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if WANT AD PHONE SH 2 4011 LAAYETTE WEST LAAYETTE IND WEDNESDAY EVENING APRIL 18 1962 Vol No 93 The Journal Established 1829 AIRMAN GETS 20 YEAR TERM No Ill Will Toward Steel: JK As Spy for Reds ft WASHINGTON (AP) President Kennedy See KENNEDY Page 14 Pen Pal West Lafayette Native Louise azenda Star Of Silent ilms Dies Sampling' Inspection Plan $60 Million Sal uropean here Monday dis nity Talks THE WEATHER government had to determine its WHERE TO LOOK better 41 Hanna Judge of the locked Supt catch Says Planning No Punitive Action 14 35 37 A dis woman Prisoner Escapes MICHIGAN CITY (UPI) Paul Wilkinson 31 escaped early Wednesday from the Indiana state prison's Summit farm President States Belief in Holding Government's Role to Minimum in co operation of industry and labor He stated a determination to hold the role to the minimum necessary to protect the public interest There can be "no room on either side for hostility or vindic he said In a formal statement at the outset of his session with news men Kennedy said his adminis tration harbors no ill will against any individual corporation indus try or segment of the American economy Kennedy said he recognizes need to be able to com pete with foreign firms to be able merit capital to modernize plants and equipment a major reason the industry gave i for its short lived price hike I The administration Kennedy told a news conference believes in free enterprise and initiative Man Admits Burglaries Including One for Which Jury Acquitted Him sionable materials for use in weapons It would also bring a 30 per cent reduction in nuclear delivery vehicles and conventional arma ments at the rate of 10 per cent per year The United States and the So viet Union would reduce their armed forces to a maximum of 2100000 men each by the end of this stage The second stage of the Amer ican plan would require the par ticipation of all the itarily significant Amer ican officials said this would in clude Communist China During stage two nuclear de livery vehicles and conventional armaments would be cut by a further 35 per cent of the orig inal declared levels The armed forces of the United States and the Soviet Union would be re duced to 1050000 men each Red China and the other big powers would make similar reductions Stockpiles of all weapons of mass destruction would be pro gressively reduced At the same time a UN peace force would begin supervising the maintenance of world peace In stage three to start only when stage two has been satis factorily completed all national military establishments would be reduced to levels sufficient only to maintain internal order All nuclear weapons would be eliminated and all military bases except those needed for internal order would be dismantled LOUISE AZENDA DIES Louise (above) 68 a movie comedy queen of the and and a native of West Lafayette died Tues day in Hollywood This picture was taken in 1938 (AP Wire photo) Charge Against GI Is Dropped WASHINGTON (AP) Presi dent Kennedy announced today that the spirit of Easter he has canceled court martial proceedings against a National Guardsman who com plained against the call up of reservists At a news conference Ken nedy said that gripes by a small number of reservists were more misguided than any thing else So he said he I got In touch with the secretary of the Army and arranged for dropping of the charges against Pfc Larry Chidester 24 of Salt Lake City who is stationed at Lewis Wash Greater Lafayette has lost a personal connection with big time Hollywood Louise azenda 68 remem bered by many as the pig tailed comedy queen of silent and early talking movies died Tuesday of a cerebral hemorrhage Miss azenda wife of producer Hal Wallis since 1927 was born in 1893 at the home now occu pied by a first cousin Harry Schilling and his family at 1104 North Salisbury West Lafayette Their grandparents had moved into the home from near Klondike in 1875 Miss mother as a young girl moved to California where she was married BQRN ON WEST SIDE The movie star was born In West Lafayette while her mother was visiting her brother Schill father "She was bom right there in that Schilling said Wednesday pointing out the i northwest room on the ground floor of the old traditional home near the junior high school Schilling and his family kept in close contact with the actress throughout her career and were among her most loyal fans as an actress and a person was the most remarka ble Mrs Schilling said made a lot of money on her own and being married to one of the richest men in the country has left her the same sim ple and good she added spent practically all her free energy and time in recent years in work for a hos pital in Los Schilling said philosophy of life and her character are reflected in her only son Hal Brent Wallis and how he was brought Mrs Schilling said Mrs Schilling related that Brent attended a Los Angeles college holds bachelor master and doc tor degrees in psychiatry worked in a Los Angeles Veterans Admin istration hospital as a psychia trist and did further academic work at the University of lorida He is married to a former school teacher DISCOVERED IN SCHOOL Miss azenda was discovered for the movies by a scout of Mack Sennett durig World war I in a high school comedy performance in Los Angeles She is best remembered for her comedy roles in Mack