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i fhe I LIGHTER SIDE I fhe worst kind Caf trouble is when the engine won't start ind the payments won't stop. Serving the Alton Community for More Than 129 Years COLtt TUESDAY tew 18, High 40 (Complete Wcftthef Pg, jj) Established Jftfutafy is, Vol. CXXX, No. 269 ALTON, ILLINOIS, MONfcAY, NOVEMSEti 29, 1965 26 PAGES Not Toys, But Blood for Scott By GEORGE LEIGHTY Telegraph staff Writer Scott Blackwell, 2, of Hardln will have one more Christmas maybe enough people are willing to give blood. Scott's parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Murrell Blackwell, found out Tuesday that Scott has leukemia. The little boy had been ill and last Monday was taken to" Jersey Community Hospital, where a blood test revealed the leukemia. The diagnosis was confirmed the next day at Children's Hospital at St. Louis, where Scott remains a patient.

The doctors at dren's Hospital were specific, Mrs. Blackwell said this morning. First, the family was told that kemia is incurable and, second, the doctors said Scott could live a year and a half but with transfusions. Mrs. Blackwell'said she has not learned how often a blood transfusion will be necessary for Scott, but expects to know later this week.

Some friends and -acquaintances already have given blood, she said. She Scott Blackwell said the blood type doesn't matter. The boy's father is employed on the Illinois River bridge at a i n. There, are four other children in the family. U.S.

Delay on Bridge The U.S. Bureau of Public Roads expressed keen disappointment today with the delays on the new Chain of Rocks Bridge carrying Interstate 270 across the Mississippi River. The contractor on the bridge, Buckman Hansen Construction Ft. an. nounced last week that no more work would be done on the bridge this winter, though it was originally scheduled to open Nov.

15. The contractor hinted at "many troubles" during construction, and there have been previous reports of labor delays and hoodlumism on the bridge. A spokesman for the agency in the Bureau's regional office in Kansas City said he aware" of the problems on the bridge and was i "thoroughly disappoint-, ed" with the situation. He added, however, that the Bureau of Public Roads, which overseas interstate highway projects in this area, has legal recourse, except in the area of financial penalties lev- led against the contractor. He explained that'the contract on the bridge is supervised by the Missouri Highway Department, which administers construction, an arrangement that is the basis of all federal aid highway construction in the country.

The government's interest in such projects, he said, is in seeing that construction is done according to specifications. "We're not in a position to bring pressure to bear," the government spokesman said, "because the state of Missouri will be the owner of the bridge upon completion." He said that the government had hoped to get at least one side of the bridge open to traffic this winter, adding however that his of. flee is aware that the contractor's schedule is not following the time allotted for completing the bridge, But he said that the government has no legal connection with the contractor of the bridge, only with the State of Missouri. When asked if the Bureau of Public Roads had requested any Investigation by the FBI Into alleged hoodlum influence surrounding the bridge's construction, he replied: "It hasn't been done to my knowledge." John W. Laytham, Missouri highway district engineer, told the Telegraph that he did know if the bridge could be opened to traffic this winter.

Laytham sgid be will attempt to arrange a meeting with the con- sometime this week to discuss whether some portion of the bridge can be opened. The Missouri highway official said some parapet which would keep motorists froni running toto river, remain to be finished before traffic can use Abridge. Slow progress and work stoppages created a five-monjh delay in opening of the bridge, as long ago as last July. 4 vyajk- by il My 14, this yeajr, to a dispute over the firing of a foreman, was the fifth work stoppage by a craft union on the project since the previous summer. Later in the month of July, a young Madison County hoodlum was sought by St.

Louis County detectives in connection with an alleged threat to kill a construction superintendent on the bridge. The superintendent was threatened with death in his motel if he did not leave town, after he reportedly (Continued On Page 2, Col. 5) Electrical Problem Not Expected to Delay Gemini Shot CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. space agency said today that an, electrical problem with a spacecraft power unit was not expected "to-delay Saturday's Gjemini 7 launching. A spokesman made the wrestled through the night with the trouble.

First they 'installed a neW power unit in the spacecraft, discovered it probably would cause the same difficulty, yanked it out and replaced it with the original unit. "The problem is not com pletely, solved at this time," the spokesman said. continuing. But "Evaluation is the situation looks good. and we- don't expect it will delay the launching." Astronauts Frank Borman and James A.

