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I39B No. 68 71st Year PY 3-3221 REDLANDS. CALIFORNIA. THURSDAY. APRIL 20.

1961 $1.50 Month Twelve Pages 10 CenH U. S. RESTRAINT NOT INEXHAUSTIBLE Senate Passes Minimum Wage Bill Presideiit's Key Now Goes To Committee WASHINGTON (UPD-The Senate today passed President Kennedy's $1.25 an hour minimum wage bill by a vote of 65-28. The bill was passed after the Senate turned back repeated at- tenqpts by conservatives to whittle dowa its coverage. The bill, one of the key measures in the President's 16-point priority legislative program, now goes to a conference committee to work out a compromise between differing versions passed by the house and Senate.

Backers of the administration bill to write a new wage floor under 28 million workers were jubilant over passage It was an important triumph for the new chief executive. The action, in effect, temporarily reversed a Kennedy setback suffered March 24 when the House passed a more sharply limited an hour wage bill. Senate administration forces were confident a compromise would emerge from conference giving Kennedy close to what he wants. Before the final vote. Sens.

Barry Goldwater, and Strom Thtu-raond. delivered lengthy closing speeches in opposition to the bill. Goldwater warned it might force a general wage increase and cause layoffs among marginal workers. President Asks Tax Raise On Dividends Offers Seven-Point Program For Sweeping Tox Reform Crash Fatal To Veteran Pilot MOJAVE Donovan Heinle. 38.

veteran government test pilot, was killed Wednesday in the crash of his FIOl jet fight er during an orientation flight. Heinle, who in his 13 years of service had flown 40 different planes, was making a familiarization flight in the fighter when it crashed about 28 miles north of here on Koehn Dry Lake bed near Saltdale. Cause ot the crash, which spread wreckage over a wide area, was not known. Killed In Crash APPLE VALLEY (UPD- Wil Ham Martinchi. 24.

manager of the Apple Valley Golf Club clubhouse died Wednesday in St. Mary's hospital from injuries suffered when his car crashed into a pole in Hesperia. Weather Redlands Weather Today Highest 70. Lowest 48 One Year Ago Highest 90, Lowest 52 Tomorrow's Sunrise and Sunset 5:11 a.m. 6:25 p.m.

No smog, burning permitted. San Bernardino Valley: Partly cloudy today through Friday but considerable cloudiness with scat tered drizzle or sprinkles night early morning hours. Little change in temperatures. U.S. Weithtr Bureau Neon Forecast Skies will be partly cloudy in the coastal areas today through Friday and scattered sprinkles are expected during the early morning hours.

The cloudiness will increase in the mountains and deserts, but mostly sunny weather will pre vail. Winds will be strong and gusty at times in the mountains and deserts. Little change in temperature is High temperatures today were expected to be in the 60s along the coast, 40s to 50s in the mountains, near 72 in the upper desert valleys and 82 in the lower des ert valleys. Saturday's weather is cxpectcjl to include partly cloudy skies and little change in temperature. Temperatures and precipitation for the 24-hour period ending at 4 a.m.: Boston Chicago Denver Fairbanks Fort Worth Helena Kansas City Los Angeles Minneapolis New York Oklahoma City Palm Springs Sacramento Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Washington High Lew Prec.

42 35 51 41 83 58 26 18 87 73 46 26 81 66 67 45 66 51 43 38 .06 87 69 85 66 40 62 37 54 47 48 31 59 41 GRAVELY ILL Gary Cooper, lanky Academy Award-Winner is gravely ill and unable to leave his bed. His physician said he will not be hospitalized but that his condition is grave. Gary Cooper Gravely III With Cancer HOLLYWOOD (UPD Actor Gary Cooper is gravely ill with cancer and has taken cobalt treatments, sources said today. The Los Angc-les Cancer Prevention Society said such treat ments can be taken at various stages of the disease. Sources close to the star said they understood the gangling western movie hero has cancer of the lungs and liver.

