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An anti-Castzo radlo broad.
east from an island off Centra’
America today told two rebe!
battalions apparently ‘fighting
on Cuban soll that help. was
ion the way and urged them
not to surrender. *
Thu appeal from. Swan Is:
Jand was made a few hour
after the Castro government
put before Havana television
cameras. sone prisoners cap:
tured alter. Jast wéekend’s in.
vasion, Onés.admitted — theii
mission fatledand said- not
many rebels had escaped, Oth
ers said propaganda | from
Swan Island ang North ‘Am.
erican had misled them.
The Swan Island broadcast
tmanitored by The’ Associated
Press in Miami, Fla, also re.
peated troap movement jn.
structions {t had sent. out dur.
ing the night.
it had iold earlier of nev,
small landings made in Cuba,
but ne other sources, confirm.
ed this, Some rebel sources in
Miami did say, however, ihat
bebveen 50) and 1,500 “guef.
nillas were headed’ ‘for Cuba
for a new invasion assault, |
The New York Times quoted
a diplomatic source in Wash-
ington as saying Maj Erneste
Guevara, one of Castro's toy
aides, was seriously woundec
in the head earlitr this week
The Times ‘said thé informa.
tion. zeached Washington tra
diplomatic ‘source fr He.
Vana. * — ¢
[re ipipmatic source sald
a -neurésurgeon was sent to =
pravincial hospital where Gue.
vara allegedly was taken
Guevara, 32, is Cuba's edd.
nomié czar. a
| By The Associated Press
An anti-Castro radio broad-
cast from an island off Central
America today told two rebel
“batallions apparently fighting
on Cuban soil that help was on
the way and urged them not to
surrender
The appeaf from Swan Is-
land was made a few hours after
the Castro government put he-
fore Havana television cameras
some prisoners captured after
last weekends tnvasion
One admitted thelr mission
had failed and said not many
rebels had escaped Others said
propaganda from Swan Island
and North America had misled
them
The Swan Island broad-
cast, monftored by the Asso-
clated Press In Miami, also
repeated troop movement in-
structions it had sent out
during the night.
It had told earller of new
small landings made in Cuba,
Hy no other source confirmed
is
Some rebel sources in Miaml
did say however, that between
500 and 1,500 guerrillas were
headed for “Cuba for a new in-
vasion assualt
“City Of Fear*
A dispatch from Havana de-
scribed the Cuban capital as a
elty of fear and suspicion It
sald a new wave of arrests arti
detentions reached tnto almost
every family Suspects jammed
swollen jails and lving condl-
tlons were described as growing
worse
The New York Times quoted
a diplomatic source in Washing-
See CUBA, Page 11
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London, May 10.—(#)—A hotly
disputed bill to nationalize most
of Britain’s fron and steel indus-
try went to the house of lords to-
day. It was passed last night by
the house of commons, ~
The lords planned to bring the
measure—main item in the labor
government's socialist program—
to early consideration. It is ex-
pected generally the upper cham-
ber will riddle it with amend-
ments, and return it to commons
which then will restore it virtu-
ally to present form, to become
law.
Socialists call the bill an ‘“‘at-
tack on the heart of capitalism,”’
because control of iron and steel
means control essentially of Brit-
ish manufacturing, from bicycles
to battleships.
The bill, proposed by the Labor
government, went to the house of
lords after a Conservative motion
in commons to reject it was de-
feated 330-203.
It authorizes the government
to buy the stock of 107 companies
but actual direction of the com.
panies would stay in the hand:
of the men who run them now a:
private enterprises. The com
panies would work under a gov
ernment holding corporation, re
taining their present firm names
|They would be free to compet
jwith one another, but not to the
‘|point of clashing with the holdin;
‘|corporation’s overall general plan
Under the measure the govern
ment would pay £300,000,00
($1,200,000,000) for the stock o
ithe 107 companies. The firms
which employ 300,000 of Britain’
495,000 fron and steel workers.
are capitalized at £195,000,00(
($780,000,000).
The bill calls for government
control of the affected plants tc
start May 1, 1950—just before
next summer’s scheduled nationa
elections. Some well-place
sources, however, say the take
over may be deferred until th
elections have shown whether thi
people really are firmly behin«
the Labor party’s plans for gov
ernment control of industry.
| - LONDON —(/)— A hotly-dis-
puted bill to nationalize most of
Britain’s iron and steel industry
went to the house of lords Tues-
day. It was passed Monday night
hee the house of commons.
The lords planned to bring the
/measure—main item in the La-
bor goverrnment’s Socialist pro-
gram—to early consideration. It
is expected generally the upper
chamber will riddle it with
amendments. and return it to
‘commons which then will restore
it virtually to present form, to
become law.
Socialists call the bill an “at-
tack on the heart of capitalism,”
because control of iron and
steel means control essentially
of British manufacturing, from
bicycles to battleships.
‘Government Proposal
- The bill, proposed by the La-
bor government, went to the
hquse of lords after a conserva-
tive motion in commons to reject
it was defeated 330-203.
It authorizes the government
to buy the stock of 107 compa-
nies, but actual direction of the
| companies would stay in the
hands of the men who run them
now as private enterprises. The
‘companies would work under a
|government holding corpora-
tion, retaining their present firm
names. They would be free ‘o
compete with one another, but
not to the point of clashing with
the holding corporation’s ovec-
all general plan.
Under the measure the gov-
ernment would pay 300,000,000
‘pounds ($1,200,000,000) for the
stock of the 107 companies. The
firms, which employ 300.000 of
Britain’s 495,000 iron and steel
workers, are capitalized at 195,-
000,000 pounds ($780,000,000). |
— Start In 1950 |
| The bill calls for government
control of the affected plants to
| Start May 1, 1950—just before
next summer’s scheduled nation-
ial elections. Some well-placed
sources, however, say the take-
over may be deferred until tne
elections have shown whether
the people really are firmly be-
hind the Labor party’s plans for
government control of industry.
The labor government, whose
platform pledges public owner-
ship of key industries, has de-
layed moving in on iron and
steel for four vears. In that pe-
‘riod it nationalized coal, elec-
tricity, railroads, long distance
truck and gas industries, airlines
and the Bank of England.
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Sacramento, Cal., Aug. <o (4°)-—~Lhree
men are dead and two others wound-
ed, one perhaps fatally, as the result of
what police described as a shooting
orgy here by a man insanely jealous
of his estranged wife.
Percy T. Barnes, 35, a railroad em-
ploye, suspected by the police, was
under arrest. Calm, smiling and de-
fiant, he denied any connection with
the slayings.
The dead are Charles BE. Curtis and
Charles Klein, brothers-in-law of
Barnes, and Len Gearhart, his cous-
in by marriage.
The wounded were Clarence Muncy,
said to have been visiting at the home
of Mrs. Barnes and M. H. Larkin,
president of the Larkin Transportation
Company of Sacramento. ‘There was
little hope for Muncy’s recovery.
Police attributed the triple slaying
(Continued on page four)
| Sacramento, Cal, Aug. 25. ).—~
‘Three men.are dead and two others
wounded, one perhaps fatally, as
the yebult of what police, described
ns p shooting orgy here by a man
insanely jealous of his estranged
wife, .
Perey I. Barnes, 35, 0 railroad
employe, suspected hy the police,
wis under arrest; Calm, smiling
and defiont, he denied any connec:
tion with the slayings.
‘The dénd wore Charles B. Cur
tis-and Charles Klein, brothers-in
Jaw of Barnes,'and Len, Gearhardt
his cousin: by marriage.’ j
The wounded were Clarence Mun
ey, snid to have been visiting at th
homo of Mrs. Barnes and M. H
Larkin, president of tho Larki
Transportation vompany of: Sacra
mento. There wns little hope fo
Muney's reeovery.
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ABOARD USS TICONDEROGA (AP)
— Skylab’s astronauts came safely home
from man’s longest space journey today,
splashing down with pinpoint precision in
the Pacific Ocean after 28 days and 11
million miles in orbit.
Just 39 minutes after touchdown,
Charles Conrad Jr., Dr. Joseph P.
Kerwin and Paul J. Weitz were hoisted
onto the deck of this recovery carrier,
still inside their Apollo ferry ship.
“‘We’re all in good shape. Everything’s
OK,’’ commander Conrad radioed as the
spacecraft descended through the clouds
and landed within view of USS Ticon-
deroga, just 64% miles away. That in-
dicated the astronauts had suffered no
adverse physical reactions on returning
to earth’s gravity after a record four
weeks’ exposure to space weightlessness.
Ten minutes later they climbed
through the hatch, smiled and waved as
the ship’s band played ‘‘Anchors
Aweigh” for the all-Navy Skylab crew.
They walked unsteadily toward a
mobile medical laboratory, showing
some effects from the four weeks’ ex-
posure to weightlessness.
How well Conrad, Kerwin and Weitz
fared in the weightless world will play a
major role in determining if man can
function efficiently in future long-
duration flights. The first of the two 56-
day Skylab missions is scheduled for
launch July 27.
The astronauts almost were held over
in orbit today to try to repair a
refrigeration problem in their space
station. But Mission Control decided
there was nothing the astronauts could do
and told them to come home.
Ten minutes behind schedule, Conrad,
Kerwin and Weitz undocked their Apollo
ferry ship and executed a series of
maneuvers that sent them slamming into
the atmosphere above Thailand for the
fiery descent,
The Apollo craft hit the calm blue
waters at 9:50 a.m. EDT about 830 miles
southwest of San Diego, Calif. It was just
after dawn off the West Coast.
The 42,000-ton Ticonderoga quickly
steamed alongside the three-ton Apollo
and tossed a line to frogmen in the water.
A crane then lifted the craft and the
astronauts to an elevator for a ride to the
hangar deck.
Hundreds of white-clad sailors on deck
and millions watching television around
the world again had a ringside seat to a
U.S. man-in-space landing as the Apollo
craft floated down through low-hanging
clouds and dangling under three huge or-
ange and white parachutes.
‘“‘Everyone’s in super shape,’’ Conrad
said as the spacecraft bobbed on the
water awaiting pickup. Frogmen im-
mediately leaped from helicopters to se-
cure the spacecraft with flotation collars.
The Ticonderoga reported the
astronauts had landed 6% miles from the
ship and that the ship was 6% miles from
the target point, indicating a perfect
touchdown.
The Ticonderoga steamed to pick up
the Apollo capsule with the astronauts
still inside, in contrast to most earlier
U.S. flights when the spacemen were
lifted to the carrier by helicopter.
Medical requirements dictated the
pick up method today.
Medical experts were not certain how
the astronauts would react after return-
ing to earth’s gravity following record
exposure to space weightlessness so they
decided the astronauts should be sub-
jected to as little activity as possible until
they can be examined in mobile medical
laboratories aboard the Ticonderoga.
The landing completed an_ historic
space mission that lasted 28 days and 50
minutes. During that time the spacemen
circled the earth 395 times.
Mission Control was kept in suspense
for most of the final 76 minutes of the
flight — a period when the Apollo ship
was out of radio contact with ground
stations.
The Ticonderoga’s radar picked up the
streaking craft at a distance of 188 miles,
10 minutes before landing.
While out of radio contact, at 9:11 a.m.,
the astronauts conducted the critical
retrorocket burn that slowed their 17,100
mile-an-hour speed by 130 miles,
allowing earth’s gravity to tug the
spacecraft out of orbit and start the long
glide through the atmosphere to the
eastern Pacific.
The refrigeration trouble caused
considerable concern. A maneuver in-
tended to correct it caused a brief
gyroscope problem that caused the 10-
minute delay in the astronauts’ depar-
ture from the orbiting laboratory.
‘“‘We’re free,’ Conrad reported seconds
after the control center flashed the go-
ahead for undocking from the 118-foot-
long laboratory.
They left behind a space station which
they had salvaged with some daring,
difficult and often ingenious repair tasks
after it was damaged during launching
Mav 14.
| ABOARD USS
TICONDEROGA (AP) —
Skylab’s astronauts came
safely home from man’s
longest space journey to-
day, splashing down with
pinpoint precision in the
Pacific Ocean after 28 days
and 11 million miles in
orbit.
‘‘We’re all in good
shape,’’ Commander
Charles Conrad Jr.
reported as the spacecraft
descended. ‘‘Everything’s
OK.”
The astronauts almost
were held over in orbit to
try to repair a
refrigeration problem in
their space station. But
Mission Control decided
there was nothing the
astronauts could do and
told them to come home.
So, 10 minutes behind
schedule, Conrad, Dr.
Joseph P. Kerwin and Paul
J. Weitz undocked their
Apollo ferry ship from the
station and executed a
series of maneuvers that
sent them slamming into
the atmosphere above
Thailand for a fiery
descent.
The Apollo craft hit the
calm Pacific waters at 9:50
a.m. EDT about 830 miles
southeast of San Diego,
Calif., within sight of the
main recovery ship, the
USS Ticonderoga. It was
just after dawn off the
West Coast.
Hundreds of white-clad
Sailors on deck and
millions watching
television around the world
again had a ringside seat
to a U.S. man-in-space
landing as the Apollo craft
floated down through low-
hanging clouds - and
dangling under three huge
orange and white
parachutes.
‘‘Everyone’s in super
shape,”’ Conrad said as the
spacecraft bobbed on the
water awaiting pickup.
Frogmen immediately
leaped from helicopters to
secure the spacecraft with
flotation collars.
The Ticonderoga
reported the astronauts
had landed 6'2 miles from
the ship and that the ship
was 6!» miles from the
target point, indicating a
perfect touchdown.
The Ticonderoga
steamed to pick up the
Apollo capsule with the
astronauts still inside, in
contrast to most earlier
U.S. flights when the
spacemen were lifted to
the carrier by helicopter.
Medical requirements
dictated the pick up
method today.
Medical experts were
not certain how the
astronauts would react
after returning to earth's
gravity following record
exposure to space
weightlessness so they
decided the astronauts
should be subjected to as
little activity as possible
until they can be examined
in mobile medical
laboratories aboard the
Ticonderoga.
The landing completed
an historic space mission
that lasted 28 days and 50
minutes. During that time
the spacemen circled the
earth 395 times.
Misson Control was kept
in suspense for most of the
final 76 minutes of the
flight — a period when the
Apollo ship was out of
radio contact with ground
Stations.
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{By sA80uveciateu £4 oo}
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28—The Uni-
ted Board of Mediation announced
that an agreement has been reached
by the executive officers of the Rail-
way Conductors and Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen and the railroads
of the western territory, in a dispute
between them involving rates of pay
and certain rules.
Final approval of the agreement is
subject to ratification by the associa-
tion of general a of the
western territory.
Should approval be denied by the
employes’ association or general com-
mittees, the board said, the dispute
would continue to exist and would
have tc be treated in accordance with
law. The board said meanwhile it
had.agreed to a provision insuring the
président and board of mediation a
reasonable opportunity to pro¢eeed un-
der the law, so faf as a calling of a
strike before any further action has
been initiated on the part of the em-
ployes. It was the belief of the board
that the agreement which under the
law cannot be made public will be
acceptable to -both sides in the dis-
pute.
The plan would affect 70,000 em-
Ployes on 80 railroads involving 98
percent of the mileage west of Chi-
cago. The original demands of the
labor organizations involved a pay in-
crease ranging to 10 percent for yard
service to i8 percent for ‘conductors
and other trainmen.
—_——— - =
The Illinois Central is included in
| LONDON, (AP)—A hotly-dis-
puted bill to nationalize most of
Britain’s iron and steel industry
went to the House of Lords, It
was passed by the House of Com~
mons,
The lords planned to bring
the measure—main item in the
Labor government's socialist
program—to early consideration.
It is expected generally the up-
per chamber will riddle it with
amendments, and return it to
Commons which then will re-
store it virtually to present form,
to become law.
Socialists call the bill an “at-
‘tack on the heart of capitalism,”
‘because control of iron and steel
‘means control essentially of
British manufacturing, from bi-
cycles to battleships.
| The bill, proposed by the Labor
government, went to the House
of Lords after a Conservative
‘motion in Commons to reject it
‘was defeated 330-203.
It authorizes the government
to buy the stock of 107 compan-
jes, but actual direction of the
companies would stay in the
hands of the men who run them
now ae nrivata enternrigear.
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By Associated Press.
PAIS, Aug. 27,—The Brlund-Kellogg pack, by which fifteez
natfong renounce war as an inatrument of national policy, was slgned
hera teday,
Lesa than ten minutes was required for the affixing of algnatures
to the ingirument whleb, its eponsora agree, has an immense per.
speclive of world peace,
Anefent ritual and intense methods of modern publicity, were
mingled in the ceremony, Ushers clad in blue and goid trimmed
coats, red velvet breeches and white silk stocklngs, directed the
plenipotentiaries to their places and conducted guests 10 thoir seats
A superbly uniformed Swisa guard with a halberd, an fnheritance
of the court procedure of centuries ago, led the solenin procession o|
statesmen from the reception room of Aristide Briand, foreign mints
ter of France, to the clock room, where the slgning took place.
White this colorful proceeding
‘waa inking place, forty cameras
were clicking, .colar piature ma-
chines were working and mlcro-
[phones were gathering the fuintest
sounds of the spectacular program
end broadcasting them throughout
Europe and to other continents,
‘The plenipatentiarica took thelr
seats af the horsoshos-shaped table
just ns the beautiful clock, whlch
Rives its namo to the apartment,
atruck the hour of three. Before
thiy moment came, distinguished
persons from muny nations were
gathering. ‘The scene waa very
like an afternaon reception, wlth
salutations, introductiona and g06-
gin,
‘The program proceeded prompt:
ly at its flxed hour and was ended
in 88 minutes. M, Erland alone
spoke. Ordinarily he prefers tc
make an extemporancous discourse
but this Ume he read his speech
An offlctal English lranslatian was
@lzo read by am interpreter.
Speoch Translated.
The antire proceedings were bl:
Iingual, not only tho sel addrass o1
the forelgn minister being trans
lated into English, but also eack
| Paris, Aug, 27 ()—The Briand-
Kellogg pact, by which [5 na-
tions renounce. war as a. instru-
ment of national policy, was signu-
ed here iBilay.
Less than tan minutes was re-
quired for the affixing of signa-
tures to the instrument which, its
sponsors #gree, has an immense
perspective of world peace.
Ancient ritual and intense
methods otf modern publicity
were mingled jn the ceremony,
Ushers clad in biue and gold trim-
med coats, red. velvet breeches and
white silk, Blocking directed tHo
plenipotedtlarie: es” to thelr ptanes
and. conducted: gicsts | “to thelr
seats..A superbly uniformed Swiss
guard with a halberd, an inherit-
ance of the court procedure of
centuries ago, led the solemn pro-
cession of statesmen from the re-
cepticn room of Aristide Briand,
foretgn minister of France, to the
clack room, whore the signing
took place.
While this colorful proceeding
wos taktuge place fortv camerna
were clicking, golor picture ma-
chines were working and micro-
phones were gathering the faint-
est sounds of the spectacular pro-
gram and broadcasting them over
Europe and to other continents,
The plenipotentiaries took thelr
seats at the horSeshoe-shaped ta-
ble just-as the beautiful clock,
which givés its name to the
apartment, struck the bour of
three.
The program proceeded prompt-
ly and was ended in 58 minutes,
M, Briand alone spoke, Ordinari-
ly he prefers to make an extem-
Pornmneous discourse, but this
"time hea read his.speeeh. An ofti-
elal English transiation was also
read by an interpreter.
The entire proceedings were bi-
lincual. Not only the set address
‘of the foreign minister being
translated initio English, but also
erch phrase that he uttered fn
reading the treaty and Inviting
the delegates to sign.
As the reading of the pact ena-
ed, Beco de Fouguieres, Master of
(Continued on Page 19%
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ABOARID USS ‘TICONDE-
ROGA (AP) — Skylab’s astro-
nauts came home safely today
from man’s longest space jour-
ney and shunned stretchers to
walk smartly but unsteadily
across the deck of this recovery
carrier.
The wobbly 60 steps from the
Apollo ferry ship to a medical
laboratory indicated Charles
Conrad Jr., Dr. Joseph P. Ker-
win and Paul J. Weitz had suf-
fered some effects from a
record four weeks’ exposure to
space weightlessness.
But Commander Conrad re-
ported as the Apollo parachuted
toward a pinpoint landing in
the Paciific after an 11-million-
mile journey: ‘‘We’re all in
good shape. Everything’s OK.”
They splashed down right on
target, just 6% miles from the
Ticonderoga,
Thirty-nine minutes later,
suill inside the Apollo, they
were on the carrier dock,
Doctors, not knowing how
they might react to earth’s
gravity after their long weigh-
tless exposure, were prepared
to lift them out on lithers,
But, after consultation wilh
doctors, Kerwin, a physician,
said they could walk to the
medical trailer where they be-
gan six hours of extensive med-
ical debriefing.
They emerged smiling from
the hatch and saluted as the
ship’s band struck up ‘Anchors
Aweigh’”’ for the all-Navy crew,
Conrad walked with hesitant
steps at first but gradually
picked up steam as he reached
the medical lab door. Kerwin
was slightly stooped and both
he and Weitz were somewhat
unsteady in their steps.
Doctons assisted both Kerwin
and Weitz by holding onto one
arm of each.
Experts immediately began
removing thousands of feet of
film and tape and equipment
from medical, earth resources
and astronomy experiments
that may tell man much about
his earth, his sun and his physi-
cal being.
How well Conrad, Kerwin and
Wei'z fared in the weightless
world will play a major role in
determining if man can fune-
tion efficiently in future long-
duration flights, The first of the
two 56-day Skylab missions is
scheduled for launch July 27,
The astronauts almost were
held over in orbit today to try
to repair a refrigeration prob-
lem in their space station, But
Mission Control decided there
was nothing the astronauts
could do and told them to come
home,
Ten minutes behind schedule,
Conrad, Kerwin and Weitz un-
docked their Apollo ferry ship
and executed a_ series of
maneuvers that send them
slamming ‘into the atmosphere
above Thailand for the fiery de-
scent.
The Apollo craft hit the calm
blue waiters at 9:50 a.m. EDT
about 830 miles sou'hwest of
San Diego, Calif. It was just
after dawn off the West Coast.
The 42,000-on Ticonderoga
quickly steamed alongside the
three-ton Apollo and tossed a
line to frogmven in the water. A
crane then fifted the craft and
the astronauts to an elevator
for a ride to the hangar deck.
Hundreds of white-clad sailil-
ors on deck and millions watch-
ing television around the world
again had a ringside seat to a
U.S, man-in-space landing as
the Apollo craft floated down
through low-hanging clouds and
dangling under three huge or-
ange and white parachutes,
“Everyone’s in super shape,”
Conrad said as the snacecraft
bobbed on the water awaiting
pickup. Frogmen immediately
leaped from helicopters to se-
cure the spacecraft with flota-
tion collars.
The Ticonderoga neported the
astronau's had landed 6% miles
from the ship and that the ship
was 6% miles from the target
point, indicating a perfect
touchdown.
The Ticonderoga steamed to
pick up the Apollo capsule with
the astronauts siill inside, in
contrast to most earlier U.S,
flights when the spacemen
were )ified to the carrier by
helicopter.
| ABOARD USS TICONDEROGA (AP) ”
Skylab’s astronauts came home safely
foday fram man’s longest space journey
and shunned stretchers lo walk smartly
but unsteadily across the deck of this
revovery carrier.
‘The wobbly 60 steps froin the Apollo
ferry ship to a medical laboratory
indicated Charles Conrad Jr., Dr. Jaseph
P. Kerwin and Paul J. Weitz had suffered
some effects from-a record faur weeks
exposure to space weighticssness. .
But Commander Conrad repurted as the
Apollo parachuted toward 4 pinpuint
landing in the Pacifie after an LL mitlian-
mile journey: "We're alk in goud shape.
Sverylhing’s OK.”
‘They splashed down right on target, just
62 fram the ‘Ticonderaga. 5
Thirty-nine minutes later, still inside
the Apollo, they were an the carrier deck,
Deetors. not knowing how they righ
iy alter their jong
are prepared te Lift
react lo earth's gravil
weighlicss exposure,
item out un litters.
‘Anchors Aweigh fur the all-Navy crew
Conrad walked with |esilaat steps at
first but gradually picked up steam as he
reached the nroidical lat door. Kerwin was
slightly stooped andi hott he and Weite
were somewhat unsteady in Choir steps
Doctors assisted both Kerwin and Weitz
by holding onty ave arin af cach.
Experts immediately began removing.
thousands of fect of film and tape and
equipment iran medical, earth cesources
and astronomy experiments that may
fell man much dhout his earth. Ing sun and
his physical being.
Dr. R Hawking. Ule astronauts
chief physician. confirmed this aher
consulting with Hiectars an the carries. He
told newsinen at the Houston Space
Center
“They look quite gacd. They appear far
better than | expected They're
excellent.”
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ABOARD USS TICONDEROGA (AP) —
Skylab’s astronauts came home safely
today from man’s longest space journey
and shunned stretchers to walk smartly
but unsteadily across the deck of this
recovery carrier.
The wobbly 60 steps from the Apollo
ferry ship to a medical laboratory in-
dicated Charles Conrad Jr., Dr. Joseph P.
Kerwin and Paul J. Weitz had suffered
some effects from a record four weeks’
exposure to space weightlessness.
But Commander Conrad reported as the
Apollo parachuted toward a pinpoint
landing in the Pacific after an 11-million-
mile journey: “We're all in good shape.
Everything's OK.”
They splashed down right on target, just
6!» miles from the Ticonderoga.
Thirty-nine minutes later, still inside the
Apollo, they were on the carrier deck.
Doctors, not knowing how they might
react to earth’s gravity after their long
weightless exposure, were prepared to lift
them out on litters.
| ABOARD Uss TICONDE-- :
ROGA (AP) — Skylab’s
astronauts came safely
home from man’s longest
space journey today,
splashing down with pin-
point precision in the Pacific
Ocean after 28 days and 11
million miles in orbit. _
Charles Conrad Jr., Dr.
Joseph P. Kerwin and Paul
J. Weitz ended their 28-day
journey when their Apollo
ferry ship parachuted into
the water.
-The main recovery ship,
the aircraft carrier
Ticonderoga, was in the
prime recovery area about
830 miles southwest of San
Diego, Calif., ready to hoist
‘the astronauts aboard for a
series of vital medical tests
.to determine how well they
withstood their record
exposure to space weight-
lessness.
Earlier,, Mission Control
considered holding Conrad,
Kerwin and. Weitz in orbit
longer to troubleshoot a
refrigeration problem.
But controllers decided
there was nothing the
_astronauts could do and
gave them the green light to
start the homeward voyage.
‘. They had separated their
Apollo ferry ship from the
118-foot-long laboratory.
Hundreds of white-clad
sailors on deck and millions
watching television around
the world again’ had-.-a
ringside seat to a U. S. man-
in-space landing as the
‘Apollo craft floated down
through low-hanging clouds
and dangling under three
huge orange and white
parachutes.
‘Everyone's in super
‘shape,”’ Conrad said as the
spacecraft bobbed on the
water. awaiting pickup.
Frogmen immediately
leaped from helicopters to
secure the spacecraft with
flotation collars. ~~
The Ticonderoga reported
the astronauts had landed
6% miles from the ship and
| that the ship was 6% miles
from the target point, in-
dicating a. perfect touch-
down.
The Ticonderoga steamed
_topick up the Apollo capsule
with the astronauts still
inside, in contrast to most
earlier U.S. flights when the
spacemen were lifted to the
carrier. by helicopter.
Medical requirements
dictated the pick up method
today.
Medical experts were not
certain how the astronauts
would react after returning
to earth’s gravity following
record exposure to space
weightlessness so they
decided the astronauts
should be subjected to as
little activity as‘ possible
until they can be examined
in. mobile medical labora-
tories aboard the Ticonde-
roga.
The landing completed an
historic space mission that
lasted 28 days and 50
minutes. During that time
the spacemen circled the
earth 395 times.
Mission Control was kep'
in suspense for most of the
final 76 minutes of the flight
— a period when the Apollc
ship was out of radio contact
with ground stations.
The Ticonderoga’s radar
picked up the streaking
craft at a distance of 18
miles, 10 minutes before
landing.
While out of radio contact,
at 9:11 a.m., the astronauts
conducted the critical
retrorocket burn that
slowed their 17,100 mile-an-
hour speed by 130 miles,
allowing earth’s gravity to
tug the spacecraft out of or-
bit and start the long glide
through the atmosphere to
the eastern Pacific.
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Berlin, May 10 —(7)—At one min-
ute past midnight Thursday flag-
bedecked traffic will end the epic
of blockaded Berlin.
auets 4:05 p. m.; CC. B. T.,
ye Vednesday.
So far there hasn't been a hitch
in- final arrangements.
Gen. V. I. Chuikov, Soviet com-
.mander in Germany, and_ the
Western powers both have ordered
that transport, trade and com-
munication services between their
zones resume at that time.
Things will revert back to the
way they were on March 1, 1948,
when the blockade began.
Sixteen freight trains wilk move
into the city daily. Highways will
e open. The Soviet’s won’t — or
at least say they won’t — demand
travel permits. They also. say
they’ll not try to search Allied
baggage.
Mail service will be resumed.
Western Berlin’s Mayor Ernest
Reuter ordered the black, red and
gold flag of the new West German
republic be flown on street cars.
and buses.
The Berlin flag will be draped
over other buses which will speed
to the West German cities of Han-
over, Hamburg and Frankfurt.
The first day, 10 trainloads of
coal and six others of fresh po-
tatoes and consumer goods are
scheduled to move into the city,
which has been supplied by the air
lift for ten months. /
Twelve thousand tons of sup-
plies are to go into the city daily ;
—just about the same figure the
air lift reached on its best day.
While most of the world hailed
the end of the blockade as a Soviet
diplomatic defeat, the official So-,
@iet army newspaper, Taegliche ;
Rundschau, today called it an
“unquestionable success of the
policy of unity which was always]
pursued by the Soviet Union and j
the progressive forces of Ger-
many.”’
The paper said that now that the |
Berlin blockade was ending, ‘‘war-!
mongers’’ would make new efforts
to split Germany—and ‘‘claimed
approval of the new West German
Democratic constitution marked
such an attempt.
® But thresghout the border. area!
there was excitement in the air
as willing workers installed radio
and telephone equipment, repaint-
ed border signs and clipped weeds
beside the long-neglected high-
ways. :
| BERLIN, Today—(}—At ona
minute past midnight Thursday
Nlag-bedecked traffic will end the
epic of blockaded Berlin.
That's 5:01 p. m., E.S.T., Wade
nesday. .
So far there hasn't been €
hitch in final arrangements.
Gen. V. I. Chuikov, Soviet come
mander in Germaty, and the
Western powers: both have or
derad that transport, trade and
communication services betwees
their zones resumes at that time,
Things will revert back to tha
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The
leaders of the world’s two nu-
clear superpowers pledged in a
landmark agreement today. to
regulate their relations in a
way to reduce the risk of nucle-
ar war.
President Nixon and Soviet
Communist party Secretary
Leonid I. Brezhnev reached the
accord in the fifth day of their
summit talks and prepared to
sign it at the White House be-
fore heading for California
where they will conclude their
meetings Sunday.
In addition to its application
to U.S.-Soviet relations, the
agreement applies also to the
relations of either party with
other countries. In this way, al-
though technically bilateral, the
agreement has multilateral im-
plications.
The two leaders declared in
the agreement that they were
“conscious that nuclear war
would have devastating con-
sequences for mankind” and
said they wanted “to bring
about conditions in which the
danger of an outbreak of nucle-
ar war anywhere in the world
would be reduced and ultimate-
ly eliminated.”
They plédged their countries
to ‘‘act in such a way as to pre-
vent the development of situ-
ations capable of causing a
dangerous exacerbation of their
relations, as to avoid military
confrontations, and as to ex-
clude the outbreak of nuclear
war between them and between
either of the parties and other
countries.”
Nixon and Brezhnev also
agreed that their countries
“will refrain from the threat or
the use of force against the oth-
er party, against the allies of
the other party and against oth-
er countries, in circumstances
which may _ endanger _inter-
national peace and senurity.”
At a news conference prior to
the formal signing, presidential
assistant Henry A. Kissinfer
skirted questions on whether
this clause would forbid U.S.
bombing of Cambodia or would
have prevented the Soviet in-
vasion of Czechoslovakia.
Kissinger noted, however,
that U.S. air Strikes against
Communist forces in Cambodia
were under way at the time the
agreement was being nego-
tiated and that the bombing
‘‘was not raised as applying to
that particular situation.”
When a newsman _ asked
whether the agreement would
forestall any Soviet action
against China, Kissinger re-
sponded that the accord was
“not conceived as_ protection
for any country” but added it
would “have the practical con-
sequence of applying to thegsit-
uation you described.”
| THE HAGUE (AP) — The
International Court of Justice
called on France today to re-
frain from nuclear testing in
the South Pacific pending a
final decision on the legality
of the test series.
By an 8-6 vote, the court
ruled that Australia and
France should not take any
action in the meantime
“which might extend the
dispute or prejudice the final
decision of the court.”
The court’s ruling followed
applications last month by
Australia and New Zeland
seeking an injunction against
the French test series.
The court said it would
schedule further hearings in
September and December. It
did not say if France, which
boycotted last month’s hear-
ings, would be represented at
the forthcoming sessions.
In their pleadings before
the court, representatives of
both the Australian and New
Zealand governments said
further nuclear tests in the
South Pacific would present
unacceptable health and
environmental dangers to the
population of the areas. con-
cerned.
The’ Australian attorney
general, Lionel Murphy, said
the forthcoming series might
be of ‘‘a size and yield
hitherto unequalled.”
The people of the southern
hemisphere “‘will pay with
their lives for the French
decision to go ahead with
their spring test program.”
he added.
France so far has refused
to give any information as to
the nature and yield of the
devices which it proposes to
explode.
The only indication so tar
that the tests are imminent
were reports last Saturday
from ‘Tahiti saying six
French navy vessels, known
to be connected with the tests,
left there last week bound for
the Mururoa Atoll.
The Mururoa test atoll lies
750 miles southeast of Tahiti.
French opposition leader
Jean-Jacques — Servan-Sch-
reiber said in the Tahitian
capital of Papeete Thursday
the French government plans
six or cight nuclear at-
teospheric tests in the South
Pacific this vear, and must
start them by the end of July.
The Radical party leader is
in Tahiti to lead a mass
demonstration Saturday
against the tests.
The World Court’s ruling
still left the door open for
France to step into the case
should this now be decided by
the French government.
The court noted that
France had declined to ac-
cepts its jurisdiction in the
case in a letter handed over
by the French ambassador to
the Hague on May 16. At that
time, the French also
demanded that the Aus-
tralian and New Zealand
applications should be
removed from the court's
agenda.
The court declined to do
that today, but invited
Australia to file submissions
by Sept. 21 attesting to the
court's jurisdiction ‘‘and the
admissibility”’ of the
Australian application.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Lead-
ers of the world’s superpowers
signed at the summit today an
agreement pledging to diffuse
the risks of nuclear war by
Ne BAST fs military con-
frontations between nations.
“A truly historic ceremony,”’
said Soviet Communist Party
Secretary Leonid 1. Brezhnev
after he and President Nixon
oe the agreement in the
ite House East Room on the
fifth day of their summit talks.
The document applies not
only to U.S.-Soviet relations.
but to relations either has with
any other country—large or
small.
In impromptu comments at
the signing ceremony, Brezh-
nev looked ahead to a reunion
summit in 1974 in Moscow. He
said he believed this and other
future meetings ‘‘would consoli-
date still further and deepen”
the advances made in the joint
effort to free the world of the
fear of nuclear war.
Later in the day, Nixon and
Brezhnev were to fly to the
Western White House in San
Clemente, Calif., continuing
while en route their summit
talks that until today had en-
compassed more than 26 hours.
The two leaders declared in
the agreement that they were
“conscious that nuclear war
would have devastating con-
sequences for mankind’ and
said they wanted ‘to bring
about conditions in which the
danger of an outbreak of nucle-
ar war anywhere in the world
would be reduced and ultimate-
ly eliminated.”
They pledged their countries
to ‘‘act in such a way as to pre-
vent the development of situ-
ations capable of causing a
dangerous exacerbation of their
relations, as to avoid military
confrontations, and as to ex-
clude the outbreak of nuclear
war between them and between
either of the parties and other
countries.”’
Nixon and Brezhney also
agreed that their countries
“will refrain from the threat or
the use of force against the oth-
er party, against the allies of
the other party and against oth-
er countries, in circumstances
which may endanger inter-
national peace and security.’’
Kissinger noted, however,
that U.S. air strikes against
Communist forces in Cambodia
were under way at the time the
agreement was being nego-
tiated and that the mbing
“was not raised as applying to
that particular situation.”
When a newsman _ asked
whether the agreement would
forestall any Soviet action
against China, Kissinger re-
sponded that the accord was
“not conceived as _ protection
for any country.”
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ABOARD USS _ TICONDE-
ROGA (AP) — Skylab’s astro-
nauts came home safely today
from man’s longest space jour-
ney and shunned stretchers to
walk smartly but unsteadily
across the deck of this recovery
carrier.
The wobbly 60 steps from the
Apollo ferry ship to a medical
la noone indicated Charles
Conrad Jr., Dr. Joseph P. Ker-
win and Paul J. Weitz had suf-
fered some effects from a
record four weeks’ exposure to
space weightlessness.
But Commander Conrad re-
ported as the Apollo parachuted
toward a pinpoint landing in
the Pacific after an 11-million-
mile journey: ‘We're all in
good shape. Everything's OK.”
They splashed down right on
target, just 642 miles from the
Ticonderoga.
Thirty-nine minutes later,
still inside the Apollo, they
were on the carrier deck.
Doctors, not knowing how
they might react to earth’s
gravity after their long weigh-
tless exposure, were prepared
to lift them out on litters.
But, after consultation with
doctors, Kerwin, a_ physician,
said they could walk to the
medical trailer where they be-
gan six hours of extensive med-
ical debriefing.
They emerged smiling from
the hatch and saluted as the
ship’s band struck up ‘Anchors
Aweigh”’ for the all- “ crew.
Conrad walked with hesitant
steps at first but gradually
picked up steam as he reached
the medical lab door. Kerwin
was slightly stooped and both
he and Weitz were somewhat
unsteady in their steps.
Doctors assisted both Kerwir
and Weitz by holding onto one
arm of each.
Experts immediately begar
removing thousands of feet o
film and tape and equipmen
from medical, earth resource
and astronomy experiments
that may tell man much about
his earth, his sun and his physi-
cal being.
How well Conrad, Kerwin and
Weitz fared in the weightless
world will ~ a major role in
determining if man can func-
tion efficiently in future long-
duration flights. The first of the
two 56-day Skylab missions is
scheduled for launch July 27.
The astronauts almost were
held over in orbit today to try
to repair a refrigeration prob-
lem in their space station. But
Mission Control decided there
was nothing the astronauts
could do and told them to come
home.
Ten minutes behind schedule,
Conrad, Kerwin and Weitz un-
docked their Apollo ferry ship
and executed a series of
maneuvers that sent them
Slamming into the atmosphere
above Thailand for the fiery de-
scent.
The Apollo craft hit the calm
blue waters at 9:50 am. EDT
about 830 miles southwest of
San Diego, Calif. It was just
after dawn off the West Coast.
The 42,000-ton Ticonderoga
uickly steamed alongside the
three-ton Apollo and tossed a
line to frogmen in the water. A
crane then lifted the craft and
the astronauts to an elevator
for a ride to the “a deck.
ASTRONAUTS
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| ABOARD USS TICONDEROGA (AP) — Skylab’s astronauts
came safely home from man’s longest space journey today,
splashing down with pinpoint precision in the Pacific Ocean after 28
days and 11 million miles in orbit.
Just 39 minutes after touchdown, Charles Conrad Jr., Dr. Joseph
P. Kerwin and Paul J. Weitz were hoisted onto the deck of this
recovery carrier, still inside their Apollo ferry ship.
‘We're all in good shape. Everything’s OK,”” commander Conrad
radioed as the spacecraft descended through the clouds and landed
within view of USS Ticonderoga, just 6%2 miles away. That in-
dicated the astronauts had suffered no adverse physical reactions
on returning to earth’s gravity after a record four weeks’ exposure
to space weightlessness.
Ten minutes later they climbed through the hatch, smiled and
waved as the ship’s band played ‘“‘Anchors Aweigh”’ for the all-
Navy Skylab crew.
How well Conrad, Kerwin and Weitz fared in the weightless world
will plav a maior role in determining if man can function efficiently
in future long-duration flights. The first of the two 56-day Skylab
missions is scheduled for launch July 27.
The astronauts almost were held over in orbit today to try to
repair a refrigeration problem in their space station. But Mission
Control decided there was nothing the astronauts could do and told
them to come home.
Ten minutes behind schedule, Conrad, Kerwin and Weitz un-
docked their Apollo ferry ship and executed a series of maneuvers
that sent them slamming into the atmosphere above Thailand for
the fiery descent.
The Apollo craft hit the calm blue waters at 9:50 a.m. EDT about
830 miles southwest of San Diego, Calif. It was just after dawn off
the West Coast.
The 42,000-ton Ticonderoga quickly steamed alongside the three-
ton Apollo and tossed a line to frogmen in the water. A crane then
lifted the craft and the astronauts to an elevator for a ride to the
hangar deck.
Hundreds of white-clad sailors on deck and millions watching
television around the world again had a ringside seat to a U.S. man-
in-space landing as the Apollo craft floated down through low-
hanging clouds and dangling under three huge orange and white
parachutes.
‘““Everyone’s in super shape,’’ Conrad said as the spacecraft
bobbed on the water awaiting pickup. Frogmen immediately
leaped from helicopters to secure the spacecraft with flotation
collars.
The Ticonderoga reported the astronauts had landed 6% miles
from the ship and that the ship was 642 miles from the target point,
indicating a perfect touchdown.
The Ticonderoga steamed to pick up the Apollo capsule with the
astronauts still inside, in contrast to most earlier U.S. flights when
the spacemen were lifted to the carrier by helicopter.
Medical requirements dictated the pick up method today.
Medical experts were not certain how the astronauts would react
after returning to earth’s gravity following record exposure to
space weightlessness so they decided the astronauts should be
subjected to as little activity as possible until they can be examined
in mobile medical laboratories aboard the Ticonderoga.
The landing completed an historic space mission that lasted 28
days and 50 minutes. During that time the spacemen circled the
earth 395 times.
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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE,
Calif. (AP)—Maj. Bob White Hew
the X15 rocket plane to.a new
controlled flight speed record of
3,140 miles an hour Friday, de-
spite ‘engine trouble and a leak
in his pressurized cabin.
The new mark is 235 mph.
faster than While’s previous rec-
ord of 2,905 m.p.h. last March. 7,
but the Air Force officer said he
felt no sensation of greater speed.
The engine trouble came a split
second after the X15 dropped
away from its B52 mother ship
140 miles east of here above Hid-
den Hills, Calif. tome oe
The ‘engine ignited briefly, then
cut out: For the next 30 seconds,
while the X15 fell helplessly from
45,000 Feet. to 37,000 feet, White
labored frantically to get the en.
gine restarted,
Finally he succeeded. The en-
gine’s 57,000 - pounds of thrust
came on at full throttle, ariving
him back in his seat with a force
three times that of normal
gravity. 7
White zoomed to 80,000 fect, the
altitude .at which he reached the
new speed record, then shut- off
his engine, -4
At $0,000 feet his pressurized
cabin sprang a leak. “Instantly
and automatically, his space-type
flying suit inflated to compensate
for the’ loss of pressure in the
cabin.” 2s :
“Twas still able ta. function
normally,” White ‘said, so he con-
tinued the flight. ”. ;
Momentum carried him on ¢o
103,000 feet, close’ to the planned
peak: fur-the flight. Then came
ths long glide back to base.
| CHICAGO, Aug. 286.—44)-~-Over
the wire into the Cragin police sta-
tion early today came these words:
“May God have mercy on me. I
have just killed my son. Come
here.”’
