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MOBERLY MONITOR-INDEX AND MOBERLY EVENING DEMOCRAT EST. MOBERLY, MISSOURI 65270 APR. 24, 1967 Single Copy lOc day, the nounccd. BLONDE STOWAWAY TAKEN AWEIGH Sandro Milder, 20, is escorted by police along a dock in Sydney, Australia, after she was found hiding in the Admiral's cabin aboard the U.S. nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser Long Beach.

The girl, who said she was trying to get to her boyfriend in California, spent a night aboard the ship before being discovered by a Marine guard fust three hours prior to the ship's sailing. CAP Wirephoto via cable) ASSOCIATED PRESS WORLDWtDK FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE NO. 250 Russian Dies in Crash From Space MOSCOW (AP) Cosmonaut ladimir Komarov plummeted to death from a height of more than four miles when his space- cralt Soyuz 1 tried to land to- government an- It was the first time either of the two space powers has reported the death of an astronaut on an operation. Moscow radio said ropes of the parachute meant to ease the landing twisted, and the ship hit with great force, killing the 40- year-old veteran cosmonaut. Tass news agency said the spaceship had passed safely through the most difficult braking stretch in the dense layer of the atmosphere.

"Straps Got Twisted" "However, when the main cupoloa of the parachute opened at an altitude of seven kilometers miles--the straps of the parachute, according to preliminary reports, got twisted and the spaceship descended at a great speed which resulted in Komarov's death," Tass added. Komarov, on his ipace venture, rode Soyuz" into orbit Sunday amid speculation another would be sent up for an attempt to rendezvous. The first firm intimation that something might have gone wrong came when the government newspaper Izveslia delayed its Monday evening edition without explanation. The official announcement said Komarov had completed all missions successfully belore the accident. He will be given a hero's buri al in Red Square.

Speculate on Effects Komarov's death raised spec ulation whether the Soviet race to the moon with the United States would be hampered. The fiery death of three U.S. astronauts in an Apollo space capsule on the launching pad of Cape Kennedy Jan. 27 has set back the American program. The veteran Komarov, a cola nel, was the pilot of the Voskhod 1, the first three-man spacecraft to go aloft in October 1964.

He was the first Russian to go into space twice. During a television broadcast the screen was occupied by a portrait trimmed in black -of the cosmonaut in uniform. This was the same photograph which without the black trim was carried in special editions of Soviet newspapers Sun- Route EE Priority Upheld By Highway Commission The Missouri State Highway Commission plans to follow the transportation study in making street improvements in Moberly, which means that Houte EE retains first pripriy. The Commission's decision to "follow the transportation study" was stated in a letter to Mayor Howard S. Frisbie from M.

J. Snider, chief engineer with the highway department. This is a reversal of a decision made in February after backers of the Route entrance sought to have the Route entrance developed'first. Letter to Mayor The letter to Mayor Frisbie from Snider, which was received today, follows: "The Slate Highway Commis- Twisters Injure 13 in Missouri SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -Several tornadoes tore through southern Missouri early Sunday, injuring at least 13 persons.

Most of the injured were in a trailer park at the east edge of Springfield where a number of mobile homes were wrecked. The highway patrol said a twister touched down near Rogersville and Strafford in Webster County southeast of Springfield. Barns and homes we unroofed in that area. Skips Over Air Base Farm buildings were damaged near Mansfield, Mo. The George Stu'tes, 12, Is Bitten by Dog George Stutes, 12, son of Mr.

and Mrs. W. K. Stutes, 920 Henry street, sustained laceration to his right ankle when he was bitten by a dog while delivering the Monitor-Index Saturday on Lakewood drive. George is a helper for Donald Calvin.

He was treated at Community Hospital and dismissed. Madison School Levy Election Is Tomorrow Citizens in the Madison C-3 School District will vote tomorrow on a proposed total levy of which was defeated in an April 4 election. The proposed represents an increase of 25 cents over the present levy, which the board of education says is needed for hiring good teachers and to purchase needed supplies and equipment. Lt. Wallace Blakley In Critical Condition Lt.