'He's in his library most of the' time, lying on a couch, looking out over his garden and pool," the sources added. "He reads the papers in there and watches TV. The rest of the time he's confined to his bed in another room. "Certainly he knows what he' got." Cooper is confined to his home. But his physician.

Dr. Rex Ken namer. who also attends Eliza beth Taylor, said he would not be hospitalized. A family spokesman, press agent Warren Cowan, Wednesday confirmed Filmtown reports that Cooper's health was failing. The reports reached a peak Monday night at the Academy Awards presentations when actor Jimmy Stewart came near tears in accepting an honorary Oscar for Cooper, who was unable to attend.

Said Cowan: "Because the Cooper family has been inundated by inquiries about his health since' the James Stewart presentation. I am asked by the family to say that he is gravely ill." The announcement did not men tion the nature of the illness. But sources close to the actor said it was cancer. Kennamer said he would issue weekly medical bul-l letins. Cooper, who will be 60 on May 7.

won two best-actor Oscars for "Sergeant York" and "Hi; Noon." He underwent major op erations twice last year. Sub Fires Polaris Again Successfully CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla. Navy gamely stuck by its new secrecy policy today, refusing to admit it a Polaris missile from a nuclear submarine witnessed by scores of persons on the beach. The firing of the Polaris Wednesday from tube No 9 in the deck of the Robert E.

Lee about 73 feet beneath the surface was a success. The missile left a white trail in the sky and about 20 minutes after firing the rocket's instrument loaded nose cone headed into the target area about miles southeast of the cape. The only failure was the Navy's effort to keep the firing a secret. Trying to hide a launching in the Cape Canaveral area is like trying to hide a new pretty secretary in a men's office. It had been known for weeks that the Robert E.

Lee would make at least one more shot from beneath the ocean's surface off the Florida coast. Many beach bound "birdwatchers" had seen the sleek black sub put to sea early Wednesday and gathered for the shot as the sub reached a point 30 miles away. It was success No. 12 in 20 submerged firings of the Polarisj from four different nuclear subs since last July. Air Force Seizes Cuban Airliner In Bermuda Kidnapper Sentenced To 25-year Term SAN DIEGO (UPD-Leroy Gavigan, 26, the state's star witness, in the kidnap trial of wealthy! sportsman, Athony Alessio, has been sentenced to serve from one to 25 years in prison for his part in the case.

The sentence came Wednesday for Gavigan, a South Gate grocery store clerk, who pleaded guilty to simple kidnaping shortly before six other defendants were scheduled to be tried for the crime. A Superior Court Jury convicted three of the defendants and acquitted two. Defendant, Richard Hoffman, changed his plea to guilty shortly after the jury began its deliberations following the six- week trial. The four defendants to be sentenced next week include Hoffman, Frank Marrone and Robert and Ruby Gorman. Marrone's wife Selma and Rich ardCIavesiUa were acquitted.

HAMILTON. Bermuda (UPD U.S. Air Force authorities today seized a 'Cuban airliner when made an "unauthorized" landing at the U.S. Kindley Air Force Base on a flight from Prague, Czechoslovakia, to Havana. The seizure of the Bristol Britannia airliner with 25 persons aboard, 11 of them passengers, was based on the technical point the plane did not have proper in surance and had been advised in flight not to land at the Amer ican base.

The Cubana Airlines is owned by the government of Premier Fidel Castro which established regular a e-Havana flight service last December. Its flight plan showed only that it had flown from Madrid with a stop at Santa Maria in the Azores and a refueling stop here. The airline agent here is Pan American Airways, which placed the passengers in local hotels pending solution of the' situation. Seven of the passengers were reported to be Cubans, including a baby. Tlie others were not identi fied.

