The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-31
NATIONAL.
NEWS
SUMMARY
} JoHNsoN-ER
!, CYPRUS FIGHTING
} BERLIN INCIDENT
H. V. LANCASTER, JR.

Ludwig Erhardt at his Texas
ranch over the week end.
There is nothing more impor-
tant than East-West relations, :"
johnson said Friday noting that
this topic would be foremost on
their agenda. I'VE are going
down the road that will lead to
peace the President said. Bob
Johnson and Erhardt have taken
over the helms of their respec-
tive governments within the last
three months. and this meeting
provided their first real oppor-
tunity to get acquainted.
FIGHTING broke out in Nj
COSTA, the capital Of Cyprus, on
Dec. p and continued sporadi-
cally during the past week. The
Turkish minority is angry over
the Greek majority's efforts to
change the constitution. These
changes. the Turks say. wnufff
virtually end the dual system
under which their rights have
been protected. Three unidenti-
fled Jets blHZed Nicosia Satur-
day morning. 1t was the third
such incident in four days, and
Cvprus saws the Turkish air
force is responsible. Greco
Turkey and Britain are respon-
s!ble for helping to keep order
in the former British protector
ate. All three nations are mem
bers of NATO. and U. S. and
British diplomats are working
hard to settle the DISPUTE before
it jeopardizes the alliance.
AN EAST GERMAN yout h
was shot by Communist border
guards Christmas Day as he cs-
capped to West Berlin. He died
en- route to the hospital. A com
panlon survived. Russia reject
ed a u S protest over the n
cident maintaining it is the con-
Germ of the East German gov
eminent, regime which the
u S. does not recognize. Mean
while at least II 600 West Ber-
liners have visited relatives in
East Berlin urder special one
day passes issued by the Com
munists. Three of these were ar
rested as they attempted to re
turn to the Western sector last
Thursday No explanation has
been given Both sides have in
dicated a willingness to talk
about extending the agreement
under thwich the visits are
made beyond Jan. ).
BULGARIA has been told BY
the U. S. to pay for damages
caused when 5000 Bulgarlans
demonstrated outside the Amcri-
can legation in Sofia Friday.
They overturned four U. S. cars
and smashed all windows on the
first three floors Of the building
with chunks OF ice hurled from
the streets. The demonstration
was apparently caused by the
trial of a high-level Bulgarian
diplomat who confessed he sold
secrets to the u S. while work
irg at the UN in New York. But
the riot seemed to be care
fully staged :"
4 PRELIMINARY INQUIRY
open d Saturday in Athens,
Greece, into the burning. of The
Greek cruise ship Lakonia on
the night Of Dec. %. At least
81 persons died. "a were miss
ing of the l.04l passengers anil
crewmcn aboard the o03l4-ton
ship when il caught fire 1870
miles north of Madeira. rear The
northwest tip Of Africa, The La
kona S skipper. Capt Matthias
Zarbls. 3. was summoned be
fore the Investigators shortly aft
fr he arrived from Madrid Most
OF the passengers We're Brltons.
and some said the crew panick
ed as they and the Passengers
abandoned ship.
FOR Me X PRESIDENT I'll
SENHOWER may be partially
responsible for the renewed en-
phaSls OIL economy in govern
ment By the administration
President Johnson limited at this
in his informal news conference
on the LBJ ranch Friday. John
son said he had instructed GA
director John NlcCone to brina
Eisenhower up to date on &C
lions taken in some Of the
iVi iiltt INitit III . NuSSfN'dflls
which he made before johnson
addressed Congress on Nov. ~
Pressed for details. johnson sale
these included the Forthcoming
federal budget. economy II coy
eminent. attempts 10 limit III.
Increasing number Of fedora
EMPLOYEES. the economic outlook
and general intelligence from
around Tho world
harold L. STA>>EN. form
er governor Of Minnesota anc
now a LAWYER in Philadelphia
SAID last week be had been urs
ed by former President Essen
hover TO consider running fol
the Republican nomination foi