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The SIXTY-SIXTH YEAR--NO. 94 Zeoland, Saugatuck, Douglas, West Olive, Hudsonville, Fennville, A ITALIAN LINER BURNS Dense smoke gers and crewmen were quickly rescued from billows skyward from the Italian liner Bianca the burning ship. The Bianca C. exploded and after an engine room blast wrecked the caught fire as it entered the harbor of St. vessel Sunday.

Two crewmen were George on Grenada, British West Indies. killed and 18 persons injured, but 600 passen- (UPI telephoto) Blast Wrecks Liner; 2 Killed 'E' Awards Won by Six More Firms William Beebe, industrial di vision chairman today announced SIX additional winners of the coveted Award for Outstand1ng Citizenship. bringing the total number of employe groups to 22 in the current United Fund drive. New groups are Smith-Douglas Co. inc Michigan Bell Telephone Co.

Donnelly Mirrors, Edwin Raphael Co, Scott's Inc. and Precision Metal Products Co Beehe advised that 11 employe groups in the industrial division of the campaign have thus far qualified for the "E' award To be eligible for the award the total amount pledged by an employe has to be equivalent to 70 per cent or more of an average day's total payroll The corporate gift IS excluded IN determining chigibility. Other industrial groups qualifying earlier in the campaign for the award are Hart Cooley Manufacturing Holland Hitch Co. De Pice Co. Sligh-Lowry Furniture Co and Lithibar Co Leonard Zick campaign chairman, in congratulating the groups said the other 11 employe groups achieving this distinction are First National Bank, Seven Up Bottling Co of Western Michigan.

Holland Evening Sentinel. Public Library. Administrative Department of City of Holland, Peoples State Bank, Ottawa County Department of Social Welfare, Netherlands Information Service, St Francis de Sales School. WHTC angle Holland average Litho pledge in Service the above groups range from $11 to over $16 per employe, Zick said Holt Not Seeking Grand Rapids Post City Manager Herb Holt said day that he has not applied for the position as city manager of Grand Rapids nor has he been offered the post I have had the normal contacts with city officials in Grand Rapids and in other cities, but at the present time the manager post has been offered to Doug Weiford of Lau Clane, Wis. whom I also know.

I feel it would be unwise for me to give the matter further consideration or comment at this time Holt said. Selecting a city manager to succeed Alfred Rypstra In Grand Rapids has become a hot controversial ISSUC among the Grand Rapids City Commission. Weather Scattered showers or thundershowers and turning a little cooler tonight. Tuesday partly cloudy and cool Low tonight 38-42. high Tuesday 50-56 Wind southerly 15.

25 miles. becoming westerly late tonight. Wednesday partly cloudy and cool. The sun sets tonight at 5:50 pm. and rises tomorrow at 7:07 a.m.

The temperature at 11 a.m. today was 53 Local Report For the 24 hours ending 5 p.m. yesterday the instruments recorded the following: Maximum, 55. Minimum, 42. Precipitation, none.

One Year Ago Yesterday Maximum, 58. Minimum. 36. Precipitation, .06 (rain). I 03 Jenison Pork, Macatawa Park, North EVENINGS Central Park, Virginia Park, OCTOBER 23, 1961 Soviets New Hint They Anti-Missile Sentinel Shore Drive and District No.

2 FOURTEEN PAGES PRICE SEVEN CENTS Have Missile Big Nuclear Device Fired By Russians European Sources Feel It Was 50-Megatons; White House 'Skeptical' by United Press International Russia today detonated a giant nuclear device in the Arctic which European detection stations said may have been Nikita Khrushchew's promised 50-megaton bomb. But the White House was Described as "highly skeptical" that the explosion involved the big bomb, labelled by this country as a terror weapon. A spokesman for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission said indications were that the Soviet test was not in the 50-megaton range. But he ruled out any official statement pending a study.

The commission's worldwide detection stations have recorded all of the explosions in the current Soviet series. Both the French Atomic Energy Commission and the Sweden's Uppsala University Seismological institution said the new Soviet explosion probably was in the 50- megaton range. European detection networks agreed that if it wasn't the 50- megaton weapon, it was the biggest detonated by the Russians so far in this series. President Kennedy received intelligence reports on the explosion a as he prepared to return to Washington from his weekend retreat at Newport. RI.

