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VOL.100. NO. 221. JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 3, 1966 FINAL EDITION PRICE TEN CENTS Cambodia Shelled By American Guns Red Firing Answered On Border SAIGON, South Viet Nam (AP) The U.S. command for the first time today officially acknowledged shelling into Cambodia.

A spokesman said American artillerymen unleashed a heavy artillery barrage Saturday to silence "very heavy 3 automatic weapons and mortar fire from across the border. The Viet Cong was firing on a battalion of the U.S. 1st Infantry Division, which was making sweep on the South Vietnamese side of the Cai Bac River, the spokesman said. The artillery duel took place in Tay Ninh Province about 75 miles northwest of Saigon. This border sector has been the scene of the 1st Division's Operation Birmingham for the past nine days.

During the drive, American troops seized the biggest cache of Viet Cong supplies of the war. The area has been pounded repeatedly in recent days by B52 bombers from Guam. They unloaded their 750-pound bombs there again today. American planes flew 30J combat sorties, over South Viet Nam Monday, while week lull in ground fighting persisted. There have been repeated unofficial, reports of U.S.

troops firing into Cambodia, but the disclosure today was the first official acknowledgment- The spokesman said the decision to shell the Viet Cong across the frontier was made by the battalion commander on the spot. Field commanders are au- fliorized to take any means al their disposal to protect their troops, the spokesman said. The area shelled contained no villages and the nearest serflemenl was about five miles away, he added. i The 1st Division continued to find Viet supplies. The U.

S. spokesman said the haul to date included 1,367 tons of rice, 6,800 uniforms, 1,200 pairs ot sandals, 1,850 shirts, 1,800 shorts, 1,925 gallons of fuel, 1,000 pounds of medical supplies, 19 motorized boats, 35 sampans, See CAMBODIA, Page 2 WASHINGTON (AP) Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, called today for a sweeping SEN. EDWARD M.

KENNEDY Hearnes Report Wasn't Filed The Cole County Hearnes for Governor Committee failed to file a financial report for the 1964 general election campaign. Under the law, the failure is a misdemeanor and punishable by a $50 to $500 fine. In making the disclosure today, Lawson Phaby of KWOS Radio said Herman Huber. treasurer of the committee, reported he had filed a report for the primary election. But.

Huber said, he forgot about the general election report. Both Huber, and Lou Landwehr, chairman of the group were unavailable for further comment. Weather MILD Jefferson City and Central Missouri Clear to partly cloudy and mfld through Wednesday. Low tonight 45 to 50; i Wednesday in 70s. THE THERMOMETER Noon 58 2 pan 63 4 p.m 69 6 p.m 68 8 p.m 65 10 p.m 59 Midnight 56 High yesterday 69; Low yesterday 45 High past 48 years 90 in IMS; Low past 48 years 37 in 1921.

PRECIPITATION News-Tribune Weather Bureau Reading 0.0 lor past 24 hours ending at noon: heaviest rain same date In 48 sears 1.08 in 1937. Total to date this month -trace; Normal this motith to date This year to 11.0T; 2 a.m SO 4 a.m 4 6 a.m 41 8 a.m. ......52 10 a.m. 60 Noon 66 2 70 Edward Kennedy Urges Commission on China Money Bills Speed Through Missouri House (By The Associated Press) The eight major bills on Gov. Warren E.

Hearnes' $1.114 billion budget for the-coining fiscal year sped through lie House today and headed for the Senate. The Senate was expected to consider the compromise money bills later today as the legislature headed toward adjournment by midnight Wednesday. There were only a few questions asked as the bills came up one by one. But the lopsided votes, frequently unanimous, indicated none of them was in trouble. Even the capital improvement bill, which had caused trouble before, went through without argument.

A little earlier the Senate passed Missouri's first oil and gas regulation bill. The vote sending the oil and gas bill to the governor, who recommended it, was 29-1. Earlier the 'Senate had accepted a House change providing for the Public Service Com- misson to hear any complaints arising from actions of the Oil and Gas Council which will regulate the drilling of wells. The PSC, which would make findings of fact and recommendations to the council, could tax the costs of such hearings against the litigants. The council would be composed of five existing state agencies: The Division of Geological Survey and Water Resources, Division of Commerce and Industrial Development, the PSC, Water Pollution Board, andthe University of Missouri.

