Pacific Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1959, Tokyo, Japan                                Thursday february 19, 1959 the stars and stripes Page 5 Bakers chief cleared of lies to Senate unit Washington a James g. Cross president of the bakery and confectionery workers Union was acquitted of a charge that he lied to the Senate rackets investigating committee. . District judge Richmond b. Keech ordered a jury to acquit Cross on the ground the govern ment had failed to prove essential elements of perjury. Keech found that no legislative purpose would have been served by the committee recalling Cross for questioning about his previous denial that he was present during assaults on Union convention Dele Gates in san Francisco hotels. The judge found that the com Mittee recalled Cross to emphasize the untruthfulness of previous testimony and to  More liable for a criminal  a matter of Law Keech ruled the committee temporarily lost it status As a competent tribunal. Perjury must be before such a tribunal a congressional com Mittee a grand jury or another duly constituted investigative body. Keech also held that Cross alleged false testimony was not material to the committee s investigation of misdeeds in the Field of labor and  indictment against Cross 46, was based on his testimony be fore the committee july 16, 1957, that he was not present in a hotel room in san Francisco when mrs. Nathan Ehrlich of new York was assaulted. Her husband was Union opponent of Cross. Assault testimony Joseph Cane another new York Union official and opponent of Cross also testified before the committee that he was assaulted by Cross and three of his follow ers. The bakery workers were in san Francisco for their  International bakery Union was expelled from the Al Cio in december 1957 on corruption charges. The Al Cio the set up a rival Union the american bakery and confectionery work  trial of Cross ended without a witness taking the stand. The judge s ruling was based entirely on Legal arguments and committee documents. Cross is the second Union official to be acquitted of a perjury charge growing out of testimony before the Senate rackets  Crosby Oregon Boss of the teamsters Union was acquitted last week by judge Joseph r. Jackson. Prelate appointed for greek diocese Chicago up metropolitan James Koutouzes of Geneva Switzerland and formerly of bos ton has been named archbishop of the greek orthodox archdiocese of North and South America with Headquarters in new  election was announced by the it. Rev. Ezekiel greek Ortho Dox Bishop for Chicago and the Midwest. Metropolitan James succeeds the most Rev. Michael who died last july 13. Metropolitan James previously served As Dean of annunciation greek orthodox Cathedral in bos ton and As Dean of holy Cross greek orthodox theological Semi nary in Brookline mass. Logical reason Annapolis my. A local episcopalians Are distributing forms on which persons can ask to see a minister. There Are categories to be checked so the minister will know the reason for his Call.  l. Fairfield vicar of st. Luke a has received one logical re ply from an inmate at the count jail. The category Check was shut  would make Ages Long trips possible Frozen sleep tested for spacemen los Angeles a experiments to de Termine if Man can be Frozen solid for years Long trips to other solar systems Are under Way at the University of California at los Angeles. Or. John Lyman of Urcla s biotechnology Laboratory plans to freeze mice and rats first but believes his findings can be used to turn humans into ice like statues for age less trips through space. The big problem is not getting Man into space Lyman said. That will be done within a very few years. The problem is to keep him from becoming psychotic going insane under the unnatural conditions and confine ment of space  giving Man a natural environment build ing space ships big enough to provide oxygen food and social and recreational facilities May be prohibitive in Cost Lyman said. The Best answer he said is Frozen sleep. The voyager would not need food oxygen . His ship would be operated by electronic brains and he would be re Vived by an automatic warming process Ashe neared his destination. Within two weeks Lyman and his associates will begin dunking mice in dry ice Anci alcohol Baths to reduce their temperatures to As Low As 100 degrees below Zero. Experiments with monkeys have show that their temperatures can to lowered to 39.2 degrees for up to two hours without detectable after effects Lyman said. Tho monkeys however were merely in a stage of hibernation. What we want to do is Stop the life processes completely then resume them Atwill. If we can do this with Man he will arrive at a Distant Star which might take him several Normal lifetimes to reach not one Day older than he was when to  old fellow of 126 thrives on Corn boots a siamese cat owned by mrs. Billie Shannon of Denver Cele Brates his 18th birthday with a special treat of Corn on the cob. Boots now 126 years old by human standards one human year equals seven cat years has Only four Teeth left but he gets by. A photo $55 dismissal pay spent on Rifle to kill 2 at firm new York up a 27-year old Porter who was fired less than hour earlier returned to a Man Hattan office with a Rifle and shot and killed two women employees. Police said Fla Shily dressed Parnell Johnson had used the $55 dismissal pay Given him by the Midtown firm to buy a powerful Rifle. Johnson told police he had in tended to kill everyone in the fourth floor office of the Marvin fabrics firm. Police said Johnson shot Lor Raine Rosenberg and Elaine Zallik both clerks in their Early 20s, at Point Blank Range As he stepped into the outer reception room. Both were struck in the Chest. The owners of the firm Alex Distler 56, and his Brothers Harold 50, and Edgar 44, ran out from an inner office and wrested the Rifle from Johnson. The Brothers said that Johnson had worked for the firm about five years but was fired because his work was unsatisfactory. Harold Distler said Johnson told him after being fired that ill get you  the Brothers said that the two women never had made any com plaints against Johnson. Miss Rosenberg shot at a Dis Tance of 10 feet died instantly. Miss Zallik who had worked for the firm Only about four months died within a few minutes. The two women and three Broth ers comprised the staff of the firm. Expense account new York