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6 rf RING OF ARMS AROUND CHINA Page 1 VOL 223, NO. 58 PLANNED TOWN IS BORN The Magazine 162 PAGES 20 CENTS LOUISVILLE, SUNDAY MOIggy yjglgg 27, 1966 1366 Indicates Reserves Not Needed PUBLIC LIBRARY LBJ All Clear of Troop Requests Restating a theme he often has voiced, Johnson said: "There is much more that unites us than divides us I am rather pleased that the differences are minimal as they are." One minority group in Congress has questioned Johnson's claim that a 1964 resolution, enacted after an attack on American warships in the Gulf of Tonkin, gives him the authority for the massive buildup already undertaken in South Viet Nam and air attacks on North Viet Nam. Though using conciliatory words, Johnson disputed this idea and said he feels certain members of Congress understood the import of the resolution when they voted it. In any event, he said, "if the resolution is repealed, I think that I could still carry out our commitments there" in Viet Nam. He said he has such powers as commander in chief and by virtue of treaty commitments in Southeast Asia.

Johnson sidestepped the first question put to him during the 35-minute session. Reminded he had said Thursday that the tide of battle has turned in Viet Nam, he was asked if he meant the Col. 3, back page, this section WASHINGTON (AP) President Johnson said yesterday his desk is clear of all requests for more troops in Viet Nam. And he said he thinks he can meet additional requests expected next summer "without any great strain on our forces." This was Johnson's way of stating, at a well-attended news conference in his Oval Office, that he sees no need now to consider mobilizing reserve or National Guard units. Johnson expressed his satisfaction with the battle plans and evaluations of Gen.

William C. Westmoreland, the American commander in Viet Nam, but declined to predict any easy victory. "It is not going to be easy and is not going to be short," said Johnson. "It is going to be difficult and it is going to require sacrifices." The chief executive also said he has no quarrel with Congress over recent public debate on Viet Nam policy. Of the sometimes clamorous debate in Congress and public hearings on Viet Nam policy by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Johnson said he thinks all such developments "will bring about a unity that will serve us in good stead in the days ahead." -7 a is? fmsm Ji; 'mmm smMBm- iBtlii MIGHTIEST OF ALLY.

22-story-tall Saturn IB rocket with unmanned Apollo moonship blasts off from Cape Kennedy for successful trip. Step Closer to Saturn IB and Apollo Pass First Big Test Sweet Smell of Success CHEERING THEM ON was Jean Allen Lankford, a junior cheerleader, as the University of Kentucky stopped Tennessee, 78-64, clinching a place in the NCAA tournament (Story, Page 1.) Breathitt, Aides Face Deadline On Remapping By HUGH MORRIS Ceorler-Jeurnel Ittff Writer FRANKFORT, Ky. Gov. Edward T. Breathitt and his advisers this weekend are weighing whether to seek congressional reapportionment during the remaining three weeks of the 1966 legislature, or recall the assembly into special session afterward to tackle the job.

Breathitt said yesterday he will announce his decision tomorrow. The problem of redrawing Kentucky's seven congressional districts to more nearly conform to the U.S. Supreme Court's "one man, one vote" ruling was dumped in Breathitt's lap Friday by a special three-judge federal court in Louisville. This court said, in effect, if the legislature doesn't reapportion by March 31, the judges will do it. March 31 is the filing deadline for candidates running in the May 24 primary election.

This ultimatum gives the governor and the legislature just 32 days in which to act 10 Extra Days Possible Th legislature, however, has only 17 more meeting days. The state constitution decrees that it must terminate its regular session on March 18, and it may not meet on Sundays. Thereafter, assuming a special session were called for March 21 the Monday following the end of the regular session the legislators would have 10 possible meeting days before the court's deadline. The knotty political problems involved in reapportionment could make a shambles of the remaining three weeks of the legislature, which has been so tightly run up to this point by Breathitt and his leadership. It could disrupt the legislative process to the point of endangering enactment of such important bills as the one to put the proposed new constitution to a vote of the people in November, the bill authorizing new local school taxes and allotting more state money for teacher salaries, the national-resources bills, and others.

Cooper Poses a Threat On the other band, if reapportionment is deferred to a special session, Breathitt would lack the "trading power" inherent in the hundreds of member bills that are now bottled up in committee, since a special session would deal only with the subject of reapportionment. Breathitt, however, has one strong point in his favor the threat to the Democratic Party and its congressional candidates if they should be forced to run at large against a group of Repub-Col. 1, back page, this section On Inside Pages Amusements Section Classified Section Editorials 2 Financial Homes-Building Obituaries A 32-33 Sports Section Women's Section Embargo on Rhodesia By U.S. Nearly Total SleH Phot by Bud Kamonish helped prompt "quite an outflow" of whites from Rhodesia. Meanwhile, a spirit of defiant optimism was reported in Rhodesia as it enters its fourth month of independence.