Wallace Blakley of the Moberly Fire Department remains 'in critical condition at the Veterans Admiru'slraton Hospital at Wadsworth, Kan. Lt. Blakley, in Room 10, was taken to the hospital April 12. weather bureau said a tornado hit near Maiden in Southeast Missouri and lifted just before it reached the Maiden Air Base. At Springfield Sunday morning, Mr.

and Mrs. Richard Campbell and Mrs. Campbell's sons, Floyd Johnson, 13; and Carl Johnson, 10, were in their mobile home at the trailer park when the storm hit. "We saw a big black cloud," said Mrs. Campbell.

"There a loud roar. It tipped the trailer over, then picked it up and slammed it against our car. The trailer broke into pieces and I was dumped on the ground. I saw my husband sitting on a piece of the trailer. He got up and the piece blew away.

Then I started screaming for my boys." 200 Feet Away The boys were found 200 feet away across the trailer park. Floyd Johnson was injured. Hospital attendants said his condition was serious. Among others hurt in the trailer park was W.E. Faggard, 77, who was in a trailer with his wife; a friend, J.R.

Brew ster of Tishomirrgo, and the latter's mother, Mrs. Cleo Brewster. The trailer was crushed by a falling tree and Faggard suffered rib fractures. Because of a heart ailment, his condition was listed as critical at a hospital. sion and its staff wish to commend you and your delgation for the manner in which you made the presentation regarding the order of construction on highway improvements in the City of Moberly.

"After considerable discussion, it was decided by the Commission to reverse its action taken at a previous meeting and has directed the Chief Engineer to follow the transportation study in developing the street improvements in the City of Moberly. The study to which I refer is the one made by the State Highway Department in cooperation with the City of Moberly and the Bureau of Public Roads. Since all agencies have approved the study, it is our thinking that we should not deviate from the study without some good reason. "We regret very much th a the people of Moberly seem to de divided on issue but we think that the decision made by the Commission on April 14 will meet with the approval of at least a majority of the Citj Council and the governing body of the Chamber of Commerce, To Widen 63 South "This decision will not alter our proposed widening and resurfacing of Morley Street from the beginning of the old 18-foot pavement south to Renick. This work will still be done as programmed." In February, after the Commission heard a delegation of Route backers, the chief engineer made the following state ment in a letter to Judge Lue C.

Lozier, one of the Route backers: "After considering all of the facts given by you and other (Continued on Page 6) Bargaining Collapses Nation on Verge Of Rail Walkout WASHINGTON (API The nation is on the verge of a nationwide railroad strike because ''collective bargaining has fallen flat on its face," say the secretaries of labor and transportation. The warning from Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz and Secretary of Transportation Alan S. Boyd came Sunday after a special mediation board in the contract dispute between railroad management and six shop- craft unions announced "a complete impasse" in negotiations. The breakdown came only one day after President Johnson issued "one final appeal" to the parties to settle.

Could Start May 3 The threatened strike could begin May 3, expiration date of a special congressional provi- At Municipal A i i Singers of Junior College In Spring Concert Tonight The Moberly Junior College vocal music department will present a spring concert at 7:30 o'clock tonight in the Municipal Auditorium. The public is invited. There is no charge. Miss Joncan Ratliff will direct the program and Bob Hickman will be accompanist, The program will be as follows: Mixed chorus "Cry Out and Shout," Knut Nystedl; "Like as the Hart Desirelh the Water Brooks," Palestrina; "The Lark in the Morn," Randall Thompson. Madrigal Would That I Could Tell Thee" and "Matona, Lovely Maiden," di Lasso; ''My True Love Hath My Heart," Jean Berger; "In the Morning I Arose," anonymous.

Girls Glee Club "The Nun," Brahms; and "The GalB oi' (Continued On Page 4) sion which had moved back an earlier April 13 strike deadline. Charles Fahy, chairman of the three-man mediation board, said both sides have rejected the board's settlement recommendation. The unions want a 6.5 per cent wage increase, management has offered 5 per cent and the board recommended 6 per cent. (Continued on Page 6) Weather NORTHWEST MISSOURI- Partly cloudy and warmer tonight. Tuesday considerable cloudiness and a little warmer, chance of showers or thunderstorms by afternoon.

Lows tonight upper 30s north to mid 40s south. Highs Tuesday in 60s. EAST and SOUTH MISSOURI Increasing cloudiness and not quite so cool tonight with chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms southwest. Low tonight 38 to 48. Tuesday mostly cloudy and a little warmer with scattered showers and thunderstorms likely, high 56 to 68.