Twice during the morning White House sources said that on the to basis of information then availexperts were "highly skeptical" that this was the 50-megaton One well informed Washington official advised a reporter to treat the report of a 50 megaton explosion with caution. He said the Russians set off a nuclear device today but it was believed to be far less than the equivelent of 50 million tons of TNT. "Khrushchev said the 50 megaton explosion was coming at end of October, didn't he?" the official reminded. Reports of the blast came first from Sweden's Uppsala University Seismological Institution and then from the French Atomic Energy Commission Both have recorded and announced previous Soviet nuclear explosions in the current series The Uppsala institution recorded the explosion at 3.35 a.m., EST. It was set off in the Russian's arctic testing zone at Novaya Zemlya Markus Booth, a spokesman for the institution.

said "it seems probably that this explosion was caused by the 50 megaton bomb which Khrushchev reported would be detonated toward the end of this month Several hours later the French Atomic Energy Commission said It had detected a "very, very powerful' explosion which was "probably of the 50 megaton sIze The French spokesman said his statement was based on first information obtained through seismological ana acoustic instruments. He said tney showed the test took place in the atmosphere where it would produce heavy radioactive fallout. In Washington, officials responded with "no comment" when asked If this really was Khrushchev's super bomb. Reports from Newport, R.I., where President Kennedy is spending the weekend, said the agency would issue a statement later in the day. The AEC wouldn't even confirm this.

The Uppsala University seismograph IS one of the Western observatories closest to the Soviet Union's arctic testing grounds. It has detected and announced other big explosions In the current Russian series, which started Sept.1. The announcement said the explosion was more than double the force of the big Russian explosions on Sept. 10 and Oct. 6.

The AEC has said only that the explosions on those dates were in the "several megaton" range. The Oct 6 explosion, it said at the time, was bigger than a "several megaton" blast set off a fow days previously. Condition Is 'Good' GRAND RAPIDS Allen Led Solomon, 40, of 2159 Marlacoba Holland. is reported in good condition today in Blodgett Mem. orial Hospital with a head Injury suffered when his car collided with a cement light polo on River Ave.

at Second St. in Holland carls Saturday morning. sal 03 45 SUBURBAN DELIVERY Hamilton, East Saugatuck, Montello Claims West Preparing To Attack Red Defense Minister Repeats Same Line; 'Won't Attack First' MOSCOW -Defense Minister Rodion Malinovsky suggested today the Soviet Union has developed a successful anti-missile missile and said that "imperialist" powers are preparing to launch a surprise attack on Russia Malinovsky made what was believed to be the first Soviet claim to having conquered the danger of a rocket attack During a speech to the 22nd Soviet Communist Party Congress, he boasted that his armed forces have "successfully coped with the task of destroying missiles, in flight." a statement interpreted as indication of a major military breakthrough. Malinovsky said the danger of surprise attack compels the Soviet Union to remain in a state of constant readiness. He said the Soviet Union plans to attack no one.

but will destroy any aggressor who starts a war Malinovsky said a war inevitably would mean the use of rockets and nuclear weapons and would turn whole nations into deserts. The Soviet Union is less vulnerable to nuclear attack than other countries but its wartime losses would be exceptionally heavy. he said But a new war would spell doom for capitalism. he added. (Observers noted that this was the same line that Premier Nikita Khrushchev had used in the past) Malinovsky cited figures from what he said was a U.S.

congressional report saying that West Germany, for example, could be devastated by eight de hydrogen bombs He said that 1sely-populated countries should especially remember the nuclear facts of life Referring to Undersecretary of Defense Roswell Kilpatric's speech on American nuclear power last week, Malinovsky threats do not frighten Billie Farnum Appointed LANSING -Billie Farnum. 1. deputy chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee, was named today as autitor general by Gov. John Swainson Farnum. 45, was named to succeed Otis Smith.

