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GAZETT-E 77th Year, No. 143 Saturday, the Fourteenth Day of January, MCMLXVII Two Pages: Single Copy ioc Red Troops Storm Anti'Mao Hideout Military X- tn IO TOKYO Red military unit has stormed a hideout of military officers opposed to Communist Chairman Mao Tse-tung and arrested "scores" of the officers, a Japanese newspaper reported today. It appeared to be the first report of violence within China's 2.5-million-man People's Liberation Army over Mao's purge of his opponents. Peking radio reported earlier that an "acute and complicated" struggle involving a small but influential group of anti-Maoists had built up withui the army. Other Japanese reports said President Liu Shao-chi, the top anti-Mao leader, recently demanded before the Communist Central Committee a retraction of his "self-criticism" widely.

publicized last December. The reports said the demand could indicate that Liu was confident of maintaining his power that he had launched a counterattack against Mao and Defense Minister Lin Paio. The Peking correspondent of Mainichi Shimbun said the officers were arrested last Tuesday in Lanchow, a city of more than 150,000 persons 700 miles west of Peking on the Yellow River. The correspondent quoted a wall poster put up in Peking and signed by "the 750th Lant- zu Regiment." The regiment is stationed in Lanchow. The poster reportedly said the captured officers were "black military elements" loyal to Gen.

Liu Chih-chien, ousted by Mao's supporters as director of the Military Revolution Committee and No. 2 man in charge of ideological matters in the army. The officers' documents were reported confiscated. Correspondents of the Yomi- uri and Sankei newspapers, quoting wall posters that appeared in Peking Friday night, said President Liu had defended his sending of "work teams" about the country last year. Posters put up by Mao's Red Guard supporters last December said Liu had confessed at a Central Committee meeting in October to dispatching work teams opposed to Mao's purge while Mao was absent from Peking for about 50 days be- fore last July 18.

The 68-year-old Liu, Mao's comrade in arms and close adviser during the Chinese Communist revolution, had been considered Mao's successor before the purge developed last summer. Lin Piao is now thought to be Mao's heir. Peking radio said today anti- Maoists within the army were "staging a counterattack" while military units and "revolutionary rebels" throughout China were rallying to Mao's support. "There are a handful of authorities within the army who are following the capitalist road together with a small group of stubborn bourgeois reactionaries," a broadcast said. "These authorities and stubborn elements are using various methods in an attempt to cause disturbance." A Japanese correspondent reported that Marshal Chu Teh, considered the "grand old man" of China's armed forces, has been denounced as'a follower of President Liu.

Chu is chairman of the National People's Congress. In other developments, a Japanese report said Red Guards and workers loyal to Mao had seized the Peking Central Radio broadcasting station on grounds that since the start of 19G5 it had broadcast "black programs that suppressed Mao Tsc-tung's thought and followed the reactionary line." ft ft Calls for Combination LANSING, Mich. (AP)-When a thief stole the safe from the secretary of state's ofico last week, it was bad enough. But, Secretary of State James Hare reported, it was too much when the thief called back and asked for the combination. Slate's loss: $100, two license plates and the safo containing them, House Fire Claims Nine Victims in One Family PHILADELPHIA A fire that engulfed a three-story row house in a ball of flame killed nine rnembers of one family today police said.

Three others were injured or were unaccounted for, according to fire was a few from Girard College in the North Philadelphia section of the city. Neighbors, who stood in light rain as firemen sorted through the blackened wreckage, said the' fire out about 6 a.m. Within said the neighbors, the house was a mass of flame. Some said they tried to rush for the front door but the intense heat drove them back. ft ft Vietnam: U.S.

Nets Large V.G. Toll Enemy Losses Pushed Good Evening: Man is the only animal that goes to bed when he isn't sleepy and gets up when he is. ft ft Today's Forecast KANSAS Fair and colder tonight. Sunday generally fair. Lows tonight 12 to 15 north to 15 to 20 touth.

Highs Sunday near 30 northeast to around 40 southwest. EMPORIA AND VICINITY Clearing and colder tonight with, diminishing winds. Sunday generally fair and little temperature change. Low tonight 12 to 18. High Sunday upper 80s.

ft Emoria Skies: WEST GERMAN LEADERS AT PARIS German Chancellor Kurt George Keisinger and Foreign Minister Willy Brandt stand at attention during a ceremony today at the Arch of Triumph in Paris at which Kiesinger laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Left to right are: French General Philippe de Cama, Paris military governor; Kiesinger, Brandt; French War Minister Alexandre Sanguinetti; and an unidentified aide. (AP Wirephoto) German Chancellor Insurance Firm Involved Beyond the 450 Mark Foresees Closer SAIGON, South Vietnam (AP) Sharp fighting flared up and down South Vietnam; today and the big American drive in the "Iron Triangle" -pushed Communist losses beyond 450 men. There were no major engagements reported, but the U.S. and Vietnamese commands listed many small clashes and these other developments: U.S.'planes went down in combat, one over North Vietnam and the other in the south.

