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i CONSTRUCTIVE A Fiftieth Year No. 14,985 Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, Thursday, August 29, 1963 Single Copy Ten Cents A Ri Rules Wi one Committee Okays Test Ban Treaty WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate Foreign Rela sIv by AirbiiiTaf' on Congress Rushes Through Legislation to Block Strike WASHINGTON (AP) The trains were rolling today, but there were caution lights ahead. What kept them rolling was strike-blocking legislation quickly enacted Wednesday by Congress and signed into law by President Kennedy. What touches off the note of caution is the view in I5 i nS n. 1 v.

i I i I be- r-. 1 i 1 fat 't -iS I Hi jsrr 4 1 several quarters that the legislation only serves to delay It MINE TeADFR AWE AND HOIST pis. Alive in MINE DISASTER SCENE Tliis is a recent aerial view of the Texas Gulf Sulphur Co. potash mine 16 miles southwest of Moab In southwestern Utah where 25 miners were trapped by an explosion some 2,700 feet below ground. The men were trapped in one of two tunnels extending from the bottom of the shaft toward the potash deposits.

The $30 million facility was scheduled to begin limited production in 30 days. Press Search for AIR VIEW OF MARCHERS Thig is an air view of the March on Washington demonstrators gathering before noon Wednesday on the Washington Monument grounds, he striped tent in left backgroud houses the headquarters of the marchers. March Leaders Now Must Turn Drama Into Action Believed WASHINGTON (AP) The historic civil rights march on Washington massive and orderly and moving MOAB, Utah (AP) Attempts to reach five reported survivors of a potash mine explosion were temporarily suspended today to establish a fresh air pocket at the base of a 2,700 foot mine shaft. State Mine Commissioner Casper Nelson said work on the air base may take 24 hours, and during that time rescuers would not go into the tunnels. Nelson's announcement followed the finding of eight bodies Wednesday night, dimming the hope of tired, grimy rescue workers, who had pushed their search since the explosion Tuesdtiy afternoon.

One body was brought up today. The blast trapped 25 men in Texas Gulf Sulphur $35 million potash mine. Two were rescued has dramatized the wants of Negroes in America, but leaders still faced the task today of trying to turn drama into action. Speaker after speaker told the 200,000 Negro and white sympathizers massed in front of the Lincoln Memorial Wednesday that a future outbreak of discord and Racing against the clock the Eastern Standard Time today Consideration Of Rights Bill Is Delayed WASHINGTON (AP) Congress ponderous machinery failed to respond with any prompt pickup today to the orderly but emotion-packed appeals of 200,000 citizens petitioning for equality of jobs and freedoms. Wednesday's civil rights march on Washington was marked, in stead, by a new 10-day delay in House committee consideration of President Kennedy's legislation aimed at fulfilling some of the demonstrators' demands.

Chairman Emanuel Celler, said the impact on Congress of the mammoth rally at Lincoln's shrine would be helpful. But he explained so many mem bers were taking off on a Labor Day holiday the committee would have to postpone work on the bill until Sept. 9. Humphrey Impressed Sen. Hubert H.

Humphrey of Minnesota, assistant Senate Democratic leader, was certain the march, which he said had been participated in by "people with good manners, good humor and deep conviction," would have an impact later on Congress. "The American people will speak to their representatives in Congress about what they saw and heard," he said. But Mike Mansfield of Montana, Senate Democratic leader, made it clear to march leaders who called upon him he has no intention" of bringing up any bill until the House has acted. Mansfield guessed it would be October before Senate debate could begin. He could not promise, as the marchers demanded in a list of objectives they want accomplished, that would not encounter a filibuster.

Passage Expected Civil rights advocates generally praised the effectiveness of the march. Critics said it could as Rep, Joel T. Broyhill, put it "just antagonize any fence sitters" and thus make it more doubtful legislation would be passed. The consensus seemed to be, however, that Congress will approve some kind of civil rights legislation without being much affected one way or the other by the demonstration. Wednesday in good condition.

Barricaded Behind Debris They said five of their compan ions were alive after the blast, barricaded behind debris about feet into one of two tunnels extending laterally and downward from the main shaft. Fate of the 10 remaining miners was unknown. Nelson blamed carbon monoxide for the miners' deaths. "We are not abandoning hope," Nelson said. 'We have been unsuccessful in tions Committee voted 16 to 1 today to approve the limited nuclear test ban treaty without any reservation.

It now goes to the Senate for what proponents predict will be overwhelming ratification. Sen. Russell B. Long, cast the lone vote against the treaty. The vote came after the committee beat down two motions to delay action, and another to demand access to all correspondence between Washington and Moscow leading up to and during the negotiation of the pact.

