The Daily News Leader from Staunton, Virginia • 1

Weather tTnidy and cold with snow flurries in the mountains, high in the 30s and low 40s except 20s in the mountains. The PUBLIC interest FIRST 74TH YEAR, 48 AUDIT BDREAO CIRCULATIONS ASSOCIATED PRESS AND (AP) FEATURES STAUNTON, VIRGINIA, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1963 MORNING NEWS ESTABLISHED 1901 DAILY NEWS ESTABLISHED 1MO PRICE FIVE CENTS mm Football Scoreboard FAR WEST By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Experts Study Airline Crash New Mexico 26, Brigham Young 0 Oregon 31, Oregon State 14 Washington 16, Washington State 0 Stanford 28, California 17 Southern California 26, UCLA 6 MINERAL BOWL Northern Illinois 21, Southwest (Springfield) Missouri 14 EAST Holy Cross 9, Boston College 0 Dartmouth 22, Princeton 21 Yale 20, Harvard 6 Lehigh 15, Lafayette 8 MIDWEST Purdue 21, Indiana 15 Ohio State 14, Michigan 10 Missouri 9, Kansas 7 Oklahoma 34, Oklahoma St. 10 1 Tornado, Heavy Rain Strike Area In Disaster That Killed 118 Persons jry'. Wichita 26, Tulsa 15 SOUTH Georgia Tech 14, Georgia 3 Florida 7, Florida St. 0 Tennessee 14, Vanderbilt 0 Auburn 10, Alabama 8 Mississippi 10, Mississippi St.

10 (tie) Memphis State 29, Houston 6 Pittsburgh 31, Miami 20 SOUTHWEST Baylor 21, Rice 12 TCU 22, SMU 15 Weather conditions usually STE. THERESE DE BLAIN- 'I found in different seasons a small tornado, rain, snow, light VILLE, Que. (AP) Canadian and American experts joined Saturday in a hunt for the cause ning, and a rainbow existed in the Staunton area Friday. parade. Thousands of persons braved the below freezing temperature to watch the parade.

(Staff Photo by Sutton) MAJORETTES AND BANDS GALORE converged on Staunton last night to march in the Retail Merchants sponsored Christmas ut the fiery crash of a Trans- According to residents of the Canada DC8F jet liner that Stuarts Draft area, the tornado killed 118 persons. struck there between 2:15 and there were no survivors of Sen. Byrd Influential On Budget 2:30 p.m., almost leveling a the tragedy Friday night, the house under construction, dam worst aviation disaster in Can- aging other dwellings, uprooting Hca's history. trees, and blowing down out buildings. The victims included Ronald Kerne, about 28, a fur buyer It was reported damage, caus Annual Christmas Parade Launches Shopping Season ed by the freak storm, was con WASHINGTON (AP) Sen.

Harry F. Byrd, will ex-trt great influence on the 1965 budget but probably without from Brooklyn, N.Y., and Mrs. Zoltan Hankovszky, 40, part owner of a Toronto dress fac fined to an area lust east of Sm arts Draft, on the road leading to Sherando. consultation, conterence or oin-er action on his part. When President Johnson manes House Nearly Leveled tory and wife of a chef who works on a Sands Point, Long Island, estate.

Veteran Pilot The rest represented a wide range of Canadian life includ The house nearly leveled is the final decisions on the budget for the fiscal year beginning next Julv 1. one prime consid owned by Lawrence Brooks. It V. moved out a few minutes ahead The Christmas shopping seas and ahs from children and grown-ups alike and more than Richmond, it was learned after the parade. of time.

was noted the roof was torn from the structure and portions on was opened officially last eration will be the $ll-billion tax reduction bill and the key ing commerce, food-processine, sports, television and police vork. The chief of the seven- Low temperatures and a brisk one person expressed amaze- The parade was a succession man in relation to it, the econ wind did little to dampen the carried some 75 feet away. Most of the exterior work had been done, although the interior had member crew was pilot Capt. of wonders for the small fry, ment at the amount of work which went into building it. It spirits of the spectators and they applauded occasionally and Jack D.

Snider, 47, Toronto, a omy-minded Byrd. Authoritative sources say the hnrieet total will not be known not been completed was entered by the Basic Meth whistled as the various units one after the other. And there was even a surprise for the adults. It started right on time. In fact, the radio stations which It also was reported a porch odist Youth Group of Waynes SO? moved by.