Sennett movies although she never was one of his famous bathing suit beauties She was a contemporary and very good friend of Zazu Pitts After her marriage to Wallis she greatly curtailed her movie activities but appeared in sev eral until 1932 then largely in serious roles saved her the Schillings said invested WIESBADEN Germany (AP) A court martial Wednesday sentenced US Air orce Capt Joseph Kauffman to 20 years at hard labor and dismissal from the service for having betrayed US defense secrets to the East German intelligence service The 43 year old veteran of Radio Sports West Lafayette Purdue 18 17 20 Pages JL 18 19 READY OR OCCUPANCY Here is the new research plant of Wabash Mag netics Inc in McClure Research park in north West Lafayette The 5000 square foot building to be placed in operation solon is the first of many research operations expected for the park developed by the Purdue Research foundation Wabash Magnetics with i tures electrical and electronic components RICHARD' DEAN SMITH Guilty After AU? a World war II and the Korean war turned pale and saluted the eight officer court after hearing the sentence The sentence also included for feit of all pay and allowances Life imprisonment is the maxi mum sentence on the charge SUBJECT TO REVIEW The sentence will be automati cally reviewed by higher Air orce authorities Kauffman conferred briefly with his civilian attorney George Lati mer ofc Salt Lake City Utah Then Air orce policemen took him to the Air orce 'Stockade in Wiesbaden The court deliberated four hours Tuesday night before finding Kauffman guilty of giving East German intelligence agents infor mation about US bases in Green land and personal information on other American officers The court' interrupted its de liberations once to return to the courtroom for a rereading of testi mony of the key prosecution wit ness Guenther Maennel 30 an East German intelligence officer who defected to the West in June 1961 and says he is now working for the United States It was mostly on tes timony that the prosecution built the case against Kauffman The prosecution said Kauffman was being transferred from Son drestrom air base Greenland to Castle air base California when he came to Germany on vaca tion in 1960 and traveled to Ber (1ve Day orecast on are 14 LAAYETTE and vicinity: air and cool tonight Partly cloudy and a little cooler Thursday Low tonight mid high tomor row 55 to 62 ft Indiana: air with little tem perature change tonight and Thursday in north air and cool tonight in south and central partly cloudy and a little cooler Thursday Low tonight in north 35 40 in south 34 40 High Thurs day in north 53 62 in south 55 63 Conditions as recorded at Pur due airport: Temperature at 8 am Tuesday 36 at 8 am' Wednesday 46 rom 7 am Tuesday to 7 am Wednesday high temperature 55 low 40 no precipitation Sun sets tonight at 7:28 rises tomorrow at 6:03 rom Wire Service GENEVA The United States Wednesday proposed to cut the arms by almost two thirds in six years and replace na tional armies with a United Na tions peace force in about a dec ade The American plan was pre sented to the 17 nation disarma ment conference as a draft treaty for and complete dis armament in a peaceful In it the United States took a considerable political risk by agreeing to accept word on the amount of arms and troops the Soviets would have in service at the start of disarma ment Another innovation was the in troduction of a sampling technique to be employed by the interna tional disarmament organization to insure that all nations were re ducing their military establish ments as promised MORE DETAILED Hie US treaty draft submitted by Ambassador Arthur Dean at the 23rd plenary session of the conference was considerably more detailed than the one brought in by the Russians when the conference opened five weeks ago American officials said the draft was an elaboartion of the disarm ament program the United States offered to the United Nations last Sept 25 May Have Left Russia By ROBERT KRIEBEL RichardjDean Smith 24 of La fayette fpund not guilty of a burglary charge by a Tippecanoe Circuit court jury April 12 signed a statement at Rensselaer Tues day admitting his part in that burglary 18 other break ins one larceny and four vehicle thefts statement was obtained by Sgt Edwin Loman and Sgt Gene Tumpaugfi of state police and Sheriff Don McCracken of Jasper county Sgt Loman said Wednesday that Smith had been a prime suspect in most of the burglaries since his release from Indiana state prison last July Smith had served a five year term for first degree burglary Most surprising in the state ment was detailed con fession dealing with a break in last January of the Stockwell Supply company at Stockwell He was acquitted of that burglary and cannot be tried for it again He stated that he drove to the store with Dale Alan Gipson 6 and ransacked the building much in real estate which since has experienced a real During her film career she has made a personal appearance in the old amily theater now the Mars here was deeply Schilling relates our last visit at her home in fash ionable Holmby Hills near Beverly Hills in March 1960 she told us she was engaged in a biblical study of Her husband and her son are the only immediate survivors She also was a cousin of Miss Sara Jo Schilling 1124 North isbury West Lafayette Car Kills Boy 7 ELKHART (AP) Tony Alex