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VOL 91 NO. 280 TUCSON, ARIZONA, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 22, 1963 10 CENTS --48 PAGES PRESIDENT SHOT IN DALLAS REJECT PROTEST Soviets Say U.S. Tries To Set Up Autobahn Rules MOSCOW--yp--The Soviet Union accused the United States today trying to make the rules for Soviet policing of Western convoy traffic on the Berlin Autobahn. The Russians warned they would not permit this. A Russian note to the U.S.

government rejected an American protest over the stalling of a. U.S. Army convoy for 42 hours Nov. 4-5 because the Americans refused to dismount from their vehicles and be counted. But Moscow's rejection of the U.S.

protest did not affect this country's firm position on access to Berlin, stressed in Washington today. "WE STAND on our position;" one official commented. This was the gist of the immediate" reaction at the State Department to the Soviet note. Neither the content nor the tenor of the Soviet rejection was unexpected. The Soviet reply renewed the threat of more interference with Allied troop convoys on the 110-mile lifeline highway between West Berlin and West Germany.

The Allies insist they have the right to move on the Autobahn as they like. The Kremlin note said: "THE CLAIMS of the American authorities to establish at their discretion the range of duties and manner "of action of Soviet representatives at the checkpoint in checking American servicemen are in general absolutely untenable." Since Oct. 1Q the Russians have; held up three American convoys and one British convoy at Soviet checkpoints on the Autobahn because the convoy commanders refused to allow their men to be counted. The Western Allies said their long-established procedure was to permit their troops to dismount for a So viet head-count only if more than 30 men were aboard, not counting drivers and co- drivers. The Allies also refused to lower their truck tailgates to permit a headcount.

THE WESTERN powers spelled out this procedure to the Soviet Union on Oct. 29. During the six-week period since Oct. 10, a number of other Allied convoys with fewer than 30 passengers have made the Autobahn trip without interference. The Russian note charged that the Americans "artificially provoked" the delay Nov.

4-5 and that it was a result of "unfortunate actions" by U.S. officers in charge of the convoy. It said "some irresponsible American officer could spark off dangerous incidents." IT WARNED that "the entire responsibility for possible undesirable e- quences of the violation by American servicemen of control procedure at Soviet checkpoints will rest entirely with the American side." Charges Leveled At Liquor Lobby By 'DOMINIC CRQLLA State Rep. Douglas Holsclaw said today the liquor lobby at the Arizona Legislature makes "bottles of liquor and liquor in glasses" free for the asking to any legislator at a Phoenix tavern during legislative sessions. Describing the liquor lobby as "the strongest" and the "most influential," the Pima County Republican said he had seen with his seen with his own eyes a beer lobbyist put cardboard boxes, presumably containing liquor, in the cars of some of the senators and legislators at the Capitol.

The remarks were made before the newly formed Pima County Alcohol-Narcotic Educational Association at breakfast in Sambo's Pancake House, 345 W. Drachman St. Holsclaw said it is generally known that the "beer and liquor interests" make available complimentary liquor. He added that he did not know how this is done in every instance, but he did know that "fifths of liquor" and "glasses of liquor" are made available at a Phoenix tavern for legislators. "All they have to do is give their name," he said.

Phoenician Roger Jones, executive secretary of the Arizona Alcohol-Narcotic Association, backed up Holsclaw's statements. He also said that Alcohol Information Center, a group which dedicates itself to teaching about alcohol in Arizona's schools, is influenced by the "beer boys" who use it to suit their own ends. The new group, comprising representatives of Tucson churches and other interested parties, elected as its first chairman, Dr. Willis Brewer, dean of the University of Arizona's college of pharmacy. It also named Paul Schipper, of the Campus Christian Crusade, chairman of its education committee; attorney William R.

Dunipace, of Catalina Methodist Church, chairman of the legislative committee, and Dr. Gordon Wilson, a Latter Day Saints layman, chairman of the finance committee. Holsclaw advocated the formation in Arizona of a state commission on alcoholism or a division of the State Health Department to concern itself with the problems of alcohol. The organization here was initiated by the Rev. Earl S.