Police squads sped to the home
of Arthur FP. Palk, northwest park
commissioner, where they found
Falk, kneeling in prayer on the
floor of a front room. Nearby his
wife and daughter wept hysterical-
ly
Upstairs, in a bedroom, police
found the body of Eldred Falk, 22,
his head almost severed from the
body by shotgun bullets.
A disconnected story as told by
Paik, his wife and daughter, was
that a dispute arose between father
and son during which the youth
announced he was going to leave
“You'll only leave here dead,” was
what police say Falk senior re-
plied.
The son then dared his father to
shoot, according to the story told
police. Falk got his shotgun and
the shooting followed.
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St. Louis, Aug. 27.—(P)—John J.
Raskob, chairman of the demo-
cratic national committee, predict-
ed, upon his arrival here late today
with a group of eastern democratic
leaders, that Governor Smith would
receive 309 of the 531 electoral votes:
for president. z
Naming the states which he
thought Smith would carry, Ras-
kob’s formal statement, prepared
en route to the notification exer-
elses for Senator Joe T. Robinson
at Hot Springs, Ark., claimed also
for Smith an even chance to carry
other states having a total of fifty-~
seven electors,
States Ho Claims.
Raskob, who will confer heta
with democratic leaders of eight
middle western states before pro-
ceeding to Hot Springs Wednesday
night, claimed for Governor Smith
the solid south, including Kentucky,
Tennessee and Oklahoma; New
York, New. Jersey, Rhode Island,
Wisconsin, Arizona, Colerado, Mary-
land, Massachusetts, Minnesota,
Montana, Nebraska, Missouri, New
Mexico and Nevada.
There seemed little doubt, Ras-
kob said, that Connecticut, Dela-
ware, Indiana, North Dakota, South
Dakota and Wyoming should he
classified for Smith, These. states,
however, were set apart: in the
statement from the list of states
which he sald “any prudent busi-
‘ness man would at this time claa-
sify for Smith.” .
Accompanying Raskob were Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, in charge of
women’s activities for Smith; Mrs.
John A, Warner, daughter of the
presidential nominee; Jouett
Shouse of Kansas, former assistant
secretary of the treasurer and now
& member of the adylsory commit-
tee of the democratic national com-
mittee; United States Senator Peter
G. Gerry of Rhole Island, chairman
of the advisory committee; and
Mrs, Nellie Tayloe Ross, former
governor of Wyoming.
Hawes Meets Party.
Senator Harry B, Hayes, chair-
man of the central regional divi-
sion headquarters of the demo-
cratic national committee, met Ras-
keb and hia party at Terre Haute,
Ind., and returned with them.
Democratic state chairmen, na-
tional committeemen and commit-
teewomen, officers of senatorial
and congressional committees, can-
didates and other party leaders-
from eight states in the central
western district will meet with Ras-
kob In separate state conferences
Tuesday and Wednesday. The
states are Missourl, Kansas, Okla-
homa, Nebraska, Kentucky, Ten-
nessee, Illinoia and Iowa.
Of the eight states Raskob laid
claim to Missouri, Kentucky, Ten-
nessee and Oklahoma and placed
the others in the category of bat-
tle ground for the electoral votes.
Raskob said business *is Hot
afraid of Smith and that it has ‘ho
need to fear. He said the repub-
lican “full dinner pail argument”
would not avail in the present
campaign. In New York, Raskob
added, the business element has the
utmost confidence in Smith and are
fully aware that no legitimate in-
dustry would suffer by his election.
Raskob's Forecast.
The election forecast prepared
and made public by Raskob fol- -
lows:
"It is difficult to accurately fore-
cast the result of an election. Tam
very sure, however, that with the
information at hand any reason-
ably prudent business man would
at this time classify the following
states, having 309 electoral votes, in
the Smith:Rébinson column, name-
Alabama, 12; Arizona, 3; Arkan-
sas, 9; Colorado, 6; Florida, 6; Geor-
ria, 14; Kentucky, 13; Louisiana,
0; Maryland, 8; Massachusetts, 18;
Minnesota, 12; Mississippi, 10; Mis-
jouri, 18; Montana, 4; Nebraska, 8;
New Jersey, 14; New Mexico, 3;
New York, 45; Nevada, 3; North
Sarolina, 12; Oklahoma, 10; Rhode
sland, 5; South’ Carolina, 9; Texas,
0; Virginia, 12; : Wisconsin, 18; Ten-
lessee, 12. —
“In addition, there seema little
loubt that, Connecticut,: Delaware,
ndlana, North ‘Dakota, South Da-
ota and Wyoming, with a total of”
ifty-seven’ votes, should also bé
lassified for Smith and Robinson,
naking a total of 346 votes, or -
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| St. Louis, Aug. 27.—(Pj)—John J.
Raskob, chairman of the Democratic
national -‘coniniittee. predicted jupon
his arrival late teduy with a group
of easiern -Democratic leaders. that
Governor Smith would receive 309 of
the 51 electoral votes for president:
Naming ‘he states which he
thowght Smi.h would carry, Razkeb's
formal statement, prepared err route
to.the notifications excreises for Sen-
ator Joe T, Robinson of Hot Springs,
Ark, claimed also for Smith an
chance to carry other states havinga
a total of 37 electors, .
\Rashkob Jaimed-; for Governor
Smith the “solid south. ineluding
Kentucky, Tennessee and, Oklahoma,
and \New ‘York, New Jursey, ithode
dand! Wisconsin, Arizona, Colorado;
a
Mav
Montana. Nebrak
Mexico and Neva
There scemed little doubt, Fs
and; Massachusetts, Minnesota.
kd. Missourl, New
da.
slob
said. That Cotnedlicut, ‘Delaware, Tn-
diana, North Deketa, South Dakoli
and Wyoming should) be classified fo.
smith.
Aniong these. accompanying Ras:
United States Senalor Peter
Z. Gerry af Rhode Islund: chairman
mdvisnry comimitt
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BERLIN. May 10 (AP)—At one
minute past midnight Thursday
flag-bedecked traffic will end the
epic of blockaded Berlin.
That’s 5:01 p. m., EST, Wednes-
day.
So far there hasn't been a hitch
in final arrangements.
Gen. V. I. Chuikov, soviet com-
mander in Germany, and the west-
ern powers both have ordered that
transport, trade and communication
Services between their zones re-
sume at that time.
Things will revert back to the
wae they were on March 1, 1948
twhen the blockade began.
Sixteen freight trains will move
linta the city daiiy. Highways wil
‘be open, The soviets won’t—or at
least say they won’t—demand travel
permits, They also say they'll not
try to search allied baggage.
Mail service will be resumed.
Western Berlin's Mayor Ernest
Reuter ordered the black, red and
‘gold flag of the new west German
republic be flown on street cars and
buses.
The Berlin flag will be draped
over other buses which will speed
to the west German cities of Han-
| over, Hamburg and Frankfurt,
| The first day, 10 trainloads c:
coal and six others of fresh potatoes
and consumer goods are scheduled
{to move into the city, which has
] See BERLIN, Page 14
| Berlin, May 10.—(4)—At one
minute past midnight Thursday
flag-bedecked traffic will end
the epic of blockaded Berlin.
+nacs S:0l gf. mm. 3. S. YF:
Wednesday.
So far there’ hasn't been a
hitch in final arrangements.
Gen. V. I. Chuikov, Soviet
commander in Germany, and the
Western Powers both have or-
dered that transport, trade and
communication services between
their zones resume at that time.
Things will revert back to the
way were on March 1,. 1948,
when the blockade began.
Sixteen freight trains will
move into the city daily. High-
ways will be open. The Soviet's
won't — or at least .say they
won't—demand travel permits.
They also say they'll not try to
search allied baggage.
Mail service will be resumed.
Western Berlin's Mavor Ernest
Reuter ordered the black, red
and gold flag of the new West
German Republic be flown on
street cars and buses.
The Berlin flag will be draped
over other buses which will
speed to the West German cities
of Hanover, Hamburg and
Frankfurt.
The first day, 10 trainloads of
coal and six others of fresh pota-
toes and consumer goods are
scheduled to move into the city,
which has been supplied by the
air lift for ten months.
Twelve thousand tons of sup-
plies are to go into the city daily
—just about the same figure the
air lift reached on its best day.
While most of the world
hailed the end of the blockade
as a Soviet diplomatic defeat,
the official Soviet army news-
paper, Taegliche Rundschau, to-
day called it an “unquestionable
success of the policy of unity
which was always pursued by
the Soviet Union and the pro-
gressive forces of Germany.”
The paper said that now that
the Berlin blockade was ending,
“war mongers’ would make new
efforts to split Germany—and
claimed approval of the new
West German Democratic con-
stitution marked such an. at-
tempt.
But throughout the border
area there was excitement in the
air as willing workers installed
radio and telephone equipment,
repainted border’ signs and
clipped weeds beside the long-
neglected highways.
The British expected to have
the first train into the city.
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NEW YORK—(4) — “A gentle-
man will no more cheat a red
light or stop sign than he would
cheat in a game of cards.”
Emily Post speaking.
“A courteous lady will not
‘scold’ raucously with her auto-
mobile horn any more than she
would act like a ‘fishwife’ at a
party.
“Primitive, irresponsible, dis-
courteous and impatient behavior
behind the wheel of an automo-
bile has no place in society. ...
“The well-bred person will see
courtesy and well-mannered hu-
man conduct in practically every
traffic rale.”
These are quotes from a traf-
fic safety booklet, “Motor Man-
ners,” issued today by the Na-
‘tional Highway ‘Users conference.
Mrs. Post, whose name. bas
been synonymous with rules of
etiquette for many years, wrote
the pamphlet free of charge.
It’s to be distributed free to
individual motorists.
| NEW YORK # — “A gentle-
man will no more cheat a red light
or stop sign than he could cheat
‘in a game of cards."’
Emily Post speaking. .
“A courteou; lady will not
‘scold’”’ raucously w'th the autom>-
bile horn any more than she
—_ cat like a ‘f shw.fe’ at a
party.
“ca smitive, irresponsible, di s-
courteous and impatient behav io
‘behind the wheel of an automo-
‘bile has no place in society. . .
“The wellbred person wiil see
courtesy and well-niannered human
conduct in practically every trafiic
rule.”’
| These are quotes from a traffic
safety booklet, ‘‘motor ianners,”’
issued today by the National Hig.:
way Users conference.
Mrs. Post, whose name has beer
synonymous with rules of etiquette
for many years, wrote the pamph
let free of charge.
It's to be distributed free to in
dividual motorists. The grateful
highway users—-an organization o
groups such as truck drivers and
the American Automobile as o-
tion—tendered Mrs. Post ata
a luncheon at the Plaza hotel to:
day.
ed Stalin prizes, wrote P. Sysoev
d'scussing the question in Culture
and Life, “we see a whole series
of canvases and draw'ngs embody-
ing the great image of the leader
of the Soviet people.
“In the image of Comrade Sta-
lin the Soviet people see the em-
bodiment of its best traits, its
ideals, victories and achieve-
ments,”
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URUGUAIANA, Brazil (AP) —
Brazil and Argentina pledged
themselves Friday might to fight
Communist penetration in the
Western Hemisphere and backed
President Kennedy's ‘Alliance for
Progress” program for Latin
America.
In a historic move, Presidents
Janio Quadros of Brazil and Ar-
turo Frondizi of Argentina also
agreed to consult each other per-
manently on all common matters
and to coordinate all their actions
within the continent. It is the first
‘time in history South America’s
two biggest nations have joined
in such close cooperation, one vet-
eran diplomat said.
Four Documents
The leaders ended a two-day
conference here by issuing four
documents: a declaration of prin-
ciples, amounting to a firm stand
against Communist penetration
into Latin America; the conven-
tion on friendship and permanent
consultation; and two declara-
tions dealing with economic and
cultural matters.
| Meeting in this southern Brazil-
jan port across the Uruguay River
from Argentina, Quadros and
Frondizi were full of praise for
Kennedy's Latin American pro-
gram.
They said the Iong-sought goals
for Latin America. is contained
in the spirit of the Bogota Charter,
“have just received their most
valuable support in the program
of ‘Alliance for Progress’ pra-
posed by the President of the
United States of America.”
Pledge Support
Their document suggested. fur-|
ther. that Washington's plan be,
augmented by Brazil's own “Op-:
eration Pan America,’ a plan}
originated by former Brazilian;
President Juscelino Kubitschek.
In their joint declaration of
principles. Quadres and Frondizi|
pledged firm support of “Western
and Christian’ principles. Though
the 7-word communique never;
mentioned communism by name}
it aligned the two big nations,
against alien interference in the!
hemisphere — an indirect refer-
ence to the revolt-forn affairs inj
Cuba.
The declaration said Brazil ana
Argentina adhere to “the institu-!
tions of representative democra-
cy.” It affirmed their joint stand
in “repelling the direct or indi-
rect interference of extra-contin-;
ential factors” in the Western!
Hemisphere.
| URUGUAIANA, Brazil (AP) —
Brazil and Argentina pledged
themselves Friday night to fight
Communist penetration in the
Western Hemisphere and backed
|President Kennedy’s ‘‘Alliance for
iProgress’’ program for Latin
America.
HISTORIC MOVE
In a historic move, Presidents
Janio Quadros of Brazil and Ar-
turo Frondizi of Argentina also
agreed to consult each other per-
manently on all common matters
and to coordinate all their actions
within the continent. It is the first
time in history South America’s
two biggest nations have joined
in such close cooperation, one vet-
eran diplomat said.
The leaders ended a two-day
conference here by issuing four
documents: a declaration of prin-
ciples, amounting to a firm stand
against Communist penetration
tion Latin America; the conven-
on..ow-fylendship. and..permanent
consultation: : and'° two declara-
tions dealing with economic and
cultural matters.
Meeting in. this southern Brazil-
ian pért Across the Uruguay River
from Argentina. Quadros and
Frondizi were full of praise tor
Kennedy’s Latin American pro-
gram.
They said the long-sought goals
for Latin America, is contained
in the spirit of the Bogota Charter,
“have just received their most
\valuable support in the program
of ‘Alliance for Progress’ pro-
posed by the President of the
|United States of America.”’
| WASHINGTON PLAN
{ Their document suggested, fur-
|ther, that Washington’s plan be
jaugmented by Brazil’s own “Op-
eration Pan America,’ a odlan
originated by former Brazilian
| President Juscelino Kubitschek.
In their joint declaration of
principles, Quadros and Frondiz:
jpledged firm support of ‘‘Western
.jand Christian” principles. Though
ithe 700-word communique never
mentioned communism by name
it aligned the two big nations
ijjagainst alien interference in the
-|hemisphere — an indirect refer.
ence to the revolt-torn affairs ir
Cuba.
The declaration said Brazil anc
Argentina adhere to ‘“‘the institu
tions of representative democra
cy.” It affirmed their joint stanc
‘jin “repelling the direct or indi
y {rect interference of extra-contin
ental factors’’ in the Western
4\ Hemisphere.
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Phiadetphia, March 7— (UP) —
Herbert Hoover will be reraminated
by the Republican natiunal convention
in 1932 on a bone-dry platform, ac-
cording 10 United States Senator Ko-
bert M. Lafolfeste, Jr. Wiseonsin in-
surgent and wee Republican.
Speaking before the Philadelphia
Forum at the academy of music last
night, Dafolleite said he could see no
possilahty of a third-party spht in the
Repoblican ranks between pow and
the next presidential election.
“In my judgment,” he said, "new
partics are created only whea there
it a sufficient swelling of public senti-
mest on important public questions.
i can at this time forsee no third-par-
ty movenicnt of sufficient strength
to"becume a facict in the next presi«
dential election, . ‘
“The renomination of President
Hoover isa foregone conclasion. And
all the indications are that the Repob-
lican party will not alter its stand on
prohibition at the national conven-
ton neat year.”
Lafolletic enticized the Demoszats
for “their faslure to cooperate” with
progtensite Republicans in the receat
sessions of comeres.
| WASHINGTON (AP) —
President Kennedy today ap-
pointed Gen. Maxwell D.
Taylor, former Army chief of
staff, to make a special sur-
vey of U.S. capabilities in the
field of ‘‘nonconventional’’
warfare such as_ guerrilla
activity.
Taylor immediately went on
the job.
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ALGIERS (AP)—A miliary jur-
jta of retired generals backed by
“tough paratroops seized power in
Alsiers in defiance of President
‘Charles de Gaulle today and
claimed contro! over the vast ler-
rHOrY.
“The ploodiess coup was carried
jour between midnight and dawn.
Ik sent a chill running through
metropolitan France and caused
Veonsternation in Tunisia where
the Algerian nationalists who
have been in revolt against
France for almost seven years
were preparing far peace talks.
It was not immediately clear
snow ught a hold the insurgents
“nad on Algeria and De Gaulle
sent one of his top Heutenants,
_Algerian Affairs Minister Louis
*“Joxe, by jet plane from Paris to
find out.
The insurgent lead 100k over
the governmen: buildings of Al
giers and in a broadcast over Al-
giers Radio claimed leadership
over all of Algeria and the Sa-
ch ihe rebels led oy Gen.
Maurice Chalie. former French
commander in chief in Algeria.
to control the whole
: this was disputed by the
De Gaulie government in Paris.
kt said loyal soldiers were in con-
troi outside the City of Algiers.
Premier Michel Debre said the
. rising was “a premeditated and
lundisciplined act” by retired gen-
erals. He said they had seized
the government buildings in Al-
“gers but “in all the rest of the
. territory the situation is normal
i “ respect. The government
ing all necessary measures
:to insure that force rests with the
Taw.
Ajione with Challe the rebel
communique preadcast by Algiers
-Radio was aiso signed br Para-
troop Gen. Raoul Salan. who
piaved @ prominent role in the
1958 rising in Algeria that brought
: De Gauile back to power.
Salan recentiy has exiled him-
; Seif in Spain. It was not believed
that he had arrived on Algerian
+ soit bui he was expecied momen-
tarily.
The rebel commumique said
“The powers neid by the civil
auihorities have entirely passed
“40 military authorities.”
French officers who have fought
jthe Algerian nationalists in the
S'2-year rebellion have been
among the bitterest opponents of
De Gauile’s seif-determination
policy for Aigena.
Other generais who joined the
‘revolt were Air Force Gen. Ed-
mond Jouhaud and Army Gen.
Henri Zeiler.
"After the communique. Algiers
Radio said. “the individuals hav-
‘ing participated directly in the
“attempt io abandon Algeria and
the Sahara wili be piaced under
arresi and brought before a miii-
iary tribunal”
The radio deciared a “‘siate of
seige™ i Aigeria but promised
mai ndamental Hberties
and guarantees assured by the
consufuuon are entirely main-
tained.
The reaction among Euro-
peans in the city was one of ela-
tion. Cars siteamed through the
sireeis biasting their horns in the
three-ino cadence ihai means
“Algerie, Francaise <Aigeria is
French *.
' How many troops were involved
in the sudden coup was uaknown_
Nor was it clear yer whether the
army claim io contre! of al! A-
"geria was true.
There was no violence in the
pre-dawn military rising.
| ALGIERS ® — A military jun-
ta of retired generals backed by
tough paratroops seized power in
Algiers in defiance of President
Charles de Gaulle today and
claimed control over the vast ter-
ritory. |
The bloodless coup was carried
out between midnight and dawn.
It sent a chill running through
metropolitan France and caused
‘consternation in Tunisia where
the Algerian nationalists who
have been in revolt against
France for almost seven years
‘were preparing Yor peace talks.
Not Clear
It was not immediately clear
how tight a hold the insurgents
had on Algeria and De Gaulle
sent one of his top lieutenants,
Algerian Affairs Minister Louis
Joxe, by jet plane from Paris to
find out.
The insurgent leaders took over
the government buildings of Al-
giers and in a broadcast over’ Al-
giers Radio claimed leadership
over all of Algeria and the Sa-
hara.
Although the rebels led by Gen.
Maurice Challe, former French
/ commander in chief in Algeria,
claimed to control the whole
territory this was disputed by the
: ‘De Gaulle government in Paris.
‘It said loyal soldiers were in con-
trol outside the City of Algiers.
Undisciplined
Premier Michel Debre said the
‘rising was “a premeditated and
undisciplined act’ by retired gen-
‘erals. He said they had seized
the government buildings in Al-
giers but “in all the rest of the
territory the situation is normal
‘in every respect. The government
is taking all necessary measures
to insure that foree rests with the
law.”
_ Alone with Challe the rebel
‘communique broadeast by Algiers
Radio was also signed by Para-
troop Gen, Raoul Salan, who
played a prominent role in the
1958 rising in Algeria that brought
De Gaulle back to power.
- Salan recently has exiled him-
self in Spain. It was not believed
that he had arrived on Algerian
soil but he was expected momen-
tarily.
Entirely Passed
The rebel communique said
“The powers held by the civil
authorities have entirely passed
to military authorities.”
French officers who have fought
the Algerian nationalists in the
6'4-year rebellion have been |
among the bitterest opponents of
~——The North African c it y
of Algiers, underlined, was
reported in the hands of
three parachute regiments
led by a junta of retired
generals today following a
sudden coup. The insur-
gents claimed control over
Algeria and the Sahara.
{AP Wirephoto Map).
1 Gaulle s Seil-aelerminalion
policy for Algeria.
| Other generals who joined the
‘revolt were Air Force Gen, Ed.
‘mond Jouhaud and Army Gen.
‘Henri Zeller.
| After the communique, Algiers
Radio said, ‘‘the individuals hav-
ing participated directly in the
attempt to abandon Algeria and
‘the Sahara will be placed under
arrest and brought before a mili-
itary tribunal.”
State of Seige
| The radio declared a “‘state of
seige’ in Algeria but promised
‘that all “fundamental liberties
and guarantees assured by the
‘constitution are entirely main-
tained.”
The first reaction among Furo-
-peans in the city was one of ela-
tion. Cars streamed through the
streets blasting their horns in the
three-two cadence that means
“Algerie, Francaise (Algeria is
French).
How many troops were involved
in the sudden coup was unknown.
Nor was it clear yet whether the
army claim to control of all Al-
feria was true. |
There's No Violence |
There was no violence in the
pre-dawn military rising, :
The rebel communique broad-
cast by Algiers Radio offered the
nationalist Moslems who have
been in revolt against France for
almost seven years ‘“‘a French
peace in the French community.”
_ The streets of Algiers were re-
portedly quiet as day broke and
there was no sign of violence.
Prime Minister Debre hastened
to the office of De Gaulle for con-
ferences on the rising in Algeria.
Ordered Employes |
The French ministry of com-
_munications in Paris said that it
had ordered employes through-
out the territory not to transmit.
‘any traffic in areas not under
‘control of the Paris government.
_ This move would further snarl
already tangled communicafions
between Algeria and the outside
world. All telephone and cable
‘communications ° were suspended
early in the morning. Later press.
alls were allowed to go through, |
but the calls were accepted at
the discretion of the military au-
thorities in Algiers,
(In Tunisia, where the Moslem
nationalists have their headquar-
ters, the reports from Algiers.
spread consternation. There was
no official reaction from the reb-.
el government but unofficially re-
sponsible sources wondered just’
what effect the rising would have
on the possibility of peace pail
tiations with France’.
i
‘
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Lat F&A CAO SEE Ge
Wrest March | 6. — A
barrage of criticism issued to-
day from stalwart democrats against
the proposal of Chairman Rassob of
the national committee that the
party adopt a platform calling for
State control of liquor.
Tne proposal, made vesterday at
a@ meeting of the committee, stir-
red up instant opposition. The at-
tack was carried on todav in 4 se-
ties of bristling statements.
Appeal For Unity
Senator Glass, Democrat, Virgin-
ja, contended prohibition was not a
“party question” and asserted “it
‘would be fatal for either party to
, attempt to make it one.”
At the same time, Senator Shep-
| pard, Democrat, Texas, co-author
| of the prohiibtion -amendment, ap-
| pealed for all democrats, wet and
dry. to unite iy, movement to defeat
| Raskob’s suggeston.
| Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the
| democratic leader in the senate and
[1928 vice-presidential candidate,
‘contended “there is great danger
‘that in bringing forward now the
| Subject of prohibition even more
important issues may be neglected
‘and submerged."
. Raskob Is Charzed
His colleague, Senator Caraway.
charged that Raskob was “lined
up” on economic issues “with the
| extreme stand-pat portion of the
| Fepublican party” and that the na-
t
| MCINVUCITALIG DAI WalLtS su
Barrage at Chairman For
Home Rule Liquor Plan.
WASHINGTON, March 6 (4)
—A barrage of criticism issued
today from stalwart Democrats
against the proposal of Chair-
man Raskob of the national
committee that the party adopt
a platform calling for state con-
trol of liquor.
The proposal, mude yesterday at
a meeting of the committee, stirred
up instant opposition. The attack
was carried on today in a series of
bristling statements.
Senator Glass, Democrat, Virginia,
contended prohibition was nota
“party , question’ wand, -neserted “it
would be fatal’ to elther party to at-
tempt to make it one.’
At the same time, Senator Shep-
pard, Democrat, Texas, co-author
of the Eighteenth Amendment, ap-
pealed to all Democrats, wet and
dry, to unite in a movement to de-
feat Ragkob’s suggestion.
_ Senator Robinson’ of Arkansas.
the Democratic, leader in the Sen-
ate and 1928 Vice Presidental can-
didate, contended “there is great
danger that in bringing forward
now the subject of prohibition even
more important issues may be neg-
lected and submerged.”
His colleague, Senator, Caraway.
charged that Raskob was ‘‘lined up”
on economic issues ‘with the ex-
treme stand-pat portion of the Re-
publican party" and that the na-
tional .chairman’s discussion of those
issues at yesterday's stormy meeting
showed he was “utterly out of sym-
pathy’ with the. aims and asplirations
of the Democratic Party.”
The ecomonic views of Raskol also
were criticized by Senator Wheeler
Democrat, Montana, who said he
thought it would be impossible for
the party to accept them “partic-
wlarly on trusts and monopolies.”
‘I also disagree with his views on
tire power problem,” he added.
Agreement with Raskob'’s prohibi-
tion suggestion was voiced by Sen-
ator Wa'sh of Massachusetts, He
contended, however, it was contrary
to custom for the national commit-
tee to discuss issues.
*
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WASHINGTON, Feb.) 24—UP—
Sen. Stuart Symington (D-Ma.)
charged Thursday that administra-
tlon cuts in the Army| were dic-
tated by fiscal rather than security
reasons.
Symington said this 'is deraon-
strated in Army Secretary Robert
T. Stevens’ own testimony befare
the Senate Armed Services Com-
mittee.
“It is clear from Mr. Stevens’
testimony," Symington ‘said, ‘that
the primary consideration behind
the cuts was fiscal and not related
to basic problems of national se-
curity, especially with respect to
our Allies.’*
Stevens appeared before a closed
door meeting of the committee
Wednesday to defend the adminis-
tration’s decision to cut Army man-
power strength by 273,000 men in
the next 18 months. He sald the
Army will be left with “adequate
strength to fulfill its mission,”
Meanwhile, the committee con-
tinued its closed-door briefings on
the administration's military plans.
with testimony trom Air Force Sec-
retary Harold E, Talbott and Gen.
Nathan F. Twining, Air Force chief
of staff.
The two top Air Farce officials
faced critical questioning by Demo-
crats who feel the Air Force is
shortchanging the Army on pro-
viding air transports. Democrats
point out that one premise of the
administration's Army cutback js
that the Army will be withdrawn
into a mobile reserve, ready to
MOve to any trouble spot in the
world. Xe
</s> | The House begins debate today on a Democratic-spon-
sored bill to give every taxpayer a $20 income tax reduction
next year for himself and for each dependent.
Democrats were confident they had enough vot
es to
pass the measure despite the strong opposition of President
Sisenhower.
The President condemned the
proposed tax cut Wednesday as
the “heights of fiseal irresponsi-
bility.” He said it would ineroase
the federal deficit and bring on
inflation.
The tax cut proposal produced
the angriest political squabble yet
between President Eisenhower and
the Demoeratic-controlled Con-
gress,
Speaker Sam Rayburn (D-Tex.)
hotly denied the President's charge
that the Democrats were being ir-
responsible in pushing the tax re-
duction. He said the administra-
tlon gave tax relief, last year to
stockholders and corporations but
“didn't give the little folks any-
ning.”
Olier congressional news:
Harlan: The Senate Judiciary
Committee began hearings on
President Eisenhower’s nomina-
tion of Judge John Marshall Far-
lan, of New York, as a Supreme
Court justice, Sen. Olin D. John-
ston (D-SC) opposed ‘confirma-
tion of Marshall because he is
afraid Harlan “would put the
United Nations above the United
States Constitution,"
Military: Sen. Stuart Symington
(D-Mo.) charged the administra-
lion's proposed cuts in Army man-
Power strength were dictated by
fiscal rather than security reasons.
Symington said testimony before
the Senate Armed ‘Service Com-
mitiee Wednesday by Army Sec-
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WASHINGTON (AP)—President
Kennedy today appointed Gen,
Maxwell D. Taylor, former Army
chief of staff, to make a special
survey of U.S. capabilities in the
field of “nonconventional war.
fare such as guerrilla activily,
‘Taylor immodiaiely went on the
job. He altendgd a meeting this
morning of the National Security
Council~one of the few sessions
of that major defense group since
Kennedy tonk office,
Pierre Salinger, White - House
press seerclary, said that “‘non-
conventional” warfare In (his case
{s nol used in (he usual sense of
nuclear warfare bul of lactical op-
erations.
Salinger sald Keanedy deckted
within the last few days that stich
a survey is necessary and asked
Taylor Friday to conduct if,
The study clearly was inspired
by events of the past week in
Cuba,
Pressed by newsmen for the
purpose Kennedy had in mind in
designating Taylor to conduct 1
sludy of a specialized phase ai
inilitary operations, Salinger citec
(ho fast paragraph of Kennedy’:
Speech (wo days ago befare a grous
of the American Socicly of News
paper Editors,
Tn that Kennedy said: “Let me
then make. clear as your presi
dent that T am determined upor
our system's survival and success,
regardless of the cost and regard
Jess of the peril.
| PARIS (UPI) — Four
rebel French generals sup-
ported by Foreign Legion
paratroopers seized Algiers
in a bloodless coup today
and announced they had
taken over Algeria and the
Sahara Desert from Presi-
dent Charles de Gaulle’s
government.
Premier Michel Debre went on
a nationwide radio and television
hookup to appeal for “absolute
obedience” in France but already
‘minor right-wing violence was re
ported in France itself.
| A bomb exploded in a telephone
booth of the town hall of
the fashionable Neuilly district of
Paris just west of the Arch of
Triumph. Police said it caused
considerable damage but ap
parently no casualties.
The bomb was of the type used
by right-wing extremists in past
terrorism against the De Gaulle
government. Police noted that
Neuilly Mayor Achille Perretti is
a Gaullist deputy of the National
Assembly.
The insurgent generals broad-
cast a seven-point order of the
day proclaiming a state of siege
and saying “all resistance, from
whatever aurter, will be brok-
en”’ The proclamation was a dec-
laration of a virtual state of mar-
tial law.
State Of Siege
| The insurgent army and air
| force generals in Algiers ane
| nounced over Algiers radio — re-
named “Rado France” — thai
they had proclaimed a state of
siege throughout the African ter-
nitory. The generals appealed to
the army, navy, air force and po-
lice to joi them.
De Gaulle apparently was taken
completely by surprise, although
opposition among Frenchmen in
Algiers to his policy of permicting
Algeria eventually to become in-
dependent has been rising. But tha
government reacted swiftly.
France canceled all mihtary
leaves. De Gaulle called a cabinet
meeting to consider further action
and conferred during the day with
Debre and Adm. Georges Cabain-
er, chief of staff of the French
navy. Debre named Gen. Jean
Olie as new commander-in-chief
in Algeria to replace’ Gen. Fer-
nand Gambiez who was arrested
by the insurgents. Olie flew im-
mediaetly to Algeria.
A rebel broadcast said the gen-
erals in Algiers were upholding
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WASHINGTON” (AP }Presideni
Kennedy meets with former Pres-
Jidenl Dwighl D. isenhower to
day in an evident bid to rally
strong national support for criti-
tal steps which he may consider
neeessary to deat with the
creasingly dangerous Cuban crt-
sis.
A White House annmamcement
of ihe session at Camp Davitt,
Md. emphasized Cuba as the
topic for lhe conference. But it
did not rule out the prospeel that
Kennedy could discuss with his
predecessor a broad range of in-
lensifying cold war conflicts with
the Soviel Union.
| WASHINGTON (AP)—President
Kennedy meets with former Pres.
ident Dwight D. Eisenhower to-
day in an evident bid to rally
strong national support for criti-
cal steps which he may consider
necessary to deal with the in-
creasingly dangerous Cuban eri:
sis.
A White House announcement
of the session—at Camp David,
Md, — emphasized Cuba as the
topic for the conference. But it
did not rule out the prospect that
Kennedy could discuss with his
predecessor a broad range of in-
tensifying cold war conflicts with
the Soviet Union.
Before flying to Camp David
by helicopter Kennedy met with
the National Security Council,
presumably to discuss possible
future moves against the pro-
Communist government of Cuba
in the wake of this week's abor-
tive anti-Castro invasion,
In the midst of these develop-
ments, the President was report-
led to have ordered a thorough
study of reasons for the defeat
of the rebel invasion attempt
which began last weekend with
‘the United States’ moral support
—and, it was generally believed
here, with some backing of U. S.
‘money and arms.
_ The President was understood
to be concerned about what some
authorities called a failure to cal-
culate accurately in advance the
strength of Prime Minister Fidel
Castro's military reaction to the
rebel assault as well as possible
errors in intelligence,
- White House news secretary
Pierre Salinger disclosed Friday
night that Kennedy and Eisen-
hower would meet at Camp Da-
vid, the Catoctin Mountain re-
treat near Gettysburg, Pa., which
Eisenhower used for conferences
with foreign leaders.
The President arranged the
luncheon session in a telephone
call to Eisenhower Friday morn-
ing. The former chief executive
was at his Gettysburg farm.
Salinger said Kennedy wanted
to bring Eisenhower up to date
on the Cuban situation, believing
that ‘‘as leader of the Republi-
can party and as former presi-
dent he should know what the sit-
uation is.”
Salinger also disclosed that
Kennedy had been in indirect con-
tact with Gov. Nelson A. Rocke-
feller of New York, another Re-
publican leader, and that he had
conferred Friday with Sen. Barry
Goldwater, R-Ariz. |
The contacts with Republicans
followed Kennedy's meeting at the
White House Thursday with for-
mer Vice President Richard M.
Nixon, his Republican opponent
or the presidency last year,
| Nixon said in New York Friday
night that he had told Kennedy
‘he would support him “‘even tc
the commitment of American
‘armed forces.”’
_ Nixon said that as a private
citizen he would back Kennedy
in such a move if Kennedy con.
‘sidered it necessary to “‘stop the
buildup of the Communist beach-
head in Cuba.”
_ Both Kennedy and Eisenhower
arranged to fly to Camp David
by helicopter, Kennedy going di-
‘rectly from the White House and
‘Eisenhower from his farm. They
last met on inauguration day,
‘Jan. 20, when Kennedy took over
‘the reins of government,
_ Salinger was asked whether
‘Kennedy considered the Cuban
situation grave. He said the Pres-
‘ident had expressed his own esti-
mates of that crisis twice in the
last two days and Salinger had
‘nothing to add.
Actually, the President had lit.
tle to say about Cuba at his news
conference Friday apart from
confirming that the United States
‘was in consultation with its Latin
American allies. These consulta:
tions are believed to aim at joint
‘Allied action against the Castre
regime — provided enough Latin
American governments will sup-
‘port such action.
| But in a aks to the Ameri-
can Society of Newspaper Editors
on Thursday Kennedy served no-
‘tice to the American people and
‘the world that if U. S. security
were threatened his administra-
‘tion would not hesitate to act
lalone to meet “its primary ob-
ligations” to protect the United
‘States.
Whether the President is now
considering direct U, S. interven-
tion if the situation continues to
get worse has not been disclosed
by him or the White House. Ad-
‘ministration officials generally.
have taken the line in private
talks with newsmen that they do
‘not contemplate any emergency.
steps but prefer to work in co-
operation with Allies if possible.
_ However, available ttiemntin
from authorities here leaves no
doubt that Castro's defeat of the
rebel invasion was a severe blow.
to Washington’s hopes that the in-
vasion woulé put an end to Com-
munist influegce in Cuba and the’
‘use of the island as a base for
Communist military power. Cas-|
tro is reported to have received
very heavy deliveries of Soviet|
arms, and in his speech Thurs-
day Kennedy spoke of the use of;
“Communist tanks’ in crushing
‘the invasion.
| The post mortem examination
of U. S. government connections,
with the invasion operation and.
what went wrong is in full swing
here and promises to continue for.
many weeks, A point at issue is
whether the administration acted
wisely in letting the Cuban Rev-
olutionary Council proceed with
its plan, |
| é
Adrabiliteption informants told
newsmen privately that there was
complete concurrence among the
President, Secretary of State
Dean Rusk and the Joint Chiefs
of Staff, as well as other palicy-|
makers in the National Security
Council, that the United States
should not veto the operation. |
These informants said the Cuban
cevolutionary leaders were anx-
ious to go ahead with their plan
last weekend and that they con-
fidently expected it woould set off,
defections in Castro’s armed
forces and result in popular up-
risings. Those anticipated results
did not develop.
Well telscned eatin now|
say privately that one almost cer-
tain reason they did not develop
is that Castro had too powerful
a control over the whole country
—that his military forces and his
security system made defections|
and uprisings impossible. |
The uprisings inside Cuba were|
vital to the success of the plan,
according to information in offi-|
cial quarters here, because the
invading force is said to have,
numbered little more than 1,200,
men, a group much too small to,
undertake a major military oper-|
ation to overthrow Castro,
A decisive factor in the timing
of the rebel assault was reported
to be a decision by the govern-
ment of Guatemala to end the
training of anti-Castro rebel,
forces there. Reports, not official-|
ly confirmed, have been current, .
for many months that such train-'.
ing was under way in Guatemala. |
The Cuban rebel leaders were)
said to have been confronted with’
a situation in which they either
had to act about the time they
did or shortly find themselves
without a base of operations.
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QR PIANOS LAAT ] mo LG Abie
ternational Court of Justice
called on France today to re-
frain from nuclear testing in
the South Pacific pending a fi-
nal decision on the legality of
the test series.
By an 8-6 vote, the court
ruled that Australia and France
should not take any action in
the meantime ‘“‘which might ex-
tend the dispute or prejudice
the final decision of the court.”
The court’s ruling followed
applications last month by Aus-
tralia and New Zeland seeking
an injunction against ‘the
French test series.
The court said it would
schedule further hearings in
September and December. It
did not say if France, which
boycotted last month’s hear-
ings, would be represented at
the forthcoming § sessions.
In their pleadings before the
court, representatives of both
the Australian and New Zea-
land governments said further
nuclear tests in the South Pa.
cific would present unaccep-
table health and environmental
dangers to the population of the
areas concérned.
The Australian attorney gen
eral, Lionel Murphy, said_ the
forthcoming series might be o!
‘a size and yield hitherto un
equalled.”
The people of the southert
hemisphere ‘‘will pay with thei
lives for the French decision t
go ahead with their spring tes
program,” he added.
France so far has refused t
give any information as to th
nature and yield of the device
which it proposes to explode.
The only indication so fa
that the tests are imminen
were reports last Saturda
from Tahiti saying six Frenc'
navy vessels, known to be cor
nected with the tests, left ther
last week bound for the Mu
ruroa Atoll.
The Mururoa test atoll lie
750 miles southeast of Tahiti.
| THE HAGUE (AP) — The In-
ternational Court of Justice
called on France today to re-
frain from nuclear testing in
the South Pacific pending a fi-
nal decision on the legality of
the test series.
By an 8-6 vote, the court
ruled that Australia and France
should not take any action in
the meantime “which might ex-
tend the dispute or prejudice
the final decision of the court.”
The court’s ruling followed
applications last month by Aus-
tralia and New Zealand seeking
an injunction against the
French test series.
The court said it would
schedule further hearings in
September and December. It
did not say if France, which
boycotted last month’s hear-
ings, would be represented at
the forthcoming sessions.
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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE,
Calif. (AP)—A test pilot coolly
describes as “just routine” a trou-
ble-plagued flight in the X15 rock-
et plane that set a new controlled
flight speed record of 3,140 miles
an hour.
Air Force Maj. Bob White
zoomed more than 50 miles a
minute to an altitude of 103,000
feet Friday, thus breaking the
old record of 2,905 m.p.h. he had
set last March 7,
There were tense moments dur-
ing the 11-minute flight—wen the
engine quit temporarily and mo-
ments later when the swept-wing
Dart’s pressurized cabin sprang
a leak.
White later brushed aside the
miscues, saying, ‘We expect
some unusual things to show up
in an experimental program.”
Seconds after the X15 dropped
from its B52 mother plane at 45,-
000 feet, its rocket engine quit.
The X15 dropped 7,000 feet while
White frantically tried to re-start
the engine. At 37,000 feet the
rocket engine's 57,000 pounds of
thrust came on at full throttle,
slamming White back in the
cockpit seat with a force three
times that of gravity. Over the
radio came White’s unemotional:
“That was quite a boost.”
| White pulled the X15 into a
climbing angle of 30 degrees and
| the rocket plane shot like a bullet
on its first full power run. At
80.000 feet, White had his record
and shut off the engine.
His momentum carried him still
higher. At 90,000 feet, the cabin
sprang a leak and White com-
pensated by inflating his space-
type flying suit. At 103,000 feet
the X15 reached the top of its
flight and Write eased the vlane’s
nose gently into a glide back to a
landing on a nearby dry lake.
| EUWARDS AIR FORCE BASE,
'Calif., Apri] 21 (AP) — Maj. Bob
|White flew the X15 rocket plane
to a new controlled flight speed
‘record of 3,140 miles an hour to-
‘day, despite engine trouble and
a leak in his pressurized cabin.
eee
| The new mark is 235 m.p.h,
faster than White’. previous rec-
ord of 2,905 m.p.h, last March 7,
‘but the Air Force officer said he
felt no sensation of greater speed.
| Today’s engine trouble came a
split second after the X15 drop-
‘ped away from its B52 mother
‘ship 140 miles east of here above
Hidden Hills, Calif.
The engine ignited briefly, then
cut out,
For the next 30 seconds, while
the X15 fell helplessly from 45,000
feet to 37,000 feet, White labored
frantically to get the engine re-
started,
Finally he succeeded. The en-
gine’s 57,000 pounds of thrust
came on at full throttle, driving
him back in his seat with a force
three times that of normal grav-
ity.
«ee
White zoomed to 80,000 feet, the
altitude at which he reached the
new speed record, then shut off
his engine.
At 90,000 feet his pressurized
cabin sprang a leak, Instantly and
antomatically his enace-tvne fiv-
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RAMBOUILLET, France, Aag. 28.
—Ten world leaders of the women’s
equal rights movement stormed the
gates of the presidential palace here
today,
They demanded that the Kellogg
peace treaty plenipotentiaries, lunch-
ing with President Doumergue, sign a
treaty giving women all over the
world equal righta with men.
All ten ‘were arrested and borne off,
struggling, to the police station. They
included Miss Doris Stevens, wife of
| Dudley Field Malone, New York law-
yer; Mrs. Harriet Pickering, wife of
Loring Pickermg, widely known New
York and San Franeisco newspaper
editor; Mrs. Betty Gram Swing, wife
of Raymond Gram Swing, London
correspondent of the Philadelphia
‘Ledger and New York Evening Post;
three French feminists, two German
and one Htalian.
Get Speciai Courtesy
Police treated them with special
courtesy and after they ,. had been
‘served lunch in prison, five of them
were released on their promise ‘to
create no more disturbance. The
other five including Miss Stevens,
would give no such pledge and were
held until after the automobiles of
the visiting diplomats had started
again for Paris.