whom Swainson appointed two weeks ago to the State Supreme Court bench The appointment of Farnum was made known last week in Detroit area newspaper reports but Swanson said the reports did not come from his office He said he made his decision on naming Farnum to the post "during the weekend" although he said Farnum was "one of the leading contenders" throughout his tions Farnum was in the Department of State from 1955 and served as deputy secretary of state from July 1. 1957, until he was appointed to the post. The new auditor general first entered government service in 1941 when he served with the Office of Price Administration and the War Production Board. A native of Saginaw, Farnum was graduated from Vassar High School IN 1933. Farnum was one of the early United Auto Workers organizers at the Pontiac division of General Motors.

The governor said he "fully expects" Farnum to run for election as auditor general in ber, 1962. Gerald Ford Breakfast Set Wednesday Plans have been completed for the "Breakfast With Jerry" Wednesday at 7 30 a m. In Warm Friend Rep Gerald Ford. Jr, representing the fifth district, vill review pertinent facts on past legislation as well as important legislation now on the docket including foreign relations. The breakfast event, replacing the former cracker barrel sessions.

IS arranged by the Congressional Action Committee of the Holland Chamber of Commerce. Ford's subject will be U.S. Rep. Gerald R. Ford, Jr.

Shape of Things to Come in Congress" but his talk will be fairly short to allow questions from the breakfast group The committee in charge of arrangements consists of Harold Denig. chairman. Clarence Klaasen. Robert Snyder, Paul Winchester, Henry Kleinheksel and Dr. George Smit.

Reservations may be made with the Chamber of Commerce not later than Tuesday Recommend Eight For Top Post LANSING (UPD- Eight senior officers of the Michigan National Guard were recommended to Gov. John Swainson today as candidates for appointment as commanding general of the 46th Infantry Division. The recommendations were made by the State Military Board at the governor's request- in his attempt to replace Maj Gen Cecil Kennedy, Flint, who will retire next January Recommended to the governor were Maj Gen. Ronald McDonald. Okemos: Brig.

Gen Noble 0 Moore, Albion; Brig. Gen. Carson R. Neifert. Okemos; Brig.

Gen Cecil L. Simmons, Grand Rapids. Col. Joseph Boardman, Utica: Col. Howard Arbury, Midland.

Col. Leo C. Whitaker, Lansing. and Col. Gerald P.

Sullivan. St. Clair Shores. CEILING COLLAPSES A tiremun of the killing one elderly woman and injuring New Orleans Fire Department looks under dozen other persons. A person in the the seats of the Nola Theater late Sunday said many were saved from death after the ceiling of the theater collapsed, they ducked under the seats.

(UPI Fall Weather Turns Violent Stomach Upsets Hit 97 At Hope All danger of a threatened mass food poisoning epidemic at Hope College is over, according to Dr. Otto van der Velde, head of the Hope College clinic. Dr. van der Velde said 97 students had stomach upsets in a 12- hour period Friday and Saturday. but none was seriously ill or had to be hospitalized.

He believes the upsets resulted from a fish dinner eaten Friday night, but preliminary tests by the State Health laboratories in Lansing showed no evidence of food poisoning. Holland's director of Environmental Control Sam Stephenson said a final report on the food involved should be available within next 24 hours. For the last two weeks, the Hope College Clinic has had its share of students hit by intestinal flu with several reporting each day From eight to 10 reported this morning. Tourists Meet Mayor Briscoe DUBLIN (UPI)- A group of Bay City, citizens discussed a sister city arrangement here today but were told by. Lord Mayor Robert Briscoe that Dublin could not legally enter such an association.

The Bay City group was cordially received by Briscoe at his official residence this morning before their departure from Shannon Airport. Briscoe said that "under the law as it now stands Dublin cannot twin with any other city He said the city. had "no statutory authority to incur expense for such an arrangement' He suggested instead that Bay City form an association with the Irish-American Society. Briscoe was formally invited to participate in Bay City St. Patrick's Day celebration March 18 but he had already accepted an invitation to be IN Chicago on that date.

