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THE OLDEST DAILY NEWSPAPER IN THE UNITED STATES-FOUNDED 1771 THE WEATHER V. S. Weather Bureau Forecast Philadelphia and vicinity: Mostly sunny Tuesday. High in the middle 80s. Winds variable at five to 10 miles an hour.

Fair Wednesday with little change in temperature. COMPLETE WEATHER DATA ON PAGE 3C FINAL CITY EDITION PUBLIC LEDGER AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE August Circulation: Daily, Sunday, 966,932 TUESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 10. 1963 Copyrifht. IHi.

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6 FIVE CENTS Jrarrarar Debate Senate Test-Bn Opens in Constitution IFederal Judges Direct Wallace Drive UrgedTo AUow integration of Schools; By Scranton, governor Laus out state tjuara In Surge of Unity By ROBERT E. THOMPSON Special to The Inquirer and Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON, Sept. 9. The Senate began the long-awaited nuclear test-ban debate Monday on a surge of vigorous bipartisanship after President Kennedy promised to document the Government's plans to safeguard U. S.

security. In an attempt to assuage fears about the Nation's future nuclear defense and preparedness capabilities, Mr. Showdown Approaches In Race Crisis; Kennedy Assails Political Motives Huntsville Lifts Racial Ban, Faces 'Delayed Action' By REX THOMAS BIRMINGHAM, Sept. 41 1 i 1 i 4 Kennedy Fears Aid Cut Would Topple Vietnam WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (AP).

A reduction of U. S. financial 9 George Wallace, Five Federal judges on Mon-banned Negroes from whiteday night ordered Gov. I iir.il 11 aid to South Vietnam might who prepares for bat-. tle (if) the trumpet blows an bring about collapse of that na-uncertain sound the pregU ill hnnie in thrpo A shama in cities on Monday but let another city integrate, hinting later he might yet try to stop it.

HUNTSVILLE WARNED Wallace made no attempt to prevent four Negro students from going to class with white pupils in the teeming'rocket city of Huntsville, but he said later in the day: "Huntsville was not ignored, and will not be ignored. The principle is the same. There arc Another Picture on Page Related Articles on Pages 4 and 8 such things as timetables." Asked to explain, he said, "we can't do everything at one time." But he declined to comment on what further action wauace aiso was reumii talk about plans for Tuesday AP Wirepholo An Alabama State trooper, acting under orders of prevents Richard Walker from entering Ramsay High Soviet Expels Alley Bars Peking Express In Pennsauken GOP Chiefs Asked To Back Bipartisan Move for Revision By SAUL KOHLER Inquirer Harrisburg Bureau HARRISBURG, Sept. Gov. William W.

Scranton made two appeals Monday for support of constitutional revision and two other ques-; tions which will appear on the ballot in November. The Governor spoke first at a closed meeting of the Republican State Executive Committee at a Harrisburg hotel. Then he gave a lunch in his office to the Legislative Advisory Committee of the State Council of Republican Women. NON PARTISAN ISSUES' He urged both groups to regard these questions as nonpartisan issues and fight for their passage at the polls. The questions will revolve around calling a constitutional convention to revamp Pennsylvania's 90-year-old basic law, permitting scholarship loans, and adopting "Project 70," a $70-million "open space" aim of both Democrats and Republi cans.

RURAL RESERVATIONS Rep. Albert W. Johnson (R. McKean), Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, told newsmen prior to the executive committee meeting that he doubted whether rural voters would support "Project 70." Other GOP officials, such as Cambria county chairman An drew J. Gleason and Senate Majority Whip Albert R.