Norwegian motor ship and a U.S. Navy minesweeping boat collided in a river 30 miles southeast of Saigon and the Navy boat sank with the loss of three of 'her crew. B52 heavy bombers struck at a- suspected concentration of North Vietnamese troops less than a mile south of the zone. weather continued, to hamper U.S. air raids over the Communist north but pilots attacked coastal targets and reported putting 54 junks and barges out of action.

A South Vietnamese military spokesman said two battalions of Viet Cong a force estimated at 400 men overran a military post 325 miles northeast of Saigon and the defending platoon of 30 Popular Force militiamen pulled out. The spokesman said the militiamen dispersed and he had no report on casualties. At last report, the post was still in Communist hands. Elsewhere, however, South Vietnamese troops reported killing 38 Red troops in four small clashes ranging from 54 miles, southwest of Saigon to 276 miles northeast of the capital. U.S.

Marines operating in the northern provinces of South Vietnam reported killing 74 of the enemy in a 1 series of light skirmishes and with artillery barrages. The artillery bombardments accounted for 27 of the total, U.S. headquarters said. In Operation Cedar Falls, the week-old drive to clear out the jungles of the Iron Triangle 20 to 30 miles north of Saigon, U.S. forces counted 286 Viet Cong dead so far, 64 captured and an additional 105 who surrendered.

Air Force tactical bombers pounded the triangle with 79 one-plane sorties during the day to raise the number of strikes to 6G9 for the week. ft Congressman's Son Seeks Investigation Of Libel Charges WASHINGTON (AP) Justice Department has been asked to investigate Rep. Adam Clayton Powell's libel case loss in a New York court. The request was made Friday by Adam Clayton Powell III, 20- year-old son of the Harlem congressman, and a New York attorney, Paul Zuber, who conferred with Carl W. Belcher, chief of the department's general crime section.

Zubcr said he had evidence he claims will prove Powell is innocent of the libel charges that resulted in the $164,000 judg- ir.ont against him. He said later that Belcher said he -would look into the evidence. Earlier this week, Powell was denied his seat in the House, nt least temporarily, while a subcommittee investigates his qualifications. The action stemmed in part from his criminal contempt conviction in New York as a result of his failure to obey court orden in the libel 1 ome Residents ot County Invested in ''Holding PARIS German Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger predicted a new era in French-German relations today and said he was "very happy" with the results of his talks with French President Charles de Gaulle. "We have reanimated the Franco German cooperation treaty," he said.

"Cooperation between France and Germany is destined to surmount the division in Europe and thus create a just order for peace," Kiesinger told newsmen. He also said close French- German ties would help solve the German problem. It was presumed he meant German reunification. Kiesinger said "our conversa" tions were very realistic. We examined a certain number of subjects on a practical level and we studied in depth, notably, the problems of Europe and East- West relations in order to know if French policy could help the Federal Republic (West ny) to realize her wishes to better her relations with the countries of the East.

"My visit was very fruitful and I was deeply touched by the very realistic and very friendly atmosphere." Kiesinger came to Paris Friday pledged to revive the neglected 1963 treaty between Paris and Bonn. It seemed he has succeeded. Kiesinger began his day by making an emotion-filled gesture that appeared to reflect his government's fervent hopes for a new era of good feeling with France. He laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier beneath the Arch of Triumph. It was a gesture former Chancellor Konrad Adenauer made in the early days of Franco-German conciliation.

Kiesinger, accompanied by Foreign Minister Willy Brandt and other members of the West German delegation, stood at attention as a band played the and German national anthems over the din of Paris traffic. From the ceremony, Kiesinger went to the presidential palace for his final round of talks with De Gaulle. Today marked the fourth anniversary of De Gaulle's veto of British entry into the Common Market. There was no indication that, at De Gaulle's urging, West Germany had backed away from its support of British membership in the Economic Union. ft ft Bobby Baker Trial Sets a Fast Pace WASHINGTON (AP) U.S.