BERLIN (UPI) Nine American soldiers carrying M14 rifles with bayonets fixed marched into East Berlin twice Sunday to help a US diplomat get past Communist East German border guards. It was the first such American military operation ever carried out here. It served blunt notice to the Communists that the United States will use force if necessary to defend its rights in Berlin. The surprised East Germans made no move to resist the American soldiers. The U.

S. Berlin command lodged a strong verbal protest with the Soviet command in East Armed U.S. Troops Aid Diplomat in East Berlin Berlin and was expected to follow this up with a written protest. The incident was touched off when East German border guards stopped E. Alan Lightner, 53-year-old chief of the U.S.

diplomatic mission in Berlin, as he drove across the Friedrichstrasse border crossing point. The guards refused to let him pass because he would not show his identity card. The United States insist only Soviet military personnel have the right to ask for such identification. Eight military policemen led by a 1st lieutenant marched across the white line and 200 feet to Lightner's cit. Lightner's wifelcans A By United Press International Stranded hunters beat then way from snow clogged passes in the northern Rockies today and the 3 orst flood in 17 years inundated farms along Virginia's James River.

Gale winds and high tides subsided from New York to northern New England today after the passage of tropical storm Gerda. A slow-moving cold front which brought snow and day-long nearfreezing temperatures to North Dakota Sunday advanced into the corn belt, dropping the mercury 10 or more degrees as it passed. Some 500 hunters were caught in the mountains of Utah and southern Idaho by a storm which dropped up to four inches of snow over the weekend. The greatest concentration of the stranded occurred near Burley. Idaho, where more snow was expected.

National Guardsmen and local authorities took snow vehicles into the mountains to rescue the hunters Food drops from planes were planned in areas isolated by snowblocked highways. The rescuers were hampered by dreakdowns in telephone service to the Twin Falls-Burley area due to the storm. The storm hit after hunters took to the woods Saturday for the opening of the deer season In Utah and Idaho It left up to four fcet of snow in some mountain areas. Snow also fell in parts of Montana and North Dakota West Yellow stone. reported 9 inches.

Virginia's James River was expected to crest nine feet above flood stage today. Virginia's western highlands had 11 inches of rain over the weekend while tropical storm Gerda plowed northward through the Atlantic The floodwaters blocked roads in Virginia's Wight. Louisa and Goochland counties. Although few homes were endangered. the flood jeopardized livestock and farmers were moving their animals to higher ground.

The flood covered the Chesapeake Ohio Railroad tracks in Goochland County, forcing rerouting of trains Mile-a-minute winds and tides two feet above normal were subsiding today from Long Island to Maine after causing serious damage in some areas A 17-year-old boy was missing in Long Island Sound and authorities found his 10-foot boat overturned. Numerous other small craft were damaged. der. Two blocks away were four M48 tanks and four armored personnel carriers, but they were not needed. The march into East Berlin was unprecedented It was believed to have been ordered by Gen.

Lucrus Clay. President Kennedy's personal representative here. the two rescues, Lt. Col. Robert A.

Sabolyk, Army provost marshal, went into East Berhin and delivered a "very strong" oral protest to a Soviet colonel. After the protest, Lightner drove into East Berlin a third time and was not stopped Other American automobiles followed hum. several theater because telephoto) New Orleans Movie House Roof Falls NEW ORLEANS -A masSite concrete ceiling collapsed with thunderous roar and dumped' a ton of debris onto crowd watching a horror movie Sunday night 10 a small neighborhood theater. One woman was crushed death and 45 others were injured. An unidentified man screamed a warning a spht-second before the chunks of mortar plunged down It probably saved the lives of other persons in the audience.

They had a chance to dive underneath the seats. The concrete crushed many of the seats. but gave enough protection for the persons underneath to stagger out of the theater, choking and gagging on the dust. Most suffered only minor injuries "It sounded like thunder or an explosion," a dazed girl sobbed. She was looking for her 13-yearold cousin who had gone to see the show "Homicidal" with her at the Nola Theater.

Mrs. Mary Odienet. 65. did not have a chance to move out of her seat. Firemen said she was crushed under the debris that fell from the 30-foot high inner cell111g Many of the injured were children.

