The Hays Daily News from Hays, Kansas • Page 1

TOMORROW IS DOLLAR DAY IN HAYS Home of Fort Kansas State College It A Polntf Gst VOLUME XXX11 FtLL SERVICE Otr fttt ASSOCIATED HAYS, KANSAS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1961 6 CENTS NUMBER Flight Crew Leaves For Cuba To Bring Back U.S. Airplane Cubans Arrive In U.S. To Return A Stolen Vessel Miami, Aug. of a hijacked U. S.

airliner and a stolen Cuban navy patrol vessel got under way today with departure of an Eastern Air Lines crew for Havana, and arrival at Key West of Cubans to take over the boat. A 10-man Eastern Air Lines group left at 10:45 a.m. on a Pan American airliner to retrieve a $2.5 million propjet Super-Electra hijacked over Florida July 24. The airline said that the work of servicing the long-idle plane probably would preclude its takeoff for Miami until Wednesday or Thursday. Fifteen minutes before the airline crew left for Havana, three Cubans arrived by air at Key West to take home a Cuban navy patrol craft in which political refugees cruised to Florida July 29.

The turnover of the 40-foot Cuban navy patrol boat to Fidel Castro's men and the return of Eastern's propjet plane were arranged through intermediaries between the United States and Cuban governments, which no longer maintain diplomatic relations. The swap grew out of an change of notes between the U.S. government and Cuba, sent through the Swiss because the principals cut off diplomatic relations several months ago. Castro himself had suggested the exchange. After the patrol boat reached Key West, Harris a Miami advertising agency, obtained a circuit court order attaching it to apply on a $429.000 judgment Harris held against the Cuban government for advertising services.

The company earlier had attached several hijacked Cuban planes and sold them to help satisfy the claim. Erwin Harris, head of the. advertising agency, said he was withdrawing the claim "in an effort to demonstrate national unity," but he gave up the patrol boat without a request from the State Department to do so. The EAL plane was hijacked while on a. flight from Miami to Tampa, New Orleans and Dallas.

The hijacker, Wi If redo Roman Oqu endo, 36, still is in Havana. Meanwhile, Mexico asked Cuba to return Charles Albert Cadon to that country to face trial for hijacking a Pan American DCS jetliner over Mexican territory last Wednesday and forcing the pilot to land the plane in Havana. Cadon, 25, was charged with robbery, with violence, attack on general communications, threats, illegally carrying firearms and violating individual guarantees. If found guilty on all counts, the Frenchman could get up to 30 years in prison. It was believed in Mexico City that the Castro regime would be m'ore likely to turn Cadon over to the Mexican government than to the U.S.

government, which also asked for him to face charges in Miami, of crime on the high seas, assault with a dangerous weapon and assault with intent to murder. Both Mexico and the United States have extradition treaties with Cuba, but States has been reluctant to invoke the procedure because has rejected previous Castro requests for the extradition of various enemies of his from the United States. The United States said they were political refugees entitled to asylum. FIND ANOTHER BOY Hergiswil, Switzerland, Aug. 15 body of another American victim of the Aug.

2 bus tragedy was recovered from Lake Lucerne. The body, that of a middle- aged woman, was not immediately identified. The bodies of six of the 16 American tourists who drowned when their bus plunged into the lake are still missing. PARTLY CLOUDY Reading at 3 p.m. Low this morning: 65 Record high: 109 in 1936 and 1956.

Record low: 51 in 1920 Year ago today: 89 and 56 "Continued cool and partly cloudy," says Lets B. Forit. Gov Kff "Lows tonight will range between 60 and 65 with Wednesday's high around 80. "Light variable winds with a few light showers are also predicted for this evening." William Baier Elected School Group Chairman William Baier, Victoria, was elected chairman of- the County Board of School Planning Monday night during a school unification meeting held at the courthouse. George Jensen, Buckeye, was elect ed vice-chairman of the Board.

Election of a Board subcommittee resulted naming of the iol- lowing members: 1st commissioner district Joe Armbruster, Gus Werth, Elmo Carmichael and Ray Feldkamp. 2nd commissioner district Walter R. Joy, Alois C. Steckleln, Alex Schmidt and Norman Jeter. 3rd commissioner district B.

A. Brungardt, Alfred Jacobs and Ted Stein. The meeting was called to order by D. J. Brungardt, county superintendent of schools.