Dist. Judge Oliver Gasch has told jurors that the Bobby Baker trial may end much sooner than the originally predicted 2 to months. The government announced Friday it' can conclude by the middle of next'week its case against the former Senate Democratic secretary charged with tax evasion, theft and conspiracy. Gasch then announced his "good news," as he called it, to the jury and later recessed the trial until 8:45 a.m. EST Monday when he will hear arguments on a defense motion to dismiss the charges because of a government admission that it Baker, Emporia insurance men report that some residents of this area have invested money in a Kansas "holding company" that has had difficulties with both the state securities and insurance commissioners.

The company involved is the Finance Life Underwriters founded in 1962 by former governor Payne Ratner and Dick Marshall, both of Wichita, and D. N. Pope of Oklahoma City. Also involved is a subsidiary, Farm and Ranch Life Insurance. Some local insurance -men say that several residents of Lyon County and the surrounding area have 'invested in the company, mainly through out of town agents.

Here is a report on the matter written by Wayne Lee of the Hutchinson News: "A Kansas holding company which has- paid compensation to a long list of state legislators and other prominent state leaders has easily weathered unofficial charges of irregularities and an illegal stock issuance in its five-year history. "The company was granted a charter to do business in an unprecedented move by the Kansas Corporation Commission in July, 1962, over the strong protest of state securities commissioner, Richard Pringle. Charter Denied "According to records, Pringle had denied the charter on the grounds the company's financial structure was 'watered out of all reasonable proportion for the organizers at the risk of the public and can be sold only to those uninformed Kansans who by experience may be incapable of making a competent investment "According to Pringle's figures, 'The promoters and insiders' stood to make $4.3 million 'before the public stockholders would realize any net gain on the market value of their "In -the five years since the charter was granted Pringle has held repeated hearings and conducted investigations into the actions of the company. Stock Question "According to his on file a former employe of the company was once in a Texas prison for embezzlement; the company admitted to the 'illegal issuance of 94,000 shares of the common stock of the and reimbursed it in the face of possible criminal charges; Pringle once sent out a letter of warning stating that his office had received complaints that prospective insurance customers were being told that a sale of insurance policies from the company subsidiary, Farm and Ranch Life Insurance were being sold as stocks; and as late as July 19, 1966, the company was called on the carpet because it had asked that its stock quotations be taken out of the Wichita Eagle in possible violation of federal laws. "Pringle's original denial of the charter was overruled on the orders of KCC members Byrd, Alvin F.

Grauerholz, and Harry Wiles. "Kansas Corporation Commis- (See Residents, pg. 6) Lani Bird Satellite Moving Toward a Synchronous Orbit WASHINGTON (AP) The Communications Satellite Corp. ordered its new Lani Bird satellite toward a synchronous orbit around earth today in an attempt to create a new communications link between North America and the Far. East.

Initial data indicated the operation was successful, it said. Comsat signalled the spacecraft's apogee motor at 5:11 a.m. EST, at the peak of its seventh orbit, to shove the satellite to a constant altitude where its velocity would match the spinning speed of earth. Sometime late today, a spokesman said, further adjustments will be made to perfect the orbit, erect the satellite's antenna and adjust its velocity. Lani Bird 2, officially Intelsat Satellite 2, was launched Wednesday from Cape Kennedy, into an orbit between and 160 nautical miles above earth.

If the satellite achieves a synchronous orbit, Comsat plans to fire small jets for several days to move it along the equator to a pocdtion over the Pacific at the International Date Line. At this point, the new Lani Bird will be ready for communications service which could begin little more than a week later. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has contracted for half of the new satellite's channels of communication. ft ft Kansas Traffic Score TOPEKA (AP) Kansas traffic death log: 24 hours to 9 a.m. January 14 Comparable Saturday, January Sunset today 5:26 p.m.

Sunrise tomorrow 7:414.111, Moonset tonight 9:26 p.m. First Quarter Jan. iSth Visible Planets Venus, sets 6:20 p. Jupiter, rises 6:10 p. Saturn, above the moon; Mars, in southeast, 3:43 a.m.

Prominent right below Mars. Emporia Weather From FAA: 10 a. 35 degrees High Friday 51 degrees Low last night 31 degrees Barometer 29.99 rising Humidity Wind 15 ft ft Above Freezing Mark Emporia's minimum temperature remained above the freezing point throughout Friday night. Official low at the FAA station, Emporia Airport, was 33 degrees, the highest minimum there since Dec. 19th.

Maximum Friday was 51 degrees. ft ft Moscow: Soviets Release An American Wortnam Out on Bail Pending Court Appeal MOSCOW (AP) A young American sentenced to three yeass in a Soviet labor camp, Buel Ray Wortham was released today on 20,000 rubles ($22,222.22) bail pending an appeal to the Russian Federation Supreme Court. A Leningrad court granted bail, the U.S. Embassy announced after its consular officer, G. Moen, had telephoned from Leningrad.