Most of them suffered face and head cuts They were taken to four different hospitals. Several were in serious condition and kept for observation, but most were released after emergency treatment. Parents with children inside battled police and firemen trying to hold the crowd back. They wanted to get inside to look for their children It was a turmoil. a panic," said district fire chief Raymond Henriezy His fue company was first at the scene.

"Ny men had to fight through people to get he said. They were trying to get to their children." Hope to Switch Local's Mind KENOSHA. Wis (UPI) The two top negotiators of American Motors Corp. are scheduled to here this week to aid the United Auto Workers "education" campaign tor Local 72. George C.

Gullen. labor relations director at AMC and Vice President Edward L. Cushman are slated to meet with the local's executive board Wednesday Gullen said he expects the meeting will help the union's leadership get across to membership the idea that the profit sharing proposal of will give them the best contract. Local 72 was the only one of five locals to reject the plan in recent elections and the UAW has ordered a new vote Local 72 represents about 12,000 workers, but only about 3,000 turned out for the election Oct. 8, when the proposal was rejected 1,507 to 1,440.

Motorist Hits Tree Theron Wierenga, 16, of 106 East 13th was examined and released at Holland Hospital today after the car he was driving skidded off the road and hit a tree In front of 669 Graafschap at 1:05 p.m. PORT OF SPAIN. Trinidad -An engine-room explosion wrecked the Italian hiner Bianca In Grenada Sunday, lulling two crewmen and injuring 13 others among the 600 passengers and crewmen aboard. So far as was known there were no Americans aboard. Fire raced through the ship causing such intense heat that a light plane flying over the stricken vessel at an altitude of 900 feet was tossed about uhe a leaf by rising air currents.

The ship exploded and caught fire as it was entering the harbor of St. George on the British island of Grenada. Passengers and crewmen were fertied to shore by lifeboats and local launches Late Sunday night the ship was still burning fiercely. The S. Coast Guard reported It a total loss The hiner was on its way to England from the Dutch island of Curacao Second engineer Rodiza Napale and an unidentified oiler died in hospital of burns.

Hold Suspect In Burglary Holland detectives this morning were questionging a suspect connection with 3 Sunday morning burglary at the Eagle Lodge at 76 East Eighth St in whien $400 In bills was taken from a cash box Detectives picked up the suspect at 11 am The Eagle Lodge was broken into Sunday morning sometime after the 2 am closing The theft was discovered about 9.30 a Detectives said the thief had pried open a rear door and gone to the hidden cash box. taking the $400 In five. ten and 20-dollar denominations The burglar left $167 in small bills and change in the box, detectives said Bartender Darwin Overway discovered the theft Sunday morning when he came back to the lodge to clean up He reported the breakin to police at 9 37 a Detectives said only the cash box had been tampered with Nothing else In the club had been disturbed. Girls Slightly Injured When Car Strikes Tree Helen Vander Vlet. 18.

of 96 West 26th St and her ten-yearold sister Margie were treated for minor bruises and abrasions and released from Holland Hospital this afternoon following a one. car accident at 17th St. and River Ave Holland Police said that Miss Vander Vhet was going south on River Ave. when her car jumped the curb and struck a tree about 12 45 pm. Lakeview District Sets School Vote Tuesday Voters in the Lakeview school district which lies both in Ottawa and Allegan counties will go to the polls Tuesday to vote on a $240,000 bond Issue for a new school addition and to remodel certain sections of the present building.

Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Residents of the district at least 21 years old, resident of Michigan six months or more, and owners of property assessed for taxes In the school district may vote Husbands or wives of such owners also may vole. was sitting beside him. The MP's escorted the car two blocks into East Berlin and then out again past the Communist checkpoint.

The East Germans melted away at the approach of the soldiers and made no move to interfere. Fifteen minutes later. Lightner drove back to the checkpoint, this time with another State Department official instead of his wife, and the East Germans stopped him again. The American soldiers repeated their previous escort maneuver with' the same success. This time three more, jecploads of Ameridrawn up at the bor- 45.