The five “icreconcilables,” led by
Miss Stevens, were accompanied to the
town gates after the diplomats had
left and were set free, a
The women, connected with the
movement sponsored by the Taterna-
tional Council of the National Wom-
en’s party to get their cause before
| Ellenville; N. Y., Aug. 27—A
narrow valley in the Catskills,
about 25 miles Jong .and less
than a mile across today shook
itself loose from the grip of a
. eloudburst and flooded stream
and took account of its loss of
life and property. — -
Yesterday a cloudburst poured
tons of water into the Rondout
creek’s source, and. sent a 20-foot
‘wall of water tumbling down the
valley. :
Three Known Dead
“" Three persons were known dead;
crops, livestock and farm property
had been damaged to the extent of
thousands of dollars; atleast 20
“bridges had. been torn away; the
highways had been washed out in
many places: communications. aad
been disrupted aud scores of per-
sons had been rendered homeless.
.. A score of villages were caught in
the path of the torrent.
Charles Lavery, 4), of Paterson,
N.. J. niotoring with Joseph Hughes,
also of Paterson, drowned when his
motor stalled in the flooded high-
way. The men stepped from the ma-
chine and Hughes was dragged to
“safety, but Lavery sank in 3 hole in
the road.
Philip Blatt, of Lackawack, at-
tempted to-carry his wife from their
flooded dwelling, stumbled and
drowned. An unidentified infant also
was said to have perished.
The waters of Rondout creek,
swollen by the cloudburst. were fur-
ther augmented by many small tribu-
taries until It tore its way into Napa-
noch, rising to the Ievel of second
story windows in the outskirts and at
the Lackawack country club.
The water swept to within 60 feet
of the State Institute for Mental De-
fectives, a mile below Napanoh, and
damaged power lines, plunging the
building with its 681 mentally defec-
tive inmates into darkness. .
The flood reached its crest at Ros-
endale, submerging that village under
20 feet of water. Villagers were re-
moved from the upper stories of their
homes in boats.
The water late today wag reported
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;
|
Rambouillet, France, Aug. 28—(AP)
Doris Stevens, American feminist
leader, and three others of a group
of feminists who tried to “crash the
gates’ of the Prefidential chateau
‘today in behalf of the equal rights
‘movement, were held in custody at
‘the police commissariat for * several
hours for failure to have their iden-
‘fity papers.
They were released at 3:30 o'clock
this afternoon after all of the states-
men who had lunch with President
Doumergue had gone. The women
had sought a ten minutes’ audience
with the President's guests who yes-
terday signed the Kellogg-Briand re-
nunciation of war treaty. The plan
of the feminists was to discuss with
them a project for an international
treaty establishing equal rights for
men and women.
Those held over the noon hour
with Miss Stevens were Mrs. Loring
Pickering, Fanny Bernard of France
and Mrs. Betty Gram Swing, for-
merly of Portland, Ore, and now.
wife on an. English correspondent.
The women all left for Paris
| (By United Prexe )
BISMARCh, N. D., Aug 28—Gev-
ernor Arthur G. Sorlle, of North
Dakota died here at 6:45 a. m. Tues-
day or heart disease. He was 54
years old and had twice been elected
Governor on a Republican ticket.
Mrs. Sorlie and other members of
the family were at the bedside.
The death of Governor Sorile re-
moved from the ranks of the non-
partizan Republican faction one of
the strongest mdyocates of atate-
owned industries, especially the
state-owned flour mil} at Grand
Forks, which according to a fact-
finding legwiative committee, has
coat the state selilions of of dollars.
Hod Varied on
¥ ed eave? WR eat Bortie's:
Born in Albert Lea, Minn., he was
graduated. trom the Lutheran acad-
emy thére and came to: North Da-
kota to be a bank clerk, flucpanaive-
ly, he became a shoe seleomsan,
eracker manufacturer, feed and furl
dealer and official of automobls
companies and banke.
Sorlie had been married twice, in
1900 to Jennie Adegard, whom he
lost by death, and in 1929 to Grace
Helleboe, There were three children
by the first union and two by the|
second. He made his home in Stand
Forks.
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WASHINGTON, March 6.—(#)—
President Wonvor today acopted the
resignation of Alexander Legge of
Chicago, as chanman of .the fed-
era! farm bourd, and appointed
James C. Stone, of Kentucky to suc-
cecd him.
In .amaking the announcement
President Lioover said he knew he
reflected “the view ot the agrleul-
tural community when I express in-
tense regret upon the retirement of
Me. Legge.”
The vacancy, President Hoover
sald, created by the elevation of
Stone to the chalrmanship will not
Le filled for two or threes weoks.
“Chairman Legge has been urged
by every farm organization in the
United States to continue his work,”
the president said, “and ££ have
urged him with all the force I could
command. He, however, feels that
he must go back to his business.”
The rettving farm board chairman
came into office nearly two years
ago and has been a storm center
since the Hoover agricultural policy
was put into operation, On numer-
ous occasions he has become in-
lvolyed in controvorzies.
| WASHINGTON, March 6. (?)—
President Hoover today accepted
‘the resignation of Alexander Legge
ot Chicago, as chairman of the
\Federal farm boara and appointed
‘James C. Stone of Kentucky, to
jsucceed him
| jn making the announcement,
President Hoover said he knew he
lveflected “the view of the agricul-
tural community when I express
‘intense regret upon the retirement
joi Mi. Legge.
| The vacancy, President Hoover
leaid, created by the elevation of
| Stone to the chairmanship will not
| be filed for two or three weeks.
Urged to Continue
| “Chairman Legre has been urged
iby every farm organization in the
{United States to continue his
work,” the president said, “and
i have urged him with all the force
'T could command. He, however,
‘teels that he must go back to his
| business.”
The retiring farm board chair-
j/mar came into office nearly two
\years ago and has been a storm
‘center since the Hoover agricul-
itural policy was put into opera-
| tion On numerous occasions he
‘has become involved in controver
i sles.
| Ip a statement about the time
ithe president named his successor,
iLegge expressed “greater confi-
idence in the ultimate success” of
| the agricultural marketing act
‘thar when he undertook the work.
| The chairman termed his resig-
j mation as “a mere formality.”
, “As ¢ matter of fact,” the state-
1 ment continued, “I have been work-
ing overtime for nearly eight
‘months, it being clearly understood
lire 1 accepted the position that
it was for w one-year period in
helping to get the organization set
ju and the work started.
| “The program has progressed to
a point where the organization
pmey be safely classified as a going
iconcern. I sincerely believe the
| plar of operation to be sound and
«that the test. of tume will prove
ie to the satisfaction of all in-
| terested
} “While results may seem slow,
lit is not reasonable to expect that
‘the condition which has been de-
@2loping over generations, could
‘be corrected in any brief period of
\time, particularly when you take
jinte account the fact that the in-
dustry affected represents some six
! and one-half million individual pro-
ducing units
| “Personally I have a greater con-
fidence in the ultimate success in
‘the program laid down by con-
l press in the agriciftural market.
jing act than when I undertook the
work some 20 months ago and will
co-operate in every Way I may as
be private citizen to bring this
‘about.”
"The chairman said those oppos-
line the board “are making a lot
‘lof noise but really represent a
‘|very small percentage of the
American public.”
| Legeqe expressed belief “the
| ereenent general de sion on
record” had reached the bottom and
| from now on improvement would
ihe shown.”
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WINDSOR, Mo. A fouir-en-
gined Air Force tanker plane on a
‘refucling iraining miissinn caught
fire shortly after takeoff last night.
crashed and exploded. Nine of the
lk men aboard were killed.
Two crewmen parachuted to safe-
tas the flaming craft neared the
ground,
The plane, which took off from
the Sedalia Air Force base,
‘crashed on a farm about six miles
northivest of this central Missouri
town
</s> | WINDSOR, Mo. UW — A_ four-
engined Air Force tanker plane
on a refueling training mission
caught fire shortly after takeoff
Wednesday night, plunged totearth
and exploded. Nine of the 11 men
aboard were killed.
Two crewmen parachuted to
safety as the flaming craft neared
the ground.
The plane, which took off from
the Sedalia Air Force base,
crashed on a farm about six niles
northwest of this central Missouri
town.
Seen From Train
A conductor riding in a caboose
on a Rock Island freight train saw
the huge craft flaming in the air.
‘In a matter of seconds it had
burst into a regular torch,” said
Asa Gunn, 62, Eldon, Mo., ‘and
then it disappeared over a knoll
ahead of the engine.”
Mrs. D. D. Stiles, wife of the
farmer on whose land the plane
crashed, said she and her husband
were eating dinner when they
heard the roar of the plane’s en-
gines.
“Then there was a 5ig >xplo-
sion,”’ she said. ‘The flash lighted
up the whole house. My jusband
and I got on a tractor and went
down to the scene but there wasn’t
much we could do except watch.
Gasoline Explodes
“The gasoline kept exploding and
we couldn’t get very close.”
Paul Gregory, a farmer who
lives near the scene, said one of
the survivors told him the iire
first appeared in the tail ond chat
pressure made it difficult to open
the doors to jump.
“They said they had parachuted
from the plane at an altitude of
less than 75 feet,’? Gregory said.
The tanker, known as a KC97,
resembles a Boeing Stratocruiser.
It was a part of the 340th Refuel-
ing Wing stationed at the Sedalia
base.
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THE HAGUE (AP) — The In-
ternational Court of Justice
called on France today to refrain
from nuclear testing in the South
Pacific pending a final decision
on the eas of the test series.
By an 86 vote, the court ruled
that Australia and France should
not take any action in the
meantime ‘‘which might extend
the dispute or prejudice the final
decision of the court.”
The court’s ruling followed
applications last month by Aus-
tralia and New Zealdnd seeking
injunction against the French
test series.
The court said it would
schedule further hearings in
September and December. It did
not say if France, which
boycotted last month’s hearings,
would be represented at the
forthcoming sessions.
in their pleadings before the
court, representatives of both the
Australian and New Zealand
governments said further
nuclear tests in the South Pacific
would present unacceptable
health and environmental
dangers to the population of the
areas concerned.
The Australian attorney gen-
eral, Lionel Murphy, said the
forthcoming series might be of ‘‘a
size and yield hitherto un-
equaled.”
The people of the southern
hemisphere “will pay with their
lives for the French decision to go
ahead with their spring test
program,’’ he added.
France so far has refused to
give any information as to the
nature and yield of the devices
which it proposes to explode.
The only indication so far that
the tests are imminent were
reports last Saturday from Tahiti
saying six French navy vessels,
known to be connected with the
tests, left there last week bound
for the Mururoa Atoll.
The Mururaa test atoll lies 750
miles southeast of Tahiti.
French opposition leader Jean-
Jacques Servan-Schreiber said in
the Tahitian capital of Papeete
Thursday the French govern-
ment plans six or eight nuclear
atmospheric tests in the South
Pacific this year, and must start
them by the end of July.
The Radical party leader is in
Tahiti to lead a mass demon-
stration Saturday against the
tests.
The World Court’s ruling still
left the door open for France to
step into the case should this ngw
be decided by the French
government.
| THE HAGUE (AP) — The
International Court of Justice
called on France today to re-
frain.from nuclear testing in
the South Pacific pending a fi-
nal decision on the legality of
the les! series.
By an 8-6 vote, the court
ruled that Australia and
France should not take any
action in the meantime
‘which might extend the
dispute or prejudice the final
decision of the court.”’
‘The court's ruling followed
applications last month by
Australia and New Zeland
seeking an injunction against
the French fest series.
The court said. it would
schedule further hearings in
September and December. It
did not say if France, which
boycotted last month’s hear-
ings, would be represented at
the forthcoming sessions.
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ABOARD USS TICONDEROGA (AP)
~~ Skylab’s astronauts came home safely
today from man’s longest space journey
and shunned stretchers to walk smartly
but unsteadily across the deck of this
recovery carrier.
The wobbly 60 steps from the Apollo
ferry ship to a medical laboratory in-
dicated Charles Conrad Jr., Dr. Joseph
P. Kerwin and Paul J. Weitz had suffered
some effects from a record four weeks’
exposure to space weightlessness.
But Commander Conrad reported as
the Apollo parachuted toward a pinpoint
landing in the Pacific after an 11i-million-
mile journey: ‘We're all in good shape.
Everything’s OK.”’
They splashed down right on target,
just 62 miles from the Ticonderoga.
Thirty-nine minutes later, still inside
the Apollo, they were on the carrier deck.
Doctors, not knowing how they might
react to earth’s gravity after their long
weightless exposure, were prepared to
lift them out on litters,
But, after consultation with doctors,
Kerwin, a physician, said they could
walk to the medical trailer where they
began six hours of extensive medical
debriefing
They emerged smiling from the hatch
and saluted as the ship's band struck up
‘Anchors Aweigh” for the all-Navy
crew.
Conrad walked with hesitant steps at
first but gradually picked up steam as he
reached the medical lab door, Kerwin
was Slightly stooped and both he and
Weitz were somewhat unsteady in their
steps.
Doctors assisted both Kerwin and
Weitz by holding onto one arm of each
Experts immediately began removing
thousands of feet of film and tape and
equipment from medical, earth
resources and astronomy experiments
that may tell man much about his earth,
his sun and his physical being.
How well Conrad, Kerwin and Weitz
fared in the weightless world will play a
major role in determining if man can
function efficiently in future long-
duration flights. The first of the two 56-
day Skylab missions is scheduled for
launch July 27.
The astronauts almost were held over
in orbit today to try to repair a
refrigeration problem in their space
station. But Mission Control decided
there was nothing the astronauts could do
and told them to come home.
Ten minutes behind schedule, Conrad,
Kerwin and Weitz undocked their Apollo
ferry ship and executed a series of
maneuvers that sent them slamming into
the atmosphere above Thailand for the
fiery descent.
The Apollo craft hit the calm blue
waters at 9:50 a.m. EDT about 830 miles
southwest of San Diego, Calif. It was just
after dawn off the West Coast.
The 42,000-lon Ticonderoga quickly
steamed alongside the three-ton Apollo
and tossed a line to frogmen in the water.
(See SLIGHT, Page 2).
| ABOARD USS TICONDEROGA (UPI)
— Skylab’s astronauts landed in “super
shape” in the Pacific Ocean today and
walked shakily a few minutes later to the
doctors’ office to see how well they had
withstood a record 28 days in space.
The bullseye splashdown and quick
recovery by this veteran aircraft carrier
marked a flawless end to a mission that
started with failure. The flight took a
major step toward giving man a place in
space.
Charles ‘‘Pete’’ Conrad, Joseph P.
Kerwin and Paul J. Weitz returned in the
Apollo command ship in which they were
launched May 25. The big space station
remained in earth-orbit, ready for its next
crew in five weeks.
President Nixon quickly sent a
telegram to the men who had just com-
pleted an 11.5 million mile journey and
invited them to visit him at San
Clemente, Calif., Sunday.
“You have given conclusive evidence
that even with the most advanced scien-
tific and technological support in the
world, the courage and resourcefulness of
good men are still central to the success of
the human adventure,” the President
said.
Conrad, commander of the nation’s
first space station mission, reassured
recovery forces several times that he and
his crewmen were all right after the
strenuous re-entry which quickly built up
deceleration forces 3 '2 times the force of
gravity.
““Everybody’s in super shape,’’ Conrad
radioed after three orange and white
striped parachutes eased the command
module into the gently rolling seas of the
Pacific 834 miles southwest of San Diego.
The splashdown drama was captured by
television cameras and beamed back by
satellite.
The spacecraft was hoisted aboard this
ship with the pilots still inside, a switch
from past procedures made to keep the
astronauts’ exertion to a minimum.
Medics were ready to carry Conrad,
Kerwin and Weitz on stretchers, if ngces-
sary, from their scorched capsule to the
blue mobile medical laboratories 66 feet
away.
The main objective of the Skylab
marathon was to see how well men fare for
long periods of weightlessness and then
adjust to the rigors of gravity back on
earth.
Conrad, Kerwin and Weitz were un-
dergoing long and detailed medical tests
within an hour after their 9:50 a.m. EDT
splashdown.
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fF RAR RRR RR SB
ra .
An anti-Castro radio broadcast
from an island off Central Amer-
ica today told two rebel battalions
apparently fighting on Cuban soil
that help was on the way and
urged them not to surrender.
The appeal from Swan Island
was made a few hours after the
Castro government put before
Havana television cameras some
prisoners captured after last
weekend's invasion, One admitted
their mission failed and said not
many rebels had escaped. Others
said propaganda from Swan Is.
land and North America had mis.
led them.
The Swan Island broadcast.
monitored hy The Associatec
Press in Miami, Fla., also re
peated traop movement instrue-
tions it had sent out during the
night.
New Invasion
It had told earlier of new smal
landings made in Cuba, but ni
other source confirmed this. Som:
rebel sources in Miami did say
however, that between 500 anc
1,500 guerrillas were headed fo:
Cuba for a new invasion assault
A dispatch from Havana, de
scribed the Cuban capital as :
city of fear and suspicion. It saic
a new wave of arrests and deten
tions reached into almost every
family. Suspects jammed swoller
jails and living conditions wer
described as growing worse.
The New York Times quoted ;
diplomatic source in Washingto
‘las saying Maj. Ernesto Guevara
Lione of Castro’s top aides, wa
-jseriously .wounded in the hea’
llearlier this week. The Times sai
the information reached Washing
-}ton from a diplomatic source i
r} Havana.
Doctor Sent
The diplomatic source said
"|neurosurgeon was sent to a pro
| vineia) hospital where Guevara al
‘degedly was taken. Guevara, 32
is Cuba's economic ezar.
‘| The government radio networ!
|said Prime Minister Fidel Castro
Junseen in public for almost :
jweek, was personally directing
|mop-up operations in the interio:
against the surviving rebel invad
ers who are trying to overthrov
his pro-Communist regime.
A Havana television station Fri
day night prepared the people for
big ‘Castro Day" victory celebra
tions with a five-hour live inter
|view of prisoners the government
claims it captured during the
abortive invasion by Cubar
exiles.
E
Leader's Son
One prisoner was Jose Mirt
Torres, son of the top Cuban reb
Tel leader Jose Mira Cardona
{Miro Torres bit his lip and rocket
in his chair as he admitted tha’
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| An anti-Castro radio broadcast
from an island off Central Amer-
ica today told two rebel! battalions
apparently fighting on Cuban soii
that help was on the way and
urged them not to surrender,
The appeal from Swan Island
was made a few hours after the
Castro government put before
Havana television cameras some
prisoners captured after last
weekend's invasion. One admitted
their mission failed and said not
many rebels had escaped, Others
said propaganda from Swan Is-
land and North America had mis-
led them.
Instructions Repeated,
The Swan Island broadcast,
monitored by The Associated
Press in Miami, Fla., also re-
peated troop movement instruc-
tions it had sent out during the
night.
It had told earlier of new small
landings made in Cuba, but no
other source confirmed this. Some
rebel sources in Miami did say,
however, that between 500 and
1,500 guerrillas were headed for
Cuba for a new invasion assault.
A dispatch from Havana de-
scribed the Cuban capital as a
city of fear and susvicion. It said
a new wave of arrests and deten-
tions reached into almost every
family. Suspeets jammed swollen
jails and living conditions were
described as growing worse.
Source Quoted.
The New York Times quoted a
diplomatic source in Washington
as saying Maj. Ernesto Guevara,
one of Castro’s top aides, was
seriously wounded in the head
earlier this week. The Times said
the information reached Washing-
ton from a diplomatic source in
Havana.
The diplomatic source said a
neurosurgeon was sent to a pro
vincial hospital where Guevara al-
legedly was taken, Guevara, 32,
is Cuba's economic czar.
The government radio network
said Prime Minister Fidel Castro,
unseen in public for almost a
week, was personally directing
mop-up operations in the interior
against the surviving rebel invad-
ers who are trying to overthrow
his pro-Communist regime.
A Havana television station Fri-
day night prepared the people for
big “Castro Day’ victory celebra-
tions with a five-hour live inter-
view of prisoners the government
claims it captured during the
abortive invasion by Cuban |
exiles.
Rocks in Chair. |
One prisoner was Jose Miro
Torres, son of the top Cuban reb-
el leader Jose Miro Cardona.
Miro Torres bit his lip and rocked
in his chair as he admitted that
his force was defeated and his
operation ended in failure.
The rebel leader's son said on/|
Havana television that he had |
been well treated since his cap-
ture. All his comments were in|
the form of answers to his aeae |
rogators.
“Then it is not just to say that |
Cuban militiamen behave like hu- |
man beasts?'’’ Miro Torres was |
asked
“Absolutely not,” he replied be- |
fore the cameras.
When asked by the panel of in- |
terviewers what he and his men|
expected to find when they land-)
ed, Miro Torres said:
“We thought the militia and the |
army would join us.” |
“That is what you were told. But |
what did vou find?"
“They fought us very hard and |
defeated us.”
Admits Defeat,
“Then you were defeated?”’
Miro Torres was asked, |
“Yes,”’ he answered, |
Miro Torres also responded |
“no” when asked if any appre-.
ciable number of invaders had.
escaped.
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EUWARDS AIR FORCE BASE,
'Calif., Apri] 21 (AP) — Maj. Bob
|White flew the X15 rocket plane
to a new controlled flight speed
‘record of 3,140 miles an hour to-
‘day, despite engine trouble and
a leak in his pressurized cabin.
eee
| The new mark is 235 m.p.h,
faster than White’. previous rec-
ord of 2,905 m.p.h, last March 7,
‘but the Air Force officer said he
felt no sensation of greater speed.
| Today’s engine trouble came a
split second after the X15 drop-
‘ped away from its B52 mother
‘ship 140 miles east of here above
Hidden Hills, Calif.
The engine ignited briefly, then
cut out,
For the next 30 seconds, while
the X15 fell helplessly from 45,000
feet to 37,000 feet, White labored
frantically to get the engine re-
started,
Finally he succeeded. The en-
gine’s 57,000 pounds of thrust
came on at full throttle, driving
him back in his seat with a force
three times that of normal grav-
ity.
«ee
White zoomed to 80,000 feet, the
altitude at which he reached the
new speed record, then shut off
his engine.
At 90,000 feet his pressurized
cabin sprang a leak, Instantly and
antomatically his enace-tvne fiv-
| EDWARDS AIR FORCE
BASK-.P — Maj. Bob White
flew the X-15 rocket plang 10
a new, controlled flight speed
record of 3,140 miles an hour
yoslerday, despite engine
trouble and a leak in his pres.
siirized cabin.
The new mark is 235 mph.
faster than White's previous
record af 2,905 jap.h. last
March 7, bul the Air Foree
atficur said he felt no sensa-
lign al greater speed,
The engine trouble came aA
split second affler the X-15
dropped away from its 7-52
Mother ship 146 miles east of
lhore above Hidden Hills, Calit
The engine ignited briey,
(hen cut oul, For the next 30
seconds, while the 45 fell
helplessly from 45,000 fret to
37,000 feel, White labored fran.
lically to gel the engine re-
started.
» Finally he sueceeled. The
engine's 57,000 pounds of
thrust came on at full Jhrotlle,
dviving him back in his seal
wilh a force three times that
af normal gravity.
Ai 90,000 fect his pressurized
cabin sprang a leak, Instantly
and aulamatically, his space:
type flying suit inflated to
fcompensale far the loss of
ssure in the eabin.
“lw i able-to function
normally." While. sald, so he
continued the filght.
Momenlam carried him on
lo 103,060 fect, close ta the
planned peak for the flight.
Then came the long glide back
to base.
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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE,
Calif. (®# —*Maj. Bob White flew
the X15 rocket plane to a new
controlled flight speed record of
3,140 miles an hour Friday, de-
spite engine trouble and a leak
in his pressurized cabin.
The new mark is 235 m.p.h.
faster than White’s previous rec-
ord of 2,905 m.p.h. Last march 7,
but the Air Force officer said he
felt no sensation of greater speed.
The engine trouble came a split
second after the X15 dropped away
from its B52 mother ship 140
miles east of here above Hidden
Hills, Calif,
_ The engine ignited briefly, then
cut out. For the next 30 seconds,
while the X15 fell helplessly from
45,000 feet to 37,000 feet, White
labored frantically to get the en-
gine restarted.
Finally he .sueceeded. The en-
gine’s 57,000 pounds of thrust came
on ,at full throttle, driving him
back in his seat with a force three
times that of normal gravity.
White zoomed to 80,000 feet, the
altitude at which he reached the
new spéed record, then shut off his
engine.
At 90,000 feet his pressurized
cabin sprang a leak, Instantly and
automatically, his space-type fly-
ing suit inflated to compensate for
the loss of pressure in the cabin.
“IT was still able to function
normally,” White said, so he con-
tinued the flight.
Momentum carried him on to
103,000. feet, close to the planned
peak for the flight: Then came
the long glide back to base.
| 2 EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif, (UPI)—The X15
rocket plane Friday flew at a record 3,140 miles an hour—
tter than 50 miles a minute—on the first full-power test
of the engine intended to carry the man-controlled ship to
the edge of space.
Air Force Maj .Robert White, unlike ‘the Russian cos-
monaut who orbited the earth
last week, had control of the
black, stub-winged X15 from
the time it was-dropped from
the wing of a B52 bomber
45,000 feet over the Mojave
Desert. In breaking: his own six-
week-old record of 2,905 m.p.h.,
White reached a peak altitude of
80,000 feet.
The X15‘s peak of Mach 4.8 fast
enaugh to cross the continent from
Los Angeles to Washingten in
about 40 minutes ~— didn’t com-
pare with the Mach 30 speed of
Yuri Gagarin's Russian space
ship, However, the Gagarin ship
was controlled at all times from
the ground,
White conceded he had some in
flight troubles, but called them
“minor.” However, the ‘'minox
problems”’ included:
—Trouble starting the 57,000.
pound thrust engine, White: said he
istarted after the drop at 45,000
feet, but then shtu down, It drop.
‘ped 7,000 feet before the engine
restarted.
| National Aeronautics and Space
'|Administration (NASA) disclosed
Hit anticipated possible trouble. I
the engine had failed to restart,
White was to have attempted ar
emergency landing at Hidden Hill:
}Dry Lake, -
|} —-A small leak developed in thr
cabin at an altitude of about 95,
|}000 feet. White said his space sui
jautomatically inflated. te protec
jhim as pressure in the cabin wa:
‘/equivalent to an altitude of abou
135,000 feet in a conventional: air
eraft.
| different | train |
London UP)—The House of Cont
mona passed and sent to the House
of Lords yesterday the controver-
sial bill to nationalize most of Bri-
tain's iron and ateel industry.
The key vote came on & proporal
by the Conservative opposition to
reject the dill. The motion fost 334
to 203 and the bill was “read” a
third time. This was formal pas
eage.
“Consideration of the measure by
the Lords is expected to begin with-
out delay. The Labor government
faces bitter but probably futile op-
Position in the chamber.
The bdili authorizes the govern-
ment to buy up the stock of 107
companics at an estimated test of
£200,000.000 (41.200,000,000). These
companies. emplofing about 300.000
of the nation’s 495.000 iron and steel
workers, 2re capitalized at £195-
002.000 (5780.000.000),
Actual direction of the iron and
aicel Dusiness will be left in the
hande of the men whe run it. Ther
will work under a government
holding corporation.
Tae firms will retain their pre-
ren{ names and will be free to
compete With each other 20 long az
ther don't clash with the general
pians of the corporation.
The measure calls for the gov-
ernment to take control of the
plants May 1, INO—on the eve of
Nationeide general elections sche-
doled next summer.
However, it allows postponement
of ihis takcover for as long ax 18
fmonths, Seme infertned eoaurces
have predicted thay the government
mev wait until] after the electinas
| ABOARD -US.S
TICONDEROGA (UPL) =
Skylab’ 4 astronauts landed. in
“super shape’’ In the Pacific
Oéeati today and walked shakily
a-fow minules later-to the.
doctors’ office to see how well
they had withstood a record 26
days if spade.
The bullseye splashdown and
quick recovery by this veteran
alrerafl carrier matked.a
flawless end to a mission that
started with failure, The fight
_lovk a major slep loward giving
mana place if space. |
Chatles ‘Pele’! Conrad, Jo-
seph.P, Kerwin and Paul J.
Weitz felutnéd in. the Apollo
commarid ship in which they
were launched May 25. The big
Space station remained in
earth-orbit, ready for its next
crew infive weeks;
President Nixon quickly sent
a telegram to the men who had
just completed ah 11.5 million
‘file journey ahd invited. thern
to. Visit hit at San Clemefnie.
Calif., Sunday.
“Vou have given conclusive
evidence that even with the
fiost advanced scientific and
technological support inthe
world, the courage and te-
sourcefulness of good men afe
still central to the success of the
human. adventure,’ the
President said.
Conrad, commander of the
nation’s first space station
mission, reassured recovery
forces several times that he and
his crewmen were all right after
the sirenuous re-entry which
quickly built up deceleration
forces 3'2 times the force of
gravity.
“Everybody's in super
-shape,"’ Conrad radioed after
thtee orange and white striped
parachutes eased the command
module into the gently rolling
seas of the Pacific 834 miles
southwest of San Diego.
The spacecraft was hoisted
aboard this ship with the pilots
still inside, a switch from past
procedures made to keep the
astronauts’ exertion to a
minimum. Medics were ready
to carry Conrad, Kerwin and
Waite an etraiphare if nares.
sary, from their scorchea
capsule to (he blue mobile
medical laboratories 66 feet
away.
But the astfonauts, smiling
atid wavitig, clifibed out of the
Apollo under theit own power.
They stood on a wooden
platform briefly, chatting with
Dr. Charles Ross, the flight
suregon, and then carefully
made theif way down some
steps and to the special Skylab
clinic.
Contad, who has beet in
space mote than anyone.
appeared the most relaxed.
Weitz and especially Kerwin
walked a little bowlegged and
slightly hunched over.
_ But. the fact that they were
able to walk as well as they did
was significant. It meant the
three Americans were in better
shape after spending 28 days in
space than two Russian cos-
monauts were at the end of an
18-day flight in 1970. They had to
be carried from their
spacecraft.
The primary objective of the
Skylab marathon was to see
how: well men fare for long
periods of weightlessness and
then adjust to the rigors of
gravity back on earth.
_Coritad, Kerwin and Weite
were undergoing long and
detailed medical tests within an
hour after their 8:50 a.m, CDT
splashdown. Doctofs said the
first Fésults would not be known
until late in the day. 7
The fate of two planned 56-
day flights aboard Skylab
hinged on the findings of. the.
doctors. The next launch is
scheduled July 27 for Skylab 2
astronauts Alan L. Bean, Owen
K. Garriott and Jack R.
Lousma.
The only problem of the day
developed just as the three
Skylab 1 astronauts were
preparing to leave the space
station in orbit 274 miles above
earth. The refrigeration system
_ that runs the station's food and
bicliicat saniple freezers fai-
ed.
The nature of the trouble was
not known, and flight director
Neil Hutchinson said it may be
possible for ground controllers
to fix it by doctoring the system
by remote control from earth,
If the trouble could not be
fixed, Hutchinson said about 15
per cent of the food aboard
Skylab could spoil. But he said
this would not seriously affect
the next two missions.
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ABOARD USS TICONDE-
ROGA (AP) -- Skylab's astro-
nauts came safely home from
man’s longest space journey to-
day, splashing down with pin-
point precision in the Pacific
Ocean after 28 days and 11 mil-
tion miles in orbit. ;
Just 39 minutes after touch-
down, Charles Conrad Jr., Dr.
Joseph P. Kerwin and Paul J.
Weitz were hoisted onto the
deck of this recovery carrier,
still inside their Apollo ferry
ship.
“We're all in good shape..Ev-
erything's OK," cammander
Conrad tadioed as the space-
craft descended through the
clouds and landed within view
of USS Ticonderoga, just 6%
miles away. That indicated the
astronauts had suffered no ad-
verse physical reactions on re-
turning to earth’s gravity after
a record fur weeks’ exposure
to space weightlessness.
Ten minutes later they
climbed through the hatch,
smiled and waved as the ship’s
band played “Anchors Aweigh”
for the all-Navy Skylab crew.
‘They walked unsteadily to-
ward a mobile medical labora-
tory, showing some effects
from the four weeks’ exposure
to weightlessness.
How well Conrad, Kerwin and
Weitz fared in the weighiless
world will play a major role in
determining if man can func-
tion efficiently in future long-
duration flights. The first of the
two 56-day Skylab missions is
scheduled for launch July 27.
Misson Control was kept in
suspense for most of the final
76 minvtes of the flight — 4 pe-
riod when the Apollo ship was
out of radio contact with
ground stations.
The ‘Ticonderaga's radar
picked up the streaking craft at
a distance of 188 miles, 10 min-
utes before landing.
While out of radio contact, al
9:11 a.m., the astronauts con
ducted the critical retrorocke
burn that slowed their 17,10
mile-an-hour speed by Ik
miles, allowing earth's graviq
to tug the spacecraft out of or
bit and start the long glide
through the atmosphere ta th
eastern Pacific.
The refrigeration troub!
caused considerable concern. 4
maneuver intended to correct |
caused a brief pyrascope prob-
lem that caused (he 10-minute
delay in the astronauts’ depar-
ture from the orbiting labora-
tory.
“We're free"! Conrad report-
ed seconds after the control
center flashed the go-ahead for
undocking from the 118-foal-
Jong laboratory, .
They feft behind a space sta-
lion which they had salvaged
with some darffig, difficult and
aften ingenious repair tasks
after it was damaged during
launching May 14.
After the undocking, the as-
tronauts made a 45-minute fly-
around inspection of the sta-
tion, televising pictures of the
add-looking space vehicle ta
mission control for evaluation
by experts.
Then, in quick succession,
they triggered the engine fir-
ings that gradually dropped
them closer to earth from their
original orbital altitude of 275
miles.
To get the astronauts to med-
ical trailers on board as quick-
ly as possible after landing, the
carrier was (0 steam to the
Apailo capsule and hoist it on
deck with a crane. In earlier
U.S. manned space flights, the
astronauts were plucked by
helicopter from their floating
spaceships.
Speed in retrieving the astro
nauts is essential because doc
, tars are keenly interested it
their initial reaction to eart!
: (Continued an Page 3A}
| ABOARD USS TICONDEROGA (AP) — Skylab’s astronauts
came safely home from man’s longest space journey today,
splashing down with pinpoint precision in the Pacifie Ocean af-
ter 28 days and 11 million miles in orbit.
“We're all ‘in good shape,” Commander Charles Conrad Jr.
reported as the spacecraft descended, “Everything’s OK,”
‘The astronauts almost were held over in orbit to try to repair
a refrigeration problem in their space station. But mission con-
trol decided there. was nothing the astronauts could do and told
them to come home. . .
So 10 minutes behind schedule Conrad, Dr. Joseph P. Kerwin
and Paul J. Weitz undocked their Apollo ferry. ship from the
station and executed a series of maneuvers that .sent them
slamming into the atmosphere above Thailand for a fiery de-
scent.
The Apollo craft hit the calm Pacific Waters at 9:50 a.m.
EDT about 830 milessouthwest of San Diego, Calif., within sight
of the main recovery ship, the USS Ticonderoga. It was just af-
ter dawn off the west coast. ;
Hundreds of white-clad sailors on deck and millions watching
television around the world once again had a ringside seat to a
U.S. man-in-space landing as the Apollo craft floated down
through low-hanging clouds and dangling under three huge or-
ange and white parachutes,
“Everyone’s in super shape,” Conrad said as the spacecraft
bobbed on the water awaiting pickup. Frogmen immediately
leaped from helicopters to secure the spacecraft with flotation
collars. ' ‘
The Ticonderoga reported the astronauts had landed 6%
miles from the ship and that the ship was 6% miles from the.
target point, indicating a perfect touchdown.
The Ticonderoga steamed to pick up the Apollo capsule with
the astronauts still inside, in contrast to most earlier U.S. flights
when the spacemen were lifted to the carrier by helicopter.
Medical requirements dictated the pick up method today.
Medical experts were not certain how the astronauts would
react after returning to earth’s gravity following record ex-
posure to space weightlessness so they decided the astronauts
should be subjected to as little activity as possible until they can
be examined in mobile medical laboratories aboard the Ticonde-
Toga.
The landing completed an historic space mission that lasted
28 days and 50 minutes. During that time the spacemen circled
the earth 395 times.
Misson control was kept in suspense for most of the final 76
minutes of the flight — a period when the Apollo ship was out
of radio contact with ground stations.
The Ticonderoga’s radar picked up the streaking craft at a
distance of 188 miles, 10 minutes before landing.
While out of radio contact, at 9:11 am., the astronauts con-
ducted the critical retrorocket burn that slowed their 17,100
mile-an-hour speed by 130 miles, allowing earth's gravity to tug
the spacecraft out of orbit and start the long glide through the
atmosphere to the eastern Pacific.
The refrigeration trouble created considerable concer. A
maneuver intended to correct it caused a brief gyroscope prob-
lem that caused the 10-minute delay in the astronauts’ departure
from the orbiting laboratory.
“We're free,” Conrad reported seconds alter the control cen-
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Miami, Fla.—(?)—Two rebel
battalions, apparently fighting
Castro forces on Cuban soil, were
urged not to surrender in a
broadcast today from Radio
Swan. They were told help is
on its way.
The two units were identified
as “Battalions 2 and 5” in a
broadcast heard at The Asso-
ciated Press Miami monitoring
station.
The same broadcast repeated
previous instruction to a_ unit
called “Mission Alborada” to ad-
vance. “Alborada” is a Spanish
word for dawn. Dictionaries give
it a military meaning of “dawn
battle.”
| 1 BY 19 ASSVULALED FREES
An anti-Castro radio broadcast
from an island off Central Amer-
lica today told two rebel battalions
/apparently fighting on Cuban soil
that help was on the way and
urged them not to surrender.
SHOW PRISONERS
The appeal from Swan Island
was made a few hours after the
Castro. . a oe overnment . Duk. before
Havana* television ene ‘some
prisoners captured after last
weekend’s invasion. One admitted
their mission failed and said not
many ‘tebels had escaped. “Others
said propaganda from Swan _Is-
land and North America had mis-
led them.
The Swan Island broadcast.
monitored by The Associated
Press in Miami, Flia., also re-
peated troop movement instruc:
tions it had sent out during the
night.
It had told earlier of new smal
landings made in Cuba, but ne
other source confirmed this. Some
rebel sources in Miami did say,
however, that between 500 anc
1,500 guerrillas were headed fot!
Cuba for a new invasion assault
CITY OF FEAR
A dispatch from Havana de
Iscribeq the Cuban capital as =<
city of fear and suspicion. It saic
ja new wave of arrests and deten
|itions reached into almost ever}
ifamily. Suspects jammed: swoller
jails and living conditions were
;described as growing worse.
| The New York Times quoted ¢
‘| diplomatic source in Washingto1
jas saying Maj. Ernesto Guevara
one of Castro’s top aides, wa
| seriously wounded in the hear
‘learlier this week. The Times sai
‘ithe information reached Washing
ton from a diplomatic source it
_|Havana.
.| The diplomatic source said |
,;neurosurgeon was sent to a vro
‘|vincial hospital where Guevara al
legedly was taken. Guevara, 32
is Cuba’s economic czar.
-| The government radio networ
-jsaid Prime Minister Fidel Castre
-junseen in public for almost |
-|week, was personally directin;
a/mop-up operations in the imterio
f'against the surviving rebel invac
-iers who are trying to overthrov
Oihis pro-Communist regime.
‘Continued on page two}
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SHELBY, N. C., Aug. <6.
_Three buildings in the busi-
ness district collapsed today
when a retention wall caved
jin.
Seven bodies were imme-
diately removed from the
‘ruins and it was believed
‘others were in the debris as
‘police, firemen and volunteer
workers started to remove the
‘wreckage.
A bank, grocery store and
'a tailorshop were on the
ground floors of the build-
‘ings, two stories high. The
‘erash occurred during the
rush hours and it was believ-
ed the death toll would mount
steadily. ,
| PARIS —UPi— Four rebel French
generals supported’ by Foreign Le-
gion paratroopers seized Algiers in
a bloodless coup today and an-«
nounced they had taken over Al-
geria and the Sahara desert from
President Charles de Gaulle's gov«
ernment.
Premier Michel Debre went on 4
nationwide. radio and televisiot
hookup to appeal for “absolute obed<
ience” in France but already minor
right-wing violence was reported in
France itself,
A bomb exploded In a telephone
booth of the town hall of the fash-
ionable Neuilly district of Paris just
west of the Arch of Triumph. Police
said it caused considerable damage
but apparently no casualties,
The bomb was of the type used
by right-wing extremists in past
terrorism against the De Gaulle
government. Police noted that Neu-«
ily Mayor Achille Perretti is a
Gaullist deputy of the Naticnal Ase
sembly.
The insurgent generals broadcast
a seven-point order of the day pro~
claiming a state of siege and saying
\“all resistance, from whatever quar-
ter, Will be broken”. The proclama~
tion was a declaration of a virtual
state of martial law.
The insurgent army and air force
generals in Algiers announced over
Algiers radio—renamed “Radio
| France’—that they had proclaimed
a state of siege throughout the Afri-
ean territory. The generals appealed
to the army, navy, air force and po-
lice to join them.
De Gaulle apparently was taken
completely by surprise, although
opposition among Frenchmen in Al«
giers to his policy of permitting Al-
gerin eventually to become inde-
pendent has been rising. But the
government reacted swiftly.
France canceled all military
leaves, De Gaulle ealled a cabinet
meeting to consider further action
and conferred during the day with
Debre and Adm. Georges Cabainer,
chief of staff of the French navy.
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See 6 FE OURO ALIONAL
PARIS (UPI) — Four rebel
French generals supported by
Foreign Legion paratroopers
seized Algiers in a bloodless coup
today and announced they had
taken over Algeria and the Sa-
hara Desert from President
Charlies de Gaulle's government.
Premier Michel Debre went on
a nationwide radio and television
hookup to appeal for ‘‘absolute
obedience’ in France but already
minor right-wing violence was re-
ported in France itself.
A bomb exploded at the town
hall of the Neuilly district of
Paris. Police said the bomb was
the type used by right-wing ex-
Debre and Adm. Georges Cabain-
er, chief of staff ofthe French
navy, Debre named Gen. Jean
Olie as new commander-in-chief
in Algeria to replace Gen. Fer-
nand Gambiez who was arrested
by the insurgents. Olie flew im-
mediately to Algeria.
Uphold Old Promise
A rebel broadcast said the gen-
erals in Algiers were upholding
the promise to “keep Algeria
French” that the army made on
May 13, 1958, at the height of the
Algiers uprising that wrecked
France's Fourth Republic and ree
turned De Gaulle to power.
(Diplomatic quarters in London
expressed doubt that today’s ree
iCantinued on Pace 16)
| ALGIERS (AP}—A military jun-
ta of relired generals backed by
tough paratroops seized power in
Algiers in defiance of President
Charles «de Gaulle today and
claimed control over the vast ter-
ritory.
The bloodies coup was carried
oul between midnight and dawn.
UW sent a chill running through
metropolilan France and caused
consternalion in Tunisia where
the Algerian nationalists whe
have been in revolt against
Franee far almost seven years
were preparing for peace talks.
It was not immediately elear
how light a hold the insurgents
had on Algeria and De Gaulte
sent one of his top lieutenants,
Algerian Affairs Minister Louis
Joxe, by jet plane from Paris to
find out.
The insurgent teaaers look over
‘the government buildings of Al.
‘gies and in a broadcast aver Al-
giers Radio claimed Icadership
‘over all of Algeria and the Sa-
hara,
Although the rebels led by Gen.
Manrice Chatle, former French
commander in chief in Algeria,
claimed to control the whale
territory this was disputed by the
De Gaulle government in Paris.
It said loyal soldiers were in con-
(rol outside the City of Algiers.
Premler Michel Debre said the
rising was "a premedilaled and
undisciplined act” by retired gen-
erals. He sald they had seized
Ihe government buildings in Al-
Fiers bul "in all the rest of the
territory the situation is normat
in every respect. The government
is taking all necessary measures
lo insure that force resis with the
law."
Mone with Challe the rebel
communique broadcast by Algiers
Radin was also signed by Para.
troop Gen, Raoul Salan, wha
played a prominent role in the
1958 rising in Algcria dhat brought
De Gaulle back la power.
