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Evening star., 1961-07-24
Air|iner Hijac|ked, Lands in Cuba
Senate Group Reports
Kennedy Aid Program
Committee Votes, 1874, for Measure
Authorizing Long Term Borrowing
BY ]. A. O'LEARY
Star Staff Writer

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee today reported
out President Kennedy foreign aid program by vote
Iof 1874
This starts it the long journey through he Senate
and House. where opponents will continue their fight against
Evening star., 1961-07-24

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Eastern Pilot
Shifts Course
AtGunpoint
U. S. Jet Fighter
Goes With Plane
To Smile Limit

MIAMI, Fla. July "a (AP).
An Eastern Air Lines prophet
Electra was hijacked today and
the pilot flew it to Cuba at
gunpoint. A United States
fighter accompanied the cap
tive airliner to a point three
miles from Cuba.
The plane, Flight 202, took
off from Miami International
Airport at 1905 am. CEST),
bound for Tampa, New Orleans
and Dallas with 80 passengers
and five crewmen. 1t landed at
Jose Marti Airport in Havana
at 1929 am.
In his last radio report, Capt.
w. E. Buchanan said: Il am
proceeding to Havana at pistol
point"
This call was picked up by
Aeronautical Radio, Inc, in
Key West, one station of a ma
tionwide radio network sup
porte dby the airlines.
Goes Off Course
First indication that some-
thing was amiss. however,
came when the $3.5 million
plane went sharply off course
on the radarscope.
A fighter from the Home
stead Air Force Base near Mi
ami tailed the airliner. There
were reports that the fighter
tried unsuccessfully to turn the
big plane back.
The Electra carried 81 pay
ing passengers. IL pass-carry-
ing EAL employees, and the
crew members.
An airline spokesman said
the passenger list had been
turned over to the border pa
troll and the United States I'M
migration Service.
The report on the fighter
plane came from the North
American Air Defense Com
mand at Colorado Springs,
Colo. NORAD headquarters is
the nerve center for aerial de-
tense of the United States and
Canada.
U. S. Asks Release
The United States Govern
ment promptly asked the Cas-
tro regime to release today's hi
lacked plane.
In Washington, Lincoln
White. State Department press
officer, said the United States
has requested the Swiss to re-
quest the immediate release of
the plane, its crew and its pas
Sengers."
The request was made through
the Swiss Embassy in Havana,
which represents American in
terestS in Cuba in the absence
of United States-Cuban diplo-
matte ties.
Mr.. White confirmed that an
American Air Force plane had
followed the airliner to the
three mile, territorial water
limit off the Cuban shore. He
said this was done because the
airliner got off its regular
course, and we keep an eye on
things like that"
Eastern said the other mem
bers of the crew we're: Pilot
J. Yandell. Flight Engineer
P. A. Knudsen. Flight Attend
ant Joan Jones and Robert
Reese. All crew members are
from Miami.
Other Hijackings
In the last two years, nine
airplanes have been hijacked
between Florida and Cuba.
Seven were Cuban planes
which were forced to land in
Florida. Previously, one other
American plane was forced to
fly to Cuba.
On May l a man armed with
a steak knife and a pistol
hijacked a two-engine National
Airlines plane over Florida and
forced the pilot to fly to Havana.
The plane was bound from
Miami to Key West. but Just
after it had taken off from an
intermediate point. it was
seized by a bandit who called
himself Eel Pirata Cofresi," the
name of an old-time buccaneer.
He told the captive audience he
had been offered 100000 blood
money by the late Rafael
Trujillo, Dominican Republic
Stronoman t0 aSSaSSinate Prime
Evening star., 1961-07-24
TuE HIEAFuED. Full Report
IHG V6AIHIN. on Pose BE-

District and vicinity-Occasional cloudi-
ness, hot and humid through tomorrow with
scattered afternoon and evening thunder
showers. Low tonight. rs. High and low
of last "a hours: High, SO, at 3 pm. yes
terday; low, 70, at am. today.
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AT BAR OF JUSTICE
Strauss Protest Fooms
AtBeer Stein Likeness