See MONEY, Page 2 reassessment of U.S. policy toward Red China and urged President Johnson to appoint a special commission to recommend new approaches. He said the commission could be headed "by a national leader of the caliber and credentials" of retired Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, who commanded al- ied forces in Korea; retired Gen.

Alfred M. Gruenther, former American Red Cross president; or Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, Johns Hopkins University president and a brother of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

In a speech prepared for delivery in the -Senate, Kennedy said the commission could be asked to make recommendations on "vital issues," ing: --How to increase "informal governmental contacts" with Red China, as well as scientific, educational, cultural, athletic and tourists contacts. --The problem of Chinese Communist membership in the United Nations. Kennedy did not advocate seating of Red China but said "if a system of representation were devised which would allow a seat for mainland China and still preserve Formosa's rights, it Should receive serious consideration." --Whether the present U.S embargo on" aTrtrade with Red China should be modified to allow "a limited trading goods which could not be used to fuel Chinese war machines." --How to increase Chinese participation in international arms control negotiations. He said the United States should 'continue to hold the door open" for China at every disarmament conference "in the hope that eventually she will participate." The senator said any overtures probably would be rejected quickly by Red China. But, he added, "if offered patiently and imaginatively and persistently enough, they might be accepted--not all at once, perhaps none immediately--bul eventually, through the steady effect of chipping away at China's self-imposed isolation." Sen.

George McGovern, D- S.D., endorsed Kennedy's proposal for a commisison to study relations with China. He suggested in a Senate speech that former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gen. Ridgway or Gen. James M.

Gavin head such a commission. McGovern said the United States should end its opposition to Red China's admission to the United Nations. He said the United States should be willing to agree to U.N. solution of the Formosa problem "while encouraging self-determination for the people of that land." He suggested inviting mainland China'to the Geneva disarmament talks. Conservation Pay Raises Challenged Officials responsible to Gov.

Warren E. Hearnes are moving to challenge the authority of the State Conservation Commission to expend funds. It is believed the challenge may be taken to Cole County Circuit Court and rrom there appealed to the State Supreme Court. The office of the Director of fie Budget and Comptroller refused to approve pay raises for two pilots employed by the com- Council Votes to Realign Wards In Advance of 1967 City Elections Engine, Car Collide DESOTO, Mo. (AP) A Missouri Pacific Railroad freight engine and a car collided at a grade crossing here early Monday, fatally injuring Leo T.

Ackerson, 63, of near Desoto, the driver of the car. mission. John Vaughn, director of the budget, said the pay raises were not within the budget approved by the legislature. Vaughn said the matter would reach a final decision stage when the commission submitted its July payroll. Vaughn said the commission had approved a five per cent increase in salaries for its employes beginning July 1.

Vaughn said the increases were not within the budget approved by the legislature and would not be approved for payment. Vaughn's office is directly responsible to the Governor and is the watch-dog for state spending. The office sees that state funds are expended as the legislature directs. "We are working to avoid a head-on collision on this," William Towell, director of the conservation commission, said. "I hope we are not on a collision course.

We are hopefu of working this thing out." Towell confirmed the Conservation Commission had approved the pay raise in its Decem saTcT tneTMc6in SiSa'haa'the funds to pay the salary increases but said the increases had not been approved by the legislature. Towell is directly responsible to the four-member Conservation Commission. The members are appointed by the Governor for six year terms. The commission is known as a "Constitutional agency." It's powers are defined by the 1945 Missouri Constitution. Its funds come from fees arising from the operation of the bird, fish, game, forestry and wildlife resources of the state.