He explained his duties as related to Senate Bill 400, the school reorganization bill. Lawrence Sayler, assistant to the state chairman on reorganization, was present to discuss Senate Bill 400. State Agricultural, Stabilization and Conservation Committee reported today 200,000 bushels of wheat sold from CCC bin sites in Kansas in the week of Aug. 7 rated high both in protein content and milling qualities. The wheat was from the 1952.

1S53, 1957, 1958 and 1960 crops and was delivered by the. producers in connection with the USDA price support program. The committee said the wheat had a protein content considerably higher than ordinary, from 12 to 14 per cent. Because of this quality, it said, the wheat brought a premium at the bin sites. It gave this example: The 1961 support rate for No.

1 wheat with 11 per cent protein is $1.77 a bushel. This makes the domestic minimum price $1.92 for this grade wheat. The committee explained Many Activities Planned For 4-H Fair Wednesday Tomorrow will be the big day of the Ellis County 4-H Fair at the National Guard Armory In Hays. Wednesday's activities will include: judging of exhibits a.t 9 a.m., calf weighing 1 p.m., Kiwanis Swim at the municipal swimming pool 2 to 4 p.m., 4-H barbecue 6 p.m., baby beef sale 8 p.m. and 4-H record hop 10 p.m.

All food sold will be checked out at 10 o'clock Wednesday night. Today county 4-H'ers devoted a good portion of their time to fairground set-ups, erecting booths, entering livestock and entering exhibits. A livestock judging contest was conducted at 2 p.m. today. Horseshoe games without prizes will be offered tonight at the fairgrounds starting at 7 o'clock.

Thursday will be clean-up day at the fairgrounds. 'The public ia invited to a style revue and talent show at 8 p.m. Friday in the Hays High School auditorium. Another Car Is Hit By Vandals Another car antenna breaking incident was reported Monday night by Ludwig Wasinger, 205 West 15th. He told police the antenna was broken off his 1950 model car while it was parked in front of his residence.

Wasinger said this vandalism occurred sometime during the weekend. Monday night Clarence Riedel, 113 West 18th, came to police headquarters with four vehicle antennas and reported that they were found by neighbor children on the corner of 18th and Main in the bushes. The antennas were identified as belonging to car owners who were weekend victims of vandalism. Riedel observed Hhat most of the antenna breaking occurred in the same general area. It was his opinion that the person or persons doing this were on foot.

Riedel said he knew of no reason for the breakage other than it was just "malicious vandalism." Acting Police Chief Dan Schmidt said today the general area where the vandalism occurred was the 200 block on East 18th and the 100 block on West 18th. Police are investigating the matter but have nothing to report at this time. Predicts Most Farmers Will Vote For Program Topeka, Aug. J. Byrne, president of the Kansas Farmers Union, predicted today 83 per cent of Kansas wheat growers will vote for the government wheat support program Aug.

24. Byrne has toured 90 of the state's 107 counties recently. The official pointed out that many new voters will be eligible for the first time in this year's election because new rules provide any one who plants as much as 13 i acres can vote. Previously the requirement has been 15 acres. Historically a majority of new voters in other states have not supported the programs, he said.

Kansan Unhurt In Plane Accident In Oklahoma Tulsa, Aug. T. -Hannah, Prairie Village, escaped injury today when his airplane overshot a private landing strip in a drizzling rain and plunged into a roadside ditch. The plane, Cessna four-place craft, was considerably damaged. Hannah told a woman living near the scene that "the ceiling was coming down and knew I bad to get In Wheat As Old As Eight Years Rated High In Protein Content Manhattan, Aug.

the August domestic minimum price for wheat is 106 per cent of the applicable 1961 support rate plus 6 cents. "The fact that the buyers are showing considerable, interest in purchasing wheat stored in CCC bin sites, some for several years should help dispel many rumors that the government is paying storage charges-on wheat that is unfit for milling purposes," said Gilbert W. Egbert, state ASC chairman. This is emphasized further, he added, by a study made a few years ago by the USD A in con nectlon with 52 bin sites in. Kansas.

These sites were completely emp tied of wheat. It was found, Egbert said, that the 2,338,535 bushels of wheat removed graded slightly better when it was removed than when It was received at the sites. The average length of storage, for the 52 bins was slightly over 24 months. Western Military Officers Send Bitter Notes To Reds BULLETIN Washington, Aug. The Senate today put Into the forefgn aid bill an amendment to jrlve Congress a "veto" over Individual loans above 15 million under the long-range development loan program.