Rumors spread the other four were Russians. The Air Force said all civilian airliners using the Air Force base for refueling stops were required to carry certain insurance. The Cubana Airline insurance recently was revoked and the airliner was informed it could no longer use Kindley Air Force facilities. An Air Force spokesman indi- the plane would not be al lowed to leave until it obtains the; proper insurance. By EDWARD COWAN United Press International W'ASHINGTON (UPI) President Kennedy asked Congress today to curb "expense account living," raise taxes on dividends and give business a chance to qualify for $1.7 billion in tax cuts designed to spur economic growth These and other proposals for sweeping tax reform next year were contained in a special message.

liie President's seven-point program would not affect taxes paid by taxpayers with income only from wages or a salary. Congressional tax writers promptly agreed that the President's tax program was so contro versial there was no chance it would win approval in its present form. The program came under immediate fire from Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee which was expected to be gm public hearings within two weeks. Attacked by Republicans Rep. Bruce Alger.

R-Tex. termed it "a declaration of war on American free enterprise." Rep. Steven B. DeRounian. called the President's message "a curious cocoction of hokum and hyperbole." Chairman Wil'our D.

Mills, D- said he would schedule hearings on the President's proposals. He declined to comment on the merits of the recommendations. The tax cuts proposed for business would be restricted to those which make new Investments in plant and equipment and woulti be geared to the magnitude of the investments. The President estimated this in restment incentive would cost the Treasury $1.7 billion a year, but create 50O.O9O jobs. He said the revenue would be recovered through his other proposals, so that the federal budget would not be affected.

Kennedy's program would not increase taxes paid by with income only from wages or a salarj'. AHects Millions But millions of Americans with stocks, savings accounts and mu tual fund shares would be affected by his proposal for a 20 cent witliholding live Jan. dividends and in terest and his request that Con gross repeal two provisions of the 1954 tax law which lowered taxes on dividends. To keep tax cheating from spreading, the President urged Congress to grant his request for funds to hire more Treasury agents to check tax returns and for authority to give each taxpayer a number. Kennedy also said he had di reeled the Internal Revenue Scrv ice and the Justice Department to make "a maximum to crack down on tax evasion by gangsters the method used to put the late Al Capone in jail.

The President renewed an ear lier request for extension of ex cise and corporate taxes due to decline or expire June 30. These included levies on whisky, beer, wine, cigarettes, automobiles, auto parts, pas.senger travel and telephone service. Charges Abuse Charging that "widespread abuses have developed through the use of the expense account," Kennedy declared "too many firms and individuals have devised means of deducting too many personal living expenses as business expenses." "Indeed, expense account living has become a byword in the American scene." the Chief Ex-' ecutive lamented. "The slogan deductible' should pass from our scene." He said Congress should disal-j low deductions for the cost of entertainment facilities, such yachts and hunting lodges. Police Identify Charred Body in Car On Desert DESERT HOT SPRINGS (UPI) charred body found in a burning car on a desert road near here was identified tentatively today as that of Eli West, 73, of San Bernardino.

The identification was based on the auto registration and the fact that West wore a hearing aid similar to one of which part was found at the scene. Investigators planned to check the victim's den- tiu-es for further identification. West's son told detectives he had not seen his father since Tuesday. He said his father had left his job at Tweritynine Palms on April 10 because of illness and had picked up his pay from the Marine Corps facilities there on Monday. Cause of the man's death was not determined immediately.

The body, apparently that of a man about 5 10 inches tall, was-found in the back of a 1957- model Chevrolet. The Iwdy was burned beyond recognition. The car was stripped of license plates and there was no identifying material on the body or ciir. Sheriff's Capt. Lawrence (Bud) Brooks of the Riverside Sheriff's office said cans containing a flammable substance were found in the back of the car.

