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To Cify Subicribert! If yeu fail to ysuf telgphofie by 6 p. Ri. and a will ddivgf your Star For Weather Report! See Column at Boftam ef Page 59tM YEAR: V6L 59 NO. tl IHf, MOM, ARKANSAS, FftlftAV, OCTOIII II, 19S7 W.Germany to Ireak Relations With Yugoslavia BONN, Germany (UP) West Gorman Chahcellor Kottrnd aUer failed to win parliamentary support for his decision to break diplomatic: relations with iii' Vifl 'today but government fiiirces said hs would carry out his decision anyway, Adenauer decided on the break because Marshal Tito recognized the Communist regime in East Germany, Officials sfcid (lie may not come 'before Monday because the Bonn government Wants to draft a voluminous document outlining Us position and send it to Belgrade together with notlflca- the break. The chancellor informed a pat" llamcntary committee of government move this morning.

The 29-man committee, which Included representatives of -fill parties in the Budestag (lower house), met to discuss the govcr- decision. Both the opposition Socialists and the Crce Democrats have expressed opposition to the plan to sever relations but they wore un- change the government's decision. Bonn Has declared frequently it will have no official dealings with nations recognising the East one Communist regime. The only exception to this basic plank of foreign politiy is the Soviet Union, West Germany fears if they allow the Yugoslav move to pass without fiction it will open the door for other countries to recognize ast Germany and thus hamper crman reunificaion hopes. Yugoslavia was the first non-satellite country to recognize the eastern government.

The decision was taken at an a country should not have diplo- day. The United States, Britain and France told the Bonn ment they supported its view that a counry should no have diplomatic relations with' both East and West Germany. ShowslfWas Reruited by Russians NEW YORK MleroJIlm 'in- traduced as evidence in the trial Rudolf I. Abel contains a Rus- claim they recruited for espionage work an American Army sergeant still on active duty while he was stationed with the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, A message on the microfilm, as- sortcdly found in a hollowed-out bolt, was read in the jury yesterday in Brooklyn Federal District Coui't, wheie Abel, is on trial fo rspying for the Soviet Union.

Named in the message was Sgt. py A- Rhodes, 40, who has been ationcd at Ft, Va, Rhodes is on list of government witnesses, Asst. S. Atty, Gen, William Tompkins, asked about Rhodes' role in the c'iso snid: "When he takes the stand nexl week you'll find but more a.b.9V!l' It," The rial has been adjourned un. til Monday.

At. homo jn Eajontown Jrj -today his wife termed oyi- nee linking her husband with Soviet espionage as "just a big lie, 1 ivirs 1 Rhodes said the sergeant presently in fjew York but she did know where or how to Membeh Audit lufiAu 6f Net Nirf Moi. tftdms Match if, Itlf PRICE Se COPY Mrs, Rhodes in MOSCOW he was attached to the embassy, add' ing; "it's the biggest jfrapneup I'vu ever seen, I don't know hw they ever it tout it must be serving The "microfilm saij RbocieVhad Jived in Red Bank, an4 pwned garages there, Said Mrs, Rhpdus; "We have never Jived in Red Bank, And -if we hacl thro? garages, I wouldn't be working all the She deqljned tp sa.y where woyked. Sard is Singing for Sunday TJio monthly singing, regular affair, win be held QeJ. SO, at saj-dis phuvgh 91 the j-oad.

fc. Begtanan the program will et is Industrial Foundation Organized by Hope Men Too Many Turn Up for Circus LARECO, TcX. Too people turned up 1.6 Pee the circus here last night, Several thousand were turned awr.y because there weren't any scats left for the Ufirst perform' ancc in the Clyde' Beatty Circus lent, which has room for A second chow was given soon after the first ended, iJist. Ally, James Kazen the overflow crowd from advance ticket sales by the Laredo Junior Chamber of Commerce. He said $3,000 had bucn posted tor refunds to ticket holders who failed to get in or who Were dissatisfied with the one-hour show, which had been advertised as a hour pcrformunro, Scientists Verify Rocket Ahead of Moon By FRED S.