Bell, minister of Calvary Baptist Church, who became concerned about "student beer busts." More 'Cartwheels' Needed For Cowboys, Gamblers WASHINGTON--UPI--With an eye towards cowboys and slot machine players, the Treasury Department wants Congress to authorize the minting of silver dollars for the first time in 28 years. President Kennedy yesterday asked Congress to allow the transfer of existing Treasury funds to the U.S. mint to meet the cost of making 50 million "cartwheels." A Treasury spokesman said the big coins are used heavily in the Rocky Mountain area and the Northwest ranch areas, and, of course, in Nevada gambling grounds. Coin collectors also have been increasingly them into their banks, he said. Freeze Expected In Low Areas In our jubilation, We won't be formal: Rainfall totals Are darn near normal! --D.

Lited By GENE BROOKS Tucson temperatures for the first time this season are expected to skid to freezing or below in low-lying areas tonight, but little or no plant damage is expected. Tucson nurseryman John Harlow said, "It's as well that we have a few cold nights now to make some of our plants harden off in preparation for more chilly nights ahead." He added, "Tucsonians who have ornamefhal plants in tubs, such as hibiscus and bougainvillea, can move them inside, bjjt I don't think these temperatures will harm citrus trees and shrubs, and certainly won't damage winter annuals." Tonight's official low, at the International Airport, is expected to be 34. Yesterday's daylong rains, totaling .62 of an inch, boosted the yearly precipitation total to within .01 of normal by this date. The storm that brought the welcome rainfall also dumped almost a foot of snow at the radar station atop Mt. Lemmon, inches at Summerhaven, and blanketed the Catalina, Rincon and Santa Rita Mountains with snow down to levels.

Skies will be mostly clear through the weekend but the sun won't do much to boost temperatures until early next said. week, the weatherman Tomorrow's high will be near 67, topping yesterday's warmest by 11 degrees, but still short of highs expected by Nov. 23. Yesterday's average temperatures was 48, compared with 56 considered normal for the date. Yesterday's storm was general throughout all of Arizona except the extreme western part of the state.

In the Tucson area, the heaviest rainfall reported was 1.62 at the Duval IICC: With 8 Days To Go Goal $1,007.000 Raised $927,374 Needed $79,626 Corp: copper mine about' 10 miles southwest of Sahuarita. Runoff from the Sierrita arid Santa Rita Mountains caused the Santa Cruz River to run almost bank full in the Sahuarita yesterday- area briefly late but the river bed was almost dry in Tucson today. As much as 18 inches of snow accumulated yesterday on the Mogollon Rim north of Payson. There was more than an. inch of rain at Ft.

Huachuca and in parts of the Superstition Mountains east of Phoenix. The Arizona Highway Patrol said today that aM roads are open but added that chains may be necessary in Rain Scoreboard Yesterday's rain: .64 Total to date: 9.89 Normal to date: 9.90 Last year to date: 7.52 the Payson area. There was 8 inches of snow in Flagstaff. It snowed most of the afternoon in Nogales but the heavy flakes melted as they hit the ground. Normal rainfall in the Tucson area for all of November is .62 of an inch--but we've had 1.26 with 8 days to go.

At noon today, it was 54 with 62 per cent humidity. Weather Report, Page 18 Reported As Still Alive BULLETIN DALLAS, Rep. Albert Thomas, said today he was informed President Kennedy and Gov. of Texas were both still alive after having been shot in an assassination attempt. Thomas, standing outside the corridor of the emergency room in which both Kennedy and Connally were under treatment, said he had been told that the President was still alive but was "in very critical" condition.

DALLAS (DPI)-- President Kennedy and Gov. John B. Connally of Texas were cut down by an assassin's bullets as they toured downtown Dallas in an open automobile today. The President, his limp body cradled in the arms of his wife, was rushed to Parkland Hospital. The governor was also taken to Parkland.