Salan recently has exiled him.
self in Spain. 11 was not belicved
that he had arrived on Algerian
soil but he was expected momen.
tarily.
‘The rebel communique said
“The pawers held by (he civil
authorities have entirely passed
to military authorities.”
French officers wha have fought
{the Algerian nationalists in the
G4-vear rehellion have been
among the bitterest spponents of
De Gaulle’s — self-determinatlon
policy for Algeria.
Other generals who joined the
revolt were Air Force Gen, Ed-
mond Jouhaud and Army Gen.
Henri Zeller.
Aflor the communique, Algiers
Radio said, ‘'the individuals hav-
ing participated directly in’ the
attempl to abandon Algeria and
the Sahara will be placed under
arrest and brought before a mili-
tary tribunal."*
The radia declared a ''state of
seige” in Algeria bul promised
{hat all ‘fundamental liberties
and guarantes assured by lhe
constitution are entirely main-
dained,”?
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PpPAeacron (AP) — Lead-
today an agreement pledging to
diffuse the risks of nuclear war
by avoiding military con-
frontations between nations.
“A truly historic ceremony,”
said Soviet Communist Party
Secretary Leonid I. Brezhnev
after he and President Nixon
signed the agreement beneath
crystal chandeliers in the White
House East Room on the fifth
day of their summit talks.
The document applies not
only to U.S.-Soviet relations,
but to relations either has’ with
any other country—large or
small. :
In impromptu comments at
the signing ceremony, Brezh-|
‘nev looked ahead to a reunion
jsummnit in 1974 in Moscow. He
‘Said he believed this and other
future meetings ‘would consoli-
date still further and deepen”
the advances made in the joint
effort to free the world of the
fear of nuclear war.
Nixon arranged for the Soviet
leader to shake hands in a re-
ceiving line with the 200 mem-
bers of Congress, diplomats
and government officials who
attended the signing ceremony.
Later in the day, he and
Brezhney were to fly to the
Western White House in San
Clemente, Calif., — continuing
while en route their summit
talks that up until today had
encompassed more than 26
hours.
| The two leaders declared in
the agreement that they were
— that nuclear war
would have devastating con-
| Sequences for mankind” and
said they wanted “to bring
about conditions in which the
danger of an outbreak of nucle-
ar war anywhere in the world
would be reduced and ultimate-
ly eliminated.”
| They pledged their countries
to “act in such a way as to pre-
vent the development of situ-
ations capable of causing a
dangerous exacerbation of their
relations, as to avoid military
confrontations, and as to ex-
clude the outbreak of nuclear
war between them and between
either of the parties and other
countries.”
Nixon and Brezhnev also
agreed that their countries
“will refrain from the threat or
the use of force against the oth-
er party, against the allies of
the other party and against oth-
er countries, in circumstances
which may endanger inter-
national peace and security.”
At a news conference prior to
the formal signing, presidential
assistant Henry A. Kissinger
skirted questions on whether
this clause would forbid U.S.
bombing of Cambodia or would
have prevented the Soviet in-/
vasion of Czechoslovakia. |
Kissinger noted, however,
that U.S. air strikes against)
Communist forces in Cambodia
were under way at the time the
agreement was being nego-
tiated and that the bombing)
“was not raised as applying to
that particular situation.”
forestall any Soviet action
against China, Kissinger re-|,
sponded that the accord was);
See NIXON, Page 2A, Col, 4
| WASHINGTON (AP)—President
Kennedy today apointed Gen.
Maxwell D. Taylor, former Army
chief of staff, to make a special
survey of U.S. capabilities in the
field of ‘‘nonconventional’ war-
fare such as guerrilla activity.
Taylor immediately went on the
job. He attended a meeting this
morning of the National Security
Council—one of the few sessions
of that major defense group since
Kennedy took office.
Pierre Salinger, White House
press secretary, said that “non-
conventional” warfare in this case
is not used in the usual sense of
nuclear warfare but of tactical
operations.
Salinger said Kennedy decided
within the last few days that such
a survey is necessary and asked
Taylor Friday to conduct it.
The study clearly was inspired
by events of the past week in
Cuba.
Pressed by newsmen for the
purpose Kennedy had in mind in
designating Taylor to conduct a
study of a specialized phase of
military operations, Salinger cited
the last paragraph of Kennedy’s
speech twa days ago before a
group of the American Society of
Newspaper Editors.
in that Kennedy said: “Let me
then make clear as your presi-
dent that I am determined upon
our system's survival and success,
tegardless of the cost and regard-
less of the peril.”
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Ry The Assoctated Press
Washington, March 6 ~President
Hoover accepted the resignation
of Alexander Legge of Chicago. as
chairman of the federal farm
board, and appointed James C
Stone of Kentucky to succeed him
today
In making the announcement,
President Hoover said he knew he
reflected “the view of the agrict!-
tural community when I express
intense regret upon the retirement
of Mr. Legge.”
The vacancy, President Hoover
said, created by the elevation of
Stone to the chairmanship will not
be filled for two or three weeks
“Chairman Legge has been urged
by every farm organization in the
United States to continue his
work.’ the president said, “and I
have urged him with all the force
I could conimand He, however
feels that he must gu back to his
business”
The retiring fartn board chair
man came into offlce nearly two
years ago? and haa been a storm
center since the Hoover agrieul-
tural policy was put into operation
On numerous ocramgions he haw be-
come involved in controversies.
In a watement at the farm board
about the time the president named
his successor, Legge expressed
“wreater conficence in the ultimate
success’ of the agricultural mar-
keting act than when he unter
took the work 7
The chairman termed his resig-
nation ag “a mere formality
“Ag a matter of fact.” the sate
ment continued “I have heen work
ing on overtime for nearly eight
montha |t being clearly understood
when ! accepted the position that
it was for a one year period in
heiping to get the organization set
up and the work started
‘The program has progreamed to
a point where the organization may
he safely claswified as a geing con
cern I sincerely believe the plan
of operation to be sound and that
the test of time will prove thie to
the satiefaction of all interested
The new chairman of the board
has had many yeara experience in
cooperative tmmarketing, the funda-
mental principle on which the farm
board works
He organized and was genera!
manager for a number of years of
the Burley Tobaceo Cooperative A»
fociatien of Kentucky, his native
atate
He has been a member of the
farm board epince {ts organization
ang has been active particularly in
organiaing cotton and tobacco co-
operatives financed and directed by
stabilization corporations under
the direction of the farni board
| WASHINGTON, March 6 (/P}—
jPresident Hoover today accepted the
resignatfoul: of Alexander Legge of
Giticago as chairman of wie federal
fat board and appointed James C.
Stone of Kentucky to succeed him,
In making the announcenjent,
| Bresident Hoover said ‘he knéw he ye-
flected “the view of the agricultural
conimunity when I express intense
Tegret upon the retirement of Mr
Legge” ey fee sop nae al 5
“The: vacancy, President Hooves
said, created by the elevation of Stone
to the chairmanship will not be filled
for tvo or. three weeks, ,
“Chalrman Legge has been urged
by -every- farm organization .in the
{United States to continue hus work,”
|the president sald, "and I have urged
fhim with all the force I could com-
niand. He, however, {cels that he
}must.go back to his business.”
Legge Many Times
Involved in Controversy
The retiring farm board chairman
came into office nearly .two yenrs
ago and has been a storm center
since the Hoover agricultural policy
Was put into operation. On numerous
oecasiens he has become invelyed in
|controversies.
In a statement at the farm hoard
aout the time the president named
his successor Legge expressed “great-
er confidence in the ultimate success”
of the agricultural marketing act
ithan when ‘he undertook the work.
| “sincerely believe the plan of op-
jeration to be sound and that the test
jor tlme wilt prove this to the satis-
fection of all interested,” he said,
*
Farmers’ Slowness Seen
As Real Difficulty -
| ‘The reas difficulty the beerd has
{to contend with, he added, is in the
slowness of farmnets in’ acting col-
flectively for “their own good.”
| The chairman incorporated in his
jfareweil statement an appeal to the
farmers to give the board “an eyen
greater measure of support than in
the past.” *
| “CL would also offer the suggestion
that fi the future more attention be
jglyen to the young folks, particularly
jthe boys’ and giris’ clubs, who in thelr
jcompetitive cantesls aro learning the
jvalue of team work,” he said. “Fhe
iproblems of the future must be met
iby the coming generation.”
New Chalrman Well
Versed in Marketing
‘| The new chairman of the board
has had many rears’ experience in
cooperative marketing. the funda-
mental principle on which the fann
board works.
He rganized and was gertera] man-
ager for & number of years of the
Burley Tobacco Cooperative associa-
tion of Kentucky, lis native state.
He has teen a member of the fan
board since its organization and ha:
ibeen active particularly in organizing
cotton and tohbacce cooperatives fi-
nanced and directed by stabilization
corporations under the direction of
(the farm board.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A Re-
yublican member of the Senate
Vatergate committee says the
Nixon administration has
“stepped on” anyone willing to
search for the truth about Wa-
tergate,
Sen. Lowell O. Weicker Jr.,
who made the claim Thursday,
also said that fired White
House Counsel John W. Dean
Ill should be listened to when
he appears before the panel,
Dean, who has said he dis-
cussed Watergate and a pos-
sible coverup with President
Nixon, will be the lead-off wit-
ness when the hearings resume
next week,
“Is his testimony credible? I
think it is. ‘Nobody's attribut-
ing 100-per-cent credibility to
him or any other witness, but
he's got the guts to stand out
there and that’s no small thing
when you were in his position
and had all the pressures that
obviously must have existed on
this young man at the time to
decide that you're going to step
forward and tell the story to
the American people.”
Weicker was the sole oppo-
nent of the committee's deci-
sion to postpone Dean's appear-
ance for one week last Tuesday
because of the summit confer-
ences this week between Nixon
and Soviet Communist Party
leader Leonid I, Brezhnev,
“It should be clear from vari-
ous public statements that have
been made that any institution,
whether it's a witness, anybody
that's willing to step out and
try to find out the truth and try
to tell the truth is gonna’ get
stepped on by the executive
branch of government,” the
Connecticut senator said,
He cited Vice President Spiro
T. Agnew's recent attack on the
Watergate panel as one that
“can hardly hope to find the
truth and hardly fail to muddy
the waters of justice,” as an
example of the executive
branch's efforts.
Meanwhile, the committee
said it was considering a halt
to the practice of talking to
prospective witnesses in secret
hecause so much supposedly
confidential information = is
leaked to the media,
Also Thursday, another con-
gressional investigation —_ into
Watergate-related matters was
announced, this one by the
House Internal Security Com-
mittee.
Chairman Richard Ichord, D-
Mo., said he wants to find out
why the White House formed
the “plumbers” group that bur-
glarized the office of Daniel
Mlisherg's psychiatrist in 1971,
President Nixon has said he or-
dered the “plumbers” to plug
such news leaks as the secret
Pentagon Papers, which Ells
berg gave to Newspapers.
In New York, former Demo-
cratic National Chairman Law-
renee F, O'Brien said the scan-
dal has hurt both parties. He
called for limits on how much
candidates may spend in thetr
campaigns and urged use of a
now provision allowing tax-
payers to designate a dollar of
their federal income taxes to fi-
nance political campaigns
He spoke as an assistant to
special Watergate Prosecutor
Archibald Cox said a special
grand jury may be convened to
investigate whether President
Nixon's fund raisers used ex-
tortion to get campaign contri-
butions
NEW YORK (AP) — The
CBS, ABC and NBC television
networks all will carry live cov.
erage Monday of former White
House counsel John Dean's ap-
pearance before the Senate Wa-
tergate committee, the net-
works said today,
| aa eae: alla ae
WASHINGTON. (AP) -— A
Republican member of the
Senate Watergate committee
says the Nixon administration
has ‘‘stepped on" anyone
willing to search for the truth
about Watergate.
Sen. Lowell O. Weicker Jr..
who made the claim Thur-
sday, also said that fired
White House Counsel John W.
Dean TH should be listened to
when he appears before the
panel. Dean, who has said he
discussed Watergate and a
possible coverup — with
‘President Nixon, will be the
lead-off witness when the
hearings resume. next week -
*“T think there is a great deal
of credibility to a story that he
is going to go ahead and tell.
and I think the committee
owes it to him to enable him fo
tell that story in full view of
the fublic, * Weicker said ona
Public | Tefevision shaw,
“Evening Edition.” He was
interviewed by = Martin
Agronsky.
“Is his testimony credible” |
think it is. ‘‘Nabody’'s attribut-
ing 100-per-cent credibility to
him or any other witness, but
he’s got the guts to stand out
there and that’s no small thing
when you were in his position
and had all the pressures that
obviously must have existed
on this young man at the time
to decide thal you're going..to
step forward and tell the story
to the American people."
Weicker was the sole oppo-
(Continued on page 12)
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| Detroit, May 9—(AP)—Wal-
‘ter Reuther appealed directly
‘to Henry Ford Il today to re-
‘sume Ford strike peace talks
tomorrow and Ford promptly
accepted,
| The young company pres-
jident rejected, however, Reu-
Ither’s invitation to attend the
iconference personally. He al-
‘so turned down the CIO United
|Auto Workers president's chal-
ilenge to a debate if the peace
talks fail.
Ford said his company was going
|back into negotiations on the union's
i“speed-up” charge “on the assump-
ition that they will be continued un-
itil this strike can be brought to a
iclose.”
i Will Meet This Afternoon.
He suggested that the peace par:
| ley start at 2 p.m. tomorrow. Reu-
‘ther had suggested a resumption of
talks tomorrow morning. at a mus
tually agreeable time and place.
Reuther had proposed a debate
between Ford and himself in Briggs
‘Stadium Saturday or Sunday night
if no agreement were reached by
Friday.
Of this Ford said nothing “useful
‘can be accomplished by a public de-
bate on this matter.”
_ “The issues in this strike.” he said,
“must be resloved on their merits
and by conscientious effort at the
bargaining table by both parties,
and not by emotional s»vpeals.”
| Ford said the company will be
‘represented at the peace talks by
John S. Bugas, vice president in
charge of industrial reiations. Bugas
headed the company deicgation last
Thursday when negotiations were
broken off.
Bugas Backed By Ford
“Bugas,” Ford said, “is fully in-
formed as to all Ford Motor Co. poi-
icies.” He “has the full support and
backing of the management of this
company,” he added, “and has the
responsibility for speaking for it on
all matters involving relationships
with your union.”
The company president said he
hoped for a auick settlement “so that
undue hardships being suffered by
thousands may be ended.”
Ford had suggested that an ine
dustrial engineer consultant be call-
ed in to determine whether assemb-
ly lines in one building of the big
Rouge plant make employcs work too
fast.
The UAW had contended that ft
was a “human” problem that could
be settled fairly only through direct
negotiations.
Reuther said that if Ford would
attend the renewed teace talks he
would be “apprized of all the facts
in the situation which you obviously
do not have.”
His letter, delivered to Ford at
2:45 p.m., was answered less thap
2: hours later.
| By The Associated Press
| An anti-Castro radin broad-
cart from an island off Cen-
‘tral America today told two
rebel battalions apparentiy
fighting on Cuban soil that
help was on the way and
urged them not to surrender.
The appeal from Swan Island
was made a few hours after the
Castro government put before
Havana television cameras somé
prisoners captured after last
weekend's invasion. One admitted
their mission failed and said not
many rebels had escaped. Others
said propaganda from Swan Is-
land and North America had mis-
led them.
The Swan Island broadcast,
monitored by The Associated
Press in Miami, Fla., also re-
peated troop movement instruc-
tions it had sent out during the
night.
It had told earler of new smali
landings made in Cuba, but no
other source confirmed this. Some
rebel] sources in Miami did say,
however, that between 500 and
1,500 guerrillas were headed for
Cuba for a new invasion assault,
s . s
A DISPATCH from Havana de-
setthad@ ithe. Qubas..capital as a
city of fear and suspicion. It sald
& new wave of arrests and deten-
tions reached into almost every
.|family. Suspects jammed swollen
jails and living conditions were
described as growing worse.
The New York Times quoted a
diplomatic source in Washington
as saying Maj. Ernesto Guevara,
one of Castro's top aides, was
seriously wounded in the head
earlier this week, The Times said
1} the information reached Washing-
1/ton from a diplomatic source in
'! Havana.
‘| The diplomatic source said a
neurosurgeon was sent to a pro-
vincial hospital where Guevara al-
legedly was taken. Guevara, 32,
is Cuba’s economic czar.
The government radio network
'\ said Prime Minister Fidel Castro,
unseen in public for almost a
week, was personally directing
mop-up operations iu the interior
against the surviving rebel tnvad-
ers who are trying to overthrow
‘his pro-Communist regime.
A Havana television station Fri-
day night prepared the people for
big ‘Castro Day’ victory celebra-
tions with a five-hour live inter:
view of prisoners the government
claims it captured during the
abortive invasion by Cuban
exiles.
1; One prisoner was Jose Mire
| Torres, son of the top Cuban reb
el jeader Jose Miro Cardona
Miro Torres bit his lip and rockee
iin his chair as he admitted tha’
his force was defeated and hi:
y joperation ended in failure.
The rebel leader's son said or
Havana television that he ha
ri been well treated since his cap
diture. All his comments were u
ithe form of answers to his inter
' rogators.
“Then it is not just to say tha
©S. Cuban militiamen behave like hu
ef man beasts?’ Miro Torres wa
aN asked.
1 / “Absolutely not,” he replied be
N-' fore the cameras.
‘When asked by the panel of ir
le. terviewers what he and his me
le” expected to find when un! lanc
ts | po Miro. Tosnes said: —. wor
s a 2
| “WE THOUGHT militia and th
hoi army wwomld: jain aati soe =
tu-) “That is what you were told. Bi
“Pi what did you fina?”
“They fought us very bard as
Kt | defeated us.”
“Then you were defeated’
les |Miro Torres was asked.
R.| “Yes,” he answered.
ar! tire - Torres ~ aise: responds
~&i*no’ when asked if any appy
clable number of invaders, he
{il- | escaped.
iry| Jose Miro Cardona appeal
to from his New York headquarte
ant to Pope John XXIII, asking ¢
ink: pontiff’s intercession to halt f
in-| ing ‘squad executions of captur
zes\rebels. A Havana dispatch F
day sald the number shot 2&
reached 29 in three days. .
i
‘]
| different | train |
ELLENVILLE, XN, ¥. AUR. 26 — te
& nexrow valley in cvhe Cataxils.
ahous 25 mules long and less than #@
mile across at 1s W.Gest point, late,
today Snook itself! loose from the grip
ef cloudourss and flomied s mm and
rm and
took acceunt of its loss of ife and
property.
Through this Hutle valley, 72 RINE
pomheass to Kingston. on the Bud-
soa river. the Rondoust creek winds @
Zairly tranquil course under 2107mal
conditions. Yesverdar 2 cloudpurs:
poured thousands of toms Of water
into the siream’s source. and sent 2
20-fo0u Well Of water wumbiag down
the valley.
Todey thret persons were KNOWN
dead: crops, Livestock and farm prop-
arty had been demages to tne exten
of hundreds of thousands ci collars.
at jJeast 20 bridges hac been Wri
trom theit beses; highways had beer
washed out m meny placts: com
munications hed been disvuptec an
scores of Demons had been rendere
homeless Dy the flooded cree
| BERLIN (UP)--Forty hours
before the Boylin blockade fs due
Lo be lifted the Russians today
gave the Western sectors of the
city a present of several hours
of unrationed electricity,
Hh was (he first time house-
wives in the Western sectors had
enjoyed unrationed electneity in
the middle of the morning since
power ratloning was imposed on
the city by the blockade that
started July 9,
Cotes Tried Out
Tho direet, enuse af the electric
service which the Western sectors
revolved Was a two-hour test of
the longs distance power cables
which bring curent inte Berlin
from penerating plants deep In the
Hussain zone in Saxony» Anhalt,
Gaman autharihes at the Bewag
power control stanion in Weston
Berlin snd they were engaged
With fests wih fhe Bewag plant in
the Savjot zone
Geist reports had Hailed the uns
lestnicted madmomning flaw of oloee
Wiety fo consumers ay a surprise
hfang of the power ration 40
hanrs ahead af sehedule )
German electric power authere
thes said tho restoration of elec.
{nelly fo the Western sector
would fake place arodually,
Full sonic, stich as existed bee
{fore the Russians cut off the power
during tho first weeks of their
hlockaide, wall not be effected unthl
fome time Thursday, they said,
Wesiemn authonties meanwhile
structed Lord Mayor, Ernst
Router to HM Aled counier-hlack-
ade measures against fhe Soviet
zone Al the agreed {ime
ft The directive was jssued jn the
name oof the Berhn Konmmandsa+
tua, The Soviet Bertin comnyan
‘|dant wilhed out of the omman-
‘[datura July J, 1948, leaving only
ihe Amenean, Brhash and Freneh
comnnunders in Borin represented
| 16 Trafiis ‘Te Roll
At that nupute the first of 16
TAlied tatins a day will begin to
roll nto Bern for the first time
‘Tsinco the Russhinsy cant off all sure
fice Hhimapartahon JL months 3g0.
The number af trams a day was
set under an order by Gen Vassily
iC Chinkoy, new Soviet miblary
‘commander, providing that traffhie
regulations between the Fast and
i \Wost vanes return to the/status of
AMareh 1, 3938
The 16 trains wil supply the
Western seetors with abowt 14,000
“Htons a day, somew init Jess than the
fAnglosAmerican air UTC achreved
Fag Its Highest pout,
AI leignt and passengers on
the iram wil be passed without
restiection. Tuwever, the Russians
. st will retain (he privilege of Ii.
feonsing. freluht shipments going
ip vestvard out of Berhn,
At the samo fine the Russians
will remove all pohee restrictions
which have sealed off the Mastern
wd Western sectors of Berlin ite
sel€ since the blockade started,
Mark SU Banned
The Western marth, hawevor, sul
wall be banned mr the Soviet zone
“pending the docision on the ques-
Lion of eurrency in Berlin”
") Wostern Berlin's Mavor Reuter
‘jordsred the blaek, dod and gold
flu of the now west Gorman re.
i pubbe be Sawn on strect cars and
a
%
' Isso,
{ The Berlin flag will be draped
ypover ofhor busses which will speed
jo the West Gorman eles of Han:
over, Hamburg and Frankfurt
-| While most of the world hafled
the end of the blockade as a Soviet
diplomatie defeat, the offlelal So:
Hiviel army newspaper, Tacgliche
Rundsehsu, taday ealled Jt an “uns
qnesttonable success of the pohey
of unity which was always pursued
by the Soviet Union'and the pre
Nliaeaccium {apen. af Cippmany
| different | train |
Washington, Aug. 28. (AP)—The
United States’ board of mediatior
announced today that an agree-
ment had been reached by the ex-
ecutive officers of the order of
railway conductors and the Broth-
erhood of Railroad Trainmen and
the railroads of the western terri-
tory ifthe dispute between them
ee rates of pay and certain
rules.
Await Ratification
_ Final approval of the agreement
is subject to ratification by the as-
sociations of general committecs
of the western territory.
Should approval be denied by the
employee associations or general
committees of the western terri-
tory, the board said, the dispute
would continue to exist and would
have to be treated in accordance
with law.
Meanwhile, the board said, the
employee organizaticngs have agre-
ed to provisions insuring the pres-
ident and the board of)mediation a
reasonable opportunity to proceed
under the law, so far as the calling
of a strike, before any further ac-
tion has been initiated on the part
of the employes. |
Jt was the belief of the board
that the agreement, which under
the law cannot be made public, will
be acceptable to both sides in the
dispute.
The p'an would affect 70,000
employees on 8Q railroads involv-
ing 98 per cent of the mileage west
of Chicago. ©
Get Less Than Demand
The original demands of the la-
bor organizations involved a fay
increase ranging from 10 per cent
for yardmen to 18 per cent for
conductors and other trainmen.
The railways offered a pay an in-
crease amounting to approximate-
ly 742 per cent on condition that
certain working rules be pped.
The increase was. acceptable but
the employes refused to give u
the rules which they maintained
were more important than the pay
question.
The board of mediation has had
the matter under discussion with
the parties in the dispute since
TIniyg 29.
|
‘ S.- Board of Mediation Annaunces
* Agreement Reached Between -Cou-
Salt = "EE .
ductors and) Trainmen and. the
. a
Western Railroads 1 fy
{Ny-The Assoctated Press] & :
Washlugton, Aug. 28—Phe United
Stiles hourd af mediation aundineed.
tuday an agreement chad been Toaehy
hod by exeentive afticers of the Over ay
Ratlway Conduetars snd the Pxother-
hood of Trainmen ind the raftrogds of
‘the Western ferritory, In the dispute,
between: them, bnvol¥itig © rutuy ot: pay
fitid etrtain riley, oo
| same | train |
PHILADELPHIA (UP)—Herbert
Hoover will be renominated by the
Republican national convention ir
1932 on a bone-dry platform, ac
cording to United States Senator
Robert LaFollette, Jr., Wisconsin in
surgent and wet Republican.
Speaking before the Philadelphia
forum at the academy of music
Friday night, LaFollette said he
could see no possibility of a third-
party split in the Republican ranks
| between now and the next presi-
dential election.
“In my judgement,” he said,
“new parties are created only when
there is a sufficient swelling of pub-
lic sentiment on important public
questions. I can at this time forsee
no third-party move nent of suffi-
cient strength to become a factor in
the next presidential election.
| ABOARD USS TICONDE-
ROGA (AP) — Skylab’s astro-
nauts came safely home from
man’s longest space journey to-
day, splashing down with pin-
point precision in the Pacific
Ocean after 28 days and 11 mil-
lion miles in orbit.
Just 39 minutes after touch-
down, Charles Conrad Jr., Dr.
Joseph P. Kerwin and Paul J.
Weitz were thoisted onto the
deck of this recovery carrier,
still inside their Apollo ferry
ship,
“We're all in goed shape.
Everything’s OK,” com-
mander Conrad radioed as
the spacecraft descended
through the clouds and fanded
within view of USS Ticon-
deroga, just 6% miles away.
That indicated the astronauts
had suffered no adverse phy-
sical reactions on returning
to earth's gravity after a rec-
ard four weeks’ exposure to
.Space weightlessness.
Ten minutes later they
climbed through the hatch,
smiled and waved as the ship’s
band played “Anchors Aweigh”
for the all-Navy Skylab crew.
They walked unsteadily to-
ward a mobile medical labora-
tory, showing some effects
from the four weeks’ exposure
to weightlessness,
! How well Conrad, Kerwin and
Weitz fared in the weightless
world will play a major role in
determining if man can fune-
tion efficiently in future long-
duration flights. The first of the
The Rev. Darrell Rupiper,
OMI, of Omaha, son of Mr.
and Mrs, Norbert Rupiper
of Route 3, Carroll, has been
appointed by the general ad-
ministration. as a member
of the new seven-man Pro-
vincial Council of the Very
Rev. Francis George, OMI,
provincial of the Oblate Cen-
tral Province, The seven will
serve as consultors to the Pro-
vincial for the next thnee
years in working with and
being ‘accountable to 249 Ob-
late priests and brothers in
nine midwestern states. They
will be installed June 28 at
an 11:30 a.m. concelebrated
mass in Christ the King
Chapel at the Shrine of Our
Lady of the Snows in Belle-
ville, I,
two 56-day Skylab missions is
scheduled for launch July 27.
The astronauts almost were
held over in orbit today te
try to repair a refrigeration
problem in their space sta-
tion. But Mission Control de-
cided there was nothing the
astronauts could do and told
them to come home.
Ten minutes behind schedule,
Conrad, Kerwin and Weitz un-
docked their Apollo ferry ship
and executed a series of
maneuvers that sent them
slamming into the atmosphere
above Thailand for the fiery de-
scent.
| The Apollo craft hit the calm
blue waters at 8:50 a.m. CDT
about 830 miles southwest of
San Diego, Calif. It was just
after dawn off the West Coast.
The 42,000-ton Ticonderoga
quickly steamed alongside the
three-ton Apollo and tossed a
line to frogmen in the water. A
crane then lifted the craft and
the astronauts to an elevator
for a ride to the hangar deck.
Hundreds of white-clad sail-
ors on deck and others watch-
ing television around the world
again had a ringside seat to a
U.S. man-in-space landing as
the Apollo craft floated down
through low-hanging clouds and
dangling under three huge or-
ange and white parachutes,
“Everyone’s in super shape,”
Conrad said as the spacecraft
bobbed on the water awaiting
pickup, Frogmen immediately
leaped from helicopters to se-
cure the spacecraft with flota-
tion collars,
The Ticonderoga reported
the astronauts had landed
6% miles from the ship and
that the ship was 6% miles
from the target point, indicat-
ing a perfect touchdown.
The Ticonderoga steamed tc
pick up the Apollo capsule with
the astronauts still inside, ir
coritrast to most earlier U.S.
flights when the spacemen
were lifted to the carrier by
helicopter,
| Medical “requirements — dic-
tated the pick up method today.
Medical experts were not cer-
tain how the astronauts would
react after returning to earth’s
gravity following record ex.
posure to space weightlessness
So they decided the astronauts
should be subjected to as little
activity as possible until they
can be examined in mobile
medical laboratories aboard the
Ticonderoga.
The Janding completed an
historic space mission that last-
ed 28 days and 50 minutes. Dur-
ing that time the spacemen cir-
cled the earth 395 times,
Mission Control was kept in
Suspense for. most of the final
76 minutes of the flight — a pe-
riod when the Apollo ship was
out of radio contact with
ground stations,
The ‘Ticonderoga’s radar
picked up the streaking craft
at a distance of 188 miles,
10 minutes before landing.
While out of radio contact, at
9:11 am., the astronauts con-
ducted the critical retrorocket
burn that slowed their 17,100
mile-an-hour speed by 134
miles, allowing earth's gravity
to tug the spacecraft out of or-
bit and start the long glide
through the atmosphere to the
eastern Pacific,
The refrigeration trouble
caused considerable concern. A
maneuver intended to correct i
caused a brief gyroscope prob
Skvlab .... See Pace 9
| different | train |
WASALNGION, TAP} =A Re
publican eritl of the North At-
jantic Treaty stalked out of Sen-
ate hearings on the proposed 12-
nation pact yesterday with an
angry protest that Chairman Cus-
nally (D-Tex.) was inflicting “gag
rule.”
| Connally heads the Senate -Eot-
;eign Relations Committee which
has been conducting the aritizo.
ari? Seek
t Biter told
bs
a@ reporte:
“Tm. sick afid tired of it: - 1
don't int tb be lectured,.humili-|
ated ,afid embarrassed | by _ the!
chaifinan any longer. Pm through
ith the hearings and any further
‘questions I Mave’ to ask - will. be
‘asked from the Senate floor.”
j Watkins is not a_member.of the
| sommittee, but has been given the
special privilege of quéstioning
witnesses at his own request. He
lhas persistently challenged the
inset for the-treaty. :
_ At the outset of the hearings two
weeks ago, Chairman Gunually 42
jcused both Watkins and Senator
Dennell (R-Ma) of trying to “ab-
‘struct, impede and filibuster against
the treaty.” . ;
wenials Yesud =
Watkins and Donnell hotly de.
nied the.acengation.
{) The ruw--threatening trouble fo:
nithe administration when the Sen
t ate begins debate on the treaty —
-'developed as Watkins started t
question Mrs. Kathryn H. Stone o
tl the US, League of Women Voters.
b “Connally -wijeetod thar instay,
riot asking questions, Watkins wa
f-‘making a speech.” 2
n| That sent Watkins out of th
lroom if.a~hutt. ~Howerar, his co
j-fleague, Senalr -Doastell, set tige
rt! and told rewsmen: :
: “TZ expect to question as
at. thé Witnesses as I hav
Watkins subseq
g. that “ev
irmaqy exdging
mand Donnell--
question witnesses, Co
Chas Lonstantly meds our.
rts both difficult and embarrs
oT sing.”
nd\" But Connally insisted that t
committee has “endeavored to
T:<ourteous’ and- considerate”
at, Watkins and Donnell.
as| Connally got out his, own sta
. I ment, saying: :
is-| "The stenographic record of t
ed-'hearings shows that the two s¢
ators have consumed two-thirds
nel:the time, including questioning
ick{the committee and the testime
ee tél uritnpeens " —
| WASHINGTON — ( —
President Kennedy toda >
inted Gen. Maxwell [
aylor, former Army Chief
of Staff, to make a special
survey of U. S. capabilities
in the field of “non-conven-
tional” warfare such as guer-
ila activity.
Taylor immediately went
on job. He. attended a
|meeting this morning of the
|National Security Council—
one of the few sessions of
‘that major defense group
'since Kennedy took office.
The White House an-
/nouncement was made only
| different | train |
SAN FRANCISCO (‘#—The So-
viet MIG attack on an American
Navy plane over the Bering Sea
cast a shadow over the U.N.'s 10th
anniversary session today as Sec-
retary of State John Foster Dulles,
Russia’s V. M. Molotove and other |
top diplomats headed for home. |
On instructions of President Ei-
senhower, Dulles yesterday called
Molotev’s attention to the inci-
dent. Molotov, who had been plug-
ging a vigorous Soviet peace of-
fensive here, said he knew nothing
of the affair but would investi-
gate.
Meanwhile aides of the Big Four
-feaders worked on a peace declara-
tion to wind up the weeklong an-
_hiversary meeting.
| After five days of speeches, the
60 delegations took a day off for
| private business and sightseeing.
Au that remained was the closing
| ceremony tomorrow afternoon at
| which it was hoped. by some at
least, that a “Declaration of San
i Francisco’ would emerge as the
| final act.
Not to Be Voted
' The precise form of the declara-
tion still had not been determined,
| although it was agreed that it
| would simply be read by the as-
| sembly president, Dr. Eelco N.
| van Kieffens, rather than formally
1 adopted by a vote.
| Soviet Ambassador Arkady A.
nouncement. The Western diplo-
Poets cool to the
idea of a peace declaration iM any
‘form because they consider it a
Soviet propaganda move.
| Dulles planned to leave this aft
— by plane for Washi,
Molotevy was to leave about
io same hour by train for New
York. The two were not expectec
,| to meet again uftil they arrive ir
.| Geneva next month for the sum
. mit talks of the Big Four.
. Truman Lauds Conterence.
4.The round of formal speeche:
{| wound up last night with an ad
| dress by former President Harr
|S. Truman, who indicated’ bh
.| warmly supported President Ei
;| senhower'’s decision to take par
»| in talks with Soviet Premier Niko
», ai Bulganin, British Prime Minis
_| ter Sir Anthony Eden and Frenci
.| Premier Edgar Faure.
“Il welcome the signs in th
‘world today that greater under
2 | standing and agreement may b
2 reached among the great powers,’
e| Truman said. ‘'] welcome the pro
'posals for further conferences an
. negotiations. It may not be possi
‘ble to make sudden or vast stride
in these conferences, but agree
~| ment even in some things will b
a gain.”
Truman spoke to a capacit:
crowd in San Francisco's Oper
House. Dulles and Molotov wer
among those present, even thoug'
the Russians had originally pre
tested mildly to U.N. Secretar
Dag Hammarskjold against havin.
is. ae
</s> | San Francisco, June 25 (P} —
‘The Soviet MIG atiuck on an
American Navy plane over lhe
Bering Sea cast a shadow over
the U.N's 10th anniversary ses-
sian today as Secretary of State
John Faster Dulles, Russia's V. M.
Molotov and other lap diplomats
headed far hame.
ON INSTRUCTIONS of Pres!-
dent Eisenhower, Dulles yester-
day called Molotov's attentian to
the incident. Molotov, wao had
been plugging a vigorous Soviet
peace offensive here, said he
knew nothing of the affair but
would investigate.
The Uniled States charged ihe
naval patrol plane was fired on
MEETINGS Page 4
</s> | same | train |
Fey FtPEe OME, | PRENSA
WASHINGTON (*—President
Kennedy meets with former Pres-
ident Dwight D Eisenhower to-
day in an evident bid t rally
strong national support for criti-
cal steps which he may consider
necessary to deal with the in-
creasingly dangerous Cuban cri-
sis.
A White Hotise announcement
of the session—at Camp David,
Md. — emphasized Cuba as the
topic for the conference. But it
did not rule out the prospect that
/Kennedy could discuss with his
predecessor a broad range of in-
tensifying cold war conflicts with
the Soviet Union.
| Before flying to Camp David
| by helicopter Kennedy met with
_the National Security Council,
presumably to discuss possible
future moves against the pro-
Communist government of Cuba
in the wake of this week's abor-
tive antiCastro invasion,
| In the midst of these develop-
iments, the President was report-
'ed to have ordered a thorough
‘study of freasons for the defeat
(of the rebel invasion attempt
| which began last weekend with
the United States’ moral support
;~and, it was generally believed
here, with some backing of U. 58.
money and arms.
| The President was understood
|to be concerned about what some
| authorities called a failure to cal-
|culate accurately in advance the
‘strength of Prime Minister Fidel
| Castro's military reaction to the
‘rebel assault as well as possible
[errors in intelligence.
White House news secretary
Pierre Salinger disclosed Friday
night that Kennedy and Eisen-
hower would meet at Camp Da-
vid, the Catoctin Mountain re-
treat near Gettysburg, Pa.. which
Eisenhower used for conferences
'with foreign leaders.
| The President arranged the
,luncheon session tn a telephone
'eall to. Eisenhower Friday morn-
\ing. The former chief executive
, Was at his Gettysburg farm.
| WASHINGTON (AP)—President
Kennedy met with former Pres-
ident Dwight D. Eisenhower to.
day in an evident bid to rally
strong national support for criti-
cal steps which he may consider
necessary to deal with the in-
creasingly dangerous Cuban cri.
sis.
A White House announcement
of the session—at Camp David,
Md, -—— emphasized Cuba as the
topie for the conference. But it
did nat rule out the prospect that
Kennedy could discuss with his
predecessor a broad range of in-
tensifying ‘cold war conflicts with
the Soviet Union.
Before flying ta Camp David
by helicopter Kennedy met with
the National Security Council,
presumably to discuss possible
future moves against the pro-
Communist’ government of Cuba
in the wake of this week's abor-
tive anti-Castro invasion,
In the midst of these develop-
ments, the President was report.
ed to have ordered a thorough
| study of reasons for the defeat
of the rebel invasion attempt
) which began last weekend witt
the United States’ moral support
|—and, it was generally believed
here, with some backing of U. 5S.
(money and arms.
The President was understood
jto be concerned about what some
| authorities called a failure to cal.
culate accurately in advance the
{strength of Prime Minister Fidel
Castro’s military reaction to the
rebel assault as well as possible
errors in intelligence.
White House news secretary
Pierre Salinger disclosed Friday
night that Kennedy and Eisen:
hhower would mect at Camp Da.
vid, the Catoctin Mountain re.
treat near Gettysburg, Pa., whieh
| Eisenhower used for conferences
with foreign leaders.
4+ The President arranged _ the
(‘luncheon session in a telephone
‘Teall to Eisenhower Friday morn
ing. The former chief executive
was at his Gettysburg farm.
'{ Salinger said Kennedy wantec
‘lto bring Eisenhower up to dat
on the Cuban situation, belfevins
that “as leader of the Republi
can party and as former presi
See KENNEDY, Page ‘
| same | train |
- BERLIN (P)—At one min-
ute past midnight Thursday
flag-bedecked traffic wili end
the epic of blockaded Berlin.
Thar's 3:02 pom, EST. Wed-
nesday. =
So far there hasn'’y been ef
hurch in final arrangements.
Gen. V. LE Cauikor, Sovier com-
mander in Germany, and the west-
ern powers both have ordered
transport, trade an@ communica-
non services between ther zones
resumed at that time.
Things “ill revert back to the
a, they were on March 1, 1958,
ynen the blockade began.
Sixteen freight trains w
move into the city dalls. High-
wais Will he open. The Soviet’s
won't—or at least say they won't
—demand trav<l permits. They
also say they Ik not try to search
Maal service will be resumed.
Western Berhn’s mayor Ernest
Reuter ordered the black, red and
noid flag of ihe new west German
yepublic be flown on street cars
and buses.
The first dar. 10 trainloads of
coal and six others of fresh po-
iaioes and consumer goods are
scheduled to move into the city.
which has been suppHed by the air
ifs for ten monihs.
Twelka thousand tons of sup-
es are to ZO anto the cry darty-
just about the same figure the air
lift reached on tts best dav.
While most of the -world hailed
the end of the blockade as a Soviel
diplomatic defeat. the official So-
Bet cr meuspaper, Taegliche
Runé:chau, today cailed it an “un-
soso success of the B Poles
| ‘day,
So far there hasn't been a hitch
in final arrangements,
Gen. V. I, Chuikov, Soviet com-
mander in Germany, and the
Western powers both have or-
dered transport, trade and com-
munication services between their
rones 1
Things will’ révert back to the
way they were on March 1, 1948
when the blockade began,
| 16 Trains Daily
Sixteen freight trains will move
into the city daily. Highways
will be open. The Soviets won't
|-—or at least say they won't—de-
mand travel permits. They also
say they'll not try to search Al-
lied baggage.
| Mail service will be resumed,
/ Western Berlin's Mayor Ernest
| Reuter ordered the black, red and
| gold flag of the new West Ger-
/'man republic be flown on street
cars and buses,
The first day, 10 trainloads of
‘coal and six others of fresh po-
tatoes and consumer goods are
scheduled to move into the city,
| which has been supplied by the
air lift for 10 months,
To Equal Airlift
| Twelve thousand tons of sup-
plies are to go into the city daily
just about the same figure the
air lift reached on its best day.
_ While most of the world hailed
the end of the blockade as a So-
viet diplomatic defeat, the offi-
cial Soviet Army newspaper,
Taegliche Rundschau, today called
it an “unquestionable success of
the policy of unity which was
always pursued by the Soviet Un-
ion and the progressive forces of
Germany”.
The paper said that now that
the Berlin blockade was ending,
“warmongers” would make new
efforts to split Germany—and
claimed approval of the new West
German democratic constitution
marked such an attempt.
But throughout the border area
*here was excitenment in the
air as willing workers installed
radio and telephone equipment,
repainted border signs and
clipped weeds beside the long- |
neglected highways.
The British expected to have |
the firet train intn the citw -
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Et BA ‘wear 268% wyvraewe
Union and former Laotian Pre-
mier Prince Souvanna Phouma
declared today that ‘real condi-
tions exist’’ for a peaceful settle-
ment of the crisis in Laos.
The Soviets and the exiled
Laotian neutralist issued a joint
communique after Souvanna flew
off to Communist China, the next
stop on his world tour.
The communique urged convo-
cation of a international confer-
ence as suggested by Cambodian
head of state Prince Norodom
Sihanouk, a cease-fire and the re-
sumption of activities of the inter-
national supervisory commission
in Laos.
| These are the same steps pro-
posed by Britain for ending the
Laotian crisis. But the British,
with U.S. backing, have insisted
that a cease-fire must take pre-
cedence over the other measures
and today’s communique did not
indicate any time order for the
three steps.
Neither was there any mention
made of the Anglo-Soviet discus-
sions on Laos.
Diplomatic sources said drafting
of the peace plan documents has
been completed and agreed upon
and, subject only to unforeseen
hitches, they will be released si-
multaneously in London and Mos-
cow Monday.
There were advance indications
that the proposed settlement
would leave many questions un.
answered.
Among them was:
—How could a cease-fire be
verified?
—How could it be arranged ir
the field?
~How would a Laotian govern.
ment be chosen?
~What would be the precise
aim of the 14-nation conference’
The answers to some if not al
of these questions might come
with the expected publication ear
jly next week of documents call
ing for a cease-fire and the con
jvocation of the commission anc
the conference.
Diplomatic circles in Moscov
remained generally optimistic
about the prospects of a Laotiar
settlement.
Prince Souvanna Phouma, refu
gee ex-premier of Laos, expressec
similar optimism before leaving
here Friday night.
Souvanna also expressed the be
lief, however, that the U.S. pla
to beef up military aid to th
pro-Western Boun Oum regime
might complicate the situation.
| MOSCOW (UPI) — The Soviet
Union and former Laotian Pre.
mier Prince Souvanna Phouma
declared today that “real condi:
tions exist’ for a peaceful settle-
ment of the crisis in Laos.