The vote was 52-44. Under the proposal, submitted by Son. Everett M. Dlrksen of Illinois, the Republican leader, all proposed loans above million must be submitted to Senate and House Foreign Relations and Appropriations committees for a 30- day advance look before they ran be made. Kansas Project Is Among Those Sent To Congress Washington, Aug.

President Kennedy included the Silver Creek project In Kansas among 15 proposals he submitted to Congress for watershed protection and flood prevention. The Silver Creek project contemplates a 'federal appropriation of $425,000. Congress must approve the plans and then provide the money in an appropriation bill. The President has proposed 54 such projects since May 19, the greatest number submitted to Congress in a 90-day period since the small watershed program was authorized in 1954. He told Congress: "These integrated conservation projects bring very real benefits in the form of added industry and jobs, new business enterprises, better recreation opportunities, better farms, protect soil resources and freedom from the perennial damage of floods." The 15 projects also include Cane Creek ($1,529,000) and Sallisaw Creek ($4,553,000) in north east Oklahoma.

Wichita, Topeka Would Get 'Emergency' Wheat Washington, Aug. Emergency supplies of wheat would be stored at Topeka, Wichita, Kan sas City, St. Louis and Springfield, under a program proposed to Congress by the Agriculture Department. The $47.2 million proposal Is part of President Kennedy's plan to buck up the nation's Civil Defense program. It would relocate 126 million bushels of wheat, storing it in or near 191 metropolitan areas for emergency use in case of enemy attack.

About 95 million people live in the metropolitan areas and the idea is to store enough wheat near them so each person could have three-fourths of a pound a day for four months. The government already owns the wheat and most of it la stored in the Midwest. Secretary of Agriculture Orville E. Freeman discussed the plan Monday in an address to the Missouri Farmers Association at Columbia. At the game time, President Kennedy asked Congress for the $47.2 million.

The Agriculture Department's plan is to store about 2.8 million bushels at St. Louis, 1.2 million at Kansas City, 492,000 at Wichita, 202,000 at Topeka and 164,000 at Springfield. Wildcat Well Catches Eye Of State Oilmen A wildcat discovery in the southeast part of Rooks county has caught the eyes of state oilmen. Russell Cobb Jr. called the Lansing at 3.216 feet under the No.

1 Phelps NW-SW-SW-14-10-16, Rooks county. With the tool open an hour, the test recovered 790 feet of gas, 180 feet of muddy oil, 240 feet of frog- gy oil and bottom hole pressure went from 1,060 pounds to 970 pounds. White and Ellis Drilling Co. tools went to 3,602 feet and production casing was cemented at 3,592 feet- Cities Service Petroleum Co. is supporting.

The discovery ia located one and three-quarters miles aouthwqgt of production in the. Kruse Pool with intervening dry holes. Saturn Booster Arrives At Cape Canaveral Cape Canaveral, Aug. first Saturday rocket booster arrived here today after a 2.200-mile barge trip from Hunts' ville, Ala. The barge, named Compromise tied up at a special dock on the Banana River, near the towering Saturn service gantry.

Workmen began preparations to erect the 82-foot booster on the pad. Weeks of extensive checkout, lie ahead before the big first stage lifts off on its first flight test hopefully in October. The initia test will carry dummy upper stages. After a series of test firings, la ter Saturns are expected to be ready in about three years to hur massive payloads into earth orbii and to the moon, Mars and The United States ia counting on Saturn, with its 1.5 million pound! of thrust, to place an astronau on the moon in this decade. Says Reds Are Gradually Seizing Control Of U.S.

Kansas City, Aug. high ranking member of the John Birch Society said a massive Communist conspiracy is seizing control of America. Fred C. Koch, Wichita business man and a council member of the society, addressed about 1,000 persons at a meeting sponsored by the Northeast Johnson County Women's Republican Club at the Shawnee-Mission East High School. He said the Reds are eroding American universities, churches, political parties, entertainment me dia, the State Department and the United Nations.

"Maybe you don't want to be controversial by getting mixed up In thin anti-communist battle," Koch said. "But you won't be very controversial lying in a ditch with a bullet in your brain." Yesterday's Hero Killed In Wreck Liberal, Aug. Glair Eugene Fulkerson, 23, father of five, was killed in a railroad crossing accident Monday, just five days after he saved his 2- year-old son, Jimmy, from drowning. Fulkerson, delivering meat for a Wichita packing firm, died in a collision between his truck and a Rock Island passenger train in Liberal. Last Wednesday Fulkerson found Timmy unconscious in a plastic wading pool at their home in Valley Center, Kas.