Lovell Jr. are to ride Gemini 7 into. space for a 14-day endurance mission. Nine days later, Gemini 6 astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr.

and Thomas P. Stafford are to take off in an attempt to rendezvous within a few feet of Gemini 7, traffic Toll For Holiday Sets Record By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The nation's Thanksgiving weekend traffic toll reached 602 today, the highest death tally for the period in eight years of record-keeping; Until this count was some states still to verify final figures, it appeared this year's record for the 102-hour period which ended at midnight, local limes, might go higher. year, the highest 554 in 1964. With 7c Per Copy Member of The Associated McNamara Says U.S. to Use All Necessary Force in Viet By EDWIN Q.

WHITE SAIGON, South Viet Nam (AP) Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara ended his visit to Viet Nam today by declaring that the United States would throw in as many fighting men as needed to wage the war against the Communists. McNamara told newsmen at Saigon airport after his factfinding tour that his most dramatic impression is that "we have stopped losing the war." He added that the increased ferocity of Viet Cong and North Vietnamese attacks in recent weeks indicated "a clear deci sion by Hanoi to escalate infiltration and raise the level of the conflict." Must Counter He said these acts must be countered, adding: "The South Vietnamese government will further increase its military strength." On the eve of McNamara's arrival, four Viet Cong battalions with North Vietnamese support troops handed the South Vietnamese one of their worst setbacks of the war. In an attack on troops holding an abandonee rubber plantation 45 miles northwest of Saigon, the Communists knocked out an entire government regiment as an effective fighting force. American advisers also perished.

It was feared the casualties, when finally totaled, might be the highest of the war to date Total Force McNamara declined to speculate on the total U.S. forces that will, be required but his comments, heightened speculation that he will advise President Johnson to increase American ground forces in Viet Nam from 300,000 men and step up'air on the North Vietnamese jungle supply routes. These were believed to be'the minimum requests of U.S.'military commanders during their talks with McNamara during his whirlwind tour. Before heading back to Washington, McNamara made a quick trip to U.S. 1st Cavalry, Airmobiles Division headquarters, in central highlands 260 miles north of Saigon.

He met some of the men who foughi the Communists in the bitter la Drang Valley battle two weeks ago and flew over the battle scene. McNamara received first hand briefings on the la Drang fighting, praised the division's achievements and said: "Without question there will be other air cavalry divisions formed." The air" cavalry's 16,000 men rely on the division's more than 450 helicopters for speedy transport into combat. No significant ground action was reported today, but U.S. Air Force and Navy planes hammered Communist targets from the tip of South Viet Nam to north of Hanoi, A spokesman said they knocked out railroads and supply installations. A Communist regiment that wiped out a South Vietnamese regiment on an abandoned rubber plantation Saturday 45 miles northwest of Saigon apparently disappeared without a trace.

Searching Vietnamese and American troops failed to make contact with the Communist force Sunday or today. Prisoners Released Radio Cambodia reported that two American prisoners held since November 1963 by the Viet Cong arrived at the Cambodian frontier Sunday and were granted transit visas to the United States. The Viet Cong announced over the weekend that the two men Sgt, George E. Smith of Chester, W.Va., and Ipec. 5 Claude E.

McClure of Chattanooga, had been 'reed. The Communists captured another American Sunday, the pilot of a Navy F8 Crusader shot down over North Viet Nam about 15 miles north of Thanh Hoa on an armed reconnais- UN Force for Peace Urged WASHINGTON (AP)-The United States should support the United Nations in creating as soon as possible a permanent force to keep peace in the world, Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey said today. sance mission. The pilot ejected and was seen landing in an open field near a small village.

Pilot Rescued Search-and-rescue aircraft failed to find him, and he was presumed to have been captured. Another Crusader was shot down in the same area ear- Her Sunday. But the pilot was Humphrey took his stand as m. LL he opened a White House Con- prevent the earth's natural ference on International Cooperation which heard the issues of peace literally from the earth to the moon discussed. One committee urged President Johnson to seek international agreement on "a code for Deadline Apparent At Olin Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp.

today was making preparation for a strike in the event its six unions fail to accept a new Two Pullman cars were spotted on tracks inside the plant over the weekend. They reportedly will be used by supervisors and staff employes who would remain inside the plant in the event of a walkout. Today as the company was making Its apparent preparations, the members of the machinists' union were to meet at 2 p.m. in the gym of East Alton-Wood River Community High School to vote on a contract. Olin has come to' terms with the machinists' bargaining committee.