Local Weather 8:30 this morning, 38. 10:30 this mormng, 45. 11:30 this morning, 48. Minimum last night, 27. Precipitation, .38.

Snowfall, Trace. For 24-hour period ending at 6 last night: Minimum, 32. Maximum, 54. 6 last night, 34. day when the Soyuz flight was hailed as a triumph.

Soviet news media said the cosmonaut died today but did not give the exact lime of the accidaul nor where this had taken place. Unconfirmed Reports It had been predicted in unconfirmed reports that the Soyuz 1 flight would last up to a week. The death announcements indicated it was meant to end today and everything went all right until the last moments. There had been speculation that a linkup of Komarov with a second spaceship would be a step toward an orbiting space platform that eventually would be used to rocket a manned capsule to the moon. Komarov was awarded posthumously the title of hero of the Soviet Union with gold star, this country's highest award.

The announcement said a statue in his honor will be erected. After approximately 10(Continued on Page 2) Several Attempts to Land Red Space Flight Trouble Plagued' WASHINGTON (AP) -Soviet scientists apparently made several attempts to land the Soyuz 1 spacecraft before it crashed and killed its pilot, informed sources said today. "They seemed to be having difficulty all the way along tiat mission," said one official, who declined the use of his name. "Apparently they tried several times to bring tine craft down earlier, but were unable to do so." Declines to Speculate The officials declined to say whether intercepted messages or tracking data information, He provided the declined to speculate as to whether illness or death of the cosmonaut in orbit, or mere malfunction of equipment, may have resulted in a decision to end tte mission. It was believed by some experts that Soyuz 1 was a three-man vehicle, and that the Soviets had planned to send another spacecraft aloft for a rendezvous and possible crew- member transfer, had all gone well.

"Far-Reaching" Setback The setback in the Soviet space program, with the death of Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov, was thus possibly of a far- reaching nature. Teamsters 'Rejecting' New Pact WASHINGTON (AP) In- returns in voting by Teamsters Union members on a lew national contract with the industry were running against acceptance of the agreement today. Although an official tally was rot expected from the union's lational headquarters here until ater ui the day, unofficial totals coming in from locals in all arts of the country indicated he contract's backers were los- ng. By this morning the vote was roughly 20,000 to 10,000 against acceptance. Low Temperature Causes Damage The Moberly area received a lodgepodge of weather yesterday, topped off with an overnight low of 27 degrees above zero the lowest temperature for this time of year since 1956 that caused damage to strawberries and some fruit irees, it was reported.

Rain, snow, hail and sleet yesterday brought .36 of an inch of precipitation to the already rain-soaked ground. U.S. space leaders declined to comment on the Soviet program but were quick to offer expressions of sympathy and regret at the fatal accident. Car, House Are Damaged In Accident Melvin D. Gravitt, 912 Rothwell, was driving a car north in the 800 block of Greeley at vehicle struck the southwest corner of the home of Mrs.

Betty A. Froehriep, 828 Greeley, damaging the home and the front of the car. Police quoted Gravitt as saying his brakes failed. Gravitt was gven a summons on charge of driving while intoxicated. Two Cars Damaged A northbound station wagon driven by Richard E.

Macomber, Route 1, Moberly, and a northbound car driven by Florence Edan Route 3, Mo- bflrly, were damaged in an accident on Highway 63 south at the Heddinghaus Lumber at 12:11 a.m. Saturday, police said. How the accident occurred was not immediately determined. Two Cars Damaged Cars driven by the Rev. Irwin R.

Eells, Kansas City, and William Charles Wilhite, Halls- vine, were damaged in an accident at 9:31 a.m. yesterday at Highway 24 and Emerson. Police said both vehicles were westbound and when Rev. Mr. Eells stopped for a car in front of him that was turning left (Continued on Page 6) Rider's In Fall Leg Broken From Horse Lynn C.

Woods, Ocata, grandson of Mrs. Eula Woods, ffigbee, sustained a fracture of us left leg and dislocation of his left foot Saturday when a horse he was riding near Clark slipped on a wet blacktop road and 'ell on him. He was taken to Woodland for treatment and remained a patient overnight. Has Broken Wrist Mrs. Rex A.