He revived the youngster with mouth to mouth respiration, a method he learned watching television. WINS VALUABLE SCHOLARSHIP: Jackie Sue Stebbins, who was graduated from the Kills High School last spring, has won a $300 college scholarship in a letter contest of the "Under 21" column written by Dan Halligan and appearing in the Hays Daily News each night. Miss Stebbins will use her scholarship to enter K.U. this fall. Photo East Berliner Happy To Be Free In West Berlin Berlin, Aug.

East Berlin factory militiaman in full uniform, his steel helmet hanging from his belt fled to the West today. His family fled several days ago and he was waiting his chance when the Communists shut the East-West Berlin border Sunday. Police said he sneaked up to the border behind an advertising sign and then made a quick nm for it. When he reached the West Berlin side, he threw his cap In the air and shouted: "Thank God, now I'm free." Game Group Interviews Two For Director's Job Topeka, Aug. The Forestry, Game and Fish Commission renewed search today for a department director.

Two candidates, both from out of the state, were being interviewed. Their names were not disclosed. The job has paid $7,500 a year but cnuld be raised to as much as 512,000. David Leahy was director until last December. Since then Fred Warders has been acting director.

Mansfield Says Public School Aid Measure Is Still 'Alive' Washington, Aug. Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana said today the Kennedy administration's public school aid bill is still alive in Congress. But he did not express any- stronger than hope for it. There have been indications, accepted by many of the measure's supporters, that the school construction and salary bill has fallen by the wayside. It is now locked up in the House Rules Committee, where a group of Republicans and Roman Catholic nembers have voted to keep it off the House floor.

The measure encountered opposition on both economic and relig- ous grounds. As proposed by Kennedy, it made no provisions for federal aid to private or parochial schools. Some Catholic members objected to passage without some form of help for church schools. Another measure which would authorize loans to parochial schools, as an extension of the de- feaw education ts snarled in the House Rules Committee. A third education bill, to continue federal aid to schools crowded with children of federal employes, ran into new trouble in the Senate today.

The threat came from proposals to tack features of the general school and defense education bills onto it. Mansfield told rtewsmen after he and other Democratic leaders met at the White House with President Kennedy that the administration's major school bill "is not dead." "As, long as we are in session, there is still hope," he said. House Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas said the general school bill was mentioned "incidentally" in the White House meeting but no conclusions were reached. He said a great many Congress members "have a disposition to do something about It." The impacted areas bill was advanced in the Senate last week after signs appeared that broader measures would not get through tho House. 'Under 2V Column Scholarship Awarded To An Ellis Student Says Congress Will Pass 'Pretty Good' Aid Bill Washington, Aug.

House Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas predicted today Congress will pass a "pretty good" foreign aid bill which will enable the administration to accomplish its objectives. "We can't be in this world and not of it," Rayburn said after he and other Democratic congressional leaders breaksfasted with President Kennedy at the White House. Rayburn said it was still uncertain just what amendments might be pinned on the administration bill, and remarked that "a terrific campaign" had been waged against any kind of aid bill whatsoever, The United States, however, must shoulder its responsibility as leader of the free world, Rayburn said. First Newburgh Worker Didn't Last Very Long Newbtirg, N.Y., Aug. The first welfare recipient to take a job with the city under Newburgh's controversial new welfare program didn't last long on it.

But city officials said they got a desired result. Welfare Commissioner Peter Petrillo said the man, who twice had declined city-arranged jobs with private companies, was put to work Monday doing odd jobs around City Hall. The man worked until noon, then failed to show up after lunch, then failed to show up after lunch. Petrillo said the man's wife telephoned the welfare office to say he had obtained employment on his own as a painter and wanted to be taken off relief rolls. A provision of the city's new 13- point program makes It mandatory for able-bodied men on relief to take city jobs.

