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at Times wirier- VOL. 229, NO. 55 LOUISVILLE, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 24, 1969 200 PAGES 23 CENTS He Wants to Work Without Fear and Censorship Soviet Author Kuznetsov Marks 'Rebirth 9 in West paper, to understand that China wanted war. Kuznetsov said Mao was a madman like Hitler, and added that he had nating that he says prevail in his country. The great fear of the ordinary Russian today is China, Kuznetsov said.

Russians fear China, he said, and they fear Mao Tse-tung and fear that Mao is intent on making war on Russia and that war cannot be avoided. The danger, he insisted, comes entirely from the Chinese side. The Soviet Union, he is certain, would never make war on China, but Mao seems determined to attack. When his view of the situation was mildly challenged, Kuznetsov waved his arms in excitement. He said he knew where the responsibility lay.

On this question the Soviet press is telling the truth, he felt. He had only to read an article or two from Jenmin Jih Pao, the Peking news- He is serious as he relates the year's planning that went into his break from the Soviet Union; serious as he points to his muscled shoulders and tells how he trained himself to swim underwater in a harebrained scheme to escape via the Black Sea; serious when he talks of friends and family left behind in the Soviet Union; serious when he talks of the hopes and fears the fears predomi repression, censorship, fear, conformism and banality. Kuznetson is an intense, nervous man. He has begun to smoke English cigarettes and he lit one after another as he sat in a private dining room of the Royal Air Force Club on Picadilly and spoke in vivid and descriptive Russian of the responsibilities that rest on his Anatoly Kuznetsov writes an open letter to the people of Czechoslovakia, Page 1, Passing Show. shoulders as he tries to make a literary career in the West.

His thick-lensed glasses and the sandy hair that he kept rubbing back from his forehead gave him more than a passing resemblance to Dmitri Shostakovich, the composer. Seriousness is the word for Kuznetsov. By HARRISON E. SALISBURY New York Times News Service LONDON The Soviet writer Ana-toly V. Kuznetsov celebrated his 40th birthday last Monday and formally ended his career.

The same day the new non-Soviet writer, A. Anatol, was officially born. It was a symbolic act that combined deadly seriousness with irony. On the eve of his birthday Kuznetsov, with a few friends, conducted a small memorial service for the dead in a quiet English village. A jigger of vodka was drunk, respects were paid to the late author comrade Kuznetsov, and a toast offered to his successor, Anatol.

Thus, Kuznetsov or Anatol, as he henceforth will call himself has marked his departure, for good or for bad, from the Soviet world he left three weeks ago and his entry into the non-Communist world, where he hopes his creative talents can find a fruition denied by Soviet Gen. Khiem Named Premier; He'll Pick New S. Viet Cabinet pw'f i v. virWifriimmiiiiiinm iti imam learned enough about Hitler in the i Ukraine during World War II. i The fear of war, Kuznetsov said, is general in the Soviet Union.

No one es- capes it, he added the ordinary people, the workers, the peasants, the writers like himself. He said the fear of war deep- ens the gray outlook of Soviet society, 1 the frustration marking the life of ordi- nary men and women. 1 The decision to leave was not taken lightly, he said. He was close to tears when he told how he deliberately set about to destroy his 9-year-old son's love for him so that the boy would not be heartbroken at his departure; how he coldly walked away See SOVIET Back page, col. 1, this section Did Soviet Set Czech Deadline? The following article by Paul Hof- nann, The New York Times correspond' ent expelled from Czechoslovakia, was filed yesterday from Vienna shortly after his arrival there.

By PAUL HOFMANN S'- New York Times Newt Service VIENNA Knowledgeable Czechoslovaks are convinced that the cries of "Dubcek! Dubcek! Dubcek!" during the tumultuous anti-Soviet demonstrations in Prague last week will speed the ultimate downfall of Alexander Dubcek, until last April the first secretary of the Com- munist Party and still nominally one of its top officials. As the present pro-Moscow regime is claiming complete victory over "counter- revolutionary" plotters, political discus- sion in Czechoslovakia is centering on The "counter-revolution" had to be crushed, Radio Prague says, or "Prague would have been burning tonight," Page i A 4. whether the position of Dubcek's succes- sor, Dr. Gustav Husak, has become stronger or weaker. Informed Communists said in Prague Friday night that the prevailing view in the party apparatus was that Husak had.

acquitted himself well in the eyes df Kremlin leaders because the Czechoslovak army and security forces had broken the resistance of dissidents without visible Soviet assistance. Soviets Flown to Prague A reliable Prague police source affirmed that midnight Thursday was the deadline set by Moscow's advisers for open intervention of Soviet tanks, which were known to be in readiness around the capital, had the Husak regime been unable to impose control with its own forces by then. After the serious disoreders of Wednesday night, the eve of the first anniversary of the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact invasion, Soviet military personnel were flown to Prague. The noise of air-See KREMLIN Back page, col. 3, this section Perfection Furnished by the U.S.