ander 7 was killed at dusk Tuesday when hit by a car which They explained the elaboration had slowed to avoid hitting the took six months because the US boy cousin EASTER MAY BE MILD SHOWERY By The Associated Press Easter may be: mild and showery across Indiana The weather bureau fore cast three tenths to six tenths of an inch of rain and said most of it should fall over the week end or Sunday A warmup is expected to start on Good riday and last through the week pnd Today's Chuckle The average girl needs more beauty than brains because the average man can see than be can think WAYNE (AP) illusioned 73 year old waited sadly in her home Wednes day as BI agents and police of two states hunted for toe to whom she said had given nearly $17000 The woman Mrs Eliza Ham mons of jt Wayne said most of the money was advanced for toe purchase of a motel in Wayne She said the man dis appeared at Napoleon Tues day as they were on a return trip from Toledo to Wayne Police Lt John Hoover said Mrs Hammons told this story: She became acquainted with the man through a club He was described as in his early He came played checks for about $16000 and told her he was go ing to buy a motel He said the owners refused the checks and wanted cash She drew $16 000 from her bank here and gave the money to him but did not re ceive the checks At the time they met two men and a woman at a hotel here The men identified themselves as a lawyer and a real estate agent involved in the motel deal and the woman yas introduced as the wife She met the man again later in the day and he told her he had to go to Toledo and invited her to go along On the return trip Tuesday they stopped in Napol eon where he said he had to make a telephone call She did not see him again Mrs Hamriions waited an hour then called Wayne police and started home by bus A Napoleon taxicab driver said later a fare who matched the description she gave of the man had hired him to take him to Maumee near To ledo said Wednesday his administration has no ill will toward the steel industry as a result of the epic battle over a price increase and intends to take no punitive action In a far more conciliatory friendlier mood than at this time last week Kennedy said the gov ernment is not unmindful of needs of toe steel industry for invest lin He entered East Berlin Sept 29 1960 and was picked up by' East German secret agents DENIES GIVING SECRETS Maennel said he was one 'of these agents and that they and a Soviet intelligence officer Jin terrogated the American at a se cret villa in East Berlin Kauff man gave them data on the US? radar warning system in Green land and on the tactical and per sonnel strength of US Air orce units there? This information was turned over to a colonel in the Soviet intelligence service tz During the trial Kauffman de nied giving any information 'to East German agents and claimed he was arrested by them while en route to West Berlin and not in East Berlin itself Kauffman is a native of Rut land Vt 2 Traitors 1 Kauffman Convicted WEATHERMAN SAYS Cooler air I ear tonight Partly cloudy Thursday Low mid 20's High 55 62 Budget Is Purdue High The Purdue university board of trustees Wednesday morning con sidered a record high Purdue op erating budget of $60520855 for the 1962 1963 school year and there were indications that' it would be adopted later in the day The proposed budget which would be $6866287 i higher than toe $53654568 budget for the cur rent school year would provide $3630430 for merit salary in creases for university faculty members Lytle reehafer university vice president and treasurer out lined the budget at the quarterly meeting of the board and then the trustees went 5 into executive session to give it final considera tion The higher budget 'provides for increase in graduate assistant stipends as well as i capital and replacement expenses reehafer asserted He asserted that (state funds would provide over J42 per cent of toe income needed and that the balance would 'come from student fees federal government grants university self supporting enterprises and other sources The trustees awarded a con tract to Karl Kettelhut Con struction company of Lafayette for remodeling of a lecture room in the Electrical (Engineering building The Kettelhut low bid was $127 600 only slightly lower than a $127925 bid by Kemmer Construc tion company of Lafayette and $128500 by Construction Associ ates of Logansport Officials said the total cost of the remodeling which: will include air conditioning will be $151750 A total of $12350 will be expended for equipment and I $4500 for architect fees Moses Jasper Circuit court 5 gree burglary charge in Judge Strike Snag PARIS (AP) Efforts by the six Common market nations to extend West European economic unity into the political sphere have broken down over Belgian Dutch demapds that Britain join in the talks The snag arose Tuesday as for eign ministers of the European Economic community discussed setting up a political authority to co ordinate foreign policy and de fense activities of West Germany rance Italy Belgium the Neth erlands and Luxembourg The rench who acted as con ference spokesmen said Bel Paul Henri Spaak and Jo seph Luns of the Netherlands threw up the roadblock after all six ministers had agreed that any plans for political association should be submitted to London for comment Britain which is negotiating