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101st Year- Associated Press Leased Wire 14 Pages 5 Cents Dlivrd to OK Pot No. 99 For Better Radio Reception Switch to FM ST. CLOUD, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1961 your bom dO. Allies Protest to Russ Against Red Berlin Shootings lib He also talked to local West Berlin police officers to receive eyewitness accounts of the incidents, which have sharpened ten-sion in this divided city. Gunshots rang out for the third time within 36 hours Thursday when Red police fired warning through Berlin, has been the scene of two shooting incidents in the last two days.

The State Department in Washington has called on Coviet authorities to avoid shooting incidents on the Berlin border. Max Maron, the East German Communist interior minister, sent sharply worded protests to West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt and the French commandant. Gen. Jean Lacomme over the shooting. He said any more such incidents will be "a threat to peace." Clay had discussed the explosive situation with Brandt before the mayor flew off on a three-day visit to New York.

Today, Clay drove to Bernauer-strasse. With an aide, he walked the whole one-mile length of the street occasionally going right up to the wall erected by the Communists, which measures from 8 BERLIN (AP)-The three West ern Allies sharply protested today to the Soviets against two shooting incidents involving Communist East German police in Berlin's French sector. British Commandant Sir Rohan Delacombe called on his Soviet counterpart, Col. Andrei I. Solov- yev, to deliver the protest on behalf of all three Western comman dants, an Allied spokesman an nounced.

Delacombe told Solovyev that the incidents resulted from "dangerous and irresponsible action" by the East Berlin Communist police. Gen. Lucius D. Clay, President Kennedy's personal representative in Berlin, this morning made an on the spot inspection of the dan gerously tense sector the Bern- auerstrasse. The street, divided by the Com' munist-built wall now cutting City Man Shot by Sniper A St.

Cloud man presumably lured outside i one-room house in the dark by a smashed window narrowly escaped death when a hidden sniper wounded him firing three shots in quick succession. Bullet fragments pierced the nose and lodged in the cheek and throat of Harold Erickson, 57, as he walked from his car to his house Thursday night. Erickson said he thought he knew the dentity of the attacker. Erickson told Stearns county sheriff's officers that he had just moved his one room house on the 51-35 avenue north lot, and was planning to spend his first night there. Erickson said as he sat in the house about 9:45 p.m.

someone threw a wooden beam through the window. He said he went out of the house and fired his .22 calibre rifle, but did not see anyone. He boarded up the window and sat in his car, waiting for the person or persons to return. After sitting in his car approximately half an hour Erickson went back to his house. As he approached the house three shots were fired in rapid succession.

Fragments of at least one bullet hit Erickson. He went to the home of Mrs. Arlenna Erickson where sheriff and Granite City Ambulance were called. He was taken to the St. Cloud hospital, but released after the bullet fragments were removed.

This morning sheriff's officers dug a .32 calibre bullet from the door of Erickson's house. A John Doe warrant charging assault with the intent to kill was signed in connection with the shooting in the Stearns county attorney's office today. Erickson told the Times photographer he thought he knew who did the shooting, but that he hadn't seen anyone. WELCOME, JOHNNIES St. John's university chorus members decorating theme as maples and oaks burst into pictuique added this welcoming banner across the Collegeville access fall dress this week.

St. John's plays Concordia in the home-road for the homecoming Saturday. The highway is marked coming game, (Times photo) like a football field. Even the landscape cooperated with the 4 TIME RUNNING OUT FOR MR. SAM Rayburn 'Looks Little Better BONN READY TO BROADEN TIES WITH RED GERMANY? BONN, Germany UP W.st Germany now stands ready to enlarge its "administrative and technical relations" with the Communist regime of East Germany to help solve the Berlin crisis, authoritative sources said today.

This could eventually mean negotiations between the two Germanvs on access rights to West Berlin. said. He added that it also is tootal. So many flowers were re- U.S. Secretary of Stat.

