The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-04-26
NATIONAL
NEWS
SUMMARY
By
II. v. LANCASTER, JR.
u. S. AND BRITAIN
} PRESIDENT
ERR HARTMAN

THE u. S. AND BRITAIN
made a major bid Wednesday
to end the East-WeSt deadlock
on a nuclear test ban. AmbaSsa-
doris of the two nations met with
Soviet Premier KhruShchev in
Moscow. The U. S. has insisted
on at least seven on-site inspec-
tons a year on Soviet territory,
but the Russians have said they
will permit only three. One re-
port said the West would sug-
gest a fixed number of inspec-
tons over a period of years in
an effort to break the dead
lock, but there was nc confirma
ton Of this at the Presidents
news conference Wednesday.
PRESIDENT KENNEDY has
announced he will meet with Ca
madam Prime Minister L lester
Pearson May 10 and IL at Hyan-
is Port, Mass, to discuss mat
tiers of common interest. It is
expected that Canada will soon
arm its missiles with nuclear
warheds supplied by the U. S.
Whether Canada should accept
these warheadS was a major is
sue in the recent Canadian cleo
tons in which Pearson defeated
Diefenbaker.
w. AVERELL HARTMAN,
assistant secretary of state for
political affairs, visited Paris
and London this week to gain
support for the U. S. position
On Laos. On Thursday he was
to fly to Moscow to try to per-
suade the Russians to use their
influence to restore the status
quo in Southeast Asia. Reports
this week from the Paline Des
JarreS in Laos indicate the
fighting has all but ceased, but
the pro-Communist Pathet Lao
has yet to agree to interna-
tiOnal supervision of the cease
fire or Of their withdrawal Of
positions held before the fight
in began.
THE Z. S. ARMY will send
about 5000 infantrymen to Thai
land for maneuverS next
month. Thailand borders troubl-
ed Laos, and although the ex-
erciseS had been planned for
months they will serve as a re
minder Of US. determination
to halt Communist encroach-
ment in the area. In May 1862
the u. S. sent 1000 combat
ready marines and lnfantrymen
to Thailand when that country
was in hanger of being invaded
by pro-Communists from Laos.
Next months operations will be
part of SEATO exercises in
W h i c h $4,000 men from all
SEATO nations are scheduled to
participate in June.
3 - ~
PRINCESS ALEXANDRIA. of
Kent. 26. first cousin of Britain's
Queen Elizabeth, and 18th in
line of succession to the throne.
married financier Angus Ogilvy,
"a, in London'S historic West
minister Abbey Wednesday. Prin-
cess Anne, 12-year-old daughter
of the queen, was the chief
bridesmaid. Thousands of Lon
doners j a med Parliament
Square outside the 9OO-year-old
abbey for a glimpse of the smil-
ing princess. The 1000 guests in
sides included the largest as
semblage of European royalty
England had seen since the mar
riage of Princess Margaret to
Anthony ArmStrong Jones, now
the Earl of Snowden.
= r j.
GOV. HARRISON proclaimed
Wednesday that an "eXtraordi-
nary fire hazard exists in Vlr-
ginia and invoked a law which
puts severe restrictions on hik-
ing. camping. hunting. and fish
ing in the states forests. Travel
in forests and bruShlandS is re-
duced to a minimum, and a
special turkey gobbler hunting
season scheduled to open Mon
day was called off. Virginia has
been without a hard, soaking
rain for about a month. and it
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