HOFFMAN VVASHINGTON American officials are redoubling efforts to obtain visual ot thp Russian space satellite. Thoy said there have been few such sightings in the nearly two week Spu- nik has been'aloft. Dr. Armand N. Spitz, coordinator of'visual observation To; tlie Smithsonian Aslrophysical Observatory, indicated last night that U.S.

scientists feel moohwatchers have, been paying more attention to the satellite's carrier rookec than to the harder-to-see sphere itself. "We must now universally impress on our volunteer jobspi-yers, that no matter preliminary object our duty lies wit' 1 we hope scientific in Cambridge, said moon'wafCh in the Southern in South Africa, Australia. Chile, Peru and the Netherlands, West been alerted to concentrate on sightings of moon, Observatory officials said the only satellite sightings reported fitom the Southern Hemisphere came from Australia, The rocket which carried Sputnik into orbit into outur space is itself circling the earth, Scientists say it is running more than 20 minutes ahead of the satellite in an orbit which carries it closer to earth. Leon Campbell director of the moonwalch project, told newsmen in that throe observers there reported ycsterdny seeing ari following the rochet by about 30 minutes. Campbell said I hose sightings not been confirmed or identified.

In South Pasadena, tists manning a huge satellite camera snid they had seen Sputnik and had photographed it, Meanwhile Ihe Moscow radio said that, Sputnik had circled earth 100 tjrnes 'and had traveled 5,190,000 miles. Aviation f)aily, industry publication, came up yesterday with a second report that the Russians may be about to shoot a rocket to the moon. Another report along these lines came yesterday from, Christian Clausen" Science 'editor; the Los Angeles Examiner, The story in Avi-ition Dajly s.ud certain informed sources expect the Soviets to try to send a rocket to the mpon with the Nov, 7 peJebraion of the 40th anniversary o( jhe Bolshevik Revolution, While Western scientists bens their efforts tp gleaning all possible information from, Sputnik's flight, reverberations $1 accomplishment among political figures. Speaker of I he House Continued, on page the A group of 30 business and professional men of Mope, met last night in the private dihing room at the Diamond Cafe and laid the groundwork for the formation of the Hempslead Courtly Industrial Foundation, Ine, Purpose of the foundation is to aid expansion of local industry and to bring, in hew industry. Vincent W.

Foster was named chairman at the meeting and B. N. Holt, manager of the Chamber ot Commerce) was named secretary. After preliminary discussion, the group Set a goal of $250,000 to be raised over a period of time in which business firms and Individuals will be called upon to purchase stock certificate shares in the industrial foundation. A finance committee will be set up to determine what each business hoUse and individual should pledge toward the $250,000 goal.

Various groups, such as doctors, lawyers, automobile dealers and all other professions, will be called in to discuss their pledges as a unit. Present plans call for 10 percent cash and the balance at 10 percent each year until the pledge is paid in full. However, it was pointed out by the speaker that should industry come quick and the entire $250,000 was needed to bring in a large industrial concern, then a showdown would be at hand and all the money would be requested. The Foundation would then loan the money for building construction purposes, and the new industry 'would repay the loan on a monthly basis Interest. Speakers pointed out that under laws" 1 passed -by the 1957 a city's participntion in financing would be "ohly' 4 25 percent, 37 2 percent in the form of a loan from the state and the other 2 percent raised through bond sales or financing from insurance 'companies.