Weather Bureau LOUISVILLE area Sunny, mild days and fair, cool nights through tomorrow. High, near 5j low, 60. Chance of rain, near zero through tonight. KENTUCKY and TENNESSEE Generally fair with cool nights and mild days. High in low 80s; low 50s-60i.

INDIANA Continued fair through tomorrow, High in 80s. High yesterday, 84; low, 59. Year Ago: High, 96; low, 77. Sun: Rises, sets, 8:25. Moon: Sets, 3:16 a.m.; Rises, 6:57 p.m.

Weather map and details, Page 10. ALI: "Money doesn't mean Staff Photo by Charley Pence The Dusk of Another State Fair greater possibility of an accommodation with the Viet Cong. Khiem, who has been serving as deputy premier, will replace Tran Van Huong, who agreed Friday, after great pressure from Thieu, to step aside so that the government could be reshuffled and "broadened," in Thicu's words. The general, who has had considerable government and military experience, will form a new cabinet. While the new men are being chosen, Huong will stay on as a caretaker premier.

Undoubtably the new cabinet will contain many new faces, and it may be expanded beyond its present 22 members. But Khiem's appointment indicates that the new faces will not be accompanied by new politics. Struggle Leaves Bitterness It may take a number of days to put together the Khiem cabinet. Few names have been mentioned publicly, Thieu's six-week struggle to oust Huong, 66, who was charged generally with inefficiency, left much bitterness. Political sources reported last night that prospective ministers were inclined to let some of the dust settle before accepting or rejecting appointment.

Thieu had clung to Huong for nearly 15 months despite the premier's buffeting from disgruntled deputies and senators over unpopular economic measures and his lack of consultation on legislation. Bills backed up in Parliament and Huong, in poor health, was unable to cope with his job. In recent weeks, a group of retired generals had been urging Thieu to oust Huong and install a more vigorous leader attuned to the crucial period when South Vietnamese forces are taking over more of the fight against the enemy. New Premier a 4-Star General Thieu announced Khiem's appointment in a brief communique yesterday afternoon. There was little immediate comment, since most politicians were away for the weekend.

Many persons had speculated that the 43-year-old general would get the job although the fact that he was not a civilian was considered a serious drawback. Both Thieu and Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky are former military officers, and thus the government is now See THIEU PAGE 14, col. 1, this section On Inside Pages Amusements Section Classified Section Editorials 2 Financial 7-11 Homes-Building Section Obituaries 13 Sports Section Women's Section taffy, and cottoncandy and hogs. But for many, yesterday's closing day will live on in memories of the ferris wheel, the sky ride, rock 'n' roll bands and aching feet. (Another picture, Page 1.) A SETTING SUN pulls down, the curtain on the 1969 Kentucky State Fair.

Gone for another year are the thrills of the midway, the exhilaration of winning a blue ribbon, the smell of hay, 'and Poor Caught in East Kentucky Poverty Fight May Sting Nixon, Nunn Administrations From AP and NYT Dispatches SAIGON President Nguyen Van Thieu yesterday chose Gen. Tran Thien Khiem, a close friend and powerful military leader, to be the new premier of South Vietnam. The appointment is the strongest indication to date that Thicu is not yet ready to move toward the political left and a Vict Fighting Delays Decision On Withdrawal From AP and NYT Dispatches SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. President Nixon has decided to defer his decision, originally scheduled for late August, on another major American troop withdrawal from South Vietnam because of an increase in enemy-initiated fighting, a White House spokesman said yesterday. Ronald L.

Ziegler, presidential press secretary, said Mr. Nixon would not reach a decision until some "days or weeks" after he returns to Washington, probably at the end of the first week of September. Although Ziegler would not say whether the President's deferral of a decision was related to the lack of progress at the Paris peace talks, he indicated this was a factor. He noted that Mr. Nixon had outlined the administration's proposals for a peaceful settlement of the war in a major speech in May and that President Nguyen Van Thieu of South Vietnam See VIET PAGE It, col.