Float Brings Cheers boro, and was given first prize and its roof at the home of Walter Pannell were torn away, for at least a few days, and perhaps not for two weeks or more, since shaping of the budget involves many decisions had prepared to broadcast the veteran of World War II service with the Royal Canadian Air Force. Workers labored in rain, snow and mud to recover bodies and belongings scattered over a ouarter-mile section of the Lau-itntian countryside. Soldiers as well as a root on Harold in the youth float category. The Staunton Junior Woman', night by the Ketail Merchants Association sponsored parade in which Santa Claus made his first appearance of the year. Thousands of people lined the parade route to welcome the traditional symbol of Christmas.

Young and old, large and small, shivered and shook alike in the below freezing weather as they waited the arrival of St. Nick. Escorted By Police The parade was escorted through town by the Staunton proceedings were caught un- An elaborate float depicting aware when the parade actually Santa's workshop brought oohs by Johnson, resident jonn r. Kennedv did much preliminary Club float, with two marionettes, Fretwell's house. Outbuildings on Harold Fretwell's property and those on the property of was a crowd pleaser and evi work but the final word must SANTA CLAUS was ushered into town with one of the largest Christmas parades in the city's history last night and ended his ride at the fire house where he talked with the children and passed out candy.

(Staff Photo by Sutton) dently impressed the judges, tor Cecil Fretwell were torn down be Johnson's. ard police guarded tie death zone centered around a flooded ciater containing the main it was awarded first place in the Must Convince Byrd A resident of the area said adult float division. His problem is to trim enough everything in the vicinity became still, it became quite dark The quick stepping band of Violence Threats Precede Election Police Department, followed by to convince Byrd and other conservative senators a strong effort has been made to eliminate nonessential spending and at Rosenwald bchool trom Waynesboro carried a ripple of applause along with it as it passed the and then the twister was observed. Electricity in the vicinity was out for several hours. While the damage was princi the same time to retain the programs he wants.

ludges stand. It was awarded a car marked The Mayor But it was a mayor's car with no mayor. Mayor Knowles had gone to a meeting of the Virginia League of Municipalities in Johnson Agrees To Back Pledge first place in the high school wreckage against curious tightseers and morbid souvenir hunters. Two representatives of the U.S. Federal Aviation Agency fped in to help Canadian agents in the effort to determine why ihe four-engine, American-built plane in service just 10 months plunged to earth near this factory town four minutes and 20 miles after taking off at 6:32 p.m.

from Montreal's Dorval pally east, the Stuarts Draft band division. The only commitment made in this respect by Kennedy was children were included in the CARACAS, Venezuela (API- Fishburne Military School's community experienced high winds and a heavy downpour (See Byrd, Page 2) (See Parade, Page 2) warnings. Four pedestrians and a police about the time the twister man were wounded in gunplay struck. the WAHINGTON (AP) Presi-! in a slum district Saturday mor-i Friday, which probably could conference Friday with Joint Chiefs of Staff. Defying death threats from Ca-stroite terrorists, Venezuelans poured into the streets in above normal numbers Saturday eve of a historic presidential election.

In what appeared the last feasp of a long campaign against the election, the terrorist under ning. Police said the pedestrians Airport for Toronto. dent Johnson backed up Saturday his pledge of thrift and fru well be described as a forecaster's nightmare, began with a And he is conferring Monday were hit by stray bullets fired Witnesses said the plane ex with Budget Director Kermit in a gun fight between police heavy rain. However, during the ploded, but disagreed whether gality in government. He told top officials he will hold their Gordon on the spending blue and terrorist snipers.

early portion of the day the print for the government tor the weather cleared somewhat and net budgets "to the barest min- The FALN imposed its cur the blast came while it was airborne or after it plowed into the ground, digging a crater 6-feet imum consistent with the effici the sun shone. ground fought gun battles with police, scattered tacks in the streets and burned three buses all apparently to no avail. 1965 fiscal year starting next July 1. This must be ready for few by death threat as of the Friday midnight deadline that ent discharge of our domestic deep and about 90-feet wide. About noon the sky became closed the campaigning of sev- dark again, with a heavy rain Congress in January.