it was pointed out that if needed $100,000 he Hempstead al Foundation would furnish only agoja group of -14 the present' 130 acre industrial site at the north west city limits. Several of those owners were present at the meet- Ing last night and expressed their desire to convey their interest in the property to the new Hempstead County Industrial Foundation as part of their pledge toward raising the $250,000 industrial fund, At the time the 14 men purchased the property three years qgo, it was announced that they did so for the sole purpose of bringing industry to Hope, and not to maku a profit on the The same expression was made last night, therefore the new Foundation acquire the proparty at actual cost and as a part of their pledge toward the $250,000 industrial fund. Speakers pointed out that Hope, in the past three years, had taken some progressive steps toward industrialization such as: 1. A determination, with other southwest Arkansas counties, to 'promote the Millwood Dam project which wculd provide industrial agricultural and municipal water supplies, 2, Formation of the Southwest Arkansas Water District, the first in Arkansas. 3.

Adoption of the city manager plan, now in operation, and the first in Arkansas. 4, To raise an industrial fund by the formation ol' the new Hempstead County Industrial Foundation being in a position act when industry comes, Leonard Eilis, publicity committee Tax Agent Dies Raiding a Still STUTTGART, Julian S. Majors, 37, of Pine Pluff, an agent of the Alcohol and Tobanco Tax Unit of the 'Internal Revenue died of a heait in a cafe here yesterday shortly aftpr he and two other agents cltu stvoycd 200- gallon si ill in kqnsas Counky, include the widow and two daughters, 'Accident-Prone' Termed a Real Killing Disease NEW TQl'lK out Pf th.p 9AQC19 -persons jn was' proven disease, a in accident toil last year, be- 83,000 dead, Included peg injured whom 350,000 suf- permanent physical impair- TJxe Ntjtlo.n9l Safety Coun- the ppst iU damage ami tyqiy, thp vesuU studies, scion ptten John Jacob Attor Divorced by Wift WEST PALM BEACH, def-trude Aslor received' La final deeree yesterday dlvbfcjng her from John Jacob Aster lit, whose Mexican wasn't t-ecogniied. Circuit Judge Culvrr- Sml.l.h granted the decree and fdco a separate agreement of patties tor support of an olj daughter, Mary Jacqueline'." The couple married in 1P44 riUel separated In 1D53. Astor B(J lores Fullmon of Miami fiflui' taining ihe McNican dlvoruo.

A New York State Supreme ruling of denied recognition' to the Mexican divorce neither party lived in Mexico at the time It was granted. Astor is reported to be paying. Gri trude $3,000 month' and 1 Dolores, who maintenance suit this' year, $1,000, a month. More Science Cooperation Asked by Ike WASHINGTON President Eisenhower for greater cooperation a Western scientists in the free-, dom dictatorship" In offering a toast tbj Queen Klizabcth last night at the White House Eisenhower said: "Our scientists must work together. NATp (North Atlantic Treaty Orgahix.ation) should not be thought of merely as a military alliance.

NATO is a way of grouping ability of our our resources, of our and our factories." Eisenhower's remarks were made only hours after the announcement that he and British Prime Minister Macmillan will confer here next week. The talks, which will run from Wednesday DuoLigh Friday, arc to center, about the Middle East situation. here also cm- "ph'asiiic the British desire for closer cooperation in weapons developments in view of Russia's launching of an earth satellite and claimed Soviet developments in the missiles field, technological advances. AF Contracts Parts for the Missile Thor WASHINGTON Ml The Air Force today announced conlrnuts totaling 'more than 183 million lar.s'for producing components oC the Thor intermediate and Ihe Titan intercontinental a 11 i a I ic missiles. The announcement said that the contracts involved to new funds but signified formal confirmation of earlier agreements.