In a recent broadcast, Smith assured his supporters that the war against Britain was being won on almost all fronts, and since then the flow of oil from South Africa has increased. Apart from petrol rationing and a shortage of some household commodities Col. 6, back page, this section Johnson Calls For Balance In Economy By RAYMOND LAHR WASHINGTON (UPI) President Johnson told top government officials late yesterday to be prepared to submit by next week recommendations to hold the economy in balance. Johnson, according to a White House spokesman, called the meeting because he felt some were putting profits, wages and prices ahead of "the troops fighting in Viet Nam." The President told Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and four Cabinet Brimmer appointment to give Federal Reserve Board's Martin control troubles? A commentary, Page A 15.

Labor urges business, profit tax, Page A 14. members to start at once working on plans for possible governmental action. So far, the President has been relying on his wage-price guidelines to persuade industry and labor to restrain themselves and prevent inflation. However, there have been criticisms from both labor and management that the guideline theory was unfair and unworkable. Besides Humphrey, the late afternoon meeting was attended by Defense Secretary Robert S.

McNamara, Treasury Secretary Henry H. Fowler, Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz, Commerce Secretary John T. Conner, Agriculture Undersecretary John Schnittker, General Services Administrator Lawson Knott, and two members of the President's Council of Economic Advisors, Gardner Ackley and James Dusen berry. Names Negro to Fed In a related move yesterday," Johnson reached into the ranks of his administration to appoint a 39-year-old Negro as a new member of the seven-man Federal Reserve Board.

The President told newsmen that he was nominating Andrew F. Brimmer, now assistant secretary of commerce for economic affairs, to the Fed vacancy created by the expiring term of Vice Chairman C. Canby Balderston. Balderston was one of three board members who voted with Federal Reserve Chairman William McChesney Martin Jr. last December to raise the discount -rate because of what Martin called the threat of inflation.

Johnson opposed the move. If approved by the Senate, Brimmer Col. 1, back page, this section the elite "Fruit of Islam" Muslim guard, was among the crowd of shouting supporters as Muhammad delivered a meandering, two-hour talk to the annual convention of his Negro supremacist sect. The 69-year-old "Messenger of Allah" also told his followers that Americans are rejecting peace in Viet Nam and that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

is a lov Aisociotoa Prtu Wirtphoto Martin Luther King Rapped AsMdattd Pr Wlrtptioto landing within 20 miles of the intended bullseye. Within minutes helicopters were overhead and frogmen were in the water. The aircraft carrier Boxer came alongside about two hours after splashdown and picked up the craft at 2:13 pan. EST. Launch time was 11:11 a.m.

"It was a completely successful flight and a major step toward our manned lunar landing goal," commented Dr. George Moeller, NASA's associate administrator for manned space flight." The launching was the first of a long series of Apollo shots whose target is to land Americans on the moon in this decade. If there are no problems, the historic adventure could be achieved on flight No. 12, as early as January 1968. Space agency officials admit this date is optimistic but certainly within reach If ajJ launchings go as smoothly as yester- juiuejr.

Ironically, the huge rocket almost didn't get off the ground because of pressurization problems with the first-stage fuel tanks. At one point the countdown advanced to within four seconds of liftoff, only to be halted by an electronic device which sensed the trouble. Technicians corrected the problem by adjusting a regulator in ground support equipment. The count was resumed at 15 minutes but was stopped when the trouble again developed. And the mission control center announced that the shot had been postponed for at least 48 hours.

Ten minutes later, as newsmen were preparing to leave the Cape Kennedy press site and tourists and others were leaving observation points in the area, the control center reversed itself and announced that there was no postpone ment, mat tne equipment was checking out all right. The decision was made by director of the Kennedy ye "ever seen that happen before and I never want to see it happen again," saia Mueiier. Given the go-ahead, the Saturn IB per- Col. 1, back page, this section Drippy Day Furnished By Tho U.S. Wtithtr Burtotl LOUISVILLE area Rain beginning this oftir.

noon, ending tomorrow; high today S2, low 40. KENTUCKY Occasional rain or showors today. oxtrom. w.jt lot. tomorrow.

Warmer I I 1. I i i 1 I today and tomorrow, highs today 44-34, lows oppor 30 to 40. INDIANA A little warmer today and tonight, highs 44-52, lows in low 40s; occasional rain probable. Tomorrow rain probable. Standiferd Field Readings 7 A.M.

8 A.M. 9 A.M. 10 A.M. 11 A.M. 12 M.

26 26 28 31 33 35 1 P.M. 2 P.M. 3 P.M. 4 P.M. 5 P.M.

