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Claim aace Photos of Battin, Mayor GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE Urges Flights Over Cuba End VOL. 79, NO. 17 GREAT FALLS, MONTANA, SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1961 10 CENTS To Speak at MONTANA FORECAST: East of divideMostly cloudy with intermittent "showers; hitfhs 50-65; lows 35-45. West Same as East; highs 55-65; lows 35-45. PARIS (UPI) Soviet Pre- Memorial Rites Kep.

James F. Battin, and Mayor Marian Erd- ported Friday moving slowly eastward with scattered showers and cloudiness predicted for fo- mann will speak, and members of Capt. Charles French Camp day. Earlier Service 4, united Spanish War Veterans, A. a 4 if I I are to be seated on the speak imier Nikita S.

Khrushchev says jhis country has photographed I military bases from outer jspace, former Sen. William 1 Benton, who interviewed him Thursday, disclosed Friday. Benton said Khrushchev also I urged the United States to stop jet reconnaissance missions lover Cuba and rely on "off-jshore flights in neutral waters" or reconnaissance by spy sat-jellites. He indicated that was jwhat the Soviet Union was doling. "These flights concern international law," Benton said i Khrushchev told him.

"Do you (need these flights? I don't i think you need them. ers' platform at the Memorial A 9:30 a.m. service in Mount Olivet Cemetery will precede Day service today at 10:30 a.m. in Highland Cemetery mat at Highland, after which a service is scheduled in Mitchell Park for men lost at sea. All are sponsored by the Cascade In the event of rain the memorial services will be County Veterans Council and allied veterans organizations and auxiliaries.

Raymond R. Heusei, council chairman, is to be master of held in the Great Falls High School auditorium. Offices Closed The Great Falls Public Library and all city and county office will be closed today. They will all be open again on Monday. Scattered showers are expect ceremonies at the Highland service.

Ed Vivian will be officer of the day. Rev. Hugh White is to give the invocation and Rev. Martin Werner, the benediction. Weather permitting, a "missing pilot" flyover will be executed by the 29th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron of Malmstrom Air Force Base.

ed to be the order of the day in Great Falls and elsewhere in the state except the extreme northern portion, according to the U.S. Weather Bureau. The storm center which has been giving Great Falls some good spring moisture was re If you wish and if you will stay here, I will show you photos of military bases taken from outer space." The implication was that the photographs were of U.S. bases, but the former Connecticut senator told interviewers that Khrushchev did not say so. Benton interviewed Khrushchev in his capacity as chairman of the board of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

The former Connecticut senator flew to Paris from Moscow Thursday night to represent the United States at a meeting of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). He is U.S. ambassador to UNESCO. the WILLIAM BENTON Rain Storm Deluges Billings By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Billings had water three feet deep in its streets, bankful in its ditches and, as one observer described it Friday, "running out our ears." Following the same pattern of other Montana rain storms this spring, Billings rainfall was about the last in the state but also about the most. Surviving members of Continued on page 18 Holiday Toll Below Normal Same Praise By THE ASSOCIATED I'RESS 1.54 The Weather Bureau recorded The national count of traffic I Benton, interviewed Friday jby UPI, said Khrushchev (mingled praise and criticism jfor the United States in his one-ihour seven-minute talk in the fatalities remained low Friday, 1.54 inches in the 24 hours end the first day of the long Memo ing Friday evening, when the rain started to dimmish.

Kremlin. The flights over Cuba, the premier said, were of "interna Rain throughout the state was expected to taper off through estimated that between 410 and 490 persons would be killed in crashes during the 78-hour period. A nonholiday weekend survey two weeks ago showed there were 418 deaths during a 78-hour period comparable to that of the current holiday. The non-holiday record covered a period from 6 p.m., Thursday, May 14, to midnight Sunday, May 17. The last three-day Memorial Day period, in 1958 brought 371 traffic deaths.

Saturday, with skies remaining tional concern. President Johnson nor I want cloudy and temperatures cool. another crisis over Cuba." "Why don't you confine your rial Day weekend. This appeared to indicate that: 1. Motorists were being more careful, as the National Safety Council advises, or, 2.