The Western Electric Co. received the rgest of the contracts lor $104,192,000 for radio inertial guidance for the Titan and Thor. The work will be done by the Bell Telephone laboratories at Whippany, N.J. Aerojet General of Sacra- mcnto, received a contract for $55,630,000 for propulsion units of the Titan missile; and Remington Rand Univac of St, Paul, was awarded a 24-million-dolJar contract for a Univac computer to be used for the Titan. The Martin Co, of Baltimore, js the prime contractor for Titan, the range 'ballistic under development, The Atlas, also an intercontinental missile, is farther along than Titan and has undergone preliminary but so far ful firings from the Patrick Air, Force Base in FlQl'ida- The Thor is competing with the Army's Jupiter for selection as America's range tip weapon, poth weapons have bepn tost-firpd in FJovida and both have demonstrated guid' anco perlormance The Douglas Aircraft GO, ig the m.a,iHi£u.itu,m' Th.pr, aiv- fj'ahie, North Amerjean Aviation has provided rocket pngioos for both TJun 1 and Jupiter.

Hefner, Goinci See the New the Hefner PsVm.es, lagaj Pqidgp dealership, iodgy attended special view shewing the 19.54 jine of Pttdgp p-asacngpi 1 gavs Md U-wlss in New Also, th, 0 meeting, one the country, jaf the Peti-Pit auto who, in.tvodu.cpd Jh.o new to cjlcaU'rs stylized selling, JJor the Uve Charges Fly as UN Goes Into Urgent Session By TOM UNlTEfy NATIONS, N. Y. Proddsd by SyHp. nnd the Soviet Union, the B2 nation U. N.

Assembly called an urgent session Unlay to up charges Hie United Stales and Turkey tu-u about to touch oft a Middle Khst war. The Soviet Union charged that the United masterminding the alleged plot. The Russians said the Turks plan to attack immediately after their elections Oct. 27. Turkey's U.N.

delegate, Seyful- lah Esin, termed the Syrian fantastic, lie said the Soviet ccusatlon was pn'rt of .1 Kremlin campaign to "put the blame for the tense situation in the Middle East on the shoulders of Turkey and the United States." U.S. delegates conferred busily with other delegations, seeking support for a U.N. investigation not only of the Syrian Soviet but nlso of Ihu U.S.- uTurklsh contention that 'Russian arms deliveries to Syria and So- maneuvers in the Middle East arc the real threat to peace- there. There was widespread hope at the U.N. that a debute on the rcrisis would give the nations Im, mediately Involved a chance 1.0 off steam and would keep the jconflict a battle of words.

V'At. home, the Turks and Syrians somewhat loss concerned the situation along their 'common border than' their repro- scntativcs and allies at. the U.N. The Syrian army was put on the alert, out a spokesman explained that meant only that officers' leaves were canceled. The Syrian Cabinet met for an hour Jp Damascus and decided general 'mobilization was not necessary.

Arms were distributed to cuilian groups in centcis the, Jurkish Another ''top'-iovc') conference o'n the, area in the Middle 'East 'got under way in Tehran, where'- King Faisal oC Iraq arrived today for a 30-day stEte visit with Shah Rezn Pahlevi or Both Iran and Iraq are members of the Western-aligned Baghdad Pact nnd as such have been targets of Syrian and Russian condemnation, Faisal was accompanied his uncle, Crown Prince Abdul Tlah, Prime Minister All Jiiwdnt and Sen. All Mumtnz, is both finance and acting foreign minister, Court' circles said slrrji'iglliemrig of Ihe Baghdad Alliance also would be discussed. Four Die in Arkansas Accidents By The Kr ess Foui men died violently in separate accidents in Arkansas yesterday, Collie Williamson, 57, of neai Crpker in Ixard County killed when a tractor overturned on him at his P. MCrep, 82, of DeJapJaine, was killed when a car struck him as ho walked across state Highway 34 on the outskirts of Jonesboro, Charts Clanton, 22-year-old pa- pcj- mill worker of Crossett, was jurcd in 2. par collision on U.S.