Clint Hill, a Secret Service agent assigned to Mrs. Kennedy, said "he's dead," as the President was lifted from the rear of a White House touring car, the famous "bubbletop" from Washington. He was rushed to an emergency room in the hosppital. Other White House officials were in doubt as corridors of the hospital erupted in pandemonium. the The incident occurred just east of the triple underpass facing a park in downtown Dallas.

Reporters about five car lengths behind the chief executive heard what sounded like three bursts of gunfire. Secret Service agents in a follow-up car quickly unlimbered their automatic rifles. They drew their pistols, but the damage was done. The President was slumped over in the backseat of the car face down. Connally lay on the floor of the rear seat.

It was impossible to tell at once where Kennedy was hit, but bullet wounds in Connally's chest were plainly visible, indicating the gunfire might possibly have come fr'om an automatic weapon. MAY BE ALIVE Air, Sea Search On For U2 Pilot Spurred by a faint hope of finding alive the pilot whose Tucson-based U2 crashed at sea after a secret mission over Cuba, ships and planes searched the Gulf of Mexico today and probed wreckage found near Key West, Fla. The i Capt. Joe G. Hyde was not in the cockpit of the plane's wreckage.

This raised hope lie had parachuted into the water and reached one of the numerous coral reefs in the area with the help of survival equipment in his ejection seat. HYDE, 33, a member of the 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, lived at 7001 E. Julia St. His wife, Marianne, was in Leland, visiting her parents. Hyde is from La Grange, Ga.

The Defense Department and the Strategic Air Command said Hyde's plane probably crashed because of me- chanical failure. The Cuban Radio commented that "The (U.S.) Defense Department does not want to say what the plane was doing when it disappeared." THE NAVY said a salvage ship might try today to bring up the wreckage, found yesterday in about 100 feet of water 40 miles northwest of Key West. Strict security measures were put into effect in the area. When the plane went down, it was out of Cuban antiaircraft gun range and the radar screen on which it was traced apparently showed no other aircraft. I sources said the sleek, odd- looking craft war; on a surveillance flight over Cuba, a routine procedure since the U2s discovered Soviet missiles on the Communist'island in October, 1962, forcing a showdown that brought removal of the weapons.

There were three loud bursts. motorcycle officers escorting the President quickly leaped from their bikes and raced up a grassy hill. At the top of the hill, a man and woman appeared huddled on the ground. In the turmoil, it was impossible to determine at once whether the Secret Service and Dallas police returned the gunfire that struck down Kennedy and Connally. It was also difficult to determine immediately whether the first lady and Mrs.

Connally were injured. Both women were in the car. Both women were crouched down over the inert forms of their husbands as the big car raced toward the hospital. Mrs. Kennedy was on her knees on the floor of the rear seat with her head toward the President.

Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was in a car behind the President's. ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT VICTIM Ex-Tucsonian's Murder Sets Off Chicago Probe By JAY HALL A Chicago municipal court judge was on the hot spot today for his friendship with a slain hoodlum who was notorious in Pima County during the early 1950s. Former i a Foreman, 43, was found dead in Chicago Monday. He had been stabbed, beaten, shot and stuffed into the trunk of an abandoned car.

Chicago authorities described him as an ex-wrestler who trafficked in gangland loan schemes. The victim left behind him a diary which listed the names of women, Chicago policemen, underworld characters, state officials and Judge Cecil Corbett Smith. Smith was expected to return to Chicago today, from a southern vacation, to face an investigation into his friendship with Foreman. The 70-year-old jurist, who has been on the bench 31 years, was suspended yesterday by Augustine J. Bowc, chief justice of the municipal court in Chicago, ponding the investigation.