Johnson began the day slow terrorists drenched the inte tn candidates for Betancourt's following. When the showers and foreign responsibilities. Johnson asked the officals for a prompt report on major actions taken during the past year rior of another bus and its 21 ceased, the rainbow appeared. ly. He arrived at the ottice late, for him, conferred with mem job.

He is prevented by the con stitution from seeking a consee passengers with gasoline, but Thunder was heard and light utive term, but his candidate is to cut costs "and a statement bers of the White House staff, and omitted, the White House Boys' State To Move To Williamsburg ROANOKE (AP)-Boys' State ning seen in the city, also about noon. fled before setting it on fire when they were attacked by the driver. Before fleeing, they shot expected to win. of the steps which you propose scatter Tacks said, any formal appointments During the evening the tem the driver dead. Handles Leftovers to take in the next year to tighten your operations and ef Above Caracas and other cit perature dropped, and instead of rain, snow fell.

Except for the memorandum During the night, terrorists slipped about the city tossing tacks into streets in an attempt ies, Venezuelan air force cargo on economy in government, the Thanksgiving Death Count Goes Upward By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Deaths on the nation's highways during the extended Thanksgiving holiday moved steadily higher Saturday. With about one full day remaining of the 102-hour period covered by the holiday, the number of dead in traffic accidents totaled 361. The counting began at 6 p.m. (local time) Wednesday. It will end at midnight Sunday.

The National Safety Council offered no estimate in advance of the holiday because, it said, Thanksgiving is a family holiday and involved little long distance travel. The greatest death toll for a Thanksgiving holiday was in 1962 when 514 persons died in a 106-hour observance. The lowest death toll was in 1960 when 442 persons died in traffic accidents. For comparative purposes, The Associated Press surveyed a nonholiday period of 106 hours from 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov.

13, to midnight, Sunday, Nov. 17, and counted 477 traffic deaths. fect savings. Asks Dollar Value Once again, Johnson repeated only bits of official information Memorial planes with powerful air-to-ground loudspeakers urged the people to vote. to keep motorists at home.

But soon afterward, street cleaners went into operation, scooping were leftovers irom rriaay. which has been held at Virginia Tech since 1939, will be moved next year to William and Mary, according to unofficial but apparently reliable reports. Johnson signed the third and The pro-communist Armed most ot them up. Motorists began appearing in heavy num- Forces for National Liberation fourth bill as president one of them to keep government agencies whose appropriation bills Directors of the American Le his pledge for getting a dollar's value for a dollar spent by the government and for prudence and economy in government. He already had hammered this home to the military in a To Be Built For Kennedy NEW ROSS, Ireland (AP) FALN which the government charges receives arms and in gion sponsored program for bers by noon many with brooms and tree branches attached to their front bumpers have failed to clear Congress in (See Johnson, Page 2) teaching high school students the principles of good government and efficient administra.

Citizens of John F. Kennedy's to sweep away remaining tacks. About 10,000 police, reinforced ancestral county have decided structions trom Cuba, sought by terror to block the balloting of a successor to President Romu-lo Betancourt. But every indication is the voting will be held on schedule. by National Guard troops, were to erect a memorial to him on tion met Nov.

23 in Charlottesville and reportedly decided to move the annual event to deployed throughout this capital the spot where his great-grand An estimated 40,000 other troops father sailed for the new world were stationed at polling places Girl Reportedly Kills Self Protesting War Leaflets Scattered FALN leaflets strewn about century ago. A full conference of Girls tnrougnout the nation. Thomas F. Byrne, mayor of State directors, also was held at Tension grew Friday with a the county seat of Wexford, said the same time, but Mrs. Frank Saturday the design of the me government disclosure it had uncovered a huge cache of arms B.

Akers of Roanoke, secretary the city warned the 1.5-million people of this capital to stay indoors until after the election or face the prospect of being shot down by snipers on rooftops. The leaflets said women and morial will be worked out in SNOW QUEEN 1963, Miss Becky Sue Thompson of Ft. Defiance High School led a division of the parade last night which officially opened the Christmas shopping season and escorted Santa Claus into town. (Staff Photo by Sutton) on the Paraguana peninsula in consultation with the late president's widow. of Girls' State said Saturday night, the girls' group will continue having its annual week" Although it was not known whether she was a Buddhist, guerrilla-infested Falcon State SAIGON, South Viet Nam (AP) A 20-vear-old girl said to in the west.

