will more and more become the standard to which other states will be asked to conform," Mr. Mohney said. Mr.

Mohney called attention to President Johnson's Ap-palachia program and its connection with the coal industry. "It is our understanding that Pennsylvania's Gov. William W. Scranton has now asked that the Pennsylvania strip mine law be made the standard to which other states must conform to qualify for aid under the Appalachia program," he said. Mr.

Mohney said problems had arisen for the operators under the new Pennsylvania law and that "things were and still are somewhat confusing." He said, however, that these problems gradually were being ironed out and indicated that the strip mining industry would be able to live with the law. He added, however, that it will be at least another year before the full impact and the cost of the law to Industry would be realized. He noted that strip coal production in Pennsylvania had increased by 200,000 tons during the first four months of this year as compared with the first four months of 196-i. Mr. Mohney said the Pennsylvania law made the strip mining industry "aware that mining and reclamation must go hand in hand." "We have passed the stage where mining and reclamation can both be successfully accomplished without advance planning.

"We have reached the point where we know they both must viewed as one complex activity and no longer ran be considered separate problems. youth Indicted In Auto Fatalities :.2 Boys In Car Killed March 22 4 A Westwood youth was indicted by the grand jury today involuntary manslaughter charges stemming from an auto crash March 22 in Rob-Itjson Twp. in which two youths were killed. James Seibcl, 16, of 1901 Elmdale Rd. will face trial on tfie charges which grew out of the accident on Route 60, ibout 500 feet east of Wind-Haven Road.

I David I. RaspanH, 16, of 4645 Steuben West End, -was dead on arrival at Ohio tYalley Hospital, where Leonard J. Zlelinski, 15, of Ridenour Crafton Heights, died eight days tlater. Police said their investigation of the fatal crash repealed that the auto went out of control on a curve, rammed a. dump truck some eight feet off the highway, knocked flown 10 guard rails, hit a utility pole and then rolled down 20-foot embankment.

Two other youths suffered Injuries In the crash. Carrick Man Gets $48,500 A Carrick man today won a 148,500 settlement from the Jones Laughlin Steel Corp. lor injuries suffered in a coal Jwrge accident Sept. 5, 1962. The settlement was accepted In Federal Court by Jerome Libenson, attorney for Joseph Bohnes, 47, of Concordia Street.

Mr. Bohnes, a landing man for suffered two broken arms and a broken leg when a defective barge cable snapped on the Monongahela River. Salvation Army Stores Plan Sale Seven Salvation Army etores will conduct special sales May 18 through May 23 In observance of Salvation Army Week. Open daily from 10 a. m.

to 9 p. the stores are located at 41 S. Ninth 225 Federal 849 E. Ohio 1851 Center 146 East Main St, Carnegie, and 606 Island McKees Rocks. Special discounts on all Items will be given during the week and one customer each day win win a miniature Sal vitlon Army doll.

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