Begeman, 110 South Fifth, sustained a fracture of her right wrist when she fell over a fork lift Saturday while working at Cross Lumber Co. Mrs. Begeman was treated at lommunily Hospital and dismissed, WHERE REQUIEM MASS WILL BE CELEBRATED--This view made through the choir shows the main altar of Cologne Cathedral where a pontifical requiem mass will be celebrated next week by a high Roman Catholic prelate for the former West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. The body of the German leader will lie in state in the Gothic structure until Tuesday. (AP Wire- photo via cable from Cologne) New Drive in Zone Airfields Blasted In Red Vietnam By EDWIN Q.

WHITE SAIGON (AP) U.S. Air Force and Navy planes made their first attack of the Vietnam war today on MIG jet Sirfields in North Vietnam, while some 20,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops made a massive assault on three Communist jungle redoubts in War Zone C. A U.S. command spokesman said U.S.

Air Force F4C Phantoms hit one North Vietnamese airfield at Hoa Lac, 19 miles west of Hanoi, while Navy A4s and A6s hit a second jet field at Kep, 37 miles northeast of Ha- loi. 'Both Missions Successful" Pilots reported both missions were successful, U.S. headquarters said, but there was no report of the damage. Elsewhere in the ground war, U.S. Marine and Army infantrymen clashed repeatedly with scattered enemy forces in South Vietnam's threatened northern provinces.

The U.S. command reported a total of 91 enemy dead. In the Communist Zone north of Saigon, helicopter- borne troops fanned out through the bomb-scarred, defoliated countryside behind thick smokescreens laid by other helicopters. As the advancing ground troops uncovered supply caches Patrick Craig Hurt In Fall From Ladder Patrick Henry Craig, 2 1 2 Hallack, was injured this morning when he fell about 20 feet from a ladder when he was topping a tree on Horsley street and just north of the Apco Service Station on South Morley. He was taken to Community Memorial Hospital by ambu- ance.

A physician said Craig is paralyzed from the knees down. Anti-War Protests Cost U.S. Lives, General Warns NEW YORK William C. (AP) Gen. Westmoreland warned today that antiwar pro- iests in the United States "inevitably will cost lives" by encouraging a battered Communist enemy to push his aggression in Vietnam.

"Tlie magnificent men and women I command in Vietnam lave earned the unified support of the American people," Westmoreland said. The four-star general gave his warning and unity appeal in a speech prepared for The Associated Press annual meeting. The AP members met at the Waldorf-Astoria in the same city where opponents of U.S. involvement in Vietnam staged a massive demonstration nine days ago. Reviewing progress of the war, Westmoreland said "the military picture favorably" but the enemy still is full of fight despite "staggering combat losses." "The end is not in sight," said the Army general who leads 439,000 American soldiers, Marines, Air Force men and sailors in Vietnam.

"I foresee, in the months ahead, some of the bitterest fighting of the war. "But I have confidence in our OB Page 6j and stubborn guerrillas, heavy tanks of three armored squadrons crashed wide lanes in the jungle and mowed down clearings for future helicopter assaults. The operation, named Manhattan, put about four brigades of American troops and a regiment of Vietnamese into (Continued on Page 6) the and agricultural inspecting fruit Gardens and Orchards Hit By Freeze-Up KANSAS CITY (AP) -Temperatures sank into the 20s and damaged orchards and gardens through the northern half of Missouri Sunday night. The freezing weather brought a low of 22 to Kirksville and 23 to Maryville. Three inches of snow hit both of those cites Sunday and at Memphis, Mo.

the snowfall was reported even heavier. Orcnardists experts were trees and assorted crops and gardens this morning to determine the extent of the damage. Other Freezing Points Other Missouri points whera the mercury dropped into tha 20s included Columbia, Kansas City, St. Joseph, Knob Nostcr and Grandview. Temperatures rose rapidly today and the Weather Bureau said tonight's lows would be in She upper 30s and mid 40s in lire north and northwest and 38 to 48 in the east and south.

A chance of showers in the northwest was forecast for Tuesday. There also may be show- and thunderstorms in the southwest tonight and over the south and east Tuesday. Hurt on Motorbike Clifford F. Nickerson, New Franklin-, received a contused right shoulder Saturday night when a motorbike he was riding went out of control on wet payment. He was taken to Woodland rlospital and remained a patient overnight.

Wrist Hurt in Fall R. L. White, 316 East Rollins, received a possible fracture of his left wrist Saturday when he fell while hunting mushrooms. He was treated at Community Hospital and dismissed..