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'i' -w "'J 'i rr Ml JPlll 2 umr 64 PAGES SPORTS THE NEWSPAPER. GREATEST WORLD'S Founded June 10, 1847 li 1 A THE AMERICAN PAPER FOR AMERICANS VOLUME CXVIII NO. 132 1959 WEDNESDAY, JUNE (KWE) 1959 CHICAGO TRIBUNE TRIBUNE SQUARE. CHICAGO 1111. ILLINOIS THIS PAPER CONSISTS OP TOUR SECTIONS SECTION ONE PRICE SEVEN CENTS ILZi Uu P) II Com ri Orders Lo Com fined A 'Spine Chilling' Scream Reported by One Passer-by GRITS WIFE'S! STILL THE WORLD'S BIGGEST QUESTIONS TESTIFY MOB INVASION HAD Hike Illinois School Aid 60 Millions May Help to Fix PLEA TO BALK Custody Battle Hears Charge of Dishonesty Time of Death of Divorcee HIS RELEASE The families of the slain OFFICIAL AID Probe Gambling in Gary Area Mentally 111, Says Susan Hansen and her ex husband, Duncan, who is ac cused of her murder, battled Psychiatrist LEGISLATIVE ACTION Rural homemakers and garden club spokesmen back billboard ban before committee bent on scuttling bill.

Story on page 14. Senate defeats plan to reduce number of Illinois justices of peace. Story on page 18. Bill to tax insurance companies survives first test in legislature. Story on page 20.

it out in court Tuesday for U-p 4 'A HOW how DO IWirV0 THEY DO IT? OILJ Jy BACK- WORLD FAMtHfc 'y'W 1 (Picture on back page) custody of the couple's three children as police opened a Galveston, June 2 BY WILLIAM MOORE Chicaao Tribune Prase Service Washington, June 2 A blackjack packing bride of A judge Tuesday ordered BY SANDY SMITH A piercing scream apparently Susan Hansen's death cry sent chills down the spine of a passer-by in the quiet residential area around the University of Chicago at approximately 6:45 a. m. Sunday, May 24, police were informed Tuesday. The man who heard it and, after his first alarm, hurried on because he thought it was a family rel, was William L. Thomas, 34, male nurse at the Chicago Home for Incurables, 5535 Louisiana's stormy Gov.

Earl two weeks K. Long held in protective -Af jr' i custody in a hospital. He granted a petition by the governor's wife and Dr. Arthur Long, Baton Rouge, was the star witness Tues-d a among those who told the Senate rackets committee of al-1 col-lusion between law en- a physician and, the governor cousin, lhey told i the court the governor "is Ellis av. BY ROBERT HOWARD Chicago Tribune Press Serviccl Springfield, 111., June 2 The House Tuesday adopted two Democratic amendments that would add an estimated 60 million dollars to the biennial cost of state aid to schools.

The latest increase was on top of Gov. Stratton's budget recommendation that the state's contribution to school districts be increased from 227 to 327.5 million dollars His story pinpointed the exhausted, overworked and ill both mentally and physical time of the murder for de Mrs. Hasler ly" and that he required tectives assigned to the investigation. Coroner's physi- observation and treatment cians had set the time of Dr. Shambaugh (right) with Atty.

James Culbertson. new line of inquiry into the slaying. The custody fight stopped in a mental nospitai tor yu days "for his own welfare and for the protection of him short of a decision when during the next two years. self and others." Judge Harry Hershenson in Dr. Titus Harris, interna Administration spokesmen expressed fear that the budget Superior court recessed the forcement officials and gangsters to control the multimil-lion dollar gambling racket in Lake county, Indiana.

She was slender Margaret Maggie Hagler, 29, who said she lost one suitor who was driven off by threats of murder by men from the sheriff's office and then found another who married her. Helped by Officials She was one of a line of witnesses who told the committee that: 1. Gangsters from Chicago and California moved into Lake county in 1953, drove was being unbalanced. tionally known psychiatrist, said in papers filed with the petition that the governor is mentally ill and likely to Backed by Democrats hearing until 2 p. m.