The Soviets and the exiled
Laatian geutralist issued a joint
communique after Souvanna flew
off to Communist China, the next
stop on his world tour.
The communique urged convo-
cation of a international confer-
ence as suggested by Cambodian
head of state Prince Norodom
Sihanouk, a cease fiie and the re-
sumption af activities of the inter-
national supervisory commission
m Laos.
These are the same steps pro-
posed by Britain for ending the
Laotran crisis, But the British,
with US backing, have insisted
that a cease-fire must take pre-
cedence over the olher measures
and today's communique did not
indicate any time order for the
three steps.
Nether was there any mention
made of the Anglo-Saviet discus-
sions on Laos.
Diplomatic sources said drafting
of the peace plan documents has
been completed and agreed npon
and, subject only ta unforeseen
hitches, they will he released si.
multanously mm London and Mos.
cow Monday.
There were advance indications
that the proposed set {le men tt
would leave many questions un-
answered.
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- BERLIN (P)—At one min-
ute past midnight Thursday
flag-bedecked traffic wili end
the epic of blockaded Berlin.
Thar's 3:02 pom, EST. Wed-
nesday. =
So far there hasn'’y been ef
hurch in final arrangements.
Gen. V. LE Cauikor, Sovier com-
mander in Germany, and the west-
ern powers both have ordered
transport, trade an@ communica-
non services between ther zones
resumed at that time.
Things “ill revert back to the
a, they were on March 1, 1958,
ynen the blockade began.
Sixteen freight trains w
move into the city dalls. High-
wais Will he open. The Soviet’s
won't—or at least say they won't
—demand trav<l permits. They
also say they Ik not try to search
Maal service will be resumed.
Western Berhn’s mayor Ernest
Reuter ordered the black, red and
noid flag of ihe new west German
yepublic be flown on street cars
and buses.
The first dar. 10 trainloads of
coal and six others of fresh po-
iaioes and consumer goods are
scheduled to move into the city.
which has been suppHed by the air
ifs for ten monihs.
Twelka thousand tons of sup-
es are to ZO anto the cry darty-
just about the same figure the air
lift reached on tts best dav.
While most of the -world hailed
the end of the blockade as a Soviel
diplomatic defeat. the official So-
Bet cr meuspaper, Taegliche
Runé:chau, today cailed it an “un-
soso success of the B Poles
| BERLIN, May 10.—(4)—At one
minute past midnight Thursday flag-
bedecked traffic will end the epic
of blackaded Berlin.
That's 4:01 p. m., Central Standard
Time, Wednesday.
So far there hasn't been a hitch in
final arrangements,
Gen. V. I. Chuikov, Soviet com-
mander in Germany, and the west-
ern powers both have ordered that
transport, trade and communication
services between their zones resume
at that time.
Things will revert to the way they
were on March 1, 1948, when the
blockade began
Sixteen freight trains will move
into the city daily. Highways will
be open. The Soviet’s won’t—or at
least say they won't—demand travel
permits. They also say they'll not
try to search allied baggage. Mail
service will be resumed.
Western SBerlin’s mayor Ernest
Reuther ordered the black, red and
gold flag of the new west German
republic to be flown on street cars
and buses. ’
The first day, 100 trainloads of
coal and six others of fresh pota-
toes and consumer goods are sched-
uled to move into the city, which has
been supplied by the air lift for ten
months.
Twelve thousand tons of supplies
are to go into the city daily—just
about the same figure the air lift
reached on its best day.
Restrictions on movements be-
tween the Soviet and western sectors
of Berlin are to be removed at the
same hour that the blockade ends.
Until then, search and seizure con-
tinue to be the rule for eastern and
western sector police enforcing regu-
lations. But Thursday the Berliner
can go where he pleases and carry
whatever he wishes, without inter-
ference or fear of confiscation of his
goods or currency.
Throughout the border area there
was excitement in the uir as willing
workers installed radio and tele-
phone equipment, repainted border
signs and clipped weeds beside the
long-neglected ‘highways.
The British expected to have the
first train into the city.
| same | train |
Rerlin, May 10 —At one
minute past midnight Thurs.
day flagbedecked traffic will
end the epic. of © blockaded
Berlin. : :
That's 5:01 p.m. E. 8. T,
Wednesday.
So far there hasn't been a
hitch in. final arrangements, -
Gen. V. I. Chiukov, Soviet
commander in Germany, and
the Western. powers both:
have ordered that. transport,
trade and ‘communication
services between their sones
reaume at that time.
Things will revert back. to
the way they. were on March
1, 1948, when the blockade
began.
Bixteen freight trains will move
into the city daily, Highways will
be open. The Soviets won't—~or
at least assy they won't—demand
travel permits. They also say they
will not try to search: Allied bag-
gage. * ee
Mail service will be resumed.
‘Weatern Berlin's Mayor Ernest
Reuter ordered the black, red and
gold flag of the new Weat German
republic be flown on street cars
and buses. ,
_ The Berlin flag will be draned
over other buses which will speed
to the west German cities. of Han-
over, Hamburg and Frankfurt.
The first day, 16 trainloads of
coal and six others bf fresh pota-
toes and consumer goods are
echeduied to move Into the elty,
which has been supplied by the air
Ut for ten months: .
Twelve thousand tone of sup-
plies are to go into the city dally— .
just about the same figure the air
Ui reached on its best day.
While most of the world hailed
the end of the blockade as a Soviet
diplomatic defeat, the official 8o-
viet Army newspaper, Tregliche
Rundechau, today called it an “un-
questionable success of the policy
of unity which was always pursued
hy the Soviet Union and the pro-
Srenssive forces of Germany.”
The paper said that now that the
Berlin blockade was ending, “war-
maonhgera” would make new efforts
to split Germany—end claimed ap-
proval of the new West German
Democratic Constitation marked
auch an attempt. .
But throughout the border srea
there was excitement in the air as
witling workers instalied radio and
telephone equipment, repainted
border signs and clipped weeds be
side the long-neglected highways,
The British expected to have the
first train into the city. ?
| BERLIN, Mav 10, (M—At one
minule past midnight Thursday
flag-bedecked traffic will end the
epic of blockaded Berlin.
That's 4:01 pom. C. ST, Wed~
neaday.
So far there hasn't been »#
Aiteh in final arrangements.,
Gen. Vo 2 Chuikev, Soviet
| commander in Germans, and the
[ western powers both. have order
ed that transport, trade and com
munication services between
their zones resume at that time.
-miove inte the eity daily. High-
i wavs will be open’ The Sovict's
| won't—or at least say they won't
t demand travel permits. The
also. say they'll not trs $0 searc!
allied baggage. .
-Mail service wilt be resumed.
New. Flag To Fly
Western. Berlin's Mayor Ernesé
‘Router ordered the black, red
and gold flag af the new west
German ropubli¢ be flawn om
street cars and buses.
The Berlin flag. will be draped
aver other es which will
speed tothe west German eilics
of Hannover, Hamburg and
Frankfurt,
The first cay, 10 trainloads of
‘coal and six othess uf fresh pee
tatees and consumer goods are
scheduled to move into the city,
which fas ben supplied by tha
air lift for ten manths.
Twelve thoussnd tons of sup
plies are to go init the city daily
just about the same figure th
-l ais lift reached on its best day.
Reds Talk Of Uatty
While most of the werld hailec
ithe end of the blockade as & So.
[viet diplomatic defeat, the offreia
|, Soviet army mowspaper, Taeg
liche Rundschaw. today called. :
am ‘unquestionable success of tine
policy of unity which was always
‘pursued by the Soviet Union and
(the progressive forces of Ger-
jpany.” ae
f.. The paper said that now that
Tb the Berlin blockade was ending,
{warmongers would make new
efforts to split Germany — and
“claimed speroval of the new
west. German democratic ¢onsti
tution marked such ax. attempt.
Workers Rush Preparations
But throughout the border
area there ¥ exeltement in the
lair as willing, werkérs installed
radio and telephone equipmerst,
repainted border signs and clip
ped weeds beside the long-ne-
flected highways.
The
the first-tyain into. the city.
Restrictions on movements be
tween the Soviet and western
.;sectors of Berlin are to be te.
~tmoved at the same hour that the
g| blockade ends. |
"| Unéil then, search and seizure
y {continue to be the rule for. eas:
,ltern end western sector lice
enforcing regulatiuns. But Thurs-
day the BerHnev can go where he
pleases und carry whatever ha
wishes, without Interference at
:| tear of confiscation of his goods
or currency.
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WASHINGTON, Mar. 7 (AP)
-~Oliver Wendell Holmes, as-
sociate justice of the supreme
court, makes his debut as a radio
speaker Sunday, Mareh &—his
#0th birthday.
In his second floor study today
workmen tiptoed about installing
a microphone. There is not even
a radio set in the house. One will
be connected after the micro-
phone is put in,
The speech by the oldest man
ever to serve one the supreme
bench, is the first public notice
he has taken of a birthday.
They have been events for a
long time to those about him.
For years a deluge of requests
from newspapermen for inter-
views and a series of plans by ad-
mirers for public demonstrations
have preceded each anniversary.
The newspapermen got no fur-
ther than his secretary and the
admirers are always’ forced to
bow to his pronounced distaste of
publie eulogies.
There is no trigidity and little
austerity in his consistent aver-
sion to publicity and display.
Court members in getting to the
bottom of cases before them often
ask counsel penetrating and
sharp questions. Many a lawyer
retains an affectionate memory of
Justice Holmes as he leaned for-
ward with a friendly smile and
helped the barrister out of legal
morass with a suggestion,
His friends say his logical mind
can see no reason for a fanfaron-
ade over birthdays. His conces-
sion on his 90th anniversary is
regarded as reluctant yielding to
the desire of sincere friends to
honor him.
The radio program in his hon-
or begins at 10:30 p. m. EST.,
Sunday night. Dean Charles E.
Clark of the Yale Law _— school,
from the studios of the Columbia
broadcasting system in New York,
will introduce Chief Justice
Hughes.
| ALGIERS (®-A military jun
‘ta of retired generals backed by
tough paratroops seized power it
Algiers in defiance of Presiden’
Charles de Gaulle today and
claimed control over the vast ter.
ritory.
The blocdiess coup was carried
out between midnight and dawn.
It sent a chill running through
metropolitan France and caused
consternation in Tunisia where
the: Algerian nationalists who
have been in revolt against
France for almost seven years
were preparing for peace talks.
It was not immediately clear
how tight a hold the insurgents
had ‘on Algeria and De Gaulle
sent one of his top leutenants,
Algerian Affairs Minister Louis
Joxe, by jet plane from Paris to
find out.
The insurgent leaders took over
the government buildings of Al.
gies and in a broadcast over Al-
giers Radio claimed leadership
over all of Algeria and the Sa-
hara,
Although the rebels ted by Gen.
Maurice Challe, former French
commander in chief in Algeria,
claimed to control the whole
territory this was disputed by the
De Gaulle government in Paris.
Tt said loyal soldiers. were in con-
trol outside the City of Algiers.
Premier Michel Debre satd the
rising was “a premeditated and
undisciplined act" by retired gen-
erals. He said they had scized
the’ government buildings in Al
Igiers but “in all the rest of the
territory the situation is normal
in every respect, The government
ly taking all necessary measures
if insure that force rests with. the
law.”
| Alone with Challe the rebel
communique broadcast by Algiers
Radio was also sigtied by Para-
troop Gen. Raoul Salan, who
played a prominent role in the
1958 rising in Algeria that brought
De Gaulle back to power.
Salan recently has exiled him-
self in Spain, It was not believed
that he had arrived on Algerian
soil but he was expected momen-
tartiy. 3
The rebel communique — said
“The powers held by the divil
authorities have- entirely. passed
to military authorities.”
French officers who have fought
the Algerian nationalists. in the
BYe-year rebéliion have been
among the bitterest opponents of
De Gaulle’s — self-determination
pollcy for Algeria.
Other generdls who joined the
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NEWS
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HAWKINS, Tex. ‘?-—- Daring oil
field firefighters swarmed to this
‘little East Texas town today for a
desperate effort at snuffing out 4
‘runaway well throwing a plume of
burning gas 200 feet into the air
The menacing torch threw a
flickering glare over the entire
-e>ommunity all night as the fire-
fighters planned their campaign
against the wild well
| §o far the well has spewed only
burning gas into the air, causine
_ tremendous excitement but little
damage to the surrounding town
of 2,000,
| Home Evacuated
| However, a change in the under-
ground pressure could force great
Streams of oi! from the well and
send waves of the burning fluid
over nearby street lots.
| Three frame houses and one
, brick home are in the immediate
| danger area. Their residents were
evacuated hours ago, Now the fire-'
fighters may call in heavy equip:
ment to tow the frame houses
away
Primary danger to nearby build-
ings is not from the flames but
from the tremendous blasts of
nitroglycerine or other explosives
that the tirefighters expect to use
in an effort to snuff out the torch.
The well etc 4th graf ta36
The well is only two blocks from
the business district and is dan-
gerously near homes,
Hawkins is in the midst of the
huge East Texas oi) field, and as
-a cafe owner, E. T. Petty, said,
“There's a well on every lot.”
The well blew out with a deafen-
ing roar early yesterday afternoon
It caught fire about 5 p.m., proba-
bly from a spark from stones
Striking together as they were
blown from the hole under the tre-
mendous pressure of the gas.
&xperts were attempting to in-
crease the flow of oi] in the 15-
year-old well, which had to be
treated from time to time to keep
the oi] flowing, when it erupted.
Gas Blew Out
“We were there beside the sub-
structure 75 feet away when the
g°s and mud began to blow out,”
said J. 8, Garrett, an oil well drill-
er."’ A plug must have biown out
of the surface pipe.’
Efforts to pump mud into the
well to plug it failed. Late last
night, engineers shut down nearby
wells and forced salt water into
them in hopes the water would
reach the producing sands and put
out the flaming well from under-
neath.
- Homes in the immediate vicinity
were evacuated and some resi-
dents moved out their household
, belongings.
</s> | HAWKINS, Tex., Oct, 24 A
200-foot column of flaming gas
roared dangerously near homes in
this small east Texas town Monday
as an oil well fire which earlier
blew out of control gained in in
tensity. No injuries were reported
Firemen who were pouring water
on nearby buildings feared the
blaze, which so far was consuming
only gas, would ignite the well’s
oil and create an even greater
menace.
“The water supply from the
town’s deep well is getting dan-
gerously low,” reporter Phil Dibert
of the Tyler Morning Telegraph
said at 8 p.m.
A crew of oil well fire fighters
‘was en route from Houston,
This town of 2,000 in the heart
of the big east Texas oil field was
without electric lights and phone
service into the town apparently
was knocked out. The column of
flames, 40 to 50 feet in diameter,
was visible as far away as Tyler,
25 miles to the south.
The fire is only two blocks from
the business district.
“Tf the oil starts flowing it’s go-
ing to be plenty rough,” Dibert
reported, from Tyler.
“The “leat was intense as far
as 150 yards from the well and
the roar was so loud “you couldn’t
hear yourself talk at that dis-
tance,” he said.
Homes for several blocks around
the fire were evacuated as firemen
kept them wet down.
</s> | different | train |
URUGUAIANA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil and
Argentina pledged themselves Friday night to
fight Communist penetration in the Western
Hemisphere and backed President Kennedy’s
“Alliance for Progress’ program for Latin
In a historic move, Presi-
dents Janio Quadros of Brazil
and Arturo Frondizi of Argen-
tina also agreed to consult
each other permanently or all
com:ion mati: 5 and to coor-
dinate all their actions within
the continent. It 1s the first
time in history South Ameri-
cas t 0 big’ ‘ ations have
joined in such close coopera-
tion, one veteran diplomei
said.
4 DOCH" TS
The leaders ended a two-
day conference here by issu-
‘ing four documents: a decla-
‘ration of principles. amount-
Latin America; the conven-
{tion on friendship and perma-
‘nent consultation; and twa
‘declarations dealing with eco-
nomic and cultural matters.
' Meeting in this southern
Brazilian port across the Ur-
uguay River from Argentina,
Quadros and Frondizi were
‘fll of praise for Kennedy’s
Latin American program.
| They said the long - sought
goals for Latin America, as
contained in the spirit of the
Bogota Charter, “have just
received their most valuable
support in the program of
Alliance for Progress’ pro-
posed by the President of the
United States of America.”
| | URUGUAIANA, Brazil (AP) —
Brazil and = Argentina pledged
themselves Friday night to fight
Communist penetration in the
| Western Hemisphere and backed
President Kennedy's “Alliance for
Progress'’ program for Latin
America.
In a historic move, Presidents
Janio Quadros of Brazil and Ar-
‘turo Frondizi of Argentina also
agreed to consult each other per-
-manently on all common matters
land to coordinate all their actions
within the continent. It is the first
time in history South America’s
two biggest nations have joined
‘in such close cooperation, one vet-
eran diplomat said.
Conference Ends.
| The leaders ended a_ two-day
conference here by issuing four
documents: a declaration of prin-
ciples, amounting to a firm stand
against Communist penetration
into Latin America; the conven-
tion on friendship and permanent
consultation; and two declara-
tions dealing with economic and
cultural matters.
Meeting in this southern Brazil-
a port across the Uruguay River
from Argentina, Quadros and
Frondizi were full of praise for
Kennedy's Latin American pro-
gram.
They said the long-sought goals
for Latin America, as contained
in the spirit of the Bogota Charter,
“have just received their most
valuable support in the program
of ‘Alliance for Progress’ pro-
posed by the President of the
United States of America.”
Augment Plan.
Their document suggested, fur-
‘ther, that Washington's plan be
augmented by Brazil's own “Op-
eration Pan America,’" a_ plan
originated by former Brazilian
President Juscelino Kubitschek.
In their joint declaration of
principles, Quadros and Frondizi
pledged firm support of ‘Western
and Christian’’ principles. Though
the 700-word communique never
mentioned communism by name, |
it aligned the two big nations
against alien interference in the |
hemisphere — an indirect refer- |
ence to the revolt-torn affairs in’
Cruba. |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The
leaders of the world’s two nuclear
superpowers pledged in a Jand-
mark agreement today to
regulate their relations in a way
to reduce the risk of nuclear war.
President Nixon and Soviet
Communist party Secretary
Leonid I. Brezhnev reached the
accord in the fifth day of their
summit talks and prepared to
Sign it at the White House before
heading for California where they
will conclude their meetings
Sunday.
In addition to its application to
U.S.-Soviet relations, the
agreement applies also to the
relations of either party with
other countries. In this way,
although technically bilateral,
the agreement has multilateral
implications.
The two leaders declared in the
agreement that they were
“conscious that nuclear war
would have devastating con-
sequences for mankind” and said
they wanted “to bring about
conditions in which the danger of
an outbreak of nuclear war
anywhere in the world would be
reduced and ultimately
eliminated.”
They pledged their countries to
“act in such a way as to prevent
the development of situations
capable of causing a dangerous
exacerbation of their relations,
as to avoid military con-
frontations, and as to exclude the
outbreak of nuclear war between
them and between either of the
parties and other countries,”
Nixon and Brezhnev also
agreed that their countries ‘will
refrain from the threat or the use
of force against the other party,
against the allies of the other
party and against other coun-
tries, in circumstances which
May endanger international
peace and security.”
Al a news conference prior to
the formal signing, presidential
assistant Henry A. Kissinger
skirted questions on whether this
clause would forbid U.S. bombing
of Cambodia or would have
prevented the Soviet invasion of
Czechoslovakia.
Kissinger noted, however, that
US. air strikes against Com-
munist forces in Cambodia were
under way at the time the
agreement was being negotiated
and that the bombing “was not
raised as applying to that par-
ticular situation.”
When a newsman asked
whether the agreement would
forestall any Soviet action
against China, “Kissinger
responded that the accord was
“not conceived as protection for
any country" but added it would
“have the practical consequence
of applying to the situation you
described.”
“TP see you tomorrow at the
Signing,’ Nixon reminded
Brezhnev just before midnight
Thursday as he left the Sovict
Embassy after a banquet
| - WASHINGTON (AP) — The
leaders of the world’s two nu-
clear superpowers pledged in a
landmark agreement today to
regulate their relations in a
way to reduce the risk of nucle-
ar war.
President Nixon and Soviet
Communist party Secretary
Leonid I. Brezhnev reached the
accord in the fifth day of their
summit talks and prepared to
sign it at the White House be-
fore heading for California
where they will conclude their
meetings Sunday.
In addition to its application
to U.S.-Soviet relations, the
agreement applies also to the
relations of either party with
other countries. In this way, al-
though technically bilateral, the
agreement has multilateral im-
plications.
The two leaders declared in
the agreement that they were
“conscious that nuclear war
would have devastating con-
uences for mankind’ and
they wanted “to bring
about conditions in which the
danger of an outbreak of nucle-
ar war anywhere in the world
would be reduced and ultimate-
ly eliminated.”
They pledged their countries
to “‘act in such a way as to pre-
vent the development of situ-
ations capable of causing a
dangerous exacerbation of their
relations, as to avoid military
confrontations, and as to ex-
clude the outbreak of nuclear
war between them and between
either of the parties and other
countries.”
Nixon and Brezhnev also
agreed that their countries
*‘will refrain from the threat or
the use of force against the oth-
er party, against the allies of
the other party and against oth-
er countries, in circumstances
which may endanger _inter-
national peace and security.”
At a news conference prior to
the formal signing, presidential
assistant Henry A. Kissinger
skirted questions on whether
this clause would forbid U.S.
bombing of Cambodia or would
have prevented the Soviet in-
vasion of Czechoslovakia.
Kissinger noted, however,
that U.S. air strikes against
Communist forces in Cambodia
were under way at the time the
agreement was being nego-
tiated and that the bombing
“was not raised as applying to
that particular situation.”
When a newsman asked
whether the agreement would
forestall any Soviet action
against China, Kissinger re-
sponded that the accord was
“not conceived as_ protection
for any country” but added it
would “have the practical con-
sequence of applying to the sit-
uation you described.”
“T'll see you tomorrow at the
signing,’’ Nixon reminded
Brezhnev just before midnight
Thursday as he left the Soviet
Embassy after a banquet of
caviar, borsch, Russian beef
and fish, two kinds of vodka
and Soviet champagne.
White House sources § con-
firmed the document signing in-
tentions but refused Thursday
night to give details, saying
only, “It’s going to be an im-
portant one.”’
Later today, Nixon and
Brezhnev were scheduled to fly
t6 the President's San Cle-
mente, Calif., home, traveling
together aboard Nixon's ‘‘Spirit
of '76” jetliner. They will con-
clude their summit there on
Sunday.
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DETROIT—Ford Motor Company
and CIO officials meet today to at-
tempt settlement of a six-day-old
strike against two key Ford plants
that will idle 2 total of 85,000
workers by tonight.
Reopening of negotiations came
as Ford scheduled immediate _shut-
down of eleven assembly .lines, with
the remaining eight to close by next
Monday.
Henry Ford II, youthful head~of
the company, accepted a union offer
to reopen peace talks which were
cut short last, Thursday when 62,-
200 United Auto Workers struck at
Ford’s River Rouge and Lincoln-
Mercury plants.
In his bid to reopen negotiations,
Walter Reuther, president of the
UAW, asked Ford to personally lead
the company negotiating team.
_ Ford declined the invitation, but
sald “we will be happy to meet
}with you at two.p. m. (EST).”
Reuther said he regretted that
the Ford president would not at-
tend the meeting. He said he was
-altending “even thought it means
I will be unable te take my regular
hospital treatment.
Reuther’s right arm has been in
a sling since an attempt was made
on his life a year ago,
Locals 600 and 180 of the UAW
struck the two plants last Thurs-
day, charging the company with
speeding up assembly lines at the
risk of the “health and safety" of
workers. The company denied any
speedup.
The strike at the heart of the
Ford empire has shut down several
small Ford plants, and caused lay-
offs among the 3,500 major supplier
firms to the multi-billion dollar
Ford auto business.
The company’s tractor division at
Highland Park, Mich., which makes
one-fifth of the wheel-type tractors
in the nation, will close tonight.
Reuther wrote the Ford president |
that the UAW “is willing to parti-
cipate in further efforts through
direct negotiations in order to find
a fair and equitable settlement.”
| DETROIT. May 10—(UP)—Ford
Motor company and CIO officials
meet taday to attempt settlement of
a six-dar-old strike against two
key Ford plants that will idle a
total of $5,000 workers by tonight.
Reopening of negotiations came
as Ford scheduled immediate shut-
downs of 1] assembly lines, with
the remaining eight to close by
next Monday,
| Henry Ford II. youthful head of
the company. accepted a union of-
fer to reopen peace talks which
were cut short last Thursday when
62.200 United Auto Workers struck
at Ford's River Rouge and Lincoln-
Mercury plants.
In his bid to reopen negotiations,
Walter Reuther, president of the
UAW, asked Ford to lead the com-
panr negotiating team personally.
Ford declined the invitation, but
/said “We will te happy to meet
with you at 1 p.m. iC8T)."
Reuther referred to a letter the
Ford president wrote to striking
workers last week. in which he
|said the walkout was “unnetes-
gary.
“Since your Jetler expresses con-
'cern far the Ford workers, we
would like to sngsest that you as-
! sume your personal obligat jong to
participate in negotiation:
“This will also afford you the
opportunity,” Reuther said. “of he-
Ing apprised of all facts in the
situation. which obviausly you do
not have.”
Foard said John Bugas, vice-pres-
ident in charge of industrial rela-
tions who led previous peace ef-
forts, would conduct company Ne-
gotiations with the “full support
and backing of the management.”
Locals 604 ond 180 of the UAW
struck the two plants last Thurs-
day, charging the company with
speeding up assembly lines at the
yisk of the “health and safety” of
workers. The company denled any
speedup.
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(By United Prexe )
BISMARCh, N. D., Aug 28—Gev-
ernor Arthur G. Sorlle, of North
Dakota died here at 6:45 a. m. Tues-
day or heart disease. He was 54
years old and had twice been elected
Governor on a Republican ticket.
Mrs. Sorlie and other members of
the family were at the bedside.
The death of Governor Sorile re-
moved from the ranks of the non-
partizan Republican faction one of
the strongest mdyocates of atate-
owned industries, especially the
state-owned flour mil} at Grand
Forks, which according to a fact-
finding legwiative committee, has
coat the state selilions of of dollars.
Hod Varied on
¥ ed eave? WR eat Bortie's:
Born in Albert Lea, Minn., he was
graduated. trom the Lutheran acad-
emy thére and came to: North Da-
kota to be a bank clerk, flucpanaive-
ly, he became a shoe seleomsan,
eracker manufacturer, feed and furl
dealer and official of automobls
companies and banke.
Sorlie had been married twice, in
1900 to Jennie Adegard, whom he
lost by death, and in 1929 to Grace
Helleboe, There were three children
by the first union and two by the|
second. He made his home in Stand
Forks.
| BISMARCK, N. D., Aug. 28.—
(UP)—Governor Arthur G. Sorlie,
of North Dakota died here at 3:45
a. m, today of heart disease, He
was 54 years old and had twice
been elected governor on a -re-
publican ticket. Mrs. Sorlie and
other members of the family were
at the bedside.
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ABOARD US __ TICONDE-
ROGA (AP) — Skylab's astro-
nauts came home safely today
from man’s longest space jour-
ney and shunned stretchers to
walk smartly but unsteadily
across the deck of this recovery
carrier,
The wobbly 60 steps from the
Apollo ferry ship to a medical
laboratory indicated Charles
Conrad Jr., Dr. Joseph P. Ker-
win and Paul J. Weitz had suf-
fered some effects from a
record four weeks’ exposure to
space weightlessness.
But Commander Conrad re-
ported as the Apollo parachuted
toward a pinpoint landing in
the Pacific after an 11-million-
mile journey: “We're all in
good shape. Everything's OK.”
They splashed down right on
target, just 6 miles from the
Ticonderoga.
Thirty-nine minutes later,
still inside the Apollo, they
were on the carrier deck,
Doctors, not knowing how
they might react to earth's
gravity after their long weigh-
tless exposure, were prepared
to lift them out on litters,
But, after consultation with
doctors, Kerwin, a_ physician,
said they could walk to the
medical trailer where they be-
gan six hours of extensive med-
ical debriefing.
They emerged smiling from
the hatch and saluted as the
ship's band struck up “Anchors
Aweigh” for the all-Navy crew.
Conrad walked with hesitant
steps at first but gradually
picked up steam as he reached
the medical lab door. Kerwin
was slightly stooped and both
he and Weitz were somewhat
unsteady in their steps.
Doctors assisted both Kerwin
and Weitz by holding onto one
arm of each.
Experts immediately began
removing thousands of feet of
film and tape and equipment
from medical, earth resources
and astronomy experiments
that may tell man much about
his earth, his sun and his physi-
cal being,
How well Conrad, Kerwin and
Weitz fared in the weightless
world will play a major role in
determining if man can func-
tion efficiently in future long-
duration flights. The first of the .
two 56-day Skylab missions is
scheduled for launch July 27.
The astronauts almost were
held over in orbit today to try
to repair a refrigeration prob-
lem in their space station, But
Mission Control decided there
was nothing the astronauts
could do and told them to come
home,
Ten minutes behind schedule,
Conrad, Kerwin and Weitz un-
docked their Apollo ferry ship
and executed a_ series of
maneuvers that sent them
slamming into the atmosphere
above Thailand for the fiery de-
scent.
The Apollo craft hit the calm
blue waters at 9:50 am. EDT
about 830 miles southwest of
San Diego, Calif. It was just
after dawn off the West Coast.
The 42,000-ton Ticonderoga
quickly steamed alongside the
three-ton Apollo and tossed a
line to frogmen in the water, A
crane then lifted the craft and
the astronauts to an elevator
for a ride to the hangar deck.
Hundreds of white-clad sail-
ors on deck and millions watch-
ing television around the world
again had a ringside seat to a
U.S. man-in-space landing as
the Apollo craft floated down
through low-hanging clouds and
dangling under three huge or-
ange and white parachutes,
“Everyone's in super shape.”’
Conrad said as the spacecraft
bobbed on the water awaiting
pickup. Frogmen immediately
leaped from helicopters to se-
cure the spacecraft with flota-
tion collars,
The Ticonderoga steamed to
pick up the Apollo capsule with
the astronauts still inside, in
contrast to most earlier U.S.
flights when the spacemen
were lifted to the carrier by
helicopter.
Medical requirements dic-
tated the pick up method today,
Medical experts were not cer-
tain how the astronauts would
react after returning to earth's
gravity following record ex.
posure to space weightlessness
so they decided the astronauts
should be subjected to as little
activity as possible until they
can be examined in mobile
medical laboratories aboard the
Ticonderoga.
The landing completed an
historic space mission that last-
ed 22 days and 50 minutes. Dur-
ing that time the spacemen cir-
cled the earth 395 times.
Misson Control was kept in
suspense for most of the final
76 minutes of the flight -- a pe-
riod when the Apollo ship was
out of radio contact with
ground stations.
The ‘Ticonderga’s radar
picked up the streaking craft at
a distance of 188 miles, 10 min-
utes before landing,
While out of radio contact, at
9:11 am., the astronauts con-
ducted the critical retrorocket
burn that slowed their 17,100
mile-an-hour speed by 150
miles, allowing earth's gravity
to tug the spacecraft out of or-
bit and start the long glide
through the atmosphere to the
eastern Pacific,
The refrigeration _ trouble
caused considerable concern. A
maneuver intended to correct it
caused a brief gyroscope prob-
lem that caused the 10-minute
delay in the astronauts’ depar-
ture from the orbiting labora-
tory.
“We're free,’ Conrad r
ed seconds after the control
center flashed the go-anead for
undocking from the 18-foot-
long laborttory,
They left behind a space sta-
tion which they had salvaged
with some daring, difficult and
often ingenious repair tasks
after it was damaged during
launching May 14.
After the undocking, the es-
tronauts made a 45-minute fly-
around inspection of the sta-
tion, televising pictures of the
odd-locking space véehicle to
mission control for evaluation
by experts.
Then, in quick succession,
they triggered the engine fir-
ings that gradua!ly dropped
them closer to earth from their
original orbital altitude of 275
miles.
| WASHINGTON, Mar. 7.—2)—Oliver
Wendell Holmes, associate justice of the
supreme court, makes his debut as a
radio speaker Sunday, March 8—his
nintieth birthday.
In his second floor study today work-
men tiptoed about installing a micro-
'phone. There is not even a radio set in
‘the house. One wiil be connected after
her microphone is put in,
The speech by the oldest man ever to
' serve on the supreme bench, is the first
| public notice he has taken of a birthday.
| “They have been events for a long time
to those about him. For years a deluge
of requests from newspapermen for in-
iterviews and a series of plans by ad-
‘mirers for public demonstrations have
preceded each anniversary.
Remain Proposals
The newspapermen get no _ further
than his secretary and the admirers are
always forced to bow to his pronounced
' distaste of public eulogies. Several times
, fellow members of the court have felt a
_timely iribute was due, but even a pro-
_ posal to place a vase of red roses be-
fere him on the bench remained a pro-
posal because it was felt he might not
like it,
There was no frigidity and little aus-
terity in his consistent aversion to pub-
licity and display. Court members in
getting to the bottom of cases before
them often ask counsel penetrating and
sharp questions. Many a lawyer retains
pan affectionate memory of Justice Hol-
'mes as he leaned forward with a friend-
ly smile and helped the barrister out of
legal morass with a suggestion.
His friends say his logical mind can
see no reason for a fanfaronade over
birthdays. His concession on his
ninetieth aniversary is regarded as re-
luctant yielding to the desire of sincere
friends to honor him.
Starts At 9:30 P. M.
The day however, will be anything
but a succession of handshakes anc huz-
zas. He plans to remain at home
throughout.
The radio program in his honor begins
at 9:30 p. mC. S. T. Sunday night. Five
minutes beginning at 9:55 have been re-
served for Justice Holmes.
He may have more time if he wishes
but the probability is he will not take
the five minutes allotted. Even so, there
may be a sentence or two that will live.
He is one of the few who has the knack
of making literature out of law.
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BISMARCK, N.'D., Aug. 29.—(U.P.)
-~Governor Arthur G. -Sorlie, of
North Dakota, died here at 6:45°a.
m. today of heart disease. He was
54 years old and had twice been
elected governor'-on a republican
ticket. Mrs. Sorlie and other mem-
bers of the family were. at the bed-
side.
A varied career had been Sorlie’s.
Born in Albert Lea, Minn., he was
graduated from ‘the Lutheran acad-
emy ‘there and came. to--North
Dakota to be a bank clerk. Suc-
cessively, he became a shoe sales-
man, cracker manufacturer, feed
and fuel dealer, and official of auto-
mobile companies and banks.
Sorlie had been married twice, in
1800 to Jennie Adegard; whom dhe
lost by death, and in 1919 to Grace
‘Helleboe. There were three chil-
dren by the first union and two by
the second. He made his home in
Grand Forks.
| | DETROIT (UP)—Ford and CIO
officials met Tuesday to attempt
‘settlement of the six-day-old
‘Strike against two key Ford
plants.
_ Reopening of negotiations came
as Ford scheduled immediate
shutdowns of 11 assembly lines,
with the remaining eight to close
by Monday.
_ Henry Ford II, youthful head of
the company, accepted a union of-
fer to reopen peace talks which
were cut short Thursday when
62,200 United Auto Workers
struck at Ford’s River Rouge and
Lincoln-Mercury plants.
| In his bid to reopen negotiations,
Walter Reuther, president of the
UAW, asked Ford to lead the com-
pany negotiating team personally.
Ford declined the invitation, but
said: “We will be happy to meet
with you at 2 p.m.”
Reuther also proposed that, if no
settlement is reached before Fri-
day, Briggs stadium be reserved
for a debate before all affected
Ford workers on disputed issues.
Ford turned down the sugges-
tion.
“I do not agree that anything
useful can be accomplished by a
public debate on this matter,” he
said.
“The issues in this strike must
be resolved on their merits and by
the conscientious efforts at the
bargaining table by both parties.
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ABOARD USS TICON.-
DEROGA (AP) — Skylab’s as.
tronauts came home safely
from man's longest space jour-
ney today and despite some
early dizziness and lighthea-
dedness, they were pronoucned
in excellent physical condition.
Charles Conrad Jr, Dr. Jo-
seph P.-Kerwin and Paul J,
Weitz shunned stretchers to
walk somewhat unsteadily
across the deck of this recay-
ery carrier,
The wobbly 60 steps from
the Apolla ferry ship to a med-
ical laboartory indicated the
astornauts hrd suffered some
initial effects in gravity after
a record four wecks' exposure
ta space weightlessness,
But commander Canrad re-
ported as the Apollo parachut-
ed toward a pinpuint landing
in the Pacific after an 11-
million-mile journey: “We're
all in good shape. Everything’s
OK."
Dr. Royce Hawkins, the as-
tronauts’ chief physician, con-
firmed this after consulting
with doctors on the carrier. He
told newsmen at the Houston
Space Center:
“They look quite good. They
appear far better than I ex-
pected, They’re excellent,”
Hawkins said Conrad, a vet-
cran of three previous space
flights, was in the best condi-
tion, with normal blood pres-
sure and pulse and only slight
lightheadedness,
He said both Kerwin and
Weitz suffered from dizziness
and lightheadedness and that
Weitz’ blaod pressure at first
was uu lhe law side.
After splashdown Kerwin
blew up an inflatable suit over
the lower part of his body tu
help increase bivod circulation,
Hawkins said,
The astronauts splashed
down right on target, just 64
miles from the Ticonderoga.
Thirty-nine minutes later,
still inside the Apollo, they
were on the carrier deck.
| PARIS (UPI) — Four rebel
French generals supported by
Foreign Legion paratroopers
seized Algiers in a bloodless coup
today and announced they had
taken over Algeria and the
Sahara desert from President
Charles de Gaulle’s government.
Premier Michel Debre went on
a nationwide radio and television
hookup to appeal for “absolute
obedience’ in France but already
minor right-wing violence was re-
ported in France itself.
A bomb exploded in a telephone
booth of the tewn hall of the
fashionable Neuilly = district of
Paris just west of the Arch of
Triumph. Police said it caused
considerable damage but appar
ently no casualties.
The bomb was of the type used
by right-wing extremists in past
terrorism against the De Gaulle
government. Police noted that
Neuilly Mayor Achille Perretti is
a Gaullist deputy of the National
Assembly
The insurgent generals broad-
cast a seven - point order of the
day proclaiming a state of siege
and saying “all resistance, from
whatever quarter, will be brok-
en.’ The proclamation was a
declaration of a virtual state of
martial law
The insurgent army and = 4air
force generals in Algiers § an
nounced over Algiers radio — re. .
named “Radio France’ — that
they had proclaimed a state of
siege throughout the African ter.
ritory. The generals appealed to
the army, navy, air force and po
lice to join them
De Gaulle apparently was taken
completely by surprise, although
opposition among Frenchmen in
Algiers to his policy of permitting
Algeria eventually to become in-
dependent has been rising. But
the government reacted swiftly
France canceled all military
leaves. De Gaulle called a cabinet
meeting to consider further action
and conferred during the day with
Debre and Adm. Georges Cabain-
er, chief of staff of the French
navy. Debre named Gen. Jean
Olie as new commander.-in-chief
in Algeria to replace Gen.
Fernand Gambiez who was arrest-
ed by the insurgents. Olie flew
immediately to Algeria.
The revolt was reported led by
Gen. Raoul Salan, the general
who led a 1958 revolt which
brought down the Fourth Republic
and brought De Gaulle to power
Foreign diplomatic sources said
they did not believe this revolt
would topple De Gaulle
The government in Paris said
the revolt affected Algiers only
and the rest of the country was
loyal to De Gaulle. The French
commanders in Oran and Con
stantine issued calls for calm in
an indication they still supported
De Gaulle
It was still too early to know
the effect on peace negotiations
with the Moslem rebels who have
fought France for 6's years. Mos
lem rebel leader Ferhat Abbas, in
Tunis, appealed to Moslems in
Algeria to “oppose the provoca
tions of the French army.”
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LONDON A hotly-dis-
puted bill to nationalize most of
Britain’s iron and steel industry
went to the house of lords today.
It was passed last night by the
house of commons.
The lords planned to bring the
measure—main item in the labor
government’s socialist program—
to early consideration.
The bill authorizes the govern-
ment to buy the stock of 107 com-
panies, but actual direction of the
companies would stay in the hands
of the men who run them now as
private enterprises. The compan-
ies would work under government
holding corporation, retaining their
present firm names. They would
be free to compele with one an-
other, but not to the point of clash-
Ing with the holding corporation's
overall gencral plan.
The bill calls for government
control of the affected plants to
start May 1, 1950.
| London—(?)}—A_hotly-disputed
bill to nationalize most of Bri-
tain’s iron and steel industry
went to the house of lords today.
It was passed last night by the
house of commons.
The lords planned to bring the
measure—main item in the
labor government’s _ socialist
program—to early considera-
tion. It is expected generally
the upper chamber will riddie it
with amendments, and return “it
to commons which then will re-
store it virtually to present
form, to become law.
Socialists call the bill an ‘‘at-
tack on the heart of capital-
ism,’’ because control of iron
and steel means control essenti-
ally of British nanufacturing,
from bicycles to battleships.
The bill, proposed by the
labor government, went to the
house of lords after a conserva-
tive motion in commons to re-
ject it was defeated 330-203.
It authorizes the government
to buy the stock of 107 com-
panies, but actual direction of
the companies would stay in the
hands of the men who run them
now as private enterprises. The
companies would work under a
government holding corpora-
tion, retaining their present
firm names. They would be free
to compete with one another.
but not to the point of clashing
with the holding corporation’s
overall general plan.
Under the measure the gov-
ernment would pay $1,200,000,-
000 for the stock of the 107 com-
panies. The firms, which em-
ploy 300,000 of Britain’s 495.000
iron and stell workers, are capi-
talized at $780,000.000.
The bill calls for government
control of the affected plants to
start May 1, 1950—just before
next summer’s scheduled na-
tional elections. Some well-
placed sources, however, say
the takeover may be deferred
until the elections have shown
whether the people really are
firmly behind the labor party’s
plans for government control of
industry.
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le —— ———— eee
_ GETTYSBURG, Pa. th — House
Republican Leader Martin predict-
ed Saturday that President Eisen-
hower will run for another term
next year “for the world’s sake.""
Senate Republican Leader Know.
land said he believes Eisenhower
has reached “no final decision”
on a secand term try.
White Knowland said the Presi-
dent would be “the strongest can-
didate”’ for the Republicans he nev-
ex did come right out and say
that he personally would favor an
Eisenhower bid for re-election. Nor
did he forecluse on a possibility
that he himsel: might announce
as a candidate in the event the
Chief Executive retires,
The two top Republicans in Con-
gress conferred separately with
Eisenhower. They touched on both
politics and legislation in their
talks wilh the President in bis of.
fice in the Gettysburg Post Office
building.
In separate news conferences ait.
erward, the Massachusetts con
gressman and the California sena
tor emphasized that they were
voicing anly personal opinions on
the pravacative second term quics.
tian. They said they got no clues
fram Fisenhower,
Both Martin and Knowlanc
touched on the possibility of a tas
{eul next year but pegged the
idea to a balanced budget.
| “Of course,” Martin said, ‘we
jhave got to balance the budget
hefore we ¢an commence to think
of tax relief. And when that comes
of course, we want to see that the
individuals of tie country com«
first.”
Ne added that “if tax relief i
possible, we want to make suri
that the so-called litle fellow get:
his fair chance at il.”
Knowland said he helieves a ta:
‘|reduction will depend a great dea
on the government’s revenue silu
jjation in the next 19 months. Hr
|said his own idea is that il woul
(Continued on Page 14,: Col. 4,
</s> | GETTYSBURG, Pa. ‘® -— House
Republican leader Margin predict-
ed yesterday that President Ei-
senhower will run for another term
next year ‘for the world’s sake."’
Senate Republican leader Know!-
and said he believes Eisenhower
has reached ‘“‘no final decision”’
on a second term try.