to join the economic union gested last week that the time had come for her to join in the political talks also The West Germans cold shouldered the pro posal rance reportedly feels the same way Military Court in Germany Also Orders Captain's Dismissal with him When state police and a deputy sheriff approached toe building Gipson fled Smith stated Smith described how he jammed himself into a small hiding place under a counter and went unseen throughout a thor ough search of the building by the officers and the owner He later had to break out building because he was in Prosecutor George during trial in Warren court last week produced Gipson as a star witness Gipson testified that he accompanied Smith to the store saw Smith go in and that he himself waited outside as a decoy Police a few days later ques tioned' Smith and confiscated clothing allegedly worn by Smith in the burglary Tt was soiled with an insect killing powder sprinkled under the counter RULED OUT AS EVIDENCE Judge Thompson ruled the clothing could not be introduced as evidence in trial how ever because it was illegally ob tained After a four hour deliberation the jury ended the four day trial with the not guilty finding Smith did not take toe witness stand in his trial Sgt Loman said that Smith ad mitted 18 other burglaries at La fayette Crawfordsville Pittsburg Rensselaer Stockwell Clarks Hill' and Concord His best haul was a $740 safe job in a Lafayette dry cleaning establishment shortly after his release from prison last summer Smith now faces a second de WANT AD PHONE SH 2 4011 NORTHWESTERN INDIANA'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER ALL DEPTS PHONE SH 2 4011 Research foundation will be used for applied research in the development of new products Also to be operated by Wabash Magnetics in the new plant is a newly purchased subsidiary Wm Bartlett Laboratories Inc which has devel oped a variety of new electronics devices and held a Navy contract last year for an atomic energy converter (Stan Photo) 9 LONDON (UPI) Britain dis closed Wednesday that traitor dip lomats Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean wHo fled to Russia near ly 11 years ago may have left the Soviet Union The government issued warrants for their arrest The warrants issued after a visit to famed Bow Street Mag istrates court by detective George Smith crack spy from Scotland Yard The two were charged with breaches of official se crets act jn the warrants which would become effective if the de fectors ever return to Britain Burgess and Maclean who were officials in the foreign of fice fled to the Soviet Union May 25 1951 ft are grounds for suppos ing that Donald Mclean and Guy Burgess may be contemplating leaving or may have left the USSR for some other a statement from Scotland Yard said The warrants were applied for and granted Wednesday morning Scotland Yard said American as well as British secrets went with the two men when they slipped from Britain to rance en route to Moscow on a rainy night in May 1951 ft When Burgess and Maclean dis appeared from London they ap parently went straight to Moscow But it was not until five yean later that the two men appeared there in public ft at a news con ference I Two years after they left Lon don Mrs Maclean and their two children disappeared in Switzer land and later turned up in Mos cow Burgess was a bachelor Both had been highly placed men in the British foreign serv ice and their defections dealt a damaging security blow to Britain Burgess was 40 when he dis appeared Maclean 38 he park developed by toe Purdue Research foundation production plants in Wabash and Huntington manufac tronic components The new building leased from the The Courier Established 1831 PRICE SEVEN CENTS' Gone Sols $17000 Proposes world Arms Be Cut Two Thirds in 6 Years relationship to all American com mitments cold war areas and So viet strength and intentions The preamble and the outline of objectives and principles are al ready under discussion (by the conference READY OR STUDY The United accused in the past of reluctance to discuss more than isolated measures of disarmament now is prepared to have its treaty draft considered paragraph by paragraph officials said i (I Inspection of disarmament to assure that no country exceeded the amount of arms or soldiers it was supposed to have at any stage would be based on meth ods already widely used in indus try for quality control 1 It would require checks Each country would be divided into zones) rom time to time one of the zones would be given a surprise audit Applying the law of mathematical probability US officials said the zonal inspection system could be used to deter mine whether a country was hon oring its undertaking without hav ing to send inspectors over the entire nation in question In private talks JUS ft officials said Soviet delegates to the con ference seemed interested in the new inspection proposal The US draft provided that the first of the three stages of disarmanent wo I include a ban on nuclear weapon tests der effective international and a ban on production of fis ft ft ft 1 BL iHS MKft 1 JI jJuuwiw ft ft IP ft vyTror 1 'X ft ft ft ft ft? ft ft ft ft 'ft ft ft BO THIS EDITION: 3 Sections 44 Pages Amusements 14 Classified 38 41 Comics Crossword 43 Contract Bridge 22 Deaths ft 8 Editorials Columns 6 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