At question is whether or no1 the legislature has the authority to direct 'how the funds shall be spent. The Conservation Commission traditionally has submitted its budget for approval by the legislature. Traditionally, the commission has gone along with the legislature's changes. However, Constitution reads in Section 43 of Article IV: "The fees, moneys, or funds See CONSERVATION, 2 Reading of News Can Help Improve Classroom Grades Students, do you want to improve your grades? Careful reading of your daily newspaper provides you with information that is very useful in such school subjects as current events, history, and science. Check to see if you are getting the most out of your news reading.

Take the weekly News Quiz printed on Page 7 today. Answers are on Page 8. The News Quiz is part of the Instructional Materials included in VEC News Services, which are sponsored by the News-Tribune as part of the educational program for area schools. Favored Treatment Report Denied Barometer, 30.38 steady; Humidity, 34. Highest' wind velocity for 24 hours ending at noon.

Memorial Airport, SE 4 MPB today 1:10. Sunset wUy The State Highway Commission today denied Glennon T. Moran had been given special consideration in the sale of his property to the commission. Moran is state liquor control supervisor and a candidate for prosecuting attorney in St. Louis County.

reports in the St. Louis Globe- Democrat -that Moran had sold his home in a right-of-way transaction for $41,500. The Globe said the transaction took place in November, 1964, two weeks before Moran was'appointed to his state office by Gov. Warren E. Hearnes.

"This case was handled no differently than any other," said Robert Hyder, chief el for the commission. "And there was certainly nothing illegal involved." Hyder'i statement followed The Globe went on to report the sale included two acres of couns- land, that the house was valued at $26,550 on the tax rolls, and that Moran then repurchased the house from the Commission for 11,600. Hyder said the Commission Sec has accepted the lowest of two appraisals made by independent appraisers. "This fellow had a beautiful home," Hyder said. "The price paid for all the property was not out of line with what the commission is paying elsewhere." Hyder said there was nothing unusual in allowing Moran to repurchase his home.

allow every home owner," he said, "the opportunity to keep his own home." Hyder said it would have cost FAVORED, Jefferson Citians apparently will vote from new wards in the 1967 city elections. The City Council voted 8 to 0 Monday night to reapportion the wards for the first time in 40 years. The action came after William H. Weldon of 1720 Haysel- ton Drive had told the council he would file suit in Circuit Court to force redistricting if the council did not act. Weldon's attorney, Henry Andrae, wrote the council last week, asking it to pledge to reapportion the city "including those areas which may be annexed in time for all voters to register and vote in the 1967 primary and general Mayor John G.

Christy brought the matter before the council. "You 'will recall that on Feb. 24 we got a letter from Mr. Weldon very near an ultimatum," the mayor said. On that day Weldon notified the city that if wards were not redrawn "within 60 days from the date of this letter, then immediate legal action will be instituted." Weldon said the boundaries had not been redrawn since 1925 and councilmen no longer gave equal representation to all citizens of this city." Last week's letter said the city could avoid a law suit by pledging to redistrict in time for next year's elections.

"I tried to answer Weldon's letter in as nice and polite a way as anyone could write," Christy said. "Now Mr. Andrae has written me a very nice letter. You've all received copies of "Personally, there's never See COUNCIL, Page 2 POLLS CROWDED A Montgomery, poUceman watches frsriJ the street as voters jam the entrance of the Bell Street Fire Station, a polling: place in Alabama's Democratic primary election. The poll is located in a predominantly Negro precinct.

(AP Wirepboto) Alabama Primary Voting Heavy WASHINGTON (AP)--Long! lines at numerous polling places, including many Negroes voting for the first time, pointed to a heavy vote today in Alabama--one of six state primaries launching the preliminary balloting for the 1966 general election. Federal poll watchers were on duty in seven Alabama counties, but the morning polling hours passed without any significant incident. In New Mexico, extra state police were ordered into four counties to keep order and enforce election laws. Democratic factional fights had raised tension. Florida had a surprisingly heavy early vote in the greater Miami area.

Helping to get the voters out was the prospect of rain later in the day. The other states holding primaries are Indiana, Ohio and Oklahoma. But there is no contest elsewhere to compete for national attention with the big one in Alabama. There, against a background of increased Negro registration, Gov. George C.