Debate Starts Sept. 9 Chairman J.W. Fulbright, said the committee agreed to take the treaty up on the floor of the Senate Monday, Sept. 9. A formal report will be submitted to the Senate Tuesday or Wednesday, embracing U.S.

"understandings" and "interpretations" of its meaning, Fulbright said. This would be designed to eliminate any need for any formal reservation which might require a renegotiation of the pact banning tests in the atmosphere, underwater and in outer space, but not underground. Separate Report? The preparedness subcommittee has been conducting an independent investigation and its chairman, Sen. John Stennis, is reported to be considering a report of its own. Secretary of state Dean Rusk appeared before the Foreign Re-' lations Committee for two hours Wednesday.

He apparently satisfied the group, Fulbright said, that there is no need for attaching a formal reservation to the resolution of ratification. In endorsing ratification, former President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed a reservation to provide that "in the event of any armed aggression endangering a vital interest of the United States, this nation would be the sole judge" as to when and where it would use its nuclear weapons. Rusk urged the committee not to endanger the treaty by attaching a formal reservation which might require its renegotiation. He said it would be "perfectly appropriate" to make the U.S.

position clear by including Eisenhower's stipulation in the committee report recommending Senate For ratification the pact will need Hie approval of two-thirds the senators voting 67 if all 100 members vote. Place Values on Jasperson and O'Neill Estates A value of $327,714.45 has been get on the estate of the late Clarence A. Jasperson, Port Edwards, Who died May 4, 1962. The inventory filed Wednesday in Probate Court shows the greater part of the estate consists of life insurance, U.S. Treasury bonds and various municipal bonds.

The decedent's will names a son, Newell D. Jasperson, Rt. 3, as sole beneficiary. Mr. Jasperson was associated with Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Co.

for 50 years, and from 1912 to 1949 served as its secretary-treasurer. He also served as Port Edwards village president for 37 years. In another inventory filed Wednesday, the value of the estate of the late Rev. Charles A. O'Neill Was placed at $113,867.47.

The Rev. Mr. O'Neill, who died July 4, 1963, served as pastor of the Nekoosa Congregational Church for 35 years. His will r.ames as beneficiaries his wife, Anna, and daughter, Amelia Jane Whaley, both of 1710 17th Ave. and two sons, Arthur, Wauwatosa, and Verner, Madison.

The O'Neill estate inventory lists real estate, government bonds, and stocks in several corporations. Today's Chuckle Many Americans feel that living within their income is a fate worse than debt H' w. 1 3 i Five Mine ing to the five barricaded miners. "We're guessing it (the air) is going back to the five," he said. "However, rescuers instructed to tap on Che line have not received any answering sounds." Frank Tippie, head of Texas Gulf's potash division, said of the general rescue situation: "It doesn't look good when you find eight bodies." Another pressing problem was water rising in the main shaft.

But Tippie said the water was not backing up into the tunnels. Electricians tried to start pumps to remove the water. "It's like working in a heavy rain," June Crawford, chief engineer of Texas Gulf, said of the rescue operations. Tippie said three bodies were found near the main shaft (the ones reported by the two rescued miners); three more 1,500 feet down the long tunnel, and two more separately in smaller connecting tunnels near the main shaft. After the initial success in res-See MINERS Page 7 Wisconsin Weather Pair south, partly cloudy, chance of fow thowors north this ovtninq, Moitly cloudy north, partly cloudy touth, chanct of faw showors to night.

Cooltr north and central to. night. Friday partly cloudy and cool" ar. Faw ihowara Ifkoly oxtremo south portion Friday morning. Low tonight in tho 40s north, 50s south.

High Friday 4-72. Local waatner facts for 24-hr. period prtctdtng a.m.; el; min. 58, precipitation. .25.

It turned out to be only sand sifting down an underground slope. Enlargement of 'he 12-inch escape shaft was started this morning, and those suervising the operation said it might take two days to complete. This hole was bored into the chamber Wednesday, chewing into the area where Bova may have been ti apX'd. He has been without fowl all this time, and with only brackish water to drink. In the making, are three other holes, one six and a half inches in diameter, the other two three inches across.

H. Beccher Charmbury, stata mines secretary, said it is planned to ream the 12-inch hola to 30 inches for the first 38 feet, then insert steel casing to that depth. -The rest of the hola i will be enlarged to a width of 22 I inches. hi a subsequent strike threat. strike had been set for 12 01 a m.

and after four hours of debate, the House at 4:42 p.m. Wednesday approved a resolution passed by the Senate Tuesday night calling for binding arbitration of the two issues in dispute. The House vote was 286 to Wi Minutes later the threat of a nationwide rail strike was removed. The carriers announced they were taking down notices of new work rules and the heads of the five rail brotheihcxKls an-i nounced they were canceling their strike plans. Then, at 6:14 p.m., Kennedy signed the measure.