Wednesday. He had heard the slain woman's family accuse the Hansens -of being unfit, and the Hansens claim that the welfare of the youngsters SOX AND BUGS Black Swans See Red, Majority Leader William G. Clark Chicago had the cause injury to himself or to death at about 6:30 a. but said it was possible the slaying occurred anywhere from 4 to 7 a. m.

How He Fixed Time I didn't want to get involved in what I thought might be a family argument," Thomas told police. He fixed the time by his daily routine of walking to work from his home at 5216 Dorchester av. The Han- sen home at 1221 E. 54th st. is midpoint in the 25 minute walk, Thomas said.

On that Sunday morning he left home at 6:30 a. m. and punched his time card at work at 6:55 a. m. support of all House Demo other persons.

Hearing within, 14 days comes first. BOMB WILHELM End TsAurders in Zoo They engage in dishonest crats and three Republicans on an amendment to increase state support to $262 a pupil, compared with a $250 recom Probate Judge Hugh Gib PAn I rTrt ham UlUUtU J-IUlig UUU ill III business practices," said Dr. George E. Shambaugh father of the slain young protective custody at John UUl nicy Udll I 111 out legitimate operators of mendation in the Stratton budget. mother.

juke boxes and coin operated Sealy hospital pending fur- nun amusement games, and in ther orders of the court. Hie Ddll UdlllC The added cost to the state "Want What Is Best" Duncan asked me to take -aV VAUO 1U TT VUU tUV UU.L 0 I itii-9m I titrat I treasury was estimated at 25 to 28 million dollars by Rep. stalled gambling machines with the help of the prosecutor's office, the sheriffs care of the children. All we Thousands of small hns. Charles W.

Clabaugh A neighbor of the slam hearing is held to determine I want is what is best for aescriDed dv tnose wno saw Champaign, chairman of the woman told police that short them," retorted Richard Han state school problems com ly before 7 a. m. that morn if Lx)ng is ill and should be them as held tte committed to a hospital. Such Bami in mission. The $zbz amend 4.

ing she heard the sound of footsteps running down the 5:: ment was 'offered by Rep. ia Comiskey park during the 111 JI UUJ o. Kenneth R. Wendt Chi second floor hall" of the Gov. Long may be present first inning Tuesday night.

They made repeated dive cago, a commission member. Hansen home. at the hearing. He can have I thought it sounded like bombing attacks on Hoyt his own attornevs and mav office, and the Gary police. 2.

A nongangster syndicate that has a gambling machine monopoly in Gary and Hammond is collecting $499 a month rent from the government for the Gary postoffice, one of nine properties it has bought with the profits of the gambling. 3. Appeals to then Gov. George Craig in 1955 for state action when local authorities refused protection to legitimate operators brought no re Seek Change in Formula Majority. Whip Clyde L.

ask for a hearing before a six Wilhelm, Oriole pitcher, driv 1 1 her three children," said Mrs. Alice Martin, 1219 E. 54th st. Black swans in Lincoln park rookery paddling close to their cygnet after they attacked a goshawk which had slipped its ing him from the mound Choate Anna then re tether and killed a duck. man jury.

"Suffering Acute Illness" The bugs paid no attention ceived solid Democratic back One wall of her building is a common wall with the. Han to the outfield or. the erand- miaauernoon meoicai stand. Thev concentrated on BY JACQUELIN SOUTHERLAND Two black swans captured 1 uuueuu saiu iong is suuer- wilhelm. White Sox Presi- Sl i-V- ing from an acute illness that dent Bm Veeck i a may well be the outgrowth of formal denial that he had a bloodthirsty hawk at Lin- coin park zoo Tuesday, and is a slight tinee of red faced sults.