The roof, the hood and the back of the car ap peared to have been doused witli gasoline or some other fluid and set afire. Numbers from the motor of the auto were sent to the Motor Vehicle Department in Sacramento; to determine the car's ownership. Hdei Castro Proclaims Triumph Soys Invasion Force Destrayed, Tighrens His Grip On Island British Predict Laos Cease Fire Agreenient Soon LONDON diplomats predicted today a cease-fire agreement in Laos would be reached soon despite Moscow broadcasts apparently putting a damper on the British Ambassador Sir Frank Roberts told newsmen ai a Burmese reception in "we are very near on a cease-fire in Laos." He made the statement a few minutes after holding informal talks with Soviet Vice Premier Alexei Kosygin and Foreign Min ister Andrei Groniyko. Roberts said a cease-fire munique would be issued simultaneously in Moscow and London when it is ready but added, "there still are a few matters of details to be worked out." A similar optimistic statement was issued in London by the For eign Office. But almost immedi ately Moscow threw cold water on a e-fire with a new charge of American "provoca tion" in Laos.

An authoritative British source said a joint cease-fire appeal may be made Friday depending on Russian approval. Almost immediately afterward Moscow Radio charged that stepped-up U.S. military aid to the Laotian army was a "provocation" aimed at prolonging the conflict, to increase tension in the world, and to prevent a peaceful solution in Laos. The Moscow broadcast condemned specifically the American plan to send uniformed U.S. military advisers into the front with the Laotian army to train them in their fighting with the Pathet Lao guerrilla forces.

Moscow noted the American move came as Britain was pressing for a cease-fire. An official spokesman said new instructions were l)eing sent to British Ambassador Sir Frank Roberts in Moscow for a further meet ing with Soviet Foreign Minister, Andrei Gromyko. He added that agreement on a settlement of the Laotian crisis now seems very near." The spokesman said he hoped the Roberts-Gromyko meeting would clinch a final accord to end the struggle between pro-Commu nist and pro-Western forces in the tiny southeast Asian kingdom. Finch, Carole Leave For Prison LOS ANGELES Dr. R.

Bernard Finch and Carole Tregoff today left for prison to begin their life sentences for the murder of the physician's wife. Pinch was driven to the California Institution for men at Chinol and later will be transferred to San Qucntin Prison. Miss Tregoff's face was wet with tears as she left the county jail for the California Institution for Women at Corona. Defense attorneys said they will begin immediate work on a series of appeals aimed at setting aside the murder and conspiracy convictions of Finch and Miss Ttegoff. By FRANCIS L.

MCCARTHY United Press International Fidel Castro proclaimed trium phantly today the destruction of a Cuban invasion force and capture of its equipment including American-made Sherman tanks. He followed this with a new wave of executions to tighten his grip on the Havana Radio announced that seven persons including an third in two executed by firing squads at dawn in Havarta today. It named the American as Diaz Bencom and said he led a plot to kill Castro. His home was not given. A communique read over Havana Radio early today said Cas tro's regular army and militiamen overran the invaders' last position at Giron Beac'h on the Bay ol Pigs at 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday. But he admitted his men suffered tragic losses" along with the invaders. Exile groups in the United States insisted the move to oust Castro was far from over. They said there would be new landings and new supplies sent to the guerrilla forces in the mountains where Castro himself battled against Fulgencio Batista. Gunfire In Havana Despite Castro's iron grip which prevented mass uprisings against his government, gunfire sounded today in Havana.

A Havana broadcast said a 13-year-oId girl was killed and an 18-jier-old girl wounded by gunfire from a speeding car near intelligence service headquarters in the Miramar suburbs. It appeared Castro had rounded up all possible leaders of any anti-Castro uprising and was ter rorizing Cubans with new executions to keep the populace quiet. Announcement that seven persons died before a firing squad today brought the total in three days to 22. Thousands more were in jail and many of them were feared to be marked for death. Castro's communique said his own forces had suffered high casualties but finally "destroyed in less than 72 hours the army which was organized during many months by the imperialist government of the United States." Deny Tank Reports Cuban exile sources disputed claim to have captured U.S.-built Sherman tanks.