NUREMBERG, Germany, Oct.
7 (AP) "A Bavarian court has
ordered a West German news
magazine to stop saying Defense
Minister Franz Josef Strauss
looks like a stein of beer. Mr..
Strauss is S feet 9 and weighs
about 200 pounds.
Publisher Rudolf Augstein of
Der Spiegel tThe Mirror ar
gued that such a description of
the chunky cabinet minister fell
within the privilege Of freedom
of the press.
The court ruled yesterday
that an article comparing Mr..
Strauss to a beer stein was
"slanderous."
Mr.. Strauss was granted an
injunction to prevent further
distribution of the magazine
carrying a long story which he
said completely misinterpreted
my personality"
Among the statements the
46-year-old defense chief OBJ
iected to were that he is a
skilled panic-maker, that he is
filled with ruthless ambition,
and that he wants nuclear
weapons for the West German
Army in order to be able to
draw the United States into a
war with the Soviet Union.
Mr.. Strauss protested the
article was "one big, extrava-
CANT insult, filled with SLAM
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Peace Treaty Stressed
Ex-Convict With q Goal
Wins Fight as Teacher

SEATTLE, Oct. 7 (AP).- az
didn't spend years working to-
ward a teaching goal just to
go back to digging bitches"
said Dean Bay, an ex-convict,
Yesterday, State School Supt.
Louis Bruno gave Bay an OPP
portunity to do something else
to support his wife and five
children. He granted the 81
year-old Bay a three-year pro-
visional teaching certificate
issued to teachers coming from
out of State.
Eight years ago. Bay was a
night policeman in Goldendale,
Wash. He was convicted of
a series of thefts, served 18
months in the State RefCrma-
tory and was paroled.
He then was graduated from
Eastern oregon College of Ed
ucation at his hometown of La
.Grande, partly with the help
of State scholarships.
Then he taught on a tenn
porary certificate at a Weston
(OregD elementary school and
became a lay Baptist minister
Weston school officials, the
Chamber of Commerce at La
Grande and Washington State
parole officials supported his
application for a permanent
certificate.
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HOME FURNISHINGS
SHOW OPENS
HERE TODAY

The Stor- sponsored National Copi-
toI Home Furnishings Show will open
todoy ond continue through October
IS at the National Guord Annoy.
The first Of its kind in Woshins-
ron, it offers you an inside the home
exhibition hishlishtins distinctive
interior arrangements for every room
in the house.
Visitors TO the show will have
1900 porkins spaces ovoilobIe to
them, and, they will hove on oppor-
tunity to participate in q large scoIe
prize proerom.
Be sure 10 come and see the Home
Furnishings Show now underway at
the National Guard Armoy the
show with thousands Of decorating
ideas. Open dolly z pm. TO II pm,
including Sundays.
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he is leaving for Moscow on
Monday.
Secretary of State Rusk, who
sat in on the discussion, merely
called it interesting"
Mr.. Kennedy was understood
to have told Mr.. Gromyko
calmly but emphatically that
the United States and its West
ern allies are fully determined
to defend West Berlin against
Communist pressureS, TO pre-
serve their right to maintain
troops in the city, and to keep
open the supply lines from
West Germany.
At one point, referring to
Russia's Berlin demands, Mr..
Kennedy said the Soviet Union
is trying to trade the United
States IAN apple for an Or
chard," the Associated Press
reported. He told Mr.. Gromyko
there would be no deal like
that.
Officials said the President
meant that the SovietS are ask
ing a lot and offering very little
in return; they want to con-
vert West Berlin into a free
See POLICY, Page AS
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Oregon turned him down.
Last month. Bay was accepted
as a seventh grade teacher in
the Private Kings Garden
School in Seattle while he
waited to see if Washington
would let him continue. Now
that he has the certificate, he'll
go on teaching at Kings Gar
den.
Il don't feel that anything
in my record would jeopardize
a child" Bay said. Teaching
is a profession and must have
standards. But the fact a
teacher has a record is not the
important thing-it's the indi-
vidual teacher who should be
judged.
I've paid for my mistake, -
he said. Il tried hard in the
reformatory to improve myself.
I didn't believe it when I heard
some of them say, What's the
uSe-you go outside and they
kick you down
There is no advantage in
having a program of rehabilita-
ton if in the ultimate end the
rehabititated are not permitted
to do anything but dig bitches"
A teacher must be of good
character, Bay said. But, he
rs it required that he be
a plastic saint who never has
made a human mistaken"
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TWA Novigotors
Call OFF Strike