Public Interest Having previously declared a railroad strike at this time "intolerable," the President said the legislation "reaffirmed the essen tial priority of the public interest over any narrower interest." The Presidents statement ap peared, however, to be couched in terms designed to ward off fu ture criticism. For even as the bill rolled through Congress after weeks of indecision and numerous but fruitless government-directed negotiating sessions there were rumbles that it had stalled off a strike for possibly only six months. Also, there was union criticism that compulsory arbitration of the two issues was a "regrettable and backward step." Iloffa Is Critical One bystander, James R. Hoffa, president of the Teamsters Union, viewed Congress' action as the "worst possible thing that could happen to trade unions." Kennedy's statement said that the lopsided votes on the bill of 90 to 2 in the Senate and 2H6 to 66 i the House constituted the firmest assurance that free col lective bargaining is not being eroded." The two issues to be arbitrated are the 32,000 firemen's jobs considered unessential by the carriers and regulation of the number of men assigned to train crews. The law creates a seven-mem ber arbitration board which would have a maximum of 180 days to rule on the two key issues.

Other issues viewed as lesser See RAILROADS Page 7 Man Admits 2 Slayings MILWAUKRR (AP) A man, sought by Milwaukee police, turned himself in to police at Chicago today and admitted the slayings of his brother in law and a niece early today near their near North Side home. Chicago police said Issac Lev- ir.gston, 50, related he had hitchhiked to Chicago to tell his broth ers about the slwtings of Del- worth Bailey, 39, and Bailey's daughter, Geraldine, 17, Levingston said his brothers told him to give himself up to authorities and he did so at the Knglewood Station. Authorities said he had admitted the fatal woundings which occured shortly after midnight. Mrs. Bailey was not wounded by the shotgun blasts which killiKl her husband nd daughter as they were about to enter their hnme.

Police said the man had slapped Geraldine earlier in the evening as she visited her sister and Geraldine then went to a police station td file a complaint. Her parents were summoned and had a conference witn police betore returning home. Seven persons were injured when a police squad car, sent to the scene of the slayings, collided with another vehicle. Patrolman James Kelly, 23, suffered a fractured skull and was reported in serious condition. The other five officers and the driver of the second car were released after treatment.

and fervor. At times it seemed like a Sunday picnic; at others, like a church revival; at others, like a political rally. The crowds had patience and enthusiasm. At the height of the ceremonies, the crowds massed far east along the lengthy pool that reflects the Washington Monument and far north almost to the State Department and far south near the parkways by the Potomac River. Some demonstrators lolled behind the Lincoln Memorial and listened to the songs and speeches over the loudspeakers.

After the demonstration, A. Philip Randolph, 74, Negro direc tor of the march and president of the AFL-CIO Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, said: "the march has already achieved its objective. It has awakened and aroused the conscience of the nation." There was some conflict not visible to the crowds at the Lincoln Memorial. A demonstration leader, John Lewis, told a newsman later that he was forced to rewrite his speech because the Most Rev. Patrick A.

O'Boyle, Roman Cath-See MARCH Page 7 attempts to reach the five men believed to be alive behind a barricade. We plan to go back to our original plan of establishing a fresh air base at the bottom of the shaft from which we can work We should have followed this procedure 24 hours ago," he added. Restore Ah Line During the night, Nelson said rescue crews in restoring the compressed air line lead- ton (1-7), and Woodside (6-8). Those outside the city are Biron (K-8), Children's Choice (K-8), Grant (1-8), Rudolph (K-8), and Vesper (1-8). The three rural See SCHOOLS Page 7 Open Rapids District Schools Next Tuesday The 18 public schools in the Wisconsin Rapids District, staffed by 247 teachers and administrators, will open for the fall term next Tuesday with a full day of class sessions.

Lincoln High Schools students are to report at 8:30 a.m. in the fieldhouse, while elementary pupils will assemble in their respective classrooms at 8:45. In preparation for the resumption of classes, teacher workshops are being held this week, opening Tuesday and continuing through -A- -fr Milwaukee Negro Sit-in Is Continued MILWAUKEE (AP) Three young demonstrators for the Con gress of Racial Equality were taken into custody today when they sat on the floor of the coun ty courthouse, in the second day of a sit-in. The group -is seeking the re moval of Fred E. from the Community Social Development Commission.

They carried signs outside the office of County Board Chairman Eugene H. Grobschmidt. "CORE says Mr. Lins is wrong, and CORK, says resign Mr. Lins, the signs said.

Given Choice When the three sat on the floor of the corridor, a deputy told them," "You can stand, walk around or leave. You have one last chance." They remained seated. They were then told they were under arrest and several deputies helped the demonstrators to their feet and took them to police headquarters. Taken into custody were Miss Elner McCraty, 24; David Nov-ick, 21, and Richard McLesd, 27. This was the second day of demonstrations outside the courthouse opened Wednesday.