City officials say the program is designed to cut down the welfare bill. NO Washington, Aug. (Jf)-President Kennedy will not hold a news conference this week- He met with newsmen last Thursday Jackie Sue Slebblns of Ellis is one of two teen-agers in the nation to receive a $300 college, scholar ship from the "Under 21" column written for teen-agers by Dan Hal ligan of Knlispell, Montana. Thi syndicated column nans regular!) In the Hays Dally News and is a feature highly popular with young persons of the area served by the News. The second winner of a.

siml lar scholarship Is Douglas Edwarc Barnes of Whitefish, Montana. Donor of the scholarships sale "Although the two winners were Included among several dozen 1961 high school graduates finally con sidered for the two awards by the judges, they survived final elimina tion because their particular had that little extra something th judges were looking for In all can didates." The scholarship money will forwarded to the schools the twr winners plan to attend whore it wil be used in their behalf for books room and board and other expenses Jackie Sue Stehbins, 18, a daugh ter of Mi', and Mrs. J. R. Stebbins of Ellis' and a granddaughter Mr.

and Mrs. Robert Hall of Hays WHS graduated as valedictorian her senior class at Ellis with i four-year average of 96.31. During her high school career she wa: Junior Y-Teens president in he, freshman year, was a member the Student Congress, secretary the Senior Kayettes and vice-presi dent of the junior class. She also won honors as a speech student was a member of the Orange anr Black Chorale and was Snowbal Queen her senior year. She has worked during the sum mer while going to high school anc in her senior year worked afte school as a waitress and continuec the work this summer.

She plans to attend the Univer sity of Kansas where she will study modern foreign languages, interna tional relations and history with plans to go into foreign service to tench. Jackie Sue and members of he family are well known in Hays. Five Men To leave Far Army Physical ixams The local selective service today released names of six Ellis County men who are scheduled, to leave Aug. 21 for Army examinations at Kansas Ci ty. Peter J.

Karlin, Duane Anthony Alan J. Kinderknecht A. Schumacher Angered At Closing Main Escape Hatch Berlin, Aug. The Communists tightened screws on West Berlin today and the West opehe'd' a campaign of pressure and protests against Russia and ler East German U.S., British and French military commanders sent sharp notes to 'Col. Andrei Solovyev, the Soviet commandant at KarlahoBat East Berlin protesting the "1U egal measures" taken by the East German regime against travel in Berlin.

With tempers flaring on both sides of the new Iron Curtain, Mayor Willy Brandt called West Berllners to a mass protest demonstration outside City Hall Wednesday. He issued the call after Communists turned out troops and tanks to enforce a new Iron tain across Berlin. Possible plans to apply yie sure of trade embargoes against East Germany or the whole Communist bloc were reported fropS Bonn, Washington and London. The military commandants' Ler called the East German action "the most flagrant violation" of the city's status since the Soviet blockade 11 years ago. The Western military commanders acted against a background of German demands for more than paper protests against Communists orders that bit by bit are closing West Berlin off fijow- travel In and out by The latest order by the Bast German interior ministry barred West Berlin motorists from entering East Berlin unless they get special permits.

West already had been barred except by special permit. The first order, early Sunday, sealed the West Berlin border to East Berllners. Designed to stop a tide of westbound refugees from East Germany, it also stopped some 80,000 'East Berlin commuters who work in West Berlin. The Communists said they would announce later the' procedure for West Berlin motorists to get their permits to enter East Berlin. Meanwhile, they allowed West Berliners, about 15,000 of whom work In East Berlin, to drive t6 their jobs as usual.

They passed through the 12 gates still left open. West German motorists, who have been required to'get special permits to enter East Berlin for Home time, were funneled through two crossing points on the 25-mile border. Vehicles of the Western Allied occupation forces not affected by the new order. The West Berlin Trade Union Federation asking for something more than protests voted for concrete measures, supporting tho call Monday night by Chancellor Konrad Adenauer for trade sanctions against the entire Soviet bloc, German Protestant church lead- era, fearing a violent explosion of protest in East Germany, appealed to the East Germans to remain calm. The appeal, signed pastor Kurt Scharf, chairman of tha Evangelical Church, and Bishop Otto Dibelius of Berlin urged East German Protestants "to help peace and call for caution, to exhort to love and to spread the faith that overcomes the miseries and problems of life." Despite the heavy Communist guard patrolling the zonal dary, West German police report" ed 42 8 women and 2 to get across the border during the night, Most of them swam across canals, rivers and lakes that crisscroea the border.

West German Chancellor rad Adenauer warned in a speech at Regensburg that the Western powers are considering cutting off trade with the Soviet bloc iR reprisal for the sealing off of East Berlin to atop the westward flow of refugees. The word from ington was that suspension of trade between West and Bast last year totaled nearly J500 under consideration. The Western powers are paring tough protests to the Son viet Union against border closure, which they denounced ag illegal violation of tlw postwa? agreement for free movement throughout Berlin. At a lovffp level, the British. an4 French already have drafted for home approval a demand that Russians lift trftYfl mlrit? last dsfmajj gpvtrnmgjjt radio broadcast through thi.