NEW YORK, Oct. 7 APP
Navigators of Trans World Air
lines called a strike today in
a dispute with the company
over manning of overseas
flights, but called it off again
after the difficulty was cleared
up.
A Transport Workers Union
spokesman described the diff
ficulty as an attempt to break
an agreement made earlier this
week. A company spokesman
said it was a simple misunder-
standing.
The union is protesting test
flights involving semiautomatic
devices which, the union con-
tends, would replace Sc navi-
gators on overseas flights.
Earlier this week a presiden-
tial emergency board was apS
pointed to study the dispute.
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"a on AirIiner
Die in Crash
Plane Wreckuqe
Found in Pyrenees

TOULOUSE, France. Oct. 7
(AP) -Wreckage of a British
DEB Dakota airliner that car
ried "a persons was found in
the Pyrenees Mountains today
and a search plane radioed
that there we're no survivors,
police at Prades announced.
Ground parties made their
way slowly to the scene, in the
area of Canigou Peak at an
altitude of about 5000 feet.
The search plane made its
Identification in a low-level
flight over the wreckage. the
police said. and reported there
was no sign of life"
Weather in the area was re-
ported bad.
The wreckage was spotted by
residents in the area of the
Canigou Peak.
Authorities said the plane-a
Dakota-took off from Cat
wick Airport near London and
was more than II hours over
due. An air and land search was
launched with the hunt CEN
tering in the PyreneeS Noun
tainS.
A spokesman for Derby Avi-
alton, owners of the missing
plane, said there were 81 pas
sengers and 3 crew members
aboard.
The passengers were flying to
France to begin a bus tour of
the Costa Bravo in Spain.
1t was believed all aboard
were British.
At Perpignan, a team of 35
mountain climbers waited in
case word came that wreckage
had been found.
Construction workers in the
Ariege Department county of
the Pyrenees said they heard a
plane flying over early this
morning and that its engines
did not sound as though they
were functioning normally.
There was speculation the plane
may have gone down in the
area of the 8,000-foot Carlit
peak, about Is miles from the
Spanish frontier near PUG
cerda and Bourg Madame.
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100 Feared Dead
In India Monsoon

CALCUTTA. India, Oct. 7
(AP) More than 100 persons
were feared killed by a mon
soon that turned 1900 square
miles of India's Bihar State
into a vast lake, according to
police reports reaching here
today.
Swollen rivers repeatedly
wiped out 81 villages. and panic
stricken villagers fled when a
crocodile-infested lake burst
its banks. Many of the victims
were killed by crocodiles, police
said.
Rail, air and road communi-
cations we're disrupted.
Eastern midas states Of
Bengal and Orissa were also
hit by late monsoon floods.
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Soviet Warns
On u. N. Aide
Demands Council
Act Before Assembly

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.
Oct. 7 (AP). - The Soviet
Union will boycott any interim
United Nations Secretary Gen.
eral who may be chosen with
out the consent of the Security
Council.
Soviet Deputy Foreign Min
lister Valerian A. Zorin told
reporters at a Sudanese recep-
ton here last night if the
General Assembly picks a sue
cessor to the late Dag Ham
marskjold without the councils
prior recommendation, life will
go very hard for that man."
He explained that the new
man would have the same
trouble as Mr.. Hammarskjold
boycotted by the Russians
from last February until his
death September Is in a plane
crash in Northern Rhodesia.
No serious man, Mr.. Zorin
said. would take the job under
those circumstances
U. S. Stand Cited
His remarks came after one
correspondent said the United
States or its friends would pro-
pose that the assembly alone
name a temporary secretary
general unless there was United
StateS-Soviet agreement that
would permit veto-free action
first in the council.
Earlier, informed diplomats
said the United States was
willing to have the choice orig
mate in the council provided ii
could get agreement with the
Soviet Union on eliminating the
danger of a Soviet veto.
Among these. we're sources in
close touch with the United
States position. But, a United
States delegation spokesman
told correspondents the United
States still believed the Gen
eral Assembly has full authority
to appoint an interim secretary
general"
The United Nations Charter
says the Security Council must
recommend any secretary-gen-
eral before the assembly can
him.
Opposes TrOika Concept
The spokesman said the
United States favored giving
the new man "a clear mandate
to carry out the functions of
his office" opposed "the troika
concept of dividing the world
into three blocs, and believed
there should be no political
representation in the Secre-
tariat."
Informed sources said that
U Thant of Burma was &C
ceptable to both the United
States and the Soviet Union
for temporary secretary gen.
eral.
They said that while there
was no official United States
candidate, the United States
would take U Thant, Assembly
President Mongi Slim of Tu-
niSia or former President
Frederick H. Boland of Ire
and,
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derous charges designed to ruin
my reputation"
Mr.. Augstein, whose maya
zine is widely distributed in
West Germany, contended it
was within the rights of the
press to criticize a public Off
cial.
But the court ordered a ban
on this particular article about
the Defense Minister.
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back can load up with either
standard explosive or atomic
bombs with no change required
in equipment.
NewSmen, in a tour of Ram
stein, got the impression that
both types of weapons were in
storage within minutes of ready
areas where planes stood poised
for almost instant takeoff. The
aircraft apparently were armed
with one type of weapon.
4 Types Of STRIKES"
The strike" planes of the
17th-the one which would sup
port United States and other
NATO ground forces in the
event of a Soviet-Satellite
plunge into Western Europe
include four types. three of
them SuperSonlc jets.
The F100, Oldest of the super
sonic design, is being gradually
replaced by Voodoos and the
Fl05 Thunder hiefs. The
latter can fly at speeds of about
400 miles per hour and de-
liver heavy bomb loads deep
into enemy territory" the 18th
Air Force claims.
The fourth type is the B66
light bomber, subsonic in speed,
but with longer range. In addi-
ton to the manned aircraft.
the 18th also is equipped with
the Matador and Mace bonn
bardment missiles, with a range
for the latter of several hun
dred miles.
Equally important are the
fighter interceptors, the F102A
Delta dagger and the Fl04 STAR
See ATOMIC, Page A-3
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MikoyQn Talk on Berlin
Softens Russians Stand
But Offer
OF Free City
OmitsDetuils