Pecban Armstrong) said the constitutional revision question is "in trouble." But State Chairman Craig Truax said after the meeting there was "substantial support" for all three questions. INCOME TAX OBSTACLE "The income tax question was raised as an obstacle which we will have to overcome, and I assume our (Republican) candidates for delegate to the constitutional convention will pledge themselves against that." But Truax said the State organization has taken no official position on the income tax yet. The present Constitution's prohibition against a graduated tax has made some voters reluctant to seek new Convention. The Executive Committee members unanimously passed a resolution which "condemned and censured" the Democratic Party leadership for "a display of fiscal irresponsibility" in failing to support the three taxes passed by the Republicans to help the Governor balance his budget. The resolution also rapped the Democrats for "utter neglect and disregard of the welfare" of Pennsylvanians.

After the resolution was agreed to, Johnson and Sen. William Z. Scott Carbon) drew it up formally. At the luncheon in Scranton's office, the Governor reportedly was told by Mrs. Samuel L.

Veitch, of Villanova, president of the GOP women, that the Legislative Advisory Committee has "not yet decided" whether it will support the three questions formally. PhiUi. Area Kennedy said he would dis patch a letter to the Senate later this week detailing a plan of action Mr. Kennedy said the treaty can strengthen the West's hold on the cold war balance of power. He said in a taped television interview that ratification of the pact is vitallv imDortant he-i cause it "affects our security abroad and our leadership." "You know the old story dent remarked.

"Well. I think that if the United States Senate rejected that treaty after the Government has committed itself to it, the sound from the United States around the world would be very uncertain." he President's personal intervention in the Senate battle was requested by Majority Leader Mike Mansfield Mont.) and Minority Leader Everett Dirksen 111.) during a 45-minute White House meeting in the morning. EXPECT VOTE IN WEEK At the end of the conference. Dirksen announced publicly that he is prepared to utilize his impressive influence and awesome oratorical skills to attain rati fication of the pact. A final vote is expected next week.

With Mr. Kennedy's letter in hand, Dirksen will go to the Preparedness Subcommittee Raps Treaty Story on Page 3 senate noor Wednesday or Thursday to urge that the pact be approved without formal re servation. Assistant Minority Leader Thomas Kuchel Calif.) is expected to make a similar plea, thus assuring the treaty strong backing in both political parties. SHUNS REPORT Dirksen and Mansfield both predicted that the pact outlaw ing further nuclear tests in the atmosphere, under water and in outer space will be ratified by more than the required two-thirds of the Senate. As debate began, another persuasive Republican voice that of Sen.

Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts joined the bi Continued on Page 3, Column 2 Parade Cannon Misfires, 4 Hurt MIAMI BEACH, Sept. 9 (AP). At least four persons were injured Monday night parade, police said. Details of the accident were not available. Mount Sinai Hospital said it had received three men and a child for treatment of facial injuries.

A hospital spokesman said the injured apparently were connected with the Legion. iVciu Channel for when schools open again. He re-iother Stale officials to stop in-nlied merely that "I am aware terfering with integration in tha uon ana open tne gates to a Communist takeover in Southeast Asia, President Kennedy caid Monday night. The President said in a tele vision-radio interview that he subscribes to the so-called "domino theory" concerning Vietnam and Southeast Asia. WAVE OF FUTURE "China is so large, looms so high just beyond the frontiers, that if South Vietnam went, it would not only give them an Vietnam Troops Kill SO Guerillas in Raid Story on Page 2 Improved geographic position for a guerrilla assault on Malaya, but would also give the impression that the wave of the future in Southeast Asia was China and the Communists," Mr.

Kennedy said. The President's views came as an indirect answer to mount ing Congressional sentiment for a sharp cutback in aid to the Government of President Ngo Dinh Diem. Still, Mr. Kennedy said, the United States is concerned about repressions of Buddhists by the Vietnamese regime of President Diem. He said: "We are using our influence to persuade the Government there to take those steps which will win back support.

That takes some time and we must be patient, we must persist." CIA ROLE HIDDEN He declined to say what role the Central Intelligence Agency is playing in Vietnam. But he denied that the CIA tends to make its own policy, independent of the Administration, adding: "We have had a number of meetings in the past few days about events in Vietnam. Mr. (John) McCone (CIA Director) participated in every one, and the CIA coordinates its efforts with the State Department and the Defense Department." Some Congressional fire has been turned on the CIA in the In 'Smuggling' Clash By GEORGE SYVERTSEN MOSCOW, Sept. 9 (AP).