'JJighway 82 three miles west of Crossct, Police said Burnice Barrett, killed anc) three others were i- passenger in Clanton's car and If, Keene and Jimmy W. Ray, occupants of the oehor vehicle were hospitalized at Crossett. Their adoU esses were not avail-able immediately. Hoy W. Wall, 26, of Donaldson, was crushed to death when gravel halting machine he was operating overturned in a ditch near Jeff Hutson Is Buried Thursday at Sweet Home Funeral services for Jeff lifelong resident of Sweet Community who died Wednesday, were held Thwsday at the Sweet Home Pliuj'gh by the Rev.

Burial was Oak Grove Snyiws jnelu.de a daughter, Mrs. gepjl Byirrus of Sweet tiome, Hutsou of Sweot Honxe, Brothers, fierce flytT sun oi Hulson of Hope and Huts.pj;i of three Bisters, Mrs. Jim of Mrs. Jess Coljley Ike Developing Plan to Pool Scientific Brains of N. Atlantic Alliance Aim to Challenge Russia in Arms and in Space QUEEN ARRIVES President Elsenhower looks admlr- inaly at Queen Elizabeth II during welcoming at Wash-.

Ington 'National fbr a 4-day state visit, 1 'The Queen carries a bouquet presented to her by Mrs, John Foster Dulles. NEA Racial Issue Appears to Be in Stalemate ROCK The fodei- al-stato conflict over racial integration at Central Ill'jh School remained in a -stalemate today as the seventh week of classes drew to an end. As they hacl since Sept. armed under federal command paced the sidcwrlks around Ihe massive building where hanuful of Negroes IJUHUC their studies iimong neaily 2,000 while pupils, Yesteiday, a suit aimed at suiting the soldicis removed was thrown out. U.S.

Di.st. Judge Ronald Di.v- ies dismissed a petition which asked for a three- judge court to Continued on Page Two Mother of Hope Woman Dies in Nashville Hospital Mrs. C. V. Swiccgood, of Nashville, died in the Howard County Memorial Hospital at 6:30 this morning.

She is survived by her husband and three children, Mrs, Charles Graham of Hope; Mrs. Joe Garner of Florence, Arizona and WUham Swicegood of Little Rouk, Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Chvirch in Nashville witli interment in Memoiy Gardens of Hope with LUtimcr Funeial Home in charge. GM Denies Fleecing Government DETROIT Motoi has denied again that it short-changed the sovciru- million on an airplane contract, The corporation termed "wholly unwarranlcd" the action oC the U. S.

comptroller general in turn mg the claim over to the Justine Department. A spokesman for the General Accounting Office sa'cl yesterday that the comprtollcr, Joscpn Campbell, had lorwnrdcd to Atty, Gen, Brownoll the GAO report on a special investigation of a government contract with GM's Buick- Oldsmobile-PonUac 1 Division for F84F ail planes. John F. Gordon, a GM president, said in Detroit that his Jinn had provided goveinmont of- jicials on at least lour cliUeri-n occasions with detailed inform!) Continued on Page Two Local Woman Takes Overdose Medicine Mrs. Ciuiles Purifoy of 710 West 6th was reportedly recovering in a local hospital irom an overdose of medicine taken at her home early today, City police wore called in to investigate and Chief Jack Brown said all they were able to find was an empty box ot Anacin ta'biets.

Mr, Brown said Mrs. Purjfoy had telephoned a neighboring store that she had taken an overdose of medicine and an ambulance was called along with the officers, All Around Town Thi A lady cumc into the Star office yesterday with a little Thrush which some youngsten 1 had killed With an air nfle the day before a Red bird which the lady so fed daily was killed needles? to say she was pl-nty mad all of winch brings us arouncl to again Unit lU strictly against the law to fire an air rifle inside the Hope City limits. Jones, State Land Commissioner, reports several Jiots at have been sold for taxes Lot? 39-29-30-31 an Blm'k H.a.v$ additions were 50! 1 to R. Pale Lpts 10 in 3lock. 10 fprry and Bonnie Warp.