The nine demonstrators left at the 5 p.m. closing time. The sit-in was bolstered for a period by pickets outside. Demand Resignation CORE directed the demonstration at County Board Chairman Eugene M. Grobschmidt.

In a wrjtten statement, CORE said it objected to "bigoted statements" by Lins, whose sausage manufacturing company was picketed by the organization several weeks ago. He was quoted in a newspaper interview as saying "Negroes look so much alike you can't identify the one that committed the crime" and "an awful mess of them have an IQ of nothing." "It's going to take until hell freezes over," said Grobschmidt. "I am not going to ask him to resign for expressing his convictions." The demonstrators took seats in a room near Grobschmidt's office. Arrested was Willis Baker, 27, who was taken before County Judge John E. Krueger.

He Continued the case until Sept. 18th and fixed bond at $100. Baker posted the bond and was released. He was arrested by Sgt. Harry Rcichert of the sheriff's depart-See DEMONSTRATION Page 7 their demonstration was no more than a beginning.

"Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content," said the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King "will have a rude awakening if the na tion returns to business as usual." Demonstrators and their leaders made it clear that one sign of progress, in their view, would be congressional approval of Presi dent Kennedy's civil rights bill. But there was no evidence that the demonstration would move the Congress into any faster consideration of the bill. Meet With President Kennedy, like the civil rights leaders, also talked in terms of a beginning.

He met with King and the other civil rights leaders after the demonstration and said, "We have a long way yet to travel." But the President also said "the cause of 20 million Negroes has been advanced by the program so appropriately before the nation's shrine to the Great Emancipator." Kennedy, in his statement, spoke of the demonstration's "quiet dignity," and this was the ele ment of the day that probably most impressed the city of Washington. Police had three minor arrests none of a demonstrator. Red Cross workers reported what they expected for a crowd so large: a share of headaches, faintings, broken bones and insect bites. Demonstrators, tired and quiet, headed home in their special buses and trains. By 9 p.m., Washington police reported the city normal, and re lieved almost all special police details from duty.

Busy Day The day was a long one, and It was filled with gaiety and song Seven from County Inducted Into Army Seven Wood County young men-were inducted into the Army at Milwaukee this week and sent to Fort Leonard Wood, for basic training, it was announced today by the local Selective Service Board. Inducted Tuesday were Laurol G. Ratelle, 621 Lee LaV'erne O. Shepard, 2931 Kingston Merle E. Haas, Nekoosa; Kenneth L.

Sentek, Vesper, and Roger A. Larson, Marshfield. The induction of John R. Howard, 410 St. and Lawrence P.

Lang. Rt. 1, Rudolph, took place today. Howard was a volunteer, i 'Voice' Heard by Bova's Brother Was Only Sand y- ,,1,,., mim -ii, JrMf)wmmav. i Friday.

44 New Teachers Forty-four new teachers have joined the faculty, including 18 at Lincoln High and 2 in the elementary schools. A list of the new instructors is to be published Friday. "Enrollments over the entire district seem to be up slightly in the elementary schools, with a larger increase expected in ttie high school," Superintendent R. E. Clausen said Viday.

Accurate enrollment figures will be made available after the first day of classes, he added. Continue 3 Rural Schools The district will operate 14 elementary schools and three rural graded schools. The latter Lone Birch in the town of Rudolph and Spring Lake and Pleasant View in th town of Sigel will remain in use only until the present building program for enlargement of the Mead, Grant and Vesper Ele mentary Schools is completed next year. Also at that. time kindergarten programs will be established in the Grant, Vesper and Saratoga areas, Clausen said.

Elementary schools within the city limits are Grove (1-5), Howe (K-8, Irving (K-3), Lowell (K-6 and special education), Mead K-8), Pitsch (K-6 and special education), Two Mile lK-2), Washing 'HAZLKTON, Pa. API-Hope of finding Louis Bova alive flickered for a moment today, then died out, as rescuers probed with renewed determination for the miner's fate through four separate shafts. The crews were electrified for an instant when Daniel Bova, a brother of the 54-year-old Iuis, said he thought he heard a voice calling out weakly, "Hello, hello," over a sensitive microphone lowered into one hole. Bova was entombed Aug. 13 more than 300 feet down in the nearby Shnppton coal mine with David Fellin, 58, and Henry Throne, 28.

Fellin and Throne were recuperating in Hazleton State Hospital after their dramatic rescue early Tuesday. A tape recording of the sound Daniel Bova heard was played back, with the volume increased. REFLECTIONS The top of the Washington Monument and part of a U.S. flag reflect in the nunglasse of Austin Clinton Broun, 9, of Gainesville, as he poses near the landmark in Washington, D.C. The youth was one of many wha eame to the capital for the March on Washington..