long meetings at Kadford Miss Nga carried out self-immolation in the style of six Bud-ahist monks and a nun who sac- be protesting the war in Viet Nam sat down in front of the villas of an international truce mission Saturday, soaked herself in gasoline and burned her Questioned about the reported -ycwtfMAsis rcR cm cm riiicea ineir lives Fiuii R. Q. (roncfop against the regime of President p'ir vpi husines? manaeer Ngo Dinh Diem, who was killed! 5 self to death. Was Assassination Plan Silenced By Triggerman? IV; received no official notifica- I i i I Vietnamese sources said she lac occupied bTmemionof the proposed change, 'eft behind a note Roanoke, "rn-j; ciiok oloJ nuum u. ndiuni in nudum elnamese fighting Vietnamese." Viet Nam is split in two, with U'dll, 1alldUlcail auu I uuou gates to the International Control Commission.

This agency has been assigned the job of x. Communists in control of the director of Boys' State could not be reached for comment. Mrs. Akers said, however, she had been informed the move to Williamsburg had been agreed on. DALLAS, Tex.

(AP) While North and a pro-Western government operating in the South American citizenship and then had a change of mind. Margin of Error Certainly had some conspira watching over Viet Mam since the nation split under the Geneva settlement of 1954. Americans grope with the enormity of a presidential assassination, they also are asking ques -much like Korea. The South Vietnamese are fighting a hard war against Communist guerril like other officers has said repeatedly that Oswald killed Kennedy, also repeatedly has said: No Evidence Otherwise "We have no concrete evidence that anyone assisted him (Oswald) in this." The mass of evidence indi- tions about the details ot John Worked As Servant Miss Nga worked as a servant F. Kennedy's slaying Nov.

22. las, the Viet Cong. tors used Oswald, they wculd have provided him with a finer weapon to reduce the margin of error and one which could The questions evidently asked most often: Died For Communists One political source said the not be traced to him within Was the assassination a con 2 Av SHOPPING a Qjf DAYS LY spiracv followed bv the silenc- cates that a single man con-'hours. in Saigon and her former employer told police she once wanted to burn herself for the Bud-ohist cause against Diem. Then, the employer was quoted as saying, she "started worrying about the war." She disappeared from tne house a week ago, leaving several letters saying she pirl, Tran Bath Nga, possibly nuld have committed suicide on behalf of the Communists.

ing of the accused triggerman jceived and carried out the as- When Jack Ruby darted out of so he cowld not reveal the at least so far as is a crowd 48 hours after Kennedy died and killed Oswald, the question arose: Question Firing known publicly. Could one man have fired! What group of conspirators, three bullets that rapidly from i for instance, would entrust such; thA hnn.aftinn rifio nnii pov u'a mission to a troublemaker Was this the silencer for a Neil's Inside planned to commit suicide, po conspiracy, ordered to seal Oswald's lips with death? lice said. Her suicide comes on the heels the assassination gun in other! who never got along with people CHRISTMAS SEALS tightTB and Other RESPIRATORY DISEASES Abby Page 24 Investigators promptly probed woras. aia anomer man uc uvcu new iunv of reports of Communist gains Budget Feature Page Bronx, Fort Worth, New Or beside accused Lee Harvey Os- since the fall ot the uiem re- wa ann firp with him" leans, occasionally in Irving, Classified Pages 21-22 Comics Page 21 gime. this possibility and Wade was, asked if there was any connection.

"I know of none," Wade said. There have been reports that Some answers were given and for a brief, tragic U. S. officers, here to advise time in Dallas. raKC South Vietnamese military forc- Obituaries Page 2.

in thp war said thev feit the There is evidence that the Dallas police before FBI agents took over both the investigation and the physical evidence and immediately halted progress re Russians were glad to let him Oswald was seen once in Ruby's Photo Contest Page 8coup aijainst Diem had disrup- Sports Pages 13-I4i(jve effects on the government leave their country with his stripper joint, the Carousel Club CHRISTMAS IS FOR CHILDREN, the title of this first place float entered in the Christmas parade by the Junior Woman's Club last night, expresses the sentiment of most. (Staff Photo by meaires rage Mde and tney expected it to con- ports Kussian wife after he lived there but this is of questionable sigmt Women' News Pages 16-20 jpue until the end of the year. Dist. Atty. Henry Wade, who three years and renounced his' (See Questions, Pasre 2) 4.