While Knowland said the Presi.
dent would be ‘the strongest can+
‘didate” for the. Republicans he
never did come right out and say
that he personally would favor an
Eisenhower bid for reelection... Nor
did he foreclose on a possibility
‘that he himself might announce as
a candidate in the event the Chief
Executive retires,
The two top Republicans in Con-
greas conferred with Eisenhower
separately, They touched on both
‘politics and legislation in their
talks with the President in hig of-
fice in the Gettysburg post office
building.
In separate news conferences af-
terward, the Massachusetts con-
gressman and the California sena-
tor emphasized that they were
voicing only personal opinions on
the provocative second term ques-
‘tion, They said they got no clues
from Eisenhower.
Both Martin and Knowland spoke
of a tax cut next year but pegged
the idea to a balanced budget.
“Of course,’ Martin said, “‘we
have got to balance the budget
before we can commence to think
of tax relief, And when that comes,
of course, we want to see that the
individuals of the country come
first.”
He added that ‘if tax relef is
that the so-called little fellow gets
his fair chance at it.’’
Knowland said he believes a tax
reduction will depend a great deal
on the government's revenue situa-
tion in the next 19 months, He
said his own idea is that it would
be a mistake to cut taxes if that
would lead to deficit financing.
Martin said he considered it ‘‘es-
sential to the free world that Bisen-
hower ‘‘should continue.”
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ABOARD USS_ TICONDE-
ROGA (AP) — Skylab’s astro-
nauts came safely home from
man’s longest space journey to-
day, splashing down with pin-
‘point precision in the Pacific
Ocean after 28 days and 11 mil-
lion miles in orbit.
Just 39 minutes after touch-
down, Charles Conrad Jr., Dr
Joseph P. Kerwin and Paul J.
Weitz were hoisted onto the
deck of this recovery carrier,
still inside their Apollo ferry
‘Ship.
| “We're all in good shape. Ev-
cerything’s OK,” commander
‘Conrad radioed as the space-
craft descended through the
clouds and landed within view
‘of USS Ticonderoga, just 6%
“miles away. That indicated the
‘astronauts had suffered no ad-
verse physical reactions on re-
‘turning to earth’s gravity after
a record four weeks’ exposure
to space weightlessness.
Ten minutes later they
climbed through the hatch,
smiled and waved as the ship’s
band played ‘Anchors Aweigh’’
for the ail-Navy Skylab crew.
| They walked unsteadily to-
‘ward a mobile medical labora-
‘tory, showing some effects
from the four weeks’ exposure
to weightlessness.
How well Conrad, Kerwin and
‘Weitz fared in the weightless
world will play a major role in
determining if man can funce-
tion efficiently in future long-
duration flights. The first of the
‘two 56-day Skylab missions is
scheduled for launch July 27.
| The astronauts almost were
‘held over in orbit today to try
‘to repair a refrigeration prob-
lem in their space station. Bul
Mission Control decided there
\was nothing. the astronauts
‘could do and told them to come
home.
| Ten minutes behind schedule
Conrad, Kerwin and Weitz un
‘docked their Apollo ferry shit
‘and executed a_ series o
*>maneuvers that sent then
| slamming into the atmosphere
‘above Thailand for the fiery de
scent.
| The Apollo craft hit the calr
| blue waters at 9:50 a.m. ED’
about 830 miles southwest o
bows Diego, Calif. It was jus
after dawn off the West Coast.
The 42,000-ton Ticonderog:
quickly steamed alongside the
three-ton Apollo and tossed «
line to trogmen in the water. A
crane then lifted the craft and
the astronauts to an elevator
for a ride to the hangar deck.
- Hundreds of white-clad sail-
‘ors on deck and millions watch-
ing televiston around the world
again had a ringside seat to a
U.S. man-in-space landing as
‘the Apollo craft floated down
through low-hanging clouds
dangling under three huge or-
ange and white parachutes.
_ “Everyone’s in super shape,”
‘Conrad said as the spacecraft
bobbed on the water awaiting
pickup. Frogmen immediately
Heaped from helicopters to se
,cure the spacecraft with flota-
tion collars.
_ The Ticonderoga reported the
astronauts had landed 6% miles
from the ship and that the ship
was 6'2 miles from the target
‘point, indicating a perfect
‘touchdown.
The Ticonderoga steamed to
‘pick up the Apollo capsule with
the astronauts still inside, ir
contrast to most earlier U.S
‘flights when the spacemer
were li‘ted to the carrier by
helicopter.
_ Medical requirements dic
tated the pick up method today.
Medica] experts were not cer-
tain how the astronauts would
‘react after returning to earth’s
‘gravity following record ex.
‘posure to space weightlessness
so they decided the astronauts
should be subjected to as littl
activity as possible until they
can be examined in mobile
medical laboratories aboard the
Ticonderoga.
_ The landing completed ar
historic space mission that last
je 28 days and 50 minutes. Dur
‘ing that time the spacemen cir
cled the earth 395 times.
Misson Control was kept in
‘suspense for most of the final
he minutes of the flight — a pe-
riod when the Apollo ship was
out of radio contact with
‘ground stations.
| The Ticonderoga’s radar
picked up the streaking craft at
_a distance of 188 miles, 10 min-
‘utes before landing.
_ While out of radio contact, at
9:11 a.m., the astronauts con-
ducted the critical retrorocket
burn that slowed their 17,100
| mile-an-hour speed by 130
‘miles, allowing earth’s gravity
‘to tug the spacecraft out of or-
‘bit and start the long glide
‘through the atmosphere to the
eastern Pacific.
_ The refrigeration trouble
caused considerable concern. A
ee intended to correct it
caused a brief gyroscope prob-
‘lem that caused the 10-minute
delay in the astronauts’ depar-
‘ture from the orbiting labora-
tory.
_ “We're free,” Conrad report-
ed seconds after the control
center flashed the go-ahead for
‘undocking from the 118-foot-
long laboratory.
_ They left behind a space sta-
ition which they had salvaged
with some daring, difficult and
often ingenious repair tasks
after it was damaged during
launching May 14.
After the undocking, the as-
tronauts made a 45-minute fly-
‘around inspection of the sta-
tion, televising pictures of the
odd-looking space _ vehicle to
mission control for evaluation
by experts.
| Then, in quick succession,
they triggered the engine fir-
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| | ABOARD USS TICONDE
ROGA (AP) ~ Skylab’s astro
nauis came safely home fron
man’s longest space journey io
day. splashing down with pin
point precision in the Pacific
Ocean after 28 days and 11 mil
ion miles in orbit.
Just 39 minutes after touch.
down. Charles Conrad Jr., Dr.
Joseph P. Kerwin and Paul J.
Weitz were hoisted onto the
deck of this recovery carrier.
still inside their Apollo ferry
shin.
“We're all in good shape. Ev
erything’s OR.” commande
Congad radiced.as the space
craft descended through th
elouds and landed within viev
of USS Ticonderoga. just 6%
miles away. That indicated the
astronauts had suffered no ad
verse physical reactions on re
turning to earth’s gravity afte
a record four weeks’ exposure
to space weightlessness.
Ten minutes later they
climbed through the hatch.
smiled and waved as the ship’:
band plaved “Anchors Aweigh’
for the all-Navy Skylab crew.
1 They walked unsieadily to
iward a mobile medical labora
tory, showing some effects
from the four weeks’ exposur:
to weightlessness.
How well Conrad. Kerwin anc
Weitz fared in the weightless
world will play a major role in
determining if man can func.
tion efficiently in future long:
duration flights. The first of the
iwo 5-day Skylab missions is
‘scheduled for launch July 27.
The astronauts almost were
held over in orbit today to try
{to repair a refrigeration prob-
Hem in their space station. But
{Mission Control decided there
;was nothing the astronauts
eould do and told them to come
home.
| Ten minutes behind schedule,
jConrad, Kerwin and Weiiz un-
|docked their Apoll ferry ship
jand executed a series of
maneuvers that seni ihem
slamming into the atmosphere
above Thailand for the fiery de-
scent.
The Apoilo eraft hit the calm
blue waters ai 9:50 am. EDT
about 830 miles southwest of
San Diego, Calif. It was just
after dawn off the West Coast.
The 42.000-ton Ticonderoga
quickly steamed alongside the
three-ton Apollo and tossed a
line to frogmen in the water. A
etane then lifted the craft and
fhe astronauts to an elevator
lor atide to-the hangar deck.
Misson Control was kept in
Suspense for most of the final
76 minutes of ihe flight —- a pe-
Ticd when the Apollo ship was
out of radio contact with
ground stations.
The Ticonderoga’s radar
picked up the streaking craft at]
a distance of 188 miles, 10 mia-j
utes before landing.
While out of radio contact, ai!
$:11 am., the astronauts con-
ducted the critical retrorocket!
burn that: slowed their 17,100
mile-an-hour speed by 130
miles, allowing earth's graviiy
to tug the spacecraft out of or-
bit and start the Jong glide
through the atmosphere to the!
eastern Pacific. i
The refrigeration rouble’
caused considerable concern. <j.
maneuver intended to correct it!’
caused a brief gyroscope prob-||
lem that caused the 10-minute]’
delay in the astronauts’ depar-t
ture from the orbiting labora-
Ory. E
“We're free,” Conrad repori-|,
ad seconds after the control
enier flashed ihe go-ahead for|*
mdocking from ihe 112foot-|¢
ong laboratory. fs
They left behind a space sta-\t
jon which they had salvaged|b
vith some daring, difficult and
fien ingenious repair iasksiT
fier it was damaged during|®
aunching May 14. n
Afier the undocking. the as-{£
ronauts made a 45-minute fly-|¢
round inspection of ihe sta-i@
ion, televising pictures of thel?
ddlooking space vehicle iol
nission control for evaluation|4
See SKYLAB On Page 24
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RAMBOUILLET, France.
Aug. 28.—Ten world lead-
ers of the Women’s Equal
Righis movement stormed
the gates of the presidential
palace here today.
They demanded that
the Kellogg peace treaty
plenipotentiaries, Junching
with President Doumergue,
sign a treaty giving women
all over the world equal
rights with men.
All ten were bigeye and
taken struggling, to a
lice station. They incl
Miss Doris Stevens, wife of
Dudley Field Malone, New
York lawyer, Mrs. Harriet
Pickering, wife of Loring
| Pickering, widely known
New York and San Francis-
co newspaper editor; Mrs.
Betty Gram Swing, wife of
‘Raymond Gram Swing, Lon-
don correspondent of the
‘Philadelphia Ledger and
New York Evening Post;
SOOVTINOGT ON PACE TWO
| AMBOUILLET, France, Aug.
28.—(1P)—-Tun world famous
feminist leaders, inclurling
Harriet Pickering, wife of Loring
Piekecing, formerly of San Fran-
isco, were arrested today wher
they tried to storm the gates of
the presidential palace here.
Amung other prominent. women
who, kicking and struggling, werc
carried to the police station wert
Miss Doria Stevens, wife of Dud.
ley Field Malone, the Amerienr
Jawyer, and Mrs. Gram Swing of
London, British suffrage leader
formerly Miss Belty+-Giam | o!
Portlan#, Ore. :
Wont Treaty
The women were atiempling te
get before the world pence pleni
potentiaries who were visiting
Pres, Domergue, thelr demand for
a universal treaty granting equal
tights to their sew.
The women were carrying for-
eign flags, banners and. placards
demanding that the plenipotenti-
aries sign an “cqual rights trealy,”
The demonstration tried to en-
ter. the palnca grounds in the way
of Minister of Commerce Bokanow-
ski’s cay when it passed through.
Carried Ry Police
Atter being carried to the potles
station the women were released
after establishing their identity.
The international council of the
Nalional Women's Party assembled
in Paris during the preliminaries
of the Kellogg treaty signing to
urge their demands on the states-
men gathered there for the cere-
monies,
Mrs. Pickering ia the wife of Ma-
jor Loring Pickering, formerly a
yesident of ‘Hillsborough -and well
Known in society of the Peninsula
and San Francisco. Major Picker-
ing was at one time the owner of
the San Franeiseo Bulletin and wag
‘prominent in political and literary
o
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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE
Calif. (AP)—Maj. Bob White flew
the X15 rocket plane to a new
eontrolled flight speed record o|
3,140 miles an hour Friday, de-
spite engine trouble and a leak
im his pressurized cabin.
The new mark is 235 m.ph
faster than White’s previous rec.
ord of 2,905 mph. last March 7
but the Air Force officer said he
felt no sensation of greater speed
The engine trouble came a spli
Second after the X15 drappec
away from its B52 mother shi;
240 miles east of here above Hid
den Hills, Calif.
The engine ignited briefly, ther
eut out. For the next 30 seconds
‘while the X15 fell helplessly from
45,000 feet to 37,000 feet, White
labored frantically to get the en
Sine restarted.
Finally he succeeded, The en
gine’s 57,000 pounds of thrus'
came on at full throttle, driving
him back in his seat with a force
three times that of normal
gTtavity.
White zoomed to 86,000 feet, the
altitude at which he reached the
new speed record, then shut of!
his engine.
At 90,000 feet his pressurizec
cabin sprang a leak. Instantly
and automatically, his space-type
fying suit inflated to compensate
for the loss of pressure in the
cabin.
“I was still able to function
normally,’ White said, so he can.
tinued the flight.
Momentum carried him on tc
103.000 feet, close to the planned
peak for the flight, Then came
the long glide back to base.
| EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE,
Calif. (AP)—Maj. Bob White flew
the X15 rocket plane to a new
eontrolled flight speed record of
8,140 miles an hour Friday, de-
Spite engine trouble and a leak
im his pressurized cabin.
The new mark is 235 m.p.h.
faster than White's previous rec-
ord of 2,905 m.p.h. last March 7,
but the Air Force officer said he
felt no sensation of greater speed.
The engine trouble came a split
second after the X15 dropped
away from its B52 mother ship
140 miles east of here above Hid-
den Hills, Calif.
The engine ignited briefly, then
eut out. For the next 30 seconds,
while the X15 fell helplessly from
45,000 feet to 37,000 feet, White
labored frantically to get the en-
gine restarted.
Finally he succeeded. The en-
gine's 57,000 pounds of thrust
came on at full throttle, driving
him back in his seat with a force
three times that of normal
gravity. |
White zoomed to 80,000 feet, the
altitude at which he reached the
new speed record, then shut off
his engine.
At 90,000 feet his pressurized
cabin sprang a leak. Instantly
and automatically, his space-type
flying suit inflated to compensate
for the loss of pressure in the
cabin.
“IT was still able te function
normally,’ White said, so he con-
tinued the flight. |
Momentum carried him on to!
103,000 feet, close to the planned!
peak for the flight. Then came
the long glide back to base. |
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~ WASHINGTON (®# — President
Kennedy meets with fcrmer
President Eisenhower today in
an evident bid to rally strong na-
tional support for critical steps
which he may consider neces-
‘sary to deal with the increasing-
ly dangerous Cuban crisis.
A White House announcement
of the session — at Camp David,
Md. — emphasized Cuba as the
topic for the conference.
Before flying to Camp David
by helicopter Kennedy met with
the National Security Council,
presumably to discuss possible
future moves against the pro-
Communist government of Cuba.
In the midst of these develop-
ments, the President was report-
ed to have ordered a thorough
study of reasons for the defeat
of the rebel invasion attempt.
The President was understood
to be concerned about what some
authorities called a failure to
calculate accurately in advance
the strength of Prime Minister
Fidel Castro’s military reaction
to the rebel assault as well as
possible errors in intelligence.
It also was disclosed that Ken-
inedy had been in indirect con-
tact with Gov. Rockefeller of
|New York and that he had con-
ferred Friday with Sen. Barry
Goldwater (R-Ariz).
The contacts with Republicans
followed Kennedy’s meeting at
the White House Thursday with
former Vice President Nixon.
Nixon said in New York Fri-
day night that he had told Ken-
nedy he would support him
“even to the commitment of
American armed forces.”
The post mortem examination
of U.S. government connections
=
what went wrong is in full swing
here. A point at issue is whether
the administration acted wisely
in letting the Cuban Revolution-
ary Council proceed.
_ Administration informants told
newsmen privately that there
was complete concurrence
among the President, Secretary
of State Rusk and the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, as well as other
policymakers in the National
Security Council, that the United
States should not veto the opera-
tinn
| WASHINGTON (AP)—President
Kennedy meets with former Pres-
ident Dwight D. Eisenhower te-
day in an evident bid to rally
strong national support for criti-
cal steps which he may consider
necessary to deal with the in-
creasingly dangerous Cuban cri-
S18,
A White House announcement
of the session—-at Camp David,
|Md. — emphasized Cuba as the
‘topic for the conference. But it
|did not rule out the prospect that
Kennedy could discuss with his
predecessor a broad range of it-
tensifying cold war conflicts with
the Soviet Union.
Before flying to Camp David
by helicopter Kennedy met with
| the National Security Council,
presumably to discuss possible
future moves against the pro-
Communist government of Cuba
in the wake of this week's abor-
tive anti-Castro invasion.
Study Ordered
In the midst of these develop-
ents, the President was report-
ed to have ordered a thorough
study of reasons for the defeat
of the rebel invasion attempt
which began last weekend with
the United States’ moral support
—and, it was generally believed
here, with some backing of U. 8.
‘money and arms.
The President was understood
to be concerned about what some
authorities called a failure to eal-
culate accurately in advance the
strength of Prime Minister Fidel
Castro's military reaction to the
rebel assault as well as possible
errors in intelligence.
| White House news secretary
Pierre Salinger disclosed Friday
{night that Kennedy and Eisen-
|hower would meet at Camp De
.|vid, the Catoctin Mountain re
»| treat near Gettysburg. Pa., which
Eisenhower used for conferences
{with foreign leaders.
| The President arranged the
_{tuncheon session in a telephone
{call to Eisenhower Friday morn
jing. The former chief executive
was at his Gettysburg farm.
Salinger said Kennedy wanted
to bring Eisenhower up to date
on the Cuban situation, believing
that “‘as leader of the Republi-
can party and as former presi-
dent he should know what the sit-
uation is.”
Contact With Rockefeller
| Salinger also disclosed that
_| Kennedy had been in indirect ¢on-
tact with Gov. Nelson A. Rocke-
feller of New York. another Re-
|| Publican leader, and that he had
conferred Friday with Sen. Barry
,| Coldwater, R-Ariz.
‘| The contacts with Republicans
:| followed Kennedy's meeting at the
|| White House Thursday with for-
mer Vice President Richard M.
|| Nixon, his Republican opponent
»|for the presidency last year.
-{ Nixon said in New York Friday
ljnight that he had told Kennedy
1}he would support him “even to
ifthe commitment of American
>} armed forces.”’
Nixon said that as a private
* citizen he would back Kennedy
iin such a move if Kennedy con-
1| sidered it necessary to ‘‘stop the
"| buildup of the Communist beach
head in Cuba.”
Both Kennedy and Eisenhower
arranged to fly to Camp David
by helicopter, Kennedy going di.
“|rectly from the White House and
i Eisenhower from his farm. They
last met on inauguration day
Jan. 20, when Kennedy took ove:
the reins of government.
;j
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Ry The Assoctated Press
Washington, March 6 ~President
Hoover accepted the resignation
of Alexander Legge of Chicago. as
chairman of the federal farm
board, and appointed James C
Stone of Kentucky to succeed him
today
In making the announcement,
President Hoover said he knew he
reflected “the view of the agrict!-
tural community when I express
intense regret upon the retirement
of Mr. Legge.”
The vacancy, President Hoover
said, created by the elevation of
Stone to the chairmanship will not
be filled for two or three weeks
“Chairman Legge has been urged
by every farm organization in the
United States to continue his
work.’ the president said, “and I
have urged him with all the force
I could conimand He, however
feels that he must gu back to his
business”
The retiring fartn board chair
man came into offlce nearly two
years ago? and haa been a storm
center since the Hoover agrieul-
tural policy was put into operation
On numerous ocramgions he haw be-
come involved in controversies.
In a watement at the farm board
about the time the president named
his successor, Legge expressed
“wreater conficence in the ultimate
success’ of the agricultural mar-
keting act than when he unter
took the work 7
The chairman termed his resig-
nation ag “a mere formality
“Ag a matter of fact.” the sate
ment continued “I have heen work
ing on overtime for nearly eight
montha |t being clearly understood
when ! accepted the position that
it was for a one year period in
heiping to get the organization set
up and the work started
‘The program has progreamed to
a point where the organization may
he safely claswified as a geing con
cern I sincerely believe the plan
of operation to be sound and that
the test of time will prove thie to
the satiefaction of all interested
The new chairman of the board
has had many yeara experience in
cooperative tmmarketing, the funda-
mental principle on which the farm
board works
He organized and was genera!
manager for a number of years of
the Burley Tobaceo Cooperative A»
fociatien of Kentucky, his native
atate
He has been a member of the
farm board epince {ts organization
ang has been active particularly in
organiaing cotton and tobacco co-
operatives financed and directed by
stabilization corporations under
the direction of the farni board
| ‘ Rambohillet, France, Aug. 28—Po-
lice arrested teri world-famous fem-
inist leaders today when they tried
to storm the gates of the presiden-
‘tial palace here.
‘The women wera attempting ta
get before the World Peace pjeni-
potentaries, who were visiting Pres-
ident Bourmegue, their Semand for
& universal treaty Bran ng ‘equal
rights to their sex,
Miss Doris Stevens, wife of Dudley
‘Field 3 Malone, the American lawyer,
was among those arrested.
| Tho ten women appeared at the
gaics of the palace carrying for-
eign flags, banners and placards
Ee demanding that’ the plenipotenti-
aries Sipn an “equal rights treaty.”
| different | train |
By The Associated Press.
Washington, | March 6.-—-President
Hoover today accepted the resignation
of Alexander Legge, Chicago, as chair-
man of the Federal Farm Board, and
appointed James ©, Stone, Kentucky,
to succeed him.
In making the announcement, Pres-
ident Hoover said he knew he reflected
the view of the agricultural commu-
nity when “I expressed intense regret
upon the retirement of Mr. Legge.”
} The vacancy, President Hoover said,
Qreated by the elevation of Stone to
the cha.rmansiip Bul not oo filled for
two or three weeks.
Louisville, Ey. Maich 6§—James C
Stone, appomted oy President Hoove:
today as chairman of the Fedsral Farm
Board, has served for several jears on
co-operative Marketing projects.
He was one of the organizors in 1921
of the Burley Tovacco Association.
which included growers in Kentucky.
Tennessee, Indiana, Ohio, West Vir-
ginda and Missourt,
| ABOARD USS TICONDE-
ROGA (AP) — Skylab’s astro-
nauts came home safely trom
man’s longest space journey to-
day and shunned stretchers to
walk smartly but unsteadily
across the deck of this recovery
carrier.
The wobbly 60 steps from the
Apollo ferry ship to. a medical
laboratory indicated Charles
Conrad Jr., Dr. Joseph P. Ker-
win and Paul J. Weitz had suf-
fered some effects from a
record four weeks’ exposure to
space weightlessness.
But Commander Conrad re-
ported as the Apollo parachuted
toward a pinpoint landing in
the Pacific after an 1-million-
mile journey: ‘“We’re all in
good shape. Everything’s ok.’
They splashed down right on
target, just 6% miles from the
Ticonderoga.
Thirty-nine minutes later,
still inside the Apollo, they
were on the carrier deck.
Doctors, not knowing how
they might react to earth's
gravity after their long weight-
Jess exposure, were prepared
to lift them out on litters.
But, after consultation with
doctors, Kerwin, a physician,
said they could walk to the
medical trailer where they be-
gan six hours of extensive med-
ical debriefing.
They emerged smiling from
the hatch and saluted as the
ship’s band struck up “Anchors
Aweigh” for the all-Navy crew.
Conrad walked with hesitant
steps at first but gradually
picked up steam as he reached
the medical lab door. Kerwin
was slightly stooped and both
he and Weitz were somewhat
unsteady in their steps.
Doctors assisted both Kerwin
and Weitz by holding onte one
arm of each.
Experts immediately began
removing thousands of feet of
film and tape and equipment
from medical, earth resources
and astronomy experiments
that may tell man much about
his earth, his sun and his physi-
cal being.
How well Conrad, Kerwin and
Weitz fared in the weightless
world will play a major role in
determining if man can func-
tion efficiently in future long-
duration flights. The first of the
two 56-day Skylab missions is
scheduled for launch July 27.
The astronauts almost were
held over in orbit today to try
to repair a refrigeration prob-
lem in their space station. But
mission control decided there
was nothing the astronauts
could do and told them to come
hname_
could do and told them to come
home.
BEHIND SCHEDULE
Ten minutes behind schedule,
Conrad, Kerwin and Weitz un-
docked their Apollo ferry ship
and executed a series of
maneuvers that sent them
slamming into the atmosphere
above Thailand for the fiery de-
scent.
The Apollo craft hit the calm
See page 2A, column 4
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ABOARD USS TICONDE-
ROGA (AP) — Skylab’s astro-
nauts came home safely from
man’s longest space journey to-
day and despite some early diz-
ziness and tightheadedness,
they were pronounced in ex-
cellent physical conditon.
Charles Conrad Jr., Dr. Jo-
seph P. Kerwin and Paul J.
" Steps Wobbly :
The wobbly 60 steps from the
Apollo ferry ship to @ medical
laboratory indicated the astro-
nauts had suffered some initial
effects in gravity after a record
Dr. Royce Hawkins, the as-
hear chief physician, con-
ifirmed this after consulting
‘with doctors on the carrier. He
told newsmen at the Houston
Space Center: |
“They look quite good. They,
appear far better than I ex-'
pected. They’re excellent.” |
Conrad Best !
Hawkins said Conrad, a vet- /
eran of three previous space)
flights, was in the best condi- |
tion, with normal blood pres.
sure and pulse and only slight
lightheadedness. |
He said both Kerwin and
Weitz suffered from dizziness
and lightheadedness and that)
Weitz’ blood pressure at first
was on the low side.
After splashdown Kerwin!
blew up an inflatable suit over
the lower part of his body to).
help increase blood circulation, |
Hawkins said.
The astronauts splashed down
right on target, just 642 miles)
still inside the Apollo, they).
were on the carrier deck. |
Lifted Out
Doctors, not knowing how):
they might react to earth’s):
gravity after their long weight-|:
less exposure, were prepared |;
to lift them out on litters.
But, after consultation with
doctors, Kerwin, a physician, |;
said they could walk to the)]
medical trailer where they be-):
gan six hours of extensive med-|
ical debriefing.
They emerged smiling |
the hatch and saluted as the
ship’s band struck up “Anchors ||
Aweigh” for the all-Navy crew.
Conrad walked with hesitant |«
steps at first but gradually | ¢
picked up steam as he reached |}
the medical jab door. Kerwin |i
was slightly stooped and both
ne and Weitz were somewhat|”
Experts immediately began
emoving thousands of feet of ¥
See SKYLAB, Page 2A, Col. 4 |
| WASHINGTON, Aug. (Pr
The United States board of media-
tion announced today that an
agreement had been reached by
the executive officers of the Order
of Railway Conductors and the
Brotherhood of Railroad Train-
men and the railroads of the west-
ern territory in the dispute be-
tween them involving rates of pay
and certain rules,
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WASHINGTON (®—President
Kennedy today apointed Gen.
Maxwell D. Taylor, former Army
chief of staff, to make a specia!
survey of U. S. capabilities in
the field of “nonconventional”
warfare such as guerrilla activi-
ty.
Taylor immedately went on the
job. He attended a meeting this
morning of the National Securi-
ty Council—one of the few ses-
sions of that major defense group
since Kennedy took office.
Pierre Salinger, White House
press secretary, said that “non-
conventional” warfare in this case
is not used in the usual sense of
nuclear warfare but of tactical
operations.
Salinger said Kennedy decided
within the last few days that such
a survey is necessary and asked
Taylor Friday to conduct it.
The study clearly was inspired
by events of the past week in
Cuha,
| Sacramento, Cal, Aug. 25. ).—~
‘Three men.are dead and two others
wounded, one perhaps fatally, as
the yebult of what police, described
ns p shooting orgy here by a man
insanely jealous of his estranged
wife, .
Perey I. Barnes, 35, 0 railroad
employe, suspected hy the police,
wis under arrest; Calm, smiling
and defiont, he denied any connec:
tion with the slayings.
‘The dénd wore Charles B. Cur
tis-and Charles Klein, brothers-in
Jaw of Barnes,'and Len, Gearhardt
his cousin: by marriage.’ j
The wounded were Clarence Mun
ey, snid to have been visiting at th
homo of Mrs. Barnes and M. H
Larkin, president of tho Larki
Transportation vompany of: Sacra
mento. There wns little hope fo
Muney's reeovery.
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PANMUNJOM, Korea
braw)] between American
puards in this truce village
(UPI) — A free-swinging
and Communist security
>was swiftly broken up by
Fsecurity officers on both sides
today.
Several Commumst guards tried
fo draw pisiols during the fight.
but ther were resirained by their
comrades and the Americans.
The fight was the second at
Panmunjom in }ess than a month.
A US. officer and a North Ko
Tean officer pushed and shoved
each other and exchanged bitter
words during an altercation Jast
| month.
The latest incident erupted
when abit a dozen North Ko-
reans marched in «mele file past
Pie Jolm W. Clark, -Facksomile,
Ja The det Rerean a Lune
siruck Clark in the face
Clark. whose obler brother was
| PANMUNJOM, Korea (UPI)—
A free - swinging brawl between
American and Communist se-
curity guards in this truce vil-
lage was swiftly broken up by
security officers on both sides
today.
Several Communist guards
tried to draw pistols during the
fight, but they were restrained
by their comrades and the
Americans. |
The fight was the second at
Panmunjom in less than a
month. A. US. officers and a
North Korean officer pushed and
shoved each other and exchang-
ed bitter words during an alter-
cation last month,
Struck in Face
The latest incident erupt-
ed when about a dozen North
Koreans marched in single file
past Pfc. John W. Clark, Jack-
sonville, Fla. The last Korean in
line struck Clark in the face.
Clark, whose older brother
was killed in Korea during the
Korean War, angrily struck
back, Clark's buddy, Robert Holt
of Pulaski, Tenn., jumped into
the fight.
At that point, other Reds
joined the braw!] and about a
dozen Americans piled in to
even the odds.
The usually quiet Panmunjom
area was filled with shouted
curses and yells for two minutes
as Americans and North
Koreans swung wildly at each
other,
Pistols Appear
It was during this time that
isome of the Koreans tried to
draw their pistols. U.S. and Ko
rean security officers finally
managed to restore order.
No one was seriously injurec
in the melee that heightenec
tensions in the truce village.
The Communist guards s hout
ed at U.N, cameramen not tc
take pictures, Others insultec
South Korean reporters by call
ing them “running dogs o:
American imperialism.”
UN Apology
Earlier in the day, the U.N
Command expressed regret tc
the Communists over an in.
trusion into North Korean air.
space Friday by a South Korean
Sabrejet piloted by an Amer.
ican.
Pursuing Communist MIG jets
shot up the aircraft. The pilo
was killed when he attempted t
crash-land at Kunsan, about 10
miles south of Seoul.
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' “Bismarck, N. D., Aug. 28—(UP)—
Governor Arthur G. Sorlie, of North
Dakota died here at 6:45 a. m. today
of heart diséase. He was 54 years ald
and had twice been elected governor
on a republican ticket. Mrs. Sorlie
and other members of the family were
at the bedside. :
A varied career had been Sorlie's.
Born in Albert Lea, Minn., he was
graduated from the Lutheran. Acad-
emy there and came to Nerth Dakota
to bea. bank clerk, Successively, he
became a shoe salesman, cracker
| manufacturer, feed and fuel dealer
anu official of automobile companies
and banks. :
+ Sorlie had-been married twice, in
1900 to Jennie Adegard, whom he
lost ‘by death, and in 1919 to Grace
Helleboe. There were three children
by the first union and two by the
second. He nade his home in Grand
jEpres: .? :
i The death of Governor Sortie. re-
Moved: from the ranks of the non-
partisan republican faction one of
the strongest advocates of state-
- owned industries, especially the state-
owned flour mill at Grand Forks,
, Which according to a fact-nnaing leg-
islative committee, has cost the state
millions of dollars.
’ The losses of the mill were some-
“times looked upon as a state scan-
dal."A special session of legislature
called by the. governor who sought
exoneration for his stand on-the mill
: quqsiftion ended wijhout favorable
action. .- ‘ a ie 7
Sorlie was-among, the Icaders of
advocates for fa relief. -When. the
“fear ot leading ‘a caravan on’ thé ‘re
publican convention. in June was pro-
pounded, he swung behind it enthus-
jastically and tried to organize such
a march from farmers of Me. north-
| West. He led a small group of farm-
ers to Kansas City but the number
- was far below what the governor had
hoped for. ©
| Bllenvitie, N. ¥., Aug. 27—(@)—A nare
row valley In Lhe Catskills, about 25
miles long and less than a mile across
at its widest polnt, late Monday shook
iiselt loose from the grip of eloud-burst
And Nlogled stream and took account of
its loss Of Itfe and property,
Through this Lttle valley, running
northeast to Kingston, on the Hudson
river, tno Randout ereek winds a falrly
tranqutl coureo under normat conditions.
Sunday a cloud-burst poured thousands
of tons of wnler into tie stream’s source
and sont a 20-foot walt of water tum-
bling down the vatley.
‘Three Known Bead.
Monday three persons wers known
dead, crops, Ilvestock and farm property
had béen- damaged (0 the oxtent of hun-
Ureds of thousands of dolera, at least
20 bridges had heen torn from thelr
bases; highwoys had been washed out in
many, places, communtcations had been
disfupted and scores of persons had been
rendered! homeless.
Of. n Beore of sillages caught, the
watera wreaked thelr fury for the most
part) on Manteln, Lackawack, Napanoch,
Waworsing, Kerhonksen, Accord, High
Folls nud Rosendale.
Motorist Drowned,
Chatles Lavery, 60, of Paterson, N.
motoring through the valley with a com.
panion, Joseph Hughes, nlso of Pnter-
son, drowned, when ‘nlx motor atalled in
didoded -Aighwoy: Hughes sas dr:
catoty, PHD RATE
wack attempted to cary hia wito- from
thelr flooded dwelling, stumbled and
drowned on the threshold af hla home.
An unidentified Infant nlso was sald to
have perished. ‘
The waters of Rondaut creck rose tc
the level of second-story windows In the
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BERLIN, May 10 —(UP)~
Russian authorities began lif
ing the Berlin blockade 40 hours
before the deadline today when
they restored electric power to
parts of the Western sectors.
The Soviet action gave Ameri-
can sector housewives unra-
tioned electricity in the middle
of the morning for the iirst time
since power rationing was
forced upon Western Berlin by
the Saviet blockade last July 9.
_ Radios played and electric
stoves glowed as the power
floved into American sector
lines from the Soviet sector, All
of Berlin’s major power gener-
ating stations are in the: Soviet
sector.
+ & «&
GERMAN ELECTRIC power
authirities said the restoration
of electricity to the Western sec-
tors would take place gradually.
Full service, such as existed
before the Russians cit off the
power during the first weeks of
their blockade, will not be ef-
fected until some time Thurs-
day, they said.
Restoration of power was started
40 hours before the official time
set for ending the blockade—12:01
a.m. Thursday (7:01 p. m. EST
Wednesday).
* * *
) AT TWAT MINUTE the first o
€) 16 allied trains a day will begi
-|to roll into Berlin for the firs
il] time since the Russians cut off a!
of] surface transportation 11 month
y | ago.
in addition to the trains gettin,
t ready to enter Berlia, barge own
ers in Hamburg announced tha
"| boats capable of carrying 60,00
,{ tons of supplies were standing by;
to resume shipments to Berlin or
the Elbe-Havel river.
7 * *
ALL FREIGHT and passengers
¢/on the trains will be passed with-
e | aut restriction. However, the Rus-
r| Sians still will retain the privilege
of licensing freight shipments go-
ing westward out of Berlin.
t| Fhe Western mark still will be
t banned in the Soviet zone “pend-
ing the decision on the question ot
currency in Berlin.”
| BERLIN, U.P)—Russian authori-
ties began lifting the Berlin
‘blockade 40 hours before the
‘deadline today when they re-
‘eben electric power to parts of
the western sectors.
The Soviet action gave Ameri
can sector housewives unrationed
electricity in the middle of the
morning for the first time since
‘power rationing was forced upon
western Berlin by the Soviet
‘blockade last July 9.
| Radios played and electric
| stoves glowed as the power flowed
into American sector lines from
the Societ sector. All of Berlin's
major power generating statious
are in the Soviet sector.
German electric power anthori
ties said the restoration of elec-
tricity to the western sectors
would take place gradually.
Full service, such as existed be
fore the Russians cut off the
power during the first weeks of
their blockade, will not be effected
until some time Thursday, they
said.
Restoration of power was start-
ed 40 hours before the official
time set for ending the blockade--
12:01 a. m. Thursday (4:01 p. m.
‘CST Wednesday.)
| At that minute the first of 16
Allied trains a day will begin to
roll into Berlin for the first time
since the Russians cut off all sur.
face transportation 11 months
ago.
The number of trains a day was
set under an order by Gen. Vassily
Cc. Chuikov, new Soviet military
commander, providing that traffic
regulations between the east and
west zones return to the status of
Marche 1, 1948.
The 16 trains will supply th»
western sectors with about 10,000
tons a day, somewhat less than
the Anglo-American airlift achiev-
ed at its highest point, 2
All freight and passengers on
the trains will be passed withont
restriction. However, the Russians
still will retain the privilege of
licensing freight shipments going
westward out of Berlin,
The western mark, however.
will be banned in the Soviet zone
“pending the decision on the
question of currency in Berlin.’
The 4-lane superhighway to Ber-
lin from the western zones will
be opened at the same time as the
rail line.
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ABOARD USS TICONDE-
ROGA (AP) — Skylab’s astro-
hauts came home safely today
from man’s longest space jour-
ney and shunned stretchers to
walk smartly but unsteadily
across the deck of this recovery
carrier.
The wobbly 60 steps from the
Apollo ferry ship to a medical
laboratory indicated Charles
Conrad Jr., Dr. Joseph P. Kerwin
and Paul J. Weitz had suffered
some effects from a record four
weeks’ exposure to space
weightlessness.
But Commander Conrad re-
ported as the Apollo parachuted
toward a pinpoint landing in the
Pacifie after an 11-million-mile
journey: “We're all in good
shape. Everything’s OK.”
They splashed down right on
target, just 6% miles from the
Ticonderoga.
Thirty-nine minutes later, still
inside the Apollo, they were on
the carrier deck.
Doctors, not knowing how they
might react to earth’s gravity
after their long weightless ex-
posure, were prepared to lift
them out on litters.
But, after consultation with
doctors, Kerwin, a physician,
said they could walk to the
medical trailer where they began
six hours of extensive medical
debriefing.
They emerged smiling from the
hatch and saluted as the chip’s
band struck up “Anchors
Aweigh’ for the all-Navy crew.
Conrad walked with hesitant
steps at first but gradually picked
up steam as he reached the
medical lab door, Kerwin was
slightly stooped and both he and
Weitz were somewhat unsteady in
their steps.
Doctors assisted both Kerwin
and Weitz by holding onto one
arm of each.
Experts immediately began
removing thousands of feet of
film and tape and equipment
from medical, earth resources
and astronomy experiments that
may tell man much about his
earth, his sun and his physical
being. .
How well Conrad, Kerwin and
Weitz fared in the weightless
world will play a major role in
determining if man can function
efficiently in future long-dura-
tion flights. The first of the two
’ §6-day Skylab missions is schedu-
led for launch July 27.
The astronauts almost were
held over in orbit today to try tc
repair a refrigeration problem ir
their space station, But Mission
Control decided there was
nothing the astronauts could do
and told them to come home.
Ten minutes behind schedule,
Conrad, Kerwin and Weitz un-
docked their Apollo ferry ship
and executed a series of
maneuvers that sent them
slamming into the atmosphere
above Thailand for the fiery de-
seent.
The Apollo craft hit the calm
blue waters at 9:50 am. EDT
about 830 miles southwest of San
Diego, Calif. It was just after
dawn off the West Coast.
The 42,000-ton Ticonderoga
quickly steamed alongside the
three-ton Apollo and tossed a line
to frogmen in the water, A crane
then lifted the craft and the
astronauts to an elevator for a
ride to the hangar deck.
Hundreds of white-clad sailors
on deck and millions watching
television around the world agair
had a ringside seat to a U.S. man:
inspace landing as the Apoll
- eraft floated down through low
| hanging clouds and danglin;
under three huge orange anc
white parachutes.
. “Everyone’s in super shape,’
. Conrad said as the spacecraf
| bobbed on the water awaitin;
pickup. Frogmen immediately
leaped from helicopters to secure
the spacecraft with flotation
collars,
The Ticonderoga reported the
astronauts had landed 6% miles
from the ship and that the ship
was 6% miles from the target
point, indicating a perfect
touchdown.
The Ticonderoga steamed to
pick up the Apollo capsule with
the astronauts still inside, in
contrast to most earlier U.S.
flights when the spacemen were
lifted to the carrier by helicopter.
Medica! requirements dictated
the pick up method today.
Medical experts were not cer-
tain how the astronauts would
react after returning to earth's
- gravity following record ex-
posure to space weightlessness so
they decided the astronauts
| should be subjected to as little
activity as possible until they can
. be examined in mobilet medical
. laboratories aboard the
» Ticonderoga.
The landing completed ar
; historic space mission that lastec
| 28 days and 50 minutes. During
that time the spacemen circle
' the earth 395 times.
t Misson Control was kept it
‘ suspense for most of the final 7
minutes of the flight — a period
when the Apoilo ship was out of
radio contact with ground
stations, ‘
The Ticonderoga’s radar
picked up the streaking craft at a
distance of 188 miles, 10 minutes
before landing.
While out of radio contact, at
9:11 a.m., the astronauts con-
ducted the critical retrorocket
burn that slowed their 17,100
mile-an-hour speed by 130 miles,
allowing earth’s gravity to tug
the spacecraft out of orbit and
start the long glide through the
atmosphere to the eastern
Pacific.
The refrigeration trouble
caused considerable concern. A
maneuver intended to correct it
caused a brief gyroscope prob-
lem that caused the 10-minute
delay in the astronauts’ depar-.
| ture from the orbiting laboratory.
| We're free,” Conrad reported
| seconds after the control center
» flashed the go-ahead fo:
undocking from the 118-foot-long
1 laboratory.
1 They left behind a space statiot
s which they had salvaged witl
| some daring, difficult and ofte:
ingenious repair tasks after i
) was damaged during launchiny
- Mav 14.
| ABOARD USS TICONDEROGA (AP) —
Skylab’s astronauts came home safely
today from man’s longest space journey
and shunned stretchers to walk smartly
but unsteadily across the deck of this
recovery carrier.
The wobbly 60 steps from the Apollo
ferry ship to a medical laboratory in-
dicated Charles Conrad Jr., Dr. Joseph P.
Kerwin and Paul J. Weitz had suffered
some effects from a record four weeks’
exposure to space weightlessness.
But Commander Conrad reported as the
Apollo parachuted toward a pinpoint
landing in the Pacific after an 11-million-
mile journey: “We're all in good shape.
Everything's OK.”
They splashed down right on target, just
6!» miles from the Ticonderoga.
Thirty-nine minutes later, still inside the
Apollo, they were on the carrier deck.
Doctors, not knowing how they might
react to earth’s gravity after their long
weightless exposure, were prepared to lift
them out on litters.
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Seas SN Seen Peet 7.
Edwards Alr Forco Buse,
Cal., Apel) 2 WP — The X-15
rocket plane today flew et a
record 3,140 miles an hour—
better than 50 miles 9 minute—
on the firat fullpower test of
the engine intended to carry
the man-controled craft (o the
edgo of space.