Only a fraction of the population was given Friday as a holiday, and actual full-scale holiday traffic will not jam up until Saturday. 78 Reported After 27 hours, the count showed 78 persons had been killed in traffic accidents. Par for any day in the year is 110. flights to offshore flights in neutral waters?" Benton said A 100-foot waterfall cascaded off the airport road on Billings' rimrocks" Friday afternoon, causing water problems in homes below. Highway, crews worked on Khrushchev asked.

"If you go back to the United States and ask these questions, you'll get May 30 was designated as Memorial Day in 1 868 by Gen. John A. Logan, Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, to honor the memory of Union soldiers who fell in th Civil War. Eventually most of the states made it a legal holiday. And gradually Memorial Day came to be observed in memory of the warrior dead of all of America's wars end some conflicts that are, in the modern mode, "non-wars." The ranks of the Union comrades have been swelled by their successors of the Spanish War and World War that was to have ended all wars, only to be followed by the catastrophic World War II.

And then came Korea, which they said was no war at all, but a "police action" but war it was to the men who suffered and fought ond died in it. Now, on this 96th Memor a Day, American servicemen are dying in yet another such "non-war" in a foreign clime-Viet Nam. To these, Memorial Day is dedicated, too. For their deaths are just as much sacrifices for preservation of the American creed of democracy as were those made on the field from Bull Run to Gettysburg. large areas of gravel and dirt the classic answer: 'Intelli washed out by the runoff.

STEPHENSON WARNS HELENA (UPI) Memorial gence. Some low streets had three Other Criticisms Day is set aside for honoring feet of standing water and storm the dead, not joining them, Mon The count began at 6 p.m. lo tana Highway Patrol Supervis sewer lids reportedly were about to blow off before the pressure relaxed. cal time Thursday and will end or Alex Stephenson warned mo He made these other criticisms of U.S. policy, Benton said: Viet Nam and Korea: He lamented the presence of U.S.

at midnight Sunday. torists Friday. The National Safety Council Stephenson said statistics Appropriate Time Billings residents will vote Tuesday on a $4 million bond troops in these divided nations in Asia and said, "The point is that your country does not un show the Memorial Day holiday can be the deadliest of the year. During the holiday a year ago five Montanans died in traffic accidents and in 1959 the holiday took 10 lives in traffic Fire Razes Buttreys In Chinook derstand the right of people to change their governments and their political systems You rely on reactionary forces. affects the relations between Milk Going Up in Most Of Montana crashes.

Mike Lists Progress On Ppllars, Beef Curbs The patrol chief again warn issue to finance construction of a new storm sewer system. Heavy rain Thursday washed out a 100-foot section of street to a depth of six feet. Miles City, Butte and Lewis-town all got substantial amounts from .54 to .42. The storm generally held to the southern half of the state with Hi-Line communities not sharing in the steady downpour ed motorists not to drive after By Tribune Correspondent the U.S. and the U.S.S.R." Trade: "We want to buy drinking and urged the non- CHINOOK A fire swept through a But- drinking motorists to be on the lookout for those drivers who HELENA (AP) The secretary of the Milk Board confirmed Friday from you but the laws of business must prevail.

We would appreciate more trade. We Sen. Mike Mansfield declared Progress is being made on both, have been drinking. milk prices will increase one Stephenson said two other hol would appreciate credits." The United States has refused to grant the Soviets long-term iday traffic killers are excessive and assistant have been campaigning for him for' three weeks because he has" not been able to leave Washington, D.C.i, during the Senate civil rights legislative battle. trey supermarket Friday while the store was crowded with 'shoppers.

No one was injured. Fire officials said occupants of the store reported hearing an explosion from the rear of the cent a quart in most of Montana June 15. Present prices here Friday afternoon that he will continue to work as hard as he can to obtain favorable Congressional action on two issues Montanans are vitally speed and the unsuspected effects of fatigue. He advised range from 24 to 26 cents most credits for its purchases. he indicated.

i Senate majority leader who is running for his third term in the Senate, was greeted at the Great Falls Airport by his wife1, Maureen, and his administrative assistant, Mrs. Joseph (Peggy) DeMichele. His wife Revolution: 'You name travelers to allow plenty of time for travel so it won't be neces every uprising a Communist up but getting beneficial amounts none the less. Havre received .8, Glasgow .18 and Cut Bank V. Glasgow's total, for the month stands at IV2 inches and for the year at 3.76.