A 3p Mr. and Mrs. Verner PaAmos, has recently been assigned to the Air Police ron at Forbes AFB. following completion of basic training et Lask- land, Texas He graduated from Hope High in May -1937. Tlie military depaumeut at Qua- jPhUa College today announced the list of distinguished military dents ineluded were pill senior from Hope, president Rho Sigma, a men's social club; prcsi- of the jPershing active member the Math H'jiwr Saci- ety and the Quachita Chemical Society and Benjaniin fivvwi setUpr, a member the and pledge past- er oi the Sigmu, By JOHN HOOHTOW6W WASHINGTON Klsenhower is developing a leaching proposal to (ho scientific 'brainpower and creative rusoiircr.b of the North Atlantic Alliance.

The aim Is to meet the cliallcnfio of Rurwin f. weapons 'ad- bancos ns well hs Its progress In the conquest, of spiice. The first hint ol a program this line came In Hie ttinot Eisenhower propor-ed nritiain'ii Queen ISlIzabcli last iiiKlil. Informed officials snid luclay the project may be the major topic of discussion when Elsenhower meets Drillsh Prime Minister Harold Mncmillan. here next Wcilncsday.

What the has In mind, 'however, to persons familiar wllh his planning, is designed lo bring Into piny the resources of the whole 15-natlon NATO alliance. Bisonhowcr Have the tip'-pff in this portion of his toast to Queen, Elizabeth at a White House dinner list night: "We have the power. The only thing to do is to pul It together. 'j "Our scientist must work lo- jrolhor. NATO should not be thought of merely as a military al- liance.

NATO is a way ot 'group-" ing our manhood, our our industries and our factories." sai'd total sgls of the free greater ''than'those of-our poloiii 1 tinl enemy," but he added "we are too much separated by things that concern us locally," Presumably the I'resldfl's proposal would lend eventually to a request by him for modifications in the law barring the disclosure of much basic atomic weapons information, The British government has long sought mcnl of its World War II partnership with the United Stales and Canada which produced tho first atomic bomb in 1045, More immediately, however, Ihs Eisenhowc-r proposition, which foils evidently designed to deal with his science advisers and oilier officials over the pail two wcokj, is evidently designed deal wtth the challenge of Russia's inter, continental missile and its launching of history's first earth satellite, The information as to Eisenhower's plan came to light just ahead of a conference between Secretary of State Dulles nnd Pntish Foreign Secretary Selwyn The aim of that tajk obviously was to plow the ground for next weeks Eircnhowcr-Mncmlllan moellntjs. Weather Experiment Station report 24-hours ending at 7 Friday, High 76, Totql precipita. tion in' October, inches; Total railfall lor year, inches. RED RIVER dropped slightly at' Fulton to 8.4 feet but showed 9 rise of 0.4 at to 0 feet; LIT' TLE RIVER rose a foot at Horatio to 7,7 but registered only 0,4 of 3 loot rise at Whiteglifs to 5.1 feet, FORECAST: The rise in the Little River and Red River above Fulton will not be important, Ren. ison Dam discharge 7,37 cfs; arkana Dam discharge, ,000 cfs, Aikansas: Fair and slightly cooU through tonight, Partly cloudy and mild tomorrow, High Ihir a(f rnoon GO? to 70s; low tonight 30s to 40s, By Asspqigted PrBsg Central, southweast and wes: Fair and slightly cooler through tonight.

Partly gloudy and mild tomorrow. High this noon upper 60s to low 7Q? souths east and southwest; low tonight low to mid 40s central, mid 40s to low 505 southeast and southwest. Northeast and northwest ArHant Has; Fair and slightly cqujw through toniaht; frost tonight in exposed plages, Partly cioudy mild tomorrow, High his afte-u noon low to mid low tonight mid 30s' to "40 northeast, low to low 40s northwest- Miami ttlu Rock Memphis New York Chicago Los Angeles Seattle mild tins, aferuwm' HI 73 70. 5,0 7,3.

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