They said it would have been impossible to land them in the swampy area where the rebels went ashore and said the statement was made for propaganda purposes. The exiles said the United States had furnished Sherman tanks to 9uba under a hemispheric defense pact and that Castro would be able to photograph such tanks as "proof" of American intervention. The exiles also reported the guerrilla radio station in the Es- cambray Mountains reported invasion force members were trickling ill in a steady stream. They called the reports "heartening." Cuban radio broadcasts reported "wild joy" throughout the nation and said people were dancing in the streets. Announcers read scores of messages from Communists throughout the world praising Castro's triumph.

Kennedy Issues Warning Against Communists President Not Hesitant In Protecting U.S. Security By LOUIS CASSELS United Press International WASHINGTON (UPI) President Kennedy warned today that American restraint in intervening in Cuba "is not inexhaustible." Kennedy said that, should the inter-American doctrine of noninterference fail to guard against outside Communist penetration, this country would not hesitate in meeting its primary obligations which are to the security of our own nation." President Holds Cabinet Meeting On Cuban Crisis Rita Moreno In "Fine Condition" SANTA MONICA (UPD- Rita Moreno, 29, on-agatn off-a gain! sweetheart actor Marlon Brando, was in "fine condition" today after swallowing an overdose of Seconal tablets. St. John's hospital said the Puer to Rican actress will be discharged from the hospital today or Friday. the fiery, dark-haired performer took 10 of the tablets Wednesday according to police, and then visited Brando's hilltop -house while the actor, was not at home.

Russians Mum On Man In Space Program PASADENA (UPD- Keeping mum on details of their country's' man-in-space achievement, four top Russian scientists Wednesday stressed greater international cooperation to stop wars. Professors Alexander V. Top- chiev, Vladimir P. Pavlichenko, NikolaV N. Bogolyubov and Valentin A.

Kargin are in this country at the invitation of the National Academy of Sciences. Professor Topchiev, 53, vice president of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, told a press conference: "We can no longer solve our problems by Soviet and, no jdoubt, American scientists realize what a catastrophe it would be i( there should be another war. "Any a little one- can lead to a major war. This means the death of civilization." Topchiev dodged queries about the splace flight of Yuri Gagarin by quipping; "All I know is what I read in the newspapers." i "After iall, we were already over here when Maj. Gagarin made his flight," the scientist said.

"Therefore, we know nothing of the de- By STEWART HENSLEY United Press International WASHINGTON (UPI) President' Kennedy and his top advisers held a high level assessment of the Cuban crisis today in a 50-minute cabinet meeting. The White House session took place as a high American source said the United States expects a continuation and intensification of guerrilla operations based in the Escambray Mountains in Cuba. Anti-Castro forces already there were reported to have been bolstered by additional men and supplies during the disorder of the past three days. Secretary of State Dean Rusk told a news conference in Marietta, that anti-Castro forces un- Idoubtedly would continue to fight for freedom despite the apparent collapse of the recent invasion. In Georgia for a series of speeches.

Rusk reiterated the rebel uprising was not a major invasion. No Public statement There was no statement following the cabinet the fourth such session Kennedy has held since taking office Jan. 20. The President will meet with the National Security Council Saturday when Cuba and the mounting crisis in Laos likely will be on the agenda. Cuba also was a top subject in Congress, Sen.

Barry Goldwater. told the Senate that every American should be filled with "apprehension and shame" as a result of the abortive Cuban invasion. Goldwater also voiced concern about the Laos situation. He said "strong words" will not curb the Russian leaders. Rep.

Clarence Cannon, said it is "very evident" that the United States can take no direct action to aid the Cuban revolt. But Rep. Walter H. Judd, R-Minn. said the United States should be able to devise some method of helping the rebels.

Struggle Not Over Diplomatic officials meanwhile viewed the latest developments in Cuba as meaning that the anti- Castro forces appeared to have lost the battle but not the long- teVm war to overthrow Castro. These officials said Castro's success was bound to have a heavy psychological and propaganda impact, particularly on the U.S. position in Latin since this country openly sympa thized with the invaders. President Kennedy discussed the Cuban situation with top offi- 1 a 1 including congressional leaders of both parties, at two- hour White House meeting late Wednesday. None of the participants would comment.