Wallace, long a symbol of race segregation, hoped to get his wife named as the Democratic nominee to succeed him. He is barred from re-election by the state constitution. Breath Testing Equipment Reliable, Trial Jury Told One of Missouri's new machines for testing alcoholic content in blood was termed a "scientifically reliable" device today by a State Division of Health official. The statement was made by Dr. Elmer R.

Spurrier, assistant laboratory director of the division, during the Circuit Court trial of Roy Estis Campbell 54, of 721 Broadway. Campbell is charged with driving while intoxicated. A test on the "Breathalyzer" showed ttis blood contained about .28 per cent alcohol at the time of iris arrest, said Byron L. Kinder, prosecuting attorney. This is the first time that a case involving one of the chines has gone before a Circuit Court jury here.

Two Missouri judges have ruled use of the machines unconstitutional in recent weeks. The Division of Health, under enabling legislation passed last year, was authorized to test various breath analysis machines for in "the state. Dr. Spurrier asserted the type machine used on Campbell was tested and approved; by the division. Several other states also use, the machine, he testified.

Dr. Spurrier, under questioning by Kinder, testified that an individual whose blood tested at .28 per cent would be intoxicated. He admitted under cross-examination by L. H. (Bud) Wilbers, defense attorney, that there are certain variablei to be considered in using the machine.

Dr. Spurrier added, however, the variables had not resulted in more than .10 per cent variation in the level of intoxication in laboratory tests. The jury of six men and six women was impanelled this morning as the trial began. It was expected to last at least through today. Jurors are Mrs.

Helen A. Myers, Mrs. Minnie Fewell, Mrs. Walter Wilson, Mrs. William F.

Slicker Roy Robertson, Monroe Mueller, Mrs. Dorothy Waither, W. W. Dowdy, Bernard H. Suthoff, Mrs.

Cornelius Erhardt, Michael Kinsey and John Owens. Nine candidates are com peting with 39-year-old Mrs Lurleen Wallace for the nomina tion. One, Atty. Gen. Richmond Flowers, openly bid for the.Ne- gro vote and in advance of the balloting appeared to have pretty solidly.

The other candidates in the big field include state Sen. Bob Gilchrist, ex-Congressman Car" Elliott, former Gcvs. John Patterson and James Folsom; Eun ice I. Gore, state Agriculture Commissioner A. W.

Todd and Charles Woods. Mrs. Wallace is expected to lead the primary field but there were doubts she could get a ma jority. If no candidate gets a majority, there will be a runoff May 31. Federal examiners went into Alabama earlier under the voting rights law and certified as voters thousands of Negroes who claimed they had been denied their voting rights.

Federa agents also were assigned to watch the polls today in seven counties. The present eligible Negro vote is estimated at 235,000 about double that of two years ago, and roughly 20 per cent the present electorate. There has been increased Ne gro registration also in Florida but the primary campaign developed no indication there of any tendency toward bloc voting. Gov. Haydon Burns, seeking the Democratic nomination for re-election, was in a contest with Mayor Robert King High of Miami; Scott Kelly of Lakeland, See ALABAMA, Page 2 Mayor's Budget Near $921000 Mayor John G.

Christy presented a $920,770 budget to the City Council Monday night for fiscal year 1966-67. It represents a $66,366 increase, or 7.8 per cent, over this year's budget and more than anticipated revenue for 1966. The bulk of the proposed for additional firemen. They would man the new fire station that is to be erected on Industrial Drive. The proposed budget also includes $15 per month salary increases for all full-time employes.

Ill i IN 1 i Christy's recommendation Water District Asks to Serve City Residents Cole County Water Supply District No. 2 requested city permission Monday night to serve persons' living inside the city limits. The district lies east of the city limits. About 50 city residents have asked service, Byron Kinder, attorney for the is $58,975 less than: the $979,745 department heads had requested. "It's an absolute impossibility for the cityt meet that," the Mayor said.

