Argentina cracks
down on Peronista
diehards
BUENOS AlKiES (JP) The
Argentine government announ
ced today Ithe destruction of a
new “subversive” plot as its
forces tightened a crackdown
on Peronista diehards.
The arrest of 10 persons
near the Paraguyan border
was announced in the wake of
last nilght’s disclosure tbait 125
“troublemakers”, including sev
era! Peronista labor leaders,
had been rounded uip for con
finement. Forces of provision
al president Pedro Aracmlburu
quelled two army uprisings at
troop Ibases over Christmas
weekend.
In recent weeks trouble has
been mounting in Argentina.
Most of the disturbances have
been attributed to elements
still faithful to Peron. The dis
orders appear aimed alt harass
ing Aramlburu’s regime, but
none have been on a scale suf
ficient to constitute a serious
challenge.
Salmon traps
The inferior department, in
its October report, said the de
cisive argument for abolish
ing the traps is that they re
quire capital outlays beyond
[the capacity of most individ
ual fishermen. The department
said it saw no validity in the ar
gument that the traps should
'be eliminated as a conserva
tion measure.
The department said the con
servation problem is one of
permitting enouigh salmon to
escape to maintain runs in suc
ceeding years. It said this could
be accomplished as well by re
gulating the traps as through
regulating other types of fish
ing gear.
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Emergency steps
to cut weekend
death toll
CHICAGO OP) The National
Safety Council today estimat
ed the traffic death toll at 38,
500 — the highest in 14 years.
The estimate came as much
of the nation took emergency
action to hold down (the fright
ening toll over the next three
days, a N©iv Year holiday whi
ch safety officials fear will set
another record for deaths on
the highways.
The council based its esti
mate on a projection of reports
of 34,600 Americans killed in
the first 11 months of the year.
A later survey, taken yester
day by The Associated Press
from incomplete state police re
cords, showed at least 35,785
traffic deaths.
The safety council figures
that delayed reports, deaths thr
ough New Year’s Eve and
deaths later from injuries suf
fered lalte this year will bring
the over-all total for the year
to 38,500.
The figure would top last
year’s salfety council figure of
36,000 deaths and is some 5,
000 more than the 33,417 sold
iers, sailors, marines and air
men killed in the 37 months of
the Korean war. It would be
the greatest year-long traffic
toll since the record of 39,969
in 1941.
Traffic deaths totaled 3,680
in November — 10 per cent
more than the same month in
1954.
Last weekend — termed
“Black Christmas,” by safety
experts — emphasized the
mounting highway tolls and
caused mlany states to order
stringent enforcement efforts
for the New York weekend. A
new record for any holiday in
history, 629 Americans died
outright in Christmas accid
ent, s. 34 others died in the fol
lowing two and one half days
of injuries suffered over Christ
mas.
The safety council predicts
420 will die in the three-day
New Year weekend which wou
Id be a record for a New Year
holiday period. The greatest
previous toll was 407 over the
four-day 1952-53 holiday.
Arizona, Illinois, Michigan
and Wisconsin have ordered
out the National Guard to help
cope with the New Year’s threat
Violent winds hit
European coast
LONDON UP) Violent , winds
tore into France and Italy to
day causing widespread dam
age.
Gales up to 60 miles an hour
swept Italy’s Ligurian coast,
forcing nfest shipping to stay
in port and 'blowing down
trees along the coastal roads.
In France, the winds toppl
ed chimneys, smashed store
windows and tore off roofs. A
break in oower plunged large
areas in Brittany and around
the mou) h of the Loire river
into darkness. !
Gales around Britain mod- j
erated during the night. But j
mow and flooded roads were
reported from Devon and Som j
irest and some highways were 1
mpassafble.
The 211-ton Dutch motor
;hip Ruby, missing for more
han 48 hours on a Ifive-hour
Worth Sea trip, was found to
iav by a trawler which took
ler in tow.
HARRY LANG LEADS
AND TO VICTORY
KETCHIKAN ' (IP) Led by
Harry Lang who tallied 23
points the Sitka A1N1B walloped
theKetehikan Rockets 67 to 45
last night in the opener of a
two-game series.
Half time score was 33-19 in
the AN'Bs favor.