BERLIN, Oct. z (AP).-So-
Wet Deputy Premier AnaStas
Mikoyan said today the Soviet
Union was prepared to give
all and most effective guaran-
tees" for a free city of West
Berlin. But he did not spell out
the guarantees.
Mr.. Mikoyan spoke at a mass
rally in East Berlin's Marx
Engels Square during celebra-
tons of the 18th anniversary
of the Communist East German
State.
He told the crowd a peace
treaty for Germany would come
and with it a free, demilitar-
lied city of West Berlin.
Soviet Premier Khrushchev
has frequently threatened to
sign a separate peace treaty
with the satellite East German
regime by the end of the year.
But today, Mr.. Mikoyan, as
well as other Communist speak
ers, did not commit themselves
to any date for the conclusion
Of the treaty.
Softening Detected
Western observers, closely
following the East Berlin cere=
monies, thought the Reds
seemed to be soft-pedaling
while there was hope that East
and West may meet at the con-
ference table to negotiate a
Berlin settlement.
At anniversary celebrations
in East Berlin's Opera House
last night, all reference to an
exact date for the treaty sign
ing was conspicuously avoided
by the key speakers.
I'VE are prepared to give all
and most effective guarantees
for a free city of Berlin" MIR.
Mikoyan said today. He added
that these guarantees must
naturally correspond with the
norms of international laws"
West Berlin should have free
communications with ell coun-
tries, he said, but emphasized
West Berlin's communication
lines run across East German
territory. This seemed to sug-
gest that the West must nego-
tate with the East German
Communists on access rights.
Crowd Apathetic
The Communist ADM news
agency said 100000 wildly
cheering East Germans took
part in today'S rally.
But. to Western observers
on the spot, the most striking
thing about the crowd was its
lack OF enthusiasm.
At the most liberal estimate,
no more than 10000 people
stood before the white, slogan
decorated reviewing stand.
Most of the crowd were fac
tory and office workers,
brought out in organized
groups, and uniformed Com
munist youth formations.
They clapped politely when
ever a speaker paused for eff
feet. There was not a single
spontaneous cheer. Cheer lead
ers of the Communist youth
called for hurrahs and bursts
of flag-waving from their
groups, many of them children
under 10. Television cameras
were trained on the cheering
children.
TV viewers were given fire.
quent glimpses of the most
thickly packed sections of the
crowd, but never saw the thinly
spaced spectators in the rear.
Must Assure Borders
Mr.. Mikoyan said the Ger
man peace treaty must fix the
situation in Central Europe and
guarantee the present borders
of the two German states.
Only crazy men, only luna
tics can think of answering our
peaceful proposals with agrees
Sion," he said.
Walter Ulbricht, East Ger
man Communist chief, took the
same new tack as Mr.. Khru-
Shchev and Mr.. Mikoyan in
avoiding all reference to a date
for signing a peace treaty.
The phrase this year" so
See BERLIN. Page AS
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headquarters here has been re-
vamped in a few short weeks
to pattern it to the new mill
tary policy enunciated by the
Kennedy administration.
Until the Berlin crisis sharp
ened President Kennedy's de-
ciSion to increase conventional
firepower of all United States
forces while at the same time
retaining nuclear strength,
much of the training of the
18th Air Force was in use of
atomic weapons.
Government policy is to pro-
vide United States commanders
in Europe, both air and ground,
with alternative weapons. The
United States has carefully
avoided foreclosing the posi-
bility of applying atomic weap-
ons when and where a situa-
ton might demand.
DOwngrading Denied
Mai. Gen. H. R. Spicer
meeting with United States
newsmen yesterday, was asked
if the trend has been to down.
grade atomic weapons while
beefing up the conventional
explosive category.
This Gen. Spicer denied with
a sharp I'VE have not" Then
he said that more practice with
standard bombs, aerial rockets
and similar material has be-
gun. About 95 per cent of the
crews of the 17th'S bombers and
fighter interceptorS are quail
fled for the use of nuclear
weapons, the General said.
The fighter bombers and
light bombers based at nth
Air Force fields along the Com
munist frontier and farther
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CHURCH LEADER
MARKS 18th YEAR