The agreement was to be presented to the union membership. Olin previously had come to terms with the five other union negotiating teams Western Trades Council, mine workers, chemical workers, electricians, and the memberships of each have rejected the company proposal. Rumors are if the machinists approve the new contract, the other five will fall into line, since the machinists represent the majority of the employes. The electricians' Local 649 have a session with the company Tuesday, a union spokesman told the Telegraph. Spokesmen for the other unions were unavailable for comment.

While Olin is negotiating, Shell Oil Co. also faces possibility of a strike, but at least two weeks off. Shell has talks scheduled with Operating Engineers Local 553 at the end of next week. Local 553's contract was to expire Feb. 2,1966, but a wage reopener on Aug.

1 of that contract could not be agreed upon by management and union officials. The union then gave a 30-day notice of cancelation of the pact, Which was up Nov. 22. human activity on the moon" to satellite from becoming a military base for any action. Departs from Text Humphrey, chairman of the conference called by Johnson in support of the U.N.-proclaimed International Cooperation Year departed from the previously prepared text of his keynote speech to say: "High on the agenda of the U.N.

and fully supported by this, government should be the crea tion of a permanent peace-keep ing force ready to respond and to act if there is a threat to the peace of the world." Before the participants spli up into panels to discuss a va riety of possibilities of interna tional cooperation, Humphrey read to Ihem a message from Johnson hailing the conference as "a town meeting of leaders of the and saying had directed agencies of th government not only to tak part but also to "study you recommendations with a view t( immediate action." Moon Code The proposal for a moon code made by a citizens committee scientists, space experts am educators, was one of severa put before a White House Con ference on International Coop eration opening here today. Another panel proposed tha the United States undertake i. three-year program costing up to $100 million a year to help other nations develop and carry out birth control programs to check population expansion. March Value Doubted by Protest Head WASHINGTON (AP) leader of the weekend, peace march on Washington, in which thousands protested American involvement in the Viet Nam war, said today that "a demon stration doesn't convince anybody." Despite this, Sanford Gottlieb said in a telephone interview, more demonstrations are being considered by the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy SANE. Gottlieb is political action director of SANE, which sponsored Saturday's march and picketing of the White House in wotest of U.S.

policies in Viet Mam. March officials estimated the turnout at 40,000 to police placed it at 25,000. "We were definitely pleased with the turnout," Gottlieb said, 'despite the bus drivers who wouldn't drive people from New York and also from Baltimore." CAPTURED RIFLES U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara bends to rack up captured Chinese rifle during a visit to headqu arters of Jbe Fjret 41? CtvaJry Aft Kbew Swift Ytot Najw, be riffle was mam mm YMJt mmjmy iatewi by ibe flrsl Cavalry to the totte? la First Snow Falls A wispy snow swirled around in the Alton area today, the first snow of the season. In contrast to the first snow of 1964, which pccur- ed 10 days earUer on Noy.

19 accompanied by sleet and wind and managed to pose a few traffic problems the bandfuj of flakes today was barely recognized as a snow by the U.S. Weather Bureau at St. Louis. Around noontime, however, the snow was more visible. The weather bureau described today's snow as a few "scattere4 flurries." These flurries fell on Alton and counties to the and tlon't have a chance of making themselves felt not today, tomorrow or ev- ejo the next day, the weather bureau said.

The temperature in the area reached a season low of 19 degrees above zero this morning and didn't get out of the low 30's during the day. The forecast for tonight is a temperature in the 20's, with a rise into the low 40's during Tuesday. Temperatures between 40 and 50 are forecast for Wednesday. escued. An Air Force F4C went down ear Pleiku, in South Viet Sfam's central highlands, appar- ntly because of Viet Cong gun- ers.