He also stated that "after era! meetings with Ed Cole (cot lector) and Joe Abernathy (fiscal officer) we felt the most revenue we could have would bt $862,650." The city's tax bfll for 1965 was 8874,107. "It should be noted that the district, said. They live in the majority of departments request-. Bald Hill Road area. The Capital City Water Co.

has never extended its lines to serve residents there. The request was turned over to the Public Utilities Committee. Committee Chairman Robert L. Debo Sr. called a meeting for May 11 to study the request.

Charles E. Robinson of 502 Lafayette St. presented the council a petition bearing the names of citizens in the Campus View project area. The petition asks for a 20-mfle speed limit on Chestnut Street from East Dunklin to East Miller; on Cherry Street from East Elm to Locust; on Lafayette Street from East Dunklin to East Miller; and on East Miller Street from Chestnut to Locust. "The cars go too fast through there and they're going to kill some children," Robinson said.

"There's over 100 children there." ed a five per cent cost-of-Iiving pay increase," said Christy. "We arrived at a flat pay increase of 315 per month for each full-time employe." Councilman Lawrence A. Haake, chairman of the Finance Committee, set the first budget hearing for Wednesday night. All 10 councilmen are members ot the committee. Haake said the part of the meetings in which city officials testify and answer questions will be open to the public.

The will go into closed meetings for final deliberations. Christy asked for a $266,326 budget for the Police Depart-' ment, a 520,000 raise over last year's budget. But it is 525,000 under Chief Claude Short's request. Short asked for three additional sergeant ranks, increasing the number from four to seven. Promoting three men to sergeant would cost an additional $1,044 in salaries.

The problem was referred toj Christy came closer to meet- the Parking and Traffic Com-1 ing the Fire Department's remission, quest. He recommended 3191,000 of its 5193,670 request. The council decided to issue Last year, the fire department 5300,000 on June 6 from was 5153,000. 5700,000 Fire Department bond issue. Carl Trauernicht, St.

Louis bonding attorney, will contact la st ear was companies who may submit bids. The $300,000 will be used to build a new fire station on Industrial Drive, buy four new See WATER, Page 2 The only department whose budget request fell sharply from Com- Dirksen Attacks Rights Section WASHINGTON (AP) The: Senate has its first skirmish today over President Johnson's new civil rights bill, with its fair housing section apparently already doomed. What sounded like a fatal blow to a provision banning racial or religious discrimination in the sale or rental of all housing was struck by Republican leader Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois. He called this part of the bill "absolutely unconstitutional" and said that if this is retained, he could not support any move to break a filibuster against the legislation.

"If you can tell me what in-i terstate commerce is involved in selling or renting a house fixed to the soil, or where there is federal jurisdiction, I'll go out and eat the chimney off the house," Dirksen said. Both Dirksen and Democratic leader Mike Mansfield of Montana said they would oppose any move to fix a deadline for action on the bill by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Sen. Jacob K. Javits, reserved the right to make such a move when the bill was introduced in the Senate last Thursday.

In the past the Judiciary Committee, with Sen. James 0. Eastland, as chairman, has been a dead end for civil rights bills in the absence of instructions by the Senate to act within a specific time. Dirksen played a crucial role in the passage of the comprehensive Civl Rights Bills of 1964 and last year's voting rights measure. Not only din he work closely with the administration in drafting compromise language, but he also threw his support behind mission.

The commission requested only $36,885. Last year, the airport received $143,068. But $125,000 of that was earmarked for the new terminal. Christy made no recommendation on the airport fund. He merely noted that the "mayor strongly recommends $10,000 be earmarked for partial repayment to the Parking Garage Fund." To build the terminal, $40,000 had been transferred from the garage fund to the Airport Fund.

In this year'f $36,885 airport request, $15,000 is included to match a federal grant for parking ramps, a $1,800 increase in janitorial services for the terminal was added and the utilities request is twice as much as last year's budegt--a jump of from $2,450 to $3,900. The Health and Welfare De- winning the two-thirds majority partment's request of $50,939 was necessary to prevent Southern opponents from filibustering the legislation to death. sliced by $20,000. Christy recommended the department Set BUDGET, Fate.