A Peking-to-Moscow train and its Chinese passengers were sent back to China for trying ,1.:. Mate' I a 1 1 me schools; wpm nnpn in thp thrpp ritipc1 jto smuggle anti-Soviet propaganda into Russia, the Soviet Iyviicic uic vi 1 11 1 unci ni'flUUIn. vened. But the presence of StateLriTf, troopers massed at the doors kept five Negroes away in Bir- mincham. two at Mobile and 13 at Tuskegee.

Net-ro attorneys went DromntIvlordered lo students to Federal judges at Mobile and.111 lne Federal troops Birmingham, seeking court or-may bp on the school grounds The Soviet note asserted that the Chinese, "before the eyes of indignant passengers, outrageously violated elementary demands of sanitary hygiene on the station premises." The note indicated the Chinese train also was sent back with the crew and the passengers. A Russian train was used for the balance of the Moscow trip. The Russians said the Chinese train chief and members of his crew Continued on Page 2, Column 7 I I r- I Jonnson nnismng Finnish Swing Gov. George C. Wallace, School in Birmingham.

Swept by Fire A multiple alarm fire roared I throughout the Airport Circle Bowling Alley, just south of the circle in Pennsauken early Tuesday. The blaze broke out at about 1:25 A. M. forcing patrons at an adjoining restaurant, the Park Crest, to flee. STORE IS DAMAGED Also damaged was the Hill Furniture Co.

which adjoins the bowling alley. The restaurant, bowling alley and furniture store occupy a long, one story cinder block building which fronts on Route 130. The blaze was less than half-mile south of the scene fo last year's spectacular, fire which dPstrovtrf another res- Flames shot through the roof, The fire forced motorists to detour away from the heavily traveled circle, which feeds traffic to both Route 130 North I Police Bar Negroes From Classrooms In Three Cities From Our Wire Services WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. ucorce v.

wauace to a now integration of Alabama public schools to proceed. Wallace reacted quickly, replacing the police in three cities with National Guard troops and apparently heading for a new showdown with the Federal Government. ASSAILED BY PRESIDENT Earlier in the day, President Kennedy accused the Governor of political motives in blocking integration after State troopers nal barred Negro pupils at schools in Birmingham, Mobile and Tuskcgce. Mr. Kennedy said that responsibility for Federal action, if such was needed, would rest with Wallace.

Wallace called in the troops Text of President's Statement on Page 3 despite an injunction signed by every Federal district judge in Alabama ordering him and three cities The injunction, perhaps the strongest such order ever is sued, also ordered Wallace to mninUin 41.. L.L..,. 1 11 appeared the showdown wuld come Tuesday, and un- 'pss hp admits the 20 Negroes Ilie ay ls out. An aide to the Governor re fused to say how many guardsmen were being used and whether they would prevent Negroes from entering the schools Tuesday. He said they were to "protect the school pro The injunction was signed by District Judges Seybourn Lynne, "obart (irooms and Clarence Aiigoou, an oi tsirmingnam; Kuiiu-iy, aim naniKi ji.

i nomas, of Mobile. Under Federal procedure, the order remains in effect for a maximum of 20 days. After that it expires unless changed into a preliminary injunction after a hearing. SILENI ON PLAN'S The White House source would not comment on further steps if Wallace refused to back off, but there is previous experience in such matters, most re cently in the Federal encounter with Wallace at the University of Alabama last June. In that case, the President is- Continued on Page 3, Column 4 JJit alir Sttqutrrr Departments and Features Amusements 20, 21 Auctions 48 Bridge 49 Business and Financial 30 to 33 Classified Ads 41 to 48 Comics 49 Death Notices 36 Editorials 28 Obituaries 36 Real Estate 32 Sports 37 to 40 Television and Radio 24 to 27 Women's News 13, It Page 29 Feature Page "Fashion in Living" Best of Broadway Best, of Hollywood John M.