Dean Rusk has sounded out West German Ambassador Walter Grew, on the possibility of such negotiations, the informants said, and a decision on this point is pending. Access rights between West Germany and West Berlin are one of the big issues in the Berlin crisis. The Soviet Union has promised to guarantee them provided agreements are entered into with the East German regime. West Germany previously has balked at being a party to such agreements because it refuses to rcognize East Germany officially. The authoritative sources said this position would not have to be sacrificed if new contracts with the Communist regime are considered administrative and technical.

This country handles its large-scale trade with East Germany on such a basis. i ceived that they were distributed among other patients. "I'm awfully sorry to hear about Rayburn; there is no finer man or a better public servant than Sam Rayburn," commented Harry S. Truman at Independence Mo. Truman and Rayburn were cronies.

It was in Rayburn's pri vate hideaway in 1945 that Truman received word that Franklin See Page 2 No. 2 U.S. Offers U.N. Plan on Development UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (AP) The United States proposed today a seven-point program to put into action President Kennedy's proposal for making the 1960s "the United Nations' decade of development." It put emphasis on increasing funds for technical assistance to underdeveloped countries and making more use of food sur pluses in combating want in the world.

U.S. Ambassador Philip M. Klutznick outlined the program to the U.N. General Assembly's 100-nation Economic Committee, where a formal resolution for assembly approval will be presented in about three weeks. Ranked No.

1 in the program is setting a goal of $150 million for 1962 for the U.N. special fund and Expanded Technical Assistance Program. If the goal is reached it will mean the United States will contribute about $60 million. Klutznick attached special importance to the use of food surpluses. "As we look ahead," he said, "we must devise -creasingly effective ways of using food for the benefit of all the underdeveloped countries, including those who are food exporters." Other points in the U.S.

program: 1. Establishment of a financial service under the Special Fund to provide guidance and advice to developing countries. 2. The providing of expert advice to assist in development planning, taking into account government and private enterprise. 3.

Establishment of research and demonstration projects in areas of special promise, such as desalinization of sea water, development of cheap power resources and improved weather control. 4. The increasing of the supply and training of technicians, professional and executive manpower for developing countries. Brother Killed In Cowboy Game SHELBY, N.C. (AP)-A 14-year-old boy accidentally shot his brother, 12, in the heart and killed him early today in a game of cowboy.

Coroner Ollie Harris said the death of Bobby Ray Wilson of Rt. 1, Shelby was accidental and no inquest would be held. Harris and Sheriff Haywood Allen gave this account: The parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.C.

Wilson, were at work and a third son, J. C. was burning trash outside the home at about 6 a.m. Johnny Lee Wilson, playing cowboy inside with Bobby Ray, picked up a .22 rifle and, thinking it was not loaded, pointed it at his brother and fired. left Washington Aug.

31 for his home saying he wanted to rest for what he called lumbago caus ing pains in the back. Doctors said Thursday after ex tensive tests that the cancer has spread to such an extent that no further surgery was anticipated. Only visitors permitted are mem bers of his family, a hospital spokesman said. The 10:30 a.m. bulletin said: "Physicians this morning advised that Speaker Sam Rayburn looks a little better than he did yester day.

He is not under sedation. "There is very little change in his general condition. He is still serious but not critical. He is rest ing comfortably." In Washington, President Ken nedy asked the nation to join him and Mrs. Kennedy "in prayer for Speaker Rayburn, who has served his nation so well and so faithfully for so many years." Depending on Mr.

Sam stamina, one doctor said, he could hold out for several months, even longer. Another said "two or three weeks" seemed more likely. A non-medical aide to Rayburn said following Thursday's exploratory surgery the erH could come in several days. An official hospital spokesman told newsmen "it is too early" to say that Rayburn's cancer is in curable. "Is he going to die?" a reporter asked.

"It is too early to say that he is going to die," the spokesman French Report Largest Soviet Nuclear Blast PARIS (AP) The Soviet Union today staged its 18th and by far the largest nuclear test in its cur rent series, French government detection services reported. The blast was lVa times the strength of the last test Wednesday, the detectors said. The last test was reported to have been several megatons in strength. A megaton is equivalent to a million tons of TNT. The Soviet Union resumed testing Sept.