Shaw's Measure Passes Almost Unanimously SACRAMENTO (UPI)-A resolution asking the state Division of Highways to do a more thorough cleanup job along state highways went to the Assembly today with Senate approval. Sen. Stanford C. Shaw, D-On tatio, author of the measure, said the state now cleans up debris on the road side of state-owned fences but doesn't do it on the 'side away from the road. He said that in San Bernardino County the tumbleweeds pile along fences.

"The weeds wouldn't accumulate if the state fence was not there," be said. "They would blow into Orange County or some other areas where they belong," he said. The Senator from Orange Coun ty, John A. Murdyi Newport Beach, jumped to his feet at Shaw's remark, but before he could protest, Shaw said "if I've cast any aspersions on Orange County, 1 take it back. The vote was 34-1 for passage.

Speaking out publicly for the first time on the current Cuban crisis, Kennedy said that if the time came when the United States had to act alone to protect its own security, we do not intend to be lectured on intervention "by those whose character was stamped for all time on the bloody streets of Budapest." Kennedy spoke before the annual meeting of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Broadcast ts Nation The speech, delivered before an audience of 500 leading newspaper editors, was televised and broadcast to the nation. "Cuba must not be to the Communists," Kennedy' said. "And we do not intend to abandon it either." He flatly rejected the attempts of Fidel Castro to blame the current situation on the United States, saying the battle was "a struggle of Cuban patriots against a Cuban dictator." Kennedy cited the historical record of no unilateral U.S. intervention in the affairs of other nations in the absence of external attack upon itself or any ally.

"But let the record show that our restraint is not inexhaustible," Kennedy warned. "Should it ever appear that the inter-American doctrine of noninterference merely conceals or excuses a policy of the nations of this hemisphere should fail to meet their commitments against outside Communist penetration then I want it clerarly understood that this government will not hesitate in meeting its primary obligations which are to the security of our own nation." Comparison with Hungary Besides rejecting the idea that U.S. intervention in Cuba, if it becomes necessary, could be compared with the Russian treatment of Hungary, Kennedy said the United States would not expect or accept a result in CvSs. Cuba is not an island unto itself." he said, "and our concern is not ended by mere expressions of nonintervention and regret. This is not the first time in either ancient recent history that a small band of freedom fighters has engaged the armor of totalitarianism." Kennedy rejected the Castro claim that the Cuban counterrevolutionaries wpre mercenaries.

He said that in the Cuban mountains there are guerrilla fighters "determined at the dedication of those who gave their lives shall not be Cuban people have not yet spoken their final piece." he added, "and I have no doubt that they will continue to speak up tor a free and independent Cuba." Kennedy found in Cuba proof that the forces of communism and the techniques of a police state are operating against the right to free dissent. He said the current situation in Cuba made it necessary for other Western Hemisphere nations to take a more realistic look at the menace of external Communist intervention. "The evidence is clear and the hour is late," the President said. "We and our Latin friends will have to face the fact that we cannot postpone any longer the real issue of survival itself." Kennedy said there could be no middle ground on the issue of survival; that hemispheric nations must join in buildmg for freedom and assuring a hemisphere where any country under outside attack could be assured of help upon request. The President said that free nations faced a relentless struggle that goes far beyond the clash of armies or even the use of nuclear weapons.

He said the highly touted armaments of the Communist bloc served primarily "as the shield behind which subversion, infiltration and a host of other tactics can steadily advance, picking of! vulnerable areas one by one ia situations which do not permit our own armed tails! except what we read in yourlwith Murdy casting the only press." 'vote. Kenyon Brown Dies LOS ANGELES (UPD-Kenyon Brown, 47, radio and television executive and part owner of the Los Angeles Angels baseball club, died Wednesday of a heart attack..