Cummings Roscoe Drummond Red Smith Page 13 Page 21 Page 21 Page 28 Page 29 Page 40 Washington Background Page 29 Legal Problems Page 29 ders to stoo Wallace from inter- fering District Judge Daniel H. Thomas at Mobile granted a temporary restraining order prohibiting the Governor from further intervention at the one school involved there. But Judge 'similar Q' in Birmingnam nel om possible disorder, without a hearing. Wallace, ea steak and ln hls offlce- re- HELSINKI, Finland, Sept. 9, J'" 10 et ln marshals trying (Reuters).

Vice President lauranl- the Pub- lwoul(i. aPPeal 'he 51h to serve him with the injunction. Lyndon B. Johnson returnedj AH available fire equipment, Circuit Court of Appeals. They sat outside his office wait-tired but happy to the FinnLshlwas called to the scene.

Answer- At Huntsville, four Negroes ing for him. capital Monday night, tne aarm were the Bloom- wenit asst. wi'h shl; SIGN COURT ORDER rlitnlt in thp first hrpakfinun nf nearly completed two of the'. ni, wake of news reports that it isWhen a cannon misfired along paying the salaries of the spe- the route of the American Le-Continued on Page 2, Column 4 gion's national convention five stops on his goodwill tour of Scandinavia. (View, Highland North Merchant-Johnson has visited Sweden, Merchantvillc, Niagara and will also visit Norway, East Pennsauken Fire Denmark and Iceland.

On day he visited Turku the 1 for mer ranital and third lare-l TRAFFIC DETOUR ED est city in Finland. Johnson's visit was marred.of the block long building. On earlier in the day by the death a occasions, tiremen of one of his Finnish chauffcurslthought they had the blaze in an automobile collision on a under control, only to have it foggy highway. erupt through the roof again. Government said Monday night.

Before their expulsion the Chinese staged a two-day sitdown strike. The incident occurred during the weekend at Naushki on the Soviet-Mongolian border south of Lake Baikal, a normal stop for the Peking-Moscow express. The sit-down strike was to pro- China Angered by 'Atomic Smear' Analysis on Page 2 test against the seizure of the contraband literature by Russian customs agents, said the news agency Tass. RUSSIANS LOCKED IN The Soviet Foreign Ministry, in a note handed to the Chinese embassy, said the Chinese pas sengers locked Soviet border and customs officials in the train and then descended on the station, refusing to continue the Moscow trip until their publica tions were returned. Those publications were described in the note as "of a character hostile to the Soviet Union." In their sit-down strike, the Russians charged, the Chinese interfered with the operation of the station by holding hands and blocking the entrance of office buildings and by grabbing at Russians passing by.

VHF on eventually abandoned claims to the frequency. 3. WHYY-TV is the first educational station, and perhaps the first t. s. station of any kind, with facilities in three States.

There are Pennsylvania offices and studios at 1622 Chestnut st. (the station later will occupy the studios at 46th and Market sts. now occupied by WFIL-TV, which is moving to City Line ave. at Monument rd.) There are Delaware of- fices and studios in what was a WHYY Changes to and South, Route 38 and Route Although the possibil-70. jty is remote that the col- Most of the damage was con-lf; legiate gridiron will see Thursday vacant school building at 5th and Scott Wilmington.

There is a New Jersey transmitter at Glassboro. Anllqjirl II.A tnnli. 1 1. 'c ii First of Three Articles By HARRY HARRIS building which is 150 feet in frs (his season, Dick kfl believes North west- DHILADELPHIANS will bej public elementary high school! barriers in the State's long and, turbulent history. There tino tt.