Maj. Robert White of the
United States air force, onlike
Ma). Yuri Gagarin, the Russian
cosmonaut who orbited around
the earth last week, had contro!
of the black, stub winged X-15
Distance the pisne would
have traveled in an hour,
from the time it was dropped
from tho wing of B-S2 bomber
45,000 fect over the Mojaye
desert. In breaking his own six
waek old record of 2,005 miles
an hour, While reached the
peak speed mt 00,000 feet alti-
tude. :
Engine Acts Up
The X-15's peak of mach 4.8
—fast enough to cross the con-
tinent from Loa Angeles to
Washington In about 40
— didn't compare with! the
speed of Gagarin’a space ship.
However, the Gagarin ship was
controlied at ol} times from thé
White conceded he had some
Night (roubles, but culled them
“minor.” ‘The “ minor’ prob-
lems" included trouble starting
the 67,000 pound thrust enging
White sald be started the un-
gino at the time of the-drop.at
S210 feet, bak Cat, a anes
then ‘shut down: The 'X-15
[Continued on page 2, col. 1)
| OPT UNA EAN BTR BARNS EEN UE SE
WASHINGTON (AP)—President
Kennedy meets with former Pres-
ident Dwight D, Eisenhower to-
day in an evident bid to rally
strong national support for criti-
cal steps which he may consider
necessary to deal with the in-
creasingly dangerous Cuban cri-
sis.
A White House announcement
of the session—at Camp David,
Md, — emphasized Cuba as the
topic for the conference. But it
did not rule out the prospect that
Kennedy could discuss with his
predecessor a broad range of in-
tensifying cold war conflicts with
the Soviet Union,
Before flying to Camp David
ky helicopter Kennedy met with
the National Security Council,
presumably to discuss possible
future moves against the pro-
Communist government of Cuba
in the wake of this week's abor-
tive anti-Castro invasion,
Study Is Ordered
In the midst of these develop-
ments, the President was report-
ed to have ordered a thorough
study of reasons for the defeat
of the rebel invasion attempt.
which began last weekend with
the United States’ moral support.
—and, it was generally believed
here, with some backing of U. S.
money and arms,
The President was understood |
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ABOARD USS TICONDEROGA
(AP) — Skylab’s astronauts came
safely home from man’s longest space
journey today, splashing down with
pinpoint precision in the Pacific Ocean
after 28 days and 11 million miles in
orbit.
Just 39 minutes after touchdown,
Charles Conrad Jr., Dr. Joseph P.
Kerwin and Paul J. Weitz were hoisted
onto the deck of this recovery carrier,
still inside their Apollo ferry ship.
“We're all in good shape. Every-
thing’s OK,” commander Conrad ra-
dioed as the spacecraft descended
through the clouds and landed within
view of USS Ticonderoga, just 614
miles away. That indicated the astro-
nauts had suffered no adverse physi-
cal reactions on returning to earth’s
gravity after a record four weeks’ ex-
posure lo space weightlessness.
Jen minutes later they climbed
through the hatch, smiled and waved
as the ship's band played “Anchors
Aweigh” tor the all- Navy Skylab
crew.
They walked unsteadily toward a
mobile medical laboratory, showing
some effects from the four weeks’ ex-
posure to weightlessness.
The astronauts almost were held
over in orbit to try to repair a retrig-
eration problem in their space station
But Mission Control decided there was
nothing the astronauts could do and
told them to come home.
So, 10 minutes behind schedule. Con-
rad, Kerwin and Weitz undocked their
Apollo ferry ship from the station and
executed a series of maneuvers that
sent them slamming into the atmos-
phere above Thailand for a fiery de-
scent
The Apollo craft hit the calm Pacific
waters at 9:50 a.m. (EDT) about 830
miles southwest of San Diego, Calif .
within sight of the main recovery ship
It was just after dawn off the West
Coast.
Hundreds of white - clad sailors on
deck and millions watching television
around the world again had a ringside
seat to a U.S. man - in - space landing
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| ABOARD Uss TICONDE-- :
ROGA (AP) — Skylab’s
astronauts came safely
home from man’s longest
space journey today,
splashing down with pin-
point precision in the Pacific
Ocean after 28 days and 11
million miles in orbit. _
Charles Conrad Jr., Dr.
Joseph P. Kerwin and Paul
J. Weitz ended their 28-day
journey when their Apollo
ferry ship parachuted into
the water.
-The main recovery ship,
the aircraft carrier
Ticonderoga, was in the
prime recovery area about
830 miles southwest of San
Diego, Calif., ready to hoist
‘the astronauts aboard for a
series of vital medical tests
.to determine how well they
withstood their record
exposure to space weight-
lessness.
Earlier,, Mission Control
considered holding Conrad,
Kerwin and. Weitz in orbit
longer to troubleshoot a
refrigeration problem.
But controllers decided
there was nothing the
_astronauts could do and
gave them the green light to
start the homeward voyage.
‘. They had separated their
Apollo ferry ship from the
118-foot-long laboratory.
Hundreds of white-clad
sailors on deck and millions
watching television around
the world again’ had-.-a
ringside seat to a U. S. man-
in-space landing as the
‘Apollo craft floated down
through low-hanging clouds
and dangling under three
huge orange and white
parachutes.
‘Everyone's in super
‘shape,”’ Conrad said as the
spacecraft bobbed on the
water. awaiting pickup.
Frogmen immediately
leaped from helicopters to
secure the spacecraft with
flotation collars. ~~
The Ticonderoga reported
the astronauts had landed
6% miles from the ship and
| that the ship was 6% miles
from the target point, in-
dicating a. perfect touch-
down.
The Ticonderoga steamed
_topick up the Apollo capsule
with the astronauts still
inside, in contrast to most
earlier U.S. flights when the
spacemen were lifted to the
carrier. by helicopter.
Medical requirements
dictated the pick up method
today.
Medical experts were not
certain how the astronauts
would react after returning
to earth’s gravity following
record exposure to space
weightlessness so they
decided the astronauts
should be subjected to as
little activity as‘ possible
until they can be examined
in. mobile medical labora-
tories aboard the Ticonde-
roga.
The landing completed an
historic space mission that
lasted 28 days and 50
minutes. During that time
the spacemen circled the
earth 395 times.
Mission Control was kep'
in suspense for most of the
final 76 minutes of the flight
— a period when the Apollc
ship was out of radio contact
with ground stations.
The Ticonderoga’s radar
picked up the streaking
craft at a distance of 18
miles, 10 minutes before
landing.
While out of radio contact,
at 9:11 a.m., the astronauts
conducted the critical
retrorocket burn that
slowed their 17,100 mile-an-
hour speed by 130 miles,
allowing earth’s gravity to
tug the spacecraft out of or-
bit and start the long glide
through the atmosphere to
the eastern Pacific.
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Hy Associated Press
SHELBY, N. C., Aug... 28.—. Six
persons are known to have | been
killed and several injured when three
buildings in the business district col-
lapsed today.
The dead are Miss Ora Eckridsre,
Zeb Blanton, farmer, and son Cayrl,
Guy Green and Alex Hoyle, bank
clerks, and an unidentified white man.
The buildings were temporary
quarters of a bank, the Goodes pro-
ecery and a tailor shop.
| _ EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE,
Calif. (AP)\—Maj. Bob White flew
‘the X15 rocket plane to a new
controlled flight speed record of
3,140 miles an hour Friday, de-
spite engine trouble and a leak
in his pressurized cabin.
The new mark is 235 mph.
faster than White's previous rec-
ord of 2,905 m.p.h. last March 7,
but the Air Force officer said he
felt no sensation of greater speed.
The engine trouble came a split
second afier the X15 dropped
away from its B52 mother ship
140 mules east of here above Hid-
den Hills, Calif.
The engine ignited briefly, then
cul out. For the next 30 seconds,
while the X15 fell helplessly from
45,000 feet to 37,000 feet, White
labored frantically to get the en-
gine restarted.
| Finally he succeeded. The en-
gine’s 57,000 pounds of thrust
came on at full throttle, driving
him back in his seat with a force
three times that of normal
| gravity.
White zoomed to 80.000 feet, the
altitude at which he reached the
new speed record, then shut off
his engine.
At 90,000 feet his pressurized
cabin sprang a leak. Instantly
and automatically, his space-type
flying suit inflated to compensate
for the Ipss of pressure in the
cabin,
“I was still able to function
normally,” White said, so he con-
tinued the flight.
Momentum carried him on to
103,000 feet, close to the planned
peak for the flight. Then came
the long glide back to base.
| different | train |
PeemOOuUUMIEL, France, UZ. 26.07
—Doris Stevens, American feminist
leader, and three others of a group
of feminists who tried to “crash the
gates” of the presidential chaicau
today in behalf of the equal righis
movement, were held in custody at
the police commissariat for several
hours for failure to have their id-
entity papers.
| They were released at 3:30 o'clock
this afternoon after all of the
statesmen who had lunch with
President Doumergue had gone. The
women had sought a i0-minutes’
audience with the president's
guests, who Monday signed the Kel-
logg-Briand renunciation of wars
‘iraaty. The plan of the feminis
, was to discuss with them 2 project
pier an international treaty estab-
lishing equal rights for men and
womes..
| Rambouillet, France, Aug. 28.—(A.
P.)}—Doris Stevens, American femi-
nist leader, and three others of a
group of.feminists who tried to
“crash the gates” of the presidential
chateau today in behalf of the equal
rights movement, were held in cus-
tody at the police commissariat for
several hours for failure to have
their identity papers.
They were released at 3:30 o'clock
this afternoon after all of the states-
men who had lunch with Presideat
Doumergue had gone. The women
bad songht a ten minutes’ audience
with the president's guests who yes-
terday signed the Kellogg-Briand re-
nunciation of war treaty. The plan
of the feminists was to discuss with
them a project for an international
treaty establishing equal rights for
men and women.
Those held over the noon hour
with Miss Stevens were Mrs. Loring
Pickering, Fanny Bernand of France
and Mrs, Betty Gram Swing, former-
ly of Portland, Ore., and now wife
of an English correspondent. The
women all left for Paris.
| same | train |
WASHINGTON, Aug. (Pr
The United States board of media-
tion announced today that an
agreement had been reached by
the executive officers of the Order
of Railway Conductors and the
Brotherhood of Railroad Train-
men and the railroads of the west-
ern territory in the dispute be-
tween them involving rates of pay
and certain rules,
|
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 28 (AP)
—Three letters containing fervid
expressions of affections, written
to Mrs. Myrtle Mellus by Leo P.
Kelley, her butcher boy lover
Shortly before her death, today
‘held the attention of the proseca~
tion and defense in his trial for
her murder.
The letters together with «
photograph of Kelley. were found
secreted In false bottoms of draw-
ers of Mrs. Mellus’ dressing table
when the entire court went to the
Mellus home yesterday. Kelley
pointed ont the secret compart-
ments to the court with the com-
ment they contained “something
jJnterestin:g.”*
| different | train |
Shelby, N. C., Aug. 28—(AP) —
Six persons were known to have been
killed and several more were injur-
ed when three buildings in the bus-
iness section collapsed here today.
Several others known to have been
in the building are missing.
The known dead are:
Miss Ora Eskridge, an employe of
the First National Bank; Zeb Bian-
ton, a farmer, and his son, Carl; Guy
Green, and Alex Hoy)e2; clerks in
the First National Bank, and one
unidentified white man. ;
| | SHELBY GN, ©.), Aug. 28.—(%)-—
Six persons were known to’ have
been flied and several more
wers Injured when three bulld-
Ings in the bustneay section col-
lapsed here to-day. Bevernl others
in ths bulldirigs are missing,
| Fhe known dead art
Miss Ora Esleridgr. ‘an employe o€
the Firat. ational Rank; Zehh
lanton, « farmer, and his ron, ¢%
Guy Green and Alex Hoyle. clerk
in the Firat National Banks one un-
identified while man.
‘Three Ruildings Fat
‘The buildings that collapsed were
the First Netonel Bank in tempor-
ary quarters: Goode's Grocery Store,
and a tallor shop. Workmen were
anid ie have been excavating under
tha bullding.
As nonetruction crews werkad
desperately to clear the tanglad
lyerecknme tt wan feated that the
death toll would mount when the
Vasetuents of the collapsed struc:
tures were clenred.
A construction crew engaged I
exeayatlug under the building was
[ntlll unaccounted for and Jittle por
[sibility of {ts eacane wag eon.
/° Most nf the Injured. an ears
chack Indicated, were employes 0
customers of the bank.
The excavation under the build.
ings wag thought to have caused the
collapse.
7 Seven Wen At Wortr
Tho crew floing the exenvaline
was said in have numbered fren
fiva to eeven inen, mostly Negroes
George Blanton, acting view presi.
dent of thy bank, escaped witl
minor {njuties, #8 did ures! Esh-
yidge, caghler, Clarence Mull, as
aletant cashier, recefved a broker
leg and arm and cuts abeut thy
pend, His injuries were sald bh:
physiciang to be serious.
Two olher clerks were said t
have heen buried in the debris. TH
proprietor of the tallar shap wa
Lintssing and was reported to hay
been buried in tho rime of his ehoy
Your bank clerks were unac
counted for but tt waH thought nes
sible that they were in the crowd
Jabout the acene. A physiela
iimbed through dangervus over
hanging walla ww treat mk wom
pank clerk whn wns piuned unde
Uwisted steel] and brick,
| same | train |
Rambouillet, France, Aug. 28—
(P)-—Doris Stevens, American
feminist leaders and three others
of a group of feminists, who tried
to “crash the gate” of the presi-
dential chateau today ‘n behalf of
the equal rights movement were
held in custody at the police cow.
missariat, for several hwurs for fx'!-
ure to have their identity paper.
They were released at the 3:30
o'clock this afternoon after all of
the statesmen who had lunch with
President Doumergue had = gone.
The women had sought a ten min-
ute audience with the president's
guests who yesterday signed the
Kellogg-Briand renunciation of war
treaty. The plan of the feminists
was to discuss with them a pro-
ject for an international treaty,es-
tablishing equal right for men and
women.
/ Those held over the noon hour
with Miss Stevens were Mrs. Lor-
ing Pickering, Fanny Bernand of
| Frances and Mrs. Betty Gram
| Swing, formerly of Portland, Ore.,
|and now wife of an English cor-
‘respondent. The women al) left
| for Paris.
| *
RAMBOUILLET, France, Aug.
23.—WP-—Dorla Stevens, American
feminist leader, and three others
of a group of feminists who tried
to “crash the gates” of the preal-
dential chateau today in behalf of
the equal rights movements, were
held in custody at the police com-
missarlat for several hours for
failure to have their {dentity pa-
pers, ,
The group ctaged a demonstra-
tion outside the hig Iron gate lead-
ing to the chateau swhere the
plenlIpotentlarles who yesterday
signed -the Kellagg-Brland pact
were at lunch with 1e president.
Misa Stevens is chairman of the
committee on International action
of the Nationa’ Woman's Party of
the United States,
The women unfurled a banner
bearing the inscription “we demand
a:treaty giving women their
rights.”
They tried to march through the
gateway to the chateau but were
stopped by officers of the chateau
guards who pffered to take ther
petition to the shateau,
The feminists {nsisted they want-
ed to go in and prosent tho peti-
tion to Prealdent Doumergue them-
selvea but the guards barred the
way, and as the cgitation continu.
ed the officer tn charge of the
guard damanded that Migs Stevens
nnd her most active - companion
show thelr identification papers,
The guards with the ald of po-
ico then confiseutet the banners,
and Miss Stevena and her compan-
fon were taken to the police com-
missariat,
They were released at 3:30 o'clock
this afternoon after the statesmen
who had lunch with President Dou-
mergue had gone,
Those held over the noon hour
with Miss Stevens wera Mra, Lor-
Ing Pickering, Fanny Bernand of
France and Mrs. Betty Gram Swing
formerly of Portland, Ore., and now
wife of an English correspondent.
The women an laft far Doasla
| same | train |
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE,
Calif. (AP)—Maj. Bob White flew
the X15 rocket plane to a new
eontrolled flight speed record of
8,140 miles an hour Friday, de-
Spite engine trouble and a leak
im his pressurized cabin.
The new mark is 235 m.p.h.
faster than White's previous rec-
ord of 2,905 m.p.h. last March 7,
but the Air Force officer said he
felt no sensation of greater speed.
The engine trouble came a split
second after the X15 dropped
away from its B52 mother ship
140 miles east of here above Hid-
den Hills, Calif.
The engine ignited briefly, then
eut out. For the next 30 seconds,
while the X15 fell helplessly from
45,000 feet to 37,000 feet, White
labored frantically to get the en-
gine restarted.
Finally he succeeded. The en-
gine's 57,000 pounds of thrust
came on at full throttle, driving
him back in his seat with a force
three times that of normal
gravity. |
White zoomed to 80,000 feet, the
altitude at which he reached the
new speed record, then shut off
his engine.
At 90,000 feet his pressurized
cabin sprang a leak. Instantly
and automatically, his space-type
flying suit inflated to compensate
for the loss of pressure in the
cabin.
“IT was still able te function
normally,’ White said, so he con-
tinued the flight. |
Momentum carried him on to!
103,000 feet, close to the planned!
peak for the flight. Then came
the long glide back to base. |
| _ Washington, March I—(A.P.)—
Oliver Wendell Holmes, associate
Justice of the Supreme court, makes
‘his debut as a radio speaker Sunday,
March 8—his ninetlieth birthday.
In his second floor study today
workmen tiptoed about Installing a
microphone, There is not even a ra-
| dio set in the house. One Js to be con-
nected after the mlerdphone Is put
in. ‘
The speech by the oldest man ever
to serve on the Supreme bench, is the
first public notice he has taken of a
birthday,
They have been events for a long
time to those nbout him. For years a
deluge of requests from. newspaper-
men for interviews and a series of
plans by admirers for public demon-
strations have preeeded each snni-
versary,
The newspapermen get no further
Chan hits secretary and the adnilrers
: are always forced to bow to his pro-
named distaste of public enlogies,
| "There is no frigidity and Httle aus-
jlerity in his consistent aversion to
tpubilcity and display,
His friends say his Jogical mind
can see no reason for a fanfaronade
over birthdays. His concession on his
ninetleth anniversary is regarded as
reluctant yielding to the desire of
sincere friends to honor him.
The day, however, will be anything
but a succession of handshakes and
huzzas, He plans to remain at home
throughout.
The radto program Jn his honor be-
gins at 16.30 p. m., E. S, T., Sunday
night, Dean Charles E. Clark of the
Yale Law School, from the studios
of the Coloma Broadcasting system
In New York, will introduce Chief
Justice Hughes, She Chief Justice
will speak from the Washington stu-
dlo of the system. Dean Clark after-
wards will introduce Charles A. Bos-
ton, president of the American Bar
Association, who will speak from New
York, Five minutes beginning at
10.55shaye been reserved for Justice
| Holmes,
He moy hate more time iY he wish-
es bub the probabillty ts he will not
take the five minutes allotted,
| different | train |
a ETE ee ae Sees
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28——-What
will the Senate do is the question
which Interests Washington, now
that the Kellogg-Brland pence treaty
has been signed.
The answer to it at this timo is
that there appears to ha no reason
why the pact should not be ratified
promptly, but this view is qualified
by the admonition that many things
can happen in international and
domestic affairs before next winter
to change tho current outlook.
Borah !s Friendly
The capital view Is that there un-
doubtedly will be opposition trom
some quarters but, on the other
hand, that the treaty will have
many fnporlant friends.
Py in the Nght of facts as they now
stand, Senator Borah seems certain
to he Jn the friendly group. Ag chalr-
man of the senate foreign relations
committee, ha will bo a key man {n
President Coolidge’s request for
ratification.
The simple langunge In which the
(reaty ia phrased, the success of See:
retary Kellogg in barring provisions
ikely to be objectionable to the
American Isolationist, and the fact
that the treaty appears to Impose no
obligation upon this country ather
than to renounce war as an instru
ment of uational policy, are held in
Washingtou to be factors arguing
for Senate approval, In addition
bgth major political parties hive in
dorsed cfforts to bring peaceful nd:
judication of international disputes
to fulfillment.
Other Nations WHIl Joln
& PARIS, August 28—The effect of
the signing of the Kellogg-Briand
war renunciation treaty was appar
out today. Nations in various part:
of the world had aunounced thelt
desire to become parties to the pact
The original simnatures wero stil
wet whon telegrams and calles o
adherence by other countries be
fan to pour Into Paris. The govern
mounts of Donmark, Jugo-Slavin
Romnania and Poruo ara among
those having expressed the wish.
The compact now Ja open to ad
herenca by all elvitized nations. Ar
official Invitation to Join the pledg:
has heen tanded by the French am
bassador to Maxim Litvinoff, Rus
sinn Soviet comnissar and forelg
affairs, at Moscow,
Effective In Year
It is expected that at jeast a yea
will elapse before the treaty ha:
been finally ratifted by the origina
signatory countries whase — lagisir
——“tEontiined on page eight)
| Detroit — (UP) — Ford Motor
company and CIO officials meet
Tuesday to attempt settlement of
a six-day-old strike against two
key Ford plants that will idle a
total of 85,000 workers by Tuesday
night.
Reopening of negotiations came
as Ford scheduled immediate shut-
downs of 11 assembly lines, with
the remaining eight to close by
next Monday.
Henry Ford II, youthful head of
the company, accepted a union
offer to reopen peace talks which
were cut short last Thursday when
62.200 United Auto Workers
struck at Ford's River Rouge and
Lincoln-Mercury plants.
In his bid to reopen negotiations,
Walter Reuther, president of the
UAW, asked Ford to lead the com-
pany negoiiating team personally.
Ford declined the invitation, but
said “we will be happy to meet
with you at 2 p. m. (CST).”
Suggests Participation
Reuther referred to a letter the
Ford president wrote to striking
workers last week, in which he
said the walkout was “unneces-
sary.”
“Since your letter expresses con-
cern for the Ford workers, we
would like to suggest that you as-
sume your personal obligations to
participate in negotiations.”
“This will also afford you the
opportunity.” Reuther said, “of be
ing apprised of all facta in the situ-
ation, which obviously you do not
have.”
Ford said John Bugas, vice-presi-
dent in charge of industrial rela-
tions who led previous peace ef-
forts, would conduct company ne
gotiations with the “full support
and backing of the management.”
Locals 600 and 190 of the UAW
struck the two plants last Thurs-
day, charging the company with
speeding up assembly lines at the
risk of the “health and safety” of
workers. The company denied any
speedup.
Small Piants Closed
The strike at the heart of the
Ford empire has shut down several
small Ford plants, and caused lay-
offs among the 3,500 major sup-
plier firms to the multi - billion
dollar Ford auto business.
The company's tractor division
at Highland Park, Mich. which
makes one-fifth of the wheel type
tractors in the nation, will close
Tuesday night.
Reuther also proposed that if no
settlement is reached before Fri-
day that Briggs stadium be reserv-
ed for a debate before all affected
Ford workers on disputed issues.
—- turned down the sugges-|
tion.
Opposes Putlic Debate
“I do not agree that anything
useful can be accomplished by aj
public debate on this matter,” he
said. |
“The issues in this strike must)
be resolved on their merits and)
by the conscientious efforts at the
bargaining table by both parties,”)
he said.
Reuther had accepted the offers
of civic officials to mediate the
dispute, but the company refused.
It said “technical” questions were)
involved, and that the contract
provided for arbitration if direct
negotiations failed.
| different | train |
ABOARD USS TICONDE-
ROGA (AP) — Skylab's astro-
nauts came home safely today
from man’s longest space
journey and shunned stret-
chers to walk smartly but
unsteadily across the deck of
this recovery carrier.
The wobbly 60 steps from
the Apollo ferry ship to a
medical laboratory indicated
Charles Conrad Jr., Dr.
Joseph P. Kerwin and Paul J.
Weitz had suffered some effec-
ts from a record four weeks’
exposure to space
weightlessness.
But Commander Conrad re-
ported as the Apollo
parachuted toward a pinpoint
landing in the Pacific after an
11-millionmile journey:
“We're all in good shape.
Everything’s OK."”
They splashed down right on
target, just 62 miles from the
Ticonderoga.
Thirty-nine minutes later,
still inside the Apollo, they
were on the carrier deck.
Doetors, not knowing how
they might react to earth’s
gravity after their long weigh-
less exposure, were prepared
to lift them out on litters.
But, after consultation with
doctors, Kerwin, a physician,
said they could walk to the
medical trailer where they be-
gan six hours of extensive
medical debriefing.
They emerged smiling from
the hatch and saluted as the
ship's band struck up
“Anchors Aweigh” for the
all-Navy crew.
Conrad walked with hesitant
steps at first but gradually
picked up steam as he reached
the medical lab door. Kerwin
was slightly stooped and both
he and Weitz were somewhat
unsteady in their steps.
Doctors assisted both Ker-
win and Weitz by holding onto
one arm of each.
Experts immediately began
removing thousands of feet of
film and tape and equipment
from medical, earth resources
and astronomy experiments
that may tell man much about
his earth, his sun and his
physical being.
How well Conrad, Kerwin
and Weitz fared in the
weightless world will play a
major role in determining if
man can function efficiently in
future longduration flights.
The first of the two 56-day
Skylab missions is scheduled
for launch July 27.
The astronauts almost were
held over in orbit today to try
to repair a refrigeration prob-
lem in their space station. But
Mission Control decided there
was nothing the astronauts
could do and told them to
come home.
Ten minutes behind
schedule, Conrad, Kerwin and
Weitz undocked their Apollo
ferry ship and executed a
series of maneuvers that sent
them slamming into the
atrmosphere above Thailand
for the fiery descent.
The Apollo craft hit the calm
blue waters at 9:50 a.m. EDT
about 830 miles southwest of
San Diego. Calif. It was just
after dawn off the West Coast.
The 42,000-ton Ticonderoga
quickly sleamed alongside the
three-ton Apollo and tossed a
line to frogmen in the water. A
crane then lifted the craft and
the astronauts to an elevator
for aride tothe hangar deck.
Hundreds of white-clad sail-
ors on deck and millions wat-
ching television around the
world again had a ringside
seat to a U.S. man-in-space
landing as the Apollo craft
floated down through
low-hanging clouds and
dangling under three huge or-
ange and white parachutes.
“Everyone's in super
shape,’’ Conrad said as the
spacecraft bobbed on the
water awaiting pickup. Frog-
men immediately leaped from
helicopters (o secure the
spacecraft with flotation
collars.
The Ticonderoga reported
the astronauts had landed 61%
miles from the ship and that
the ship was 6% miles from
the target point, indicating a
perfect touchdown.
The Ticonderoga steamed to
pick up the Apollo capsule
with the astronauts still
inside, in contrast to most
earlier U.S. flights when the
spacemen were lifted to the
carrier by helicopter.
Medical requirements dic-
tated the pick up method
today.
Medical experts were not
certain how the astronauts
wocld react after returning to
earth's gravily following
record exposure to space
weightlessness so they
decided the astronauts should
be subjected to as little
activity as possible until they
can be examined in mobilet
medical laboratories aboard
the Ticonderoga.
The landing completed an
historic space mission that
lasted 28 days and 50 minutes.
During that time the
spacemen circled the earth
395 times.
Misson Control was kept in
suspense for most of the final
76 minutes of the flight —a pe-
ried when the Apollo ship was
out of radio contact with
ground stations.
The Ticonderoga’s radar
picked up the streaking craft
at a distance of 188 miles, 10
minutes before landing.
While out of radio contact,
at 9:11 a.m., the astronauts
conducted the critical
retrorocket burn that slowed
their 17,100 mile-an-hour
speed by 130 miles, allowing
earth’s gravity to tug the
spacecraft out of orbit and
start the long glide through
the atmosphere to the eastern
Pacific.
The refrigeration trouble
caused considerable concern.
A maneuver intended to
correct it caused a brief.
gyroscope problem that
caused the 10-minute delay in
the astronauts’ departure
from the orbiting laboratory.
“We're free,’’. Conrad
reported seconds. after the
eontrol center flashed the
go-ahead for undocking frorn
the 118-footiong laboratory.
They left behind a space sta-
tion which they had salvaged
with some daring, difficult
and often ingenious repair
tasks after it was damaged
during launching May 14.
After the undocking, the as-
tronauts made a 45-minute fly-
around inspection of the sta-
tion, televising pictures of the
odd-looking space vehicle to
mission control for evaluation
by experts.
Speed in retrieving the
astronauts is essential
because doctors are keenly
interested in their initial reac-
tion to earth gravity after four
weeks’ exposure to
waoichi lnacesnacc
| ABOARD USS TICONDE-
ROGA (AP) — Skylab’s astro-
nauts came home safely today
from man’s longest space jour-
ney ang shunned streichers to
walk smartiy but unsteadily
across the deck of this recovery
carrier.
The wobbly 60 steps from the
Apollo ferry ship to a medical
Jaboratory indicated Charles
Conrad Jr., Dr. Joseph P. Ker-
win and Paul J. Weitz had suf-
fered some effects from a
record four weeks’ exposure to
Space weightlessness.
But Commander Conrad re-
ported as the Apollo parachuted
toward a pinpoint landing in
the Pacific after an 11-million-
mile journey: “We're all in
good shape. Everything’s OK.”
They splasheq down right on
target, just 61, miles from the
Ticonderoga.
Thirty-nine minutes later,
still inside the Apollo. they
were on the carrier deck.
Doctors, not knowine how
they might react to earth's
gravity after their long weigh-
tless exposure. were prepared
to lift them out on liters.
But, afterconsulting with
doctors, Kerwin, a physician
said they could walk to the
medical trailer where they be-
gan six hours of extensive m2d-
wal debriefing.
They emerged smiling from
the hatch and saluted as the
ship’s band struck up ‘*Anchors
Aweigh” for the all-Navy crew.
Conrad walked with hesitant
steps at first but gradually
Picked up steam as he reached
the medical lab door. Kerwin
was slightly stooped and both
he and Weitz were somewhat
unsteady in their steps.
Doctors assisted both Kerwin
and Weitz by holding onto one
arm of each.
Experts immediately began
removing thousands of fee: of
fim and tepe and eawpmen
for ihe Apollo contami
cal, cari resources
amy experiments that may te]
man much bout his earth
sun and his physical being.
Haw well Conrad. Keruin and
Weuz fared in ihe weightless
world will play a major role us
ermming Hf man can fenc-
tion efficiends in ure lorg-
durauion flighis. The first of t
two 56-day Skylab muss:ons
scheduled for launch July 27.
The astronaats almost were
held over in orbit today to iry
10 repair a refrigeration preh-
lem in their space station. But
Mission Contre! decided there
vas nothing the astronauts
could do and told them to come
home.
Ten minutes behind schedule.
Conrad, Kervin and Weitz un-
docked their Apollo ferry ship
and executed a. series of
maneuvers that sent them
slamming into the atmosphere
above Thailand ior the fiery de-
scent.
The Apollo craft hit the calm
bine waters ar 9°50 a
about 839 miles sous
San Diego, C€.
after dawn off the Wesi Coast.
The 42,099-t Ticenderoga
quickly steamed alongside the
m Apollo and tossed a
Hine to frogmen in the water. 7.
crane then lifted the craft and
the astronauts io an elevator
jor a ride to the hangar deck.
Hundreds of whrie-clad sat!
ors on deck and millions watch-
ing television around the worid
again had a ringside seat to 4
U.S. man-in-space landing as
the Apollo crait floated down
through fow-haneing clouds and
dangling under three huge or-
ange and white parachutes.
“Everyone’s in super shape,”
Conrad said as the spacecralt
botbed on the water awaitmg
pickup. Frogmen immediately
Jeaped from helicopters to se-
cure the spacecraft with flota-
tion collars.
The Ticonderoga reported the
astronanis had landed §!4 miles
from the ship and that the ship
was 61, miles from the target
point. indicating a perfect
touchdown.
The Ticonderoga steamed to
pick up the Apollo capsule with
the astronauts still inside, in
comirast 10 most earlier U.S.
fights when the spacemen
were lifted to the carrier by
helicopier.
Medical requiremenis dic-
tated the pick up methed today.
Medical experts were not cer-
iain how the astronauts would
react aiter returning to earth's
vity following record ex
posure to space weightlessness
so thev decided the astronauts
should be subjected to as little
activity as possible until they
can be examined in mobile
See—Skylab—Page 2
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ABOARD USS TICONDEROGA (AP)
~~ Skylab’s astronauts came home safely
today from man’s longest space journey
and shunned stretchers to walk smartly
but unsteadily across the deck of this
recovery carrier.
The wobbly 60 steps from the Apollo
ferry ship to a medical laboratory in-
dicated Charles Conrad Jr., Dr. Joseph
P. Kerwin and Paul J. Weitz had suffered
some effects from a record four weeks’
exposure to space weightlessness.
But Commander Conrad reported as
the Apollo parachuted toward a pinpoint
landing in the Pacific after an 11i-million-
mile journey: ‘We're all in good shape.
Everything’s OK.”’
They splashed down right on target,
just 62 miles from the Ticonderoga.
Thirty-nine minutes later, still inside
the Apollo, they were on the carrier deck.
Doctors, not knowing how they might
react to earth’s gravity after their long
weightless exposure, were prepared to
lift them out on litters,
But, after consultation with doctors,
Kerwin, a physician, said they could
walk to the medical trailer where they
began six hours of extensive medical
debriefing
They emerged smiling from the hatch
and saluted as the ship's band struck up
‘Anchors Aweigh” for the all-Navy
crew.
Conrad walked with hesitant steps at
first but gradually picked up steam as he
reached the medical lab door, Kerwin
was Slightly stooped and both he and
Weitz were somewhat unsteady in their
steps.
Doctors assisted both Kerwin and
Weitz by holding onto one arm of each
Experts immediately began removing
thousands of feet of film and tape and
equipment from medical, earth
resources and astronomy experiments
that may tell man much about his earth,
his sun and his physical being.
How well Conrad, Kerwin and Weitz
fared in the weightless world will play a
major role in determining if man can
function efficiently in future long-
duration flights. The first of the two 56-
day Skylab missions is scheduled for
launch July 27.
The astronauts almost were held over
in orbit today to try to repair a
refrigeration problem in their space
station. But Mission Control decided
there was nothing the astronauts could do
and told them to come home.
Ten minutes behind schedule, Conrad,
Kerwin and Weitz undocked their Apollo
ferry ship and executed a series of
maneuvers that sent them slamming into
the atmosphere above Thailand for the
fiery descent.
The Apollo craft hit the calm blue
waters at 9:50 a.m. EDT about 830 miles
southwest of San Diego, Calif. It was just
after dawn off the West Coast.
The 42,000-lon Ticonderoga quickly
steamed alongside the three-ton Apollo
and tossed a line to frogmen in the water.
(See SLIGHT, Page 2).
| ABOARD USS TICONDEROGA (AP) ”
Skylab’s astronauts came home safely
foday fram man’s longest space journey
and shunned stretchers lo walk smartly
but unsteadily across the deck of this
revovery carrier.
‘The wobbly 60 steps froin the Apollo
ferry ship to a medical laboratory
indicated Charles Conrad Jr., Dr. Jaseph
P. Kerwin and Paul J. Weitz had suffered
some effects from-a record faur weeks
exposure to space weighticssness. .
But Commander Conrad repurted as the
Apollo parachuted toward 4 pinpuint
landing in the Pacifie after an LL mitlian-
mile journey: "We're alk in goud shape.
Sverylhing’s OK.”
‘They splashed down right on target, just
62 fram the ‘Ticonderaga. 5
Thirty-nine minutes later, still inside
the Apollo, they were an the carrier deck,
Deetors. not knowing how they righ
iy alter their jong
are prepared te Lift
react lo earth's gravil
weighlicss exposure,
item out un litters.
‘Anchors Aweigh fur the all-Navy crew
Conrad walked with |esilaat steps at
first but gradually picked up steam as he
reached the nroidical lat door. Kerwin was
slightly stooped andi hott he and Weite
were somewhat unsteady in Choir steps
Doctors assisted both Kerwin and Weitz
by holding onty ave arin af cach.
Experts immediately began removing.
thousands of fect of film and tape and
equipment iran medical, earth cesources
and astronomy experiments that may
fell man much dhout his earth. Ing sun and
his physical being.
Dr. R Hawking. Ule astronauts
chief physician. confirmed this aher
consulting with Hiectars an the carries. He
told newsinen at the Houston Space
Center
“They look quite gacd. They appear far
better than | expected They're
excellent.”
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ABOARD USS _ TICONDE-
ROGA (AP) — Skylab’s astro-
nauts came home safely from
man’s longest space journey to-
day and despite some early diz-
ziness and lightheadedness,
they were pronounced in ex-
cellent physical condition.
Charles Conrad Jr., Dr. Jo-
seph P. Kerwin and Paul J.
Weitz shunned stretchers to
walk somewhat unsteadily
across the deck of this recovery
carrier.
The wobbly 60 steps from the
Apollo ferry ship to a medical
laboratory indicated the astro-
nauts had suffered some initial
effects in gravity after a record
four weeks’ exposure to space
weightlessness.
But commander Conrad re-
ported as the Apollo parachuted
toward a pinpoint landing in
the Pacific after an 11-million-
mile journey: ‘‘We’re all in
good shape. Everything’s OK.”’
Dr. Royce Hawkins, the as-
tronauts’ chief physician, con-
firmed this after consulting
with doctors on the carrier. He
told newsmen at the Houston
Space Center:
“They look quite good. They
appear far better than I ex-
pected. They’re excellent.”’
Hawkins said Conrad, a vet-
eran of three previous space
flights, was in the best condi-
tion, with normal blood pres-
sure and pulse and only slight
lightheadedness.
He said both Kerwin and
Weitz suffered from dizziness
and lightheadedness and _ that
Weitz’ blood pressure at first
was on the low side.
After splashdown Kerwin
blew up an inflatable suit over
the lower part of his body to
help increase blood circulation,
Hawkins said.
The astronauts splashed down
right on target, just 642 miles
from the Ticonderoga.
Thirty-nine minutes later,
still inside the Apollo, they
were on the carrier deck.
Doctors, not knowing how
they might react to earth’s
gravity after their long weight-
less exposure, were prepared
to lift them out on litters.
But, after consultation with
doctors, Kerwin, a_ physician,
said they could walk to the
medical trailer where they be-
gan six hours of extensive med-
ical debriefing.
They emerged smiling from
the hatch and saluted as the
ship’s band struck up ‘‘Anchors
Aweigh” for the all-Navy crew.
Conrad walked with hesitant
steps at first but gradually
picked up steam as he reached
the medical lab door. Kerwin
was slightly stooped and both
he and Weitz were somewhat
unsteady in their steps.
Doctors assisted both Kerwin
and Weitz by holding onto one
arm of each.
Experts immediately began
removing thousands of feet of
film and tape and equipment
from medical, earth resources
and astronomy experiments
that may tell man much about
his earth, his sun and his physi-
cal being.
| ABOARD USS TICONDE-
ROGA (AP) — Skylab’s astro-
nauts came home safely today
from man’s longest space jour-
ney and shunned stretchers to
walk smartly but unsteadily
across the deck of this recovery
carrier.
Tie wobbly 60 steps from the
Apollo ferry ship to a medical
laboratory indicated Charles
Conrad Jr., Dr. Joseph P. Ker-
win and Paul J. Weitz had suf-
fered some effects from a
record four weeks’ exposure to
space weightlessness.
But Commander Conrad re-
ported as the Apollo parachuted
toward a pinpoint landing in
the Pacific after an 11-million-
mile journey: ‘“We’re all in
good shape. Everything’s OK.”
They splasined down right on
target, just 642 miles from the
Ticonderoga.
Thirty-nine minutes later,
still inside the Apollo, they
were on the carrier deck.
Doctors, not knowing how
they might react to earth’s
gravity after their long weight-
less exposure, were prepared
to lift them out on litters.
But, after consultation with
doctors, Kerwin, a_ physician,
said they could walk to the
medical trailer where they be-
gan six hours of extensive med-
ical debriefing.
They emerged smiling from
the ‘natch and saluted as the
ship’s band struck up ‘Anchors
Aweigh”’ for the all-Navy crew.
Conrad walked with hesitant
steps at first but gradually
picked up steam as he reached
the medical lab door. Kerwin
was slightly stooped and botin
he and Weitz were somewhat
unsteady in their steps.
Doctors assisted both Kerwin
and Weitz by holding onto one
arm of each.
Experts immediately began
removing thousands of feet of
film and tape and equipment
from medical, earth resources
and astronomy experiments
that may tell man much about
iis earth, his sun and his physi-
cal being.
How well Conrad, Kerwin and
Weitz fared in the weightless
world will play a major role in
determining if man can func-
tion efficiently in future long-
duration flights. The first of the
two 56-day Skylab missions is
scheduled for launch July 27.
The astronauts almost were
held over in orbit today to try
to repair a refrigeration prob-
jem in their space station. But
Mission Control decided there
was nothing the astronauts
could do and told them to come
home.
Ten minutes behind schedule;
Conrad, Kerwin and Weitz un-
docked their Apollo ferry ship
and executed a_ series of
maneuvers that sent them
slamming into the atmosphere
above Thailand for the fiery de-
scent,
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BERLIN — (U.P) — Russian authorities began lifting the
Berlin Blockade 40 hours before the deadline today when they
restored electric power to parts of the Western sectors.
The Soviet action gave American sector housewives unra-
tioned electricity in the middle of the morning for the first time
since power rationing was forced upon Western Berlin by the
| Soviet blockade last July 9.
Radios plaved and electric stoves
glowed as the power flowed into
American sector lines from the
Soviet sector. All of Berlin's major
| power generating stations are In
| the Soviet sector.
i German electric power authori-
files said the restoration of eler-
tricity to the Western sectors would
take place gradually
Full Service Tharsday
Full service, such as existed be-
fore the Russians cut off the power
{during the first weeks of their
_ blockade, will not be effected until
some time Thursday. they said.
Resioration of power was started
40 hours before the official time
set for ending the blockade — 12:01
ja.m, Thursday (6:01 p.m. EDT
Wednesday).
At that minute the first of 16 Al-
lied trains a day will begin to roll
into Berlin for the first time since.
the Russians cut off all surface
transportation 11 months ago.
In addition to the trains getting
ready to enter Berlin, barwe own-
ers in Hoburg announced that boats
capable of carrying 60,000 tons of
supplies were standing by to re-
sume shipments to Berlin on the
Elbe-Havel River.
Barges with a capaciiy of 40,000
tons also were waiting in Hamburg
for resumption of traffic with
Czechoslovakia aS soon as the
blockade ends.
Apply for Permits
The barge owners already have
applied for new inter-zonal _ per-
mits. It was not known when they
would be issued, bul the owners
hoped to have them by the end of
the week.
All freight and passengers on
the trains will be passed without
restriction. However, ihe Russians
still will retain the privilege of
licensing freight shipments going
westward out of Berlin.
The Western mark still will be
banned in the Soviet Zone “pend-
‘ling the decision on the question of
‘\currency in Berlin.’’
‘| The four-lane super-highway tc
| Berlin from the Western Zones wilt
‘lbe opened at the same time as the
-lrail line.
| ABOARD USS TICONDE-
ROGA (AP) — Skylab’s astro-
nauts came safely home from
man’s longest space journey to-
day, splashing down with pin-
point precision in the Pacific
Ocean after 28 days and 11 mil-
lion miles in orbit.
Just 39 minutes after touch-
down, Charles Conrad Jr., Dr.
Joseph P. Kerwin and Paul J.
Weitz were thoisted onto the
deck of this recovery carrier,
still inside their Apollo ferry
ship,
“We're all in goed shape.
Everything’s OK,” com-
mander Conrad radioed as
the spacecraft descended
through the clouds and fanded
within view of USS Ticon-
deroga, just 6% miles away.
That indicated the astronauts
had suffered no adverse phy-
sical reactions on returning
to earth's gravity after a rec-
ard four weeks’ exposure to
.Space weightlessness.
Ten minutes later they
climbed through the hatch,
smiled and waved as the ship’s
band played “Anchors Aweigh”
for the all-Navy Skylab crew.