1 after a long halt while nuclear test ban talks were going on in Geneva. The latest Soviet explosion was in the arctic in the region of Novaya Zemlya, the French said. The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission had reported earlier Soviet tests were carried out in the same vicinity of that island in northern Siberia. shots at a West Berlin policeman and at a workman laying a cable who stepped across the forbidden line into the eastern sector.

East Berlin police also engaged in a rock fight with jeer-ing West Berliners. Mayor Willy Brandt of West Berlin asked the Western powers for authority to increase his 15,000 man police force as tension mounted along the barricades dividing the city. The latest flareups began when a Communist policeman was wounded Wednesday night. West Berlin police said they opened fire when shots fired by Red police at fleeing refugees whizzed by them. East Germany sent a stiff protest to Brandt and to French authorities in Berlin.

The shootim occurred in the French sector. See Page 2, No. i Must Avert Berlin War Peril, Says Gromyko WASHINGTON (AP) Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gro myko arrived in Washington for Berlin crisis talks with President Kennedy today, saying the danger of war over the explosive dispute "must be prevented Gromyko declined to say whether he has brought a new proposal from Soviet Premiti Khrushchev. Asked whether there was danger of war over Berlin, Gromyko paused, then emphasized: "One thing must be said the danger must be prevented." Gromyko was interviewed by newsmen as he stepped from his train upon arriving from Njw York where he has been attend ing U.N.

sessions. The Russian foreign affairs leader declared the want to see a peaceful settlement of the German problem, which is now the touchiest major issue between East and West. But U.S. officials did not expect the session, set for late afternoon at the White House, to provide a dramatic opening for peaceful settlement of the long-festering German dispute. Kennedy is prepared to listen to any fresh instructions uromyKo may have received -from Moscow and to prod the Soviet minister for further explanation of the Soviet position on Berlin.

Kennedy also was ready to re- emphasize to Gromyko Western determination not to yield on Berlin rights a message Gromyko will likely relay to Soviet Premier Khrushchev when Gromyko re turns to Moscow Sunday. Another matter that may come up in tneir conversation is tne United Nations. The Soviet Union and the United States were reported night to be in agree ment on a candidate for tempo rary u.N. secretary-general, a successor for the late Dag Ilam- marskjold. The candidate reported by in formed diplomats to be accepta ble by both Moscow and Washington is Thant of Burma.

Gromyko said Thursday he may bring up the whole subject of U.N. leadership when he calls at the White House. Kennedy plans only a single ses sion with Gromyko. The Presi dent's schedule allowed for a meeting of about two hours before he was due at a state dinner be ing given by visiting President Ferik Ibrahim Abboud of Sudan. Secretary of State Dean Rusk will sit in at the conference.

It follows three exploratory talks Rusk held with Gromyko in New York. No plans have been made for another separate Rusk-Gromyko meeting. Officials stressed, however, that this depends entirely on Gfomyko. If he wants one, the State Department is ready to go along. The objects of these sessions is to find out if the Soviets are willing to negotiate on terms acceptable to the West.

U.S. sources said Gromyko has not yet spelled out the Kremlin position sufficiently to enable the Western powers to decide whether fruitful East-West negotiations art See Pege 2, No. 4 rs i 1 I 'ifrfy' -Jl re M-- A- L- i 4k1." Aft i 4 v'; i i to 10 feet in height. U.S. Denies Urging Berlin Access Talks WASHfNGTON (AP)-The State Department denied today reports that it has approached the West German government about having that government negotiate with East "on access rights of the Western powers to West Berlin." Press officer Joseph Reap declared: "I am authorized to state that there is no truth to reports that the United States has approached the West German government as to its willingness to negotiate with Eas( Germany on access rights of the Western pow ers to West Berlin." Reap made the statement without specifying what reports he was talking about.