The second game will be play
ed tonight when the Rockets
will have Dixon Tucker back
in ithe lineup as well as their
coach. Roth were absent last
night.
Yuba City levee
half way rebuilt
SAN FRANCISCO (IP) Work
crews, operating around the
clock, passed the half way
mark today as they filled in a
levee gasp thsj. accounted for
19 deaths at Yuba City during
the California floods.
Already the rebuilt levee
was holding back Feather riv
er waters from the stricken
city where 280 homes were de
d royed and 1,200 others had
major structural damage.
The state death toll reach
ed 47, a jump of 12 since
Wednesday morning when wa
ter receded enough that res
cue workers were able to start
hurl ing victims.
In addition to the 19 Yuba
City victims, there were 8 in
the Eureka area. 8 at Santa
Cruz. 3 near Colfax, 2 in Tu
lare county, and 1 each at Su
sanville. Santa Rosa, Sacra
mento, Colusa. Hamilton air
force gase, Stockton and Siski
you county.
The Red Cross said 4,600
persons still were being cared
for at 44 emergency shelters.
At one time the homeless were
estimated at 50,000.
Pictures at issue
in French elections
PARIS <7P) Pictures taken
in Algeria last fall — showing
a French gendarme shooting
down a refbel — became a Iasi:
minute issue today in the cam
paign (for Monday’s national
! elections.
Georges Chassalgue. Alger
ian correspondent for an Am
erican newsreel company de
nied “the scandalous accusa
tions” that he 'bribed the gen
darme to kill Ithe rebel for a
newsreel shot.
The charges were first made
by the newspaper L'Expxress,
former premier Mendes-Fran
ce’s organ. Later the govern
ment said the story was true
and the interior minidlry said
it had filed bribery charges
against the cameraman and
the gendarme, without naming
either.
Premier Faure accused LTEx
nress of acting for “electoral
ends” and otf “losing sight of
'he elementary sense of na
tional interest.” The govern
ment accused the paper of
damaging army morale.
Faure and Mendes-France
are foes in the election.
The pictures, although wide
ly used abroad as newsreels
and as still photos in newspa
pers and magazines, had nev
er been published in France
until L’Express printed them
yesterday.
HALF MILLION TO SEE
VARIOUS BOWL GAMES
by The Associated Press
More than a half million fans
start treking toward widely
separated football stadiums to
morrow as a weekend program
of 11 bowl games opens with
four contests.
The Ea^t-Wesi: Shrine game
at San Francisco, featuring an
all-sitar cast headed by Ohio
State’is two-time All-American
Howard V. (Hopalonjg) Cassady
will draw the largest crowd or
more than 60,000.
The presence of Oassady on
the Eastern team has made the
team coached by Woody Hayes
of Ohio State a one touchdown
favorite over the West.
Also on Saturday’s bill are
the Gator Bowl at Jacksonville
with Vanderbilt and Auburn
furnishing the apposition, the
Blue-Gray gafe at Montgomery
Ala., and the Salad Bowl at
Phoenix, Ariz., bringing togeth
er the all-star teams of the
Skyline and Border conference
In the Gator Bowl, Auburn
is a six point choice. The Blues
(northerners) have been estab
lished a one touchdown choice
! over the Grays.
Bowl fever reaches its hei
j ght Monday with four mlagor
j -post-season games and three
; minor ones on the agenda.
The four big games figure to
j brinjg in a half-million dollars
! each wii.h the largest crowd otf
1100,000 at Pasadena, Calif., for
the Rose Bowl set to between
UCLA and Michigan State.
Another 82,985 are expected
to sit in on the Pittsburgh
Georgia Tech Sugar Bowl bat
tle at New Orleans.
The long awaited test otf Ok
lahoma’s national champion
Sooners and Maryland’s third
ranked Terrapins will be seen
by 76,062 in the Orange Bowl
a Miami, Fla. The Cotton Bowl
at Dallas will have a turnout
of 76,504 for the game between
Texas Christian and Mississippi
two teams with indentieal 9-1-0
records.
j The Sun Bowl at El Paso,
(Texas Tech and Wyoming), the
Tangerine at Orlando, Fla (Jun
ita (Pa) and Missouri Valley)
and the Prairie View at Hous
ton (Prairie View and Tennes
see A & I) round out Monday’s
bowl program.
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