1, this section Associated Press Asthmatic Therapy OLIVIA ARMENTA, 8, of Houston, a patient at Children's Asthma Research Institute Hospital in Denver, is one of 36 young patients who set out yesterday to climb Mt. Morrison. (Story, Page 12.) the Middle self damned if he backs Nunn and damned if he doesn't. That Rumsfeld was left holding an unsavory bag became clearer Thursday when Nunn's own anti-poverty advisers iNVjrs Analysis stormed out of a hearing OEO had set up at Campton, to hear the state's charges against one of the Turners. After Thursday's round, the conclusion from conversations with officials here is that the Republican governor has (1) stubbed his political toe when he didn't Changed 3 Years After Ring, 'The Lip' Has have to, and (2) put the Nixon ad- ministration here in a ticklish spot.

It all began to come to a head last month when Nunn asked the OEO to cut off funds to the Middle Kentucky River Area Development Council, a four-county agency based at Jackson, Ky. The counties served by the council are Lee, Owelsy, Wolfe and Breathitt the latter being the political domain of the powerful Democratic Turner family, which has played a key role in supervising the council's poverty program. -Nunn was irritated by the council's See POVERTY Back page, col. 1, this section special dungarees all packed to go to jail. Say he's got money put away to care for his wife and baby girl because he does." Jail nevertheless seemed very far away for Muhammad Ali on this particular eve-ning as he sat on a couch in the house he bought three years ago from his manager, Herbert Muhammad.

He had been watching an early movie after returning from an afternoon parade. He wore the trousers to a black suit (specially tailored for him for $395, he said later), a white shirt and blue striped tie. "These days I'm just leading a normal life," he said. "I've got one little girl (14-month-old Maryum) and one on the way." He stared blankly at the color televi- See JAIL PAGE 18, col. 1, this section By WARD SINCLAIR Courier-Journal Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON Eastern Kentucky's Breathitt County is a long way from Washington, but officials here have kept an eager eye on the carnival of events there in recent weeks.

For Gov. Louie B. Nunn's jousting with the storied Turner family over a poverty war program in one of the country's poorest areas is not without some national implications. A final decision in the openly political dispute will come from Donald Rumsfeld, director of the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), who may find him row living room of his modest home in an integrated neighborhood on the far South Side of Chicago.

He seemed impressed with himself as he watched his form in a mirror that covers most of the living-room wall. "And you ask if I'm in shape," he quipped half to himself, half to his interviewer. "I'll make 'em pay the next time I put my fists up." Then it was all over. The interlude had passed, and Muhammed AU was back talking about his family, his lectures, his business interests, his court battles and now he is looking forward to going to jail for what he believes. Boxing was a secondary matter in these discussions.

It was something that had once made him world famous and something he might do again someday, but never certain of just when. A more immediate concern almost Going to Jail for Beliefs Appeals to Cassius, Deposed Champ an obsession was jail. This cloud has hung over him since June 21, 1967, when he was sentenced to five years in prison and fined $10,000 for refusing to be drafted on grounds that he was a Black Muslim minister, an action later used as justification for stripping him of his title as world heavyweight boxing champion. Appeals on the case have been in and out of court for two years, and Muhammad Ali said he isn't sure where they stand now. "That's what I have lawyers for," he explained.

"I'm ready to go to jail," the 27-year-old Louisville native said later. "In fact, I'll be honored to go. I want to find out how strong I am." 1 The idea appealed to him. He paused and reflected, "That's what should be your headline: 'Muhammad Ali says he wants to go to jail. "Say he's got a special suitcase with By BILL PETERSON Courier-Journal Staff Writer CHICAGO His fists were up.

They shot forward, snapping at the wrists. Then they were back in front of his face, waiting to explode again. His gleaming black shoes danced on the thick royal-blue carpet, weaving in and out as if stalking an imaginary foe. Again, his fists hooked and jabbed at the air. The mature Muhammad Ali Cassius Clay, you prefer looked good.

He was still lighting fast. His shoulders and biceps were immense. His stomach was flat. It has been three years since anyone had seen him do what many feel he does better than anyone on earth fight in a championship bout. Yet here the onetime Louisville Lip, the deposed heavyweight champion of the wwld, was shadow boxing in the nar.