The court ordered that Wortham of North Little Rock, appear when the appeal is heard by the Supreme Court in Moscow, probably at the end of this month or early next month. Wortham was convicted last month of three counts of selling dollars illegally on the Leningrad black market and of stealing a statue from his Leningrad hotel. Wortham was free when Moen telephoned, the embassy said in Moscow. Wortham and Moen are expected to come to Moscow by overnight train from Leningrad and Wortham will live at the embassy. The bail money was raised by the people of North Little Rock.

The amount was suggested by Wortham's Russian lawyer, Fyodr S. Rozhdestvensky, and offered through the embassy. The court agreed to accept it. The procedure was highly irregular and surprised veteran observers of the Soviet court system. Wortham will be given a chance to argue his own case before the Supreme Court, Moen reported.

He was convicted with a companion, Craddock M. Gilmour Jr. of Salt Lake City, Utah, after their discharge from the U.S. Army in Germany. Gilmour was found guilty of one count of illegal currency trading and was fined $1,111.11.

He has gone home. Emporia: John Visser Is President Of K.S.T.C Executive Asst. At Ball State U. Named to Post Dr. John E.

Visser, 4(5, Executive Assistant to the President at Ball State University, Muncie, has been selected as tlie new president of Kansas State Teachers College. wight Klinger, Chairman of the Board of Regents, made the announcement today after Dr. Visser received unanimous approval of the board following the recommendation of his name by a special selection committee headed by Clement Hall, Regent from Coffeyville. Dr. Visser will succeed Dr.

John E. King who resigned in early spring to accept the presidency of the University of Wyoming. The new president is a native of Iowa, received his high school education in Grand Rapids, and received his first Dr. John E. Visser degree from Hope College at Holland, Mich.

Both of his graduate degrees were awarded by the State University of Iowa at Iowa City, his Ph.D in history in 1956. Dr. Visser has been in his present assignment at Ball State since 1962 and before that ssrved four years as dean of the Grand Rapids Junior College. His earliest experience was as an assistant professor of history at Hope College and in that assignment he was also designated as dean, of men. Following his work at Hope, he was appointed Assistant Registrar at Western Michigan University at Kalamazoo.

Just before he was elected dean of the junior college at Grand Rapids, he served a one- year term as an assistant dean of academic affairs at Ball Stale. The new K.S.T.C. president has been active in educational affairs in both Michigan and Indiana and has served in numerous civic posts as well. Present plans indicate that Dr. Visser and his wife, with their four duaghters, will move to Emporia in early February.

Dr. Visser is a member of many professional and civic organizations. He was an Army infantry officer during World War II. Dr. Visser also was the varsity basketball coach at Hope College from 1951 to 1956.

ft ft Two Men Killed in the Wreck of Light Plane OLATHE, Kan. Two men were killed Friday afternoon when a light plane crashed shortly after it took off from the Hillside Airport on the southwest edge of Kansas City. The sheriffs office identified the dead as Rodger B. Stuckey, 30, of Kansas City and Rodney A. Donaldson, 27, of St.

Joseph, Mo. Sharp Drop in Sales Reported By Nation's Four Auto Makers REFUGEES COLLECTED A Vietnamese woman, her child holding on, helps her elderly mother to a collection point in the center of Bon Sue, a town in the Iron Triangle region north Saigon, Troops of tiie U. 1st In- fantry Division seized the town earlier this week in Operation Cedar Falls mul used loudspeakers to assemble Ihc residents for interrogation and evacuation to refugee camps. (AP Wircphoto) DETROIT (AP) Early January sales of U.S. autos, the nation's first important economic barometer of the new year, showed a 21.1 per cent dip below January 1966.

All four of the nation's auto makers reported 1 sharp sales declines Friday for the first 11 days the month. ft was their deepest percentage dive for any 10-day sales period since 1967 models went on the market last fall. The decline interrupted more than a year of solid successes. Further clouding the industry's economic picture were these factors: Some assembly plants were closed or on short work schedules as production was i. down to tht size of demand.

President Johnson's call this week for a federal income lax increase poses the strong possibility that consumers will have less to spend on cars. The industry awaits a decision, duo by Jan. 31, on bow tough the federal government's final draft of 23 safety standards tor cars will be. But sales figures were the immediate problem as Ihc four U.S. companies reported sales of 160,536 cars, 41,748 fewer than in the same period year.

The figures by companies: 857; Ford Motor, 47,341 and Chrysler, and American Motors, 3,887 and The industry started the new year amid widespread belief this would be the third best in history, topped only by and 1966,.