Julian (center) and Richard some underlymg physical con- trained the gnats to do this Hansen (right), with Atty. Ben uiiiuii indi xwS uiuusm wilhelm, with a string of shame crept over the faces Tell of Threats The witnesses said that jamin Ehrlich. beconuary cxianges in me cen- 99 -snorfiless inninPs hPhind sen home, but noise seldom penetrates it, Mrs. Martin said. Hears Door Slam A few minutes later, Mrs.

Martin related, she got up, made herself coffee, and went into her living room. She said she was sitting there drinking her coffee at 7:10 a. m. when she heard the front door slam at the Hansen home. 4 ing for an amendment which Clabaugh 'estimated might add more than 30 millions to the school aid cost.

It would have state aid claims paid on a basis of total enrollment rather than on average daily attendance. Schools use different records systems, but enrollment is larger than attendance. On the Wendt $262 amendment, three Republicans voted with the Democrats. They were Wayne Fitzgerrell 4 as tral nervous system and that him had inst walkpd Nplll- sen, attorney and brother of store and restaurant owners who refused to install the the accused man. with adequate care and treat- Fox in the first innin when ment the outlook for recovery the knuckle ball artist began "It's almost embarrassing when the birds have to do our work for us," confessed William Hoff, zoo curator.

Meanwhile, police delved is an exceuent one. r.u;, into the role that Susan gambling machines were threatened with frame-ups, arrests, violence, and being put out of business by revoca floarh AI Vinrpnt rnshd in Hansen occupied in the busi The goshawk back on its The villain of the piece is a gray 16 inch long, Euro Judge Gibson said Long is mound and began fan- ness affairs of her ex-hus perch after recapture zoo tion of their licenses, with pean goshawk. Sunday night band's family. The police had Her husband, Richard Mar- uexiig uedieu wiiu acu-uvta, ning the air witn a towel medication, tranquilizing attendants. tribune Photos most of the threats coming or Monday morning, it broke help from Susan's father, who (Contimied on page 12, col.

3 Sesser, Clarence G. Hall Catlin, and Michael F. Zlat- drugs, antibiotics, and Sup- nung uugs counce cacK the thong confining it to the told his story in court, and smarter than they thought portive rest care, Next the Sox a her mother, who related her nik Chicago. bird of prey area, killed and ate its neighbor, a barn owl, Mrs. Long's petition said Johnny Rosisch, and Umpire Instead, it swooped down into the rookery, a half block to detectives.

Long "is exhausted, over-Hank boar advanced to the and fled. Dr. Shambaugh based his away, and killed a mallard worked and ill both mentally attack with cans of insecti- State aid to schools is now distributed on a basis of $200 a pupil in average daily attendance, for which 227 million dollars was appropri charge of the Hansen's fami Too Smart for Trap on the shore of the rookery and physically, and for the cide, which they sprayed in from law enforcement officials. Metro Holovachka and Walter Conroy, then Lake county prosecutor and chief investigator for the prosecutor's office respectively, were among the officials most frequently mentioned. Joey Glimco, racketeer boss of the Chicago taxicab ly's dishonesty on informa On Monday, zoo workers patient's own welfare and ail directions.

pond. It was eating its prey when found evidence of the bird's Detection and the protection The bugs blinked, and THE WEATHER WEDNESDAY, JUXE S. 1959 CHICAGO AND VICINITY: Sunny and a little warmer Wednesday; high, near 80; low, about 60; variable inds 5 to 10 m. p. be- coming light and southerly In evening.

Thursday: Fair and warm; high, in 80s. ILLINOIS: Mostly sunny Wednesday and Thursday; a little warmer Wednesday. TKMPEB ITI RE8 IX CHICAGO tion related to him by his daughter, and from a deputy sheriff who called at his of escape and, figuring it would of-others, patient requires came back for more. two black swans, parents of ated by the 1957 legislature. Stratton Favors Sales Tax Gov.