6 P.M. 37 39 40 42 42 40 7 P.M. I P.M. 9 P.M. 10 P.M.

11 P.M. 12 P.M. 37 34 33 32 33 Yesterday's high, 42; low, 25. Year ago: high, 60; low, 19. Sum rises, sets, 6:34.

Moon: rises, sets, 12:43 a.m. Weather map, Page A 28. Muslim Chief Backs Clay's Draft Stand By PAUL SISCO CHICAGO (UPI) Elijah Muhammad, wispy leader of the Black Muslim sect, fiercely defended his disciple, heavyweight boxing champion Cassius Clay, yesterday for balking at induction into the Army. Clay, in the uniform of a lieutenant of CAPE KENNEDY (AP) The mightiest rocket ever launched by the United States, a towering Saturn IB, successfully hurled an unmanned Apollo moonship over a punishing reentry course yesterday. The 40-minute maiden flight for both the rocket and Apollo ship was a resounding success, opening the way for an all-out drive to land American astronauts on the moon within two or three years.

It provided the first flight experience for much of the equipment which will be used for manned lunar landings. The spacecraft rocketed 310 miles into space and survived a trial by fire a blazing dash back through the earth's atmosphere during which its heat shield protected it from temperatures up to 5,000 degrees. The cabin section, the part in which future astronauts will ride starting late this year, separated and parachuted into the South Atlantic Ocean 5,300 miles southeast of Cape Kennedy, er of the white man "The white man's black man." Friday, Clay refused to apologize to the Illinois Athletic Commission for bitterly protesting his reclassification from 1-Y to 1-A in the draft. Clay had said, "I ain't got no quarrel with the Viet Cong" and declared he would fight no wars "unless they are declared by Allah." The Illinois attorney general also de- clared the March 29 championship fight scheduled in Chicago between Clay and, Ernie Terrell is illegal as now licensed. But the chances of a fight in Chicago remained uncertain at week's end.

Muhammad, addressing himself to the white community in defense of Clay, said, "You made him a fool. You classified him as unfit and then you call him. "You tell him that if he won't go to Viet Nam, he can't fight and make money. This is awful. This is a trial." You Are Robbing Him' Muhammad then referred to Clay by his Muslim name, Muhammad Aii, and to Joe Louis, the former heavyweight boxing champion "You are robbing him (Clay) like you did Joe Louis," Muhammad said.

"Louis ate at my house. He is walking 1 around like a bum that's what he is. I could have cried. "You want to make a bum out of Muhammad Ali, but you won't if he sticks with Elijah." "You say the Negro should go to Viet Nam," Muhammad said. "Let your sons stay here in colleges and universities." Muhammad said there were 6,000 of his followers in the Coliseum here, 1,600 of them new members of the sect News- ft men estimated the crowd at 3,000, less Col.

back page, this section From UPI and NYT Dispatches WASHINGTON The United States imposed an almost total embargo on exports to Rhodesia yesterday and officials predicted the Rhodesian economy will be in "dire straits" after April. The Commerce Department announced the long-expected decision to impose export controls, saying that validated licenses will be required for practically all shipments. Drugs and other "humanitarian" shipments are expected to be allowed. "Implementation of this decision will have the effect of cutting off virtually all U.S. exports of importance to the economy of Southern Rhodesia," the department said.

i The department's action is in support of Great Britain in cutting off supplies to Southern Rhodesia. The Rhodesian government has declared independence and Britain is trying to bring it back into line by economic pressure. U.S. exports to Rhodesia in 1964, the last year for which complete figures are available, totaled about $21 million, primarily for construction machinery, transport equipment, textiles, paper and wheat. Earlier, the United States placed an embargo on arms, military equipment and all petroleum to Rhodesia.

U.S. officials said the effects of economic sanctions against the "illegal" regime of Premier Ian Smith already had were imported to hand-tool leather doors, to piece together thousands of bits of walnut in a paneled latticework. An entire room from an ancient palace in Damascus was shipped over piece by piece, then reassembled. In Arabic it's the Omayyad. In America, the ambassador calls it "the seduction room." And if that seems forthright for an ambassador, here's some advice he says he got from his father: "When you get to the age when you have to give up wine, women or song give up song." Al-Ghoussein is a graying, handsome, witty formal journalist born in Palestine.

He became a Kuwaiti citizen four years ago, soon after the country's independence from "We're unique' he says, puffing a Col. 2, back page, this section $100 Million Embassy Kuwait Ambassador Captivates Washington 1 VN ily WASHINGTON (AP) The capital cocktail circuit says the ambassador from Kuwait should run for president. He's that popular. Ambassador Talat Al-Ghoussein and his exotic, sloe-eyed wife are the most sought-after socialites in town, replacing the departed Herve Alphands of France. They think 20th century, Great Society.

They've just built a $100 million embassy. They switched their national independence day celebration from June to February to fit the diplomatic social schedule. Kuwait's tiny fishing villages along the Persian Sea suddenly became millionaires with oil. Its prime minister recently cut his salary from $28 million to $24 million because he thought he made too much. No money was spared in building the Washington embassy.

Egyptian craftsmen WEARING THE UNIFORM of the Black Muslim elite guard, Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) talks yesterday with Sisters of Islam, female members of the sect, at the Muslim convention in Chicago. 5 3.