The two crewmen ejected nd were picked up. 01 her Air Force planes and 'tetnamese Skyraidcrs splashed eavy bombs and machine-gun fire on a large Viet Cong force in Tay Ninh Province northwest of Saigon, the spokesman said. Within Hours Six Air Force F100 Super- sabre jets hit three Viet Cong companies camped In Kien Hoa province. 75 miles south of Saigon, wilh bombs and rockets, the spokesman reported. McNamara arrived within hours of the destruction of South Viet Nam's 7th Regiment on the abandoned rubber plantation hi the heaviest fighting of the war.

Waves of Viet Cong backed by North Vietnamese regulars destroyed the regiment as an effective fighting force in a three- hour balvle. DEAD DEFENDERS The eyes of a Vietnamese litter bearer tell a sad tale as he walks down road crowded with corpses of American and Vietnamese soldiers at Michelin Rubber Plantation today. Viet Cong Qyer- ran a Vietnamese battalion and a' regi- mental headquarters with human wave attacks. The Rangers, who recovered more than a hundred bodies, wore kerchiefs to cut down the stench. (AP Wirephoto) Dr.

Buzan Raps City Program JL C.7 Alton Health Officer Dr. Edwin F. Buzan today resigned from his city post and told Mayor Clyde Wiseman that none of his recommendations for revamping the city health department have ever been adopted. The doctor, in resigning the $1,200 per year position, also said that "The present situation is one that cannot satisfy the needs of our city, healthwise." Mayor Wiseman said that he has never seen any recommendations from Dr. Buzan and, in checking files in his office today, could find none.

The doctor was appointed to his first term as health officer by former Mayor P. W. Day and was re-appointed by Wiseman for a one- year term in April of this year. Dr. Buzan told the Telegraph that, if the city had a proper ordinance covering health department needs, he wouldn't be needed.

"And besides, I'm not the man for the job and the job isn't for me," Dr. Buzan told the Telegraph. Both the doctor and Mayor Wiseman noted the ordinance governing a city health officer was adopted in 1917 and, with exception of a raise in the annual salary from the original $1,000 to $1,200, nothing has been changed in the interim. "I feel the ordinance is outdated," Mayor Wiseman said, "and I shall recommend acceptance of the resignation to the city council." Dr. Buzan said a city health officer would properly be employed in such things as restaurant inspection and sewer inspection programs, "which Alton doesn't have." He said that a doctor to supplement a health officer could be used fun time.

"There have been proposals for firemen and police- men to be treated by a city doctor, in addition to jail inmates; and if this ever went into effect it certainly wouldn't be a job for a pe- diatrician, which I am," Dr. Buzan said. The mayor said he plans not to appoint another doctor to the position if and when he appoints anyone. Meanwhile, "The health officer duties will become part of the administrative functions of the city," he said. British Secretary Arrives in Moscow For Peace Talks MOSCOW Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart arrived in Moscow today for talks with Soviet leaders on Viet Nam and the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons.

Pravda said it hoped Stewart's four-day visit would con- iribute "to the normalization of the international sources here held little hope of major results. Accompanied by Lord Chalfont, Britain's minister for disarmament, Stewart was scheduled to meet with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko Tuesday. Stewart also was expected to meet with Premier Alexei N. Kosygin and Communist party Secretary Leonid I. Brezhnev.

Main Topic The result of the talks will be main topic when British Prime Minister Harold Wilson meets with President Johnson in the United States next month. Observers said Stewart would ry to get a clearer idea of the Soviet price for a treaty to stop he spread of nuclear arms. The Soviets have said no agreement possible unless the United States abandons its proposal for multilateral nuclear force for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The Soviet Union uaintajns this would give West Germany access to nuclear arms. There have been signs of American and British flexibility on the touchy question.

More Important Britain has indicated it con- siders a nonproliferation agreement more important than a NATO nuclear force. INSIDE Today EDITORIAL A-4 State legislation will help improve the county jail. ASSAULT A-? Young Alton women report they were raped. FOOD STAMP A-J Madison County all set for instituting food stamp program. FAMILY A-l? A Lovelier You: Scheme provides more holiday fun, less fatigue for homemaker.

SPORTS Cardinals' eastern hopes snuffed out by Philadelphia, 28-24. CONSIDINE A-ll New took reveals relations between Bobbie and LBJ. BARRETT 1-7 Advice on how to travel in Europe on a budget..