Foreman operated a car wash and used car lot when he occupied the limelight of notoriety here. It was mostly had checks, some as low as $10, that led to Foreman's notoriety hero. In 1952, he received a one- year suspended sentence on a $30 bogus check charge. In May ihe same year, a bench warrant was issued for his arrest to revoke the probation because he allegedly GEORGIAN HOLDING FURNITURE Lots Of Military Families Have Four Bare Walls AUGUSTA, Ga. -More than one million pounds of household goods owned by military families stationed all over the world have been impounded by a man who claims the government owes him $23,539 for storage.

J. W. Spence, president of Spence Transfer and a Co. of Augusta, is confident the money will be forthcoming. "The first time a colonel somewhere a i furniture and can't get it because I've got it locked up, I'll get my money," he said last night.

Spence said he would not release any government shipments until he was paid $23,529 for services rend- 16, 1963. ered prior to and since Aug. On that date his company was disqualified from participating in the movement of household goods from nearby Ft. Gordon and also disqualified as agents for national household goods carriers contracting with Ft. Gordon.

At that time, Maj. Gen. Eugene A. Salet, Ft. Gord- on commander, said Spence was participating in activities which were not in the best interest of the government.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is still investigating the case. Spence reported he was getting the run-around by the government. "I have not been told why I was disqualified I've been discriminated against and treated unkindly," he said. "The only answer when I call (Ft. Gordon) is 'We're not allowed to discuss it with He estimated that in addition to the $23,539 he's lost about $50,000 in business from Aug.

16 i the present as compared to previous years. "I fully expect to be rein- slated to do business at Ft. Gordon," said the native of Augusta. "I'm as qualified as anyone in t.ne United Stales. Our service is second lo none." Meanwhile, Spence is holding 466 lots of household goods which belongs to Army families and waiting for a colonel some where to pick up a telephone and demand his i --Cltlicn Photo LEO FOREMAN Stabbed, beaten, shot had passed a worthless $10 check since he received the suspended sentence.

Foreman eluded the warrant i August, 1953, when he surrendered to Chicago authorities. After a dozen Chicago continuances in extradition proceedings, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled 4-3 in April, 1954, a Foreman was not to be extradited. The attempts to set Foreman back to Pima met so many obstacles in Illinois that then County Atty. Morris K. Udall remarked, "It seems that Foreman has more power in the Chicago courts than the combined judicial and executive powers of the State of Arizona." Foreman also had been involved in happenings which were investigated by the 1951 grand here, but perjury charges against him were dismissed.

Judge Smith last night took a lie detector test in Memphis, which he said proved "1 am an honest judge." He denied Foreman was involved in "rackets" and said Foreman owed him $1,000 when he was slain. He said the former Tucsonian, who had a prison record in Illinois, had given him checks for amounts up to $250 but they had bounced. Administrators of the lie test given the judge in Memphis said the test "basically" showed Smith told the truth when he denied improper relationships with Foreman. But, they said, -further examination was needed on the judge's "reaction" to six questions which were not revealed. Smith said he was "like a father confessor" to Foreman who was "Peck's bad boy with a screw loose in his mind." He said he had loaned money and an automobile to Foreman but had resisted Foreman's efforts to have court cases "fixed." Foreman was the first of two unsolved slaying victims found in Chicago this week.

On Wednesday, the body of Olice Ray, 20, an unemployed drummer, was found shot and beaten to death. 9 Koreans Die On U.S. Rocket Range SEOUL, Korea--UPI--Nine Koreans were killed and nine injured yesterday by a U. S. Army Honest John rocket while gathering scrap metal on a firing range, the Army announced today.

The Koreans, all villagers who lived near the range 30 miles north of Seoul, had been warned by the Army to leave (he area before the firing. It was the largest toll from any i i range incident here. Two Honest Johns were fired by an Army artillery unit. The Koreans rushed out to collect Ihe scrap from the first warhead and were hit by the second. Lowell Thomas Leaves Hospital DEfROlT Lowell Thomas, 71-year-old author and CBS newscaster, has been discharged from a Detroit hospital where he was treated for a heart attack.

Thomas suffered the attack Nov. 7 while attending a testimonial dinner for George Pierrot, an old friend. He left the hospital yesterday..