A i I al Huntsville heart of the Nation missile program, but at one of Continued on Page 3, Column 5 Of Special Interest Today 'V I 1 .1 any uijiimu new icnu- i em, Florida and Nebras- ka may move far up the 'y ladder. Hunkcl's Football Ratings of college teams' relative strength appear in the Sports Section on Vane 117 Crops Dwindle, Cuba Chaos Mounts; In the second of five articles, Sanche de Gra-1 mont describes the'- dwindling crops of Cuba and the resultant chaos. He enumerates the prin- cipal obstacles to in- i creased production in i "Tie Red Mess in Cuba' on the Feature Page, Vugc 29 If the struggle to acquire north by the Park Crest and the Channel 12 hadn't taken so long'uth by furniture Mets Bomb Phils, 6-3 The New York Mets bombed Dennis Bennett for two home runs in the first inning and rolled on to a 6-3 victory over the Phillies Monday afternoon at Connie Mack Stadium. The Mets, who handed the slumping Phillies their ninth defeat in the last 13 games, also ran wild on the bases, stealing six times, including a triple steal on which they scored in the third. Details, picture, complete sports, Pages 37-40.

On The Air WFIL-RADIO 56 7:00 A. M. News Allen Stone 7:43 P. M. Gene Mauch Speaks 8:00 P.

M. Phillies vs. Houston WFIL-TV Channel 6 8:10 A. M. Headline News 1:30 P.

M. Who Do You Trust? 2:00 P. M. Congressional Investigator 10:30 P. M.

Focus on America to Yesterday" 11:10 P. Color Newsreel Gunnar Back WFIL-FM 102.1 8:00 P. M. Best of Broadway "Oklahoma" and Radio Listhgs on Pages 25 and 26. Educational station VHYYTV enters Delaware Valley homes via Channel 12 for the first time Thursday.

How the station differs from others here and elsewhere, the history of its shift from Channel 35 and its ambitious programming plans are described in three articles, of which this is the first, by Harris, The Philadelphia Inquirer's television critic. ine Downng alley, located at the center, is flanked on the Rocl(6f 'NgScHg' pirprl IDA MiIpc WALLOPS ISLAND, Sept. 9 (AP). Engineers preparing for a series of rocket firings in India late this year launched an instrumented package to an altitude of 106 miles here Monday. The 1605-pound Nike-Apache vehicle 28 feet tall and only six and one-half inches in diameter jts 7o-pound payload on a flight of six minutes and 40 seconds.

The purpose of the launch was, to measure the altitude and intensity of electric current sys-j litems in the ionosphere. able to tune in a fourth station Thursday at 7 P. when WHYY-TV begins telecasting on Channel 12. No converter will be necessary, as was the case be-j tween Sept. 16, 1957, and last March 8 when the station oper Pictures on Page 26 ated on Channel 35, although an tenna adjustments may neip bring in a clearer picture.

The switch of WHYY-TV from the hard-to-get UHF (ultra high frequency) band to the easy-to-dial VHF (very high frequency) spectrum already occupied here by Channels 3, 6 and 10 repre sents several firsts 1. This is the first time a State's only TV frequency has been acquired by an educational station. Channel 12 was assigned to Delaware and design- 'A 'I i WHYY-TV, whose programs will be viewable in theastcrn Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and all of might also have been the first tri-State educational station, but York's WNDT, Channel 13 York, New Jersey, Con necticut), managed to get on the air sooner. The "first" of most concern to the average Philadelphia viewer undoubtedly is the fact Ult ,7 a.aLiisii jiico.jo in civ iui lur: jja oi time he will be offered program- ming markedly dissimilar from that now available via the ABC, CBS and NBC network outlets here. WHYY-TV belonps to a net- nf snrU tnn vatinn.i K.H Continued on Page 26, Column iosS ing a number of programs for Delaware residents takes cognizance of that fact.

2. This marks the first time a non-commercial applicant has defeated a commercial applicantand for a channel originally designated "commercial." More than four years of paperwork and testimony before the Federal Communications Commission preceded the WHYY-TV victory over a half dozen profit-minded outfits which Initiated, pursued and Page 31 Complete Weather.

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