Average at this time of the year is 3.61 inches at Glasgow. An unofficial report said Jor concerned about-rmore Mansfield visited his parents, Mr; and Mrs. Patrick J. Mansfield, and a brother, Fire Department Capt. Joseph Mans rising.

This is true even in places with no Communist par dollars and a curb on beef im sary to drive at excessive speeds and there will be time for frequent rest stops. store shortly before flames flashed through the brick structure. Posters on the front windows were curling with heat when firemen arrived. Store Manager LeRoy Christi-anson rushed into the store to ties. We are honored.

ports to improve beef prices. -Elections: Khrushchev com field at the Mansfield home at plained that as far as Soviet- 600 6th "Ave. a home made famous when the late i i T. was questioned about the prospects of an increase after the manager of a grocery milk department complained to a newspaper editor. Jerry Clarke, manager of the Safeway milk department in Butte, wrote to the Independent Record saying the increase was coming and that it was unnecessary and unwanted, by "This is unwarrant- Continued on page 2 dan, south of Fort Peck lake had a drenching of an inch of rain.

dent Kennedy visited it last American relations go, "there is little hope of progress in certain areas until after the American elections." remove a drawer full of cash and fled safely. There was no immediate esti The new moisture raised Hel September. President Johnson ena's total for the month to 3.52 visited the Mansfield home dur "This is to be regretted," he mate of damage but the build ing the I960 campaign. Another inches. The Weather Bureau said this is the most for any May since 3.65 fell in May 1938 brother" of the John F.

added. "Such a democratic policy as elections prevents sober discussion. This is a Mansfield, resides here at 617 Continued on page 2 ing, equipment and merchandise will run into thousands of dollars. Also destroyed was the Chinook Milk Company structure which adjoins the Buttrey store on the rear of the building. The building was owned by Dr.

J. R. Dickson, Chinook. Buttrey officials said the firm Alice Drive. Pointing out that he Sen.

Lee Metcalf have introduced legislation to' mint an additional 150 million silver dollars. Mansfield said he had received as LB Cites Own Life In Graduation Talk surances from Sen. Carl Hay- chairman of the was planning to build a new Senate Appropriations Commit store in Chinook but it is not and A. Willis Robert chairman of an ap to be started until this sum mer. JOHNSON CITY, Tex.

(AP) propriations subcommittee that Johnson, president of held hearings' on the silver dol his high school graduating class They said it is doubtful if a Buttreys store can be operated in the city before the new build lar issue; Thursday, that they has been renamed the Lyndon est" that Johnson and Prime B. Johnson High School. Minister Lester B. Pearson of Thinking of his own example, Canada discussed at a half-hour Johnson said the history of the meeting in New York on Fri-past 40 years proves that John- day night. The meeting re-son City, a town of 600 in the mained a secret for more than Texas hill country, "is very 12 hours.

40 years ago, told the class of '64 Friday night he never dreamed "the road from this Johnson met with Pearson in much a part of the world." schoolhouse would lead to the White "Above all, we now know that you young people who walk would support President Johnson's request to appropriate funds to mint more silver, dollars. The Treasury has asked for money tormint 45 million silver dollars, he said. 'I'm confident a request for additional dollars will be approved by the Appropriations Committee of the Senate," a New York hotel suite before visiting three Democratic fund-raising affairs. Later, the Presi The chief executive, one of a out of here after this ceremony will help build for better or ing is completed. Typhoon Damages HONG KONG (UPI) Typhoon Viola which skirted Hong Kong and hit the South China coastline 50 miles west of here Thursday, caused serious damage to vegetable growers, it was disclosed Friday.

No deaths were reported but 41 persons; were hospitalized. class of six who graduated in 1924, expressed something of a "gee whiz" attitude toward his dent conferred with Adlai E. Stevenson, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. worse the world your children will one day inherit," he said.

Johnson plans to spend much George Reedy, White House present eminence in a senti MANSFIELD RETURNS Sen. Mike Mansfield greets his wife, Maureen, cen-ter, and his administrative assistant, Joseph (Peggy) DeMichele, left, as he arrived at the Great Falls International Airport Friday afternoon. Tribune of the holiday weekend in Texas relaxing and visiting with old press secretary, told reporters that Southeast Asia was one of Mansfield said. Mansfield said he made good Continued on page 18 ment-sprinkled commencement address prepared for this year's 30 graduates of the school that friends. 'many matters of mutual inter- 4,.