They walked unsteadily to-
ward a mobile medical labora-
tory, showing some effects
from the four weeks’ exposure
to weightlessness,
! How well Conrad, Kerwin and
Weitz fared in the weightless
world will play a major role in
determining if man can fune-
tion efficiently in future long-
duration flights. The first of the
The Rev. Darrell Rupiper,
OMI, of Omaha, son of Mr.
and Mrs, Norbert Rupiper
of Route 3, Carroll, has been
appointed by the general ad-
ministration. as a member
of the new seven-man Pro-
vincial Council of the Very
Rev. Francis George, OMI,
provincial of the Oblate Cen-
tral Province, The seven will
serve as consultors to the Pro-
vincial for the next thnee
years in working with and
being ‘accountable to 249 Ob-
late priests and brothers in
nine midwestern states. They
will be installed June 28 at
an 11:30 a.m. concelebrated
mass in Christ the King
Chapel at the Shrine of Our
Lady of the Snows in Belle-
ville, I,
two 56-day Skylab missions is
scheduled for launch July 27.
The astronauts almost were
held over in orbit today te
try to repair a refrigeration
problem in their space sta-
tion. But Mission Control de-
cided there was nothing the
astronauts could do and told
them to come home.
Ten minutes behind schedule,
Conrad, Kerwin and Weitz un-
docked their Apollo ferry ship
and executed a series of
maneuvers that sent them
slamming into the atmosphere
above Thailand for the fiery de-
scent.
| The Apollo craft hit the calm
blue waters at 8:50 a.m. CDT
about 830 miles southwest of
San Diego, Calif. It was just
after dawn off the West Coast.
The 42,000-ton Ticonderoga
quickly steamed alongside the
three-ton Apollo and tossed a
line to frogmen in the water. A
crane then lifted the craft and
the astronauts to an elevator
for a ride to the hangar deck.
Hundreds of white-clad sail-
ors on deck and others watch-
ing television around the world
again had a ringside seat to a
U.S. man-in-space landing as
the Apollo craft floated down
through low-hanging clouds and
dangling under three huge or-
ange and white parachutes,
“Everyone’s in super shape,”
Conrad said as the spacecraft
bobbed on the water awaiting
pickup, Frogmen immediately
leaped from helicopters to se-
cure the spacecraft with flota-
tion collars,
The Ticonderoga reported
the astronauts had landed
6% miles from the ship and
that the ship was 6% miles
from the target point, indicat-
ing a perfect touchdown.
The Ticonderoga steamed tc
pick up the Apollo capsule with
the astronauts still inside, ir
coritrast to most earlier U.S.
flights when the spacemen
were lifted to the carrier by
helicopter,
| Medical “requirements — dic-
tated the pick up method today.
Medical experts were not cer-
tain how the astronauts would
react after returning to earth’s
gravity following record ex.
posure to space weightlessness
So they decided the astronauts
should be subjected to as little
activity as possible until they
can be examined in mobile
medical laboratories aboard the
Ticonderoga.
The Janding completed an
historic space mission that last-
ed 28 days and 50 minutes. Dur-
ing that time the spacemen cir-
cled the earth 395 times,
Mission Control was kept in
Suspense for. most of the final
76 minutes of the flight — a pe-
riod when the Apollo ship was
out of radio contact with
ground stations,
The ‘Ticonderoga’s radar
picked up the streaking craft
at a distance of 188 miles,
10 minutes before landing.
While out of radio contact, at
9:11 am., the astronauts con-
ducted the critical retrorocket
burn that slowed their 17,100
mile-an-hour speed by 134
miles, allowing earth's gravity
to tug the spacecraft out of or-
bit and start the long glide
through the atmosphere to the
eastern Pacific,
The refrigeration trouble
caused considerable concern. A
maneuver intended to correct i
caused a brief gyroscope prob
Skvlab .... See Pace 9
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THE HAGUE (AP) — The In-
ternational Court of Justice
alled on France today to re
‘ain irom nuclear testing in
ike South Pacific pending a fi-
nal decision on the legality of
ihe tesi series.
By an 86 vote. the court
ruled that Australia and France
should nor take any action in
the meantime “which might ex-
tend the dispute or prejudice
the final decision of the court.”
The court's ruling followed
applications last month by Aus-
tralia and New Zealand seeking
ak injunction against the
French test series.
The court said it would
schedule further hearings in
Sepiember and December. It
cid not sav if France. which
boveotied last month's hear-
ings. would be represented at
ike forthcoming sessions.
| WASHINGTON (AP)—President
Kennedy meets with former Pres-
ident Dwight D. Eisenhower te-
day in an evident bid to rally
strong national support for criti-
cal steps which he may consider
necessary to deal with the in-
creasingly dangerous Cuban cri-
S18,
A White House announcement
of the session—-at Camp David,
|Md. — emphasized Cuba as the
‘topic for the conference. But it
|did not rule out the prospect that
Kennedy could discuss with his
predecessor a broad range of it-
tensifying cold war conflicts with
the Soviet Union.
Before flying to Camp David
by helicopter Kennedy met with
| the National Security Council,
presumably to discuss possible
future moves against the pro-
Communist government of Cuba
in the wake of this week's abor-
tive anti-Castro invasion.
Study Ordered
In the midst of these develop-
ents, the President was report-
ed to have ordered a thorough
study of reasons for the defeat
of the rebel invasion attempt
which began last weekend with
the United States’ moral support
—and, it was generally believed
here, with some backing of U. 8.
‘money and arms.
The President was understood
to be concerned about what some
authorities called a failure to eal-
culate accurately in advance the
strength of Prime Minister Fidel
Castro's military reaction to the
rebel assault as well as possible
errors in intelligence.
| White House news secretary
Pierre Salinger disclosed Friday
{night that Kennedy and Eisen-
|hower would meet at Camp De
.|vid, the Catoctin Mountain re
»| treat near Gettysburg. Pa., which
Eisenhower used for conferences
{with foreign leaders.
| The President arranged the
_{tuncheon session in a telephone
{call to Eisenhower Friday morn
jing. The former chief executive
was at his Gettysburg farm.
Salinger said Kennedy wanted
to bring Eisenhower up to date
on the Cuban situation, believing
that “‘as leader of the Republi-
can party and as former presi-
dent he should know what the sit-
uation is.”
Contact With Rockefeller
| Salinger also disclosed that
_| Kennedy had been in indirect ¢on-
tact with Gov. Nelson A. Rocke-
feller of New York. another Re-
|| Publican leader, and that he had
conferred Friday with Sen. Barry
,| Coldwater, R-Ariz.
‘| The contacts with Republicans
:| followed Kennedy's meeting at the
|| White House Thursday with for-
mer Vice President Richard M.
|| Nixon, his Republican opponent
»|for the presidency last year.
-{ Nixon said in New York Friday
ljnight that he had told Kennedy
1}he would support him “even to
ifthe commitment of American
>} armed forces.”’
Nixon said that as a private
* citizen he would back Kennedy
iin such a move if Kennedy con-
1| sidered it necessary to ‘‘stop the
"| buildup of the Communist beach
head in Cuba.”
Both Kennedy and Eisenhower
arranged to fly to Camp David
by helicopter, Kennedy going di.
“|rectly from the White House and
i Eisenhower from his farm. They
last met on inauguration day
Jan. 20, when Kennedy took ove:
the reins of government.
;j
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of
the world’s two nuclear superpowers
pledged in a landmark agreement today to
regulate their relations in a way to reduce
the risk of nuclear war.
President Nixon and Soviet Communist
party Secretary Leonid I. Brezhnev
reached the accord in the fifth day of their
summit talks and prepared to sign it at the
White House before heading for California
where they will conclude their meetings
Sunday.
In addition to its application to U.S.-
Soviet relations, the agreement applies
also to the relations of either party with
other countries. In this way, although
technically bilateral, the agreement has
multilateral implications.
| WASHINGTON (AP) — Pres-
ident Nixon and Leonid Brezh-
nev pledged in a landmark
agreement Friday to regulate
their relations in a way to re-
duce the risk of nuclear war.
In addition to its application
to U.S.-Soviet relations, the
agreement applies also to the
relations of either party with
other countries. In this way, al-
though technically bilateral, it
has multilateral implications.
The two leaders said they
were “conscious that nuclear
war would have devastating
consequences for mankind” and
wanted “to bring about condi-
tions in which the danger of an
outbreak of nuclear war any-
where in the world would be
ee and ultimately elimin-
a ‘hag
“Exclude Outbreak”
They pledged their countries
to “act in such a way as to
prevent development of situa-
tions capable of causing a dan-
gerous exacerbation of their re-|.
lations, as to avoid military con-|:
frontations, and as to exclude),
the outbreak of nuclear war be-
tween them and between either |
of the parties and other coun- |!
tries.”’
Nixon and Brezhnev also)
agreed that their countries ‘“‘will|'
refrain from the threat or use of|'
force against the other party, |!
against the allies of the other|!
party and against other coun-
tries, in circumstances which)’
may endanger international
peace and security.” ‘
At a news conference prior to
the signing, Presidential Assis-|
tant Henry Kissinger skirted
questions on whether this clause
would forbid U. S. bombing of
Cambodia or would have pre-,
vented the Soviet invasion of;
Czechoslovakia. |
“Not Raised” '3
He noted, however, that U. S.|F
air strikes against Communists !
in Cambodia were under way at“
the time the agreement was|"
being negotiated and the bomb-|°
ing ‘“‘was not raised as applying
to that particular situation.” |
When a newsman asked if the!
agreement would forestall any.
Soviet action against China, Kis-|
singer responded that it was)
“not conceived as protection for)
any country’ but would “have|—
the practical consequence of ap-
plying to the situation you de- I
scribed.” 0
U. S. allies in Europe have |g
expressed reservations about )
any agreements which would)
restrict their use of American-|
supplied nuclear weapons in
event of a massive, conven- n
ional Soviet attack. w
“Closely Consulted” t
Kissinger said ‘‘several NATO 4,
allies were closely consulted”
luring negotiations and cited a
‘lause which says the accord,
joes not impair “the obligations,
indertaken by either party to- | ~
yard its allies or other coun-)
ries in treaties, agreements.
ind other appropriate docu-
nents.” |
If the agreement fails, Kis-
inger said, “existing obliga-|'e
ions . . . will be maintained’’ by \ca
“I'll see you tomorrow at the,
igning,’’ Nixon reminded | 5.
srezhnev Thursday just before) “
nidnight as he left the Soviet)”
mbassy after a banquet of cav- th
ar, borsch, Russian beef and) h
ish, two kinds of vodka and So- th
jet champagne. le
Third Summit fir
Prior to the White House cere-|
nony, Brezhnev had a_ ses- tio
ion with about 40 business) an
saders at Blair House to dis-| jut
uss U.S.-Soviet trade—one of, °
ne items of “unfinished busi-| ule
ess’ he cited Thursday night. |ter
The two leaders popped a sur- no’
rise in their banquet toasts, tec
isclosing that Brezhnev had be
xtended and Nixon had ac-
epted an invitation to return to”
1e Soviet Union next year for) /
third summit in as many Sal
pars, Sot
The reunion could provide a
‘forum for the signing of a treaty
placing permanent limits, and
possibly calling for reductions,
of the two nations’ offensive nu-
clear weapons.
Later Friday, Nixon and
Brezhnev were scheduled to fly
to the President's San Clemente,
Calif., home, traveling together
aboard Nixon’s “Spirit of °76”
jetlimer. They will conclude
their summit there on Sunday.
In his toast, Brezhnev spoke
of the summit agreements as
evidence of the desire of the
people of the two countries “‘to
live together in peace and
friendship.”’
He said the world “‘is big
enough for us to live in peace
(Continued: Page 3, Col. 8.)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A Re-
publican member of the Senate
Watergate committee says the
Nixon administration has
“stepped on” anyone willing to
search for the truth about Wa-
tergate. “
Sen. Lowell O. Weicker Jry
who made the claim Thursday,
also said that fired White
House Counsel John W. Dean
Ill should be listened to when
he appears before the panel.
Dean, who has said he dis-
cussed Watergate and a pos-
sible coverup with President
Nixon, will be the lead-off wit-
ness when the hearings resume
next week,
“T think there is a great deal
of credibility to a story that he
is going to go ahead and tell,
and I think the committee owes
it to him to enable him to tell
that story in full view of the
public,” Weicker said on a Pub-
lic Television show, “Evenifig
Edition.’? He was interviewed
by Martin Agronsky.
“Is his testiminy credible? {
think it is. “‘Nobody’s attribut-
ing 100-per-cent credibility to
him or any other witness, but
he’s got the guts to stand oué
there and that’s no small thing
when you were in his position
and had all the pressures that
obviously must have existed on
this young man at the time to
decide that you’re going to step
forward and tell the story to
the American people.” &
Weicker was the sole oppo
nent of the committee’s deci-
sion to postpone Dean’s appear
ance for one week last Tuesday
because of the summit confer-
ences this week between Nixon
and Soviet Communist Party
leader Leonid I. Brezhnev.
“It should be clear from vari:
ous public statements that have
been made that any institution,
whether it’s a witness, anybody
that’s willing to step out and
try to find out the truth and try
tell the truth, is gonna get
stepped on by the executive
branch of government,” the
-| Connecticut senator said. “
He cited Vice President Spiro
T. Agnew’s recent attack on the
Watergate panel as one that
“ean hardly hope to find the
truth and hardly fail to muddy
the waters of. justice,” as ah
‘jexample of the executive
_| branch’s efforts. oe:
Meanwhile, the committee
said it was considering a halt
to the practice of talking to
prospective witnesses in secret
-|because so much - supposedly
confidential information is
leaked to the media. ”
“I nearly despair of doing
anything about it,’ committee
Vice Chairman Howard H. Bak-
er, R-Tenn., said Thursday. It
means that the committee
probably will end its closed-
door : sessions -with witnesses,
which until now have been held
-{routinely in advance of publi¢
.| appearances,
News stories Thursday fea-
{tured accounts of closed-door
testimony by Dean and Water-
gate conspirator E. Howard
Hunt, ~
Also Thursday, another con-
gressional investigation into
Watergate-related matters was
announced, this one by the
House Internal Security Com-
mittee.
Chairman Richard Ichord, D.
Mo., said he wants to find out
why the White House formed
the “plumbers” group that bur-
glarized the office of Daniel
Elisberg’s psychiatrist in 197},
President Nixon has said he or-
dered the ‘plumbers’? to plug
such news leaks as the secret
Pentagon Papers, which Ells-
berg gave to newspapers.
In New York, former Demo-
cratic National ‘Chairman Law-
rence F. O’Brien said the scati-
dal has hurt both parties. He
called for limits on how much
candidates may spend in their
campaigns and urged use of'a
new provision allowing tax-
payers to designate a dollar pe
.) their federal income taxes to fi-
.{nance political campaigns. ' a
3} He spoke as an assistant to
special Watergate Prosecutor
Archibald Cox said a special
grand jury may be convened to
linvestigate whether President
Nixon’s fund raisers used - ex-
r\tortion to get campaign contr}:
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| _ WASHINGTON (AP) — A Re-
publican member of the senate
Watergate committee says the
Nixon administration has
“stepped on’’ anyone willing to
search for the truth about Wa-
tergate.
Senator Lowell Weicker, who
made the claim Thursday, also
said that fired White House
Counsel John Dean should be
listened to when he appears
before the panel. Dean, who has
(that story in full view of the
public,” Weicker said on a Pub-
lie Television show, “Evening
| Edition”. He was interviewed by
| Martin Agronsky.
| “This man (Dean) was in the
White House from ‘70 to ‘72, so
he has a window on the White
House during that period of
time,”’ the Connecticut aenstor
i said.
“Is his testimony credible? 1
think it is. |
“Nobody's attributing 100-per- |
cent credibility to him or any
other witness, but he’s got the
guts to stand out there and
that’s no small thing when you
were in his position and had all
the pressures that obviously
must have existed on this young
man at the time to decide that
you're going to step forward
and tell the story to the Ameri-
can people.”
Weicker was the sole oppo-
nent of the committee's decision
to postpone Dean's appearance
for one week last Tuesday be-
cause of the summit confer-
ences this week between Nixon
and Soviet Communist Party
Leader Leonid Brezhnev.
Leaks to Media
Meanwhile, _ the committee.
said it was considering a halt to.
the practice of talking to pros-|
pective witnesses in secret be-|
cause so much supposedly con-
fidential information is leaked
to the media.
“IT nearly despair of dalna|
anything about it,’’ committee)
Vice-chairman Howard Baker)
(R-Tenn.) said Thursday. “It,
means that we will have to.
delay the testimony of wit-
nesses, which until now have|
been held routinely in pavance)
of public appearances.
News stories Thursday a
lured accounts of closed-door
lestimony by Dean and Water- |
gate conspirator E. Howard |
ge t
Also Thursday, another con- |
gressional ad ar into
e|Watergate-related matters was
. announced, this one by the
, house internal security commit-
Pa
Why “Plumbers?”
Chairman Richard Ichord (D-
Mo.) said he wants to find out
why the White House formed
the “plumbers” group that bur-
glarized the office of Daniel
Ellsberg’s psychiatrist in 1971.
President Nixon has said he or-
dered the “plumbers” to plug
such news leaks as the secret
Pentagon Papers, which Ells-
berg gave to newspapers.
“Why were not our extensive
security agencies, such as the
FBI, established and regulated
by law, able to handle these se-
curity matters without the cre-
ation of such an irresponsible,
nonprofessional group?’’ Ichord
asked.
He said he may call as wit-
nesses tiunt, former Atty. Gen.
John Mitchell, presidential na-
tional security adviser Henry
Kissinger and former
‘“‘plumbers”’ boss Egil Krogh.
tee, has given sworn testimo-
ny in which he termed “‘ridi-
culous” the notion that the
Castro government in Cuba
gave money to the Democrat-
ic presidential carnpaign.
Strauss thus denied one of the
premises of the Watergate bug-
ging. Some of the convicted con-
spirators, including Bernard L.
Barker, have said they were
looking for evidence to back up
reports of such Cuban pay-
ments.
“IT thought it was the most ri-
(Continued : Page 3, Col. 5.)
| same | train |
RAMBOUILLET, France — Doris
Stevens, American feminist leader,
and three others of a group of femin-
iets who tried to “crash the gates”
of the presidential chateau today in
behalf of the equal rights movement,
wer held in custody at the police
commisariat for several hours for
falure to have their identity papers.
| They were released at 3:30 o'clock
this afternoon after all of the states-
men who had lunch with President
Doumergue had gone. The women
|had sought a ten minutes’ audience
with the president’s guests who yes-
terday signed the Kellogg-Briand re-
nunciation of war treaty.
| Rambouilet, France, Aug. 28.—
(?)—Doris Stevens, American fem-
inist leader, and three others of a
group of feminists who tried to
“crash the gates” of the presiden-
tial chateau today in behalf of the
equal rights movement, were held
in custedy at the police commis-
sariat for several hours for failure
to have their identity papers.
They were released at 3:30
o'clock this afternoon, after all f
the statesmen who had lunch with
President Doumergue had . gone.
The women had sought a 10-min-
ute audience with the president's
guests, who yesterday signed the
Kellogg-Briand renunciation of
war treaty. The play of the fem-
inists was to discuss with them a
project for an international treaty
establishing equal rights for men
and women.
Those held over the noon hour
with Miss Stevens were Mrs. Lor-
ing Pickering, Fanny Bernand of
France and Mrs. Betty Gram
Swing, formerly of Portland, Ore.,
and now wife of an English cor-
respondent. The women all left
for Paris.
The women, members of a party
of about a dozen, appeared at the
chateau gate before the arrival of
Secretary of State Kellogg and oth-
ers of the treaty signers and
sought to present a petition to the
French president. This‘ read:
“Having not yet received an ap-
pointment for a requested audience
at Paris with the plenipotentiaries
who are to be your guests today,
the women’s committee of interna-
tional action has sent its emis-
saries to ask a brief audience with
them. We are at the gate. We ask
tan minted ?”
| same | train |
BERLIN, May 10 —(UP)~
Russian authorities began lif
ing the Berlin blockade 40 hours
before the deadline today when
they restored electric power to
parts of the Western sectors.
The Soviet action gave Ameri-
can sector housewives unra-
tioned electricity in the middle
of the morning for the iirst time
since power rationing was
forced upon Western Berlin by
the Saviet blockade last July 9.
_ Radios played and electric
stoves glowed as the power
floved into American sector
lines from the Soviet sector, All
of Berlin’s major power gener-
ating stations are in the: Soviet
sector.
+ & «&
GERMAN ELECTRIC power
authirities said the restoration
of electricity to the Western sec-
tors would take place gradually.
Full service, such as existed
before the Russians cit off the
power during the first weeks of
their blockade, will not be ef-
fected until some time Thurs-
day, they said.
Restoration of power was started
40 hours before the official time
set for ending the blockade—12:01
a.m. Thursday (7:01 p. m. EST
Wednesday).
* * *
) AT TWAT MINUTE the first o
€) 16 allied trains a day will begi
-|to roll into Berlin for the firs
il] time since the Russians cut off a!
of] surface transportation 11 month
y | ago.
in addition to the trains gettin,
t ready to enter Berlia, barge own
ers in Hamburg announced tha
"| boats capable of carrying 60,00
,{ tons of supplies were standing by;
to resume shipments to Berlin or
the Elbe-Havel river.
7 * *
ALL FREIGHT and passengers
¢/on the trains will be passed with-
e | aut restriction. However, the Rus-
r| Sians still will retain the privilege
of licensing freight shipments go-
ing westward out of Berlin.
t| Fhe Western mark still will be
t banned in the Soviet zone “pend-
ing the decision on the question ot
currency in Berlin.”
| ABOARD USS TICONDEROGA (AP)
— Skylab’s astronauts came home
Safely from man's longest space
journey today and despite some early
dizziness and lightheadedness, they
were pronounced in excellent physical
conditon.
Charles Conrad Jr., Dr. Joseph P.
Kerwin and Paul J, Weitz shunned
stretchers to walk somewhat unsteadily
across the deck of this recovery
carrier.
The wobbly 60 steps from the Apollo
ferry ship to a medical laboratory in-
dicated the astronauts had suffered
some initial effects in gravity after a
record four weeks’ exposure to space
weightlessness.
But commander Conrad reported as
the Apollo parachuted toward a pin-
point landing in the Pacifie after an 11-
‘Mmillion-mile journey: “We're all-in
good shape. Everything’s OK.”
__ They splashed down right on target,
just 6% miles from the Ticonderoga.
- Thirty-nine minutes later, still inside
the Apollo, they were on the carrier
deck.
Doctors, not knowing how they might
teact to earth’s gravity after their long
weightless exposure, were prepared to
lift them out on litters.
But, after consultation with doctors,
Kerwin, a physician, said they could
-walk to the medical trailer where they
began six hours of extensive medical
debriefing.
‘They emerged smiling from the hatch
and saluted as the ship's band struck up
“Anchors Aweigh" for the all-Navy
crew.
Conrad walked with hesitant steps at
first but gradually picked up steam as
he reached the medical lab door.
Kerwin was slightly staoped and both
hé and Weitz were somewhat unsteady
in their steps.
Doctors assisted both Kerwin and
Weitz by holding onto one arm of each.
Experts immediately began
removing thousands of feet of filmiand
tape and equipment from medical,
earth resources and astronomy ex-
periments that may tell man much
about his earth, his sun and his physical
being.
How well Conrad, Kerwin and Weitz
fared in the weightless world will play a
major role in determining if man can
function efficiently in future
longduration flights. The first of the two
56-day Skylab missions is scheduled for
Tauneh July 27.
The astronauts almost were ‘held over
in orbit today to try to repair a
refrigeration problem in their space
station, But Mission Control decided
there was nothing the astronauts could
do and told them to come home.
Ten minutes behind schedule,
Conrad, Kerwin and Weitz undocked
their Apollo ferry ship and executed a
series of maneuvers that sent them
slamming Into the atmosphere above
Thailand for the fiery descent.
The Apollo craft hit the calm blue
waters at, 6:50 a.m. PDT about 830
miles soufhwest of San Diego, Calif. It
was just after dawn off the West Coast.
The 42,000-ton Ticonderoga quickly
steamed alorlgside the three-ton Apollo
and tossed a line to frogmen in the
water, A crane then lifted the craft and
the astronauts to an elevator for a ride
to the hangar deck.
Hundreds of white-clad sailors on
deck and thillions watching television
around the world again had a ringside
seat to a U.S, man-in-space landing as
the Apollo craft floated down through
low-hanging clouds and dangling under
three huge orange and white
parachutes.
“Everyone's in super shape,” Conrad
said as the spacecraft bobbed on the
water awaiting pickup. Frogmen im-
mediately leaped from helicopters to
secure the spacecraft with flotation
collars.
The Ticonderoga reparted the
astronauts had landed 6% miles from
the ship and that the ship was 644 miles
from the target point, indicating a
perfect touchdown.
| different | train |
SAbLor, WC, Aun 23. (Pi
Three people were knawn to have
been killed and an undetennined
number injured here this morning
en three buildings in tte busi-
23 district collapse.
The dead are:
Miss Ora Eskridge, 9 clark in
the First National Bank,
Two unidentified negro labor:
crs,
The buildings that ‘collapsed
were the First: National Rank, in
temporary quarters, Goode's Gro-
eery Store and a tailor shop. «No
cause for the collapse wns alven
immediately. Workmen, owever
were said to have been exeavating
“under the building.
Others Escape
Gearge Blanton, actine vices
bank, esenped
with minor injuries, as did Forest
By idye, cashier, Clarenve Hull,
hier, recvived a broken
‘and arm and cuts about the
hoad. His injuries were eaid by
physicians to be serions. Other
clerks were said to have ‘been bur-
jed_in the debris but were thought
tobe alive. A Mr, Halley, propri-
etor of the tailor shop, was missing
and was reported to have been bare
jed in the ruins of his shon,
Clerks Missing
Four bank clerks are unaccount-
ed for but it was thought possibly
that they were in the crowds about |
the scene, One physician climbed
through dangerous overhanging
walls ta treat a Misa Callahan and
another bank clerk who were pin-
ned under twisted steel and brick,
‘The two dyad. negroes _y.
members of the excavating crew at
work under the buildings, Others
of the crew are missing.
Constraction oyunes fram all
parts of the city were working de-
rperately to clear the wrecks
and extricate-those who may stil}
be alive. Physicians from all city
hospi were called to the srene
to treat the injured,
Fear More Dead,
‘As construction crews warked
ely to clear‘the tangled
ze it was fenred that the
death toll would mount when the
basements of the collapsed strue-
tures were cleared,
A construction crew enunged in
excavating under the buildinzs wag
sul unaccounted for and litle pos-
sibility of their escape was seen,
The collapsed structures are the
First National Bank, Goode'’s groe.
ery store and Hadley's tailor shop
st of the injured, a hasty check
indicated, were employes or cu
tamers of the bank. The exe
tion under the buildings was
thought tu have caused the col-
Fen!
| ae? De ee
SHELBY, N. C., Aug. 28.—Six
persons were known to have been
killed and several more were in.
jured when three buildings in the
business section collapsed here to-
day. Several others known to have
been in the buildings are missing.
The known dead are:
Miss Ora Eskridge, an employe of
the First National Bank; Zeb Blan-
ton, a farmer, and his son Carl;
Guy Green and Alex Hoyle, clerks
in the First National Bank; one
unidentified white man.
- As construction crews worked
desperately to clear the tangled
wreckage it was feared that the
death toll would mount when the
basements of the collapsed struc-
tures were cleared.
A construction crew engaged tin
excavating under the buildings was
still unaccounted for and little pos-
sibility of its escape Was seen.
The fallen structures are the
First National Bank, Goode’s gro-
cery store and Hadley’s tailor shop.
Most of the injured, an early check
indicated, were employes or custo-
mers of the bank.
The excavation under the build-
ings was thought to have caused
the collapse.
The crew doing the excavating
was said to have numbered from
five to seven men, mostly white.
| different | train |
ALGIERS (AP}—A mili-
tarv junta of retired gener-
als backed by tough para-
troops seized power in Al-
giers in defiance of Presi-
dent Charles de Gaulle to-
day’ and claimed control
over the vast territory.
The bloodless coup was
carried out between mid-
night and dawn.
It sent a chill running through
metropolitan France and caused
consternation in Tunisia where
the Algerian nationalists who
have been in revolt against
France for almost seven years
were preparing for peace talks,
Tt was not immediately clear
how tight a hold the insurgents
had on Algeria and De Gaulle
sent one of his top licutenanis,
Algerian Affaars Minister Louis
Joxe, by jet plane from Paris to
find out.
The insurgent icaders took over
the government buildings of Al
giers and in a broadcast over AL.
giers Radio claimed leadership
over all of Algeria and the Sa-
hara,
Allhough the rebels led by Gen.
Maurice Challe, former French
commander in chiel in Algeria,
claimed to control ihe whole
territory this was disputed by the
(Turn to Page 11, Col, 3)
| PARIS (UPI) — Four rebel
French generals supported by
Foreign Legion paratroopers
seized Algiers in a bloodless coup
today and announced they had
taken over Algeria and the Sahara
Desert from President Charles de
Gaulle’s government. F
Premier Michel Debre went on
a nationwide radio and television
‘hookup to appeal for ‘‘absolute
obedience” in France but already
minor right. -wing violence was re-
ported in France itself.
A bomb exploded at the town
hall of the Neuilly District of Par-
jis. Police said the bomb was the
| type used by right-wing extremists
in past acts. of terror against the
|De Gaulle government.
| The insurgent army and air
|force generals in Algiers an-
jnounced over Algiers Radio—re-
named “Radio France’’—that they
had proclaimed a state of siege
throughout the African territory.
The. generals appealed to the
army, navy, air force and police
to join them,
De Gaulle apparently was taken
{completely by ‘surprise, although
opposition among Frenchmen in
Algiers to his policy of permitting
Algeria eventually to become in-
dependent has been rising. But
the government reacted swiftly.
France cancelled all military
leaves. De Gaulle called a cabinet
meeting to consider further action
and conferred during the day with
Debre and Adm. George Cabainer,
chief of staff of the French navy.
Debre named Gen. Jean Olie as
new commander-in-chief in Algeria
to replace Gen. Fernand Gambiez
who was arrested by the insur-
gents. Olie flew immediately to
Algeria.
A rebel broadcast said the gen-
erals in Algiers were upholding
the promise to “keep Algeria
French” that the army made on
|May 13, 1958, at the height of the
Algiers uprising that wrecked
France’s Fourth Republic and re-
turned De Gaulle to power,
(Diplomatic quarters in London
expressed doubt that today’s re-
volt could muster enough support
to topple De Gaulle.)
Police in the south French city
of Lyon arrested a number of
rightist opponents of De Gaulle’s
Algeria policies, and reliable po-
lice sources said there also had
been “numerous” arrests in Paris.
Rebel broadcasts suggested that
Gen. Raoul Salan, a former
|}French commander in Algeria,
‘| was the leader of the revolt. Salan
id not go on the air himself, how-
ever, and it was not certain he
was in Algiers.
The general, who had been liv-
ing as a refugee in Madrid, could
{not be located there today. The
official Soviet agency Tass said
he was in Algiers, but the report
could not be confirmed immediate-
ly.
At least 2,000 and perhaps as
many as 6,000 troops of the For-
eign Legion’s 1st paratroop regi-
ment were said to be involved in
the seizure of Algiers. The rebels
also claimed the support of troops
in southeastern Algeria.
In Paris, however, Information
Minister Louis Terrenoire said the
insurgents controlled only Algiers.
He said the generals commanding
the garrisons of Oran and Con-
stantine, Algeria’s other principal
cities, were loyal to De Gaulle,
UPI’s Algiers correspondent Al-
an Raymond telephoned Paris just
before the government cut off
communications with Algiers,
He said paratroops seized the
official residence of Delegate Gen-
{eral Jean Morin, De Gaulle’s chief
| civilian representative in Algeria,
ishortly before 6:30 a.m.
| different | train |
Washington, March -§-(2) —
President Hoover: todayr decepted
jthe ° restenation of Altxander
‘Legge af Chicago, as chairman
of -the federal ‘farm ‘board, and
appointed James C.. Stone, of
Wentueky, to succeed him.-*
In making the announcement,
President Hoover’ said: lie knew
‘he reflected ‘“‘the view of the ag-
yicvitural community when [ e@x-
press intense r¢gret upon: the’ te-
tirement of Ma. legge.”
At the same: time President
Hoover announced the annoint-
ment of C...C. ‘Teague of Cali-
fornia, a’ member’ of the hoard,
| WASHINGTON, Mar. 7 (AP)
-~Oliver Wendell Holmes, as-
sociate justice of the supreme
court, makes his debut as a radio
speaker Sunday, Mareh &—his
#0th birthday.
In his second floor study today
workmen tiptoed about installing
a microphone. There is not even
a radio set in the house. One will
be connected after the micro-
phone is put in,
The speech by the oldest man
ever to serve one the supreme
bench, is the first public notice
he has taken of a birthday.
They have been events for a
long time to those about him.
For years a deluge of requests
from newspapermen for inter-
views and a series of plans by ad-
mirers for public demonstrations
have preceded each anniversary.
The newspapermen got no fur-
ther than his secretary and the
admirers are always’ forced to
bow to his pronounced distaste of
publie eulogies.
There is no trigidity and little
austerity in his consistent aver-
sion to publicity and display.
Court members in getting to the
bottom of cases before them often
ask counsel penetrating and
sharp questions. Many a lawyer
retains an affectionate memory of
Justice Holmes as he leaned for-
ward with a friendly smile and
helped the barrister out of legal
morass with a suggestion,
His friends say his logical mind
can see no reason for a fanfaron-
ade over birthdays. His conces-
sion on his 90th anniversary is
regarded as reluctant yielding to
the desire of sincere friends to
honor him.
The radio program in his hon-
or begins at 10:30 p. m. EST.,
Sunday night. Dean Charles E.
Clark of the Yale Law _— school,
from the studios of the Columbia
broadcasting system in New York,
will introduce Chief Justice
Hughes.
| different | train |
WASHINGTON, May 10—-(UP)
—The House Veterans committee
today tentatively aceepted a com-
promise bill; under which — all
needy 65-year-old velerans ot
World Wars I and If could quality
for monthly pensions of $72.
Such pensions, under present
regulations, are paid to needy
veterans who can show a non
service-connected disability of at
least 10 per cent. In practice,
almost any f5-year-old veteran is
disabled to that extent or more.
The committce vote to write
the regulations into law, at the
same time wiping out the 10 per
cent disability requirement.
Tt also agreed to raise sore-
what the jncome limitation that
comprises a test of need, And it
voted. to wipe out the exisiing
requirement that the veteran be
unempleyable to be eligible for
the pensian.
| WASHINGTON, (UP) — The
house veterans ,committee today
tentatively accepted a compromise
bill under which all needy 65-
year-old veterans of World wars
I and II could qualify for monthly
pensions of $72.
Such pensions, under present
regulations, are paid to needy vet-
erans who can show a non-service-
connected disability of at least 10
per cent. In practice, almost any
65-year-old veteran is disabled to
that extent or more.
The committee voted to write
the regulations into law, at the
same time wiping out the 10 per
cent disability requirement.
Raise Income Limits
It also agreed to raise somewhat
the income limitation that com~-
prises a test of need. And it voted
to wipe out the existing require-
ment that the veteran be unem-
ployable to be eligible for the pen-
sion.
The compromise, offered by
Committee Chairman John E. Ran-
kin, is a substitute for earlier pro-
posals to pension all veterans, re~
gardless of need.
The cemmittee rejected all
amendments proposed to the new
bill, but put off until tomorrow a
final vote on it.
Provisions Listed
The bill, in a nutshell would
liberalize and write into law the
regulations by which the Veter-
ans Administration has deter-
mined what veterans are eligible
tor $60 or $72 monthly pensions
for “total and permanent” non-
service-connected disability.
These regulations provide $60
pensions for men under 55 who
can show a single disability rated
at least 60 per cent or combined
disabilities of 70 per cent. At age
55 the disability requirement is cut
to 60 per cent, whether single or
combined; at age 60 it is dropped
to 50 per cent.
At age 65 the pension goes up
to $72; the disability requirement
is cut to 10 per cent. In all cases,
the income limitation is $1,000 for
single men, $2,500 for those with
dependents. Unemployability also
is a requirement.
The bill approved today raises
income limitations for single men
to $1.200, It does not change the
income limitation for those with
dependents.
Except for this liberalization of
the test of need, the bill would
not change pension regulations for
men under 65. It merely would put
those regulations into law.
| same | train |
SHELBY, N. C., Aug. 28.—(#)-—
Six persons were known to have
been killed and several more were
injured when three building in the
business section collapsed here to-
day.
Several others known to have
been in the buildings are missing.
The known dead are Miss Ora
Eskridge, an employe of the First
National bank; Zeb Blanton, a
farmer and his son, Carl; Guy
Green and Alex Hoyle, clerks in the
First National bank, one unidenti-
fied white man.
As construction crews worked
desperately to clear the tangled
wreckage, it was feared that the
death toll would mount when the
basements of the collapsed struc-
tures were cleared. A construction
crew engaged in excavating under
the buildings was still unaccounted
for and little possibility of its escape
Was seen. ;
| SHELBY, N. C., Aug.
(P).—Six persons were
to have been killed and
eral more were injured
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ABOARD USS TICONDE-
ROGA (AP) — Skylab’s astro-
nauts came home safely from
man’s longest. space journey to-
day and despite some early diz-
ziness and lightheadedness,
they were pronounced in ex-
cellent, physical conditon.
Charles Conrad Jr., Dr. Jo-
seph P. Kerwin and Paul J.
Weitz shunned stretchers to
walk somewhat unsteadily
across the deck of this recovery
carrier.
The wobbly 60 steps from the
Apollo ferry ship to a medical
laboratory indicated the astro-
nauts had suffered some initial
(effects in gravity after a record
four weeks’ exposure to space
weightlessness.
But commander Conrad re-
ported as the Apollo parachuted
toward a pinpoint landing in
the Pacific after an 11-million-
mile journey: ‘‘We’re all in
good shape. Everything’s OK.”
Dr. Royce Hawkins, the as-
tronauts’ chief physician, ‘con-
firmed this after consulting
with doctors on the carrier. He
told newsmen at the Houston
Space Center:
“They look quite good. They
|appear far better than I ex:
| pected. They’re excellent,”
Hawkins said Conrad, a vet-
eran of three previous space
| flights,. was in the best condi.
Hon, with. normal blood pres
sure. and. pulse and. only slight
3 lightueadedness.
He said both Kerwin and
Weitz suffered from dizziness
and lightheadedness and that
Weitz’ blocd pressure at first
was on the low side.
After splashdown Kerwin
blew up an inflatable suit over
the lower part ef his body to
help increase blood circulation;
Hawkins said.
The astronauts splashed down
Tight on target, just 6% miles
from the Ticonderoga.
Thirty-nine minutes later,
still inside the Apollo, they
were on the carrier deck.
Doctors, not knowing how
they might react to earth’s
gravity after their long weigh-
tless exposure, were prepared
to lift them out on litters. —
But, after. consultation: with
doctors, Reve, a_ physician,
See SKYLAB: Pabe 2
| ABOARD USS TICONDEROGA (AP) —
Skylab’s astronauts came safely home from
man’s longest space journey today, splashing
down with pinpoint precision in the Pacific
9g after 28 days and 11 million miles in
orbit.
Just 39 minutes after touchdown, Charles
Conrad Jr., Dr. Joseph P. Kerwin and Paul J.
Weitz were hoisted onto the deck of this
recovery carrier, still inside their Apollo ferry
ship.
‘We're all in good shape. Everything’s OK,”’
commander Conrad radioed as the spacecraft
descended through the clouds and landed
within view of USS Ticonderoga, just 642 miles
away. That indicated the astronauts had
suffered no adverse physical reactions on re-
turning to earth’s gravity after a record four
weeks’ exposure to space weightlessness.
Ten minutes later they climbed through the
hatch, smiled and waved as the ship’s band
played ‘‘Anchors Aweigh’’ for the all-Navy
Skylab crew.
They walked unsteadily toward a mobile
medical laboratory, showing some effects from
the four weeks’ exposure to weightlessness.
How well Conrad, Kerwin and Weitz fared in
the weightless world will play a major role in
determining if man can function efficiently in
future longduration flights. The first of the two
56-day Skylab missions is scheduled for launch
Vealer OF
The astronauts almost were held over in orbit
today to try to repair a refrigeration problem in
their space station. But Mission Control
decided there was nothing the astronauts could
do and told them to come home.
Ten minutes behind schedule, Conrad,
Kerwin and Weitz undocked their Apollo ferry
ship and executed a series of maneuvers that
sent them slamming into the atmosphere above
Thailand for the fiery descent.
The Apollo craft hit the calm blue waters at
9:50 a.m. EDT about 830 miles southwest of San
ae Calif. It was just after dawn off the West
st.
The 42,000-ton Ticonderoga quickly steamed
alongside the three-ton Apollo and tossed a line
to frogmen in the water. A crane then lifted the
craft and the astronauts to an elevator for a
ride to the hangar deck.
Hundreds of white-clad sailors on deck and
millions watching television around the world
again had a ringside seat to a U.S. man-in-
space landing as the Apollo craft floated down
through low-hanging clouds and dangling under
three huge orange and white parachutes.
“‘Everyone’s in super shape,’ Conrad said as
the spacecraft bobbed on the water awaiting
pickup. Frogmen immediately leaped from
helicopters to secure the spacecraft with flota-
tion collars.
The Ticonderoga reported the astronauts had
landed 62 miles from the ship and that the ship
was 6% miles from the target point, indicating
a perfect touchdown.
The Ticonderoga steamed to pick up the
Apollo capsule with the astronauts still inside,
in contrast to most earlier U.S. flights when the
spacemen were lifted to the carrier by
helicopter.
Medical requirements dictated the pick up
method today.
Medical experts were not certain how the
astronauts would react after returning to
earth's gravity following record exposure to
space weightlessness so they decided the
astronauts should be subjected to as little
activity as possible until they can be examined
in mobile medical laboratories aboard the
Ticonderoga.
The landing completed an historic space
mission that lasted 28 days and 50 minutes.
During that time the spacemen circled the
earth 395 times.
Misson Control was kept in suspense for most
of the final 76 minutes of the flight — a period
when the Apollo ship was out of radio contact
with ‘ground stations.
The Ticonderoga’s radar picked up the
streaking craft at a distance of 188 miles, 10
minutes before landing.
While out of radio contact, at 9:11 a.m., the
astronauts conducted the critical retrorocket
burn that slowed their 17,100 mile-an-hour
speed by 130 miles, allowing earth’s gravity to
tug the spacecraft out of orbit and start the long
glide through the atmosphere to the eastern
Pacific.
The’ refrigeration trouble caused
considerable concern. A maneuver intended to
correct it caused a brief gyroscope problem
that caused the 10-minute delay in the
astronauts’ departure from the orbiting labora-
tory.
‘We're free,’ Conrad reported seconds after
the control center flashed the go-ahead for
undocking from the 118-footlong laboratory.
They left behind a space station which they
had salvaged with some daring, difficult and
often ingenious repair tasks after it was
damaged during launching May 14.
After the undocking, the astronauts made a
45-minute flyaround inspection of the station,
televising pictures of the odd-looking space
vehicle to mission control for evaluation by
experts.
Then, in quick succession, they triggered the
engine firings that gradually dropped them
closer to earth from their original orbital
altitude of 275 miles.
Two more missions are planned, with the
Skylab 2 and 3 crews scheduled to rocket up to
the laboratory on July 27 and in October
They'll remain aboard for 56 days each, contin-
uing the medical, earth resources, solar
astronomy, space manufacturing and other ex-
periments started by the first crew.
Like vacationers closing a summer house,
Conrad, Kerwin and Weitz on Thursday
cleaned up the space station for Skylab 2. They
slept five hours and wakened at 8:30 p.m. to
start a long re-entry day. They transferred into
the Apollo ship and checked its systems for
several hours.
Packed aboard the Apollo are thousands of
feet of film and tapes, plus other experiment
equipment that experts will be analyzing for
months in efforts to set guidelines for future
long-duration space flights.
Along the way, the crew set a record for a
single manned space mission, breaking a mark
of 23 days, 18 hours, 22 minutes set in 1971 by
three Russian cosmonauts. That flight ended
tragically when the cosmonauts died during re-
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