The New York Times, in a story from the United Nations, had quoted "reliable sources" this morning as saying that the United States had sounded out the West German government about whether it would be willing to negotiate with East Germany "regarding the rights of access of the Western powers to West Berlin." Wall of Berlin Gets Blessing Of Khrushchev LONDON (AP Soviet Premier Khrushchev approved today the erection of the wall between East and West Berlin. This was not surprising, since the East Germans closed East Berlin's border with West Berlin Aug. 13 immediately after the Soviet bloc Warsaw Pact members ordered effective border controls to stop the flood of escaping refugees. Khrushchev also predicted a German peace treaty would be signed soon but without specifying whether he meant between the Soviet Union and East Germany alone. He has threatened to sign such a treaty before the end of the year.

Khrushchev's views were stated in a telegram to East German Communist leaders on the 12ih anniversary of their regime, and was reported in a Tass news agen cy story broadcast by Moscow. The broadcast coincided with the arrival in East Berlin of So viet Deputy Premier Anastas I Mikoyan as the principal guest at the anniversary celebrations. In his arrival speech, Mikoyan said an East German peace treaty would stabilize peace in Central Europe, but he also made no reference to any time limit for signing such a treaty. DALLAS, Tex. (AP) House Speaker S.am Rayburn, suffering from extensive cancer, looks a little better today, his physicians said.

They reported in a bulletin that Rayburn was no longer under sedation and was resting comfortably. Rayburn, 79, entered Baylor Hospital Monday after he failed to respond to treatment in his home town of Bonham, Tex. He McCormack Likely to Be House Chief JOHN McCORMACK Vxr Speaker? By JOHN BECKLER WASHINGTON (AP) Sam Rayburn's long, unchallenged reign as speaker of the House of Representatives apparently has cleared the way for an orderly succession by Majority Leader John W. McCormack to Rayburn's seat of power at least temporarily. The grip of the strong-willed, but kindly Texan on the speakership has been so strong no rival faction ever developed.

And his tenure has been so long the ambitions of any potential rivals have cooled with age. So, it would seem almost certain at this point tnat McCormack, a Bostonian, would follow the traditional upward path and ascend to the speaker's chair when Congress convenes Jan. 10 for the second half of Us current session. McCormack, 69, is already speaker pro tern by formal vote of the House. He was elected late last month when Rayburn was forced by illness to return to his home at Bonham, Tex.

Rayburn is gravely ill with cancer and aides say his days may be sharply limited. No predictions of harmony and order would be valid beyond the next session, however. McCormack, despite 21 years as Ray-burn's lieutenant in the House Democratic lc iership, has noth ing like the solid support that made Rayburn speaker more thaji twice as long as anyAother man. The dreams of power so long suppressed by strong and capable members of the House while Rayburn ruled the roost seemed bound to burst into reality. And a many-sided struggle for the job whose holder is third in line for the presidency should soon de- vptnn A possible obstacle to McCor mack may be supplied Dy me White House.

But, the possibility of President Kennedy intervening Sm Page 2, No. 1 r- "'WW early to say that Rayburn would recover. Asked if it was possible for Rayburn to recover the spokesman replied in the affirmative. He said Rayburn would be allowed to return to his home in Bonham if he wished to do so "and if we feel he is well enough to go," but "his condition would have to change before he could go back to Washington." The lymph gland was removed from Rayburn's right groin during Thursday's surgery. A hospital bulletin said "the biopsy revealed a metastatic malignancy" and "the most likely primary site of the malignancy is the pancreas.5'---- This means, a doctoi explained, that the malignancy has spread from its original site to other points in Rayburn's body.

Rayburn had not been told late Thursday how serious his condition is. He was under heavy sedation to relieve extreme pain but talked briefly with members of his family who remained nearby during the night. Rayburn's sisters Mrs. W. A.

Thomas and Mrs. Robert Bartley, were in his room when he was returned from the examination. There were tears in their eyes after they learned of his ailment. Rayburn is a bachelor. Baylor Hospital, which Rayburn entered last Monday for a series of tests, set up an emergency around-the-clock press room and planned to issue up to four medical bulletins daily.