Stratton in his April return for food, set a trap in Then Trainer Eddie Weid- Continued on page 2, col. 4 the same spot. ner of the Orioles had an in But the goshawk was budget message recommend drivers' teamster's union local, spiration. Since it apparently did no good to spray the ed that the sales tax be increased a half cent to provide a 3 week old cygnet, saw the intruder, rushed it, and flapping their wings furiously, pushed the nonaquatic hawk into the pond. Swans Take No Chances Zoo workers rescued the fice seeking information about Susan Shambaugh.

Assails Custody Bid It was several years after Susan and Duncan had been married, but Dr. Shambaugh said the deputy told him that using it to support a smoke bomb. They lighted the bomb was mentioned with Tony Ac-cardo and Sam Mooney Gi-ancana, Capone mobsters, as among those who promoted funds for an increase to $250 bugs, he" ran out and began spraying Wilhelm. That didn't help much either. It p.

63 1 a. m-. -00 2 a. 3 a. and ran for cover.

It exploded, blackening the infield with smoke. .1 4 p. 3 ...7 I p. 7 8 p. p.

a pupil, which would require 337 million in all. Clabaugh's commission had asked for a the gangster infiltration. Grounds keepers, hastily a. AO 9 a. 10 a.

It a. onn Hi 1 p. 2 p. formed into a second line of 4 a. -58 susan's name had been used water logged hawk from the The bugs decided to call it $245 level.

Told to Replace Machines Margaret Hagler, who now a a. a. attack, advanced on the pitch i improperly by registering 1 10 P. IM pond, dried it off, and re a night and went home. School aid is paid on' an lives in Westville, told Apparently unnerved, Wil tBIch.

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the committee she brought turned it to' the bird of prey area with a new and, they hope, a stronger thong. which state funds supplement her own coin boxes with her local taxes. Meanwhile, the 12,482 fans helm walked. Earl Torgeson and hit Sherm Lollar with a pitched ball, filling the bases. Larry Doby forced Lollar at George T.

WUkins, Demo Swans, generally, are in the stand were getting peaceable birds," said Hoff, but they'll start to charge if second, with Fox scoring the real estate in the name of Susan Shambaugh of Mor-rocco, Ind. He said this apparently had been done to hide the true identity of the owner of the property. Asked by Atty. Benjamin A. Ehrlich, who represented the Hansens, if he thought Richard and Julian Hansen, another brother, were unfit to have custody of the chil-Continued on page 12, col.

4 Call Shock Troops you get within 15 feet of them when they're nesting or first run against Wilhelm in 23 innings. LH M.y 2tM. 30 J. Ju" 6 Jun 7-13 Jun 20 HanriM, 5:18. Sunset.

Moonrise. 4:53 a. m. Thursday. Morning star: Kafurn.

Evening (tan: Man, and Jupiter. Far It knun coded at 1 a. m. June lcaa temperature. 62 degrees; normal, nonlh dcfkiency, year'i defi-rienew, 2.

I'recipitatioa, none; month' deficiency, lock; year'f excess. 3.48 Inches. Wihet wind velocity. 18 m. P.

h. Kelatlva humidity, 1 a. at. 75 per cent; HHin, 40; 7 p. 39.

Jtarnmrter. 1 a. 30.07; 7 P. 001. (Mnp and other repnrri oa paa 11 Veeck called out his shock when she opened a restaurant at a stop for truck drivers.

Soon afterward, she said, Conroy appeared, scored for $1.50, and then told her she must get rid of the machines because he collected his payoff from an 18 year old waitress. When she refused, she said, Conroy told the man who rented her the machines cratic state superintendent of public instruction, had backed the Stratton $250 recommendation and withheld support from Democratic legislators who insisted on a raise. Rep. Louis F. Bottino LockpprQ, a school administrator, called the debate political fodder." The box score failed to have young.

Actually, the goshawk hadn't made a move to credit the bugs with an assist. troops, the men who usually set off fireworks after the game at P. The Orioles won, 3 ward their cygnet, but that didn't convince them he I to 2. Details in sports sec- They erected a wooden, If you arc mo e-(fjw TrtbuntvmMmi wouldn't." frame at the pitcher's mound, tion..

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