ABRAHAM VEREIDE, the exeeu-
tive director Of the international
Christion Leadership organization,
celebrates his 18th birthday todoy.
The story Of his struggles after
emisrotins to this country from
Norway as boy Of 10 is featured
on Poee AS.
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U. S. Keys Air Attack
To New Arms POLICY
Planes in Europe Set for Fast Shift
From Nucleur to Conventional Weapons

RAMSTEIN AIR FORCE BASE Germany, Oct (AP).-
The United States Tactical Air Force in Europe shift
from the Of conventional to atomic weapons in almost
a matter of minutes.
Training of the SuperSonic jet fighter bomber and
other jet light bomber of the 18th Air Force with
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Kennedy Still Seeking
Basis for Negotiations
Talk With Gromyko Fails to Change
Berlin Situation; Laos Disguised
By EARL H. VOSS
Star Staff Writer

President Kennedy reported today still to be looking
for basis which the West negotiate with Russia
end the Berlin crisis following his White meeting with
Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko
No appreciate narrowing of differences the Berlin
and German problems reported after the President met
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Mantle Joins Lineup
For Sd Series Game

CINCINNATI. Oct. 7 (AP).-
Mickey Mantle returned to the
New York Yankee lineup for
today's third game of the World
Series with Cincinnati after
the first two games in
New York.
The 29-year-old centerfielder
had been out of action because
of his slow recovery from minor
surgery for an abSceSs on his
right hip.
Il want to give it a try"
Mantle told Manager Ralph
Houk today after experiencing
no serious after-effects from
yesterdays workout. Mickey
had hit five or six balls over
the fence, batting lefthanded,
and one over the wall hitting
righthanded in the off day
batting practice.
MariS to Right
With Mantle back, Houk re-
turned Roger Maris to right
field. Yogi Berra remained in
left.
The reunion of the M&M
boys figured to put new punch
into the Yank attack. Maris,
who will bat in the No. 3 posi-
ton, set a record by hitting
81 home runs in the regular
season.
He has gone hitless, however,
in seven trips in the first two
games. Mantle, who hit 81
homers and drove in 1913 runs,
resumed his normal cleanup
spot in the batting order.
Manager Fred Hutchinson of
the Reds made no changes in
the lineup that had won the
second game Thursday, 60,
after the club had been shut
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with Mr.. Gromyko for two
hours and ten minutes early
last evening IN the book lined
oval room on the second floor
of the presidential mansion.
The conference went beyond
the Berlin situation, with Mr..
Kennedy Selling the oppor-
tunity to stress his concern over
the mounting Communist pres
Sures in South Wet Nam and
Laos. according to informed
sources.
Mr.. Gromyko told reporters
after the meeting that he had
touched on every important
matter in relations between the
Soviet Union and the United
States" in the White House
talk.
Peace Treaty Stressed
"AS far as the position of the
Soviet government is con-
cerned," Mr.. Gromyko COM
mented. I'VE stressed first of
all the Importance of the ques-
ton of a peace treaty with
Germany"
He described the exchange as
useful but said no further
talks were planned. He said