When Rayburn laid down his gavel late in August and left Washington before Congress adjourned, he was suffering from what he said doctors had diagnosed as lumbago. He continued to lose weight while at his Bonham farm and finally yielded to persuasions of friends and doctors that he enter a hospital for a check-up. Before his departure from the House chamber, over which he had presided more than twice as long as any predecessor, Rayburn designated Majority Leader John W. McCormack of Massachusetts to substitute for him. The house unanimously elected McCormack speaker pro tem, a designation he will retain when Congress reconvenes Jan.

10 unless the House changes its mind or Rayburn returns. Word of the gravity of Rayburn's condition brought expressions of sorrow and regret from all over the nation. Telegrams by the score poured into the hospi- good example by discarding all its armaments. Mrs. Khrushchev declined to agree.

"We do not want to be the only ones who throw our bombs into the ocean," she said. She added that in the past 40 years, the Soviet Union has had many unfortunate experiences with war and does not want to be in a position where it could be trampled upon again. Thirty-one persons from the United States and Western Europe participated in the march, which began in December of last year in San Francisco. Among those having tea with Mrs. Khrushchev were: Bea Herrick of Chicago, Millie Gilbertsen of New York, Jules Rabin of New York, and Regina Fischer of New York, mother of U.S.

chess champion Bobby Fischer, Am4iVW HAROLD ERICKSON SHOWS BULLET WOUNDS Attacker fires from dark (Times photo) Russ Stalks Out as Swede Takes Over Atomic Agency No Russ A-Shelter Plan, Mrs. Tells Marchers that the Soviet threat to withdraw from the agency was part of the Kremlin scheme to paralyze the United Nations. They made specific reference to Soviet moves to impose a troika plan on the agency's policy-making board of governors and to block the election of Dr. Sigvard Eklund, Western-supported Swedish scientist, as the new IAEA director general. Chief Soviet delegate Vasili Emelyanov, in a blunt-worded statement Thursday night, announced he would advise Moscow to give up IAEA membership "because East-West cooperation in the peaceful use of atomic power has become impossible." Western reaction was one of shock and concern over the agency's future.

The U. S. quickly proclaimed its readiness to continue cooperation with the Soviets in IAEA. Soviet withdrawal from the agency would also probably lead to an exodus of the Soviet satellite nations, informed sources said. See Pagt 2 No.

3 By HANS BENEDICT VIENNA, Austria (AP) A Swedish nuclear scientist, Dr. Sigvard Eklund, was inaugurated as director-general of the East-West International Atomic Energy Agency today. The Soviet chief delegate, Vasily Emelyanov. walked out in protest after a sharply worded attack on Eklund and the Western powers. The remainder of the Soviet delegation stayed in the hall.

Emelyanov, in a statement immediately before Dr. Eklund was sworn in, declared the election would have "very negative consequences for the agency." He added that Eklund "will not enjoy the support of the Socialist countries as IAEA director-general." He charged the election had been "railroaded by the Western majority in the agency." Thursday night he announced that he would artvise his government to withdraw the 76-nation aloms-for-peace agency in protest against what he called "complete lack of international collaboration." U.S. diplomats took Uio view MOSCOW (AP) Mrs. Nikita Khrushchev told a group of Western "peace marchers" today that the Soviet Union was making no effort to build air raid shelters. "There is no defense in a nuclear war," said Nina Khrushchev, the wife of the premier.

"Therefore we are not building any bomb shelters. We are not getting ready." Mrs. Khrushchev made her remarks after spending an hour exchanging pleasantries and debating disarmament with the marchers, who arrived here Tuesday. The debate took place at Moscow's "House of Friendship," where Mrs. Khrushchev's aides served tea.

chocolate and apples. Most of the marchers did their best to convince Mrs. Khrushchev that, if the world refuses to disarm, one country should set a i.